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July 30, 2005
VBS at Newfield
Yesterday we finished up our second week of VBS. The folks at People's Baptist Church in Newfield, NY, put on a great program, and we (Mikey and I) were privileged to be a part of it. Now we have one more to go, and then we head for points south.
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Keeping Refrigerated in Central Florida
Shane was our winner for the caption challenge two weeks ago, and for his prize, he chose to have his website publicized on this blog.
Shane's site, keeprefrigerated, is chock full of witty sayings, astute observations, and smart analysis from the perspective of a college-age resident of central Florida. You owe it to yourself to check it out!
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Blogging from Linux
This is an historical moment in the life of this blog. This entry is being posted on using a computer running the Suse Linux OS. Very cool.
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July 27, 2005
FBC Missions Trip
The Cross Seekers group from our sending church recently took a missions trip to the Bahamas. Shanna has posted some pictures of it.
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July 26, 2005
Mikey and Uncle Kevin
On Saturday Mikey and I visited Kevin. We had a jolly good time!
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July 25, 2005
Victim of Tragic Error is Brazilian
I am not able to use my laptop right now, so I am only getting residual reports of this, but it appears that the man killed in London by police the other day was Brazilian. I will post more details as they become avaiable to me. Below is the article that tipped me off.
Update: Here is a link to the BBC article on the subject. Key quote:
"This tragedy has added another victim to the toll of deaths for which the terrorists bear responsibility."
Second Update: According to the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, the reason Jean Charles Menezes ran from police was that his worker's visa had expired.
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Video from John Leonard
The Pray for John website has just posted a video of John Leonard talking. If you want to see real Christianity in action, you need to check it out.
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July 23, 2005
One VBS Down, Two To Go
This week we had a wonderful time at Bible Baptist Church in Cortland, NY, speaking at their Vacation Bible School. We had at least one kid get saved!!!
Now I am off to Newfield, NY, where I will be speaking at their VBS...and then it is on to West Groton, NY for more of the same.
I am not sure how frequent my posts will be for the next week, but I will try to keep you updated one way or another.
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More on Brazilian Open Source Plans
It has been a while since I posted on Brazil's plans to move to open source software. If you are interested, another piece of information came in today, and is available below:
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July 21, 2005
Report from Brazil
I got a great update the other day from Tim Reiner, ministering in Petrolina, Bahia.
We're in the middle of a church split! Most church splits are painfully riddled with misunderstands, hard feelings, and often violating basic biblical instruction such as Eph. 4:2 or Rom 12:16. This however, is a good "split", one that has been planned for almost two years.
In the Petrolina barrio of Vila Eduardo, the church for the hearing impaired (Igreja Batista dos Surdos), has grown numerically primarily with hearing being drawn to Christ and converted. Most are family and friends of the deaf, as well as folks from the barrio. Because Brazilian signing has such as limited vocabulary and the absence of abstract thought, it became evident that the growing group of hearing would have to come under conventional teaching and preaching. Last year we reported the construction of an extension to the existing installations for this increase. Just think, God had used the group of deaf Christians to start a church for hearing believers! Because we continue to grow, neighboring property has been purchased and we are to start building the new facilities for our church "split" in August. Half the necessary funds are on hand. If you want to come down and work on this construction or participate financially, please let me know. The excitement amongst our new believers is mounting as many plan to help where they can to build a place for Bible study, Godly worship, and close fellowship.
One of Tim's recent projects has been building up a power plant for Treasure Island Camp. Last year the camp's new generator unit was stolen. Though much police involvement took place, the unit was never recovered. A dissembled diesel tractor engine was purchase in the junk, rebuilt and adapted to a 20kw generator. Now the days of crank starting are over…with the press of a button there's quality power throughout the camp!
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July 19, 2005
Caption Challenge
Congratulations to Shane, who won last week's Caption Challenge! His caption--News Reporter: " City police arrested a pig today that was allegedly driving a stolen tow truck."
"In other news the city police department will be having a BBQ to raise money for inner city charities."--was unanimously chosen by the IPJ (Impromptu Panel of Judges) as the winner. To see the other captions, as well as last week's picture, click here.
Shane is in the Bahamas right now on a missions trip with our church, but when he returns, he will be eligible for one of the following prizes:
1) A Gmail account
2) An invitation to Orkut
3) Free publicity for his website on this blog
4) A one-year pro Flickr account
Those prizes are also available to the winner of this week's caption challenge. The picture is below, so happy captioning!
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John Leonard Updates
Be sure to check out the recent updates at the John Leonard prayer website. There is the latest letter from his brother Jim detailing his progress, a picture of John "talking" to his wife via an alphabet chart, and the content of an update from Baptist Mid-Missions.
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July 18, 2005
Past Ninety Percent!!!
Mikey and I arrived in Corland NY at about 2 a.m., after driving from Michigan, through Canada, stopping at Niagara Falls (sorry, no pictures--my wife has our camera in Brazil) and through western New York.
This morning, I opened my e-mail and found a letter from the pastor of Berea Baptist Church in Palm Harbor, letting us know that their church has taken us on for support. This takes us up to 92.1% of our needed financial investment! Needless to say, we are quite excited.
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July 17, 2005
Missionary On The Move
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July 16, 2005
Missionary Birthday Party
Breanne wanted to have a missionary birthday party. She invited us to be the guests of honor, and asked her friends to bring gifts for our ministry. We were overwhelmed!
The theme of the party was Brazil, as you can see by the cake above.
There are more pictures on the flickr site, and more forthcoming.
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Awesome News
...over at the John Leonard recovery website.
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July 15, 2005
Another Translation
The people over at John Leonard's recovery website asked me to make a translation of another story that appeared in a Braizlian newspaper. You can see it below.
Be sure to visit the website, and leave a message to let John and his family know you are praying for him.
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Travel Update
Mikey and I arived safely last night in Grand Haven, MI. We will be here through Saturday. On Sunday we will head over to NY, by way of Canada, where we will begin the first of our three back-to-back VBS's on Monday.
Thanks for your continued prayers for our travel safety.
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News Article Translation
Here is a translation of the news article that appeared in the Gazeta de Alagoas. I thought that this article was particularly good, because it shows how John and his work are seen in the community. Remember that this is from a secular, Brazilian perspective. Yet they speak of his work and his character in glowing terms. Clearly he has been used of God in this city.
Crime Could be Linked to Prostitution
CARLA SERQUEIRA Reporter
The police do not discount the possibility that the attempted murder of the Pastor of the Coqueiro Baptist Church, John David Leonard, 45, on Sunday, July 3rd, could be related to the work that he was doing to combat juvenile prostitution in the city. "It is not our main line of inquiry, but we do not exclude this alternative", said the agent who presides over the inquiry, Geovânia Falcăo, without disclosing whate direction the police have directed their efforts.
American Police
In the last week, two agents of the FBI (Federal Police of the United States) have been in Maceió. In meeting with the secretary of Social Defense, Robervaldo Davino; with the director of the Civil Policy, Robert Lisbon; and with agent Geovânia Falcăo, they had wanted to know how the inquiries are progressing and the circumstances surrounding the homicide attempt. The Pastor John David has dual nationality and last Friday (the 8th) he was transferred to the United States, with the beginnings of an infection, in a flight that lasted about 18 hours.
Two Composite Pictures Should be Divulged This Week
Experts from theFederal Police have finished drawing the composite picture of the two men who shot the Pasotr John David Leonard in front of the Coqueiro Seco Baptist Church. The drawings will be divulged as soon as the witnesses who had described the shooters affirm that the pictures look like them. The pastor was hit three times and is quadripalegic. On the night of last Friday, the 8th, he was transferred to a hospital in the United States, breathing with the help of machines. A bullet is still lodged in his jaw. The spokesman of the family of Jonh David, Jose Maurício Filho, followed the transfer closely . An American airplane that functions as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), took the pastor, accompanied only by pilots and doctors. According to them, John left Maceió with the beginnings of an infection, escorted for police units. "The doctors are dealing with the infection in order to, after that, be able to continue with other surgeries", they said, affirming that John is conscious and that he communicates with gestures. Because they are owners of rental units in the Inocoop subdivision, in the Tabuleiro do Martins, the renters of John David have become suspects. One of their number had not paid his rent in years. Another reason could have been juvenile prostitution. Jose Maurício said that the pastor had moved five adolescents from the so-called "inferninhos" (little Hells)--bars that function as brothels.
Better Life for Children was Objective of Pastor John
The kindness that characterized the work of pastor John David Leonard, in the small city of Coqueiro Seco, is recognized by practically all the inhabitants, independent of religion. To give better quality of life to the children was his main objective. "In Alagoas, the pastor established four schools. In every one there is a sports court.", commented its friend, Jose Maurício. John has been in Brazil since 1995 and Coqueiro Seco since 2003. There he began a work directed towards the adolescents and young people with intention to move away them from drugs and prostitution. "In fact, already cases of juvenile prostitution had existed here", said the educational counselor of the city, Ivone Maria Dos Santos. "The pastor was an excellent person. He did not have any enemies around here ", she added. The popularity of John was so great in the city that, in the last elections for mayor, the two candidates had asked for his support. "He thanked them, but he denied their request. He said that he would be ready to collaborate with whoever was successful; he did not want to get on anybody's bad side.", said Jose Maurício. On the 28th of April, the pastor John David travelled for U.S.A. to present to the American Mission of the Baptist Church a report of its activities in the Alagoan capital, but he had to return early because his son, Joshua Leonard, 19, had fallen and broken his femur. Having been back in Alagoas only 15 days, he was shot after a service he had just led. His son, who is studying theology in Maceió, continues in the city, in an undisclosed location, still recovering from the surgery on his leg. John is married and has four children, all adolescents.
Also, the official blog that is following John's progress has included a video where his brother Jim gives an update on his condition.
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July 14, 2005
John Leonard Website
The following letter just came in from Jim Leonard, and contains information about some online resources available to those who are praying for John and Bev.
We wish to thank you all for remembering John and Beverly Leonard and their children in your prayers. God's people united in prayer will certainly bring much glory to Him, which is really what He desires; and that is what our family desires, despite the pain of the present moment.
John's condition is still critical, though much improved over the past couple of days. Yesterday he had a simple surgery to wire his mouth shut, and to hold the jaw in place, which actually makes him look and feel much better. Soon, perhaps tomorrow, more reconstructive surgery will be done on his face. Today he was very alert, joyful, and bringing happiness to those who entered his room.
This morning an MRI confirmed that extensive damage was done to his spinal chord, which the neuro surgeon does not feel would be reversed by surgery.
Besides, John has two very serious infections which would almost certainly be life threatening if surgery were done on his back. So at this point the doctors are saying that John will be in a neck brace for up to two months until the vertebrae fuse together and will probably remain paralyzed from his neck down. We believe that God can miraculously heal John if that would bring the greatest glory to Him, so we continue to pray for that.
Immediately our greatest concern is with the MRSA staff and pseudomonas infections which are extremely resistant to antibiotics. Because of this, extra precautions have been taken to keep John in isolation.
We are also praying that John will be able to breath without the aid of the respirator so that he can speak again. We have seen significant progress in his breathing, but must still pray about this.
Plans have been made for Joshua to travel from Brazil on July 22nd. A close friend with whom he is staying in Maceió will be accompanying him on the trip all the way to Des Moines.
The Iowa Methodist Hospital is providing John with excellent care, and has shown loving concern to the entire family. They have a system by which greeting cards can be sent over the internet. It is at www.iowahealth.org.
Click on the "Patient and Visitors" link and you will find an option to "Send a Patient Greeting." In this way you can save the postage and get a greeting to John much quicker.
John and Bev's home church has created a web page where current news and updates are being posted. It is www.johnleonardinfo.blogspot.com.
Since the people running the site are much closer to the situation, I will refer visitors there from now on, and will include only significant updates here. I am including the two links on the sidebar.
Update: From this website I was able to pick up another story from a Brazilian newspaper (in Portuguese). This story goes into how popular John was in the city, and how he had no known enemies there. It also shows a picture of John as he was arriving in the hospital in Brazil.
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July 13, 2005
More About John Leonard
This article from the Des Moines Register gives a little more background about the situation, as well as an update. It also includes quotes from his brother Jim, who has contributed many updates about the ministry in Brazil to this site.
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Report in Brazilian Newspaper about John Leonard
Here is a report from a Brazilian journal (Folha Online) about John Leonard.
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July 12, 2005
Answers in Genesis
Today we (missionaries attending the tri-annual conference of Baptist Mid-Missions) were given the special privilege of touring the unfinished Creation Museum of the Answers in Genesis organization. I was very impressed, to put it mildly. It is about time the Christians learned to do things with quality and professionalism. The Creation Museum does just that. I hope to be getting some pictures from our visit soon, to show you what I mean.
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Another Update from John Leonard
Below is another article which appeared today with further information about John Leonard's shooting and present condition.
When I talked to our field administrator today, he said that they were able to perform some surgery today on John's jaw, and that possibly by Thursday they would begin some work on his neck.
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July 11, 2005
John Leonard TV News Report
I just got an e-mail from a pastor in Maine, directing me to their site, where they have more pictures and information about John Leonard. They also provided this link to a news report about the incident, which contained information I had not heard.
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Caption Challenge--With A Prize!
We are stepping up our game with the caption challenges! That's right, starting this week we will be offering a prize to the winner--to be determined by a highly qualified and impartial panel.
The winner of this week's caption challenge will get their choice of 1) a g-mail account, 2) a year-long pro flickr account, 3) an invitation to Orkut, or 4) your blog promoted on this site--assuming that the subject matter of your blog is appropriate to appear on the blog of a Baptist missionary ;-)
So, without further ado, here is this week's caption challenge:
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John Leonard Videos
In a comment on the last update, Douglas Porter provided us with links to some videos he has that show John Leonard teaching at a VBS. In case you missed the comment, here are the links.
Douglas also has updates at his blog.
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John Leonard Update and Picture
I thought it would be a good idea to put a face with the requests we have been making for John and his family. This picture is from a while ago. If anybody has a more recent shot, I would be more than happy to include it here.
Below is the latest from his nephew Josiah, who has been doing excellent work sending us updates:
We want to thank you for your prayers for John Leonard's trip to the United States. He arrived by plane on Saturday at 11:30 A.M. and was immediately taken to the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, where he was immediately put in the ICU. On his arrival at the hospital, the doctors examined him and studied the x-rays and CT scans that were taken in Brazil of his left upper arm, chest, and head. The doctors decided to take him off all medications and sedations in order to see if he would wake up and be able to communicate with the doctors. John woke up around 9:30 Saturday evening. Bev, Marabel (John's aunt who is a nurse), and I were able to see John with his eyes open and were able to ask him simple questions that he answered with a "yes" and "no" nod of his head. We praise the Lord that He has allowed John to wake up and communicate with us! John's jaw is broken, and he has a tracheotomy in his throat so he cannot speak with his voice or lips. Communication is used through a chart with the alphabet printed on it. Someone starts with the letter "A" and goes on through the alphabet until John nods when the letter he wants is found. This process is done over and over again until a word is formed. It's been slow, but it has been very rewarding. John is now using his eyes more for communicating since the chart goes pretty slow. Praise the Lord that he looks much better now than when he was first brought in! But he is still in critical condition. There is concern about pneumonia and some staff infection around the tracheotomy. He has complained of pain in his head and arm, for which he is being given medication. There appears to be some feeling in his chest, right arm, and right leg, but no movement. The doctors are saying that the paralysis in his arms and legs appear to be permanent but please keep praying that God would perform a miracle. Bev and the kids are all doing very well. Most of John and Bev's family has come up. He seems to be comfortable with the presence of family, but he does need to rest and recuperate his strength. The church in Coquiro Sęco did not close its doors despite much fear in the town. One of the men who John discipled preached last night, and my uncle Pedro, who went down with Grandma Leonard led the service. Please continue to pray for the strength of this church through this trial.
As I was on Google this afternoon looking for more information, I actually came accross the following excerpt from an entry I posted last year:
We request special prayer for the team of some 20 students who will be working with Jim's brother, John Leonard, with the new church he is planting in a fishing town called "Coqueiro Seco" (Dried Coconut Tree). They will be doing street evangelism, Vacation Bible School for youth and children, and evangelistic services. Please pray for God to work in a way greater than we can ask or even imagine.
Coqueiro Seco is where the shooting took place. I do not presume to know God's plan in this ordeal, but one thing is for sure, God is at work in Coqueiro Seco.
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AP Story on John Leonard
The following story was in my Google alerts for Brazil this morning:
TheIowaChannel.com - News - Baptist Missionary From Iowa Shot In Brazil
Baptist Missionary From Iowa Shot In Brazil
POSTED: 4:41 pm CDT July 10, 2005
UPDATED: 4:57 pm CDT July 10, 2005
DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa Baptist missionary is in critical condition Sunday at a Des Moines hospital after he was shot several times a week ago outside a Brazil church he founded.
John Leonard, of Creston, is unconscious at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, where he was flown Saturday.
The 45-year-old Leonard is an ordained Baptist minister who has established several churches in Brazil during his two decades of missionary work.
The Rev. Pat Nemmers of Saylorville Baptist Church said Leonard is clinging to life and may be paralyzed from the neck down. The Saylorville church financially supported Leonard's missionary work.
Leonard slipped into unconsciousness after six days in a Brazilian hospital. He had been working in a remote area in the coastal state of Alagoas.
Nemmers said a bullet is still lodged in Leonard's arm and bullet fragments remain in his neck.
He said Leonard was approached by two men on July 3 after completing a sermon. They asked to speak with him. Outside the church, they shot Leonard at close range, striking him in the face, arm and back.
And another one from the Des Moines Register:
Missionary from Iowa shot in Brazil
By BRIAN SPANNAGEL
July 10, 2005
An Iowa Baptist missionary was clinging to life in Des Moines, where he was flown Saturday, after alleged assassins shot him several times July 3 outside the Brazil church he founded.
John Leonard, 45, of Creston was unconscious and believed to be paralyzed from the neck down at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, said the Rev. Pat Nemmers, pastor at Saylorville Baptist Church, which financially supported his mission.
Nemmers said that shortly after Leonard finished his sermon, two men approached and asked to speak with him. Outside the church, they fired several shots at him from close range, hitting him in the face, arm and back. Leonard, an ordained Baptist minister, has been a missionary for two decades in Brazil where he planted several churches.
"This was clearly a hit that was put on him," Nemmers said.
William Smallman, vice president of Baptist Mid-Missions, an Ohio-based mission agency to which Leonard belonged, said "it is exceedingly rare" for such an attack on a missionary. The agency has 180 missionaries stationed in Brazil, which is generally tolerant of people spreading a Christian message.
Smallman speculated that organized crime leaders arranged the shooting. He said Leonard was working to rehabilitate drug addicts and as a result of that, drug dealers may have believed that he had information that they didn't want him to know.
"It clearly was something that was targeted at John as a person," Smallman said.
Nemmers speculated that the attack may have been a backlash to Christianity from other religions.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Ia., and his office helped arrange Leonard's transportation to the Des Moines hospital. Grassley spokeswoman Beth Levine said she did not know whether a U.S. government agency is investigating the attack or whether it is being categorized as an assassination attempt.
Leonard slipped into unconsciousness after six days in a Brazilian hospital miles from the remote town in the coastal state Alagoas, where he was working. A bullet is still lodged in his arm and bullet fragments remain in his neck, Nemmers said.
"While John is not a foreigner to Brazil, the message he brought was foreign," Nemmers said.
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July 10, 2005
Brazilian View of the Fourth of July
About every day, I go to a Brazilian humor website to check up on current events, and see if they have any funny pictures. Some of the Caption Challenges I have published have come from that site. The site also publishes flash animations spoofing current events in Brazil and around the world.
I was surprised to find today a Fourth of July animation. This holiday is not celebrated in Brazil, and so I was interested to see what they would have to say about it. You can see for yourself by clicking the image below, and then clicking the "play" button:
In case you do not read Portuguese, here is the translation to the text, which is accompanied by the Star Spangled Banner playing in the background:
The Fourth of July commemorates the independence of one of the greatest nations on world.
This nation, with much struggle, achieved it's victory based on the principles of Equality, Fraternity, and Liberty (I think they got us mixed up with the French there...), and has become one of the greatest examples of democratic ideals...
Now all that is missing is for them to put those ideals into action.
(At this point the words "Independence of the USA" appears, and then fades into the phrase "Dependence on the USA", which is crossed out.)
The reality is that in Brazil today the US is not looked on very favorably. A Brazilian friend of mine yesterday explained to me that right now in the Brazilian press it is fashionable and politically correct to badmouth America.
It is in times like these that missionaries need to realize that they are in Brazil (to paraphrase the director of our mission board) to say "Thus saith the Lord" and not "this is how we do it in the States". Pray for your missionaries--myself included--that we will remember this, and resist the temptation to discuss politics, when there are much more important issues at hand.
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Update on John Leonard
This is the latest concerning John Leonard, coming from his nephew Josiah:
Uncle John is doing so much better! When he arrived they had him on 100% oxygen, now he is only on 60%. The doctors quit giving him medication of any type in order to revive him, so he could in some way try to communicate with us. I had the privilege of being with Uncle John when he first started communicating to us with his head and eyes! It was so wonderful to ask him questions and get a response from him! We updated him on where he was, how he got there, how Josh was doing, and that he was going to be OK. He understood everything we said. When you look in his eyes, he seems to have tired, dull gaze that appears as if he is meditating on you and taking you all in. For us, it's the most beautiful thing! He started "communicating" with us Saturday night at around 9:00 P.M. My dad was with him around 5:00 A.M. this Sunday morning, and he was able to "talk" to Uncle John through pointing out letters of the alphabet and Uncle John nodded "yes" or "no" if that was the letter he wanted. After a long while, my dad and Aunt Bev managed to get the words "what happened" spelled out. They filled in Uncle John on what has happened since the shooting. He got a puzzled look on his face several times during the explanations. I saw the X-rays right across the hall from his room. There a bits and pieces of bullet shells and bones scattered throughout his arm and chest area. I don't think they have found an entire bullet in his body yet. Some speculation but no confirmation. Imagine this: someone takes a walnut and a hammer. They take the hammer and smash the walnut with all their strength. Pieces of the walnut scatter in all directions. That's what the X-ray of his arm looks like. They have set it, but they won't use pins since Uncle John can't move it. He has feeling from his chest up. He was also feeling some pain so they put him back on some pain killers but no sedatives. Aunt Bev has been in and out of his room (mostly in) ever since he arrived Saturday around noon. Over the course of the night, she has fallen asleep several times next to his bed with her hand on his shoulder. He wants her there. He has made himself very clear on that matter. Jerrod and Aunt Bev just came out from his room. They were able to spell out "head", which meant his was hurting, and "bullet out" which he was asking whether the bullets had come out or not. The doctors aren't going to do surgery until Uncle John's vital signs continue to be stable. So far they have been excellent and are improving little by little! PTL! Thank you again for all of your prayers!
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July 9, 2005
John Leonard Update
When I arrived in West Chester, Ohio today for BMM's Triannual Conference, they informed us that John Leonard is here in the US, and being prepared for treatment for his gunshot wounds. Below is the letter I received from Jim this evening.
Praise the Lord that John has arrived here in the United States! We have just come from the airport after meeting the plane bringing him shortly before noon today. All the family members who were present were allowed to see him for a few moments while he was being transferred from the plane to the ambulance. He was heavily sedated and his body was quite swollen from the long trip. He was also hooked up to a tracheotomy. When Jim spoke to him he made some sign of recognition that we were there. Praise the Lord he knows his family is here! He was taken to the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines where he is being cared for. One of the flight crew told us that he was "fair" but "a very sick man". Three specialists are with him now and evaluating his condition. Bev, John's wife, and their kids are taking everything very well. The Lord is surely giving them strength through these difficult days!
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July 8, 2005
Warning: Rant ahead.
When I got home from camp yesterday, I had no idea there had been a terror strike on London. As I sat there and watched the footage on TV, I felt an anger welling up within me--an anger against cowards.
What kind of person puts explosive devices in subways and buses, with the obvious intent of killing helpless civilians? What kind of person recruits economically depressed people, fills their head with hate, and then incites them to fly airplanes, drive cars, or walk into places full of innocent people--killing them all? Cowards.
Or what kind of people walk into a Brazilian church building full of worshipers, ask for the missionary pastor, and, when he turns around to greet them, shoot him three times at point-blank range, including once in the back? What kind of men will then flee the scene, leaving the pastor--who was in Brazil to care for his sick son--paralyzed? Cowards!
I always wondered why, in Revelation 21:8, the "fearful" (which the ESV translates "cowardly") are included in the list of those who are condemned to eternal damnation. Now I know.
To the people of Great Britain, we offer our solidarity, and our pledge of co-operation. To the family of John Leonard, we offer our commitment to pray for them fervently and earnestly, and to give whatever assistance we can.
To the cowards who perpetrated these acts, we offer this warning: God is Just. Unless God brings to you repentance, the terror that awaits you is far, far greater than any you inflicted on others this week. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Updates on John Leonard
The following updates were on John Leonard were in my mailbox when I returned from Camp Sparta.
This first update comes from Baptist Mid-Missions president Gary Anderson:
On Sunday evening, July 3, 2005, missionary John Leonard was the victim of an attempted murder and was critically wounded in the assault. Three men were waiting outside the church and when the evening service ended, two of them entered the crowd of congregants and asked for Pastor John. When John identified himself, one of the men shot him three times. John was wounded in the face and jaw, the arm, and most seriously in the 4th vertebrae of his spine. At this time he is paralyzed.
In a joint effort between the Mission, John's family, and his missionary colleagues in Brazil, an air ambulance is being dispatched to evacuate John to Des Moines, Iowa, where he will undergo surgery. He is expected to be in Des Moines by Friday, July 8, 2005. A conclusive long-term prognosis will not be offered until the surgery is complete and medical testing is finished. The doctors in Brazil feel he is sufficiently stable to be evacuated to the United States, but his condition is quite serious.
No suspects have yet been apprehended. We have no knowledge of why anyone would seek to harm John. The American Embassy is tracking the case, but our consuming concern in the days since John was injured has been to ensure he has the best possible medical care.
John's wife, Bev, and their three youngest children are in the United States. John and their oldest son, Josh, were together in Brazil. Josh remained in Brazil to attend Bible School when his family came to the States for furlough this spring. Josh has been battling cancer for a few years and a few weeks ago developed health needs which necessitated John returning to Brazil to care for him. They had planned to come to the States together on July 22.
This next one arrived just today from some of our missionaries in Brazil.
I received a phone just a few minutes ago informing me that John's plane has taken off for Des Moines. Please pray that John will remain stable during the flight. Pray for Bev and the kids as John arrives. The reality of the situation will hit them very hard as John lands and is taken to the hospital. No motive has been uncovered as to why this attempt on John's life was made. At this point all suggestions are simply speculation as to the reason. We also need to pray for Josh. As you know John was here to help get Josh back to the States for medical reasons. Josh is in a body cast and traveling is not easy. Decisions need to be made regarding possibly moving him to Fortaleza or Juazeiro do Norte until he can travel to the States. This will probably take place on July 22. Please uphold Fran Leonard, who now has to make difficult decisions for Josh's care and travel. We all still have a lot of questions about this situation. We must continue in prayer for the entire family. We also need to give thanksgiving for those who have helped. Pray especially for Don Anderson and his family. Though they are with another mission, they are good friends of John and his family. This has been very traumatic for Don's children. Don completely gave of himself this week and needs a rest.
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July 5, 2005
Off to Camp Sparta
Mikey and I are off to Camp Sparta now (with a small detour at Chick-Fil-A). I probably will not be blogging much before Thursday, unless I get around to doing an audio post.
Still no more details on John Leonard, but I will post them as soon as I know.
PS. Just a side note, this is the 700th post on this blog.
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July 4, 2005
Caption Challenge for 7/4/05
Because it is the Fourth of July, and in honor of our brave troops, this week's caption challenge has a patriotic theme.
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Urgent, Urgent Prayer Request
Please be in prayer for my friend and colleague in Brazil, John Leonard, as well as for his family. Below is what happened, as I received it in an e-mail today from one of the missionaries on the field:
This, evidently, is what happened. Three men waited in their car while the church service in Coqueiro Seco was going on. When it was over, two of them got out and approached the people asking for Pastor John. They then headed over to him and called his name. When he turned to greet them, one of them shot him three times. One bullet broke some teeth, another grazed his neck (or broke his arm?, though I may be confusing that with the one that hit the jaw). The third was fired after he had fallen and was evidently the one that hit his fourth vertebra. The church people did not recognize any of the men. John is now in a hospital in Maceio. He is not in any life-threatening medical condition, however, one of the men in the church in the Graciliano Ramos bairro is a police official and placed several policemen in the hospital as protection.
Please be in prayer for this family, and for the missionaries on the field. I will keep you posted with further information as I receive it.
John's brother, Jim, is the one who wrote the recommendation for us on this website, and portions of his letters have been featured here from time to time. We hope to work with Jim and Julie when we arrive in Brazil. They are dear friends of ours. We are very concerned right now.
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Apple uses Android-style pie charting to prove fragmentation is not an issue for iOS
0. phoneArena 21 Jun 2013, 05:48 posted on
"Fragmentation? What fragmentation?" might have very well been the working title of the chart inside, which is posted at the iOS Developer Center to orient devs about the most popular version at the moment...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Nikolas.Oliver (banned) (Posts: 1574; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
Lol is this newsworthy? the title alone is quite misleading,
11. buccob (Posts: 2566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
They also forgot to say that even if an iPhone has the newest version of iOS, if its an old hardware it will not have all the features...
I.E. iPhone 4 not getting Panoramas or iPhone 4s not getting Filters in Camera (as if it was too much trouble to make) and none of those getting AirDrop...
Same happened last year with iOS 6, and iOS 5 before it, not making all the features to older devices... Siri, FaceTime over 3G etc...
This is also some form of fragmentations...
27. Tuxedo (Posts: 346; Member since: 19 Mar 2013)
There is a technical reason for some of these... for ex: Airdrop requires wifi with dual radios 2.4ghz and 5ghz, so that's why it is not available on older HW. Regardless, it is safe to say Apple does a better job an maintaining their HW than any Android OEM, other than Google itself; so they have a point.
35. james004 (Posts: 486; Member since: 15 May 2013)
look at nexus 4, 7, 10. they all are update on the morning of days the new update is released straight from google.
touchwiz, sense and all the other arent responsibility of google. its like i made my own version of android and blame google for not updating it.
29. Quezdagreat (Posts: 428; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)
at least apple don't leave their consumers hanging. they may not get all the features, but at least they get the update
31. sniper1087 (Posts: 508; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)
Facetime over 3G? works on the 4S and 5 that I have tested, not sure of the 4 since is already 3 years old, so not much to say there.
41. Eonnaydra (Posts: 217; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
You can get an app for that.The iPhones can do almost everything because of it's App Store.
2. dapsta (Posts: 20; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Talk about polishing a turd
Having the version number without the features is fragmentation. Plain and simple.
Same as on android. You have different version numbers and you have different features.
3. vincelongman (Posts: 4445; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
I'm on iOS 6 on my iPod Touch 4 and missing many features. When iOS 7 comes out fragmentation will be worse as many device won't be able to update. Also only the latest devices get features such as AirDrop (wifi transfer) and camera filters.
5. illusionmist (Posts: 157; Member since: 29 Jan 2013)
You're missing the point...
The chart is meant for developers, which essentially says "it's okay to go on and use the latest SDK without worrying too much about old versions." Not exactly the same story for Android devs.
30. Quezdagreat (Posts: 428; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)
so youre saying you rather not get the update at all over getting the update with a few features left off?
36. james004 (Posts: 486; Member since: 15 May 2013)
it has never happened to me on android but if spent even 5 mins to check for update and download and install it and didnt see any difference i would be pissed off. google went from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 and no one could see the difference but there was one and specially one i was struggling with. it fixed the bluetooth headphones sound quality.
4. troutsy (Posts: 311; Member since: 17 Feb 2012)
Apple marketing invented fragmentation. It only makes sense that they would be able to make the rules about what does and doesn't count as fragmentation.
Clearly, this is similar to the game, "I win."
6. panda123 (Posts: 27; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)
But... iOS1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all the same...
7. terabyteRouser (Posts: 457; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
considering that there is only one manufacturer. this is some feat. seriously, if the chart looked anything other than this, it would spell a total failure on apple. unable to keep a few phones up to date. google is building an OS for phones that they don't make and the variations are legion. apple is lame for this. no one cares. go figure out how to make your os un-boring.
8. ajac09 (Posts: 1481; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
who cares beyond haters
10. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Those of us who are still running iOS 5.1.
33. Quezdagreat (Posts: 428; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)
oh so youre complaining about not getting a update on a ipod touch? a ipod touch that does not have a front camera or retina display sit down you need to upgrade cheapskate
38. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Perfecet example of how making assumptions makes you look like... Well, you know the rest.
No, I'm taking about an $800 iPad which still works, although it's slow, laggy, and force closes a LOT! Why upgrade to get the exact same device with a slight hardware bump. I shouldn't need a camera to edit movies. iOS is fragmented and that's that.
As for cheapskate, I paid over $800. You sit down, and find something to remove that foot from your mouth. LOL.
44. Quezdagreat (Posts: 428; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)
I feel sorry for you paying $800 for a iPad. I would've bought a laptop instead genius. I'm pretty sure their is a app for editing movies. Also hardware strength is also a reason the device can't do those things
46. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
I already had a laptop genius, and I had the money for an iPad. First you say there is an app that can do that, then you say the hardware is the reason I can't do it. Which is it? I just saying, iOS is fragmented as well, so they should stop acting as if they're perfect.
9. boosook (Posts: 1437; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Apple is deliberately lying, because even if every single iOS user upgraded to iOS6, some features are available only on some iphone/ipad versions. For example, iPhone 4 users don't have Siri. So iOS is fragmented as well. Just, fragmentation is not in the version but in the features that are enabled or disabled according to the model.
Apple, please, try again... you're not even a good troll.
13. buccob (Posts: 2566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
exactly and even when you get a lot of version fragmentation across android manufacturers and phone models, you still get many features before Google release them in Android...
Like Motorola phones implementing resizeable widgets before stock Android, or Sony and others allowing Screenshots, Sony Tablet allowing multiple users before jelly bean, Samsung making use of notification toggles, face unlock... etc This is the beauty of choice and innovation in Android, even if you dont get the latest version...
19. djripster (Posts: 138; Member since: 10 Dec 2011)
And iOS 7 will widen this gap even further.. iPhone 4 wont get features like AirDrop, Panorama or Camera Filters. While the iPad 2 gets only iTunes Radio as a new feature :(
12. dorianb (Posts: 599; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
If you own a 3GS or older iPhone YOU DESERVE to be fragmented. Get with current technology people.
14. joey_sfb (Posts: 5754; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
3GS!! Apple wouldn't even care about iPhone 5 once iPhone 5s hit the shelve. Lol!!
18. dragonscourgex (Posts: 307; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
Please put back the dislike button!
21. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Says the iPhone fanboy
Eating Grass hey
22. wendygarett (unregistered)
I'm enjoying Google now on my iPhone 3gs, you call that fragmentation?
15. djripster (Posts: 138; Member since: 10 Dec 2011)
Lets have a chart showing which features older iOS devices iPad, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 dont get from the newest versions of iOS instead
16. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
To be honest upgrading from iOS 5 to iOS 6 is hardly any difference!
17. djripster (Posts: 138; Member since: 10 Dec 2011)
:) It did make my iPhone slower
20. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Ip4 or the ip4s
37. djripster (Posts: 138; Member since: 10 Dec 2011)
The iPhone 4
23. wendygarett (unregistered)
I like how fandroid such a butthurt and fail to realise that the word fragmentation refers to developer, not for the consumer...
Of course ios is bad for consumer, but developer is happy, because they just need to make the ios6 version of apps only, but android, is a big pain because they need to make gingerbread apps, ics apps and now jellybean apps as well...
Why develop free apps for a fragmented os when you can earn more paid apps on developing just ios6?
25. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Blame the carriers not Google!
But it's Googles fault to let carriers decide when and what, unlike Apple it's up to them!
So know you,re a BA this week?
26. wendygarett (unregistered)
Google now, available for android 4.1 and ios6, yet only 40% of android user enjoy it but 90% of ios user enjoy Google now
BBM, available for android 4.1 and ios6, yet another features fragmentation
Microsoft office, available for android 4.1 and ios 6, hurray my iPhone 3gs can use it while android can't...
talk about features fragmentation, android remains worse than ios in the end :)
32. sniper1087 (Posts: 508; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)
only one correction BBM will be available on android 4.0 and above.
40. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Yeah, that all sounds iOS is great, unless you are one of the 10% that gets nothing from Apple anymore. Could Android use some improving, heck yeah it ain't perfect. But neither is iOS so let's stop pretending it is.
Wait... No broken english. Your not even the real wendy! Get your own user name, lol.
42. marbovo (Posts: 658; Member since: 16 May 2013)
According to this chart, you are not the 10%, you are the 1%
43. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
You're right but "wendy" was talking about the 10% that wont get Google Now on iOS, so that's what I was referring too. Either way, Apple can't invent this concept, then try to say it doesn't apply to them. It does no matter how the word it.
45. wendygarett (unregistered)
Lol, I'm not enjoyong to defend Apple, and my avatar says all... It just that you guys are too much...
seriously, polishing the turd? You just judging someone by your own eyes and you refeuse to experience it, there some apps that android user still left behind as my comments earlier...
why are they keep make themselves so low? It's not like Apple murdered their whole family or something :(
53. joey_sfb (Posts: 5754; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
I am only against Apple for trying to stop competition thru litigation and not thru providing better product or value.
the rest of the Apple fan could continue to support Apple after learning about their business practice is up to them.
24. wando77 (Posts: 843; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
Black borders on apps anybody?
28. lukasound (Posts: 152; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
fragmentation is the price of progress...
something that was practically non-existent on iOS
34. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
39. Jphones (Posts: 235; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
this crap has no merit of course these numbers are ridiculous APPLE MAKES ONE DAM PHONE if they diversified like android this would be completely different
47. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
AMG SHOCKER!! A chart made by Apple, that's totally trustworthy and not exaggerated....
48. moronman66 (Posts: 162; Member since: 09 Jan 2012)
They should do the same thing, but with features that aren't put on older phones. iPhone 5 gets everything, 4S gets most things, but not as much as the new iPod Touch, and the 4 gets barely anything, and 3GS, sorry, you're SOL.
49. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
So now their doing a pie chart?
50. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
51. jroc74 (Posts: 6006; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Oh Apple.....you know good in well the fragmentation with iOS is the features that are left out of older hardware, OS versions....


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planning and supervision of projects and assessment of business and audit risks of clients as per the requirements of International Standards on Auditing,
preparation of financial statements as per the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
coordinating with the clients from planning to execution stages of the projects,
developing and translating the audit strategy into effective audit procedures,
delivering the assurance service for the assignment efficiently and effectively,
reviewing work performed by less experienced personnel for sign off by Manager/Senior Manager,
generating and implementing ideas to maximise assignment profitability,
reviewing financial statements for subsidiaries/small companies to a level where no manager/senior manager or partner changes are required,
leading and management of fieldwork on clients, liaising with other departments to ensure smooth delivery of the audit process,
effectively managing the audit process with appropriate consideration of audit risk issues and accounting technical matters,
producing assignment budgets and timetables, and managing delivery against them,
delivering assurance service on time and to budget,
Identifying efficiency improvements and additional billings, and identifying assurance issues and developing solutions
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Sutent and zibotentan bomb in prostate cancer, and Pivlaz fails to reduce vasospasm events after aneurysm. [© ioannis kounadeas - Fotolia.com]
Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Actelion last night each reported the failure of one of their drugs in pivotal clinical trials. Pfizer and AstraZeneca separately announced that Phase III trials evaluating their respective drugs, Sutent® and zibotentan, failed to demonstrate the treatments improved overall survival in patients with advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Actelion said data from the Phase III Conscious-2 study with its Pivlaz® (clazosentan) candidate failed to reach statistical significance in terms of reducing vasospasm-related morbidity and all-cause mortality in clipped patients following aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).
Pfizer's Phase III Sun 1120 Sutent study has been stopped on the advice of the trial's data monitoring committee, following an interim analysis that showed adding the drug to prednisone therapy was unlikely to impact on overall survival in patients whose CRPC disease had progressed following a docetaxel-based chemotherapy regimen. Sutent is an oral multikinase inhibitor that is already approved for the treatment of both advanced renal cell carcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors in patients who are intolerant to imatinib or whose disease has progressed after imatinib therapy. Sutent is separately being evaluated in a Phase III trial as an adjuvant therapy for renal cell carcinoma.
AstraZeneca, meanwhile, confirmed it has no immediate plans to file regulatory submissions for its anticancer candidate zibotentan after the Phase III Study 14 trial failed to show any survival benefits of adding the endothelin pathway blocker to standard of care in patients with metastatic CRPC. The firm is continuing with the Phase III Enthuse CRPC development program for zibtentan, however. Study 15 will evaluate zibotentan in comparison with placebo in men whose disease has not yet metastasized. Study 33 will evaluate chemotherapy alone, with chemotherapy plus zibotentan in patients who have been prescribed chemotherapy due to metastases.
Actelion CEO, Jean-Paul Clozel, M.D., admitted the firm was disappointed that the Phase III Conscious-2 study found that Pivlaz therapy only resulted in a nonsignificant (17%) benefit in terms of its primary endpoint in aSAH patients. The firm is now considering how or whether to continue with its Phase III development program for the endothelin receptor antagonist. Another Phase III trial, Conscious-3, is ongoing in aSAH patients that have undergone coiling to secure their aneurysm. Actelion says an update on plans for Pivlaz will be made when the firm releases its third quarter results in October. The previously completed dose-ranging Conscious-1 study did show treatment with Pivlaz significantly reduced moderate or severe vasospasm at all tested doses, with a relative risk reduction of 65% compared with placebo.
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Baby Can Wait has been created for you. We know you want straightforward answers to questions about your body, sex, and relationships but don't always know where to go to ask.
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The month of May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention month, which strives to bring awareness to the successes and continuing issues facing the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative across the United States. Between 2013 and 2014 the teen birth rate decreased by 9% and has gone down 61% since the peak in 1991. The city of Milwaukee has seen similar results with 7 straight years of decline in the teen birthrate and 23.7% of girls 15 to 17 years old giving birth in 2014. Specifically, the African American teen birthrate continued to decrease (30.8% to 27%), while the birthrate rose slightly for both white (3.5% to 9.2%) and Latina (23.9% to 25.5%) teens. Research has shown that key aspects of pregnancy prevention include contraceptive access and sex education. However, while the majority of those statistics provide good news, approximately 30% of young women in the United States will become pregnant before the age of 20 and an estimated 750,000 teenagers will become pregnant this year. Test your pregnancy prevention knowledge here, in this fun and interactive quiz by StayTeen.org!


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Modern businesses are an epitome of uncertainty and complexity. Over the period, this uncertainty and complexity in business has led to the development of various managerial tools, techniques and procedures useful in managing business successfully. Of all these, budgeting is the most common and widely used standard device for planning and control. This course provides fundamental understanding of budgeting, budgeting process and includes a practical guide for preparing and mastering financial budgets
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Between playing Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, does anyone have more fun onscreen than Robert Downey Jr.?
His gift is imparting that delight to the audience, which begins to explain why Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is enjoyable in spite of its shortcomings. But the fact that Shadows is better than its predecessor? Well, there are a host of reasons for that.
Let's start with the plot. Gone is the fake hocus pocus of Sherlock's last case – something about a flim-flam man taking over a snooty cult in an effort to destroy Parliament. No, this one is about a flim-flam man bombing select targets in Europe in an effort to start a world war. (WWI ignites a mere two decades after the film is set.)
It's a similar end game, perhaps, but at least there's no pseudo-magic. Plus, this bad guy is none other than Holmes's brilliant nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Mad Men's Jared Harris, relishing the villainy). That raises the stakes considerably.
So does the fact that Holmes is soon to be without his other half, Dr. Watson (Jude Law), who's about to marry his bland beloved, Mary (Kelly Reilly). This, Watson promises, is to be his last case with Holmes, though of course we hardly believe him. They were made for each other, these two gents, and if their chemistry hadn't entirely jelled in their first film, it has here.
In fact, the bromance is so strong, it leaves de factosidekick Sim (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's Noomi Rapace), a Gypsy with information about the bombings, standing on the sidelines with little to do. The fact that Stephen Fry folds in with the fellows so seamlessly as Holmes's cheeky brother, Mycroft, only underscores the point that this is a boys' club, in which girls are certainly allowed, just not allowed to be all that interesting.
Still, Shadows makes the most of its leading men and delivers on the action – even if it's still a bit too reliant on blowing junk up.


text: it dont work. im new to boxing, only been going a month or two. i love it but i am getting frustrated because i cant block anything. i dont understand what im supposed to do. my basic guard is rubbish. its in the right place but people just punch through it after the 3rd punch and the first two make me hit myself with my own glove which is surprisingly painful. i always blink / flinch when punches come and dont know what i am suposed to do to avoid them. any advice would be great.


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Spokeswoman Kristin Cole released the following statement to CBN News in response to Pastor Rick Warren's comments, Tuesday, on CNN's Larry King Live:
Thank you for your inquiry regarding Rick Warren's April 6 appearance on CNN "Larry King Live." Several comments he made during that interview have caused confusion which I would like to clarify on his behalf as media representative for Saddleback Church.
Throughout his pastoral ministry spanning nearly 30 years, Dr. Warren has remained committed to the biblical definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, for life -- a position held by most fellow Evangelical pastors. He has further stressed that for 5,000 years, EVERY culture and EVERY religion has maintained this worldview.
When Dr. Warren told Larry King that he never campaigned for California's Proposition 8, he was referring to not participating in the official two-year organized advocacy effort specific to the ballot initiative in that state, based on his focus and leadership on other compassion issues. Because he's a pastor, not an activist, in response to inquiries from church members, he issued an email and video message to his congregation days before the election confirming where he and Saddleback Church stood on this issue.
During the King interview, Dr. Warren also referenced a letter of apology that he sent to gay leaders whom he knew personally. However, that mea culpa was not with respect to his statements or position on Proposition 8 nor the biblical worldview on marriage. Rather, he apologized for his comments in an earlier Beliefnet interview expressing his concern about expanding or redefining the definition of marriage beyond a husband-wife relationship, during which he unintentionally and regrettably gave the impression that consensual adult same sex relationships were equivalent to incest or pedophilia.
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That's ridiculous, I dont lie
This is one of the funniest things I have read lately:
BBC News - India textbook says meat-eaters lie and commit sex crimes
That's ridiculous, I dont lie
65lbs gone and counting!!
Fat 2 Fit - One Woman's Journey
Everything I say is a lie!
Eating primal is not a diet, it is a way of life.
Don't forget to play!
So far, no one is denying the sex crimes part of the story. Interesting.
65lbs gone and counting!!
Fat 2 Fit - One Woman's Journey
"They easily cheat, tell lies, forget promises, they are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes," it says."
Sounds like a good night out if you add a kebab
You know all those pictures of Adam and Eve where they have belly button? Think about it..................... take as long as you need........................
You do have to take into consideration that the cow is sacred in India. What else could they say?
55 yr old male
Weight; 199
Chest; 41.5
Waist; 42
Hips; 40
Thigh; 22.5
Calf; 15
Bicep: 13
Forearm; 11.5
Neck; 17
Weight; 200
Chest; 42
Waist; 42.5
Hips; 39
Thigh; 23
Calf; 15
Bicep: 13
Forearm; 11.5
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Solo'd the raid boss tonight; wasn't too tough once I found a 'special' spot to snipe from. Wasn't able to get a kill screen because I forgot F12 is the hotkey and he slips under the ground pretty fast once he dies. I was also surprised when he died since he still had about 10% HP left. Guess he dies when he runs out of tentacles.
I used to solo Crawmerax with Roland. There was a little ledge at the edge of the cliff you could stand on and duck so he couldnt see you. Then I'd just toss a turret when it was up, and while he was distracted with the turret I'd keep hitting him with my Leviathan. I'd only get hit by his minions if at all.
Does your spot work like that, or is it still a tough fight?