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Praying for a wild World Cup finish
For those of you who pray, take a minute and drop a few words into the big guy's ear asking that the 2014 World Cup final provides a fitting end to this month long celebration of soccer.
The ideal ending between Argentina and Germany would be a 4-3 game finish with either team winning. The first half would end 1-1 and then starting at the 70-minute mark teams would alternate scoring a goal every five minutes until the end of the match.
Of course that's an unbelievable fairytale finish but you can always dream.
If one was to truly predict what kind of game Sunday's World Cup final between Argentina and Germany would be, it would certainly not promise the kind of crazy finish many hope for.
Reality dictates that the game will likely be very conservative unless someone gets lucky and scores an early goal.
The form chart has Germany carrying the bulk of the play pounding away at an Argentina team that's strength has morphed from offence to defence.
Argentina will attempt to follow the pattern of success they've established over its past three games. Stay organized defensively and avoid leaving any openings or making mistakes.
If Germany gets a little impatient and presses too many men forward, Argentina will take the opportunity to counterattack and try to steal a goal.
Millions of fans who love offensive soccer pray Germany decides to throw its considerable attacking depth forward and scores an early goal.
The game would really be afoot then, as Sherlock Holmes would say.
But World Cup finals are not like other championship games. Not many players have won a World Cup and the idea of lifting the trophy makes even the most ruthless players a little more conservative and makes high-risk, high-reward players think twice before doing something that jeopardizes their team's chance at a title.
Some players will deny feeling fear in a final, yet it is actually the overriding emotion for many.
The pressure is so intense, the scrutiny so great and the criticism so virulent that it takes a player with great strength to play the game the way he normally does.
Germany will be looking for its fourth World Cup title. It saw what Argentina's defence did to the Netherlands and understands that Argentina will be patient enough to go to penalties if it has to. After all, Germany is heavily favoured.
Argentina will attempt to do to Germany what they did to the Netherlands. They will sit back and allow Ezequiel Garay, Pablo Zabaleta, Javier Mascherano, Martin Demichelis and others to absorb all the pressure until Germany wears out.
Then Argentina will steal a goal or win it in a shootout.
But Germany isn't the Netherlands.
When Germany steps onto the pitch they will be a well-rested team that played a laugher against Brazil in the semifinals. Technically, the Germans will have had an extra day of rest because Argentina played its semi a day later. The ease of their win over Brazil, combined with the intense 120 minutes La Albiceleste played against the Dutch, actually gives them a much better advantage.
Unlike its game against the Netherlands, Argentina will have to do a lot more than stop two players. After Argentina were able to shut down Arjen Robben and Robin Van Persie the Dutch were done.
Argentina may be able to stop Thomas Muller or Miroslav Klose, but the Germans have such enormous depth they can keep running out offensive players like Mario Gotze, Andre Schurrle and Toni Kroos to batter away at the Argentines.
It will be difficult for a tired Argentina to shut all those players down for 90 minutes.
Let's hope they can't. Let's hope Germany or Argentina get one early. Let's hope this game turns into a wild denouement for a tournament that has been unpredictable and at many times has provided fans with a ride they aren't used to.
It's a long shot, but the way this tournament has gone the unexpected has often happened.
Besides, you can always pray.
*Goal GIFs via @myregularface of GIFgoldmine.com


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Magic Lyrics
The devils got a grin like a kid in a candy store, like were building sand castles on mom's table tops. You can rest assured that were using dirty words like we've got nothing to lose. I believe there is magic in the air. Honestly, we are far beyond repair. I swear I want to take you there; we are everything that we fear. In the end, I want to take you there. Everything is tragic and we're all fagots. God is automatic and life is T.V. static.
You can rest assured that we're going to find a cure because we've got the same disease. In this condition you're my prescription. You fill me up when I've got nothing to give. Sentimental, I've got a fist full. I think it's obvious you're lacking fire, your revolution is only fashion-- all dressed up with no place to go.


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Desperate for regular cricket clashes with India, the PCB is hoping to convince the BCCI to host a tri-series later this year when the officials from the two boards come face to face during an Asian Cricket Council meeting in Chennai on Saturday.
Reliable sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board said that chief operating officer Subhan Ahmad will not only attend a meeting of the ACC but also hold discussions with BCCI officials.
"There is a strong chance that the BCCI might propose to have a tri-series sometime in December in India with Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the PCB is ready to accept this invitation," one source said.
He said even if the tri-series led to some rescheduling of Pakistan's home series against Sri Lanka in the UAE in December-January, the PCB and Sri Lanka Cricket would work out a joint solution.
"The PCB has got feelers from India that it is contemplating having the tri-series after having decided to curtail its tour to South Africa late in the year," the source said.
The BCCI is presently in disagreement with Cricket South Africa over the number of matches to be played in the series and on Wednesday even the ICC came out in favour of South Africa.
"But the Indians are clearly not happy with the re-entry of Haroon Lorgat into Cricket South Africa and are now thinking about the tri-series with Pakistan and India," he added.
Pakistan had toured India last December to play a short one-day series that marked the revival of bilateral series between the two nations after 2007.
The source said the PCB is hoping that Ahmad would convince the Indian board to also talk in terms of a bilateral cricket series soon.
"PCB is keen for the tri-series as it will guarantee good money for both Pakistan and Sri Lanka," he added.
But the possible tri-series also comes at a time when the Indian government has not issued visas to the Faisalabad Wolves team to take part in the Champions League tournament.
"Subhan might also discuss this issue with the Indians. But apparently one thing is clear he is going there after the PCB got some sort of signal from the government," he said.
Pakistan's former captain Wasim Akram also told reporters that Pakistan and India needed to have bilateral cricket ties.
"I have always said that politics should be kept apart from sports. If Pakistan and India play regularly against each other it will be good for the players of both sides."
"I have played many times against India and I know these matches are very special and unique and have pressure not only for the players but also for the people of both countries. In the past there is no doubt that cricket has played a big role in improving relations between the two nations," he said.
Doubts surface over India's tour of SA
Desperate for regular cricket clashes with India, the PCB is hoping to convince the BCCI to host a tri-series later this year when the officials from the two boards come face to face during an Asian Cricket Council meeting in Chennai on Saturday.


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Say NO to Veolia/City Union Busting! Hands off the Boston School Bus Union 5! Veolia fired two more of the five, today, totaling four fired and one suspended! Demo Against Veolia When: Saturday Nov 09 at 3PM Where: 1720 Broadway, Oakland . Oakland action: https://www.facebook.com/events/418384614951137/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar Boston info: web http://bostonschoolbus5.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Solidarity-the-Voice-of-United-School-Bus-Union-Workers/300080180003514?directed_target_id=0 . – Vice President Steven Gillis (fired 11/1/13), Grievance Chair and Local founder Stevan Kirschbaum (fired 11/1/13), with the following three suspended and threatened with firing: Recording Secretary and Charlestown Chief Steward Andre Francois, Steward and Local founder Richard … Continued
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Gallery: 10 Movie Protagonists Worse Than Mark Zuckerberg
At the beginning of The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg's (Jesse Eisenberg) girlfriend calls him an asshole. He then goes home and writes a long angry screed about how tiny her breasts are online, thus proving her right. In fact, the whole plot of The Social Network could very well revolve around "what does it mean to be an asshole?" And the answer is "behaving like the movie version of Mark Zuckerberg, maybe." But is Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network the biggest movie protagonist asshole we've ever seen? Not by a long shot. Here are some douchebags and baguettes who do more than steal the Winklevoss twins' idea.
(Also, it's impossible for me to talk about Citizen Kane without including this trailer for a remake of Kane, "now with more dick kicking", so here:


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Iris shorts from Colette Patterns.
Added May 1, 2012
by LaraGa
Edmonton, Canada
It's been ages since I have posted a project, and tonight I have 2! These are my Iris shorts, and I am really proud of them. This is my first time making anything that was 'pants like', and I think they turned out really well. More details and pictures can be found on my blog .
Material Notes
Cotton twill, quilting cotton for the inner waistband and pocket bags.
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May 21, 2012, 04.03 AMby buddingnaturalist
Nice. I haven't made any Collette patterns yet (nor will I in the future I think…) but these look cool on you. The top is pretty too is it self made?
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2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class Values
Select a 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class trim level
2012 model year changes
The Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class has been entirely redesigned for 2012 for the first time since its introduction in 2006. The new model gets new proportions, a sportier stance, much-improved aerodynamics and an entirely new lineup of twin-turbo V8 engines. The CLS-Class also includes some of the latest safety and technology features from Mercedes-Benz.
Competitive comparison
Strong turbo V8 engines; class-leading tech and safety features; superb cabin materials; high-speed poise; a sports coupe look in a 4-door package
Special features for 2012
Mercedes-Benz calls the CLS-Class a coupe, but it's actually a 4-door sedan that's considerably more curvaceous than most sedans. It's also part of a growing group of models that are curvier than traditional luxury sedans--including the Audi A7 and Porsche Panamera. But while both of those other models come with hatches, the CLS-Class has a trunk. For many shoppers, the relative rarity of the CLS-Class is a selling point; it looks like no other car out there. Performance is another reason to pick the CLS-Class; with new twin-turbo V8s, it performs even better than before with better gas mileage. And there are also a number of tech firsts in the CLS-Class, including the world's first LED headlights.
All new for 2012, the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class is a four-door luxury sedan powered by a 4.6-liter twin turbocharged V8 engine that produces 402 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque. Pairing the RWD with a 7-speed automatic transmission enables the CLS550 to achieve an EPA estimated 16 mpg city and 24 mpg highway. Upgrading to the AMG variant, dubbed CLS63, will grant the driver a handcrafted 5.5-liter bi-turbocharged V8 engine for a 0-60 time of 4.4 seconds. An optional AMG performance package boosts engine performance to a whopping 550 hp. Features include bi-xenon headlamps, 19-inch wheels, sport steering wheel, power tilt/sliding sunroof, rear view camera, power rear window sunshade, heated/ventilated front seats, keyless start, navigation system, heated steering wheel, park assist, premium sound system with media interface, rear seat entertainment system, 6-disc CD/DVD changer, and hands-free phone capabilities. Safety is comprised of 12-way airbag protection, active blind spot assist, active lane keeping assist, adaptive high beam assist, adaptive damping system, anti-lock braking, brake assist, and electronic stability control. The CLS-Class is backed by a 4-year/50,000-mile warranty.


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i have the new olpc and when i click a activity that i have downloaded it starts regularly with the flashing icon. but then the activity just stops running and the icon is not even on the dock. what should i do.
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ncarrol wrote:What do you mean by "a activitiy that I have downloaded"? The standard bundle of activities should already be on your XO.
Do the standard activities work? For example, try Browse (picture of Globe of Planet).
If you are downloading special activities, what are they?
If things "freeze", you can always power down by holding in the power button for 10 seconds.
If the standard activities do not work, then you may have to do a clean install of the software (easy two click download on PC on internet and with USB flash drive ($5 from WalMart). The software could have become corrupted during cold weather shipping.
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Paul's opening exhortation is framed by two imperatives, both of which convey his deep concern to evangelize the lost. The community that God has called out of the world for salvation by the gospel (see Rom 10:8) is called in turn to preach that gospel; evangelism is the church's vocation. The work of evangelism includes prayer (4:2-4) as well as proclamation (4:5-6)--a point already highlighted in the letter's opening words (1:5-9). In fact, this concluding passage connects well with Paul's opening thanksgiving (1:3-12). So Paul's exhortations to pray for the church's mission (4:2-4) and to be wise toward outsiders (4:5) form a sort of bookend, paired with its opening thanksgiving, bringing into even clearer focus the purpose of the letter's main body. That is, Paul's interest in correcting the errant philosophy concerns the church's vocation; the Christless teaching and ascetic morality of the "hollow and deceptive philosophy" (2:8) threaten the church's evangelistic mission to outsiders.
Paul is first of all concerned with his readers' prayer life, and he commends three characteristics of effective prayer to them. The opening imperative, devote yourselves (proskartereite), is frequently used regarding prayer in the New Testament (especially in Acts: 1:14; 2:42, 46, etc.) and suggests a gritty determination not to give up until God's response comes (compare Lk 18:1-8). The second phrase, being watchful, may imply a perspective toward the future, when Christ returns and God will answer every prayer fully. Most commentators are inclined not to find a futuristic meaning in this phrase because of Paul's emphasis in Colossians on a realized eschatology; but I disagree. Paul's opening thanksgiving is grounded in the congregation's future hope (1:5) and restated as the aim of his Gentile mission (1:22, 28). The congregation is called to pray in the confident expectation that it will be made acceptable before God at Christ's return (Schweizer 1982:172). In addition, the word for watchful (gregoreo) modifies and intensifies Paul's exhortation to pray, calling for vigilance or alertness to petition God for all that agrees with God's eschatological plans. In the immediate context, persistent and vigilant prayer is an ingredient of the church's evangelistic mission: believers must pray that those in need of God's salvation be converted before Christ returns.
The third characteristic of prayer, thankful, suggests two possible meanings. A thankful prayer expects God's answers (see 1:12; Wright 1987:152). Since this exhortation concerns the church's evangelistic mission, a thankful prayer also acknowledges that salvation finally belongs to the Lord and is the work of God's grace.
The more specific object of the congregation's intercessory prayer is that God may open a door for our message. The meaning of the "opened door" metaphor is debated among scholars (see Wright 1987:152). Elsewhere in Paul's writing the image refers to the occasion for conversion granted by God through the preaching of the gospel (1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:14; compare Acts 14:27). No doubt this is the primary meaning intended by Paul here. But Paul may well have placed this phrase in an inverted and parallel relationship with the next two phrases, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. If this is the case, then the church's message is more specifically the mystery of Christ (compare 1:26-7). Thus to pray for an "opened door" is to pray that Paul's prison door be opened by God's grace so that he will be "given another chance to preach" God's gospel (see Lohse 1972:165).
The transition from the plural our message to the singular I am in chains no doubt is intended to underscore the difficulty of Paul's personal situation. While he is called by God to proclaim the mystery of Christ, he cannot do what he should because he is in prison. In effect, then, the community prays that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven: that God open the door of Paul's prison, setting him free to reveal the mystery of Christ, which is that Christ is for Gentiles too, and that he is the "hope of glory" for them as well (1:27).
Paul's second imperative to the Colossians is to be wise in the way you act toward outsiders. The word outsiders generally refers to non-Christians (1 Cor 5:12-13; 1 Thess 4:11-12). In rabbinical use, however, it may include believers who stand outside correct teaching. Perhaps Paul has both groups in mind, including those persuaded by the false teachers along with the lost of the world, since the ministry of evangelism includes both. Moreover, he would have been especially concerned about the negative effect immature believers have on the lost. Since we authenticate God's salvation by our lives and words, we can either impugn or enhance God's reputation by bad or good example (Lohse 1972:167). How many non-Christians justify their unbelief by testimonies of a Christian's hypocrisy! To excuse our sins by referring to our spiritual immaturity or by pointing out the Lord's perfect love will simply not do. In Christ's earthly absence, the church remains the conduit of the word of truth on earth, for good or for ill. If we remain in vice and despair, without any indication that God's grace makes a difference, who but the fool will believe the claims of the gospel? For this reason Paul calls us to life grounded in a wisdom that knows God and remains committed to the trustworthiness of the gospel (1:9-10; compare 1:28; 2:3; 3:16).
With respect to the ministry of evangelism, the exhortation to be wise suggests two concerns. First, the wise community exploits every opportunity it is given for evangelism. Watchful prayer makes one keenly sensitive to people and setting. In fact, O'Brien suggests that the middle voice of the verb make the most signifies "the personal interest" or involvement of believers in their environment (1982:241). But the reason for our activism is pointed and clear: this is a call not so much to be a "good Samaritan" as to share with Paul in the work of evangelism. Second, the wise community, eager to proclaim the gospel, engages the lost in conversation [that is] full of grace, seasoned with salt. This last phrase, so graphic and memorable, captures the wisdom of ancient rhetoric: ideological substance without personal style fails to convince people. If a believer, who has a wonderful story of conversion to tell, cannot tell it in a "salty," interesting way, the story will not be heard. Of course, lively stories, like "fine-sounding arguments," are sometimes used in the service of lifeless substance. In this case, however, the communication of the "word of truth" is undermined by uninteresting or incoherent words.
Paul may have mentioned grace to link human graciousness, a characteristic of effective communication, with divine grace. In this sense, the gospel of God's saving grace will find its audience through a gospel ministry characterized by a generous civility (see 3:12). The spiritual triumphalism that some evangelists exemplify today not only fails to edify the church but fails to attract an unsaved audience as well. Yet their rhetoric is often "salty," full of vibrant images and pungency, hardly dull and never boring. Evangelists know that an audience will never be attracted to new life by lifeless words, old cliches and tired slogans! Paul's wise exhortation is to bring humane graciousness together with carefully chosen words in our preaching ministry.
The meaning of the final phrase, so that you may know how to answer everyone, depends on whether it expresses the result of "gracious and salty" proclamation or describes its occasion. Probably the latter option fits this context best: the evangelist who makes the most of every opportunity finds a "gracious and salty" answer for every sincere query or malicious challenge facing the church.
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Leo Hollis should have had me at the title. His book "Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis" seeks to articulate something I take as an article of faith: Cities are the only place to live.
And yet, even the title highlights some of the problems with this uneven inquiry into urban life. It might have been radical to champion the city 30 years ago, when crime rates were high and the middle-class exodus to the suburbs remained in full swing. We live, however, in a different era, when cities all over the world (including Los Angeles) have redefined themselves, reversing the suburbanizing trend.
With that in mind, do we really need, as Hollis writes, "a rallying cry for the reclamation of the city from the grumbles of the skeptical and the stuck-in-the-mud naysayers"?
This is hardly an academic question; your response will likely determine how you feel about "Cities Are Good for You." For me, it's a mixed bag, by turns vivid and pedantic, with a discomforting tendency toward boosterism.
Hollis — who has written two books about London, where he lives — sees the city as a landscape of limitless possibility that may hold the key to our survival, since we are increasingly "an urban species." He explains: "In 2007 the UN announced that for the first time in human history 50 per cent of the world's population now lives in cities. … This number is rising at a rate of 180,000 every day; by 2050, it is projected that 75 per cent of the world's populations will live in cities."
When Hollis refers to this expanding urban population, he's not talking about the traditional cities of the West. Indeed, he spends much of the book discussing cities such as Shanghai, Singapore and Dubai, which operate according to a different model.
His thesis, which he uses these metropolitan models to illustrate, is that "the city is not a rational, ordered place but a complex space that has more in common with natural organisms such as beehives or ant colonies" — complexity theory, in other words, which means that our cities are less inventions than entities, evolving from the ground up, and that the basic unit — the cell, if you will — is the street.
Such an argument has its roots in Jane Jacobs' groundbreaking 1961 study "The Death and Life of American Cities." Hollis invokes Jacobs often, citing her contention that "[i]t was the street itself that was the principal object of study, and the metropolis's organizing force."
Jacobs was right, of course, as is Hollis about the city as complex mechanism, and when these two related ideas are working, "Cities Are Good for You" begins to sing. Unfortunately, this also highlights a key issue, which is that Hollis spends too little time in the street. His accounts of various cities — Beijing in the days of Marco Polo, New York in the 1960s, contemporary Bangalore with its IT economy — skim over the question of what they feel like, what we might call their quality of life.
"The divide between the ambitious dream and the evidence on the ground," he writes of Mumbai, "became clear as soon as I left Bandra station. … An elevated walkway — the skywalk — rose from the station concourse above the tracks and then continued to direct me along a lengthy covered pathway. From this height it soon became apparent that the walkway was not just avoiding the rail lines but also a squatters' colony that stood only a few yards across a rubbish heap from the busy tracks." Hollis gives a few details about this "no-man's land of the city," but he never does get down in it, preferring to observe from above.
This becomes increasingly problematic as "Cities Are Good for You" progresses, cycling through a checklist of urban issues: transportation, walkability, sustainability, inequity, design. It's not that Hollis is uninformed; he knows the territory and is at his best when bringing in unexpected elements, such as the rise of cellphone banking in Africa or the use of social media to mobilize protest movements, to illustrate the connections by which we are now bound.
The point, perhaps, is that the Earth is becoming one vast urban matrix. Still, the unanswered question is what it means for the daily life of actual people on the street.
That's a contradiction Hollis doesn't seem to recognize. In his view, dynamism trumps all, making the Mumbai slum of Dharavi an expression of "the ingenuity economy, the economy of improvisation and self-reliance" and London's high-tech Silicon Roundabout a reflection of "the same energy and innovation that could be felt amongst the canals and squares of seventeenth-century Amsterdam."
It's a bit of a stretch, I think, and it undermines a central issue, which is that such dynamism is not only more fraught than Hollis suggests but also more specific: a function not of cities in general but of each city in particular, developing and evolving in its own way.
Cities Are Good for You
The Genius of the Metropolis
Leo Hollis
Bloomsbury Press: 408 pp., $28


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Recent updates of EasyMail have large red icons that match the default UI wonderfully but clash terribly with Aurora/RealUI. I've made some quick and dirty reskins in Gimp. This is just a reskin, so no class colored highlights or anything fancy like that. Art assets used include the images from EasyMail as well as Aurora Missing Textures. All thanks goes to their respective authors.
To install, unzip the folder. Copy the images folder to the EasyMail folder and override everything.


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|2011-05-03, 22:43
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We're Back
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Discord
Age: 30
... No seriously, is it really that shocking for a kid to know that kissing equals affection? The whole world isn't exactly trying to keep it a secret
|2011-05-04, 13:01
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Not Enough Sleep
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Also just because we don't see her parents then doesn't really mean much. Unless she grew entirely alone in the Castle. She at least had some contact with her parents before they died/disappear.
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I disagree with you all.
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|2011-05-04, 22:11
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She does have a family though, since at some point during the EotW arc (I think by the time Hayate was trying to get that ring for Athena), a newspaper was shown and in it there was an article that said something like "The whereabouts of the daughter of the Tennōsu remain unknown." So, she's not some magical girl born from the force. She does have a family - or used to have one.
|2011-05-08, 02:11
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 29
Just began reading Hayate for a couple weeks now...damn, that whole Golden Week arc really bludgeoned me over the head with this manga's awesomeness. I never thought such an absurd moe comedy manga could manage to pull out such an amount of GAR, drama, and tragedy, with so many goddamned likeable characters that I can't help rooting for every one of them. Seriously impressive stuff.
Anyway, yeah the latest chapter drew me over here to see people's impressions. I gotta agree, I'm kinda sad that Wataru looks like he's given up on Isumi. He never took the chance to voice his feelings--Saki's important, sure, but Isumi was really the first impetus which made him decide to try hard and become a better man. He had that determination. Now, it just seems really tragic to me that it is that same goal and determination which has to force him away from her. Like on the journey, along the way, he lost grasp on what he wanted in the first place.
At the same time though, on the other hand, Wataru quitting school is just another example of the awesome capacity for drama and upping the ante that Hata-sensei's writing seems to so often demonstrate. So yeah, still damn impressed here. I've really been hooked on this manga (I like the random moe comedy too).
|2011-05-10, 05:50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 29
Ah, heh. I guess I do tend to be a sceptic pretty often, but effusive gushing is actually my favourite thing to do in terms of discussing manga/anime. I guess manga seems to have a better track record for me though...something about consistency of vision with a smaller team of creators, or such. The same sort of reasoning might generally hold for why Shaft tends to be the one anime studio whose works I'm consistently in love with--manga-wise, though, I'd say my praise and enthusiasm is probably not uncommon at all.
As for Hayate no Gotoku, actually, I do seem to remember reading 4-5? chapters a long time ago...idle curiousity due to Hata being a former assistant of Kumeta Koji, incidentally enough. Must've been years, really. It seems I didn't get hooked on it back then, but I came back to check it out again after being randomly linked to the recent chapter of Hayate crossdressing at the karaoke joint (+Luca and Maria)--the moe must've got to me, lol. For both time reasons and the aforementioned scepticism, I haven't checked out the anime--based on opinions in this subforum, their reception seemed fairly mixed, unfortunately.
In any case, many thanks for the welcome. I do see that my enthusiasm seems to be somewhat unique against the tone of some of the regular readers here--it wasn't quite what I'd expected, speaking honestly. Speeding through the manga, I was constantly surprised by the meaningful ways it kept developing--from the way Ayumu caught me off guard with her genuine charm, to the stunning conclusion of Hina's birthday, the touching bond Nagi and Hayate formed over Yukariko's anniversary, and how End of the World built up to Golden Week which offered amazing development for nearly everybody. Nagi moving out of her mansion next was a genuinely exciting development and I find the question of how her manga initiative will uncover the path to her future (especially from a financial perspective, given their current income) fascinating. Having experienced the story in this manner, it has been fully ingrained in me that I can expect this manga to keep moving forward with both heart and hilarity towards conclusions which will definitely be worthwhile. So, as I've come to join you guys in the weekly wait for every chapter, I'm carrying a strong feeling that the hasty anticipation we bring to each short new chapter will turn into patience rewarded over the long haul. Seeing how things are around here, I felt somewhat compelled to express my enthusiasm. As the story keeps moving forward, I want to share that sense of enjoyment as each new exciting development arrives.
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|2011-05-10, 06:32
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I think you'll find that while the regulars grumble sometimes, it's mostly just impatience. This manga reads very well over long stretches because of how interconnected everything is, (among other things) but the pacing can seem glacial week to week.
|2011-05-10, 07:18
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The main gripe I have with the show at the moment is that it has too many characters. It went on for too long, and instead of retiring "spent" secondary characters, Hata insists on keeping everyone "alive". And in result, whenever he feels like adding another "okay, we need to revisit everyone" round, it means that for 2-3 months there is no significant progress. Like there is now (though I hope that we'll finally enter another "real" arc).
Example: I think that everyone will agree that the Greek arc was the highlight of the show so far. It was awesome in every way, exciting, touching, tragic... you name it. But it was that way because it concentrated on the main characters and had only touches of the most important secondaries. Nagi, Hina, Athena, Ayumu and Isumi, with some traces of Maria (was a bit neglected), Sakuya, the terrible trio... and that was pretty much it. The focus was on the _storytelling_, not "time to unearth another character".
Which is why I want Hata to end the story, and to start a new storyline from scratch. He's good enough to do that, but at the moment, I worry about the lack of direction with the myriad of characters. And YES, they ARE likable. That's exactly the problem, actually. He doesn't feel like culling some of them, but he HAS to...
|2011-05-10, 12:05
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I agree that the Greece/Athena arc was the highlight of the series, but I think everyone has also been spoiled by it. Before it, Hayate never really had an overarching plot to it. It was always about the over-the-top, 4th wall breaking slice of life comedy. Now that there is a direction and a destination, people can't go back.
|2011-05-10, 12:43
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Also, for chapter 319:
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2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 cup dry white wine
1 lb mussels, scrubbed clean
1 stalk parsley (use only the leaves-finely chopped)
1 tablespoon unsalted butter (melted)
1 lemon (quartered and cut into small pieces)
Salt to taste
A dash of Black pepper
To serve:
French bread, sliced
Olive oil
2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
2)Add the mussels, wine, and salt and pepper. Cover, and cook over a high heat for about five minutes (shaking the pan intermittently until the mussels open).
3)Slice the bread to medium thickness and rub garlic over it. Drizzle with olive oil and lightly toast on both sides.
4)Serve the mussels in the pot with the bread on the side.
I came all the way to south of France to eat these–Moules à la Marinière, or French/Belgium-style mussels cooked with white wine, onions, and parsley. Not that I can't get mussels in California, but eating these mussels right here in a Mediterranean coastal town just adds to the authenticity and–most importantly–the flavors.
While I am here, feed me more pots or pails or buckets of Moules à la Marinière, please…
Note: Pictured above is 1 kg of pure mussel goodness…I think I might not want to go back.
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Pop For Skeptics #6: Where Have All the Girl Groups Gone?
I've always seen all-girl pop groups as a great way to put otherwise mean-spirited members of the high-school pep squad to work, supporting the global economy, while giving something (songs catchy enough to dance along to, branded merchandise, etc.) back to the community. Unfortunately, America as a whole hasn't always shared my enthusiasm for girl bands. Sure, we went through a full-blown love affair with the Spice Girls, but many of us were begging those British pop conquistadors to sail back to England 18 short months after they washed up on our shores. Back then, however, there were a roughly equal number of girl groups being marketed to pop aficionados as boy bands. For every Spice Girls, there was a Backstreet Boys; for every All Saints, there was an 'NSYNC; and for every B*Witched, there was an O-Town.
But the latest wave of boy bands breaks this trend. With The Wanted and One Direction both cracking America, there's a similar pop renaissance currently underway, albeit with a glaring exception: The girl groups are missing. This throws the pop ecosystem off balance; it disturbs the cultural cosmos. The gods are furious. Aphrodite's calling up Athena on her mobile and shrieking, "Are you seeing this shit? What gives?" After the jump, in an effort to appease the goddess of love, we point a few explanations heavenward as offerings.
The new girl group currency
What's remarkable is that as pop has evolved, sex has stopped working as an effective way to market girl bands. Owing to a number of pop milestones in the past few years, like the enduring success of Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, and Nicki Minaj, pop stars who have valiantly fought to realign the media narrative of their careers around their body of work, not their bodies, women in pop are enjoying more success for what they're releasing and not how they look releasing it. These days, when we do talk about female pop stars' appearance, it's usually because they're wearing a meat dress or a chicken-wing necklace.
This breakthrough — and it's odd that in 2012, this kind of struggle has to be considered a "breakthrough" — has made it increasingly hard for the people who bring you One Direction to devote the same resources to importing a girl band like their countrywomen, The Saturdays.
In order to break this new market, a band like The Saturdays will need something besides incredible pop songs and rockin' bodies to win a new audience. Girl groups can't be sold like they were in the days of the Spice Girls. Pop fans have become sophisticated and expectations have become nuanced. You can't just send out a pop troupe in bikinis and franchise them into irrelevance; the Spice Girls did that (lollipops, scooters, Polaroid cameras, Barbie dolls, and even a movie) and reached a saturation point so quickly that they left America with a vague aversion to girl bands.
TLC and En Vogue, and later, Destiny's Child, lasted much longer in the US because, unlike the Spice Girls, they had to work their way through the urban pop scene before ending up in Top 40 — there were soulful harmonies, earned street cred, and very little kitsch. This wasn't the case with the domestically manufactured girl bands that followed the Spice Girls, like Dream, Eden's Crush, and Danity Kane.
Further, our post-Spice Girls aversion to girl bands who sell sex explains why the Pussycat Dolls were widely regarded as nameless strippers who happened onto a recording studio, never as musicians. No matter what you think of their music, it would behoove us all to acknowledge that at the very least, Nicole Scherzinger does have some singing chops.
The limited longevity of groups like the Pussycat Dolls can also partially be explained by identifying the primary audience for pop music: young girls. Couple that with a music industry culture that is constantly compelled to sell popular music on its easiest currency — sex — and you end up with a flawed business model. Boy bands, with their young, frenzied female fans, find it much easier to sell sex appeal (and romantic fantasy) with a side of music: Members of the groups can be sold as heroes, rebels, and princes. There's a flavor for whatever the band's target audience is craving on a given day.
But you can't push the sexy women who appeal to men on a predominantly heterosexual audience of tween girls unless they come packaged with something else that appeals to them. For the Spice Girls, this was "girl power," the vague feminist values that they passed on to their younger listeners in a gently didactic way. If boy bands could easily sell themselves as ideal crush objects for their target demo, then girl bands had the most difficult task of having to position themselves as the women that the same target demo aspired to become. The Pussycat Dolls never quite succeeded at this, and that's why they'll be so quickly forgotten. I mean, can you imagine their reunion tour generating as much enthusiasm as the Spice Girls' did in 2008?
So, if sex appeal isn't exactly the strongest currency for girl bands anymore, what is? For all female pop stars who don't happen to be Rihanna, it's empowerment, feminism, and a sense of worldliness. This is the recipe that accidentally worked with the Spice Girls, armed with Buffy-inspired bon mots about girl power and an affinity for Margaret Thatcher. A smart label might take a girl group like The Saturdays, continue to dress them up as if they're perpetually going to or coming back from the clubs, but then train them to speak to younger listeners who — by virtue of liking boys like Justin Bieber — still yearn for female role models.


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Mar 27, 2013
DENVER – Mayor Michael B. Hancock today announced that more than 90,000 Denver students now have free, year-round access to the city's 26 recreation centers and 29 pools with the MY Denver Card.
The Mayor announced the creation of the MY Denver Card at his first State of the City address last July. Today, thanks to Denver voters' overwhelming support of ballot Measure 2A, the city is able to expand programming at the city's recreation centers to support all Denver students ages 5 to 18.
"It is incumbent upon the city and its partners to provide our kids in every neighborhood access to the resources they need to lead healthy, productive lives," Mayor Hancock said. "This program is the first of its kind in Denver to give our children free and open access to healthy activities after school and during spring and summer breaks. We are thankful to Denver voters for their support of Measure 2A, which made this possible."
Mayor Hancock was joined by the innovative 12-year-old Maggie Trout, who approached District 7 City Councilman Chris Nevitt in 2011 with the idea to provide Denver kids with single card access to Denver services and programs.
"Mayor Hancock's vision for Denver is 'a world-class city where everyone matters,'" Councilman Nevitt said. "But this project shows that his vision runs in both directions: 'everyone matters to make Denver a world-class city.' A smart 12-year old with a good idea is helping us make Denver better for everyone."
The Mayor presented Maggie with a free lifetime membership to the City and County of Denver recreation centers at the event today at Washington Park Recreation Center.
Presently, the MY Denver Card will act as a recreation center pass and a Denver Public Library card. The Mayor and his administration will continue to work with city partners to increase the scope of services that the MY Denver Card will encompass beyond the initial free access, expanded recreation center programming and pool access.
"We have come out of the Great Recession poised to compete on the global stage, and we're starting right here with our children and our families," the Mayor said. "I am thankful for Maggie because I cannot think of a more worthwhile effort than giving our children the keys to learning and staying active. I'm thankful for Councilman Nevitt for listening to his constituents, even the youngest among them. And I'm grateful for the voters who recognized the value in investing in our children – in our future – and in our city."
Parents may take their children to any of the 26 recreation centers throughout the city to fill out the appropriate paperwork and receive a MY Denver Card. In addition, UnitedHealthcare of Colorado will serve as the title sponsor of the MY Denver Card program, working with the city to help build awareness of the program, generate additional youth-focused programming at recreation centers and ensure that registration information is distributed citywide.
"Through this program, Denver is showing its commitment to promoting physical activity and wellness to children and teaching youth key lessons that will help them be healthy for a lifetime," said Beth Soberg, president and CEO of UnitedHealthcare of Colorado. "UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the opportunity to work with parents, schools and our local community in Colorado to encourage kids to lead healthier lives, and we believe the MY Denver Card program will increase the number of kids who engage in physical activity."
The MY Denver Card release comes on the heels of the Denver Public Library's announcement that, by the end of April, the Library will have increased hours by 40 percent thanks to additional 2A funding. The expanded library hours are part of the significant improvements Measure 2A, passed in 2012, will have on every Denver neighborhood.
About Measure 2A
Thanks to Denver voters' overwhelming support of Measure 2A in 2012, the city is equipped to eliminate its budget deficit, restore essential services and move Denver forward. The city's plan to Deliver Denver's Future is made possible by these critical investments, and will allow Denver to deliver a smart, 21st century city that is built on a solid financial foundation with good jobs, healthy children, accessible libraries and safe streets.
The passage of Measure 2A allows the city to catch up on childcare, after-school and recreational programs for our children, repave 300 lane miles of city streets, and increase the maintenance and upkeep of our parks. It allows Denver to hire 100 new police officers and firefighters.
The city is working to double Denver's property tax credit for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. Denver is also working to attract new businesses as well as keep and expand companies already located in the city.
Measure 2A revenues are publicly dedicated to these efforts. To deliver on the Hancock administration's promise to be responsible, accountable and transparent with every dollar, the Chief Financial Officer will provide detailed annual reports to the Mayor's Office, the City Council and City Auditor as well as an e-newsletter to keep Denverites fully informed.
At the same time, the city is delivering on a balanced fiscal strategy to find efficiencies, eliminate redundancies and grow Denver's economy.


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The finale of Keeping Up With The Kardashians aired last week, but not to worry as they won't be gone for too long.
Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are getting ready to make their way back to Miami to film a second season of their hit show – Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami. E! recently announced the 2nd season will premier August 10th at 10:00pm.
However things are bound to be different for the sisters, who were both single and child free last year. Khloe is now wed to Lakers forward Lamar Odom, and Kourtney is now raising her baby boy, Mason Disick, while trying to keep her boyfriend, Scott Disick, out of trouble.
Click Here For Wedding Photos of Khloe and Lamar!
As shown in the KUWTK finale, the girls are returning to Miami to save their boutique, which is currently having management issues.
So what exactly can we expect in season 2? Well Khloe will resume her hosting duties on her radio show, "Khloe After Dark." She will also manage Dash while traveling between Los Angeles & Miami to be with her husband.
Kourtney on the other hand, will also have to juggle her relationship with Scott, being a new mom and managing the store as well. And fret not, Kim Kardashian will also be making guest appearances on the show.


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Giants offensive tackle Sean Locklear was about 12 years old when his mother, Effie, gave him a Starter hat with a Redskins logo on it. He cherished the gift.
"Back then Starter was everything," Locklear said yesterday inside the Giants locker room at the Timex Performance Center. "I wound up losing it. I think somebody stole it."
His connection with the Redskins runs deeper than just being a childhood fan. Locklear's mother is full-blooded Native American, a member of the Lumbee Tribe in Lumberton, N.C., where Locklear was raised. Sean attended pow-wows as a kid. He also has ridden in parades and as an adult has sat in on meetings where tribal leaders continue their quest to be federally recognized.
The Lumbee Tribe dates back to 1885 with ancestors as far back as the 1700s, but it never has benefited from the financial perks a treaty with the United States would bring.
"That's one thing that we've been fighting for and continue to fight for is getting federal recognition," said Locklear, whose father is African-American. "It's all about documentation, and we have documents that go back only so far of where our people actually came from."
The Giants (7-4) play the Redskins (5-6) on Monday Night at FedEx Field in a matchup that always is going to be special for Locklear.
There's the connection from when he cheered for the Redskins as a kid. There's the year he spent in Washington last season. The nine-year veteran called it a good experience, though he signed with the Giants during the offseason and has become a valuable contributor to an offensive line that has needed shuffling.
After opening the season as the starting left tackle because of an injury to Will Beatty, Locklear figures to start at right tackle Monday if David Diehl can't go because of a neck burner. Locklear took all the reps with the first team yesterday.
"I didn't know I was going to practice there until they told me just before we went out," Locklear said. "You just have to be ready."
He would like nothing more than to start against the Redskins, the team he cheered and played for. Today, there is lingering controversy over whether "Redskins" is an appropriate nickname for an NFL team.
The issue has gone as high as the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, which upheld the team's right to keep a nickname some view as a racially offensive. When Locklear was growing up the nickname was not viewed with any disdain. He hasn't changed his mind all of these years later.
"Growing up you didn't really think of the Redskins being racial at all," Locklear said. "A lot of people were Redskins fans because of the whole Native American thing.
"We didn't have the Panthers then, so people rooted for the closest city. The Redskins were the closest team around. You saw Native Americans with the Redskins decals. It's just a part of it."
Locklear said he doesn't want to debate the issue. He speaks from his own background and experience. He understands those who want the nickname changed, but he is fine if it remains.
"Do I take offense, me personally? No," he said. "It's a name. I don't really take it to heart. I know it can be a racial issue. But to me it's a mascot. It doesn't bother me."
His immediate focus is preparing himself to start if needed, something he wasn't sure he would do much when Beatty and Diehl looked entrenched at the two tackle spots. Locklear figured his primary role would be in the Jumbo formation as an additional lineman, but injuries to Beatty and Diehl have kept Locklear busy. His versatility has become a welcome asset the Giants will need against the Redskins.


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Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders and a Local Tour Permit must be submitted to the local council.
Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmaster take Scoutmaster Outdoor Trainig.
Webelos den campouts serve to move the Webelos Scout to the next level of the BSA's ever-increasing challenge in the outdoors. The boy and his parent will be introduced to the basics of Boy Scout camping. A trained Webelos den leader who has completed position-specific training and Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders should conduct these events. Webelos dens are encouraged to participate in joint den-troop campouts, particularly in the fifth-grade year.
Designed specifically for Webelos den leaders and their assistants, the Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders course teaches outdoor-related skills through demonstration and hands-on practice. Webelos den leaders should attend this training before conducting Webelos overnight camping with the boys and parents of the den. In addition to covering basic camping skills, this training features planning campouts and finding resources.
The council and/or district usually offer Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders several times each year. Check with your pack trainer, unit commissioner, district training chair, or local council service center for dates and locations.
Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders, No. 13-33640, is required for Webelos Leaders to earn their Webelos Den Leader Award.
Webelos Den Overnight Camping
Webelos dens are encouraged to participate in joint den-troop campouts, particularly in the fifth-grade year. These campouts should be conducted with an individual troop for the purpose of strengthening ties between the pack and the troop. BSA health and safety, age-appropriate guidelines for Cub Scout activities, and Youth Protection guidelines apply. When camping with a troop, Cub Scout guidelines still apply for all Cub Scout members.
Webelos dens are encouraged to visit Boy Scout camporees and Klondike derbies. The purpose of these visits should be for the boys to look ahead with anticipation to their future as Boy Scouts and observe troops they might join. Webelos Scouts should not compete or participate in activities designed for Boy Scouts. Webelos Scouts should not spend the night at the event if the program is Boy Scout-based. A separate Webelos-only event known as a Webelos-Ree should be provided by the council or district.
See the Webelos Leader Guide, No. 33853.
See also
- Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills Also known as Scoutmaster Outdoor Trainig
Online or classroom Leader Training
Youth protection (MANDATORY) – every registered adult must be re-certified every year at my.scouting.org, where they can also complete the following courses:
- Before the First Meeting
- First 30 Days
- Position Trained
- Other training opportunities: Roundtable – University of Scouting – Teaching EDGE
Outdoor Leader Training
In addition to fulfilling other requirements, some unit leaders need outdoor-specific training.
- BALOO – To have a Pack campout, or a Webelos Den campout, at least one unit leader must be BALOO trained.
- Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills – Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters -- at least one must be trained to have a campout.
- Wood Badge – Advanced Leadership skills for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Venturing, district and council Scouters.
- Seabadge – Advanced Leadership skills for unit, district and council Sea Scouters.


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I haven't posted in a while, but you ladies were such a tremendous help during my first breastfeeding experience that I felt this was a good place to go.
When I first found out I was pregnant with DS2, I was so excited to get to breastfeed again! DS1 breastfed successfully for 16 months, and it was such an enjoyable experience. This time around is proving to be anything but that. I'm not really going to give up; I think I just need to vent.
Breastfeeding DS2 has become very frustrating. He's 8 months old and growing very well (born at 7 lb 13 oz, now at 8 mos just under 22 lbs). My problem: his incredible distractibility! How the heck do mommies of more than one make this work happily? My ODS (3 years old) will do anything in his power to interfere when we nurse, which isn't too difficult because YDS is way more interested in everything but boob these days. I can't go into another room because ODS will get upset and follow. I've tried giving him special "nursing" toys, but those only hold his attention until he realizes what the baby and I are doing. I've tried giving him a snack which works about as well as the special toys. The only things that have worked are nursing the baby to sleep at nap time and putting the T.V. on for ODS (not my favorite). Day nursing has been so difficult for the last couple months that YDS still wakes up at least 5 or 6 times at night, which adds to my frustration because I'm so tired. Cosleeping won't work for me because I can't sleep if he's in the bed with me (I'm too worried I'll roll over onto him or something).
I will get to 1 year breastfeeding this little guy, I just wish it was more enjoyable. Thanks for listening.


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Karl Joseph Mueller MD
About the Practice
Practice Specialization
Dr. Mueller specializes in plastic surgery of the face and body.
Additional Information
The field of cosmetic plastic surgery is rapidly expanding with constant innovations in techniques and new technology -- innovations have made cosmetic procedures safer, more effective and more affordable for patients. One of the most important activities of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) is the continuing medical education of American Board of Plastic Surgery certified surgeons in the most current, state-of-the-art cosmetic procedures.*
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery "Certificate of Advanced Education in Cosmetic Surgery" is designed to recognize members who demonstrate an exceptional level of commitment to their continuing education in cosmetic plastic surgery. The requirements for the certificate are fulfilled by earning 150 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits in cosmetic surgery over a three-year period. The certificate is reissued every three years based on the surgeon's ongoing fulfillment of these continuing education requirements.
Congratulations to Dr. Mueller who has earned the "Certificate of Advanced Education in Cosmetic Surgery."
*ASAPS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
Background & Certification
Board Certification
Diplomat, American Board of Plastic Surgery 11/95
Certificate of Advanced Education in Cosmetic Surgery by American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 1/99, 10/03
Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners 7/87
Professional Background
Bachelor of Arts/Biology; St. Louis University 1974 - 1978
Physiology; University of Missouri - Columbia 1978 - 1982
Doctor of Medicine; St. Louis University School of Medicine 1982 - 1986
Pre-doctoral Fellowship - Surgical Oncology; St. Louis University Medical Center, Department of Surgery 1985
General Surgery; PGY 1-4 Ohio Valley Medical Center. Wheeling, WV 1986 - 1989
General Surgery; PGY 4-5 University of Connecticut/New Britain General Hospital 1990-1991
Chief Resident, General Surgery; University of Connecticut/New Britain General Hospital 1990 - 1991
Plastic Surgery; Medical College of Ohio. Toledo, OH 1991 - 1993
Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery; Medical College of Ohio 1992 - 1993
Affiliations & Memberships
Society Memberships
The American Society for Plastic Surgery
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Offices Held
West Virginia Society of Plastic Surgeons--Past President
Ohio County Medical Society--Past President
Karl Joseph Mueller MD
40 Medical Park, Suite 200,
Wheeling, WV, 26003, US
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