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Update on tornado damage |
9.40am, 7 December 2012
Update on tornado damage in Whenuapai, Hobsonville and other parts of Auckland
Auckland Council Civil Defence's
immediate priority this morning is to finalise property
inspections, identify any that are structurally damaged, and
ensure owners/tenants are looked after and communicated
Today's update:
• Yesterday 18 teams of building
inspectors undertook 241 building assessments.
• Significant roofing damage was noted.
• Inspections will continue with building assessments
today including 40 properties in Totara Rd and Clark Rd.
• Overall it is expected that a relatively small
number of buildings will be found to be structurally
Auckland Council's
stormwater team are continuing to follow up calls from the
• Vector restored
700 customers overnight, leaving 635 without power.
• Locations without power are predominantly in the
Scott Rd, Clark Rd, Buckley Ave, and Hobsonville Air Base
areas along with Puriri, Totara and Waimarie roads. It is
anticipated that the Waimarie Rd and Totara Rd areas will be
affected for an extended period of time.
• Power to
Herald Island has been restored.
• NZ Defence Force is continuing to
provide assistance to Police with security and cordons of
the affected area.
• A decision on public access to
the cordoned area will be made later this morning.
• Approximately 230 Defence Force
personnel were provided alternative accommodation by NZ
• Two recovery centres will open at 10.00am
at Massey Leisure Centre and Victory Church, managed by
Auckland Council Civil Defence staff with personnel from
Housing NZ, Salvation Army, Work and Income, Child Youth and
Family and Victim Support. The recovery centres will be
closed at 1700 this evening (Friday 7 December).
• 31
affected people who registered at Whenuapai last night are
now being processed.
• Auckland Council Animal Control
have accommodated a number of companion animals overnight.
• Harcourts rental properties division is assisting
with tenants whose houses are uninhabitable.
• The
Ministry of Social Development has asked to deploy roving
teams with Civil Defence personnel to check on houses where
residents remain but may need assistance.
The heavy showers affecting Auckland this
morning are expected to increase during today. We can
1. Heavy rain and possible hail in showers.
2. Wind gusts within showers of up to 100km/h
low risk of thunderstorms forming.
4. Shower activity
will increase during the day with most intense rainfall and
activity in the evening.
What to do as storms
• Take shelter, preferably indoors away
from windows;
• Avoid sheltering under trees, if
• Move cars under cover or away from
• Secure any loose objects around your
• Check that drains and gutters are
• Be ready to slow down or stop, if
During and after the storm, you should
• Beware of fallen trees and power
• Avoid streams and drains as you may be swept
away in flash flooding.


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Track List
Album Remarks & Appraisals:
"Rather than covering another of the singer/composer's tunes on Chamber Music Society, Spalding recruits Nascimento to perform on her own "Apple Blossoms." It's but one example of a highly intriguing set that blends her classical training with jazz, pop and soul tendencies... Also worth a few more spins are "Wild Is The Wind" and the closing "Short and Sweet," both demonstrating that Spalding will certainly be the inspiration for many music students, scholars and fans for years to come." -All About Jazz
"On the opening track of her much-lauded, self-titled major label debut, Esperanza (Heads Up, 2008 ), bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding covered Milton Nascimento's timeless gem, "Ponta de Areia." Rather than covering another of the singer/composer's tunes on Chamber Music Society, Spalding recruits Nascimento to perform on her own "Apple Blossoms." It's but one example of a highly intriguing set that blends her classical training with jazz, pop and soul tendencies.
This might seem to be a risky endeavor, but not for Spalding, who not only keeps an open mind, but a radar-like ear that is able to absorb many sonic influences and still make them her own.
Evidence of this is "Winter Sun," another original composition that has elements of soul and jazz without too many complications. Here, she is supported solely by her trio and some multilayered backing vocals, before taking an unexpected bass solo that comes just as the tune might have headed in a pop direction. Her cover of Antonio Carlos Jobim/Aloysio de Oliveira's "Inutil Paisagem" (known in English as "If You Never Come To Me") goes far away from the beaches of Rio; instead, there is a classically-inspired duet between Spalding and vocalist Gretchen Parlato, who perform in both English and Portuguese, backed solely by the bandleader's bass.
The inclusion of strings is a plus here, enhancing the musicality of tracks including "Knowledge of Good and Evil," an up-tempo original with wordless vocals that showcases Spalding's vocal dexterity; the opening "Little Fly"; and "Apple Blossoms," where they flow around Nascimento's improvisations without interference. Also worth a few more spins are "Wild Is The Wind" and the closing "Short and Sweet," both demonstrating that Spalding will certainly be the inspiration for many music students, scholars and fans for years to come." -AllAboutJazz
Classical music aficionados and jazz devotees can both share in the rich mélange of music offered on Chamber Music Society. The award-winning bassist/composer/vocalist is assisted by several well-known jazz musicians including drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, pianist Leo Genovese, guitarist Ricardo Vogt and percussionist Quintino Cinnalli.
Classical music connoisseurs will recognize the work of violinist Entcho Todorov, violist Lois Martin, and cellist David Eggar who make up Spalding's string trio ensemble. Together they've created a modern chamber music group that combines the spontaneity of improvisation with angular string trio arrangements.
"Esperanza Spalding has quickly demonstrated that she's an artist of great beauty, grace and daring. With Chamber Music Society, Spalding takes all the well-earned hype she received from her 2008 major-label debut, Esperanza, and shows she is just that good, and even better. The opening number - "Little Fly," a William Blake poem set to music composed by Spalding - is one of my favorite tracks of the year. It's a lush ballad with a string quartet arrangement by Gil Goldstein and Spalding. She could do an entire set of songs like this and become Norah Jones with a bass, but that's where her daring comes in. Spalding dives headlong into sophisticated, complex jazz vocalizations and arrangements on tunes like "Knowledge Of Good And Evil," "Really Very Small" and "What A Friend." She basks in a very original version of "Wild Is The Wind," giving new life to the tune by adding tango overtones - complete with David Eggar's aching cello solos and Leo Genovese harkening the flavor of Astor Piazzola. She duets lovingly with Milton Nascimento on another fine original, "Apple Blossom Time," and Gretchen Parlato (a terrific young vocalist in her own right) on Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Inutil Paisagem." The program closes with "Short And Sweet," a fine ballad where Spalding uses her voice as another instrument in the arrangement, rather than singing lyrics or scatting. Spalding will be featured on the cover of DownBeat's September issue ... with good reason. With Chamber Music Society, she's become one of the most exciting artists on the music scene." -DownBeat
Album Reviews:
Rolling Stone - "[H]er talent is undeniable. The chamber setting provides a feathery pillow for moody tracks like 'Little Fly'..."
JazzTimes (p.70) - "'Knowledge of Good and Evil' is a scat-singing tour de force, 'Chacarera' a percussive tropical treat..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The jazz rhythm section plus string trio forms an alluring hybrid, unified by Spalding's capricious imagination and virtuosity."
Paste (magazine) - "Her ability to arrange music and command her accompanists is masterful, her bass-playing virtuosic and her voice can display a pantheon of sounds..."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.83) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[An] ambitious new classical-influenced set...[with an] imaginative fusion of styles."
Uncut (magazine) (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "A dramatic tango version of 'Wild Is The Wind' and an original piece called 'Apple Blossom' are particularly good."
Album Notes
Personnel: Esperanza Spalding (vocals, acoustic bass); Entcho Todorov (violin); Lois Martin (viola); Dave Eggar (cello); Leo Genovese (melodica, piano); Terri Lyne Carrington (drums); Quintino Cinalli (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Joe Ferla.
Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ (11/03/2009); Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (11/03/2009); Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ (2009-10-08_2009-10-10&2010-); Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (2009-10-08_2009-10-10&2010-).
Photographer: Sandrine Lee.
As evidenced by her self-titled 2008 debut, Esperanza Spalding is a quadruple threat as composer, bassist, singer, and producer. That album spent an astonishing 70 weeks on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart, and was the best-selling album by a new artist internationally for that calendar year. Given its critical and commercial success, a follow-up can exert so much pressure internally and externally, that an artist loses her/his focus and the end result is less than stellar. Not so with Chamber Music Society. Spalding has assembled an intriguing collection of tunes, is accompanied by stellar backing musicians -- drummer Terri Lynne Carrington, pianist Leonardo Genovese, and percussionist Quintino Cinalli with a pair of string players -- and guests that reveal her exquisite taste in both compositions and arrangements (the latter with intermittent help from Gil Goldstein). The album opens with a Spalding composition to illustrate William Blake's poem "Little Fly"; her vocal is understated yet fully articulate. She is backed only by her bass and a graceful, small, unintrusive string section. "Winter Sun" is a standout with its fingerpopping breaks and a melodic nu-soul vocal that touches on scat with astute syncopation, and features taut, imaginative bass and piano solos. It walks the line between modern jazz and adult contemporary R&B . On Esperanza, she covered Milton Nascimento's "Ponta de Areia." Here, she ups the ante by duetting with the Brazilian artist on her own "Apple Blossom," backed by strings and Richard Vogt's nylon-string guitar. Nascimento's trademark baritone is allowed considerable improvisational freedom that features his otherworldly falsetto. Her reading of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Inutil Paisagem" almost forgoes samba entirely in favor of a more classically disciplined duet vocal arrangement, as Spalding's voice and bass are accompanied only by Gretchen Parlato's divine vocal. Parlato also appears with wordless singing on "Knowledge of Good and Evil," in a breezy yet complex chart that underscores a deft harmonic interaction with the band. Spalding's arrangement of Dimitri Tiomkin's and Ned Washington's classic "Wild Is the Wind" features David Eggar guesting on cello and Genovese playing melodica, and combines jazz, tango, and classic pop. "What a Friend" combines contemporary and Rhodes-driven soulful electric jazz. Chamber Music Society is a more sophisticated offering than Esperanza. That said, with its musical diversity, stylistic panache, humor, and soul, it's also a more enjoyable listen. ~ Thom Jurek
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October 26, 2009 Prospectus TodayTurning the Trick in Six
For much of last night, it was 1996 again. Or 1998. Or maybe 2000. You had Andy Pettitte getting big outs, a deep lineup grinding away at an opposing starting pitcher, a key break going the Yankees' way, a crowd buzzing with confidence, eager to celebrate a clinching. Forget that it was a new building, or that the guy who got the biggest hit not so long ago contributed to a dark day in franchise history, or that the big plays were consecutive bunts, or that Mariano Rivera managed to give up a run. For one night, Aura and Mystique did a show in the Bronx, and when they were done, the World Series was coming home again. For all the pregame discussion about possibly using CC Sabathia, Joe Girardi made the right decision in starting Andy Pettitte. The dropoff between the two over one game is small, and the Yankees' ability to start Sabathia against Cliff Lee Wednesday, and perhaps to use him three times in the World Series, is a key to their ability to beat the Phillies. Girardi didn't necessarily make the win-maximizing decision for one night, but he unquestionably made the championship-maximizing decision. It didn't hurt that Pettitte pulled out a start from his dynasty days, pounding the strike zone and spending the whole night ahead of the Angels hitters. Of the 25 men Pettitte faced, 19 started out 0-1, and eight started 0-2. All told, Pettitte threw strikes on nearly two-thirds of his 99 pitches, scattering seven hits and walking one man. When he left in the seventh holding a 3-1 lead, you half expected to see Jeff Nelson come in and Bob Sheppard make the announcement. Contrast Pettitte's work with that of Joe Saunders, a similar pitcher by type who on this night threw 83 pitches, 42 of them out of the strike zone. Saunders walked five and got strike three on exactly no one, the latter turning into a real problem for him during the game. Strikeout rate isn't just a predictor of longevity, it's a proxy for how much a pitcher can help himself. Saunders, who doesn't strike out many men, repeatedly started off 1-0 (15 of 22 batters), then would work the count to two strikes without being able to close things out. Saunders got just one swing-and-miss all night, and gave up two hits on 1-2 counts and two critical walks after getting two strikes on Robinson Cano and Derek Jeter in the fourth. The inability to put hitters away killed Saunders last night. At that, Saunders allowed just three runs, a figure the Angels would have blown by in many games this season. In this postseason, however, the Angels have been killed by the inability of their table-setters to, well, set the table. Chone Figgins and Bobby Abreu each did have a single last night, and each were involved in the Angels' two runs (Abreu driving in the first, Figgins scoring the second). But the Angels needed more from them, needed them on base more than once apiece. The two combined for a sub-.300 OBP, which is perhaps the biggest reason that the Angels lost this series. The Angels' difficulty scoring runs made Mike Scioscia's curious decision to bench his most effective lefty-crusher that much more damaging. Mike Napoli has suffered the indignity of being benched when John Lackey pitches, of being repeatedly pinch-hit for by Gary Matthews Jr., and last night was sat down so that Jeff Mathis-who's been a better hitter than Napoli since at least Tuesday-could play. I might buy the idea that Scioscia was riding a hot hand of sorts, but if that were the case, shouldn't Figgins, Abreu, or Kendry Morales have been sitting? If you absolutely have to play Mathis, fine; it's wrong, but go ahead. But you have to find a way to get Napoli, your best hitter against lefties over the past two seasons, into the lineup. Morales, Abreu� hell, sit Vladimir Guerrero. But to not play Napoli in an elimination game against a left-handed starter is a terrible decision, baseball malpractice of the highest order. In an amusing end, Scioscia sent up Matthews to hit for Napoli one last time, with two outs in the ninth. Batting a bad left-handed hitter for a good right-handed one against Mariano Rivera shows a rather disturbing lack of situational awareness. Scioscia didn't have a very good game, being slow to lift Saunders in the third-Jered Weaver should have been throwing as early as the second inning-then unnecessarily exposing Ervin Santana to a stretch of left-handed batters in the eighth. Down one run with maybe one inning left, Santana needed to be Brian Fuentes, or perhaps Scott Kazmir. Santana's struggles against lefties are a career-long thing, and you have to be tactical when one run matters. That Scioscia eventually got Weaver into the game, for one out when down three runs, might have been interesting if I hadn't been distracted by all the horses running around the outfield. Weaver, probably the second best pitcher the Angels have, got four outs in the last six days of this series. He should have been called upon earlier, and for more, last night. By the time Weaver came in, the game was essentially over thanks to an eighth-inning meltdown by the Angels defense. On consecutive sacrifice bunts-Joe Girardi gives away outs like they're Halloween candy-Howie Kendrick dropped a throw and Scott Kazmir threw a ball over his head, turning a 3-2 game into 4-2 and eventually 5-2. The errors, added to Vladimir Guerrero's brutal baserunning earlier, capped a series in which the Angels belied their reputation for heady play with repeated mental and physical mistakes. Just as the Twins had in the Division Series, the Angels showed that a reputation for playing fundamental baseball doesn't necessarily mean you always play fundamental baseball. It wasn't as costly as the no-shows atop the lineup or the weak bullpen, but their poor decision-making and execution were part of why they lost. CC Sabathia was awarded the MVP of the ALCS, and while Sabathia was terrific in his two starts, I have to assume this means that Alex Rodriguez didn't make it through the primary or something. Because if he was eligible for the award and didn't get it, after being the best hitter in the series and having a dramatic extra-inning home run in a key game, that would mean that the voters, of all things, couldn't come up big in October. And that's a bit too much irony for Monday. --
I'll be back Wednesday with some thoughts on the World Series.
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Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell went on to become real-life sweethearts after meeting on the set of this Green Day video in 2005. They split for several years in 2006 before getting back together in 2011. Meanwhile, Green Day astonished everyone by not only making a concept album, but making an amazing concept album. Par-tay.
6. Zach Galifianakis: Fiona Apple, "Not About Love"
There is nothing funnier than seeing this big dramatic set-up with Fiona Apple… and then hearing her voice come out of Zach Galifianakis' mouth. Classic.
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7. Adrien Brody: Tori Amos, "A Sorta Fairytale"
While we're on the subject of moody female piano rockers, there's also this one. Tori Amos and Adrien Brody: Just a leg and an arm, looking for a person to make them whole.
8. Jake Gyllenhaal: Vampire Weekend, "Giving Up the Gun"
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New Tank Have upgraged my old tank got myself a 125 litre tank, at the moment I have a tank which has 6 neon tetras, 2 clown loaches and 1 panda cory, how long should i leave it before adding the fish to the new tank should i do it gradually, i have no plants in their either at the moment, and does anyone have any good tips on establish a new tank?. All advice would be greatly appreciated. |
When I upgraded to a new tank what I did was, I took from the old tank: A load of old rock decorations Used gravel (and placed inside the new tank inside a stocking) Old filter media I did this to get as much established bacteria as possible into the new tank) I added these to the new tank, along with some old tank water from the already established tank and then stocked slowly keeping a close eye on water parameters. If you transfer fish from one tank to the other, make sure there isn't a huge difference in pH between the two tanks. I found it worked for me, and good luck :) |
When you say you added the filter media how did you do it? and do you think a week is enough to let the tank mature before putting my old fish into it? |
Okay, it depends on what type of filter you have. Mine is internal, and what I did was remove dirty sponges from my old tank into the filter in my new tank. I also went to my local fish shop and got some of their mature media - just for some extra. Be careful if you do that though, as there is always the risk of introducing something nasty into your tank - whitespot etc. After adding the mature media (gravel, ornaments etc) do not leave the aquarium without fish, as the beneficial bacteria will die with nothing to keep it established. I would also be careful adding clown loaches too early, as I believe they are quite sensitive to water conditions and you may want to wait until the tank is a bit more established. Out of interest, do you know what your tapwater readings are for nitrate? |
Well i only added the water to the tank yesterday, i tested it tonight and it was about 20, do you think it would be wrong to stick in one neon tetra to try and get it started or is that silly, should i do it in stages? |
I hvae heard a lot of different stories on how long it takes to really establish a tank when using old media to seed a tank. I have seen some say it only takes a couple weeks and I have seen some say it still takes at least a month. Plants would help make sure that ammonia doesn't spike too high but if you don't have enough plants then the ammonia can kill the plants also. Is really just a matter of testing your ammonia and nitrite levels to see when they both go to and stay at 0. Not much other ways I can tell you to do it. Adding your fish before that just means you need to make a few more water changes to keep the levels low enough not to harm the fish. There is always the fishless cycle but that is a whole new process and you won't be moving fish for at least 4 weeks using it. |
Well i was gonna leave it 2 weeks and then realised it is xmas so its gonna be three weeks, would you recommend adding plants now or any ornaments as at the mo its completely empty except gravel, someone told me to add some fish food, is that an idea, any other tips? |
You have to add something wether it is fish food, pure ammonia or a piece of a prawn. Something has to be added because it will only take a week without an ammonia source for your bacteria to die and you will have to start all over. If you have sahrimp leppets, you can add 5-6 of them and let them decompose to feed your bacteria and then add some more when they vanish. You can add 1/2 a prawn and let it decay, you can add pure ammonia. Fish food will work and if you add about double what you would feed your fish then that should be enough to seed the tank so you can transfer the fish when you are ready. Just test your ammonia and nitrites and make sure they are 0 or barely readable before adding fish. The loach should be left until you get 0 on both. If you add plants and fairly lass amount of them, you could speed the process up significantly. Just remeber you still have to fertilize the plants, have addequate lighting and maintain them or they will make the situation worse if they start to decay. |
How often should I put fish flakes in, unfortunately that is the only thing I have right now? I have bloodworms will they do any good? |
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Tackling Asthma: On and Off the Field
By Chris Draft
While playing linebacker in the NFL for 12 years, I am proud to say I achieved much success during my career. But maybe my greatest accomplishment is just being on the field with asthma. There was a time when asthma would have been considered too great an obstacle to overcome to achieve pro football status. By being proactive and working with my physician to identify my asthma triggers, I was able to show that asthma does not have to be a setback in life.
I am one of approximately 25 million people across the U.S. who has asthma. People often ask me what it was like to play in the NFL with asthma, and my response is I don't know what it was like to play in the NFL WITHOUT asthma. Asthma is a part of me and I'm pleased to be able to use my voice to show that asthma can be overcome.
During the last few years, I have been proud to partner with EPA to promote the message that asthma does not have to limit what you can achieve in your life. The Asthma Team at the Chris Draft Family Foundation, works to promote asthma awareness and education across the country.
These days, I am tackling asthma off the field. I continue to charge on in my campaign to raise awareness and help others triumph over asthma. During Asthma Awareness Month, I hope to inspire others by showing them how I achieved my success in controlling asthma. I can summarize it in a very simple statement: "Asthma can't stop me, so don't let it stop you."
About the author: A former NFL linebacker, Chris Draft is also the Founder, President, and CEO of the Chris Draft Family Foundation (CDFF), a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering families to live healthy lifestyles. Draft is a nationally recognized community leader and health advocate who serves as an NFL Ambassador, National Ambassador for the Parent Teacher Association, and a national spokesperson on many health-related issues, including the care and treatment of asthma, from which he suffers, and lung cancer, the disease that claimed the life of his wife, Keasha, late last year.
A leader both on and off the field, Draft has received a number of awards and honors for his tireless work in the community. Learn more about his accomplishments.
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Absent a last-minute settlement, it's a good bet executives from Walgreen (NYSE:WAG) and Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX) won't be ringing in the new year together. However, if the two companies can't get together, look for the champagne to be flowing freely at the Woonsocket, R.I., headquarters of Walgreen rival CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS).
That's because CVS should absorb a huge chunk of the millions of drug prescription customers Walgreen will lose when its contract with pharmacy benefits manager, or PBM, Express Scripts expires on the first day of 2012. In fact, CVS projects it should corral about 23 million prescriptions that Walgreen has been selling through Express Scripts, according to Bloomberg.
Those additional prescriptions could boost CVS profit by as much as 11 cents per share in 2012. CVS recently said it might earn $3.15 to $3.25 a share in 2012, according to Bloomberg. Perhaps not wanting to jinx itself, the CVS EPS forecast didn't factor in any of Walgreen's potential losses.
Given the prospect of a huge influx of new customers and a recent dividend increase, Seeking Alpha called CVS an "Investor's Dream," projecting the company's shares could hit $45 by summer. You have to wonder if they were referring to summer in the southern hemisphere, considering CVS closed at $40.18 on Wednesday, up more than 10% since Monday's final bell.
Meanwhile, Walgreen traded below $31 Wednesday morning before recovering to close at $33.37, down only 13 cents. Investors might have overreacted to the possible loss of customers resulting from the dustup with Express Scripts. They likely came to their senses after recognizing Walgreen, based just outside Chicago, is the biggest pharmacy chain in the country with 8,200 retail outlets. CVS has 7,300 drug stores, about 43% of which are within a mile of a Walgreen.
Since the dispute with Express Scripts erupted in June, Walgreen has been trying to get most of its customers who have their drug coverage managed by Express Scripts to switch to another PBM. The company admitted this has been a failure. "(Walgreen's) negotiations with health plans and employers had resulted in retaining just 11.4 percent, or about 10 million, of the 90 million prescriptions managed by Express Scripts that were filled by Walgreen in the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31," according to The New York Times.
While Walgreen prescriptions rose 5% to 819 million in 2011, the company expects a decline of 1% to 3% in 2012 volume. The loss of Express Scripts customers is expected to have a negative impact of 21 cents a share in fiscal 2012, Walgreen told The New York Times. Analysts have pegged the company's revenue loss at more than $4 billion.
Walgreen hardly seems to be panicking at the prospect of losing Express Scripts' customers. But the company's blood pressure could spike considerably should Express Scripts' proposed $29 billion acquisition of PBM Medco Health Solutions (NYSE:MHS) go through. The deal has sparked antitrust concerns, and perhaps after seeing the government kill the proposed purchase of T-Mobile by AT&T (NYSE:T), Walgreen is confident the potential PBM combination will suffer the same fate.
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I'm 26yrs old and have had erectile dysfunction since I was 16 yrs old. I have tried everything available from Viagra to injections and the doctors and urologists have not got a clue what can be the cause of this, also it isn't physiological – I smoked heavily since I was 12 years old up until I was 20 years old, and smoked cannabis heavily since I was 15 years old until I was 20 yrs old. I personally think that this could be the cause but doctors are not sure. For the past 4 years I have not used alcohol; I eat healthily and exercise regularly, but still nothing has helped my impotency. The only option left is to get a 3 piece penis prosthesis, which I have been on the waiting list for 2 and a half years for.
It is true that the microcirculation can be affected by the effects of long term cigarette smoking; however at younger ages, I do not suspect that this is the underlying etiology. Psychogenic dysfunction is more likely the cause of the erectile dysfunction.
Younger men are also not usually candidates for penile prostheses and in this case, it would be helpful to seek out additional consultation to help determine the true cause of the sexual dysfunction.
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Frederick III, German Emperor
Frederick III (German: Friedrich III., Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for ninety-nine days in 1888, the Year of the Three Emperors. Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl, known informally as "Fritz",[1] was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service. Although celebrated as a young man for his leadership and successes during the Second Schleswig, Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars,[2][3] he nevertheless professed a hatred of warfare and was praised by friends and enemies alike for his humane conduct. Following the unification of Germany in 1871 his father, then King of Prussia, became the German Emperor. Upon Wilhelm's death at the age of ninety on 9 March 1888, the thrones passed to Frederick, who had by then been German Crown Prince for seventeen years and Crown Prince of Prussia for twenty-seven years. Frederick was suffering from cancer of the larynx when he died on 15 June 1888, aged fifty-six, following unsuccessful medical treatments for his condition.
Frederick married Victoria, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. The couple were well-matched; their shared liberal ideology led them to seek greater representation for commoners in the government. Frederick, in spite of his conservative militaristic family background, had developed liberal tendencies as a result of his ties with Britain and his studies at the University of Bonn. As the Crown Prince, he often opposed the conservative Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, particularly in speaking out against Bismarck's policy of uniting Germany through force, and in urging that the power of the Chancellorship be curbed. Liberals in both Germany and Britain hoped that as emperor, Frederick III would move to liberalize the German Empire.
Frederick and Victoria were great admirers of Prince Albert, Victoria's father. They planned to rule as consorts, like Albert and Queen Victoria, and to reform what they saw as flaws in the executive branch that Bismarck had created for himself. The office of Chancellor, responsible to the Emperor, would be replaced with a British-style cabinet, with ministers responsible to the Reichstag. Government policy would be based on the consensus of the cabinet. Frederick "described the Imperial Constitution as ingeniously contrived chaos."[4]
The Crown Prince and Princess shared the outlook of the Progressive Party, and Bismarck was haunted by the fear that should the old Emperor die—and he was now in his seventies—they would call on one of the Progressive leaders to become Chancellor. He sought to guard against such a turn by keeping the Crown Prince from a position of any influence and by using foul means as well as fair to make him unpopular.[5]
However, his illness prevented him from effectively establishing policies and measures to achieve this, and such moves as he was able to make were later abandoned by his son and successor, Wilhelm II.
The timing of Frederick's death and the length of his reign are important topics among historians. The premature demise of Frederick III is considered a potential turning point in German history;[6] and whether or not he would have made the Empire more liberal if he had lived longer is still discussed.
Personal life[edit]
Early life and education[edit]
Frederick William was born in the New Palace at Potsdam in Prussia on 18 October 1831. He was a scion of the House of Hohenzollern, rulers of Prussia, then the most powerful of the German states. Frederick's father, Prince William, was a younger brother of King Frederick William IV and, having been raised in the military traditions of the Hohenzollerns, developed into a strict disciplinarian. William fell in love with his cousin Elisa Radziwill, a Princess of the Polish nobility, but his parents felt Elisa's rank was not suitable for the bride of a Prussian Prince and forced a more suitable match.[7] The woman selected to be his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, had been raised in the more intellectual and artistic atmosphere of Weimar, which gave its citizens greater participation in politics and limited the powers of its rulers through a constitution;[8][9] Augusta was well-known across Europe for her liberal views.[10] Because of their differences, the couple did not have a happy marriage and,[8][9] as a result, Frederick grew up in a troubled household, which left him with memories of a lonely childhood.[8][11] He had one sister, Louise (later Grand Duchess of Baden), who was eight years his junior and very close to him. Frederick also had a very good relationship with his uncle, King Frederick William IV, who has been called "the romantic on the throne". [12]
Frederick grew up during a tumultuous political period as the concept of liberalism in Germany, which evolved during the 1840s, was gaining widespread and enthusiastic support.[13] The liberals sought a unified Germany and were constitutional monarchists who desired a constitution to ensure equal protection under the law, the protection of property, and the safeguarding of basic civil rights.[14] Overall, the liberals desired a government ruled by popular representation.[9] When Frederick was 17, these emergent nationalistic and liberal sentiments sparked a series of political uprisings across the German states and elsewhere in Europe. In Germany, their goal was to protect freedoms, such as the freedom of assembly and freedom of the press, and to create a German parliament and constitution.[13][15] Although the uprisings ultimately brought about no lasting changes, liberal sentiments remained an influential force in German politics throughout Frederick's life.[16]
Despite the value placed by the Hohenzollern family on a traditional military education, Augusta insisted that her son also receive a classical education.[11] Accordingly, Frederick was thoroughly tutored in both military traditions and the liberal arts. His private tutor was Ernst Curtius, a famous archaeologist.[12] Frederick was a talented student, particularly good at foreign languages, becoming fluent in English and French, and studying Latin. He also studied history, geography, physics, music and religion, and excelled at gymnastics; as required of a Prussian Prince, he became a very good rider.[17] Hohenzollern princes were made familiar with the military traditions of their dynasty at an early age; Frederick was ten when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the First Infantry Regiment of Guards and invested with the Order of the Black Eagle. As he grew older, he was expected to maintain an active involvement in military affairs.[18] But, at the age of 18, he broke with family tradition and entered the University of Bonn where he studied history, law and governance and public policy. During his time at Bonn (1850-1852), his teachers included Ernst Moritz Arndt and Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann.[12] His time spent at the university, coupled with the influence of less conservative family members, were instrumental in his embrace of liberal beliefs.[19]
Marriage and family[edit]
Royal marriages of the 19th century were arranged to secure alliances and to maintain blood ties among the European nations. As early as 1851, Queen Victoria of Great Britain and her German-born Prince-Consort Prince Albert were making plans to marry their eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, to Frederick. The royal dynasty in Britain was predominantly German; there was little British blood in Queen Victoria, and none in her husband.[20] The monarchs desired to maintain their family's blood ties to Germany, and Prince Albert further hoped that the marriage would lead to the liberalization and modernization of Prussia. King Leopold I of Belgium, uncle of the British monarch and consort, also favoured this pairing; he had long treasured Baron Stockmar's idea of a marriage alliance between Britain and Prussia.[21] Frederick's father, Prince William, had no interest in the arrangement, hoping instead for a Russian Grand Duchess as his daughter-in-law.[20] However, Princess Augusta was greatly in favour of a match for her son that would bring closer connections with Britain.[1] In 1851, his mother sent Frederick to England, ostensibly to visit the Great Exhibition but in truth she hoped that the cradle of liberalism and home of the industrial revolution would have a positive influence on her son. Prince Albert took Frederick under his wing during his stay but it was Albert's daughter, only eleven at the time, who guided the German prince around the Exhibition. A regular exchange of letters between Victoria and Frederick followed.[12]
Frederick proposed to Victoria in 1855, when she was 14 years old. The betrothal of the young couple was announced on May 19, 1857 at Buckingham Palace and the Prussian Court,[22] and their marriage took place on 25 January 1858 in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace, London. To mark the occasion, Frederick was promoted to Major-General in the Prussian army. Although it was an arranged marriage, the newlyweds were compatible from the start and their marriage was a loving one;[23][24] Victoria too had received a liberal education and shared her husband's views. Of the two, Victoria was the dominant one in the relationship.[12] The couple often resided at the Crown Prince's Palace and had eight children: Wilhelm in 1859, Charlotte in 1860, Henry in 1862, Sigismund in 1864, Victoria in 1866, Waldemar in 1868, Sophia in 1870 and Margaret in 1872. Sigismund died at the age of 2 and Waldemar at age 11,[25] and their eldest son, Wilhelm, suffered from a withered arm—probably due to his difficult and dangerous breech birth, although it could have also resulted from a mild case of cerebral palsy.[26][27] Wilhelm, who became emperor after Frederick's death, shared none of his parent's liberal ideas; his mother viewed him as a "complete Prussian".[28] This difference in ideology created a rift between Wilhelm and his parents, and relations between them were strained throughout their lives.[28][29]
Emperor Frederick III was a Lutheran member of the Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces. It was a United Protestant denomination, bringing together Reformed and Lutheran believers.
Political life[edit]
Crown Prince[edit]
When his father succeeded to the Prussian throne as King William I on 2 January 1861, Frederick became the Crown Prince. Already twenty-nine years old, he would be Crown Prince for a further twenty-seven years. The new king was initially considered politically neutral; Frederick and Prussia's liberal elements hoped that he would usher in a new era of liberal policies. The liberals managed to greatly increase their majority in the Prussian Diet (Landtag), but William soon showed that he preferred the conservative ways. On the other hand, Frederick declared himself in complete agreement with the "essential liberal policy for internal and foreign affairs".[30]
Because William was a dogmatic soldier and unlikely to change his ideas at the age of sixty-four,[31] he regularly clashed with the Diet over policies. In September 1862, one such disagreement almost led to Frederick being crowned and replacing his father as king; William threatened to abdicate when the Diet refused to fund his plans for the army's reorganization. Frederick was appalled by this action, and said that an abdication would "constitute a threat to the dynasty, country and Crown".[32] William reconsidered, and instead on the advice of Minister of War Albrecht von Roon appointed Otto von Bismarck, who had offered to push through the military reform even against the majority of the Diet, as Minister-President. The appointment of Bismarck, an authoritarian who would often ignore or overrule the Diet, set Frederick on a collision course with his father and led to his exclusion from affairs of state for the rest of William's reign. Frederick insisted on bloodless "moral conquests", unifying Germany by liberal and peaceful means, but it was Bismarck's policy of blood and iron that prevailed.[19] His protests against William's rule peaked at Danzig on 4 June 1863, where at an official reception in the city he loudly denounced Bismarck's restrictions on freedom of the press.[33][34][35] He thereby made Bismarck his enemy and his father extremely angry.[12] Consequently, Frederick was excluded from positions of political power throughout his father's reign. Retaining his military portfolio, he continued to represent Germany and its Emperor at ceremonies, weddings, and celebrations, such as Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.[36]
Frederick was severely reproached by his father for his liberal ideas, so he spent a large portion of time in Britain where Queen Victoria frequently allowed him to represent her at ceremonies and social functions.[37]
Frederick fought in the wars against Denmark, Austria and France. Although he had opposed military action in each case, once war had started he supported the Prussian military wholeheartedly and took positions of command. Since he had no political influence at all, these were opportunities to prove himself.[12] Frederick experienced his first combat in the Second Schleswig War. Appointed to supervise the supreme German Confederation commander Field Marshal Wrangel and his staff, the Crown Prince tactfully managed disputes between Wrangel and the other officers. The Prussians and their Austrian allies defeated the Danes and conquered the southern part of Jutland, but after the war they spent two years politicking to assume leadership of the German states. This culminated in the Austro-Prussian War. Frederick "was the only member of the Prussian Crown Council to uphold the rights of the Duke of Augustenberg and oppose the idea of a war with Austria which he described as fratricide." Although he supported unification and the restoration of the medieval empire, "Fritz could not accept that war was the right way to unite Germany.".[38] However, when war with Austria broke out, he accepted command of one of Prussia's three armies, with General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal as his chief of staff. The timely arrival of his II Army was crucial to the Prussian victory in 1866 at the decisive Battle of Königgrätz, which won the war for Prussia.[39] After the battle, William presented Frederick with the Order Pour le Mérite for his personal gallantry on the field and leadership of the II Army.[2] Nevertheless, the bloodshed caused him great dismay.[12] A few days before Königgrätz, Frederick had written to his wife, expressing his hope that this would be the last war he would have to fight. On the third day of the battle he wrote to her again: "Who knows whether we may not have to wage a third war in order to keep what we have now won?"[40]
Four years later Frederick was in action again, this time during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, in which he was once more paired with Blumenthal and commanded the III Army, consisting of troops from the southern German states.[41][42] He was praised for his leadership after defeating the French at the battles of Wissembourg and Wörth,[42] and met with further successes at the Battle of Sedan and during the Siege of Paris. Frederick's humane treatment of his country's foes earned him their respect and the plaudits of neutral observers.[43] After the Battle of Wörth, a London journalist witnessed the Crown Prince's many visits to wounded Prussian soldiers and lauded his deeds, extolling the love and respect the soldiers held for Frederick. Following his victory, Frederick had remarked to two Paris journalists, "I do not like war gentlemen. If I should reign I would never make it."[3] One French journalist remarked that "the Crown Prince has left countless traits of kindness and humanity in the land that he fought against."[43] For his behaviour and accomplishments, The Times wrote a tribute to Frederick in July 1871, stating that "the Prince has won as much honour for his gentleness as for his prowess in the war".[43]
German Empire and brief reign[edit]
In 1871, following Prussia's victories, the German states were united into the German Empire, with William as the Emperor and Frederick as heir-apparent to the new German monarchy. Although William thought the day when he became Emperor the saddest of his life, Frederick was excited to be witness to a great day in German history.[12] Bismarck, now Chancellor, disliked Frederick and distrusted the liberal attitudes of the Crown Prince and Princess. Often at odds with his father's and Bismarck's policies and actions, Frederick sided with the country's liberals[44] in their opposition to the expansion of the empire's army.[45] The Crown Prince also became involved in many public works projects, such as the establishment of schools and churches in the area of Bornstedt near Potsdam.[46][47] To assist his father's effort to turn Berlin, the capital city, into a great cultural centre, he was appointed Protector of Public Museums; it was largely due to Frederick that considerable artistic collections were acquired, housed in Berlin's new Kaiser Friedrich Museum (later known as the Bode Museum) after his death.[48] In 1878, when his father was incapacitated by injury from an assassination attempt, Frederick briefly took over his tasks but was soon relegated to the sidelines once again. His lack of influence affected him deeply, even causing him to think about suicide.[12]
During an effort led, between 1879 and 1881, by the völkisch historian Heinrich von Treitschke and the court chaplain, Adolf Stoecker to dis-emancipate German Jews,[49] the Crown Prince and Crown Princess were in opposition, Victoria writing that she saw "Treitschke and his supporters as lunatics of the most dangerous sort", and opining that Pastor Stoecker properly belonged in an insane asylum.[50] She went on to write that she felt ashamed of her adopted country because people like Treitschke and Stoecker "behave so hatefully towards people of a different faith and another race who become an integral part (and by no means the worst) of our nation!".[50] Clad in the uniform of a Prussian field marshal Frederick, together with Victoria, attended a synagogue service in Berlin in 1880 to show support for tolerance in contrast to what Victoria called Treitscke's "disgraceful attacks".[50] Shortly afterward, Frederick gave a speech denouncing the anti-Semitic movement in Germany as "a shameful blot on our time", adding that "We are ashamed of the Judenhetze which has broken all bounds of decency in Berlin, but which seems to flourish under the protection of the Court clerics."[50] In 1881, Frederick and Victoria again attended a synagogue service, this time in Wiesbaden "to demonstrate as clearly as we can what our convictions are".[50] Frederick followed this up by giving a speech in which he spoke out for "poor, ill-treated Jews" of Europe.[50] Frederick's mother-in-law, Queen Victoria, wrote to thank him for his speech, saying she was proud that her daughter had married someone like him, but within Junker circles, Frederick was widely criticised for his actions in support of the Jews.[50] Prominent among the Crown Prince's critics was his eldest son, Prince Wilhelm, who called his father a weak, cowardly man controlled by his British mother and the Jews.[50] Beyond Wilhelm, many of the "reactionary and 'chauvinistic' circles in Germany" had, in the words of the British historian John C. G. Röhl come to the "...conviction that the Crown Prince and his liberal English wife were an alien, un-German force that must not be allowed to accede to the throne".[50]
Germany's progressive elements hoped that William's death, and thus Frederick's succession, would usher the country into a new era governed along liberal lines.[45][51] The conservative William, however, lived a long life, dying at the age of 90 on 9 March 1888. Logically, Frederick should have taken as his regnal name either Frederick I (if the Bismarckian empire was considered a new entity) or Frederick IV (if it was considered a continuation of the old Holy Roman Empire, which had had three emperors named Frederick); he himself preferred the latter. However, on the advice of Bismarck that this would create legal problems, he opted to simply keep the same regnal name he had as king of Prussia. By the time he ascended the throne, Frederick was 56 years old and suffering from a debilitating cancer of the larynx. He viewed his illness with dismay, crying "To think I should have such a horrid disgusting illness ... I had so hoped to have been of use to my country."[52] He received conflicting medical advice regarding treatment.[53][54][page needed] In Germany, Doctor Ernst von Bergmann proposed to remove the larynx completely, but his colleague, Doctor Rudolf Virchow, disagreed;[55] such an operation had never been performed without the death of the patient.[56] The British doctor Sir Morell Mackenzie, who had diagnosed the cancer,[57] advised a tracheotomy, to which Frederick and his wife agreed.[54] On 8 February, a month before his father died, a cannula was fitted to allow Frederick to breathe;[58] for the remainder of his life he was unable to speak and often communicated through writing.[59] During the operation, Dr. Bergmann almost killed him by missing the incision in the trachea and forcing the cannula into the wrong place.[54] Frederick started to cough and bleed, and Bergmann placed his forefinger into the wound to enlarge it. The bleeding subsided after two hours, but Bergmann's actions resulted in an abscess in Frederick's neck, producing pus which gave the new Emperor discomfort for the remaining months of his life.[58] Later, Frederick would ask "Why did Bergmann put his finger in my throat?"[58] and complain that "Bergmann ill-treated [me]".[58] The diagnosis and treatment of Prince Frederick's fatal illness caused some medical controversy well into the next century.[60]
In spite of his illness, Frederick did his best to fulfill his obligations as Emperor. Immediately after the announcement of his accession, he took the ribbon and star of his Order of the Black Eagle from his jacket and pinned it on the dress of his wife; he was determined to honor her position as Empress.[61] As the German Emperor, he officially received Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (his mother-in-law) and King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, and attended the wedding of his son Prince Henry to his niece Princess Irene. However, Frederick reigned for only 99 days,[62] and was unable to bring about much lasting change.[63] An edict he penned before he ascended to the throne that would limit the powers of the chancellor and monarch under the constitution was never put into effect,[64] although he did force Robert von Puttkamer to resign as Prussian Minister of the Interior on 8 June, when evidence indicated that Puttkamer had interfered in the Reichstag elections. Dr. Mackenzie wrote that the Emperor had "an almost overwhelming sense of the duties of his position".[65] In a letter to Lord Napier, Empress Victoria wrote "The Emperor is able to attend to his business, and do a great deal, but not being able to speak is, of course, most trying."[66] Frederick had the fervour but not the time to accomplish his desires, lamenting in May 1888, "I cannot die ... What would happen to Germany?"[67]
Frederick III died in Potsdam on 15 June 1888, and was succeeded by his 29-year-old son Wilhelm II. Frederick is buried in a mausoleum attached to the Friedenskirche in Potsdam.[68] After his death, William Ewart Gladstone described him as the "Barbarossa of German liberalism".[69] Empress Victoria went on to continue spreading Frederick's thoughts and ideals throughout Germany, but no longer had power within the government.[70]
Frederick believed a state should not act against the popular opinion of its inhabitants.[33][71] He had a long history of liberalism, and had discussed his ideas and intentions with Victoria and others before his reign. Admiring Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and the British parliamentary system,[45][72] Frederick and his wife planned to rule as consorts and liberalize Germany through the appointment of more liberal ministers.[73] They intended to severely limit the office of Chancellor,[64] and reorganize Germany to include many elements of British liberalism. Many historians, including William Harbutt Dawson and Erich Eyck, consider that Frederick's early death put an end to the development of liberalism within the German empire.[8] They believe that, given a longer reign and better health, Frederick might indeed have transformed Germany into a more liberal democratic country, and prevented its militaristic path toward war.[62][74][75] Dr. J. McCullough claims that Frederick would have averted World War I—and by extension the resulting Weimar Republic[75]—while other historians such as Michael Balfour go even further by postulating that, as the end of World War I directly affected the state of the world's development, the liberal German Emperor might also have prevented the outbreak of World War II.[76] Author Michael Freund states outright that both world wars would have been averted had Frederick lived longer.[77] Frederick's life inspired historian Frank Tipton to speculate: "What would have happened had his father died sooner or if he himself had lived longer?"[78]
Other historians, including Wilhelm Mommsen and Arthur Rosenberg, oppose the idea that Frederick could have, or would have, liberalized Germany.[8] They believe that he would not have dared to oppose both his father and Bismarck to change Germany's course; a natural soldier, he was steeped in his family's strong military tradition, and had happily reported to his father since he joined the army at the age of ten.[1] Andreas Dorpalen notes that Frederick had complied with most of William's and Bismarck's policies early in his life, and would have been unlikely to change his behaviour.[72][79] According to Arthur Rosenberg, despite his liberal tendencies Frederick still firmly believed in Bismarck and his system,[80] with Dorpalen adding that in any case Frederick had too weak and ineffectual a character to have brought about real change, regardless of how long he reigned.[51][81] James J. Sheehan states that the political climate and party system of Germany during that period were too steeped in the old ways for Frederick to overcome with liberalization.[82] Dorpalen also observes that Frederick's liberal persona may have been exaggerated after his death, to keep the liberal movement strong in Germany,[83] and he points out that the many mistakes made by Wilhelm II helped to paint his father in a more favorable light.[84]
Frederick's children—Wilhelm in particular—held various political positions and greatly influenced Europe. Unlike his father, Wilhelm had not personally experienced the horrors of war, and he enthusiastically embraced his family's military heritage, coming under Bismarck's tutelage. The Chancellor, who disapproved of Frederick's and Victoria's liberal ways, felt bound to increase the tensions between Wilhelm and his parents.[85] Wilhelm grew up full of disdain for their opinions on government, and shortly after his father's death, proclaimed that he would follow the path of his grandfather, William I. He made no reference to Frederick III.[86] William II abandoned all of his father's policies and ideas, and eventually led Germany into World War I.[8][84]
Bismarck's plan of undermining Frederick and Victoria, and of using Wilhelm II as a tool for retaining his own power, led to his own downfall. As it turned out, Wilhelm did share his father's conviction that the position of the chancellor was too strong and should be modified in favour of a more powerful Emperor.[12] When Bismarck realized that Wilhelm II was about to dismiss him:
- All Bismarck's resources were deployed; he even asked Empress Victoria to use her influence with her son on his behalf. But the wizard had lost his magic; his spells were powerless because they were exerted on people who did not respect them, and he who had so signally disregarded Kant's command to use people as ends in themselves had too small a stock of loyalty to draw on. As Lord Salisbury told Queen Victoria: 'The very qualities which Bismarck fostered in the Emperor in order to strengthen himself when the Emperor Frederick should come to the throne have been the qualities by which he has been overthrown.' The Empress, with what must have been a mixture of pity and triumph, told him that her influence with her son could not save him for he himself had destroyed it.[87]
Churches honouring Frederick include the Kaiser-Friedrich-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin and the former Kalthof Church in Königsberg. Mount Frederick William in the Jervis Inlet area of the British Columbia Coast in Canada is named in his honour.[88]
Titles, styles, honours and arms[edit]
Monarchical styles of German Emperor Frederick III, King of Prussia |
Reference style | His Imperial and Royal Majesty |
Spoken style | Your Imperial and Royal Majesty |
Alternative style | Sire |
Titles and styles[edit]
- 18 October 1831 – 2 January 1861: His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Prussia
- 2 January 1861 – 18 January 1871: His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Prussia
- 18 January 1871 – 9 March 1888: His Imperial and Royal Highness The German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia
- 9 March 1888 – 15 June 1888: His Imperial and Royal Majesty The German Emperor, King of Prussia
- Domestic
- He was Grand Master of the following orders:
- Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph[89]
- Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert
- Kingdom of Saxony: Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint Henry
- Foreign
- Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
- Holy See: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
- Kingdom of Hungary: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Kingdom of Italy: Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
- Kingdom of Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Kingdom of Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight of the Order of Malta
- Russian Empire: Knight of the Order of St. Andrew
- Russian Empire: Knight of the Order of St. George
- Spain: Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
- Sweden: Knight of the Order of Charles XIII[90]
- United Kingdom: Knight of the Order of the Garter
- United Kingdom: Royal Victorian Order
Image | Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
Wilhelm II, German Emperor | 27 January 1859 | 4 June 1941 | married (1), 27 February 1881, Princess Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein; died 1921; had issue (2), 9 November 1922, Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz, no issue |
Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen | 24 July 1860 | 1 October 1919 | married, 18 February 1878, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen; had issue | |
Prince Henry of Prussia | 14 August 1862 | 20 April 1929 | married, 24 May 1888, his first cousin Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine; had issue | |
Prince Sigismund of Prussia | 15 September 1864 | 18 June 1866 | died of meningitis at 21 months. First grandchild of Queen Victoria to die. | |
Viktoria, Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe | 12 April 1866 | 13 November 1929 | married (1), 19 November 1890, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe; he died 1916; no issue (2), 19 November 1927, Alexander Zoubkov; no issue |
Prince Waldemar of Prussia | 10 February 1868 | 27 March 1879 | died of diphtheria at age 11 | |
Sophia, Queen of the Hellenes | 14 June 1870 | 13 January 1932 | married, 27 October 1889, Constantine I, King of the Hellenes; had issue | |
Margaret, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Finland | 22 April 1872 | 22 January 1954 | married, 25 January 1893, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, king Frederick Kaarle I of Finland, later Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel; had issue |
See also[edit]
- "A Legend of Old Egypt"—an 1888 short story by Bolesław Prus, inspired by Frederick III's tragic premature death.
- ^ a b c MacDonogh, p. 17.
- ^ a b c Kollander, p. 79.
- ^ a b The Illustrated London News
- ^ Balfour, p. 69
- ^ Balfour, p. 70
- ^ Tipton, p.175
- ^ Van der Kiste, p. 10.
- ^ a b c d e f Dorpalen, p. 2.
- ^ a b c Kollander, p. 1.
- ^ Van der Kiste, p. 11.
- ^ a b Van der Kiste, p. 12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Oster, Uwe A. "Friedrich III. - Der 99-Tage-Kaiser". Damals (in German). Vol. 45 no. 3/2013. pp. 60–65. ISSN 0011-5908.
- ^ a b Palmowski, p. 43.
- ^ Sperber, p. 64.
- ^ Sperber, p. 128-129.
- ^ Röhl, p. 554.
- ^ Mueller-Bohn, p. 44.
- ^ a b Mueller-Bohn, p. 14.
- ^ a b Nichols, p. 7.
- ^ a b Van der Kiste, p. 15.
- ^ Van der Kiste, p. 16.
- ^ Van der Kiste, p. 31.
- ^ MacDonogh, pp. 17–18.
- ^ Van der Kiste, p. 43.
- ^ Kollander, p. 21.
- ^ Röhl, p.12.
- ^ MacDonogh, p. 22.
- ^ a b Röhl, p. 101.
- ^ Röhl, p. xiii.
- ^ Van der Kiste, p. 68.
- ^ Van der Kiste, p. 61.
- ^ Pakula, p. 168.
- ^ a b Dorpalen, p. 11.
- ^ Kollander, pp. 38–45
- ^ Oster, pp. 63–64
- ^ Van der Kiste, pp. 130–31.
- ^ Pakula, p. 69.
- ^ Balfour, pp. 66-67.
- ^ Lord, p. 125.
- ^ Pakula, p. 98.
- ^ Howard, p. 60.
- ^ a b Kollander, p. 92.
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Further reading[edit]
- The War Diary of the Emperor Frederick III, (1870-1871) Written by Frederick III, translated and edited by Alfred Richard Allinson. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. - This is the translated collection of the then Crown Prince Frederick's war diaries that he kept during the Franco-Prussian War.
- Life of the Emperor Frederick Edited from the German of Margaretha Von Poschinger. New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1901.
- John Van der Kiste John Van Der Kiste (2001). Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz: Queen Victoria's eldest daughter and the German Emperor. Sutton Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 0-750-93052-7.
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- Works by or about Frederick III, German Emperor at Internet Archive
- 1888 Friedrich III. (German) Information about Frederick III from Preussen.de.
- Kaiser Friedrich III / Frederick III Information about Frederick III from GlobalSecurity.org.
- Kaiser Friedrich III (German) Site with biographical info, pictures, and paintings of Frederick III.
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Our little guy has had one gland on his lower eyelid flare up a few times, all to be gone the next morning. Then a week ago the same thing happend and it hasnt gone down. Off to the Vet we go, and now they are saying that need to see the Obstitrician? Now they say that he needs to have a surgury to have it "tacked down". Anyone else gone through this? They claim its very common, and is not a big surgury, but for a 5 month old its scary for us!
Our Avalanche had it done..OK here you go for Central Oregon. = We HAD to go to a specialist according to the vet we had at that time..
350.00 per eye..OH and one eye had no issues BUT he insisted that we should have them both done..This was the first week we had Avalanche.
8 months later then the eyelids started to roll - different issue but eyelashes on the eye ouch..
So had a $2,000.00 eye lift.
After that it was constant down hill..Eye drops daily and I mean every hour or so..Gel at night.
Constant infections.
Oh I might add that the Doctor retired right after the surgery without letting us know and without any referral to another doctor.
It was a botched surgery no doubt..
My poor Avalanche suffered no doubt because of my poor decisions. He was nearly blind before his death last year.
What I learned...
Never trust one person..Get second opinions and ASK ALL QUESTIONS you have..
We now have a wonderful Vet that I fully trust. Luckily we have not had any serious issues but when and if we ever do again I will most likely seek at least two opinions before making another surgery decision.
Sorry so long but I'm still sick over what I did to my Avalanche
my vet prefers to snip out the gland, rather then tack it down. 50% of the time the tacked down gland pops out again.
My vet uses a local anesthetic to do the snip. The dog is NOT put to sleep. It takes about 20 minutes & my vet charges about $130.
Sometimes when the duct is removed, they can get "dry eye"-that's why I opted with the tacking.
They were both about the age of your bullie when they had it done, & they did just fine. One of my bullies had to have it done twice because it popped back out. They all were "tacked".
my little girl has had it done twice, first time by a regular vet, only to have it pop again, and the second time we took her to a specialist, that was 4 months ago, it went very well, has not come back, it is very common in bulldogs, I know firsthand hoe frightening it is , kwwp us posted and let us know how it turns out.


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Police released new information Wednesday on events possibly linked to the killings of a Phoenix couple.
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William Singer, 81, and his wife, Barbara Singer, 64, were found dead in their home near 35th and Grovers avenues on July 2 after a caretaker came to check on them and no one answered the door, said Sgt. Steve Martos, a Phoenix police spokesman. After inspecting the scene, police ruled the incident as a double homicide.
On Wednesday afternoon, police released two photos of the couple taken from an ATM machine on June 28. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., both of the Singers withdrew money at the walk-up station at a bank located near 3400 W. Bell Road, according to the photos.
Martos said police hope this information will trigger new leads in the search for the person or persons who killed the couple.
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- 4 cups chicken broth or water
- 2 whole skinless boneless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds), halved
- 1 1/2 pounds small red potatoes
- 1 large onion, chopped fine
- 1 small green bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 small red bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1/2 cup)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped scallion, white and pale green parts only
- 1/2 cup packed fresh parsley leaves, washed, spun dry, and chopped
- 1 cup half-and-half
- Accompaniments
- poached eggs
- toasted whole-grain bread
- In a deep 12-inch skillet bring broth or water to a boil and add chicken breasts in one layer. Reduce heat and poach chicken at a bare simmer, turning once, 7 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and cool chicken in liquid 20 minutes. discard liquid and cut chicken into 1/2-inch cubes.
- Cut potatoes into 1/2-inch cubes. In a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook potatoes until tender, about 15 minutes, and drain in a colander.
- In a 12-inch heavy skillet cook onion, bell peppers, and garlic in butter over moderately high heat, stirring frequently, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add spices, thyme, and salt and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add chicken, potatoes, scallion, parsley, and half-and-half and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until half-and-half is reduced slightly and hash is thickened.
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Spotting the Dangers of Secondary Drowning
TABLE ROCK, Mo. -- Safety is always on minds of parents headed to the lake this time of year; but there are drowning signs parents should watch out for long after their children leave the water.
"Secondary drowning" or "dry drowning" is something Ashlee Tennis had heard of, as a professional in the medical field. She and her family spent the afternoon taking in the sun at Moonshine Beach on Table Rock Lake.
"Usually we go to the creek by our house," says Tennis, "It's] a little shallower. The kids are getting a little bit bigger now, so it's a little easier to take them somewhere like this."
Tennis says while she and her husband always keep and eye on their three children when they're around water, they both know the dangers of secondary drowning.
"That can happen in a pool, not just here on the beach," says Tennis.
White Water Director of Operations, Cory Roebuck says it can even happen while giving children a bath. He says in most cases secondary drowning follows a near drowning situation.
"First it can be when somebody actually gets water in the larynx, or their vocal cords, [it] causes them to spasm or swell up and then you can't breath air into your lungs. That's typically an immediate reaction," says Roebuck.
"Another could be when somebody actually aspirates, or breaths in water into their lungs," say the Director of Operations, "It causes a response where your lungs actually absorb a liquid into your lungs."
The small amount of water can act as an irritant in the lugs, causing the body to fill the lungs up with fluid, in turn, lowering oxygen levels.
Roebuck says that why White Water has a paramedic check out anyone pulled out of the water by lifeguards. He says following that the parents or guardians are given a list of symptoms to watch out for like shortness of breath, swelling around the throat, even a change in behavior.
"Keep in mind this could happen hours after the event," says Roebuck, "You may see it in kids because there's more kids in the water, however it could happen to anybody."
Roebuck says while secondary drowning doesn't occur often, it's worth keeping and eye out for.
"When they scrape their knee, you don' t just leave it alone you have to doctor it up to make sure it's not infected later on," says Tennis, "I think this is the same thing."
Roebuck says if water doesn't go into or past your vocal cords it's similar to taking a drink of water.
Roebuck says if parents notice these potential secondary drowning symptoms to contact medical help:
- Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, not breathing
- Rapid breathing
- Persistent cough, wheezing
- Chest pain
- Raspy voice
- Persistent or worsening nausea and vomiting
- Change in Behavior, Confusion, Disorientation
- Vomiting, Diarrhea
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Going to an Indiana Pacers game is a flat-out bargain. At least thats what one California-based research firm concluded this week10 games into the NBA season.
Sure, its cheaper to watch a game on television, but if you like watching live NBA hoops, theres really no place better to reside than central Indianafor two reasons.
First, the Pacers are good. Really good.
Secondly, and probably almost as important to my frugal Hoosier brethren, attending a Pacers game is relatively cheap. Not cheap compared to items on Wendys 99 cent value menu, but compared to admittance at other NBA arenas, the Pacers are dirt cheap.
Consider for a moment recent analysis by NerdWallet, a San Francisco-based data crunching and research firm which also runs a consumer advocacy website.
Analyzing the league, NerdWallet concluded that various costs associated with attending a Pacers gamefrom tickets to beer and parkingare far below the NBA average.
NerdWallet calculated the median cost of four tickets on the secondary market, two 16-ounce beers, two 16-ounce sodas, four hot dogs and one parking space, and concluded that the Total Family Cost of going to a Pacers game ranked second-lowest of 30 NBA teams.
Total Family Cost to attend a Pacers game$262.50is 41 percent below the league average of $442.28 and more than 70 percent lower than the New York Knicks, which has the NBAs highest cost at $878.20.
Only the Cleveland Cavaliers, at $222.67, have a lower cost than the Pacers. And I think most basketball fans would agree that the Pacers, which have a league-best 9-1 record, are a bit more entertaining these days than Cleveland, which is well under .500.
The Pacers offer the third-lowest median ticket price ($55) in the NBA, behind only Cleveland ($42) and Dallas ($52).
The Pacers had a lower family cost than Dallas because parking is apparently much cheaper near Bankers Life Fieldhouse, $8 compared to $20 at the Mavericks home venue, according to NerdWallet.
The cost of a beer ($6), soda ($3.25), hot dog ($4) and parking ($8) at a Pacers game are all well below the league average, according to NerdWallet.
The average median resale ticket price of the 30 NBA teams is $96.57. Thats $41.57 more than a Pacers ticket.
Unlike the oft-sited Team Marketing Report studies, which use box office ticket prices, NerdWallet opts to use prices on the secondary market for its analysis.
The resale market offers a more accurate representation of the demand for a teams tickets, so ticket prices will fluctuate throughout the season based on team performance and the opponents strength, explained NerdWallet Strategy Analyst Sreekar Jasthi.
Based on last years deep playoff run, this years hot start and the emergence of Paul George as a true NBA star, Pacers tickets are perhaps the best value in the NBA from a cost-quality standpoint, Jasthi said.
The only thing keeping prices at Pacers games down now is the relatively small size of the marketwhich can have an impact on demand, Jasthi said. But he warned of imminent price increases.
Families should definitely take advantage of the undervalued resale tickets before the teams success causes a dramatic increase in prices, Jasthi said. Star power and consistent expectations of success will eventually outweigh the effect of the team's location in a small market.


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Another social conservative in the state legislature, state Sen. Dick Black, announced he would not run for the GOP nomination in January. Black, who opposed criminalizing spousal rape, is a close ally of Marshall.
The Virginia lawmaker wanted his state to mint its own coins. Marshall has also compared Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring's (D) decision to not defend the state's same-sex marriage ban to the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.
Marshall also ran for the United States Senate twice, most recently in 2012 but he failed to get the GOP nomination to face Democrat Tim Kaine in the general election.
Marshall has also argued that children with disabilities are nature's "vengeance" for abortion.
"The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically," Marshall reportedly said in 2010. "Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children."


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