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This course is the first sequence of core management courses at the Evans School designed to equip students with strategies and tools to accomplish critical objectives and tasks in a variety of public service positions. The autumn course covers skills for managing the political and policy contexts within which public and nonprofit organizations operate. Main topics include organizational mission, values, communication, culture, organizational environment and the policy process, policy formulation, adoption, and implementation; communicating and negotiating conflicts, and leading teams and groups.
In this course, we will study managerial strategy by discussing specific case studies of how managers address challenges in working with external stakeholders, as well as general readings on what managers do and how public and nonprofit organizations work in the context of democratic governance. The readings provide analytical frameworks that illuminate the cases. We will give particular attention to the responsibilities and challenges of diagnosing problems and developing solutions in turbulent and rapidly changing political environments in a globalizing world.
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Situate yourself within an organization or a policy environment;
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St. John's new pastor finds her way to ministry following rocky detour
By LARRY DEVINE
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The Rev. Cindy Johnson has become the first woman collared pator at St. John Lutheran Church in Carroll.
August 5, 2013
The Rev. Cindy Johnson thanks God that He was persistent or she would not have become the first collared woman pastor at St. John Lutheran Church in Carroll.
Johnson believes God first called her when she was visiting Lutheran Lakeside Camp at East Lake Okoboji.
"I was walking from my cabin to the dining hall when I heard a voice," she recalls. "It wasn't male or female, per se, although I've tended to say, 'He said.' He said. 'I want you to be a minister for me.'"
But Johnson was a young teenager at the time and not ready to start that path.
Instead of God's calling quickly leading her to ministry, she says, she took the rough road: failed marriages, single-motherhood and life-threatening health problems.
"I went on with life until I was 43, when I heard God call again," she recounted in a recent interview in her office at St. John Lutheran, on East 18th Street. "He said, 'I said I want you to be a minister for Me.' And that's when I went and talked to my bishop. I talked about how I'd been married and divorced. And I said, 'How is God going to use me?'"
The bishop reminded her of the story from the Gospel of John about Jesus' meeting with the woman at the well. The story reflects God's forgiveness and promise of new life to the world.
Johnson, 57, says, "God will use whomever wherever they are in life."
So in the summer of 2002, Johnson entered Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque. During her third year of seminary, she interned at St. John Lutheran Church in Bellevue, Iowa. In May 2006 she graduated from seminary, and in November that year became pastor at Peace Lutheran Church in rural West Burlington, where she served before she received the call to come to Carroll. She interviewed here last November and was installed as pastor on March 2.
When Bonnie Jackson, chairwoman of St. John's call committee, contacted Johnson about the Carroll opening, began telling Johnson where Carroll is located in west-central Iowa.
Johnson recalls with a laugh, "I said, 'Bonnie, I know where Willey is.' It was just interesting that I was coming back to Carroll County."
Johnson was the oldest of three children of "Bud" and Marian DeBoer. She grew up on a farm west of Le Mars, and then the family moved north of Bronson, in Woodbury County. The family operated what Johnson calls an old-fashioned farm. Those were the days farmers could make a living by growing crops on 160 acres and raising cattle and feeder pigs. "Bud" DeBoer also was a salesman for Funk's seed corn.
In the summer of 1973, before Cindy's senior year of high school, the family moved to Coon Rapids, where "Bud" had taken a job with Garst Cattle Company. Cindy graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1974, however, "Bud" passed away from cancer and the family moved back to Le Mars. Cindy's mom, Marian, served as high school principal at Le Mars for 18 years. She passed away in 2008 at age 79.
In her work history, Johnson went from restaurant waitress and cook in Le Mars to insurance agent in Sacramento and Bakersfield, Calif., before she returned to Le Mars in 1992, wanting to return to a more-comfortable, safer environment. In Le Mars she became assistant activities director at Brentwood Good Samaritan Center nursing home and activities director at The Abbey nursing home.
Then, she says, "By this time, I was hearing God calling me again to be a pastor."
She talked to the bishop at Storm Lake and laid out reasons for her hesitancy: messy relationships where she married and divorced three times; single motherhood; and no college degree. Would God really be calling her?
But Johnson recalls the bishop urged, "Well, get going."
So Johnson, who was living in Remsen at the time, did get going, starting at Western Iowa Tech College. But she soon had to drop from school after she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent months of chemotherapy.
"The people of Remsen supported me and kept me going as I was going through chemo," she says. "Then, when I was in the last stages of therapy and starting to feel better, I went back to Western Iowa Tech in the summer of 1999."
She eventually earned an associate's degree from Western Iowa Tech and then a diversified studies degree - elementary education and psychology - from Buena Vista University.
Johnson served as organist at St. James Catholic Church in Le Mars and accompanist in the Le Mars Gehlen Catholic School music department before becoming Gehlen's full-time vocal music teacher at Christmas 2001, replacing a teacher who moved from the area. She taught until she entered seminary.
"I taught at Gehlen and loved that, what a good school. But then I went to seminary, and that's where I needed to be," she says.
At St. John, Johnson says, she's found a welcoming congregation that is revitalizing.
"My position here," she says, "is almost as a coach and this is the team. I'm here to lead them and inspire them to be the very best followers of Christ they can be. I'm here to hold their hands during the hard times and to remind them that they're precious children of God, that Jesus died for them, that they're loved so much."
The congregation numbers approximately 350 with attendance of about 100 at weekend services.
Johnson says, "I'd rather have members who are disciples of Jesus Christ than members who are just sitting in pews so that I can say that I have 1,000 people. I love people, and I'd like people to come and experience the love they're going to receive here at St. John, not just from me but from the whole congregation.
"This is a place to get recharged. You have a week where people are just after you all the time, so then you have to have a place where you can recharge and experience holiness, which is God's love and mercy. Then this is a good place to be."
Johnson says she studies scripture throughout the week, decides what points she wants to make at Sunday's services, and then speaks extemporaneously.
"I find I talk a lot about the grace of God, about a God of second and third chances," she says. "God knew we were all messed up, so he sent Jesus.
"It's a joy to serve the Lord as a pastor, somebody who can tell people about God's love and forgiveness and how to live that out. I'm a big one for when you understand that God sent Jesus for you, your response then is to do things for God and Jesus."
Johnson is heartened to see the St. John congregation has an "outward focus" in the community. The church opens its doors to the community, providing meeting accommodations for Boy Scouts, Al-Anon and other organizations, as well as providing an after-school program for kids.
The congregation recently participated in a reverse-giving program, calling it "Cast Your Bread Upon the Water." Congregation members received a total of $2,000 in various denominations from the church's general fund and were directed to take that money and grow it - do something good with it. A further stipulation: the money couldn't come back to the church or be spent personally. Congregation members used the money for such things as helping a local boy with medical needs, assisting hunger-relief programs and contributing to business micro loans for women in Third World countries.
"This congregation has worked hard to revision what their purpose is in the community," Johnson observes. "I see them being here to stay, and I see myself being part of the team for some time."
For her part, call committee chairwoman Bonnie Jackson says Johnson has proven to be an outstanding fit for the church.
"We feel really blessed to have Pastor Cindy here as our pastor," says Jackson, who served on the call committee with Ed Smith, Nicole Carroll, Alex Paulsen, Gary Schulz and Amy DeMonia. "She's just very loving and compassionate, and she has this great gift for getting to know people.
She gets to know people really well and makes connections with them. She comes across as clearly loving what she does, and that shows in her ministry to us and in the community. She's gotten to know people in those four months very quickly."
Jackson says St. John, which belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is advancing from a three-year redevelopment process to the revitalization stage.
"After that point (redevelopment), we were looking for someone specifically to come and help us to continue to grow and do more outreach and just be a stronger church," Jackson explains. "When called (Johnson) she was really excited about St. John Lutheran and the Carroll community. Now she and members of St. John are working together to make us a more vibrant and growing congregation."
Johnson also is taking training in Baltimore, Md., she says, "to be a revitalizing pastor to stay here and keep us going on the trajectory we're on."
Johnson believes insight her from own life experience, where she's taking advantage of a new chance, has helped her in her ministry,
"I understand people who are going through a dark night of the soul," she says. "I also understand the joy that comes when you know you're not alone, ever. I take to heart the verses of Romans 8 that nothing will separate us from the love of God."
She calls those her foundation verses of her understanding of God.
She adds, "Our being reconciled to God brings about a response where we then want to serve Him in ways of helping others and telling others that they too can have this good relationship with the Lord."
Johnson says she grew up in a faith-filled family, members of the Reformed Church in America. Her dad was an elder in the congregation, Sunday school superintendent and choir singer, and her mom participated in Ladies Aid and taught Sunday school. Johnson became Lutheran during her first marriage.
Johnson has three sons: Kevin Schulz, 35, Brian Schulz, 33, and Michael Leonard, 22. Kevin and Brian both live at Le Mars, with Kevin working at SmithCo Side Dump Trailers, and Brian at Bearz Construction. Michael lives in Dubuque.
Johnson's brother Mark, 54, is a former defense attorney now living in Queen Creek, Ariz., doing acting work.
Forty-five years ago, the family lost youngest child Keith, then 4 years old, when he was struck by a car.
As a pastor, Johnson says, she's honored to preside at funerals and enjoys weddings. In fact, she recently had the opportunity to perform her son Kevin's wedding in a small gathering at a park in downtown Le Mars.
"It was so neat to see this man who I'd held in my arms his first few minutes of life, given him life, and now he was standing before me," she says. "And he was so happy. He had this big grin on his face, and his bride looked so pretty. And they have such good hopes for their future."
During free time, Johnson enjoys quilting and crocheting, and she participates in a prayer-shawl ministry. "We pray as we crochet or knit, and then we give those shawls to people who are in need of a shawl," she says.
She reads historical novels and books that she says "show connection between our past and present that will then connect to our future."
She has a 5-year-old rat terrier, Lovey, who's right up there as a love of her life but no match for granddaughters, Riley Jo, 9, and Ryan Joy, 5, who live in Sioux City.
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New York -- Walgreens fiscal first-quarter earnings dropped nearly 26% as costs tied to a couple big deals and Hurricane Sandy helped put a bigger-than-expected dent in the chain's performance.
Walgreens earned $413 in the quarter million, compared with net income of $554 million in the year-ago period. Sales fell 4.6% to $17.32 billion, with same-store sales down 8%.
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Tanya Buskell and her hens can relax – for now.
She was told by a bylaw officer in mid-January that her flock of chickens were in contravention of the city's zoning bylaw, and that she would have to get rid of them within 30 days.
However, Buskell said she was contacted by the city on Friday and told she could keep her hens until council can review the bylaw and make a decision to change it or leave it as it is currently written. A report from the manager of bylaw enforcement, Gordon Ferguson, will likely come before council this month.
Mayor Bruce Banman said he wanted to spare Buskell the "pain and anguish" of getting rid of her hens until council has reviewed the issue.
Though he is open to reconsidering the bylaw, Banman said he feels it is not likely council will endorse reversing the ban on backyard chickens. Banman said due to Abbotsford's poultry industry, anything that could increase the chance of an avian flu outbreak must be discouraged.
Banman said council will review the bylaw report, consider other cities' policies, and come to an informed decision.
Buskell told The News, "I think it's really ironic that here we are, the 'City in the Country,' and you can have chickens in Vancouver but you can't have chickens in Abbotsford."
Vancouver has allowed backyard flocks since 2010, restricted to four hens and no roosters at a single-family home, along with rules for proper care and management.
Buskell said she agrees with such conditions, so hens are not disturbance. She informed her neighbours when she got her flock, and some like to bring their children to see the hens.
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THE youngest son of Dean Martin is to make one if his first ever UK appearances at the Circus Tavern.
Ricci Martin, now 61, will be bringing a show which pays tribute to the hits made famous by his Dad, Dean - who was a member of the Rat Pack during the late 1950s and early 60s.
Since 2003, Ricci has entertained thousands of fans and now he is bringing and exciting new show called Dino to the UK.
He is performing at just five UK venues in May and on Sunday, May 18, one of those venues will be the Circus Tavern.
Ricci will be taking an audience down memory lane singing his father's hit songs such as "Memories Are Made of This", "Volare", "That's Amore", "Houston" and "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime", all with the accompaniment of a live band.
Dean Martin, who died in 1995 aged 78, was famed for his cool persona. Naturally encapsulating that, Ricci performs in the humorous laid back style.
During certain musical segments there will be some never-before-seen photos projected on a screen of Dean's family life, his Vegas performances and his hit television series, the "Dean Martin Show", which hosted the biggest stars of the day.
Ricci also tells the story of the breakdown of Dean and Ricci's mother Jeanne Biegger's break up in 1973, along with a touching account of the loss of his brother Dean-Paul, who died in a plane crash in 1987.
There will also be a question and answer session with members of the audience.
Ricci will perform a matinee show, from 2.30pm and an evening show from 7.30pm on May 18. Tickets start from £13.50 and can be purchased by visiting: www.adsevents.co.uk or calling 0844 5006615.
*You can win tickets to the show! Simply answer the following question: Which famous pack was Dean Martin a main member of?
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A FINE second-half strike from Sam Lanahan saw the Magpies celebrate a superb away victory against play-off chasing Eastbourne Borough.
With a stiff wind at their backs, Borough enjoyed the lion's share of possession in the first half but a combination of sloppy passing from the home side and resolute defending from Dorchester kept chances to a minimum.
The best opportunity to open the scoring fell to the hosts on 30 minutes and stemmed from an inviting ball from the left by ex-Birmingham City youth player Jack Deaman.
Simon Johnson flicked on the cross and full-back Sam Cole, back in favour at Priory Lane after his loan spell at Lewes, powered a firm header against the post.
Dorchester were camped in their own half for large chunks of the first period but on the occasions they did foray forward they attacked with purpose.
Winger Charlie Losasso provided a useful outlet on the left and he caused a few problems for Borough right-back Lewis Tallack.
In the 43rd minute it was Losasso's good run and cross that teed up Jack Twyford, however, his flashing header across the goal was an inch wide of the far post.
After the interval, and now assisted by the elements, Dorchester began brightly and Nick Crittenden tested Craig Ross in the Borough goal with a fizzing effort that the keeper gathered safely low to his right.
The all-important breakthrough arrived on 57 minutes. Ross' clearance following a Dorchester corner held up in the wind and bounced off the back of Simon Johnson's head as he ran away from goal just inside his own half.
Losasso found Lanahan and he took full advantage, easily wrong-footing Tallack on the edge of the box before curling an excellent effort beyond Ross and into the bottom corner.
Veteran Gary Hart was thrown into the action to replace Deaman – the defender hadn't fully recovered from a first-half injury – as the hosts searched for an equaliser.
Striker Darren Lok, so often a match winner when coming off the bench for Eastbourne, offered fresh legs up front to relieve the hard-working Elvis Hammond, and Cole was given licence to bomb forward at every opportunity.
Giant centre-half Ian Simpemba headed a cross just wide after a brief spell of pressure but it was Dorchester who came closest to scoring next.
Twyford tried his luck from the edge of the box with a left-footed effort but the drifted just wide of the target.
Four minutes of stoppage time were added but although Borough lumped a couple of hopeful balls into the box, none of them troubled the under-worked visiting keeper Alan Walker-Harris.
A small but noisy Dorchester contingent celebrated a rare victory on the road when the full-time whistle blew, while Borough fans headed for the exits grumbling about the wind, the rain and a poor performance from their side.
Speaking after the game, Dorchester striker Warren Byerley said he felt his side deserved the win.
"We worked very hard today," he said. "We created some decent chances and were good value for the three points."
Eastbourne: Ross, Tallack, Gorman, Cole, Simpemba, Watts, Derry, Raymond, Hammond (Lok 62), Johnson, Deaman (Hart 52). Subs not used: Aldred, Levy, Rowe.
Magpies: Walker-Harris, Case, Smeeton, Jermyn, N Walker, Lanahan, Twyford, Gleeson, Crittenden, Byerley (Munday 90), Losasso. Subs not used: Makoni, Ward, Way, Brooks.
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Matthew Hall doesn't do it on purpose. He doesn't even realize it's happening. He snores and when he starts, his wife is sure to let him know it.
"When I get swatted I know that, uh, it's time to roll over," said Hall.
Now there's a growing market of specialty pillows to help people like Hall.
"Minimizing snoring or minimizing sleep apnea, pillows. Pillows that can supposedly provide better support for the neck for people who have things like neck strain," said Dr. Clete Kushida, a neurologist and sleep specialist.
The SONA pillow is designed to keep sleepers on their side. It's contoured design claims to cradle the head to create optimal breathing alignment. It promises to cut down on snoring and mild sleep apnea are FDA cleared. We asked Kushida if this kind of technology could actually work.
"Pillows that kind of, you know, force a person to sleep on their side might provide some benefit," said Kushida.
A model by Brookstone promotes a built-in support system to cradle your head and neck, promising to keep your chin out and airway open. Hall put this one to the test for two weeks.
"Putting the head and neck in a CPR type position could help open up the airway to a degree," said Kushida.
Both the SONA and Brookstone tout clinical tests to back up their claims, but Kushida points out, "Take it with a grain of salt because a lot of those studies are based on just a few patients."
Another specialty pillow on the market is the Halsa pillow that uses more than 2,000 plastic spikes to apply acupressure, giving you a head message designed to help you relax. Study results are pending on this pillow.
Our sleep specialist says it's a matter of preference no matter which pillow you pick. But he says if you have serious sleep issues, don't pin your hopes to a pillow.
"For a person that has a serious sleep disorder or medical disorder there are certainly a lot of different treatments that are more accepted," said Kushida.
Hall's snoring didn't stop with the pillow he tested, though his wife did say it wasn't as loud as it was in the past. So Hall's search for the perfect pillow continues.
"I'm willing to try something that would help," he said.
When Brookstone was told the pillow didn't work for Hall, the company sent this statement:
The Brookstone Anti-Snore pillow was clinically tested and designed to help reduce snoring. The built-in support system positions the neck and jaw to help keep the airway more open. This design helps users sleep more comfortably while helping to reduce snoring.
There aren't just specialty pillows. There are also specialty pillowcases that promise to do everything from cut down on allergies to reducing wrinkles.
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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Similar to last weekend, the Saint Leo volleyball team repeated their first day's performance as they went 1-1 in the final day of the SBU Purple Bash hosted by Southwest Baptist University. The Lions dropped their morning game to Harding University 3-0, before coming back to defeat Northwestern Oklahoma State 3-0 in the early afternoon.
Finding themselves with an early slate of games before an early flight back, a slow start against Harding saw the opposing Bison take early command of the match. It was control that Harding would not relinquish in the 3-0 (25-18, 25-11, 25-20) defeat.
Quickly regrouping, the Lions took to the SBU main court for the only time in their four matches in dominating Northwestern Oklahoma State 3-0 (25-12, 28-26, 25-17). The Saint Leo defense held the Rangers to just a .027 hitting percentage. It was a match against a first-year team that allowed Coach Sam Cibrone to use some reserves to gain some experience before beginning conference play.
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Fox & Friends' Kilmeade baselessly claimed Newsmax contributor "sat next to" Obama during church services
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On Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade baselessly asserted that Newsmax "freelance reporter" Jim Davis "sat next to Barack Obama" when Obama heard controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., then-pastor of Obama's church, during a July 22, 2007, service. In fact, Davis did not claim in his article that he "sat next to" Obama during the service, and Obama's campaign called the Newsmax report "inaccurate." Also, New York Times columnist Bill Kristol reported that Newsmax had claimed that Obama was at church on the relevant day. Kristol subsequently issued a correction, writing: "The Obama campaign has provided information showing that Sen. Obama did not attend Trinity that day. I regret the error."
While discussing on the March 17 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, co-host Brian Kilmeade referred to and quoted from a March 16 Newsmax report by Ron Kessler that cited an August 9, 2007, Newsmax.com article by "freelance reporter" Jim Davis and stated: "On July 22nd [2007] he [Davis] sat next to Barack Obama as Barack Obama heard some of these same statements from that very preacher [Wright] and was nodding along." Kilmeade added, that "according to the reporter as he heard it," Wright used the phrase "[t]he United States of white America" and "lac[ed] in with expletives as Obama listened on." In fact, neither Kessler nor Davis claimed that Davis "sat next to" Obama during the service. Moreover, in a March 16 entry to its "Know the Facts" Web page, the Obama campaign refuted Newsmax's reporting, calling it "inaccurate" and stating: "Obama did not attend services on July 22nd." As reported by several media outlets, Obama was in Miami on July 22, 2007, speaking at the National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) annual convention. According to the NCLR's schedule for the day, Obama spoke as part of a "special forum" between 1:30 and 3 p.m. ET.
Following Kilmeade's assertion, co-host Steve Doocy referred to Bill Kristol's March 17 New York Times column -- in which Kristol also cited Kessler's March 16 Newmax.com column -- as a "bombshell." Co-host Alisyn Camerota added: "So that's actual evidence if you believe the story that he was there for some of these very inflammatory, offensive comments." In a subsequent report on the same edition of Fox & Friends, Doocy reported: "I know there's an item in The New York Times today that says that July 22nd he was there, but there's another report that he was probably down in Florida that day, so people are trying to connect the dots right now." In fact, later in the day on March 17, Kristol issued a correction that read:
In this column, I cite a report that Sen. Obama had attended services at Trinity Church on July 22, 2007. The Obama campaign has provided information showing that Sen. Obama did not attend Trinity that day. I regret the error.
In addition, Newsmax has issued a clarification that now accompanies Kessler's March 16 column, which reads:
Clarification: The Obama campaign has told members of the press that Senator Obama was not in church on the day cited, July 22, because he had a speech he gave in Miami at 1:30 PM. Our writer, Jim Davis, says he attended several services at Senator Obama's church during the month of July, including July 22. The church holds services three times every Sunday at 7:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Central time. While both the early morning and evening service allowed Sen. Obama to attend the service and still give a speech in Miami, Mr. Davis stands by his story that during one of the services he attended during the month of July, Senator Obama was present and sat through the sermon given by Rev. Wright as described in the story. Mr. Davis said Secret Service were also present in the church during Senator Obama's attendance. Mr. Davis' story was first published on Newsmax on August 9, 2007. Shortly before publication, Mr. Davis contacted the press office of Sen. Obama several times for comment about the Senator's attendance and Rev. Wright's comments during his sermon. The Senator's office declined to comment.
In a March 17 discussion thread on the conservative website FreeRepublic, someone who claimed to be the author of the August 9, 2007, Newsmax article defended the piece, claiming: "I did see Barack Obama that day. I said so in the article, and I'm saying so now." The poster, Philo1962, wrote further: "Now, after everyone's memory has faded, my notes have been taken to some landfill and there has been plenty of time to doctor the videos and the websites, the Obama campaign tries to deny he was there?"
From the March 17 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
DOOCY: Hey, the Jeremiah Wright, the reverend of that church out in Chicago that Barack Obama has belonged to coming up on 20 years -- it's been very troubling for the senator from Illinois. There's some new news this morning, but if you need to get caught up to date on what the story's all about, here's a little summation.
[begin video clip]
WRIGHT: Hillary is married to Bill, and Bill have been good to us. No he ain't. Bill did us just like he did Monica Lewinsky. He was riding dirty.
OBAMA: He is a well-regarded preacher, and somebody who is known for talking about the social gospel, but most of the time, when I'm in church, he's talking about Jesus, God, faith, values.
WRIGHT: The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color -- venomous lies.
OBAMA: None of these statements were ones that I had heard myself personally in the pews. One of them, I had heard about after I had started running for president and I put out a statement at that time condemning them.
WRIGHT: Barack knows what it means to be a black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people. Hillary can never know that. Hillary ain't never been called a [bleep].
OBAMA: These are not statements that I am comfortable with; I reject them completely. They are not ones that reflect my values or my ideals.
[end video clip]
KILMEADE: The thing is, he says he never heard him talk like this when he was in the pews. Now, there's a report right now that Ronald Kessler writes about. And he writes today that Jim Davis wrote for Newsmax -- was a freelance reporter for Newsmax, which is an online magazine and actually a newspaper -- a magazine that comes to your door. On July 22nd he sat next to Barack Obama as Barack Obama heard some of these same statements from that very preacher and was nodding along, according to the reporter as he heard it. The United States of white America, lacing in with expletives as Obama listened on. "Hearing Wright's attacks," goes the story, "Obama had the opportunity to walk out but Davis said" -- the reporter -- "that the senator sat in his pew and nodded along."
DOOCY: So what's extraordinary about this is -- and you saw during that little montage you saw some of Barack Obama appearing on Hannity & Colmes right here on the Fox News Channel on Friday night. And one of the final questions Major Garrett asked Barack Obama was, "If you had heard any of those things would you have quit the church?" And he said, "Absolutely, I would have quit the church."
But this bombshell today that, in fact, Bill Kristol talks about in The New York Times this morning, is it on -- during this past year, July 22nd, Barack Obama, according to Jim Davis as quoted by Ron Kessler -- and of course Ron Kessler from The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, very well-respected reporter -- says Barack Obama was in the room that day when they were talking about stuff just like this.
CAMEROTA: So that's actual evidence if you believe the story that he was there for some of these very inflammatory, offensive comments.
DOOCY: How could you miss them?
CAMEROTA: How could you have gone to the church for 20 years?
DOOCY: Yeah. And miss them?
CAMEROTA: It doesn't stand to reason that this pastor only said these things twice and that Barack Obama happened to not be there during those two times.
OBAMA [video clip]: You heard some statements from my former pastor that were incendiary and that I completely reject, although I, you know, knew him and know him as somebody in my church who talked to me about Jesus and family and friendships but clearly had -- you know, but if all I knew was those statements that I saw on television, I would be shocked.
DOOCY: Juan Williams joins us live from our D.C. bureau. Juan, I don't know if you saw the Major Garrett interview with Barack Obama on Friday night.
WILLIAMS: I did.
DOOCY: Well, at the very end, he asked Barack Obama, "So if you heard those comments, those fiery comments from Reverend Wright, would you quit your church? Would you leave your church?" And he said yes.
You gotta figure people are going through all the tape right now trying to find the day that Barack Obama was indeed in the pews. I know there's an item in The New York Times today that says that July 22nd he was there, but there's another report that he was probably down in Florida that day, so people are trying to connect the dots right now.
WILLIAMS: Well, you know, I think -- see, we get locked into this, and now it becomes kind of a hunt. You know, Steven, I think that --
DOOCY: Gotcha.
WILLIAMS: Yeah. And I just think it's too bad, because Barack Obama was trying to represent that he was beyond this, that he was taking us to a different place. I think that's why people have been voting for him, people wanted to be supportive of him, people saw him as taking us to a different place in terms of race or even beyond race in this country. And suddenly here we are back with Barack Obama playing -- I think it's dodgeball because there's no getting away from the fact he knew exactly who Jeremiah Wright was. He wouldn't have Jeremiah Wright at his announcement last year for this very reason when he was announcing for president.
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This last Monday Teddy had a tube inserted in to his right kidney to alleviate the swelling and help the drainage. The first Radiologist missed the mark and he had to have it done again! At any rate they feel the blockage is really a kidney stone and we will know more this Monday when he sees his Urologist.
Then yesterday we trotted off to the Oncologist for his follow-up on his Labs from last week. There is a count (I only know it as a Biliary count) its a CP something or CA. Anyway normal is like 17 and in March it went to 37 and in April to 43 and now it is 60. While this count is climbing everything is clean and wonderful. The ONC has no idea why this count is rising as nothing shows for it. He is thinking it may be from the stone that is caught. His next visit is July 3 to go over new Labs and if the count is still climbing they will do a new CT Scan.
I guess being the worrier I am I am wondering if "something " is brewing and not showed its ugly head yet. He looks good and he feels good but we are well aware what a sneaky little devil this monster is! When the kidney business is settled we may go to a homeopathic doctor and begin the massive Vitamin C treatments. Have heard so many good things about that and it cannot hurt.
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(a) The head of an Executive agency may pay an employee hostile fire pay at the rate of $150 for any month in which the employee was—
on duty in an area in which the employee was in imminent danger of being exposed to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines and in which, during the period on duty in that area, other employees were subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines; or
An employee covered by subsection (a)(3) who is hospitalized for the treatment of his or her injury or wound may be paid hostile fire pay under this section for not more than three additional months during which the employee is so hospitalized.
An employee may be paid hostile fire pay under this section in addition to other pay and allowances to which entitled, except that an employee may not be paid hostile fire pay under this section for periods of time during which the employee receives payment under section 5925 of this title because of exposure to political violence or payment under section 5928 of this title.
(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XI, § 1111(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1238.)
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Fox Uses Absurd Hypothetical Lending Scenario To Attack Obama's Student Loan Plan
Attacking President Obama's student loan debt relief plan, Fox & Friends used an unrealistic hypothetical lending scenario to suggest that taxpayers will be on the hook for "a lot!" of unpaid student debt. Here's the scenario presented by Fox & Friends:
While Fox & Friends displayed the graphic, co-host Gretchen Carlson said:
CARLSON: Let's take a look at an analogy -- an example of how this would work for a fictitious person. Let's say you borrow $212,000 for a four-year college education. Then you would repay $28,220 on that. This is based on the fact -- you have to keep in mind what this person actually will earn when they go to the real world. That has something to do with it. So if you have to --
STEVE DOOCY (co-host): Yeah, they earn 25,000.
CARLSON: So if you only have to repay $28,220 of those loans, who makes up the difference? Well, the bottom line is the taxpayer does -- and you can do the math there. The difference between $212,000 and $28,000 is a lot of money for the taxpayers to make up. I actually think this -- this plan is not only trying to court the young people, it's trying to court the parents of those young people who may in fact be helping out these young people with their student loans down the road as well.
It seems Fox & Friends got its hypothetical scenario from a column [1] by Fox's Chris Stirewalt. Here's Stirewalt's scenario starring "Suzy Creamcheese":
Take this example: If Suzy Creamcheese gets into George Washington University and borrows from the government the requisite $212,000 to obtain an undergraduate degree, her repayment schedule will be based on what she earns. If Suzy opts to heed the president's call for public service, and takes a job as a city social worker earning $25,000, her payments would be limited to $1,411 a year after the $10,890 of poverty-level income is subtracted from her total exposure.
Twenty years at that rate would have taxpayers recoup only $28,220 of their $212,000 loan to Suzy.
So let's break down the problems with Fox's example:
This example first relies on a student borrowing $212,000 from the Department of Education to attend George Washington University. According [2] to the Project on Student Debt, an initiative of the Institute for College Access & Success, a college senior "who graduated in 2009 had an average of $24,000 in student loan debt."
The National Center for Education Statistics reported [3] the average cost of any institution of higher learning is $17,633 in 2009-2010, $15,014 for public four-year institutions, and $32,790 for private institutions. Using these numbers as a baseline, four years of college would cost roughly $70,532 on average, with the average four-year education at a public institution costing $60,056, and $131,160 for the average four-year education at a private institution.
The total cost of George Washington University -- used in Stirewalt's post and parroted by Fox & Friends -- is not reflective of the average cost of four-year undergraduate institutions.
Additionally, Obama's plan applies only to loans issued directly from the federal government -- and no student can borrow $212,000 directly from the federal government. According to the Direct Stafford Loan website [4], the maximum amount any student can receive over four years directly from the Department of Education is $57,500. So Fox's hypothetical -- which relies on a student borrowing $212,000 from the government -- is already flawed.
The most recent US Census [5] data clearly points out that the average person whose highest degree earned is a bachelor's degree makes significantly more than $25,000 annually, making Fox's assumption that an individual would stay at a job for 20 years that pays $25,000 annually extremely unlikely. Nevertheless, here is how the FoxNews.com post concluded that the borrower would repay $28,220 over 20 years:
If Suzy opts to heed the president's call for public service, and takes a job as a city social worker earning $25,000, her payments would be limited to $1,411 a year after the $10,890 of poverty-level income is subtracted from her total exposure.
Twenty years at that rate would have taxpayers recoup only $28,220 of their $212,000 loan to Suzy.
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According to the latest Census, the average person whose highest degree earned is a bachelor's degree earns $56,665 annually. Even if such a debtor paid only 1 percent of their income annually, according to the Fox News formulation, they would still contribute about $5,000 per year and would likely repay the entire maximum loan amount in 20 years.
More importantly, President Obama said in a speech [6] announcing the student loan repayment plan that "[the plan] won't cost taxpayers a dime, but it will save you money and it will save you time." And Melody Barnes, Obama's domestic policy adviser explained [7] to The Washington Post that "that the program will not cost taxpayers anything because the administration plans to use savings from the elimination of loan subsidies to pay for the reduction on interest rates on loans that are consolidated."
Combining statistical outliers with unlikely scenarios is not a legitimate way to substantiate any point, particularly this one.
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My go-to holiday cookie recipes are the ones that are the most unfussy. As much as I tend to be all hands-on in the kitchen, I possess a serious lack of patience when it comes to decorating food. Especially cookies, cakes and other sweet things- it's just not my style. People who can spend hours on the finer details of beautiful desserts – I am in awe of them.
I'm pretty sure that same impatience gene seeps into other aspects of my life, but I'll skip that story for now. All I can say is that yoga breathing is something I'm grateful to know and practice. Even with those deep breaths going in and out, I don't see a future designing wedding cakes.
However, I do love to share some baking during the holidays and that's why these cookies are a favorite. They have that rustic crunch from the cornmeal, an amazing lemon scent and a hit of piney-fresh rosemary.
- 10 tablespoons butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon lemon extract (optional)
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup coarse ground cornmeal (polenta)
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary, plus a few sprigs for garnish
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ cup pinenuts, plus extra for garnish
- 1 cup powdered sugar
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- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- Beat the butter and sugar in a standing mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes on medium high speed. Add the lemon zest and the eggs, one at a time, beating until incorporated. Stir in the lemon extract, if using.
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I don't have IE8 to properly test in easily available to me but I am getting feedback from some users on my site: www.classicstoday.com that the JQuery autocomplete functionality we have set up for our main site search form is not working properly in IE8. Looking to get some more feedback and hopefully some ideas as to how we can correct this issue for our IE8 users.
Which part of the autocomplete doesn't work in IE8?
After I get this error message on the page:HTML Parsing Error: Unable to modify the parent container element before the child element is closed.
and say that Yes, I do wish to continue, the autocomplete for the Composer seems to still work.
Hmm. I have not heard about that error yet. Can you send along a screen shot and any idea on what you think might be going on with that first error, that would be a huge help. As far as the auto complete fields are concerned I have been told that the only fields that work in IE8 are the composer and work title fields and nothing else (there are more text auto complete fields in the advanced section of the search form) I am just trying to confirm that there is a problem with them and then a way that we can go about fixing them if there is in fact a problem.
It seems to be the datepicker's causing trouble.
You can resolve this by applying the standard solution, of moving your body scripts down to the end of the body just before the </body> tag.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the screen shot we will look into that immediately. Now to the issue at hand I have users emailing me fairly frequently that on versions of IE8 some of our auto complete drop downs do not work in our main review search form.....here is a note from a user and what he experienced:
I am running Windows 7, with IE8. I apply the monthly updates as soon as they are available, so I am up-to-date with all software and security updates.
I access http://www.classicstoday.com/.I type moz and select MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS from the drop down.I click "open advanced search...".Then in the conductor field I type sze. I also tried typing szell, but there is no drop down to select from.
So, you are correct in that I am typing rather than selecting the conductor's (or soloist's) name.It looks like the issue is that there is no drop down to choose from fro soloist or conductor.
Now I have tried this search in Chrome, Firefox and Safari and it works just fine. What I am trying to figure out here is if there is an actual problem with the auto complete drop downs in IE8 and if so how do we fix it or is this just another user who has no idea what they are talking about.
Looking forward to your reply.
I also see that IE9 doesn't show that suggestions list either, so let's first start by looking at IE issues in general.
What I see is that the conductor JSON event is not triggering the success method for some reason, which explains why the autocomplete is not getting set up for it.
Hmmm. Ok. Well if the JSON event is not triggering the success method do you have any ideas why that might not be happening?
Not personally, no. But you're closer to someone else being able to help with things, now that we've figured out that its one of several ajax requests happening at the same time that fails.


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Friday morning, the U.S. Department of Agriculture revised its projected Class III milk price average for 2013 slightly downward.
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What it Was Like to Be a Finalist in the Search to Discover the Next Oprah on Her New Network & How it Inspired Me to Reinvent Myself
December 31, 2010 - Linda Grasso
Me, back in July, before heading off to an audition for Your OWN Show
I got People today and, for the first time in months, I actually looked at it. Typically, I toss it aside thinking who are all these people with weird names like Snooki and why would I be interested in any of the Kardashians? The reason for my sudden interest? The magazine had an article profiling the 10 contestants on Your OWN Show – the upcoming series to pick and groom "the next Oprah." My interest in the reality show was more than casual.
It all started back in July. "Hi, Linda, this is Emily from OWN." I'd answered my cell as I drove along the 405 Freeway. I immediately thought of thought of my sister, Lisa. Yeah, it was her – being a smart ass. She'd recently encouraged me to enter the OWN contest by putting my reel up on the network's site. I feigned sincerity, "Hi Emily. Is Oprah with you right now?" "Excuse me? I'm calling from the Oprah Winfrey Network. We really liked your tape and we want to talk to you about possibly becoming a finalist to compete on the show. What???
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HOUSTON - A man, believed to have stabbed three people, was shot to death by police at a pre-wedding party in southeast Houston.
The incident happened at an apartment complex on Nagle and Leeland around 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Houston police said a guest at the party got into an argument with several others in an apartment.
"One of the party members got into an argument with other family members. That argument moved out to the street where the suspect stabbed the three individuals," said Keese Smith with the Houston Police Department.
Someone called police and when two officers arrived, investigators said the 26-year-old man with the knife tried to stab them.
"The officer on duty, in uniform, ordered the suspect to drop the knife. Instead the suspect charged at the officer. One of the officers, in fear for his life and that of his partners, discharged his weapon, striking the victim," said Smith.
However, authorities said the man did not give up. The wounded knife-welding man lunged at the second officer who was standing just feet away, investigators said.
"The suspect then continued to charge aggressively toward the officer and the second officer discharged his duty weapon, striking the suspect and he was pronounced dead at the scene," Smith said.
The three stabbing victims were taken to local hospitals. The father of the suspect, Abujar Idakoju, 62, was taken to Ben Taub Hospital and the brother of the suspect, Ibraham Idakoju, 29, was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. The name of the third victim has not been released.
The officers involved in the shooting were B.J. Morley and J.A. Rincon. Both have been with the Houston Police Department for nearly four years.
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It's more than just alliteration; it's a statement, a proclamation that Thursdays are when the weekend should really start. Kicking it off right is the key, and what better way than with a cocktail that not only takes the edge off, but tastes good too. A hard thing to disagree with, we know. Drink up, get down and go to sleep happy.
Many drinks promise a bite, but few deliver like this serrano pepper-kissed margarita. Brave through the first few sips and you'll be rewarded with a glassful of refreshing and complementary flavors. From the salt, paprika and lime powder-dusted rim to the splash of sweet Grand Marnier that helps ease the heat, this spicy margarita balances the punch you want with the crispness you crave. Garnish with a few slices of serrano pepper, if you dare.
Bottoms up, folks.
Spicy Margarita
1 serving
1 1/2 oz. Sauza Hornitos tequila
Spicy tequila (to taste)
1 oz. Grand Marnier
1 1/4 oz. sweet and sour mix
Lime powder
Serrano pepper
Begin by adding ice into a pint glass.
Pour in an ounce and a half of Sauza Hornitos tequila.
Add a splash of spicy tequila and an ounce of Grand Marnier.
Add the sweet and sour mix, then shake.
Rim the glass with the paprika, salt, and lime powder.
Garnish with a slice of serrano pepper.
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Dr. Goodword wrote:• gossip •
Pronunciation: gah-sip • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. Passing on rumors or the rumors themselves; hearsay, unreliable stories of questionable origin, tattling that spreads. 2. Someone who passes on rumors. 3. (British) A godparent.
Notes: Since it has a slightly negative connotation, today's Good Word is usually associated with women, though male gossips are not unheard-of. It comes with an adjective, gossipy, which opens the door for gossipiness.
In Play: I have heard that office gossip is about 90% reliable, though this might be just gossip: "Have you heard the latest gossip about Lucinda Head? Well, she apparently was seen checking into a motel with Phil Anders!" This would be said, of course, in a whisper with the hand shielding the mouth in case a lip-reader was eavesdropping.
Word History: This Good Word has come a long way. It began its life in Old English as a compound noun, godsibb "godparent", from God + sibb "relative", also found in sibling. The meaning had expanded by Middle English to include any familiar acquaintance, especially to woman friends invited to attend a birth. By the 1560s its meaning had been extended a bit farther to include anyone engaging in idle talk, in other words, a gossip. Finally, by 1811 it shifted to the talk of gossips itself. Similar words can be found in Old Norse guðsifja "to talk idly." (We hasten to thank Kathleen McCune of Norway who, though no gossip herself, did share today's Good Word with us.)
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HintYou do not take both of them straight. Think of the scientific name of something you eat every day.
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Marian Gaborik:
On whether he's had a season like this:
"Yeah, I think there has been one or two back in Minny. So, it happened. So, over the summer obviously I'm just going to address things and train hard and come back in great shape and bring it to another level, that's for sure."
On what wasn't right:
"I don't know. It's just been kind of up and down. It's hard to say."
Shoulder/concussion are fine. The groin and legs bothered him at times. "But overall, it was OK."
On coming back from bad seasons before:
"Yes, I have. Just put your head into it, and obviously your body into it. Just regroup. It's not like the season was the worst of my career or anything, obviously. Disappointing, but it's not tragedy. Disappointing in terms of individually, and of course to get an early exit in the playoffs."
On succeeding in this system last year:
"I think we played differently as a team this year. We created an identity of the team we have, so we played, I think, differently. But I think I bought into it and I think I did a lot of good things differently, more battle and stuff. We played more grinding hockey. When we got into playoffs, it's too bad we had an early exit, but I'm looking forward to next year and, how I said, to bring it to another level."
On getting more top-level talent:
"Management obviously has do decide that. I think more skill would help, you know? So we'll see what they're going to do. It felt, in terms of my game, obviously it's disappointing, but I felt better in the playoffs even though the production wasn't there."
On not having a steady center:
"The lines have always changed. It would be definitely great to have someone you could click with. So we'll see what's going to happen. There are a few free agents out there that are top guys, so, I'm sure … you know that they're going to, they always have, try everything to get guys and I'm sure Glen will definitely try to do something. So we'll see what's going to happen."
Sean Avery:
"Certainly it's disappointing, on the series, for sure. I think it was certainly a good experience for the young guys on the back end, and up front. Like I said after the game, I summed the series up with, whether we feel like we outworked them or not, they scored more goals and that was the difference."
On Callahan:
"Yeah, you add him back into the lineup and the whole dynamic of the team changes just because of how physical he is and the work ethic and what he does to a team. There's a guy like that on every team, and he's certainly our guy. So it's disappointing. I know he's certainly not happy about it."
On judging this season by making the playoffs or going out quickly?:
"I think disappointment. We assumed we were going to make the playoffs at the start of the season. It sucks. Listen, we lost in the first round. I think that, we certainly could have made that a different situation. That's why I'm here now talking. It doesn't feel great, that's for sure."
On his year:
"I don't know. It was a difficult season. I was happy with how I played in the playoffs. I think I kind of just let myself go and stopped worrying about things that you really just can't worry about. Certainly offensively I felt like I would have liked for our line to contribute a little bit more in the playoffs. But, it's tough. It's tough to talk about it afterwards. But I felt like I played hard and tried to give the team what I'm supposed to be.
"It's a situations where I certainly went into the playoffs with an attitude that I was just going to leave it all on the table and not be worried about things that I've been worried about over the course of the season, turning pucks over, or certainly penalties, and a combination of those two. And it's tough to play. It kind of happened the year before where I got to a breaking point. I said 'I've just got to play the way that I know how to play.' I certainly think you can see the difference in the two games, for sure."
"I feel like there's a certain way that I play, and it's a different way as far as most people play. Now, it's a risk/reward type of situation where my game, if I play the way I play in the playoffs during the regular season, it's a different situation, because I'm going to get penalties. But, I think the reward in the long run is I feel like there's more upside. So it's a struggle that I've been dealing with. But I said it before I got back in the series, that I wasn't going to have that mentality any more. Moving forward, that's certainly the situation.
"I'm 31. I feel better than I've ever felt. I have to play that way. It's not fun to play any other way, certainly not for me."
Did his playoff performance send that kind of signal to the coaches that he deserves to be in the lineup:
"Yeah, I mean, I don't want to talk about how I played, because ultimately we're sitting here, our season's over with. But I feel like I played the type of game that I've played and I'm supposed to play. I think that game helps the team. Is it always going to be perfect? No. But over the long haul and the course of a season I think it's going to be beneficial."
Somebody asked him if his restaurant business is going to make it an easier transition into the offseason.
Avery gave him a classic Avery stare and said, "Well, I'm not going to start scrubbing dishes, if that's what you're asking."
Tortorella coming next — he was pretty good, and pretty interesting on free agents, on Drury, on Gaborik, on Avery, on Del Zotto, etc.
Then more players throughout the evening, and maybe some leftovers tomorrow.
My fingers just don't go fast enough to get anything done more quickly, and I still have to write a story.


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With every expansion we have a guess as to who is going to hit level 90 first! It's always a fun level to 90, and Aza is going to work hard at trying to get to 90 first and be server first warlock!
However, I think a little game may be in order!
Guessing who is going to be first might be pretty easy.. but guessing the trifecta of level 90s might be a bit tougher!
The challenge is, to name the first 3 Frostwolves to get to level 90, in the correct order and whoever gets it right, will win one of the Blizzard pets of my choosing (obviously depends on what you already have). If you have all the pets already... well I will go and buy a TCG pet instead :)
Here's my guess:
- Azadelta
- Gutsy
- Fueghan
Good luck everyone and happy levelling in 14.5 hours!


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The machine gun rounds sounded like popcorn as they punched holes in the Osprey's fuselage. Sgt. Shane Moreland, perched at the aircraft's tail gun, began raining lead on enemy positions as he and his aircrew made the final approach to insert reconnaissance Marines in a predawn raid in southern Afghanistan on the morning of June 27, 2012.
Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, and accompanying Afghan National Army soldiers were interdicting drug movements and seizing weapons caches. It was the job of two Osprey crews with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squandron 365 to insert them in two waves. The first wave had gone without incident. Both aircraft touched down, put Marines and ANA in the dirt and left to pick up reinforcements.
But by the time they returned with supporting forces, the enemy had mustered and raked the landing zone with medium machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire as the two aircraft made their final approach. By the end of the mission, both aircraft would be badly damaged, causing one crew to nearly ditch in the desert. The mission, however, was a success and the raid force would take only one casualty — an Afghan soldier shot in the leg.
For their actions that day seven aircrew members were recognized June 26 aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. Among them were two Marines who became the first MV-22 Osprey pilots to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross — the fourth highest award aircrew members can receive after the Silver Star, Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor.
Going in hot
As the Ospreys entered the LZ for the second time, they were met with an overwhelming volume of enemy fire. The first Osprey, Dash-1, flown by co-pilot Capt. David Austin, didn't hear the call to wave off, Moreland said. Armed escorts began suppressing enemy positions, and Moreland's Osprey, Dash-2, piloted by Capt. David Haake, veered away and went into a holding pattern.
Despite being in a kill zone, the crew of Dash-1, including pilot Maj. Michael Hutchings, aerial observer Sgt. John Leist and crew chief Sgt. Matthew Belleci, managed to get their passengers out of the aircraft with no injuries.
Moreland, Austin, Leist and Belleci would earn the Air Medal for their actions that day, and Haake and Hutchings would become the first of their field to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
"While inserting an element of the force, Captain Austin's aircraft encountered enemy resistance from rocket-propelled grenades and medium machine gun fire, resulting in extensive damage to critical flight control systems," Austin's award citation reads. "Despite continual engagement with enemy forces during departure from the landing zone, Captain Austin skillfully flew the severely damaged aircraft with crew safely back to Camp Bastion."
Even with severe damage to his aircraft, he later returned to the heavily defended area to withdraw the raid force, "thereby enabling the successful completion of their mission."
Hutchings, who also helped pilot Dash-1, directed suppressive fire, landed and unloaded the remaining portion of the raid force during the second wave of the raid.
"Major Hutchings' heroic actions in the face of danger saved the lives of his crew and allowed for the insertion and extraction of the reconnaissance raid force to and from a highly contested objective area," according to the citation.
Leist, as the aerial observer aboard Dash-1 , "calmly guided his aircraft to the landing zone which allowed the raid force to disembark the aircraft and immediately engage the enemy," according to his citation. Belleci "delivered suppressive machine gun fire to enemy forces on the approach."
Moreland and Dash-2 didn't touch down with the first group, however. After veering away from the landing zone, Moreland's aircraft held for about 20 to 30 minutes, he said. The armed escorts told the pilot, Haake, that the LZ was still hot, but if they came in from a different heading they would lay down supporting fire.
"The pilot made sure we were all kosher with going in while fires were in the zone," Moreland told Marine Corps Times.
They flew in and, on approach, rounds started snapping by.
"I began shooting from about 150 feet in the air, so I could hear machine guns going off before I saw them. It sounds like popcorn when it goes through carbon fiber. Then I started seeing them and the muzzle flashes," he said.
It was still dark and they were operating with night vision goggles, giving them some cover but also adding to the chaos.
In all, the aircraft would take 12 rounds, damaging flight controls, causing a fuel line puncture and badly injuring an Afghan soldier.
"At that point, I didn't even really relay all the information. ... I've shot with Capt. Haake, so he had an understanding that if I was shooting, it was probably for a good reason," Moreland said.
They landed, unloaded their passengers except for the casualty and left the landing zone. As soon as they were clear, Moreland began administering aid to the Afghan. Unable to find a tourniquet, he tore the sleeve off his uniform and improvised one to stem the bleeding.
Limping home
Losing fuel fast, and unable to switch into airplane mode, the Osprey was on the verge of failing.
"We had damage to some of our flight controls. They hit a fuel line directly. That's why we were were losing so much fuel," he said. "Once we lifted, we decided what FOB we were going to go to because we knew we couldn't make it back to Camp Bastion. We kept losing all this fuel, and we didn't think we had enough to make it to the FOB we were actually trying to get to. So Capt. Haake up front called the escorts and told them to attach to us, because we thought we were going to put it down in the desert."
Low fuel wasn't the only concern.
"We weren't able to take it down to airplane mode," he said. "Anytime we tried to do that, it pulled the airplane down and to the right. The gear boxes were getting hot. The way we mitigate that is by going down to airplane mode. So along with all the other faults that we had, our transmissions were getting hot enough that they weren't going to operate much longer," Moreland said.
It wasn't until settling safely at Forward Operating Base Edinburgh that Moreland surveyed the damage and was taken aback.
"I looked at the damage and realized how close it had been for all of us," he said. "I had four seats that took bullet holes through them. The ANA solder was shot through the leg because he didn't have a pack on. Other Marines sit forward on the edge of the seat because of their packs. There were holes around the tail where I was, too."
Moreland's citation lauds his actions throughout the mission.
"Displaying courage, poise and superb situational awareness in spite of extreme adversity, he skillfully assessed aircraft damage, stabilized the casualty and assisted with a landing in the security of Forward Operation Base Edinburgh," his citation reads.
Haake is credited with getting Dash-2 safely to the ground.
"Captain Haake departed the landing zone and maneuvered his aircraft, despite the severe control systems issues and a massive fuel leak, to a safe landing," according to his citation.
Capt. Joel Vandenende, a pilot on Dash-2, received an Air Medal. His "bold and heroic actions in the face of danger saved the lives of Marines and a wounded Afghan soldier," according to his citation.


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What happened to: "I think I'll put it back on the network to let it see how bad it gets."
So, I decided to fire up one of my older laptops and install Win2000 on it. I thought maybe I'd make into a Privoxy box. I know, I know I can do that in Linux but don't worry keep reading. It was running linux before so this is a fresh install.
I got Windows 2000 installed then I went and download SP4 from Microsoft. I'm running the service pack install and it first tells me a debugger is running and to shut it down. Flag 1 Then later tells me it can't get continue because FTP.exe is running. flag 2. I pull the ethernet jack and reboot, thinking I did something wrong. Who knows I've been known to screw up once in a while.
I boot it back up and I notice it's now got some executable with a maroon and black german cross sitting in the root directory!
the plot thickens
I start poking around and think what the hell, I click on the icon, nothing happens. I try the Service pack again, same error. I reboot. This time a modem dialer runs and it wants to dial out. No thank you.
I decide to go and get Pstools and see what's going on. Holy crap. I've got a dozen or system connections to various other computers. I go and get spybot and AVG and boot into safe mode.
List of Items:
1 modem dialer program
mdm.exe Trojan
staff[1].exe Trojan
FTP.exe trojan generic_c.kr
Zedo cookies
various registry disables (from trojans)
Lessons Learned:
NEVER put a windows machine onto a network naked. At the bare minimum put it behind a router. It took 60 seconds for this machine to turn into a zombie. It's now got Linux on it. Don't get bit.
What happened to: "I think I'll put it back on the network to let it see how bad it gets."
Μολὼν λαβέ - Great spirits encounter heavy opposition from mediocre minds.
I need this machine for my Privoxy box, so I'll be trying it again in a more scientific manner. I.E. I want to have Wireshark running on the network to be able to see it happen.
Sorry man.I didnt know that was your computer>Honest!!
That's insane man. I cat believe there is that much stuff out there just floating around hunting for machines to exploit
There's no fate but what we make for ourselves.
-I already know I cant spel-
i was called over a friends house last year to help him out with his new XP machine which he was using for Music Production, he downloaded some drivers for his midi keyboard, then disconnected from the net as he didnt want ANY internet on it.
However he reported it was slow, which was strange considering it was high spec and just outta the box, upon inspection it had A LOT of dodgy processes which were taking the CPU usage up to 100%.
It's really shocking how quick this happens.
beakmyn: Are you crazy :b Putting a windows box with no updates
on the internet ??. Well you wouldn't have had that problem
if the computer was at least sitting behind NAT .
I recall reading an article that stated there was an average of
3 minutes before XP was infected with malware ...
So it's not even just bad luck. This is the case for anyone with
common vulnerabilities on windows.
That must mean once IPv6 becomes a reality for average-Joe, thatwikipedia.org
IPv6 supports 2128 (about 3.4×1038) addresses, or approximately 5×1028 addresses for each of the roughly 6.5 billion people alive today.
he won't risk being infected by random zombies ?
Or will the bad-guys begin to "sell" IP's with recent activity.
This is why I loved AutoPatcher, you could install of the current patchs and tweaks onto Windows before you even put it on the network.
I had it streamlined into all my windows install .iso's.
It went offline due to mircosoft threating to sue after microsoft change the EULA to only allow patches to be download from their own Servers.
I think their maybe a new version out that does not come with the updates/patches but downloads them directly from MS, will have to look into it to see if you can still download them and then run it 100% offline.


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ASCO Annual Meeting
June 3, 2012
A large national survey of people with cancer showed that a patient's income strongly predicts whether he or she will participate in a clinical trial. A clinical trial is a research study involving people. A clinical trial may focus on new treatments, new methods to prevent cancer, and ways to manage the symptoms and side effects of cancer and cancer treatment.
This survey used an online treatment decision tool to collect information from 5,499 patients newly diagnosed with breast, lung, colorectal, or prostate cancer. Researchers found that patients who made less than $50,000 a year were 30% less likely to participate in a clinical trial than those with a higher income. In addition, patients whose income was less than $20,000 a year were 44% less likely to participate in a clinical trial than patients with an income higher than $20,000 a year. Among the patients with a lower income, researchers found that concerns about how to pay for participating in a clinical trial were much higher.
Researchers also found that 40% of patients had talked about clinical trials with their doctors. Out of these patients, 45% were offered treatment in a clinical trial, and 51% of those offered treatment in a clinical trial participated in one. This level of clinical trial participation is much higher than that of the overall survey, which was 9%. This means that discussing clinical trials is an important factor in determining whether patients receive treatment in a clinical trial.
What this means for patients
"Previous research has shown some association between cancer clinical trial participation and income, but the income was not reported by the patients. This is the first time in a large, national study that we have actual patient-reported income on which to base this finding," said the study's lead author, Joseph M. Unger, MS, PhC, a health services researcher and statistician with the SWOG Statistical Center at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. "Our study found that after accounting for all factors such as age, education, sex, race, medical conditions, and distance to a clinic, income on its own was associated with a patient's clinical trial participation."
This study did not look at the specific cost concerns of patients with lower incomes. However, possible financial challenges may include co-pays and co-insurance and taking time off work to go for a clinic visit. These costs are also often associated with any cancer treatment. It's important to talk with your doctor about your treatment options, including participating in clinical trials and the costs you may need to pay.
Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- What type of cancer do I have? What is the stage?
- What are the treatment options?
- What clinical trials are open to me?
- Where can I learn more about clinical trials?
- If I'm worried about the cost of my cancer care, who can help me with those concerns?
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