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The Story Behind End of the Spear: Part 2 of 2
Announcer:The 21st century has ushered in events and issues that cause us to ask, Where is God in today's world? In response, Dallas Theological Seminary presents DTS Dialogue - Issues of God in Culture: End of the Spear. The events that took place among the Waorani tribe over fifty years ago have been used by God to propel thousands into cross-cultural missions. Thanks for joining us as we discuss the true story of sacrifice and forgiveness behind the film, "End of the Spear," part 2.
Mr. Mark Yarborough:One of the questions...well, the movie raises several questions and several theological questions: issues of protocol. Let's talk about that. I know this is getting pretty specific but the movie itself raises tension from the very beginning of should they be going.
It's almost a stealth operation of how it is portrayed on the big screen. And that begs for some good discussion on did Nate Saint actually break protocol by not reporting to the mission agency his intention of contacting them.
In the movie, it is very short and brief. It is this issue, "This is our one moment. This is our opportunity and let's not miss it. We got to go." And they start building a relationship.
We've talked about their original contact that they made. Is that a historical issue and has that impacted mission agencies and mission boards, in terms of evaluating what you do and how you do it?
Dr. Michael Pocock:Sure, I think anybody who goes to work and anyone with a pioneer spirit, which is the same as an entrepreneurial spirit in the business world in a way, but this is a spiritual, entrepreneurial spirit is going to be impatient with bureaucracy.
What happens here in this story of Waorani has happened and it has other versions in other parts of the world, where an individual worker says, "I got to get to work. I've got to cut red tape. We need to get this job done and if I tell them what I am doing it is going to take another year or two before they do something."
That is probably a bit of the feeling that he had. They are aware of the fact that this tribe is killing each other and that is what is giving them this sense of urgency. I do think the movie also does portray that pretty well. These constant killings are decimating the tribe and if they don't act now there will be nothing to stop this.
He obviously is going against ordinary protocol. I'd say, and I'm sure plenty of other people with me, that all things being equal, it is a good thing to talk to the rest of the believing community that has anything to do with any operation that you are contemplating.
You look at the Apostle Paul, he doesn't really begin his cross-cultural work until Antioch in chapter 11 of Acts. They are all gathered, worshiping, praying, thinking and the Holy Spirit then indicates to them that Paul and Barnabas are the ones that should go on this missionary trip.
I think you can trust groups of spiritually minded people like mission boards to act in a pretty timely way. They are in this same business of trying to reach people with the gospel. Maybe he should have trusted them. It would have slowed things down a little more.
I think he did break with protocol. I am sure they had principles about not initiating new works without consulting with their mission board before they did it.
Dr. Mark Young:You know, it is interesting one of the trends that developed in working with tribal peoples, both in Latin America and Southeast Asia, as well, was that women would often be received as non-threatening and a lot of women became first contact.
Obviously, that is what happened with this tribe as well. The first peaceful or enduring contact occurs once Rachel sang...
Mark Yarbrough: They painted that very well in the movie.
Mark Young: There are hundreds of stories like that, aren't there Mike?
Mike: Oh yeah, absolutely.
Mark Young:So it could well have been that the mission was, perhaps wanting to move more timidly and, perhaps, move in families as opposed to five men who may have created an illusion of some type of a more threat like a rubber expedition that had been violent against them.
I think that it is true that the story, as it is told later after Betty Elliott's book, does seem to indicate that some felt they had acted hastily. And if you look at it from the perspective of what the outcome was then that seems to be a proper assessment that there was a hastiness to it.
Thankfully, our Sovereign God takes our mistakes, doesn't he? And he multiplies the blessing and benefit from our, perhaps, indiscretions in ways that we could never have predicted.
Mark Yarbrough:Great theological question that I know is covered in a variety of courses and things that you all deal with on a regular basis. Let's talk about the contextualization of the gospel. It is one of those...I don't want to use the word weakness, but I want to say struggle in the movie again.
Obviously, that it is not covered. It just all of the sudden, when they are making contact and the door was there you start talking about this God of the tribe that you really don't know anything about, from a normal moviegoer. And you clearly pick up on this context that he has a son and an individual believes and begins to at least listen as perceptive to that issue. Can you talk about that and how it relates not just in the movie but in general, the contextualization of the gospel?
Mike: Within the movie you can hear various terms being used, like the "carvings." Carvings to us would be the Word of God on paper. They are not saying, "Let me tell you what the Bible says." They are talking about the carvings of God.
They are already using phraseology that is familiar to an indian who has never seen paper, or Bibles, or things like that. Death, apparently to them especially an honorable death, is "jumping the water boa." So you thing, "That is interesting." To us, we say that he is "crossing the Jordan"; we have our own metaphors for wonderful deaths. To them, a heroic death would be "jumping the boa."
So, that is clear and I think missionaries become use to those phrases and use those phrases, not their own stock phrases, to communicate the gospel. Because after all is said and done, what you want to do is make sure the gospel is truly understood in its essence and you are not changing the essence of the gospel.
But you have to put in terms or forms that are familiar and make sense to the people that you are dealing with. I could see that they were attempting to do that.
Mark Young:I think the most substantial form of contextualization is exactly what Rachel Saint and Betty Elliot did. Contextualization can't be anymore poignant than when you go and become like the people to whom you are ministering.
You live with them. You eat their food. You live in their ways, to the degrees so that you can continue to survive. This of course is the essence of the incarnation of Christ, where an abstract concept called God, takes on flesh and blood, and lives among people so He can be known in ways that He could not be known. So contextualization is really a parallel of incarnation, in that, it makes knowable that which is essentially unknowable to a group of people.
Mike:I think these people too, these missionaries really grasped what Jesus said to His own disciples in John 20:21 "As the Father has sent Me, so send I you." In another words there is a similarity in the objective of Jesus' mission. The idea of being sent by God, into a situation to do something to remedy it, something redemptive. As in the case of Jesus Christ, to die for the sins of the world. So Jesus says, "As the Father has sent Me, so send I you." Many people like John Stott have really encouraged us to look at this as our incarnation of the gospel, we have to incarnate the presence of Christ.
He comes into a world tremendously vulnerable, he's born in a stable, and a manger, people are trying to kill him before he's three years old. Who knows what the motivation is of the people to whom Jesus is coming. In another words, Jesus comes into a situation very, very similar to what these missionaries are moving into at the microcosm level. They suffered what Jesus suffered, and they were ready for that. They understood that if you follow Jesus, and are sent on a mission, as He was, then you may have to give your life. As Jesus said, "unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit." And these fellas, those verses would be ringing in their ears.
Mark Young: Absolutely.
Mike: That's what they would understand their own lives to be.
Mark Young:It's interesting, isn't it Mike? Some people get all excited and wonder whether the message is compromised when God is call Ygandi and the Bible is called God's carvings. All along the way we have to realize everything we do as North Americans, is a contextualized expression of the truth of God. The fact that we use the word "God" is a contextualized expression of the one true ultimate, divine being. Everything we do in church, everything we read in our scriptures, the fact that we use our own language, we are experiencing contextualization. Giving missionaries the freedom and the privilege to do that in ways that seem very odd to us, is nothing more than what we enjoy.
Mark Yarbrough:Yeah, well phrased. Another great question that comes, there is a very emotional scene in the movie itself, which seems to be historically based. Steve Saint is asking his father, as he's getting in the plane, getting ready to fly off, this issue of would he defend himself in the event of an attack? The response by Nate Saint goes something like this, "No because they are not ready to go to heaven, and we are."
You're sitting out there and watching that, as a father of four I'm sitting here and I'm thinking of my kids. It's very emotionally gripping. I'm thinking a lot of people are sitting out there watching this movie. One of the things they hear on a regular basis is that one of your greatest responsibilities is to your family, as a father and as a mother to protect and provide. Here I am watching this issue where I already had this tension of should he be going or should he not be going. Here is a father giving a very loving response to his son which you hear and you're caught in that tension because you admire it and on the other hand, you think you're getting ready to risk it all. Now that we know the outcome, because we see what happens and we read historically the events, how can you interact with that? That begs the question of this issue of "Why did they go?" And we've already talked about that, can you spend some more time specifically?
Mark Young:That's a very, very powerful question. It comes about, I believe, because we have begun to misunderstand our goal in parenting. Let's assume that our goal as a parent, and I think that in a right sense, is that our children will live a life that honors the Lord Jesus Christ when they become adults. Our goal as a parent is too see our adult children become fruitful and multiplying disciples of Jesus Christ, loving Him even more than we do, and giving to Him in service even more than we can. Ask yourself this question, did Nate Saint succeed as a father if this is the goal? Obviously he did.
Our problem is that we tend to confuse, I believe, issues of protection, and provision, and assume that its only as we protect ourselves and bring our family in close around us, and take no risks for the sake of anything larger than ourselves, that we're fulfilling the role of the Father. I would submit to you, that that is an impoverished view of the family, an impoverished view of being a father.
Mike: And looking at it from the other side, and say what about my view of God and what am I teaching my children about God. If I teach them that there is nothing that I would do that would ever compromise the safety of the family or our well-being. Even God can't ask me to make those sacrifices then I've basically have said that the family is God. I've enthroned the family as an idol. It seems so worthy, so acceptable to say, especially in a day when families are fragmented and there is all kinds of difficulties, to say I'll do anything necessary to guard the sanctity and well being of my family, including disobeying God. Well that's a bad message to send to your children. What's the point of being a Christian, if your not going to teach your children that God is superior to us all, including me, including you my dear children, my wife, there are no demands that he can't make of me.
That is essentially the way faith was focused for Abraham by God, when he said, "I want you to go sacrifice your son." That was a request that on the face of it looks immoral even inconsistent with what the rest of the Bible says about those things. Yet Abraham said if you tell me to do something, I'm going to do it. He didn't have to make that ultimate sacrifice, but his heart was there was nothing that God couldn't ask him to do. That's where Nate Saint is on all this, that's where all these fellows were in relative to the safety of their family. They loved them, but it wouldn't have been more constructive to prove to them, or to show to them that they were more important than God.
Mark Yarbrough: What an enormous topic because it just, it hits on the issue of, who are we, why are we here?
Mark Young: That's right.
Mark Yarbrgouh: When Jesus says, "Come and follow me," we dare not build a heaven on earth.
Mark Young: It's a huge paradigm shift.
Mike: Yes.
Mark:It is a huge paradigm shift. I'm so glad Mike mentioned basically what would be called, "the cult of the family." It is a particularly North American disease that, unfortunately, we are exporting as Christians to other parts of the world that essentially says, "My goal in life is to be a good parent." That's not your goal in life. Your goal in life, and in fact, I would argue, being a good parent is to demonstrate to everyone, including your wife and children how marvelous it is to do everything for the sake of the gospel and the person of Christ.
Mark Yarbrough:Well. Wouldn't you say that's just a huge issue for the western church? I'm thinking of the wonderful discussion that will come out of even just that one episode of the movie because it does, it faces every one of us because just about the time you think you've conquered it, and we can all say it, preach it, and read the right text...
Mark Young: That's right.
Mark Yarbrough: ...there we fall prey to it.
Let's move on to another question, the actions of faith, stepping out in the unknown. It kind of goes back to this issue of tension. Where then is this issue of making a distinction between "faithful actions" and "foolish decisions?" What kind of guidance or suggestions can you give in that regard? Not just on this topic, but on any bold act of faith. You know, where is that line?
Mike:Well, I think it's very, very difficult to say where that line is drawn between faith and foolishness. I mean, these men had prayed extensively about it this is the culmination of a life, of lives that have been committed to doing this, so it's clear that they know what the dangers are. You read the other books that go before this film and you realize they do know, they do know what they're doing. I think we're just going to have to settle on the fact that the world at large, or conventional human wisdom is going to view what they did as foolish.
Mark Young: Right.
Mike:And that's exactly what scripture talks about when it says, "The foolish, the gospel is foolishness to those who don't believe it and don't know it. But unto us it's the power of God to salvation." So you look at what these people do, did, and from the perspective of conventional wisdom it's foolish. It doesn't make sense.
Mark Young:It interesting, we had a personal taste of this, and many missionaries do, from those who don't share the values of missionaries, when we decided to move to Poland in the late 1980's when it was still a Communist country. I had an uncle, in fact, who said, "Let me get this straight. You're going to take your wife and your two kids and go live in a Communist country." And I said, "Yes." He said, "You're a fool" straight to my face, and so there were many who perceived that decision was somehow over the line of foolishness, and wasn't an act of faith.
I think, once again, it gets back to our sense of end and purpose. For those who see as their purpose in life the privelege of living out the testimony of the gospel, they don't seem like foolish acts. They're acts of faith and belief of the providence of God. For those who don't share that end they seem foolish.
Mike: These questions don't come up just once in your life.
Mark Young: No.
Mike:Well, years after having gone to Venezuela, and now teaching at Dallas Theological Seminary, on our first sabbatical, my wife and I went back to live in Latin America. And as part of that we would be living for two months in Venezuela and two months in Columbia, where everybody knows, that there is a major guerrilla involvement in Columbia right now and has been for close to 30 years. And so we got letters from the State Department that said, "You need to know that this is an unacceptable level of risk, and we are not assigning State Department people to Columbia at this time, and so you know, think about this, if you go, you're doing this on your own recognizance."
So I sat down with my wife, Penny, and I said, "What do you think of it? Does this scare you?" She said, "Well, yes. It does scare me a bit." I said, "Would it make you feel too uncomfortable to go to live in Bogota under these circumstances? I'm not going to take you there. I'm not going to make you go." She said, "Well, Michael there's believers that live in the middle of this day in and day out, there's missionaries that are making big sacrifices to be there. This is what our life is about. I don't see how we can do anything less. Let's just trust God to take care of us and we'll go."
Mark Young: Yes.
Mike:I appreciated her bravery, but we did sit down and talk about it. I didn't just stuff that State Department letter under the bed and say, better not show my wife this or she won't want to go with me.
Mark Young: Right.
Mike: That to me would have been foolishness and also heartlessness.
Mark Yarbrough: Sure.
Mike:And so we went. God did protect us. We saw a lot of violence, but also I've never been in a place that was so absolutely open to the gospel as Columbia in those days, and still continues to this day. We had a very, very fruitful time. I even wrote back to the faculty at one point, because we do have to make a report during our sabbatical. I said, "Folks, if only you could be for one time in your life where God's really at work, you'd just be thrilled.
Mark Yarbrough: Right.
Mike:When I came back I had to answer the question of, well what do you think's going on at the Seminary? But it is, it's a place where manifestly it's hardest time, it's in the midst of a period of real struggle and violence that touches almost everybody's life.
Mark Yarborough:Dr. Pocock, Dr. Young, thank you very much for your time, that wonderful discussion. Obviously we would all be saying that you know, providentially we trust that the Lord is going to take the movie and more importantly the historical events behind that, there's a lot of questions that are going right now, and we pray that even some of this discussion will benefit others, and that they can take that and have fruitful discussions about what the Lord wants from each and every one of us. Let's close with a word of prayer. Mike would you lead us?
Mike:Sure. Heavenly Father, we are so thankful that in your soverign grace you sent your Son into the world to bear our sins and to give to us a new and abundant life, and in that movie, "The end of the Spear," we also saw that you, Lord Jesus, are still in the business of redeeming lives that are bent on bitterness, violence, and revenge, transforming them and turning them around. Lord, give us grace, we pray, to be willing to be involved with people who are in the midst of violence, whether it's in Latin America, the Middle East, the Far East, or portions of Africa, parts of Europe. Lord, there's so many places in the world today that are upset. We pray that by your grace your people would not be fearful to walk in, and even to make ultimate sacrifices in order to bring the gospel of the transforming grace of Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.
Mark Yarbrough: Amen.
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More often than not, I see people asking questions that have been thoroughly discussed, needlessly creating a new and useless discussion about topics which at the time of the new discussion are already exhausted. I find that to be very dispersive and unhelpful, since they never make the topic clearer, as only new information would do that. I suggest adding a warning to all article talk pages which have archives on them, instructing people to actually search for a likely discussed topic before creating it. This needs to be something that is properly enforced, because I'm sure some will simply not bother doing so. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:07, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
- Can't expect people to read an archive that isn't on the current talkpage :\ — SimAnt 00:42, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
- I know this isn't a perfect solution, but it could stop those cases of when the archive is about the current talk page. If I had any idea on how to make people read the archives of all talk pages related to the subject, I'd suggest it. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:45, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
- What Omnibender is really looking for is another reason to block people.
- The wiki software has a horrid search function. It's particularly bad when trying to find something outside of the main namespace. Unless the search feature is improved (which is unlikely to happen) or some campaign is begun to transfer every topic on a talk page to its own forum (which are slightly easier to search through than talk pages, and which is definitely not going to happen), then you'll need to settle for being understanding of others.
- To reinforce my point, I tried taking Omnibender's advice about Choji and yin-yang. I looked on Choji's talk page, where the question had not already been answered. I looked on the talk pages of Yin and Yang, where the question had not already been answered. I checked Yin-Yang's talk page. This time it does appear to have been discussed before, but it's difficult to read since only two people in the entire discussion know how to indent. There are also maybe a dozen other talk pages I could have checked as well (Akimichi clan, various jutsu), but I don't want to and so I am guilty of laziness on this point. I also typed "akimichi yin" into the search box. By default it only gives me results in the main namespace. Being passingly-familiar with searching on a wiki, I knew to scroll to the bottom of the page and change the search criteria to the talk namespace. This presents me with six results. Looking at them, four of them do not at any point address Akimichi and yin-yang. Talk:Shikamaru Nara#Yin release indirectly answers my question, but I don't believe I should be expected to look there in the first place considering Shikamaru is not an Akimichi. There's also Talk:Nature Transformation/Archive 2, which has three discussions about yin-yang. The first two predate the revelation that yin and yang are chakra natures and so are of no help. The third is more enlightened, but also does not answer the question. To tally the results, 7 of 10 probable sources of information do not answer questions about whether or not Choji should be listed as having a yin-yang nature, with an additional 12 I am too lazy to check (again, that is on me).
- In conclusion: you spend several hours a day on the wiki, the guy asking the question does not. Rather than complain about him for not inherently knowing which of three places he can find the answer to his question, take twenty seconds out of your day to give him a link to one of them and save everyone (yourself included) a lot of time. 22.214.171.124 (talk) 04:51, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
- I know this isn't a perfect solution, but it could stop those cases of when the archive is about the current talk page. If I had any idea on how to make people read the archives of all talk pages related to the subject, I'd suggest it. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:45, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
You are the proof that people can find answers to questions you want by doing exactly what I said people should do. If people are properly instructed that their questions might have been answered already, they might actually search for them. You looked for your answer and you found it. This might be the first time I see an unregistered user do that, though if others have done it and simply didn't ask because they saw that there was no more information available, I wouldn't know. Maybe that gives me a limited view of the matter. However, you are very much mistaken if you think questions are that easily answerable. I have lost count of how many times I've had to explain to people that we don't know exactly how Blaze Release works, for example, and why we list it as we do. Or why we list Tsunade as a Lightning Release user. Sometimes the previous discussion isn't even in an archive yet, it's in the very talk page. Some people seem to be determined not to understand something and complain about it. People like you actually show me that this can work. Don't think that I don't dedicate time to answer questions when they're made, but explaining the same thing over and over is frustrating. Effort has to go both ways, and I have made effort. Like I said, you're the first one that has communicated that you've searched and found an answer, the first time I've seen the other way. If you know of other people that have gone and researched through talk pages, finding answers, it would make me glad to know that there are such people. About the blocking part, I'm assuming you said so because I said "enforce" in my opening comment? If so, yes, those would include blocking, but only for those cases where one would repeatedly ask old questions just for being lazy, after having been more actively taught to search for questions. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:28, November 23, 2011 (UTC)


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Quote from: Fabio Leite on October 08, 2012, 07:54:02 PMMoreThis one could could just as well go in the Hyperdox Herman thread.
But it had not been in Tess's power - nor is it in anybody's power - to feel the whole truth of golden opinions while it is possible to profit by them. She - and how many more - might have ironically said to God with Saint Augustine, "Thou hast counselled a better course than thou hast permitted."
Luke's dear friend, literary, movie, game and just about everything critic:
who is this standford guyreminds me of
Fasts from midnight until after receiving the Eucharist...Doesn't Fast on Wednesdays and Fridays
Fabio,You are like the Jay Leno of oc.net.
The only way to get a "let's make fun of liberal Orthodox" meme to work is to get "progressive" Orthodox to make fun of themselves.
No one will top Herman.
I just read through this entire thing.Bless this thread.Luke Warmodox should definitely become a "thing."
Warmodox' People of Mission Front attacks again.
Quote from: Fabio Leite on August 01, 2013, 12:38:31 PMWarmodox' People of Mission Front attacks again.
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("And leave my evil beardless ways behind" isn't really part of the prayer, of course, I was just having a little fun.)
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Ed Crooks' fascinating piece in the FT today on the prospect of the US achieving energy independence by exploiting its oil and gas reserves in new ways makes me wonder if it will suffer from the "commodity curse".
The syndrome of oil-rich countries in the Middle East and Africa having fragile political institutions and oligarch-style rule has never appeared to be a problem for the US until now. As the article notes, the US problem has been different – that it depends on those countries for its energy.
A parallel might be "Dutch disease" – the term coined by The Economist for the troubles faced by the Netherlands in the 1970s when it discovered large reserves of offshore natural gas. The rise in its currency made its manufacturing and other export sectors uncompetitive. Read more


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Banks have been wooing depositors since the global financial crisis made the wholesale market an expensive place to source funds. So savers have been spared some of the pain since the Reserve Bank started cutting interest rates late last year.
There's been no change in the interest rate on 20 per cent of savings accounts since the central bank started cutting last November, and about 55 per cent have had their rates shaved less than the RBA's moves, according to RateCity.
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The remainder matched the moves in the main, though a few accounts suffered the indignity of deeper rate cuts. In some cases, the picture was distorted by a promotional or bonus rate being propped up while the base rate behind it was quietly cut.
Still, as popular as deposits are, low interest rates are starting to pose a challenge for savers, especially retirees, advisers say. That means people need to save effectively, securing the best terms for their deposits and ensuring they don't hand some of that back in unnecessary account-keeping fees.
Let's look at the options and some product recommendations from RateCity.
For many people, this is the only "savings" account they have. But financial products researcher Canstar found in a study earlier this year 29 per cent of transaction accounts didn't pay interest on balances below $1000. Even at $5000 some 15 per cent of accounts still didn't pay interest.
Of those accounts that did pay interest, half paid less than 2 per cent.
Fees can be another killer on transaction accounts. A monthly account-keeping fee of $5 is equivalent to 3 per cent a year on a $2000 balance, Canstar says.
The new "tick and flick" rules, making switching easier, mean it's a good time to shop around. Teachers Mutual Bank chief executive Steve James says TMB has signed up about 600 people a month so far this year - significantly up on last year - suggesting people are looking for a better deal and better service.
Michelle Hutchison of RateCity says you should consider how you use your transaction account - do you use Eftpos rather than withdraw money from an ATM and how frequently do you access the account? - then find an account with terms and conditions that suit your habits.
RateCity likes the Bankwest Zero Transaction Account, which has no monthly account fee when you deposit $2000 a month and provides free access to all Bankwest-, CBA-, Westpac-, NAB- and ANZ-branded ATMs. With Bankwest's Hero Transaction Account you have free access only to Bankwest ATMs but you're paid 4 per cent a year on balances up to $5000 (though 0 per cent after that).
Financial planners Anne Graham and Andrew Hewison both suggest that as well as having a transaction account for day-to-day living, you regularly - and automatically - transfer money into a separate savings account.
Savings should be treated as a non-discretionary item, just like the water bill, says Hewison, an adviser with Hewison Private Wealth.
The savings account can be for emergency funds - ideally a year's living expenses, two years if you're retired - and for short-term savings goals such as an annual holiday.
Hewison suggests a third "expenses" account where you set aside money for non-discretionary items such as utility bills. This account shouldn't have ATM access so you're not tempted to dip into the money, he says.
Savings accounts are broadly divided into "plain vanilla" accounts versus accounts that offer promotional or bonus interest rates, and traditional bank accounts versus online accounts. But the distinction in terms of interest rates has been blurring as institutions fight for depositors.
Hutchison of RateCity says care needs to be taken with promotional rates and bonus savers to meet the terms and conditions that apply.
You might need to deposit a certain amount each month and/or make no withdrawals to avoid falling back on to a low base rate. A promo rate will have a time limit, at which point you'll transfer on to the lower rate.
She notes that after the recent rate cuts, some banks maintained their high "headline" bonus or promo rates but cut the underlying base rate. "Look for an account where the base rate is high," she says.
A vanilla savings account with a solid ongoing rate might be better than a supposedly high-interest account where you fall on to a low base rate.
And don't just assume that online automatically means high interest.
"They usually do have high interest rates but there are a lot that don't," Hutchison says. At the time of writing, online savings accounts ranged from 5.75 per cent down to 3.9 per cent.
The top online savings account on RateCity's database (as of June 25) is the no-fee RAMS Saver account, paying 5.75 per cent if you deposit $200 a month and make no withdrawals, or 4.95 per cent otherwise.
The Citibank Online Saver follows on 5.70 per cent and ING's Savings Maximiser at 5.6 per cent.
The top bonus savings account is from Easy Street. It offers 5.61 per cent if you deposit $50 a month and make no withdrawals but that slumps to 0.01 per cent otherwise.
Among the five major banks the top bonus account is Westpac's Reward Saver, where you can earn 5.30 per cent under the same conditions but 0.5 per cent otherwise.
Bonuses aside, the top base savings rate is 3.5 per cent across all of the Big Four banks.
If you have a dollop of money to set aside, rather than have a monthly savings plan in mind, a term deposit might be the way to go.
However, Hutchison says term-deposit rates have dropped in line with the cuts to savings accounts since November, so the rates on offer now are on average 0.5 percentage points lower than late last year.
With term deposits, make sure you don't roll over on to a low rate at maturity and favour a term deposit that pays interest periodically rather than just on maturity if you're taking a longer term. Not all deals are advertised.
"Be open, if you can, to different terms," Hutchison says. "Ring and ask what 'specials' they have - they might have a better rate for a month shorter or a month longer than you were thinking."
Graham, principal of McPhail HLG Financial Planning, and Hewison say term deposits are popular with clients because of the government guarantee on deposits.
"However - big, big exclamation mark - with falling interest rates, while fixed interest is still very safe … we are now hitting a dangerous level where term deposits are not providing retirees with the returns needed to survive," Hewison says.
"TDs will never grow in value," he says. "However, the cost of living will increase." That means term deposits should be part of a diversified fixed-interest strategy, which in turn is part of a diversified investment portfolio.
Lastly, don't forget the mortgage as a place to save if your home loan comes with a redraw facility or offset account (see story on page 3).
"My recommendation is 9.5 times out of 10 to pay down the mortgage at all costs," Hewison says.
As well as reducing your debt, it's a tax-effective place to park any spare cash because you're not actually earning interest, on which tax would be paid. You are just reducing your interest liability.
Let's say you have a $3000 tax refund that you want to put away for a year or two, for a holiday.
Hewison says that if you put that into a savings account at a rate of 5.75 per cent you'd earn interest of $172.50. But after paying tax at 37 per cent you'd be left with $108.
Place the $3000 on your home loan instead and, in effect, you'd be "earning" your mortgage rate of, say, 6.5 per cent - a tax-free $195.
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It was an expensive year for Lesley Guerin-Goodall: she got married, took extended time off work after the death of a family member, and set up her own small business.
The epiphany came while on holiday in Bali over Christmas. Guerin-Goodall felt she and her husband were spending too much, and he was bearing a lot of the burden while she established her business.
''We were newly married, we want to buy a house, we want to have kids in the next five years - I really thought, 'It's time to pull back','' she says.
The result was a self-imposed ''buy ban'' as of January - she would spend only on necessities and on her business.
''We even sold our car,'' she says. ''It wasn't really a necessity. We were paying out a loan and we were using public transport all the time.''
A few thousand dollars have found their way into the online bank account she set up - ''out of sight, out of mind'' - and eventually the money will go towards the deposit for a house.
Guerin-Goodall will ease up on her buy ban once she hits her savings target but doesn't think she'll go back to her old ways. ''[We] are now much more conscious of the value of money,'' she says.
Buying nothing won't suit everyone - and money needs to keep moving around the economy, Guerin-Goodall says - but those wanting to try something less severe have Buy Nothing New Month in October.
The taxman cometh but app saves the day
A big tax bill was the final straw for Kimberly Palmer along with the warning from her husband - an accountant by training - she was becoming ''financially unhygienic''.
''I've been scared into being more financially responsible, finally,''Palmer, 40, says.
She set up a payment plan with the Tax Office to clear her $16,000 tax liability. She also transferred her credit-card debt to a low-rate card, which she then didn't use for any further spending.
An iPhone and iPad app, My Weekly Budget, helped her monitor her spending so she could see where she was going wrong.
Next she set up an online bank account to squirrel away anything left over after she'd made her monthly transfer to the ATO and cleared her card.
She could have directed the money into the offset account attached to the mortgage, but ''I needed to see for myself the money growing,'' she says.
''It was kind of exciting. And in a transaction account it's hard to remember what's savings and what's there to be spent.''
Now her debts are gone, she's sending money to the mortgage-offset account and salary-sacrificing $400 a month into superannuation.
''It only costs me about $200 because it's taken out of pre-tax income. I was amazed - it's like free money,'' she says.
Key points
❏ Falling rates are a challenge for savers, especially retirees.
❏ Be wary of low base rates sitting behind promo or bonus rates.
❏ Make sure you meet account conditions such as no withdrawals.
❏ Seek out ''specials'' on term-deposit rates.
❏ Your mortgage is a tax-effective form of saving.


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Minneapolis -- Best Buy Co. woes continue, as the electronics retailer reported Tuesday a loss of $10 million for the quarter ended Nov. 3, compared with net income of $156 million in the year-ago period. Results were hurt by restructuring charges and slowed sales.
Sales slid 4% to $10.75 billion, but met Wall Street expectations. Same-store sales dropped 4.3%.
"In-line with trends experienced over the last three years, Best Buy's third quarter financial performance was clearly unsatisfactory," said new CEO Hubert Joly. A week ago, Joly – a turnaround expert brought in last July to shore up the retailer – put forth his plan to improve results around improved customer service and strategic cost-cutting.
"The results we are reporting today only strengthen our sense of urgency and purpose," Joly said.


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Our cult classic, dermatologist formulated moisturizing therapy helps improve the appearance of dry, rough, bumpy skin concerns (like keratosis pilaris).
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Dermatologist formulated by Dr. Audrey Kunin to help improve the appearance of dryness, redness and roughness frequently associated with "chicken skin", aka keratosis pilaris, which affects up to an estimated 1 out of every 2 people worldwide.
Ideal for use year-round as a moisturizer for body, arms, legs, hands and feet.
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Results of a 6 week sponsored period of use twice daily by 17 volunteers (male and female) ages 13-63:
Skin hydration (moisturization) measured with Corneometer CM-820. Average before use was 24.65. Average after 6 weeks of use was 49.35.
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Dermatologist Tested & Approved
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- Excellent product, but pricey. Review by Jo
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This has worked great for me! This has improved my "chicken" skin by about 60%. My legs and arms look better since using this product. The dermatologist said there was no cure for KP, but this cream has done wonders for me. However, the average person in Maine could simply not afford this product!
- Best product ever Review by Nicolle
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This lotion is great! It really improved the appearance of my arms and it doesn't bother me as much! My skin isn't dry and itchy, and it's not ugly and red. The price isn't great, but it's worth it to deal with KP.
- Wonderful product Review by Laura
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KPDuty has banished my dry skin and red bumps. I use it all over my body after taking a shower and no more flaky skin or red bumps.
- The best product ever for chicken skin! Review by Susan
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This product has allowed me to able to go sleeveless again!
- Excellent Product! Review by Christina
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I have always tried to hide my arms and not have anyone touch them because they are so rough and bumpy...classic chicken skin. But with KP lotion, my skin is less red and bumpy and really soft! I cannot miss a day without this product! I highly recommend this to anyone with KP. It is a little costly, but well worth it!
- Wow! Review by Bowling Green, OH USA
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Non-scented, easy to apply, non-greasy, and it gets rid of the chicken bumps! Wondeful product. Absorbs quickly too.
- it didn't go away Review by San Diego, CA
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ive had kp since i was about 12 years old. I hated the fact that everyone would always ask what it was so i always tried to hide it.I Never knew exatcly what it was or how to get rid of it. I just knew that i got it from my mom coz she had it.I looked it up and found this site. I bought the lotion but it didnt make the bumps go away...it made my skin a lot softer but the bumps and everything were still there.
- KP Duty is my new hero!! Review by J.C., Evansville, IL USA
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I've had KP since I was an infant but never knew that it had a name. It was always just those ugly bumps on my arms that made me feel like I needed to wear sleeves even in the pool. I freaked out when my perfect wedding gown was strapless, but saw your ad and went for it. They were gone in a week!! Thanks for making me feel beautiful on my wedding day.
- I didn't believe it- but it REALLY works!! Review by C.S., Sugar Land, TX USA
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As far back as I can remember, I have always had bumps on the backs of my arms and upper legs. They looked hidious! I found this website, read the reviews, and thought I'd give it a try. After several weeks, my arms are silky smooth. I could actually tell an immediate difference after only a few days. I like it so much that I just ordered the dual pack. I'm SOLD!! No more bumpy arms! I'm wearing sleeveless tops again!
- Has not worked for me! Review by CN, Loma Linda, CA
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I have been using this product for more than a month now and I have yet to see any results. The bumps on my skin have not minimized at all. My arms look exactly the same from the day I started using this product.
- What a Wonderful Product! Review by JT, Bangkok, Thailand
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I have KP for all my life and I didn't know what it called until my lovely sister recommended this site to me. I tried all expensive products, but nothing ever drived my KP away. The very moment I read the concept, I totally realized that KP Duty was my life saver. I didn't hesitate to order a dual pack. You might find your skin kind of dry when applied on the first day or two, but believe me, don't lose your faith, just keep on applying - half coin size for each area works for me - you will see your skin become smoother, softer and little bumps would flatten up. I have been using KP Duty for almost 2 months now, the more I use it, the more I feel good about it. I am going to order my third pack in a day or two. If you are reading this, please do not wait or hesitate to try. You will find that the miracle does exist!
- This is how it worked for me Review by AmandaPanda, Toledo, Ohio
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I started to use this product this summer. I didnt have the miracle results till recently. I use KP duty 1-2 times a day on my arms. My arms look awesome. So it works very well if you stick with it but the bad thing it is sorta expensive.
- It's Finally Gone! Review by Blg B, Santa Ana, CA
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I could not believe that my arms were smooth and clear! I have had little red bumps on my arms and dry, leather skin ever since I can remember. Thanks Doc!
- I'll never try another product again! Review by K.R., Fremont, California
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Last summer I was going crazy trying everything to get rid of the ugly bumps on the back of my arms. I tried various types of scrubs, and lotions, but they only seemed to add to the problem. Until I decided to give Dermadoctor KP a try. Within less than a week I could see the bumps starting to diminish ! Since then I've been ordering the dual pack, I don't want to be caught without it. Thank you for creating a product that actually does what it says it will do.
- This is a great product for crusty, bumpy skin! Review by CH, Omak, WA USA
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Last year I received a sample of KP Duty with one of my orders. It just sat on my self because I don't have KP. Recently I ran out of my usual moisturizer and decided to try out the KP Duty sample. And I'm so glad I did! For years I have suffered with crusty skin around my nose and chin. No moisturizer or exfoliator seemed to really help. Almost immediately KP Duty cleared up the problem...yeah!!! This product and Picture Porefect have also helped smooth out the bumps I always get after facial hair removal. Now my makeup goes on effortlessly. Thank you so much!
- THE product for KP! Review by CSSW, Bozeman, MT USA
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I have KP on the backs of my upper arms and the redness has never faded with other products (prescription or over-the-counter). However, KP Duty is AMAZING in that I've been using it for a week (along with the scrub) and I can barely see the red spots. What's more- there aren't any new red spots coming up!
- amazing Review by TLM, VA USA
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I am a African American woman and I have had these ugly and embarrassing bumps on my the back of my arms and thighs for a few years. I have tried other products and scrubs and they would only seem to work for a few days then come back. So when I tried this, I thought, what the heck why not. But then I was amazingly surprised after a few weeks and it stayed gone even more so when I added the body scrub with it, especially because I can continue to use it while pregnant, that was important. I love it and recommend it all I know who has the same issue. Good job DERMAdoctor.
- One product I'll never go without!! Review by A.C, Narrows, Va USA
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I've had KP for as long as I could remember,it went away as I got a little older,I'm almost 30 now,and it came back.I've been trying everything for the past year.I got KP Duty 3 days ago,and my face is almost completly smooth.I'll never use anything else now.What a wonderful product.
- Like Magic Review by NL, Oxford, UK
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I've been using KP Duty for over a year now with amazing results. I had dry bumps on the backs of my legs since I was a little girl, but they've been gone since I started using KP Duty. I saw results within a few days and I'll continue to use it to maintain my fabulous smooth skin. I have *never* written a recommendation like this on a website before, that's how strongly I believe in this product. It is worth every penny!
- Only thing that works Review by CK, Cincinnati, OH USA
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I've had the characteristic "chicken skin bumps" behind my arms for as long as I can remember. I've tried everything from Apricot scrub to alcohol to acne treatments, and nothing ever improved my condition. I discovered "KP Duty" while flipping through a magazine and immediately went to the DermaDoctor web site to read more. I was first amazed to find an actual name for my condition, and second to find a product specifically created for it. I bought the dual pack of chemical peel and lotion. I've been using it for about 4 months and my arms are 90% better! It is amazing! The skin behind my arms is smooth now!
- A miracle product Review by ELJ, Campbell, CA USA
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As a skeptical lawyer, it was hard for me to believe all the amazing results customers raved about on this site. Then my husband and I tried this moisturizer for ourselves. It's true-our skin is healthier, clearer, softer, firmer, and brighter than before. These changes took place almost immediately. We're hooked and won't use anything else on our skin. Try it right out of the shower and before you go to bed at night. You're really going to love your new skin!
- Unbelievable Results Review by Ridgewood, NJ
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I used KP Duty on my 4-year-old son's arms, legs and cheeks, and the results were amazing after only 3-5 days. I took him to a pediatric dermatologist and her advice was useless. KP Duty is expensive, but worth every penny.
- so far so good :] Review by CA, USA
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i have KP on my arms and i bought this a couple days ago and have only used it once. i put it on at night and when i woke up, some of it was already gone!!i definatley recommend this!!
- Can't believe the difference Review by TLP, Kettering, OH
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My son has suffered with KP (and eczema) since he was a few months old (he's 3 1/2 now). We've seen many dermatologists and while the eczema has been resolved nothing they tried would work on the KP. He had not only red skin & bumps but huge whiteheads on his thighs and upper arms. I bought KP duty because I was at my wit's end. I rarely believe those reviews on-line and have never written one of my own but THIS STUFF IS AMAZING!! I wish we'd taken before pictures because after the first use of the scrub & the KP lotion we saw inprovement. Now after 2 months, it is almost gone. I use the scrub 2X a week and the lotion 2x a day. At first I thought this was pricey but it is 100% worth every penny. What I pay for this is one co-pay of the RX stuff that didn't do a thing. My son is no longer miserable.
- Finally an answer to control my KP Review by DE, New York
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I have KP on my upper arms and thighs. Red bumps and they got itchy. I started using this KP duty cream and within 1 week my skin was calm using it 2 times a day. It took 2 weeks to get smooth no bump skin! I maintain it by applying the cream every morning once a day. This is my answer as I have tried many creams and prescriptions and nothing helps as good as this.
- OMG FINALLY Review by San Diego, California
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i have had pretty serious K.P. since i was around 10 (I'm 13 now) just a few months ago it started getting worse. i tried everything. Moisturizers, scrubs . . . ect. Just about a week ago i ordered the K.P. double duty and the K.P. scrub. The combination did the trick. In only 3 days my K.P. is more than halfway gone. I hope the progress continues.
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Apply to clean, dry hands, body or feet. Gently massage into skin. Use twice a day or as needed. Wear a broad spectrum sunscreen SPF 30 daily.
For best results, use in conjunction with the complete KP Duty skin care family. Store at room temperature 59-86°F/15-30°C.
- Ingredients
Aqua (Water), Glycolic Acid, Sodium Glycolate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Urea, Sorbitol, Hexyl Laurate, C12-20 Acid PEG-8 Ester, Sorbitan Stearate, Cetyl Ricinoleate, Dimethicone, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Sodium Hyaluronate, Algae Extract, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Xanthan Gum, Methylparaben, Propylparaben
- Warnings
For external use only. Avoid getting into eyes. Keep out of reach of children. Sunburn Alert: This product contains an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that may increase your skin's sensitivity to the sun and particularly the possibility of sunburn. Use a broad spectrum SPF 30 sunscreen, and limit sun exposure while using this product and for a week afterwards.


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Nov. 22, 2004
Fishy Chicken Bones to be Sold on eBay
ATHENS, Texas—The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center has a collection of slightly used chicken bones, the remains of chicken leg quarters fed to Splash, the 121.5-pound world record blue catfish at the center.
The Friends of TFFC need to raise $2 million to build a new education building at the center.
Being a firm believer in education and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's foremost spokesfish for catch and release, Splash wants to help.
So the giant fish has given her blessing (a flip of her tail, actually) to a plan to auction off some of the chicken bones she has deposited on the bottom of her 26,000-gallon aquarium.
Two chicken leg bones in an oak display case will be auctioned on eBay beginning December 4, just in time for Christmas. "This is the perfect Christmas gift for the person who really does have everything," said TFFC director Allen Forshage.
Along with the bones, which have been oven-dried and tastefully spray-painted gold, the winning bidder will receive a certificate of authenticity, copies of TPWD press releases telling the Splash story, color photographs of the fish, and copies of magazines featuring stories about the fish.
Splash was caught January 16, 2004, by Cody Mullennix of Howe, Texas, while fishing on the Texas side of Lake Texoma, which lies between Texas and Oklahoma north of Dallas. Mullennix donated the fish to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, where she remains on display.
The Friends of TFFC is a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation; donations to the building fund are tax deductable.
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90 minutes — To Be Announced, DV, Barak Goodman, United States, 2010
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By Congressman Duncan Hunter
The decision by the Department of Defense to create a new military decoration--the Distinguished Warfare Medal (DWM)--for cyber warfare and drone operations has been met with stinging criticism. The problem is not so much who and what the DWM recognizes, but rather the order of precedence for the award.
According to the Pentagon, the DWM will rate higher than America's oldest and most recognized military decoration, the Purple Heart, which is awarded to men and women who are killed or wounded by enemy action. The DWM will also exceed the Bronze Star, created in 1944 and, according to officials, the last combat-related award created.
There is some truth to the idea that the battlefield has changed from what previous generations saw in Vietnam, Korea and World War II. Unmanned platforms are a common element in combat operations today, providing ground support and other advantages. Cyber warfare is also a new frontier where American national security is challenged regularly and often out of sight.
What the DWM implies, by elevating the award above other combat valor decorations, is that the operators of unmanned systems, most of who are far removed from the battlefield, face the same risk and imminent danger presented by ground combat. No matter how these respective mission-sets are compared, they are not the same--not even close. Each assumes inherent risks but only in the case of ground combat operators is there often a constant and indiscriminate threat to individual safety and lives.
Perhaps one explanation for the decision to rate the DWM higher than the Purple Heart and Bronze Star is simply that it was an error in judgment. More likely, the explanation is rooted in the Pentagon's unrelenting attempt to redefine the nature of war and the dangers commonplace on the field of battle.
One of the greatest mysteries of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is why so few Medals of Honor have been awarded. Until the Obama Administration, there was not a single living recipient of the military's highest award for combat heroism. The rationale from Pentagon leaders was that warfare has evolved and now combat is different than it was previously. In one of several responses from the Pentagon defending the excessively low Medal of Honor count, it was stated that:
"Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) are inherently different from previous major conflicts. The conduct of warfare has evolved significantly in the 30 years since the end of the Vietnam Conflict. Technological advancements have dramatically changed battlefield tactics, techniques and procedures. Precision-guided stand-off weapons allow our forces to destroy known enemy positions with reduced personal risk. OEF and OIF are conflicts against non-uniformed insurgents who use tactics and techniques, such as remotely detonated improvised explosive devices, suicide bombers, and rocket, mortar and sniper attacks, to inflict damage on U.S. Forces and minimize their risk of being personally engaged "
Ask the Marines and soldiers who fought in Fallujah, Basra, Ramadi, Ganjgal Valley or Marjah, about the dangers they faced and whether they operated with "reduced personal risk." Ask any surviving Silver Star, Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star or Purple Heart recipient from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan about the risks and dangers of combat. Many if not all are sure to disagree with the Pentagon's assessment.
The explanation for the significantly low number of Medals of Honor provides clarity and some translation for the creation of the DWM, suggesting somehow that the human cost of war is significantly less and pushbutton systems are slowly overtaking the basic necessity for an infantryman and his rifle. The problem is that DWM represents combat without risk -- a concept that has no basis in reality.
With the introduction of the DWM, some of the military's time-honored combat valor awards, specifically the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, will be diminished by a competing award that requires an individual assume little to no personal risk. Such a decision, especially in recognition of past and future valor award recipients, cannot stand.
The DWM must be demoted to its proper place in the order of military decorations, a move that is necessary to uphold the integrity of the awards process and ensure valor awards for courage and sacrifice in combat are not diminished in any way.


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STANFORD, Calif. (February 18, 2012) - The Rollins women's golf team stands in seventh after the first round of the 2012 Peg Barnard Invitational, hosted by Stanford University, after the Tars shot an opening round score of 314 (+30).
Senior Fabia Rothenfluh and junior Elin Marcsdottir lead the Rollins individual leaderboard with a 4-over 75 to tie them for eighth.
Clara Teixeira carded a round of 81 to tie her for 41st. Kristen Garabedian (83) and Kayla Sciupider (84) round out the Tars squad for 49th and 54th place, respectively.
California (295) leads the event with Fresno State (301) six strokes behind in second. Host Stanford (303) stands in third, while Washington (304) and San Jose State (306) round out the top-five.
The final round of the Peg Barnard Invitational is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. For live stats of the event, check out RollinsSports.com.


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• ultracrepidarian •
Pronunciation: êl-trê-kre-pê-der-i-yên • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Meaning: 1. [Adjective] Talking about things beyond the scope of one's knowledge. 2. [Noun] Someone who talks about things of which they know little or nothing.
Notes: OK, so this word isn't used much anymore. That doesn't reflect a lack of need for it. It is a bit long but then you can use this word as a noun or an adjective. In fact, a few waggish writers have used the verb ultracrepidate and the noun ultracrepidation, so we have a full complement of derivations supporting today's Good Word.
In Play: How many times have you made the mundane comment, "You don't know what you're talking about?" Well, now you can kick your style up a notch with a comment like this: "You have no idea how much we all enjoy your ultracrepidarian comments!" It will be taken as a compliment, you will be taken as a gracious person and only subscribers to the Good Word will know what you really mean. "Wow! 'ultra-' yet," your victim will think to himself. Feel free to use this adjective as a noun: "It is so hard to talk to these people who get their information from the ultracrepidarians bantering on TV news shows."
Word History: Today's Good Word is based on the Latin phrase ultra crepidam "above the sandals" from a fascinating anecdote originating in ancient Greece. The great Greek painter, Apelles of Kos (4th century BCE), occasionally allowed the public to criticize his works. One day, a cobbler dropped by and criticized his depiction of a sandal in a painting. Apelles revised his painting, which pleased the cobbler so much that the next day he proceeded to criticize the painting of the whole leg. This was more than Apelles could take so he punished the cobbler with words that remain a proverb until today. The Latin version of those words is: Ne sutor ultra crepidam "(Cobbler) don't judge above the sandals." (Brian Hall wasn't ultracrepidarian when he suggested today's Good Word, for which, I am sure, we are all thankful.)
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Oh, yes! Something to confound those who are always shooting from the lip! This covers one aspect of plain old BS-ing, the one where the perpetrator is totally clueless. I'll have to remember this one.
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Lt Harry B Wilcox, KIA, 15 May, 44 Italy Bombardier, B-25 Mitchell
2nd Lt. Harry B. Wilcox, Jr. was a Bombardier, aboard B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber Aircraft, with the 12th Army Air Force, 57th Bombardment Wing, 321st Bombardment Group, 446th Bombardment Squadron, in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) during WW2. 2Lt. Wilcox, Jr. was killed in a crash landing, on 14 May 1944, back at the base at Solenzara, Corsica, because the plane had been heavily damaged by flak after a bombing mission. With damaged landing gear and leaking fuel lines, the plane went up in flames,upon impact. The entire crew of 6 was killed.Freedom is not Free.Some Gave ALL. Patti Johnson
George's Great-Nephew is Steven Voorhees and Steven has been an ardent researcher for the 321st in cataloging it's Bombardiers, in finding valuable items, and in reading books that sometimes yeilded small bits of informatation on his Uncle Harry. Co-incidencially, Harry's best friend made it into the 319th Bomb Group, also of the 57th Bomb Wing but his ship crashed on Labrador, the Northern Route and while all survived the crash, they did die sooner than they could be found.... one of the men having left a daily discription of their thoughts and struggles. The link to 319th BG Grover Hodge is below the Map on the Left. ALSO Please see next "Story" about the BOOK "319th in Action" which includes Lt Hodge's Diary.
321stBG,446thBS, "Flamingo" # 42-32429 CRASH 15 May'44
15 May, 1944, War Diary
446th BS War Diary: The squadron loses Lt. George Walsh, Lt. Harry B. Wilcox, Lt. Roy W. Lee, Technical Sergeant James Orechia, Staff Sgt. E.P. Thornton and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Shellhamer in a crash landing at our field. A crash landing was made and the plane burned upon striking the ground with all members of the crew killed.
From John T Fitzgerald, 321st Bomb Group Historical Researcher /57th Bomb Wing;
15 May 44 crash landing: This one is of particular interest to me, (John T Fitzgerald) because my dad /Lt John "Jack" Fitzgerald became George Walsh's co-pilot on 28 Feb 44, and flew 22 missions with him between 28 Feb and 4 May 44. Dad flew his first combat mission as 1st pilot on 11 May. He also flew in the 15 May mission after which Walsh crash landed. All were killed in the fire, except Walsh, who died in the hospital at 0035 on 16 May (see last McRae account below) the next day. Barnard Seegmiller of the 445th tried to save Walsh (account below). Also below are accounts from James McRae – he was bombardier on a couple of missions with dad and Walsh on the Peg O' My Heart". Walsh, McRae and dad were very close friends. "May 44" was written on the back of the attached photo of George Walsh – I see it as possibly the last photo taken of him.
A/C No. 42-32429 "Flamingo" (crash landing) P Walsh, George F., 1Lt CP Lee, Roy N., 2Lt N None B Wilcox, Harry B., Jr., 2Lt E Shellhamer, Lawrence, S/Sgt R Orechia, James R., T/Sgt G Thornton, Edward P., S/Sgt F None
15 May 44: 446th BS War Diary: The squadron loses Lt. George Walsh, Lt. Harry B. Wilcox, Lt. Roy W. Lee, Technical Sergeant James Orechia, Staff Sgt. E.P. Thornton and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Shellhamer in a crash landing at our field. A crash landing was made and the plane burned upon striking the ground with all members of the crew killed. Another of our ships had to be landed in the water and the crew was rescued by Air Sea Rescue patrols. A third ship was forced down at Pianosa Island held by the enemy and the following men are presumed to be Prisoners of War: Lts. Othick, Mayfield, Griffin and EM Youngblood, Cobb and Miller. Sergeant Napoliello, on the sea crash plane, had to make his second parachute jump and both leaps were on the same day of the same month. He made a jump on May 15th of 1943 in Mississippi.
Lee, Roy N., 2Lt, pilot Mayfield, Estel A., 2Lt, pilot
Miller, Edward J., Sgt, gunner Napoliello, Felix, Sgt, gunner
Orechia, James R., T/Sgt, radio-gunner Othick, Ronald R., 1Lt, pilot
Shellhamer, Lawrence, S/Sgt, engineer-gunner Thornton, Edward P., S/Sgt, gunner
Walsh, George F., Lt, pilot Wilcox, Harry B., Jr., 2Lt, bombardier
Youngblood, Woodrow W., S/Sgt, radio-gunner
15 May 44: 446th BS Mission Summary: (Ops Order 331/mission 330) Group Mission # 290:
Squadron Mission 247
TARGET: Orvieto Station RR Bridge DATE: 15 May 1944 Porto Ferraio, Elba (Alt)
Type of Bombs: 1000 lb. Demo. 446th Planes: 8
Lt. Morris and Lt. Moss led the formation. The first flight reported direct his on the center and both approaches of the bridge. At the alternate, the second flight reported direct hits in the commercial harbor area and on two boats. Flak was heavy, intense and accurate. Lt. Othick's plane was badly hit over the target and was reported to have made a successful crash-landing on the Island of Pianosa. It is assumed that the crew members were taken prisoners by the enemy. Lt. Sampson's plane also suffered direct hits from flak and the entire crew wounded by fragments. Heading for the open sea, Lt. Sampson gave the order to bail out, he being the last to leave, after which the plane exploded in mid-air. Air-Sea Rescue were able to pick up all the men. Lt. Walsh crash-landed at the home base, upon hitting the runway, the plane exploded and burned, due to the fact that it was saturated with gasoline from leaking fuel lines. Lt. Walsh was thrown clear of the plane, but died in the hospital from burns received. The other crew members could not be rescued, and all perished in the burning bomber. After an emergency landing Lt. Hodges' emergency brakes failed while taxiing and the plane crashed into a ditch, collapsing the landing gear. Lt. Vivas returned early with an oil leak in the right engine.
15 May 44: 445th BS: War Diary of: Seegmiller, Barnard H., Sgt, armament:
05/15/44: "About 10:00 hours today as a group of us were busy working on my plane we heard a sliding crash and explosion. We knew it was a plane and we started running for the runway, which was obscured, from us by a narrow belt of brush. Along with the first, I emerged from the brush to see the plane just bursting into flames. It had skidded off the runway into a pile of rocks and brush. At first there was no sign of survivors and I began to slacken my pace because the ammunition on the plane had commenced exploding. Then I saw a man fall from the pilot's escape hatch and roll frantically upon the ground very near the flames that were coming from the left engine. He appeared to be only semi-conscious as his efforts to save himself were rather undirected. By that time I was running again and only Art Hanna was ahead of me. I could see the man's clothes were on fire and began encouraging Hanna, who was carrying a coat on his arm, to hurry and attempt to smother the fire with his coat. I had left my shirt at the plane and was quite empty-handed. An ack-ack battery was set up nearer to the crash than we were and one of the boys had arrived on the scene and was trying uselessly to put the fire out with his hands while the poor fellow staggered and rolled, screaming for someone to put the fire out. I called to the ack-ack boy to use his coat, but he was too excited to hear me. All the while I was running as fast as I could and had overtaken Hanna. I could see now that it was the pilot's Mae West that was burning and as soon as I reached the spot I told the other boy to give me his coat, which I practically jerked off him. I used my pocket knife to cut off what was left of the burning Mae West. It was no time until the fire was out but the fellow was severely burned. His hair, eyes and nose were a white crisp. Soon the ambulance arrived and took him away. He was conscious and rational and I thought perhaps he would live, but I have heard several rumors that he died.
By the time we had finished, the plane was almost entirely in flames. However if others had arrived the same time we did I think someone could have been gotten out of the radio compartment. After it was all over it occurred to me that there might have been bombs in the plane. I do not feel that what I did was in any sense heroic or other than anyone else would have done, but I am pleased to think I had presence of mind enough to be of some assistance. There were some who did not go near because of the ammunition that was exploding. I went back this afternoon and saw a great many projectiles and cases that could have given one a nasty wound. The corpses of the other five men were lumped among the still burning ashes, all burned beyond recognition."
Hanna, Arthur M., Sgt, engineering Seegmiller, Barnard H., Sgt, armament
Walsh, George F., 1Lt, pilot, 446th BS
15 May 44: 446th BS: War Diary of: McRae, James Arrington, 2Lt, bombardier (mission 31)
"Pre-briefed 0700 T.O. 0830 Pilot: Hurley CoPilot: Peterson
Ship # 549 Alt 9,800' Bombs: 4-1000 # Demos Position: 1-4-1
Target: R.R. Bridge, 9 mi. SE Orvieto (42°38' N - 12° 15' E). Over target @ 1037, target observed on regular heading, did a 180 and bombed bridge with good results. No flak or fighters. Bad day, 2nd flight hit our alternate target – Elba. Sampson made a crash landing on Pianosa Isle. – all ok. Othick's crew bailed out, believe all ok. Hodge's had no brakes, ran off side of runway, landing gear collapsed – crew ok. G. Walsh came in with landing gear not fully retracted, crashed on runway, all of the crew killed, except George, he got thrown clear of plane but badly burnt, is expected to live. (Wilcox, Shellhamer, Lee, Thornton, Orechia).
Went to show, saw 'Md. Curie'. Flying time 03:45 hrs."
Hodges, Richard E., 1Lt, pilot Hurley, John R., 1Lt, pilot
Lee, Roy N., 2Lt, pilot Orechia, James R., T/Sgt, radio-gunner
Peterson, Frederick I., 2Lt, pilot Sampson, Allan T., Capt, pilot
Shellhamer, Lawrence, S/Sgt, engineer-gunner Thornton, Edward P., S/Sgt, gunner
Walsh, George F., 1Lt, pilot Wilcox, Harry B., Jr., 2Lt, bombardier
16 May 44: 446th BS: War Diary of: McRae, James Arrington, 2Lt, bombardier (mission 32)
"George Walsh died at 0035 hrs. this a.m. Scheduled on a mission today.
Pre-briefed 1000 T.O. 1110 Pilot: Hurley CoPilot: Peterson
Ship # 549 Alt 9,800' Bombs: 4-1000 # Demos Position: 1-2-1
Target: RR Bridge at Foligno (42° 57' N - 12° 42' E). Over target 1255, no fighters or flak. Poor weather. Believe target hit, also some landed in the town. Geo. Walsh & crew buried this a.m. Sampson's crew which bailed out all ok.
Sacked all afternoon. After supper Chudars & I finished a chest of drawers to hold our clothing, up late arranging our stuff. Looks pretty good. Flying time: 03:00 hrs."
Chudars, James E., 2Lt, pilot Hurley, John R., 2Lt, pilot
Peterson, Frederick I., 2Lt, pilot Walsh, George F., 1Lt, pilot
On a personal note, The Commanding Officer Capt. Paul Cooper (USAF Brig. General, Ret.) tomd me (321st Bomb Group Historian) Barbi Ennis Connolly on the phone that he stayed up with George Walsh, until he passed so that he would not be alone.


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So: what I did is this. I downloaded and installed the 32 bit numpy and netCDF4 packages for Python 2.7 (specifically, numpy-1.8.0-win32-superpack-python2.7 and netCDF4-1.0.7.win32-py2.7). The installation seemed to be successful, and if I type "import numpy" and "import netCDF4" in python it doesn't complain about anything. However, when I run the following short piece of code, I get an error, not in my code, but in the netCDF4.pyx code (I'll post the error below). Here is my code:
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import numpy
from netCDF4 import Dataset
def main():
dataset = Dataset(infilename)
kelvin = dataset.variables['tos'][0]
sst = kelvin - 273.15
time = dataset.variables['time']
lat = dataset.variables['latitude']
lon = dataset.variables['longitude']
num_months = len(time)
print 'Loaded %d months of sst' % num_months
Here is the error I get:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Albert\Python\readdata.py", line 22, in <module>
File "C:\Albert\Python\readdata.py", line 19, in main
num_months = len(time)
File "netCDF4.pyx", line 3070, in netCDF4.Variable.__len__ (netCDF4.c:38796)
File "netCDF4.pyx", line 2485, in netCDF4.Variable.shape.__get__ (netCDF4.c:30870)
File "netCDF4.pyx", line 2456, in netCDF4.Variable._getdims (netCDF4.c:30508)
RuntimeError: NetCDF: Not a valid ID
I had a read of the docs, and the only thing I could find that might be the problem is that I might need to install the netCDF4 C libraries. So I got the binaries file netCDF4.3.0-NC4-DAP-32 and installed it. It seems to have installed perfectly; but I still get the same error message. I have looked on the internet as best I can and cannot find any help. If anyone out there can help me, I would greatly appreciate it!


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A LAST minute rehearsal saw the hustle and bustle of New York city rub shoulders with the 1950s American dining experience.
Some of the cast of Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society's production of Guys and Dolls tucked into a run through at Detroit's Diner in Castle Street, Worcester, on Saturday, April 12 ahead of their run at the nearby Swan Theatre.
The talented singers and dancers will perform the unlikely story of a group of gamblers, a band of the Save-a-Soul Mission and the lead singer of the Hot Box night club.
Expect a happy ending as their different worlds collide to the soundtrack of favourites such as Luck Be a Lady, Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat, Take Back Your Mink and I've Never Been in Love Before.
Guys and Dolls runs from Tuesday, April 29 to Saturday, May 3 and tickets range from £14 to £16.
For more information and tickets, go to worcesterlive.co.uk or call the box office on 01905 611427.


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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce dates for the well reputed "world's oldest international sporting fixture", the K.A. Auty Cup.
The tour consisting of a two-day match, followed by a 50-over contest and two Twenty20 matches will take place from July 25th - 28th.
In an effort to move international cricket throughout the country, Cricket Canada has engaged with Cricket Alberta to play the 2013 fixture in Edmonton at the picturesque inner city cricket venue of Victoria Park.
The turf wickets at Victoria Park are the 2nd most northerly turf installations in the world, second only to Mannofield CC in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The square was installed in 2011 by former Sydney Cricket Ground curator Peter Leroy and has hosted Cricket Canada's NCL Western Division Championship as well as regular fixtures in the Edmonton and District Cricket League premier division.
If the bid is successfull this would be the third instance since 1963 that the series has been held in Alberta, with Calgary hosting in both 1965 and 1991.


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Mean Betty on the Performance of Burlesque and 'Britain's Got Talent'
A burlesque performer recently got Simon Cowell's show 'Britain's Got Talent' into some hot water with media watchdogs Ofcom. But should it have? Mean Betty investigates!
-Mean Betty
Kittens, are you familiar with the art of burlesque? No doubt the name of Dita Von Teese rings a bell; perhaps the most famous modern burlesque artist, Dita has many admirers, as much for her talent and beauty as for her exquisite sense of fashion. In fact, Dita is probably responsible for bringing burlesque into the mainstream—and therefore into televised talent competitions like Britain's Got Talent. There has been some question, however, as to whether or not burlesque belongs on televised talent competitions. Is it too sexy for primetime television? Meanie believes that there is no reason to bar burlesque from these shows, and here, kittens, is why.
First, a little history lesson:
A longstanding theatrical tradition, burlesque has been around in one form or another for centuries. What we generally think of when we think of the word "burlesque" stems from Victorian burlesque: A form popular in London during the 19th century, it took well-known operas, plays, or ballets and parodied them in a risqué and tantalizing fashion. American burlesque, which flourished during the first half of the 20th century, took its cues from Victorian burlesque, with many of its performers like Gypsy Rose Lee becoming bonafide stars. Furthermore, it has found a place in academia as well: Any theatre history curriculum worth its salt includes burlesque in its course of study.
These days, burlesque has seen quite a spirited revival, and modern burlesque can either call up its vintage roots or find its inspiration in something more contemporary. Meanie has heard tell of burlesque danced to Rihanna (umbrellas were involved), burlesque inspired by Star Wars, and even Muppet-inspired burlesque. The key to burlesque is not sex, though of course sexiness is a part of it; rather, it's playfulness. When these two things combine, we have burlesque.
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Now consider the following:
This past season of Simon Cowell's Britain's Got Talent (exactly how many talent competitions does that man run, anyway?) featured a young woman by the stage name of Beatrix Von Bourbon (pictured above). A 27-year-old burlesque dancer from London, Beatrix has a background in ballet and tap, and she blew away the judges during her two-minute audition, which aired on March 31 in the 8pm to 9pm time slot. Her semi-finals performance, also two minutes in length, aired on May 9 roughly around 8:30pm, and though she didn't win, she was again well-received.
British media watchdog Ofcom reported yesterday that once all was said and done, it received 90 complaints about Beatrix's performances from viewers who believed it to be too risqué for primetime telly. But why? Here, kittens, are the two performances in question (possibly NSFW, kittens, though there is definitely no full nudity).
Beatrix's audition:
Beatrix's semi-finals performance and a comparison to a certain pop superstar up next!


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Topic: Ports
I should have read more about ports prior to my wife having one installed. Somehow we were under the impression that these things were installed as an outpatient, similar to a PICC line. Not so, general surgery and anesthesia is required.
The whole thing started during the first meeting with the Ochsner oncologist when she told us that my wife needed to have a port put in, but made no other mention of it nor did she set up an appointment. A week later when we were meeting with the radiation oncologist, we got a message from the oncologist's medical assistant that my wife had an appointment with an Ochsner general surgeon in two days to install the port in her chest. She was told that they had to install the port in her chest instead of in her arm since her records said she was still on baby aspirin and anti-clotting medicine, which she was not. Since my wife had a previous appointment on the scheduled day, she tried to contact the oncologist and her medical assistant to clarify the error and reschedule the appointment with no response. So, she cancelled the appointment, thinking that she could have it installed by the surgeon who did her resection when we met with him in a couple of days. In the meantime she saw a friend who had the port installed in her arm, which my wife thought was a better place to put it.
The liver surgeon said the arm was a better place to put it but he didn't want to do it, and told us that his nurse would take care of setting up an appointment. After a couple of days with no communications from anyone, my wife set up an appointment with the same general surgeon. During the meeting he said he could only install the port in her chest and that she would have to make an appointment through radiology for a surgeon to install it in her arm. Since we figured we had delayed long enough already, my wife agreed to have him install it in her chest. He then told my wife that there were a couple of bad things that could happen during the surgery, including a 1% chance that they could puncture her lung.
Well, you guessed it, he (or a resident) punctured her lung. What was supposed to be an in and out surgery became an overnight stay in the hospital, with three x-rays. Six days later my wife had planned to fly from New Orleans to Dallas for grandparents day, but my daughter, who is a retired oncology nurse, mentioned to her that she should check with the surgeon to see if it was OK to fly. She called the surgeon, got in touch with his nurse who said if was OK, but she had to come in for another x-ray. Then the surgeon called her back and told her that the medical literature said she should wait two weeks to fly. We ended up driving to Dallas and she didn't miss grandparents day.
Last Monday my wife received the first of her GemCis treatments through the port and it worked fine. Blood work, oncologist visit, and Gem, Cis, three anti-nausea, and two liters of water IVs, and a lecture resulted in a ten hour day. Today, still no bad side effects, so it's looking good.
Bruce Baird