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Gold rose Monday, even as the euro weakened, as investors sought a safe haven when the European Central Bank issued a warning about the region's finances and Moody's said it may cut debt ratings for some Spanish banks.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula also fed the safety bid for gold after an artillery firing drill by the South Korean military on a disputed island near the border with the North.
Spot gold was more than 0.5 per cent higher at $1,384.0 an ounce by 1537 EST, having touched an intraday high of $1,388.05 in early dealings. U.S. gold futures for February closed with gains of 0.5 per cent, or 6.9 cents, at $1,386.10 an ounce.
Gold's gains came in a narrow trading range in light action. Some analysts said the precious metal should remain in a consolidation mode until year end.
"Overall, it looks like consolidation. I don't see any major driver. That's partly due to a shortened trading week in the U.S. I wouldn't be surprised to see gold remaining relatively calm this week," said Carlos Sanchez, precious metals analyst at CPM Group in New York.
He noted that the U.S. economic calendar will also be light for the remainder of 2010.
The metal briefly slipped to a session low of $1,375.84 an ounce as the euro extended losses after ratings agency Moody's said it may cut some Spanish banks' ratings, but quickly rebounded on demand for the metal as a haven from risk.
"It looks to have caught a bit of a safe haven bid," said Citigroup analyst David Thurtell. "But it's very quiet. Gold has traded a very small range since an hour after the Asian open."
He also said he expected the metal to remain in a relatively narrow range into year-end.
"Most funds have stopped for the year and won't come back until the New Year," he said.
Gold, which has risen by over 25 per cent so far this year, is on track for a fourth successive month of gains.
Greater inflows into bullion-backed, exchange-traded funds and increased open interest in U.S. futures have helped fuel gold's price rise this month.
Looking to 2011, some observers said they think gold can head higher, judging by its ability to maintain lofty levels even in a thin pre-holiday trade.
"We would expect increased activity when the year begins. We expect prices to set records in the first half of next year based on the same economic back drop as we've seen throughout this year-concerns over Europe and the U.S., but with upward inflationary pressures in developing countries," said Sanchez.
In the meantime, as prices consolidate, analysts said to be ready for a tug-of-war, even if the range is limited.
"There seems to be an overwhelming belief that the market, as it is now, is pointing higher, but we need to see the third of January come first and see how it plays out," said Saxo Bank senior manager Ole Hansen.
Holdings of gold in the world's largest gold-backed ETF, the SPDR Gold Trust, rose for the first time since early December, to 1,298.94 tonnes, reflecting investor demand for bullion.
UBS precious metals strategist Edel Tully said global ETF holdings are now at a record 69.2 million ounces and pointed to a pick-up in European coin demand late last week.
With no real clarity emerging from a two-day summit of EU leaders last week, the euro looked likely to encounter more pressure. But the same safety bid that was helping the dollar, also supported gold prices.
Silver recaptured early gains late in the session, with the spot price at $29.36 an ounce. It was still up nearly 75 per cent this year at its highest since early 1980.
iShares Silver Trust, the largest silver-backed ETF, said its holdings fell to 10,903.34 tonnes by Dec 17 from a record 10,964.14 tonnes on Dec 14.
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Banter: just another weasel word
It was simply "banter" and the more my two friends remonstrated with me, the more I wondered whether I had got it wrong.
Now it seems "banter" has become the catch-all excuse for people who are unable to tell the difference between being a racist and speaking like one. If something abusive is explained away in terms of "knockabout humour" or lads using politically incorrect words because they're letting off steam, well, that's OK then.
So when I related how a colleague had referred to a particularly successful Jewish businessman, with the words: "Why are Jews so good at holding on to their money, Grant?" I thought they'd both agree that that was antisemitic.
"Come on, that's just banter," one of them said, "of course he's not being antisemitic, it's a joke."
If it was, it was a pretty poor one, and even if it wasn't, they were the words of a bigot who was using religion to explain someone's success.
He hasn't murdered anyone, says Redknapp
I still consider what he said to me antisemitic. Just as Malky Mackay, the ex-manager of Cardiff City football club, was in my view being antisemitic when he exchanged this text with a colleague: "There's nothing like a Jew seeing money slip between his fingers."
In texts he received, calling someone "a gay snake… who can't be trusted" is homophobic, and joking about "bouncing" on a female colleague's breasts is undoubtedly sexist.
Yet all of these things can be excused with a simple word. Banter. And in the furore since these vile texts were revealed last week, that's the one word we've heard over and over again. Mackay's used it, the idiots at the League Managers' Association used it as they pleaded for us to forgive poor old Malky, and even some of the biggest names in football have perpetuated the myth that just because someone says something racist, it doesn't mean that they are.
Yet excusing racism is as bad as expressing it, it is tantamount to turning a blind eye. The former fuels the latter, almost as if it's a subtle - though often completely unintentional - form of endorsement.
Malky, so everyone tells us, is a good lad at heart and the texts, according to his representatives, can be excused by the fact that they "were, with the benefit of hindsight, very regrettable and disrespectful of other cultures".
Yet the lack of outrage from the wider footballing world - aside from Lord Triesman calling for Mackay to be banned from football for a year - is just as much of a scandal.
Personally, I think there's a further dynamic to this pathetic tale of trying to excuse or ignore yet more footballing misbehaviour. Malky is British. Remember the storm when that nasty foreigner Luis Suarez allegedly used racist language on the pitch? Influential pundits led swift calls for severe punishment. That kind of language might be OK in Montevideo, but not here, they cried.
So I was surprised not to read more from high profile players this time round. This is, after all, an even more clear-cut example of racism.
But this is a "good lad" we're talking about (a Brit, not a foreigner), a friend. And so their disgust is levelled at the suits of the LMA, whose cack-handed "banter" response makes them look like dinosaurs.
In an even more astonishing and insulting statement, QPR's Harry Redknapp said: "He's not murdered anyone, he's not a rapist or a paedophile. He's made a big mistake. It happens. He's a family man, a football man. Obviously, someone is after him, ain't they?''
And there we have it. A mate is revealed to have expressed racist sentiments and we should excuse and forgive it.
The deafening silence from fellow football professionals, coupled with the absurd comments from the LMA, Redknapp and others are only making a problem deeply entrenched in society worse.
See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil of friends who reveal their true selves. It's why antisemitism is on the rise in Britain and why football is as far removed from reality as ever.
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Jennifer Lawrence seems to have confused last night's Oscars with last year's. Not only did she trip over her gown yet again, but she also tried to reclaim her Oscar throne.
Lawrence was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "American Hustle," but lost out to newcomer Lupita Nyong'o for "12 Years a Slave." J-Law is never one to take awards shows too seriously though (remember "I beat Meryl"?) and jokingly tried to wrest Nyong'o's Oscar out of her hand after the show.
There are no real hard feelings, though: Privately, Lawrence told friends that she hoped Nyong'o would win because she "so deserved it," according to the Daily Mail. Lawrence may even be glad she didn't win, so as to take the pressure off: She's reportedly planning a lengthy break from film work.
They are both so charming and cool I can't stand it. I love them both and I hope that Oscar gold foretells as brilliant a career for Lupita as it did for Jennifer. Someone get her a sci-fi film franchise, stat. We still haven't seen a Wonder Woman movie. Just saying.


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Don't give up your day job of applying the "Scientific Method", to be a psychologist. But maybe Oprah has an opening. I hear Whoopi lost it just recently. You could help her, maybe.
how about the simple fact that everyone has a time to be born and a time to die. And no man knows when.
As far as being diagnosed with cancer.... I'd be praying for the strength to deal with it. And if it went away either from treatment or body healing itself. I'd still be praying and this time thanking God for helping me to bare the burden that was mine to carry.
It doesn't matter If I live or die from cancer. What matters is I don't reject God. My life is for Gods purpose, If I die from Cancer than so be it. But I also feel that I need to do, what I need to do, treatments, medication, diet, rest... etc out of obedience. Or if I feel directed to not undergo chemo... It all comes down to praying for answers, and listening.
I suppose Prayer like many things in life... People just won't understand until they have been there.
To relate it to this hobby, I don't really need a brushless to fly a plane. but a brushless makes it so much nicer
That is life and prayer to me.
While there is a little tension in the air here it seems to me, thread starter and final arbiter that it is the non believers who are showing a higher level of stress. I base this on overall defensive attitude. (or at least my perception of it)
i understand your point. i guess people need "prayers" as a crutch or a reason why. i'm not one of them.
btw, where do you get your answer(s) and who is talking to you? is it a conclusion you gather after the fact? are you absolutely sure you didn't answer your own questions?
as far as "bashing"...not really trying to do that. i'm just asking questions just as believers would ask me. whether they get "stressed" from my response has really nothing to do with me. i can not control others emotions. nor would i want to.
Ever read about the anointing of oil and prayer. Remember when Jesus mixed his spittle with dirt to place on a blind man's eyes? Two different worlds, but the same power of prayer is evident. I believe we do what we can, but healing is in the hands of God.
Maybe this really belongs in Humor, but I thought it just might lower the stress level here:
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If you need a laugh today, then this should do it!
A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible.
This is amazing and brought tears of laughter to my eyes.
I wonder how often we take for granted that children understand what we are teaching???
Through the eyes of a child:
The Children's Bible in a Nutshell
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that.
Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.
Then God made the world.
He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.....Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.
Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.
Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.
One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.
Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable.
God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff.
Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.
One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.
After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.
After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore.
There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.
After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')
During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.
Jesus also had twelve opossums.
The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.
Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.
But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.
Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.
After a little google searching of "penalties of sin", I confess that my head is spinning. I didn't know that there are three tenses of the phrase and after reading all about it, I still don't understand exactly what it is because there are at least four major connotations of the phrase... so pick the one that fits the circumstance?
Basically I took from the readings that it is being without God... for those who know, is that correct? Salvation = being with God? Made possible because God made a sacrifice of his son to cleanse the sins of those who accept him?
My Church humor donation.....
Father O'Malley answers the phone. 'Hello, is this Father O'Malley?'
'It is!'
'This is the IRS. Can you help us?'
'I can!'
'Do you know a Ted Houlihan?'
'I do!'
'Is he a member of your congregation?'
'He is!'
'Did he donate $10,000 to the church?'
'He will.'
sgtdirt... I've been following the conundrum trail a long time. Hebrews learned about life after death, not from God, but from Greek thought while in captivity.
The concept of hell is borrowed from pagan thought in the third century AD and added to Christian thought.
Both of these major players in modern Christianity are pagan in origin rather than from the God of the Hebrews or Christians.
Two more conundrums... eh.
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Posted 05.30.08 by MICA Media Relations
BALTIMORE - Maryland Institute College of Art's annual "15x15 Alumni Exhibition and Sale" opens Thursday, June 5 in the Meyerhoff Gallery, Fox Building (1303 Mount Royal Avenue). A free, public reception takes place Sunday, June 8, 1-3 p.m. in the Meyerhoff Gallery. The exhibition, which continues through Sunday, June 22, features photographs, paintings, drawings, mixed media works and sculptures - each no more than 15 inches in any dimension - from about 270 local, national, and international MICA alumni. Graduation years range from 1944 to 2007. Prices range from less than $50 to nearly $3,000.
A 50 percent commission on the sale of any work sold during the exhibition benefits the college's Alumni Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is awarded annually to a meritorious student of any major and is funded by MICA's Alumni Association. The remaining 50 percent of the sale price of each work sold will be paid to the individual artist. Last year's sale, a 60-40 split in favor of the alumni-artists, drew about 200 participants and netted $3,500 for the scholarship.
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Founded in 1826, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is the oldest continuously degree-granting college of art and design in the nation. The College enrolls nearly 3,500 undergraduate, graduate and continuing studies students from 49 states and 65 countries in fine arts, design, electronic media, art education, liberal arts, and professional studies degree and non-credit programs. With art and design programs ranked in the top ten by U.S. News and World Report, MICA is pioneering interdisciplinary approaches to innovation, research, and community and social engagement. Alumni and programming reach around the globe, even as MICA remains a cultural cornerstone in the Baltimore/Washington region, hosting hundreds of exhibitions and events annually by students, faculty and other established artists.


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I am wrapping things up for the next month or so. I even got my tax returns done early this year. I'm headed south for about 30 days this time. It's time again to see what's going on down on the Bay of Banderas with the other part timers. I left this morning at 5:30 to catch the Coaster to Downtown San Diego. I then hopped a trolley over to the Greyhound Station on 12th and Island and from there picked up a shuttle directly to the Tijuana airport. Piece of cake and I saved almost 50 percent going out of Mexico instead of San Diego.Baby boomers are becoming a huge part of that portion of the Mexican coastline. Americans are openly welcomed. Canadians are known down there for being a bit close to their money, but Americans are generous. We bring them growth and prosperity. With all the beautiful undeveloped land and other opportunities, Puerto Vallarta still reminds me of growing up in the '50s and early '60s in Southern California with its innocence.
I love golfing but it's too expensive to play golf down there since they're all resort and Championship quality courses, so I'll be going back to being a beginning stand-up surfer over at Punta Mita with its warm turquoise water. I share an office in my part time real estate business (old habits die hard) with Ana in Punta de Mita who is a recent widow. She lost a very big part of her soul when her husband, Don, departed. He was only 50. He's just fine in Heaven. It's just those left behind that have to deal with the misery of losing a loved one.
My friends and partners in San Diego golfing crime, Mike White, John Pietell, Dean Chang and Jim Sullivan are getting up there. I'm the kid at 62. John's the senior at 79. Jim Sullivan's better half, Lisa, was just diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
When it starts happening to your spouse of a boatload of years, real reality seems to speed up exponential. My prayers always go out to those who remain left behind here on earth. I have learned a lot about heaven through my daughter who has a very rare and growing popular talent of learning things we all crave to know. Believe me, heaven is not clouds and harps.
It is fabulous, but you're not allowed to rush it. You go when it is your time. That is what Lisa has chosen to do. She has decided to forgo the expensive and very painful and debilitating effects of the cancer treatments. She wants quality rather than quantity. She is at peace with the process.
I'm frugal as hell, not cheap, but careful. But letting the sun hit me in the face every day and giving a glorious thanks when I hit the hay at night seems to be just fine. I'll let His will be done in the hours between. Until it's time to go home, there must be a purpose. It's a constant search. Until my next column from paradise, may peace find you, always.


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In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both.
Dallas Cole loathes football. That's what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing field (and the players) in her past.
But life doesn't always go as planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn't bad enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make the jump to college ball… as the new head coach at Rusk University. Dallas finds herself in the shadows of her father and football all over again.
Carson McClain is determined to go from second-string quarterback to the starting line-up. He needs the scholarship and the future that football provides. But when a beautiful redhead literally falls into his life, his focus is more than tested. It's obliterated.
Dallas doesn't know Carson is on the team. Carson doesn't know that Dallas is his new coach's daughter.
And neither of them know how to walk away from the attraction they feel.
With the start of her new series set at Texas's fictional Rusk University, Cora Carmack writes what she knows. And you can't really know all of the obsession, complexity, and rivalry involved in Texas football unless you've lived it. Where weekly games take over small towns all over the state and young players become celebrities and good coaches are like gods. And where it's easy to get swallowed up in the whole thing. This is a world that Carmack builds through first-hand experience, and she captures all of its spirit.
At Dallas's first college party, she runs into her ex, then a wolf in sheep's clothing, before meeting a guy who might be worth another look. It's easy to see why she's tired of living in her father's shadow as the coach's daughter, a pawn players bet against as part of a cruel game or suck up to trying to win favor. But Carson isn't a typical high school football star who's into those kinds of games. He's had to work to get where he is, and finding someone who doesn't have an ulterior motive is a refreshing change. Their own first meeting is pretty memorable in itself and turns every expectation Dallas has come to have about guys her age on its head—and this is before she realizes he's both a football player and on her dad's new team.
What develops between Dallas and Carson is genuine friendship above everything else. Dallas is a girl with a strong head on her shoulders, sometimes too strong. Her own dreams have been obscured by the bright lights of the stadium, and she's slow to trust anyone. Her dad, the coach, has skeletons of his own. For his part, Carson is that rare mix of young male who knows the value of hard work to achieve his goals and who is actually better for it than his privileged peers.
The gritty side of life in a Texas football town isn't shied away from as the story unfolds. To really do this culture justice requires revealing every dirty little secret. At the same time, the culture should also be celebrated inthe way it brings communities together and gives young men the opportunity to learn the life lessons that are found in the microcosm of a football game: teamwork, good-natured competition, respect.
When we score with a reverse pitch to Torres, a wide receiver, the sound is deafening. The band immediately picks up with the RU fight song, and for a for seconds, I remember what it was like to love football. Before Dad and I fought so much and before Levi ruined me more than I already was, there had been something special about the game for me. I loved the way one person could start a chant, and soon a stadium of thousands had picked it up and were screaming in unison. I loved that kids who didn't give a crap about school were suddenly belting the school song from the top of their lungs. I loved those tense moments before the start of a play when everyone is wishing and hoping exactly the same thing, and the whole stadium holds its breath.
Even now... I can admit that there's something a little bit magical about it.
And I get why Dad does it. Not just football, but his whole thing. To take a team and a town that doesn't believe and bring them together, I can see how that would fill him up, to the brim, just like dance does for me.
There's a lot of possibility for future stories here with this up-and-coming football team that's rising from the ashes, its imperfect players and the women who love them. Plus any time we get to see a little more of the Friday night lights, it's a good thing.
Learn more or pre-order a copy of All Lined Up by Cora Carmack, available on May 13, 2014:
Tiffany Tyer is a writer and editor who loves reading and analyzing all things romance. She also works as a vocalist, a tutor, and a non-profit ministry assistant, and she loves it that way. Her book reviews can be found at Happy Endings Reviews, a blog she co-founded.


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Birthday Cake Fudgsicles will blow your mind! I've made thick, rich, chocolatey cake batter-like pourable fudge that is 100% dairy-free with no added sugar! I've combined that with some killer leftover cake scraps, adorable and necessary sprinkles, and now you have the treat that will rock your summer! You're welcome!
Well I certainly enjoyed my three-day weekend! And having these in my freezer the second I got home probably made ending the weekend a whole hell of a lot easier!
I don't know how I got all of the fudge batter from the Vitamix, into the molds. It's seriously so good that I was about to just tip it straight into my mouth. My kitchen overlooks my family room, and my husband was sitting on the couch…I just knew that the second I started glugging it straight from the blender he would glance over and be horrified at what he was seeing…
SO it made it into the popsicle molds. Thank God for that, right? Maybe. Well, for you at least.
So, basically, I took cake scraps from my fridge. I don't throw away cake scraps. That would be wasteful. And who could seriously throw out leftover Cashew Cake?! Not I. Heeeeeeellllll NO.
You can use whatever cake scraps you have. If you're not a cake hoarder like me (shame shame) then you can make a cake from whatever mix you have. Let it cool. Use what you need for these pops then SAVE the rest! Scraps, done.
Don't forget sprinkles! Use cute ones! Please.
And enjoy. These will seriously blow your mind.
- 1 can coconut milk (I used unsweetened, low fat, 13.5 ounces)
- 3 dried dates (try to find tender, not hard dates)
- 3 Tbs. plain almond milk yogurt*
- 1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 ½ Tbs. cocoa powder (dark)
- pinch of sea salt
- 1-2 cups cake scraps**
- sprinkles
- In a powerful blender (I love my Vitamix!) combine the coconut milk, dates, yogurt, vanilla, cocoa and sea salt. Blend until completely smooth. Try not to drink it all when you start tasting it with your spoon!
- Set up your pop molds. Drop small pieces of cake into each mold and some sprinkles. Slowly pour the batter into each mold, letting it settle to the bottom before finishing filling up to the fill line (I used a toothpick to ease it down the sides of the molds). Sprinkle on a few more sprinkles. Apply the lids and sticks.
- Freeze in a level spot in your freezer, at least 6 hours. To de-mold, run the mold under hot water for a hot minute. Demold. Lick. Enjoy!
- *I used Almond Dream plain low-fat almond milk yogurt. I found it at Whole Foods. You can use whatever yogurt you prefer, but I HIGHLY recommend trying this one because I think it already kind of tastes like cake batter. Can't beat that.
- **I keep cake scraps in the freezer for these reasons! I just know there's no reason to toss out cake edges and scraps. You can make up a quick cake from a box mix and let it cool completely and then use pieces for these Fudgsicles, then be sure to save the scraps for another day!


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In Rememberance: Don Boebinger
08.13.2012 by Emily McGinley
We remember and celebrate the life and ministry of Don Boebinger (M.Div., 1962 / D.Min., 1981). Don, survived by his wife Carol, passed away on July 25 from a bladder cancer. He served as Minister of the Parish for 20 years at Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, where he founded the older adult ministry as his project and thesis for his Doctor of Ministry degree. For the final seven years of his active ministry, he was pastor of White Lick Presbyterian Church Brownsburg/Avon where, upon his retirement, he was named Pastor Emeritus. A full obituary can be found online here. Prayers of consolation, community and grace for Carol, his family, and all who loved him.


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Jury selection began in the case of a New York City man charged with stalking Gayle King at her Connecticut home in what police say was an attempt to get his political expose on "The Oprah Winfrey Show.''
Police say 33-year-old Willie Hickson of the Bronx showed up at King's home in Greenwich several times in 2008, trying to give her a copy of his "Red Report'' on the federal government, the housing crisis and "things to come.''
He was charged with trespassing and stalking in September 2008. Jury selection began this week in Stamford Superior Court.
Police say King, who is Winfrey's best friend, wanted Hickson arrested because she feared for her safety. It's not clear if she still lives at the home.
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Manchester City transfer news: Joe Hart can leave if he wants, admits Pep Guardiola
Joe Hart has been told he can leave Manchester City if he does not wish to fight for his future at the club, Pep Guardiola has said.
The current England goalkeeper – who has been tipped as a surprise omission from Sam Allardyce's first international squad – looks to be on his way out of the Etihad Stadium following Guardiola's arrival as manager, and the Spaniard has now confirmed that he will not stand in the way of Hart should he ask to leave.
"Of course. I want happiness for the players," Guardiola said when asked if he would let Hart leave. "I don't want players who don't want to stay.
"If they want to stay then stay. We will fight together. If they want to leave because they want to play every game, and I'm not just talking about Joe … I want to work with the players who want to stay."
With Barcelona's Claudio Bravo expected to sign for City in the next few days in a £17m deal, Hart looks surplus to requirement this season, although a loan move has not been ruled out.
Hart's distribution with his feet has come under scrutiny since Guardiola arrived, given his passing stats are considerably worse than his closest rivals in European football. However, Guardiola didn't completely write Hart off, and insisted that if he chooses to stay with the Premier League club and fight for his future, he can make the Englishman a better player.
"I said to him the first month, if he stays he's going to improve and understand what we want from our goalkeeper," Guardiola added.
"I met a lot of players in the beginning who had problems and after two or three months or one year they became one of the best players in their position. That can happen. You have to decide – do you want to stay or leave? I can help you.
"I have a lot of respect for him as a person and keeper. I know his values and talent. I was clear what I was looking for. Until the end of the month everything is open, the people who are coming and going.
"If Joe is still here, he will be a player who will fight with other goalkeepers to convince me to play him.
"I am obsessive about the build-up game. When you make a good build-up from the goalkeeper and the defenders, the rest comes fluently.
"In the future he can do it, but Willy had three or four weeks in pre-season and Joe was at the Euros. It doesn't mean that Willy will play the season and Joe isn't going to play. I explained that to Joe.
"It wasn't an easy decision to say 'you aren't going to play'. But we're not an academy, we don't have time. We have time but not much."
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Business Angels Reaching Space
SBIC Noordwijk
Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM (CEST)
Event Details
In cooperation with Oost NV, ESA BIC Noordwijk organizes the Business Angels Reaching in Space. The event where innovative entrepreneurs meets Business Angels.
The event will start at 16:00 in the European Space Innovation Centre:
16:00 Reception with coffee / tea
16:15 Introduction by Toon Buddingh' - ESA BIC Incubator Manager
16:25 Business Angels Investment Climate in Netherlands, by Jan Dexel - Agentschap NL
16:40 Trends in European and US market by Rene Reijtenbagh - Oost NV
16:55 Experiences of a Business Angel by Peter Maree
17:15 Reception with pitches from Entrepreneurs
During the reception you their are opportunities to present your business plan. Do you have an business idea? Are you looking for starting capital? Can you present your idea in two minutes to an investor? Then sign up and send a mail to Toon Buddingh', firstname.lastname@example.com
The initiators
ESA open Sky Technology fund
In addition to the ESA Business Incubation Centres, ESA has taken the initiative to promote the establishment of a fund to support start-up and early stage companies. The investment focus of the Open Sky Technologies Fund is on seed-capital investments, start-ups and early-stage growth capital for companies using space-related technologies or satellite applications in non-space applications. These companies need to be located within ESA's Member States.
ESA BIC Noordwijk
ESA BIC Noordwijk is located in the European Space Business Center (ESIC) of currently 17 companies. The startups are using the ESA incubation program, which allows them to use spacetechnology for its own products. Besides access to the facilities and test centers ESA contribution they receive a starter
Oost NV
The Development Agency East Netherlands in particular, its business angels network, Masters of the Future. A network of more than 200 investors who are closely related to various programs within the universities valorization program WUR Wageningen, Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Twente
Rabobank Bollenstreek
RabobankBollenstreek works closely with ESA BIC Noordwijk for the business incubation program.From this strategic partnership follows a Pre-Seed Loan agreement. Also in the field of networking activities the Rabobank is cooperating in building a networking club for Space-related companies in the region.
When & Where
Kapteynstraat 1
2201 BB Noordwijk
Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM (CEST)
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The privatization of water is a keenly contested issue in an economically-liberalizing India. Since the 1990s, large social groups across India's diverse and disparate peoples have been re-negotiating their cultural relationships with each other as to whether they support or oppose pro-privatization water policy reforms. These claims and counter claims are seen as an impending war over water resources, one that includes many different players with many different… (more)
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If they dont support the smb shares I doubt that you would be able to do it at all.
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have bad heartburn that is controlled with medicine. I would like to know for how long it is safe to take these medicines. I would like to learn about nonmedicine options. -- H.L.
ANSWER: Heartburn is officially called gastroesophageal reflux disease -- GERD. With GERD, stomach digestive juices and stomach acid spout up into the esophagus like a geyser erupting. The esophagus doesn't have the protective lining that the stomach has, and it cannot cope with those juices. The result is heartburn.
Medicines are usually very effective in controlling GERD. Patients can take them for three months and then begin to reduce the dose. The day soon arrives when they are taking no medicine. If these people are lucky, symptoms don't return. That happens only to about 20 percent. The others have to resume medicine to control GERD. Many people must take it for protracted periods of time.
If you want to try taming GERD without medicine, more power to you. Eat slowly. Gulpers are prone to have heartburn. Eat smaller portions at every meal. If need be, increase the number of meals but keep portions small. Chew gum for 30 minutes after eating. Gum stimulates saliva production, and saliva is Nature's own antacid.
Surgical procedures are a way to avoid medicine-taking. There are quite of few of them, so I can mention only a couple. One surgery is done with a laparoscope, a viewing instrument inserted into the abdomen through a small incision. The surgeon also inserts instruments through another small incision and can tighten the muscle at the juncture of esophagus with stomach. That muscle is a sphincter, and sphincters act as doors. When closed, nothing gets through and nothing backs up. With GERD, the sphincter is lax.Another procedure is to shore up the sphincter with a device that is a miniature sewing machine. This device is passed through the mouth and down the esophagus until it is positioned at the sphincter site. The machine tightens up the sphincter with sutures -- an inside job.The heartburn pamphlet details the options for treating heartburn and hiatal hernias.
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In the mid-1990s a large number of people in India and Bangladesh suffered arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water. That hasn't happened here and is unlikely to do so.
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If you'd like to get a diver's view of the reef without getting wet, then our new semi-submarine, I-SPY, is for you! Get up close and personal with green and loggerhead sea turtles, tropical fish, manta rays and more. Don't miss this exciting tour when you visit Heron Island.
Dive the Great Barrier Reef
Discover the natural attractions that have made Heron Island world famous. Heron Island is a mecca for diving and snorkelling enthusiasts. There's no need for day trips to the reef because you're already there! Explore more than 20 dive and snorkelling sites, including the Heron Bommie, one of Jacques Cousteau's favourite dives. Of course, during turtle season from October to April, you'll be able to see both green and loggerhead turtles on the beaches too. If you love nature, you'll love it at Heron Island.
Fishing Charter
Whether you're a seasoned fisherman, or it's your first time, your Captain and crew will make your day fishing on the Great Barrier Reef an unforgettable experience. You can fish with either rods or handlines. We offer a stable boat with the majority of the back deck in the shade and a fully enclosed cabin. Children 6-17 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
Turtle Tour
During Turtle season, you'll be able to spot both green and loggerhead turtles on the beaches. Join a Turtle Tour to spot turtles nesting and hatching. Peak nesting times are December through to April. Watching the turtles laying their eggs is a truly magical and unforgettable experience.
Junior Rangers Program
Inspire your children to become eco warriors. The Junior Rangers Program is available for children from ages 7 to 12 years old (only available during Australian school holidays). As a true coral cay situated on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Heron Island offers young visitors a myriad of interesting and educational experiences. The Heron Island Junior Rangers Program is no ordinary kids club! As a Heron Island Junior Ranger, kids enjoy hands-on activities while exploring the reef. Sorry, no adults allowed!
Sunset Cruises
Watch magnificent sunsets from around the reef (selected departure dates). Your guide will take you to the best vantage point to view the sunset on the reef while enjoying Australian wine and gourmet cheeses. The cruise is for adults only.
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Enjoy a specially prepared meal at any spot you choose on Heron Island.
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Indulge yourself with a relaxing spa treatment (or a couple of them) at the Aqua Soul Spa. Inspired by Heron Island's Great Barrier Reef location, the Aqua Soul Spa embraces the powerful healing qualities of the sea, using nature to nurture the mind, body and spirit, with a complete selection of marine inspired signature face and body treatments for men and women. When choosing a combination of treatments, you will emerge from the Aqua Soul Spa feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. To reserve your treatments, please make a booking at the spa or at reception.
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The time when every product that you purchase will be protected with some form of easy-to-clean coating is probably not too far away.
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I am a new member and look forward to getting to know everyone. I own a long arm quilting business and love, love, love what I do.
Hi, Sherry! I just joined yesterday; haven't learned how to get around yet. What part of Texas are you from? I have a daughter in Dallas, a daughter in Austin and a brother in Muleshoe.
Lots of Texans here. I, too am a Sherry, and from Texas. Houston. Welcome to both of you!
Hi Sherri, welcome to the group
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Welcome Sherri, my family is also in Texas! I lived there for more than 10 years. I wish I could say I loved to longarm quilt. I have a longarm , not my favorite thing to do . But it sure does make it faster to finish my own quilts. My hats off to you for having a business in long arming. Hope to see your work posted, and hope you join in our groups. Lots of fun to be had here!
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Biology Editorial Board Wins 2014 MERLOT House Cup
The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching - MERLOT (www.merlot.org) Announces the 2014 Editorial Board House Cup
May 5, 2014 (Newswire.com) - The MERLOT House Cup is an award to recognize the level of contributions made to the MERLOT collection during an academic year. Contributions include Materials Triaged, Individual Peer Reviews, Composite Peer Reviews, Member Comments and Learning Materials contributed to the collection. The MERLOT House Cup is a perpetual award that is passed to new winners at the MERLOT/Sloan-C Emerging Technologies Conference each year. Editorial Board Members will take turns in displaying the award in their offices.
This year's winner is The Biology Editorial Board.
The Editors of Biology are Jim Bidlack, University of Central Oklahoma, Michael Plotkin, Mt. San Jacinto College, and Marty Zahn, Thomas Nelson Community/Technical College
Peer Reviewers who have contributed this year are:
• Jeff Bell
• Jim Bidlack
• Scott Cooper
• Juville Dario-Becker
• Aaron Elmer
• Dennis Frisby
• Jennifer Herzog
• Cammy Huang
• Sarah Keim Janssen
• Anil Kapoor
• Anabela Maia
• Ronald Mayne
• Aftab Merchant
• Ann Parsons
• Michael Plotkin
• Heather Seitz
• Harsha Sharma
• Marty Zahn
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Many years ago, I tried this crash diet that consisted largely of eating boiled eggs. I was an happy high school cheerleader with the right height and "wrong" size. I was a sturdy base who wanted desperately to be one of the petite girls on the team who were whimsically tossed into the air. A friend of my mother's had lost weight, which she attributed to a diet of boiled eggs and water. Just like that, I traded in Big Macs for boiled eggs. (In retrospect, I could have just stopped with the Big Macs. But my sense of logic didn't work so well back then.)
I was into my third dozen eggs when a curious thing happened. I cracked the shell of a boiled egg, broke it open and two grey yolks fell out. Some people might have thought, "Ooh! Two for one!" But I stared at the paper towel in horror. Twins, I thought. It hit me then that some chicken somewhere was expecting babies and I was eating them. For reasons I'm not quite sure of, I quit eggs, beef and pork that day in 1996. Two years later, I did away with poultry. I haven't touched meat since.
That's not a story I tell to offer a high-handed moralizing of eating versus not eating meat, or to convince you to change your diet. I don't impose. What you eat is your business, American meat lovers. I just wonder if in the last few days, given certain news stories, you've ever questioned what's in your food as I have.
A recent two-year study on American seafood found compelling evidence of "seafood fraud." Researchers found fish sold as snapper and tuna were likely to be mislabeled, 87 and 59 percent of the time, respectively. Overall, one-third of all samples used for the study were misidentified out of over a thousand samples taken.
And this is why I empathize with carnivores. Over the last several days, major international companies, including Tesco, Nestlé and Ikea, have pulled food from shelves in 14 countries after tests showed that products labeled 100 percent beef actually contained small amounts of horse meat.
Tests of Taco Bell meat found traces of horse meat in Europe. Allegedly "100 percent beef" burgers from the UK shopping giant Tesco were found to contain 29 percent horse meat. Over in the Czech Republic, traces of horse meat were discovered in the iconic meatballs of Swedish furniture retailer Ikea. And in South Africa, researchers found that biltong, which is supposed to be dried antelope meat strips (a local delicacy), turned out to contain horse, pork, beef, giraffe or even kangaroo.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has assured the American public that this beef fraud scandal does not affect the American market as none of our beef supply comes from the European countries that found horse meat labeled as beef. The likelihood of a similar scandal in the U.S. wasn't likely, the USDA added, because horse meat, not inherently harmful and oft-consumed in some parts of the world, cannot be sold for consumption here — at least not right now.
Recently, The New York Times reported that for the first time since 2007, the USDA may allow the opening of a horse meat slaughtering establishment in New Mexico. If approved, horse meat would not necessarily be available in the Unites States for human consumption any time soon, but it's understandable that the risk for cross-contamination might be a legitimate fear, given the situation in Europe and the greater proximity of this meat.
Because, "federal regulations require slaughterhouses to choose either cattle or horses to process," according to ABC News, there is "little risk of horse meat tainting the beef supply in those countries where it is distributed," authorities say.
But is there no risk? That was not stated.
Clearly, I can't trust that American fish is what it's labeled to be, any more than Europeans can trust their beef, or South Africans can trust their biltong.
And the risk of Americans eating a little horse with their beef? Highly improbable, but not impossible. But perhaps that's me jumping to far-fetched conclusions.
Then again, maybe not.
Demetria L. Lucas is the author of "A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life" (Atria), in stores now. Follow her on Twitter @abelleinbk.


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Tata Ace races through the one-million mark in just 2,680 days
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Tata Ace, the one-in-a-million idea from Tata Motors, now has a one million strong presence.
November 09, 2012
- Introduced in May 2005, the Tata Ace, India's first mini-truck, and the Tata Magic, its sister vehicle for passenger transportation introduced in June 2007, together crossed the prestigious one-million sales mark in August 2012 -- just 2,680 days. Total sales, at the end of October 2012, are at 10,59,135 - 997,133 in India and 62,002 abroad.
Every 4th commercial vehicle sold in India today (2011-12 industry sales: 892,349) is a Tata Ace/ Tata Magic (2011-12 sales: 214,483). In the process, it became India's first one-lakh-per-year goods commercial vehicle in 2010. The same very year, the family's fifth in the market, it crossed the half-a-million mark. The remaining half-a-million has come in the last two years. Indeed, the Tata Ace/ Tata Magic family today has created a whole new segment of four-wheel small commercial vehicles.
More importantly, the Tata Ace family today is a major source of livelihood generation. At least 60% of Tata Ace / Tata Magic owners are semi-educated youth - first-time users - who have launched goods or passenger transport operations with their vehicles.
As the Tata Ace family's renown spread, Tata Motors went on to make deep inroads across the country. At present, about 1,346 showrooms, up from only 210 outlets, sell the two vehicles. About 50% of the Tata Ace / Tata Magic sales come from semi-urban and rural India, where the company is establishing a dedicated sales & marketing network.
Production capacity too has grown commensurately. The Tata Ace was launched in 2004-05 with a capacity of 30,000 units per year in Pune. The dedicated plant in Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) today has a capacity of 5,00,000 units per year.
The popularity of the Tata Ace has crossed the shores of India. Since 2006, the Tata Ace and the Tata Magic have as of now been made available in 24 countries - Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Congo, Djibouti, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
The Tata Ace platform has thus far spawned about 10 main variants. Under the Tata Ace itself are the Ace HT, the Ace EX (with stop-start technology), the Ace CNG, the Super Ace (1 tonne) and the Ace Zip. The Ace Zip was introduced in 2012, a micro truck with a payload of 600 kg for deep penetration door-to-door goods movement. Under the Tata Magic are the Magic HT, the Magic CNG and the Magic Iris. The Magic Iris was launched in 2012 as a 3-4 seater four-wheel passenger carrier for better comfort of commuters who depend on small auto-rickshaws. The platform also led to the launch of the Tata Venture in January 2011.
In addition, there have been a whole host of applications. Among them are tankers, dumper placers, cargo vans, mobile retail vans, cafe-on-wheels, high-lift cherry pickers, mobile hoardings, high security cash vans and taxi and school applications. There will be more to follow.
The Tata Ace / Tata Magic family market share today is 78% in cargo segment and 79% in the passenger segment. As the sister vehicles, like Zip and Iris, go into the hinterlands, Tata Motors is looking ahead to the next million in about 36 months.
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Originally named FPK-Pascal, the Free Pascal compiler is a 32 bit
Turbo Pascal compatible Pascal compiler for DOS, Linux, Win32, OS/2,
(based on an older version) the AmigaOS, FreeBSD/ELF, BeOS, Darwin(OSX)
and others.
WWW: http://www.freepascal.org/
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: fpc-zvt
PKGNAME: fpc-zvt
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: i386
distinfo: There is no distinfo for this port.
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for fpc-zvt-2.2.2_4:
ZVT=on (default) "Install library components for Zed's Virtual Terminal"
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Number of commits found: 9
- Now It is part of x11-toolkits/fpc-gnome1
- Use new freepascal stuff
- Bump PORTREVISION
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
- Add OPTIONS to some freepascal ports. Now, we can install the external libs
- Other tiny modifications
Suggested by: Ales Catona <almindor__at__gmail.com> [1]
Approved by: garga(mentor, implicit)
- Update to 2.0.4
- Add new dependencies to editors/lazarus
Approved by: garga (mentor,implicit)
- Added post-extract on Makefiles.units. It remove the svn directories from
some fpc ports.
- Added PORTREVISION for each port
- Fixed pkg-plist on fpc-gtk2 and fpc-gtk ports
- Fixed the gtk, glib and gdk libraries linking for fpc-gtk
- Removed obsolete patches from fpc-gtk. Now it's using ${REINPLACE_CMD}
- Removed post-extract from fpc-fcl. I just added it to makefiles.units file
Approved by: garga (mentor)
- The big change on ports of freepascal, now all ports are compiled
- Adding entry for lang/fpc-utils
Approved by: garga (mentor)
Add fpc-zvt , free Pascal interface to Zed's Virtual Terminal.
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I Wonder When Things Will Get Better For Me
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When Will This Misery EndI am a 29 year old woman. I feel like crap! So many things have happened in the last 4 years that make me think perhaps one of the foolish things I did in my younger days was that one too many and now I will pay for it for the rest of my life.I dont have the heart to go in to...
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It Never EndsToday I got a belated birthday card in the mail. It had a hundred dollar bill in it. An hour later I got a call my daughters horse ripped its nose open in it's stall. The vet bill was almost five hundred dollars... You might be thinking I shouldn't complain I must have money I...
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MYLIFENOWIt all started with my sister getting back in her abusive relationship. She asked for my help so after her bf beat her black and blue while I was asleep I stabbed him. I was arrested after calling the police and telling them what happened. He was sent to RI ...
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Bringing things up from the past will affectthe future.
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When Does It Get Better?I have had a long hard battle in my life. It's been one thing after another and no matter how many times I think...if I get through this one last hard time things will get better, it just never does. I won't go into my many trials and tribulations, but though there...
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In this age of job insecurity, team members may go out of their way to reassure you that everything's fine. They're ahead of schedule. They're exceeding your standards. They're working together better than ever.
That sounds great. But is it really true?
Overly optimistic teams can pose a particularly thorny challenge. That's because they tell you what you like to hear. They're enthusiastic and driven to succeed. And the problems buried within their rosy reassurance may not surface for a long time.
You don't want to crush a team's spirit. If you express doubt in the group's ability to perform up to its own aspirations, you can lower morale.
A better strategy is to shift the team's focus to measurable output. By tracking production in a transparent manner, you prevent the group from bending over backward to please you. Some teams lack the perspective or guidance to keep them grounded. As a result, they set unrealistically ambitious targets without realizing it.
Other teams are preoccupied with political considerations. They inflate their projections to make themselves seem invaluable or to stand out from other, competing teams within the organization.
The next time you suspect your team overpromises what it can deliver, respond by explaining the yardstick you're using to measure success. Whether it's cost savings or a percentage reduction in customer complaints, identify the metric and confirm everyone understands that it will serve as the overriding test of team effectiveness.


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Warhammer 40000 Space Marine
I'm about to fight the last boss but I'm too tired to try it, so here is a very quick review: the game is a complete blast!
The carnage and the blend of gun play and melee is incredibly effective. I have to admit, due to raw fun factor this game beats BulletStorm in pretty much every aspect. Graphics serve to immerse but the textures lack the extreme detail you'd expect these days, but there is a good reason they went with that compromise: I haven't seen this much fodder in my path since PainKiller and Serious Sam and the Warhammer engine handles it all with remarkable efficiently. You'll find yourself killing, killing and then killing some more. All that delightful carnage is complimented by the health system: you have to do a gloriously gruesome melee finishing move to heal up like you are some kind of deranged Barbarian Berzerker. It makes you feel like a god of carnage. The ranged weaponry and the melee weaponry has great tactile feel and the toggle between the modes never trips you up so it encourages mixing and matching (RMB is melee vs LMB range; aim is relegated to CTRL).
Some other notables: The gameplay is linear to say the least, but all you are going to care about is getting to the next bloodbath anyway so it is welcome. What surprised me is how effective the voice acting is, some of the best stuff I've heard recently. The plot is interesting enough but you'd have to be pretty daft to be surprised at the plot twists.
But who cares about all that, just give me another 50 Orks to puree.
Finished the game. Definitely a winner!
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Police said four men attacked a 17-year-old girl in a field in Sarai Meer, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday.
One man has been arrested and a manhunt was underway for the other three alleged attackers, according to The Free Press Journal.
In a separate case, three men have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for reportedly attacking the mother of an alleged rape victim after she refused to withdraw a police complaint.
Superintendent Dinesh Kumar said the men, allegedly including the father of a man accused of the rape on May 11, followed the woman into a field and beat her.
She was in a critical condition in a hospital in Etawah.
The two cases follow the gang rape and murder of teenage cousins whose bodies were discovered hanging from a mango tree in the state.
Villagers in Katra found the bodies of the girls, aged 14 and 15, who disappeared from fields they had been using because their homes had no toilet.
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the girls' rape and murder, and another is being hunted by police. Two police officers have also been arrested over failing to investigate their disappearance.
The case has renewed public outrage over sexual violence in India.
On Friday, Amnesty International called for the impartial investigation of gang rapes, murder and violence against young women of the Dalit caste in India.
Divya Iyer, senior researcher at Amnesty International India, said: "Despite the existence of constitutional safeguards and special laws, Dalits across India - and Dalit women in particular - face multiple levels of discrimination and violence.
"Members of dominant castes are known to use sexual violence against Dalit women and girls as a political tool for punishment, humiliation and assertion of power."
Crimes against Dalit people are often not properly registered or investigated and conviction rates are low, the organisation said.
Amnesty International added that the lack of adequate sanitation facilities across India posed a serious threat to the safety of women and girls.
India tightened its rape laws last year - introducing the death penalty for gang rape - following the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in New Delhi.
The case sparked nationwide protests.
Indian society is grouped into castes, known as Jati. These include Bhramin, Kshatryia, Viasya, Sudra and a lower caste known as "untouchables" which includes Dalit people.
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You know you're doing something right when Anna Paquin and Joel McHale show up to your birthday party — the Point Foundation, which grants college scholarships to deserving LGBT students, turns 10 years old this year, and is celebrating with a star-studded party and fund-raiser in Hollywood.
The Point Honors Los Angeles event is being held at Jim Henson Studios Saturday night, with McHale (of Talk Soup and Community) emceeing and stars like Paquin, the bisexual star of True Blood, and her husband-plus-costar, Stephen Moyer, in attendance. Travis Wall, the out choreographer who makes So You Think You Can Dance so fun, is being honored as well as the organization's three founders and the latest batch of overachievers known as Point Scholars.
Point Foundation executive director and CEO Jorge Valencia tells us that in 2001 the philanthropy was begun by Bruce Lindstrom, Carl Strickland, and John Pence. Lindstrom's personal story is like that of many Point Scholars; when he came out to his family in Orange County, Calif., they cut him off emotionally and financially.
"For 15 years, he had no communication with his family — they'd send back Christmas gifts," Valencia says of Lindstrom. "They said they were turning their back on evil."
In spite of that, Lindstrom succeeded in life — making a small fortune by selling his retail business to Costco. Lindstrom, with his friends Strickland and Pence, wanted to give back, and they decided a scholarship fund for LGBT students of merit was a novel idea.
In its decade of existence, the Los Angeles-based Point Foundation has given over $12 million in college scholarships, allowing abandoned and deserving LGBT young people to work toward a better life. The 194 Point alumni include doctors, professors, and filmmakers.
"One of our board members recently was in New York City and he fell ill and went to the ER," Valencia says. "A young doctor strode by and he noticed it was John Downey, from Point Foundation's second class of scholars. To me, that story shows what a good investment Point is in the future."
The organization also offers leadership training and mentoring — distinguished LGBT leaders like Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, political strategist David Mixner, and movie producer Randy Barbato have shared their secrets to success with Point scholars. Valencia says the organization, in its next decade of existence, will work to find more opportunities for both their scholars and alumni to interact and get involved with role models like the ones just described. And as more LGBT kids come out younger, and risk being cut off from familial financial assistance, there will be a need for more Point monetary support from older members of the gay community.
"There are a lot of deserving scholars," Valencia says. "Most recently, we had 2,000 applicants for 34 scholar slots."
Click here for more information on the Point Foundation and here for Saturday's Point Honors. Click here to meet 2011's Point Scholars.


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Tasman "The Dark Queen"
At the beginning of The Broken Circle, Tasman rules the Lowlands, but twenty years ago she was an apprentice, second in line for Aubergine's position as Potluck Queen. Impetuously, she placed her brother Kendrick in Sierra's path, forever changing the course of all three of their lives. Eager to possess the full power of Aubergine's amethysts, she tried the necklace on one day and found she could not bear to take it off. After a struggle with Teal in which the circle was broken, she stole away in the night to the safety of the Lowlands.
Called The Dark Queen, Tasman is raven haired with cold green eyes. Her mother was foreign, from an out island beyond the Fisheries of the Far East, but was brought north to the icy Out Crops by her father, Hed Clansman Maddig Hoar. When Tasman was born, all could see that she carried a spark of First Folk Fire inside, but knew that being a girl, it would never kindle. Not wanting to waste even a vestige of magic, her family sent her south to Potluck Yarn.
There, Tasman mastered many dark arts, including inhabiting hosts for shape shifting and discarding their bodies afterwards. Occasionally, skins of stray dogs and alley cats could be found on the walkways and Tasman would appear to be everywhere and nowhere.
Very cleverly she usurped Sierra's place as heir to the Potluck. After saving Kendrick from certain death when he kindled, she conjured him into an obstacle in the path of Sierra's destiny. Forced to decide between the power of the potluck and the enchanted life of family and farm she secretly dreamed of, Sierra chose Kendrick.
With little to oppose her, Tasman became Aubergine's protégé, and slowly began to bend all will to herself, including the laws of nature. She deceived even Aubergine who believed Tasman was studying her craft in order to maintain the natural balance of peace in all of the lands. Privy to the Potluck Queen's lore, Tasman secretly aligned herself with the Lowlanders.
The terrible night she left, Tasman took with her all that she could, including Aubergine's necklace, strung with twelve magic crystals. In the Lowlands, she honed her lore. The four elements of Nature she treated so harshly that the southern lands could not sustain food and the water evaporated except for the great salt lakes that stretched further than anyone could see.
As time passed, Tasman's raiders ranged further and further north, finally burning out the caves on the south side of the Northland Glacier, now known as The Burnt Holes in their quest for water and more. These transgressions did not go unnoticed by the North but full blown war did not erupt until the Lowlanders killed a Hed Clansman during one of their raids. He just happened to be Tasman's own father, Hed Maddig Hoar.
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A New Brunswick school district has assigned a full-time staff person to protect a 12-year-old boy, an arrangement that appears to be a first in Canada, and one experts say will likely do more to stigmatize the victim than stop the bullying.
When other means failed to protect Dominic, who was being taunted, kicked and punched because he is gay and overweight, administrators and at L'École Samuel-de-Champlain and School District One in Saint John suggested they assign the Grade 7 student a full-time monitor who would help guide him through stressful and threatening situations at school.
His mother, Andree (the family's last name has not been released), thought the teacher's aide would help protect her son. Instead, he felt isolated, further targeted by his classmates and perpetually babysat.
"I don't really like it because I'm losing a lot of friends because she's there," Dominic told the CBC. "She has to know whatever anybody tells me or whatever I say. I can't keep anything from her."
Fredericton-based anti-bullying advocate Rob Frenette said he has never heard of a school district paying for a full-time monitor to help diffuse a bullying situation during the school day.
"It sounds like the school is going extremely far with this particular issue," said the co-executive director of Bullying Canada, a national anti-bullying charity.
"I think that's concerning on a couple fronts: one, how severe is this issue? And two, what other avenues has the school tried in order to address the problem?"
Mr. Frenette has worked on a case in which a student was assigned an attendant to ride with him on the bus, to and from school, to serve as protection from bullies — an "extreme" measure only taken after cameras were installed and the bus driver was made aware of the problem.
Three years ago, a Fredericton teenager was bullied so badly her mother hired a bodyguard to come with her to high school. The principal at the time said the bodyguard was not allowed to come into the school because he (or any other non-student) could pose a risk to the students.
Special needs students have long received help from an assigned teacher's aide, but rarely — if ever — has a Canadian student been given a full-time staff person to act as bodyguard.
The Saint John case was indeed a last resort in an extreme case. Andree had asked to get the police involved, the Department of Social Development was also involved and Dominic's family hired lawyers, the CBC reports. He was homeschooled by a part-time tutor — paid for by the province — and had seen counsellors, social workers and a psychiatrist who diagnosed him with depression, his mother said.
Steve Lapierre, a spokesperson for School District One in New Brunswick, would not comment on the case, citing privacy laws. But he said school principals use their discretion when dealing with bullying cases and the district and specialists get involved if need be.
A teacher's aide — paid an average of $16.48 an hour in New Brunswick in 2010 — could be part of a "personal intervention plan," which is signed and approved by the parent before being implemented. If that doesn't work, the measures could escalate to a "provincial complex case conference," which will bring in specialists such as psychiatrists.
That aide could stay with the student all the time, including on the way to the bathroom and out at recess, Mr. Lapierre said.
"These measures are not necessarily only implemented for a victim of bullying, but it could be implemented for a bully as well," said Mr.
Lapierre, though he was unaware of previous cases in which this was implemented.
Educational administration professor Rod Dolmage said cases such as these are going to the "logical extreme," by preventing bullying through the full-time presence of adults.
"I think it's an example of their frustration with their inability to deal with a social phenomenon at school," said Mr. Dolmage, who teaches at the University of Regina.
Students take behavioural cues from so many sources — their parents, organized sports and so on, which makes it nearly impossible to redirect a child who's learned to solve a problem by threatening somebody.
"What's going on with the perpetrators," asked Stu Auty, president of the Canadian Safe Schools Network when he learned of the Saint John case.
"If I were the parent, I'd be concerned that my daughter or my son has to be followed around by some administrated bodyguard," he said, adding that he would need more details of the case to further comment. "What this does, what it can do is further stigmatize the victim."
Prominent bullying researcher Wendy Craig had also never heard of this approach, although she notes its intent to protect the student.
"My guess is that the student needs support being reintegrated into the school classroom and that is not being accomplished with the attendant," she wrote in an email. "What is required is a relationship solution, a solution whereby the student is being supported in interacting with the other students."
Wildwood School, a kindergarten to Grade 6 school in the Calgary Public School Board have seen a major drop in bullying cases over the past five years since it dropped scheduled morning recess in favour of "natural breaks" and "nutritional breaks" that would see fewer students on the playground at once, said principal Dave Quon.
"But what we found that has really made the big difference is really explicitly teaching our students about bullying and our parents and our teachers," he said.
They do this through having clear definitions of bullying and encouraging all students to tell bullies to stop and explaining to the bully why their behaviour is unacceptable.
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