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Childbirth Meditation | Honor
This post is one in a series of childbirth meditations. This post focuses on the word honor, and the honor given and received during pregnancy and childbirth.
Meditations for "honor"
If you are accustomed to thinking of honor as something you achieve and work for, consider changing your understanding. Honor is not an award, but a character trait.
To be a woman of honor is to be a woman who is honorable. In essence to live your life in such a way as to be worthy of the respect of others.
Honor isn't about always knowing what to do, but about not being afraid to do what you know needs to be done.
Being honorable doesn't mean being perfect, but being willing to accept the situation and working with it.
Honor does not come from being in the best situation and handling it with ease. It comes from being in the worst situation, struggling with choices, and making the best decision you can, even if it means your life may be more difficult.
Inspiring Quote
"Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences." – Midori Koto
Questions to Work Through
- How do you know you are a woman of honor?
- Think of someone you esteem. What makes her honorable?
- How does living with honor affect the way you live your everyday life?
- We all see ourselves different than others see us. Who esteems you as honorable?
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Full-term babies are delivered
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the first day of your last menstrual period.) A pregnancy that has
reached 42 or more weeks is called a "post-term" or "post-date" pregnancy. You
might also call it "overdue." Pregnancy that lasts beyond the due date is
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most cases, there is no obvious cause of a post-term pregnancy.
Some post-term pregnancies are not truly post-term.
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your last period. If you ovulated late in your cycle, your pregnancy didn't start as
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Most often, a post-term baby is born in good health. But a very small
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risk increases with each week, up to 10 out of 1,000 post-term pregnancies after
43 weeks.1 This is why your doctor or nurse-midwife
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Many doctors and nurse-midwives want to lower risks for the post-term baby by delivering by or
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CitationsAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
(2004, reaffirmed 2009). Management of postterm pregnancy. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 55.
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 104(3): 639–646.Gülmezoglu AM, et al. (2006). Induction of labour for
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Grades 3-5: Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff
Grades 6-8: The Boy Who Dared: a Novel Based on the True Story of Hitler Youth, Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Patricia Reilly Giff book chosen for White Book Award
EMPORIA, KAN. — Add one more award to author Patricia Reilly Giff's resume. Already the winner of two Newbery Honors for her middle-school fiction, Giff now is a William Allen White Book Award winner.
"Eleven," a 2008 title from Giff, is the WAW winner for Grades 3 through 5. The book tells the story of Sam, whose 11 th birthday is fast approaching. During a search for hidden birthday presents, Sam finds more than he bargains for — newspaper clippings that make him think he might have been a missing child as a toddler.
But Sam has always struggled to read, so he enlists the help of a new girl in school to read the clippings and help him unravel the mystery of his life. "Eleven" explores the meaning of families, overcoming adversity and belonging.
Giff , who lives in Trumbull, Conn., will be honored with Susan Campbell Bartoletti during the awards celebration Saturday, Sept. 24, in Emporia.
Bartoletti's book, "The Boy Who Dared: A Novel Based on the True Story of Hitler Youth," was chosen by readers in Grades 6 through 8. "The Boy Who Dared" builds on Bartoletti's earlier nonfiction book, "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" and creates a thought-provoking novel based on the true story of Helmuth Hübener, who as a teenager dared to stand up against the Nazi regime.
The Sept. 24 festivities are designed to honor the spirit of the William Allen White Children's Book Award program, which was founded in 1952 by Ruth Garver Gagliardo, a specialist in children's literature for Emporia State University. One of the few literary awards that asks young readers to choose the winners, the program is directed by Emporia State University and supported in part by the Trusler Foundation.
Schoolchildren from around Kansas will travel with teachers to Emporia to meet Bartoletti and Giff and honor them with their awards. Those traveling great distances will arrive Friday, Sept. 23, and participate in a sleepover, which will include meeting authors and reading with them.
Activities begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 on the second floor of ESU's Memorial Union at 7:30 a.m. and include hands-on art projects, silly science demonstrations, story time and educational theater.
Participants will be able to purchase the award-winning books as well as other titles by Bartoletti and Giff, meet the authors and have their books autographed. Quiet areas will be available for those wishing to read.
At 10:30 a.m., the schoolchildren and their teachers will parade through the Emporia State campus on the way to Albert Taylor Hall in Plumb Hall for the 11 a.m. awards ceremony.
Saturday's activities are open to the public. Admission costs $5. Tickets may be ordered in advance from Denise Britton of ESU University Libraries and Archives. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (620) 341-5208. Tickets may also be purchased in the Memorial Union on the day of the event.
Giff's book "Eleven" replaces "Swindle" by author Gordon Korman, who unfortunately had to decline the honor in order to give a keynote address at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24.
Additional resources:
• William Allen White Children's Book Awards: www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/
• Scholastic Books: www2.scholastic.com
• Gordon Korman: www.gordonkorman.com
• Susan Campbell Bartoletti: www.scbartoletti.com


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Feb 18, 2015, 09.59 PMby mkhansen
I wish I had read the notes here before takes out a subscription. I find out that I have to pay for the designs shown in the magazine but not printed on the pull out sheets. I wouldn't have spent the money on the magazine. I would have just gone to the site and downloaded the one pattern. I feel cheated.
Jun 3, 2014, 07.27 PMby sala22
I am very upset about discovering that not all the digital patterns are free (even though they were in the first issue). If it was some sort of promotion on the first issue, Burdastyle should have made that clear. I will not be renewing my subscription again.
Apr 15, 2014, 12.49 PMby mirandamcd
Why does this mag have the same cover as a previous one? Very confusing and lazy imho!
Apr 6, 2014, 09.10 PMby gibbylet
Oh wow… I've subscribed to Burda before and was so excited about this US version. I can't believe we get shafted on the patterns like this.
I certainly wont be resubscribing if this is the model going to be followed. I also feel misled, it should've been clearly stated only half of the patterns were included in our subscriptions.
Mar 26, 2014, 11.22 PMby Decohen2
I have to say I'm pretty upset about this digital download situation as well. I signed up for a full subscription after the winter issue came out. I was really excited to have access to all of the patterns in the issue. Now all of a sudden in the Spring issue – only some of the patterns are available for free. Unfortunately for me I already signed up for a subscription after I believe I was a bit misled. Please change this burda US!! Don't alienate your customers from the get go.
Mar 25, 2014, 03.04 AMby lisascarolina
I also bought the Spring 2014 issue lured into thinking by the cover, editor's notes and even patterns instructions sheet that all the patterns were free, just a difference by having an insert sheet, vs. downloadable patterns. I even wrote a post on my blog describing as such. How extremely disappointing to find out more than half of the patterns featured in the magazine are not free at all. I feel, as your consumer, I have been deliberately mislead. As excited as I was to purchase the Spring 2014 magazine, I am profoundly disappointed to realize this deception.
Mar 24, 2014, 04.34 AMby sjmartinHere is how the BURDASTYLE Spring issue was advertised: See for yourself here: http://bit.ly/1dFrWxV (BurdaStyle.com)
Here is the text of the email I received from email@example.com on Feb 21, 2014 promoting the Spring issue. Too bad I can't include all the large, bold fonts here Burda uses for effect, but note these two particular statements: "40+ Full Size Patterns to Welcome a New Season! " and "..you'll find the latest products..plus runway inspirations and 43 original BurdaStyle designs!" (Quoted from Denise Wild, Editorial Director, BurdaStyle US. Wouldn't you say that sounds rather official?Now tell me how that can be interpreted any other way than 'all patterns included'. Here is the text of the email:
For People Who Sew40+ Full Size Patterns to Welcome a New Season!
BUY NOW BurdaStyle Spring 2014
"Spring's the season for warm thoughts, new beginnings, and a focus on what matters. Here at BurdaStyle, it's sewing that brings us joy and makes us giddy, and in this issue, fabric gets top priority! If you're a sewer, chances are you have a strong love affair with fabric. The colors, the prints, the feel, the drape. We're dedicating this entire issue to fabric, the foundation of sewing and fashion. In your hands, you'll find the latest products with a fabric focus, a guide to choosing, buying, and caring for fabric, a sewing machine cheat-sheet for working with various fabrics, plus runway inspirations and 43 original BurdaStyle designs!" – Denise Wild, Editorial Director, BurdaStyle US
BurdaStyle Spring 2014 $14.99 ………………….. or view it online here: http://bit.ly/1dFrWxV
Now, Do what's right, BurdaStyle US, and fix it for your readers.
Mar 21, 2014, 01.32 PMby cascadia
Well, I for one won't be buying this version of the magazine again. Not until it includes FREE downloads like the regular version does. Totally ridiculous to make us pay for half the patterns shown in the magazine. Its like an expensive catalog with some freebies. Total bait and switch tactic since the first issue had free download codes. I hope BurdaStyle realizes it's going to lose a ton of customers if they continue pulling this crap. I'm glad i didn't subscribe or i would be out even more money for patterns that have already been released in precious magazines.
Mar 20, 2014, 03.01 PMby kathhhhhy
I have been a Burda fan for some years, and still am. I live in the US and have always wanted to have easy access to the English translated versions (i.e. in big box stores like Joanns, etc). Then you guys released a US version! But it has been such a disappointment overall. It feel like you've really missed the mark here. I feel like the folks who this version caters to are not going to become invested in the Burda brand… it's a taste test (a somewhat sour one, as many folks seem to feel) and they are quickly disappointed by so many things (old patterns we already have, paying many$$$ extra just to get the patterns actually int the magazine), then they will just move on. The US has a massive sewing market, it's too bad Burda isn't taking the opportunity to really clench it. Really… REALLY what I feel Burda needed to do was just put the already existing monthly English translated version on our stores shelves INSTEAD of doing this new US version that's not working out. Yes, it would be nice to have a better translated version, actually translated by native US speakers and vocabulary that reflects our culture more closely, but I'd MUCH MUCH rather have a (sometimes silly :) British translation with the current, new patterns that Europe has access to. Burda has now created a poor reputation for the US market… not the best marketing move.
But please know I am still a fan, am a subscriber to the monthly English translated version, but will never buy the US version in the state that it's in. But I am curious to see where this version goes in time. I only wish the very best of luck to you guys, I am routing for you!!! :)
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Mar 25, 2014, 06.15 PMby beenta
The international Burda magazine will not translate to the US version that many of the readers here and places like PatternReview want.To keep the original designs and then expand on the instructions as well as ill conceived local content will need a 200 page magazine that will be too expensive to sell.
Burda magazines has a lot to offer , but the incessant whining about the styles, fashion spread, translation , and sewing instructions led to the ill judged 'American" version
Look up Verena knitting magazine and see what happened when they tried to produce "US" version
Mar 18, 2014, 07.23 PMby jltait
Has anyone else noticed that this is the same collection they released in the April 2013 UK edition? I was so confused when I saw this advertised on Interweave last month that I went back to my eBay history and saw that I'd bought it last fall. It's like this one: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Burda-Style-pattern-magazine-4-2013-/281176024422?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417765a566&_uhb=1
I don't know, maybe there are different patterns – it's impossible to tell from this web site.
Mar 18, 2014, 02.44 AMby Jessica Kern Jaworski
I completely agree with so many posts here – I am very DISAPPOINTED in Burda's bait-and-switch tactics that they used to get subscribers. After seeing the winter issue I decided to subscribe based mainly on the downloadable patterns. Nowhere in the magazine was it clear (or stated at all?) that these downloads were free only for the first issue. Sleazy tactic. Totally misleading. Wasted time trying to figure out how to get the downloadable patterns that I thought were free because of the last issue. Lost another customer over the way this was done. I will only consider coming back if Burda fixes this wide-spread disappointment by either giving subscribers free downloadable patterns from this issue or making future issues inline with the Winter 2014 issue (downloads included with subscription price). Feels like a big scam – not cool.
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Mar 21, 2014, 01.24 PMby cascadia
I, too, was shocked to find out we have to pay for the extra patterns. That's not the case with the regular Burda magazine, so why price gouge us here? I don't understand the motivation or plan they have for this release. I paid $15 for it, too… $2 more when I bought it through the interweave store online, which pisses me off. A magazine should be a set price. Came here to find out what was up with having to pay for the other patterns shown and here is the download for less money. What is that about?
Mar 13, 2014, 03.21 AMby sjmartin
I'm checking in with the same dissatisfaction and disgust as the others here. I am also furious about having wasted several hours of my time trying to find out what the problem was with the downloads not coming up free. and then BurdaStyle not being forthright, and not addressing the change at all not replying to forum posts where others were puzzling with the same! Bad, bad, bad!!! Thanks for misleading us and wasting our time. This isn't the only forum where the fur is flying about this. It has just taken a few weeks for readers to figure out what has happened with the SPRING issue. Any comments from the moderator?
Mar 11, 2014, 01.48 PMby Atalanta7
Exceptionally disappointed at the 'bait and switch' approach here; you have an excellent opportunity to develop a loyal following in the US, which will only be damaged by doing this. Seems pointless not having to cover the (probably very minimal) cost per digital pattern download, if you have no subscription revenues.
Mar 8, 2014, 03.35 AMby Shannon Taylor-Taliman
the one pattern i wanted is not included in this magazine as a free download, DISAPPOINTED!! The first magazine was great with all the patterns included or as a free download. Sad! Debating whether i should cancel my subscription?
Mar 6, 2014, 11.43 PMby MrsCharisma
Add me to the list of people who will be promptly Unsubscribing from this magazine. It would cost over $125 to get the content featured IN ADDITION to subscription costs.
I can go and buy the three issues that these patterns are all rehashed from. So unbelievably disappointed. Had a new customer and poof now you've lost me.
Mar 6, 2014, 04.17 PMby kallers
Very disappointing that I now have to pay to get the patterns from a magazine that I already bought a subscription for (and in my subscription were advertised). I'll be canceling. Burdastyle, yet again, pulls it's usual bait-and-switch BS.
Mar 5, 2014, 10.12 PMby zahraburda
This is unbelievable! To pay for the patterns separately! WHY did I pay for the subscription then?? To get advertisements delivered to my door?? because that's what the magazine is. NO THANKS!!
I almost bought my mother the subscription too. SO VERY DISAPPOINTED.
Mar 5, 2014, 11.28 AMby Dmsmith
Love your magazine. I waited anxiously for it to hit the stands. More than 3 trips to joann. Imagine my disappointment when the 23 additional styles to download are really a front cover misrepresentation. Clearly this is a bait and switch tactic as I don't believe there was anything in the first issue to indicate that was a premier offer only. Needless to say I will not purchase magazine in future. Which is a shame. It could have been a long term quarterly love affair to remember!
Mar 5, 2014, 12.51 AMby ndimi
I purchased the digital edition with huge excitement. At nearly twice the price of the price of the print magazine, I expected new designs. It is merely a new format for old patterns from the print magazine. As a print subscriber for the past few years, I already have all of these.
Nowhere in the description does it tell you that these are old patterns. It doesn't tell you that they're new ones either, I guess, so the fault is mine for assuming.
What a letdown! I feel like I've been had, and I've been a loyal follower for years.
Badly done, BurdaStyle. Two thumbs down!
Mar 4, 2014, 02.06 AMby Nikkee Huerta
My credit card was charged in January, I received no confirmation or anything. Will I receive this issue or should I pick up a copy? I've emailed the above listed address several times and have received no responses.
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Mar 5, 2014, 06.21 PMby Tatiana Laremore
I have received my copy of Winter 2014 issue in mail in the second week of January after my credit card was charged in beg. December (also no communication from Burda as to delivery schedule or anything). Haven't gotten the Spring issue yet either. All magazines I subscribe to deliver a current month issues at least 2 weeks in advance. Sometimes I get an August issue in June. Not Burda. Weird.
ETA: I got my magazine on March 6, 10 days after it 'hit the news stands', there is very little that I haven't seen on the BurdaStyle website. I will not subscribe to this magazine next year.
Mar 7, 2014, 08.18 PMby Nikkee Huerta
Received march 6. Very disappointed! I want a bunch of the patterns not included…. It's ridiculous that they aren't included.
Add me to the list of people who won't be resubscribing… Very bad move on your part Burda!
Feb 27, 2014, 02.43 AMby dcollins45
WARNING! DOES NOT include the downloadable patterns! Several of us have checked with BurdaStyle now and the downloadable patterns are not included with the digital version of the magazine even though the cover clearly says "+23 more styles to download". The magazine only has updated instructions to the downloable patterns and you still have to pay to buy each pattern with no discount. I have no idea whether the hard copy includes the downloadable patterns. If you find out, please let us know.
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Mar 7, 2014, 10.14 PMby calendar
The hard copy does not include downloadable patterns – it has an paper insert with 20 patterns. The magazine has photos and instructions for downloadable patterns that we pay separately for by going online. Frankly, I can't understand the reasoning for having pictures and instructions for patterns that are not included…
Feb 26, 2014, 04.23 PMby janehiatt
Serioulsy, WTF? I am so disappointed. Why include the patterns in the magazine? Just to taunt us? I would like a refund. Not cool Burda.
Feb 25, 2014, 06.17 PMby mrsmcginty
I am really disappointed that the downloadable patterns are not part of the issue. Why did you put them on the cover and include directions if they are not part of the content? It makes no sense, and it makes it look like there was a last minute decision to sell the additional content instead of provide it with the magazine. I personally don't like sewing off patterns that include seam allowance, so the patterns in the insert are not my first choice. I would not have bought this if I had known how much it differed from the last issue….very lame. Any way I can get my money back?
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Feb 28, 2014, 12.50 PMby mrsmcginty
THANK YOU Burda. Still disappointed but I appreciate the refund! I will continue to purchase downloadable patterns.
Feb 28, 2014, 07.48 PMby Denise Wild
I'm glad to hear everything was sorted out and I'm sorry to hear you were disappointed. Thank you for your continued support!
Feb 24, 2014, 03.29 PMby veronika14
I am also having the same issue – subscribed on December 24th and credit card was charged but have not received anything as of yet – no magazine, no communication on when it will start, etc.
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Feb 27, 2014, 04.49 PMby Denise Wild
Hi there! BurdaStyle US magazine is quarterly, and our spring issue has just hit the stands. Based on when you subscribed, I believe this spring issue will be the first at your door. You can check on the status of your magazine by contacting our subscription services at: firstname.lastname@example.com, 866.949.1646.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Feb 24, 2014, 08.06 AMby talley
I have contacted customer support and they say that the patterns you appear to need codes for are not free and there will be no codes. The patterns you will receive in this magazine are as follows:
Balloon Top/Draped Tank http://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/draped-tank-042013 Biker Jackethttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/biker-jacket-032013 Caprishttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/capris-042013 Cowl Tophttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/cowl-top-032013 Flower Dresshttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/flower-dress-062013 Flowery Dresshttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/flowery-dress-032013 Folk Skirthttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/folk-skirt-032013 Lace Shortshttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/lace-shorts-042013 Pearl Dresshttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/pearl-dress-042013 Pleated Skirthttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/pleated-skirt-plus-size-062013 Pocket Trousershttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/pocket-trousers-062013 Princess Panel Tophttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/princess-panel-top-062013 Raglan Tunichttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/raglan-tunic-042013 Satin Dresshttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/satin-dress-042013 Slit Sleeve Blousehttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/slit-sleeve-blouse-plus-size-062013 Sweetheart Dresshttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/sweetheart-dress-042013 Trapezoid Skirthttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/trapezoid-skirt-062013 V-Neck Dresshttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/v-neck-dress-plus-size-062013 Yoked Tunichttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/yoked-tunic-plus-size-062013
Self Draft Pattern: Flared Skirthttp://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/flared-skirt-042013
Hope this helps.
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Mar 4, 2014, 04.24 PMby arjedre
Thanks, talley – Super helpful!!!
Mar 6, 2014, 10.07 PMby Evelyn Hughes
fantastic – thanks so much for posting these URLs. We all want to know what we would be buying, dont we?
Feb 21, 2014, 11.28 PMby unahowe
I see someone has the same issue as I do about: I order the Burda Style Magazine in December and my check was cashed also. i am so anxious to get it in the mail. Thank you for your help. UNA
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Feb 27, 2014, 04.47 PMby Denise Wild
Hi Una!
We're thrilled to hear you're excited about receiving the magazine. To track the status of your subscription, you can reach out to our subscription services department at: email@example.com, 866.949.1646.
Have a lovely day!
Feb 21, 2014, 03.29 AMby Lily Anne Harkom
Agree with the others, is there going to be a code for the downloadable patterns from the magazine, as the links only take me to where I have to pay for them and I was under the impression that they were included in the issue. I got the patterns sheets fine, just want to also get the downloadable content as well.
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Feb 27, 2014, 04.45 PMby Denise Wild
Hi Lalita,
We included free downloads as part of our premier launch issue (our Winter 2014 issue of the magazine). The magazine now continues to have full-size inserts for 20 of the patterns within the magazine, and the remaining patterns are available as paid downloads here on BurdaStyle.com. For each garment in the magazine, we've also fleshed-out and detailed the instructions even more (including those that can be downloaded on the website).
Let me know if you have any further questions!
Feb 19, 2014, 07.08 PMby janehiatt
I haven't been able to find a code or anything for the downloadable patterns either. What's the deal? The patterns in the Winter issue were so easy to get! Am I missing something?
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Feb 27, 2014, 04.40 PMby Denise Wild
You'll find the link for each of the downloadable patterns directly under the individual pattern number within the Project Instruction pages. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Feb 18, 2014, 11.57 PMby dcollins45
I figured out how to get the pattern inserts. There's a link called "Print Pattern at Home" in your Pattern Library. The "Get Instructions" link only get's you the magazine content.
I still can't get the downloadable patterns. The links in the magazine take me to the pages where you pay for the pattern. Is there a discount code to use at check-out that I just missed in reading through the issue? The Winter issue had one page where you could get all the downloadable patterns in one place.
Feb 18, 2014, 11.32 PMby suec
I purchased the last magazine and it downloaded fine with all pages and the pattern inserts. I have just purchased this copy and cannot see where the whole magazine is downloaded. just the pattern insert is available???? Whats going on?
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Feb 18, 2014, 11.52 PMby dcollins45
I figured this one out. You get the magazine by clicking "Get Instructions". You get the pattern inserts by clicking "Print Pattern at Home". I think when I bought it two days ago, the "Print Pattern" option wasn't there, but it works now.
Feb 19, 2014, 09.20 PMby suec
I emailed Burda, and they fixed it…Thanks Burda
Feb 21, 2014, 08.41 AMby Denise Wild
Sorry about that! @suec and @dcollins45 are correct. We didn't realize both files were not uploaded properly, but it has been fixed now. Let us know if there's anything else we can help with!
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STEALTH X2 3G 4G LTE Building Booster Kit
BEFORE USE, you MUST REGISTER THIS DEVICE with your wireless provider and have your provider's consent. Most wireless providers consent to the use of signal boosters. Some providers may not consent to the use of this device on their network. If you are unsure, contact your provider. You MUST operate this device with approved antennas and cables as specified by the manufacturer. Antennas MUST be installed at least 20 cm (8 inches) from any person. You MUST cease operating this device immediately if requested by the FCC or a licensed wireless service provider.
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d) Strong Signal overload check: Turn off the booster, remove the inside antenna and turn on the booster. If the green gain lights are flashing it means there is strong signal present and you should follow the steps in paragraph b and c above.
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Air Capital Classic
When: Thursday-Sunday
Where: Crestview CC (Wichita, Kan.)
Purse: $650,000 ($108,000 winner's share)
2012 champion: Casey Wittenberg
Locals in the field: This event's purse is the highest on tour over the next five weeks and the field is missing roughly 20 regulars playing the U.S. Open and others such as Mark Anderson and D.J. Trahan who opted not to compete despite missing out on Merion. Greenville resident/Clemson product Ben Martin thought in opposite terms as he decided not to attempt a U.S. Open Local Qualifier at The Carolina Country Club in putting his all into finishing among the top-25 on this year's money list that graduate to the PGA Tour. Martin has been off for two weeks (there was no event last week and he skipped the previous one to attend a friend's wedding) and is hoping to stay as hot as he was before the break. The 25-year-old has made five consecutive cuts with a pair of ties for 11th and ties for eighth, 29th and 15th while not recording worse than 72 over his last 19 rounds. He's ranked No. 28 on the money list with $72,805 mainly thanks to his accuracy as he leads the tour hitting 77.4 percent of greens in regulation and is 24th hitting 70 percent of fairways. He finished a solid T22 at this event last year that included a second-round 66 …Six-time Web.com Tour winner Kevin Johnson has only played three events this season on his dwindling conditional status with the 46-year-old Clemson product missing both cuts since tying for 37th at his season-opener in Brazil. He's only finished tied for 15th or better twice over his last 25 outings and one of those was at this event last season when he tied for 15th …Greenville resident/Furman product Matt Davidson made his return from ACL surgery at this event last season and tied for 48th in the first of only seven starts he'd go on to make. He's struggled so far this year and since flirting with the top-10 heading to the weekend at his hometown event at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, the 32-year-old dropped into a tie for 65th before missing his last two cuts …Since a final-round 66 boosted him to a season-best tie for 12th in Chile, Clemson's Sam Saunders has missed five of six cuts with a tie for 53rd at the South Georgia Classic …Clemson veteran Danny Ellis has made and missed exactly 42 Web.com Tour cuts each over a long career that hasn't been helped by his current play. The 42-year-old has missed seven of eight cuts with a tie for 45th in Louisiana …Clemson's Brian Duncan has missed three consecutive cuts during the same season four times over his short Web.com career (including twice year), but never four. He hopes to keep that streak going during his second-career start in Wichita where he missed the cut in 2009.
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Welcome to the Marble Madness (GBC) Walkthrough where our team of contributors will help you work through the game via a step-by-step tutorial. A Gamewise walkthrough aims to take you all the way through the game to 100% completion including unlockable quests and items.
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2012 was the year the entire world went "Gangnam." In November, indigenous locals from the Andean hills in northern Ecuador gathered at a Saturday market in the nearest town, but the day didn't seem to truly get underway until someone plugged a flash drive into a boombox and South Korea's Psy began chanting "Op op op op oppan Gangnam Style!"
Psy and "Gangnam Style" have achieved a lot in just the second half of 2012. Not only did the K-pop sensation make galloping cool again, it made it a requisite dance move for just about anyone who appears on television. The wide range of people seen dancing "Gangnam" includes Tibetan protesters, Google's Eric Schmidt, and a piazza full of thousands of people in Sicily, Italy.
"Gangnam Style" didn't just set a trend, though. It swallowed other pop icons whole. The music video was so popular on YouTube that it overtook Justin Bieber's No. 1 spot -- which had been built up over the course of the last few years -- in mere months, on its way to become the first video with a billion views.
All that cultural mojo has plenty of "real" value, too. It illustrates a shift in the way music is released in Korea. And after only a few months of world domination, the "Gangnam" meme was estimated to have generated at least $50 million. Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson even saw the political value of the sensation and went "Gangnam" to get young people interested in his debt reduction efforts. Now, that's a ditty with some broad appeal.


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Eurasian Otter, Common Otter, European Otter
(Lutra lutra)
Facts about this animal
The Eurasian otter is a semi-aquatic species living in a wide range of freshwater habitats and along coasts. Also coastal otters are depending of freshwater, however.
Otters are medium-sized mustelids with a head-body lenght of 57-70 cm and a tail of 35-45 cm. Males reach a body-weight of 10 kg, females of 7 kg. They have a long slender body, small ears, thick, tapering tail, and well-webbed feet with strong claws. There is a large naked, shield-shaped, black nose pad. The fur consists of long, coarse guardhairs and shorther, very dense underfur. It is brown on the upperside, buff to cream on throat and underside.
The otters' diet consists primarily of fish, whatever species are available. They may also take water birds such as coots, moorhens and ducks. In the spring, frogs are an important food item.
Otters are usually solitary and relatively nocturnal. The main mating season is from February to March and July. After a pregnancy of 60 to 70 days the female gives birth to a litter of usually 2-3 cubs of about 100-120g. These are born blind. They will open their eyes after one month, begin to leave the nest after two months, and be weaned after 3 months. The young stay with their mothers for up to 14 months and reach sexual maturity after 2 or 3 years.
Did you know?
That Eurasian otters spend half of their lives sleeping? That can mean ten years of snoozing for many otters, and phases of inactivity are often during the zoo's opening hours....!
|Name (Scientific)
|Lutra lutra
|Name (English)
|Eurasian Otter, Common Otter, European Otter
|Name (French)
|Loutre d'Europe, Loutre commune
|Name (German)
|Eurasischer Fischotter
|Name (Spanish)
|Nutria, Nutria común
|Local names
|Albanian: Lunderza, Lutra
Croatian: Vidra
Danish: Odder
Dutch: Otter
Estonian: Saarmas, Udras
Finnish: Saukko
Hungarian: Közönséges vidra
Italian: Lontra comune
Lettish: Udrs
Norwegian: Oter
Polish: Wydra
Portuguese: Lontra europeia
Slovenian: Vidra
Swedish: Utter
Turkish: Su samuru
|CITES Status
|Appendix I
|CMS Status
|Not listed
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|Asia, Europe, Northern Africa
|Highland and lowland lakes, rivers, streams, marshes, swamp forests and coastal areas
|Wild population
|Not known from many parts of its range. In United Kingdom 10,395 (2004) (Red List IUCN 2011)
|Zoo population
|146 reported to ISIS (2005)
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How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 82 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Why do zoos keep this animal
In the course of the 20th century the Eurasian otter has disappeared from large parts of its former range and has become extinct in several countries. Despite extensive research, the causes for this extinction have not yet been clearly determined. Probably a combination of hunting, water pollution by chemicals and a decrease of the fish stocks has led to its gradual disappearance. Until the 1970s, breeding success in zoos was very low. With a view of building up a viable ex situ population, a conservation breeding programme (EEP) was established in Europe. Animals bred under this programme are now kept for educational and research purposes and serve as ambassadors, lobbying for clean water and the restoration of freshwater courses.
Once the reasons for the regional extinction of the otter have been identified and mitigated, animals bred by zoos will be made availbale for reintroduction projects.


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Objects Conservator Marilen Pool
Marilen Pool is an objects conservator specializing in ethnographic and archaeological artifacts. She currently serves at project conservator on the IMLS-funded "Conservation of Southwest Ceramic Vessels" phase of The Pottery Project. and has worked previously in the ASM preservation division on numerous projects. She completed conservation internships at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, TX.
She has a diploma in art conservation techniques from Sir Sandford Fleming College in Ontario, Canada, a certificate of archaeology and ethnography collections care from the National Parks Service and a master's degree in museum studies from Oregon State University. Before entering the profession of art conservation, Marilen worked as a museum curator and director.


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A Modern Model Kitchen
Scott, a real estate broker and design lover on the side, used his "curating and sourcing skills" to stage a 3-bedroom model unit on the ground floor of a new condo building in Long Island City, New York. He chose a more traditional style for the apartment, while the kitchen remains fairly modern, with shiny white cabinets. The standout element, though, is the wallpaper above the kitchen cabinets. It almost looks like a hand-painted mural!
Related: Pretty Kitchen Idea: Hang Wallpaper In the Wasted Space Above Kitchen Cabinets
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a new question-and-answer guide aimed at promoting the hiring and advancement of individuals with disabilities in federal government employment. The new publication is available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov/federal/qanda-employment-with-disabilities.html.
Announcing the resource publication for federal agencies, Commission Chair Naomi C. Earp said, "The EEOC is doing everything it can to provide agencies with useful guidance on how to be the nation's model employer, providing equal opportunity to all Americans, including those with disabilities."
The percentage of federal employees with targeted disabilities, which are severe physical or mental disabilities that historically have resulted in barriers to employment, has declined each year since reaching a peak of 1.24% in Fiscal Years 1993 and 1994. In FY 2007, the participation rate of people with targeted disabilities declined to 0.92% of the federal government's total work force, the lowest participation rate in more than 20 years.
EEOC Commissioner Christine Griffin said: "Even though the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 has long required federal agencies to engage in affirmative action to hire and advance individuals with disabilities, the federal government has failed to meet this challenge. We must and can do better. This question-and-answer guide will help agencies make concrete progress."
Commissioner Griffin has overseen the EEOC's LEAD Initiative (Leadership for the Employment of Americans with Disabilities), which aims to boost the ranks of individuals with disabilities in federal employment to 2% by 2010.
The question-and-answer guide issued today responds to frequently asked questions about what the law allows and requires federal agencies to do with respect to affirmative hiring and employment of individuals with disabilities. Among other topics, the publication discusses:
In January 2008, the EEOC issued a report entitled "Improving the Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities in the Federal Work Force," which provides practical guidance on steps agencies can take to increase hiring and advancement. The report is available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.html. Further information about the LEAD Initiative is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/lead/index.html.
The EEOC monitors federal agency compliance with equal employment opportunity laws and procedures. Additional information about the EEOC and its role in the federal sector is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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@array = grep { code } @another_array If the 'code' portion resolves to 'true', the element currently 'passed' into grep is 'selected' and 'added' to @array? I guess I'm asking because the line in your grep statement "@x" eq "@y" leads me (probably incorrectly) to believe that @x will be added to the @array (or even @y). It would be awesome and have a profound impact on my perl if within a grep block, if the code block resolves to true, then current element is selected to be added to the output (array). Is that correct? Anyways, your code is very good, and your explanations were even better! Thanx again zap
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Syrian lawmaker rejects preconditions for peace talks
DAMASCUS, Syria – A prominent lawmaker from Syria's ruling party on Tuesday rejected conditions proposed by the rebel opposition for peace talks, effectively extinguishing the first glimmer of hope in months that Syria's civil war can be resolved through a negotiated solution.
Also Tuesday, fighting broke out between rebels seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad and government forces near a Syrian border crossing with Jordan, injuring 17 civilians.
After 22 months and more than 60,000 dead, Syria's crisis appears to have reached a stalemate, with neither side making significant battlefield gains likely to bring about a military victory any time soon.
The U.S. and other world powers have pushed for a negotiated solution — a bid which appeared to get a boost this week when the head of the opposition's National Alliance said he'd be willing to negotiate with certain figures from the Assad regime "who don't have blood on their hands."
In an interview with Al-Arabiya TV on Monday, Mouaz al-Khatib said the regime must "negotiate with the goal of removing (Assad) from power to spare bloodshed." Khatib has also said the regime must free 160,000 political prisoners and renew the passports of Syrian activists abroad.
On Tuesday, prominent Syrian Parliamentarian Fayez Sayegh told The Associated Press that any dialogue must begin without preconditions. He also called Khatib's number of opposition supporters in Syrian custody "exaggerated," although he did not give an alternate number.
"What is important is for Syrians to meet and agree on common ground for talks," Sayegh said, adding that al-Khatib's proposals, such as the prisoner release, should come "as a result of a dialogue, not before it begins."
Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of opposition leaders, protesters and their families are being held by state security services in Syria.
Khatib first suggested the possibility of dialogue last week in a post on his Facebook page, sparking a wave of criticism from activists and members of his own group who say the regime has killed too many people to play a role in the conflict's solution. Many accused Khatib of acting unilaterally, and he clarified in a subsequent post that he was expressing his personal views.
He explained his position further on Monday, preconditioning the talks on Assad's departure and saying they could spare Syrians more suffering.
"The regime either has to admit that it has pushed the country to a scary state of complications and destruction and now feels this and negotiates to achieve the removal (of Assad) with the least losses or it takes another position," Khatib told Al-Arabiya "All the others issues are less important than this."
He also suggested that there are regime officials the opposition would agree to meet with, mentioning by name one of Syria's two vice presidents, Farouk al-Sharaa. In December, al-Sharaa was quoted as acknowledging that the army could not defeat the rebels and calling for a negotiated settlement.
"Every day that passes, the military and political solution gets more elusive," al-Sharaa was quoted as saying in Lebanon's Al-Akhbar newspaper. "We need to be in a position to defend Syria. We are not in a battle for an individual or a regime."
Al-Sharaa has not made any public comments since the interview's publication.
Al-Khatib's offer followed meetings he had held separately with Russian, U.S. and Iranian officials on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich over the weekend. Russia and Iran are Syria's two closest allies.
Washington hailed al-Khatib's willingness for dialogue, but said the offer should not include immunity for those responsible for killing civilians.
"We've long said that those with blood on their hands in Syria need to be held accountable," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday, adding that the regime should accept al-Khatib's offer to talk if "it has any interest in peace."
Also Tuesday, fighting between rebels and government troops broke out near a Syrian border crossing with Jordan, leaving 17 civilians — including two Jordanians — wounded, a Jordanian security official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not allowed to brief reporters.
A rebel spokesman in the area said fighting near the Nassib crossing had intensified over the last two days as rebels make their first serious attempt to seize crossings and military posts along Syria's southern border.
Meanwhile, the United Nations said Tuesday the humanitarian situation in Syria had reached "catastrophic" proportions, with some 2.5 million people lacking food.
Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said 2 million people have been displaced inside Syria while 4 million need urgent help. Those numbers could rise if fighting continues, he said.
The U.N. says more than 60,000 people have died since the uprising began in March 2011. The revolt began with political protests but turned into a civil war after some opposition groups took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown on dissent.


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Update- University of Montana Gets $300,000 Grant [AUDIO]
The University of Montana has been awarded a nearly $300,000 federal grant to expand its efforts to address violence against women on campus.
Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester announced the Justice Department grant Monday. It is available through the Violence Against Women Act.
UM Professor of Counselor Studies John Sommers-Flanagan says the grant will be used for a variety of purposes, one of which will be to fund the position of director of student assault programming, as well as many other on-campus activities. Sommers-Flanagan says he hopes the funding will help improve the University's response to violence against students.
The Justice Department is investigating the way the university and its campus police, Missoula police and the county attorney's office handle reports of sexual assault.
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Does Copper in Your Multivitamin Cause Dementia?
By David Seaman, DC, MS, DABCN
For the past year or more, I have been asked about whether it is safe to take multivitamins with copper because of a fear that is apparently spreading. The fear is that 1-2 mg of copper in multivitamins supposedly causes dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease.
The rumor appears to be based on statements made in two recently published commentaries by Brewer,1-2 who says to "check your multi-vitamin mineral pill (or any other supplement pills) and see if it contains copper. If it does, throw it out."2 Most multivitamin / mineral supplements contain 1-2 mg of copper.
If Brewer is correct, then how could people with mild Alzheimer's disease take 8 mg of copper daily for 12 months and not have greater Alzheimer's progression than placebo?3 And moreover, if it were so obvious that 1-2 mg of supplemental copper caused dementia / Alzheimer's, why would researchers give 8 mg per day for 12 months straight?
The reason for supplementing Alzheimer's patients with copper is because researchers identified that copper deficiency might be a cause of Alzheimer's,4 so they compared 8 mg of supplemental copper per day with placebo. The outcome was that the rate of progression was identical between groups.3 Surely if a 1-2 mg of copper in a multivitamin / mineral causes Alzheimer's in people without Alzheimer's, then 8 mg would make it worse in those already compromised. Additionally, there were no toxic side effects identified in the group supplemented with 8 mg of copper.
The fact that 8 mg per day of supplemental did not increase Alzheimer's expression is not surprising, as the upper tolerable limit for copper ingestion is set at 10 mg per day.5 In fact, "copper toxicity is rather rare in humans and animals, because mammals have evolved precise homeostatic control of copper due to the high reactivity of the free metal."5 Free copper in cells and in circulation always exists in low concentrations and is primarily bound to proteins.5 However, a chronic excess of free copper, like iron, leads to the overproduction of free radicals.
Alzheimer's and Type 2 Diabetes
With the above in mind, studies have identified that circulating free copper is elevated patients with Alzheimer's disease.1-2 Interestingly, copper is also elevated in patients with type 2 diabetes.6-9 Are we to leap to the conclusion that copper causes Alzheimer's and type 2 diabetes? No; that is also the wrong conclusion.
However, if one were to leap to that conclusion, you can see why one might conclude that the "copper sky is falling" and we should all stop taking multivitamins lest we rapidly succumb to dementia. This would be akin to avoiding water consumption because in excess, as in drowning, water can kill you – clearly an absurd assumption. Instead of blaming copper, we should investigate why copper can be elevated in patients with Alzheimer's and diabetes.
Serum Copper Normally Elevates With Inflammation
It should be understood that both Alzheimer's and type 2 diabetes are caused by chronic inflammation.10 Alzheimer's and diabetes are quite similar in that amyloid deposition is common to each.11 Oxidative stress has been identified as a common pathophysiologic mechanism in both Alzheimer's and type 2 diabetes.11 Oxidative stress is part of the inflammatory state; I described this relationship in an MPA webinar a few years ago.12 This is worth watching because it explains how oxidative stress / inflammation are generated by an inflammatory diet.
It appears that circulating copper levels increase in a fashion commensurate with a patient's degree of chronic inflammation. By 1991, researchers knew serum copper levels were elevated in patients with diabetic complications, lymphocytic leukemia, inflammation, atherosclerosis, and hypertension in the absence of diabetes.6 So, elevated copper levels in Alzheimer's patients should not be a surprise.
Even earlier, in 1985, researchers identified that "serum copper and/or ceruloplasmin act as acute-phase reactants in vascular disease, inflammation, and malignancy."13 In other words, copper normally elevates in these conditions, independent of copper intake.
Additional acute-phase reactants include ferritin, hsCRP and serum amyloid A. They all normally rise during acute inflammatory events, such as in an infection, and then fall just as rapidly back to normal. When they stay elevated, it is because a chronic inflammatory state exists. Type 2 diabetes is an example of such a state.
Hyperglycemia, as measured by hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), is correlated to hsCRP levels.14 And emergent type 2 diabetes appears to correlate with rising levels of hsCRP.15 Similarly, as glycemic control worsens, serum copper levels can rise accordingly.8
Practical Applications
We know chronic excess of serum copper and iron can generate free radicals. So, the goal should be to avoid chronic inflammation, which is caused by the regular consumption of refined carbohydrates, omega-6 fatty acids and trans fats.
Interestingly, higher levels of copper consumption may be linked to cognitive decline in subjects eating a pro-inflammatory diet, but not in those with an anti-inflammatory diet.16 So, it is not an issue of dietary or supplemental "copper"; it is about the patient's inflammatory state. I recently wrote three papers that contain lists of inflammatory markers that can be readily identified in clinical practice.17-19
According to the available evidence, if we avoid pro-inflammatory foods and maintain proper glycemic control, 1-2 mg of copper in a multivitamin / mineral will have absolutely no effect on cognitive function. Fears about this relationship are unfounded and should be abandoned.
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NEW ORLEANS -- It started as a routine morning, albeit slightly more important than the usual Wednesday, since the Baltimore Ravens were about to begin postseason preparations for their upcoming wild-card matchup against the Indianapolis Colts.
Coach John Harbaugh just finished delivering his own message to the team when the day-starting meeting was about to adjourn. But linebacker Ray Lewis, the 17-year veteran who spent much of the season injured, also had something he wanted to say.
Lewis stood up and spoke about life's ambitions. About being men. About the importance of camaraderie. About all of the sermon-like advice he'd been giving his teammates for years and years. And then, in a moment that teammates have since called a turning point in their season, he preached his final point:
This, Lewis told them, would be his last ride. The Ravens' legend planned to retire at this season's end.
"Suddenly, we all just focused ourselves and, you know, the reality set in that we're not all going to play forever," longtime Ravens teammate Terrell Suggs said. "We always talk about the window of opportunity closing. Ray's announcement kind of got everybody's mind right to go on a run."
It might sound sappy to you. It might sound overstated. You might be bored, maybe even annoyed, by a month that has put Lewis in a light that makes him seem more divine than human. You might want more scrutiny on his alleged presence at a double murder in 2000; more focus on his alleged attainment of deer antler spray, which contains substances banned by the NFL, to help his recovery from a torn triceps that sidelined him for 10 games this season.
And that's all OK. That's your prerogative. But there's one point in this Lewis praise that cannot be understated, that is not subjective, that is unarguable to those who matter most on Super Bowl Sunday: To his teammates, this inspiration is legitimate. It is not sappy. It is not overstated. It is not boring or annoying.
The Reverence of Ray Lewis is instead very real.
"His leadership definitely changes the game and changes the way you play," Ravens defensive lineman Haloti Ngata said. "When he retires, it won't just be weird for our defense -- but for our whole team."
Lewis' antics surely can come across as self-indulgent, proven as much this week when he suggested his decision to announce his retirement before the playoffs was because he didn't want to "rob a lot of people (fans and teammates) of those last goodbyes." But his teammates, whether you agree or not, are glad he did it as he did.
"I think a lot of people don't understand what Ray Lewis is all about and, for some reason, people want to go out and try to get him," quarterback Joe Flacco said. "They put him in a bad light. The bottom line is Ray is a great person and a great person for this league."
But why do teammates love him as they do? Why don't any of them, after all the time they spend around him, complain about his antics? Lewis, they say, is always loyal to them. From the beginnings of many careers, long before his teammates have even made an impression on the league, Lewis has been there to help them mature.
Take Suggs, for instance.
Before any of Suggs' five Pro Bowls, before he was named 2011 Defensive Player of the Year, before he was even drafted by the Ravens in 2003, Suggs felt Lewis' impact. And he hasn't forgotten it since.
"Before I met him, I thought Ray Lewis was 6-foot-6, 275 pounds all muscle," Suggs said. "But I taped a commercial with him before I even got drafted to the Ravens, and I was like, 'Oh, you're not that tall.'
"But there's just something about the guy. If you're a football player, you're going to like Ray Lewis."
While they were taping the commercial, which was scheduled to air on the day of the 2003 draft, Suggs said he and Lewis (then a seven-year veteran) had a great time together. Lewis suggested to Suggs that the Ravens might take him. When the draft rolled around, the Arizona Cardinals, a team expected to take Suggs, traded out of the ninth pick. With the 10th pick, the Ravens selected Suggs.
"Then, I got a call, probably about 20 minutes after they mentioned my name, from the great Ray Lewis," Suggs said. "He said, 'I told you, Rook. I can't wait to see you in camp.' The rest is history."
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Suggs calls Lewis a mentor. He says he wouldn't be at this point without him. He says his advice on life, on fatherhood, on football, has impacted him in countless ways.
"When you talk about leaving a legacy, I think it is all about what your peers speak about you, the people you actually impact on and off the field," Lewis said.
In that regard, it is very clear, Lewis' career has been the ultimate success. Of course, this doesn't even account for his ability on the field. The likely first-ballot Hall of Famer has racked up 13 Pro Bowls. He is a two-time defensive player of the year. And yes, he has even won a Super Bowl, claiming XXXV in 2001.
This season, Lewis' place on the field wasn't nearly as illustrious. Before he tore his triceps, he looked as vulnerable as ever in his first six games, slow to stop the run and not nearly as flexible when trying to create big plays. But it has not been his ability on the field that has assisted with this Ravens' Super Bowl run.
Instead, it is the way he has inspired his teammates with the announcement of his retirement. It is the way he has helped each of the younger players to prepare for each playoff game.
"He's always asked us, 'What's your legacy? What are people going to say about you when you're done?' " Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo said. "Now that he's leaving, you really take that into account.
"For the young guys, it is something that really resonates with them and they think, 'OK, I have to emulate and do some of the things that Ray Lewis has done, so that when I leave this game, I have the same esteem that he has.' "
Leading up to the Super Bowl, Lewis has used his experiences, namely his previous trip to the Super Bowl, to bestow more knowledge on his younger teammates. He recalls conversations 12 years ago with Rod Woodson and Shannon Sharpe that helped him better prepare for what was a whimsical and wild Super Bowl Sunday.
"I was young," Lewis said. "I was 25 when I won my first Super Bowl. To be 37 and back with a chance at another one in my last year, there is no greater hunger that I have. I told my teammates this: I am going to give my teammates everything I have, not just on Sunday but all week.
"I am sitting in my room, and I am studying, studying, studying, because I owe them something as a leader, and that is to have myself totally prepared. My hunger is probably off the charts right now."
Now, Lewis will tell his teammates what it feels like to have confetti fall on you in the wake of a Super Bowl win. He will tell them how much work it requires, how much focus it takes.
One last time, Lewis is leading his team. He is guiding each young player in a way that will undoubtedly aid the Ravens in their game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Is it sappy? Is it overstated? Maybe even a little annoying? That's OK if you think so.
But to his teammates, it is everything they love about Lewis. And everything they will miss.
"Big brother is telling me it's time for him to move on and be the father that he always wanted to be to his children," Suggs said. "It's special for them, but it's sad for me. Right now, I'm going to enjoy it while I have him. I have my general still, and we still have one more football game to play.
"It just so happens to be on the biggest stage in the world."
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EnoughDesigns necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 11 diseños de 3 diseñadores freelance.
A website that helps kids by preparing them for upcoming quizzes and tests.
Of course, kids will use the site but so with their parents.
I am only seeking the redesign of my landing page (dashboard) and a notification page, for now. If this contest goes well, I will most likely ask for 4 - 6 pages to be redesigned.
This project involves the redesign of those existing pages. I like my header, left navigation, and footer. The body section is the section that needs the work.
I do like my website color choices and don't want to change that.
My site involves setting up quizzes, changing quizzes, taking quizzes, games as rewards for hard work. Parents are able to monitor their kids work by receiving texts and e-mails on the results of their work on the site (adding quizzes, adding a friend, results on a quiz, etc).
The dashboard is the first page view after signing on into the system.
The notification page allows parents to setup notifications. That allow them to be informed when their child has activity.
What would be good for the kids to see? What would be good for the parents to see?
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Matt M. needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 556 designs submitted by 87 freelance designers.
We are a small web 2.0 startup from New York started by three 20-somethings all living together in a cramped apartment. We launched SpeakerText (http://www.speakertext.com) in January and earned some good buzz in the press. The company creates interactive transcripts for online videos that show you the full text of what people are saying inside the video and then let you click around on the text to control the video.
Because technology can feel overwhelming to many of the more creative-minded customers we serve, we need a logo that is SIMPLE AND APPROACHABLE, yet explains what we do.
We are also looking for someone to work with us going forward, as we need to redesign our entire website, create template stylings for our product, updating our blog and twitter pages, and help us with custom integrations.
Here's a product demo: http://speakertext.com/play.php?stid=2eca
Here's a short (6 slide) overview of how the technology works: http://www.slideshare.net/MattMirel…peakertext
Our customers are online video publishers big and small, from solo 20-something video bloggers to 40-year olds inside major media companies. The thing they have in common are a creative bent and a disdain for technological complexity. We want our logo to convey that SpeakerText is simple and fun to use.
Since SpeakerText is a plugin that sits alongside whatever video sharing service customers are already using (YouTube, Vimeo, Blip.tv, etc.), the symbol needs to CONVEY THE FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR PRODUCT to naive users who have never seen an interactive transcript before.
The logo includes two parts
1) our NAME and a SYMBOL alongside each other in a rectangular box, with the symbol sitting to he left of the name, making it significantly wider than it is tall (ratio of 4-5:1).
2) our SYMBOL separate from the name, sized to fit in rectangle with an approx 3:4 ratio, with it being slightly taller than it is wide
The logo should versatile enough to work against many different backgrounds, including as a monochrome so that we can match it with different customers' color palettes and design schemes. We must be able to use the name & symbol together, but also individually too (ie only the name for marketing, or just the symbol as a button).
See the attached wireframe of the landing page to understand how the site will be laid out and where the logo will fit on it.
-Symbol Idea #1: choose a more ABSTRACT IMAGE (maybe a speaker? document? text? microphone?) than a detailed drawing. The important thing is that it should communicate to users that by clicking on it, they'll see a video transcript. Pls NO SOUND WAVES.
-Symbol idea #2: choose a funny CARTOON (animal? robot?) that doesn't try to communicate the functionality at all and instead we go for a pure branding a la the Plancast Penguin (http://plancast.com). Think ironic-funny cartoon, not cutesy. Use a FLAT IMAGE and SOLID COLORS.
-NO 3-D images.
-Please NO stock images
-Color: COLOR IS GOOD. Be tasteful and stylish, but use it! See the "brands we like" for ideas.
-AVOID: brown, pastels, "play" button symbols
Logos we LOVE
-Dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com/) ***
-Postling (http://www.postling.com/)
-ExitStrategy:NYC (http://itunes.apple.com/app/exit-st…46370?mt=8)
-PlanCast (http://plancast.com) *
-MeanBox (http://www.meanbox.com/)
Brands we LOVE
-Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/)
-Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/)
-Tumblr (http://www.tumblr.com/)
-Posterous (http://posterous.com/)
Logos we HATE
-LingFling (http://www.lingfling.com/)
-3PlayMedia (http://www.3playmedia.com/)
-Nuance (http://www.nuance.com/)
Words to describe SpeakerText:
We want something that is SIMPLE, fun and memorable. This logo will be used is all aspects of the business (web, label, letterhead, trade show sign, t-shirts, marketing tools, etc.)
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Lock Lips at Cannes Film Festival
Kim and Kanye's affection for each other in the spotlight is nothing new.
Though the two started their almost summer romance sporting matching Jordans, holding hands and making publicized appearances, the two have graduated to locking lips.
While 'Ye has been watching the throne overseas on tour, Kim has also been making her international rounds with her beau always close behind.
Their most recent smooch came at the Cannes Festival in France where the G.O.O.D. music ringleader, decked out in a white blazer, jeans and black suede loafers, held his fave Kardashian sister close, who was rocking body-hugging gold and white bedazzled dress and black stiletto boots.
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Over the last few years, developments in corporate governance and stewardship in Switzerland have gathered momentum. One example for this is pharmaceutical company Novartis, whose AGM takes place on 27 February. The company has made significant changes to the composition and the work of its board as well as to its remuneration practices. We have engaged with the company on these issues for some time.
All eyes on Minder
As the Swiss voting season approaches, all eyes are on the final and most important step in the implementation of the Ordinance Against Excessive Remuneration at Listed Companies (the Ordinance). The Ordinance is a direct result of the Minder initiative, a high profile national referendum aimed at improving corporate remuneration practices at Swiss companies, which was approved by 68% of voters in Switzerland in March 2013. The Ordinance has transferred some decision-making powers from the board of directors to shareholders, such as the approval of pay packages for the board and executive management. It also seeks to make board members more accountable to shareholders by introducing new mandatory voting items for shareholder meetings, such as annual director elections, as well as direct elections of the board chair and compensation committee. The Ordinance further requires companies to set limits on certain practices, such as the number of external board mandates that board members or executive management can hold and the length of contracts for executive managers.
Quantum matters
Although the Ordinance came into effect on 1 January 2014, binding votes on remuneration will only become mandatory this voting season. By giving shareholders the power and responsibility to approve the amount of remuneration that may be paid to the board of directors and executive management, the voting on remuneration introduced by the Ordinance focuses on the quantum. It may be proposed either on a forward-looking or backward-looking basis or a combination thereof, provided the company's articles of association have been amended accordingly. This is in contrast to other countries whose advisory – or in the case of the UK binding – say-on-pay votes focus on the shareholder approval of remuneration policies or reports instead of quantum.
Varied voting resolutions
According to the Voting Season Review by our proxy partner ISS, Swiss companies proposed a variety of different approaches on how shareholders were able to vote on board and executive management remuneration in 2014. So-called "budget" voting resolutions, where shareholders were asked to approve total pay for the following year dominated. However, a number of companies chose to make one or more pay components subject to a shareholder approval on a retrospective basis. This approach makes it difficult to assess pay packages among Swiss companies, let alone compare them with their international peers. The flexibility regarding the quantum used in budget votes granted by the Ordinance adds further complexity. For example, in a three-year long-term incentive plan, a company could justifiably use either fair value or the maximum amount that could theoretically vest in a budget vote on total 2016 compensation. We prefer companies to use the maximum amount that could vest, however they are understandably weighing up their options. As a result, the ability of investors to make informed decisions will be compromised.
Increasing investor-company dialogue
In February 2015, we held an event for Swiss companies, local and international investors to discuss the implementation of the Ordinance. It was positive to hear that the implementation of this fairly radical legal change seems to have gone more smoothly than many had predicted. Most participants believe that the law has not only enhanced the scrutiny of remuneration systems and the quantum paid at board level but also encouraged more intensive dialogue between issuers and investors beyond pay issues, particularly at small and mid-cap companies. While this is correct, in our experience too much time has been spent talking about hypothetical amounts and voting technicalities instead of how remuneration systems support the effective implementation of strategy and ultimately the creation of long-term value. Encouragingly, issuers and institutional investors were aligned in wanting to hold more dialogue on the systems, appropriate metrics and performance periods that are relevant to a company's specific circumstances and supporting strategy.
Lessons for the EU Shareholder Rights Directive
We are looking forward to the 2015 voting season in Switzerland which no doubt will see some unexpected twists and turns in the final stages of the implementation of the Ordinance. However, the introduction of binding remuneration votes in Switzerland, on top of the binding shareholder approval of compensation policies in the UK, will help the finalisation of the EU Shareholder Rights Directive, which is likely to introduce mandatory voting on pay across the EU. We significantly contributed to the development of the draft of the Directive and look forward to seeing it finalised.
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- Duration of movie : 110
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