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v Argentina, 1986 World Cup Final
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, 29.06.1986
Rummenigge 74., Völler 80. / Brown 23., Valdano 55., Burruchaga 83.
So to the final of Mexico '86, played in front of over a hundred thousand people in a baking hot Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. Facing Germany were an Argentina side that had started rather anonymously, but had grown in stature throughout the knockout phases as Diego Maradona had started to find a rich vein of form. After an inconspicuous group phase and a scrappy 1-0 win over Uruguay in their first knock-out game, Maradona had burst into life, inspiring his side to wins over both England and Belgium where he scored all four goals – including one particularly infamous one with his hand.
Maradona was clearly the man to be watched, and Beckenbauer's immediate task was to nullify his effectiveness by assigning him a man-marker. The Bundestrainer's choice of man-marker was more than a little leftfield; while one might have expected someone like Wolfgang Rolff, Norbert Eder or the recalled Thomas Berthold to fill this role, the man tasked with eyeballing Argentina's little maestro was himself an attacking player, Lothar Matthäus.
For the seventh match in succession Beckenbauer applied a number of small tweaks to the starting eleven, employing the same line-up as in the quarter-final against Mexico, but with Norbert Eder switching places with Andreas Brehme. Brehme was joined in what was a three-man defensive line ahead of sweeper Ditmar Jakobs with both Hans-Peter Briegel and the ever-present Karl-Heinz Förster, while Eder joined a midfield quartet alongside Matthäus, Magath and Berthold. The forward partnership of Rummenigge – still not fully fit – and Allofs started their third match in a row, with Rudi Völler again on the bench.
It was clear from looking at this formation that Beckenbauer's plan was one of containment and counterattack: the four-man midfield consisted of defensive midfielders as opposed to the likes of the whippet-like Pierre Littbarski or the dynamic youngster and tournament bench-warmer Olaf Thon, and the one attack-minded member of the midfield four – Matthäus – had been given the ultimate defensive duty in keeping track of Maradona. With no obvious link between midfield and the forwards, it fell to skipper Karlheinz Rummenigge to plug the gap.
The opening twenty minutes was somewhat cautious, with both teams finding their bearings in the midday Mexican heat. Despite their defensive formation, the Germans – wearing their green second kit – made some good impressions going forward: a bustling run from Briegel saw the award of an indirect free-kick at the edge of the box, but Brehme's shot was weak and directed straight at Argentinian 'keeper Nery Pumpido. However the Brazilian referee had noticed the defence encroach on their ten yards – the Germans were to get a second crack, and Maradona found himself in the book for complaining. Unfortunately the second effort was rushed and smacked straight at an advancing defender, though one might argue that the Argentinians were again astonishingly quick in making up the ground.
Most of the early key tussles were in the middle of the field: Lothar Matthäus immediately made his presence known, and Diego Maradona found himself being quickly closed down every time he sought to find even an inch of space. However, a great player doesn't necessarily have to make or score goals to make an impact: and so it was with Maradona, who broke down on the right only to be chopped down by his marker who received a crucial yellow card. From the resulting free-kick Jorge Valdano hit what looked to be a rather hopeful cross – which remained hopeful until Toni Schumacher charged out and flapped at thin air. With the German 'keeper floundering in no-man's land, it was left up to the unsung defender José Luis Brown to head Argentina into a twenty-third minute lead.
As in the opening game against Uruguay, Germany were behind as a result of what could only be described as a moment of inexplicable madness; watching that Valdano cross again and again, I still cannot see why Schumacher makes the decision to try and punch. I often find myself rewinding the footage in the hope that he might one day stay on his line, only to keep seeing him leap into the air and end up looking like a beached porpoise. Schumacher's own honest critique tells the story:
Then comes that fatal free kick, a cross that will lead to the first goal. An Argentinean lines up the ball. My prey! It comes flying in my direction. I move out towards it, determined to catch it.
'This one's yours! You're going to get this one!'
I rush forward. From the moment I start moving I know that I'm not going to catch anything. Every hundredth of a second seems like an eternity. I go sailing across the penalty area like Lohengrin sailing past his swan. My last hope: 'will a German player manage to head the ball away?'
But it wasn't to be. An Argentine head gets there first and tips the ball into the back of the net. I watch this catastrophe, dumbfounded. Buy inwardly I'm silently shouting." [1]
The men in green did not let this get to them however – they were able to keep pressing forward, and a hopeful punt into the box from Kalle Förster saw a great head down by Berthold into the path of Rummenigge, whose attempt to hook the ball into the net with his left foot flew high over the bar. It was a difficult chance, but one that perhaps the Rummenigge of old – or even a fully fit 1986 edition – might have easily taken.
As half-time approached both Brehme and Briegel were making neat advances down the flanks for Germany, but actual chances were few and far between. Perhaps the most impressive showing was from Thomas Berthold, whose unexpected presence in the box seemed to unsettle the Argentinian defence.
Half-time saw the the introduction of Rudi Völler, who came on for the surprisingly anonymous Klaus Allofs – but before he could make any sort of impact Hector Enrique had sliced open the German defence with a killer pass to put Jorge Valdano through. Taking the pass in his stride, the classy Argentinian number seven made no mistake in stroking the ball deftly past the spreadeagled Schumacher. Less than ten minutes had been played in the second half, and Beckenbauer's team truly had their backs against the wall.
In a desperate change of tactics, Beckenbauer threw on the blonde and balding veteran forward Dieter Hoeneß for the ineffective Felix Magath – no team had ever come back from two goals down to win a World Cup final, but the German Chef was determined to give it his best shot. Germany were now fielding a three-man attack, with the tall and powerful Hoeneß alongside the nimble Völler with Rummenigge sitting behind.
With just over a quarter of an hour remaining, Germany won a corner on the left. Then in the words of John Motson: driven, Völler, Rummenigge… Goal! Andy Brehme's left-footed corner had found Völler at the edge of the six yard box, whose sharp nod-down found Rummenigge in the perfect position to stab the ball home with his outstretched right boot. Ja! They were back in it.
Having pulled the score back to 2-1, captain Karl-Heinz Rummenigge demands one last effort
Having finally gained a foothold in the game, Germany kept pressing forward. Less than ten minutes later, a cross from Matthäus aimed for the balding pate of Hoeneß was intercepted by an Argentinian defender, resulting in another corner on the left. This time Brehme would swing the ball in a little deeper, where Thomas Berthold was running almost backwards to nod the ball straight to Rudi Völler, who with a quick twist of his tousled head drilled the ball straight through the hands of Pumpido.
With a quick flick of Rudi Völler's tousled head, the Mannschaft are back in it at 2-2
Unglaublich! Unmöglich! Unfassbar! Against all the odds, the Mannschaft were suddenly back in the game. Dead and buried one moment, everything to play for the next – only the Germans could pull off this sort of stunt. With less than ten minutes remaining, extra time surely loomed.
But it was not to be.
Less than five minutes later and with a moment of magic that was clearly scripted for the occasion, that man Maradona – who had been up to that point had been well and truly shackled – released a glorious through ball for Jorge Burruchaga who steered it past the advancing Schumacher. It's a moment I have forever tried to blank from my memory – I would have just preferred to remember the last moment being the green-shirted, tousle-haired Tante Käthe wheeling away towards the touchline, right index finger raised.
Germany FR: Schumacher – Jakobs – Brehme, Förster, Briegel – Berthold, Matthäus, Eder, Magath (62. D. Hoeneß) – Rummenigge (c), Allofs (46. Völler)
Argentina: Pumpido – Cuciuffo, Brown, Ruggeri – Enrique, Giusti, Batista, Burruchaga (90 .Trobbiani), Olarticoechea – Valdano, Maradona
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Assistants: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden), Bernie Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Yellow Cards: Matthäus, Briegel / Maradona, Olarticoechea, Enrique, Pumpido
Red Cards: – / –
Attendance: 114,600
« SF v France
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Toni Schumacher, Blowing the Whistle, W H Allen, p. 6


The Queen of Sheba was the ruler of a city somewhere in Ethiopia or Yemen. According to sources, she appears as a beautiful Queen endowed with great wisdom as well as a magician.
Some have called Makeda, other Balkis Yemen Baqama.
According to later writings, she would be called Neghesta-Azeb, Queen of the South.
The location of his real, far away, exotic kingdom has long remained an enigma.
In the Bible, she is named Sheba and also Queen of the South.
This sovereign had heard about the fame of King Solomon, son of King David.
Wanting to judge by herself the wisdom of this king, she went to Jerusalem "By the road of gold and incense," accompanied by many servants and loaded with presents, to be offered at King Salomon in gesture of gratitude for his invitation.
Received with the highest honors in the newly designed palace of the king of Israel, Solomon gave her all the tribute due to a queen.
She was deeply impressed by the relevant answers to her questions, which confirmed his reputation for wisdom and exceeded what the Queen had previously heard.
She brought seven boys and seven girls all dressed and styled in the same way. Nothing could distinguish them. She asked King Solomon to separate males from females. The King brought a big Banaste for the children filled with dried fruits and sweets and he invited them to eat as much as they wanted.
All the boys used their tunics and filled them up with candies while girls discreetly took whatever they needed.
During her visit, she was seduced by the charm of King Solomon and returned pregnant to her country.
She gave birth to a son named Menelik. The child later became King of Ethiopia, It is therefore that the country may claim an affiliation with the Jewish people.
this version has remained in the Ethiopian cultural fund for centuries.
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Q: Touch Down/Up and Scroll in UITableViewController I'm having a bit of of a pain point in figuring something out.
I have a uitableviewcontroller, and each cell is static. Inside each cell is a textbox. When the user TAPS on a textbox, I'd like an event to fire.
So while I'd like my table to still scroll, i'd also like tap events to work when you tape the textbox.
Apparently in uitableviews, they add a delay to your tap so you have to hold your finger down for a second or so for 'tap' to register. I felt this was not intuitive to a user, so I did this to fix it:
for subview in self.tableView.subviews as [UIView]
    {
        if subview is UIScrollView
        {
            let scroll = subview as UIScrollView
            scroll.delaysContentTouches = false
            break
        }
    }

This works perfectly, and now when I tap my textbox, it instantly executes my tap event! The problem now, however, is some of my textboxes are positioned right where a user would naturally scroll. When they put their finger down (touch down event) to scroll, it's unfortunately being intercepted by the tap event, and prevents scrolling and instead executes my event.
What i'd really want is if the user puts their finger down, and then swipes, it doesn't execute the touch down event. I thought to be clever and switch touch down to touch up, but when I put my finger down and then pick it back up, it does nothing (touch up inside seems to do nothing). I read this was because it only works on buttons and things like that, and not textfields. So, yes, now I can scroll without my action, but when I tap the textbox and lift my finger up it doesn't execute that, either.
Any ideas on how to either
1) permit touch downs and scrolling to co-exist without having to hold my finger down for a second and deal with that delayContentTouches?
2) somehow get a tap up inside event to fire when I tap on a textbox?
I saw some info here but didn't seem to help much:
UIButton inside UITableViewCell steals touch from UITableView
Thanks!

A: Well, as luck would have it, I was able to figure this out. Would love some criticism/advice if something might not be ideal here, but what I did was add this to my subclassed textfield:
 override func canBecomeFirstResponder() -> Bool {
     performMyFunctionHere()
    return false
  }

So I am returning false on first responder which prevents any sort of keyboard appearing (which is what I wanted) and instead using performMyFunctionHere() I can do what I wanted to do (in my case, make an action sheet picker appear). I assign the action sheet picker in my view controller and assign it to each specific instance of my subclassed uitextfield. Nothing really complicated, to be honest. I'm surprised this works as well as it does.
By the way one thing that didn't seem extremely important was setting the delaysContentTouches as I mentioned above. I guess because now it's using the responder it will always work? It didn't seem to matter whether I removed it or not, but would love thoughts on whether it's better to leave it in or not.
Thanks!

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Truss uplift or truss lift is when the wood in wooden trusses shrinks, or cures, and the bottom most piece bows upwards, most notably near the middle. Truss lift is an issue in wood-frame construction where non-load bearing walls meet ceilings, as the truss lifts it pulls the ceiling drywall up. This in turn pulls the angle tape out of the corner and can damage the spray texture. One solution is to not fasten the ceiling drywall within two feet of a non-load bearing wall, and rather use the drywall on the wall as support. This technique will allow the ceiling board to bow down and stay tight to the angle over time as the truss lifts.

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Making disciples should be the ultimate goal of youth ministry. Students must be able to develop their own faith and commitment to God so that they may become life-long followers of Christ. We believe this is done through an intentional, purposeful process,not haphazardly. Every event or program must be evaluated on its ability to form students into disciples.
This process should include, but is not limited to, a deepening faith in God,a growing love for others, and an increasing desire to serve the world. In Galatians, Paul says that what really matters in a Christian's life is "faith working through love" (Gal. 5:6b). We believe that this should be the life for which we strive and which we encourage our teenagers to follow.There is a time and place for students to have fun and goof off. They need to be able to express themselves genuinely and become the people God intends for them to be.
My wife, Katelyn, and I attended Harding University in Searcy, AR. I majored in Youth & Family Ministry; she majored in Psychology. The semster after we got married, we were able to spend a semester at Harding's program in Greece. It included trips to Israel and Egypt, plus a cruise of the Greek Isles. It was awesome. I loved my time at Harding!
Blue, followed closely by green and maroon.
I have three cats and two dogs, and I love them all. But to take a bit broader view, I am totally facinated by the creatures that God put in our oceans. I could just watch them for hours in an aquarium. Some of them are just plain bizarre! But awesome.
How long have you been in youth ministry?
I began my first full-time ministry here in May, 2011. But before that, I had two summer internships during college. And before that, I felt the call to ministry during my freshman year of high school. So I've been involved in youth ministry for a long time.
I love me a good pizza. And I could down an entire bag of Garden Salsa Sunchips by myself in one sitting. But my all-time fave has got to be my wife's S'more Cheesecake.
Do I look like a fourteen-year-old girl? Moving on.


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Airports are one of the most complex technology environments on the planet. The design, airport layout, and security concerns -- combined with the pace of change from diverse requirements -- makes it an ongoing challenge to satisfy all stakeholders.
Network managers must provide infrastructure that will support new aircraft, new security demands, and passenger and automatic baggage handling services. The airport communications infrastructure needs to integrate building management systems, airlines networks, and data centers. It needs to support high volumes of traffic, including dedicated, priority communication services between aircraft and ground staff and between a range of authorities and enterprises servicing and operating in the airport.
Multiple technologies introduced over the last 10 years addressed these demands as they emerged. The technologies have multiplied and now include different PMR (e.g., Tetra), DECT, and Wi-Fi® standards. Multiple support contracts for these technologies are out of synch and some are approaching end-of-life.
The potential shift in contracts gives airports an opportunity to consider simpler contracts and alternative technology solutions. Some leading airports have already begun to seek an alternative wireless infrastructure.
For many providers, the answer is to move to a 3GPP standards-based LTE infrastructure. Features planned for introduction beginning in 2017 will make LTE a good fit for emergency services and other high-resiliency environments such as airports. LTE technology is more future-proof than other options, brings economies of scale, and will allow airport communications providers to offer more (and enhanced) services to companies that operate within the airport footprint.
In 2015, Bell Labs Consulting mobilized a team to work with 1 of the world's leading providers of airport communications infrastructure. The team has also worked with a range of key airport stakeholders to determine the next wave of airport technology investments.
We have identified 10 key findings based on these engagements.
While some airport authorities have considered allocating less spectrum, we've found that, for example, 10MHz may support the current airport personnel traffic, but not future or emerging needs. In such cases, new techniques that combine cellular with unlicensed bands such as LTE-U, Licensed Assisted Access (LAA), or LTE-Wi-Fi Link Aggregation (LWA) can be used to increase the system capacity when these are available.
Where the low-band spectrum is not available, 20 MHz of high-band TDD is a viable alternative.
A typical solution may use 10MHz for the macro cells and 10MHz for the small cells in a dedicated carrier configuration that allows the small cell ranges to be extended. In addition, the typical lower license cost of the high-band spectrum can compensate for the extra expense of having to deploy a larger number of macros to cover the same area.
Because of redundancy requirements, the network needs to be over-dimensioned. However, this results in extra capacity that can be used to support new services and increase both market share and return on investment with the addition of new services (as noted in point 2 above).
One key parameter that impacts profitability is the amount of existing DAS infrastructure that can be reused, since DAS capacity can be resold to other operators.
Indoor airport design is mainly coverage-driven except for passenger areas. Small cells are needed to support expected future exponential growth of passenger capacity demands.
High level of macro interference for indoor environments in a small cell shared-carrier deployment does not greatly impact the overall cost of the solution, even though the small cell coverage is reduced.
This is because indoor airport areas constitute a complex mix of different spatial environments and only a few of these are greatly impacted by the macro interference. Many sections, such as deep indoor luggage sorting areas, are well isolated from the macro network.
Expected traffic in outdoor areas is more uplink-driven relative to traditional RAN deployments.
The downlink to uplink ratio is closer to 3:1 as compared to more traditional 6:1 to 10:1 ratios outside of an airport environment. This is due to real-time video calling from maintenance workers, which constitutes more than 80% of uplink traffic, and potential uploads of large amounts of data from airplanes to the control centers while at the gate or on runways.
Outdoor areas of the airport such as runways need to be designed for high redundancy and reliability. This necessitates more macro cells compared to a traditional RAN deployment -- sometimes more than doubling the number of macros and outdoor small cells.
Outdoor small cells are required to provide additional capacity and coverage in the areas outside the gates (apron and/or maintenance areas) where airport professionals work around the planes. The required number of outdoor small cells is more dependent on the physical area around the gate than on the capacity.


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Look to Africa for the Future of Sustainable Fashion
By Camilla Barungi
A model presents a creation by Uganda's Bold in Africa collection at Kampala Fashion Week 2019, the annual showcase of fashion brands from East Africa in Kampala, Uganda. (Sumy Sadurni/AFP)
The fashion industry's global supply chain has broken down due to COVID-19. Some 100,000 stores will probably close in the United States by fiscal 2025, with apparel retailers the hardest hit at 24,000 closures. The famous department store Neiman Marcus is expected to file for bankruptcy protection sometime this week.
The global health pandemic is not solely to blame for these failures, however. The reasons are deeper. When a US$10 shirt at H&M and a US$1,000 shirt from Hermès are made in the same factory, if not by the same hands, in an emerging market, then global fashion has a problem. The shift to fast fashion has overtaken our ability to adapt to a sustainable model.
For the future of sustainability, let us turn to Africa. The continent has the youngest population in the world—an estimated 60 percent of the continent's 1.3 billion people are under the age of twenty-five, and a fast growing middle class, yet the fashion world tends to treat Africans merely as consumers of second-hand clothing from the developed world, and thus are excluded from conversations about the future of fashion.
In solving this problem, some of Africa's traditional sustainable fashion practices could play a role. The continent's cultural heritage—like bark cloth manufacturing in Uganda, woven textiles from Nigeria and Ghana, traditional Berber weaving in North Africa, and beadwork from Maasai and Ndebele artisans—could play a central role in the revitalization of the fashion industry in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.
A painting on bark cloth. (Fred Kato Mutebi)
Looking to Tradition
Bark cloth, in particular, has been receiving renewed attention. Long worn by traditional faith healers and as a burial shroud, it is increasingly being revitalized for bespoke fashion. The whisky-colored cloth is made from pounding the fibrous inner bark of the Ficus natalensis tree, variously known as a Natal fig, mutuba, or omutoma tree. It is a laborious process, which may explain how bark cloth production began to decline after the introduction of cotton as an alternative textile by Arab traders in the 19th century. Yet it was once widely worn, and the cloth is more like leather than other plant-based textiles in durability.
Entrepreneurial Ugandans have already started to use the textile for anything from clothing to bedspreads and pillow covers.
"I have been to too many funerals of bark cloth makers in recent years," says Ugandan visual artist Fred Kato Mutebi," These artisans -- mostly men, leave this earth with nothing for their families to inherit but their mallets.
Mutebi often uses bark cloth as canvases for his artworks. He estimates there are less than a hundred artisans with the knowledge of making bark cloth left in Uganda. "We as artists, designers, and Ugandans must do more to protect this tradition and help it go global."
Ugandan bark cloth on display at the University of North Texas Art Gallery. (Lesli Robertson)
The Cloth for Royalty
Bark cloth is most closely associated with the people of two of Uganda's traditional kingdoms, Tooro and Buganda. The Kingdom of Tooro, in particular, is seeking to develop its bark cloth industry. The Queen mother, HRH Best Kemigisa, has advocated for the planting of trees used to produce bark cloth, saying it will not only provide jobs but also serve to help mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Her son, HRH King Oyo Rukidi IV, is currently championing a new initiative that will create jobs centered on the Tooro cultural heritage of bark cloth manufacturing.
"The Omutoma tree that Barkcloth comes from has been with man since the beginning of time and used as a shroud, for fashion, a fire preserver, a blanket, used in spiritual rituals and we intend on continuing the heritage into the future," said Hon. Peter Apuuli Rusoke, the Minister of Culture of the kingdom of Tooro.
Surely some of Africa's other indigenous fashion traditions can similarly be promoted at this time. Now is the time to develop collaborative opportunities to ensure the future of such traditions, from Uganda to South Africa to Morocco.
Camilla Barungi is a Ugandan-born, New York-based model, entrepreneur, and social innovator with a special interest in African sustainability, fashion, emerging technologies, and film. (Twitter: @camillabarungi)

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Staatsrat steht für

 Staatsrat Kubas, ein Organ des Parlaments
 Staatsrat (Slowenien), eine Parlamentskammer

Organe zur Beratung des Staatsoberhaupts:
 Staatsrat (Irland)
 Hoher Staatsrat, Libyen
 Staatsrat (Luxemburg)
 Staatsrat (Monaco)
 Staatsrat (Norwegen)
 Staatsrat (Osttimor)
 Staatsrat (Portugal)
 Staatsrat (Russland) ()
 Staatsrat (Vereinigtes Königreich), eine Gruppe von ranghohen Mitgliedern der britischen Königsfamilie

Oberste Verwaltungs- bzw. Verfassungsgerichte:
 Staatsrat (Belgien)
 Staatsrat (Kolumbien)
 Staatsrat (Türkei)
 Raad van State (Niederlande)
 Conseil d'État (Frankreich)
 Staatsrat (Italien)
 Staatsrat (Griechenland)

Regierungen:
 Staatsrat der Volksrepublik China
 Conseil d'État in den Kantonen der Westschweiz bzw. Consiglio di Stato im Tessin, siehe Kantonsregierung
 in Schweden, siehe Staatsrat (Schweden)
 ein Organ (Yuan) zur Ausübung einer der fünf Staatsgewalten nach chinesischer Lehre, siehe Republik China (Taiwan) #Yuans (Staatsräte)

Historisch:
 Staatsrat (Anhalt), siehe Freistaat Anhalt #Politik
 Bayerischer Staatsrat
 Staatsrat (Danzig), Regierung der Freien Stadt Danzig
 Staatsrat der DDR, kollektives Staatsoberhaupt
 Staatsrat (Großherzogtum Frankfurt)
 Hannoverscher Staatsrat
 Staatsrat des Großherzogtums Hessen
 In Japan:
 Genrōin, 1875–1890
 Sūmitsu-in, 1888–1947
 Nassauischer Staatsrat, siehe Regierung des Herzogtums Nassau #Der Staatsrat
 In Österreich
 Staatsrat (Österreich), Revolutionszeit 1918/1919
 Staatsrat (Österreich 1934–1938), Ständestaatsdiktatur 1934–1938
 Staatsrat (Polen), 1947–1989
 Preußischer Staatsrat (1817–1918)
 Preußischer Staatsrat (1921–1933)
 Preußischer Staatsrat (ab 1933)
 Staatsrat (Rumänien), 1961–1989
 Staatsrat (Russisches Kaiserreich)
 Staatsrat (Thüringen)

Titel:
 Staatsrat (Amt), Amtsbezeichnung eines politischen Beamten in den deutschen Stadtstaaten Hamburg und Bremen oder ein ehrenamtliches Regierungsmitglied in Baden-Württemberg, in Bayern seit 2015 der Titel des Amtschefs der Bayerischen Staatskanzlei.
 Senatssyndicus oder Staatsrat, einem Senator in seiner Eigenschaft als Präses (Leiter) einer Behörde (Ministerium) in Hamburg beigegebener politischer Beamter
 Staatsrat (Ehrentitel), historischer Ehrentitel für hohe Staatsbeamte in verschiedenen deutschen Staaten im 19. Jahrhundert
 Staatsrat (finnischer Ehrentitel), Ehrentitel in Finnland
 Ehrentitel in Schleswig-Holstein, siehe Nichtakademischer Titel #Schleswig-Holstein
 Titel für einen Minister ohne Geschäftsbereich


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Benjamin Netanyahu: Israeli police recommend indicting prime minister
Attorney general will examine evidence and decide whether to indict after police investigation of the prime minister in two cases
Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
Tue 13 Feb 2018 15.42 EST First published on Tue 13 Feb 2018 13.55 EST
Benjamin Netanyahu has denied wrongdoing. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Israeli police have recommended that Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on charges of bribery and breach of trust, in an embarrassing blow that has thrown the prime minister's political future in doubt.
Following a 14-month investigation into two cases of alleged corruption, the country's attorney general will examine the evidence and then – possibly in several months' time – decide whether to indict.
The country has been anxiously waiting for the prosecutor's recommendation, which local media has speculated could force the prime minister to resign.
A police statement late on Tuesday said that enough evidence had been gathered against the prime minister for committing the crimes of "bribery, fraud, and breach of trust".
The other police investigations swirling around Netanyahu
The Israeli PM is embroiled in three cases involving allegations of bribery and misconduct. He denies wrongdoing in every instance.
Case 1000 is an investigation into gifts received on a regular basis by Netanyahu and his family from two wealthy businessmen, including cigars and pink champagne.
Case 2000 is examining whether Netanyahu behaved improperly during a taped conversation with a newspaper publisher in which he appeared to try to negotiate more sympathetic coverage in return for lowering the circulation of a rival paper.
Case 3000 is an inquiry into alleged kickbacks in a deal to buy German submarines. Netanyahu is not a suspect, but he was closely involved in the deal and the case has ensnared members of his inner circle.
Minutes after the news of the police report spread across Israeli media, Netanyahu held a press conference in Jerusalem, vehemently denying any wrongdoing and dismissing rumours that he would step down.
He said the development was the latest in a long list of endeavours to remove him from government. "All these attempts end up with nothing because I know the truth. I tell you, also this time, things will end up with nothing.
"I will continue to lead Israel responsibly and faithfully," he said, adding he plans to run in elections that must be held by the end of next year.
Police have questioned Netanyahu several times at his official residence in Jerusalem during the past few months regarding the two cases in which he is a suspect.
Israeli PM's wife recorded yelling at aide over gossip column
Case 1000, or the so-called "gifts affair", involves claims that he and his family received valuable gifts from international billionaires, including expensive cigars, pink champagne and jewellery for his wife. Alleged wealthy benefactors include the Hollywood producer and media magnate Arnon Milchan as well as the Australian businessman James Packer.
In a statement, police said Netanyahu had accepted gifts valued at 750,000 shekels (£150,000, $208,300) from Milchan, and 250,000 shekels (or £51,000, $70,822) from Packer. In return, Netanyahu had helped Milchan, a producer who has worked on Pretty Woman and Fight Club, on US visa matters and Israeli tax breaks.
Separately, case 2000 relates to secret talks with the publisher of a leading Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, in which Netanyahu allegedly requested positive coverage in exchange for damaging a competitor, the pro-Netanyahu freesheet Israel Hayom.
Police said both Milchan and Mozes could be charged with bribery. Neither made an immediate comment.
Having ruled for close to 12 years during four terms, the 68-year-old leader heads a delicately balanced coalition that keeps him in power.
The former prime minister and Netanyahu political rival Ehud Barak called on Netanyahu to suspend himself and for the coalition to choose a replacement.
"The depth of corruption is horrifying," Barak said. "This does not look like nothing. This looks like bribery."
A poll by the local Channel 10 found last summer that 66% of Israelis believed the premier should resign if indicted. Weekly demonstrations over the slow pace of the investigations have also added pressure on officers to submit a recommendation.
Last week, the investigation was plunged into controversy when the police commissioner, Inspector General Roni Alsheich, suggested the prime minister had sent private investigators to collect information against police officers investigating him.
Netanyahu's office said the "outlandish" allegations threw a shadow over the corruption investigation. "Any honest person would ask himself how people who say such delusional things about the prime minister can objectively investigate him and honestly give unbiased recommendations," his Facebook page said.
On Tuesday evening, the tourism minister, Yariv Levin, suggested the police were attempting to overthrow Netanyahu.
"This despicable move revealed tonight is an effort to stage a coup against the will of the voter," Levin says.


Note: I received an ARC from Henry Holt & Co. via NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
This Adventure Ends is a coming of age story about friendship and how far friends will go to be there for each other. High school senior Sloan has just moved to Florida with her family. She's hoping to fly under the radar like she did at her old school, but she immediately secures her place in a close-knit group of friends when she defends one of them against a bully.
To be honest, this book was incredibly fun to read, but there were some little things that bugged me along the way. It was almost too character driven. I wondered where the story was headed the entire time because of the adventure mentioned in the book's title. The adventure seemed to be lying beneath the surface, and I wanted it to pop out at me. I expected it to be an epic adventure. What I got was a mission to find a painting intertwined with a wishy-washy main character who constantly distanced herself from everyone. I guess I just expected more from the adventure part. It wasn't until the climax of the story that the true meaning of the story jumped out at me. (It was definitely an "ah-ha" moment!) But that didn't mean that I didn't love or enjoy the reading experience.
Sloan was an incredibly witty character. I loved her dialog and banter. I would have wanted to bring her into my group of friends in high school, too. She didn't realize she was cool, though. Sloan couldn't seem to commit to anything. She wouldn't admit she wanted a future in singing, that she wanted friends, or that she loved the move to Florida. She was afraid of it all. It made her character feel wishy-washy and kind of blah at times.
All of Sloan's new friends were entertaining to read about. I loved Vera and Gabe. The twins were so different, but each had something different to contribute to Sloan's life. The same could be said of Remy, Audrey and Brie. They were such a great supporting cast.
I can't leave out my favorite character of or favorite thing about This Adventure Ends. Frank Sanger of Frank Sanger Presents was my favorite person/thing in this entire book. I loved every situation and conversation that included him. I found myself eagerly anticipating every part that included him. He made me so happy! I want a book all about Frank Sanger. He was for all people. He was for me.
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Looooove this book! I can see a lot of people agreeing with you with it being "too" character-driven (I feel like that was a complaint with her last book, too), but I was really into it. I was also kind of expecting a big road trip and since I am not a fan of those type of books, I was really pleasantly surprised that it was more low key. I'm glad you enjoyed it, overall, though!
That's interesting to know since I haven't read her first book. All I want now is more Frank Sanger. I think I'm obsessed with that guy!


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Conservatives are trying to downplay Obama's role in the killing of bin Laden, but the New York Times gives a dramatic account of what happened inside the White House, and indeed, it does show that Obama made a tough, and ultimately correct decision:
As more than a dozen White House, intelligence and Pentagon officials described the operation on Monday, the past few weeks were a nerve-racking amalgamation of what-ifs and negative scenarios. "There wasn't a meeting when someone didn't mention 'Black Hawk Down,' " a senior administration official said, referring to the disastrous 1993 battle in Somalia in which two American helicopters were shot down and some of their crew killed in action. The failed mission to rescue hostages in Iran in 1980 also loomed large.
Administration officials split over whether to launch the operation, whether to wait and continue monitoring until they were more sure that Bin Laden was really there, or whether to go for a less risky bombing assault. In the end, President Obama opted against a bombing that could do so much damage it might be uncertain whether Bin Laden was really hit and chose to send in commandos. A "fight your way out" option was built into the plan, with two helicopters following the two main assault copters as backup in case of trouble.
About a week ago, the president asked his national security team for options, and Defense Secretary Bob Gates was skeptical about a helicopter assault, preferring an aerial bombardment using smart bombs. The result, however, would have been a crater — with no physical remains.
On Thursday, Obama led another meeting with his top national security officials.
Mr. Panetta told the group that the C.I.A. had "red-teamed" the case — shared their intelligence with other analysts who weren't involved to see if they agreed that Bin Laden was probably in Abbottabad. They did. It was time to decide.
Around the table, the group went over and over the negative scenarios. There were long periods of silence, one aide said. And then, finally, Mr. Obama spoke: "I'm not going to tell you what my decision is now — I'm going to go back and think about it some more." But he added, "I'm going to make a decision soon."
Sixteen hours later, he had made up his mind. Early the next morning, four top aides were summoned to the White House Diplomatic Room. Before they could brief the president, he cut them off. "It's a go," he said.
Obama, as the Wall Street Journal put it, "rolled the dice."
Is it reasonable to call this "one of the gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory"? It seems fair to me. When you think about how the failed rescue of the Iranian hostages virtually ruined Jimmy Carter, when you think about all the variables and "what ifs", making the stand to go after bin Laden was…. well, a gutsy call.
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My Response to the post of Cenon Bibe dated December 6, 2012 and is located in his Facebook group — Answering Muslims.
BEN LANGCUYAN, a MUSLIM, CLAIMS that the ANGEL GABRIEL REVEALED the QURAN to the PROPHET of ISLAM.
LANGCUYAN said, Qur'an being stage by stage taught by Angel Gabriel to Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him is in PRIVATE.
To Ben Langcuyan, WHO SAW or HEARD ANGEL GABRIEL REVEAL the QURAN to YOUR PROPHET?
The STORY of GABRIEL REVEALING THE QURAN to YOUR PROPHET is ONLY A CLAIM of YOUR PROPHET. IT CAN NEVER BE SUPPORTED by ANY WITNESS or BY ANY EVIDENCE.
Cenon Bibe is clearly WRONG here. I already said that the revelations is IN PRIVATE. So, there is NO NEED that Gabriel should display his self physically and/or make his voice be heard during revelations. That is why there no such thing as EYE WITNESSES seeing Gabriel in physical form nor heard him.
We Muslims believe firmly in the Qur'an. It is nothing to us and certainly not our problem if non-Muslims do not (or will not) believe in the Qur-an.
1. Quran 111 prophecied that Abu Lahab will never embrace Islam. The prophecy is revealed 10 years before his death. And he died as a non-Muslim. The Prophecy did happened.
2. Quran 30:1-6 prophesied the victory Romans over the Persians. The prophecy is revealed about 2 years before the victory. The Prophecy did happened.
In fact in a SUPPOSED "REVELATION" made by this "ANGEL," the SAHABA (companions of YOUR PROPHET) NEVER SAW or HEARD ANYONE SPEAK ASIDE FROM YOUR PROPHET.
See my response above AGAIN. I already said that the revelations is IN PRIVATE. So, there is NO NEED that Gabriel should display his self physically and/or make his voice be heard during revelations. That is why there no such thing as EYE WITNESSES seeing Gabriel in physical form nor heard him.
FROM WHOSE MOUTH did the SAHABA HEAR the SUPPOSED REVELATION? Was it from this "ANGEL"?
The "supposed" "Sahih" Hadith is presented here "by Cenon Bibe." Non-Christians around the world experienced so much deceptions techniques and falsehoods from Christian missionaries and apologists. With their notorious preaching signature, WE DO NOT KNOW if the "Hadith presented by Cenon Bibe" is "true and without EDITIONS by him or by anyone," or not.
Again, see my response above.
So, WHERE WAS the "ANGEL"?


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Journeying with the creative writing doctorate: whose story is it?
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Why would a creative writer, whose ideas are born in images and dreams, whose expression flows from them first like a spring and then a fabulous waterfall lit up by a rainbow of light, want to be so curtailed, constrained and managed by the shape and journey of a doctoral thesis? What kind of story might they possibly want to tell in a mode that has historically been antithetical to what we recognise as creative writing? Or is there a way, in the contemporary doctoral space, to push the boundaries of academic thought and rigour? Is there a way of re-claiming the space to connect creativity with scholarship?
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As Founder and CEO of Guerrilla Rep Media, where I've gotten distribution deals for more than 8 films, that will soon be appearing on Starz and other major outlets across the globe. Ben is also the Founder and Executive Director of Producer Foundry, as well as Producer of more than 50 events on film finance and distribution. Hes worked with people like Lew Horowitz, the inventor of Indiefilm Gap Financing, Jeff Dowd, Exxecutive Producer of Blood Simple, Fern Gully, and inspiration for "The Dude" from the Big Lebowski. Ben co-Founded Global Film Ventures, screened business plans and advised the Film Angels and is the former chapter leader for the San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Vancouver Chapters of the Institute for International Film Financing. And screened business plans for the Film Angels.
Ben has also worked in the tech industry. Co-Founder of ProductionNext, a new set of next generation tools designed specifically for the Movie industry. Previously, he's been VP of Sales for Taal, a Mobile video interview platform for the hospitality industry.
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Background on Papacy: The Age of Faith
HERE'S THE SCORE - Teodoro C. Benigno () - April 11, 2005 - 12:00am
The breadth, the sweep, the pageantry of Pope John Paul's death have so mesmerized us, swept us to heights of exaltation we remain in a daze, unable to shake off the impact of this man and the Church he represents. The funeral ceremonies, the grandeur of St. Peter's Cathedral, the awesome arrival in Rome of four million pilgrims from all over the world, the tears, the cheers, the paeans leave us breathless. For hours we stared at that ridiculously small yellow wooden coffin which contained the pontiff's remains, wondering why it lay in such stark contrast with its rich, storied, majestic surroundings. Did he want it that way, because he was a pope of the people?
For hours, the Church of Rome, the teeming throngs atop St. Peter's Square, the gorgeous basilica that Jesus Christ himself founded, gazed on that puny coffin.
Was that all? No, that was not all. For hours too, religious hymn, and the sweet, haunting, aching stab of spiritual melody rolled all over that massive congregation, some weeping, some praying, some striding in song, broken only when some church eminentoes led by Cardinal Ratzinger evoked the man, his saintliness, his supreme sacrifice of self, his life as a young man before Carol Wojtyla blossomed to a greatness probably not ever achieved by any other pope. He had a broken, shattered body when he died. And we will never know if John Paul II ever asked God to end his life because he had suffered so much.
And yet it is at this juncture that must ponder.
There are contrasts that we cannot understand. The Church of Rome commands the fealty of only 1.1 billion Catholics out of a world population of about 6 billion. Why did virtually whole world sit up, then stand in rapt and perhaps admiring attention weeks before he died? When he died? Even at his funeral, you saw robed Arab potentates, Muslims mingling with President George W. Bush, his father, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair. What drew them to Rome and the Vatican when just generations and of course centuries ago, they cursed Christendom and would bury some popes in horse dung?
In a century when China, India, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, yes the world of Araby and the Middle East seek reentry into their own religious citadels, and in the main consider the Church of Rome their present and future ideological enemy, and Islam would seek to hold up one-half of the sky, why this quickening to the person of John Paul II? For believe you me, if he were any other pope, John Paul II would not enthrall the world the way he did and does. What is it about him then? Is it the white uncreased garments of the Universal Man? A superman in soutana? The world's grief and suffering encased by his bent body, yet breathing cheer, breathing universal brotherhood, breathing God's love?
Most certainly.
Probably like basketball's Michael Jordan, he was let loose by the electronic Fates in a wired communications world where a voracious media covered his every move 24 hours daily, and both soared by the magic of fiber optic to the attention of a world audience. It was an audience that sought respite and pleasure in Jordan with his basketball wizardry and spiritual solace and unbounded awe in the John Paul II with his constant heroic rendezvous with death. For it is a fact that Michael Jordan was the first great athlete to whirl around the world the way he did, TV on the catch-catch, and so did Pope John Paul II with his face drawn from Gethsemane and a bleeding cross of thorns.
At this juncture, I believe, we should draw from the history of the Papacy, its ups and downs, the great popes, to a time when the Western World was bathed only by the light of the Roman faith.
And we must ask the same question that the historian Will Durant did: Why did Western Europe build so many churches in the three centuries after 1000? What need was there, in Europe with hardly a fifth of its present population, for temples so vast that they are now rarely filled even on the holiest days? We find out that construction was largely financed by the accumulated funds of the Episcopal See, and solicited gifts from kings, nobles, communes, guilds, parishes and individuals. Such riches!
Yes, there were great popes in the past. One of the greatest was Gregory the Great (540-604). Pope Gregory's dialogues, relates Will Durant, "were loved by the people because they offered as history the most amazing titles of the visions, prophecies, and miracles of Italy's holy men. Here the reader learned of massive boulders moved by prayer of a saint who could make himself invisible, of poisons rendered harmless by the sign of the cross, of the sick made whole and restored to life…The Christianity of the masses had captured the mind or pen of the great Pope."
More about Gregory: "He was in will and action a Roman of the ancient cast, tenuous of purpose, stern of judgment, prudent and practical, in love with discipline and law…He built the moral power of the papacy, freed it from imperial domination, and administered it with such wisdom and integrity that men would look to the papacy as a rock of refuge through tempestuous centuries. His fateful successors canonized him and an enduring postery called him "Gregory the Great."" Now they are also saying John Paul II would be christened The Great.
There are startling similarities as there are differences.
John Paul II entered the portals of all faiths, was the first to undertake a state visit to Israel, also the first to pray in a Muslim synagogue. On the other hand, Pope Gregory preached the religion of terror. "That world, darkened men's minds for centuries; he accepted all the miracles of popular legend, all the magical efficacy of relics, images and formulas; he lived in a world haunted with angels, demons, wizards and ghosts. All sense of a rational order in the universe had departed from him. It was a world in which science was impossible." He must have been a terrifying pope.
Ah, but he had a piety that rivaled Carol Wojtyla's, a sense of divine mission, a humility that was Pope Augustine's, and also like Augustine, "Gregory comforted those he had terrified by reminding them of the gift of God's grace, the intercession of the saints, the fruits of Christ's sacrifice, the mysterious saving effect of sacraments available to all Christian penitents."
Pope Gregory dominated the end of the sixth century as Justinian dominated its beginning "and his effect on religion was exceeded in this epoch only by that of Mohammed." Mohammed! The world then was as different from today as night versus day. It was a wicked, sinful world and we shall shortly see that the Vicars themselves were prone to sickness, error, sin and defeat. And the Romans came to view the papacy not as a fortress of order and a tower of salvation, but as a collection agency whereby the pence of Europe might provide the dole of Rome." Now hear this:
"The rulers of Spoleto, Benevento, Naples and Tuscany and the aristocracy of Rome divided into factions as of old. And whichever faction prevailed in the city intrigued to sway and choose the pope. Between them, they dragged the papacy, in the tenth century, to the lowest level in history."
They shocked and they awed in the most perverse meaning of the term, to take alone the example of Pope John XII in 1962. Writes Durant: "He took bribes for consecrating bishops, made a boy of ten a bishop, committed adultery with his father's concubine and incest with his father's widow and her niece, and had made the papal palace a brothel. Another example was Pope Otto III who deposed Pope John, gouged out his eyes, cut off his tongue and nose, and paraded him through the streets of Rome on an ass, with his face to the tail."
I first read these abominations years ago in the chronicles of another famed historian Barbara Tuchman. They make you retch, they make you spin dizzily on a crazy gyroscope, tales twice told, ten times, a hundred times told of the years when the papacy was evil, wicked, inhuman, terribly deformed. And I recall all these with sadness, poignancy in tatters whose scars remain in my psyche. I could never imagine then the Church behaving no better than a bordello, its popes at the time sporting black naughty eye patches, and diving into the hay with unrestricted libido.
And so we're back with John Paul II.
And we peer again at that puny wooden coffin. And we realize again, over and over again, that inside are the remains of one of the holiest of men, who bore his body as Jesus Christ bore his cross, and that is why we all rushed to his presence. It is rare these days, these years, this centenary, that we encounter one like Carol Wojtyla, who willed himslef to be a saint while the rest of us continue to gambol like the sinners we all are.
Soon the College of Cardinals, in conclave, will elect a new pope. There is a lot of speculation as to who he will be, how close he will hew to the person and character of Pope John Paul II. Habenus papam! We have a pope! The cry will ring from the Vatican rooftops. However they speculate, there will never, ever be another like this Pole from Krakow.
CAROL WOJTYLA CHURCH OF ROME GREGORY THE GREAT JOHN JOHN PAUL PAUL POPE POPE GREGORY POPE JOHN PAUL WORLD
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LeTourneau University's Assistant Professor of Engineering Dr. Byron Lichtenberg, has been appointed by NASA to be the chairperson of a Standing Review Board charged with giving NASA an independent assessment of the newly awarded Commercial Crew Program contracts.
Two contract awards were announced on Sept. 16 paving the way for American-made rockets to transport astronauts and tourists to the International Space Station.
Boeing and Space X were both awarded contracts totaling almost $7 billion to develop commercial vehicles with a target launch date of 2017.
Dr. Lichtenberg, a veteran of two space shuttle missions and a long aviation career, has a dual appointment in LETU's School of Business and the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology. He is the Program Director for the university's newly launched Master of Engineering Management degree program. He has a background in both technical and entrepreneurial management, having founded the X-Prize Foundation (no relationship to Space X) and Zero-Gravity Corporation. He also was involved in the creation of the International Space University.
NASA creates Standing Review Boards to use both civil servants and outside consultants to assess both the technical and programmatic aspects of major programs. The Board analyzes cost, schedule, technical and program risk and provides an independent report to the senior NASA officials prior to each milestone decision.


Today was my second Weight Watchers meeting at the new location. I was actually really excited to go today, because I really enjoyed the leader last week. I had plans to meet Jessica for lunch at Panera afterward, and then go to the funeral home on the way home, so I dressed in my funeral clothes this morning. Sarah had specifically requested that everyone wear bright, cheerful clothing to her funeral, so I picked out a bright pink cami with a white shrug over it.
The meeting was great again today! The more I hear from this leader, the more I like her. Today, she talked about how how she's always recommended that her members use up their weekly points, because that is what makes the plan do-able for a lifetime. A lot of new members are nervous to use all their weekly points, but I think it's so important to do so--you can fit in your favorite treat foods and not feel deprived. At the previous WW center I went to, the leaders always used to tell us not to use those points unless it we really had to, or it was a very special occasion. So today, hearing the leader say that she recommends using all the weekly points was great!
I feel comfortable enough in that meeting to participate in the discussion, which is nice, and I like hearing what the other members have to say as well. Today, a man raised his hand and said the sweetest thing--it actually brought tears to my eyes ;) He wasn't there last week, and when he raised his hand to talk, I discovered why: He said, "My wife has always been asking me to lose weight with her, and when she wanted to join Weight Watchers, I told her that I would go only when she weighs less than I do [meaning, he wanted her to prove that it would work]. And here I am, today, because she lost 115 pounds and now she weighs less than me!" He was SO proud of her, you could see it all over his face.
I like to spend about 4-6 points on an afternoon snack, so if I mix this with milk, it'll be 4 points.
After I left Weight Watchers, I had some time to kill before going to meet up with Jessica. I stopped at Target, and I ended up buying a floppy wide-brim hat to keep the sun out of my face. Sarah's death has made me second guess every little freckle on my body, and I want to be extra-cautious about sun exposure. Besides, the hat is really cute!
It comes with lemon and olive oil to dress it, and after squeezing on the lemon, I decided to try it without the oil and see how it tasted. I was surprised to see that I liked it a lot, so I skipped the oil altogether. When I got home, I discovered that by skipping the oil, the salad was only 4 PointsPlus. If I'd have known that, I'd have ordered a piece of bread on the side! ;) It was really good, and I would definitely order it again; but it's pretty pricey (I think it was $9).
After lunch, I stopped at the funeral home, which I don't really want to write about. Emotionally, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. But I'm glad I got to talk to Sarah's mom.
Exciting news: Bonnie, from my Ragnar SoCal team, got her April issue of Runner's World in the mail yesterday! I'm still impatiently waiting for my copy, but I saw a sneak peak of the spread--and it's AMAZING. Once I get mine, I'll post a pic. The issue will be on newsstands March 11th, but if you're a subscriber, you should be getting it any day now.
I love Panera's hidden menu! It's so light and delicious!
I also love your hat. I have always wanted a big hat for the summer. Maybe this year I will get one!
You are such an inspiration! Love your blog posts!
Katie, I am so sorry for your loss in your friend. I wanted to tell you that after you shared about her story a couple of months ago, I decided to get a mole on the back of my calf checked out. It was removed 1.5 weeks ago, and they called me two days ago to tell me that I was in the clear, but the doctor also mentioned that it was the kind of thing that could have turned into cancer. So, thank you for sharing her story. It made a difference in my life.
Panera's hidden menu is my favorite! It's my go-to meal when I am in a rush and have to order fast food.
I am a former tanning bed addict, and I spend my summers baking in the sun beside the pool for hours. The increasing statistics of people developing skin cancer has really shaken me! I love the hat, and I'm glad you're being more conscious of sun exposure.
As a person that has had 2 Melanomas removed I live in fear each day that I will have to deal with it again. I see my dermatologist every 6 months and will for the rest of my life. I recommend that everyone get a full body check just to make sure there are no questionable spots. As far as the sun or tanning beds being 100% of the culprit for Melanoma, I am not convinced but one should always protect themselves when in the sun. I hate that Sarah had to leave her family and children at such a young age.
Where is the Panera hidden menu? I never knew they had such!
I got my copy of Runner's World yesterday in the mail! It was an awesome article! Very inspiring!
It's interesting how different WW leaders have totally different ideas. Perhaps WW International needs to make sure everyone is on the same page.
I love your hat---I hope you wear it to to Sarah's funeral, I know she would enjoy it too. You make me wonder what Du would like people to wear to his funeral--I'm guessing he'd like it if they all wore Nebraska Cornhusker clothes. I know he doesn't want anybody to dress up--he hates to dress up. These are topics I think about....the music....where we will hold the funeral....making a video....but I never discuss it with him. It's incredibly hard, so I completely understand your not wanting to talk about the funeral home visit. Especially when you're barely 30, it's not right that people your age could die. At my age, it has become all too real, and now with my own Du's terminal diagnosis, I am no longer able to ignore the fact that death is a part of living. But it is still very scary and very sad.
I weighed more than Du for many many years. It was a BIG day when I got below him on the scale. You're right--it's no fun to weigh more than your husband.
Pam, I can't even imagine how hard it is knowing that your husband's days are limited. That would be really hard to hear!
i always eat my salads with lemon juice and apple cider vinegar. I don't like the texture of any oil, and I really don't like salad dressing...I think my way is delicious!
How sweet is that husband! So cool!
HI! I'm a new follower. I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. I am enjoying your blog and look forward to reading more about you!
Just read your 100-lb difference, amazing!
Good to hear you like your new meetings! Do you plan to eat your weeklies and your activity points? Keep us posted on how that goes!
Also, I'm curious, what is this hidden menu at Panera?
The hidden menu is only available on their website. I think there are just 5-6 items, and they all have great nutritional stats!
I've never heard of a Weight Watcher leader saying to not use the weekly points. I had never heard of the hidden menu.
I got my copy of Runner's World the other day. You look great, and I loved the article! Way to go! Also, I did not know about the hidden menu at Panera-where have I been?
I think this may be a double comment, sorry. I got my issue of Runner's World the other day, and you look terrific and the article is great. Way to go, Katie! Also, I did not know about the hidden menu at Panera. Where have I been?


I just had a thought.. maybe everyone already knows this but it was a light bulb moment for me. Maybe minimalism is about living in the present!
Most (me) normally live either the past (old journals, lots of momentos of past events/ppl) or the future (those clothes that will fit some day, the book that you will get around to read some day, the jewelery never worn but you will.. some day).
Maybe minimalism is about embracing the now. I love xyz now and am using it now. We, as a family, play games a lot so we will keep the ones we use NOW.
This feels like a spiritual revolution to me. I want to be present NOW!! This realization is a total game-changer.
It is definitely great to let go of things from the past. I agree that minimalism is about living in the now but I also think it is a great way to change/guide you to the future you want.