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Reuters Examines How Wal-Mart, Now Under Scrutiny, Gained Foothold in India
by Lance Turner
Posted 12/6/2012 09:22 am
Updated 2 years ago
Reuters today takes a look at how Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville got a foothold in India's fast-growing retail market and whether the world's largest retailer broke the country's foreign direct investment rules.
As we've noted, Indian regulators have been taking a hard look at Wal-Mart's $100 billion deal with Bharti Retail, which operates more than 200 supermarkets in India. And in November, Wal-Mart's Indian joint venture announced that it had suspended several employees as part of its internal corruption investigation.
In its reporting today, Reuters looks at the origins of Bharti Retail, a related web of companies, Indians laws about foreign investment, and the local politics surrounding everything:
Bharti and Walmart both declined to provide additional details on how the transaction was structured.
Senior government officials said that India's central bank had asked the Enforcement Directorate, which investigates financial crimes, to look into whether Walmart violated the law by investing in a supermarket retailer before foreign investment rules were relaxed.
If Walmart did break the law, it could face a penalty of up to three times its initial $100m investment, they said.
That would not only be a setback for Walmart, it would also weaken consensus-building efforts by India's minority government, led by the Congress Party. The party is desperate for more support from across the political spectrum after its decision to let foreign players into India's retail market came under fire from the opposition and even some of its own allies.
Reuters' full report is available here.


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(February 16, 2014): When this was originally written four years ago, people still regularly referred to Bode Miller as an alcoholic. Now, due to his lifestyle change (he is a settled family man), no one even remembers that -- but we must always remember when people shift out of the alcoholic/addict mode, as, for instance, Drew Barrymore has.
Miller has had what might be considered his greatest victory of all time in these 2014 Olympics, winning a bronze medal at age 36 to set a U.S. lifetime record of six medals:
Miller, who sat out all of last season recovering from knee surgery, hadn't won a race in more than two years and had bombed out in Sochi in the downhill and super-combined, placed unusual (for him) emphasis on the results of the men's super-G Sunday.

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Built in the fourteenth century, this fortified Gothic castle has experienced many an incarnation over time, from a bishop's hunting lodge to an evangelical church to a prison. But fear not, these days Reszel Castle is hardly a place you'd want to escape from. With only 21 rustic (and comfy) rooms and suites adorned with hand-crafted furnishings, you'll usually feel as if you have the place to yourself. As for those guests you do encounter, many come for the castle's art scene, which includes the on-site Gallery of Modern Art and ongoing Fine Arts Days showcasing fine arts, music, literature, dance and theater. Located in a picturesque market town, the castle is also popular with local foodies, who frequent the house restaurant for signature specialties such as mutton dumplings and roast pikeperch with almonds.
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Seattle scribe gives Nate Silver election run for his money with sports inspired pickson November 7, 2012 @ 3:46 pm (Updated: 5:02 pm - 11/7/12 )
Political analyst Nate Silver, author of the highly revered New York Times 538 blog, is getting all the props for his near perfect prediction of the outcome of the presidential election. But a Seattle sports scribe is giving him a run for his money with his own presidential picks that nailed an Obama victory.
Seth Kolloen says the uncertainty about the election was stressing him out, so he went looking for leading indicators that would help him predict the outcome. Unlike the regular pundits though, he turned to over a century of Seattle sports for his tea leaves: he was dead on.
"I just thought, look at the years where something has happened, like for instance, the years when the presidential incumbent had won. I found the first three years that had happened the Seahawks had beaten the Minnesota Vikings in football. Then on Sunday the Seahawks and Vikings played and they beat them again."
So Kolloen, a longtime Seattle writer with The Sun Break, P-I and numerous other outlets, used his vast powers of deductive reasoning to predict an Obama victory. Then he went looking for more connections and found plenty. He posted them Tuesday well before the polls closed.
Kolloen says after doing extensive research that "starts with me drinking a couple of beers," he discovered in 1992, 1996, and 2008 - previous election years in which a Democrat won-the Seattle Mariners had a losing record in May. So undoubtedly Obama would win.
The Mariners factored in again when he realized in 2008 - the only time an African-American was elected president - the Mariner finished in last place. Just like this year. It had to foretell an Obama victory.
"So that to me showed that's a pattern," he says. "Then I just kept finding all these other indicators. So it all sort of came together at that point."
Kolloen says his extensive, alcohol-fueled punditry also revealed in 1948 and 1996, previous election years in which a Democrat won the second of two full terms, the University of Washington football team was ranked during the season. Since the Huskies were ranked #23 in September, Obama had to win.
Kolloen hasn't gotten any calls from Fox News to replace Karl Rove, but says perhaps it's time to hire an agent and start branching out with his new found powers of prognostication.
"I think really the sky's the limit. I mean horse racing, the Oscars are coming up pretty soon, the likelihood of nuclear war. I think there's anywhere I can go with this."
After all, he's the only pundit to predict an Obama win based on the fact that the two previous times a politician from Illinois won a second term as President, Seattle did not have an NBA team. Alright, it might have been just a bit of a stretch. That was 1864 and 1872. But you have to admit, like Nate Silver, he nailed it.
Josh Kerns is an award winning reporter/anchor and host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Sunday afternoons 5-6p) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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Slumber Party Barbie of 1965 came with her own "How to Lose Weight" book. One tip: "Don't eat."
The nine white squares inside the main red grid should be filled with the digits 1 through 9. Each digit should appear only once in this main grid. Two of these numbers are already provided for you.
Y'all might remember a writer we had here a while back named John Green, who went on to fame and well, if not fortune exactly, then great acclaim in both YA lit and YouTube videoblogger circles w
The United States Holocaust memorial Museum in Washington is hosting National Days of Remembrance this week by welcoming those who liberated the concentration camps in 1945.
From Flossy reader Kate, a picture that includes a volcanic ash plume, glaciers and lightning. And as she pointed out, it's TOTALLY METAL!
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Don't tell Winnie the Pooh, but he's not the only big shot on the children's book Bear Market "" Paddington Bear has been charming children and adults alike since 1958.
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According to the New York Times, the economy will be spared a further assault by cap-and-trade, an emissions (and energy) rationing scheme which would have imposed a declining cap on greenhouse gas emissions, and allowed "trading" in the ration coupons by emitters. Given the declining cap, and the dearth of inexpensive ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cap-and-trade would have certainly raised energy costs over time. Given that energy is an input to production, that would have further harmed an already shambling economy. We have written extensively about the perils of cap-and-trade here.
Over at the radical-environmentalist website Grist, Dave Roberts is wearing sackcloth and ashes (Looks good on you, Dave, here's hoping you get more opportunities to style them!):
What's happened is total and complete surrender. There's no silver lining in this cloud. Not only will the bill not contain any restrictions on greenhouse gases—not even a watered-down utility-only cap—it won't even contain the two other key policies that would have moved clean energy forward: the Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) and the energy efficiency standards.
And, of course, the blame game has commenced. According to the New York Times, the Republicans are the primary villain, but some hillbilly Democrats get a share:
The Republicans obviously bear a good part of the responsibility for this failure. With a handful of exceptions, they have denied or played down the problem of global warming for years and did pretty much anything they could to protect industry from necessary regulation. There are, however, as many as a dozen Senate Democrats, mainly from the South, Appalachia and the Midwest, who share the blame.
The real question of the day, however, is whether cap-and-trade is really dead, or just playing dead? Various reports suggest that Democrats might be able to force things through in a lame-duck session after they take the expected drubbing in the midterm elections. John Kerry is claiming that cap-and-trade (which he refuses to call by its name) will return with the support of the One:
"Let me be crystal clear, this legislation he has proposed doesn't replace climate change legislation or comprehensive energy legislation," [he said,] adding that President Obama called him before a Democratic Caucus meeting on energy Thursday afternoon promising to step up efforts to find support for a broader bill.
Back at Grist, Dave Roberts suggests (ludicrously, IMHO) that "Big Coal will be back begging for cap-and-trade" because Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations are going to make coal power unaffordable. Obviously, it hasn't occurred to Dave that the coal companies can simply sell their coal to China, which is going to need it, given their massive expansion of coal power generation. Yes, electrical utilities will be hurt by EPA regulations, as will manufacturers and businesses of all sorts, but it's unlikely to send Big Coal begging for cap-and-trade.
So, until the EPA steps up next year and starts knee-capping U.S. industry with its own planned greenhouse gas regulations, the economy seems to have dodged a bullet.
Still, cap-and-trade is a bit like a vampire: you can't proclaim that it's really dead until it's been staked through the heart, sprinkled with holy water, beheaded, cremated, and had its ashes scattered over running water. If EPA goes draconian enough with their regs, cap-and-trade could be back. That's the next play to watch for.


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Definitions for ladderˈlæd ər
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word ladder
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lad•derˈlæd ər(n.)
a structure of wood, metal, or rope commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of rungs are set at suitable distances to provide a means of climbing up or down.
a means of rising, as to eminence:
the ladder of success.
a graded series of stages or levels in status:
high on the political ladder.
Chiefly Brit. a run in a stocking.
Category: British
Origin of ladder:
bef. 1000; ME laddre, OE hlǣder, c. MD lēdere, OHG leitara; akin to Go hleithra tent, and to lid , lean1
Princeton's WordNet
steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
"he climbed the career ladder"
run, ladder, ravel(verb)
a row of unravelled stitches
"she got a run in her stocking"
ladder, run(verb)
come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
"Her nylons were running"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
ladder(noun)ˈlæd ər
a piece of equipment for climbing to reach high up
to climb a ladder
ladderˈlæd ər
a ranking system in the workplace
to climb the career ladder
A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence, e.g. the corporate ladder.
length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings
In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
To ascend a building or wall using a ladder.
To develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread
Origin: hlæder, from hlaidriz (compare West Frisian ljedder, Dutch leer, German Leiter), from ḱleytro (compare Old Irish clithar 'hedge', Umbrian 'stretcher'), from ḱley-. More at lean, related to lid.
Webster Dictionary
a frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps
that which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence
A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps. There are two types: rigid ladders that can be leaned against a vertical surface such as a wall, and rope ladders that are hung from the top. The vertical members of a rigid ladder are called stringers or rails or stiles. Rigid ladders are usually portable, but some types are permanently fixed to buildings. They are commonly made of metal, wood, or fibreglass, but they have been known to be made of tough plastic.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ladder' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3656
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ladder' in Nouns Frequency: #2238
Anagrams of ladder
Translations for ladder
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
a set of rungs or steps between two long supports, for climbing up or down
She was standing on a ladder painting the ceiling; the ladder of success.
- leerAfrikaans
- سُلَّمArabic
- подвижна стълбаBulgarian
- escadaPortuguese (BR)
- žebřík, žebříčekCzech
- die LeiterGerman
- stigeDanish
- σκάλαGreek
- escalera (de mano)Spanish
- redelEstonian
- نردبانFarsi
- tikapuutFinnish
- échelleFrench
- סוּלָםHebrew
- सीढी़Hindi
- ljestveCroatian
- létraHungarian
- tanggaIndonesian
- stigiIcelandic
- scalaItalian
- はしごJapanese
- 사닥다리Korean
- kopėčios, laipteliai, trapasLithuanian
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- lestevSlovenian
- stepenicaSerbian
- stegeSwedish
- บันไดThai
- el merdiveni, seyyar merdivenTurkish
- 梯子Chinese (Trad.)
- драбинаUkrainian
- سیڑھیUrdu
- cái thangVietnamese
- 梯子Chinese (Simp.)
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Our public outreach arm educates and empowers people, businesses and event planners with a hands-on approach that provides the information needed to make better choices when it comes to protecting the environment and southern New England's natural resources.
Consult with businesses, schools, festivals, conferences and road races on environmental best practices.
Collect compostables on a small scale, thereby creating nutrient-rich earth and reducing the amount of food scrap being needlessly buried in landfills.
Provide educational presentations and public outreach programs to schools, universities, businesses and organizations.
Green Event Consultation
We help businesses, nonprofits, event planners and schools reduce their waste stream by helping them put environmentally friendly practices in place and by putting them in touch with vendors that can provide related services and products.
For instance, reusable or compostable items will show your guests/clients you are serious about helping protect the environment.
We have coordinated and managed composting and recycling efforts at the following events and many others:
- 2010, 2011 and 2012 CVS Caremark Downtown 5K
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- 2011 Pawtucket St. Patrick's Day 5K
- 2011, 2012 and 2013 Land & Water Conservation Summit at the University of Rhode Island
- 2011 and 2012 A Better World By Design conference at Brown University/Rhode Island School of Design
- 2011 National Food Day forum held at the Statehouse
- 2012 and 2013 Social Venture Partners national conference at Brown University
- Green Drink gatherings throughout Rhode Island.
For more information about our green consulting services, download our information packet or send an e-mail to porgrams manager Kevin Proft.
In October 2010, we began a food-scrap collection program at Providence-area farmers markets. Patrons brought food scrap to our stand, then, at the end of the market, we delivered the material to urban farms in Providence and Pawtucket, where the scraps are composted and used to enrich the soil and grow local food.
Since ecoRI News began collecting food scrap, the program has become wildly popular, and more than 40,000 pounds of material has been diverted from the state landfill.
We are currently working with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Managment, the cities of Pawtucket and Providence, the Southside Community Land Trust and New Urban Farmers on a pilot residetial food-scrap collection program, whereby we pick up residential food scrap at the homes of up to 75 area residents and compost material at two urban compost hubs — City Farm in Providence and Galego Court in Pawtucket. Data collected from the program will be reviewed by DEM and may potentially inform municipal and/or statewide residential compost collection in the future. You can view more information about ecoRI Earth here.
Education Outreach
We give environmental presentations at schools, businesses and organizations about how to better understand the state's waste stream, how to recycle and compost, and how to reduce energy use. We also host documentary film screenings with our partners. Staffers have led roundtable discussions about composting at Farm Fresh Rhode Island's 2011, 2012 and 2013 Local Food Forum held at Brown University. Since 2012, we have given more than 125 presentations at schools and businesses.
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Roger Daltrey: "I thought it went okay."
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Roger Daltrey: "I thought it went okay."
With 105.97 viewers, last night's Super Bowl beat the 'M*A*S*H' series finale's 27-year-old record to become the most-watched TV program in U.S. history.
So much slapping.
You'll see it again during the Super Bowl.
Godard is ready for some football!
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We carry many of the northern and Region 4 hybridizers' introductions as well as many southern intros.
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In 2014, our garden will be open from early May to mid-August nearly every day weather permitting from 9:00AM to 4:00PM. Carl has retired from the paying job so he will be in the garden nearly every day. As there are always days where errands need to be run and packages to be dropped off at the Post Office, please call or email for visits outside the peak bloom period to assure that someone will be here. If you'd like to call ahead, we can be reached at 603-880-6228. No need to call ahead during the peak bloom of mid-July to early August as someone will always be here on those dates. As the summer progresses we will update the expected peak week dates but at the moment it looks like a normal season. The 2014 Region 4 summer meeting is going to be a picnic /cookout here at Harmon Hill on Saturday, 19 July. We do ask if you are visiting that day and joining us for lunch that you RSVP so that we can have an accurate count for lunch.
We are proud to have been selected by Mike Maher, Dan Matzek, Mike Huben, Lori-Ann Jones and Bob Sobek to release their introductions. Carl has one introduction Carl's first intro.
In 2013 we began offering potted daylilies and in 2014 we will be increasing significantly the number of daylilies available in pots. While we do not yet maintain a wholesale listing, we do have a large number of varieties that could be provided either bare root or in pots on a wholesale basis. If interested in wholesale pricing please give us a call or email.
While we have a rather large price list, there are a great many other plants that may be available as well. If you do not see what you are looking for, send us an email or give us a call to check on availability.
In 2013 we acquired a large number of new hostas and plan this spring to build multiple hosta display beds and also to offer named hostas for sale in pots. We also acquired several new display Liliums and plan to offer Oriental Lilies and Orienpet Lilies in pots in 2014.
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Base Price $69.50Of late, the USGA has been putting all sorts of rules and restrictions on club head design to prevent that very situation from occurring. This is why designers have to be more creative in designing clubs. One method is to design clubs around the way average golfers swing, rather than creating perfect clubs and expecting golfers to swing that way.The most common tendency is when a golfer comes over the top and makes an outside-in move evident by most shots off the tee resulting into a push, fade or the dreaded slice. A Golf Digest article Add 42 Yards Now explained that if you were able to change to more of an inside-out movement a golfer who swung 95 mph could gain as much as 42 yards. Of course, this would require a huge change in how the person swings the club and let's face it most golfers are not going to be able to put in that time and effort. But through creating design features in the club head, the golfer can be encouraged to make more of an inside path.This is how the Acer XDS Insider got its name. The profile of the head as well as the contour on the crown was specifically designed to create a mental picture of swinging from the inside to encourage one to swing the driver on an inside-out swing path instead of that dreaded distance robbing over-the-top move.The XDS Insider also helps you in other ways. Internal weighting creates a draw bias shifting weight toward the heel to assist in rotating the head and squaring the face at impact. The face angle is a little more closed than normal to provide some additional corrective measures but cleverly disguised by the masking on the crown to provide a square appearance so they can just trust their natural swing. Lastly, the Acer XDS Insider also boasts a variable face thickness, cup face design to make the entire club face becomes one gigantic sweet spot and ensure all the distance possible.Comes with FREE Headcover! Learn More


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In an effort to reform and improve the home buying and selling process, the Government is proposing to introduce a Home Information Pack (HIP), or sellers pack in 2007. As well as the terms of sale, this pack will also provide other key information, including surveys, replies to local searches, warranties on new properties, and guarantees for work carried out on the property. The proposed legislation will require home owners or their selling agents to have this pack available when marketing homes for sale and for propective buyers to see on request. You can find the latest information on HIP at the website of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Moving house is the third most stressful event after bereavement and divorce... and probably the biggest financial investment you will ever make in your life. So prepare yourself for a few disappointments along the way.
Put your own house up for sale as soon as possible. If you do find a buyer for your house, make sure you state in the contract with your buyer that you will not move out before you have a new house. This also places you in the enviable position of knowing how much you have to spend on a new house.
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The Trinity Classical Academy boys basketball team came up a little short in the championship game of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 playoffs.
The Knights lost to top-seeded Rio Hondo Prep, 47-40, at Mater Dei High School on Saturday morning. The Trinity boys were playing for the first CIF championship in school history.
Ryan Brooks scored a team-high 12 points for Trinity, but he was the only player in double figures.
Even though the Trinity boys lost the CIF championship game, their season isn't over. They will play Tranquility in the first round of the CIF Southern California Division V regional playoffs on Wednesday. Trinity is seeded ninth in the Southern California Regionals.
Tranquility, from the Central Section, is the eighth seed in the Division V playoffs. The winner will play top-seeded Horizon Christian on Saturday.
In high school baseball, Valencia lost to Harvard-Westlake, 1-0, in the semifinals of the Easton Tournament. Jack Flaherty pitched a no-hitter for Harvard-Westlake.
Saugus lost to Chaminade, 12-7, in the other semifinal game in the Easton Tournament. Harvard-Westlake will play Chaminade for the tournament championship on Tuesday.
In high school softball, Hart lost to Chatsworth, 7-6, in the first round of the Hart Tournament at Central Park.
The Golden Valley softball team lost to El Camino Real, 8-1, in the first round of the Hart tournament. Emily Smith homered for Golden Valley's only run.
Burbank, Highland, Camarillo and Chatsworth are in the semifinals of the Hart Tournament.
In the NBA, the Lakers beat the visiting Atlanta Hawks, 99-98, and have a .500 record for the first time since Dec. 28.
Kobe Bryant scored 34 points including the game-winning basket with nine seconds to play. The Lakers have a 30-30 record and are 2 ½ games behind the Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
The Clippers lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 108-104, in a match-up of two of the top teams in the Western Conference.
Chris Paul scored 26 points and had eight assists in the loss.
In baseball spring training, the Dodgers beat the Indians, 5-1. Josh Beckett pitched three shutout innings and struck out three for the Dodgers.
In the NHL, the Kings are home for a game against the Nashville Predators tonight. The Kings are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
Listen to the game between the Kings and the Predators tonight on AM 1220, KHTS. The puck drops at 7:30.
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Gun Shy: When He's Afraid to Commit
Dear Sherry:
I've been dating a man for 16 months, seeing him every day and spending most nights together. We never fight, get along great, but he has only said "I love you" once, on Valentine's Day. He is almost divorced, been separated for two years. He says divorce has ruined him, and that he is unable to talk about love and he will never get married again because he is scared. On the other hand, he says I am the best thing that has ever happened to him.
I love him. I am 39 and he is 34. He has a 6-year-old daughter. I have two sons, 14 and 17. We all get along great. Do you think time will heal his heart?
Sherry Amatenstein
Sherry is the author of The Q&A Dating Book and Love Lessons from Bad Breakups. She has taught dating seminars, appeared as an expert... Read more
Dear Tina:
It's a common female complaint that men don't open up about what's on their minds and/or in their hearts. Not as well documented is the equally common female tendency to hear what a man is saying, but not really hear him. Your guy is being honest enough to tell you things that he knows you wish he wouldn't utter. Do him the favor of believing him. At least for now, he can't give you what you need.
Will he always be commitment-disabled? It's a good sign that he was able to say, "I love you." It's a fabulous sign that he says you're the best thing that's ever happened to him. And, after all, it sounds like he is practically living with you.
Tell him candidly that, while you understand where he's at, he has to understand where you're at as well. Ask him if he thinks he'll ever feel ready to marry ... and, if so, how much time he feels he might need to heal.
Judging by his answer, you might want to give him a deadline (okay, ultimatum), perhaps six months hence, to give you a commitment. Assure your friend that your motive isn't to pressure him, but to move your life out of a holding pattern. Suggest the idea of couples counseling to help him heal his fears.
If he's open to at least exploring the possibility of one day remarrying, hang in. If he still insists he'll never marry, seriously consider whether hearing "I love you" once a year is enough of a future to metaphorically hang your hat on.
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Whether you submit detailed timesheets to clients or not, it's a good
idea to estimate and keep track of the time you spend working on
tasks. I find that this helps me focus on the task at hand, and the
schedule feedback allows me to get a better idea of how much time it
will take to do something in the future. It's also a good way to find
out where your time goes, of course.
It's easy to clock work time under Org. When on a TODO item, type C-c
C-x C-i (org-clock-in). Work on the task. When you're done, mark the task
as done with C-c C-t (org-todo), which automatically calls clock-out.
You can also clock out of a task manually by calling C-c C-x Co
(org-clock-out). The elapsed time will be added to the task headline. To
review the time summaries for your project, type C-c C-x C-d
(org-clock-display). If you want to add notes when you mark a task as
done, add "#+STARTUP: lognoteclock-out" to the beginning of your file.
How would you use this to keep track of your day? One way is to
keep track of the difference between your planned schedule and your
actual schedule. Add time estimates to your tasks. For example,
** TODO 20min Respond to mail
could represent twenty minutes of handling mail. Clock in and out of
tasks as you do them. To review the day's accomplishments, type 'l'
(org-agenda-log-mode) from the agenda view. This shows the completed
tasks and the time it took to accomplish them.
(Now I'm tempted to write an easy way to filter the Org task view by
estimated number of minutes. ;) Another nice little hack before that
would be to have a modeline countdown based on the estimate of the
currently-clocked-in task. Hmm. And then there's displaying the list
of tasks for today and choosing which one to clock in on… That would
be fun to do, too. And then there's calculating velocity and doing
evidence-based scheduling… The list goes on!)
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Random Emacs symbol: minibuffer-local-map – Variable: Default keymap to use when reading from the minibuffer.
Planner uses timeclock.el, which is part of GNU Emacs. To make sure that all
of the relevant libraries are loaded when you start Emacs, add the following
to your ~/.emacs:
(require 'planner-autoloads) (require 'planner-timeclock)
To start the clock on a task, type C-c C-i (planner-task-in-progress).
The task will be marked as "in progress" and the timer will start. To
clock out, mark the task as done (C-c C-x, planner-task-done) or clock
out manually with C-c C-o (timeclock-out).
To see a summary of your time use for any day, call M-x
planner-timeclock-summary. To see a summary of your time use for a
range of days, call M-x planner-timeclock-summary-show-range. The
range function is particularly useful for weekly time reports, which I
find myself now doing.
For even more fun, call M-x
planner-timeclock-summary-show-range-filter, which filters plan pages
and descriptions using the specified regular expression. For example,
to show only the time entries from the last seven days that included
the keyword "@work", call M-x
planner-timeclock-summary-show-range-filter and specify "@work" as the
filter, "-7″ as the start date, and "." for the end date. You'll get a
quick view of all your work-related time-clock entries.
If you use this often, you might want to create a shortcut to show the
timeclock summary for the current file. The following code defines a
function that displays the timeclock summary for the current page (day
or plan), and binds this function to C-c C-s in Planner mode files.
(require 'planner-timeclock-summary) (require 'planner-timeclock-summary-proj) (defun sacha/planner-timeclock-summary-show (page) "Show the timeclock summary for PAGE (defaults to the current page)." (interactive (list (planner-page-name))) (if (string-match planner-date-regexp page) ;; Day page (planner-timeclock-summary-show page) ;; Plan page (let ((data (planner-timeclock-proj-make-alist page))) (switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create planner-timeclock-summary-buffer)) (erase-buffer) (insert (planner-timeclock-proj-build-report data))))) (define-key planner-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-s" 'sacha/planner-timeclock-summary-show))
This allows you to see how much time you've spent for the current day
or project.
If you like seeing this, you might want the timeclock information
automatically inserted into your Planner pages. To do so, add the following to your ~/.emacs:
(planner-timeclock-summary-proj-insinuate) ; For plan pages (planner-timeclock-summary-insinuate) ; For day pages ;; It's easier when both of them overwrite the same report (setq planner-timeclock-summary-section "Timeclock" planner-timeclock-summary-proj-section "Timeclock" ;; Modify this to include your other template sections planner-day-page-template "* Tasks\n\n\n* Schedule\n\n\n* Timeclock\n\n\n* Notes\n\n\n" planner-plan-page-template planner-day-page-template)
The sections are updated only if they exist, so you can remove the
sections or add them to your Planner files any time you want.
CAUTION: Because the time information is stored in a separate file,
Planner gets confused if you edit the task details. Make sure you use
the built-in functions for editing the task description
(planner-edit-task-description) or changing the project associated
with a task (planner-replan-task).
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Random Emacs symbol: planner-expand-name – Function: Expand the given NAME to its fullest form.
I find it useful to keep track of which tasks I've started. Adding the
following line to the start of my Org file adds STARTED to my to-do
status keywords.
#+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) STARTED(s) WAITING(w) | DONE(d)
Here's some code to make it easier to clock in and out of tasks:
(defun sacha/org-clock-in-if-starting () "Clock in when the task is marked STARTED." (when (and (string= state "STARTED") (not (string= last-state state))) (org-clock-in))) (add-hook 'org-after-todo-state-change-hook 'sacha/org-clock-in-if-starting) (defadvice org-clock-in (after sacha activate) "Set this task's status to 'STARTED'." (org-todo "STARTED"))
Random Emacs symbol: isearch-update-ring – Function: Add STRING to the beginning of the search ring.
Summary – In terms of my goals from last week:
|Organize information
|Haven't rearranged our group Activity yet.
|Plan external blog
|Brainstormed names. Now to brainstorm topics…
|Plan podcast
|Done. Several ideas, even.
|Library run
|Done. Picked up more books.
|CASCON presentation
|Meeting with Gordon Lee
|Done. Scheduled another meeting this week.
|Emacs blog entries, pages
|Blog entries done, not yet laid out into pages or merged into text
|CAS dinner
|Dogear podcast script, audio
|Drafted, but not satisfied with quality
|Dogear podcast video
|Waiting for script
Next week's goals:
UP: My second week of work was dominated by CASCON, the conference
organized by the IBM Toronto Center for Advanced Studies. I presented
a short paper about my thesis, summarizing 72 pages and 1.5 years of
my life into five minutes and what really amounts to this sentence:
"Blogs, bookmarks, and people-tags may be able to help people find
expertise within their company, so let's make a search engine that
combines all three." I also enjoyed helping out with Stephen
Perelgut's Second Life workshop, even though only half of the people
could get on the metaverse. Aaron, Bernie and I met a couple of times
during the conference, and I did manage to squeeze in some "real work"
as well. I also had my two-week check-in with my manager. We're
thinking of making those weekly, just to keep everyone in the loop. A
couple of market scans here and there, some podcast plans… work is
good, and getting even better.
UP: I got back in touch with Gino Ledesma, a friend of mine from
university. We had a lot of fun catching up. I was thrilled to hear
about what he and my other batchmates have been up to, and
particularly by the way he's been giving back to the Philippines. His
company is very impressed by him and is looking for more Filipinos to
hire. That's gotta be something. =) That reminds me: I need to
introduce him to Winston Damarillo, who might be interested in having
Gino give some presentations to his Java folks.
DOWN: Trapeze lessons have been postponed. It was an informal class in
somebody's loft, and that somebody needs to now focus on med school.
Ah well. Time to look for another form of exercise. I don't really
feel like spending money on this, and I'm sure I can find plenty of
free, fun ways to exercise around the house. Winter is coming, so
running might not be my cup of tea. I'll look around for ideas.
DOWN: The paperwork requirements for the permanent residency
application are a little bit intimidating, aren't they? I felt
overwhelmed earlier. W- gave me a wonderful hug and helped me remember
to divide and conquer.
UP: I've found a good way to get more material for my book. =) It's
easy for me to write if I think of things as blog posts. Even basic
information is fun to share. But I need to protect that time. I
managed to write a little bit during the evenings, and more during the
weekends. Let's see if that works out next week too.
DOWN: The downside to this is that I'm not sure how to make the time
to meet my friends face-to-face. I'm growing a lot more protective of
the rare four-hour chunks I can carve out of my day, so I tend to keep
the weekends for myself. A wonderful home life makes me want to spend
more time at home instead of going to cafes and meeting friends. Blogs
are easy to fit into the spaces in my day, but what about the friends
who don't blog? I'll try tweaking my schedule a bit this week.
Tomorrow I'm going to go to DemoCamp, but only the pub night part, and
I'm planning to go after dinner. It doesn't make that much sense to go
back and forth considering I'm working from downtown, but I can do
productive things on the subway (hmm, rush hour, so that means
listening to a podcast or doing blue-sky thinking), and I do like
being there when J- comes home from school. =)
DOWN: E-mail is also lower on my priority list. It's becoming easier
to tell myself, "I'm going to do one hour of e-mail, and that's that."
Or 30 minutes, or whatever time I can set aside. I'm a little mixed
about this because a number of books I've read recommended quick
responses as a way of showing you care, but as long as expectations
are also adjusted, I think things will be fine. If I take a long time
to reply, it's just that I have other priorities.
UP: And somehow I still found the time to read library books and
encode more notes, too! =) I probably won't be updating my Booksnake
blog for a while (again, other priorities!), but my workflow is
getting better.
UP: I'm happy with the overall balance of this week. My 50,000-feet
view is becoming clearer: I want to become a practice evangelist,
business practice maven, or whatever the proper term is. On the
ground-view, I manage to complete most of my planned tasks without
feeling as if I'm wasting time. In terms of personal stuff, I'm doing
well, too. =) Happy with this week, can't wait for the next.
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5,000,000 - 10,000,000 downloads
- Improves vocabulary and attention
- Fun
- Too simple?
+ By Magma Mobile
"Words everywhere"
Reviewed by Anna Grace / Sep 07, 2012
Spot the words as quickly as possible, learn new ones
If you're a fan of Word Games, Words can be one good choice. You will be presented a grid full of words and your task will be finding the words from above hidden. When you find one, be sure to touch and drag your finger over it in order to highlight it.
There are two main game modes: Challenge, where you need to advance through the levels; and Time Attack, where you need to find as many words as possible within the time. There are also three difficulty levels and some extra details that can be changed in Settings.The design of the app is pretty clean and classic.
Magma Mobile is the developer of Words, a fun word game that will require your attention and your thinking. It might not be a hard game but it makes your attention skills improve and it also will increase your vocabulary.
A new classic shows up at Magma Mobile!
On the same principle as crossword puzzles, this game asks you to find a set of words placed in a mixed grid of letters.
You will have the opportunity to choose from two game modes: Challenge (solve series of varying difficulty levels) and Time Attack (find out as many words as possible in a given time).
In addition, this game has a words' base referenced in dictionaries of more than a dozen languages. Several categories of words are also listed including: names, common names, adjectives, verbs...
Features of Words:
- Available in several languages
- Several difficulty levels (Easy, Medium and Hard)
- Several time sessions in Time Attack Mode (1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30 min)
- Online dictionary to find an unknown word while remaining in the game
Share your experience and play Words with your family or your friends !
-- We fixed the GS3 black screen bug. If you still see problems while playing please
send us e-mails and we will work with you on solving the remaining issues --
- Black Screen Fixed.
- Other Minor Bug Fix.
- Added more levels for every languages.
- Added night color-mode: Play in the dark!
Some lists where this application appears: Reviewed by Anna Grace.
, i liked it
Love it
Cool game
Fun, version of word find.
Liked liked liked a lot...
I love it it's very wonderful


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|New Century Version (NCV)
|New International Version (NIV)
|1 Praise the Lord, my Rock, who trains me for war, who trains me for battle.
|1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
|2 He protects me like a strong, walled city, and he loves me. He is my defender and my Savior, my shield and my protection. He helps me keep my people under control.
|2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
|3 Lord, why are people important to you? Why do you even think about human beings?
|3 O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him?
|4 People are like a breath; their lives are like passing shadows.
|4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
|5 Lord, tear open the sky and come down. Touch the mountains so they will smoke.
|5 Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
|6 Send the lightning and scatter my enemies. Shoot your arrows and force them away.
|6 Send forth lightning and scatter [the enemies]; shoot your arrows and rout them.
|7 Reach down from above. Save me and rescue me out of this sea of enemies, from these foreigners.
|7 Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners
|8 They are liars; they are dishonest.
|8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
|9 God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play to you on the ten-stringed harp.
|9 I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
|10 You give victory to kings. You save your servant David from cruel swords.
|10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.
|11 Save me, rescue me from these foreigners. They are liars; they are dishonest.
|11 Deliver me and rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
|12 Let our sons in their youth grow like plants. Let our daughters be like the decorated stones in the Temple.
|12 Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
|13 Let our barns be filled with crops of all kinds. Let our sheep in the fields have thousands and tens of thousands of lambs.
|13 Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields;
|14 Let our cattle be strong. Let no one break in. Let there be no war, no screams in our streets.
|14 our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.
|15 Happy are those who are like this; happy are the people whose God is the Lord. A psalm of praise. Of David.
|15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
|Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Century Version Online Bible)
|Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)


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This week's question comes from Doug. He writes:
Hi Marc. I only have the money to buy one tool at a time with months in between purchases. If you were going to choose between a planer and jointer, which one would come first?
And here was my reply:
Hey Doug. Excellent question. If I had to pick only one, I would get the planer first. That way you can at least get your lumber pretty darn close to flat and parallel. Furthermore, you can resize your lumber when necessary. And for jointing tasks, you can always do a few tricks at the tablesaw, or use a router and a straight edge. Or just invest in a nice long jointer plane. I'll tell ya, these days, I would be lost without both the jointer AND the planer. So sad.
But that's just my opinion. I think Doug would be best served hearing everyone's opinions about this question. So what would you find most useful on it's own, the planer or the jointer?


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In Dine and Drink | By yuli | On April 15 2011 06:03 PM | 1 Comment
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SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The USANA True Health Foundation, the charity established by USANA Health Sciences (NYSE: USNA), is pleased to announce its donation of $10,000 NZ to KidsCan, a nonprofit organization in New Zealand, in response to Mike Allsop completing The 777 Project. The challenge included running seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. Mike is the first New Zealander to complete this feat.
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"Wow, I can't believe it's over," Mike said. "I'm overjoyed at my accomplishment and the success that myself, the USANA True Health Foundation, and everyone who donated to KidsCan brought to the charity. This has truly been an experience of a lifetime."
Before Mike began his journey, the USANA True Foundation donated $2,000 NZ to KidsCan during The 777 Project kickoff celebration in Auckland on Feb. 2. The Foundation donated an additional $1,000 NZ for each marathon Mike completed. When all seven legs were completed, the Foundation gave a $1,000 NZ bonus - making the total donation $10,000 NZ.KidsCan is an organization dedicated to supporting the physical and nutritional needs of disadvantaged New Zealand children. It aims to help children reach their potential. "The Foundation was following and rooting for Mike through his entire journey," said James Bramble, a member of the USANA True Health Foundation Board of Directors. "We're inspired by Mike's accomplishment and honored to donate to a charity that so closely aligns its efforts with our own." After his recovery, Mike plans to write a book about his experiences on The 777 Project, with proceeds going to KidsCan.
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The Polk County Alumni Association recently held its induction banquet for Hall of Fame recipients.
Inductees into the Hall of Fame were Henrietta Johnson Carmichael, Frank Lowery, John Oliver Rogers and Virginia "Ginny" Moore Carney, as well as posthumous inductees Buford Goodner and Ben Harris McClary.
Henrietta Johnson Carmichael
Carmichael graduated as valedictorian from Polk County High School in 1954. She is the daughter of Mrs. Taylor Dill.
She worked her way through college, attending Carson-Newman for two years and receiving her bachelor of science degree from the University of Tennessee in 1961. She obtained her master of divinity degree in 1966 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and went to Laurinburg, S.C., to be the director of education at First Baptist Church. In 1968, she married John Carmichael and had four sons, Jack, Eddie, David and Tim. She also has a granddaughter, Katie.
She was a full-time mother while the children were small, but then taught middle school; was a director of a psycho-social rehabilitation program for the chronically mentally ill; and worked as a mental health case manager and hospice chaplain.
She is an ordained Presbyterian minister and has pastored four churches.
Carmichael, her husband and sons managed a 3,500-acre farm for years until just recently, when the management was taken over by their sons.
A cancer survivor, she has Parkinson's disease. Her husband has rheumatoid arthritis.
She is a tutor with the Literacy Council; a hospice volunteer; and does substitute preaching for sick or vacationing ministers. She has spent several years researching her own family history and helps elderly people preserve their life story for their children and grandchildren.
Ben Harris McClary
McClary was born and grew up in Polk County, graduating from Polk County High School in 1949. He received his bachelor of arts and master of arts from the University of Tennessee and his doctorate from the University of Sussex in England.
After two years of service in the field artillery, Dr. McClary began his teaching career at Bradley Central High School in Cleveland. In 1961 he moved to teaching literature at Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens. In 1967 he went to Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., as chairman of the English department.
In 1971 McClary moved to Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Ga., as chairman of the Humanities Division. At the end of 20 years of distinguished service, he officially retired from Middle Georgia College in August of 1991.
His honors and awards through the years were varied, prestigious and numerous, totaling more than 100. These honors and awards came not only from the U.S., but from other countries around the world. Some of his more valued honors were Emeritus status by the Georgia Board of Regents in July of 1991; NEH Travel-to-Collections Grant from England in 1985; and Faculty Award from Middle Georgia College Alumni Association in June 1991.
His first literary love was writing and describing life growing up in Polk County. His second literary love was frontier humor of the Old South. He received recognition and awards for both.
After retiring from Middle Georgia College, McClary relocated to Chattanooga. He spent his spare time re-organizing his voluminous research files, and writing articles for the Oxford University Press' American National Biography and the Polk County News. When he was not writing, he was enjoying his three grandchildren.
His inclusion in the Polk County High School Hall of Fame was made posthumously, with his grandson Christopher accepting for him.
Buford Goodner
Buford Goodner was a member of one of the earliest graduating classes at PCHS. A member of the class of 1916, he was also the youngest graduate of the College of Dentistry of Emory University in Atlanta, in 1919. He finished his postgraduate studies in orthodontia at the Dewey School of Orthodontia in New York City. He was one of the first eight orthodontists in the Eastern United States.
As he was in the process of opening his office in Knoxville his mother, who lived with him, suffered a major heart attack. Told she had only a few months to live, her wish was to return to Ocoee.
She actually lived five more years and in this time Goodner established his dental practice in Ocoee. He developed the first dental health program in Polk County.
The first year he not only worked free, but paid all expenses as he examined the teeth of every school child in Polk County and made repairs when needed for indigent students. One year he provided a toothbrush for every student in Polk County.
He was also deeply concerned for and helpful to World War II military personnel.
Goodner was inducted posthumously.
Frank Lowery
For more than 50 years, Lowery served Polk County as an educator, coach, community activist and general role model.
As an educator, he taught in several school systems, but the majority of his teaching was in the Polk County Schools system.
He not only loved kids but he loved teaching them. Probably one of the things he is most known for in education is the number of students who wanted to be a teacher — just like him.
His method of teaching tended to bring education and history in general to life. He has received numerous teacher of the year awards. He wanted every class period to be one that encouraged learning.
Frank Lowery is known as one of the best fundamentals coaches in the area. His patience with players is unmatched.
At PCHS he coached, at one time or another, baseball, softball, football, and of course basketball. He has won coach of the year honors in athletics and his reputation in the field of sports is known throughout the tri-state area.
He played on probably the most successful teams ever at Polk County High School as he helped lead the basketball team to more than 50 victories in two years under Coach Jim Voight. He also went to the final four in baseball as an all-star shortstop. He went on to become a basketball starter for Alabama Christian and Troy during his college days.
He started the first girls softball team at PCHS and coached for several years without pay in order to get the sport off the ground and running. He also started the first girls softball team at Cleveland State Community College and volunteered his coaching duties for several years.
He started a study hall for his sports teams in order to help them excel in the classroom. He was instrumental in securing scholarships for some of his players.
Lowery was much more than an educator and coach. He has always been devoted to his family and faith as these were his top priority.
He is an encourager to those in need and who are grieving or are in need of healing. He visits those in nursing homes and those that are home-bound to offer encouragement and laughter to their lives.
He attends Benton Church of Christ and is a lay speaker for his church. He conducts Bible studies at his home and in the area.
John Oliver Rogers
Rogers, a 1954 Polk County High School graduate, began his career with Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company in Chattanooga.
After several advancements, he was promoted to plant maintenance supervisor for nine states where Southern Bell operated. He retired from BellSouth in 1987 with 33 years of service.
As mayor of Powder Springs, Ga., he established a personnel advisory board; developed a multiacre bicycle park for teenagers; secured a federal grant to improve a minority neighborhood; established a museum for preserving the history of the community; designed a local business park; and established a "COPS for Youth" program.
In 1999 following his retirement, he was recognized by his community. A new bridge stands in his honor and bears his name in remembrance of how freely he gave of himself to help others.
He directly credits several teachers from Polk County High School with influencing him in education, love of community, and realizing the man he would become.
Some of those who had a specific impact on his life were Roy Crabtree, with his knowledge of Robert's Rules of Order; Crabtree also taught Oliver how to tie a necktie; Mrs. Sims gave him a love of choral music; Mrs. Bates taught him business procedures and math; and Mrs. Daugherty and her husband made him his first baseball bat.
He gives credit to Zion Baptist Church for his love for missions.
Rogers gives credit to God for his family. He and his wife, Reita, will be celebrating 55 years of marriage in September. They have three children, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Virginia 'Ginny'
Moore Carney
Carney has led a truly amazing life since her graduation from Polk County High School in the Class of 1959. While at PCHS she was known as a shy and quiet student, preferring to pursue academics rather than the clubs and athletics. Her accomplishments since she graduated have been outstanding.
After being encouraged by a special teacher, Ruth Swayne, she attended Tennessee Temple, where she received her bachelor of science degree. After college she married and she and her husband served as Southern Baptist missionaries in the mainland states as well as many other parts of the world, including the Bahamas, Alaska and others.
In the course of this service, she often took children into her home in foster care who were abandoned by their family.
Over the years she took in a total of 16 foster children, many of whom had physical challenges as well as being abandoned. Through her guidance and love, these children were given life's opportunities that they would not have had, and many of them have gone on to lead very successful lives themselves.
In addition to the foster children, Ginny and her husband had four children of their own. In 1974, one of the foster children was murdered by her husband and her four children were abandoned. Carney adopted the children.
She earned her doctorate degree from the University of Kentucky. She saw her dream of teaching at a tribal college come true and published a well-received book on "Voices of Cherokee Women." She not only taught but was president of Leech Lake Tribal College in Minnesota, and just recently retired from the position.
She is still called back to help when a problem arises, and still lives and offers advice and help on a Cherokee Reservation.


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Building on fire in Racine County business park
Updated On: Jul 05 2013 03:54:11 PM CDT
Smoke was coming from the roof of a building in Racine County on Friday afternoon.
The Kansasville Fire Department said the fire is at 1300 Grandview Parkway, near Highway 20 and Interstate 94.
It appeared the fire may have started on the side of the Poclain Hydraulics.
Fire departments from Kansasville, Raymond and Union Grove are at the scene.
It started at about 2:30 p.m.
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So come on folks! Tell me what the flippin plant is!
My Mrs has cracked up each time you say give me the box as your quite aggressive with it and its funny how it is an outburst.
Dammit Al, I'm a nerd, not a botanist.
This is now canon.
Le EDIT: That ghost/sheet has DEFINATELY gotten bigger.
It has a hard edge on the top and seems square-ish. But it also appears thinner than a Wii box.
It could be a monitor of some sort, but on closer inspection could also be one of the smaller VeryPC signs [like the white one on the left] with a sheet over it.
Oh and the plant looks like a small yukka plant.
hmmmm it looks like a Yukka plant....
@X-13 said that aaaggggeeess ago...
Do you use Tumbr X-13? lol
Not sure if everyone is copying me, or they're just coming to the same conclusion I did...
I know, but that screenshot is better than what I could get [too busy to faff around getting the player to the right point.] So it verified it.
And yes. To some degree, but not that much. I'm a level 90 lurkmage.
Le EDIT: woops, I misread what you said @Little-Miss. I thought you were telling me I said something ages ago.
That it was a Yucca.....
I get my Fangirl fix daily from Tumblr...some of the gifs they create are amazing!
X-13 @nephilim and @hardtailstar You all win a card reader like @zag
Be honest fellas, did you know it was a yukka, or did you just copy X?


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