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11 Jul
A scripture that I have to constantly remind myself of is Jeremiah 29:11. It says, "For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome."
I personally think that one of the most difficult things we fight against in the society we live in today is comparing ourselves to others. Comparison leads to frustration and feeling unworthy of the blessings God desires to give us.
I've learned that comparing my life with others is unfair, not only to them but to me as well. It's unjust to them because if I allow jealousy to settle in my heart of what they have … what they know … how they look … where they live … who their spouse is, etc., resentment begins to mount. Once this happens, I am no longer able to appreciate them for who they are in Christ.
Then it's unfair to me personally as it limits God's plan for my life. When we compare ourselves to others, we are suggesting to God that we want Him to limit His work in our lives to this person and nothing else … it's like saying we just want to be like this other person.
Yet Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that He has a plan for each and every one of us, and that plan is not for us to be like someone else. His plan for you and I is greater than we could possibly imagine. It is my prayer for you that you stop looking at His plans for others so you can fully walk out the plans He has for you.
26 Jun
This morning I had a dream that I want to share with you. My husband and I were at the beach and I was playing in the shoreline of the ocean; I was close enough to shore that I could quickly get from the ocean to the shore.
From out of nowhere, I turned to my right and there was a wall of water, like a tsunami, headed directly toward me. I sense that the prophetic part of the dream is that the tower of water wasn't coming from out in the ocean like you would expect; it was coming side ways, like you wouldn't expect.
I immediately came running out of the water to the shore and at first was consumed with fear. But when my feet hit the shoreline, I squared my shoulders and planted my feet, facing the tsunami head on. Once I had searched my heart and was confident my relationship with Christ was in order, a total peace came over me and I remember thinking, as I boldly faced the massive wall of waters, "though the waters try to consume and overtake me, I will not fear."
As I woke up, I immediately began praying and seeking the LORD for the interpretation of the dream because I knew it was prophetic. I even spoke with my husband about it. I truly believe that the Spirit of the LORD is speaking to us that we are in a season of preparation; and that as we prepare ourselves … as we empty ourselves … and as we allow His Word to remove all debris and hindrances from our lives, then, from unexpected directions, like a tsunami, He is going to overtake us with blessing heaped upon blessing heaped upon blessing!
So, my expectation is at an all-time high and, according to Proverbs 23:18, my hope and my expectation will not be cut off. I am expecting FAVOR from unexpected people. I am expecting PROMOTION from unexpected places. I am expecting FINANCES and RESOURCES from unexpected avenues. I am expecting DIVINE CONNECTIONS from unexpected arenas. I AM EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED! What are you expecting? Let me encourage you to expect to be overtaken by God's goodness from unexpected directions.
9 Feb
We are destined and empowered to WIN in every area of life. As a winner, we must make a shift in our mindset with a renewed approach that focuses on winning; we must believe that losing is not an option! How many times have we failed to pursue God's best because we have become intimidated by the opinions of others?
I love the story where scientists performed an experiment with pike fish in an aquarium. Pike fish are known to eat up all the other fish around them. So the scientists put a barrier between the pike fish and the rest of the fish. The pike fish kept bumping his head up against the barrier and could never get to the other fish. Eventually, one of the scientists recommended that they remove the barrier to see what the pike fish would do. They removed the barrier and the other fish were swimming all around the pike fish. However, the pike fish's mindset was, "I better be cautious because I've already done this before, and I could not get the food. There were barriers in my way." The pike fish ended up dying of starvation because he let the previous barrier stop him.
We cannot allow past barriers and the opinions of others to keep us from the victory that God has for us. Winners do not say "we win some, we lose some." No … winners say "we win every time!" Winners have a mentality that they will overcome every obstacle, and leap over every wall. Winners always win, and will not allow roadblocks to keep them from their winning future because they are determined and focused in the lifelong pursuit to win.
Winning is not a short-term thing. We are in a lifelong pursuit to win, even when faced with obstacles and roadblocks. In the face of adversity, we will press through to victory. We will win at the game of life that the LORD has put before us.
You may be facing an obstacle now, or you may be at a point of dealing with opposition. I want to encourage you through this blog and tell you that's okay; you are going to win because at the end of anything that you are going through, you will always win.
10 May
This morning as I was praying and spending time with the LORD, I found myself in Proverbs 8. I specifically got hung up on verse 34, which says, "Blessed is the man that heareth Me, watching daily at My gates, waiting at the posts of My doors." In other words, it is our daily commitment (our consistency) at the gates of the LORD that is going to cause us to hear Him and the directives He has for our lives. As I began to meditate on this scripture, the word "REAL" just kept going over and over in my heart.
See … I think people are sick and tired of the religious traditions of man and fake facades; I know I am! They are looking for something … for someone that is REAL. Honestly, we are all simply REAL people, with REAL ISSUES, that serve a very REAL God! Anyway, I continued to seek the LORD as to what He was trying to say to me concerning the word REAL. Before I knew it, I had journaled the following statement: "By keeping it REAL, revelation will pour in to me and out of me." Then I wrote down the following acronym using the word REAL:
R - Revelation
E - Eradicates and
A - Annihilates
L - Liabilities
OMG … I knew God was speaking revelation to me, so I immediately began looking up these words so I could grasp the full meaning of what was being revealed.
"Revelation" is something that God reveals or discloses that hasn't yet been realized before.
"Eradicate" means to remove or utterly destroy by pulling up by the roots.
"Annihilate" is to reduce to utter ruin to where it is non-existence; to make void.
"Liabilities" are debts or anything that is disadvantageous; and they (liabilities) are opposed to assets!
In other words, and this is just how the LORD gave it to me … "When He reveals or discloses truth to us, it is the truth that we know that will set us free, because the truth will empower us to remove and destroy, by pulling up by the roots, the lies the devil has told us. Through revelation, the Holy Spirit will show us how to reduce to utter ruin, to the point they are non-existent, ALL liabilities … ALL roadblocks … ALL curses that are working against us! Everything that opposes us living and enjoying the good life promised us in Ephesians 2:10 will be annihilated and made void through revelation."
LORD, help us to simply keep it REAL with You, understanding that when we live a consistent life of spending time with You and serving You, we will reap the benefits of the Revelation we need to Eradicate and Annihilate every Liability that is keeping us from stepping into our destiny and being the REAL us You have called us to be!
9 Jan
There is a clarion call to each of you to be the very best you that you can be, because you are a gift that only you can give yourself. You are only one person, but you are still one. And no, you cannot do everything, but you can do something, one step at a time, to pursue your dreams. Be sensitive to the whispers of your soul as they will empower you to continue moving forward on the pathway to your dreams. Step into your dreams, and have confidence in each step you take. Stop looking for approval from other people, or the economy, to validate your dreams. There is only one resource that carries the assurance to confirm your dreams, and that place is in your heart. Believe in your dream because it matters to you; and then take action daily, one step at a time, towards seeing your desires manifest. With each step you take towards your dream, you will experience strength, courage and confidence to face the giants … face the fears … and face the failures that have been standing on the pathway to your destiny. As you step forth and confront those things that have immobilized you due to past experiences, you will position yourself for an outpouring of God's grace, power and favor. So — DREAMERS … STEP FORTH!
27 Apr
How many times I have sat down, feeling like I am juggling just too many hats, and not doing any one of those hats justice. "BALANCE" is a word that reels over and over in my mind, and it seems to be at the top of my prayer list a lot here lately. I feel as though I am on a journey to discover "BALANCE" in my life; and what I have found on my journey is that I am not travelling this road alone. It seems as though the majority of women I speak with are struggling in this same area.
I believe that we all have experienced the challenge to maintain "BALANCE" in our life. If "IMBALANCE" isn't your address right now, it either has been at one time OR it will be in the future. There are so many "things" vying for our time and attention – spouse, children and their numerous activities, family, church, work … the list goes on and on. One thing I have noticed is that when I am out of "BALANCE," the odds of burn out and stress are great, and my relationships become strained.
Here are a couple of guidelines I have implemented to help bring "BALANCE" back into my life. First, I put together a list of things that I need to accomplish and then I prioritize that list. Because we are being pulled in so many directions, it's easy to get off track if we don't have order and structure in our daily routine. When I take responsibility for each new day the Lord allows me to live, and order my days instead of my days ordering me, "BALANCE" is then an enjoyed goal.
Prioritizing allows me to accomplish the important and necessary things. The flip side of that, not prioritizing, leaves me wide open to confusion, frustration and stress as I don't complete the things that need to get done and I'm left wondering all over the road.
One other tip the Lord shared with me as I've been praying for "BALANCE" and obtaining "BALANCE" is the importance of having "ME" time where I do things that I enjoy doing. This sounds simple, but trust me, it is so difficult because we have a tendency to allow self to come up last on the list of things needing attention. Some will even try to make you think you are being selfish when you schedule such times, but I tell you the truth … there is nothing selfish about "ME" time! These designated times are necessary so you can relax and recover from the grind of your routine. Not having down time will leave you at your wits end, and you will become difficult to get along with. That's just a given fact that I can absolutely attest to.
So ladies, let's take back the reins of our lives and live a life of BALANCE in every area. I would love for you to share any wisdom and truths that you use to promote and establish BALANCE in your life!
Keepin' It Balanced,
7 Oct
I was watching TBN a couple of weeks ago and I heard Lance Wallnau make a statement that literally stopped me in my tracks. You want to know what it was, don't you? Okay … he said, "We need to hang out with people who are architects of the future. Hang out with dreamers." Is that powerful or what? I grabbed a pen and wrote it down and have been meditating on it ever since.
I am a person who believes that our future is connected to our relationships; and that our relationships are like elevators … they either take us up or they take us down. But this statement has caused me to really re-evaluate some things in my life. I wonder how many of us would be found guilty of exchanging our dreams based on people's limitations? I wonder how many of us are allowing a demolition crew to operate in our lives instead of architects of the future?
Can't wait to read your comments.
3 Sep
We all know that the Lord has a plan and purpose for each of our lives, and that His thoughts toward us are to do us good, and not harm us. We know that the Word of God says He will never leave us or forsake us, and that He is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. I've been meditating on this lately, wondering why, if we know all of this, do so many of us deal with the immobilizing emotion of loneliness?
This is an emotion that each of us face at one time or another, and the only thing we can use to counterattack this emotion is the Word of God. Allow His Word to be your compass to direct you into all truth. No matter what other relationships or situations WILL change in your life, your Father remains steadfast and faithful. None of us are immune from the emotion of loneliness, but we do have a choice as to whether or not to accept the emotion.
Proverbs 4:34 (AMP) says we are to keep and guard our heart with all vigilance above all that we guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. The word "keep" in this scripture refers to a military term that signifies a guard standing at a door preventing anyone from going into it. In other words, it is our responsibility to guard our heart from emotions that can topple us.
Refuse to be a puppet on a string for ANYONE; refuse sap suckers in your life. Nothing will play with your emotions quicker than those that have leached on to you with wrong motives. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you perform a pure and true reality check on those who touch your emotions.
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For Saturday, Jan. 9, 1813
Compiled, with comments
by HUGH C. MacDOUGALL
Died, at Cleveland, in the state of Ohio, on the 6th ult. [December] of the typhus fever, MR. ELEAZAR, Jun.
COMMENT: Eleazar Loomis, Jr. was born April 30, 1788 in the Town of Otsego, the son of Eleazar Loomis (1766-1847) and Julia Coleman (1768-1836). He never married. He had five brothers and four sisters. The family originally came from Lebanon, Connecticut. I have not discovered what young Eleazar was doing in Ohio.
Miracle in the near east
It is confidently rumored that the Rev. Mr. Mendior the Portuguese Rabbi, received a letter a few days since from the Rabbis of Jerusalem, informing him that there had been no darkness in the sacred city for three days and three nights, in consequence of a cloud of fire which rested on a tree in the vicinity, and that the third day it vanished, to the general consternation of the inhabitants.
The tree, it is observed, was not damaged by the miraculous and awful event; we are confidently assured by very serious authorities, that no doubt exists among the children of Israel, in this metropolis, as to the verity of this extraordinary communication.
The following is a letter from Malta: "I have to inform you of a phenomenon in Syria, in April last. A pillar of fire, of an immense size was seen towards the east, and remained in view three days and nights, during which no sun, moon, or stars were seen, yet the light was sufficient for seeing any object. This has given rise to many conjectures among the learned men of this place. The Nile has risen two months before the usual time.
COMMENT: Though this event was noted in other newspapers, which in turn were cited in at least one private diary, I have not found any further details.
A tragic accident
New York, Dec. 24. Extraordinary Accident. During the last week, a marine on board of one of the gun-boats at the Wall-about, having loaded a musket too deeply, was attempting to draw the charger, when an officer on board seized the musket, directed the musket over the side of the boat, and fired into the water, the ball glanced from the water, passed through a thick board fence, and through the body of a man who happened to be standing on the opposite side.
The man survived his wounds but a few minutes. The gun-boat was lying about 50 yards from the shore, and about 80 or 100 from the person who was accidentally killed.
COMMENT: Muskets were loaded through the barrel. President Jefferson had had built large numbers of small gun-boats to defend the major American harbors.
Warships ordered
Navy Bill – On Wednesday the 23d ult. [December] the final question was taken in the House of Representatives of the U.S. on the bill from the Senate, for building four 74's and six frigates, which passed ayes 76, nays 56. The House has also passed the bill from the Senate for remitting the merchants' bonds, ayes 64, nays 61.
The Secretary of the navy has stated to Congress, that a 76 gun ship is equal to three frigates of 44 guns, but that the cost of her building and maintenance will only be about 50 per cent more than the cost and support of a frigate. – United State Gazette.
COMMENT: a "74" was a three-masted warship carrying 74 cannons. A frigate was a three-masted warship with only one deck for cannon under its topside deck. American frigates were generally larger and stronger than those of the British Navy, but the British had far more larger warships.
War in Florida
A letter from New Orleans, dated Nov. 30, states that the U.S.troops at that place had received orders to take possession of West Florida, as far as the Perdido.
Accounts from Georgia mention that Maj. Gen. PINCKNEY had set off to take command of the troops destined for Florida, with a view to occupy it for the United States. – United States Gazette.
COMMENT: The Perdido River today marks the boundary between Florida and Alabama. From 1804 the territory known as West Florida (the coastal zone between the Mississippi and the Perdido) was the subject of a boundary dispute between Spain and the United States. It was resolved in 1819 when America acquired all of Florida, and West Florida now constitutes the coastal areas of Alabama, Mississippi, and the eastern portion of Louisiana. American settlers in West Florida had on several occasions sought to secede from Spanish Florida.
Major General Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828) was one of a distinguished South Carolina family. He served as Governor of South Carolina (1787-1789), as Congressman from South Carolina (1797-1801), and as United States Minister to Great Britain (1792-1797). He almost became Vice President in 1796. He served in the Army during the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
British deserters
Ogdensburgh, Dec. 22. Last Sunday evening four British soldiers of the Glengarain [Glengarry?] Regiment, got on board of a boat at Prescot [Prescott] Harbor and pushed off. They were discovered and pursued until within a few rods of the [American] shore, when they called loudly for assistance. The pursuers gave up the chase on observing a number of our soldiers advancing to assist the deserters.
COMMENT: The Glengarry Light Fencible Fegiment, recruited from Glengarry County in Upper Canada (across the St. Lawrence River from Ogdensburg), was formed early in 1812.


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Baseball Completes Sweep of Campbell
BUIES CREEK, N.C., - The FGCU baseball team swept their third A-Sun series to improve to 21-7 overall 13-2 in the A-Sun with a 3-2 win in the 10th inning over Campbell on Saturday afternoon. Campbell falls to 9-17 overall and 5-10 in the league.
Campbell scored single runs in the first and second innings as FGCU starter Casey Coleman (Cape Coral, Fla.) struggled to find the strike zone as he issued five walks in 1.2 innings. The Eagles answered with a pair of runs in the top half of the third inning to even the score. Vinnie Scarduzio (Jupiter, Fla.) led off with a walk. With two outs and runners on the corners, Mikel Alvarez (West Palm Beach, Fla.) singled to score Scarduzio and Stephen Rassel (Lake City, Fla.) followed with a single to score Josh Upchurch (Cape Coral, Fla.) and even the score.
From that point, the pitchers settled down. FGCU reliever Richie Erath (Lake Worth, Fla.) tossed 5.1 scoreless innings and struck out a pair of batters and scattered three hits while Campbell starter Hunter Ford worked 8.0 innings and allowed four hits and four walks in the game.
As the game went into extra innings, Rassel led off the 10th with an infield single and scored from second on a one-out double by Ozzie Borrell (Hialeah, Fla.) to go up 3-2. In the bottom of the frame, J.J. Crumbley (Tampa, Fla.) retired the side in order to pick up his fourth win of the year. Crumbley tossed 3.0 inning and gave up a pair of hits and fanned a pair to improve to 4-0 on the year. Wes Edwards picked up the loss for the Camels, falling to 0-1 on the year.
Alvarez, Rassel and Borrell were each 2-5 on the afternoon while Borrell drove in the winning run in extra innings. Ryan Hamme was 2-4 for the Camels with a run scored and an RBI.
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Canucks sit back and wait for Blackhawks, Ducks, Predators… Who do you want?
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As you've no doubt heard by now, the Vancouver Canucks have locked up the President's Trophy as the NHL's top team in the regular season. We know this because they absolutely took the night off in their first meaningless game against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night! But I digress. They're the top dogs, which means we know that they will play whichever team ends up in 8th place in the conference. In case you haven't seen the NHL standings in a while, here they are:


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Friday's 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves gave the Cubs a 2-1 advantage over the Braves and puts the Cubs in position to clinch the NL Division Series with a win on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
Lofton and Ramirez came over on July 22 when general manager Jim Hendry pulled the trigger on a trade that sent infielder Jose Hernandez, minor league pitcher Matt Bruback and a player to be named later (infielder Bobby Hill) to the Pirates.
"If we don't go out there and do our job, it's a catch-22 situation," he said. "I think it's an opportunity where myself, Randall and Ramirez had to get the job done first of all."
Simon said he considers it a blessing that he is with the Cubs now.
Lofton, the wily centerfielder, is looking less like a
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Dr. Shaun Ryan | Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder // PhD
|Shaun has over 10 years' experience in search technologies. As a co-founder of the Company, he was one of the developers of the company's unique "Learning Search" site search technology. Shaun was also an original founder of GlobalBrain (in 1998), the search technology company which was bought by NBCi, in 2000. Shaun and his fellow founders formed SLI Systems, Inc and bought back the GlobalBrain technology. Prior to GlobalBrain, he worked as a contract software developer for a number of organisations, including the international health technology company Invacare. Shaun is a frequent speaker at conferences in the US, UK and Australia, and regularly posts insights on site search trends to the Company's blog. His retail search by-lines have been published in Chief Marketer, Multichannel Merchant and other online magazines. Shaun has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Canterbury.
Dr. Wayne Munro | Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder // PhD
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Geoff Brash | Vice President of Business Intelligence and Co-Founder // MBA
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Wildlife experts fear hundreds more seabirds could be washed up on the coast of Sussex in the coming days.
Hundreds of seabirds have died and hundreds more have been washed up on the coast between West Sussex and Cornwall after being covered in the pollutant.
Conservationists believe fear the situation in Sussex could worsen in the coming days.
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Is Bad Grammar at Work a Risk You Want to Take?
A recent Wall Street Journal article called out bad grammar in the workplace as a serious issue. John Coates's recent book, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf, on the neurobiology of risk taking in business calls out our hormones as an issue. Coates deals with very high flyers indeed, having been a derivatives trader on Wall Street and now a Cambridge University neuroscientist. The subject is a bit bigger than grammar, and his conclusions about how understanding our neurobologically wired risk-taking behavior can lead to very great rewards are fascinating. But is the risk of being misunderstood because of bad grammar one worth taking? Probably not!
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings, and the Biology of Boom and Bust is an absolutely amazing look at what makes people, mainly young men, ready to bet enormous amounts of money on minute changes in the numbers that measure financial markets. Those numbers often don't even represent money, precisely; instead they may measure probability or aggregates of data. Yet the economies of nations, world trade, the price of a house, and our retirement income all can depend on the wolflike seizure of opportunity or the doglike cowering of young men in response to fluctuating numbers on a screen.
Dr. Coates was not always a doctor; at one point he ran a derivatives trading desk on Wall Street. He saw young traders transform when faced with success and failure. Success could fuel an explosion of confidence, triggering daredevil high-flying risk taking and brinksmanship that could yield huge rewards, while failure could unleash not a wolf but a dog, whipped and whimpering away from risk, averse to taking chances. Significantly, he observed that male hormones seem to have a lot to do with this. Women did not react the same way. And yes, it's about testosterone levels. Surges are triggered by success; ebbs by failure. But not in women.
Coates went on to do solid research that backed up his hunch. His book not only discusses the phenomenon and consequences of "dog and wolf" on Wall Street but also looks at the role of biology and risk taking throughout our life. Nor does he excoriate those who work the Street; he points out that understanding our biology is important. Very important.
Coates's subjects and readers are very familiar with the The Wall Street Journal, no doubt, which is where Sue Shellenbarger wrote a very entertaining article, "This Embarrasses You and I," calling out workplace grammar as a growing issue of contention, especially across generational divides. In the article Shellenbarger points out that many managers deplore younger employees mistakes and misuse of language, while she notes what I so often discuss in my posts here: that grammar rules are contextual, and what is appropriate in memos and corporate publications or client communications may not work on twitter and other social media, in texts, or on chat. As someone who writes about, thinks about, and argues about grammar I admit I was delighted to read the following:
In workplace-training programs run by Jack Appleman, a Monroe, N.Y., corporate writing instructor, "people are banging the table," yelling or high-fiving each other during grammar contests he stages, he says. "People get passionate about grammar," says Mr. Appleman, author of a book on business writing.
The WSJ piece also includes a really wonderful sentence to convince doubters about the need for a serial comma.
What are the risks of using bad grammar at work? They range from 25-cent fines from a manager for each use of "like" at some companies to losing major clients, confusing the customers, and messing up marketing materials so badly that expensive reprints are required--if they can even be done in time.
The rewards of using bad grammar seem to be pretty much nil: no surge of testosterone when one makes a subject/verb agreement error or uses the wrong word and embarrasses one's company or oneself. The risks are pretty clear.
Whether one is riding the rollercoaster of success and failure, dog and wolf, or merely writing a sales pitch, words matter. They always have.
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Ahhhh, another book dealing with Grammar! Thank you, Ellen! I find the whole concept of correct grammar being a necessary tool of success most gratifying. However, I want to digress a bit and look a bit more closely at one of the subtopic ideas discussed by the good Dr.:
Dr. Coates was not always a doctor; at one point he ran a derivatives trading desk on Wall Street. He saw young traders transform when faced with success and failure. Success could fuel an explosion of confidence, triggering daredevil high-flying risk taking and brinksmanship that could yield huge rewards, while failure could unleash not a wolf but a dog, whipped and whimpering away from risk, averse to taking chances. Significantly, he observed that male hormones seem to have a lot to do with this. Women did not react the same way. And yes, it's about testosterone levels. Surges are triggered by success; ebbs by failure. But not in women.
I'm just wondering--since the ups and downs discussed by Dr. Coates which are found in young men in the business world, and those are fueled by testosterone levels( a conclusion many females could have drawn for themselves, I'm guessing), what are we to make of successful young businesswomen? Are they always Wolves, then? ( The Rudyard Kipling quote about the female being deadlier than the male comes to mind). Perhaps the success of women in the workplace, where they have replaced a "dog" man, is what has led to the pejorative use of the "B" word(rhymes with witch) becoming common fodder. It certainly was not a word I heard in civilized conversation when I was growing up.
I'm also thinking that since most women are more adept in verbal sparring than men, it seems common sense that they would do well in business. For example, a woman, not having the ebb of testosterone when experiencing a failure, would probably react better to it than a man, and rather than feeling "whipped," would most likely determine to try harder to achieve success on her next try. That makes her much more of an asset to a company than her male counterpart, at least in theory.
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Hi Fricka,
Yes, the author does discuss the male/female testosterone difference. Although you are certainly right that women do well in business, in the specific kind of trading that Coates looks at, women are outnumbered. The overwhelming majority of those traders are young men, and in fact, from what I know anecedotally from my women friends on Wall Street, those traders and their milieu are the site of some of (to me) the most vicious and astonishing sexual harrassment on the Street.


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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine coast guard says a cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that was disabled by a fire in waters in the southern Philippines has been repaired and is sailing toward Malaysia.
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MADISON (WKOW) -- At a public hearing Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers questioned the wisdom of a bill that would allow people to hunt with a bow and arrow or crossbow near school grounds.
State law currently prohibits any type of hunting within 1,700 feet of a school or hospital grounds.
But Assembly Bill 8, authored by Rep. Joel Kleefisch (R-Oconomowoc), would change that law to only prohibit hunting with firearms, exempting hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow.
"Areas that do not allow hunting are places of refuge for deer in Wisconsin, resulting in expensive property damage and increased numbers of automobile accidents," said Ashlee Moore, an aide who addressed the Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage and Natural Resources in place of Rep. Kleefisch, who was ill.
Moore cited the high number of deer-car collisions as the reason behind the bill. She said Dane County had the highest number in the state in 2010 at 854.
"Safety has become such a priority in our schools and our communities and to come with a bill like this at this time seems just really inappropriate," responded Rep. Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie).
Rep. Hebl said he can't imagine approaching the people in his district with such an idea.
"My God, 75 to 90 percent of my constituents would ask me if I needed a mental examination," said Rep. Hebl. "In the realm of Sandy Hook and what's going on at Newtown in terms of hunting near schools and near municipalities takes on a new element here."
"This is not a weapon that would be used in that kind of situation," said George Meyer, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, which backs the bill.
Meyer also defended a provision that would prevent cities and counties from opting out of such a law.
"You would be facing possibly dissent in some of those communities, but it wouldn't be based on safety. It would be based on anti-hunting," said Meyer.
But several Democrats have a problem with that.
"It looks like the only recourse here would be going to a court of law or coming back to the state legislature and asking that this bill be repealed," said Rep. Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point).
Meyer said he believes the DNR Law Enforcement Bureau would be the most appropriate group to review specific community concerns on a case-by-case basis, and suggested that provision be included in the bill.
The Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage and Natural Resources has yet to schedule a vote on AB 8.
MADISON (WKOW) -- At a public hearing Wednesday morning several Democratic lawmakers questioned the wisdom of an Assembly bill that would allow bow and arrow as well as crossbow hunting near schools.
Current state law prohibits any type of hunting within 1,700 feet of a school, hospital or sanatorium. A bill authored by Rep. Joel Kleefisch (R-Oconomowoc) would change the law to say that only hunting with a firearm would be prohibited at that distance, but hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow would have no distance restrictions.
Rep. Kleefisch did not present the bill at the hearing in front of the Assembly Sporting Heritage and Natural Resources Committee due to illness, but his aide Ashlee Moore told the members that the bill is designed to limit the deer population in urban areas. Moore said the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office told Rep. Kleefisch it is contributing to a high number of car-deer collisions.
Committee member Rep. Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie) called the bill inappropriate, considering the sensitive nature of safety issues at schools since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in December of 2012.
"If I brought this bill to my community.... my God, 75 to 90 percent of my constituents would ask if I needed a mental examination," said Rep. Hebl.
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SHERMAN — News 8 has learned that the City of Sherman is defying the law by pumping drinking water out of Lake Texoma.
The federal law is designed to protect the environment, but regulators have known about the questionable pumping practice for years.
Until zebra mussels blossomed in Lake Texoma, this story would have been just a quirky little tale.
Today, there's nothing little about it.
In fact, because of zebra mussels, every time the City of Sherman pumps water out of Lake Texoma, it's thumbing its nose at federal law.
The border between Texas and Oklahoma runs right through Lake Texoma. The exact location of that border was in dispute until 2000, when the two states finally hashed it out for good.
But — improbably — the commission drawing the border did miss the $150 million Texoma Pump Station.
The pump station was not shown on the maps they were using. So, the new Texas-Oklahoma border cuts right through the massive facility.
And that's where the trouble starts.
All the pumps that used to be in Texas are in Oklahoma now.
The federal Lacey Act says you cannot transfer zebra mussels from one state to another. The regulation is designed to stop the spread of invasive species, like zebra mussels, that — once they're in a lake — devour the food fish like to eat and they can never be killed.
"We built our station in Texas. We thought it was still in Texas. And to find it had been moved to Oklahoma without us moving the facility kind of startled us," said Mike Rickman of the North Texas Municipal Water District, one of two utilities that jointly own the facility.
To avoid breaking a stringent federal law, NTMWD is taking two extrodinary and expensive steps:
Lobbying Congress to amend the Lacey Act so North Texas can pump water legally.
Asking the Texas and Oklahoma legislatures to redraw the boundry.
The Texas General Land Office handles border disputes. Spokesman Bill O'Hara said he's never seen a situation like this before.
"Changing boundaries is never easy, so getting everybody to agree to it might be difficult," he said.
But wait. If North Texas would go to the effort of changing laws and redrawing borders, why are these two pumps still pumping between the states?
Well, the other partner at the station is the Greater Texoma Utility Authority. It provides drinking water to the City of Sherman.
And it is pumping zebra mussel-infested water from Oklahoma into Texas
Jerry Chapman runs the GTUA, but he doesn't agree that his agency is violating the Lacey Act.
"I don't think that it is our intent is to violate anything," he said.
Records show the federal government is fully aware of what Sherman is doing. But does that mean the federal government approves of Sherman defying its laws?
That's what we wanted to know.
But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined to be interviewed about the issue. Instead, it provided this written statement:
"...we don't comment on pending or potential investigations, nor do we make statements about whether a company is or is not violating federal law unless an investigation has been conducted, completed and a prosecutorial decision has been made..."
And what would happen if Sherman was forced to shut those pumps down?
"It would be very serious," Chapman said.
But for the North Texas Municipal Water District — which is jumping through all kinds of government hoops — it makes no sense.
"We have trouble getting our arms around that," Rickman said.
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XENIA, Ohio (AP) -- A county in western Ohio says its websites were hacked and that residents who use them may want to change their user name and password.
Greene County Auditor David Graham says the breach involved a web server that held public information on real estate and county services -- nothing private. But he says the concern is that residents may have adopted the same user name and password they use for other, more sensitive accounts, such as bank accounts.
The county sheriff's department is trying to track the hackers, and officials say they're taking steps to make the server more secure.
Graham tells the Dayton Daily News (http://bit.ly/xFXTNy ) the county east of Dayton keeps credit card numbers and other private data on internal servers, so that information was never at risk.
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Tooting & Mitcham's leading goalscorer and captain Lee Hall is hoping Tuesday night's home match against Maidstone United will see an end to a dismal home record in the Ryman League Division One South.
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Golly gee whiz, is this thing really going to happen? Is Roger Clemens really going to pitch again, in the major leagues? At 50?
Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. First he has to take the mound this weekend for the Sugar Land Skeeters, and then he has to pitch well for the Skeeters, and then both he and (presumably) the Houston Astros have to come to some mutually beneficial agreement regarding Clemens' (presumably) short-term employment.
If all of those things happen, though? Yes, it would be a stunt. But Clemens would hardly be the first geriatric pitcher to make a comeback for reasons beyond simply winning baseball games.
To wit, let us hearken back! Through those dusty pages of Baseball-Reference.com!
In 1910, Irvin "Kaiser" Wilhelm seemed finished as a major leaguer. The 36-year-old spitball pitcher had toiled in the National League for seven seasons, mostly with the Braves and Dodgers, and posted a 44-88 career record. In those days, though, pitchers pitched until nobody would pay them to pitch. So Wilhelm returned to the minor leagues, and thrived for three seasons. And when the Federal League opened play in 1914, with designs on "major" status, Wilhelm found work there for two seasons. After going 12-17 in '14, Wilhelm pitched just once in 1915. In 1916 and '17, he pitched in the low minors. In 1918 and '19, he didn't pitch at all. In 1920, he went 12-12 in the high minors. And in 1921 -- yes, we're finally getting to the point -- Wilhelm, by then 47, signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as pitching coach. But he also pitched in four games: once in May, once in June, and twice in August.
Nick Altrock is perhaps more analagous to Roger Clemens. For a few years early in the 20th Century, Altrock was one of the American League's better pitchers, and he started twice against the Cubs in the 1906 World Series. Three years later, his arm was dead. In 1912, though, he signed with the Washington Senators, technically as a coach. But Altrock's real stock in trade was comedy, as he performed various antics while in the coaching box and ultimately teamed with another baseball clown, Al Schacht, to form an immensely popular team. Officially, Altrock coached with the Senators for 42 seasons, 1912-1953. Early in his tenure, Altrock would occasionally pitch an inning or three. After 1919, though, he pitched just once: in 1924, when he was 48, Altrock pitched two innings against the Red Sox in the last game of the season.
Satchel Paige pitched in the majors into his middle 40s, but that wasn't really a stunt because Paige could obviously still pitch. In 1953, though 46 by then, he posted a 3.53 ERA in 117 innings with the St. Louis Browns. After the Browns cut him loose, Paige continued to pitch (and pitch well) in the minor leagues, after which he returned to his old profession: barnstorming. In 1965, though, he signed one more professional contract. Paige would pitch in one game for his hometown Kansas City Athletics, in the same ballpark where he'd pitched in so many games for the old Kansas City Monarchs. He was 58 years old, and he shut out the Red Sox for three innings. As stunts go, this was a pretty good one. Artistically speaking, anyway. Commercially it was a bust, as fewer than 10,000 fans showed up to see it.
In 1990, Jim Palmer was elected to the Hall of Fame.
In 1991, Jim Palmer embarked on a comeback. There's a great story about that. He supposedly was doing some work at the University of Miami, where an assistant baseball coach didn't recognize him and said, "You'll never get into the Hall of Fame with those mechanics."
Anyway, Palmer wasn't terribly old, just 45. At the time, Nolan Ryan was 44 and still pitching quite effectively with the Rangers. So the Orioles, perhaps merely as a form of respect, invited Palmer to spring training. He pitched in one game, gave up five hits in two innings, and called it quits.
And then of course there's Jamie Moyer. Roger Clemens is 50. At 44, he posted a 4.08 ERA in the American League. When Jamie Moyer was 44, he posted a 5.01 ERA in the National League. Moyer pitched in the majors at 49, earlier this season, and won twice. Is it really a massive leap to suggest that Clemens could win a couple of games this season? Given a little luck, and a little run support?
Yes, this whole story is outlandish. But it's hardly unprecedented. There's a long and storied history of teams hiring pitchers not because they could win baseball games, but because they might bring something else of value. Usually it doesn't work all that well. But that's true of a lot of things that baseball teams do, isn't it?