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Hello everyone,
A friend of mine is a pretty die-hard Christian (shock horror, both of his parents are missionaries/vicars) and he often posts little sayings of some kind or another on Facebook, which I usually ignore. However, today he posted something that really irritated me for some reason:
"The more I look at science, the more in awe of God I become."
And just to make that worse, one of his Christian friends commented "Boom" as if he had made some kind of infallible argument. Somehow, I feel as though nothing I say will make any difference because they must be incredibly deluded already to believe that God just "invented" science. Basically, this is the guy who thinks he's a "modern and intelligent" Christian by saying that things like Noah's Ark are "just stories and aren't meant to be taken seriously by Christians". But if that is true, then why take ANY of the Bible seriously and where does he draw the line between stories and (what he believes is) the truth?
In the past I asked him and his friend where the evidence was. He claimed science (yes, seriously) helped prove Christianity and that Christianity was about "opening yourself" to it and believing, and then you "feel God" or whatever. How do you argue with someone like that??
What do you all say to religious people (not necessarily just Christians) who claim that science is just an invention of God? Is there a specific way to argue with someone who twists everything to awkwardly suit modern day thinking?
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I do appreciate science and I am a theist. I'm not the only one. History is full of people like me.
How do you account for that?
Science has made so many advancements, Joshua. History was full of questions that seemed to the less knowledgeable humans of those times to be miraculous, and thus they were stuck in the rut of believing in the supernatural. We are so fortunate to live in these times of delightful discovery! It is truly a privilege to understand that we come from stardust, and we can explore vast areas of the universe using our modern technology.
The universe is simply amazing - and science just keeps self-correcting, and self-adjusting to enable us to keep pace with every new discovery.
I feel sad for religion, because it cannot self-adjust, it cannot develop new understandings, and is forever tied to ancient texts and dubious scrolls that were written to try to make sense of the world that surrounded a very primitive people. These people had not developed mentally to the degree that we have now attained. They did not have the information with which to do so. So they called everything they didn't understand, supernatural.
I feel sad for the joys religious people miss out on, and sad that they have to create artificial excuses in order to function in life.
Joshua if your religion gives you comfort, then I'm glad you found something to make you happy, even if it isn't real to me. But you can never squish my mind back into a little box of make-believe, whilst we have the incredible beauty and wildness and delight in being able to understand we are truly free people in a world of incredible scientific revelation and discovery.
"For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works.
We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally.
We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature."
-- Ann Druyan --
"To the scientist the word 'supernatual' is a contradiction.
Everything that is in the universe is natural;
the supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
And that which is called the supernatural is often the figment of a
disordered, undisciplined or undeveloped imagination."
-- Elbert Hubbard --
im not trying to force you to change your mind. I apologize if thats how it was percieved.
Not at all, Joshua, in fact I think you are one of the most polite theists to post on this site. I like the questions you ask, and I like the responses you elicit.
When I said "You can never squish my mind..." I most likely should have said, "I can never squish my mind...". I probably got carried away with the awesomeness of my feeling of freedom in the universe.
i like. but I'll stick with bigfoot on a dragon.
I already told you, it's called cherry picking. They pick some science they like, like modern technology that'll make their lives easier. But at the same time they then deny other, just as valid, science. Maybe not you but lots of your peers do it.
Oh yeah I do have the latest fancy gadgets! I use modern medicine when I get sick. Wait what? Evolution?! HAH no! You people and your overrated science! Gaaaawd is where it's at man! We know science isn't always trustworthy!
There's a reason these pricks watch the weather forecast instead of dancing for rain. They'll never admit it though.
Shitholes like Pakistan hate the west and anything civilized. Suggest evolution and you might get executed. But you'll still see them use the gifts of science when it suits them.
There is zero diference between "micro and macro" evolution. These are words made up by creationists to promote a view that has no basis. The mechanisms of evolution have no natural boundaries that could equate to species boundaries.


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Regulatory and enforcement actions taken this week:
CFTC charges ICAP Europe with manipulation and attempted manipulation of yen Libor, ordered to pay $65 million
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order against ICAP Europe Ltd., an interdealer broker, bringing and settling charges of manipulation, attempted manipulation, false reporting, and aiding and abetting derivatives traders' manipulation and attempted manipulation, relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for the Japanese yen. LIBOR is a critical benchmark interest rate used throughout the world as the basis for trillions of dollars of transactions. ICAP is a subsidiary of U.K.-based ICAP plc.
The CFTC found that for more than four years, from at least October 2006 through at least January 2011, ICAP brokers on its yen derivatives and cash desks knowingly disseminated false and misleading information concerning yen borrowing rates to market participants in attempts to manipulate, at times successfully, the official fixing of the daily yen LIBOR. ICAP brokers, including one known as "Lord LIBOR" or "Mr. LIBOR," did so to aid and abet their highly valued client, who was a senior yen derivatives trader employed at UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd. and later at another bank, in his relentless attempts to manipulate yen LIBOR to benefit his derivatives trading positions tied to this benchmark. On limited occasions, ICAP yen brokers engaged in this unlawful conduct to benefit other derivatives traders as well.
The order requires ICAP, among other things, to pay a $65 million civil monetary penalty, and cease and desist from further violations as charged. Pursuant to the order, ICAP and ICAP plc also agree to take specified steps to ensure the integrity and reliability of benchmark interest rate-related market information disseminated by ICAP and certain other ICAP plc companies.
"ICAP and other interdealer brokers are expected to be honest middlemen," said David Meister, the CFTC's Director of Enforcement. "Here, certain ICAP brokers were anything but honest. They repeatedly abused their trusted role when they infected the financial markets with false information to aid their top client's manipulation of LIBOR. As should be clear from today's action, any market participant who seeks to undermine the integrity of a global benchmark interest rate must be held accountable."
Yen LIBOR is fixed daily based on rates contributed by panel banks for yen LIBOR that are supposed to reflect each bank's assessment of costs of borrowing unsecured funds in the London interbank market. ICAP, as an interdealer broker, intermediates cash and LIBOR-based derivatives transactions between banks and other institutions. As a service to clients and to solicit and maintain business, ICAP also provides banks with market insight, including projections of likely LIBOR fixings, which are implicitly represented as ICAP's unbiased assessment of borrowing costs and market pricing based on objective, observable data, some of which was uniquely in ICAP's possession.
According to the CFTC, the UBS senior yen trader called on ICAP yen brokers more than 400 times for assistance in manipulating yen LIBOR. ICAP brokers often accommodated the requests by issuing, via a yen cash broker, group emails to panel banks and others containing "Suggested LIBORs" for yen LIBOR. But rather than providing an honest and objective assessment of how yen LIBOR would fix, the suggested LIBORs reflected the preferred rates that would benefit the senior yen trader.
The order finds that almost all of the yen LIBOR panel banks received the suggested LIBORs, and several relied on them in making their yen LIBOR submissions, particularly during the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Even panel banks that tried to make truthful yen LIBOR submissions may have passed on false or misleading submissions, because they used ICAP brokers' purportedly unbiased suggested LIBORs to inform their LIBOR submissions.
According to the order, the ICAP brokers referred to the panel bank submitters as "sheep" when they copied the yen cash broker's suggested LIBORS. In fact, the order finds that at least two banks' submissions mirrored the suggested LIBORs up to 90% of the time.
The order further finds that the ICAP yen bokers provided these "LIBOR services" to keep the senior yen trader's business, which accounted for as much as 20% of the yen derivatives desk's revenue. "Mr. LIBOR," the yen cash broker who disseminated the false suggested LIBORs, demanded compensation from the yen derivatives desk for his "LIBOR services" or "no more mr libor." This grew from dinners and champagne, to additional commission-generating trades, to "kick backs" totaling $72,000.
The order further finds that this unlawful, manipulative conduct continued for more than four years, in part because ICAP's supervision, internal controls, policies and procedures were inadequate. For example, ICAP never audited the yen derivatives desk and left compliance oversight to the yen derivatives desk head, who was complicit in the misconduct.
With this Order, the CFTC has now imposed penalties of just under $1.3 billion on entities for manipulative conduct with respect to LIBOR submissions and other benchmark interest rates. See In the Matter of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and RBS Securities Japan Limited, Order Instituting Proceedings Pursuant To Sections 6(c) And 6(d) Of The Commodity Exchange Act, Making Findings And Imposing Remedial Sanctions (February 6, 2013) ($325 Million penalty) (see CFTC Press Release 6510-13); In the Matter of UBS AG and UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd., Order Instituting Proceedings Pursuant To Sections 6(c) And 6(d) Of The Commodity Exchange Act, Making Findings And Imposing Remedial Sanctions (December 19, 2012) ($700 Million penalty) (see CFTC Press Release 6472-12); and In the Matter of Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, and Barclays Capital Inc., Order Instituting Proceedings Pursuant To Sections 6(c) And 6(d) Of The Commodity Exchange Act, As Amended, Making Findings And Imposing Remedial Sanctions (June 27, 2012) ($200 million penalty) (see CFTC Press Release 6289-13). In the actions against the panel banks, the CFTC Orders also require the banks to comply with undertakings specifying the factors upon which benchmark interest rate submissions should be made, and requiring implementation of internal controls and policies needed to ensure the integrity and reliability of such communications.
CFTC orders Vision Financial Markets to Pay a $525,000 for violations of customer fund segregation requirements
The CFTC filed and simultaneously settled charges against Vision Financial Markets LLC, for failing to segregate commodity and options customer funds, failing to notify the CFTC and Vision's designated self-regulatory organization (DSRO) of its under-segregation, and making misstatements to the CFTC about the location and manner in which the customer funds were being held. Vision is registered with the CFTC as a futures commission merchant (FCM) and with the SEC as a broker-dealer.
The CFTC requires Vision to pay a $525,000 civil monetary penalty and cease and desist from violating the CEA and Regulations, as charged.
The CFTC found that Vision, after using commodity futures and options customer funds to purchase securities, failed to account for and hold those securities separately for its customers. Instead, between approximately August 2008 and June 2009, Vision commingled the securities with its own funds and the funds of its securities customers in Vision's participant account held in its own name at the Depository Trust Company (DTC). Vision represented to the CFTC that the securities were "deposited in segregated funds bank accounts," when, in fact, certain Vision personnel involved with preparing and submitting the monthly segregation statements knew that the assets were not held at a bank but actually were held in Vision's account at DTC and were commingled with funds of Vision and others.
The CFTC also found that after Vision's segregation violations and misstatements were uncovered in June 2009, Vision restated its monthly segregation statements, deducting the value of the customer funds held in the DTC account from its calculation of total segregated funds. From December 2008 through May 2009, when Vision had invested larger amounts of customer funds in securities, excluding their value from Vision's calculation of total funds in segregation put Vision in a position of under-segregation for a six month period. However, during that period, Vision did not notify the CFTC or its DSRO that it was under-segregated, the CFTC found.
Separately, the CFTC filed and and simultaneously settled charges against Vision Financial Markets for failing to diligently supervise by failing to aggregate a customer's multiple accounts, failing to use the proper delta, and utilizing a faulty software program in calculating the customer's net position. The CFTC requires Vision to pay a civil monetary penalty of $140,000 and to cease and desist from violating the CFTC's Regulation 166.3.
The CFTC found that in May 2012, Vision failed to diligently supervise its employees in the handling of a customer's commodity interest accounts. Specifically, the CFTC found that Vision failed to aggregate a customer's multiple trading accounts held at Vision when calculating that customer's feeder cattle futures speculative positions traded on the CME and that Vision failed to use the proper delta in calculating this customer's aggregate futures equivalent net positions. The order further finds that Vision relied on a faulty back-office software program, which incorrectly calculated aggregate futures equivalent net positions and which was used to identify potential speculative limit violations for all of its customer accounts. The software program was not corrected until six months after Vision discovered the software program's calculation error, according to the CFTC.
CFTC charges The Yorkshire Group and Scott Platto with engaging in illegal, off-exchange precious metals transactions
The CFTC filed a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against defendants The Yorkshire Group Inc. of Staten Island, N.Y, and its sole owner, Scott Platto, also of Staten Island.The CFTC complaint, filed on Sept. 25, 2013, charges the defendants with engaging in illegal, off-exchange financed transactions in precious metals with retail customers. The complaint further alleges that Platto, as the owner, operator, and controlling person of Yorkshire, is liable for Yorkshire's violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).

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Travel across the sunburnt Australian Outback to Uluru, Watarrka and south through the Flinders Ranges
Explore the natural wonders of the world's most sunburnt country. From Alice Springs to Adelaide, this journey will see you witness stunning sunsets over Uluru, visit jewel-filled mining towns and find secret oasis' in the middle of the Red Centre. Blossoming with an array of surprisingly unique beauty, from wonderful wildlife to spectacular landscapes, Australia will be sure to enchant and leave visitors yearning for more.
This trips provides you with the best guides in the business who know the Australian outback like the back of their hand
Wander through the iconic domes of Kata Tjuta, and gaze in awe at the sacred rock of Uluru
Dine under the stars and camp within privately owned sites on the red earth of the outback
Hike through natural amphitheatres, rocky chasms and lush oases in Kings Canyon
Discover the spiritual importance of the outback landscape to local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on guided nature walks
In the opal-mining outpost of Coober Pedy, scorching daytime temperatures have driven the town's few residents to live in underground 'dugouts'. Explore the opal mine, hang out with some rescued joeys and spend the night in a subterranean bunker
Drive the famous Oodnadatta Track
Temperatures in the Red Centre can be extreme. During the day the weather can be very hot (and the Australian sun is very strong) so please bring appropriate clothing, use sun protection and drink plenty of water. In the evenings temperatures really drop, so bring base layers and warm clothing.
This trip requires a moderate level of fitness as it involves a lot of walking, allowing you to really get among nature. Please bring sturdy, comfortable walking shoes and comfortable clothing.
On most days of the trip, you'll spend several hours driving through very sparse areas of desert. Crank up the tunes and sit back to enjoy landscapes that you would miss in any other form of travel.
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5. Please note there is no single supplement is available for this trip
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Christ came not merely to restore us to what we were before Adam's fall but to give us something better. As the last Adam, Christ restores what was lost and guarantees that we will never lose it again. He gives ...Read More
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Christ is our Lord but He is not a master who is unapproachable or who does not understand us. Having taken on our flesh, He is able to sympathize with us and He knows what we need for strength in ...Read More
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Other religions might say they respect Christ for being a good prophet or moral teacher, but Scripture will not allow us to stop there. Jesus is also truly God and worthy of our worship. To be a servant of Christ ...Read More
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The power of God for conversion is in His grace working through the preaching of the gospel (1 Cor. 1:21). We do not have to invent fancy techniques to bring people to faith; we just have to preach God's Word ...Read More
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Bourbon Chili
Bourbon Chili
By Tim Love, Owner & Chef, Lonesome Dove Western
This is not your mama's chili. Chef Love's recipe is real chili con carne, and it delivers with a complex spicy punch from the variety of dried chilies used. The masa harina is a fantastic way to thicken the chili and enhance the flavor at the same time.
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- 1 cup Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 2 pieces dried Ancho chilies
- 1 piece dried Pasilla chile
- 2 pieces dried Guajillo chilies
- 2 pieces dried Chipotle chilies
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 pounds boneless beef short ribs
- 3 cups onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 cup dark-brown sugar
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup masa harina, if desired
- Salt and black pepper
- Additional Maker's Mark® Bourbon, if desired
- Toast the chilies in a large, dry skillet over medium-low heat until lightly charred and fragrant, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a bowl.
- Bring 4 cups of water to a boil and pour over the chilies.
- Weight the chilies down in the water and submerge with a paper towel.
- Allow the chilies to soften for about 20 minutes in the hot water.
- Drain the chilies once they are soft, reserving the soaking liquid.
- If you prefer your chili to be spicy, remove only the stem of the chilies, leaving the seeds intact.
- If you prefer a milder chili, take the time to open up the softened chili peppers and remove the seeds before adding the peppers to the blender.
- Add the softened chili peppers to the blender with 1 cup of Maker's Mark®.
- Puree until smooth.
- Heat a large skillet or Dutch oven over high heat.
- Pat the short ribs dry with a paper towel and season them generously with salt and black pepper.
- Add the tablespoon of oil to the hot pan.
- Reduce the heat to medium high.
- Sear the short ribs on all sides until well browned, about 3–4 minutes per side.
- Remove the short ribs to a plate and pour off the browning liquid and fat into a small bowl.
- Return the pan to the heat.
- Add the chopped onion and minced garlic to the skillet and cook until softened, about 10 minutes, stirring often.
- Add the cumin, oregano, thyme, brown sugar, vinegar, browning liquid, chile water and chile puree to the pot.
- Season with a heavy pinch of salt.
- Cover with a tight-fitting lid and simmer over low heat until the meat is very tender, about 3 hours, turning the ribs every 30 minutes and adding water as necessary if the braise becomes too dry.
- Once the short ribs can break apart with a spoon, remove the ribs from the stew and break the short ribs apart into small chunks using two spoons or forks.
- The chili braise in the pot should be the consistency of a thick soup.
- Reduce over low heat if necessary or add more water to reach desired consistency.
- Skim any excess fat and oil from the surface of the chili and discard.
- Stir the pieces of short rib back into the chili braise.
- Add an extra splash of Maker's Mark® if you want.
- Thicken the stew with masa harina (fine cornmeal makes a great substitute) if you desire. Ladle 2 cups of chili into a bowl and stir in the masa harina.
- Return the mixture to the pot and stir in with the rest of the chili.
- Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Serve the chili hot, garnished with chopped scallions, cilantro and/or sour cream.
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U.S. Postal Service will keep Saturday delivery
The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service will keep delivering first-class mail on Saturday because Congress has left it no choice but to continue.
The U.S. Postal Service will keep Saturday delivery,the service's board of governors said Wednesday.
The Postal Service, which lost $16 billion last year, said in February it wanted to switch to five-day mail delivery to save $2 billion annually. But Congress passed legislation in March that mandates that mail be delivered six days a week.
"The board believes that Congress has left it with no choice but to delay this implementation (of the curtailed delivery schedule) at this time," the board said in a statement.
The board said it had directed managers to seek to reopen negotiations with postal unions to lower total workforce costs.
The proposed schedule would have eliminated Saturday delivery of first-class mail starting Aug. 5.
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When Pocket-lint was invited to a briefing about Xbox SmartGlass in London, we were taken through a number of features and shown exactly what would be coming to Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8 when it was launched. Those things have now happened and SmartGlass is available for those platforms (expect you won't be able to try it out on WP8 until the first handsets start to arrive).
Weirdly, however, Microsoft also told us that the iOS and Android versions of Xbox SmartGlass would not be available until "early 2013". So imagine our surprise when we opened Google Play and saw...
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- Google Play
SmartGlass, in concept, is an excellent idea: control and integrate with your Xbox 360 using your phone, PC, laptop or tablet device. Sometimes that's as simple as offering a touch controller for internet browsing, sometimes offering additional information to accompany a game, movie or music track.
Its only problem at the moment though is that it is starved of content to interact with. At present there are only two games it works with - Forza Horizon and the Kinect-enabled Home Run Stars - and we've even struggled to get the former to work. But more on that later, let's look at the potential of the application...
There's no doubt about it, the second-screen experience is becoming more and more a part of a modern family entertainment. Twitter is on tap, it seems, during shows like X-Factor or I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! And during live sports, such as football. The smartphone and now tablet device have become important tools in helping people expand their opinions on content beyond the confines of their own family unit. SmartGlass is a natural next step.
Setting it up is a doddle. Download the app, sign in to the same account as your Xbox 360 and have both devices switched on at the same time - Bob's your uncle and Fanny's a rude word.
The application will recognise your Xbox 360 is sparked up and react accordingly. It can be used as a controller to swipe through menu screens, an extension of the Bing search engine, and a keyboard for interacting with Xbox Live when it needs it (we find it particularly useful with entering the painfully long voucher or download codes).
However, more impressive functionality comes when it's coupled with another new feature to have arrived during the latest Dashboard update: Internet Explorer.
Internet Browsing using a conventional Xbox controller is a miserable experience at the best of times. Long URLs are a pain to enter using the on-TV alphabet and moving the pointer over the screen is fiddly. Not so with SmartGlass. You get to use the touch controller as you would if browsing on a smartphone. Of course, that throws up the question of why you'd be browsing on the Xbox 360 when you could do it (a bit quicker) on your Android device, but hey, don't knock it.
Another interesting feature that is built-in from the off revolves around the interaction with Xbox Video and Xbox Music files. When playing either, you're treated to information and artwork on the cast, artist or other relevant details. This is the second-screen experience we we're looking for. It's added value and something we can see helping Microsoft's new Spotify rival attract subscribers.
We're also fond of the way Xbox SmartGlass for Android works with the "Social" aspects of Xbox Live. Not only do you get an animated version of your avatar on screen, with a shop to tart them up in ever more interesting ways, but also easy-to-navigate lists of your friends and - which will probably get more use - a message system that can page those on their Xboxes, even if they don't have SmartGlass.
Now we come back to the only major caveat we've found (apart from the occasional slow loading time for pictures and information, which we can forgive at this stage): try as much as we like on a Samsung Galaxy S3, we could not get the Forza Horizon GPS map to work. The app happily started the game playing on screen and gave us full details on the achievements we've already accumulated, but nothing else. No button for the SmartGlass functionality that the game promises, nothing.
We've heard that many Android device owners have been able to interact with the game just fine but, equally, we've heard from others who have experienced the same problems as ourselves. Microsoft even states that there should be no problems between Forza and the Android app, and it should even work from the bat (previously via a DLC update, but we're told that's not needed anymore). It does though suggest that there may be "configuration issues". We have installed Jelly Bean lately, so maybe that's it. Or maybe it doesn't yet work in the UK? Regardless, we expect an update in the foreseeable future.
In fact, there are a few teething troubles with Xbox SmartGlass for Android, but who'd expect it to be perfect from day one? Especially as we're not even meant to get it until "early 2013". Like all apps, Microsoft's innovative concept will get better with age.
NOTE: Please note that at the time of writing this review, Xbox SmartGlass is not available for Android tablet devices or iOS. We have heard though, that you can side load the app on to a Nexus 7 or other Android tablet. Try downloading it from an app store that isn't Google Play, or pull the APK from your smartphone and upload it to your tablet, if you have both.
UPDATE: For all those desperately fiddling with their settings to get the Forza Horizon GPS map to work on their phone, Microsoft has revealed that Forza compatibility is yet to make it to Android and that it's currently Windows 8 only.
UPDATE 2: Xbox for SmartGlass is now available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. You can download it from iTunes for free. It also features Forza Horizon support, something the Android app - at the time of writing - still lacks.
Have you managed to get Xbox SmartGlass for Android working with Forza Horizon? If so, let us know in the comments below... Similarly, let us know if you've been able to get it working on a tablet device...


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In 2017, we have partnered with 9News to "Scout for Food" to donate to the 9Cares Colorado Shares drive which provides food to over 100 food banks throughout the Metro area. Door hangers will be provided for Scouts to deliver to their neighborhoods beginning Saturday, November 11th with a request to fill a bag with food and pick up on the morning of Saturday, November 18th. Units may pick up Scouting for Food door hangers at the October roundtable meetings, University of Scouting, November roundtable meetings or at the Hamilton Scout Headquarters.
Units will need to total the amount of food items collected for their Scouting for Food report and then deliver to one of the 9Cares Colorado Shares collection sites on Saturday, November 18, 2017 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
All Scouting units are encouraged to participate in this Council-wide community service initiative. Scouting for Food participation will inspire our young people and teach them the importance of community service. Service is a key ingredient in Citizenship! It will also reinforce Scouting's positive contribution to the general community.
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Chicago fashion designers have a chance to impress producers from NBC's "Fashion Star" with their creations during a July 22 casting call at Macy's.
"Fashion Star" is looking for 12 innovative designers for its second season. The show's ultimate winner secures a multi-million dollar contract to launch his or her own collections in three of America's largest retailers.
When: Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, July 22
Where: Macy's, 111 N. State St.
Designer are asked to bring five to 10 pieces of ready-to-wear, original garments they designed to show the casting team and fashion industry buyers and executives. You must also bring:
- Your most current look-book and/or portfolio if you have one.
- A completed and signed Open Call Application, which you can download at the Fashion Star site.
- A photocopy of your driver's license or government issued photo ID.
- A current photograph of yourself.
All photos and applications submitted will not be returned and become property of Fashion Star Producers.
In its premiere season, winner Kara Laricks wowed mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos and won more than $6 million in collection deals with Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue and H&M. Her clothes are currently on sale at those retailers.
New York City
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 14
Where: TRYP Times Square South, 345 W. 35th St.
When: Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, July 15
Where: Macy's Northpark Center, 8687 North Central Expressway
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 21
Where: Macy's Perimeter Mall, 4300 Ashford-Dunwoody Rd.
San Francisco
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 21
Where: Macy's Union Square, 170 O'Farrell St.
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 28
Where: Macy's Downtown, 22 E. Flagler St.
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Rich Buhler
Christian talk radio pioneer Rich Buhler has died at the age of 65.
Fellow Christian broadcaster and occasional fill-in host Warren Duffy praised his colleague and acknowledged the debt so many others in the industry owe to Buhler's efforts, saying: "All of us who are Christian broadcasters have walked into the field of talk radio through the door that Rich Buhler opened up for us when he launched his 'Talk from the Heart' program on KBRT decades ago."
Rush Limbaugh
"Anti-Rush heads will explode," one blogger joked, while another quipped that Limbaugh had "busted" into the Missouri State House.
It was no laughing matter this week, however, when Rush Limbaugh was inducted into the "Hall of Famous Missourians." The honor includes the placement of a bronze bust of the veteran broadcaster on permanent display in the Capitol Rotunda.
With CNN announcing its worst ratings in years, Limbaugh opined that he could turn the troubled cable news outlet around overnight if given the opportunity.
CNN has lost ground, Rush declared, because it is clinging to old fashioned notions about "objectivity," which is really nothing more than hypocrisy (FREE audio).
"The problem is they won't own up to their opinions, they won't admit to it," Limbaugh explained. "You've got to be competitive in the arena in which you choose to battle. And it's very clear what cable news has become. It's become personality-oriented opinion. Unabashed, fearless personality opinion. Anything else is pretense. And if you're going to do personality-oriented opinion and then deny that's what you're doing, then you're never gonna pull it off, because people are going to realize you're not even being honest with yourself."
Michael Savage
Savage may not be Mitt Romney's most vocal cheerleader, but he does have a strong opinion about who the presumed GOP nominee should select as his running mate.
He advised listeners to look closely at Romney's choice when the time comes.
"If he picks a weakling as opposed to a conservative, it's all over," explained Savage, adding, "the only way Romney can win is by picking a true tea party conservative.
"And you know who he has to pick?" Savage asked. "If it's a Romney/Allen West ticket, they win" (FREE audio).
Savage believes that selecting a distinguished African-American like Allen West would immediately render the left's twisted obsession with skin color and "racism" null and void, at least for the duration of the campaign.
WND's own Chelsea Schilling sat down with Michael Savage this week to discuss her exhaustive undercover investigation of Facebook's child-porn ring.
Schilling says pedophiles freely swap pornographic images using the social network (FREE audio).
Furthermore, Schilling says Facebook seems intent on ignoring the problem rather than cracking down on abusers, for fears of how this horrific discovery might impact its multi-billion dollar IPO.
Sean Hannity
On June 7, Sean Hannity will deliver the keynote address at the prestigious New Media Seminar in New York City.
Hannity says his speech will address the challenges facing the broadcasting industry today, from technical innovations to "attempts to silence opposition speech."
Hannity told TALKERS magazine, "My speeches in the past have focused on the theme, 'The best is yet to come,' which I still fully believe – but we face a number of present-day obstacles that have popped up along the way that we as an industry must address and overcome."
Mark Levin
Levin took a classic call this week, from a confused young progressive whose complete ignorance of American history and economic realities didn't prevent him from voicing his leftwing opinions.
Levin clearly had fun eviscerating the ignorant young man, who seemed more naive than malicious (FREE audio).
Aaron Klein
The so-called Occupy movement claims to be back and ready to battle "the 1 percent" for another year, but Klein was unimpressed by the half-hearted global protests against capitalism that went on over the weekend.
Now that the Washington Post has run an "expose" of Mitt Romney's high school days – claiming the presumed Republican presidential candidate was a "bully" – Klein says looking into Obama's school days is fair game as well. The radio host had a lot to say about what he calls "Obama's Little Red Sunday School," for instance!
Klein also talked with John Batchelor about the situation in the Middle East and looked into the return of a "lost tribe" to Israel (FREE audio).
Laura Ingraham
In a break from political topics, former "Three's Company" star Suzanne Somers came on to promote her new book, "Bombshell: Explosive Medical Secrets That Will Redefine Aging." She and Ingraham debated the performer's controversial views on chemotherapy and other features of Western medicine.
Michelle Dennedy of McAfee offered expert advice about how to protect children from identity theft and other Internet hazards.
Then, Pat Buchanan came on to bash Newsweek's controversial cover declaring Obama "the first gay president," complete with a rainbow halo! (FREE audio)
Glenn Beck
Pundits predicted that Glenn Beck's influence would decline after he left Fox News, but that's not what has happened, at least according to Forbes.
The magazine published its annual "Celebrity 100" list this week, and Beck's position actually rose this year over last. Beck placed No. 23 overall on a list that's determined by an algorithm of wealth, media reach and social impact.
And now, from the left side of the dial …
This is rich: Fake "Reverend" Al Sharpton took to the airwaves to slam real black pastors who object to Obama's endorsement of gay "marriage"!
Weirdly, Sharpton scolded these men of the cloth for standing by Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but now taking the moral high road with Obama is in the White House (FREE audio).
This position won't endear Sharpton to many of his African-American listeners, who likely don't support gay "marriage," either.
Will blacks finally abandon their self-appointed spokesman Al Sharpton over this obviously partisan stance? One can only hope.


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Adam Levine and Shakira attend the NBC Universal Summer 2013 Press Day closing panel for their show The Voice held at the Langham Hotel on Monday (April 22) in Pasadena, Calif.
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Cobra Starship, Cee Lo Green + More to Perform at Miami Beach Music Festival
Who wants to spend New Year's Eve cramped like sardines for hours in Times Square when you can spend it partying on Miami Beach with popular bands like Cobra Starship and Cee Lo Green? The second Miami Beach Music Festival has been announced for Dec. 30 – Jan. 1 at an amphitheater constructed along Ocean Avenue.
Billboard reports the event will also feature Gym Class Heroes, Pete Wentz, Ne-Yo, Boyz II Men, Jermaine Dupri, DJ Samantha Ronson and DJ Irie. The event has been greatly expanded to hold up to 15,000 people per night.
"We want New Year's on Miami Beach to be on people's checklist," says Shawn Garrity, president of Union Square Agency, co-producer of the event. "Everybody has that picture of Times Square [for New Year's], but we think being on a beach with people from around the world, dancing and having this great entertainment is unique."
The event is part of a partnership with the Orange Bowl, a college football bowl game in January. Festival tickets range from $64.20 for one day to $208.65 for the three-day pass. If you want to snag a ticket, visit Ticketmaster's official site.
Garrity says the event will be even bigger next year, when the Orange Bowl hosts the BCS title game. "In 2013 we'll have the New Year's festival and then when the national championship comes here we'll have another major event," he says.


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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX) sealed a pair of big deals on Wednesday to acquire full control of Plains Exploration (NYSE:PXP) and McMoRan Exploration (NYSE:MMR) for a combined $9 billion.
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With debt included, the value of the transactions rises to about $20 billion.
The acquisitions should shake up the commodities business, creating a global leader in mineral assets with its tentacles in oil, gas and production.
"This transaction will enable us to add assets with exceptional exploration and development potential to a world-class mining company to create a premier minerals and oil and gas business focused on value creation for shareholders," Freeport Chairman James Moffett said in a statement.
Moffett, who also serves as CEO of McMoRan, will remain chairman of the combined company. Freeport CEO Richard Adkerson will stay on board and also assume the title of vice chairman.
James Flores, the CEO of Plains Exploration, will become vice chairman and CEO of Freeport's oil and gas operations.
"I am proud of the accomplishments of our team who have built a strong company and created the opportunity for our shareholders to participate in this exciting transaction," Flores said.
Plains Exploration agreed to be acquired for about $6.9 billion in cash and stock.
Freeport said it will pay 0.6531 shares of its stock and $25 in cash for each Plains share, equaling about $50 per share. That offer represents a 39% premium on the Tuesday closing price of $36.05 for Plains.
The sale of McMoRan Exploration is valued at about $3.4 billion in cash, or $2.1 billion net of the 36% stake already owned by Freeport and Plains Exploration.
Freeport said it will pay $14.75 in cash and 1.15 units of a royalty trust for each McMoRan share. The cash portion represents a 74% premium on McMoRan's Tuesday close of $8.46 and a 31% premium on its one-month average price.
The royalty trust will hold a 5% overriding royalty interest in future production from McMoRan's existing ultra-deep exploration properties.
Both deals are the subject of the target companies' shareholders and Freeport anticipates closing the transactions in the second half of 2013.
The combined company is expected to generate about 74% of its estimated EBITDA will stem from mining, with the remaining portion from oil and gas.
Freeport will remain headquartered in Phoenix, but will also maintain a presence in New Orleans and Houston, the homes of McMoRan and Plains Exploration, respectively.
Freeport said it received $9.5 billion in financing commitments from J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) to fund the cash portion of its acquisitions and to repay under Plains.
Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) advised Freeport on the deals.
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In the Eastern Himalayas 163 species are considered threatened, of which 19 mammal, 28 bird, 17 reptile, and 12 amphibian species are considered priority species.
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It is a sad day in Southern California amateur motorcycle racing, as the Willow Springs Motorcycle Club (WSMC) is closing its doors ahead of its second round of the 2012 season. Catering to amateur motorcycle racers from LA County and its surrounding areas for the past 21 years, Willow Springs owner Bill Huth has had no choice but to close the racing league because of its lack of profitability.
While this announcement in no way affects track days held at either Streets of Willow or at the "Big Track", it does mean that amateur motorcycle racing at Willow Springs Raceway will cease to exist, at least for the time being.


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According to former FBI Director Robert Mueller, there are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be. Government institutions are hardly immune—the US Navy sees 110,000 cyberattacks every hour, or more than 30 every single second. And it affects individuals as well—for example, more than 600,000 Facebook accounts are compromised every day. The estimated annual cost of global cybercrime is $100 billion.
To address the growing needs of government and industry, Central Washington University's Information Technology and Administrative Management (ITAM) Department will now offer a minor in cybersecurity. The 24-credit program addresses identifying information-system vulnerabilities, tracking cybercriminals, and creating adequate defense solutions.
"Other colleges in Washington have cybersecurity programs, but ours will be the first that can be accessed entirely online," said Gary Rogers, ITAM professor of networking and cybersecurity. Rogers has more than 25 years of experience in researching and investigating cybersecurity.
Rogers is acutely aware of the vulnerability of mobile and wireless networks, especially with individuals and small businesses. "Very few people have antivirus protection for their cellphones or tablets," he noted. "And small businesses that don't protect their wi-fi connection with even a password are putting everything they have at risk."
The minor is complementary to many other CWU programs, such as law and justice, accounting, and computer science. "This program doesn't require expertise in programming or coding," said Rogers. "It's designed to provide a basic understanding of cybersecurity, how to address vulnerabilities, and how to recognize and defend against attacks. In addition, we also feature digital forensics, a course designed to aid law enforcement in recovering digital evidence as well as tracking cybercriminals."
Not all threats to cybersecurity are at the hands of hackers, related Rogers. He recounts how one business went strictly by the book in backing up and duplicating files, and storing the backups in a vault. Unfortunately, the business was in the path of Hurricane Sandy and the vault ended up submerged in water.
"We want our students to be able to assess all the risks to a system and develop creative solutions," he said. "It's an exciting field because it is changing all the time."
The demand for people with cybersecurity skills shows no sign of slacking. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that network systems and information security professionals can expect job opportunities to grow by 43 percent through 2018.
For more information about the ITAM cybersecurity program, go to www.cwu.edu/it-management/new-cybersecurity-minor.
Media Contact: Valerie Chapman-Stockwell, CWU Public Affairs, 509-963-1518, firstname.lastname@example.com


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As we inch closer and closer to the finale of For the Love of Ray J, we wanted to give you the latest news on what is going on with the show –
Danger claimed to be pregnant by Ray J about a month ago in an interview she gave to the National Enquirer. VH1 and Ray J both came out denying the pregnancy story. And for some reason, Danger made a blog on her myspace about 2 weeks later claiming she was no longer pregnant. She did not give an explanation as to what might have happened or if she was even really pregnant to begin with. Danger also says she is currently engaged to Nick Cannon's younger brother.
Ray J is also working on a soundtrack to his VH1 dating reality show. No word on when this soundtrack will be released but he recenetly shot a video for his first single.
Stilts is also back together with her husband, the one she was seperated from while one the show but refused to get a divorce for whatever reason. Seems like Ray J was right in sending her home, as she claimed in an interview given to VH1 that she never stopped having feelings for her then enstranged husband.
Cocktail aka Jojo will be outed on the show this week as having appeared in past reality shows. Cocktail had appeared in the first season of Oxygen Bad Girls Club as a replacement. She also appeared in the first season of Bravo's Millionaire MatchMaker as one of the girls looking to date the millionaires. It will be interesting to see if Ray J decides to send her home or not.
Chardonnay is also actually a stripper in Atlanta is very open about what she does for a living. The six girls remaining on the show include Danger, Cocktail, Unique, Cashmere, Chardonnay, and Fiesty.
UPDATE – A smart commenter going by the name of Olivia made a great observation that Cocktail was not the girl that appeared on the Millionaire Matchmaker. After watching the video again, it turns out Olivia is correct, and Cocktail has never made an appearance on Millionaire Matchmaker. Thanks Olivia!


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Heading for number yuan: the growth of RMB bonds
As the yuan, or renminbi (RMB/CNY), recently passed the Japanese yen to become the world's fourth most-used payment currency, it's worth taking stock of how far the RMB has come, its future growth path and what this means for investors.
China and the Fed
In September, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) held interest rates steady and decided to delay lift-off, with Chair Janet Yellen citing, amongst other factors, the potential for "further instability in global economic progress". Markets took this to mean primarily China.
How times have changed. It was only in June 2013 when then-Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, following the "taper tantrum" (which refers to the sell off in stocks and bonds after the Fed first warned it was winding down its quantitative easing program) of the previous month, said that "strong global growth depends very much on the US growing at a reasonable rate1."
It now seems Yellen's recent comments were a tacit admission of the importance of China's economy on, not only global growth, but also that of the US.
The 24-hour financial news cycle continues to focus on the slowdown in China's juggernaut economy and the veracity of its economic growth data has also been questioned, given Chinese policymakers' almost obsessive fixation on hitting their 7% GDP target.
Use of the RMB has surged as China's economy globalises and its burgeoning middle class travel abroad.
But what about the currency? The recent brouhaha in the markets surrounding the devaluation of the RMB, triggering talk of a new currency war, has thrust it back into the spotlight.
Our view of this tends to be in the greater context of the currency's increasing prominence over multiple years rather than days.
In this sense, the changes that it is undergoing look set to be as far-reaching as the economy's transition from an investment-led to consumer-driven model of growth.
And the opportunities to tap this opening-up process will be manifold, for both passive and active investors.
Just as China's economy can now not be ignored, neither can its currency. This will be particularly true for bond investors looking towards the world's second-largest economy.
Charting the ascendancy
Use of the RMB has surged as China's economy globalises and its burgeoning middle class travel abroad.
The ubiquity of the currency was highlighted by its rise to the fourth-most used currency in the world with 2.79% of global payments in August (by value) made in the so-called "redback", according to payment services provider Swift.
It overtook the Japanese yen's 2.76% share, with the RMB up from the 2.30% share it had in July.
Consistent with its phenomenal advance, as recently as January 2012 the RMB ranked number 20 with 0.25% but has since left the Hong Kong dollar, Swiss franc and Australian dollar, among others, in its wake.
Its ascendancy in trade finance settlement has been in lockstep with China's rise as a global economic superpower – China is now the biggest export market for 43 countries; back in 1994 this number stood at just two2.
The volatility of the currency has been minimal and the shock 2% decline of the RMB in August, engineered by the Peoples' Bank of China (PBoC) was notable precisely because such moves are so rare.
Uncertainty surrounding global growth provides further impetus to investors to take RMB bonds as a strategic long-term proposition.
Even so, this needs to be placed into context of the relative moves of the currency over the past few years. It remained stronger than it was a year ago, in trade-weighted terms, in the week following its devaluation.
Partially attributable to the PBoC's fixing rate, which started to creep up after August, the RMB has also stabilised on account of the deployment of the country's colossal US dollar reserves which, even after falling 12% since reaching a peak of $4 trillion, still stand at $3.51 trillion.
We view its recent devaluation as part of the broader reform of the currency and offshore RMB liquidity continues to remain stable.
Even after the PBoC's surprise devaluation of the RMB 11 August, deposits in both Hong Kong and Taiwan – two key offshore trading centres for the currency – remained stable (see below) and there were no significant withdrawals during the month.
This scramble for a piece of the growing RMB payments pie has seen Hong Kong's importance, as the primary destination as an offshore centre, diminish.
However, that has been a positive development. Multiple cities have announced deals to be offshore dealing centres, which should continue to propel the currency's use and accessibility (see chart below).
Too big to ignore
It comes as no surprise that China's burgeoning RMB bond market has been growing in prominence, in tandem with the currency.
The key questions are how investors can benefit from this transition and where we believe the best opportunities lie, in what is a fast-growing market.
As the chart below illustrates, the government bond market in China is the third-largest in the world, by market capitalisation. And it's not only the government debt market that has been growing.
For related content:
October Economic Infographic: China's impact on the rest of the world
Schroders Quickview: Chinese stimulus to boost sentiment, but not growth yet
Where is China in the sentiment cycle?
Schroders Live: Chinese challenges and rate risks
Corporates in China are starting to turn to the bond market to raise financing and this extends beyond the country's renowned property sector.
Although property developers themselves are typically perceived to share similar credit profiles, this couldn't be further from the truth.
Many have much stronger fundamentals and are an attractive proposition on a risk-adjusted basis. Any veritably diversified portfolio can no longer rule out RMB assets as part of its composition.
For investors, this is going to be a huge shift, albeit one that also offers opportunities.
For starters, monetary policy in China still offers scope for the PBoC to cut rates, unlike the policy conundrum of rock bottom rates and anaemic inflation central banks have to contend with in the West.
The latest rate cuts, announced in August, only saw the one-year lending rate slashed to 4.6% (see below).
Spreads over ultra-low yields found in the West is evident in that even RMB investment grade3 (IG) credits are yielding over 4% and could offer a greater degree of protection against any currency volatility.
Uncertain global conditions
It's an oft-stated fact but China, along with a number of other Asian countries, will continue to benefit from lower oil and commodity prices.
This will lower input costs and also bolster China's current account. In this sort of environment, we foresee longer duration bonds continuing to do well and expect high quality corporate issuers in China to outperform.
The effects of this collapse in commodity prices are positive for China's current account balance while being negative for inflation (as we have seen in recent figures for both).
These are all bond-positive factors for investors and, in an environment where a strengthening US dollar is wreaking havoc on many emerging market currencies, the RMB has been relatively sheltered from this onslaught.
Uncertainty surrounding global growth provides further impetus to investors to take RMB bonds as a strategic long-term proposition.
The ongoing process of opening up China's capital account will also see investors become more aware of the various benefits RMB bonds could offer for the long-term investor.
1. http://www.federalreserve.gov/mediacenter/files/FOMCpresconf20130619.pdf↩
2. http://www.economist.com/econ2015 ↩
3. Investment grade bonds are bonds which are rated BBB- or higher by S&P and Fitch or Baa3 or higher by Moody's. These ratings are indicators of default risk on a particular bond issue -- with higher rating suggesting lower risk.↩


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Your responses to my request for mailbag questions, again, overwhelmed me. As I started to write the answer to the first question in my mailbox, I realized I exceeded 700 words and wasn't done. So without writing a Bill Simmons-like manifesto, here's the answer to that first question:
Scott Comeau wrote:
What do you expect Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron will each get in terms of money and length of contract? I realize this is a tough question, however please give me an educated guess.
MK: Well, of course, they're both going to get 20-year deals that average $3 million per cap hit and the Bruins are going to take any NHL challenges to the deals all the way to the Supreme Court … of hockey. I believe Barry Melrose is the Chief Justice.
But seriously, these are two players that are in different situations as far as their careers are concerned, and two players the Bruins cannot afford to lose for nothing on the open market.
When you look at Chara, 33, you look at an unprecedented physical specimen in the hockey world, who believes he could be a great player until his early 40s. His agent has always made that point a couple times. So even if the NHL office would look the other way, there isn't going to be a "retirement deal" here. As one of the top five defensemen in the league, the captain of the Bruins and the player the team would struggle the most to replace on a short- or long-term basis, Chara really holds all the leverage here. Based on that alone, I don't see him taking a cut from his $7.5 million annual salary.
Obviously, Chara's been very vocal about his desire to win in Boston. That, along with maybe some willingness on Boston's part to lock him up just about as long as he has left to play, might bring his cap number down into the $6 to $6.5 million range. That would be fair, I think, for both sides. Were he to hit the open market, however, Chara might be willing to do something shorter term for the money he's making now and really go for it. What if Nicklas Lidstrom hangs them up after this season. There'd be a gaping hole on the Detroit blue line for Chara to fill, along with the right amount of money available. The bidding war would get pretty fierce next summer, with teams that have the cap room and teams that would be willing to make room for the type of player that hits the open market once every five years (and with the new landscape might not hit free agency for eight years or more going forward).
So if Boston isn't willing to go beyond say four years, we'd probably be looking at a cap hit right around where Chara's number sits at this minute.
When it comes to Bergeron, who's finishing up a deal that has paid him an average of $4.75 million, things get a little sticky. If you're willing to say that Bergeron is going to be the same player four, five years down the road that he is now – a shutdown center with power-play skills and great accuracy in the faceoff circle –- you could project him out at about $3.5 to $4 million. But Bergeron is still just 25 and lost about a season and a half of his development to injury. Last season, for all intents and purposes was just his fourth full season at full strength.
While his offensive numbers have dipped, his all-around play has soared – enough to earn a Canadian Olympic berth. There's no telling how high his offensive totals could rise with a change of role on the Bruins or another team. If Bergeron keeps up his solid defensive zone play, and on a deeper Boston team suddenly pops in 75 to 80 points (including playing on a better power play), he would have to be looking at a raise into the $5, $6 million per season range. Tons of teams would be willing to give it to him (especially a certain Quebec-based franchise).
Boston cannot boast about its great depth at center and sing Bergeron's praises for the good of the Olympic selections and then expect him to take a pay cut. This is a player that's still on the cusp of his prime, has shown he's physically back to where he needs to be and also provides a dose of quiet leadership that any team would love to have.
In Bergeron's case, I also think it's important to get this extension done before the season or, at the latest, by the All-Star break. Boston has to know that Bergeron's play is only going to raise his stock. Showing him they love him as much as he's repeatedly said he loves Boston would be in the Bruins' best interest. So ultimately, I think Bergeron gets around $5.5 million on a four- or five-year deal.
Of course, these ballpark estimates are done without looking at who else will be on the open market or how they would fit into Boston's payroll/salary cap next season or beyond. There's no doubt that even after general manager Peter Chiarelli makes the move he needs to make to clear cap space just for this season, if he completes extensions with Chara and Bergeron, he won't be out of the woods as far as next season in terms of cap space, his logjam at center and other factors.


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Beef from Navarre
Mille alueelle Espanjaa tämä on tyypillistä?
- Itsehallintoalue: Autonomous Community of Navarre
Beef production has always been a basic activity in the mountains of Navarre. The meat is notable because it is very healthy and natural.
The cattle that produces the Beef from Navarre or 'Nafarroako Aratxea' comes from the Pyrenees, Aquitaine Blonde, Alpine Brown and Charolais breeds, and crosses among them, which have been raised in Navarre. The animals are classified by whether they are male or female calves. The former are slaughtered at between 9 and 13 months of age and the latter between 8 and 12 months of age. The meat of both is tender and juicy, with a characteristic red colour and enough marbled fat to be the main source of the juiciness. It is healthy, natural and rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals, such as calcium, iron and phosphorus. It is cooked in a number of different ways, depending on the piece of meat used. Loin, sirloin, stifle, round, hip, ribs or shoulder from the Beef of Navarre offer many possibilities.
Tietoja tuotteesta
- Tuotteen tyyppi: Meat
- Kausittainen: Beef from Navarre is consumed year-round.
- Alkuperä: The primary reproduction and raising area for the cattle that produce the Beef of Navarre covers the entire Navarre region, except for Bardenas. It includes the Nor-Occidental, Pirineos, Cuenca de Pamplona, Tierra Estella, Navarra Media, Ribera Alta regions and the following towns in the Ribera Baja region: Valtierra, Arguedas, Castejón, Corella, Fitero, Cintruenigo, Tudela, Murchante, Cascante, Tulebras, Montegaudo, Barillas, Ablitas, Fontellas, Cabanillas, Ribaforada, Fustiñana, Buñuel and Cortes.
- Suositeltu juoma: Beef from Navarre is delicious with Crianza Red Wines and Non-crianza Red Wines, especially those from the Denomination of Origin of Navarre. The choice depends on the cooking method and how the dish is prepared.
- Ostospaikat: Beef from Navarre is essentially available in nearly all speciality shops, supermarkets and butcher's shops in Navarre. However, thanks to the current distribution networks, it is possible to find this product in larger stores throughout Spain.
- Reseptit: Small red peppers stuffed with meat


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Stop it! Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Stop it! Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Turkey View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message FGTJoined: 14 Sep 2003Posts: 762Location: Turkey Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:56 pm Post subject: Stop it! I think we should all lay off Ghost. If he's learned the hard way that either Turkey or TEFL isn't for him I think we should be supporting him, not belittling him. It's better for any individual to attempt something new and to learn from the experience - even if only about oneself - and to then move on as a slightly older and certainly wiser person as a result. Personally, I'm sorry that Ghost hasn't found as much to enjoy here as the rest of us. I think it's possible that he could have a far more enjoyable experience in a different type of school or maybe a different city, but it may be too late for him - he may have lost the will to try. We all (I think) know that Turkey is anything but perfect, but for most of us, the good outways the bad. I'm sorry this isn't the case for Ghost. Ghost, if you're reading this, good luck with your life. If you come to Izmir get in touch. Back to top ghostJoined: 30 Jan 2003Posts: 1692Location: Saudi Arabia Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 11:04 am Post subject: New contract A new contract has been signed (Dec. 5 2003-May 10 2004) in one of Turkey's most famous University towns. The pay will be at the normal rates for language teachers in language schools in Turkey already mentioned on this forum. The work will be in a 'Dil Merkezi' (language school) where over 90% of the students are from the local Universities, so in effect it will be like teaching University in Turkey without the increased status of actually teaching there. Two Britons, one South African and one Canadian will complete the ranks on the teaching staff there. All the feedback is ok...after all this is an open forum. Teachers need to be aware, though, of what is going on in Turkey. Preparation and discourse prior to signing a contract is wise, since once a teacher is actually here it will be difficult for her/him to back out or embark on Plan B. A teacher who has invested heavily in the language training for the past few months would feel bad about leaving so soon. But May (at the latest) will be 'allah Ismar...... Türkiye' (good bye Turkey). Life is too short.Last edited by ghost on Tue Nov 04, 2003 11:10 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top yaramazJoined: 05 Mar 2003Posts: 2384Location: Not where I was before Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 11:09 am Post subject: I disagree with you about laying off ghost-- not that I think he should be hounded to death- because this is a forum and he has laid out all his problems for us to see and comment on. I disagree with some things he has said and have agreed with others. I would hope that I am allowed to voice my opinion. I still think he hasn't given Turkey a chance and is judging it far too harshly based on a few hyped up experiences over a short period of time. Ghost: Live and learn, dear fellow, and let the good come with the bad as it inevitably will. I am baffled by your negative view of everything Turkish because my experience has been so varied- amazing and horrible things have happened to me here... and in every other country I've lived in. Life is what you make of it. Are you happier in Eskişehir now that you aren't wrestling rich kids and being hounded by tourist touts? Maybe you just got off on the wrong foot.... I wish you luck, regardless. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15318 Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 11:37 am Post subject: ghostly presence Yaramaz is right Ghost has had the courage to do what many do not. He has painted the negative side as he experienced it - from his days in Whitby, through the Dominican Republic to his nasty experiences in Turkey. Teaching adults might be better. Going for something different might be better. He (she ?) has to choose that path. His story is a familiar one . How many people who take their first job in EFL are still tefling five years later ? 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