text: Roy John Leslie Unknown date of birth - Died 5 September 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 2/577 AWMM Also known as ForceArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Corporal AWMMNew Zealand Field Artillery AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Grave, Tiperui Communal Cemetery of Sergeant Roy Leslie appe … Read more View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesRoy John AWMM SurnameLeslie AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 2/577 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Date of birth Place of birthHawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM Birth notesHawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Post war occupation Address before enlistmentUnknown Lynton Avenue, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Next of kin on embarkationWW1 Mrs D. Leslie, Lynton Avenue, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 16 Oct 1914 Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaigns ForceArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 2/577 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Miilitary decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMMAuckland, New Zealand AWMM Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 Oct 1914-3 December 1914 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMMVessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMMDriver AWMMNew Zealand Field Artillery AWMMMain Body AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMMgunshot wournd ti chest and pulmonary tuberculosis. AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Corporal AWMMNew Zealand Field Artillery AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Roy Leslie was the son of David Kirkwood Anderson and Rose Ann Leslie, of "Tahiti," Lynton Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand. Born at Hawera, New Zealand.His brother, James Leslie (14444), also died in World War 1.A commemorative ceremony has been held each ANZAC Day from about 2005 with New Zealand's Honorary Consulate, Australian Consulate and the French Armed Forces. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Age at death23 AWMM Date of death5 September 1917 Military Personnel file Cause of deathDied of wounds AWMM Place of deathPapeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, Pacific Military Personnel file Death notesOn board the NZHS Maheno, Papeete, Tahiti, en route to New Zealand AWMM Cemetery nameTiperui Communal Cemetery, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands AWMM Grave referenceMil. Allotment. Row 1. Block 5. Grave 164. AWMM Memorial nameOnehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMMOnehunga Arch of Remembrance, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMMAuckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMMMt Roskill War Memorial, War Memorial Park, 13 May Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland AWMM Memorial reference Obituary Roll of Honour Remember Roy John Leslie by laying a poppy. Robert Birnie Leslie Robert Henry Leslie Roy John Leslie Samuel Leslie Stanley Gordon Leslie Lay a poppy for 2017 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Roy John Leslie Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission.http://www.cwgc.orgSources UsedMilitary personnel filehttp://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=10919125Further ReferenceMinistry for Culture and Heritage. War Memorialhttp://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/mt-roskill-war-memorial-parkFurther ReferenceFamNet: The Family History Network record pagehttp://famnet.net.nz/login_pages/Cenotaph.aspx?Systemid=C8717Further ReferenceHMNZT 7.The gunner : the official journal of H.M.N.Z.T. no. 7, conveying artillery and infantry to the front. (1914). At sea ; Albany ; Indian Ocean: [Troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 7].http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_library-catalogq40-78827Further ReferenceOnehunga War Memorial and Book of Honour Indexhttp://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/OHB063/searchonehunga.htmFurther ReferenceRoll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919, Auckland War Memorial Museum Library, MS-2016-2http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_library-manuscriptsandarchives-11061 DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMMVol1: 414 AWMM


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The European automotive industry has agreed on a common system for charging plug-in vehicle throughout Europe.
The ACEA, Europe's automobile manufacturers' trade association, aims to standardize one type of connector for all plug-ins sold in Europe. ACEA's secretary general, Ivan Hodac, stated:
The association is pushing regulators and rivals across the globe to adopt the same standard, a move which the ACEA says will end "fragmentation." The main agreement announced by ACEA relates to a standardized plug, but the association also released a series of detailed recommendations pertaining to the entire link between the charging infrastructure and a vehicle's electrical inlet, including amperage, communication with the grid and more. The ACEA looks to implement these standards throughout Europe, and possibly across the globe, by 2017.This paves the way for a harmonized solution around the globe. We call on the European Commission, the standardization bodies and the infrastructure providers to adopt these recommendations and to clear remaining issues as soon as possible
Brussels, 22/09/2011 - The European automobile manufacturers have defined a comprehensive set of recommendations to standardise the charging of electrically-chargeable vehicles. The joint industry proposal will enable the use of one type of plug independent of car make, electricity provider or country.
"This is a major step towards the broader introduction of electrically-chargeable vehicles in Europe and paves the way for a harmonised solution around the globe", said Ivan Hodac, Secretary General of ACEA, the automobile manufacturers' trade association. "We call on the European Commission, the standardisation bodies and the infrastructure providers to adopt these recommendations and to clear remaining issues as soon as possible."
Standardisation of the connection between the electricity grid and electrically-chargeable vehicles is one of the prerequisites to help e-mobility gain a viable market share. At present, a variety of solutions is used, leading to a fragmentation of the market across Europe and abroad.
The industry recommendations cover the whole link between the public charging infrastructure and the vehicle inlet including the communication between the two, and they address both slow and fast charging with direct or alternate current. As soon as approved by the relevant standardisation bodies, vehicle manufacturers will start integrating the uniform application in their production cycles. The auto industry advocates the full implementation for new vehicles types from 2017.
A unique standard for vehicle charging will benefit all parties involved: the auto industry, the consumer and the infrastructure provider. "Standardisation provides predictability to investors; it enables economy of scale and reduces costs. We have also ensured a solution that meets the highest safety standards and is easy to use", said Hodac.
Most stakeholders assume a realistic market share for electrically-chargeable vehicles in the range of 3 to 10% of new sales by 2020 to 2025, depending on how quickly the most immediate challenges can be addressed.
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Re: st: svy prefix with oheckman command
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Re: st: svy prefix with oheckman command
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At your own risk, you can try to edit the code and provide -svy-
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I would not put terribly high expectations on -oheckman-. Heckman's
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Keyes is discounting the Volt below invoice like we always have for the forum members and Rick Alpern (General Manager of Keyes Chevrolet) has authorized an additional $500.00 for the forum members, so the lease payments would be about $10 to $15 less per month roughly over our current lease rates. I can post all factors and lease payments, but we aren't talking much below what is currently being offered, just as an informational.
I think we have delivered enough Volts over the last few months to the forum members to have a trustworthy reputation and as I said, I believe in 100% transparency. We have people coming from all over the State of California, Nevada and Arizona to get their Volts from us. That has to tell you something. If we weren't ultra competitive and we didn't take care of every single forum member, nobody would come to us. We sold 70 Volts last month and more than half of them were to the forum members. You guys have to have seen all the positive Keyes buying experiences from the forum members. There are a few every other day. To remain skeptical after all that when all we really ask for most of you to get the best deal is to simply come in and see Rick. He is a great guy and his main goal is to take care of every forum member.
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For more time than I like to think about, the old Monger has been struggling in Nevada's crappy economy. This period is apparently now at an end. I have accepted a job out of state and will be leaving the future site of unincorporated Clark County called Titanic, Nevada–formerly known as North Las Vegas–currently in the incompetent hands of a city council packed with police-union stooges and a mayor who sold out the future of Norftown to greedy developers pushing a Ponzi scheme of mindless growth wherein the non-existence denizens of Park Highlands would pay for the new City Hall and the Midge Manufacturing Plant out near Nellis.
So, in what is most likely my last act of un-civic duty to the city whose bankruptcy has been postponed six months by meager concessions from the union which is in bed with mayor and thus knows it never has to make a concession, let me make a suggestion.
Get rid of Mayor Buck but in a way that has a slight chance of succeeding. Yes, recalls are very entertaining, but they seldom work and only distract from the main method we use for selecting our officials: elections. Guys, the mayoral election is less than two years away, and you know what? A plausible campaign against Buck may already be too late. It takes a good four years to rev up a campaign in these parts, and you've already wasted two. Nonetheless, if all of you who are tired of the Buck-Montandon school of minimal urban planning really want to do something, you would unite behind a strong candidate for the 2013 elections. Don't waste energy on recall petitions, you will have plenty of work trying to beat the Dan Hart/Police Union election machine.
Or, you can cross your fingers that Buck will again get the itch to run for the County Commission or some higher office, a not unlikely possibility given that everybody else in Nor'Town is running for Congress.
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- A thriving national monument for the Tule Springs fossil beds where young Nor'Townies discover that the history of North Las Vegas did not begin with the creation of the El Dorado subdivision.
- A city of intelligent citizens actively engaged in the political life of North Las Vegas, where one faction can no longer gain a strangle hold on the community
- A research park springing from the ashes of CSN and UNLV to which brainiacs immigrate by the thousands bringing exciting, challenging, environmentally friendly, and multifarious work to town.
- A place that folks will choose to live in, no merely because it's cheaper than Henderson.
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Here are some notes and observations after Robert Griffin III's practice Monday.
Griffin was rather honest about what he thought of the Redskins' plan, how he didn't always understand why they were taking it slower than he'd like and why, if he was feeling good, the Redskins couldn't deviate -- or alter -- the original plan. But Griffin is not a doctor, or a coach, and the team discovered last season it could not go by what he says he's feeling. Coach Mike Shanahan did not want to bring Griffin back too soon; any sort of setback in camp would have led to second guessing of, and by, Shanahan. So they've taken it slow. If Griffin plays in the opener, the Redskins would have taken it smart,too.
Griffin completed 15 of 17 passes in the 7-on-7 portion, though he did show more accuracy downfield, something he had not always done in previous sessions. He had his usual share of shorter passes, but Griffin had a couple excellent throws.
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Of his two incompletions, one was a crossing route that was a bit out in front of receiver Aldrick Robinson and the ball skipped off an outstretched hand. The other was a low ball to receiver Dezmon Briscoe. On that play, Griffin looked left and then threw back to the right where Briscoe was covered by DeAngelo Hall. Had Griffin not thrown it low, Hall would have had a pick-six, but the quarterback has a knack for delivering passes away from pressure and that's what he did here. It was a harmless incompletion.
Griffin said going through an ACL injury and subsequent return at Baylor prepared him for what he's going through now, with intense interest in his return. The Redskins limit access to him to once a week, which helps Griffin. But the stories persist with or without his comments. He's learned to tune out the endless stream of commentators and pundits who say what he should, or shouldn't, do. "Everyone will have a different opinion, but in the NFL that opinion gets heard more," Griffin said. "I don't listen to it."
Griffin also said at this point in his recovery in college he was already back practicing in full. "It's no difference now," he said. "It takes time to heal. It's been a lot of time healing, at least in my mind."


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Question: When you look in the mirror do you like what you see?
Total Votes: 63
Question: When you look in the mirror do you like what you see?
Total Votes: 63
Do we put too much emphasis on personal appearance? How do you approach this issue with your children?
A lot of times, I do not. But I'm learning that although I may not like what I see now, I usually go back through pictures and go "OMG I was so pretty, what happened?" and then realize "Wait...I didn't think I was pretty then either" so I've learned to just look in the mirror and like it because I know eventually I'll probably look at pictures and think it anyways lol.
As for my dd, she has some body issues cos she is not stick thin, shes curvy, but feels good about herself now that boys keep askin her out( no dating till 16). She complains about her nose being too big. But loves her eyes and hair.
Quoting do11face:
It depends on the day.
I'm fine with who I am. Doesn't mean I don't try to improve myself where possible....but I am who I am and that is fine.
i teach my kids that looks have NOTHING to do with who you are.


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Trip Start Jan 08, 2005
135Trip End Ongoing
On arrival it took me a while and a bit of banging my head against a brick wall to find it, but eventually we were on the shuttle bus to the domestic terminal.
Mumbai domestic terminal is a hell of a lot nicer than the international one. Mind-numbingly boring but more modern than the other and there was a cheap eating hole right outside. Seven hours dragged by. Our flight was delayed and we had to fight Indian grannies with bony elbows to find a seat on the plane. Don't be fooled by the grey hair, flowing saris and the bent postures, they're rough when there's a seat involved!! At least I had pre-organised our accommodation so when we finally arrived (approx 1am, only an hour and a half late) all we had to do was fend off the pre-paid cab man and his request for baggage baksheesh (hello and welcome back to India!). That's why it's called pre-paid mate. All inclusive.
Day 1
Kolkata is bloody hot. I mean really hot. The moment I stepped outside I wanted to be under a cold shower again! Our mission for our first morning was to get our Bangers visas organised. But as we were filling in our forms the windows closed (2 minutes early according to my watch!) and no amount of pleading could budge them! Bugger. We'd have to come out again! Unsatisfied we decided to wander the streets. I had expected to see poverty and filth on every corner and to be terribly affected by it but to my surprise, I actually found the streets to be quite clean. Not so many dogs, rubbish or cows and not too many beggars. Different to what I thought it would be like, but then we hadn't walked around much yet. We went back to the hotel as we were both drained, jet lagged and boiling. I was done for the day.
Day 2
Up earlier we made our way out to the Bangladeshi High Commission for the second time and attempted to get our applications seen to. There was a bit of faffing about and David lost it (the guy behind me translated for the attendant behind the desk - he called you a dishonourable idiot! Oops!) but we ended up being told to come back two days later for an interview! Me with a receipt and David, worryingly, without. Double bugger! We were hoping to get them in a day and get over to Dhaka for a bit of sight-seeing before the cricket started. The Lonely Planet Forum had failed us. The reply we'd received said 1 day. We'd be lucky to make the start of the first test at this rate!! Oh, and the arrival of our mate Andrew! (sorry Faulks!)
We'd have to make do with sight-seeing in Kolkata. One of the most awesome buildings to see here is the Victoria Memorial. Finished up in 1924 as a memorial to Queen Victoria and made completely of white marble it houses relics of the past including paintings, busts, guns and even a piano that Queeny used to play on! It's a great place to wander around. The gardens surrounding it are nice too. Whilst taking a rest from the heat we looked up to see two people staring at us. It was Laurent the Frenchie and his Yorkshire bred half Kashmiri girlfriend Freeda. They'd been our drinking partners on Christmas day in Kathmandu. Couldn't believe we'd run into them again, and of all places, India!! We sat for ages and chatted in the relative coolness of the Vic Memorial and decided to meet up later that night for more travel laughs. They've got some great tales! Freeda has the huge advantage of being able to speak fluent Hindi and looks like she's from the sub-continent so can get away with people thinking she's Indian or Kashmiri so when the Indians give her hassle she curses them in Hindi, and tells them they're from Bangladesh! Indians do not like being called Bangladeshi!! It's hilarious!
Day 3
We all wanted to see some knife action so headed over Kalighat where they slaughter goats every morning to satisfy the bloodlust of Shiva's consort, Kali. I'd never seen an animal beheaded before so this would test my strength. Would I spew, faint, laugh hysterically or cheer and run circles around the slaughter pen?
The temple has always been an important pilgrimage site because either Shiva's wife's finger fell here when she was being cut up after her death or another version is that one of her charred toes fell here when Shiva was carrying her burnt remains somewhere. Supposedly the present temple was rebuilt in 1809. Either way, they decapitate goats here every single day and that's what we were going to see.
When we all got there they were already slicing up an earlier victim and skinning it. These guys are quick! They make a couple of small slits and stick their hand inside between the skin and the body. A few quick shoves and pulls and it's off!! One new floor rug, thank you very much and enough meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner for at least two months!! It's amazing how much is squashed inside a little body. Intestines, liver, kidneys, the heart and loads of stuff I just couldn't name! There was a bit of shuffling going on round the slaughter pen so we slid over to get a good possie. First they poured water over these two smallish goats, then put necklaces of hibiscus on them, which they both immediately started to munch on. Not realising, of course, that it was their last supper!! Then came out the Bagpiper whiskey (? not sure what religious significance this has!) which they poured over them. One was lead over to the stock and it's head locked into place with a metal bar. No sooner had it opened it's mouth to bleat for 'help' when the machete sliced clean through it's neck with one swift downward action!!! The head went one way and the body the other. Freeda and I held on to each other with eyes as wide as saucers! It was completely mesmerising. Both head and body kept on moving as though they hadn't been separated! The legs were thrashing wildly whilst blood spurted from the jugular! It was so unreal. The blood looked like paint! Not your usual deep red wine colour but bright, vibrant red, like a child's water colour, and so much of it! The bodiless head was continually gasping for air, screaming silently for help with eyes blinking unbelievingly. We just couldn't stop staring! The mother and daughter who'd brought the goats in bent down and smeared fresh, warm blood on their foreheads and moved back for the second sacrifice which went much like the first although the poor bastard must have caught a glimpse of his very short future because he put up a bit more resistance! As soon as the blood had stopped pouring out, the bodies were hung, skinned and the pieces piled up for the ladies to take home. The forgotten heads were still noiselessly crying out in the slaughter pen to their dear departed bodies. The bodies were still actually moving too, even after being chopped into little pieces! I spotted a joint still twitching!!! Won't forget that experience in a hurry!
Carrying on with our tour of death we went almost next door to visit one of the many homes of Mother Theresa where helpless people come for their last stop before heading off into heaven/hell/paradise or no where depending on your beliefs. It was awful. We walked straight into a huge hall filled with green campbeds where little skinny people were lying, seemingly clinging to the last threads of life. It's difficult to describe, but moved horrifically is one way. I wondered if these people had relatives that came to visit them or how they had gotten there. Did their relos drop them off once they became bed ridden or did they just crawl there? It was a very depressing place. I don't think I would have the strength to work in such a place. There were quite a few westie volunteers though. They all eyed us suspiciously. I can understand to a certain degree but then how else do you find out about these places and if it's something you'd like to help with? We left quite quickly. I felt so sad for them all. At least the goats deaths had been quick and they hadn't known about it.
We left Freeda and Laurent there as we had some errands to run and headed back towards Sudder Street via the Metro. It's a great way to get around Kolkata and cheap too. It's also highly amusing. It's the only time I've seen Indians run to queue!! They have to pass through gates, much like the London Underground or some train stations in Sydney. People were crowding round the doorways way before the train stopped and then pushing and shoving to get off so they could get out first. Hilarity underground!!
Day 4
We presented ourselves nice and early for our interview with the Bangladeshi High Commissioner hoping he would not ask too many questions and just grant us our visa then and there. He was so excited to see us. He asked why we wanted to visit Bangers as it was so hot, if we were married, what we did for jobs, if we had kids and why we wanted to visit Bangers because it was so hot (if you think I'm repeating myself, it wasn't me, it was him). In hind sight we should have said only a few years of marriage (we said 10) because then he went on and on and on about having children and how bad it was that we didn't have any and we should have at least one, blah, blah, blah, blah. How many times have I heard that from Hindus and Muslims this trip? All well and good that they think having kids is important but don't I get a say in this? He said he would pray every day to Allah for us and we must let him know if I fall preggers. We thanked him for his blessing and shook hands a lot and bobbed our heads a lot and he told us again how he thought we were gentle people and kind people and he was excited that we were going to Bangers, but why did we want to go (all together....) because it was so hot now!!! He didn't like us enough to grant our visas in one day so we had a date with the window at 5pm the next afternoon.
Off we trudged thankful that we would at least make it to Dhaka in time for the beginning of the first test on Sunday. I wanted to continue my collection of St Paul's churches so we went off to have a look. It's very impressive from the outside. A huge white churchy building with typical pointy churchy bits and a not so high steeple. The original was finished in 1847 but the steeple fell during an earthquake in 1897 and again in 1934 so was rebuilt again. It was big inside, fittingly quiet and church-like with beautiful stained glass windows. There are lots of memorials inside for ex-pats who lost their lives early in Kolkata's history. Some were sad, loss of lives due to cyclones and battles, a lot from diseases. Some of the wording was quite funny though with the use of 'native' springing up here and there. I suppose all those hundreds of years ago the Indians must have appeared as natives. Not such a popular word these days. India must have been a very harsh place back then with no modern-ities at all and no insect repellent! It would be interesting to see how people lived and how they were treated by the 'natives' compared to these days.
Day 5
We had been in a certain mindset after receiving and accepting the job offer back in London for David. I had to rethink what I wanted to do and it would mean then end of our travels for perhaps another 12 months. But on the upside, it would be a wise career decision for the old boy and we could possibly save enough money to pay off our mortgage back home. So I had accepted this and was moving towards living back in westernisation within the next month-ish. So when David read me the latest email from BT our new plans were thrown out of a very high skyscraper window. AAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhh!!! They'd reneged on the rate and dropped it considerably per day. I was astounded. I'm accustomed to a certain kind of lifestyle. There was no way I could survive on that happily! No, no, no!!
Of course, he declined and we then were back to the travel drawing-board. The biggie. Where would we go next? No need to say that it didn't take us too long before we were comfortable with our new non-plans. It felt great. I was ready to travel again!
We went out for a quick look at a Jain temple but then had to get back for our appointment with the Bangers High Commission visa window. When we arrived there was the usual crowds hanging around outside and a whole load of chaos. How unusual for India and for a High Commission - not! We waited and waited and waited and got pushed and shoved and sweated on. Finally at 5.45pm I had had enough. If they didn't open the window soon, we wouldn't be getting our passports, which means we wouldn't be there when Andrew arrives all on his own in Dhaka and we wouldn't make the start of the first test!!!! I decided to take things into my own hands and stormed down to the only open window and demanded our passports. The woman told me to get my 'husband' and bring him back. Apparently the High Commissioner had been waiting for us all along and had wanted to hand them over personally because he thought we were such kind and gentle people (?) and of course he was excited that we were visiting his country. Now there's one for the books!!
Passports in hand we raced down to the Observatory to meet up with Freeda and Laurent for our night sky tour thingy. It was rubbish really. We just sat in reclined seats and tried hard not to fall asleep whilst this Indian woman with an incredibly thick accent spoke about star formations and other such exciting things in the night sky over Kolkata. The room was dark and there were twinkly things projected onto the ceiling so it was actually a bit of a yawn session and I found myself nodding off once or twice (ok, maybe more)!! It was disappointing but thankfully it was only 20 rupees.
That was it basically. Our time in India was up. Freeda and Laurent were leaving Kolkata as well but still had some time in India whilst Davo and I would be on a bus in the early hours of tomorrow morning heading for Bangers and my first international cricket series!! He was feeling fine and ready to sit back and watch the ball hit the willow! Whoooo hoooooo hold on to your hats!!
India is a huge place. I will be kind of sad to leave. God knows how they'll get Delhi organised for the Commonwealth Games in 2010! Good on them for winning it. I loved Delhi and hope they stir up a storm! I've never spent so much time in one country for continuous travel. We did have many, many, many, many trying moments but the sites and experiences (ok, NOT the Hep E one) were worth it. I felt I could continue to travel in India which was great because when I'd flown out three weeks ago I felt happy to never return. There isn't another country like it that I've experienced so far. It has everything, from six-fingered men to five legged cows. It's colourful and full of life but in the same breath, sometimes I hated it. I do want to return. I haven't done any shopping!!!!!


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In the Mountains, Tee Time and Trout
Moderate summer weather and the reasonable hour-and-a-half drive from his office in Kingsport, Tenn., are what first attracted Eastman Chemical Co. CEO Earnie Deavenport to the Elk River Club in Banner Elk, N.C. Now it will be at this mountain retreat that he and his wife, Mary Ann, will spend a good part of their retirement. They will divide their time between Elk River and Kiawah Island, S.C., where they have a home on the Ocean Course. Tee times are a lot easier to book in the mountains, Deavenport says.
The couple chose Elk River after carefully inspecting other properties in the area. They tried out the club by joining as associate members in the early '90s. The 3,300-square-foot home they built in 1998, one of the community's eight "Laurel Ridge Cottages," looks over a Jack Nicklaus-designed course to Beech Mountain. Golf is an eight-minute walk or quick cart ride away.
The cost of golf at this resort, which is open April through October, has been rising steadily. An equity membership in 2002 will run $100,000, up from $80,000 this year. Yearly dues currently total $7,000. But the amenities range from tennis courts and a swimming pool to an equestrian center.
While some may consider the mountains too far removed, Deavenport finds the combination of golf and trout fishing in the Elk River enough of a draw even without the area's many summer cultural activities. Still, he's a fan of productions at nearby Lees-McRae College and the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Va., a 45-minute drive away.
"I've made a good investment here," Deavenport says. "But I've absolutely no plans to sell."
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PITTSBURGH—The Pitt wrestling team finished 3-1 as hosts of the Pitt Duals on Sunday at Fitzgerald Field House, with wins over Drexel, Davidson and Millersville. The Panthers improved to 7-5 overall on the season.
Redshirt junior Tyler Nauman (141) became only the 17th wrestler in Pitt history to reach the 100-win plateau with a tech-fall in his first match of the day against Josh Yurasits. Nauman finished the day with an undefeated 3-0 record, adding wins over Millersville and Northwestern.
"Tyler's a great kid and he deserves a lot of credit," Pitt Head Coach Rande Stottlemyer said following the matches. "Getting 100 victories isn't an easy thing to do and he still has another year and a half to go."
Senior Andy Vaughan (174/184) won all four of his matches while entering the lineup for the first time this season. Redshirt senior Ryan Tomei (285) and freshman Max Thomusseit (184/197) also posted 4-0 records on the day.
The Panthers opened up the Duals with a convincing 41-3 victory over Drexel. Pitt won nine of the 10 bouts. Tomei capped off the win with a fall while Nauman and redshirt sophomore Donnie Tasser (157) added five point tech-falls.
In the second match of the day, Pitt rolled over Davidson, 24-7. Tasser added his second victory in as many matches with a fall just 45 seconds into his bout. Vaughan also won by fall when he pinned Ike Crews at the 4:10 mark.
Pitt improved to 3-0 following a 33-13 win over Millersville. Tomei highlighted the Panther win with the quickest fall of the season by a Panther, pinning Bradley Ladd of the Marauders just 12 seconds into the match. Tasser added his second fall while Vaughan picked up a five point tech-fall. Junior Josh Pascazi (149) won his debut in dual action with a 10-3 victory.
In the marquee matchup of the day, the No. 20 Panthers fell just short of No. 21 Northwestern, 17-15. Despite falling behind, 14-3, after the initial five bouts, the Panthers rallied to take four of the final five bouts, but a Northwestern victory at 197 was enough to hold on for the victory.
Redshirt junior Ethan Headlee (165) jump-started the Panthers run, with a 5-2 decision over Kevin Bialka. Vaughan and Thomusseit added decisions to pull the match score to 14-12. Tomei finished off his unblemished day with a 3-1 decision over Ben Kuhar to make the final score 17-15 in favor of Northwestern.
"I thought our guys really gave it their best today," Stottlemyer added. "The last match against Northwestern was tough, but it was a great atmosphere. The fans were really pulling for us and our guys gave a spirited effort. That's what wrestling is all about."
Northwestern finished the day with a 3-0 record while Davidson and Drexel went 1-2 each, and Millersville falling to 0-3.
Pitt will begin EWL conference play on Friday, Jan. 14 at Lock Haven. The match is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
No. 20 Pitt 41, Drexel 3
125: Anthony Zanetta (P) win by forfeit
133: Shelton Mack (P) dec. Frank Cimato (D), 8-5
141: No. 4 Tyler Nauman (P) TF-5 (6:50) Josh Yurasits (D), 15-0
149: Dane Johnson (P) win by forfeit
157: Donnie Tasser (P) TF-5 (4:42) Charles Aungst (D), 18-3
165: Ethan Headlee (P) dec. Joe Booth (D), 5-2
174: Andy Vaughan (P) dec. Justin Wieller (D), 6-5
184: Max Thomusseit (P) maj. dec. Shawn Fausey (D), 13-4
197: Brandon Palik (D) dec. Phil Sorrentino (P), 9-3
HWT: No. 4 Ryan Tomei (P) WBF (4:05) Jack Callender (D)
Pitt 34, Davidson 7
125: Anthony Zanetta (P) dec. Matt Zarth (D), 11-5
133: Shelton Mack (P) dec. Alex Radsky (D), 7-5
141: Vitaly Radsky (D) maj. dec. Mike Tully (P), 9-1
149: Dane Johnson (P) maj. dec. Scott Ray (D), 14-2
157: Donnie Tasser (P) WBF (0:45) Brent Mowry (D)
165: Tyler Mullen (D) dec. Ethan Headlee (P), 6-1 SV
174: Adam Counterman (P) dec. Scott Patrick (D), 14-7
184: Andy Vaughan (P) WBF (4:10) Ike Crews (D)
197: Max Thomusseit (P) win by forfeit
HWT: No. 4 Ryan Tomei (P) dec. Charlie Wolff (D), 4-1
Pitt 33, Millersville 13
125: Anthony Zanetta (P) win by forfeit
133: Daniel Calzarette (M) win by forfeit
141: No. 9 Tyler Nauman maj. dec. Aaron Trimpy, 15-3
149: Josh Pascazi (P) dec. Steve Hess (M), 10-3
157: Donnie Tasser (P) WBF (1:51) Dakota Kuhn (M)
165: Brandon Vernalli (M) maj. dec. Kyle Flick (P), 10-2
174: Shane Smith (M) dec. Adam Counterman (P), 3-2
184: Andy Vaughan (P) TF-5 (7:00) Jason Ford (M), 16-1
197: Max Thomusseit (P) dec. Daniel Cox (M), 15-9
HWT: No. 4 Ryan Tomei (P) WBF (0:12) Bradley Ladd (M)
Northwestern 17, Pitt 15
125: No. 1 Brandon Precin (N) dec. Anthony Zanetta (P), 8-1
133: Levi Mele (N) maj. dec. Shelton Mack (P), 10-1
141: No. 9 Tyler Nauman (P) dec. Kaleb Friedley (N), 9-2
149: No. 12 Andrew Nadhir (N) maj. dec. Dane Johnson (P), 20-7
157: No. 9 Jason Welch (N) dec. Donnie Tasser (P), 5-2
165: Ethan Headlee (P) dec. Kevin Bialka (N), 5-2
174: Andy Vaughan (P) dec. Robert Kellogg (N), 8-6
184: Max Thomusseit (P) dec. Aaron Jones (N), 4-1
197: Marcus Shrewsbury (N) dec. Phil Sorrentino (P), 3-2
HWT: No. 4 Ryan Tomei (P) dec. Ben Kuhar (N), 3-1
Northwestern 42, Millersville 6:
125: No. 1 Brandon Precin (N) win by forfeit
133: Robert Joyce (N) maj. dec. Robert Joyce (M), 10-0
141: Kaleb Friedley (N) maj. dec Mike Greck (M), 16-2
149: No. 12 Andrew Nadhir (N) TF-5 (7:00) Steve Hess (M), 21-6
157: No. 9 Jason Welch (N) TF-5 (7:00) Dakota Kuhn (M), 15-0
165: Devin Bialka (N) dec. Brandon Vernalli (M), 7-4
174: Shane Smith (M) WBF (0:37) Brian Roddy (N)
184: Aaron Jones (N) maj. dec. Jason Foor (M), 12-0
197: John Schoen (N) TF-5 (4:32) Daniel Cox (M), 16-0
HWT: Ben Kuhar (N) WBF (2:06) Bradley Ladd (M)
Drexel 26, Davidson 21
125: Matt Zarth (Dav) win by forfeit
133: Frank Cimato (Dre) dec. Alex Radsky (Dav), 6-5
141: Vitaly Radsky (Dav) WBF (1:59) Josh Yurasits (Dre)
149: Scott Ray (Dav) win by forfeit
157: Charles Aungst (Dre) dec. Brent Mowery (Dav), 8-7
165: Joe Booth (Dre) maj. dec. Tyler Mullen (Dav), 8-0
174: Justin Wieller (Dre) maj. dec. Scott Patrick (Dav), 12-4
184: Shawn Fausey (Dre) WBF (2:52) Ike Crews
197: Brandon Palik (Dre) win by forfeit.
HWT: Charlie Wolff (Dav) dec. Jack Callender (Dre), 5-2
Northwestern 45, Drexel 3
125: No. 1 Brandon Precin (N) win by forfeit
133: Levi Mele (N) WBF (2:07) Frank Cimato (D)
141: Kabel Friedley (N) win by forfeit
149: No. 12 Andrew Nadhir (N) win by forfeit
157: No. 9 Jason Welch (N) TF-5 (7:00) Charles Aungst (D), 15-0
165: Kevin Bialka (N) dec. Joe Booth (D), 7-2
174: Justin Wieller (D) dec. Robert Kellogg (N), 4-1
184: Aaron Jones (N) WBF (4:01) Shawn Fausey (D)
197: John Schoen (N) dec. Brandon Palik (D), 8-4
HWT: Ben Kuhar maj. dec. Max Wright (D), 12-0
Davidson 31, Millersville 9
125: Matt Zarth (D) win by forfeit
133: Alex Radsky (D) TF-5 (6:10) Mark Massimini (M), 16-0
141: Vitaly Radsky (D) dec. Mike Greck (M), 9-5
149: Scott Ray (D) dec. Steve Hess (M), 5-1
157: Dakota Kuhn (M) dec. Brent Mowery (D), 11-4
165: Tyler Mullen (D) maj. dec. Brandon Vernalli (M), 9-1
174: Shane Smith (M) WBF (2:05) Jorge Estrada (D)
184: Scott Patrick (D) maj. dec. Jason Foor (M), 13-4
197: Ike Crews (D) dec. Daniel Cox (M), 10-6
HWT: Charlie Wolff (D) dec. Bradley Ladd (M), 4OT
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Today I was up early again as our bus hit the road at 7a
We continued on to Jericho. Here at the ruins there were about 6 kids aged 10 or younger - begging. Some had no shoes. They were curious about everything from my sunglasses to the sunscreen I had on my pack (fanny pack Rob!). We could not communicate but after a few minutes we got out our names. Amil was one boy who took a liking to me after I showed him a couple of hand slapping games. While our professor was explaining the ruins I was playing with Amil. He even offered to give me a ride on his donkey (I told him I was Donkeyman but he didn't understand). He had a bright smile and didn't mind getting real close to me. I wished I could speak Arabic so we could have communicated but we had fun anyway
I have noticed a sharp contrast between the Palestinian West Bank and Israel. Israel is clean - there are parks without trash and kids playing on playgrounds. In the West Bank there are vacant lots with trash and broken down buildings. In Israel the people are dressed well, drive nice cars on well paved streets and look like 'Westerners'. In the West Bank the people look run down, have very little, and look desperate.
Money. I think is one difference. As I met Father Tom yesterday he told me that the police there have not been paid in 3 months. When Hamas took over and the west cut their funding of Palestinian Territories the well was empty quick. You can see the effects of poverty all over the West Bank. Town after town looks run down and desperate.
Another difference I think is ideology. The world views of the Israelis and the Palestinians are very different. While I am not sure of the roots of these I want to understand it more.
Spiritually, I struggle with understanding why. Why I don't care about suffering in some places but not in others. Do I pray for relief? Do I pray for that God will take care of them? No, I find myself thinking things like, "I wish the air conditioner in this bus was stronger." "When is lunch?" - My sin is always before me. The great commandment rings in my ear tonight: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength and Love your neighbor as yourself." Who is my neighbor? Jesus then tells the story of the Good Samaritan. I was along that very road today...I didn't stop...


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Embattled actor Ryan O'Neal has postponed plans to undergo cancer treatment until after he has completed a promotional tour for his new memoir.
The Love Story star revealed he had been diagnosed with stage two prostate cancer last month (Apr12), but assured fans he would bounce back from the health crisis as the disease had been "detected early" and the prognosis was "positive for a full recovery".
He was due to appear on U.S. breakfast show Today on Monday (30Apr12) to advertise his new tell-all tome about his longtime love affair with Farrah Fawcett, Both Of Us: My Life With Farrah, but O'Neal had to pull out at the last minute after falling ill.
He returned to the New York-based programme on Tuesday (01May12) and explained that he had suffered a panic attack moments before going on air on Monday - although he's unsure why.
He said, "I don't know what was wrong. Terror, perhaps? I just broke out into a terrible sweat, you wouldn't have wanted me! So I went home and went to bed, and I feel better now. They (doctors) said that's what it was (a panic attack), but I had never had one before... I'm OK now."
The 71 year old, who previously battled leukaemia, went on to confess he's yet to begin the exhaustive process to treat the cancer and try to put a stop to the spread of the disease.
When asked how he was feeling, he told host Matt Lauer, "Inundated with the disease, actually. I'm working to cure it... I've chose (sic) to go to you first, and then I'll do something about it when I go back to California."
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Two area residents are expected to fully recover from injuries sustained in an accident early Tuesday south of Udall.
The accident occurred just before 8 a.m. near the intersection of Cowley 3 and 132nd Rd. Cowley Sheriffs investigators turned the case over to the Kansas Highway Patrol because both parties involved have at times done part-time work for the sheriffs dept.
Sheriff Don Read said all those involved were expected to fully recover from injuries that were not considered life threatening.
The highway patrol said the accident occurred as 26-year-old Blane Tanner of Udall was southbound on Cowley 3 in a 2006 Chevy passenger car.
Tanner is said to have attempted to turn left on 132nd Rd. and entered the path of 45-year-old Kristi Powers of Winfield. She was driving a 1995 Nissan truck.
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Mallya ecstatic on win, says he delivered as promised
Mallya dismissed 'speculation' that Fisichella was about to join Ferrari.
New Delhi: A huge weight off Force India's back, team chairman Vijay Mallya on Sunday said the Formula One outfit has actually delivered on its promise of a podium finish one year before the 2010 deadline it had set.
"If you remember, we had promised to be among points in 2009 and be on the podium in 2010. So we have actually delivered on our podium promise in advance," Mallya told from Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium after Giancarlo Fisichella drove a fairytale race to finish second in the Belgian Grand Prix to score the team's first points.
After 29 false starts, the Vijay Mallya-owned Force India finally nixed the hoodoo and scored their maiden Formula One points with Giancarlo Fisichella finishing second in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday at Spa-Francorchamps.
After Fisichella grabbed the pole position on Saturday, Mallya had called it the most memorable day of his Formula One career.
Asked if he would like to change it now and call the eventful Sunday as the most memorable day, Mallya said, "I don't think I can swap the days.
"To get the pole position was a huge achievement in itself, which will go down in the history (of Indian motorsports). Similarly, today's second place finish is also a
momentous occasion which will go down in history."
Mallya took the occasion to scotch rumours about the team's financial health and said Force India was not short on resource.
"Our performance today proved that money alone cannot buy you success. We had a rather small budget but with the right kind of effort and direction, we have become a competitive side," Mallya said.
"We are not short on resource but we spend our money wisely and intelligently," Mallya added.
Looking ahead to the five remaining races, the liquor baron said Force India would do everything to prove that Sunday's result was no flash in the pan.
"When you do well, you raise the expectation and the bar gets raised. But this is what sports is all about. If you cannot raise the bar, you have no business being here," he said.
It took Force India their 30th races to win their first F1 points but Mallya put the entire thing in perspective.
"We bought the Spykar team at the end of 2007 and raced with Spykar chassis and the same management in 2008.
"I consider 2009 as Force India's first year on the circuit, for we had new management and new car with a Mercedes engine and McLaren gearbox. We were confident of becoming a strong mid-field team and since the Australian Grand Prix, we were no more the backmarkers.
"We did not have a diffuser early this year but once the authorities cleared it, we got an interim diffuser. We kept pace with innovation and the update at Valencia proved a huge step forward," he explained.
He once again dismissed 'speculation' that Fisichella was about to join Ferrari and said, "I don't want to talk about speculation. I have not been approached by anyone yet."
Meanwhile, the 36-year-old Italian driver, rumoured to have one foot in Ferrari, shunned extravagance to run a flawless race and trailed Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari, which had snatched the lead using the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), all the way for a podium finish and earn eight valuable points.
The Italian finished less than a second behind Raikkonen.
Fisichella's Force India teammate Adrian Sutil had a rather rollercoaster outing with the German eventually finishing 11th.
With this, Fisichella renewed his tryst with Spa, which has traditionally been benign to him.
It was at the same track in 1997 that Fisichella had finished second in a Jordan car.
For a car without the KERS boost, Fisichella displayed amazing racecraft in a race marked and marred by opening lap pile-up, early safety car and pit-stop fumbles.
The opening lap scramble cost defending champion Lewis Hamilton and current drivers' title leader Jenson Button their races as both spun off.
The turn five mishap also ended the race for Renault rookie Romain Grosjean and Torro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari.
Even though Fisichella was elated with the show, the 36-year-old Italian felt he could have won the race but for KERS.
"Of course I could have won it. It's a great result. The target was to win our first points and I finished second to get eight points. So that is great but I'm still a little sad since I could have won the race," Fisichella said.
"I was quicker than Kimi and it's only because of KERS that he got ahead of me. Still I kept pressing hard and finished less than one second behind the leader, which is great," said the veteran driver.
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Where is Book Four????
Since I'm being asked this question many times a day in tones varying from polite interest to downright exasperation, I'm getting the idea that people might appreciate knowing where Kingdom Blades stands in the lengthy process that begins with my transcribing the activities these characters are carrying on in my head and ends with you reading about them. . . Read More
How to Stay Inspired (and an Update on Kingdom Blades)
Inspiration is one of those elusive words, like "muse" and "success." It evades us, confounds and confuses us, bewitches when it visits and devastates upon its departure. It's that girl glimpsed across the subway terminal, or that place in a dream that you just can't get to. I receive a lot of questions from readers. . . Read More
Artistic Integrity and The Pressure to Be Other Than We Are
Most people think of the word integrity as 'adherence to moral and ethical principles,' but there is another definition equally important to understanding the word: 'the state of being whole, entire or undiminished.' The two meanings of integrity are integral to each other. When one exhibits moral character, he is whole; when he displays unethical. . . Read More
Immortality and Gods in Fantasy
It's interesting to me how many novels, plays, poems (and even, dare I say, religions) deal with immortality without really dealing with immortality, i.e. immortality is automatically assumed, more understood than explored. In our concept, gods are immortal. In fact, immortality is usually a qualifying aspect to being considered a god. In my experience, even. . . Read More
Writing Kingdom Blades (PSOL Book 4)
Many of you have been asking when book four in A Pattern of Shadow & Light will be released. All I can tell you right now is that I'll have Kingdom Blades to you at some point in 2016 (the Muse willing). For comparison, each book in this series runs around 300,000 words, and the first. . . Read More
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- Realized that I ate at something fishy if you include 5 times from Nov 1 – Nov 11 and 7 times if you include the 29th and the 30th.
- Went to RJ's house and spent most of the time eating Ate Laleng's (Awesome halo halo) and Exotic(Ate Bayawak, Sawa Baboy Ramo, Pagi, a shell dish I forget which and another not so common meat)
- Finished Happy Days Are Here Again by Steve Neal an excellent account of the 1932 Democratic Convention.
- Ate at Something Fishiy's Breakfast Buffet with Rain and Jizel saturday evening after watching Unstoppable at Shangrila.
- Ate at Something Fishiy's Breakfast Buffet with Peire , Ferdie and Erwin. Had like two shakes and unlimited ice tea.
- Forgot to have my Happy Diner card for kamayan stamped.damn.
- Finally did some googling about the batanes trip. Planning stuff can be very fun.
- Laptop fixing overnight with chuckie and vince. Someone's going to make it rain if we get the correct SSD card installed.
- Wasted the holiday because of Migraine.
- Started reading A biography of Galileo and Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Tom Friedman.
- GLEE::Gwyneth's Glee guesting was cool. Fuck You should be heard as Forget You. The Singing in the Rain and Umbrella mashup sucked, considering I've seen Singing in the Rain about 12 times before my vcd got scratched and find umbrella a nice enough song, the mashup was really bad.
- The Big Bang Theory:: The kiss was 2 seasons in the making. I'm sensing an uptick men kissing on network tv.
- Of the late night tv shows I watch (The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Conan, David Letterman,Jimmy Fallon late night) I love the shows in this order.
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Michael O'Keeffe may just be the country's most controversial mining magnate that you've never heard of. For the believers, he's the man that sold Rio Tinto the $4 billion Mozambique coal mine at the top of the cycle. And not just that. Since Rio took control of the asset, the coal price plummeted, the global mining giant fumbled plans to barge coal down the Zambezi river, forcing Rio into an embarrassing $2.9 billion writedown that felled chief Tom Albanese and strategy head Doug Ritchie. Viewed that way, O'Keeffe seems to have the rare ability of picking the cycle, developing assets in far-flung and inhospitable regions and taking investors along for the ride.
But the story doesn't end there. Rather than just taking his money and quietly fading away, the Cairns-born, Sydney-based O'Keeffe is trying the same play again.
With partner Steve Mallyon, O'Keeffe bought an Alaskan-based coal asset, swiftly raising funds from private investors at a higher valuation to develop it. Now, they're looking to go public with "Riversdale 2" to help pay for another coal deposit - this time in Canada. But so far, it's not exactly flying out the door. The instos that dotted the Riversdale register aren't rushing for this vehicle, and the Alaskan asset hasn't exactly come up trumps. Now, the company is racing to raise the final funds and pay for the $47 million Grassy Mountain deposit in Canada.
So how does the former local boss of Glencore see it?
"My role in life is I think I have the skills to take a mining opportunity and put groups of people together and find the right opportunity. And then make sure that it is carried through to delivery and make a lot of money for shareholders on the way," the 61 year old says in an interview with The Australian Financial Review.
"If I make something out of it as well, that's nice. But that's not my main focus.
"My main focus is to live comfortably, I don't want to fly my own aeroplanes around and do that sort of stuff, I don't want to have race cars, or football teams. What I have is a few charities that I donate to, that's done at a level, and the rest is looking after my family."
It seems O'Keeffe, a father of three boys, is a little touchy about the investor perception he's a bit of a spender. And perhaps by the standards of flamboyant mining barons such as Nathan Tinkler and Clive Palmer, he's not. But he does have some of the toys.
Almost as the Rio deal was being wrapped up (EURO SUMMER 2012 IS THIS RIGHT??), O'Keeffe finished the $15 million refit of a 44 metre, CMN superyacht in Palma called Paramour.
He owns another boat in Australia, Moatize, named after a district in Mozambique, and a string of 10 or so racehorses, trained by John O'Shea and Brian Smith in Brisbane. His horse Kingdoms ran third in the Derby this year. He also owns a couple of pubs, one in Sydney's Rozelle and the other in Townsville.
Early in developing Riversdale, he also raised eyebrows for ploughing $15 million or so CHECK of shareholders' money into a company jet - a move that outsiders saw as out of date, and even a slightly reckless use of company funds.
But those that have closely followed Riversdale say it was actually a prudent move, and an example of O'Keeffe's ability to think clearly and longer-term, as it enabled Riversdale's teams of geologists, metallurgists and others to easily fly in and out of Mozambique, and probably got things moving much more quickly than they otherwise would.
Until now, O'Keeffe hasn't talked publicly about what went wrong with the Rio deal. It's a very sensitive topic, particularly as the Riversdale acquisition was the final mistake the board was prepared to tolerate under Albanese's watch.
O'Keeffe is defensive about the quality of the Riversdale assets, and visibly frustrated by how little regard Rio showed for the relationship with the local government he had built.
"We were a company with $500 million in cash, rail, port, wagons, the mine was already developed, the wash plant was going and they still managed to screw it," he says.
"And I don't want to talk publicly about how that happened, but that's just an example of how these things work. They just think they are sending people from here to there, and think, oh yeah, how hard can that be? And it is bloody hard. You have to manage it, and you have to manage it well."
Bennelong Funds Management Richard Fish, who was an investor in Riversdale, says O'Keeffe and his team were among the few that could make it work in such a challenging market.
"I would have thought for a frontier entrepeneur - which it pretty much was in those days - he carried himself exceptionally well. He was astute enough to work through the issues that were involved in a frontier project with different infrastructure challenges, a different regime where I think Rio would probably admit they couldn't handle the more esoterical issues that Michael was adept at," he says.
Rio quickly dismantled the Mozambique advisory board that Riversdale had set up, and stopped the training program the company had set up, which had required any of its contractors to use at least some of the locals in the training program.
The Riversdale deal - during which, O'Keeffe says, Albanese didn't bother to pick up the phone or try and make contact with him in any way - only confirmed O'Keeffe's low opinion of the big mining houses.
His sceptical view of the big miners was formed pretty early on in O'Keeffe's career, and compounded during his time at the hyper-competitive trading house Glencore.
After studying at the Mining School of Ballarat on a part-scholarship, O'Keeffe joined Mount Isa Mines, working his way from running the copper mine to various outside the mine gate roles, including strategy.
He left after the board knocked back a proposal to buy Chilean mines ("a corker of a deal") he and the strategy team had been working on for months. O'Keeffe left for Glencore soon after.
"It [Glencore] was all encompassing, you are in a fish bowl and you have to perform, and if you didn't you are out," he says.
"Within the BHPs, and the Rios and all these companies, they employ a whole lot of people around them to make sure they are secure and they are never responsible for anything. Or it takes a lot of getting through the layers to find the person that is responsible."
He's equally scathing about the big mining houses' ability to get these sort of projects off the ground, saying that despite the mistakes, Riversdale went from the first drill hole to production in four years and that major miners would have still be weighing the pros and cons of the project over the same time frame.
"Probably the worst thing for these big bloody mining houses is they bring in guys to run their business but their level of expertise is so limited. They're either specialised in one specific area, where I've had the breadth of operations, shipping, marketing, the terminal markets and the finishing school of Glencore."
He says he keeps in touch with Glencore's Ivan Glasenberg - who recently hit the headlines as saying he has no interest in his employees having work/life balance - and says he and Willie Strodhopper are the "two best men I have ever worked with in my life".
O'Keeffe accepts that successful mining deals can hinge on timing, but says there is much, much more to the sector that dumb luck and points to the number of small cap resources floats that litter the worst performers list each year.
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"I always think to myself, Michael, why can't you think like these arseholes? What are you doing trying to apply valuations? When the bulls are running, make sure you stay ahead of them."
you have to [be a long term thinker]. you have to be first of all in the right commodity, in the right place, in the resource that is going to deliver. because you can bullshit as much as you like abou tit, but at the end of the time there has to be adelivery point. and the only way you are going to have a delivery point, the easist thing you can do is get into assets that you know you can make money out of. so forget anything else, i've been seduced so many times into trying to get involved and a lot of the times, when you look at the assets, they're just not worth the paper they are written on. and i can tell you there would be tens and tens and tens ach year that come to us, and since i've left riv 1 , there's a mass of opp that i've looked at, and we're always looking. for me, it's what i enjoy doing. and i try and have time off with my family and do other thigns.
Riversdale 2 is not the only investment that O'Keeffe has on the boil. He's taken stakes in juniors Cott Oil & Gas, which xxx as well as Mamba, an iron ore developer in Canada's Labrador trough.
Both investments are consistent with is belief that there is better value offshore and he's pessimistic about xxx.
And a while back, he bought into Telstra and the banks because of the yield, a move he said he made ahead of the rest of the market.
O'Keeffe says he doesn't dwell on mistakes, saying that he prefers to focus on getting out of the slumps.
"Something might have had downs at times, we've had a few of those in the early days, but it's then a matter of sticking to your guns and believing in what you can do and delivering on it, everyone has put money into this."
He might be applying that logic to Riversdale 2, in which he will be a substantial shareholder, as well as non-executive chairman, and admits that it isn't the easiest time to sell a coal company.
"The problem is in today's market people are just very gun shy about putting moeny into anything about from the banks and Telstra. Those that put money in will be well and truly rewarded. What the guys just have to come to grips with is the price do you do it. that's the whole thing. The asset is just super."
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By FITSNews || For those of you who missed her big Barbara Walters interview, S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford (TM) was at it again on Monday, transforming her "private anguish" into additional public overexposure (and ka-ka-ching) on Good Morning America.
Interviewed by ABC's George Stephanopoulos, this time Mrs. Sanford – who is pimping her book Staying True – found herself on the receiving end of some non-Baaa-Baaaa questions, including one about her "alleged" efforts to keep her disgraced husband in office at a critical juncture in the evolution of the scandal.
In fact, the soon-to-be ex-wife of S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford was asked point blank by Stephanopoulos whether or not she "called legislators to save her husband's job."
"I-I-I … not to my knowledge," a visibly surprised Mrs. Sanford stammered. "(Long pause) I don't recall calling anybody."
Asked the same question again, she gave the same answer.
"Not to my knowledge, no."
Obviously that contradicts our previous coverage on this subject – which has been confirmed by more than a few members of the mainstream media.
In fact, FITS spoke with several lawmakers Monday who once again confirmed what they told us six months ago – that the First Lady indeed called them during the critical weeks after the scandal broke (and after the governor's disastrous AP interview) and urged them to stick with him.
You can watch Mrs. Sanford's interview below … the exchange about "calling legislators" comes at the 3:40 mark.
While not as serious (cough – is any of this serious?), there's another section of the interview in which the First Lady is clearly full of it – the part where she denies "Googling" Maria Belen Chapur.
"I think my kids were Googling her," Mrs. Sanford says.
What? Blaming it on the kids?
Tsk-tsk-tsk …
For those of you who've forgotten already, in Mrs. Sanford's big Vogue spread back in August of last year, a friend of the First Lady told the publication that she and the First Lady "Googled" Chapur, and that Mrs. Sanford found her "pretty."
UPDATE: Hey Jenny … what's (Sic's) name?
UPDATE II: Oh, and here's what the whole (TM) thing is about …


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McDonald's NZ managing director Patrick Wilson joined us for a live chat.
WIlson joined the company in 1984, when as an 18-year-old he became a crew member at the now closed Karangahape Rd store.
The quick service category is currently estimated to be worth around $1.7 billion annually, and with McDonald's NZ claiming a market share of 40 per cent, that suggests its total annual sales are around $680 million, including the 131 stores owned by franchisees that make up 80 per cent of its 160-restaurant network.
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Reversing a trend of rodders finding restored cars to build, or original-condition project cars to modify, this highboy was being restored to original condition when the current owner bought it.
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Henry Ford introduced us to the Model T, the car that made him famous and for which he is still best-known 110 years after his company began.
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It's hard, if not impossible, to deny the lasting appeal of the 1932 Ford. Be it roadster, woodie, coupe (three- or five-window), cabriolet, Tudor or Fordor, there's no such thing as a bad Deuce. We're obviously not the only oil-blooded Americans that feel this way, so we want to give you the leap...


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This land nurses and curses. In the nursing season, its vastness seems calm and it gives its people, in Henry Lawson's words, something deeply, sensually potent. Right now, however, is the cursing time.
You feel the sting of the curse in places like Ivanhoe, in south-western NSW, where dust storms blow up two or three times a week these wretched, rainless days, turning the world orange.
"Actually," Margaret McKenzie said, "we're not getting the fine dust anymore. The topsoil has all blown away. They're more like sandstorms."
The few lambs born around here this year were left by their mothers to die. Even the rabbits are skinny. Emus and kangaroos, those great survivors of the wide brown land, have fled eastward. Paul Harris, the local kangaroo shooter, said the remaining roos carried no weight.
The people of the bush remain stoic, telling jokes, like the old Bill Wannan story about the grazier who had fallen on hard times after drought. When a drop of rain fell on him one day, he fainted. His mates threw three buckets of dust in his face to bring him round.
There's not much more to laugh about. Mick Woods, publican at the Ivanhoe Hotel, said stock had been reduced to only 13 per cent of a decent figure. What hadn't been sold or sent far away to agistment had died. Locals had taken to trapping wild goats for food.
"Some people haven't had decent rain for 10 years," he said. "But nature is a marvellous thing. You think there's nothing there for the animals to live on but they find something - the survival of the fittest."
Brian Thomas, who has a property 100 kilometres north of Ivanhoe, had 20mm of rain 10 days ago. "Little green shoots came through," he said. "Then we had two of the worst dust storms that covered the green or blew it all away."
Charlie Farrar, who followed his parents into grazing, knows drought history, including the fact that the Australian Government in 1989 removed drought from the list of natural disasters for which government relief might be paid. Officially, drought was no longer regarded as a disaster but a part of Australian agriculture. He said: "All droughts are terrible. We have had worse, but this is shaping up to be the worst."
Mrs McKenzie, who has four children and runs two properties with her husband, Tim, said: "2000 was the first good season since 1989 but we haven't had decent rain since last October. We have spent $100,000 feeding the stock and more to put in pumps and pipes from the bores. Now the roads are so rough that we can't get a fuel run out here."
The McKenzies are 80km west of Ivanhoe, 280 east of Broken Hill, 140 from Menindee and 300 from Mildura. They might have to drive to Mildura for fuel.
"I used to cry a little," she said. "But they are wasted tears. We love this place.
The land will come back to life. It comes back so quickly on the beautiful red soil."
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Methi Malai Chicken (Chicken in a cream based gravy with fenugreek leaves)
Recipe for Methi Malai Chicken - an Indian cream based gravy with fenugreek leaves and chicken. While trying to find the recipe, came across this recipe from Tarla Dalal, so tried making 2 variations of the same base curry with Methi Malai Mutter and Methi Malai Chicken and both turned out awesome. Clean and marinate 500 gms of boneless chicken with salt and keep aside for an hour. Take a pan and add 1 tbsp ghee and saute the chicken till it is almost cooked on a medium flame. Heat 1 tbsp of butter in another pan and add 1 tsp cumin seeds and 1/2 tsp shahi jeera seeds. Add 1 tbsp butter in the same kadhai, add 2 grated small onions and saute till translucent. Add the fenugreek, cooked chicken or 1 cup of green peas, 1/2 cup milk, a pinch of sugar and salt. 2 minutes Add the fenugreek, cooked chicken or


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Coach Dave had a horrible draft in the recent 2011 PJF 2011 draft. Their RabidHog franchise came away with the number 10 ranked draft (out of 12) in the league based on analysis by MyFantasyLeague.com.
RabidHog made their best pick of the draft in round 3, selecting Philip Rivers with the 35th pick of the draft, as compared to the 26th spot he should have been selected in, according to ADP rankings. "He's got the skills," RabidHog coach Dave said.
RabidHog made their worst pick of the draft in round 2, selecting Jahvid Best with the 23rd pick of the draft, as compared to the 35th spot he should have been selected in, according to ADP rankings. "His attitude is a question mark," RabidHog coach Dave said.
RabidHog owner Dave committed a fairly major draft blunder, drafting only 0 starting PK, but league rules require him to have at least 1 to submit a valid week 1 lineup. Compounding matters, starting in week 5, they won't be able to submit a full lineup, due to having 1 defensive team on bye.
With a little bit of work on the waiver wire this season, or a few strategic trades, coach Dave should be able to turn their 10th ranked draft effort into a championship fantasy team this year