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Clients rely on our deep and talented pool of litigators, including a number of the most accomplished trial attorneys in the U.S. The size and experience of our litigation team has provided us with expertise in a variety of venues, including all of the district courts that handle high volumes of patent litigation, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In fact, we were one of the most active in district court representations, ranking second among all law firms in a recent survey.
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A smoking ban introduced in three phases in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium, was associated with a reduction in the risk of preterm birth, researchers found.
The rate of deliveries before 37 weeks of gestation consistently fell through successive bans on smoking in public places and most workplaces, in restaurants, and in bars serving food over a 4-year period, according to Tim Nawrot, PhD, of Hasselt University in Diepenbeek, Belgium, and colleagues.
The trends were most apparent after implementation of the last two phases, the researchers reported online in BMJ.
"Given that even a mild reduction in gestational age has been linked to adverse health outcomes in early and later life, our study has important public health implications," they wrote.
"The finding is not definitive but it supports the notion that smoking bans have public health benefits from early life," they wrote, noting that it is unlikely that sudden changes in treatments could explain the falling rates of preterm birth during the study period.
Active maternal smoking during pregnancy has been found to impair fetal growth and shorten gestation, the authors noted in their introduction, adding that secondhand smoke has also been shown to affect birth outcomes.
The three phases of the smoking ban were introduced at the beginning of January in 2006, 2007, and 2010.
The researchers collected birth data on all live-born singleton babies delivered at 24 to 44 weeks of gestation from 2002 through 2011. The analysis included 606,877 births, of which 73.9% were spontaneous. The rate of preterm delivery was 6% of the overall births and 7.2% of the spontaneous births.
From 2002 through 2006 -- before any phase of the smoking ban was implemented -- the rate of spontaneous preterm births remained stable and the rate of overall preterm births increased slightly, by 0.99% per year.
The rate of preterm birth began to drop after the first phase of the smoking ban in public places and most workplaces went into effect at the beginning of 2006, although the most apparent drops occurred after smoking was banned in restaurants in 2007 and in bars serving food in 2010.
"It might be that the implementation of nonsmoking regulation at work took place more gradually than the other bans, thus perhaps explaining why the effects of the latter were stronger (or more obvious in the analysis)," the authors wrote.
After the second phase was introduced, there was a significant reduction in the risk of spontaneous preterm birth, by 3.13% (P<0.01) and after the third phase was introduced there was a reduction of 2.65% per year (P=0.04). Similar findings were observed for overall preterm birth, as well.
According to the authors, the changes equal six fewer preterm births per 1,000 deliveries from 2007 through 2011.
The findings remained consistent after adjustment for numerous factors, including infant sex, maternal age, parity, socioeconomic status, national origin, level of urbanization, underlying trends, month of the year, day of the week, public holidays, influenza epidemics, and short-term changes in apparent temperature and particulate air pollution.
There were, however, no changes in the risks of having low birth weight or being small for gestational age when the smoking ban was being implemented.
"One could object that the effects of the smoking bans were apparent only on the rate of preterm births, and we acknowledge that the absence of an effect on birth weight and small for gestational age reduces the strength and diminishes the plausibility of our observation," the authors wrote.
They noted that other studies -- but not all -- have shown similar associations between smoking bans and preterm birth.
The researchers acknowledged that the findings may be explained by unmeasured confounders, since they lacked information on individual smoking status and other known risk factors for preterm birth, including marital status, psychosocial stressors, maternal weight, occupation, and nutrition.
The Study Center for Perinatal Epidemiology is financed and commissioned by the Flemish Center for Care and Health (Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid). This study was supported by grants from the Flemish Scientific fund (FWO), ERC starting grant (ENVIRONAGE), and Hasselt University Fund (BOF).
The authors reported that they had no conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner

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Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 5994 Catapult.
Catapult was released in 2005 for Knight's Kingdom II. The set first came in a 2005 LEGO Easter basket in North America. Later it was available as a polybag and in the Knight's Kingdom Adventure Box produced by Scholastic Books, both available at Walmart.
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Companies lodge protests against Navy decision on $3.5B contract
Harris Corp. and Computer Sciences Corp. have both filed protests of the Navy's decision to award the $3.5 billion Next Generation Enterprise Network to Hewlett-Packard Co.
Harris and CSC led a team that competed against HP. Because the contract has two portions, Harris was bidding as the prime on one, with CSC as its teammate, and CSC was leading the second, with Harris as its teammate.
HP won the contract in late June on a lowest price, technically acceptable criteria. The contract will provide the IT infrastructure for 400,000 seats and 800,000 users globally. The company has been providing those services to the Navy under the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract since 2000.
Attorneys for both Harris and CSC declined to comment on the grounds of the protest.
A Government Accountability Office official said the protests were filed Monday morning, and decisions are due Oct. 23.
Work cannot start on NGEN until the protests are resolved.
At the time of the award to HP in late June, Navy officials expressed confidence that their decision could withstand a protest.
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Please post when will the HP contest of IBM Peoplesoft awarded Aug 20, 2013 be resolved?
The HP award makes sense at least because they are longtime incumbent on a very large and complex enterprise network. I can't imagine that changing horses at this point would be a good idea, especially if that horse is CSC, which has performed notably poorly on a very large legacy to enterprise network migration project in the recent past.
Basically, the Navy is planning on keeping a single company in charge of it's enterprise network for two decades, do you see the problem with that? With the firing of the CO who oversall the NGEN award, questions were bound to be raised.
So what's new? Several Contractors bid for a lucrative USG award but only one gets to win! At least, it appears the award was made judiciously, based on the lowest cost to the tax-payer. I find no fault with that.
NGEN was a mess from the start. Two years late in award and now a deserved protest.
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Well, it doesn't matter if you've slumped into your chair with disappointment and frustration after having tried and failed to learn German in the past... (In fact, the worse your previous attempts at learning German have been, the more excited I am that you are here...)
Or if sometimes you feel like you are so busy that you don't even have time to eat, let alone Deutsch zu sprechen (to speak German), because a few minutes a day is all it takes...
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The very same system the illustrious PCMag selected as their Editors Choice for language learning, rating it above all the other well-known systems out there...
...and which also took out the prestigious 19th Annual Best Educational Software Award last year.
Jason Oxenham: Rocket Languages Co-founder and CEO
How is it that some people "get" German easily and yet others, people like you and me, just get frustrated and lost? Well, I can tell you…
You can bet that they're not wasting time sitting in a classroom getting a small fraction of the teachers' time and attention...
They're not trying to avoid the teachers gaze, hoping they won't be singled out for embarrassment by having their poor pronunciation exposed in front of the whole class...
They're not mindlessly parroting the same phrases over and over with their classmates while their German teacher stalks the room...
And they are definitely not plowing through old school workbooks and grammar texts, trying to work out what's going on...
The scientific theory behind our courses is the "chunking" process or Miller's Law by Dr. George A. Miller, which is based on the fact that the number of objects an average human can hold in working memory is 7 ± 2. So, simply described, it is the breaking down of big difficult content into small easy parts or "chunks".
Now, while it's important to have a strong scientific basis for a language learning system, it's equally important for you to know what works in the real world, from people who have succeeded at mastering one or more languages.
We have spent over 10 years figuring out what works and what doesn't, we have surveyed polyglots (people who speak multiple languages), researched people who overcame often severe learning difficulties to master a language, used advances in web technology, and much more…
All to develop a ground-breaking system that will get you speaking and understanding the language you've always loved, no matter how old you are, or what your current German speaking ability is.
Discover how the 7 powerful language acquisition success strategies in Rocket German will help you learn German no matter what your background is...
You say that you don't have time to learn German?
Well, you may have more time than you may think! Many successful language learners use what appears to be downtime to keep building their knowledge, and you can too...
You can learn German at your own pace and in your own time, without adding to your already busy schedule by having to attend German classes!
That's why a key component of Rocket German, the Interactive Audio Course, is designed so you can learn German:
during your commute to work,
while you are at the gym,
walking the dog,
doing the housework,
or anytime that you are on the go...
Listen to and/or download a free Rocket German introductory Interactive Audio Course track here.
(Note: this is just the audio, with the full Rocket German course you get a full transcript of the conversation and all other German words and phrases used in the audio track too)...
It consists of tons of audio lessons, with each track averaging over 25 minutes in length, that are designed to train your ear to German and prompt you to speak and respond to your tutors, Paul and Nik.
Each audio track guides you through an everyday conversation that you are likely to have in Germany or when speaking to German people.
File Size: 8 MB
Right click on "Download Audio" and choose "save link/target as" to save this lesson as a MP3 on your computer
A word of warning! If you are completely new to German then this German conversation may sound like complete gobbledygook in the beginning. That's entirely normal, it may take several listens until you can break it down. So download it and use it!
Look what from has to say...
A friend had recommended Rocket German to me. At first I wasn't sure whether it would reach my requirements. As I'm planning to move to Germany and hopefully study there one day I wanted to learn German as fast as possible.
I've tried learning it before in the past but I always gave up. It simply wasn't fun. Well, after trying Rocket German for some time now I can say that not only is it fun, it's addictive. I love how amusing it is to listen to the audio, it's as easy as that to download it to my ipod and then absorb the lessons as I go about my day. The systems with points is also motivating me to work even harder.
I'm from Sweden and I've learnt both English and Spanish to a fluent level. It took hard work and truth be told, it's was a rather arduous journey. Sure, I enjoyed it, as I've always enjoyed language learning, but there was a lot of effort involved. With rocket german I what I'm experiencing is a sense of my language learning being effortless. Sure, your brain will be working hard as the lessons are getting increasingly more intense and challenging, but it's all presented in such a clever and innovative way that the it's never boring.
If you want to learn german in an enjoyable and effortless manner then rocket german is your best choice.
Christian Hagard— Simrishamn
A key fact that has been surprisingly often "overlooked" by some other "big name" companies is that you MUST know the mechanics of how German works for you to truly master German.
German, like most languages, has a completely different sentence structure to English, which means that you need to have that structure explained to you, it's not something that you can pick up by osmosis!
That's why the Rocket Express Learning System® has in-depth, step by step instructions on how German works in English, as well as valuable cultural tips with our Language and Culture lessons.
With Rocket German's Language & Culture lessons you will discover the mechanics of German and access audio tracks of thousands of common German words and phrases that go with the lessons.
I love this system and am using it for my third language. I have used many other methods, including Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur and a two week language course in Italy and found the Rocket programs superior in that the grammar is part of the method, which is essential in becoming fluent in a language. The conversations are believable and typical of what one might need to say while traveling. They also provide a basis for formulating independent ideas for conversing while traveling. Bravo ... Sehr Gut ... Gracias !!!
Cathyanne Nonini
In most classroom settings the learning that you do is not very efficient, mainly because the pace of the learning is dictated by the teacher and the class size, not you...
And that's not even considering the low amount of information that is retained. A study by German psychologist, Hermann Ebbinghaus, showed that within an hour most people have forgotten 50% of what they have learned and within 2 days it's pretty much all gone...
So, it stands to reason that a major key to successfully learning German is remembering as much as possible of what you have learnt. Particularly being able to remember it when you are under pressure to speak!
That's where the Rocket Reinforcement activities come in. Our scientifically designed algorithm re-displays words and phrases that you are weak on until they stick in your head like glue.
Each Rocket German lesson has a variety of reinforcement activities, with each one designed to reinforce and enhance your recall in a different way;
What's more this all ties into your own personalized progress tracking system, keeping you on the path to mastery!
Hear it Say it! improves your understanding of spoken German. Fantastic for training your ear to German,
Write it! improves your ability to write/type in German, and at the same time reinforces the words, phrases and sentence structures, so they become familiar to you...
Know it! All the training in the world won't help you if someone is talking to you in German and your mind freezes when it is your turn to speak! That's why we developed Know it!; our tool for putting you on the spot!
Play it! With our latest learning tool, Play it! you are taking part in the actual conversation from the Interactive Audio Course. Don't ever toss and turn worrying about opening your mouth and having the wrong words come out. Play it! trains you to say the right thing at the right time!
Quiz! Reinforce your knowledge of the Language lesson concepts with our multi-choice quiz
I have been using Rocket German to learn mainly German language on and off for few years. During this time I have tried other language courses but none comparable to Rocket German. I never thought I would have interest in language learning, but thanks to Rocket German today learning new languages is my greatest passion. Learning with Rocket German is fun, its interactive, its easy (Deutsch ist leicht) it open my ears to understand. Thank you...Rocket German. I am happy to say today, "Ich spreche ein bisschen deutsch und ich lerne gerne." Toll! Donna
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One of the tricks that people who have mastered another language swear by is speaking out loud as often as you can. This activates key areas of your brain to further reinforce the new connections that are being made as you learn German.
NOTE: Due to system requirements Rocket Record will work on Desktop PC, Android and iOS apps only.
The Rocket Express Learning System® has several features that prompt you to speak German out loud. One of the most impressive and useful is Rocket Record...
You will gain the huge benefits of speaking out loud and also be able to improve your pronunciation and accent with our voice recognition tool, Rocket Record.
I have always wanted to learn a foreign language. When I finally decided on German the question was which online course to start with. Before Rocket German I tried a few other language courses and gave up in a couple of days thinking it was far too complicated language and a boring experience. Then I took a free trial with Rocket German and I was speaking German on the very first day of my Course. I am glued to Rocket now. I think they know exactly how to make self learning of a foreign language a fun process. The tests at the end of each chapter are designed to boost self confidence and just by sincere studies using the brilliant rocket record technique I climb up the leaderboard! Rocket has become my hobby and only pastime. This course is well worth the money spent and more. I recommend it as the only course required to learn a New Language. Look No Further!
RITU TEWARI— Newbury
Gone are the days of sitting in a classroom while Mrs X wanders up and down the aisles, getting you to repeat "Ich spreche Deutsch" over and over...
Over the last 10 years there have been huge advances in learning techniques, and in language learning methods in particular...
For example did you know this hyperglot method? (A hyperglot is someone who knows 6 or more language fluently, as opposed to the more commonly known term, polyglot, who knows 3-5 languages)
"Shadowing" is a hyperglot method devised by hyperglot Alexander Arguelles. The basic method is this:
download an audio book in the target language
put your headphones on and try to repeat the dialogue simultaneously and verbatim
Essentially, you play a native-speaker dialogue through your headphones and as you hear it, even if you don't understand a word of it, you repeat the sounds at the same time.
It's learning another language in a way that's similar to how you learned your first language – repeating sounds exactly as you hear them. It's a great way for you to master colloquial speech, and your accent and intonation.
Rocket German has 25 Advanced Learning Technique articles that will give you learning techniques like this. Discover more tips and tricks that will dramatically cut the amount of time you need to study.
Having moved from the United States to Berlin, Germany last year, I needed serious help to get up to speed on my German. I've taken several German courses, and used a few other software packages; however, Rocket German is my favorite of all the language development tools. I really appreciate the fact that the good folks at Rocket Languages are always trying to update the content on the website...keeping the lessons fresh and fun. It's good to back over some of the old material from time to time...and Rocket keeps you motivated to do so. While I do not feel I have mastered the language (yet), Rocket German is helping me get there.
Jeffrey Beardsley— Berlin
To have the best chance of success with mastering German, you need a strong network of fellow learners and native speakers to help you along when you get stuck. You don't want to be sitting there throwing your hands up in the air in frustration if you come across a tricky bit...
With Rocket German, you don't have to be afraid to put your hand up, there is no such thing as a silly question with us...
When you learn German with Rocket German, you'll have unlimited 24/7 lifetime online access to our team of:
Your Rocket German tutor, Paul
German teachers (including Rocket German tutor, Paul),
native speakers,
and fellow German enthusiasts...
...who will answer all your German language questions.
We'll be with you every step of the way - it's like having your own German teacher, virtually "on call"!
We also have a members' hotline for any technical issues that may arise. Members get preferential customer service because we want any issues resolved fast!
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Before subscribing to Rocket German, I had tried for years, off and on, to learn German. I read primers, readers, phrase books, listened to CDs and even took the first two levels of Rosette Stone, but I never really got much past the basics. I could read some, but couldn't understand it when it was spoken, and had difficulty communicating in anything except very simple phrases.
Now, with Rocket, I can feel myself finally rising above that basic plateau. I suppose one could say it was my fault for not working harder and that would be true. I didn't work hard enough. I realize now I am working much harder than previously, but the thing is, with Rocket it doesn't seem like such hard work.
The thing about Rocket, I think, that makes it so effective is that it is structured in a multi dimensional way that keeps your interest and provides the tools and exercises to accommodate various learning styles. Some times my brain hurts and I have to take a break for a day (just like working out at the gym), but I never get bored. Besides the lessons, I find that I enjoy the forum. That actually surprised me because I'm not a social networking sort of guy. However, it is a good way to ask specific questions of a language expert, share problems with other students, and meet some interesting people. I think Rocket is a great course and a great buy.
Byron — Plymouth, Minnesota
The final method that successful language learners use is high motivation; which means maintaining your motivation and actively improving it.
Have you ever tried doing something new that was so exciting that you had an inability to concentrate on anything else? Then as time goes on it, slowly but surely, it gets to the stage where it's easier for you to stay in bed... I think we have all been there...
That's why the Rocket Express Learning System® has been designed to include a whole range of activities and features that will keep you engaged, motivated, and on track. Such as...
Progress tracking: your at-a-glance Dashboard, so you know where you are up to
Rating system: As you go, you get to rate how well you know, words, phrases, and lessons. The more you know, the better your rating
Badges, points, and the leaderboard: this works really well to keep you motivated and coming back for more
Phrase Finder: so you can find words and phrases within different contexts throughout the course
My Vocab: a handy tool for you to store any difficult to remember vocabulary
My Notes: another handy tool that lets you make personal notes on each lesson for future reference
FlashCards: improve your active recall of German words and phrases using FlashCards. With a FlashCard set for every lesson, you will be mastering German before you know it!
Optional weekly emails: reporting on your overall progress and pointing you towards recommended lessons
Lifetime access: every Rocket German course is yours for life - 24/7
Free upgrades: we are always working on improving the Rocket Express Learning System®, and when we make improvements they are yours for free!
I compared several language programs and test-drove Rocket German before I purchased the whole series. Rocket Languages is so well-designed - it accommodates most people's learning preferences and provides a great deal of engaging learning opportunities. The audio portion is fun and useful; the practice (especially the recording feature) is SO helpful; the new feature that allows me to practice writing is extremely helpful; the games help reinforce what you learn in a competitive way; the forum is a great place to connect with other learners and ask questions (or find answers if you're too timid to post your own!) ... I use Rocket Languages *nearly* every day and have noticed how well I'm retaining and using German as I continue taking these lessons.
As a student of German in college, I thought that over the years I'd "lost" the language as I haven't had much opportunity to use what I knew... but taking this language course has showed me that I hadn't lost it at all... the more I study RL, the more words from my past lessons come back to me.
And the price for all three courses is very reasonable, particularly with 24/7 access. Online learning can be "iffy" ... but Rocket Languages has it figured out. I design online courses for a living and can vouch for the integrity of theory and quality of the instructional design of these courses. It's great stuff!
Kathleen Harper
That all depends on how you go about it...
Let's do a quick comparison and look at some of the alternatives.
Last time I checked, if you decided to buy one of our competitors software packages, like the well-known yellow ones you so often see advertised on the TV, you could be paying upwards of $500, never mind additional lessons that you may need to take to fill the gaps.
Next, if you decided to take a language class, you'd be looking at paying at least $300 - $400 a semester, and that doesn't include the cost of textbooks and time away from the things you really want to be doing. Not to mention how little personal time you get in a classroom setting...
Alternatively, you might consider hiring a local or online private tutor, but at the bare minimum you would be paying close to $50 an hour. Sure, it's smart to get one-on-one attention but it will end up being very expensive and there is no guarantee their method of teaching is going to work for you. Who knows, maybe they focus on a learning style that doesn't gel with the way you grasp language. Plus, you can't repeat a lesson without paying them again.
Maybe you've considered enrolling in a college or university course. No doubt, you've probably already seen that tuition could cost you anywhere between $1,500 to $2,000 on the low end, and let's face it, that means you're going to be busy trying to get to classes, wading through heavy text-books, and juggling with more than you need in order to speak and understand a language.
And finally, maybe you've thought about simply diving in at the deep end and trying to learn through complete immersion in a foreign country. You know, booking a flight, paying for accommodation and flying by the seat of your pants.
Truth is you don't need to spend a huge amount of money, or years behind a desk to become proficient at daily conversation. Rocket German provides a simple, quick, and affordable means of achieving mastery at German, while allowing you to continue doing what you want. It's that flexible.
So how much is it worth to you, to save all that money and time?
With Rocket German, it works out to be less than $1 per hour of tuition, that's unbeatable value in anyone's book.
As soon as you have ordered you will be directed to the Rocket German members' area where you can access all the tools you need to truly master German.
Remember, your access is 24/7 and is yours for life, including any and all course upgrades... so, once you have it you can come back to it at any time.
Today, with every order, you will get a ton of extra audio and vocab in the form of our Survival Kits.
These tailor-made Survival Kit lessons are specially designed to be fun, flexible and easy to use. No boring vocabulary lists or heavy phrasebooks for you!
Your Survival Kit is made up of targeted Rocket German Vocab Sessions with interactive audio that focus on essential German words and phrases and their pronunciation. You can use them anywhere, anytime. You can use them online, download them to your computer, or even transfer them to your smart phone or tablet.
The Survival Kits sell everyday on our website for $49.95, but we're including it absolutely FREE when you buy today from this page.
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Let my prayer come like incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice" (Ps 141:2, RSV).
When I was growing up in Hawaii, I loved being an altar boy. The privilege of serving at Mass was something I will always remember. "Big" Masses were also the most fun, especially the ones that involved incense. Every once in a while I would be picked to act as thurifer — the server who carries the thurible, the censer hanging from a set of chains that contains the incense. Unlike other altar servers who were not fond of the aroma, I enjoyed the intensity of the mixture of sweetness and spice that only the burning resin and rare essences such as frankincense could produce. And then there was the indelible image of the celebrant incensing the gifts, the cross, the altar and the people, and I would watch especially as the smoke billowed up into the air and faded away toward the ceiling of the cathedral. As the above quote from Psalms tells us, the rise of the smoke of the incense has a profound purpose — to lift our prayers and supplications to God, as Father Dwight Longenecker describes wonderfully in his article in this issue, "Holy Smoke! Why Do We Use Incense in Worship?" (Pages 14-16).
In his 1956 book "Sacred Signs," Father Romano Guardini wrote: "It is a pouring out of unwithholding love.… It burns and is consumed like love that lasts through death. Incense is the symbol of prayer. Like pure prayer it has in view no object of its own; it asks nothing for itself. It rises like the Gloria at the end of a psalm in adoration and thanksgiving to God for His great glory."
This brings us to another vital aspect of incense that Father Longenecker describes. Incense is a sign for us that during Mass heaven and earth meet. The Book of Revelation proclaims: "Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a gold censer. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne. The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel" (8:3-4).
As a young man, I probably could not explain fully the liturgical and theological importance of incense. But looking back, I remember how grateful I was for the experience. And how the senses pointed me to a much deeper reality. Incense was — and still is — the perfect embodiment of the old adage of the "smells and bells" of Catholicism.
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Author Notes: The nights are releasing their grip of their clenching fists of daytime warm air. Visually, there's not much evidence of fall in Texas. The long dry summer sucked the moisture out of the limbs and leaves of even the heartiest of flora. There was a lack of lush flowers and bushes since the middle of spring. Bluebonnets suffered a short growing season and I have no fields of blue dotting my recent collection of digital photographs. The land remains stagnant, waiting for water to return.
This subtle change in the night air is like a whisper from the far north, the snow capped mountains sleeping through the summer. Winter and hopefully rain will be here soon.
This recipe is a reflection of the end-of-season vegetables available and how to bring them together for a family dinner table. —midnitechef
Serves: 4
Roast Chicken
4 to 5
pounds whole chicken
sprigs fresh rosemary
2 to 3
tablespoons butter
salt & pepper
Autumn Vegetables
small onions
red bell peppers
small zucchini
tomatoes (or a pint of cherry tomatoes)
olive oil
teaspoon oregano (or a blend of Italian herbs)
- Pre-heat the oven to 375ºF. Start by preparing the vegetables and arranging them on a baking sheet. Slice the vegetables in half lengthwise, remove the seeds from the peppers. Give them a rub with olive oil then sprinkle salt, pepper and oregano. Set this aside.
- Prepare the chicken by removing the gibblets and washing the bird inside and out. Using paper towel, pat the skin dry. The drier the skin the crispier it will be.
- Zest the lemons and combine the lemon zest with the butter. Add a good teaspoon of salt and pepper. Remove some rosemary leaves from the sprigs, about a tablespoon, and combine with the butter. Reserve another tablespoon of rosemary for the garnish.
- Cut the lemons in half. Salt and pepper the inside cavity of the chicken. Place the lemon and whole sprigs of rosemary in the cavity.
- Divide the lemon butter into two portions. Gently tuck half of the butter between each breast and the skin, smooth it out along the top of the breasts. If the skin is loose at the drumsticks, try to get some of the butter into that pocket.
- Using additional butter or olive oil, rub the outside of the skin. Salt and pepper generously.
- Roast the chicken in a deep roasting pan, which either has a lid or foil tent to cover the chicken. Put the chicken in the oven and set a timer for 45 minutes.
- At the 45 minute mark, turn down the oven to 350ºF and put the baking tray of vegetables in the oven. Let the vegetables caramelize (don't turn them) while the chicken is uncovered to brown beautifully.
- Arrange the chicken on a platter surrounded by the vegetables. Sprinkle the reserved rosemary over the chicken as a garnish.
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Welcome to the University of Valladolid
The history of the University of Valladolid stretches back over seven centuries during which time it has grown and flourished, thanks to its ability to adapt and expand, and thanks to the warm welcome afforded by its people. Today it is one of the leading centres of Higher Education in Spain, offering over 100 degrees, 17 post-graduate programmes and 50 masters, boasting a broad network of international relations, research centres, together with wide-ranging sports and cultural facilities and a rich architectural and documentary heritage. All of this combines to provide an outstanding academic environment, equal to the oldest universities in Europe in terms of history, excellence and quality of research. (www.uva.es).
Now the capital of the Autonomous Region of Castilla y León, one of the largest regions in the European Union, the city of Valladolid, like the university, has over the years played a leading role in history. Through the city have passed such illustrious figures as King Philip II, the Catholic Monarchs, Christopher Columbus, and such renowned artists and writers as Juan de Juni, Gregorio Fernández, José Zorrilla, Miguel Delibes, to name but a few.
Valladolid has not only managed to preserve its history but more importantly has been able to adapt to the 21st century, to become a magnificent city as reflected in the guide "Valladolid. Gran ciudad" (Valladolid, a Great City). This has meant facing up to challenges and risks as well as undertaking major commitments, such as those we offer our students, and which we present in this guide.
We at the Vice-Rector's Office for Internationalization and Linguistic Policy, and specifically at the International Relations Office directed by Mar Fernández Sainz, have pleasure in offering you this Foreign Students' Guide as your first contact with our university, aimed at guiding and helping any foreign students who wish to study at the University of Valladolid, providing you with an insight into the services and facilities at your disposal together with the scientific and cultural resources available.
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Winter Storm Warning on Christmas Day in Southern Indiana & Western Kentucky – 5″ Possible!
From the National Weather Service in Paducah, KY
A potentially major winter storm to impact holiday travel plans...
Illinois, and portions of southwest Indiana Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Current indications are that the axis of heaviest snowfall will be over southeast Missouri and southern illinois. However, after a period of rain Tuesday evening, the rain should change over to snow in the late night hours and become heavy at times. Snow will likely continue into Wednesday morning as well with a total snow accumulations of 2 to 5 inches possible before the snow tapers to flurries during the day. In addition to the snow, blustery north winds may gust over 30 mph during and following the snow.
It should be noted that any minor change in the forecast track of the storm would cause the heavy snow area to shift so continue to monitor updated forecasts.
Intense snowfall rates and strong winds may cause very difficult travel conditions. Visibility will be lower than one half mile with local whiteout conditions possible.
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Swahili vs. EnglishWednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Kathleen McCune is a fascinating worman who spent several years in Africa where she met a Norwegian whom she married and moved with to Norway. She recently suggested berth as our Good Word and we struck up an e-conversation. Since she was familiar with Swahili, the official language of Tanzania, I asked her about some words that a Swahili speaker mentioned to me decades ago and I had all but forgotten.
The issue is the ignoring of grammatical markers in borrowing. I first met this phenomenon learning Russian, where jeans was borrowed as dzhins-y. The Y is the Russian plural marker, added because the English -S means nothing to Russian. Keksy from cakes is another example.
Swahili does exactly the opposite in several words it borrowed from English: it recognizes initial sounds as prefixes and changes them with case and number. Swahili nouns decline like Latin nouns but unlike Latin, Swahili uses prefixes rather than suffixes. So while "child" is mtoto, "children" is watoto, kikapu is "basket" while vikapu is "baskets". Swahili has about 7 different pairs of prefixes like these corresponding to different noun classes, just as Latin has several declensions.
One of those classes contain nouns that begin on ma-. In the plural, the prefix is swapped for ba-. Now, Swahili borrowed martini from upper-class English, where R at the end of syllable gets no respect, so the Swahili word is matini. But if you need two of them, guess what you need: two ba-tini!
I love their word for traffic circle (round-about): kipi-lefti, also borrowed from the left-lane-driving British. The ki-class nouns take vi- for their plurals, so if you have to maneuver two traffic circles on your trip, you have maneuvered vipi-lefti.
But Kathleen came up with the funniest example of a Swahili borrowing from English. Students and politicians who go abroad are called (singular) mBenzi or waBenzi as a group when they return. This root is Benzes with the final S lopped off. These people are accorded this name because they are known mostly for bringing Mercedes-Benzes back with them and driving them when they return.


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Tamsen Leigh Hert Receives UW's Agnes Milstead Distinguished Librarianship Award
For her significant contributions to libraries through her knowledge of the American West and, especially, Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park, University of Wyoming Associate Librarian Tamsen Leigh Hert was awarded the Agnes Milstead Distinguished Librarianship Award.
The award honors individuals who have made a significant contribution to the UW Libraries through, among other things, scholarship of librarianship, distinctive work with faculty and students in both teaching and implementing information resource use in an academic curriculum, and improving the access to the scholarly record for the university community, specific groups and state of Wyoming.
"For her many years of service to the students and faculty and her work in advancing research of Wyoming and the American West, Tammy models the characteristics of Agnes Milstead," says Maggie Farrell, UW dean of Libraries.
As the UW bibliographer for history, American Indian studies, anthropology and geography, Hert works closely with UW's teaching faculty to build research collections to support the curriculum. She works with students to build their information literacy and research skills.
"Drawing on her experience as a librarian and historian, Hert was able to show the new graduate students how the library resources related to the topics we covered," wrote a faculty member. "Her experience as a researcher and writer allowed her to talk with the seminar members from her real-world experience."
As head of the Emmett Chisum Special Collections, Hert is the curator of the Grace Raymond Hebard Collection, the most comprehensive collection of published materials about Wyoming history, culture and natural history. She has used the Hebard Collection as the foundation to build the Libraries' collection of maps, books and pamphlets documenting Wyoming and regional history.
Hert previously was a government documents librarian, reference/collection development librarian, the Wyoming Bibliographer/Collection Development librarian and the interim head of the Brinkerhoff Geology Library. One nominator noted, "Throughout the years and many responsibilities and involvements, Tamsen has been the consummate library professional."
Another faculty member noted, "It has been an honor to collaborate with a scholar of Tamsen's caliber these last few years. I have gained a great deal of knowledge and feel more confident in my own ability as a historic clothing scholar through our joint efforts."
Hert is active in several organizations, including Western Association of Map Libraries, Western History Association, Wyoming State Historical Society, National Council on Public History, Wyoming Association of Professional Historians, Wyoming Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association. This service extends to conference planning and program development. Hert is coordinating a field trip of Western History Association members to UW to promote the research and collections of the American Heritage Center and the Chisum Special Collections.


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The Art Of Making Love
The art of making love means different things for men and women. For men it is often a woman, a bed, maybe a little feeling of being loved, and a good sexual performance that brings the woman to orgasm. For the woman it is the whole atmosphere of the location, the emotions involved like intimacy, feelings of love, and tenderness, the sensations of the body when being touched, and lastly the actual sexual performance leading to orgasm. If a man can understand that, he can be successful in the art of making love and will be rewarded by his partner for his efforts over and over again.
- Go through your personal hygiene routine. Make sure you take a shower and put on some good smelling cologne, but don't drown yourself in it. Trim your nails and put lotion on so you don't scratch your partner's delicate skin. Make sure you shave (unless you have a beard) so you don't give your partner razor burns when you are making love. Wear some sexy underwear that will entice her to want to see more of you.
- Before you begin the evening, set the atmosphere. Make sure the bedroom is neat and orderly. Put fresh sheets on the bed, turn the lights low or put a soft colored bulb in the lamp, have some romantic music ready to play, and make sure the room smells good, but don't make the scent too heavy (scented candles or incense will work for this). Be sure you have your condoms easily available so you don't have to interrupt your love making and destroy the mood of the evening.
- Make the evening a very intimate, private event. Take her out for a light dinner (or fix it at home) so no one has eaten too much and feels uncomfortable with love making. Eliminate onions and garlic from the meal. Avoid friends and turn off the cell phone for the evening. Make her feel like she is the only person in your world.
- Relax with a glass of wine or beverage of your choice. Share some intimate conversation while your food is digesting. Slowly begin your seduction with some kissing and light petting, but save the heavy love making for the bedroom.
- Lead her to the love den you have already prepared before the evening started. Hit the soft lights, start the music, light the candle or incense, and begin your seduction. Take your time and don't rush your love making. Slowly remove her clothes and yours. Be sure to touch her tenderly and lovingly, and don't forget any of her sensitive spots like her neck, nipples, belly button, and, of course, her love button. If you pay attention to her responses, you will be able to anticipate what she wants and give it to her at just the right time. Don't try to be superman and wear out your welcome. When you feel she is ready, don't hold back, give her the pleasure of releasing your passion at the same time she is releasing hers. Be assured she will come back time and time again to share another love making evening like this one.
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Missing something in his diet?
Three weeks ago my daughter adopted an approximate 1 1/2 year old Golden from the SPCA. Cooper was neutered before they allowed him to leave for his new home and my daughter was told to expect him to get kennel cough.
Cooper was and is still very thin. He is eating well and drinking well but there are some issues which make me think he is lacking something.
He roams the house at night. At first I thought it was because he was in a new place and not sure of his surroundings but after three weeks this shouldn't be happening anymore. He gets into the garbage pail and seems to be looking for food during the night. He is eating his own poop also.
He did develop kennel cough and still has the occasional discharge from his nose. My daughter had him vet checked and a stool sample was done. They found something (my daughter doesn't remember what it was) and he was prescribed medication which he finished on Sunday. A stool sample done today came clear although something about finding mushrooms in his poop was mentioned. They asked my daughter if he ate dirt which he does. When he gets outside he grabs at the grass and earth and eats it.
It appears to me as if he has been deprived of food and never knew when his next meal would be so he devours anything and everything just in case.
After three weeks of getting regular meals I would think that he would let up a bit but he still roams all night, eats dirt and poop and inhales his food. He doesn't appear to be gaining any weight either. He is eating a good food Fromms 4 star Chicken which is what their other dog eats and they can afford.
Aside from the runny noise he has always had loose stools.
I think he may be missing an important nutrient in his diet but I don't know what it coudl be. Should my daughter be feeding him a beef based food?
Aside from these problems Cooper is doing very well. The poor guy was abandoned in a gas station bathroom.
Any ideas?
Goldens are like potato chips, you can never have just one.
The only advice I have is to put a Kong in his dish. If he vacuums his food , and eats his poop , it may be because he eats so fast , kibble is still in his stool.
Also if your daughter is able to feed him 3 times a day instead of twice a day.
About eating soil .... I read something about something missing in their diet when they do that but can't remember what exactly
I wonder if some enzymes or some probiotic might help him extract more nutrients out of his food?
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Goldens are notorious for food scrounging but it does sound like your guy does need something extra. I have my male Golden (who is a food scrounger) on Nupro Plus supplement - it is kelp-based and contains lactobacillus acidophilus. In addition to that supplement, he also gets a live algae supplement (from Simplexity Health). He is somewhat better about scrounging when we are outdoors.
Good luck!
Bobby - June 15/04 - Aug 30/11
Amber 6.5 yr Golden girl
Shadow 9 yr rumpy black ManxX boy
Sounds like he could benefit from increasing his meals from 2-3 for sure. My Rottie will also eat anything which is not tied down, so she has to be crated at night. If he is getting into everything, I am sure crate training will help. Keeping him in a crate at night will give him a secure space to feel at home- ease the transistion. He may just be wandering because he is stressed and feeling lost
My DDB was also abandoned and he feels much better in his crate at night.
Have you thought about switching the lab over to a RAW diet? The reason I ask is because it is only protein and may make him feel full for longer.
My family includes:
Darby Rottie
Boswell Dogue de Bordeau
Harvey the English Bulldog Extraordinaire
I'm guessing it's more behavioural than nutritional...when Jaida came to us she attacked any and all food with a vengeance (probably because she had to fight off 10 siblings ) Gracie, too, was crazy over all food and a terrible resource-guarder (we don't know her whole history). They both settled down once they realized that food was a regular comfort in their new home but it took a month or so. He might also just be a poor "keeper", in terms of keeping the weight on. Jaida's a good eater now, but I have to feed her crazy amounts of food or else she turns into a skeleton very quickly.
Owned by:
Solomon - black DSH - king of kitchen raids (11)
Gracie - Mutterooski X - scary smart (9)
Jaida - GSD - tripod trainwreck and gentle soul (4)
Heidi - mugsly Boston Terrier X - she is in BIG trouble!!! (3)
Audrey - torbie - sweet as pie (11 months)
Patrick - blue - a little turd (but we like him anyways) (6 months)
Boo, our Matriarch (August 1 1992 - March 29 2011)
Riley and Molly
Poor Cooper, but to your daughter for taking him on. I like the idea of feeding hoover dogs from a cookie sheet so they have to pick the pieces up one by one and slow down a bit. My Lab eats very fast and has always been prone to soft stools due to food and seasonal type allergies, but lately I have been adding cooked chicken liver to her diet (as I have been supplementing the older girl who has a low Iron count). The plus side of the liver is it has significantly firmed up the stool on Halo. That's a bonus and the chicken liver is very inexpensive. Sorry I don't have any specific advice to offer for Cooper. I agree he should settle soon at night, but if not perhaps he should be crated or at least sleep in their room with the door closed so he doesn't have so much room to get antsy in. Good luck to them all.
They have tried different things for the sleeping or non-sleeping issue. I suggested blocking him in their room and they are supposed to try that. They tried crating and he just flops around all night. They spoke to the vet again tonight and he suggested either probiotics or switching his food at least temporarily to one of those Medi-Cal foods. He suggested that the food they were food was too high in acidity.
I think they are going to try the probiotics first. Thank you everyone for your suggestions. One of them will eventually help solve the problem I hope.
Goldens are like potato chips, you can never have just one.
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Not your problem? Whose problem will it be when they are "swept clean" from this last residence into the streets?
Perhaps Holly Hill City Manager Jim McCroskey really is passionate about the merits of enforcing an obscure law that limits how many days one might stay in a motel. But his comment, "It's not our problem; it's their problem," is unconscionable and unworthy of a public servant. There are over 14,000 families in Volusia County that already live beneath the poverty level.
These families and individuals live on the cusp of homelessness. That a handful have fought off homelessness because they can afford to live in one of these locations indicates the level of desperation in which many live. Not your problem? Whose problem will it be when they are "swept clean" from this last residence into the streets? This is a community issue in which we all have a stake that deserves more thought than McCroskey's response.
Daytona Beach
Ray is executive director of Halifax Urban Ministries, one of the leading providers of services to the homeless in Volusia and Flagler counties.
In my opinion, tearing down these motels is the same as shooting yourself in the foot.
These motels now provide the city with a room tax that is already coming in. Take that away and where is that income going to come from? I didn't know that the city of Holly Hill has so much money that it doesn't need that income.
The hotels provide a very important service to the city. The people who stay there are not on the streets, and they shop locally, which means sales tax and more income for the city.
The city manager says that people becoming homeless is not his problem. Well, it becomes everyone's problem, because if they don't have a place to live they will be on our streets, alleys and anywhere else they can find — and that doesn't look good for the city. The stores and companies that are here now will have more people hanging around their storefronts. To tear down what is already generating income for the city, in hope of bringing more companies to Holly Hill, is a roll of the dice that we can't afford.
As far as the police having to go on these calls — isn't that their job, to serve and protect?
Holly Hill
Discovering the newly installed railings at the Peabody Auditorium recently was a wonderful beginning to my evening. After 25 years of attending performances, I no longer have to fear catapulting over the loge railing as I descend the stairs to my seat. A huge thank you to all those responsible!
Ormond Beach
Barack Obama began his presidency in 2008, with the mindset, "Yes we can." He did not know at that time that the Republican Congress planned four years of "No, you can't."
Obama was excited by his jobs bill to get Americans back to work, only to have Congress vote "No, you can't." Leaders in Congress consistently voted against every plan Obama came up with. They earned and deserved the dubious title "the party of no."
We hoped the next four years would be different, that they would support and cooperate with the president, that they would put our country's good ahead of politics. After all, Obama did win the confidence of Americans at the voting booth.
Obama now has plans to rebuild our financial position by cutting spending and increasing revenue by ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, which have not helped our economy one iota the past 10 years. The Republican Congress is again answering, "No, you can't."
Some are still saying things like "he is not a Christian," "he is not an American citizen," "he bought the election with government giveaways to the 47 percent freeloaders," "he wants to change the American system to socialism." It goes on and on!
GOP leaders should put America first, and support our legitimately elected president and his plans. It is time to end the political games. Yes, we can.
Flagler Beach
Some deep-thinking people in Texas have found a way to lift us from our post-election blues. They have offered to leave the union.
Think of it: No more Rick Perry, no more cruelly distorted science textbooks, no more hip-shooting with gut-feel replacing reason — the list goes on and on. Securing the border would be more difficult (installing a fence between us and Texas, so they could not come across without proper documentation), but we would no longer have to worry about the boundary between Texas and the nation touching its southern border. And we would have fewer complaints about their former American colleagues not following the Texas interpretation of the Constitution. They can devise a new one, and re-interpret it daily.
There's more: If we handle this correctly, like making it look attractive rather than an idiotic overreaction to not having gotten their way in the last election, we can rid ourselves of far-right extremists from other states, the type who wrap themselves in American flags, clutch Bibles and guns and give themselves deceiving names, like "Patriots" and "Freedom Fighters." For this, we can rent billboards all over the country, filling half with assurances of how much we would hate to lose them, and the other half with giant pictures of Obama.
Think about it, a Solid South that might begin thinking beyond one issue.
I caution that opportunity can be as quickly withdrawn. To keep this from happening, we need to act quickly. A good start might be to apply the same methodology as they are using: Petition the president and urge him to agree quickly lest they withdraw the offer. Use common sense, however. Millions of Americans calling the Oval Office at the same time could cause a system breakdown.
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ARM® and Soitec collaborated to produce a test chip to demonstrate the power savings in a real silicon implementation with a well-known, industry-standard core. The goal was to produce a comparison of 45nm SOI high-performance technology with bulk CMOS 45nm low-power (LP) technology of the same product.
"As a technology leader in physical IP and processors, ARM has been an active proponent of the benefits SOI may bring to our customers' products." said Tom Lantzsch, vice president, physical IP division, ARM. "Investing the resources to conduct a bulk vs. SOI comparison provides useful data to address previously speculated claims and demonstrates that there can be performance and power savings benefits from SOI."
The silicon results show that 45nm high-performance SOI technology can provide up to 40 percent power savings and a 7 percent circuit area reduction compared to bulk CMOS low-power technology, operating at the same speed. This same implementation also demonstrated 20 percent higher operating frequency capability over bulk while saving 30 percent in total power in specific test applications.
"This benchmark by ARM and Soitec clearly demonstrates the potential power/performance benefits of our sixth-generation 45nm SOI technology now available to both ASIC and foundry clients," said Mark Ireland, vice president, Semiconductor Products & Services, IBM. "Validating the power advantage of SOI with an industry-standard ARM processor demonstrates the possibilities for SOI adoption in the digital consumer electronic segment."
"This is a significant step for the industry, as the collaborative efforts of SOI Consortium member companies have produced a proof-point that the energy efficiency of SOI technology could cover battery operated applications," said Horacio Mendez, executive director of the SOI Industry Consortium. "Many companies will benefit from this data in considering their technology manufacturing decision."
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Guatemalan mother seeks 'stolen' daughter's return from U.S.
From Maria Renee Barillas and Rafael Romo, CNN: Loyda Rodriguez says she can still remember the day her daughter was taken.
What began as a simple walk home from a shopping trip more than five years ago became a nightmare, she says.
"November 3, 2006, is when they stole my daughter," she told CNN Thursday. "I had left to go shopping. When I came back, I did not realize that a woman was following me. When I entered my house, my daughter stayed on the patio, and that was when she was taken."
Now, the 7-year-old girl is at the center of an international custody dispute. She is a child with two identities, in two countries, with two sets of parents who claim her as their own.
In Missouri, they call her Karen. In Guatemala, she is known as Anyeli.
Guatemalan authorities say Anyeli was snatched from Rodriguez and sold to an international adoption agency.
Last year, a Guatemalan judge ruled that the girl belonged with Rodriguez and not with her adoptive U.S. parents.
The Guatemalan government suspended adoptions in 2007 after authorities found multiple cases of falsified birth certificates and paperwork as well as alleged thefts of babies.This week, the U.S. State Department weighed in on the case of this seven-year-old girl, saying a U.S. state court would have to decide whether the girl should return to Guatemala because when the incident happened, the two countries had not yet signed an international treaty dealing with abducted children.
"Our view remains that, at the time, this appeared to be a legitimate adoption. So again, our preferred course of action would be for any claims to be pursued in the state courts of the United States," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
Rodriguez said she was devastated by the news.
"I feel very sad, and I am still suffering, because I had hope that the United States would respond to me and would return my daughter. … I do not know why they are unfair, because I have my rights, because I am her real mother," she said.
In Guatemala at least 10 people have been charged with human trafficking in connection with the case of this adoptive girl. So far, two of those people have been convicted, and the others are awaiting trial.
That's more than enough proof, Rodriguez says, that her daughter should come home.
"There is very important evidence, which revealed that she was stolen from me, and DNA evidence proves that I am her real mother," she told CNN.
In the case of this 7-year-old girl, Guatemalan authorities say the adoption agency falsified documents to make the girl eligible for adoption, something that the adoptive parents in Missouri apparently didn't know.
Rodriguez says she now hopes to go to court in Missouri to try to get her daughter back.
The adoptive parents declined to comment, referring CNN to their lawyer in Washington, who also declined to comment.
Last year a family representative said the adoptive parents would "continue to advocate for the safety and best interests of their legally adopted child. They remain committed to protecting their daughter from additional traumas as they pursue the truth of her past through appropriate legal channels."
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Eric Knutson starts as LepNet Curatorial Assistant
Collection mow part of global biodiversity data
Collection of author of Kaufman field guide now at DMNS
... and are here to stay
donated by Department Associate Barbara Bartell
Visit from founder Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh
At the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
New Species of Cave Worm Discovered in Steamboat Springs
Hemicyrthus blaffarti from New Caledonia described
Great Citizen Scientist success
This Year's Teen Science Scholars started at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
Nathrop's Jeffrey Johns Roberts finds first Colorado specimen of the figeater beetle
Paper analyses major publisher's policies
New DMNS Annals presents our collection of wonderful Russian gem-carving sculptures
Group Photo Available for Download
First issue of Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports published
to the Illinois Natural History Survey
Move into new state-of-the-art facility has started
First delivery arrived in Denver on Monday
Call for papers and memories
Making more of our specimens publicly available
DMNS Annals 5 published
The elusive type specimens of John Witt Randall rediscovered
The common red-winged dung beetle is two species
Increasing number of journals banned from receiving Impact Factor
NSF grants make collections data publicly available
New species from Colorado named after Zoology Collections Manager
Comprehensive history of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science published
Landmark meeting of the Commission in Singapore
Ernst Jünger's beetles on exhibit at CU Boulder Library
Zoology's Flickr page online
Becky Krell starts serious volunteering before kindergarten
Chris Grinter joins Entomology Program
Identification keys for world dung beetle genera in preparation
3668 insect specimens arrived safely in Denver
Zoological nomenclature meets the 21st century - BMC published
interview with Frank Krell
National Science Foundation funds new cabinetry and an assistant (David Bettman)
National Science Foundation funds a major regional digitization project.
Point of View paper published in "Learned Publishing"
Essay published in "European Science Editing"
Snowmass mammoth moved to Paleo Lab
Enio Cano from the University del Valle de Guatemala visits the Entomology Collection
New paper on secondary seed dispersal by dung beetles published
on the Bison Beetle Project
Dr Dean Fanara donated 98 Colombian Lepidoptera
New DMNS Science Bite posted
Phil Tates donated beetle collection
A new paper on beetle fossils from Laetoli
Today was the official opening of a new exhibition in the Special Collections room of University of Colorado's Norlin Library: A New Objectivity: Ernst Jünger and Albert Renger-Patzsch. Ernst Jünger (1895-1998) was a famous German writer, philosopher, and beetle collector. A shot in the head in World War I didn't prevent him from living for 102 years and publishing more than 50 books, amongst them his controversial memories of World War I "In Stahlgewittern" (Storm and Steel), and "Subtile Jagden", about his entomological endeavors and enjoyments. Jünger was an avid naturalist who collected beetles all over the world and left behind a collection of 40.000 specimens, currently housed in the Jünger-Haus in Wilflingen. He regularly joined the annual meetings of the coleopterists of southwestern Germany in Ludwigsburg (later Beutelsbach) where I first met him in the 1980s. We met several times at those meetings and corresponded occasionally over the years. Knowing my interest in scarab beetles, he gave me a number of those from his collection. With the donation of my personal collection to DMNS, these are now housed in Denver. Thirteen of them, together with some correspondence I had received from the Jüngers, are a part of the exhibition "A New Objectivity" in Boulder.
The exhibit is free and open to the public Thursdays and Fridays, 1 to 5 pm, until December 20, 2013.
Update 13 Nov. 2014: A video about the exhibit can be watched here.


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Sharing a common border throughout its northern extent with the United States, Mexico is bounded on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, to the east by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and on the southeast by Guatemala and Belize. Roughly triangular in shape, Mexico covers an area of 756,066 square miles. While it is more than 1,850 miles across the country from northwest to southeast, the width varies from less than 135 miles at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to more than 1,200 miles in the north.
Mexico has a vast wealth of mineral resources, a limited amount of agricultural land, and a rapidly growing population. More than half of the people live in the central core, while vast areas of the arid North and the tropical South are sparsely settled.
Well over half of this rugged but beautiful country is high terrain, either mountains or plateau. The country has a rather sunny but otherwise highly-varied climate.
The northwestern coast of Mexico, extending down to the tip of Baja, California, has an arid climate not unlike that of the southwestern United States, thanks to the cold California Current.
On the eastside of Mexico, the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, together with the prevailing northeast trade winds, bring a tropical climate with distinct summer rainfall.
In the northeastern part of the country near the United States border, winter can bring occasional "northers" that bring cold temperatures and even on occasions some snow. Snow can even fall as far south as Tampico, which lies within the tropics. On December 12, 1997, an extremely rare, major snowstorm occurred in northeast Mexico. Snow was even reported down to 600-700 feet elevation near the Tropic of Cancer. During this storm's scenario, Monterrey, Mexico was 95 degrees on Tuesday and 82 degrees on Wednesday. Then a "norther" blew in with rapidly falling temperatures (on Thursday, Dec. 12) which was followed by moderate snow on Friday morning. Some locations in northeastern and central Mexico that never before saw snow, received 6-12 inches of accumulation with 1 to 2 feet at higher elevations!
Tropical systems in both the eastern Tropical Pacific and the Atlantic Basin/Caribbean can affect Mexico. Tropical systems forming in the eastern Tropical Pacific pose a threat to the Southwestern and Western Coast. They typically do the most damage to the South and Southwest Coast. If these storms take a more northerly track, they often weaken as they move over cooler water (warm water increases a storm's intensity). In El Nino years however, the water along the West Coast tends to be warmer, therefore storms gather energy and pose a much more significant threat to the North Coast. In La Nina summers, the water tends to be cooler than normal along the far eastern Pacific, thus the number and strength of tropical storms decreases.
On the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico side, tropical storms and hurricanes feed off of very warm water and therefore are very powerful when they make landfall. The hurricane seasons here tend to be most active during La Nina years and least active during El Nino years, which is the opposite of the situation in the Pacific.
As indicated, much of Mexico is sunny much of the year. Low clouds and fog can affect the coastal areas on the Northwest Coast, thanks to the cold California Current. The wetter parts of the Mexican East Coast are also rather cloudy.
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Acapulco is a popular winter resort on the Tropical Pacific Coast of Mexico, known for its fine beaches, luxury hotels and villas, and deep-sea fishing.
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Life in Christian County, Kentucky...
Here's one more look at some of the goods in the Amish grocery store in Crofton, KY.
I wouldn't ordinarily take photographs in the Amish store, but the young lady clerk went to the other side of the store for a few minutes. Since I found myself alone and I knew I wouldn't be bothering anyone, I photographed the clocks and the hats.
When I say "the other side of the store", I mean the section with the regular groceries. This little store carries both bulk goods and pre-packaged, branded groceries that we "English" are more familiar with.
It's not the only grocery store in Crofton, but it seems to do a good amount of business. I'm sure it helps that people like me drive to Crofton to shop in it. I mentioned at church that I'd been over there, and several of the ladies started talking about buying spices, flours, etc. there.
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Women's Lacrosse Wins Season-Opener Versus Bryant, 8-7
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Junior Sara Hennessey (Winchester, Mass.) scored four goals as the Holy Cross women's lacrosse team defeated Bryant, 8-7, on Wednesday night at the Bryant Turf Complex in the season-opener for both teams. With the win, the Crusaders start the season 1-0, while the Bulldogs begin 0-1.
After Bryant took a 3-0 lead, the Crusaders made it a 3-2 contest with two straight goals. Hennessey scored on a free-position shot and sophomore Laura Ryan (Stirling, N.J.) found the back of the net off a pass from freshman Kaitlin Concilio (Ridgewood, N.J.). The assist was Concilio's first collegiate point. After Katherine Keckeisen increased Bryant's lead to 4-2 with 6:14 remaining in the first half, the Crusaders tied the contest at 4-4 with two consecutive goals by Hennessey as she posted her eighth career hat-trick. Senior Taylor Zebrowski (Verona, N.J.) assisted on the first goal extending her point scoring streak to 24 straight games, while sophomore Kim Corkum (Ipswich, Mass.) tallied an assist on the game-tying goal for her first collegiate point. Lisa Vendel then scored on a free-position shot to give the Bulldogs a 5-4 lead at the half.
The Crusaders netted the first four goals of the second half to move out to an 8-5 lead. Freshman Margie Smith (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) tied the game with her first collegiate goal, while senior captain Kat Sutton (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) gave the Crusaders a 6-5 lead on a free-position shot with 11:55 left. Zebrowski then found the back of the net extending her goal scoring streak to 21 straight games. Hennessey netted her fourth goal of the contest and her eighth career game-winner with 9:03 remaining to increase the lead to 8-5. Concilio posted her second assist of the game on the goal. The Bulldogs added two goals, but were unable to net the equalizer for the 8-7 final.
Junior goalie Sarah Weber (Summit, N.J.) made eight saves to earn the win, while Brianna Watt posted 14 saves for Bryant. The Crusaders outshot the Bulldogs, 30-18, while Holy Cross tallied 21 ground balls and Bryant had 16. The Bulldogs secured nine draw controls and the Crusaders had eight, while Holy Cross went 2-7 on free-position shots and Bryant went 3-8. Senior captain Maddie Carrellas (Middletown, R.I.) led the team with three caused turnovers giving her 39 for her career which are tied for ninth all-time at the school.
The Crusaders return to action on Saturday, Feb. 16, when they host No. 20 Boston College at the Hart Turf Field at 3:00 p.m.