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As much as people want to rag on Knaak, Blizzard approves of the books before they are released. So if your beef is with Mary Sue's or a ridiculous raptor army, direct your nerdrage to Blizzard.
I have to wonder as well, those who trash Knaak... do they think Tolkien was the master of all authors? If so, I have a few things to say about that :)
Drakkenfyre said...
From someone who worked in a company that wrote books, and had dealings with Blizzard's book tie-in branch, he said that they have seriously scaled back the freedom authors have, and didn't quite like Knaak's original treatment. The only reason they went with it was to keep the "the books are canon" thing up, which had already been announced.
They apparantly didn't like it anymore than other people did.
Brutal Man said...
Time travel is one of the worst literary resources, next to long lost brothers and parallel dimensions (see: DC or Marvel).
That really contradicts the fact that they keep hiring him.
I couldn't give two flips about Knaack's "Mary Sues" or raptor armies or what-have-you... my main beef is with the fact that the man's prose makes me want to gargle Drano.
How can I even describe his writing style? It just feels so clunky, stilted, unnatural... it's like a teenager trying to write a fanfic, with "good-ish" sentence structure but nothing to write home about, kind of rambly at times but forgivable enough, and then they go "Oh crap, I need this to sound more grown up!" so they cram in a metric assload of painfully-more-"artsy"-than-necessary words at completely bizarre intervals and it... just... doesn't... work...
Yeah... my own grammar and sentence structure in that last paragraph were fairly crap, but *I'm* not getting paid for this.
Drakkenfyre said...
Someone apparantly has a serious like for Knaak. I think it's Metzen.
The person I was referring to said authors are now given guidelines, and cannot stray too far from them. After the whole rewriting lore thing, they established those rules so future books don't completely change the storyline.
Whether or not a book is good is up to the reader, but at least you won't have a book change the lore so much you might as well be reading a fanfic.
antieuclid said...
As far as having frequently-hard-to-read and overly melodramatic writing styles, I think Tolkien and Knaak are equally guilty. They're both terrible writers.
Tolkien's skills weren't as a writer, but as an author. He had an amazing ability to create worlds, characters, and plots. And we forgave him for his prose because he was giving us such an amazing world. (I say all this as a huge Tolkien fan. I took college courses on Tolkien. So please no attacking army of orcs.)
Knaak, on the other hand, can't really take credit for that type of authorship. His books might have interesting characters and plots, but the characters and plots have been created by others. All he's contributing is the writing, and he can't write his way out of a paper bag.
Murdertime said...
As much fun as it to rag on Knaak, the dude writes blandly functional books to contract. That's pretty much it.
He wrote some blandly functional books that were essentially random fantasy novels with some Warcraft references in them during a period when everyone had to have their special product tie in novels (Doom Novels. There were 3 of them.) and didn't particuarly care about what was in them and now they kind of had to wedge in what they had wrought.
He's not a bad author but he's not great either. But honestly, what the hell are people expecting from fan fiction written to spec? Even the best of them is at best pretty okay. If you're expecting more than that, go read something else.
The comics, on the other hand, are actively awful. Really, truly painfully cancer causingly bad.
I think it's fairly obvious from the context that the "I took college courses on Tolkien" was meant in an "I'm not slamming the guy because I dislike him; on the contrary, I actually like him enough to take electives on him!" sense. Not an "I took classes so I am automatically an expert!" one.
Normally I wouldn't actively try to be a dick, but if you're going to be so snooty as to say "Do not try to pass off your opinion as fact", perhaps you can forgive my being so snide as to say "Do not try to make other (perfectly reasonable) people look like jerks just because you totally fail at reading comprehension".


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A chess mod to better reflect modern warfare? Andrew Y Ames's Last Resort is modified chess: war to protect civilians and territory. The Bleached side with pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, and a nuke, fights to free a foreign people in another land; the Oiled side with pawns, fights to be a free people in their own land. Both sides seek to protect life and freedom. The asymmetry of war is encoded in movements. The game has brass civilian pieces that either player may move. Oiled pawns and the nuke may be detonated, removing adjacent pieces. The first player to move four civilians to the row closest to their side wins. The key to winning is through the people caught in the middle. Players can play justly and protect the citizens. Or manipulate civilian loses to gain support through deception. For more information, visit the game page.
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Exception: A column named '?' already belongs to this DataTable
I'm getting the following problem. In the explorer area when a choose a specific entity from the "Entities" menu, it gives me an unknown error. In event viewer I can see the following message:
Exception information: Exception type: DuplicateNameException Exception message: A column named '?' already belongs to this DataTable. Stack trace: at System.Data.DataColumnCollection.RegisterColumnName(String name, DataColumn column, DataTable table) at System.Data.DataColumnCollection.BaseAdd(DataColumn column) at System.Data.DataColumnCollection.AddAt(Int32 index, DataColumn column) at System.Data.DataColumnCollection.Add(String columnName, Type type) at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.WebUI.ServiceAdapter.ConvertEntityMembersToDataTable(Collection`1 members, DisplayType displayType) at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.WebUI.UserControls.Common.Attribute.GetData(Boolean allRecords, Boolean idOnly, String filterCriteria) at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.WebUI.UserControls.Common.Attribute.get_GridData() at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.WebUI.UserControls.Common.Attribute.LoadGrid(Boolean clearGridData) at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.WebUI.UserPages.Explorer.Attribute.SetupAttributeControl() at System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
This only happens for some users, but I don't have any specific permissions for that entity for no one.
Can someone help me?
Thanks in advance.
Helena Monteiro
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Hello Helena
maybe the entity name is a reserved keyword ?
what is the name of your entity please ?
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Seems MDM is crashing while converting the EntityMember into DataTable. So I assume MDM has successfully fetched data from database and its unable to convert into Datatable.So Cause is .Net are getting duplicate information While trying to cast into datatable.This may be -
1.Duplicate information although its unlikely. (Maye be Coloumn name or entity member).Yoi may want to check the records in db for the particular entity.
Clue can be
at System.Data.DataColumnCollection.AddAt(Int32 index, DataColumn column)
at System.Data.DataColumnCollection.Add(String columnName, Type type)
at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.WebUI.ServiceAdapter.ConvertEntityMembersToDataTable(Collection`1 members, DisplayType displayType)
2.Reserved words are used as Xavier Mentioned below.
- Edited by AnupKumar Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:24 AM
I got assisted by Nathan LiuCheng in the partner forums and it found out that there was a hotfix to this issue:
FIX: "A column named 'AttributeName' already belongs to this DataTable" error when you open an entity in Master Data Manager in SQL Server 2008 R2 MDS
I installed the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 5. After installing seems like the bug described is gone!
So, thank you very much for your help !
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Andrew Burns is a multifaceted bassist from the Twin Cities, MN. In 2011 he earned his Bachelor's in Music Performance from McNally Smith College of Music, and is currently pursuing his Master's in Bass Performance. Originally an electric bass player focused on rock, blues, and funk, Andrew expanded his scope to jazz and added upright bass to his arsenal. In college, he fell in love with the brass band music of New Orleans, and took up sousaphone to join his school's brass band. All of these influences converged when Andrew Joined Davina and the Vagabonds in 2013.
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One of the most difficult transitions I had to make with my food sensitivities was re-learning how to bake. I baked a lot as a kid and have some great food traditions in my family, and it was hard enough to leave behind some of grandma's amazing recipes. But little did I know that gluten-free and vegan baking would feel like chemistry class, with a whole new set of ingredients and formulas to experiment with…oftentimes ending failure and frustration.
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-Not all ovens are made alike, so you will have to monitor your banana bread after the instructed cooking time to figure out when it's ready. My current oven took something like 45 minutes to bake the loaf of banana bread, even though the instructions call for much less time that that. When a knife inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, you're good to go!
-You can add some fun extra ingredients to this recipe, such as blueberries and chocolate chips! I recommend Enjoy Life's chocolate chips for an amazing chocolate-banana combo.
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Roast Chicken with Grape and Blue Cheese Salad
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- Calories: 426
- Calories from fat: 72%
- Fat: 34g
- Saturated fat: 2g
- Cholesterol: 129mg
- Sodium: 295mg
- Carbohydrate: 8g
- Fiber: 1g
- Sugars: 6g
- Protein: 44g
- 2 small heads Boston or Bibb lettuce, torn into pieces
- 4 stalks celery, sliced on the diagonal
- 1/2 red onion, finely chopped
- 2 cups (about 1/2 pound) green grapes, halved
- 3 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and pepper
- 1 3 1/2- to 4-pound rotisserie chicken, meat thickly sliced
- In a large bowl, combine the lettuce, celery, onion, grapes, and blue cheese.
In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, vinegar, oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Divide the salad and chicken among individual plates. Serve with the vinaigrette.
Tip: Omit the chicken and this salad becomes a delicious side dish for grilled steak, pork chops, or burgers.
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Qasem Soleimani
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|Qasem Soleimani
|Commander of the Quds Force
|Assumed office
1997 or 1998
|Supreme Leader
|Ali Khamenei
|Preceded by
|Ahmad Vahidi
|Yahya Rahim Safavi
Mohammad Ali Jafari
|Personal details
11 March 1957
Rabor, Iran
|Political party
|Islamic Coalition Party
|Shia Islam
|Military service
|Haj Qasem , Sardar Soleimani, General
|IRGC Qods Force
|Years of service
|Major General
|Quds Force
|Iran–Iraq War
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
Iraq War
Shia insurgency in Yemen
2006 Lebanon War
Syrian Civil War
2014 Northern Iraq offensive
Qasem Soleimani (Persian: قاسم سلیمانی,[1] born 11 March 1957) is the former commander of the Qods Force,[2] a division of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which conducts special operations outside Iran. According to Western sources, although he has maintained a low profile,[3] Soleimani has been very influential in building up the capacity of Hezbollah, shaping the post-war political landscape in Iraq, and turning around the Syrian civil war—driving opposition forces from strategic points.[3] He is listed by the United States government as a "terrorist",[4][5] and has been described as "both hated and admired" by his adversaries.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Soleimani was born 12 March 1957 in the village Rabor in the province of Kerman, and his father was a peasant. He has a high school education.[3] In his early years, he worked as a contractor for the Kerman Water organization.[6] When not at work, he spent his time lifting weights in local gyms and attending the sermons of a traveling preacher by the name of Hojjat Kamyab - a protege of Ayatollah Khomeini.[3]
Career and activities[edit]
Soleimani joined the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) in 1979 following the fall of the Shah of Iran to the Ayatollah Khomeini. Reportedly, his training was minimal, but he advanced rapidly. Early in his career as a guardsman, he was stationed in northwestern Iran and helped crush a Kurdish uprising.[3]
On 22 September 1980, when Saddam Hussein invaded Iran, Soleimani was a lieutenant in the ranks of the IRGC. During the war, from 1980 to 1988, he was stationed at the south front, commanding the Forty-First Tharallah Division[7] while still in his 20s. He is considered a hero of the war by some war veterans.[3]
After the war, during the 1990s, he was an IRGC commander in Kerman.[7] In this border region of Afghanistan where opium trade travels to Turkey and onto Europe, Soleimani's military experience helped him earn a reputation as a successful fighter against drug trafficking.[3]
During the 1999 student revolt in Tehran, Soleiman was one of 24[citation needed] IRGC officers who signed a letter to President Mohammad Khatami. The letter stated that "Our patience has run out," and said that if Khatami did not crush the student rebellion the military would, and might also launch a coup against Khatami.[3][8]
Command of Quds Force[edit]
The exact date of his appointment as commander of the IRGC Special Forces - the Quds Force ("Jerusalem Brigade") is not clear, but Ali Alfoneh cites it as between 10 September 1997 and 21 March 1998.[6] He was considered one of the possible successors to the post of commander of the IRGC, when General Yahya Rahim Safavi left this post in 2007. In 2008, he led a group of Iranian investigators looking into the death of Imad Mughniyah. Suleimani helped arrange a ceasefire between the Iraqi Army and Mahdi Army in March 2008.[5]
Following the Twin Tower attacks of September 11, 2001, Ryan Crocker, a senior State Department official in the United States, flew to Geneva to meet with Iranian diplomats who were under the direction of Soleimani with the purpose of collaborating to destroy the Taliban, which had targeted Shia Afghanis.[3] This collaboration was instrumental in defining the targets of bombing operations in Afghanistan and in capturing key Al Qaeda operatives, but abruptly ended in January, 2002, when George W Bush named Iran as part of the "Axis of evil" in his State of the Union address.[3]
In 2009, a leaked report stated that General Soleimani met Christopher R. Hill and General Raymond T. Odierno (America's two most senior officials in Baghdad at the time) in the office of Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani (who has known General Soleimani for decades). Hill and General Odierno denied the occurrence of the meeting.[9]
On 24 January 2011, Soleimani was promoted to major general by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[7][10] Khamenei is described as having a close relationship with him, helping him financially and has called Soleimani a "living martyr".[3]
Soleimani has been described as "the single most powerful operative in the Middle East today" and the principal military strategist and tactician in Iran's effort to combat Western-Israeli influence and promote the expansion of Shiite influence throughout the Middle East.[3] Geneive Abdo has called him a "brilliant tactician".[11] In Iraq, as the commander of the Quds force, he is believed to have engineered the Iraqi coalition government in its current form, supporting the election of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki.[3][12]
According to some sources, Soleimani is the principal leader and architect of the military wing of the Lebanese Shia party Hezbollah since his appointment as Quds commander in 1998.[3]
According to several sources, including Riad Hijab, a former Syrian premier who defected in August 2012, he is also one of the staunchest supporters of the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad in the Syrian civil war.[3][12] In the later half of 2012, Soleimani assumed personal control of the Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war, when Iranians became deeply concerned about the Assad regime's lack of ability to fight the opposition, and the fallout to the Islamic Republic if the Syrian regime fell. In Damascus he is reported to be coordinating the war from a base in Damascus at which a Lebanese Hezbollah commander and an Iraqi Shiite militia coordinator have been mobilized, in addition to Syrian and Iranian officers. Brigadier General Hossein Hamadani, the Basij's former deputy commander helps to run irregular militias that the Soleimani hope to continue the fight if Assad falls.[3] Under Soleimani the command has "coördinated attacks, trained militias, and set up an elaborate system to monitor rebel communications". According to a Middle Eastern security official Dexter Filkins talked to, thousands of Quds Force and Iraqi Shiite militiamen in Syria are "spread out across the entire country."[3] The retaking of Qusayr in May 2013 from Syrian rebels was, according to John Maguire, a former CIA officer in Iraq, "orchestrated" by Soleimani and "a great victory for him."[3]
2014 Northern Iraq offensive[edit]
In August 2014 Soleimani handed the Quds Force command to Hossein Hamadani, his former deputy.[2]
Qassem Soleimani was in the Iraqi city of Amerli, to work with the Iraqi forces to push back militants from the Islamic State (IS).[13][14] According to The Los Angeles Times, which reported that Amerli was the first town to successfully withstand an IS invasion, it was secured thanks to "an unusual partnership of Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers, Iranian-backed Shiite militias and U.S. warplanes". The US acted as a force multiplier for a number of Iranian-backed arm groups — at the same time that the head of the Revolutionary Guard's foreign operations was present on the battlefield.[15]
In March 2007, Soleimani was included on a list of Iranian individuals targeted with sanctions in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747.[16] On 18 May 2011, he was sanctioned again by the United States along with Syrian president Bashar Assad and other senior Syrian officials due to his alleged involvement in providing material support to the Syrian regime.[17]
On 24 June 2011, the Official Journal of the European Union said the three Iranian Revolutionary Guard members now subject to sanctions had been "providing equipment and support to help the Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria".[18] The Iranians added to the EU sanctions list were two Revolutionary Guard commanders, Soleimani, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and the Guard's deputy commander for intelligence, Hossein Taeb.[19] Soleimani was also sanctioned by the Swiss government in September 2011 due to the same grounds cited by the European Union.[20]
He is listed by the United States as a terrorist, which forbids U.S. citizens from doing business with him.[4][5] The list, published in the EU's Official Journal on 24 June 2011, also includes a Syrian property firm, an investment fund and two other enterprises accused of funding Assad's government. The list also includes Mohammad Ali Jafari and Hossein Taeb.[21]
- ^ His name is also spelled as Qassem, Ghasem, and Ghassem. His surname is also spelled as Soleymani, Suleimani, and Sulaimani. Persian pronunciation: [ɢɒːˈseme solejmɒːˈni]
- ^ a b "FINITA L'ERA DI SULEIMANI, CAMBIO AL VERTICE DI AL-QUDS" (in Italian). AnalisiDifesa. 08 - 27 - 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Filkins, Dexter (30 September 2013). "The Shadow Commander". The New Yorker. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Designation of Iranian Entities and Individuals for Proliferation Activities and Support for Terrorism". United States Department of State. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
- ^ a b c "Iranian who brokered Iraqi peace is on U.S. terrorist watch list". McClatchy Newspapers. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
- ^ a b Alfoneh, Ali (January 2011). "Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani: A Biography". Middle Eastern Outlooks 1. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ a b c Alfoneh, Ali (March 2011). "Iran's Secret Network: Major General Qassem Suleimani's Inner Circle". Middle Eastern Outlooks 2. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "News & Views". The Iranian. July 1999. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ Iraq and its neighbours: A regional cockpit The Economist
- ^ "The Islamic Republic's 13 generals". Iran Briefing. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Abdo, Geneive. "What an attack on Syria will mean for US-Iran relations". 10 September 2013. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b Abbas, Mushreq (12 March 2013). "Iran's Man in Iraq and Syria". Al Monitor. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "Iraqi and Kurdish troops enter the sieged Amirli". BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "So hilft Israels Todfeind den USA im Kampf gegen ISIS!". Bild. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "In Iraq, residents of Amerli celebrate end of militant siege". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747". United Nations. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
- ^ Alfoneh, Ali (July 2011). "Iran's Most Dangerous General". Middle Eastern Outlooks 4. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 611/2011 of 23 June 2011
- ^ "Syria: Deadly protests erupt against Bashar al-Assad". BBC News. 24 June 2011.
- ^ "Ordinance instituting measures against Syria". Federal Department of Economy. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "EU expands sanctions against Syria". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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- David Ignatius, At the Tip of Iran's Spear, Washington Post, 8 June 2008
- Martin Chulov, Qassem Suleimani: the Iranian general 'secretly running' Iraq, The Guardian, 28 July 2011
- Dexter Filkins, The Shadow Commander, The New Yorker, 30 September 2013
- Ali Mamouri, The Enigma of Qasem Soleimani And His Role in Iraq, Al-Monitor, 13 October 2013


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Ive also used clods to build up the banks of a pond too!
Thank you! I have a camellia and a Rhodo growing in the front garden happily but perhaps soil acidity can be different in different parts of the garden? I'll do a test.
Either way I think I will move them because I do have related plants to those two in other parts of the garden where they are much happier!!
Anything that's substantial enough to cover that will need some sort of support I guess. If it was me (and my budget is always zero too by the way). I would grow some sweet peas in a deep container and use cheap old canes to make a screen that at least hides it in the summer, until I could afford to build a proper support. I'm not sure what could grown in an average pot that would be big enough to cover it? I think most vigorous climbers would need a pretty large pot. A long term solution would be a wisteria grown around a sturdy support system (so that you would have enough access/safety). According to the RHS website they can be grown in containers.
I'm only a new gardener definitely no expert! But those are my thoughts...
I had the same feelings with my first garden 4 years ago. I did exactly the same as you - lots of hardy annuals. Even the ones that didn't work out we're fine because others did so well they more than made up for it. It was, seriously, one of my best ever experiences watching that garden grow. I couldn't believe it.
My expectations were low and I was AMAZED! Don't worry, even if some things don't work out other things will far exceed your expectations. It sounds like you've don't lots of research which is more than I did and I still had success so with all the work you've done I'm sure it will be wonderful.
Everything you've pictured in your mind will be exceeded! It's wonderful!
Make sure you post some pictures in the summer so we can see the results!
I'm starting again now with a new garden much bigger than the first one. I've had a few of those "agh!" Moments but I have faith in nature (and sweet peas).
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More than 1,000 People Brave Historic Winter Storm to Champion Cancer Research at Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) Fall Gala Raising $2.1 million
Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, Darius Rucker and Javier Colon Wow the Crowd with Astounding Musical Collaboration
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October's historic snowstorm could not stop the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) from bringing together over 1,000 supporters, including many myeloma patients and their loved ones, as well as celebrity guests, at its 15th Annual Fall Gala on Saturday Oct. 29, in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Despite road closures and power outages, Gala attendees were determined to make it to the event – evidence of their dedication to the mission of the MMRF. The premier benefit raised $2.1 million to support MMRF efforts to develop next-generation treatments for patients with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer, and find a cure.
Music industry legend Stevie Wonder received the MMRF's Spirit of Hope Award in recognition of his extraordinary humanitarian efforts, philanthropic leadership and generosity of spirit which truly encapsulates the word, "hope." As an activist, Stevie spearheaded the effort to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national American holiday, and has performed benefit concerts for a vast array of worthy causes. Stevie currently serves as the United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on persons with disabilities. Grammy-Award winning artists Michael McDonald and Darius Rucker and winner of NBC's "The Voice" Javier Colon wowed attendees with their powerful performances as Featured Artists in a Tribute Concert to Stevie Wonder.
"It is an honor to be recognized by the MMRF – an organization that has helped so many families affected by multiple myeloma," said Wonder, a close personal friend of MMRF Board of Directors member Michael Reinert who is currently battling multiple myeloma. "Cancer has touched someone in all of our lives. It is my hope that, by continuing to raise awareness and research funds through events like this, we can play a role in helping the MMRF bring patients new treatments that will extend their lives." Stevie Wonder made the evening especially memorable by joining the event's Featured Artists to perform several of his classic hits.
As a testament to her commitment to patients and families living with cancer, Deborah Norville, Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, New York Times best-selling author and a member of the MMRF Honorary Board of Directors, served as Mistress of Ceremonies for the 10th year. Dennis Gillings, CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quintiles, was honored with the MMRF Corporate Leadership Award for Quintiles' leadership and vision in delivering new drugs and cures for the world's most challenging diseases. Other special guests included MMRF Honorary Board of Directors members Ann Curry, Co-Anchor of NBC's TODAY show, and Carl Quintanilla, CNBC's Co-Anchor of "Squawk-Box."
"Thanks to the amazing generosity of those who have supported the MMRF Fall Gala, we have made incredible progress developing the next generation of lifesaving treatments—providing great hope and changing the outlook for patients fighting this still-fatal disease," said Kathy Giusti, Founder and CEO of the MMRF and a myeloma patient. "I have been given an amazing gift – a legacy to leave behind, a tribute to the amazing work we have all done together. It started as a pledge to two young children to stay in the fight. It continues as a pledge to help as many patients as we possibly can."
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You know, I can't help but wonder…if our Papa…who doesn't judge beauty according to our worldly standards…views these 2 sets of images in the same way.
What I mean is.. these women are still beautiful with or without modification (whether it be from devastating and horrific acts of…
A man cannot do what God must do, and God will not do what a man should do.
I feel compelled to write this post because of how hurtful and cruel society is and how broken and unworthy all the beautiful, wonderful, worthy daughters of Christ feel. Society has rebuked us for being not skinny enough, or not pretty enough, we just never seem to be good enough. It breaks my heart to see all these beautiful women doubt themselves and hate on themselves because of the lies that society has told them. God loves us for who we are and He created each and every one of His children in His image, which means that we are perfect in His eyes. It breaks His heart when He creates a beautiful daughter in His image and sends her out into the world, only to have her torn down and destroyed by the lies of society. He sees our brokenness and our doubts in ourselves and He feels our pain. Every tear that we shed, every time we stare at ourselves in the mirror and are ashamed, every time we hurt ourselves physically, God feels even more pain and hurt than we do. To have to have your most precious creation be destroyed and told that it's worth nothing when it means the world to you. Each and every one of you guys are beautiful, intelligent, worthy, strong women who is loved by the Creator of the universe, the Master of all creation, the King of kings! The one who is all powerful and omnipotent loves us for who we are and exactly how we are. He LOVES US. US. The ones who have been told by society that we'll never be enough, we'll never be accepted. God is all we need, He is enough. He satisfies all our needs and desires and He loves us exactly the way we are. Not only when we wear the nicest clothes, or put on makeup, but always, even when we just woke up and have disgustingly huge bed hair, no makeup on, those hideous retainers and those huge glasses on. He loves us all the time. There is never a time when He doesn't look at us and love on us for being His beautiful daughters. HIS DAUGHTERS. The King of king and Lord of lords is our Father and He loves us for exactly who we are. I know that angels in Heaven will rejoice the day that we find our worth in Him, and the words of society no longer affect us and can no longer hinder us and break us down because we'll know that the One who matters, the One who loves us the most will be by our side for eternity and He'll never leave us.
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So it's been awhile since I've posted on here. College has been crazy! Having to adjust to midterms and finals only and actually having to study! And of course, the dreaded moment when you are arguing with yourself in bed, reasoning with yourself that skipping class isn't THAT bad…..you can always just go to the next lecture, then plopping back down and falling back into a deep slumber. People have always told me that college is a once in a lifetime, life changing experience and now I completely understand and agree with what they have told me. College is definitely the place where you begin to discover who you are. The people you choose to be your friends become your family and even more importantly, they influence the kind of person you become. College is also a place where the majority of people you meet are mature, intellectual people who are able to provide insight and give you advice. Looking back at my fall quarter, I can already see the change in myself and I can still see myself changing. I've become more independent, I've learned to be responsible for my actions, and I've matured so much. I've been blessed to have surrounded myself with amazing, wonderful, and supportive brothers and sisters who truly care about me. I am slowly understanding what God's love is and I've never felt closer to God than I do now. God has blessed my life so much and I've been so ignorant in taking everything for granted. God has blessed my life so that I may be a blessing to others. There were times when I was consumed with anger and hatred but He taught me to love and to forgive. He has placed all these role models in my life for me to look up to and seek for knowledge and advice. Never have I felt so light-hearted and loved in my life as I do right now. I've only had a taste of what He has in store for me and I can't wait to see the plans He has for me. God has continually blessed me so I hope to become a blessing to others. I hope to become a more supportive friend, a loving sister, a kind stranger, and a woman after God's own heart.
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Whenever the Jets and Patriots meet, the postgame handshake is a big deal. Mangini's used to coach for the Patriots under Belichick until he got the Jets job and decided to blow the lid off the whole "Spygate" issue last year. That pissed Belichick off something good as you could imagine, and since that point, their postgame handshake hasn't exactly been a matter of exchanging pleasantries. In fact, spygate or not, we found out that Belichick has a history of snubbing people in postgame handshakes dating back to his days with the Browns. As you could imagine, particularly after losing at home to the Jets, Bill Belichick wasn't exactly the most gracious of losers following the game:
I love the way Mangini tries to hold on extra long to emphasize what a jerk Belichick is. He wasn't letting him go, wanted his moment of satisfaction. Of course we all know the difference-maker in this one — and it wasn't the coaches. No Brady + Favre = victory for the Jets. Of course I'm still wondering what happened to that formula the first time around …Google+


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Great article.
I must say that I agree with the statement, that Rogues are in a fine spot right now. We're not overpowered, nor are we too weak that playing a Rogue feels like a burden. While Mutilate is still the most common spec in Arena, I do see a few others every now and then, and it's good to know that just about every talent tree we have is viable.
Blizzard best keep their nerf-hands off us.
Dude I know....Honestly...? In the grand scheme of every other class...I'd wager to say we have it pretty good! no. Excellent. We put out mind numbing damage, have one of the best AOE's in the game. Please leave us alone Blizzard. And as far as vanish. Leave it broken. If it keep us "even" I'm all for it.


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The most relevant projects include: Street3D - High Resolution 3D Calculation & Visualization of Air Pollutant Dispersion in Street Canyons - (ZIM AIF KF2013101SS8), SANY (FP6-033564) - Sensors Anywhere, ORCHESTRA (FP6-511678) - Open Architecture and Spatial Data Infrastructure for Risk Management, I-MARQ (FP5 IST-2001-34039) - Information System for Marine Aquatic Resource Quality, GIMMI (FP5 IST-2001-34245) - Geographical Information and Mathematical Models Inter-Operability, ISDS (German, Canadian and Australian government) - Integrated Spatial Decision Support, in collaboration with University of Guelph, Canada, National Water Resource Institute, Canada, University of Melbourne, Australia, WuNDa (City of Wuppertal) - Environmental and spatial planning information system for the city of Wuppertal, Germany, TEMSIS (FP4 Telematics 2C, EN1015) – Trans-national environmental information system for the area Saar-Loraine, ECCEI (C2001(EU), EU and Canadian government) - European Canadian Curriculum on Environmental Informatics, international curriculum project, Information System Integrated Monitoring (Austrian government) - Ecosystem monitoring in Austria, part of a UN program (UN/ECE-IMP), Austrian Ozone Network (Austrian government) - Implementation of an air quality meta network for Austria.
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I expect you. I thought one night it was you
at the base of the drive, you at the foot of the stairs,
you in a shiver of light, but each time
leaves in wind revealed themselves,
the retreating shadow of a fox, daybreak.
We expect you, cat and I, bluebirds and I, the stove.
In May we dreamed of wreaths burning on bonfires
over which young men and women leapt.
June efforts quietly.
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so even if spring continues to disappoint
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I have new gloves and a new hoe.
I practice eulogies. He was a hawk
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Yours is the name the leaves chatter
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Saw you walking barefoot
taking a long look
at the new moon's eyelid
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asleep but not oblivious
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and i want it in the worst of ways.
home of the famous taco tuesday. also famous for their amazing red sauce and verde sauce, of which we drank by the gallon. literally.
see? everyone is happy at pablos.
we ate here almost every single day while in michigan.
my godmother, aunt linda. such a wonderful woman she is.
this is totally normal. it's just that good.
and they're open late too. so we'd spend the day at the beach, and head to pablos for dinner. inhaling food became the norm.
which was soon followed by food coma, as demonstrated by my little brother joe.
random fun fact: pablos is home to the largest women's bathroom i have ever seen.
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he caught one!
rhyan and i went to the park this morning and decided to kick off our shoes and go for a walk in the eno river.
which quickly became a full-on crawdad search. didn't take him long to grab one, and that little sucker tore off one of his own claws while fighting rhyan.
sad, but true. [it'll grow back]
for lunch we had mexican food at our favorite spot, spent time at the pool, i was able to get the entire house cleaned and washed the sheets too.
cannot wait to crawl into those crisp clean sheets. there's nothing like a great weekend, a clean house, and a relaxing sunday with your favorite fella.
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It was a quick turnaround running another race on Monday, two days after I ran the Kalamazoo K5K. This time My fiance Kathleen and I ventured to Climax to run in the 21st annual Run to Climax. This is a 7K race, a little different, but well worth it. The race has a small town feel and well over 200 athletes came to participate in this event.
Last year when I ran this race I had a very sore rib due to a freak injury and I gutted out a time off 29:45 and still managed to take first in my age group. This year my goal was to run the race in under 29 minutes.
Once again we started with a real bang as the starter used a shotgun to send us off. We headed down the country roads and wanted to make sure I paced myself well. I passed a few runners along the way and worked my way near the top 10. The leaders were well in front all ready. This race actually has 1/2 mile markers so I looked my time and was at 3:10, I thought good I am pacing myself well. Then at the mile mark they called out 6:04 and thought 'oh no here I go again going out to fast. Then I thought I actually paced myself well for the first mile this time though and wasn't too fast the first half mile, so I should be OK.
The rest of the first mile I was running directly into the sun and had the one hill to manage on the course. At the end of the road I hit the two mile mark and grabbed some water and threw it on my face to cool down. I then turned heading back into town and the sun was no longer an issue. There was one runner in front of me I managed to pass before the third mile mark and we battled back and forth for a while as he did not want to let me get the edge, but after a while he had fallen back a little. I was at 19:41 at the three mile mark.
I still had 1.3 miles to go and now was heading back into town and could see it off in the distance. I passed some of the walkers along the way and slowly, but surely was getting closer to the finish. Now when I got back to town I don't know why I thought I had a long way to go still because the guy with megaphone said 'Your almost done, turn right' and of course right there was the finish line and I kicked it into high gear. I crossed the line with a time of 28:33 and took 11th overall and first in my age group.
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Do you see that big beautiful check? Do you remember when I asked your opinion as to whether or not I should sign up for a credit card for the $200 sign up bonus? I wasn't going to but the comments that were left encouraged me to do it. Plus I thought it would be fun to write about the experience. Well guess what?! I got my check earlier this week! $200 baby!
I posted the first article on May 13th. To the get bonus I had to make one transaction on the card, which I did on May 24th. I spent $7 at Krispy Kreme. I didn't try to get the money as quick as I could. I waited for the statement to arrive, which did show the bonus points from my required purchase. I sent my payment and waited for it to clear before requesting my check. I didn't want them to have any reason not to send me the check.
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It's going to partially fund my trip to the Financial Bloggers Conference. Wohoo! Since I had zero dollars set aside for this trip when I bought my tickets I'm scrounging money for it. The trip is the perfect thing to spend this little windfall on. I probably wouldn't have it if it weren't for the blog so I think it's a good fit.


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Olsztyn is situated in the southern part of Warmia on the river Łyna, within the boundaries of Olsztyńskie Lakeland. There are 15 lakes situated within the borders of Olsztyn, among numerous frontal moraines which were formed during the last glaciations.
The most important monuments of Olsztyn, the capital of Warmian-Mazurian Voivodship are the Old Town with the castle complex and Saint Jacob Apostle's Church dating back to the XIV century. The monuments of the Olsztyn Town Square are situated on the European Route of Gothic and the church is deemed one of the greatest monuments of brick gothic era in Poland.
The history of Olsztyn castle is very rich. Under the peace treaty dating back to 1466 signed in Toruń, Olsztyn and the whole area of Warmia, lands that at that time were the property of the State of the Teutonic Knights' Order went under the rule of Poland. Then the King handed the castle over for the benefit of Warmian bishops.