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Implied Volatility replied to OldNorthPowell's topic in Charlotte HornetsI have to laugh at the mention of Barnes. I am a huge UNC fan but there is no way I'd take Barnes over a healthy MKG. I also wouldn't take Beal after seeing how MKG looked in the few games he played this season.. And Biz (2011) wasn't even in the same draft as Drummond (2012). Regardless, 8 teams passed on Drummond because he failed to live up to the hype at UCONN. And looked disinterested in basketball at times on the court.
No ALL STAR ?
Implied Volatility replied to carolina-chuck2's topic in Charlotte HornetsI doubt they screw over MJ. They're just trying to earn some easy brownie points. But we'll see.
GTA Vice City
Implied Volatility replied to The Huddler's topic in The LoungeYou could take cabs in GTA IV and just skip the ride. But I always enjoyed driving so I rarely used them. It's pretty much impossible for me to pick a favorite GTA. But I will say that GTA III was the most mind blowing of all the games for its time. When it came out it felt like something truly revolutionary. I remember reading previews for the game in magazines and thinking it probably wouldn't be anything special. A lot of series that had tried to jump from 2D to 3D didn't fair well.
Kemba the Super-Star?
Implied Volatility replied to Jakob's topic in Charlotte HornetsPut up 35, 7 & 7 against New Orleans tonight. Call him whatever you like. The man is on a roll this season.
Hornets Are Trash!
Implied Volatility replied to carolina-chuck2's topic in Charlotte HornetsThey're half a game behind the 8th seed despite dealing with more injuries to key players than I can count. This team is now close to full health - just imagine if they had MKG all season - and look like they could have a strong 2nd half. But of course Chuck decides now is a great time to be an attention whore and throw the team under the bus.
You seem to have missed the part where LeBron would kick the ball out to teammates who weren't open with the shot clock running down. In any case LeBron was not there mentally that series. It was clear as day. Go back and watch the way LBJ played against a strong Bull's defense in the 2011 ECF. That's how the best player on the planet is suppose to play when his team is in need. Then LeBron did a complete 180 against the Mavs. He crawled into shell and it cost his team. If LBJ played against the Bull the way he did against Mavs they would not have even made it to the Finals in 2011. He spent large chunks of the 4th quarter standing in the corner like he was Bruce Bowen. But I guess that was his teammates fault... LeBron, Wade, and Bosh carried the offensive load every season while they were together. That's how that team was built. And Chalmers had a nice series against the Mavs. He came up big with some key shots.
Strong argument. Cuban knows his team won because LeBron was a no show. Making the right play, finding the open player etc is fine when you're a role player or at the very least aggressive in doing so. LeBron isn't a role player and wasn't aggressive at all in that series in 4th quarters. He would often take a couple of dribbles then kick the ball out to his teammates who weren't even open with the shot clock running down.
Are kidding me? Did you even watch that series? LeBron was scared to even take the ball to the rack against the Mavs in the 4th quarter. He didn't do a good job of scoring. He didn't do a good job of making plays for he teammates. He didn't do ANYTHING when his team needed him to be aggressive. Even some of the most devote LeBron fans can admit he dropped the ball in that series. I'm not sure what your excuse is.
LeBron was terrible. There is no way to sugarcoat it. Go back and look at his nearly non existent 4th quarter stats in that series. He played like a poor man's Scottie Pippen. If LeBron brought his B-game the Heat would have won that series with the way D-Wade was playing.
Come on now. D-Wade was healthy in 2011 against the Mavs. He averaged 27, 7 & 5 on 55% shooting in that Finals series. Meanwhile LeBron was a no show when his team needed him the most. That series ended any discussion between he and MJ.
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Implied Volatility replied to Jeremy Igo's topic in Charlotte HornetsHe took 5 threes a/game this season. Way too many for a guy with his size & skill set. He should be under 3 a/game and in the post more. I don't want to get this thread too off-topic. So I'm done talking about LeBron.
Frank Kaminsky looking good in summer league
Implied Volatility replied to Jeremy Igo's topic in Charlotte HornetsI think LeBron's post game leaves a lot to be desired. It's the one area of his game that will need to improve significantly as he gets older if he wants to stay at the top. He's never been committed to the post. And I have never understood why. He should have been dominating games in the post years ago like a Magic Johnson instead of chucking 3s.
Well, Jameis has good taste in women....
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Open WWE/NXT/Pro Wrestling thread
Implied Volatility replied to teeray's topic in NerdvanaI tried to get back into WWE last year after not watching for years. But I just couldn't get into it. Then I discovered NJPW and felt like a kid again. My favoirte recent match was between Honma and Ishii. You just don't see this style of fighting in WWE which is a shame.
Raptors @ Hornets
Implied Volatility replied to bLACKpANTHER's topic in Charlotte HornetsThe Bucks could easily fall from 6th. They haven't looked too good since they traded Knight.


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Meeting Josh Barrett
Meeting Josh Barrett
posted at 9/6/2011 10:44 AM EDTName: Josh Barrett
College: www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/college.php?DSTeamId=45&sortorder=tsxpos&order=ASC" target="_blank" title="Other Prospects from Arizona State">Arizona State Number: 19
Height: 6-2 Weight: 223
Position: www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/players.php?genpos=SS&draftyear=2008&sortby=tsxpos&order=ASC" title="Click here for other SS's">SS Pos2: FS/OLB
Class/Draft Year: www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/players.php?genpos=SS&draftyear=2008&sortby=tsxpos&order=ASC" title="Other 2008 SS's">rSr/2008
40 Time: 4.34 40 Low: 4.30 40 High: 4.43
Projected Round: www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/value.php?projected=3&draftyear=2008&sortorder=tsxpos&order=ASC" title="Other Prospects projected for Round(s) 3">3 Stock: Falling due to injury www.nfldraftscout.com/members/images/same.gif" border="0" alt="" />
Rated number 3 out of 134 SS's
If you look back @ this Draft class you'll remeber our prognosticator mbeaulieu07, Tex, MVP...
Bottom line this kid was a combine beast he is basically Taylor Mays with a Brain... 6'2 225 runs a 4.34 officially 4.30 @ his pro day.
This kid is exactly what you need in 4:3 3:4 hybrid
I said this last week but the personel on this team makes us a AUDIBLE NIGHTMARE... for QBs we can line up in either front because our DEs have played OLB...
Cunningham & Ninkovich can play the Strong side in the 4:3, LOLB in 3:4 Carter and Anderson can plan RDE or ROLB.
I know it is a stretch to put Cunningham on the Strong side of a 4:3... I truely feel Tarpanian from IOWA is our man there because that is his natural position but he does not have the size to play the 3:4 look.
either way our DE is revolutionary
4 down// Ellis, Haynesworth, Fork, Carter
3 LBs// Cunnningham, Spikes, Mayo
2 DBs// McCourty, Bodden
SS/FS Chung, Barrett
3 down/// Ellis Fork Haynesworth
4 LBs// Cunningham, Spikes, Mayo, Carter
2 DBs// McCourty, Bodden
SS/FS Chung Barret
4 down/// Anderson Haynesworth, Fork, Carter
2 LBs// Mayo, Guyton
2 DBs// McCourty, Bodden
Star Chung
SS/FS Brown, Barrett
This DE can audile to a 4:3 look by having Barrett look down the weak side while Mayo flips to the strong side
Bottom line this DE does not have a BASE anything
I personally love the hybrid 4:3 look with all these options
Re: Meeting Josh Barrett
posted at 9/6/2011 10:51 AM EDT
All good points and agree with most. Barrett is an interesting prospect at least on paper. he's a tad smaller than I would like at 4-3 OLB, but I think can pull it off if you change up on the fly. He's I think what BB was seeking in that hybrid role, similar to what McGowan did, but way more gifted in terms of speed.
You didn't mention a 5 man line. But what about this crazy alignment....
Ellis, Pryor, VW, Haynesworth, Carter
Bodden, McCourty, Dowling,
Chung, Barrett
Lots to play with.
Re: Meeting Josh Barrett
posted at 9/6/2011 11:58 AM EDTIn Response to Re: Meeting Josh Barrett:All good points and agree with most. Barrett is an interesting prospect at least on paper. he's a tad smaller than I would like at 4-3 OLB, but I think can pull it off if you change up on the fly. He's I think what BB was seeking in that hybrid role, similar to what McGowan did, but way more gifted in terms of speed. You didn't mention a 5 man line. But what about this crazy alignment.... Ellis, Pryor, VW, Haynesworth, Carter Mayo Bodden, McCourty, Dowling, Chung, Barrett Lots to play with.
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I couldn't fit in all the psoosibilities
a 4-2 or 5-1 nickel look would be amazing
The Patriots used that 5-1 look when Mayo went down in 2009 and Guyton was the guy in the middle behind two NT.
I like all the looks what i like most about this patriots team is that they can give you many many looks with the same personel on the field
1) Vince and Haynesworth can play DE/NT/DT
2) Ellis can play DE in both
3) Carter and Cunningham can play Hybrid Tweeners in a 3:4 but are better suited as 4:3 ends.
4) Mayo and Guyton can play all the LB positions, they played ALL in college as well. Mayo played strong and weak side as a sophmore and was moved to middle his Junior Year. Guyton was a weakside backed at Georgia Tech but finished on the strong side his senior year.
5) Barrett has the size to play weakside backer and the speed to play SS/FS
6) Chung is a SS but he can play the STAR
7) Dane fletcher plays the middle well and he used to be a DE in college
8) Bodden is a left corner who can play the STAR as well.
9) Ras I Dowling, Bodden and Moulden (new guy from houston) have the size to play safety in Nickle and Dime.
I'm sorry but i don't see this type of flexibilty anywhere else in the NFL
Patriots have created a defense similar to there offense... its a week to week game planning hybrid 4:3 3:4
Re: Meeting Josh Barrett
posted at 9/6/2011 12:13 PM EDTHi Josh BarrettMy name's Nickjk
Re: Meeting Josh Barrett
posted at 9/6/2011 1:26 PM EDTWhat no love for butler lol

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Two of the attacks were deemed sexual in nature, police said.
Two of the women refused medical attention after the assaults, and the third woman was taken to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh echoed Evans' sentiment, stressing that whenever possible, people should walk the city's streets with others.
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Short essays written for the La Jolla Veteran's Hospital newsletter in La Jolla, California
There are many unexpected and sudden difficult challenges that individuals have to face in modern life Many of these may be considered life-changing experiences. Such events may include, for example, abrupt acute-chronic illness, accidental injury, serious financial adversity, sudden unemployment and/or loss of home, severe family-marriage difficulties. Strong dysfunctional emotions such as anger, anxiety depression and a profound sense of dread are often common reactions.
Developing a healthy psycho-spiritual management resilience and hardiness strategies are helpful when coping with such catastrophes. Resilience is a psychological process of adaptation in the face of obstacles, trauma, tragedy and stress that is related to good emotional, physical and spiritual health.
One of the resilience strategies favored by scientific cognitive clinical psychologists is the unconditional acceptance of self, others, and the vicissitudes of life. Two essential cognitive shifts are involved in this process. First, framing choices as preferences by using phrases such as "would like," rather than considering choices as demands by using words that imply "must," and second, evaluating realistically, that is, seeing the untoward events as less than 100% bad, instead of consistently over-evaluating by labeling them "terrible, awful or the end of the world, more than 100%." Nothing, after all, can be more than 100%.
Looking at Old Testament Sacred Scripture, Esta Mirani asks: "could we understand Exodus as God taking the Jewish People on a journey from weak to strong, from downtrodden to resilient?" She goes on to conclude: "a deeper reading of Exodus is that God guides us on developing personal strength and resiliency. We can persist and overcome adversity and oppression, and achieve security and a sense of well-being.
A great spiritual lesson in resilience can be learned from Jesus' encounter with the Canaanite Woman as described by St. Matthew (15: 21-28). The Canaanite woman came to Jesus crying, "Have pity upon me Son of David!" She wanted a cure for her possessed daughter. It is the only occasion on which Jesus was ever outside of Jewish territory, in the land of Tyre and Sidon north of Galilee where the hated Phoenicians, the enemies of the Jews, lived. At first, Jesus ignored her. But this did not stop her. She acknowledged Him as "Son of David." She was persistent and did not let obstacles - the insults of others - stop her.
Our Eastern Church Father St. John Chrysostom asked, "Was she silent and did she desist? By no means, she was even more insistent." St. John Chrysostom pointed out that Jesus knew she would say this. Jesus, he said, wanted to "exhibit her high self- command." (Homily LII, on St. Matthew XV).
This 'high self-command" means that she is tough and resilient, and takes responsibility to overcome barriers; one characteristic of resilience and hardiness is taking decisive action. Like her, we have to start by making a choice, even against all odds. We have to be committed despite all who mock us and to stay loving in the face of those who reject our love or even hate us. Grace is a gift of God, but we must cooperate with it. "These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full," (John 15:11).
To follow the Canaanite woman's lead we, too, must be committed to God with all our heart, must be realistically persistent, tenacious, stubborn, undiscourageable and joyful. If we do this, we will prepare ourselves to survive catastrophe by wearing the armor of resilience.
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A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry
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- An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century
- Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion
- Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions
- Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States
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Author Biography
Nigel Alderman is Associate Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College
C. D. Blanton is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xii
Chronology xv
Introduction 1
Nigel Alderman and C. D. Blanton
1 Poetic Modernism and the Century's Wars 11
Vincent Sherry
2 The Movement and the Mainstream 32
Stephen Burt
3 Myth, History, and The New Poetry 51
Nigel Alderman
4 Region and Nation in Britain and Ireland 72
Michael Thurston
5 Form and Identity in Northern Irish Poetry 92
John P. Waters
6 Poetry and Decolonization 111
Jahan Ramazani
7 Transatlantic Currents 134
C. D. Blanton
8 Neo-Modernism and Avant-Garde Orientations 155
Drew Milne
9 Contemporary British Women Poets and the Lyric Subject 176
Linda A. Kinnahan
10 Place, Space, and Landscape 200
Eric Falci
11 Poetry and Religion 221
Romana Huk
12 Institutions of Poetry in Postwar Britain 243
Peter Middleton
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Hot Chocolate Week Wrap-Up
After fourteen days of non-stop hot chocolate you would think that I couldn't help but learn a thing or two. And you know what? I actually did! I learned that I should never try and do a fourteen day run of straight reviews. Not that I can't or don't want to. It was a little stressing, but the real problem is that as things progressed I was much more prone to errors and was really at a loss for what to say. The biggest two mistakes I made (aside from thinking I could make and try six Aztec/Maya hot chocolates in one day) in the process were forgetting about Vosges when ordering in my hot chocolates and not ordering the SPICY Aztec Hot Chocolate from Marie Belle. I think the Vosges and the spicy version of the Marie Belle have a serious shot of giving the Jacques Torres Wicked a run for the money. Ah, hindsight. How you cause me to kick myself.
Errors aside, I also learned what I look for in a hot chocolate. Most of the time when I'm drinking hot chocolate it's to get warm and relax at the end of the day. For that I tend to like a more liquid hot chocolate and a reasonably large serving size. So most of the time I wouldn't want something like Wicked, which is a smallish serving of a somewhat pudding-like consistency. Thicker hot chocolates in smaller serving sizes seem a perfect morning starter. What's better than a shot of spicy hot chocolate first thing in the morning? It's the sort of thing that will get your day started on the right foot. It's sure to wake you up.
Well, it was an interesting experiment. I'm not certain I want to try something like that again anytime soon, but I can promise that I'm not done with hot chocolate. It should only be a matter of time before I get the Vosges in here. But for the moment I'm going to switch focus a little. There's a little question of holiday chocolate to be dealt with.


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Lt. Gov. Brian Calley speaks to the League Board in January 2012. He'll be speacking aboiut the personal property tax issue at the League's Convention on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. For details go here.DETROIT, Michigan - Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley is schedule to speak to Michigan Municipal League members in Detroit next month about the Personal Property Tax (PPT) issue. Calley will participate in an education session on the PPT topic during the League's annual Convention taking place Sept. 17-20 in Detroit. The PPT session is in the afternoon on Sept. 19.Calley will speak along with the Michigan Municipal League's Samantha Harkins and other League staff. On the Last day of the 2012 lame duck sessions, the Michigan Legislature passed extensive changes to the PPT. While there are still many months before these changes go into effect, the work behind the scenes continues. Calley and League staff will update attendees on the progress made and the work that's still needed. This discussion will give attendees insight into how this issue could impact their communities for years to come.Matt Bach is director of media relations for the Michigan Municipal League. He can be reached at email@example.com and (734) 669-6317.
LANSING, Michigan – Michigan Municipal League President Karen Majewski discussed League success stories and ongoing issues being faced by Michigan communities in her welcoming session presentation Tuesday during the League's 2012 Capital Conference at the Lansing Center in Lansing.
Majewski, mayor of Hamtramck, explained 2011 saw the successful passage of long-awaited reforms to Public Act 312 involving police and fire arbitration and changes to the Urban Cooperation Act and Municipal Partnership Act to ensure more efficient and effective process in sharing services.
"But storm clouds remain as we have a number of issues we continue to keep an close eye on, such as state transportation funding concerns and the new Economic Vitality Incentive Program (EVIP), formerly known as our statutory revenue sharing," Majewski told the crowd of more than 400 municipal leaders from throughout the state. "Our most pressing issue currently revolves around the effort to reform the personal property tax."
Majewski explained how the League is leading a coalition of organizations in a campaign called "Replace Don't Erase". The group is working to get guaranteed funding replacement should the personal property tax be eliminated. Cutting the tax without a guaranteed replacement would negatively impact the essential services Michigan citizens expects from their local governments, such as police and fire protection, road repair and snow removal.
Following Majewski on the stage was Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, who also talked about the personal property tax issue. Calley was joined by Michigan Sen. Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, and the moderator of the session, League CEO and Executive Director Dan Gilmartin. The lawmakers explained the latest news on the issue.
Up next on Wednesday - the second of two days - in the conference are sessions about "Eye on the Environment: How Green is our Government"; "Bridging the Coverage Gap in the Media Landscape"; "Legislative Ins and Outs"; "Media Officials Talk Politics" with Tim Skubick and "Transportation: Taking the Inside Track" featuring Sen. Tom Casperson.
Matt Bach is director of communications for the Michigan Municipal League. He can be reached at 734-669-6317 and firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lt. Gov. Brian Calley at the 2012 Michigan Municipal League Capital Conference in Lansing.
The Michigan Municipal League 2012 Capital Conference begins at 9 am today with several interesting and informative workshops at the Lansing Center. Recreation Authorities & Other Funding for Parks & Rec is in Room 202. Most Common OMA and FOIA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them is in Room 205. Creative Consolidation: Success in Shared Services is in Room 204. The MAMA Advanced Institute is 9 am - 4:30 pm in Room 201, with the League Board of Trustees Meeting from 10 am - 1 pm at the League Capital Office.
The Governance Committee Meeting is 1:15-2:15 pm in Rooms 103-104.
Welcoming General Session starts at 2:30pm and features a discussion on the personal property tax issue with Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. This is a hot topic of concern to many League communities at risk of losing this crucial revenue source for local services, unless the legislature provides a guaranteed replacement. The general session is your chance to hear firsthand from the Lt. Governor on where this issue is headed.
Don't forget the Regional Roundtables at 3:45 pm, where you'll get a chance to hear and present entries for the annual Community Excellence Award competition. This year the process starts with a casual five-minute talk in front of your region, describing what your community's project has accomplished and how it's benefitted your city or village and its residents. Check the program or the League's Capital Conference apps for Android or iPhone to find out in which room your region meeting is taking place.
The day finishes up with the MML Liability & Property Pool Kick-Off party at 5:30 pm in Hall A.
Onsite registration and packet pick-up is open in the Central hallway from noon to 6 pm.
Welcome, everyone! Check back here on the Capital Conference blog, follow the event on Twitter at hashtag #mmlconf, and check out event photos on flickr throughout the next two days.
To stay up to date on the latest news from Capital Conference, read the Capital Conference blog or go to the League's website at mml.org. Want to be sure you know what's happening as it happens? Follow the Capital Conference Twitter feed by searching the hashtag #mmlconf. Want to see photos from the event? We'll be posting them throughout the event on the League's flickr page. Go here for the full agenda that covers everything from brownfield tax credits to green government to Lt. Gov. Brian Calley discussing the personal property tax issue.
Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley to speak at Michigan Municipal League Capital Conference March 20 in Lansing.LANSING, Michigan - Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley has taken the lead on the effort to reform the Michigan's personal property tax (PPT) and soon he'll be stating his case to municipal leaders whose communities could lose a lot if the PPT is cut without a guaranteed replacement.Calley is the kick-off, keynote speaker for the Michigan Municipal League's 2012 Capital Conference taking place March 20-21 in Lansing. Calley is scheduled to speak 2:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20. The Michigan Municipal League and its members have maintained that repealing the personal property tax without replacing the revenues through a constitutional guarantee would be financially devastating to local governments across the state.About Brian Calley: Before being elected to this position, Calley served two terms in the Michigan Legislature as a state representative. In that role, Calley served as minority vice chair of the House Tax Policy Committee where he worked with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. Calley is committed to continuing this spirit of bipartisanship to bring an end to the bitter fighting and divisiveness that has held Michigan back for so long. Prior to his time as a state lawmaker, Calley worked 10 years as a community banker and small business lender. He was also elected to the Ionia County Board of Commissioners, serving from 2003 to 2006 as the vice chairman for all four years of his tenure there. Calley graduated from Michigan State University in 1998 with a B.A. in business administration and received his MBA from Grand Valley State University in 2000.Read additional posts about the 2012 Capital Conference here:- Michigan Municipal League Launches Mobile App for Capital Conference- Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett to Discuss Placemaking at Capital Conference- Energy, Environment, Transportation Policy: What's Ahead? Find out at Capital Conference - Capital Conference General Session To Have Transportation FocusMatt Bach is director of communications for the Michigan Municipal League. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (734) 669-6317.
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Another Testimonial!Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Hey Josh,
This is SSG Aaron Blanton. I am the proud owner of a Father's Day gourmet cake in hot dusty Iraq. It came neatly packaged with a special note from my awesome wife of 15yrs. This is our sixth deployment together and third combat zone. I am writing you to let you know what an infectious moment you caused among all of us when I opened the box to see the super duper cake inside. Just to let you know we are waiting to tear into the cake until Father's Day when I can get the dads from my platoon together for pictures with the cake. What you are doing really did brighten up this old infantryman's day, and with all the negativity in the media it is nice to hear that our sacrifices are still recognized by some. Thanks again!
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Langenbrunner: Devils players should have already been "on notice" before Rolston was put on waivers
The immediate impact of the decision to place Brian Rolston on waivers Tuesday was minimal. As expected, Rolston cleared waivers at noon today without being claimed by another team and remains on the roster for now.
In fact, head coach John MacLean said Rolston will play tonight against the Phoenix Coyotes.
There's still uncertainty with Rolston as far as whether he'll be placed on re-entry waivers, moved to another team in some other way or assigned to Albany (unlikely because it wouldn't help the team cap-wise).
As for the team, some might view the decision to put Rolston on waivers as some kind of message to the players that the team's 8-19-2 record in unacceptable and more changes will be coming.
"I would be disappointed if that's what it takes to put us on notice," Devils captain Jamie Langenbrunner said. "I think all of us are aware that stuff like that can happen. By no means does that let any of us off the hook or point a finger a Rollie in any way. It's just one of those things where the decision was made. We'll see what will happen of it.
"Have we been put on notice? I would hope we're already on notice with what's going on."
MacLean views it as simply a part of the business.
"I don't know if it's a wake-up call or not," MacLean said. "It's just sometimes you have to do things with the way the CBA is and things like that. So that's what you have to look at. A wake-up call? We know what situation we're in. I think everybody is definitely aware of that."
Although Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said Rolston wasn't being singled out, the move did have that effect. Langenbrunner said the rest of the players feel bad for Rolston, but it goes beyond him being singled out.
"I feel bad for him on a lot of levels," he said. "Being singled out is the least of it. He's got a family. He came here for a reason to be a part of the team and who knows what's going to happen?"
The Devils fell behind 2-0 in the first two minutes of each of their last two home games -- 5-1 loss to Montreal on Dec. 2 and 4-1 loss to Detroit on Saturday. Obviously, that's not something they want to repeat tonight against the Coyotes.
"We have to be ready from the get-go," MacLean said. "We didn't draw it up to start that way. Definiitely we have to be ready. From the get-go, you have to have your mind clear and be prepared to play. Things happen quickly in this game whether it's the first minute of the game or the 15th minute in a game. Things happen quickly. You have to be ready to go at all times."
After recovering from off-season surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a torn meniscus in his right knee, defenseman Anssi Salmela said he is "excited" play in his first NHL game this season tonight.
Salmela said playing in two AHL games last week while on a conditioning assignment to Albany helped ease the transition after a month of practicing.
"Now you know you can at least play hockey," he said. "Always after a long injury, you start thinking at some point, 'Oh my God, this is never going to work again.' But that's the good thing (about the two games with Albany). You get a little bit of confidence that you can play this game. It's faster and tougher here, but it just helps you to get ready and get a couple of good hits and good shifts and get into it."
Salmela will be paired tonight with Anton Volchenkov.
"I'm looking forward to it," Salmela said. "He's a good defenseman and I have to play with good with him. I think we have good chemistry. Our personalties are the same, so that's good."
According to Newsday's Katie Strang, former Devil Mike Mottau, who suffered a right eye injury last month in Atlanta, has been cleared by doctors to resume physical activity.


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Anyone watch this? Pretty cool show. Seems like an awesome place to work. It also showed a different side of Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg, to me, is probably the most interesting person relevant to the world right now. For some reason I just find him to be very intriguing. Perhaps it's the guy roughly my age who has more money than God and doesn't really seem to care that much.
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Report: Kids Want Parents to Chill Out.
The president of the Families and Work Institute says in the current issue of The American Psychoanalyst that a study she conducted of children in grades 3 through 12 found that, when asked their one wish for their parents' work lives, she expected they'd wish their parents would spend more time with them. "Only 10 percent of children made that wish about their mothers and 15.5 percent about their fathers," wrote Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute. "Most children wished that their mothers (34 percent) and their fathers (27.5 percent) would be less stressed and tired."
When asked to rate their parents on a dozen different child rearing criterion, Galinksy said she "found no differences in the assessment given by children who have employed mothers (both full- and part-time) and those with mothers at home."
In the same issue of The American Psychoanalyst, which dedicated a special section to work and family, the director of the Pacella Parent Child Center wrote that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting and work. "What we have learned throughout the years is that some women are 'better' moms because they are home full-time and others are 'better' moms because they do work full-time," wrote Leon Hoffman. "All too often, motherhood and advancement in the workforce outside the home seem to women to be two mutually exclusive. Each woman needs to find a balance that works for her and her family." (April 2008)


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Good to see Aoyama keeping Side Show Bob honest.Seems Honda have got their act together.


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Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's former college roommate, Samyr Laine, an Olympic Jumper for Haiti, wants Mark's help. Laine is preparing to launch an organization called Jump For Haiti Foundation that, through training camps and clinics, will build a new generation of home-grown athletes to compete at future Olympic competitions.
Laine is hoping his old roommate will contribute to his foundation. "I will talk to him and I will talk to all of my friends," Laine said. "I am not going to ask him for any more than my other friends. But I hope his heart will move him. Having him behind the foundation would be a great, great help." Laine supported Zuckerberg as he built Facebook; in fact, he was the 14th person to join Facebook before its popularity surged globally.


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Some New Yorkers grew dispirited after days without power, water and heat and decided to get out.
NEW YORK — Frustration — and in some cases fear — mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Hurricane Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at bridges, crowds waited impatiently for buses into Manhattan and tempers flared in gas lines.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city would send bottled water and ready-to-eat meals into the hardest-hit neighborhoods through the weekend, but some New Yorkers grew dispirited after days without power, water and heat, and decided to get out.
"It's dirty, and it's getting a little crazy down there," said Michael Tomeo, who boarded a bus to Philadelphia with his 4-year-old son. "It just feels like you wouldn't want to be out at night. Everything's pitch dark. I'm tired of it, big-time."
Rima Finzi-Strauss decided to take the bus to Washington. When the power went out Monday night in her apartment building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, it also disabled the electric locks on the front door, she said.
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"We had three guys sitting out in the lobby last night with candlelight, and very threatening folks were passing by in the pitch black," she said. "And everyone's leaving. That makes it worse."
The mounting despair came even as the airports opened and subways began rolling again. Subway service was restored to most of the city, but not the most stricken parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, where the tunnels were flooded.
Bridges into the city were open, but police enforced a carpooling rule and peered into windows to make sure each car had at least three people. The rule was meant to ease congestion but appeared to worsen it. Traffic jams stretched for miles, and drivers who made it into the city reported that some people got out of their cars to argue with police.
With only partial subway service, lines at bus stops swelled. More than 1,000 people packed the sidewalk outside an arena in Brooklyn, waiting for buses to Manhattan. Nearby, hundreds of people massed on a sidewalk.
When a bus pulled up, passengers rushed the door. A transit worker banged on a bus window, yelled at people inside, and then yelled at people in the line.
With the electricity out and gasoline supplies scarce, many gas stations across the New York area remained closed, and stations that were open drew long lines.
At a station near Coney Island, almost 100 cars lined up, and people shouted and honked, and an employee said he had been spit on and had coffee thrown at him.
In a Brooklyn neighborhood, a station had pumps wrapped in police tape and a "NO GAS" sign, but cars waited because of a rumor that gas was coming.
The worst was over, at least for public transportation. The Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North were running commuter trains again, though service was limited. New Jersey Transit had no rail service, but most of its buses were back, and Amtrak said it would run trains between New York and Boston on Friday for the first time since the storm hit.
The storm killed at least 90 people in the United States.
In New Jersey, many people were allowed back into their neighborhoods Thursday for the first time since Sandy ravaged the coastline. Some found minor damage, others total destruction.
The storm cut off barrier islands, smashed homes, wrecked boardwalks and hurled amusement-park rides into the sea. Atlantic City, on a barrier island, remained under mandatory evacuation.
More than 4.1 million homes and businesses, including about 650,000 in New York and its northern suburbs, were still without power. Consolidated Edison, the power company serving New York, said electricity should be restored by Saturday to customers in Manhattan and to homes and offices served by underground power lines in Brooklyn.
In darkened neighborhoods, people walked around with miner's lamps on their foreheads and bicycle lights clipped to shoulder bags and, in at least one case, to a dog's collar. A Manhattan handyman opened a fire hydrant so people could collect water to flush toilets.
"You can clearly tell at the office, or even walking down the street, who has power and who doesn't," said Jordan Spiro, who lives in the blackout zone. "New Yorkers may not be known as the friendliest bunch, but take away their ability to shower and communicate and you'll see how disgruntled they can get."
Some public officials expressed exasperation at the relief effort.
James Molinaro, president of the borough of Staten Island, suggested people not donate money to the American Red Cross because the Red Cross "is nowhere to be found."
Josh Lockwood, the Red Cross' regional chief executive, said 10 trucks began arriving on Staten Island on Thursday morning and a kitchen was set up to distribute meals. Lockwood defended the agency, saying relief workers were stretched thin.
In Maryland — largely forgotten in the hubbub that followed the storm — National Guard troops were going door to door to check on residents after some communities locked in with 3 feet of snow.
"We're used to snow, but we've never had anything like this," said R. Lamont "Monty" Pagenhardt, Garrett County administrator. "It's really bad."
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Semi-Permanent, a world-recognised design conference bringing together a smorgasbord of disciplines, returns to Melbourne next weekend for its 10th year.
The two-day event, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, offers experts in everything from fine art to film effects and brand management to product design.
International highlights include Penny Martin, editor-in-chief of London-based glamorous biannual fashion magazine The Gentlewoman, and Gert Jonkers, editor of Fantastic Man, plus legendary filmmaker and photographer Mike Piscitelli.
Local talent includes Carlton North-based tattoo artist Bugsy, photorealist painter JKB Fletcher and designer Beci Orpin.
Semi-Permanent co-founder Murray Bell says the organising committee constantly keeps its eyes and ears open for global trends and talent when bringing together the list of speakers, joining the dots between disciplines.
"Nowadays it's not uncommon for a graphic designer to also have skills in photography or animation," he says. "We choose our speakers with that in mind, so when you come to the event you can see the closeness between all these fields."
Bell is excited to bring Martin and Jonkers together, with his fiancee an avid reader of The Gentlewoman, and him devouring Fantastic Man. "Just the way they are put together, the simplicity and attention to detail, the photography and the design, I think is amazing," he says.
He also rates LA-based creative company Ignition, which creates buzz campaigns for major movies such as the striking The Dark Knight Rises billboards and Prometheus' prologue trailers on the technology and design website TED.
"They swoop in behind the announcement of these ginormous films and come up with fun, interesting strategies beyond the obvious," Bell says. "It gives you a bit of a clue as to what the film's about and a vested interest in seeing it. I find that quite fascinating."
Orpin, a Brunswick West-based textile design RMIT graduate, will give a run-down on her design career, encompassing fashion design, homewares, stationery and even art direction for a kids' DVD, as well as the launch of her first craft book, Find and Keep, to be released in November.
"You should be involved in as many things a possible," she advises. "The more you're involved in, the more opportunities will open."
Orpin says Semi-Permanent offers fantastic inspiration for budding designers. "You can see a whole lot of expertise in a short space of time, especially if you're interested in a creative career but you're not sure what you want to do. Even if you do, it can offer different ways of thinking." ■
Semi-Permanent is at MCEC, September 14–15. Details: visit semipermanent.com.


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Just an Ordinary Day
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Before I left the States, I tried to imagine what my life in Romania would be like. I envisioned joining the Peace Corps as two years of roughing it. I pictured bucket baths, hiking to the outhouse in the middle of the night, and teaching English in a one-room schoolhouse. Instead I was sent to Eastern Europe. Romania is not a place I typically considered, when thinking about Peace Corps service.
Romania lies somewhere between the developed and developing world. It is not uncommon to see a horse and cart maneuvering through the streets of Bucharest, Romania's capital city, with the man driving the cart yakking away on his cell phone. Romania is the convergence of old and new, traditional and modern. This dual personality is part of what makes Romania fascinating and frustrating. The country plays tricks on you. At times it looks like home: I can buy Honey Nut Cheerios at the store. It feels like home: I can watch the Hallmark channel in English on TV. But, just when I expect everything to work like home, I turn the corner and find myself lost in another time and place. Stray into the countryside and you'll find yourself in the picturesque landscape of a Europe lost centuries ago. Farmers still till the fields by hand, shepherds cloaked in gigantic sheepskins cross the main highway with their flocks, chickens stroll nonchalantly through the streets. I once saw a man with a bagful of chicken's feet board the subway in Bucharest. As the subway car rumbled to a stop, a couple of feet tumbled out of the bag onto the floor. He picked them up, dusted them off on his pants, and put them back into the bag. Nobody paid any mind. That's Romania, horse-drawn carts and cell phones, Internet cafés on every corner, and virtually nowhere that accepts a credit card because no one has one.
Romania's duality is what characterizes my Peace Corps service. On the outside my typical Romanian day doesn't stray too far from what my typical day consisted of in the States. I wake up at 7, drink my coffee, walk to school, teach my classes, go to the market, come home, cook dinner, read, eat, and then go to sleep. But it's the little details in between my mundane routine that differ.
I make Turkish coffee in the morning. It's a strong brew that you have to boil on the stove in a special pot called an ibric. It looks more like brown sludge than coffee but tastes like a five-espresso jolt of bliss.
On my walk to school I pass by 300-year-old houses built in the traditional Romanian style. Faces with grimacing expressions pop out of the cornices and keystones guarding the entrances. I teach in a building that is well over a hundred years old. It looks like a brick-and-stone fortress guarding the entrance to the center of town. Students jokingly call Lahovari High School the Valcean Bastille, and the classrooms, their torture chambers.
The market is my favorite part of the day. In the heart of the city, tucked behind a cluster of five-story bloc apartment buildings is the piata (pea-AH-tza). Every day of the week farmers bring their produce here to sell. Each visit to the market is a mini-adventure. There are a million unwritten rules of how to bargain and how much to buy of what. I always get smirks from the vendors at my ill-formed Romanian. "You only want three peppers, young lady?! I am sorry, I can't give you only three. How about a kilogram?" one toothless grandmother says. I have learned that you always buy a kilo of potatoes (they're heavy), and half a kilo of peppers (they'll get squishy before you turn around), and if you buy leeks, expect a giggle out of the merchant (no decent city girl eats leeks; they are peasant food).
At the piata you are subject not only to the vendors who sell the vegetables, but also to the will of the seasons in which the vegetables are grown. Slowly I am learning the seasons for each fruit and vegetable. Winter was the worst time, a sad collection of potatoes and carrots. But in summer the market is an explosion of color, shape, and smell. The first time I entered the market last summer, I stood frozen at the entrance for five minutes, overwhelmed by the colors and the quantities: bruise-purple eggplants, fire-engine-red tomatoes, fields of leafy celery, mountains of cucumbers, dill by the bushel, squash, chives, bell peppers, and watermelons stacked to the ceiling. The scent of strawberries, blueberries, and peaches stuck to my skin, and sometimes I even caught an unfortunate whiff of goat cheese mixed in. After a long winter of potatoes cooked each and every way, I nearly cried at the scene before me.
But the best thing about summer is the tomatoes. I had never really tasted a tomato before I tried my first Romanian version. Perfect Romanian tomatoes are odd shaped, cherry red, sweet, not too mushy, not too firm, and truly summer incarnate. I dreamt all winter for the day when the tomato would once again appear in the naked piata.
After the market, loaded with a bagful of vegetables, I usually walk home and attempt to cook. Cooking in Romania has been an opportunity to start from scratch. I have no microwave, no food processor, no toaster, and no mixer; there are very few prepared, prepackaged meals. I have to make pizza dough, tortillas, French fries, tortilla chips from scratch. I know what you're thinking—that's not so hard! Not hard maybe, but time-consuming. Eating is like a prize for a job well done.
My day usually ends in a neat little circle as I get ready for my classes the next day, read a book, and relax. I do have a television and occasionally I'll watch the Discovery channel (the Romanian Volunteer's most-watched network). Then it'snoapte buna (good night), and my day has ended. So you see, our lives are not so different after all. Or are they?
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Ronnie Floyd: 'We've got to make a difference' (part 2)
Caleb Yarbrough
Arkansas Baptist News
SPRINGDALE – This is the second of a two-part interview with Ronnie Floyd, pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas and a candidate for president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). In this installment, Floyd is asked about his church's commitment to giving through the Cooperative Program (CP) and how churches today should support CP giving, his small church roots, his involvement in LifeWay Christian Resources curriculum, the role of state conventions and associations and the question of Calvinism in the SBC.
ABN: The first time you ran for SBC president in 2006 your church was criticized for not giving enough through the Cooperative Program. Since 2006, you have led Cross Church to increase its CP giving. Can you explain? Why the change? (Editor's Note: Cross Church is now the top giving CP church in Arkansas. In 2013, Cross Church had $17,209,876 in total undesignated receipts and gave $716,827 – 4.17 percent – to CP).
Floyd: Well, first of all for clarification, we were at times not represented in what we were truly giving through the Cooperative Program. Our church had made a decision, two or three years earlier maybe, that we give a smaller portion through our convention and then the larger portion toward the other (missions causes). Well, by Southern Baptist definition of the Cooperative Program, at least at that time, they did not count the other (causes). They counted only what came through the SBC state conventions. That word never got really out there, fully, what we were doing. But I want to make it real clear – we were not doing what we needed to be doing. I'm not by any means saying we shouldn't have done more. Through all that, I came back from that convention and, if I am not mistaken, within 30 to 60 days, we recommitted … because there were also some things going on at the state convention that were encouraging to us and I lead our men and made a strong appeal. And slowly we started making a track through this, and when GCR (Great Commission Resurgence) was brought about, … we were already making a starter commitment. … And when GCR was passed, one of the major things we did was that I chose to get off national television so that we would have quicker money accessible toward allocating toward and through the Cooperative Program. We got off national television. I stood up and told my church we were doing that. I'd been on national television since the early 1990s. So, we made that commitment and will continue to excel in that and we will continue next year's budget excelling in that. (We) have done that in the worst economy that has ever affected this region in my 27 years. But we've done it convictionally, and the Lord has just blessed, unbelievably.
ABN: So, I'm hearing your commitment is to continue to lead Cross Church to increase (CP) funding?
Floyd: Absolutely. That's right. Up to a point we will. And whatever that point is, God will decide, or the situation will decide. Because there are moments when, I mean, you know, I don't have any control over that – if the economy goes bust or whatever it is. It is really remarkable that the church has done what it's done.
ABN: What do you see as the right percentage for a large church, megachurch or multisite church to give to CP?
Floyd: Well, obviously I've thought about it. I don't think many churches today think from a percentage basis and some can say, "Well, that's wrong or that's right." It really comes back to a local church. A local church has got to do what it believes the Lord wants it to do. I think our challenge is to be so good at telling the story of what we do together as Southern Baptists that churches are compelled to give more and that needs to be the storyline to me. I don't know what the proper amount is, I really don't. What's the proper amount of people that should be reached through everyone's churches and baptized every year? How do you gauge that? It is a little hard to gauge all those matters, so some of that is up to the Lord. But it is also up to us making decisions, just like Cross Church made a decision, and I would hope that, Ronnie Floyd and Cross Church, we're very committed to that at this time in our lives and I don't see any reason why we wouldn't be long-term. But the other side of it is that we live in a day and time, whether we want to admit it or not, which is extremely challenging for those who lead SBC entities and lead our state conventions. All of us have got to be challenged to do one thing. Let's give more. It's not about giving – it's not about a giving issue as much as it is about "man, we've gotta make a difference in the world!" And, it's going to take resources to make a difference, so let's give!
ABN: You wrote a blog post last year about your roots in a small church. Share a little bit about having roots in a small church and how you feel that prepared you to be pastor of a megachurch today, how it prepares you to be president of the Southern Baptist Convention and then, thirdly, how it helps you identify with pastors in the Arkansas Baptist State Convention which are, for the most part, coming from small churches, small congregations and small towns.
Floyd: I grew up in a town of about 5,000 people. The church I grew up in was 30 to 40 people on a given Sunday morning. Periodically, if we had 50, we thought we had Pentecost. I grew up with a bi-vocational pastor most of my life, in fact probably all of my life that I remember, and I didn't think "bi-vocational" then. All I knew is that he taught school or he painted houses or he did something, but that didn't register in a teenager's mind. But honestly not until the last five months have I really thought through that again. You know, I really did grow up with a bi-vocational pastor, and I think it prepares me to identify with pastors because those are my roots. It prepared me because many times I preached, and I would have never gotten those opportunities in a larger church. So I think it prepared me – it prepared me so that if the Lord would so will me to be the president of the SBC, I would never forget them. How could I forget that? That would be like forgetting my mother and father. That's what we grew up on. I mean, that's who we are. You can cut me and that's what I am. So how did you get where you are? I don't have a clue! I don't know. All I know is I didn't know anybody. I just tried to have a walk with Jesus Christ, be what I needed to be, served Him faithfully when I was in that small church and I pastored several small churches before I ever came here. And the Lord brought me here at a pivotal time and God's blessed. I'm grateful.
ABN: Tell me a bit about your involvement with LifeWay curriculum and how you got involved.
Floyd: I was approached by LifeWay about a year-and-a-half ago at the Southern Baptist Convention about me praying about becoming the general editor of the Bible Stories for Life curriculum. It is their largest curriculum series line, and in that meeting they really wanted to imply to me they really wanted a local church pastor to be the general editor. If I'm not mistaken, they told me that I was the first pastor, really the first general editor outside of the building to ever be asked to do that. They wanted to roll it out (in a) brand-new and different format. They wanted somebody who could think that way, rally a large constituency of a task force together and from all walks of life and call them together to help rethink this and help re-engineer it and then help roll it out. So, I did that. We had the gathering of our group; we met with our staff team. Since then, it has been me and their staff team. And we established … what they would call a scope and a sequence and we moved forward. And so we're still carving all that out. In fact, Nick (Floyd) and I just happened to be able to write one of those curriculum series, they wanted us to do one, and just right now, I think it is being studied. I think it is called "Productive." And we know that there's somewhere around 1.5 to 2 million people that study that curriculum every Sunday. I've done some work with the North American Mission Board. I am the lead pastor strategist for that, and I've also done work as general editor for LifeWay. … They want to hear from pastors, they want to hear from leaders. They are willing to shape their ideas because they have one commitment alone – they want to minister to the local church. Sometimes those of us who are sitting out here wonder to ourselves, … "Do they get it?" Well, I want to tell you what I know, what I know inside – they want to listen and they want to learn and they want to grow. And I commend both of those SBC entities for that, and I'm sure it is that way everywhere.
ABN: What do you feel the roles of state conventions and local associations are today in the Southern Baptist Convention?
Floyd: I think the state conventions are naturally closer to the churches and they can do certain things that the national entities really should not have to worry about doing. I think local associations, overall, need to work within the state convention when possible, and not all of them are set up like that – I'm not advocating that – I'm just simply saying that when possible, it can help create a dynamic partnership that can really go even deeper than what a state convention can toward those churches. Many of the small churches look to the director of missions to help them and rightfully so. I promise you at my church, when I was growing up, when the pastor left, he (the director of missions) was the first person we called. You know that still happens today, and that's not bad. That's good. … So, while autonomy is our great blessing, you know, we have to also have that tension of cooperating together.
ABN: There are those who feel the issue of Calvinism will eventually split the SBC. How do you feel about this issue? Do you feel there is an attempt by Calvinists to take over the Southern Baptist Convention?
Floyd: I don't believe this issue will cause a split, nor do I believe either side in this debate is attempting to take over the Southern Baptist Convention. I commend Dr. Frank Page (CEO of the SBC Executive Committee) for his wisdom in convening the 2013 task force that studied this matter and issued a report. I was encouraged by the task force's unanimously recommended report, especially since it was comprised of leaders of both sides of this debate. I think the report is balanced, and I personally concur with the heart of it. What's most important is that we're all committed to the gospel, that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. For those of us who are committed to the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 and the fulfillment of the Great Commission, we can work together for the glory of God. I think the task force report made a difference in two ways: I don't hear as much chatter about it as I heard a year ago, especially in a condescending way on either side, and I think it has given us a frame of reference for our future together. I like what Dr. Al Mohler (president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) recently said about this issue in urging that all involved in the conversation should have better "table manners." We need to always keep before us our shared conviction to advance the Great Commission, refusing to get distracted from it.
ABN: Is there anything you would like to add or communicate to Arkansas Baptists or Southern Baptists as a whole?
Floyd: Well, I would say that I am praying daily that God's will be done related to this (being a candidate for SBC president). I believe that 1 Peter 5:6-7 really have ministered to me in this, that I am to humble myself in the sight of the Lord, and in due season, if He so wills, in due season, He will lift me up, and until that moment if He ever chooses to, I'm to cast all my cares upon Him, for He cares for me. And, after several months of people asking me, appealing to me from all walks of Southern Baptist life, I finally got serious and started praying about it. I finally got real serious and started fasting and praying about it and started getting deep level counsel relating to it in my church and outside of my church, in the life of some SBC folks. I think the real question that I had to resolve was simply be willing to do what God want's me to do. What I put back on people is this one thing: "Who is God raising up?" … If that's true, then, God will confirm that, if it's not, then He will not confirm that. And, I'm just prayerfully going to Him and asking Him to do what He wants to do, and if He does it, I will lead out of who I am. I've always been who I am. I don't have to work up a different guy; I've always been very committed. Everything I have talked to you about today I have been committed to – everything. So it is not like I'm going to go do this new gig. If it appears to be new, it's because people don't know that much about me. I have just really started asking God if He so wills to do it, that He pours in me what that vision is. "What is it, you know, Lord? I've got to have it. … I've got to know what to do if You are going to entrust this to me." I would just ask for Arkansas Baptist people, which is the core of your readership, to pray for me, that if God so wills that the door opens, and that if He so wills and the door opens, that He pours His vision into me, prepares me and that I will be ready for the task. You know it has been many, many, many years since anyone from the state of Arkansas has been elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and it would be an extreme honor, I think, if I'm not mistaken, to be the first pastor in the history of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention to ever be elected as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. And, so, it would be a real joy for me to be able to do that in my home state today, that I had been committed to now for over 27-and-a-half years, and I am grateful for the privilege.
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HONOLULU (AP) Telephone and Internet provider Hawaiian Telcom says its third-quarter profit dropped by more than half to $2.1 million, in part because of costs to upgrade its broadband network.
The Honolulu-based company said Tuesday its profits of 18 cents per share compared with profits of 52 cents per share, or $5.6 million, during the same quarter one year ago.
Hawaiian Telcom says it had a $2 million increase in depreciation and amortization costs because of investments made in its broadband network and assets from its purchase of local carrier Wavecom Solutions.
Hawaiian Telcom says its revenue rose 1.1 percent to $97.7 million, compared with revenue of $96.6 million during the third quarter last year. Company officials say growth in video and high-speed Internet helped offset a decrease in phone lines.


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A former Camp Lejeune Marine will spend a minimum of 10 months in prison following his conviction for burning his former father-in-law�s home.
Jamison K. Hardy, 23, pleaded guilty last week in Carteret County Superior Court to second-degree arson, breaking and entering and cruelty to animals, according to District Attorney Scott Thomas.
He was sentenced to an active prison term of 10 months to 21 months in prison and there was a civil judgment that he pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $30,000, he said.
The conviction comes more than a year after the February 2013 fire at the home of John Ramos of Emerald Isle, who was Hardy�s father-in-law at the time of the incident.
Police said at the time of Hardy�s arrest that the fire was intentionally set by Hardy pouring accelerant throughout the home at 8717 Plantation Drive.
According to police, Hardy entered the home through a side garage door where he obtained a container filled with gasoline. He then went inside, locked Ramos� dog in the bathroom, and proceeded to douse the house with gasoline and set it on fire.
Hardy approached investigators while they were processing the scene and told a police officer he had started the fire.
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I was fortunate enough to make it to World's last year so I didn't have to watch it online, but I know my brother watched it live online. Is there a similar thing going on for Nationals? I definitely can't make it to Colorado but would like to watch Nationals live if at all possible.
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Katie Hopkins has offered up her opinions on this year's 'Celebrity Big Brother' housemates, saving her most scathing words for the (we think) rather lovely Linda Nolan.
The 'This Morning' rent-a-gob branded the singer a "boring old woman" who "probably smells of wee", as she appeared on 'CBB' spin-off show 'Bit On The Side' on Tuesday night.
Katie Hopkins and Linda Nolan
Talking about Linda, she said: "Boring old woman! Probably smells of wee. She is revolting. Her knockers are somewhere near her ankles."
But Katie didn't stop there - she labelled N-Dubz singer Dappy "just revolting", said that Daily Mail journalist Liz Jones "looks like she's walked into patio doors", and claimed that fellow former 'Apprentice' star Luisa Zissman was "perfect for porn".
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Take a look at all her views on all the housemates below...
Lionel Blair: "He's been let out of a care home and couldn't find his way back!"
Jasmine Waltz: "She is Cruella De Vil, she has the puppies!"
Dappy: "He's just revolting, such a child! I'm not one for short people, ginger people or fat people."
Liz Jones: "As for her, I've never met Liz, she looks like she's walked into patio doors, a very flat face. Lacking personality."
Luisa Zissman: "When I came out of 'The Apprentice' I was offered a part in a porn movie, Luisa would be perfect!"
Sam Faiers: "Bland, magnolia, vanilla."
Linda Nolan: "Boring old woman! Probably smells of wee. She is revolting. Her knockers are somewhere near her ankles."
Casey Batchelor: "She's pathetic, move on Casey!"
Lee Ryan: "He needs to say what he means, a nasty piece of work!"
Lee and Casey's relationship: "They are like two thick kids at the back of the class!"
Evander Holyfield: "He went in there and had no clue. Things aren't looking good, such a pity."
Ollie Locke: "Nice chap, rather sweet, he hasn't made his mind up whether he's gay or straight…we could tell him!"
Jim Davidson: "I love Jim! Utterly brilliant, best of British! I vote for Jim."
Known for: Appearing on 'The Apprentice' Did you know? Luisa successfully launched the business she pitched to Lord Sugar on the show by herself last year.
Known for: Starring on 'TOWIE' Did you know? Sam is the fourth cast member of 'The Only Way Is Essex' to appear on 'CBB', following in the footsteps of Amy Childs, Kirk Norcross and Mario Falcone.
Known for: Being a member of N-Dubz Did you know? Dappy was found guilty of assault and affray last year but managed to escape jail. Now he'll be locked up in the Big Brother house!
Known for: Starring on 'Made In Chelsea' Did you know? The 'Made In Chelsea' star is openly bisexual and has previously dated Topshop heiress Chloe Green.
Known for: Being a member of boyband Blue Did you know? Lee has said he would never snog anyone on TV because of his two kids. "I find that really distasteful. I couldn't kiss anyone when I know my kids are sitting in front of the TV, going: 'Hi, Daddy!'" he told The Mirror.
Known for: Being a TV presenter, most notably on 'Big Break' and 'The Generation Game' Did you know? He was supposed to appear on last January's series, but had to pull out after he was wrongly arrested for sex abuse charges.
Known for: Being an actress and a member of The Nolans Did you know? Linda has battled breast cancer, and lost her sister Bernie to the same disease last year.
Known for: Being a dancer, choreographer and all-round showbiz legend Did you know? Lionel is one of the oldest ever housemates to enter the CBB house at the age of 82.
Known for: Being a boxer Did you know? He famously had his ear bitten off by Mike Tyson during a fight in 1997.
Known for: Being a Daily Mail journalist Did you know? Liz has taken aim at Holly Willoughby in her controversial column, but met her match in Rihanna when the singer took her to task about an article she'd written about her.
Known for: Being a model Did you know? She previously dated former 'CBB' housemate and 'TOWIE' star Kirk Norcross.
Known for: Being an actress and model Did you know? She previously dated Kelly Brook's ex Danny Cipriani after they broke up the first time in 2010.


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Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. 215 pages.
Concluding his review of Borrello's history of group selection, E. G. Leigh Jr. summarizes: "Those acquainted with the group selection controversy might benefit from this book. I earned much of interest from it about various aspects of the controversy. On the other hand, it makes a poor introduction to the controversy, because it communicates a very inadequate understanding of why opponents of group selection were so sure that it could rarely be effective.
What about Darwin?
Baltimore (MD): The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. 520 pages.
"With over four hundred passages from authors ranging from Henry Adams ...
Written in Stone
New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2010. 320 pages.
Reviewer Pat Shipman regards the individual chapters of Written in Stone as good, particularly the opening chapter on the overselling of Darwinius masillae: "For a student wanting to brush up quickly on, say, human or horse evolution, this book will be a treasure trove." But she laments the lack of any overarching structure or theme to unify them.
Species, Serpents, Spirits, and Skulls
Albany (NY): State University of New York Press, 2009. 245 pages.
Reviewer A. Bowdoin Van Riper explains, "Lyons's concern is with subjects from the outer edges of Victorian science: sea serpents, phrenology, spiritualism, and the spiritual dimensions (if any) of human evolution.
Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. 352 pages.
"This is a history of evolutionary ideas over the last two centuries illustrated by the lives and the achievements of diverse individuals, many familiar but others less so," reviewer Aubrey Manning explains.
Natural Selection & Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace
New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 482 pages.
Reviewer Sherrie Lyons describes Natural Selection & Beyond as "a valuable and welcome addition, elucidating the many different facets of this complicated and talented man." The essays in the first part of the book consider Wallace as a field biologist and collector. The essays in the second part consider Wallace's other interests, including his views on socialism, eugenics, and spiritualism.
Charles Darwin: After the Origin
Ithaca (NY): Paleontological Research Institution and Cornell University Library, 2009. 156 pages.
Dean's book focuses on Darwin's later years, and thus tells "a further story about Darwin's accomplishments, some in quite esoteric fields (such as barnacles or earthworms and their effects in soils," writes reviewer Sara B. Hoot.
Nature's Clocks: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything
Berkeley (CA): University of California Press, 2008. 288 pages.
"In Nature's Clocks," writes reviewer John W Geissman, "Doug Macdougall provides an exceptionally well-written and engaging description ... of how we know what we know about absolute age determinations and thus about our attempts to unravel the uncertainties of deep time.
Evolutionary Theory and the Creation Controversy
Berlin: Springer, 2011. 204 pages.
Despite its title, reviewer J.
Darwin's Pictures: Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837– 1874
New Haven (CT): Yale University Press, 2010. 340 pages.
Reviewer Keith Thomson summarizes, "As Darwin was a poor draftsman, Julia Voss's Darwin's Pictures is not a critical retrospective of the man as an artist.
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MUMBAI: Some 150 advertising aspirants and enthusiasts showed their work to senior creative leaders from different agencies at the Indian editions of Portfolio Night 11 held in Mumbai and Delhi.
Delhi was organising the global event for the first time on Wednesday while it was the fourth edition of the event in Mumbai. JWT hosted the Mumbai event at its office where 31 creative stalwarts judged 90 portfolios from Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru.


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New Delhi, Heir to the first family of Bollywood, married to one of the most beautiful women in the world and with a kitty full of projects, actor Abhishek Bachchan has no complaints spending his 34th birthday Friday quietly shooting for his next film.
"I'll be shooting for my film 'Crooked' in Mumbai – something I do every year on my birthday," Abhishek told IANS here.
Asked if wife Aishwarya Rai would be joining him on the sets, as she has famously done in the past, he said: "If she is free, she'll come and join me. If not, I'll meet her at night after I finish working."
The son of actors Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek also completes a decade in Bollywood this year. Dyslexic as a child, he left his studies mid-way at Boston University to pursue acting when his family was going through a tough time.
In 2000, he made his big-screen debut with J.P. Dutta's moderately successful "Refugee" that tipped him as a dark horse in the industry.
Success, however, shone on him only after four years with "Yuva". He was critically acclaimed for his role in the Mani Ratnam movie and then he gave his first big hit "Dhoom" in the same year.
Junior B or Baby B, as he is fondly called, maintained the momentum next year with "Bunty Aur Babli", "Sarkar", "Dus" and "Bluffmaster".
In 2006, he was not only voted the sexiest man in Asia but went leaps and bounds with "Dhoom 2″ followed by "Guru" (2007) and "Dostana" (2008) and his last outing "Paa", with which he also turned producer.
Abhishek has constantly been compared to his megastar father Amitabh Bachchan since day one.
Asked if it ever bogged him down, he said: "I am being compared to the best. I have no complaints. If they (critics and audiences) are comparing me to the best that means somewhere they feel I am worthy of being in the same sentences. And I am happy about that."
The actor also debuted on the small screen this year with game show "National Bingo Night" and he was here to promote it.
Apart from "Crooked" and the show, with future projects like "Raavan", "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" and a Hindi adaptation of "The Italian Job" in hand, Abhishek believes in looking forward.
"I don't look back into the past. I look into the future. I am a positive person," he said.