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This designation is based on Boehringer Ingelheim's Investigational New Drug application (IND) of nintedanib for the treatment of SSc-ILD and the anticipated efficacy and safety data from SENSCIS™ (Safety and Efficacy of Nintedanib in Systemic SClerosIS), a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled global Phase III trial. This pivotal study is fully enrolled, including more than 520 patients from 32 countries.
"This Fast Track designation is an encouraging step in our ongoing research and commitment to advancing care of those with systemic sclerosis with interstitial lung disease," said Christopher Corsico, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Boehringer Ingelheim. "It is critical that we address the significant unmet medical need of those living with this disease and we are looking forward to working with the FDA to advance the development of this potential therapy."
Annelise Rønnow, president of FESCA (The Federation of European Scleroderma Associations), added: "There are only very few drugs assessed in clinical trials for scleroderma with lung involvement - a devastating reality for people living with the disease. We appreciate that the FDA recognised the importance of the development in this field."
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare disease characterized by the thickening and scarring of connective tissue of multiple organs in the body, typically affecting women between ages 25 and 55.(1,2) Most people with the disease will develop some degree of lung scarring, or interstitial lung disease (ILD), which is the leading cause of death among people with systemic sclerosis.(3-6)
Nintedanib, which is marketed as OFEV®, is approved for a rare lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, and has been shown to slow disease progression as measured by annual rate of decline in lung function. Because SSc-ILD and IPF share similarities in how the underlying lung scarring, or fibrosis, forms in people with the disease, Boehringer Ingelheim is evaluating the impact of nintedanib on SSc-ILD.
About SENSCIS™SENSCIS™ is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (NCT 02597933) evaluating the efficacy and safety of nintedanib 150 mg twice daily over 52 weeks up to a maximum of 100 weeks in people with SSc-ILD. The primary endpoint is the annual rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC), a measure of lung disease progression. Key secondary endpoints include the absolute change from baseline in the modified Rodnan Skin Score (mRSS), which is an evaluation of people's skin thickness, and the absolute change from baseline in the Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) total score, which measures the health-related quality of life of people with lung diseases.
About Boehringer IngelheimInnovative medicines for people and animals have, for more than 130 years, been what the research-driven pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim stands for. Boehringer Ingelheim is one of the pharmaceutical industry's top 20 companies and to this day remains family-owned. Day-by-day, some 50,000 employees create value through innovation for the three business areas; human pharmaceuticals, animal health and biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing. In 2016, Boehringer Ingelheim achieved net sales of around 15.9 billion euros. With more than three billion euros, R&D expenditure corresponds to 19.6 per cent of net sales.
Social responsibility comes naturally to Boehringer Ingelheim. That is why the company is involved in social projects such as the "Making More Health" initiative. Boehringer Ingelheim also actively promotes workforce diversity and benefits from its employees' different experiences and skills. Furthermore, the focus is on environmental protection and sustainability in everything the company does.
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2. Herzog EL, et. al. Review: Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Systemic Sclerosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: How Similar and Distinct? Arthritis Rheum. 2014;66:1967-1978.
3. Solomon JJ, Olson A L, Fischer A, et al. European Respiratory Update: Scleroderma lung disease. Eur.Respir. Rev. 2013; 22: 127, 6-19.
4. Schurawitzki H et al. Interstitual lung disease in progressive systemic sclerosis: High-resolution CT vs radiography. Radiography. 1990;176:755-9.
5. Steen V et al. Severe restrictive lung disease in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Rheum 1994;66(60:1625-35.
6. Nihtyanova SI et al. Prediction of pulmonary complications and long-term survival in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Rheum 2014;66(6):1625-35.


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Forbes Africa, a subsidiary of the ABN Group and the continent's first-ever international business publication localized for the African executive, announced on December 2, 2013, at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, that the winner of its 2013 Person of the Year award goes to Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Forbes Africa Person of the Year has, since its inception two years ago, attracted the highest calibre of nominees across the continent. It celebrates the individual who, for better or worse, has had the most influence on events.Commenting on the winner of Person of the Year was Chris Bishop, Forbes Africa's managing editor,said that It was an honour to present this award in Kenya for the first time, in the month of the country's 50th birthday.
Akinwumi Adesina was considered a worthy winner by the judges as he is a man on a mission to help Africa feed itself. We hope it will encourage the rest of the continent to grow more of its own food. Last year, Forbes Africa presented a Kenyan with the award in Nigeria and this year it is in Kenya. This shows how much Forbes Africa is pan African according to Chris Bishop.Other finalists for the Forbes Africa Person of The Year 2013 were: Aliko Dangote, founder and president, Dangote Group, Patrice Motsepe, founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, Strive Masiyiwa, founder of global telecoms group, Group.
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It just occurred to me last night that despite keeping a rigorous and detailed food log, I wasn't paying attention to food preparation methods and possible bacterial contamination.
For example, I normally do big cooking in the morning to avoid high histamines in "left-overs". I'd pressure cook a chicken for breakfast & lunch, and make green smoothies in my vitamix (super-high speed blender) for later in the day at work.
Though I was trying hard to spot patterns in what smoothie ingredients might be causing problems, I now wonder if high speed blending, and aerating (whipping tons of air into the smoothie) and consuming it 12 hours later is a terrible idea from a histamine perspective.
Though I "clean" the blender container by adding a tiny bit of dish soap and rinsing it out with warm water after each use, it doesn't go in the dishwasher and I'm sure it isn't sterile.
I'm wondering if the bacteria on the non-sterile blender, combined with whipping air, imperfect temperature control (ice pack in transit & work fridge not exactly in the safe temp zone) would increase histamine production as it degrades the proteins in the milk and other ingredients.
Twice recently I had bad reactions to these 12-hour old smoothies.
Likewise, I've read that ground meat is higher in histamines because the grinding process creates much more surface area for the bacteria to work on in degrading the meat. Lately, I've been getting chuck roasts instead of ground chuck.
I will now focus on only making single serve smoothies when I'm ready to enjoy them right away.
I think I'm going to do my big cooking at night and freeze beef/chicken/bone broth into meal-ready portions which I could transport frozen to work and microwave there.
Any food prep tips from a histamine perspective would be very much appreciated.
Thanks, Mike
PS: Note to self: I'm going to break my food log into AM & PM (two entries for each day) in hopes of spotting timing trends. Previously, I had one box for foods and I would just list the smoothie ingredients, along with breakfast, and lunch so it didn't jump out at me that what I had for dinner I prepared 12 hours earlier. I think I'll also add a column to indicate left-overs, or age of the food. Maybe I'll add a column for food prep tools (like my vitamix).
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At a new Midtown bar, Minus5, it's not just manners that compel patrons to use a coaster. Without one, their glasses, made of ice, might fuse with the bar, which is also made out of ice. The same goes for the walls, the shelves, even the chairs. The bar's co-founder, restaurant and entertainment entrepreneur Robert Sabes, is betting his ice bars are the next hot trend. He opened the first two American Minus5 locations in Las Vegas in 2008.
Last week, Minus5 Manhattan opened the doors into its 23-degree Fahrenheit interior. (That's minus 5 degrees centigrade, hence the name.)
Inside the bar, a New York motif is etched into the icy walls: the Manhattan skyline; the Brooklyn Bridge; wintry trees that are meant to evoke Central Park; and a carving of the Statue of Liberty. There's also a "boardroom" for business-inclined New Yorkers, with ice benches covered in faux deerskin. Mr. Sabes was so convinced ice bars were the next big thing, he and co-owner Craig Ling put three years and more than $5 million into the Manhattan bar, which is at the Hilton on Sixth Avenue. Minus5 was a tough sell at times when seeking out locations, said Mr. Sabes. Nobody in the U.S. had heard of the likes of an ice bar. He and Mr. Ling, who opened the first Minus5 locations in Australia and New Zealand, finally talked the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas into housing the first American location. Messrs. Sabes and Ling are "in expansion mode" with Minus5, said Mr. Sabes. They're looking at locations in Washington, D.C., Miami, Chicago and San Francisco, among other cities.
Minus5 Manhattan's $20 cover charge comes with a borrowed parka and gloves. For a little more, patrons get a faux fur coat, or, as part of a VIP package, a signature Russian-style hat. While the bartender often dons long underwear and a parka, hostesses wear bustiers, fur hats and not much else. Inside, cellphone pictures are banned, but employees are on hand to take photos, which can be purchased for $20 each.
Minus5 Manhattan fits about 50 or 60 patrons, most of whom stay in the frigid temps for somewhere around 45 minutes. In Las Vegas, though, said Mr. Sabes, a group of Canadians took it upon themselves to set a record and stayed in the bar for six hours.
Even though this is his first northern location, Mr. Sabes isn't worried about the customers dropping off when temperatures drop. "It's not the cold that people enjoy, it's the experience," he said. Seated in Minus5's icy boardroom beneath an elaborate ice chandelier, Mr. Sabes watched as a guest in the main room shucked off his coat and then his shirt for a photo.
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Camila Cabello on her debut album ahead of its release
Camila Cabello says making her debut solo album has allowed her to voice who she really is.
The 20-year-old singer left Fifth Harmony last year in December and is now gearing up to release "The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving" in September.
Cabello told Rollercoaster magazine recently: "Making my own music now, it truly is my voice, I'm able to actually talk about who I am, and a big part of that is my culture and my family. How I'm able to represent other people that are Latin is better because now I actually get to talk from my voice."
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In December, Dr. Larycia Hawkins—a tenured professor at Christian school, Wheaton College—posted a photo on Facebook wearing a hijab in a show of solidarity with Muslims who were facing heightened anti-Islam sentiment and violence. In the post she wrote: "I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book. And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God." She was promptly suspended. Now, Wheaton has begun the process to fire Hawkins.
In a statement issued yesterday (January 5), the college confirmed that it is attempting to terminate Hawkin's employment:
This notice follows the impasse reached by the parties. Following Dr. Hawkins' written response on December 17 to questions regarding her theological convictions, the College requested further theological discussion and clarification. However, as posted previously, Dr. Hawkins declined to participate in further dialogue about the theological implications of her public statements and her December 17 response.
Within the next month, the Faculty Personnel Committee will hold a hearing and make a recommendation regarding Hawkins' status at the college. Then the president will consider the arguments made by the committee and the provost and make his own recommendation to the board of trustees, which will make the final decision.
Meanwhile, students and theologians have rallied around Hawkins, noting that the belief that Muslims and Christians worship the same God is a common one. "To say that we worship the same God is not the same as insisting that we have an agreed and shared understanding of God," Amy Plantinga Pauw, a professor of Christian theology at Louisville Seminary said in an interview with NPR.
Yale Divinity School theologian Miroslav Volf thinks the attempt at dismissal has less to do with religion and more to do with hate. "There isn't any theological justification for Hawkins' forced administrative leave," Volf wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post. "Her suspension is not about theology and orthodoxy. It is about enmity toward Muslims."
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In order to present the unlimited space originally:
1. homogeneous - enough to postulate the presence in it of two elements with Simple and Complex /closed systematically/
2. heterogeneous - enough to postulate the presence in it of one more element - the Most High and Almighty God - with open systematically.
It is easy to assume that even at the lowest possible deployment of the intangible component of the essence of God - the Spirit of God - for the level of the original downwardly directed the permanent deployment of the material component of the essence of God, there is a curtailment of Simple and Complex /i.e.. It is their decay due to blocking of origin upwardly directed constantly deploy intangible components of the entity / as much as possible heterogeneous to God's essence minimum possible number of cell uniformity (1H), and God on the basis of the material components of the 1H deploys the minimum possible heterogeneous to its essence as possible numerically elemental homogeneity (2H). Coagulation process will begin in 2H known God start time since the completion of its deployment. curtailment of the Spirit of God to the level of initial deployment again unfolds 1H - God potential for transformation 1H into 2H and 1H into 2H limitless!
What is going on in colleges these days??? It seems that every couple of weeks there's yet another story about an academic who faces unemployment because they dare to talk about religion. This professor, imho, is absolutely correct in her statements about the "people of the book" which applies to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. There are obvious differences in the 3 religions but they all stem from one source (the "Old Testament") and they all worship G-d, using different names. And even if the professor was incorrect in her assertion, why should her job be on the line in the first place? Pretty soon teachers won't be able to say anything about anything and we'll start to see book burning, like they did in pre-war Germany. This censorship needs to stop! Just like how schools are now alerting students to potential "trigger words" in the course reading materials. College is supposed to be a place where you expand your mind and learn about new stuff. If students are so delicate and don't want to be triggered, maybe they don't belong in college.


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Market watchers take note: The post-Fulton Fish Market food scene is in a slump; the New Amsterdam Market's two showings have been impressive, albeit ephemeral; and the Fulton Food Stalls are battling Health Department regulations to get open. But there are signs of a recovery.
Manhattan's southernmost residents craving intimacy with their eats can now sign up for the community-supported agriculture (CSA) subscription service operated out of the Stonehouse California Olive Oil shop on Front Street, which had such a successful debut summer, it's adding a winter option, which starts Dec. 15.
As most New Yorkers now know, CSAs invite members to prepay for a share in a local farm's harvest. While such systems are typically active spring through fall, this winter CSA was the brainchild of Megan Joan Cariola, who runs the store. For $300, members will receive five monthly deliveries between December and April, featuring hearty, hibernal fare like potatoes, winter squash, cabbage, garlic and onions, all of which would be delicious with the store's main inventory, plus eggs, milk and larder liners like pickles, preserves and canned tomatoes. "I might even enjoy this one more," says Cariola, implying that summer was just the beginning. (Since all the bounty is locally grown, the CSA doesn't include olive oil—but it's for sale along with a well-edited selection of artisan comestibles like Salvatore Brooklyn ricotta, Il Forno bread and Upstate Harvest granola). Back on a sunny September day, Anne Glick, officially the 26th person to buy a seasonal stake in the harvest, came through the door with her son to pick up their piece of the produce pie. A chalkboard take on ticker tape indicated each shareholder's allotted ounces of arugula, number of tomatoes and other returns on investment.
"I can't believe we get a whole watermelon!" Glick exclaimed, before realizing each share included just half a melon: "That's probably plenty for us anyway." Her parents back in Wisconsin are also members of a CSA, though they can't fathom one in Manhattan.
Cariola says members include "a lot of mothers from Tribeca." Sure there are five Greenmarkets within stroller-pushing distance, and now a Whole Foods, too, but Cariola, who is also a member, says "a CSA is different. Sometimes you have to just build what you need. That's not a selfish thing, it's just that you see your need in others."
As with any CSA, explains Cariola, there are value fluctuations: "sometimes more stuff, sometimes less." But the store is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, so there aren't runs. Pickup, that is, "doesn't get so crazy."
Thanks to that annual crash known as frost, watermelon is now just a memory, so Glick is digging up kale recipes, a nice distraction from the market tremors nearby, she says. "If you have to cook, it can take your mind off things."
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If you had clicked the Subscribe-o-Matic by the shop door, you'd know I sent an update out this weekend! I usually send them on weekends, mostly because I feel silly sending out a notice for just one item. This time I had info about several!
Two new texture packs this week, the one on the left Tissue Paper Brights 1 is new today. The Scribbles one came out earlier this week or last.. (sometime between today and my last update I sent out haha)
Plus on the roof with my bunnies is three bunny barns!
Ahh I forgot to send the notice out with this info too. I'm showing 14 panels of art in Raglan Shire's Art Walk! I'm also showing three sculptures over in the sculpture area. The flat art is also viewable upstairs in the shop on my land, along with some older art and boxed sculptures.
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Yoga for Hypertension
While yoga improves the flexibility of the body, improves the concentration level, meditation benefits the soul and the hurry mind. Eating right type of foods also contribute to a stress free life so make sure you eat right and remove negative factors as far as possible for a positive living.
Sometimes I wish going back in time and become a kid again. No stress, no bills to pay and no relationship status – basically no responsibilities. Once adulthood hit, responsibilities started piling up and thus began the journey of hypertension. This is my story of how I fought high blood pressure, chronic stress with regular yoga practice.
A typical day at office and I had to fire one of my workers. Things turned ugly once the discussion heated up. I began to sweat terribly and my heart started palpitating. I was yelling at the top of my office and my hands started to shiver without a mercy. I thought my time was up (over thinking, of course).
Now my parents deal with high blood pressure levels and pop pills almost every day. But I never thought it would be my turn to have a share of hypertension. After routine procedures, the result was up. I was dealing with high blood pressure – Stage 1 of hypertension – 150/90.
Change is the word
Doctor told me to take it slow on life. It was quite evident I am practically prancing around and couldn't wait to reach my grave. While medication is an inevitable option (at least for some time), slight but effective changes would work wonders on the body. It would take away permanent consumption of antibiotics.
Here are the changes I made in my life. I am not delving too much and focusing just only the major points. Mainly coz this is a yoga site.
- Watch my weight by implementing dietary changes. For instance cutting out carb/oil/sweet foods (I was in two minds whether I really wanted to do it as I can't survive without sweets even for a day)
- Make it a point to sleep at least 6-8 hours to cut down stress levels. Since I worked for prolonged hours even on my bed and didn't bother much about my sleep. This led to unwanted frustration and even the slightest thing would snap me.
- Respect the body by doing a vigorous workout and control my tendency to bark at people. Yoga and meditation seemed like the best option.
Yoga poses for hypertension – yoga for controlling blood pressure levels
Once you go for yoga poses, you will understand how much chucking out junkies will benefit your body. This is because certain yoga poses enables you to focus by balancing the body. Initially it would be difficult but that's the turning point of your life. You will get to know how much of chubby fat you have to eliminate that has been clinging on to your body.
Pranayama, meditation "actually" helps you to eliminate hypertension gradually. You will notice that your anger, the fear of letting go etc. is moving out of your body easily. The result you will be feeling a lot 'lighter' and more positive.
Here are five yoga poses for you.
Adho Mukha Shvanasana (Downward facing dog pose) yoga for controlling blood pressure levels
You can use a prop such as few blankets for this pose. With routine practice, you can perform without the props. Benefits of this pose include eliminating frequent headaches due to stress, working on computers for prolonged period, balancing fluctuating blood pressure, diarrhea, carpal tunnel syndrome etc.
Uttanasana (Standing Forward bend pose) yoga for controlling blood pressure levels
You can use head support during the initial days. Uttanasana means to stretch or extend the body. This posture does a great job in stimulating the liver, kidney function and strengthening the thighs/knees. Placing yourself in Uttanasana calms the brain and relieves you of any stress. It has the power to get rid of any mild depression as well.
Those who are also dealing with insomnia or lack of quality sleep will hit the sack peacefully after routine of uttanasana.
Pashchimottanasana (Seated Forward bend) yoga for controlling blood pressure levels
It is an intense stretch pose. During my initial days I found it very much difficult due to my pot belly and my chubby thighs that just won't give up. Pashchimottanasana is great for those dealing with infertility. It works both for men and women. While in men it helps in increasing the sperm motility and control to hold the semen for a while, it stimulates the ovaries and uterus assisting in healthy reproductive organ for women.
Halasana (Plow Pose) yoga for controlling blood pressure levels
Halasana not only stimulates the abdominal organs but also enables a healthy shoulder and spine by strengthening and stretching it good. This posture also helps in alleviating the menopausal symptoms as well. Those who are dealing with fatigue, stress etc. will find their energy coming back and stress moving out of their body.
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose) yoga for controlling blood pressure levels
If you are fan of stretching your body you are gonna love this. This is my personal favorite because it takes care of any pain in your spine or neck area. Those who have to hog the computer for more than 8 hours will definitely feel the difference after practicing the Bridge pose.
Apart from cutting out anxiety and lethargic feel, Setu Bandhasana can cure constant headaches, respiratory problems such as asthma. It also inhibits elderly osteoporosis, pain during menopause, stimulates the function of abdominal organs, thyroid etc.
While yoga improves the flexibility of the body, improves the concentration level, meditation benefits the soul and the hurry mind. Eating right type of foods also contribute to a stress free life so make sure you eat right and remove negative factors as far as possible for a positive living.


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Great place, very good food and service. Aesthetically it's not the usual Indian restaurant, and they have a lot of space.
Love this place. Great range of food that's cooked beautifully. The service is attentive without being intrusive and the wait staff are always polite. The wine list is a bit limited though, particularly the options by the glass.
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ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio field hockey team (4-10, 2-3 MAC) is set to conclude the 2017 regular season over the weekend when the Bobcats compete with MAC opponent Kent State (7-9, 4-1 MAC) on Saturday (Oct. 28) at 12 p.m. at Murphy-Mellis Field. Followed by a battle with Louisville (11-6, 4-2 ACC) on Sunday (Oct. 29) at 1 p.m. at Trager Stadium.
On goals from Kennedy Farr (Niagra-on-the-lake, Ontario), Karynne Baker (Falls Church, Va.) and Maria Russell (Hudson, Ohio) the Ohio field hockey team celebrated a 3-0 shutout over MAC-opponent Ball State on Thursday (Oct. 12) in Ohio's home finale.
Farr would post her first goal of the season early in the second minute of the match to put the Bobcats up 1-0 to start the contest. Russell would earn the assist on the goal before scoring herself in the 38th minute on a quick tap-in in the second half. Russell's goal would come after Baker put the Bobcats up 2-0 in the 7th minute on a penalty corner opportunity.
Alex Pennington (Easton, Pa.) had three saves in her 70 minutes of work, allowing no goals on three shots faced.
The Bobcats would win the shot battle over the Cardinals, 8-3. Kendall Ballard (Charlottesville, Va.) led the Bobcats with three shots on goal, followed by Russel who had two, and Farr, freshman Leah Warren (Hamilton, New Zealand), and Baker each added one. The corner battle would also go to Ohio, posting four compared to Ball State's two.
Russell and Pennington would sweep the week of October 8-14 Mid-American Conference Player of the Week awards, with Pennington earning Defensive Player of the Week and Russell earning Offensive Player of the Week the league announced Tuesday (Oct. 17).
Russell now has a .429 shot percentage along with a .714 shots on goal percentage this season paired with six goals, 14 shots and one assist. The senior has also garnered 26 goals on her career on 69 shots and 47 shots on goal during her four years.
Pennington also helped Ohio secure a 3-0 shutout over the Cardinals. The junior recorded all 70 minutes guarding the net and did not allow a single goal, earning three saves on the day. Ball State earned two corner opportunities and three shots on goal on the match and Pennington recorded a stop on each one.
Pennington now has 54 saves on the year along with a .684 save percentage. The junior has also racked up a total of 118 career saves.
Neil Macmillan is at the helm for his 13th season at Ohio. The Portsmouth, England, native sports an all-time record of 132-123 and has led the Bobcats to four MAC titles, 2006, '07, '09 and '11, during his tenure. He is the longest-tenured head coach in Mid-American Conference field hockey and notched his name in the record books as the all-time winningest coach in Ohio field hockey history last season.
The Bobcats return junior Kendall Ballard (Charlottesville, Va.), who earned First Team All-Mid-American Conference and Second Team All-Region honors while she also earned a spot on the U.S. U-21 National Team with USA Field Hockey. She led the Bobcats with a career-high 12 goals, 28 points, 55 shots and 31 shots on goal. Ballard also finished tied for second on the squad in assists (4), which was also a career-high. Ballard finished in the top-10 in the Mid-American Conference in shots (9th), points (5th), goals (5th) and assists (10th) during the 2016 season.
Senior Maria Russell (Hudson, Ohio) also returns to the Bobcat lineup for 2017. She received Second Team All-MAC recognition following the 2016 season. Russell finished in a tie for second on Ohio with six goals and was second on the squad in shots on goal with 15. Russell also ranked third on the team in shots (21) and points (14) while adding two assists to bring her career total to three. Russell now has 20 career goals to start her senior season.
Megan Silveira (Kitchener, Ontario), Kennedy Farr (Virgil, Ontario) and Rachel Kho (Oakville, Ontario) will all return to the Bobcat lineup to round out the senior class.
Ohio's 2016 roster features six new players,-- Claire Buckey(Powell, Ohio), Peyton Taylor (Catonsville, Md.), Emma Spinnetto(Louisville, Ky.), Samara Schratz (McMurray, Pa.), Annmarie Hoppel (Fredricksburg, Va.) and Leah Warren(Hamilton, New Zeland).
The Ohio field hockey team has been picked to place fourth in the league standings in the 2017 Mid-American Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, as voted on by the conference's head coaches, the league office announced.
The Bobcats received 19 points to tie with Ball State to finish fourth in the poll.
Defending league champion Kent State was picked to win the MAC by way of 41 points – including six first-place votes. The Golden Flashes were also picked to win the conference's tournament championship. Miami garnered 35 points to place second in the poll and also received one first-place vote. Longwood would fall in the third spot with 25 points.
Appalachian State and Central Michigan each tied for sixth place with four points each to round out the poll.
The Flashes are currently 7-9 overall and 4-1 in the MAC. Kent State is coming off of a 3-2 overtime victory over Longwood at home on Oct. 21.
The Flashes are ranked second in the MAC, just behind Miami. Kent State is second in the conference in shots with 235 on the season while the Flashes lead the MAC in assists with 34. Kent State also leads in corners, earning 121 on the year. Ines Delpech is currently tied at second in the conference in shots with 70 on the year, averaging 16 per-contest. Jessica Nesbitt and Clara Rodriguez Sero rank first and second in assists in the conference with 11 and nine respectively.
This will be the 76th meeting between Ohio and Kent State with the Flashes leading the series 48-26-2. The last time the two squads met was in Athens on Oct. 21 where Kent State secured a 2-1 double overtime victory in the Bobcat's home finale. Ines Delpech would score early in the match for the Flashes at the four-minute mark. Ohio would respond in the 23rd minute on a goal by Amelia Milton to tie it up at 1-1. Pennington posted an impressive game in goal with four saves on five corner attempts. Kent State's Madison Thompson would score the game winning goal in the 16th corner of the match in the second overtime period to give the Flashes the 2-1 victory.
The Cardinals are currently 11-6 overall and 4-2 in the ACC. Louisville is coming off of a 6-2 loss to Big Ten competition Michigan on Oct. 22nd. The Cardinals have posted impressive wins over North Carolina, Boston College and Syracuse.
Ohio leads the series with Louisville 28-11. The last time the two squads met in regular season play was in 2014 where the No. 7 Louisville squad posed a 2-0 win over the Bobcats in Athens, Ohio. The Bobcats and the Cardinals met in 2016 in an exhibition match where Louisville would post an 8-0 shutout at Trager Stadium.


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Of all the things you could accuse Donald Trump of, maining Hanzo in Overwatch would seem to be relatively minor. But Nuisance PAC is up to far more than just accusing Trump of being obnoxious. His behavior, they note, is fairly consistent with the irritating trolls that drag down every game.
Overwatch, if you haven't played it, is a team-based video game where players need to work together and be flexible in both what characters they play and the strategy they use in order to win. Needless to say, being a selfish, whiny player is a good way to get everyone to hate you in the game. You get one guess what role Trump has been cast in.
This is the brainchild, unsurprisingly, of the team behind Cards Against Humanity. One of the company's cofounders had a grandfather shot down over Germany during World War II who formed a "nuisance committee" to make the lives of the German soldiers overseeing them harder without getting killed. Hence, Nuisance PAC, which is doing things like announcing Trump's tax avoidance outside O'Hare Airport with a massive billboard. The site is fairly hilarious, putting common troll statements like "The other team is using hacks!" or "My controller is broken!" and tucking Trump complaints, underneath them, from his complaining that the election is "rigged",despite that being pretty much impossible, to his insistence that his microphone was the real problem at the first debate.
But underneath it all, it does ask gamers a fairly important question: Do they really want the kind of person they can't stand dealing with in a video game actually running the country? Gamers probably aren't going to push the election, but this might just give them pause in the voting booth.


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Whether you are ready to dive into the deep end or merely looking for inspiration, what Joshua Becker provides in The Minimalist Home is a practical approach to applying a minimalist's approach to your home. Continue reading
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First Line Friday: Freedom's Light
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I finally read my first Colleen Coble novel this week!
I love discovering new authors when it is their debut and when they are new-to-me and have a backlist of books. In a way, Freedom's Light by Colleen Coble is both. It is my first read of an author with a daunting backlist and it is an early story that, according to the note from the author, was part of her journey to publication but has been waiting eighteen years for it's own debut. And I love that!
I reviewed it earlier this week, but today I'm sharing the first line – and I'm holding back, since the first few pages are among my favorites of this Revolutionary War novel. Here it is: Continue reading
Freedom's Light by Colleen Coble (review)
Fans of Colleen Coble are in for a treat with the publication of this early novel, as are those with a taste for stories set in the American Revolution but reminiscent of Victorian melodrama, with sin leading to death and madness. Continue reading
A Seat by the Hearth by Amy Clipston (review)
This is the third of Amy Clipston's Amish Homestead novels. Since Mark Riehl's introduction as the flirty Amish playboy who gave his older brother a bad time about being single, I've been certain that his story would be my favorite of this series. It is. Continue reading
First Line Friday: Envious Casca or A Christmas Party
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I recently read my first Georgette Heyer and instantly added her to my list of 20th century authors to read more from in 2019. Not for her Regencies or Historicals (though I'll get to them), but for her English country house mysteries. Lucky for me, there are recent and ongoing reprints with gorgeous covers coming out from Sourcebooks Landmark and from Penguin UK's Arrow imprint.
I picked up a used Arrow edition of Georgette Heyer's Envious Casca last summer and only today discovered that it has been retitled A Christmas Party and has been given a lovely, wintery cover.
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The Christmas Heirloom: Four Novellas of Love Through the Generations by Karen Witemeyer, Sarah Loudin Thomas, Kristi Ann Hunter, Becky Wade (review)
When four talented writers of Historical and Contemporary Christian Romance get together and write four novellas connected by a piece of jewelry that is handed down from generation to generation, the expectations can be high. The Christmas Heirloom lives up to this expectations.
As the luckenbooth broach comes into each story, the reader experiences a new generation and their troubles. Continue reading
Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer (review)
Having heard so much praise for Georgette Heyer's Regency romances, I've been curious to give her writing a try but I found myself lacking in actual enthusiasm to start until I discovered that she had written "modern" mysteries. Her first such novel, and my first Heyer, Footsteps in the Dark is a stand alone country house mystery originally published in 1932. Continue reading


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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has advised Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri to step down ahead of a crucial session of Balochistan Assembly to take up a no-trust motion against him.
Quoting sources, ARY News reported, the premier after consultation with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif asked the embattled chief minister to step down.
Spokesperson for the chief minister Jan Achakzai, however, rejected such reports, saying there was no truth in these reports.
He said the government will defeat the opposition's no-rust move in a democratic way.
He claimed that the chief minister enjoyed the support of enough MPAs to foil the motion.
Zehri seemed to be caught between a rock and a hard place with the opposition hell-bent on pushing ahead with a no-trust motion against him.
PM Abbasi landed in Quetta on Monday evening on the direction of the PML-N president Nawaz Sharif and contacted the members of the opposition parties of the Balochistan Assembly, but they refused to meet him.
The political crisis began with Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo submitting a no-confedence motion against the chief minister on January 2, which was signed by a total of 14 members of the Balochistan Assembly.
The crucial session of the provincial assembly scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm today to take up the motion will decide the fate of the Balochistan government.
It is pertinent to mention here that the chief minister had made a contact to former premier Nawaz Sharif to enlist his help in defeating the opposition's move. Subsequently, the latter directed Prime Minister Abbasi to travel to Quetta to prop up Zehri.
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) is reported to have offered the central government of the PML-N that if it is given the slot of the Balochistan governor, it could help salvage the Zehri-led government.
Bizenjo, who spearheaded the campaign against Zehri, claimed he enjoyed the support of around 40 MPAs, which he believed was enough to sail the no-trust motion smoothly through the assembly.
A number of ministers have resigned following the motion submitted against Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri.
Former premier Nawaz Sharif, however, claimed on Sunday that the ongoing political crisis in Balochistan was a conspiracy to prevent the upcoming elections of the Senate. He regretted that some of his allies had a hand in the crisis.


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Children As Gifts
I was a guest recently at a dinner honoring the anniversary of a church.
I was impressed with the spirit of the congregants and the thankful attitude they had towards life. Several of the speakers mentioned activities going on in their church and kept referring to children and the next generation as gifts.
Sometimes you hear people say things like that and the words are simply said to make a nice-sounding speech or to look good in a book. In this case, it was obvious in their manner and enthusiasm that the people speaking at this dinner genuinely felt as their words portrayed.
They also talked about members of their community being extended families and the kids, in effect, feeling like they had several sets of parents. It was inspirational.
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41st Street Extra Curriculum
Duck's Nest Garden Program
In the garden, the children learn about the function and purpose of nature. For example, flowers are for the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds; and bad bugs are a good food source for other critters -- that all life in the garden has value and should be respected. They get to learn and watch the complete life cycle of plants and experience all stages of growth from, planting seeds, caring for seedlings, to harvesting, letting seeds mature to replanting, and composting what isn't consumed. Insect observation is also popular among the children, especially watching the lifecycle of swallowtail butterflies that each class gets to raise.
The preschoolers engage in lots of hands-on activities. They learn about the importance of garden maintenance; how to use real garden tools, and proper watering technique. They get to sample plant products and learn what is and isn't edible and that we only taste plants under adult supervision. Finding chicken eggs and tasting a freshly laid egg is always a delight! Other activities include, take home projects, worm bin feeding and soil harvest, simple cooking projects, occasional crafts, field guide studies, lots of fun discussions, and there's always a wealth of seasonal things that emerge. In other words, anything that incorporates the garden or emerges from it can turn itself into a learning experience.
Our gardening teacher Susi Vogler gardens on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to midday with the Duck's Nest children. Her prior work experience includes outdoor and environmental education. Susi has been joyfully gardening at Duck's Nest since February 2008, and had two children who were preschoolers here.
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Duck's Nest provides each group a 30 minute music class weekly with our music specialist Micah McClain. The children are always excited to see him come in with his guitar, drum, and more... Micah is also a music teacher at multiple elementary schools in the Bay Area. He is certified in the Orff Approach. Micah's energy and passion for music and early education is instantly noticeable and he is a wonderful part of our community.


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The Reality of the Akhirah (Hereafter)
Akhirah. Akhirah. Akhirah. Allah Subhanahu wa ta'la insistently repeats and reminds us of it on almost every page of the Qur'an. So does Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the last Messenger of Allah (swt) for mankind, with every word he speaks and everything he does. They tell us that the Akhirah is more real than the ground under our feet. Real success or failure is success or failure in the Akhirah for which Allah (swt) will be the sole Judge. Nothing in this world has any value if it does not benefit man on the Day of Judgment. Thus, there is no Islam without the Akhirah, and no sensible Muslim can remain forgetful of it lest he become a loser on that Momentous Day.
Still, it is very easy to lose sight of the Akhirah, even for us believers, or to fail to be fully conscious of this most important reality. It is easy to forget that we will harvest in the Akhirah what we sow in this world, and that - for good or for bad - we are all engaged in sowing, each moment of our present life. There are various reasons for this loss of sight and forgetfulness.
One, we do not see the Akhirah before our eyes as we do other things. Two, we have no experience of it. And thirdly, of course, we have our many distractions. The vivid and variety-filled world that we see before our eyes absorbs our attention, time and energy. This world seems solid and permanent, while death seems remote and the Akhirah merely an abstract proposition of no immediate relevance.
In fact it was not meant to be easy for us to keep the Akhirah in mind. It is on the question of the Akhirah that our iman is sorely tested. Our attitude to the Akhirah depends solely on the strength and vitality of our iman.
To keep our iman healthy and strong and ensure its continuous growth we have to nourish and nurture it. This can only be done through our passionate engagement with Allah's (swt) Book of Guidance for us and His Noble Messenger Muhammad (saws).
In this connection it would help to ask ourselves what the basis of our iman is. First, we believe that the Qur'an is the word of Allah (swt). We have all the evidence we need to be sure that the Qur'an is the word of Allah and preserved in its original form. And thus we believe that whatever Allah has said in the Qur'an is true. Nothing can be truer. Allah (swt) has not said anything that we do not need. And since He has placed so much importance on the Akhirah, the Muslim has to take it seriously. Any confusion in the heart about the veracity of the Qur'an will naturally undermine a Muslim's sense of the reality of the Akhirah.
We further believe that Muhammad (saws) is a true Prophet of Allah (swt). Even the minutest details of his life are known to us. In fact, there is no one else in history or in our personal life whom we know better. His life convinces us. There is nothing false about him; he never told a lie or deceived anyone. Muhammad (saws) never sought any reward from others for what he did. All his struggles and hardships were for the sake of Allah (swt) alone. The Qur'an emphatically proclaims this: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your interest: my reward is only due from Allah: and He is Witness to all things." (Surah Saba 34:47). Even when we pray for him by saying sallahu alayhi wa sallam (Surah Al-Ahzab 33:56), it is for our benefit, not his. Our prayers do not advance Muhammad's (saws) place before Allah (swt) in any way. His position is secure with Allah (swt), but saying our taslim is an unfailing means for us to please Allah (swt). Thus we trust the most trustworthy, selfless and caring human being who ever lived.
We can also find confirmation for our belief by engaging our capacity for thinking. Islam does not require us to close our minds. On the contrary, it encourages us to think. Allah (swt) repeatedly prods us to observe and draw lessons from what we observe and rebukes us for our failure to think and reflect.
As thinking and reflecting beings, we can ask ourselves one question. What does life look like without the Akhirah? What meaning or sense and purpose is there in life if there is no Akhirah? None. Without the Akhirah, all is chaos, useless, valueless. On an entirely self-enclosed worldly level there cannot be any such thing as right and wrong, good or bad. All are equal and therefore meaningless. Without the Akhirah, an occasion for an absolutely thorough and flawless account-taking from man and according him what he truly deserves, any edifice of meaning or value that man might wish to erect crumbles even before it can be started. In such a case, what need or justification can there be in continuing to live in this state? Man would be in a void of despair.
But before one gives up and totally surrenders to despair, he can look at the universe around him and think about it. What should he make of the amazing beauty, variety, organization, interrelatedness, balance and harmony in the universe? What has brought about this harmony in variety? Surely, all these things could not have been there by themselves or by accident. Surely, some supremely powerful, intelligent and wise source must be behind all this, to bring all these qualities into being, to invest them in the universe and to guide and control it. And this source also needs to be one and indivisible. The presence of harmony unmistakably testifies to the unity and oneness of the source, for harmony is the imprint of unity on multiplicity.
This leads to another very important question. If that Source or Being can bring into existence such a universe of order and harmony, would He leave human beings, the most delicate and complex thing in the universe, outside His scheme? Since every element in the universe functions according to the law and principle impregnated into each, would He leave man without some law and principle to direct him? No, that cannot be. That would mean an element of disorder in an otherwise orderly universe. Reason demands a scheme and guidance for man also.
Here, however, we must recognize a crucial difference between all the other elements in the universe and man. While each of them obeys the guidance imbued into it, man has a will of his own and the freedom to use it the way he wishes. Man's case therefore is different: the scheme and guidance for man must also be different.
As man can choose how to behave, there has to be some arrangement for his proper accountability and a dispensation of what he has earned through his choice. This requires the presence of all the parties involved and the availability of all the evidence at one place and time, and a judge capable of dealing with everyone with unquestionable thoroughness and justice.
Before man faces his judgment, though, the basis on which he is going to be judged must be made known to him. Observing the orderly behavior of the minutest of particles in the universe, man can feel sure that the basis for order in his life is also available. If he looks for it, he will find it.
Man with his pure innate capacity for thinking and reflection can easily arrive at a point where he can feel the existence and working of a Supreme and Perfect Being, the need for guidance from that ultimate and unfailing Source and the advent of a final moment of resolution when all confusion and bewilderment will be dispelled and all conflicts resolved, a moment when there are no more loose ends or unanswered questions. These are the most urgent and profound truths that man needs to know and can realize by his own effort. And this is one of the urgent messages at the heart of Islam.
There is no difficult or complicated philosophy involved in all this thinking. It is within the reach of any sensible human being, as it should be. For it affects the ultimate and eternal destiny of each one of us. But man by his own efforts can go no further. He cannot know the full identity and will of that Supreme Source, the form of his guidance, or clearly imagine the final judgment. He needs help from the Supreme Source. The realization of this is the dawning of wisdom.
It is here that Allah's (swt) revelation and sending of human Messengers to guide and forewarn man fit in. Together, they can safely conduct man to the Akhirah. The human Messenger is needed not only to convey the message from Allah (swt) but no less importantly to also show man how to make use of the revelation. Thus Allah's (swt) scheme for mankind finds fulfillment through three things: the Revelation, the Messengers and the Akhirah.
We Muslims believe in these things because nothing else makes sense. All else is confusion and disorder.
Now, what remains for us to do is to keep our vision of the Akhirah real, vivid and fresh, and work to prepare ourselves while we are in this world for that inevitable and overwhelming eventuality. It is on our vision of the Akhirah that our response to life, its conditions and all that befalls us, depends.
As always, we have the example of our most beneficent friend Muhammad (saws). How real, immediate, acute and vivid the Reality of the Akhirah was to him can be seen from this Hadith: "They (his Companions) said: 'Oh, Messenger of Allah, we saw you reach out to something, while you were standing here, then we saw you restrain yourself.' He said, 'I saw Paradise and reached out to a bunch of its grapes, and had I taken it you would have eaten of it as long as the world endured. I saw Hell also'" (Sahih Muslim, Book 004, Hadith 1982). There are numerous other ahadith that convey the feeling that Muhammad (saws) is already there and is talking to his companions from there.
When we say we accept him as our Prophet (saws), we commit ourselves to molding our lives after him in every way. Let us try to keep our vision of the Akhirah clear and vivid, as Muhammad (saws) did, and to ready ourselves for it as he taught us to do.
A. K. M. Mohiuddin is a retired university professor of English literature living in Bangladesh. He can be reached at this address: akmm45 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Sister Aqeelah from Canada
Mashallah Jazakallah khair for this amazing article! Alhumdulillah!
children of Adam from USA
In The Name Of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful!I testify that there is NO god worthy of worship except Almighty Allah, alone, without partners! I testify that Nabi, Muhammad is HIS Last Messenger and Prophet(PBUH). This article is mashaa'Allah reveting! It is a great reminder to all of us because death is inevitable. We are going to die whether we like it or not!We must try to prepare by increasing our worship of Allah and begging HIM constantly for HIS ENDLESS MERCY! Allah is nearer to us than we can ever imagine. We must increase our zikr daily and have never ending hope and faith in Allah. We are truly on the right path because Muslims are the only believers in worshipping Allah SWT without partners. Christians and Jews know the truth but they deny it to which i say, Allah is more patient than anything and anyone. After all, HE is not human; HE is above all things and HE is Omnipotent! "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law of the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly...(Mathew 5:17-19) "I am the only God. Beside me, there is no other god; there never was and never will be. I alone am the Lord, the only one who can save you." (Isaiah 43:10-11) "I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no partners." (Exodus 20:5) If Xtians, Jews, Atheists, Budhists, and all other non-muslims don't understand this, I don't know what else would they understand???
Bimillah-Al-Asr(the time) Verily, man is in loss, Except those who believe (In Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth(order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds) which Allah has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which Allah has forbidden, and recomend one another to patience(for the sufferings, harms and injuries) which one may encounter in Allah's cause during preaching HIS Religion of Islamic Monotheism.May Allah make the Ummah be neighbors of the Last Prophets, Allahuma Ameen!May Allah reward You Al
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Amatullah Sharif from USA
A very outstanding and excellent article. Thanks for sharing and is a great reminder
Farid Hentabli from USA
Excellent Article. "I pray to Allah to help keep us in constant remembrance of Him, to be thankful to Him, and to be worshiping Him in the best manners".
Daouda Thiao from Senegal


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This may have been mentioned in the past, but I have jus been pondering the idea of it.
Once the Raspberry Pi\'s are released, I am interested in and hoping some others are, in rolling a Distro intended for the Pi instead of trying to trim an existing one down to work on it.
I am thinking of using Debain as the base and depending on of its suitable enough, using the MATE enviroment when its stable. Probably have several versions such as a Destop purpose version and one with no X server for thoses Pi\'s to rarely see a screen,
Anyone planning on doing similar?


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The EC Commission's Guidance Paper on the Application of Article 82 EC: An Efficient Means of Compliance for Germany?
European Competition Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 677-700, 2009
24 Pages Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last revised: 23 Dec 2014
Date Written: December 1, 2009
This article aims to introduce the Guidance Paper's key features in applying Article 82 EC to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings. It will therefore examine the concepts of consumer welfare, anticompetitive foreclosure, consumer harm, the efficiency-based defence and balancing test, and some issues that apply to predation and tying. It will also discuss how the Guidance Paper could be perceived from the perspective of German competition law and policy and what kind of transitional regime might be required for the effective implementation of its major analytical concepts. The central issue is therefore to answer the simple questions of how efficient it really is to reform Article 82 by means of a soft-law instrument, and whether the GP presents an efficient means of compliance for Germany.
Keywords: EC Commission's Guidance Paper on ex Article 82 EC now 102 TFEU, German competition law
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