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"It comes down to a question of what skills and resources have been dedicated to the enterprise risk management program," says Wilson. "I'm not sure ENR companies have done a good job of understanding the expectations of internal and external stakeholders with regard to risk management and building the process and skills to meet those expectations."
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Carole Radziwill Calls the Other Real Housewives of New York "Crazy Bitches" (VIDEO)
Carole Radziwill is arguably the most grounded castmate on The Real Housewives of New York Season 5. She certainly manages to stay out of most of the intense fights, preferring to watch from the sidelines and save the quips for her confessionals.
So maybe it's no surprise that in this sneak peek of Season 5, Episode 13, Carole seems a bit nervous to introduce her boyfriend, Russ Irwin, to the gang while they are on vacay in St. Bart's.
"These crazy bitches," she whispers while she hugs him — but it sounds less mean than just plain exhausted. "They're always fighting," she explains. "I mean, I don't even know what they're talking about."
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Lefty's Open week takes turn for better
PINEHURST, N.C. One woman in the gallery called out to Phil Mickelson something that may have been expressed during Amy Mickelson's battle with cancer five years ago, but not since.
"I'm praying for you, Phil!" she cried as he strode down the second fairway at Pinehurst No. 2 during the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday.
People laughed. Some rolled their eyes. There is a certain discomfort when faith and sports intersect.
What exactly this person was praying for was not made clear, though we could certainly take some guesses. But the point is: Despite his penchant for getting into some tough spots, benign or otherwise, on the golf course and off, Mickelson stirs something in his fans.
It's as if they seek both to embrace his quirkiness and fuel his greatness. Few in golf, maybe only Arnold Palmer, engendered empathy and adulation in such equal measure.
If anything, that spirit only seems to grow as Mickelson nears his 44th birthday on Monday.
All over Pinehurst, Mickelson heard words of encouragement on Thursday as he worked his way to a decent, but not wholly satisfying even-par 70 that placed him five strokes off the lead of German Martin Kaymer, but only two out of second place.
Asked if he thought the fans were almost trying to will him to win, Mickelson said: "If they're not, I certainly am trying to will it. I love it. I'm certainly appreciative of the support. And this is a special week."
For all the talk of possible putting cures and the pressure to finally win a U.S. Open, Mickelson's tournament took a significant turn for the better before a single ball was struck.
On Wednesday night the New York Times first posted a story online that refuted its earlier report that Mickelson was being investigated by the FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission for possible insider trading of Clorox stock.
The Times reported that sources within the federal agencies said Mickelson did not participate in the trading in question. The scope of the investigation was "overstated," the Times reported. Those who leaked the erroneous information are said to have "acknowledged making a mistake," the Times said.
Mickelson and Billy Walters, as previously reported by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, still face an investigation over trades they made in Dean Foods.
Ice skating on tennis shoes would be less slippery and clumsy than the way the feds handled this, but that debate is for another day. What it did for Mickelson is give him some relief from more heat than anything the steamy Carolinas can produce in June.
Queried about his reaction following his round, Mickelson did everything but bite his tongue enough for it to bleed. He repeated that he's done "absolutely nothing wrong."
"I've got a lot to say," he said. "I just can't say it right now."
He was plenty willing to talk about his golf, although it took Mickelson some time to reach the gathered media, because he made a pit stop on the putting green after his round. He laid down a couple of aiming sticks and went back to work on the claw grip he put into play this week.


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I own this car - My approximate mileage is 103,600overall rating 10 of 10rating details
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"2003 Chevy Express 2500 - Overall, I couldn't ask more from this van. I am an electrician with over 1500 lbs. of gear crammed into this van every day and it never feels like its suffering. I have the 5.3L V8 and am very satisfied with how smooth the engine and 4 speed auto transmission work together. Of course I would like to have the newer 6 speed for improved hill climbing and fuel economy, but this transmission is a gem. The ride is decent, probably because I have a good load in it most of the time. Road noise and tire noise is pronounced because of lack of insulation, and the van creaks and moans like every other van I've ever driven. The quality of the trim though is deplorable. The door handle has completely broken off, as did the driver side front windshield weather stripping when I was driving into wind at around 75 MPH. I glued the weather stripping back on with apoxy, seems ok now. Its a true value as long as you can find a good used one for a decent price, I can't believe what the dealers are asking for new ones. As long as you keep up with the maintanance on the engine and critical drivetrain components, it will last you a very long time, probably more than you want to keep it, but thats a good thing."
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Pronouncing "mandatory"
Pet Peeve 2. People pronouncing "mandatory" as "mandaytory". Just sounds pretentious.
They pronounce words such as success, luck, but et al with a closed "ooh": "sook-cess", "look", "boot"
Pet Peeve 2. People pronouncing "mandatory" as "mandaytory". Just sounds pretentious.
Pet Peeve 1. Lots of antipodeans (particularly sports commentators) persist in pronouncing "début" as "dayboo" yet they pronounce "débutante" correctly. Occurs 2 or 3 times in every broadcast on Sky TV. I now mute the sound otherwise my teeth would be ground to dust.
In the sentence "It is a highly unusual form of melody, one that occurs only in this composer's work", what is the referent of the pronoun 'one'? Is it 'melody' or the entire prepositional phrase 'form of melody'? Or, perhaps the referent is the subject of the sentence, 'it'? I frequently hear the rule that the referent has to be the prior proximate noun.
In a work by a major scholar, about a piece of music, he wrote that a passage was 'repeated' 7 times, when actually it occurs 7 times (stated once and repeated 6 times). Is his usage idiomatic?
'we have a cricket tournament tomorrow.' or 'we will have a cricket tournament tomorrow.' -which is more correct?
We often hear sentences like:- "Your teen is more at risk while on their restricted licence" where "their" appears as a means of combining "his" and "her". Although there may be nothing wrong in this, it does sound a bit strange.
For example, 'Hello, dear, how are you?' or 'Hello, Dear, how are you?' (Darling, Sweetheart, etc.) Is either absolutely correct/incorrect. I have tended to favour the capitalised form (though not if using the term 'my dear', 'my love', or whatever) until now but it has recently been questioned and I cannot fully justify my usage. Thank you all, in anticipation.
It seems to be common for writers to use "in other words" in their writing, which seems to be mostly done as a rhetorical technique. I can see no reason to use this phrase in writing, except perhaps in the case of explaining complex technical information or visual content to a general audience. This is a pet peeve of mine but others seem to have no problem with it. I feel that if something can be said more effectively in other words, those words should be used instead of the less effective ones. Your thoughts on the matter?
Is the following a complete sentence? Live local.
For the following sentence; I suppose the adverbial scope of 'tomorrow' only covers the verb 'work' ie. I have to (work tomorrow). Where 'have to' refers to present obligation. What about this: Tomorrow I have to work. Here it 'tomorrow' is emphatic and 'have to work' seems to be within its adverbial scope. Thus 'have to' here appears to mean a future obligation - of tomorrow. I think there's a difference between both sentences. Any opinions?
I have noticed that here in NZ a lot of people use the phrases "as per usual" and "as per normal" in everyday speech. In the UK I only ever heard these phrases used as a form of sarcastic emphasis. I am sure there are a number of "as per .." phrases in which the "per" does not seem redundant, such as "as per instructions", but even that seems cumbersome when copmared with "as instructed".
I have always believed that an acronym had to be a pronouncable word, like RADAR or LASER, not just a set of initials like IBM or CIA, but I see more and more references that suggest that this is not a generally held belief. Even the OED seems confused:- 1. A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS). 2. A word formed from the initial letters of other words or (occas.) from the initial parts of syllables taken from other words, the whole being pronounced as a single word (such as NATO, RADA). Although Chambers states: acronym (noun) a word made from the first letters or syllables of other words, and usually pronounced as a word in its own right, eg NATO. Compare abbreviation, contraction, initialism. Let the games begin! :-)
The word "hack" has two distinct definitions. One means "to cut or sever with repeated irregular or unskillful blows." This must be the origin of the word "hack" as used in the world of computers, i.e., to "hack into" a computer. You keep trying different tactics and passwords until you succeed. But the word "hack" also means to cope with something, to make do with what you have and forget about the details, even if it's not the proper way to do it, as in a "hack job". This is a very different definition from the first but the two are often used interchangeably in a confusing way. "Hackathon" for instance does not mean what many people assume it does. It's not an event where a bunch of computer hackers try to hack into a system. The term "codefest" better describes what "hackathon" really is, where a bunch of computer programmers get together and collaborate on software applications. They are using the second definition, not the first. I'm wondering which definition came first. And, where did the second definition come from? Did it exist before the days of computers?
Is it grammatically correct to say "It had impacts on..."? If the singular form is correct (it had an impact on), I would imagine that the plural form would have to be also correct.
Alright, this has me stumped for some reason. I believe that saying "I don't watch much stuff." is incorrect, but I can't articulate why. At first, I thought the problem was with [action verb] + stuff, but I realize that you can ask someone to please watch your stuff, so that's not it. And the problem isn't simply 'much stuff' because someone can have too much stuff. In any case, I was hoping for a definitive reason why (or why not, if I am wrong) it is improper to say 'watch much stuff'.
Is it a correct syntax to say: "I've no idea" to shortcut "I have no idea"? I see alot of people doing this and I feel that it is wrong.
New Age Words? Just how far will the practice of adding "age" to existing words be taken. To date we have:- signage being used instead of signs, sewerage being used instead of sewage, reportage being used instead of reporting. I am sure there are many other examples of this particular fad. The media, of course, have adopted the fad with enthusiasm.
I recently stumbled across the word "floccinaucinihilipilification" and have been struggling to find ways of using it in polite conversation. :-) Any suggestions?
Is "tailorable" a proper word? The context of the word is intended to convey that a document is able to be customized, or tailorable. Tailorable sounds like a reasonable use of "tailor", especially in the (DoD) Infortmation Technology (IT) industry.
"hand" —July 3, 2015, 9:53am
How important is it to use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in writing these days? —July 2, 2015, 4:26pm
Could I use both a colon and semicolon in a sentence? —July 2, 2015, 4:00pm
Is "leverage" a verb? —July 2, 2015, 3:32pm
Opposition to "pretty" —July 2, 2015, 8:32am
Let's you and me/I —July 2, 2015, 6:28am
Resume, resumé, or résumé? —June 30, 2015, 11:11am
"nervous to perform" or "nervous of performing"? —June 30, 2015, 10:21am
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Found via their twitter yesterday (@tiwyf), This is why you're fat is a compendium of meals from the dark side. Pictured is the recent The Fat Bitch Sandwich, consisting of cheesesteak with mozzarella sticks, french fries, marinara, lettuce, and tomato on a roll.
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While 'Beam me up Scotty' may have helped lodge Star Trek firmly in the minds of a generation, the teleportation it heralded was never taken seriously. But what was once a joke is fanciful no longer. Six physicists have now discovered how to teleport matter at the speed of light.
In a forthcoming paper in the journal Physical Review Letters entitled 'Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels', Charles Bennett of IBM in New York and his colleagues set out a method for teleporting particles from one place to another. Bennett says the theory is sound, that some of the equipment needed to carry out the teleportation already exists and that the remainder can probably be developed.
'I think this is very exciting,' says Bennett. 'What we have discovered is a new thing which does not break the rules of quantum physics.'
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After an illusion goes tragically wrong, two 19th-century magicians (Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale) engage in a bitter and potentially deadly rivalry.
Nicolas Cage gives a crash course in magic to a young protégé in The Sorcerer's Apprentice. We've got nothing against training kids in wizardry. What concerns us is the teacher: Anyone who's followed Cage's career knows he can be a loose cannon under the most sedate of circumstances. Can we be sure his lessons are all for the cause of good?
But that's a concern with most magic makers — there's always the danger that good intentions will warp into something truly horrible. Where does Balthazar Black land on our "honorable to downright despicable" wizard scale?
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The European Union on Thursday (January 31st) approved a mission to help Libya with border management, Libya Herald reported. The project, which could run for up to two years, will offer a broad range of non-military support, including advice, training, and mentoring.
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iPads in Education Road Show
Join us for the iPads in Education Road Show taking place in four locations throughout North Dakota including Bismarck-November 7th, Valley City-November 8th, Fargo-November 9th, Grand Forks-November 10th, Dickinson-November 15th, Minot-November 16th, and Bismarck-November 17th.
There will be two strands to choose from with content for Teachers, Technology Coordinators and Administrators.
Bring an iPad and the laptop you use to sync your iPad (Tip-be sure all Apps (iPad) and iTunes (Laptop) are updated). If an iPad is not available to you, email firstname.lastname@example.com to request the use of one during the roadshow.
-Overview of day
-Productivity apps
-Summary of the last year at Apple: Ipad, Apple TV, iCloud, iOS 5, and Lion
11:30 to 12:00 Lunch provided by Apple
12:00 to 1:50 Breakout sessions
Breakout Session 1 for Teachers and Administrators presented by Charity Nix-EduTech
Reinforce what is being taught in the classroom and to differentiate instruction. Focus on the basics of how to use an iPad, apps that help with productivity for teachers and administrators and apps for the students to use in all grades and subjects.
Breakout Session 2 for Technology Coordinators presented by Jacob Dekkenga-Apple System Engineer
Learn about and discuss iOS Config and management, mass deployment of iPads including sync strategies, Lion Server Profile Manager including restrictions and management, volume purchasing and deployment of apps, iTunes tips and tricks as well as accounts, and Lions Server iOS file sharing.
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- Duration: 4 Hours
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The Debt Bill
Rose interview February 17, 2014Comment
Senate clears debt limit measure for Obama
After a dramatic Senate tally in which top GOP leaders cast the crucial votes, must-pass legislation to allow the government to borrow money to pay its bills cleared Congress Wednesday for President Barack Obama's signature.
Congress back in session
Rose interview January 6, 2013Comment
Obama: Republicans undermined health care with shutdown and debt debate
President Barack Obama says the partial government shutdown and the debt ceiling fight was about more than Republicans seeking to undermine the health care law. He says it was about contrasting visions for the nation between the two political parties.
After 16 days, the government has finally reopened
The federal government is back open. The Obama administration changed the government's status to "open" early Thursday, after President Barack Obama signed the measure, which the House and Senate passed late Wednesday.
Short-term shutdown deal unlikely to solve fiscal fights in Congress
Even if congress can reach a deal to end the government shutdown and avoid a default, the solution is likely to be more short-term fix than long-term solution.
Sequester re-emerges as central issue in shutdown talks
The broad, automatic spending cuts commonly referred to as the sequester are making a comeback as a key issue in negotiations to end the government shutdown and avert a government default.
WIth debt ceiling clock ticking, what would happen if America defaults?
Here's the scariest thing about the looming deadline to raise the U.S. government's borrowing limit: No one knows precisely what will happen if the limit is breached.
Government default wouldn't be a first for U.S.
The commonly-told story about a government default is that it has never happened before, but that isn't exactly true.
The Debt Limit
Williams interview February 11, 2014Comment
Boehner announces GOP will advance clean debt limit increase
House GOP leaders have announced they will advance this week an increase in the government's borrowing cap that's free of any add-ons.
Understanding the debt ceiling debate
De Rugy interview October 23, 2013Comment
Even in defeat, Boehner remains popular among House GOP members
Even as his party choked down a deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling without any major Republican policy victories, House GOP members rallied around Speaker John Boehner Wednesday night.
A timeline of the 2+ week government shutdown
Here are the highlights of Congress' battle over the partial government shutdown and expiring federal borrowing authority.
Senate deal in the works as debt ceiling approaches
Senate leaders are in the process of negotiating a deal that would end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, at least for a few months.
Stocks slightly higher Monday as budget talks progress
Stocks turned higher in afternoon trading Monday as investors waited for news of a possible deal to raise the debt ceiling before Thursday's deadline.
Government default looms as deadline for debt ceiling increase nears
Republican and Democratic lawmakers continued talks over the weekend, with little to show for it, as the government continued to slide towards a default.
GOP Senate minority blocks debt limit extension
The Republican Senate minority has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year on a near party-line vote - 53-45. The 53 votes were seven short of the 60 required to overcome Republican objections to considering the measure.
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THE "historic" treaty struck between the US and Russia last week to cut their nuclear arsenals is not quite what it seems.
The two countries agreed to reduce the number of warheads pointed at each other by two-thirds over the next 10 years. But while everyone agrees that the cuts are a positive step, an analysis by the respected US environmental group the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has laid bare the lie that the cuts will finally end the cold war.
"This treaty will liquidate the legacy of the cold war," said Bush when he announced the plan. "It will put [it] behind us once and for all." President George Bush is due to sign the treaty with Russian President Vladimir Putin when he makes his first visit to Moscow this week.
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The bassist/frontman took to the band's official Facebook page to post a note to fans, apologizing for the delay and thanking them for their continued support and understanding:
"I have to sadly let you know that Motorhead has had to postpone the forthcoming European tour until early next year, 2014," Lemmy wrote. "We have made the decision because I am not quite ready to hit the road yet, and am working my way back to full fitness and rude health. Don't worry - I'm not about to start promoting veganism and alcohol-free beverages, but it is fair to say that I personally have been reconfiguring areas of my life to make sure I can come back fitter and stronger than ever."He then continued, "It disappointed me tremendously to have to say I wasn't quite ready to hit the road yet, but not nearly as much as it would've disappointed me to go out, play some average shows and watch my health give way long before the tour was over! When people come to see a Motorhead tour, they expect a Motorhead show, and that is exactly what you will get as soon as I am fit and ready to rumble.""Your patience and understanding is appreciated and know that I'm getting stronger and stronger every day, so watch out next spring Europe and we will see you then. Thank you all, Lemmy."
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There are a lot of problems with this, although the common "doomed console peripheral" theory actually may be the least of them. The success of Guitar Hero and Rock Band has proven that, at least when bundled with an attractive game, console owners are just fine with buying new controller peripherals for their systems.
No, the biggest problem for Microsoft here is simply a matter of audience. Microsoft has been working hard on wooing the "casual" audience, and has only rarely succeeded. Even a "hardcore" game like Halo 3 probably wouldn't sell 7.5 million copies without some "casual" players. But a quick look at the top-selling software for each system makes it extremely obvious how different the audiences already are for the two systems.
"Of those top ten Wii games, nine are Nintendo-developed and published while the other one prominently features the endlessly lucrative Mario"
What does this all mean? Essentially, the Wii's audience seems to be made up of mostly Nintendo loyalists and some casual players, while the 360 is made up of more "hardcore" genres like FPS or third-person action games, as well as fans of sports and racing simulators. There's virtually no overlap as far as the top best-selling genres go, Guitar Hero 3 being the only game that's actually on both top ten lists (if you discount Wii Sports since it was included with the Wii in the US).
The stark contrast presents a bit of a chicken and egg conundrum for Microsoft. If the "casual" games are already unpopular on their system, how likely is it that they'll become popular later? On the other hand, if they don't produce more of these kinds of games, how can they ever expect to attract the portion of the Wii audience that they feel they need?
Microsoft has already tried a bit to attract a "casual" audience with games like Viva Pinata: Party Animals and Scene It with somewhat limited success. The issue is that the chicken basically already hatched when the consoles were launched. These "casual" games probably sell more to traditional gamers who want a party game for their more "casual", less gamer-friendly friends. They probably won't cause those friends to go out and buy a 360. Games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band might, but both of those games are, or will seen be, available on the cheaper Wii system that has more games that appeal to them anyway.
"Nintendo has been courting 'casual' game players ever since Tetris came out."
The Wii was able to re-attract a portion of this "casual" audience not only with a new intuitive interface, but with an attractive price point and simple games that didn't seem like it was built just for kids (or gamers). Had Nintendo simply created the Wii Remote but only released their standard "Nintendo" properties on the system, it probably would've gone the same way as the Gamecube: successful with Nintendo loyalists, but probably not the huge hit that they've managed to create today. Instead they created "mature" games, not in the same sense as GTA or Halo, but rather simply games that an older "casual" audience didn't feel embarrassed to play. Wii Sports and Wii Play, ironically, probably attracted the same people that bought a PS2 just to play around with GTA. These casual gamers are already entrenched with the Wii, and it seems unlikely that a Wii-like 360 controller will do much to change people's opinions on the matter, particularly as long as the 360 remains more expensive than the Wii.
I think Microsoft's best bet is to continue working on their core audience of "traditional" gamers. Perhaps that can actually still mean creating a Wii-like device, but then they should use that device to basically enhance the kind of "traditional" games that the 360 audience craves rather than simply trying to imitate what Nintendo has done. Mapping motion and "pointer" controls to genres that are popular on the 360 is something that the Wii has not been able to do very well thus far. With the exception of Metroid Prime 3, for instance, there have not been any universally regarded FPS games for the Wii. Nintendo achieved its success without these gamers, but the 360 thrives on them. If Microsoft is intent on creating their own version of the Wii Remote, they may want to start there.
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Marshawn Lynch rushed for two touchdowns and David Hawthorne returned an interception 77 yards for a score as the Seattle Seahawks beat the Philadelphia Eagles 31-14.
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Drew Brees threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes as the New Orleans Saints beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-10 in a matchup of the past two Super Bowl winners.
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To Grandmother's House He Went
Saints rookie lineman Tim Lelito played two NFL games in five days, and in between he took the long trip home to say goodbye to the woman who raised him
Jimmy Graham searched for Tim Lelito on the Saints' team charter home from Atlanta. A star seeking out an undrafted free agent says something alone; this gesture, in the early morning hours after New Orleans' 17-13 Week 12 Thursday night win against the Falcons meant even more.
"It really took a big man to come back and do what you did and to play tonight," Graham, the best tight end in the NFL, told Lelito. "I appreciate that."
There are challenges on the football field, and there are challenges in life. In a span of five days Lelito had prepared to replace four-time All-Pro right guard Jahri Evans on the road against a division rival, and he'd buried his grandmother, the woman who adopted him and raised him, back home in Fowlerville, Mich.
Ardis Lelito is the reason Tim is where he is now, part of a 53-man NFL roster after a standout career at Division II Grand Valley State. The rule of thumb for a rookie undrafted offensive lineman is not to stand out too much, which is why Lelito didn't tell a single teammate or coach when he received the phone call he'd been dreading. On the Saturday night before the Saints' Week 11 game against the 49ers, Lelito heard the voicemail from his aunt Amy when he got back to his room after the last meeting at the team hotel.
His grandmother had been fighting cancer for the last year and a half, defying an initial diagnosis that she had four months to live. The disease started in her liver and gall bladder and spread, and her condition began to worsen in September.
She and Tim's grandfather, also named Tim, had come to New Orleans for the Saints' Week 3 game. That happened to be Lelito's first NFL start; Evans' streak of 122 consecutive starts ended because of a hamstring injury. Lelito struggled in a win over the Cardinals that afternoon, but his grandmother still cried tears of joy and told him again and again how proud she was. She was having trouble eating solid foods by that point but insisted that Tim and his grandfather go out for steaks at Desi Vega's.
Eight weeks later, when aunt Amy called, Lelito holed up in his hotel room and thought about that day; and about the nights he'd spent in his grandma's hospital room during the Week 7 bye; and the years growing up on his grandparents' 100-acre thoroughbred farm, playing in water troughs and cleaning horse stalls. Lelito said that after he and his younger brother, Jeffrey, were born, their mother was not consistently in their life, so their grandparents stepped in as full-time guardians, officially adopting the brothers around the time Tim turned 4.
"They were mom and dad to me," Lelito says. "My grandma took me to every single sporting event, every single practice. We were in soccer, little league, basketball, cross country, wrestling. My grandpa jokes that the only thing we weren't in was hockey, because we didn't have it [where we lived]. We rodeoed for a little bit, too. She used to take us to all these little rodeos all over the place."
Lelito played in New Orleans' 23-30 win against the 49ers on Nov. 17, performing well as an extra blocker in an up-back role, without anyone on the team aware of the grief he was enduring. "I didn't want to be a distraction to anyone," he says. "But as soon as I walked off the field, the reality struck me that my grandma had passed away the night before."
Monday morning, Lelito's coaches had news for him: They needed him to start three days later at Atlanta, because Evans' ankle injury would sideline him for the short week. Lelito finally told them about his grandmother, and that her funeral was Wednesday morning. He could handle this week if he took it one day at a time—those words not just a cliché in this case—or even one hour, and one minute, at a time.
He was at the Saints' walkthrough Tuesday afternoon, lining up at right guard. By dinnertime he was on a plane to Michigan via an hour layover in Minneapolis. He finally landed after midnight in Detroit, where his college sweetheart, Lauren, picked him up to make the hour-long drive to Fowlerville.
Some 80 mourners were at St. Agnes Catholic Church Wednesday morning to pay their respects to Ardis Lelito, beloved by her family and the neighborhood kids alike. Her wheat bread won grand champion every year she entered it at the county fair, and the eulogy delivered by Tim's cousin Kimmy recalled Ardis's special gift for teaching. "You could ask her anything in the world," Lelito says.
A few hours later, Lelito was headed back to the airport, bound for Atlanta. He arrived at the team hotel around 9 p.m. Wednesday, scarfed down his first meal in hours, and started watching film. Thursday morning, after a few brief meetings, Lelito sat alone in a conference room with offensive line coach Bret Ingalls. They watched red-zone, short-yardage, goal-line and third-down cut-ups.
Ingalls tells his players that little things can change the course of a game; on this morning, for instance, he showed Lelito how each time the Falcons line up a player as a nine-technique, on the outside shoulder of the tight end, they slant the defensive line that direction. Lelito had to push back his grief enough not just to understand a subtle key like this one, but to be able to recognize it amid the noise of the Georgia Dome, and react in a split-second.
By the time the Saints took the field Thursday night, every player and coach had approached Lelito individually to offer condolences. Lelito said his performance was not perfect—he allowed one sack—but he had more positive plays than negative ones in the victory. For three hours he focused only on the challenges on the football field, and not the pain he was experiencing off of it.
"If I were to think about that stuff during the game, you might as well just put a tackling dummy out there," Lelito says. "It was just so much to think about, but as soon as I stepped onto that field, you have to get rid of that, so that's what I did. I knew she was going to be there to help me, but I just couldn't think about it."
Inside the visitors' locker room, Saints coach Sean Payton singled out Lelito in front of the team. Some of us are raised by our moms, he said, and others are raised by our grandmothers. To go through the week Lelito went through, and to play the way he played, Payton continued, was something special. Then Payton presented Lelito with the game ball.
Lelito didn't have time to rest just yet. Players had to lift, run, and break down film on Friday morning, before they were dismissed for the weekend. Lelito boarded another flight that evening—his fifth in four days—and surprised his family by returning home. Then he slept, really slept, for the first time in a week.
Had I known I would have shown. She was my constant companion in the stands when you and Trevor would play. She was a wonderful woman and loved you so...hold that head up high son. And know you now have 2 angels in Heaven watching and looking out for you.
I will keep you and your siblings in my prayers...
Next time your in town look me up, ill make you you and Jeffy a huge meal!
Timmy I love dearly, - Trevor's mom
A very nice real life story eloquently told. Well done, Jenny: Your MMQB work has gained a reader this season. Keep on shining...
She sounds like a really kind and caring grandma. My kids have one of those as well. RIP and bless her heart.
Great article for a good man.
Thank you for sharing this. A great read right before the holiday. Thanks!
Typo near the top of the article, says that Graham is the best TE in the NFL. Think they meant to say Gronk.
You have a typo too, you spelled Vernon Davis "gronk"
@dumvee Way to ruin a nice article. Sheez. Have some compassion. This is just a game. This story is about life.
@dumvee LOL nice joke
@JamesBizzo @dumvee Gronk will never catch up to Graham now. Jimmy is more productive over the entire field and he stays healthy. Case closed!
@TroyDuhon @JamesBizzo @dumvee gronk is a tight end, graham is more like a wr. bill simmons told me that


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News from around Texas and news that interests Texans
Monthly Archive for May, 2007
Turnout is very, very low in South San
It is going to be summer league girl's basketball? Or will it be controversial school bonds? Maybe it will be the district's city councilman. For folks in City Council District 4 and the South San Antonio School District, it's not even close. Hoops wins. At West Campus High School, only 8 people had voted in […] [Read More]
Semi-ThunderDome: One man in, One man out
CASTROVILLE – This quaint city, located 27 miles west of the Alamo, hasn't taken an express elevator to hell, but things have been heated at City Hall lately. Most of it, says mayoral candidate Bob Lee, stems from the ascension to power of Hank Seay III, first as a city council member and now as […] [Read More]
Politics in the late innings
The closest Seay and Lee have been in weeks. CASTROVILLE — Politics, like church league softball, brings out a different, darker side in many of us. That was the case when I played softball, and it's the case here in the mayor's race, which has mutated from a small town contest between two guys with […] [Read More]
Live from the City Council: The Law and Your Crotch
DOWNTOWN — Yes, there's a lot of hot air coming forth from the City Council chambers. But, as George Orwell wrote: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." I'm not saying that the Council consists of single-member district Jack Bauers and Lara […] [Read More]
Live from City Council: Wish you were here…instead of me
DOWNTOWN — A City Council meeting can be deceptive. It looks bad, and it's actually much worse than that. But beyond all of the superficial dullness, there's something decent happening. At first glance, you tend to think that this where civic leaders come together and flip through reports, babble endlessly and waste time. And, to […] [Read More]
Live from City Council: Let's have fun!
You are getting sleepy. Very sleepy. You can't keep your eyes open. You are now asleep. DOWNTOWN — By mid-morning, the South Texas heat is beginning to bear down on the city. As the sun beats down on the trash piles, garbage containers and the bath-challenged denizens of the central business district, it's creating an […] [Read More]
Two rivers run through it
NEW BRAUNFELS — Ken Valentine, who faces recall from the City Council in a special election Saturday, is unrepentant in his push to police the behavior of tubers in the city of two rivers. "This isn't an alcohol ban," said Valentine, a retiree who moved here in the early 1980s. "It's about a ban on […] [Read More]
One goal. Two views
NEW BRAUNFELS — Voters in District 6 go to the polls Saturday to decide the fate of their city councilman, but the leaders of the warring factions, oddly enough, have the same guiding principle — finding a middle ground to move the town forward. That's the only common ground between Kevin Webb and Ken Valentine. […] [Read More]
Problems afloat in New Braunfels
NEW BRAUNFELS — A gentle wind rustles the line of trees, occasionally blowing leaves into the cool water that rolls by. I'm in the shade, taking in one of the most idyllic spots in Texas — the banks of the Comal River in New Braunfels. Ask most other Texans where they would like to live […] [Read More]
All of the news I can track down
HELOTES — It's still overcast in the Texas Hill Country, and my mood is as dark as the afternoon sky. I'm here because David Galvan was bent because the city didn't have a municipal park yet, and he was concerned that the Red slate of candidates running for city office Saturday — Mayor candidate Tom […] [Read More]
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Our upcoming church plant in Durham, North Carolina, will hold their first Sunday meeting on April 3. Visit the Redeeming Grace website if you're interested in joining the church-planting team.
Dave Taylor (Sydney, Australia) discussed ways his church could help serve the communities affected by the flooding in Australia earlier this month, including coming alongside efforts of an Acts29 church in Brisbane.
CrossWay Community Church (Charlotte, NC) spotted a great deal: Wayne Grudem's lectures on systematic theology (similar material to the book) are free on iTunes.
Gary and Betsy Ricucci (authors of Love That Lasts) are leading a marriage retreat at Bethlehem Baptist Church next weekend. If you're at a Sovereign Grace Church in the Minneapolis area, you may still be able to register.
An E-team from Covenant Life Church just returned from Uganda. Pastors Robin Boisvert and Isaac Hydoski both shared some reflections on the trip, as well as the pictures below.
(If you're reading this via email or an RSS reader, you may need to visit the website to see the slideshow.)
Thank you to everyone who prayed for Jim Britt's trip to the Dominican Republic earlier this month. Although the churches he visited are not formally associated with Sovereign Grace Ministries, they are dear partners in the gospel and we count it a privilege to come alongside them in their ministry.
These are some highlights Jim shared with us upon returning from his trip:
If you give to our Mission Fund, please know that your support plays a significant part in our ability to train and equip pastors internationally. Jim received significant gratitude from the churches he was able to care for during his trip, and that gratitude extends to you as well.
Photo by ChezSant, licensed under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
We frequently get requests for copies of a 1999 article Kenneth Maresco wrote about evangelism titled "Proclaiming Christ Crucified." This is primarily because the article is used in a theology curriculum that Covenant Life Church makes available online.
We're posting the PDF here to make it easier for everyone to find in the future. For non-personal use, please simply follow the guidelines on our Print Copyrights page.
(If you don't have Adobe Flash or if you're reading this via RSS or email, you'll need to download the PDF in order to view it.)
FYI: you can get updates from this blog emailed to you daily, weekly, or monthly. Signing up takes a few seconds, but pastor Sam Shin wouldn't want that to stop you.
If you were stirred by Jim Donohue's message on evangelism at our Pastors Conference (embedded below), you may find the Proclaim website a useful follow-up tool. Jim and fellow pastor Stefan Bomberger have collected outreach ideas, links to affordable giveaway materials, and a variety of other resources for church-based evangelism.
Do we need church plants? Sovereign Grace pastor Bill Farley is asking his congregation that question on his blog. If you want to learn more, consider joining us at our church-planting conference.
Two regional marriage conferences to consider: Gary and Betsy Ricucci's Equal Yet Different, hosted by Covenant Life Church (Gaithersburg, MD) February 26, and Sex Matters, a CCEF event hosted by Metro Life Church (Orlando, FL) March 18-19.
Watch Dave Harvey explain a part of our Plant conference designed to help attendees meet and learn from one another. (RSS readers, you may need to visit the webpage to view the video.)
David and Marie, both members of Sovereign Grace churches, recently wrote to us asking essentially the same question: does Sovereign Grace Ministries' apostolic team still exist? Below is an expanded version of our responses to them, posted here in case others in our churches have the same question.
The apostolic team, for those of you new to Sovereign Grace Ministries, was for many years what we called the team of pastors who help us facilitate church planting, international ministry, and church care. But over time, we discovered the name confused more people than it helped, so now we're considering alternatives. We've also gained a better understanding of the term "apostolic," which makes us even more careful in how we apply it. So for now, the team is more commonly just called the regional leadership team. (For more on the role of apostolic ministry in the church's mission, see Dave Harvey's blog post, "Apostolic Ministry and Church Planting.")
The "regional leadership" moniker comes from the fact that Sovereign Grace churches are currently grouped into eight regions, and each pastor on the team is responsible for serving the churches of one region. It's a broad role, but primarily involves the following:
Below is a roster of the men currently on the team and a description of the regions they serve. If you're a member of a Sovereign Grace church, please join us in praying for the man who fulfills this role in your area. They play a vital part in helping Sovereign Grace churches advance the Great Commission both locally and globally.
Dave is responsible for church care, church planting, and international expansion for Sovereign Grace Ministries, so it is his responsibility to lead and coordinate the efforts of our regional leaders. You can read more about him on his bio page.
Aron serves churches in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and the Caribbean. Danny Jones, who founded and led this region for several years, still serves as the senior pastor at Metro Life Church where Aron is based.
Craig serves churches in Texas, Kansas, and Louisiana.
Gene serves churches in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
John serves churches in Maryland and the Washington, DC, metropolitan area (including Northern Virginia). He is a recent addition to the team; Covenant Life Church pastor Kenneth Maresco used to lead this region, and still serves two churches in Africa because of his unique relationship with them.
Mark serves churches in Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and parts of Canada.
Pete's region is enormous—with the help of others, he serves churches in Europe, Australia, and parts of Africa and Asia.
Rick serves churches in Illinois and Minnesota.
Steve serves churches in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, parts of Canada and Latin America, and because of existing relationships, the Philippines.
Metro Life Church (Orlando, FL) will host a CCEF regional conference March 18-19 titled Sex Matters—Rediscovering the Gift of Sex Within God's Story of Creation, Fall and Redemption. Registration opens next week.
Our book Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World is now available as an audio book.
College students in the Louisville area: C.J. Mahaney will speak at the upcoming Southern Seminary collegiate conference, Recalibrate, held February 11-12.
What really happens at our songwriters retreats? Mark Altrogge offers his take.
Jim Britt, pastor of Sovereign Grace Church (Greenville, SC), travels this week on behalf of Sovereign Grace to the Dominican Republic to provide various training opportunities at a church there. In addition to meeting with pastors individually, he plans to...
In this year's Mission Fund materials we alluded to ongoing training opportunities that our Pastors College provides for pastors in Sovereign Grace Ministries. One of the most strategic elements of that ongoing training is the Preaching Practicum, a three-day workshop where a small group of pastors get to preach and evaluate sermons with the help of C.J. Mahaney and Jeff Purswell. This is a relatively new initiative for the Pastors College, and this week we are hosting 17 Sovereign Grace pastors (along with current Pastors College students) for our third one.
If you're a member of a Sovereign Grace church, thank you for your help making training like this possible. We have gotten wonderful feedback so far on the usefulness of past Preaching Practicums, and they really are a direct result of your support of your pastors and giving to our Mission Fund.
Below are the men in attendance this week, along with Twitter links where available. Please pray for them, as well as C.J. and Jeff as they lead the training.
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October 18, 2004 9:58 AM PDT
Microsoft steers R2 server for '05 release
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Cisco, Microsoft pledge security interoperabilityOctober 18, 2004
Microsoft lays out server road mapMay 12, 2004
Microsoft plans new Windows Server updateMarch 5, 2004
However, the software maker is taking a couple of features out of the operating system release to make sure it can come out by the second half of next year.
As previously reported, Microsoft is delaying one of the key selling points for R2--a Network Access Protection feature that allows corporate networks to quarantine machines re-entering the network. The company said Monday that it is delaying much of that capability until 2007 to collaborate with Cisco Systems to make sure the companies have compatible approaches to network security.
The R2 release was not on Microsoft's roadmap until February, when Bill Gates mentioned in an interview with News.com that some sort of interim release was likely. Microsoft later outlined R2 as a release that would add a few enhancements as well as combine some already released "feature packs."
The rest of the server roadmap, which Microsoft last outlined in May, remains on track, according to the company. Next up is Service Pack 1 of Windows Server 2003, slated for the first half of next year. Microsoft said it now sees having a near-final, or "release candidate" version of the service pack by year's end.
"We're getting closer," said Samm DiStasio, a product manager in Microsoft's Windows Server unit. Service Pack 1 adds many of the security changes Microsoft made in SP2 for Windows XP, as well as a new "security configuration wizard" as well as performance improvements, DiStasio said.
In 2006, the company expects a second service pack for Windows Server 2003 before releasing the next major update--Windows Server "Longhorn"--in 2007. The company expects to have its first beta, or test version, of Longhorn Server next year.
Some analysts had thought Microsoft might drop R2 to meet its Longhorn targets, but DiStasio said service packs and interim releases like R2 won't slow Longhorn or overload corporate IT departments.
"We're taking features that we already have in development," said product manager Samm DiStasio. "One of the things we don't want to do in these releases is put things in...that change the core and force new testing cycles."
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- interim release?
- How much is an interim release going to cost? Does this signal that the next version won't have as much new lure to customers? Does this show that Microsoft is not releasing enough enhancements in the main release of Windows 2003?
Certainly Windows Server 2003 was not a huge leap over Windows Server 2000.
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