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EliquisTreatment for Prevention of Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation, Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis after Knee Replacement Surgery, Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis after Hip Replacement Surgery
Update: Eliquis (apixaban) Now FDA Approved - December 28, 2012
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Extends Action Date for Eliquis (apixaban) by Three Months
PRINCETON, N.J. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 1, 2012 - Pfizer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the action date by three months for the New Drug Application (NDA) for Eliquis (apixaban) for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. The new Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date is June 28, 2012.
Subsequent to the filing of the NDA, the companies submitted additional information about the Eliquis clinical program to the FDA, which constitutes a major amendment to the application and will require additional time for review. The companies will continue to work closely with the agency to support the continued review of the NDA for Eliquis.
At this stage there are no plans for an FDA advisory committee meeting to review the NDA for Eliquis.
About Eliquis
Eliquis is the approved trade name for apixaban in Europe and the proposed trade name in the U.S. Eliquis is not approved for the prevention of stroke or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation in any country. In May 2011, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer announced the first regulatory approval for Eliquis in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU) for the prevention of venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in adult patients who have undergone elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
Eliquis is being investigated within the EXPANSE Clinical Trials Program, which is projected to include nearly 60,000 patients worldwide across multiple indications and patient populations and includes a total of nine completed or ongoing, randomized, double-blind Phase 3 trials.
About the Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer Collaboration
In 2007, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb entered into a worldwide collaboration to develop and commercialize Eliquis, an investigational oral anticoagulant discovered by Bristol-Myers Squibb. This global alliance combines Bristol-Myers Squibb's long-standing strengths in cardiovascular drug development and commercialization with Pfizer's global scale and expertise in this field.
About Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. For more information, please visit http://www.bms.com or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bmsnews.
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At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacturing of medicines for people and animals. Our diversified global health care portfolio includes human and animal biologic and small molecule medicines and vaccines, as well as nutritional products and many of the world's best-known consumer products. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as the world's leading biopharmaceutical company, we also collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 150 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who rely on us.
To learn more about our commitments, please visit us at www.pfizer.com.
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding product development. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Among other risks, there can be no guarantee that apixaban will receive regulatory approval for an indication in stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation or that any such approval will be received within the time period described in this release. There is also no guarantee that, if approved in this indication, apixaban will become a commercially successful product. Forward-looking statements in this press release should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect Bristol-Myers Squibb's business, particularly those identified in the cautionary factors discussion in Bristol-Myers Squibb's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K. Bristol-Myers Squibb undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The information contained in this release is as of February 29, 2012. Pfizer assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this release as the result of new information or future events or developments.
This release contains forward-looking information about various potential indications for ELIQUIS (apixaban), including their potential benefits, that involves substantial risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including the ability to meet anticipated clinical trial completion dates and regulatory submission and approval dates; decisions by regulatory authorities regarding whether and when to approve drug applications that have been or may be filed for any such indications as well as their decisions regarding labeling and other matters that could affect the availability or commercial potential of any such indications; and competitive developments.
A further description of risks and uncertainties can be found in Pfizer's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and in its reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K.
Contact: Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Posted: March 2012
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Pair indicted in sending of funds to Iran
A federal grand jury has indicted a urologist and a lawyer with ties to San Antonio and McAllen on charges related to health care fraud and violating a U.S. embargo with Iran.
The San Antonio Express-News first reported in December 2010 on Hossein Lahiji and his wife, attorney Najmeh Vahid Lahiji, when they were arrested in San Antonio in a separate case charging they secretly sent more than $1.8 million to Iran over nine years with the help of the founder of an Oregon charity.
That, prosecutors contend, violates the U.S. embargo on the Middle East country. The U.S. has had a trade embargo against Iran since 1995 because it's considered a state sponsor of terrorism.
Lahiji, a naturalized U.S. citizen who runs a urologist practice in McAllen and is an investor in the physician-owned Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, told the Express-News in 2010 that the feds' allegations mistakenly place them in certain geographic areas when they were elsewhere. The pair moved to Texas from New Jersey.
"There are a lot of inconsistencies (in the charges), and we hope to prove our innocence," Vahid, who runs her own law practice in San Antonio, also told the newspaper in 2010.
But after further scrutiny of the pair, the U.S. attorney's office in Houston announced Thursday that a grand jury there returned a new indictment charging the pair with health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and for conspiring to violate Iranian sanctions.
They are scheduled for trial in Houston on March 25. They pleaded not guilty Friday.
The indictment says the couple conspired to defraud multiple health care benefit programs by submitting false and fraudulent claims in connection with the use of unlicensed and unqualified medical personnel and for billing for medical services that weren't provided.
"When you step back and see the issues in this situation, the overwhelming government expense on this case is staggering and perplexing," said their lawyer, Mike McCrum of San Antonio. "But Mr. and Mrs. Lahiji persevere in their fight for justice."
The alleged scheme ran from January 2003 through Feb. 24, 2012, and involved Medicare, Medicaid, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana and United Healthcare.
The indictment alleges the Lahijis submitted claims for urology services allegedly performed by Dr. Lahiji, when he wasn't in the U.S. at the time.
Instead, medical assistants performed the services without supervision from a doctor as required by Medicare, Medicaid, private health insurance and the state.
Dr. Lahiji also is accused of falsely claiming he had conducted a "consultation" for another doctor, when in reality, he did routine medical services for a patient of his own — a practice known as "upcoding."
The indictment also alleges the Lahijis conspired to further violate trade sanctions by transferring $1.1 million gained from the fraud to Iran, purportedly for investment in rental properties there.
The Lahijis each face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of the health care charges, and a maximum of 20 years and $1 million fine if convicted of conspiracy to violate Iranian sanctions.
Separately, they also are scheduled for trial in Oregon on June 4 related to the 2010 case there, which alleges the couple received tax exemptions for their donations to the Portland-based charity Child Foundation.
Child Foundation, and its leader, Mehrdad Yasrebi, struck a plea deal with prosecutors in Oregon and admitted he funneled money that was meant for food and other assistance to his cousin and to a bank controlled by the Iranian government.
Working through Iranian corporations and banks in Switzerland and Dubai, the Texas couple and Yasrebi's cousin are alleged to have masked their transfers by using food shipments and other commodities to cover financial donations intended for a sister charity in Iran run by the cousin.
The Oregon indictment charges the Texas couple with conspiring to defraud the government and conspiring to launder money by purporting to transfer charitable donations to Iran while actually keeping control of the money. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison.
Federal authorities in Oregon allege Yasrebi and the Child Foundation transferred $5.4 million between April 2001 and April 2005 to a relative through a bank account in Switzerland.
Some of that money came from Lahiji and Vahid. The money eventually landed in Bank Melli, an arm of the Iranian government, authorities claim.
Prosecutors charge that Yasrebi sought the approval and financial support for the founding of the charity from members of Hezbollah, as well as Iranian diplomats, ayatollahs and other representatives of the Iranian government.
The indictment does not explicitly state any link between the money provided by Vahid and Lahiji and the terror group Hezbollah.
According to Child Foundation, it sponsors children in Iran, Indonesia and Afghanistan "in the form of food, medicine, clothing and educational materials, and in some countries, housing and emergency assistance."
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At the early age of 14, Drew was the youngest musician ever to play at National Women's Music Festival. She released her first full-length album when she was only 11-years-old (released in 2001), and now has three albums and an EP out on iTunes and other online mediums. Her first, "Traffic," was released at the end of 2008. Her newest album, "Old, Old Heart," was released in November of 2012. Her third was released in the fall of 2014, and her newest EP was released in the Spring on 2016. All three full-length album contain 10-11 original songs and were funded and produced by Minneapolis sound-tracking company "inthegroovemusic."
Her music has been used on several MTV shows including "The Hills," "When I Was 17," "Made," "Snooki & JWoww," "True Life" and more. Her most popular song from her first album "Not the Same," was placed in the season two premiere of Showtime's "The Real L Word" the French series "Foudre," and the Mexican series "Infames." Drew's song "The B.S. Song" was featured in the trailer for "La Vie D'une Autre," a 2012 French film starring Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche. Drew has had her music featured on other television stations as well, including Bravo TV and ABC Family.
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With their mild, sweet, onion flavor, leeks make a wonderful addition to this cold soup. Because they're grown in sandy soil, leeks tend to trap grit between their multilayered leaves and must be washed thoroughly before cooking.
In a blender or food processor, process the leeks and onion until finely chopped.
In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped leeks and onion, and saute until tender and opaque (do not brown), about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the potatoes, chicken broth and mace. Cook over medium heat until the potatoes are tender.
Pour the mixture into the blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl and refrigerate.
Before serving, stir in the evaporated milk. Ladle into individual bowls. Top each with 1 tablespoon chives and pepper to taste. Serve cold.
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"Do you have a message deep in your soul that you need help getting out into the world? Do you have a calling, a vision that you want to articulate with more power? Do you want to learn how to express your inner intents in ways that effectively communicate while at the same time motivating people to act? Then I have the book for you: Transformational Speaking. This is no ordinary book, but an alchemical read that will transform your relationship to your voice via the deepest stirrings of your soul."
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After having had the experience of two wonderful Context Travel walking tours in Athens and London, my husband and I could hardly wait for our two tours in Florence (Firenze), Italy. Selecting our tours wasn't easy because there was such a wide range of possibilities. Given our available time, we narrowed our choices. We felt fortunate that these were excellent choices - the tours offered us the essence of Florence, and we were enriched by the experiences.
On our last two days in Italy, my husband and I learned about what Florence offers in "context", bringing order to the overwhelming sensory input of Florence. We also increased our knowledge of many aspects of the Renaissance.The city abounds with tourists and artwork, also uneven streets and crowds, everywhere we were. Restaurants are side by side, one gorgeous building after another, and museums in every direction, history surrounding us. Sorting out what is important and why, how to spend time and where to go is a daunting task. Context Travel, where are you?
I love the way Context Travel docents bring in a blend of history, art, architecture, culture, psychology and more, offering an experience filled with information and anecdotes that has take the docents many years of study across many topics. The docents distill the information with love for their topic, are charming and the groups are small and compatible. Selected tours are wide ranging covering many interests.
Our Arte Firenze tour with Elizabeth as our docent got us in and through the Uffizi Gallery. Built as additional government offices, it now houses an array of paintings and artifacts related to the Renaissance that are unmatched. After we were awed by the ceiling frescoes and the techniques used to accomplish them, we explored ten significant works. These were samples of the development of painting during the Renaissance, the way perspective changed, how stories came into the paintings and the differences in the way materials were used. We learned that Leonardo Da Vinci was a free spirit who could not meet the requirements of the strict contracts that involved the amount of paint and other materials used. Michelangelo worked continually, always aiming for perfection. On the other hand, Raphael was the most secure of the "big three" growing up in the court and there is a gentler quality in his paintings.
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While our first tour was about painting, Michelangelo in Florence with our docent Molly was about sculpture. Though Michelangelo was the focus, the development of sculpture in general was addressed. From the view of the first Michelangelo work in his great nephew's home, Casa Buonarroti, and seeing his work in context to his time and his legacy brought depth and meaning to what we saw. It was also interesting to learn that he lived to be 89 working to the end.
In addition, I found this museum to be a "hidden treasure", small, welcoming and not crowded. This home had once served as a dwelling and an academy where many artistic skills were developed. There were frescoes that placed all of the famous people of the day who were divided into different groups, such as politicians, astronomers, natural science, etc. in groups regardless of when they lived. There were other rooms filled with painting and ceiling frescoes in addition to sculpture and sketches, along with significant early works by Michelangelo, the elder. We also learned about Michelangelo as a poet whose poetry dealt with sculpting.
Our next stop was down the block at The Bargello, which was once a government building and then a jail and is a great example of medieval architecture that houses fantastic sculpture. We began to learn what significant features to look for as we compared and contrasted works of several masters. In this museum there were a few works of the maturing Michelangelo, such as Bacchus/ Dionysius.
Walking to our final stop we learned that Leonardo Da Vinci (26 years older than Michelangelo) was one of the judges whose opinion determined the placement of David on its completion. Although, when it was commissioned, it was to be placed high on the Duomo, Da Vinci was influential in having David originally placed near the Ufizzi along with other sculptures. It was moved to its current home that was designed especially to house this sculpture in the 1700s.
Seeing the location of the workshop where a discarded piece of marble lay for 50 years, looking at the sculptures of slaves and prisoners as the lead up to the fantastic David placed everything in "Context". I know we would not have made it to the Accademia if not for this tour. As for seeing David, it is an experience that I can't describe and that you should see for yourself!
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No one knows where that long-held popular shorthand for the robust male sex drive came from, but it likely wasn't from any science lab. According to a 1994 study from Indiana University's Kinsey Institute, a little more than half the male population — 54 percent, to be precise — daydreams about sex every day or several times per day. Another study published in 1990 in the Archives of Sexual Behavior asked 49 male college students to tally up their sexual fantasies over a week, and the results averaged to just 7.5 sexy thoughts per day, which works out to only once every 3.2 hours .And for a final nail in the sex-crazed coffin, the highest total of sexual-related thoughts among the male participants in a 2011 study at Ohio State University was 388, or once every 3.7 minutes. Statistically, still a far cry from the 7-second assumption.
Even though sex doesn't pop up in the male brain with the merry-go-round constancy some might expect, that trio of studies also confirmed that, on average, men think about sex more often than women. In the Ohio State University data, for instance, the most sexually minded woman in the participant pool reported 140 daily fantasies, less than half of her male counterpart's total. Even during masturbation, which is closely associated with and driven by sexual thought, heterosexual men in a 1990 study from the State University of New York reported "significantly more sexual fantasies" than heterosexual women
It would be fallacious, however, to assume that a single measure like frequency of sexual fantasy concretely proves that men have stronger sex drives than women. Accurately evaluating sex drive must also assess the intensity of that motivation to make whoopee. Do men want sex more often and with more partners, compared to women? Statistically, the answer across the board is yes, and evolutionary biologists have some theories as to why.


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Thousands of people rallied in Paris and across France on Saturday to protest a government bill that would extend marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples. March organisers said marriage required "one dad and one mom for every child."
Opponents of a bill that would open up civil marriages and adoption to same-sex couples in France marched in the country's main cities on Saturday to protest what they call a "major and dangerous upheaval".
Protesters took to the streets of Rennes, Nantes, Dijon, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse to participate in the so-called "Demonstration for All" rally organized by conservative Catholic groups and which counted on the support of right-wing parties.
Their stated goal was to persuade French lawmakers to abandonplans to pass the new law called "Marriage and Adoption for All", which is being championed by France's ruling Socialist Party.
In Paris thousands of people gathered in the Denfert-Rochereau square, many brandishing signs that read "one mom and one dad for one child". The crowds largely respected requests by organisers to wear blue, white and pink clothes and abstain from brandishing the names or colours of their own organizations or political parties.
Organisers said there was between 15,000 and 20,000 people at the protest in the French capital.
Marc, a 60-year-old Parisian who said he was a fervent Catholic, called the government hypocritical. "They all have wives and children. So they understand perfectly well what kind of deviations would result from the approval of gay marriages."
He was holding a sign that read "No to genitally modified marriage".
Despite an overcast sky and heckles from pro-gay marriage activists, there was a lively atmosphere throughout the march, with many young people present.
Students Victoria, Dauphine, Eléonore, Flore and Marie were five friends volunteering at the event together. "We defend our vision of what society should be like. Our first concern is the child's well being and balance," said Flora. "If the law passes, it would be z deep injustice to the child, who is not given a choice."
Gay rights activists and supporters of the government's initiative also staged counter-rallies in the French capital. Around 100 people in favour of gay marriage met the rally at its starting point in southern Paris.
Mathias, a student from Paris in favour of gay marriage, debated the issue with anti-gay marriage participants on the sidelines of the march. Making little progress in convincing protesters, Mathias and a friend provocatively proceeded to lock lips.
Alice Coffin, a 34-year-old gay rights activist, greeted protesters with a sign that read "Homophobes, we are not interested in your opinion, only the same rights as you." She and a group of around 50 people threw confetti and rice –used for its link to weddings– when the march passed near the Montparnasse train station.
"I think the government is firm on this law," Coffin said, adding she did not think the anti-gay marriage march would change the government's course. "But the fight is not over yet and it's important to be out here today."


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Dykking & Marinbevaring - Frivillig Arbeid i Thailand: Månedlige Oppdateringer
Månedlige Oppdateringer fra 2015
May has been extremely hot here in Thailand and the rain started in late June. The weather has made for some quality diving and volunteers have been extremely happy.
In March and April, our volunteer numbers increased with 31 new arrivals! We have excellent new volunteers who are willing to learn and help protect the environment. We were also pleased to welcome the 13 volunteers who were part of the Global Gap programme, who volunteer in five of our destinations with the Marine Conservation Project Thailand being their final project.
2015 has brought lots of new energy to the Conservation team here in Thailand. We have been happy to meet 20 more hard working volunteers and, in February we also welcomed our new project manager, Arturo Toledano who will be in charge of leading the team towards achieving our goals in the many different projects we run in the area.
Månedlige Oppdateringer fra 2014
2014 has been an amazing year of great changes for the marine conservation project in Thailand. In the coming months we will strive to grow the biology program into a scientifically sound and productive activity.
There have been a lot of changes at the marine conservation project over the past couple of months. We have sadly bid farewell to Vishal Pawa, who has been the conservation project manager for three years, and to our field biologist, Diego Fernandez, who joined the Projects Abroad family a year ago.
For the month of February and March our volunteers cleaned up underwater debris in an area of over 50940.2 square meters involving 111 volunteers and 1001 minutes. This resulted in just over 51.4kg of loose debris, mainly plastic materials like fishing nets and bottles.
December and January saw Projects Abroad kick start our Global Shark Campaign. Volunteers had the opportunity to visit two schools and present the students with education presentations, as well as organising some fun shark related activities.
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Location: Ohio Union, 3rd Floor, Tanya Rutner Hartman Room
Sustained Dialogue is a student organization at Ohio State that is also supported by the Multicultural Center and Social Justice Engagement initiatives.
Sustained Dialogue (SD) is a tool that helps students make time to understand the different perspectives of individuals they otherwise would not meet. Engaging in such important conversations not only enables them to interact comfortably with all kinds of people, but also helps build relationships across community divides. SD equips students with communication, leadership, and professional skills necessary for increasingly diverse academic, social, and work environments.
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There comes a time in any venerable old Jeep's life when a certain part reaches its mechanical limits. That time when the part screams "Enough is enough!" For our '88 Wrangler, there are more than a few parts that are near or have exceeded their mechanical limits. You know this, we know this, heck, the engineers who designed this thing also know this. We have spent countless hours forcing love upon this hateful Jeep, trying as we might to replace parts that are worn out, broken, or were just cobbled together. We've done most of this within the pages of Jp fixing this and fixing that; it never seems to end.
Many will remember the image of smoke pouring out from under the hood of this first-generation Jeep Wrangler. That smoke came from the burning of insulation from part of the factory wiring harness cause of a short. Somehow we were able to put the fire out, pull a few singed wires and a relay, and for some reason the Jeep still functioned remarkably well, allowing us to squeak it through Arizona emissions and even an ill-advised wheeling trip or two. Fast forward a few months and no one will deny that the wiring in our YJ, fondly (or hatefully) known as Number Two, must be replaced. Years of neglect, multiple insufficient splices, and other dubious wiring repairs—along with drying of insulation and rusting of wires—have left the entire harness as a major liability.
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The Deficit Commission: A Good Try That Falls Short
My colleagues, Dan Mitchell, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Michael Cannon and Chris Edwards have already provided their thoughts on the chairman's mark released yesterday by the bipartisan deficit reduction commission. A few additional thoughts:
The commission provides a good‐faith look at the magnitude of the problem we face, and the magnitude of cuts necessary to bring spending down to even 21 percent of GDP (and it really should be far lower). In doing so they show just how unserious Republicans are in proposing a paltry $100 billion in spending cuts. And the commission makes it clear, unlike Republicans, that both entitlements and defense spending must be on the table.
The commission also starts the debate in a useful direction by implicitly acknowledging that their need to be some limits to government spending—that government cannot consume an ever‐increasing proportion of GDP. (Without a change in policy, the federal government will consume 43 percent of GDP by 2050.)
But ultimately the report falls short because it fails to address the proper role of government. In fact, it tacitly accepts the idea that government should be doing everything it is doing now. It even acquiesces to the new health care law. As a result, it fails to reduce the size of government sufficiently to avoid tax hikes, let alone permit tax cuts in the future.
Moreover, because the commission leaves the basic structure and role of government intact, it raises questions about the future viability of its proposed mix of spending cuts and tax increases. History demonstrates that it is far too likely that tax hikes will be permanent, while spending cuts will last as long as the next year‐end emergency appropriations bill.
As the commission moves toward a final report on December 1, members would be advised not to focus just on the details of these proposals, but to have a serious and deliberative discussion of what the federal government should and should not be doing.


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While it's true the San Jose Earthquakes haven't scored more than one goal in any of their half-dozen preseason matches this winter, coach Mark Watson doesn't put much stock in anyone who doesn't put much stock in his retooled offense.
"I think people would be foolish to put too much stake in preseason stuff," Watson told MLSsoccer.com on Friday, just before the Quakes finished their stay at the Rose City Invitational with a 1-0 win over Jamaican club Portmore United. "You use different lineups. Guys are training hard the morning of the game. It's a totally different thing.
"Do I want to win every game? One hundred percent. Do I want to score a ton of goals? For sure. But I think the most important thing is to just focus on the process and stick with it and work on the things you need to work on and then let it go when the season starts."
The Quakes won two of their three games in Portland via clean sheet, beating the host Timbers 1-0 on an own goal and topping Portmore United through Cordell Cato's strike.
"Our defensive stability has been really good," Watson said. "The team's carried it over from last year, in terms of just being tough to break down and really organized. There's been some really good performances in that regard. But there's still things we're working on – a little bit of movement stuff and just trying to get the ball to good areas where we can attack the final third."
To that end, Watson – entering his first full season in charge of the Quakes – admitted he could use a little more time to help cement his new attacking philosophies in place before San Jose opens their season with a CONCACAF Champions League clash against Mexican powerhouse Toluca next week.
"You can only do what you can do in six weeks," Watson said. "It would have been nice to have had a few more weeks."
Instead, the Quakes have one final preseason game to work on things before hosting Toluca on March 11 to kick off their two-legged CCL quarterfinal. San Jose will face their USL PRO affiliate, Sacramento Republic FC, on Wednesday in Turlock, Calif. Forward Alan Gordon, who has been sidelined to this point after offseason foot surgery, could see his first action in that game.
Additionally, it could be San Jose's last match before adding a long-awaited final piece to their 2014 roster puzzle. Watson spoke hopefully – if cryptically – Friday of bringing on a foreign player in the near future. General manager John Doyle said last month that he was still trying to land a midfielder with the ability to be dangerous while cutting in from the wings – something the club has arguably lacked since then-Tottenham Hotspur loanee Simon Dawkins returned to England in 2012.
"We're hopeful something is going to happen fairly quickly," Watson said. "I would say we feel good about a situation right now."


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|Lillia Belousova (center) assists Wally Duchscher, Havre, MT (left) and Mary Jaeger Maranda (right) with documents of the Kutschurgan villages.
The Odessa Region State Archives, Odessa, Ukraine
Presentation by Lilia Belousova, Researcher for English language,
Odessa State Archives
Presented on June 2, 1998 for the Journey to the Homeland Tour members
This institution is 77 years old but its real history began in the 1830s of 19th century, when Apollon Skalkovsky, the famous local historian and Director of Statistics Committee, found and delivered to the Governor 200 year-old records. It was the documents of Zaporozsky Cossacks that started the beginning of the historical department in Governor's Archives.
During that time, there was not adequate state control of the archives to prevent many do
cuments from being lost during the wars, revolutions, and natural calamities. Even scholars couldn't use valuable historical sources because of restricted admittance to use them.
Since 1918, all valuable records are under protection of the State. The Odessa Archives was organized in 1920 with twenty collections. Today, 10,000 archival collections are here with more than two million files. The documents of various political offices, institutions, estates, schools, churches, and famous persons reflect the political, economic and cultural life of the South Ukrainian Region for 200 years.
Some of these documents, directly dealing with the history of Russian-Germans, are worthy of special attention.
Record 6: South Russian Foreign Settlements' Guardian Committee
Record 252: South Russian Foreign Settlers' Odessa Office
The Guardian Committee was founded in 1800 for governance over foreign colonies in New Russia (South Russia) since 1833, its Main Office was placed in Odessa. This office had three subordinate offices in Odessa, Ekaterynoslav and Kishinev. After the Guardian Committee was abolished in 1871, the Odessa Office continued from 1814 till 1834, where more than sixteen thousand files remained. These institutions had many duties such as: registering newcomers, delivery of passports, loans, various certificates, assistance in business, etc. Therefore, to be good mediators between German communities and the Russian world, which was so large, unknown and strange for foreigners, these records are always of great interest for scholars. The first foreign researcher, who studied them in 1927, was Georg Leibrandt, the professor from Stuttgart (Germany).
These archival collections contain passports, allotments given to colonists for entrance to Russia, directives to be included to certain colonies, to collect for allotments, to travel abroad for meeting their relatives and getting inheritances, etc.
Plans of various colonies;
Example: 1. Gross-Liebenthal (1824, #6-1-1657) was founded in 1803. The Russian government was very interested in attraction of Germans to settle close to Odessa. The first Odessa administrator, Duke de Richelieu, hoped to provide the city with colonists' fruits, vegetables and butter. But, the Russian officials didn't provide newcomers suitable quarters for winter. The colonists, who arrived before October, could prepare for winter and had comparatively easy life. Those who arrived later often fell ill and died.
After the bitter winter, some Germans returned to their homeland. Others, like a group from Gross-Liebenthal, lodged complaints. They told, that officials had packed them into crumbling buildings "like herring". Even worse, when some of the leaders tried to make their protest heard, they were physically beaten. The colonists were supposed to receive a daily allotment of forty kopecks per person, but were lucky to get ten kopecks.
Mysterious diseases ravaged the settlements. In one small colony, 150 persons died in a single day during February 1805. The Duke de Richelieu personally visited the devastated town and successfully restored the morale of the settlers. The colonists called him "Father".
2. The foreign passport given to the colonists of Gross-Liebenthal,
Karl and Johann Zanzenbachers (1847, #6-2-9358-17, 18) to go
to Wurttemberg and visit their relatives. They came to Russia in
1819. The history of the family is very interesting, from poor colonists
to rich and famous merchants. One of them, the son of Johann, was
the most industrious and enterprising. Wilhem was a man of character,
recognized "self-made man". When he was twenty years old, he began
to purchase property in Odessa; thus at the end of the 19th century,
he was known as owner of four industrial works. Everyone in Odessa
knew the famous Zanzenbacher's fragrant soap, candles and waterglass.
He was the prominent entry in the records of Volost (District) and
Village (Rural) Administration. These 19 records with 4,806 files
are very valuable and interesting too. They contain information
about the governance and economic state of colonies, their inhabitants.
The most typical documents are:
- certificates issued to settlers to get their passports. (these
certificate includes information
- lists of colonists;
- records about guardianships under orphans;
- decisions of peasants' meetings on various questions: elections of elders,firemen,
- lists of men due for military enlistment (include information about birth date and members
of persons' family)
- birth, marriage and death entries;
- inventories of personal property and dowry.
Here are some examples about elections in Kandel and Gross-Liebenthal: the oath of the village mayor Valentin Roth to fulfil his duties according to laws, honesty and for the benefit of the community. Another document, the list of voters, shows that there were two candidates who wanted to be firemen; but the colonists of Liebenthal preferred candidate "N.", who the majority wrote only his name in the middle column of the election list (#53-1-233a-14; #67-1-100).
Another Example:
The lithograph of "Grunau" was printed in (date obscured). The picture of this German (Mennonite) colony is picturesque: straight clean streets with lines of trees, neat cottages, trim fences and bursting granaries. It was typical for German colonies in general. The colonists came to empty steppes; however, persistency and industry paid rewards. They produced wheat, grew fruits and vegetables, raised cattle and engaged in small manufacture.
Among the records, we found these water-color paintings depicting the harvester binder and the apparatus for annihilation of locusts. These insects were a serious problem for peasants in South Ukraine; hordes of these big black grasshoppers appeared unexpectedly and flew down on fields, destroying crops at once. There was a special state committee for struggle against locusts. Obviously, colonists attempted to create their own systems of defense. The travelers who visited the Germans, described them as humane, hard-working, abstinent people, who called their colonies an "oasis (paradise) on the steppe".
Religion played a very important role in the life of emigrants. The German Lutherans and Roman Catholics made up the entire population of Klein-Liebenthal and Josephsthal, two colonies established in 1804. Forty-four families arrived in the first year in Klein-Liebenthal and 116 persons in Josephsthal. They passed their first winter in Odessa. The Duke de Richelieu gave them employment and sent for a German-speaking pastor, since all the Catholic priests in the city of Odessa were Italian and spoke no German.
The pastor who came to serve them, Joseph Korizky, has left a description of the settlement's difficult early days. The air was humid, with stiff winds from the sea. The lack of forests meant a shortage of firewood, so the Germans burned seaweed to warm themselves and to cook their food. Snakes and rats infested their huts and fields. In early October 1815, more than 1,000 German colonists were reported ill, most from unknown diseases. Another German pastor, Schabel, reported in 1815: "I found the poor colonists in total desperation. Hundreds of them were dying of hunger and cold." And yet the colonies survived. Sometimes, belief in God was their only support.
Fortunately for us, some church records escaped destruction. I refer to the records of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish in Odessa and St.Peter's Rome-Catholic Church Parish in Odessa. The first record (#630) contains 357 files for years 1811-1925, listing registration books of parishioners; birth, death, marriage and confirmation entries of Odessa and surrounding German colonies of Guldendorf, Lustdorf, Freudenthal, Petersthal, Annenthal and others; certificates given to different persons; and reports of priests, etc. The second record (#628) includes only 4 files for years 1814-1919, since the remaining records were lost.
1. The Register of Births of Guldendorf for 1851-1859 (#630-1-139a). This book helped to solve the riddle connected with genealogy of the Schaffers, the ancestors of Connie Schaeffer Knight. I have met her in May, 1996 in this room. She traveled with her father as participants of the Journey to the Homeland Tours; and after excursion she expressed her desire to research with records of Kandel Village administration herself.
We together checked on files in hopes to find her grandfather, Andreas Schaffer. The day came to an end, but we had no results. We found many Schaffers but there was no Andreas among Kandel residents. The next day we were more fortunate; his name was in the list of debtors and we were rewarded at last!. Suddenly Connie become thoughtful and said, "What a strange man my grandfather was! He never attended peasants' meetings, didn't pay taxes and didn't want to serve in Army". When parting, I promised her to finish our research. I told my colleagues about this inquiry, and all of them tried to help. Once they directed my attention on the Guldendorf Register, what unexpected discoveries: numerous Schaffers and Andreas were found. Perhaps he moved from Guldendorf to Kandel.
2. The records about Pastor Bonnekemper (#2-2-914), who after graduation from the college in Kiev, went to the USA to continue his training. He received seminary degrees, returned to South Russia and asked to send him to some German colony. Rohrbach became the place of his new residence.
3. Peter Martzinkevich (#252-1-316), Jesuit, Order of Karmelites, was the only priest in Beresan district in 1821 and had to perform occasional religious rites with all colonists, but refused to do that with Lutherans. He even said, "I shall not go to Rastadt and Munchen colonists, only if they kick the bucket (die)!". Martzincevich was accused in fanatical spreading of Catholicism, before transferred from Landau to Mannheim.
German Community In Odessa
There were many reasons for some colonists to leave their colonies and move to a large cosmopolitan city as Odessa: for better earnings, training, etc. Odessa was the capital of the New Russia, the center of education, science and cultural life. The German community in Odessa had its own traditions, however.
In 1861, the German Society "Harmonia" was founded. Their aim was to keep national ethnic traditions, to contribute to upbringing young Germans, to make life more enriched in content and beauty. Many musical parties, performances were organized, many people received moral and material support (#2-1-584).
So was the German Club in Odessa (1908-1915, #2-7-230)
The Germans engaged in making wagons, shoes, clothes, watches, etc. But for what they were most noted was their printing technology. The lithography advances by Gross, Munster, Braun, the Printing-house of Nitsche were well-known in New Russia (#89-1-1567).
About education: When the Germans came to Ukraine, opportunity was a difficult time. The main struggle was to survive. I found the records showing that the colonists didn't let their children visit schools, because the children worked much and helped their parents to keep households. But as time passed into the end of the 19th century we found many Germans among the students of the Novorossiysky (New Russia) University, the only institution of higher education in Odessa region at that time. They tried to register in 1909. Some students gave their application to the City Mayor to allow them a funding of the Teutonic Society "Teutoniu Euxina" (#2-7-350). The initiators were....
Here are excerpts from the University's records: Research this gentle, kind and noble young man. He is a student of Jurisprudence department, Boris Falz-Fein (#45-5-13478). He is well-educated, a real gentleman, and fourth generation of the family. The history of Falz-Feins is a bright example for anyone who wishes to reach success. The first generation was Johann Fein. He was forced to leave Wurttemberg because of violent conflict with his army commander, (He shoot at him and was wounded). Fein arrived to New Russia at the end of the 18th Century
Johann Fein had a great desire to became a rich and independent farmer. In spite of his terribly cold first winter in New Russia, he didn't give up. Without help of community, he lived alone for a long time in the Crimea steppe, studied local conditions, weather, way of life in that region and made his farm the best functioning model. He learned to defend his sheep herds from windy storms; find water in the hot steppe, and overcame winter periods. Johann married Elisabeth Pfalz on condition that her father would change family name of Pfalz (it sounded clumsy, he considered) into melodious Falz and get permission to carry the double-name Falz-Fein, like Russian nobles. Johann Pfalz did it. Czar Alexander II gave that exclusive privilege because of great services of both families.
Their grandson Friedrich became more famous, he founded the largest open-air Zoo in the world, Ascania Nova. Czar Nickolay II visited the zoo, was impressed with results and raised the whole family to the nobility. During the Russian Revolution of 1917, they left Russia. Today, Baron Edward von Falz-Fein, one of the last male descendants, is living in the Principality of Lichtenstein. He is a businessman, well-known in the world of sports and international trade. He always won awards in international exhibitions with golden medals and stars in Cologne, Madrid, Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Odessa.
But the last project, his "swan -song ", was the brewery, founded in 1890 as really remarkable: the newest modern equipment from Germany, France, England and even USA (the Firm "Gustav & Thompson") gathered wide attention. The brewery produced five types of beer; the best was "Kannenbier" in ceramic jugs. The daughter Ottilia and elder son Emil were expert assistants and partners. However, his younger son, Adolf, got into constant troubles. Being a waster, caused numerous debts and made Wilhelm unhappy.
The soap and beer king died in 1894, but his business is still alive. His children left Odessa after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and now the descendants live in Garnburg. Since the brewery transferred into a joint-stock Company "Gambrinus" two years ago, the results are very successful. These are all facts I know from archives files. We helped this company prepare materials for their history book and Museum of Beer.
Lists of colonists for various colonies exist for various years (newcomers, debtors, orphans, vaccinated peoples, and inhabitants, etc.).
Information about general welfare of colonies - statistical and personal lists of the births, death and marriages, especially about marriages and transfer of households in Beresan, Kutchurgan, Liebenthal, Glueckstal districts and Hoffnungsthal.
Reprinted with permission of Lila Belousova, Odessa State Archives, Odessa, Ukraine.


text: We're not sure who Jack Viks is (was) as a Google search turned up no info. He sure designed a spectacular house though. Check out this cantilevered mid-century modern beauty from 1960. It's currently for sale for $2.29M in Lake Forest, Illinois. The realtor says Viks was a student of Mies Van Der Rohe. This house certainly has Miesian traits to it like the steel frame with the exposed I-beams and glass walls. The interior seems much warmer than other minimalist houses like the Farnsworth house. Here are some pics of this spectacular house:


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In my last post; you will recall the counselor told ROB that she was 99.9% sure that if an assessment were to be done, that it would come back and show that he was an alcoholic. 99.9% sure…WOW!!! That's pretty definite and for someone to say something like that must be a sign that finally someone saw what I was seeing, but the bigger question was, what was ROB gonna do about it if anything. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT HOME?
The drive home that day seemed like a drive that was never gonna end and all I kept hearing was 99.9% sure, 99.9% sure, 99.9% sure. Over and over and over. My drive time home was only about 15 minutes, but it seemed like a lifetime that day. Then I started thinking, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT HOME, would ROB take out his anger on me, would ROB go drinking, even come home or what? Should I call him and see? What would I say, how would I start a conversation with him? Should I call my parents and talk with them or better yet, call ROB's mom and see what she thought. NO, came back very loud in my mind, I can't call ROB's mom. She didn't even want to help me before I had a medical opinion, what makes me think she would want to help me now. If there was one thing I had learned since being married to ROB and dealing with his family, they never dealt with issues but turned the other cheek and just hoped the issue or problem would go away. Well, that's not how my family was. In my family, we talk about everything and lean on each other when times get tough. Boy was I in a bigger predicament than I could have ever imagined.
I remember pulling into the garage and just sitting in my car for about anther 30 minutes. Once I made it into the house, I went and sat on our deck that overlooked a golf course. Oh yes, our home was nice. ROB always tried to impress people with things he couldn't afford and his biggest lies were the ones he told himself. Lies about our financial situation, lies about how perfect our marriage was, lies about me, lies about his personal life and the demons that haunted him. If there was one thing I knew, was that I could not change a person or help them unless they wanted help. Most importantly, I needed to help myself now. What did I need? That was something I needed to figure out. I had started to lose so much of myself in this marriage and started to become someone I didn't even recognize. Oh sure, I could put on a happy face in front of our family & friends, but once I crossed over that doorway into our home, I became a depressed person. I remember not even wanting to get out of bed most days. Now, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT HOME?
ROB came home that night and started in on me. He claimed he didn't know how, but that I had gotten to the counselor and made her say those things and that he was not an alcoholic, he was not now or EVER going back to another counseling session and that he would fix what ever needed to be fixed on his own. ON HIS OWN…that was the last thing that was said about it that night as I remember getting up from the couch, going to our bedroom, closing the door and crying myself to sleep.
One thing ROB never knew, I had a two pictures of us in my night stand and almost every night I would pray to GOD for him to give me the strength to get through this and to give me double the strength to make it through another day to finding the person that I first had fallen in love with. Would that person ever be able to come back to me? Did that person even exist anymore.
The next morning, ROB got up, got ready to go to work and came to my bedside, gave me kiss and off he went. Little did he know what I had planned for my day. With what little energy I had, I got out of bed and went to my office. I decided I need to make a call to ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, I wasn't sure where they were, how I would explain my situation, use our real names or how all this worked. So I decided to GOOGLE it. WWW.GOOGLE.COM then to ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, there it was….WWW.AA.ORG. I think I just sat staring at that computer screen for the next 30 minutes. Then I did it, I made the call.
How could I have possibly known WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT HOME, next.
If you are dealing with someone who you think maybe or is an alcoholic, please contact ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS and get help. You can access their website at www.aa.org to find out more information.
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Hdq. Co 103rd U.S. Inf.
Dear Em.
Tell the rest of them that I address these letters to you as one of the family and not because I don't mean to write to the rest.
In looking through my old field desk I found these old pictures, taken on the border. The one in my undershirt was taken as I was cleaning my pistol. I don't want you to think Im getting vain and picture crazy. I guess you all know that by the way I used to spend my time in the bath room. Im thinking of having one good photograph taken before we pull out of here, which is shortly by the looks of things.
I understand that the 101st Regiment (which was the Old Ninth) is on transports in N.Y. Harbor now. I dont suppose there is a man in this organization that knows where he is going, only that he is on his way. Of coarse as far as I know they may still be in Framingham, but from all accounts I guess they are on the go. Im ready to pull out of here in a minutes notice.
It sure does look like Fall here today. I sleeped fine last night, as good as I ever did in my life I guess. I don't know what in the world I ever started this letter for, for I havent a thing to say of any importance. It at least lets you know that Im well. I suppose as soon as I mail this Ill get one from one of you and that will mean another. Well its a good habit any way, and I don't want to get out of the habit of writing. This is some old company paper I dug up and I think it takes the ink very good.
One of the fellows who was on pass came back last night and said it was warm in Boston. Say ship some of it out to Westfield will you. You'de laugh to see us eating our grub this morning. We had some toasted corn flakes, two hard boiled eggs , (but they were warm) and coffee and bread. It is some job pairing an eggs on a cold morning believe me. Shake, say you should have seen us. But they are in us now so why talk. The old sun doesn't know whether to shine or not I guess. It feels great when it comes out. I hope this cold business isn't going to be all Ill be able to fill a letter with. Last year it was all hot if I remember rightly. There is very little sickness here now which is very incouraging.
All these Maine chaps are strong for foot ball, and I guess there is going to be many a fine game to watch before the snow begins to fly. An awful lot of them are Colby and other colledge men. Sunday there was a game between the M. D. and A. Co. that would have pleased Burt very much. The lieutenant that has charge of the section Im in is a Plattsburger, and his name is Frothingham. I guess Burt will remember when he played for Harvard.
I guess Ill call this off now. Hoping to get a pass so I can get home to see all of you I remain
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
ice cream weather . . .
I'm probably celebrating too early... but it's been so warm and wonderful for the last 3 days that I got nothing to complain about:)
Posted by orange you lucky!
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4 comments:
- Heidi said...
Thank you for the creamilicious spring greeting
- March 22, 2012 at 2:51 AM
- martinealison said...
Je suis une grande gourmande de glaces... et celles-ci me plaisent bien!!
Gros bisous
- March 22, 2012 at 4:17 AM
- Mallory said...
this past week i've celebrated with my first ice cream cone of spring and my first day wearing a skirt without tights of spring. it's wonderful! but it's supposed to be in the 40s again this weekend.... not so wonderful.
- March 22, 2012 at 12:43 PM
- Tabea Heinicker said...
Nice Ice!
Ich hatte heute auch ein schönes großes Eis mit Sahne in der Sonne sitzend :)
Liebe Grüße : Tabea
- March 22, 2012 at 4:08 PM
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > August 2005 > WBU athletes learn from others on mission trip
WBU athletes learn from others on mission trip
PLAINVIEW – Armando Garza looked at a big man wearing baggy black pants and a black jacket. Tattoos covered his body. His broken English with a heavy French accent was good enough to communicate, but could be difficult to understand.
"Mando," he said. "Me and you, we will go out to the pub tonight and we will drink many glasses (of beer) and we will sleep with many beautiful women."
It wasn't the first thing Garza wanted to hear from his host roommate after arriving in Toulouse, France, as part of an Athletes in Action baseball team. Garza and fellow Wayland Baptist University teammate and Plainview High School graduate Todd Jeffress, joined the AIA group on the recommendation of Wayland coach Brad Bass.
Tattoo, as he preferred to be called, had picked the group up at the airport and sped through town, taking the players to where they would meet their hosts for their nearly three-week stay in Toulouse.
The AIA baseball team toured Europe during the summer, playing baseball and sharing testimonies and the plan of salvation with their opponents. Garza, who admits to being somewhat new to Christianity, was wondering what he had gotten himself into.
"I thought, I'm with a Christian group …" Garza recalled of his first encounter with Tattoo. "I was kind of scared of him."
After a talk with his general manager and coach, and several nights in what Jeffress described as a "party town," Garza finally decided to go out with Tattoo and his friends.
"I went out with him and it turns out that he didn't drink at all," Garza said. "It took a lot of pressure off of me. He didn't drink, but he was still the life of the party everywhere he went."
Garza and Jeffress were fascinated by the cultural difference and excited to play baseball and share Christ in Europe. However, the summer trip may have been more beneficial to them in their personal Christian walks.
Not only did the AIA group share with their opponents after each game, but they also held baseball clinics for children in each town and had an opportunity to witness to the kids as well.
"At first I was hesitant," Garza said. "I thought it would be weird. But I found that they were curious."
Garza said he was asked a lot of questions that he was sure he could answer, being new to the Christian walk as well.
Garza grew up attending the Catholic church with his family, but said it ended up just being a habit with no real meaning for him. At some point he stopped attending and didn't return to church until he met Jesse Travis, the daughter of Drew Travis, who pastors the First Presbyterian Church in Plainview.
"I ended up going there and being part of the youth group. I was a little more interested, but at the same time it was just church and that was it," Garza said.
It was until WBU assistant baseball coach Josh Milner started invited Garza to Fellowship of Christian Athletes meetings that Garza really started asking questions.
"I always thought Christianity was just rules. Do this and don't do that. Then there were all these self-righteous people who thought they were better than me. I didn't want to hear that," Garza said. "Then I got to Europe and they said it was nothing like that."
Garza said what was emphasized most among the group during the trip was a personal relationship with God.
"That made sense to me," Garza said.
Garza said the team's GM used a sports analogy of playing to win instead of playing not to lose in your relationship with God.
"If you are playing to win, you are confident and you expect to win," he said. "I applied that to my spiritual life and said that if I am playing to win, I will give everything to God. I put everything in God's hands and I will go out and live life according to His will. That's how you play to win."
The biggest impact on Jeffress' life came from the chapel services the team held in Atlanta, prior to leaving for Europe.
"Our chaplain was the chaplain for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers," Jeffress said. "He had some amazing stories and that is what got to me – his faith."
Jeffress was struggling with questions about what to do with his career and education, wondering if he should transfer and look at other educational opportunities. He was also thinking about a career in architecture or physical therapy, but wanted to remain around athletics.
"(The chaplain) was telling stories about faith and that God leads you where He wants you to go," Jeffress said.
Jeffress began talking to the athletic trainer who had been in a similar situation, wanting to stay around sports. After spending time with the trainer, Jeffress is focused on pursuing a career as a trainer.
Aside from the journey of personal discovery, the group also had baseball games to play. The team split its games in Toulouse and continued playing in Prague, the Czech Republic and Germany where Jeffress pitched a perfect game. Jeffress said he gave up infield grounders to short and first that were easily handled, then struck out the rest.
"I just wished I was throwing like that against Oklahoma City," he said.


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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851, English author; daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft . In 1814 she fell in love with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley , accompanied him abroad, and after the death of his first wife in 1816 was married to him. Her most notable contribution to literature is her novel of terror, Frankenstein, published in 1818. It is the story of a German student who learns the secret of infusing life into inanimate matter and creates a monster that ultimately destroys him. Included among her other novels are Valperga (1823), The Last Man (1826), and the partly autobiographical Lodore (1835). After Shelley's death in 1822, she devoted herself to caring for her aged father and educating her only surviving child, Percy Florence Shelley. In 1839–40 she edited her husband's works.
See her journal (ed. by F. L. Jones, 1947); her letters (ed. by M. Spark and D. Stamford, 1953); biographies by M. Spark (1951, repr. 1988), N. B. Gerson (1973), and M. Seymour (2001); C. Gordon, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley (2015); studies by W. A. Walling (1972), E. Sunstein (1989), and R. Montillo (2013).
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