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Stimulus? So we can create artificial jobs to fund public sector projects that probably provide minimal value?
The engine of the economy is small business.. When they innovate, and we build products foreign companies want. We need more Google and Apples. Instead, we waste small business time and money forcing them to comply with ridiculous regulations. They have to hire lawyers. Compliance managers. Waste time on ridiculous paperwork. Listening to regulators bitching that a flower on their restaurant patio is the wrong color.
Clueless obama thinks a tax cut to small businesses is Goin to erase the cost of government poking into every business. That's what happens when a politician who's never worked a private sector job tries to create private sector jobs.
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ANCHORAGE - An Alaska man on his way home from church rescued a dog from a burning house after checking to see if anybody was inside.
Dean Paulson told the Anchorage Daily News that he and his wife were on their way home Wednesday evening when they spotted the flames coming from the eaves of the house and thick, black smoke spewing out.
The 44-year-old Paulson said he threw a planter through the front window as he called to check for anyone trapped inside, then kicked in a garage door and went in.
When he kicked open another door leading to the home, he heard the jingle of a dog collar in the smoky interior. He called out and a golden retriever named Raja followed him to safety.
No injuries were reported, including Raja.
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Last week was Sao Joao here in Goa – The catholic feast in honor of the saint John the Baptist. Villagers celebrate by jumping into the sea, rivers, pools and wells and on top of that it must be raining as well otherwise it's not a real Sao Joao! Anyway, the monsoon season here in Goa, India has turned out earlier this year and it has been quite strong, so we didn't have to worry if it would rain this year for Sao Joao. In the following days after Sao Joao I could hear the first coughs around me at the post office and shops. That is how the cold started and now I am sitting here wiping my nose. I know, the picture is not very appetizing, god da** it, this is a Food Blog!
You are right! Guess what the good food stuff isn't far. Before I was attacked by the vicious cold symptoms, I had been "treating" my husband who was croaking like a poor hurt raven. I was cooking and cooking and cooking and cooking. Guess what, it helped and he is jumping around, filled with energy and power once again. Of course if his condition would have turned out worse, we would have visited the doctor but luckily we didn't have too and my homemade "remedies" or let's say recipes worked out just fine. So how did I do it?
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I have a few basic recipes that are my "when I am getting a cold recipe". They are simple and easy to recreate, keeping in mind that we all are like babies when the common cold hits us. Those recipes for a cold have healing and or nurturing benefits and they have been used by our ancestors the same way before.
So next time if you are facing the first cold symptoms, start with the recipes listed underneath and soon you will be over the mend, as simple as that!
My Other Recipes
Warm Ginger Lemon Honey Tea
Lemon is rich in antioxidant, honey smooths the throat and so does ginger. A powerful Tea!
Detox Herbal Tea
Great when you have a hangover but also useful when you are out of energy and when you need to clean your body from inside out.
Chamomile Tea
Chamomile relaxes the body and stomache, makes you sleepy and it's great when you are facing cold symptoms.
Tyrolean Jagatee
Warms your bones from inside out with the alcohols and spices in the beverage and the orange is rich in vitamin C.
Masala Chai
Comforting Indian Monsoon Tea that will boost your health.
Vegetable Consommé
A clear vegetable Consommé is a must when you need to gain energy but your stomach won't take vegetable bits.
Onion Soup
Onion detoxify the body and the Onion soup will help you clear your sinus too.
Rich Vegetable Soup
Very rich healthy soup to gain appetite and energy again. Best when your cold is coming to an end.
Borscht Soup
The meat will boost your energy levels and supply your week body with nutrients.
Kitchen Sink Chicken Soup
A guestpost by Aimee. This souo has become my go to soup too when I am ill.
Kanji Rice (Pez)
Very useful but plain dish that originates from Goa India. Eat it when your stomach won't take anything else or when you are weak.
What do you cook at home when you or one of your members have a cold or the flu?
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Branson, MO (PRWEB) October 26, 2007
Convention planners have a new option when considering where to hold their next event. The new Branson Convention Centered opened its doors in the summer of 2007 and is quickly helping earn Branson, Missouri a reputation as an ideal nationwide convention and meeting destination for groups and meetings of all sizes.
The Branson Convention Center offers over 220,000 square feet of meeting space in the heart of downtown Branson. The center offers a variety of meeting spaces including two large exhibition halls totaling 50,000 square feet and a 23,000 square foot ballroom. The convention center's downtown location allows meeting goers to spend their free time shopping or dining at Branson Landing just across the street or take a short trip to Branson's main entertainment district to partake in some of Branson's hundreds of live shows & attractions.
For events that need smaller venues there are several options in the area as well. Many area resorts offer meeting space and full event coordination and amenities. One example of this is Thousand Hills Golf Resort which is located in the center of Branson. Thousand Hill's meeting facilities include meeting rooms from 800 to 2,020 square feet, ideal for small to mid-size meetings and reunions close to area attractions.
There is more than just the variety of activities that make Branson an ideal meeting destination. Branson is situated in the heart of the Midwest so it is a central nationwide meeting location with easy road access. Branson also boasts of mild weather-milder summers and winters than many competing locations making the Branson area a viable year-round destination.
Meeting attendees and their families will have plenty to do in their off time as well. With hundreds of live shows, museums, theme parks and attractions Branson has long been known as a vacation destination. Most attractions are conveniently located in Branson's Entertainment District on the famous Highway 76 strip making it easy to access them from any meeting location.
In addition, Branson's long history as a vacation destination has resulted in over 18,000 lodging rooms--meaning every meeting attendee in Branson has ample choice in where to stay during their visit. Not only are there numerous traditional Branson hotels and motel rooms, there are also increasingly many upscale alternatives such as luxury log homes and fully furnished Branson condo rentals, such as those provided by Thousand Hills Resort. These heart of Branson amenities offer all the comfort of home close to the Convention Center and all shows and attractions.
All these factors add up to make Branson a viable meeting and convention destination for a meeting of any size and need. For more information on coordinating an event in Branson visit the Branson Chamber of Commerce, ExploreBranson.com or contact Thousand Hills http://www.thousandhills.com to coordinate your meeting or Branson lodging.


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Do you wear them?
Do you need them just to read?
Have you gone to bifocals yet?
I wear them couldnt do without them I have bifocals...Let me talk to you about them.
I( have bifocals. but cannot read with them. My vision is far from 20/20.. still much better than not having glasses! No glasses gives no faces on people, just blank heads.
Wow I cant believe an eye doctor would prescribe to you glasses that you dont need talk about greedy...Hopefully you can get a better eye doctor this time my hubby uses reader glasses instead of going to the doctor.
Quoting rescuekim:
This has been interesting and informative. I had my first eye exam in my early 40s just because it seemed like I 'should'. The eye dr said, "Ma'am, even corrected, I'll never be able to see as well as you do." So that was good news but by the time I was 50, I started using readers. I am now 57 and up to 2.5 to 2.75 strength so I imagine that a trip to the eye dr again is in order. I did once go to an eye dr 5 or 6 years ago who was recommeded by a friend at work. I ended up with $400 trifocals. I couldn't see a thing, although I kept trying to get used to them. It was awful. Six months later, I donated my glasses to the Lion's Club and went back to readers which serve me just fine. Plus, they are cheap enough that I have a pair in the car, a pair in the kitchen, a pair in my bedroom, etc. I just know that there are other boomers out there who can relate to that little scenario! Anyhow, after reading this, I know that when I go to the eye dr again, to get transition lenses and no line bifocals. By the way, when I complained that I wasn't so keen on that eye dr to my friend who recommended him, she asked, "Really? You don't think he's hot?" Jeez!
My hubby is like that only he doesnt shave his legs. I need mine for everything...
Quoting wishbearmom:
I wear reading glasses, and anymore I can barely function without them. I need them for texting, reading prices in the store, following a recipe or reading package instructions, pretty much anything up close. I even need them to shave my legs to make sure I don't miss places : p
Sometimes I cant read with mine depends on how much sleep I get...
Quoting 25beengoodtome:
I( have bifocals. but cannot read with them. My vision is far from 20/20.. still much better than not having glasses! No glasses gives no faces on people, just blank heads.
I wish I could take mine off to do things when I bend over they fall off sometimes...I cant even clean without them.
Quoting kity-bity:
I wear glasses while watching tv or when i am going out.
I've been wearing glasses since I was 7, I'm in trifocals.
Quoting k1kelley:
I have worn glasses since I was 14 or so. I am 45 now and I am beginning to need the bifocals.
Quoting cjcharlie1959:
I've been wearing glasses since I was 7, I'm in trifocals.


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Update - New Canaan journalist ordered no contact with complainants
Published 3:31 pm, Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Teri Buhl, a 38-year-old journalist from New Canaan, appeared in court Dec. 20, where she was ordered to cease contact with the complainants in her case, which was continued till Jan. 31. The state's order includes all forms of contact including mail and phone. Judge Maureen Dennis explained.
"So I can't call to get comments for the story?" Buhl asked in court.
"Well I'm sure if you are a writer then you understand what I mean by no contact," Judge Dennis replied.
Last month, Buhl pleaded not guilty in the Norwalk Superior Court on charges of second-degree harassment, second-degree breach of peace and interfering with a police investigation.
The charges were issued after police said Buhl posted sensitive personal journals of her boyfriend's 17-year-old daughter on Facebook. Buhl claims that all of these charges and issues stem from a story she is writing on underage drinking.
"I'm still going to write the story," she said after her court appearance Dec 20.
Her attorney Chris Caldwell indicated that he has concerns about the new no-contact order.
"We view today's development concerning the court imposed no-contact order as unfortunate for several reasons. First, Ms. Buhl has had no contact with the complainant since before this case came to court. Furthermore, there has been no change in circumstances since the arraignment, other than the complainant today requesting this restriction. Therefore, in the absence of evidence showing that Ms. Buhl has contacted the complainant, we believe it was unwarranted," Caldwell said. He explained that he did not want his client to be wrongfully accused of breaking the no-contact order due to any potential misconstrued online posts.
"Our fear is that this order will be used by some anonymous blogger or like individual to contact the complainant while pretending to be Ms. Buhl, thereby causing a hearing on whether she has violated the conditions of her release and at which we would necessarily be asked to prove a negative. We will maintain close contact with the State and it's continuing investigation as we prepare for the next court date in late January."
The original journals posted on Facebook detailed underage drinking and sexual situations at a party the girl attended, according to a five-page arrest affidavit.
After being notified that a warrant for her arrest had been signed, Buhl turned herself in on Oct. 27 and was charged with second-degree harassment, second-degree breach of peace and interfering with a police investigation. She was freed after posting a $5,000 bond.
In an online blog, Buhl commented on the status of her charges and offered up an initial explanation.
"Yep -- they arrested me. It was quite the surprise," she wrote on christopherfountain.com. "I firmly believe this is nothing more then (sic) a case of small town cops harassing a journalist over first amendment rights while protecting sources and a few Wall Street parents trying to keep their and their 18-year-old daughters' name out of a story about what happens when adults let underage drinking go unchecked."
The investigation began June 24 when the girl and her father came to New Canaan police headquarters to report that someone put her journals up on a Facebook page. The girl told police that the notes were kept in a dresser drawer in her bedroom, the affidavit said.
She said she e-mailed the person who posted the pages, supposedly named Tasha Moore, and told her she would go to the police if she did not stop. A person replied saying they welcomed legal action, but thought she would not go through with it because the girl's father was a corporate lawyer and he would find out about her drinking and related activities if she made a complaint.
A day later, the girl's father presented police with a Priority Mail package he received a day earlier containing a brief description of his daughter's actions while at the drinking party. Also included in the anonymously sent package were photocopies of 10 pages of his daughter's journal writings.
Then on July 1, the father contacted police and told them that his girlfriend Teri Buhl told him she sent the Priority Mail package. The father said Buhl told him one of his daughter's friends approached her with the pages and she thought that he should know about his daughter's behavior, the affidavit said.
When police spoke to Buhl, she admitted to sending the letter to her boyfriend and added that she is investigating the underage drinking problem in New Canaan and wanted to keep the identity of her informant confidential. Buhl denied having a Facebook profile using the name Tasha Moore, and said she did not post any information on Facebook, the affidavit said.
Police executed search warrants for the Facebook page assigned to Tasha Moore and determined that Buhl, using her Cablevision account, logged on to the Facebook page from her home when the materials were uploaded to the page on June 23, the affidavit said.
After pleading not guilty, Buhl, a former financial reporter for the Greenwich Time, a Hearst publication, and her attorney, Chris Caldwell, elected for a jury trial and a continuance.
"We obtained a rather voluminous copy of the state's file," Caldwell said after the Nov. 9 court date. "Between now and Dec. 20, we will review the information provided and, if necessary, ask the state to file a more particular statement as to the exact facts it claims constitutes the elements of each of the crimes charged."
He added, "Because this case involves the criminal prosecution of a bona fide journalist working on a topic of great public importance -- permissive underage drinking and drug use -- we have to take extra care to insure that the first amendment freedoms at issue are protected from an improper and chilling application of the criminal law."
Caldwell said his client has talked to several publications to gauge their interest in an underage drinking story, but would not specify any by name. Caldwell added that the First Amendment is the victim here and it is his intention to defend the freedoms it guarantees.
Buhl is next scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 31.
--John Nickerson also contributed to this report.


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Working in conjunction with MGM Interactive, Interactive Studios' in-house Team Storm is grinding away at a new, completely unannounced swords and sorcery title called Dragon Sword, IGNPSX learned today. Three other untitled games, a possible fighter from Team Raven, another from A-Team (Glover), and Frogger 2 are in the works as well.
Dragon Sword, however, appears to be the farthest of the three, and could very well appear on both Nintendo 64 or PlayStation. MGM, an excellent working associate of Electronic Arts these days (Tomorrow Never Dies, Too Human), also may work out a publishing deal with EA. As of the time of publishing, EA was unable to return our phone call.
Based on the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, Dragon Sword puts players in a completely interactive land of mystical beasts, dragons, and powerful magicians in which adventure and battle are woven into a seamless whole. Dragon Sword is a one-player game, but it's also developed for four-person multiplayer death-matches without screen splitting, and includes cooperative modes of play. While FMV scenes assist in telling the game's story, players will find themselves gorging in fighting action through 12 levels, some including branching narratives and levels. The game features is fair share of fighting. Warriors won't simply hit, kick and swing weapons. Dragon Sword is deep with fighting combinations, and brawls are packed with parrying, defense tactics, stuns and deathblows.
The storyline follows the tales of one to four players, including the warriors Kailan, the undisputed battlelord of Avantaria. Another possible character is Cutter, the sole heir of the Darrc throne, although he appears to be more of a bad guy-type. Hope is fading fast as the Darrc army besieges your homeland of Avantaria under the leadership of the Darrc Empress Zordanthia. Your job is to "choose the champion who will defeat the Horde and recover the pieces of the fabled Dragon Sword, said to be the only weapon that will end her rule forever," according to Interactive's Web site.
Little else is known about this action-battle title at this point, but we'll have more as soon as possible.


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Stäubli Technology Days 2010 features live demonstrations of textile, connectors, & robotics technology http://ht.ly/2qWtq
As seen on Robotics Online…
At Stäubli, innovation is an ongoing pursuit. While we celebrate a history filled with technological breakthroughs, our eyes remain fixed on the future. Continually developing solutions to meet new challenges, maximize productivity and minimize downtime in a range of industries is our mission.
Technology Days 2010 is a showcase for many of Stäubli's latest innovations – more than any other event of its kind. Presentations and exhibits from a variety of Stäubli business units will also be featured. Here's a glimpse:
Textile Division: Jacquard and Delta machines, with demonstrations of state-of-the art weaving and weaving preparation.
Connectors Division: A variety of multi coupling plates, electromagnetic quick mold change systems, robotic tool changers, refueling systems for natural gas vehicles and mono couplings for nuclear and military applications. In addition, there will be a Jankel J8 military Jeep and several racecars, including a NASCAR stock car, Ferrari GT and Volkswagen TDI – all of which utilize Stäubli connector technology.
Multi-Contact: Production facility tour for the manufacturing of solar cable assembly systems. Display of a live robotic demo for solar junction box assembly, which features plastics molding, vision inspection, sealant dispensing, soldering and final assembly processes. A full range of industrial electrical connectors will also be featured.
Robotics Division: Live demos on applications for a variety of industries including solar, life sciences, food and semiconductors to name a few. We will also have specialized robots capable of vapor hydrogen peroxide sterilization and vision-guided tracking.
Of course, Stäubli technology experts from all over the world are on hand to answer your questions and help you make the most of this exciting event as you tour the 100,000 square foot facility which was recently expanded for the production of cable connector systems for the solar industry, robotic tool changers for the automotive industry, and electromagnetic quick mold change systems for the plastics industry.
Yves Stäubli, CEO of Stäubli Corporation, commented, "Stäubli offers a complete product range designed to deliver superior performance and reliability through innovation and a single source to your needs. Our broad range of products feature unrivalled performance in textile weaving industry, fast retooling and mold change out times using quick disconnects and magnetic mold clamping systems as well as provide increased productivity through total robotic handling and processing of parts."
Technology Days will cater to professionals that specialize in engineering and manufacturing management who are looking to increase production efficiency and maximize productivity. Stäubli's full management team will be on hand to address business development opportunities and answer any technical questions regarding applications and new innovations. Stäubli encourages potential attendees to contact Megan MacAlister, 864 486 5430), to register for the event, or register online at www.staubli.com/techdays. You will also find a full list of seminars, directions, and other information on the website.
Stäubli: Textile Machinery, Connectors and Robotics
Stäubli is a mechatronics solution provider with three dedicated divisions: textile machinery, connectors and robotics. With a workforce of over 3500, Stäubli has a presence in 25 countries and agents in 50 countries around the world.


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Fazbear 4 life M8 bro if u picked Kruger u is lame robot inhabited by soul killers r better than evil human killers
on June 25, 2016
Long. Always
on October 28, 2015
Long, pink, curly fur !
on September 09, 2015
on September 09, 2015
on September 09, 2015
Mine is long, like mid back.
on August 28, 2015
Both :3 though i'll vote short because mine is short
on August 27, 2015
on August 27, 2015
I have short hair but I love long hair that is curly and silik
on August 27, 2015
I have really long hair, and ive never cut it, so i dont know... but in the pictures based on the hairstyle i like the short one better :3
I use to have mine down to my knees it was that long and really really heavy so I cut it to my waist that was still heavy so I just kept cutting it
on August 27, 2015
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|Office of the Attorney General - State of Texas
John Cornyn
June 17, 1999
Ms. Rosalinda O. Fierro
Dear Ms. Fierro:
You have asked whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under chapter 552 of the Government Code. Your request was assigned ID# 124985.
Travis County (the "county") received a request that lists three cause numbers and the name of an individual. You assert that the records at issue are confidential under sections 552.101, 552.108, and 552.130 of the Government Code. Section 552.101 excepts "information considered to be confidential by law, either constitutional, statutory, or by judicial decision." You assert that the request seeks the compiled criminal history record information ("CHRI") of the named individual and that this implicates the named individuals' common-law privacy as protected by section 552.101 of the Government Code. Common-law privacy protects information if (1) the information contains highly intimate or embarrassing facts the publication of which would be highly objectionable to a reasonable person, and (2) the information is not of legitimate concern to the public. Industrial Found. v. Texas Indus. Accident Bd., 540 S.W.2d 668, 685 (Tex. 1976), cert. denied, 430 U.S. 931 (1977).
The compilation of all offense and arrest reports of a named individual constitutes a criminal history record of that individual. Criminal history information may be withheld from required public disclosure under common-law privacy if it meets the criteria articulated for section 552.101 of the act by the Texas Supreme Court in Industrial Foundation. In United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749 (1989), the United States Supreme Court concluded that where an individual's CHRI is compiled or summarized by a governmental entity, the information takes on a character that implicates an individual's right of privacy in a manner that the same individual records in an uncompiled state do not. To the extent that the requestor seeks the county to compile CHRI concerning the named individual, we agree that the county may not release such records.
However, the request specifically seeks three listed cause or report numbers. This portion of the request, because it seeks specific cases rather than compiled information about one individual, does not appear to be a request for CHRI. You have raised various exceptions to disclosure of these three files.
You assert that file number 90-2120 is confidential under section 552.101. Section 58.007(c) of the Family Code reads in pertinent part as follows:
Except as provided by Subsection (d), law enforcement records and files concerning a child may not be disclosed to the public . . . .
See also Fam. Code § 51.02(2) (defining "child"). Section 58.007(c) of the Family Code applies to juvenile records concerning conduct occurring on or after September 1, 1997, that are maintained by law enforcement agencies. File number 90-2120 is subject to the predecessor statute to section 58.007 that was in effect at the time of the offense. As it is our understanding that the predecessor statute makes these juvenile records confidential, file number 90-2120 must be withheld from disclosure.
You also assert that file number 90-2204 is protected from disclosure under section 552.101 of the Government Code. Subsection (a) of section 261.201 of the Family Code provides:
(a) The following information is confidential, is not subject to public release under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may be disclosed only for purposes consistent with . . . [the Family] code and applicable federal or state law or under rules adopted by an investigating agency:
We first note that it is our understanding that you have already released the records filed with the district court, and that the records at issue in this file have not been filed with a court. We agree that the information in file number 99-2204 may be disclosed only for purposes consistent with the Family Code and applicable federal or state law or under rules adopted by the agency that investigated the crime.(1) Since you have not informed this office that the investigating agency has adopted any rules providing for release of this information, we conclude that the information at issue is confidential and may not be disclosed.
You assert that cause number 95, 263 is protected from disclosure under sections 552.101 and 552.108 of the Government Code. You assert that the pre-sentence investigation report is excepted from disclosure under section 9(j) of article 42.12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in conjunction with section 552.101 of the Government Code. We agree that this provision makes the pre-sentence report confidential. It is our understanding from your brief that you contend the remaining documents in cause number 95,263 are protected from disclosure under section 552.108(a)(3) of the Government Code, which provides: section 552.108(a)(3), which provides:
(a) Information held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor that deals with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime is excepted [from disclosure] if:
. . .
(3) it is information that:
(A) is prepared by an attorney representing the state in anticipation of or in the course of preparing for criminal litigation;
(B) reflects the mental impressions or legal reasoning of an attorney representing the state.
We agree that, to the extent the remaining records in cause number 95, 263 were prepared by the prosecuting attorney, they are protected from disclosure under section 552.108(a)(3), based upon our review of the records and your representations to this office.(2)
We are resolving this matter with an informal letter ruling rather than with a published open records decision. This ruling is limited to the particular records at issue under the facts presented to us in this request and should not be relied upon as a previous determination regarding any other records. If you have questions about this ruling, please contact our office.
Ruth H. Soucy
Ref: ID# 124985
Encl. Submitted documents
cc: Ms. Annie Whitley
1. We note that section 261.201(f) provides that the department, upon request and subject to its own rules:
shall provide to the parent, managing conservator, or other legal representative of a child who is the subject of reported abuse or neglect information concerning the reported abuse or neglect that would otherwise be confidential under this section if the department has edited the information to protect the confidentiality of the identity of the person who made the report and any other person whose life or safety may be endangered by the disclosure.
2. We assume, however, that basic offense and arrest report information was released pursuant to section 552.108(c).


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pregnant after mirena removal
Hi, i just found out that i'm pregnant and i'm some where between 4-5 weeks. I had my mirena iud removed the end of october and i never got a period until december. I have read a bunch of horror stories about women having miscarages because of the mirena messing up your lining in your uterus and i'm really worried. So far I feel fine but i'm really nervous to tell my family and friends because of the fear of having a miscarage.
I am almost 8 weeks now after having mirena for a year and a half. :) I had mine removed the beginning of November and concieved early December... Congratulations!
Try not to stress. I'm a little over 31 weeks pregnant after having my IUD removed. Took me 7 months to conceive. Just try to relax, it doesn't mess everyone up.


text: I don't know if this is even possible, but -- could NetBSD be setup to either have a *console* session (using a program like window, screen, or tmux) spread over two or more monitors? Or, could it be setup to have a separate tty assigned to each monitor (e.g., tty1 on monitor 1, tty2 on monitor 2, etc.) and then convienent hotkeys be assigned to 1) switch between ttys (like it currently uses ctrl-alt-[1-9]) and 2) switch between active monitors (e.g., ctrl-alt-shift-[1-9])? -- Christopher Berardi http://www.natoufa.com/ Be still, and know that I am God (Psalms 46:10)


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Ex-Spur Neal has no hard feelingsDecember 11, 2013 Updated: December 12, 2013 11:33am
MILWAUKEE — Gary Neal tested his aching left foot with a pregame workout on the Bradley Center court Wednesday night, hoping to play in a game the Milwaukee guard called one of the most anticipated of his season.
As it was for much of his final campaign with the Spurs, plantar fasciitis ruled Neal out for his first meeting against his former team.
"As much as I would love to come out here and play against my old team," Neal said, "I have to follow doctors' orders."
If Neal still wished he were playing for the Spurs, who claimed an easy-does-it 109-77 win over the Bucks, he didn't let on.
Neal left the Spurs after three seasons over the summer, after the team expressed little interest in bringing him back in free agency.
In the wake of the Spurs' loss to Miami in the NBA Finals, the Spurs extended Neal — a restricted free agent — a qualifying offer worth $1.116 million. Neal instead signed a two-year deal with Milwaukee worth $7.5 million.
"I figured after three years, the Spurs benefitted me, and I benefitted the Spurs," Neal said. "But it's a business. I kind of knew after Game 7 in the Finals, unless I signed a qualifying offer, I wouldn't be back."
Neal — who is averaging 10.6 points and shooting 45.3 percent from 3-point range in 18 games with Milwaukee — insists he harbors no hard feelings about his departure from San Antonio.
It was the Spurs, after all, who gave Neal a shot as a 26-year-old undrafted free agent in 2010. In the end, Neal said he believes he received a fair shake from coach Gregg Popovich and general manager R.C. Buford.
"I have no complaints," Neal said.
Neal, now 29, averaged 9.7 points in 21.4 minutes per game with the Spurs. He will long be remembered in San Antonio for his 24-point outing in Game 3 against Miami last season and the buzzer-beating 3-pointer that extended the Spurs' ill-fated series with Memphis in 2011.
"If not for me, they could have found another guy one of those summers to shoot 40 percent from three," Neal said. "I thank Coach Pop a thousand times for that."
Baynes out: Backup center Aron Baynes, the catalyst of the Spurs' 116-103 win in Toronto on Tuesday, was a late scratch in Milwaukee due to a left ankle sprain.
Baynes suffered the injury in the first quarter against the Raptors but finished the game with a season-high 14 points.
"He's a hard-working kid," Popovich said. "He tries to do his best. He's big and strong and has good international experience playing on the Australian Olympic team. He's not a newcomer to competition by any means. He just needs an opportunity."


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Published 12:28 pm, Saturday, October 12, 2013
Starting a small business in today's economy, can be very risky. Starting a small business in Plainview, Texas, can be very challenging.
There is no doubt that with the recent government shutdown, people are holding on to their money and their wallets a little tighter. So how can an inspiring entrepreneur earn your business in this trying economy? Just ask Lacey Todd, owner and operator of Xclusive Tan.
In order to make a small business successful, Lacey understands you have to promote your business to your community. One way that Lacey has been able to do this is through social media. Social media is a great and inexpensive way to get the word out about your business. She has developed her own Xclusive Tan Facebook page, which informs her customers about her business and upcoming specials she is offering.
Another way to entice customers into your business is to offer coupons and money-saving discounts on products that your business sells. Coupons are a great way to introduce your business to new customers and remind your old customers that you are still around. By offering discounts on her products and services, she has been able to build a successful and loyal customer base that will continue to grow her business.
Lacey believes in referral incentives for her customers. Referrals can be a valuable way for business owners to expand their business. Xclusive Tan provides referral cards to their existing customers. Each time a current customer refers a new customer, whether that be a friend or family member, they receive upgrade points toward their tanning package. The new customer has an opportunity to learn about her business, try out their products and services, and they receive three FREE tans! With that kind of philosophy, everyone wins.
One very impressive way to grow you business is to let your customers know that you appreciate them. Xclusive Tan held its first "Customer Appreciation Event" this past week. They partnered with two other businesses, Smokin X and Sullivan's Floral, to provide their customers with free food, entertainment and in-store giveaways. They offered 50 percent off select store merchandize, and allowed all participants to tan for free. What a great way to promote your business and give back to those patrons, new and old, who have helped build their business.
Small businesses are the backbone of many communities. Finding ways to build your business in this trying economy can be difficult. Take a few tips from Lacey Todd to help grow and promote your business. If you haven't yet visited Xclusive Tan, take the time to stop by and see what they have to offer you. Mention that you saw this article, and Lacey will give you three FREE TANS!
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On Wednesday night Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash collected his 10,142nd assist, pushing him past Magic Johnson for for fourth place on the NBA's all-time list. That's an amazing accomplishment for the 39-year-old Nash who, oddly enough, passed Johnson during his first season with the Lakers. Nash passed Magic with a quick pass to Antawn Jamison, who banked a shot home with 4:42 remaining in the third quarter. The two-time MVP finished the night with seven assists (he now has 10,144), along with 14 points, four rebounds and one steal. Nash is in his 17th NBA season and entering last night's contest against the Boston Celtics he was averaging 7.4 assists per game in the 30 games he had played in this season. With the way Nash is playing there is little doubt he'll continue playing for a few more years, which should give him a chance to make a serious run at a few more guys on that list. Next up in third place is Mark Jackson, who has 10,334. Nash is definitely within striking distance of Jackson – just 190 assists – and after that he'll have to set his sights on Jason Kidd, who entered Wednesday night with 12,004. John Stockton is safely the all-time leader with a remarkable 15,806 career assists. Wednesday night's accomplishment just continued to show that Nash has solidified himself as one of the best point guards in NBA history.
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Retirees who own their employer's stock in their 401(k) plan have the potential for huge tax savings using an often-overlooked tax strategy known as net unrealized appreciation (NUA). How does an NUA work? Here's an example. An employee is about to retire and qualifies for a lump sum distribution from a qualified retirement plan. He elects to use the NUA strategy, receives the stock, and pays ordinary income tax on the average cost basis, which represents the original cost of the shares. This strategy allows the tax to be deferred on any appreciation that accrues from the time the stock is distributed until it's finally sold.
Note the NUA distribution must be taken as a lump sum distribution, not a partial lump sum distribution, and in order to qualify for a lump sum distribution, the employee must take the distribution all within the same calendar year.
The strategy isn't quite as advantageous as it once was prior to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA12) and the Medicare Surtax of 3.8% on net investment income. Both of these tax laws took effect in 2013 and generally impact taxpayers with income over $250,000. ATRA12 raises the rate on long term capital gains from 15% to 20% for taxpayers with income over $450,000. The Medicare Surtax affects capital gains but distributions from a retirement account are exempt. Those taxpayers affected by these changes will need to review the NUA strategy carefully to determine if it still makes sense.
Five Steps to a Successful NUA Transaction
Before exercising a distribution or rollover, follow these five steps designed to help you understand what it takes to complete a successful NUA transaction.
1. Start early—the NUA transaction may take several weeks. Be sure to obtain a written copy of your cost basis from the plan sponsor before initiating the rollover. You should also request formal documentation showing your employer's promise to make an in-kind distribution of the company shares.
2. Determine the amount of gain in the stock price. In an employer-sponsored retirement plan, you can elect an NUA on some, all, or none of the shares. As a rule-of-thumb, you only want to use this strategy on shares currently selling for twice your cost basis.
3. Select the sequence of transactions when the plan holds other assets in addition to employer securities. You can transfer the company stock portion (which still qualifies for the tax break on the NUA) to a taxable (non-IRA) investment account, and you can roll the non-company stock portion of the plan into an IRA rollover account. You should execute the IRA rollover first for all assets except the company stock, then the NUA shares can be distributed in-kind, with nothing to withhold for the IRS from either transaction. Note that unless it's a trustee-to-trustee transfer, or the only remaining asset being distributed is employer stock, your employer is required to withhold 20% of distributions for taxes.
4. Know Your Liabilities. You should have your tax professional prepare a tax projection to determine the amount needed, and be prepared to pay the IRS in April.
5. Prepare an exit strategy. Assuming you're optimistic about your company's future and proceed with the in-kind distribution, you should still have an exit strategy if the stock starts to decline. One possibility would be to give some or all of the stock to a charitable remainder trust (CRT). Once the stock is transferred to a CRT, the shares can be sold by the trustee and reinvested in a diversified portfolio that can provide lifelong income to the donor. The charitable deduction might even offset most of the tax obligation on the cost basis.
An NUA distribution may not be a good idea if the company's outlook is bleak. The tax benefits are wasted if the company stock declines significantly after the distribution. An investor with 98% of their retirement account tied up in one stock may want to consider selling a portion of the stock position with the highest cost. Use the NUA strategy to distribute a smaller portion of the stock in-kind. Second, never attempt to complete an NUA distribution late in the year. It's better to wait until the beginning of the next year, because the entire distribution (rollover and in-kind distribution) must be completed in the same calendar year.
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- NUA allows the tax to be deferred on any appreciation that accrues from the time the stock is distributed until it's finally sold.
- Distributions must be taken as lump sum distributions, not partial lump sum distributions.
- In order to qualify for the NUA treatment, an employee must complete the entire distribution within the same calendar year.


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European Stocks Climb After U.S. Data; Alcatel Rallies
European stocks climbed for a third day, the longest winning streak for the Stoxx Europe 600 Index in five weeks, as a report showed that U.S. consumer spending rebounded last month.
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) SA rose 6.4 percent as Morgan Stanley recommended the stock. Drax Group Plc jumped 7.3 percent as the U.K. government updated the subsidies for the different forms of renewable-power generation. Subsea 7 SA (SUBC) tumbled the most in more than 4 1/2 years after the oil-field services provider said its earnings will fail to grow this year.
The Stoxx 600 climbed 0.7 percent to 286.42 at the close after earlier declining as much as 0.3 percent. The gauge has still lost 4.8 percent in June, its first monthly retreat in a year. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke indicated on June 19 that the central bank may start paring its bond-buying program this year if the U.S. economy strengthens.
"Positive reports will be a confirmation that the U.S. economy is indeed in a recovery," said Guillaume Duchesne, an equity strategist at BGL BNP Paribas SA in Luxembourg, in a phone interview. "From now on, the most important relationship in equity markets will be the link to the economy. We come from a liquidity-driven market to one that is economy driven. Any good news on that side will be positive."
European stocks followed the Standard & Poor 500 Index higher after a report showed that household purchases, which account for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy, climbed 0.3 percent in May. They declined 0.3 percent in April.
Quarterly Performance
The Stoxx 600 has still lost 2.5 percent this quarter, its first drop in a year, and has pared its advance in 2013 to 2.4 percent. Since rallying to a near five-year high on May 22, the gauge has tumbled 7.8 percent. The index is trading at 12.7 times the estimated earnings of its constituent companies, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The gauge was valued at 13 times on June 19.
"We have seen some stabilization over the last few days, but it's not clear whether the correction is over," David Wartenweiler, chief investment officer at Habib Bank AG Zurich told Mark Barton on Bloomberg Television earlier today. "I still like equities and after the recent minor correction I think the valuations are still attractive."
Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart will speak at 12:30 p.m. New York time today.
National benchmark indexes advanced in 15 of the 18 western-European markets. France's CAC 40 climbed 1 percent, Germany's DAX added 0.6 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 jumped 1.3 percent.
Alcatel-Lucent rose 6.4 percent to 1.40 euros. Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight recommendation, which is similar to a buy rating, after Alcatel yesterday started a 550 million-euro ($716 million) convertible bond issue and bought back debt as part of its strategy to reduce financing costs. The brokerage said the plan would benefit shareholders.
Alcatel said as markets closed that it raised the amount of the sale to 629 million euros.
Drax surged 7.3 percent to 573 pence, after the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change set the subsidy rates for power from renewable energy plants. The government said it will pay pay biomass-conversion plants 105 pounds per megawatts per hour.
Drax brought the first converted biomass unit at its coal-burning plant into service in April.
DS Smith Plc (SMDS) climbed 5.4 percent to 252.7 pence. The paper company increased its dividend by 36 percent to 8 pence apiece, more than analysts had estimated. DS Smith also reported full-year revenue and earnings that beat analysts' estimates. The company added that the current year has started well, matching its expectations.
Sevan Drilling
Sevan Drilling ASA (SEVDR) surged 18 percent to 4.02 kroner after Seadrill Ltd. increased its stake in the company to 50.1 percent. The offshore driller controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen will make a mandatory offer for the rest of the company. Seadrill climbed 1.6 percent to 244.60 kroner in Oslo.
Subsea 7 tumbled 13 percent to 106 kroner after the oil-field services provider said it no longer expects full-year earnings to grow from 2012. The Norwegian company increased its estimate for the full-life loss on the Guara-Lula NE project off the coast of Brazil.
Lanxess AG led a selloff in chemical makers, falling 3.3 percent to 46.61 euros. Solvay SA retreated 2.2 percent to 100.45 euros and BASF SE lost 2 percent to 68.33 euros. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded all three companies to underweight, which is similar to a sell recommendation.
"After three years of tailwinds, the good times may be over," analyst Martin Evans wrote in a report to clients dated yesterday. "The recent boom years for chemicals were driven by a confluence of several one-offs. In sharp contrast to consensus, we believe that current margins are not sustainable as we see potential major headwinds."
Bankia SA, which was bailed out by the Spanish government last year, rose 1 percent to 59 euro cents after selling the 12.1 percent holding in IAG SA (IAG) that it obtained in the 2011 merger of British Airways and Iberia.
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MMA leaders must answer some difficult questions
Ger GilroyThe sport of MMA was under attack last week and struck a defensive pose. Perhaps understandly. It has been badly served by the silence of key stakeholders.
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Ger GilroyThe sport of MMA was under attack last week and struck a defensive pose. Perhaps understandly. It has been badly served by the silence of key stakeholders.
Ger Gilroy The hurling Championship is already a mouthwatering prospect.
Colm Parkinson We're only five games into the new Gaelic football season but it's looking like Dublin are going to be the first team since Kerry in 2006/'07 to retain Sam.
Michael McCarthy The Off The Ball Roadshow came to Dublin's RDS last night with a rugby special featuring an all-star line-up including Brian O'Driscoll, Sean O'Brien, Luke Fitzgerald and Ciaran Fitzgerald.
Joe Molloy Talking to Pat Nevin on the football show takes us to interesting places.
Ger Gilroy The Leinster Schools Committee issued a statement last week about the recent incident involving a medic from Gonzaga and a referee.
Ger Gilroy The stand-out memory of the World Cup analysis for me was when Trevor Hogan explained Paul O'Connell's injury against France.
Colm Parkinson Considering the extent of his hamstring injury, it wasn;t really a surprise when Paul O'Connell announced his retirement. It really was a horrific injury - his hamstring completely tore off the bone.
Joe Molloy So this Leicester City business is getting serious now. A few weeks ago, after Arsenal's limp loss to Chelsea, I bemoaned the creeping inevitability that Manchester City would win the title in a finale...
Michael McCarthy Paul O'Connell made his international debut at Lansdowne Road in 2002. We hammered Wales.
Michael McCarthy It's hard to get my head around everything that's happened in the Rugby World Cup so far. For Ireland, the tournament only got going last Sunday, and we only really get going in Cardiff this weekend.
Michael McCarthy Off The Ball on the Wednesday, One Direction on the Friday. Next week is a pretty big one for the newly renamed 3Arena.
Ger Gilroy Damien Varley joined our Saturday panel last weekend. He's re-integrating into civilian life post-retirement, outside the rugby bubble.
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Colm Parkinson The Dubs answered a lot of questions on Saturday and now find themselves favourites to win the All-Ireland title. They looked in serious trouble with 15 minutes left, but once they got their first...
Colm Parkinson I'm tired of hearing about the black card.
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Joe Molloy In what's been a stellar season, the fourth Major of the year went to the guy who has been very close for a long time.
Colm Parkinson Colm O'Rourke and Ciaran Whelan were on the money on the Sunday game regarding Tyrone's antics on Saturday.
Joe Molloy A week before the British Open, I sat with Shane Lowry and there was a problem. He was promoting his new clothing range and a healthy media contingent had assembled - all of us looking for...
Michael McCarthy An annoyingly strong West Ham performance at the Emirates on Sunday ruined the premise for this piece. I had planned to write about the futility of getting purposely knocked out of the Europa League.
Ger Gilroy Checking the Waterford penpics in the programme on Sunday was a mistake.
Donny Mahoney It is with no shortness of emotion that I pen my final entry for this column.
Ger Gilroy Kildare are in a quandary. Do they double down on Jason Ryan and persist with their transition period, or do they blood-let and hope that new management uncovers new players and a style that...
Joe Molloy So Wexford edged out Dublin on Monday after a week which should embarrass all concerned in the Camogie Association.
Colm Parkinson On Sunday night Sean Quigley tweeted: "Fermanagh are seen as a weaker county. I would not want to play in a second-tier comp and miss out on massive days like today."
Michael McCarthy It hasn't been a vintage GAA year. Whinging about the state of football is a constant thread at this time of year, but the hurling championship is also attracting criticism. We've just been waiting...
Donny Mahoney The unusual event of Cork being eliminated from the Championship in both codes before the August bank holiday is a shock for Rebel fans, a relief for those tired of seeing symbols of racism at GAA...
Ger Gilroy Every time we sit down to watch sport, either in person or on television, we bring to it our own unique collection of experiences.
Michael McCarthy I can't remember a Tour de France we've talked about as much. But most of it was about power data and media coverage. On Saturday, for the Tour's penultimate stage, up the Alpe d'Huez, I finally got...
Colm Parkinson Westmeath lost to Fermanagh in embarrassing circumstances on Saturday night. Fermanagh lost two of their best defenders to black cards in the first half and lost their midfielder in the second.
Joe Molloy I won't lie, things were getting desperate in Kildare. A lot of fans in the county had given up on the team.
Ger Gilroy Fabian Delph and James McClean managed this week to upset fans of the last two relatively big midlands football clubs in England.
Colm Parkinson The provincial championships are so predictable. It's really amazing how they remain so popular amongst players and supporters.
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Donny Mahoney It was with some anger that I again spotted photos in Tuesday's papers of the Confederate flag flying in the stands in Killarney during the Munster final replay.
Donny Mahoney Watching Paul Dunne stand over his tee-shot to begin his fourth round on Monday, I wondered about all the things flashing through his mind. Destiny awaited him. Do what no one since Bobby Jones in 1927 had done and he'd instantly become an Irish sporting legend and an immortal of golf.
Joe Molloy Good man Conor McGregor; just when I was ready to give up on you, you pull me back in. What a performance!
Ger Gilroy Our whole issue of using - or maybe forcing - sports people to be role models always struck me as anomalous.
Colm Parkinson Westmeath were right to use a defensive game-plan the Leinster final against Dublin.
Donny Mahoney Tipperary manager Eamon O'Shea is the smartest man in the GAA. We in the media do not pay due deference to his accomplishments in academia.
Michael McCarthy A lack of foresight - or, more accurately, a failure to look at the GAA calendar - meant I'd planned a weekend in Kilkenny instead of being in Thurles for Clare and Cork last weekend.
Colm Parkinson Even though I have a long-standing grá for Kerry and despite having money on the draw, I couldn't help but root for Cork during the second half of last Sunday's Munster final.
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Donny Mahoney Croke Park on Leinster hurling final day is a different version of itself. The Hill and the upper stands are uninhabited.
Michael McCarthy I never cease to be amazed by some of the cynicism, begrudgery and just general negativity we encounter on a nightly basis. It's very much in the minority, but it's constant.
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The resort consists of three properties, and this air-conditioned spa complex is one of the three. The hotel's concept is about combining sophisticated, spacious living and family-oriented luxury. The business hotel offers 264 rooms in total and welcomes guests into a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out services, a hotel safe, currency exchange facilities, a cloakroom and lift access. Further facilities include a hairdressing salon, games room, children's playground, kids' club, cafe, bar, restaurant and conference facilities. Guests may also take advantage of the Internet access, room and laundry services, and the car park and garage.
Important place or monument close to the hotel: Situated between the Mediterranean and the Paphos hills, 5km from town center. Nearest airport: Paphos Int'l Airport -22km.


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|Reggio Emilia
|— Comune —
|Comune di Reggio nell'Emilia
Piazza San Prospero in Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia
|Coordinates: [1] 44°42′N 10°38′E / 44.7°N 10.633°E
|Reggio Emilia (RE)
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|- Mayor
|Graziano Delrio (from July 1, 2004)
|- Total
|231 km2 (89.2 sq mi)
|58 m (190 ft)
|Population (31 March 2009)[1]
|- Total
|- Density
|718.5/km2 (1,860.9/sq mi)
|- Demonym
|Time zone
|- Summer (DST)
|Postal code
|Dialing code
|Patron saint
|San Prospero
|Saint day
|November 24
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Reggio Emilia (Latin: Regium Lepidi and Regium) is an affluent [2] city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants[1] and is the main comune (municipality) of the Province of Reggio Emilia. The Max Mara clothing line is headquartered in the city.
The town is also referred to by its more official name of Reggio nell'Emilia listen (help·info). The inhabitants of Reggio nell'Emilia (called Reggiani) usually call their town by the simple name of Reggio. In some ancient maps the town is also named Reggio di Lombardia.
The old town has an hexagonal form, which derives from the ancient walls, and the main buildings are from the 16th-17th centuries. The commune's territory is totally on a plain, crossed by the Crostolo stream.
Though not Roman in origin, Reggio began as an historical site with the construction by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus of the Via Aemilia, leading from Piacenza to Rimini (187 BC). Reggio became a judicial administration centre, with a forum called at first Regium Lepidi, then simply Regium, whence the city's current name.
During the Roman age Regium is cited only by Festus and Cicero, as one of the military stations on the Via Aemilia. However, it was a flourishing city, a Municipium with its own statutes, magistrates and art collegia.
Apollinaris of Ravenna brought Christianity in the 1st century CE. The sources confirm the presence of a bishopric in Reggio after the Edict of Milan (313). In 440 the Reggio's diocesis was submitted to Ravenna by Western Roman Empire Valentinianus III. At the end of the 4th century, however, Reggio had decayed so much that Saint Ambrose include it among the dilapidated cities. Damages were increased by Barbarian invasions. At the fall of the Western Empire (476), Reggio was part of the Odoacer's reign. In 489 it was in the Ostrogothic kingdom; later (539) it belonged to the Exarchate of Ravenna, but was conquered by Alboin's Lombards in 569. Reggio was chosen as Duchy of Reggio seat.
In 773 the Franks subjected Reggio, and Charlemagne gave the bishop royal authority over the city and established the diocese' limits (781). In 888 Reggio was handed over to the Kings of Italy. In 899 the Magyars heavily damaged it, killing Bishop Azzo II. As a result of this new walls were built. On October 31, 900, Emperor Louis III gave authority for the erection of a castrum (castle) in the city's centre.
In 1002 Reggio's territory, together with that of Parma, Brescia, Modena, Mantova and Ferrara, were merged into the mark of Tuscany, later held by Matilde of Canossa.
Reggio became a free commune around the end of the 11th or the beginning of the 12th century. In 1167 it was a member of the Lombard League and took part in the Battle of Legnano. In 1183 the city signed the Treaty of Konstanz, from which the city's consul, Rolando della Carità, received the imperial investiture. The subsequent peace spurred a period of prosperity: Reggio adopted new statutes, had a mint, schools with celebrated masters, and developed its trades and arts. It also increasingly subjugated the castles of the neighbouring areas.
The 12th and 13th century, however, were also a period of violent internal struggle, with parties of Scopiazzati and Mazzaperlini, and later those of Ruggeri and Malaguzzi, involved in bitter domestic rivalry. In 1152 Reggio also warred with Parma and in 1225 with Modena, as part of the general struggle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. In 1260 25,000 penitents, led by a Perugine hermit, entered the city, and this event calmed the situation for a while, spurring a momentous flourishing of religious fervour. But disputes soon resurfaced, and as early as 1265 the Ghibellines killed the Guelph's leader, Caco da Reggio, and gained preeminence. Arguments with the Bishop continued and two new parties formed, the Inferiori and Superiori. Final victory went to the latter.
To thwart the abuses of powerful families such as the Sessi, Fogliani and Canossa, the Senate of Reggio gave the city's rule for a period of three years to the Este member Obizzo II d'Este. This choice marked the future path of Reggio under the seignory of that family, as Obizzo continued to rule de facto after his mandate has ceased. His son Azzo was expelled by the Reggiani in 1306, creating a republic ruled by 800 common people. In 1310 the Emperor Henry VII imposed Marquis Spinetto Malaspina as vicar, but he was soon driven out. The republic ended in 1326 when Cardinal Bertrando del Poggetto annexed Reggio to the Papal States.
The city was subsequently under the suzerainty of John of Bohemia, Nicolò Fogliani and Martino della Scala, who in 1336 gave it to Luigi Gonzaga. Gonzaga built a citadel in the St. Nazario quarter, and destroyed 144 houses. In 1356 the Milanese Visconti, helped by 2,000 exiled Reggiani, captured the city, starting an unsettled period of powersharing with the Gonzaga. In the end the latter sold Reggio to the Visconti for 5,000 ducats. In 1405 Ottobono Terzi of Parma seized Reggio, but was killed by Michele Attendolo, who handed the city over to Nicolò III d'Este, who therefore became seignor of Reggio. The city however maintained a relevant autonomy, with laws and coinage of its own. Niccolò was succeeded by his illegitimate son Lionello, and, from 1450, by Borso d'Este.
In 1452 Borso was awarded the title of Duke of Reggio and Modena by Ferdinand III. Borso's successor, Ercole I, imposed heavy levies on the city and named the poet Matteo Maria Boiardo, born in the nearby town of Scandiano, as its governor. Later another famous Italian writer, Francesco Guicciardini, held the same position. In 1474, the great poet Ludovico Ariosto, author of Orlando Furioso, was born in a villa just outside the town ("Il Mauriziano"). He was the first son of a knight from Ferrara, who was in charge of the Citadel, and a noblewoman from Reggio, Daria Maleguzzi Valeri.
In 1513 Reggio was handed over to Pope Julius II. The city was returned to the Este after the death of Hadrian VI on September 29, 1523. In 1551 Ercole II d'Este destroyed the suburbs of the city in his program of reconstruction of the walls. At the end of the century work on the city's famous Basilica della Ghiara began, on the site where a miracle was believed to have occurred. The Este rule continued until 1796, with short interruptions in 1702 and 1733-1734.
The arrival of the republican French troops was greeted with enthusiasm in the city. On August 21, 1796, the ducal garrison of 600 men was driven off, and the Senate claimed the rule of Reggio and its duchy. On September 26, the Provisional Government's volunteers pushed back an Austrian column, in the Battle of Montechiarugolo. Though minor, this clash is considered the first one of the Italian Risorgimento. Napoleon himself awarded the Reggiani with 500 rifles and 4 guns. Later he occupied Emilia and formed a new province, the Cispadane Republic, whose existence was proclaimed in Reggio on January 7, 1797. The Italian national flag, named Il Tricolore (three-colours flag), was sewed on that occasion by Reggio women. In this period of patriotic fervour, Jozef Wybicki, a lieutenant in the Polish troops of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, an ally of Napoleon, composed the Mazurek Dąbrowskiego in Reggio, which in 1927 became the Polish national anthem.
The 1815 Treaty of Vienna returned Reggio to Francis IV d'Este, but in 1831 Modena rose up against him, and Reggio followed its example organizing a corps under the command of General Carlo Zucchi. However, on March 9, the Duke conquered the city with his escort of Austrian soldiers.
In 1848 Duke Francis V left his state fearing a revolution and Reggio proclaimed its union with Piemonte. The latter's defeat at the Novara brought the city back under the Estense control. In 1859 Reggio, under dictator Luigi Carlo Farini, became part of the united Italy and, with the plebiscite of March 10, 1860, definitively entered the new unified Kingdom.
Reggio then went through a period of economic and population growth from 1873 to the destruction of the ancient walls. In 1911 it had 70,000 inhabitants. A strong socialist tradition grew. On July 7, the city hosted the 13th National Congress of the Italian Socialist Party Later the Fascist régime oppressed Reggio's people because of these leanings and traditions. On July 26, 1943, the régime's fall was cheered with enthusiasm by the Reggiani. Numerous partisan bands were formed in the city and surrounding countryside.
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Reggio Emilia is a city in Emilia-Romagna, in the north of Italy. It's located on the Via Emilia, between Parma and Modena.
There's no major airport in Reggio Emilia. There is a national airport in Parma (50 km away). The town can be easily reached from Milano airport Linate or even better from the airport of Bologna, G. Marconi.
Being close to Bologna and Milano, the main hubs for train traffic in the north of Italy, it's relatively easy to reach Reggio Emilia by train. The train station within walking distance from the city center, and relatively safe compared to major cities train stations. From Milano and Bologna it's possible to book expensive and fast Eurostar trains, or just jump - without reservation - on a Regional train (slower, probably a bit dirty, but definitely cheaper).
Reggio Emilia is located on the Highway A1, that runs from Milano to Napoli, passing by Bologna, Firenze and Roma. Leaving from Milano the exit for Reggio Emilia is around 130, 140 km south. Coming from Bologna, the exit for Reggio Emilia is aroung 80 km north. The Milano-Reggio highway is usually busy even in the evening and early morning, but it's not so common to be stuck in a long queue for long periods of time. On the other hand, going from Reggio Emilia to Bologna, or passing Bologna, with the highway, can be a pain sometimes, because of traffic and roadworks.
The best Reggio Emilia can offer is all in the city center, so you probably won't need to get a taxi. Taxi are not so common in Reggio Emilia, it's almost impossible to see one around in the streets. If you need one, you can catch it at the train station, or just make sure to have phone numbers to call one.
The city center is usually very safe, and offers a nice environment for a walk, shopping, going out to eat (from very formal restaurant to a quick slice of pizza). Definetly the city offers the best in a slow pace walk.
Lambrusco Reggiano
The hills and the mountains in the south of Reggio Emilia are definitely worth a visit, but you can reach some areas only if you have a car or a motorbike. The main locations will be served also by public transports (bus). If you travel by bus make sure to buy your return ticket before leaving Reggio and to check the time tables, as there's no public transport in the evening and in the night.
Some places you should visit if you're in Reggio Emilia:
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REGGIO NELL' EMILIA, a city and episcopal see of Emilia, Italy, the capital of the province of Reggio nell' Emilia (till 1859 part of the duchy of Modena), 38 m. by rail N.W. of Bologna. Pop. (1906) 19,681 (town); 64,548 (commune). The cathedral, originally erected in the 12th century, was reconstructed in the 15th and 16th; the façade shows traces of both periods, the Renaissance work being complete only in the lower portion.
S. Prospero, close by, has a facade of 1504, in which are incorporated six marble lions belonging to the original Romanesque edifice. The Madonna della Ghiara, built in 1597 in the form of a Greek cross, and restored in 1900, is beautifully proportioned and finely decorated in stucco and with frescoes of the Bolognese school of the early 17th century. There are several good palaces of the early Renaissance, a fine theatre (1857) and a museum containing important palaeo-ethnological collections, ancient and medieval sculptures, and the natural history collection of Spallanzani. Lodovico Ariosto, the poet (1474-1533), was born in Reggio, and his father's house is still preserved. The industries embrace the making of cheese, objects in cement, matches, and brushes, the production of silkworms, and printing; and the town is the centre of a rich agricultural district. It lies on the main line between Bologna and Milan, and is connected by branch lines with Guastalla and Sassuolo (hence a line to Modena).
Regium Lepidi or Regium Lepidum was probably founded by M. Aemilius Lepidus at the time of the construction of the Via Aemilia (187 B.C.). It lay upon this road, half-way between Mutina and Parma. It was during the Roman period a flourishing municipium, but perhaps never became a colony; and it is associated with no event more interesting than the assassination of M. Brutus, the father of Caesar's friend and foe. The bishopric dates perhaps from the 4th century A.D. Under the Lombards the town was the seat of dukes and counts; in the 12th and 13th centuries it formed a flourishing republic, busied in surrounding itself with walls (1229), controlling the Crostolo and constructing navigable canals to the Po, coining money of its own, and establishing prosperous schools. About 1290 it first passed into the hands of Obizzo d'Este, and the authority of the Este family was after many vicissitudes more formally recognized in 1409. In the contest for liberty which began in 1796 and closed with annexation to Piedmont in 1859, Reggio took vigorous part.
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Sweet, with bittersweet memories.
This morning, as I cut up some fresh, ripe California strawberries for breakfast, I found myself thinking back to April days in the late 1980s.
Back then, I worked as an Internal Auditor for ADP. Each spring, in April, they'd send a team of us — usually 3 or 4 auditors — out to their La Palma, CA location. In those days, I lived in New Jersey with the man I'd later marry and a three-week trip to California at the tail end of winter was like a gift from heaven.
They put us up in the Embassy Suites (now a Radisson Suites) up the road from Knotts Berry Farm, each in our own suite. (Back in those days, a "suite" was really two rooms.) Great breakfast every day, happy hour every evening. We really got to know the staff and used to party with them once in a while. There was one rental car for each pair of us, so ground transportation was not a problem. 9 to 5 at the office a few miles away, then on our own with expense accounts for R&R in the evenings.
There was a set of high tension power lines running alongside the hotel's property. And there, under the power lines, they farmed strawberries.
That's not the only place, of course, Fresh local strawberries were all over southern California in April. Strawberry shortcake in every restaurant. I especially remember a place near Disneyland in Anaheim. My brain keeps telling me it was called Carroll's, but I can't find it in Google. We joked that it was Paul Bunyan's restaurant — the portions were enormous. Even the flatware was huge — a soup spoon could not fit in my mouth. The strawberry shortcake there could feed a whole table of people.
On weekends, we had the option of sticking around or using our hotel allowance to pay for lodging elsewhere. One year, I met up with fellow auditors working in the San Francisco area for a trip to Lake Tahoe where they skied and I sipped spiked hot cocoa. Another year, we went to La Jolla and stayed in a hotel on the coast with a trip into Tijuana.
The trips to California were three weeks long and we were given a choice: fly home one of the two weekends or have someone from home fly out to California. Each year, my future wasband would fly out on the second weekend. (That was back in the days when he preferred to spend his vacation time with me rather than with his mother.) We'd do something fun together over the weekend and then he'd spend the week goofing off while we worked, taking the rental car to explore the area. He saw the Spruce Goose and Queen Mary, drove up the coast, and did all kinds of things during his free vacation. At 5 PM, he'd be back in the parking lot with the rental car to pick us up.
When the job was over, I'd take my vacation, tacking a week on to the end of the trip. One year, we drove out to Death Valley and Las Vegas. Another year, we explored Kings Canyon, Sequoia, and Yosemite National Parks. We'd car camp — he'd bring our camping gear with him in a big duffle bag — and explore. They were some of the best vacations I had, visiting beautiful places with the man I loved, back when he seemed more interested in the beauty of the world around us and having fun than buying expensive cars and other assets he didn't need and couldn't afford. Best of all, the trips were remarkably affordable with the airfare for both of us covered by my employer.
When I moved out of my Wickenburg home last year, I left behind the photos I took on those trips. They're in photo albums of prints painstakingly laid out afterwards to share with family and friends. I wanted to forget that part of my life and the man, now dead, who I shared it with. But too many memories survive, even without the photos.
And they can be triggered by something as simple as the look, smell, and taste of fresh, ripe strawberries from California.


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Android turns five: a brief look at its history
Yesterday, Android turned five-years-old. It's hard to believe, isn't it? They grow up so quick.
Although I didn't personally jump on the Android bandwagon in 2008 with the launch of the HTC Dream, more commonly known as the T-Mobile G1 here in the States, I do consider myself an early adopter of the platform. I was first in line in my area to pick up the G1's close cousin, the Hero which launched on Sprint the following August.
Since the world's most popular mobile platform is five-years-old, we figured it would be fitting to recount the history and bask in the awesome achievements Android has made is only a half decade.
On September 23, 2008, the T-Mobile G1 was released to the public, marking the actual (public) birth of the long-awaited and highly anticipated Android OS. It was then in one of its most simple forms and just barely out of beta. The application drawer was … actually a virtual drawer which was pulled up from the bottom of the display. The interface was heavily engineered with little to no polish from designers. And a display resolution of 480 by 320 pixels, only 192MB RAM, and 256MB internal storage were typical.
In under one year's time, Android's rapid growth had already kick-started. The HTC Hero was released internationally, and it landed on Sprint in the US with its own look. The necessary storage space doubled and RAM was increased to 288MB, the processor was a single-core 528MHz ARM 11, and the HVGA 3.2-inch display remained.
Although the G1 originally launched with Android 1.0, both the Hero and G1 ran Android 1.5 for the majority of their shelf lives, though 1.6 Donut had been released shortly before the G1's release in September 2008. The appearance of Android on these two phones, however, had already changed drastically, but not at the hand of Google's developers. HTC puts its own twist on the open source software in the form of Sense, which had already been popularized on Windows Mobile. Custom icons, widgets, home screens, wallpapers, and all other elements were packaged into a launcher replacement. Just a few steps stood between you running Sense or (mostly) stock Android 1.5 on your HTC Hero.
Samsung and Sony Ericsson also released Android devices in 2009, and HTC released two more – the Magic and Tattoo. But in 2009 one manufacturer was solely responsible for sending Android on the wild ride to the top of the mobile industry: Motorola. In November, Motorola released the Milestone, also known as the original DROID on Verizon in the States. Its 854 by 480 pixel 3.7-inch display was impressive, its horizontal QWERTY made the touchscreen transition easier for BlackBerry converts, and it was a marvel in design – something consumers had not yet seen from any Android devices. But most of all, the DROID/Milestone were important because they were launch devices for the latest version of Android at the time, version 2.0, codenamed Eclair.
While Android 2.0 added some polish to the platform, it wasn't the most impressive or feature-packed update of the time. In early 2010, Google announced and released its own device, the Nexus One, manufactured by HTC. It came with 512MB RAM and 512MB storage, a 1GHz Scorpion processor with Adreno 200 GPU, and a 3.7-inch 800 by 480 pixel display. It was released with Android version 2.1, which was still Eclair. But in May 2010, Froyo was released with yet another major UI change. The virtual app drawer was traded for a soft button shortcut to all applications. Adobe Flash support was added, as well as USB tethering support. Zoom gestures were built-in, support for 720p displays was added, and application installation on external storage was included.
But all these changes were only the beginning to Android's bright future in 2010.
In Q1, Gartner reported Symbian held 44.3 percent of the global smartphone market share. Research In Motion fell in second with 19.4 percent share, and Apple's iOS (then iPhone OS) held 15.4 percent share. Android was the fourth-largest smartphone OS with just 9.6 percent market share.
Not long after that report, however, two other major Android devices were released: the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint and the DROID X on Verizon. By Q4 2010, Android had grown to 22.7 percent market share, bumping Research In Motion and Apple to third and fourth in global smartphone market share, respectively. And it even cut into Symbian's share, which fell from 44.3 to 37.6 percent.
By this time, a handful of manufacturers had begun developing various smartphones. The original Galaxy S line was revealed in its many different forms, such as the Epic 4G Touch, Captivate, Infuse, Vibrant, etc., and the Nexus S launched; HTC launched the G2, Incredible, EVO 4G, myTouch 4G, and more; LG kick-started its Optimus brand with the Optimus T, Optimus One, etc.; and Motorola, of course, released the DROID X and the DROID 2.
In August, Google announced it had hit the one billion application downloads milestone from Android Market, and in October, Android Market had reached 100,000 applications.
At the very end of the year, Android was updated once again to version 2.3, Gingerbread. The interface changed, once again. The white notification shade was swapped for a cleaner black shade, the 3D effect in the dock at the bottom of the home screen was swapped for a flat gray, and a green accent color was added to the existing orange accent.
Fast forward just one more quarter, to Q1 2011, and Android surpassed Symbian to become the top smartphone OS in the world with 36 percent global market share. Symbian fell from 37.6 to 27.4 percent. From that point to today, Android has dominated the mobile industry.
Gingerbread was updated several times, from version 2.3 to 2.3.7, adding features like Google Wallet support, voice and video chat in Google Talk, battery efficiency, and much more. In February, Google introduced the forked version of Android, solely for tablets, Android 3.0 Honeycomb. This was the beginning of Matias Duarte's handiwork.
Dozens of new smartphones were announced and released in the span of 12 months, in no particular order: HTC Amaze 4G, ThunderBolt, Incredible S, Sensation, Amaze 4G, Desire HD, Desire S, ChaCa, Salsa, EVO 3D, EVO Shift 4G, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II (multiple variants), Galaxy Note, Infuse, DROID Charge, Motorola DROID RAZR, DROID RAZR MAXX, Defy, DROID BIONIC, Atrix, LG Optimus 2X, Optimus 3D, Optimus Black, Sony Xperia Arc, and many, many more.
Of those the HTC ThunderBolt was the first LTE-enabled smartphone, and the Atrix came equipped with a fingerprint scanner. And the first major fork of Android was created with Amazon's affordable Kindle Fire e-reader/tablet hybrid.
In December, Google announced yet another version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, version 4.0. With many hints from the tablet-specific Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich was the turning point for the Android interface. This version was much cleaner, trading gradients and 3D elements for flat and black with blue neon accents. For all intents and purposes, this is the Android UI we still use today, with only minor changes and improvements being made along the way.
By the end of 2011, Android's global market share had grown to a staggering 50.9 percent, more than double the share of iOS with 23.8 percent. Android Market had also grown at an unbelievable rate. It blew past the 10 billion application download milestone, offering over 380,000 applications.
Building on its insurmountable success, 2012 was on of the best years for Android, both on a scale of growth, penetration, hardware, and software innovation.
Some of the most popular Android smartphones ever were introduced: the Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II, HTC One X, Nexus 4, DROID DNA, and several more. Motorola introduced the DROID RAZR HD and RAZR MAXX HD, and LG released the Optimus G.
The first of these devices were among the first to sport 720p displays, which were markedly better than the WXGA displays of their predecessors. But the DROID DNA was one of the first smartphones with a 1080p display. And among these were the first quad-core smartphones, as well. Camera technology greatly improved, standard battery capacity began exceeding 2,000mAh, and standard RAM and storage were increased to 2GB and 16GB, respectively. It was undoubtedly a great year for hardware manufacturers and progression.
Google also focused on brand consolidation, streamlining its UI and products, and developing a passable ecosystem. Gone was Android Market and in came Google Play. It introduced Play Books, Play Magazines, Play Movies & TV, and Play Music. The Google Play Store was updated to be much more user-friendly. And the bigger picture started to come together.
In July, the most recent version of Android was announced, Jelly Bean. Stretching from Android 4.1 to (currently) 4.3, Jelly Bean is the most significant update to Android to date. Performance was made buttery smooth, thanks to Project Butter, and huge feature updates were added over the course of the following 12 months. With Jelly Bean, tablets and smartphones also share the same interface.
By the end of Q4 2012, Android had reached nearly 70 percent of the global smartphone market share, causing Microsoft, Research In Motion, Symbian, and others to fall into the single digits. Apple's iOS also fell to 20.9 percent share from 23.8 in the same quarter the previous year. Google Play had also grown to over 700,000 applications by October, following the 25 billion downloads mark in September.
All of that brings us to the current year. The crazy part? Most of these things only scratch the surface. Needless to say, it has been a seriously wild five years for Android.
There have more than a couple forks of Android, at least one raising $7 million in funding; more than one billion Android devices have been activated to date; there are over one million applications available via Google Play, totaling over 50 billion downloads; and Android has captured a staggering 79 percent of the global smartphone market share, as of Q2 2013.
Some of the most impressive hardware and specifications are among us and belong solely to Android smartphones, such as Samsung's Exynos Octa chipset and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 chip, 1080p displays, 3GB RAM, and much more.
Android KitKat is on the horizon, as well as a new Nexus handset and impressive smartphones like the Galaxy Note 3 or HTC One Max.
It has been an awesome five years for the Android team and platform, and we can't wait to see where 2014 and the rest of 2013 take it.
For more info on the version history and feature background of Android, visit the Android developer website.


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English | 2009-06-24 | ISBN: 1439814317 | 300 pages | PDF | four,2 MB
This ebook is a complete information for creating an efficient preventive upkeep program for any facility. Subjects embrace facility inspection and evaluation, efficient lubrication practices, business roofing restore, indoor air high quality administration, relevant authorities codes, requirements and laws, detailed preventive upkeep procedures, and upkeep scheduling.
Particular upkeep approaches are examined for greater than 100 kinds of gear and constructing elements. Additionally mentioned are the financial worth of preventive upkeep, administration and motivation of the preventive upkeep workforce, and establishing a computerized upkeep administration system (CMMS).