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You know that whole asking-questions thing that journalists are supposed to do as part of their work? You know, that thing where the journalist tries to ask the obvious, logical questions and then prints what people -- especially people whose training and experience yield on-the-record, authoritative information -- have to say that is relevant to the story?
This process is especially important when dealing with issues that push people's buttons and cause conflict in large, symbolic, even controversial groups. When these conflicts exist, it's especially crucial to talk to people on both sides -- on the record.
Religion Dispatches ran a story last weekend that demonstrates what happens when this process breaks down or, worse, is ignored.
The story is about an openly gay man named Mitch Mayne who has just been named as a congregational leader in a San Francisco congregation -- a real, mainstream congregation -- in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As you would imagine, this has caused some buzz on the Internet. To add to the intrigue there's this:
Mayne was also in a committed, monogamous relationship with his male partner. About a year ago, Mayne decided to end his relationship, for reasons not related to religion. It was, he said, the hardest thing he ever did: harder, even, than burying his parents.
Mayne felt he needed time to heal, and he chose to take a break from relationships altogether.
A few months later, Bishop Don Fletcher of the San Francisco Bay Ward called and asked Mayne, as readers are told, to "serve as ward executive secretary," which is a lay-pastoral or bishopric-level leadership post.
This raises a rather important question for millions of Mormons and you can probably guess what it is. Thus, the story notes:
After a frank discussion with local Church leaders, Mayne committed to adhere to the same standards of sexual morality expected of heterosexual members of the LDS Church, and he agreed to serve.
All together now: What is the logical question? Remember that this active Mormon has previously been involved in a "committed, monogamous relationship" with a male partner. So the logical question is: "What precisely are those 'same standards' in sexual morality that Mayne has agreed to follow?"
The assumption -- I must note that assumptions are really, really bad in journalism -- is that this means that he has agreed to be celibate. But readers don't really know. The story also skips over another question: Was that previous same-sex relationship official in any way, through rites either secular or sacred? Was the partner Mormon, too?
All logical questions that could yield crucial information. Instead, reader are told:
A home. A welcoming home in a religious tradition that has a profound and lasting impact on its members, and a chance to express their faith through the path of service: that's what Mitch Mayne and many other LGBT Mormons want.
In LDS communities, where lay congregational leaders have positions analogous to those of priests, pastors, and rabbis, news of Mayne's calling is having an impact, revealing continuing divisions among Mormons and questions about evolving Mormon views on homosexuality.
Mormon views on same-sex relationships are evolving?
Back that statement up with some on-the-record quotations from people in positions of LDS authority and you have an A1 story in every newspaper in America. After all, it is almost impossible to overstate the importance of eternal marriage, family and children in the sweep of Mormon theology.
Instead, alas, readers are offered this:
There is, in fact, no consensus Mormon view on homosexuality. While most Mormons view homosexual sexual activity as a sin, Church leaders have expressed divergent perspectives on LGBT issues, ranging from condemnatory and derisive to ameliorative and compassionate.
In the past, LDS Church leaders have endorsed conversion therapies, or encouraged gay Mormons enter heterosexual marriages. Some have declined to use the terms "gay and lesbian" and instead have used the words "same sex attraction" in order to make the case that homosexuality is not an inherent and lasting feature of personhood. Consequently, many conservative Mormons continue to believe that sexual orientation is changeable, a gravely sinful "lifestyle" choice to be simply rejected, or a condition to be "struggled" with and overcome, like alcoholism.
Liberal Mormons tend to view homosexuality as a naturally-occurring human trait that is not abhorrent to God. Some congregations welcome participation by openly gay people who maintain chastity. Other Mormons, however, feel that it is unjust and impossible to expect gay Mormons to abstain from intimate relationships their entire lifetimes.
What is missing from these amazing paragraphs?
What you are looking for can be summed up in this word -- a-t-t-r-i-b-u-t-i-o-n-s. Where are the crucial names and titles that make these claims matter? In other words, where is the journalistic infrastructure? Is this article news or opinion?
So what does this story actually state as fact? Next to nothing. This is either a story or tremendous importance or it is not. The basic facts are hard to interpret, simply because the editors at this website have failed to get essential questions answered.
So where to turn? To veteran Peggy Fletcher Stack at the Salt Lake Tribune, of course. While it's clear that there is some mystery in this event, her subsequent report does contain on-the-record facts:
Though many liberal Mormons and gay activists are heralding Mayne's appointment, it does not represent any change in LDS policy, which says it is no sin to have gay attraction, only to be sexually active outside the bonds of marriage between a man and a woman.
"Obviously we are not changing the standards of the church in terms of what you have to do to qualify to go to the temple or hold a church position," said Roger Carter, Mayne's LDS stake president. "There is no reason that men and women who have same-sex attraction cannot be participants in our meetings and in our congregations. They should be."
And then there is this signal that debates are continuing behind the scenes.
Mayne was in a committed, monogamous relationship with a man, but that ended a year ago. Since then, Mayne said, he has lived by LDS standards, and his ecclesiastical leaders found him worthy to serve.
Mayne triggered some criticism by online Mormon commenters when he wrote on his blog that he couldn't promise a "lifetime of celibacy."
"I don't have a crystal ball or psychic powers," he said in a phone interview. "I don't know where the road will lead me, but my intent is to live my life according to the savior's will, with him by my side. That's embedded in my DNA as a Mormon."
Stay tuned. And if people make claims about evolving Mormon doctrines, look for names, titles and clear statements of attribution. In other words, look for some journalism.
IMAGES: A "sealing" altar used in Mormon "eternal marriage" rites. Second image: Two activists seeking changes in Mormon doctrines on sexuality.

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In reversal, Turkey now says plane Syria shot down was over international waters
Turkey on Sunday called for a meeting of its NATO allies after charging that Syria's shoot-down of a Turkish F4 Phantom jet Friday had occurred over international waters without any warning.
The report was a reversal of Turkey's statement Saturday that its plane had strayed over Syrian airspace.
Both the United States and Great Britain denounced Syria in response to the new Turkish details, and the North Atlantic Council set a meeting for Tuesday under Article IV of the NATO treaty, under which any party can call for consultations if it feels its territory or security is threatened. The meeting, however, falls well short of calling for military support under Article V.
A Turkish spokesman said Turkey would use the meeting to brief NATO allies and exchange information. He said Ankara reserves the right to respond to the Syrian action at a time and manner of its choosing. A NATO spokesman said the alliance would consult on the incident and decide if further steps are appropriate.
William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, condemned "this outrageous act," and said it underscored the need for replacing the regime of President Bashar Assad, whose government has been besieged by an uprising calling for his resignation since March of last year.
In a statement, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the downing of the plane a "brazen and unacceptable act" and said it was "yet another reflection of the Syrian authorities' callous disregard for international norms, human life, and peace and security." She said the United States would work with Turkey "and other partners to hold the Assad regime accountable."
Syria has claimed that it had brought down the aircraft over Syrian territorial waters Friday after the plane had crossed into Syrian air space. On Saturday Turkey acknowledged that the plane, an Israeli-modified reconnaissance version of the U.S.-built interceptor, had strayed into Syrian air space in the course of a reconnaissance mission.
But on Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davitoglu said the unarmed plane, with a crew of two, was fired on after it had left Syrian air space and rejected Syria's claim that it had not known the aircraft belonged to the Turkish air force.
The Turkish military has determined the location of the crash but not yet salvaged the aircraft and is still searching the area in case either of the crew survived. Syria said it also was searching for the aircraft, but according to Davitoglu, the two sides are operating independently.
A Turkish government spokesman, Selcuk Unal, said Sunday that the plane had been on a training mission to test Turkey's own air defenses when it crossed into Syrian airspace. After Turkish air controllers warned that the plane was off course, the pilot undertook a second mission, but this time stayed within Turkish waters, Unal said.
He said Syria fired the missile that brought the plane down a full 15 minutes after the initial inadvertent crossing into Syrian air space.
"That 15 minutes is quite important," Unal said. He added Syria's claim that its forces were unaware of the origin of the plane was not credible because the aircraft was regularly signaling its identity through an open IFF -- identification friend or foe – radio.
In addition, he said Turkey had monitored the Syrian communications and determined that Syrian authorities were aware that it was a Turkish plane.


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Award encourages female scientists in developing world
An award for young women scientists in developing nations is helping to motivate female researchers and assist them in overcoming cultural barriers.
The 2011 OWSD (Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World) Award for Young Women Scientists from the Developing World recognised biologists, physicists, chemists and mathematicians from Argentina, Bangladesh, Cuba, Egypt, India, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa; mathematicians and physicists from India and Mexico; and chemists from Egypt and Nigeria.
"[Winning the award] gave me a huge push forward to write research proposals, mentor new graduate students and spend more time in the lab," Lubna Tahtamouni, chair of the department of biology and biotechnology at the Hashemite University in Jordan, and a recipient of an OWSD award, tells Times Higher Education.
She says that, in Jordan, smart women are "labelled as unattractive, not feminine enough or even masculine," and told to prioritise their family and household, adding that "many times over the years I thought of leaving academia because of the frustrations".
The OWSD award, she says, "made all the disappointments go away".
The awards were presented at an international symposium, Women in Science and Engineering, in Malaysia, last September. They are supported by a grant from the Elsevier Foundation.
"It is important to highlight that women, even from developing countries, are doing great things: making breakthroughs, contributing to advances in medicine, science, chemistry and engineering — becoming leaders and experts in their fields," says another researcher honoured in the 2011 awards, Denise Evans from South Africa.
But, although such awards open many doors to women scientists, they often wish to stay in their home countries and advance science there, despite the difficulties they face.
"If I can make a change or impact the life of one student (especially a female student), then my work in Jordan and 'sacrifices' are worth it," says Tahtamouni.
Many of the winners already have international experience, which often helps launch their careers back home.
After completing her PhD in chemistry in Argentina, Silvina Pellegrinet did a postdoctorate at the University of Cambridge, only to return to a fruitful career in Argentina.
In addition to support from her family, Pellegrinet also highlights the government's role in enabling her career success "because I always attended public (and therefore free) educational institutions and because the national research council funded my PhD, my postdoc and my career as a scientist".
Link to full article in Times Higher Education
Link to SciDev.Net's Spotlight on Overcoming gender barriers in science
See below for an Elsevier Foundation video of the awards ceremony:
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The Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) and Eurocopter have launched an ab-initio training class for helicopter technicians. This first class of 15 students follows a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that Eurocopter and CAFUC signed in 2010, with a goal of graduating 120 technicians every year by 2015. The four-month course provides 350 hours of classroom training and 300 of hands-on training. Students will be awarded a basic helicopter maintenance technician license after completing 650 hours of course work and passing a Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC)-approved testMore: Eurocopter Displays AS350, EC135, EC225 at China Exposition
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IntraPace Receives CE Mark Certification for the abiliti® System for the Treatment of Obesity
Mountain View, CA - January 11, 2011
IntraPace, Inc., announced today that it has received European CE Mark approval for the abiliti system as a treatment for obesity. The CE Mark certifies that a product has met European Union requirements for commercial marketing in Europe.
"While gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass are very effective treatments for obesity, they alter the digestive tract and are often associated with significant side effects. These side effects make many potential patients reluctant to choose these procedures," stated Prof. Thomas Horbach, Chief of Surgery, Stadtkrankenhaus Schwabach, a leading obesity clinic in Germany. "Patients receiving the abiliti system achieved substantial weight loss with almost none of the side effects seen with other bariatric interventions. This therapy addresses the biggest limitation of the established bariatric procedures."
The implantable device looks similar to a pacemaker and is built on the same proven technology used in millions of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators each year. Following implantation via a simple minimally invasive surgical procedure, the abiliti system detects when a person eats or drinks and sends low level electrical impulses to the stomach. This stimulation is intended to help a person feel full before the stomach is actually full, causing them to eat less. As the anatomy of the stomach is not changed, clinical experience with the abiliti system has shown virtuanone of the nausea and other side effects seen with gastric bypass surgery and gastric banding. Patients are not restricted in the types of food that they consume, but are encouraged to adopt a healthy diet and exercise program.
Further, this novel system automatically records when a patient eats, drinks, and exercises. Using a simple wireless connection, patients and physicians can view the consumption and exercise data. Access to this important information provides an enormous benefit as it allows physicians and patients to understand patient behaviours and develop effective strategies for weight loss. Additionally, the system connects patients to a valuable social support network, support which research has demonstrated increases the effectiveness of weight loss programs.
"CE Mark for the abiliti system is a major milestone for IntraPace that enables us to begin our commercialization strategy in Europe. Initially, the abiliti system will be offered through specialist clinics, starting in the UK, Spain, and Germany." noted Chuck Brynelsen, President & CEO of IntraPace. "The incidence of obesity among the world's population continues to grow each year, creating a huge demand for effective solutions. The abiliti system provides a patient‐friendly solution that we believe many people considering weight loss surgery will find attractive."
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Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that affects the health and lifestyles of hundreds of millions of people. The recent increase in obesity in most developed countries is staggering, and it cuts across all ages, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic classes. In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 1.6 billion adults were overweight and at least 400 million were obese. By 2015, WHO projects that 2.3 billion adults worldwide will be overweight and more than 700 million clinically obese.
Increased weight raises the risk for numerous health problems including diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease, and stroke. For many obese people, diet and exercise plans have not allowed them to achieve sustained weight loss. For others, weight loss surgery has proven effective in helping them to lose substantial excess weight. However, the established surgical procedures impose lifestyle restrictions and have side effects and complication rates that leave many patients waiting for a better alternative.
About IntraPace
IntraPace was founded in 2001 to address an unmet need in weight loss surgery by developing a gentler solution for weight loss that incorporates essential components of behavior therapy. The abiliti system is intended to enable patients to achieve and sustain significant weight loss without the complications, lifestyle restrictions and substantial anatomical changes associated with the established weight loss surgeries.
Based in Mountain View, California, IntraPace is backed by premier investors, including Boston Scientific, CB Health Ventures, DFJ ePlanet Ventures, InCube Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Development Corp., L Capital Partners, Oxford Bioscience Partners, Toucan Capital Corp and Vulcan Capital.
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The Epiphany Falcons have earned a highly regarded award in only their seventh year of existence.
The Epiphany Falcons have earned a highly regarded award in only their seventh year of existence.
This season, they have won the 2012-13 Wells Fargo Cup.
The Wells Fargo Cup is based on comprehensive excellence in postseason athletic accomplishments.
It is awarded each year in separate divisions for NCISAA schools in the 1A, 2A and 3A classifications.
The Falcons finished 13th in 2010-11, eighth in 2011-12, and now are victors of the cup this season.
�It�s great for us. We never set out to win it, because you can�t control what another school does, and I really can�t believe it in only our seventh year, it is pretty special,� Epiphany Athletics Director Ryan Seeger said.
�We were second behind Shannon Forest going into the winter and with baseball, soccer and golf all having strong showings this postseason, it put us ahead of them for the cup.�
The school does not receive any financial spoils or anything of the such, rather a trophy, banner and a lot of pride.
The award is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank and points are earned strictly on competition in the playoffs.
State champions of a sport get 50 points, 45 for second, 40 for third, 35 for fourth, 30 for fifth, 25 for sixth, 20 for seventh and 15 for eighth.
The school was led by the volleyball team�s state runner-up finish last fall and the girls� soccer team reaching the state semis this spring.
�It was also nice to win it this year, because we are moving to up to an NCISAA 2A school next season, so we will have to work our way back up amongst the 2A ranks,� Seeger said.
�It is also very gratifying that we did it while raising our academic standards as well and that shows that the kids and coaches did it the right way, so I�m most happy about that.�
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Hi All,
Since BBB is working today and wanted me to write a post, here it is and as the title says, it's pretty much just a rambling post of what I've been experiencing and thiking about the game lately (you've been warned).
As he said, the guild has been making great strides in raiding. I participated in Gruul's last week and then Mag where I finally had a good roll for once (instead of like a seven) and got my first piece of Tier 4 Gear – Netherblade Chestpiece. We're going back into Kara this week (probably starting tonight) and hopefully I will get my gloves or helm (really want the helm!). Both dropped last week and paladins took them. Romulo's Poison Vial also finally dropped and a stupid hunter took it on the roll, even though it's clearly a rogue item (even Kaliban's has it as a secondary class item for hunters). Yes, I'm bitter and I'll admit it. To be honest though, I'd be much less bitter if the hunter who took it had actually equipped it. But no, a week later, still not using it AND already had trinkets much better than what I have. GRRR…..
I also joined the guild for their first attempt at Lurker on Saturday after doing trash pulls as they had done previously. After wiping a few times, it was called due to the late hour and people needing to leave (since it took almost an hour past raid start time to actually get in and started). I didn't really enjoy that event so much and probably will take a bit of time off from trying SSC again. Gruul's is enough of a pain for me 🙂 I'm much more a fan of 10-man or even 5-man runs where you can have fun together and maybe get some loot, not 25-mans which just feel too chaotic and yet, at the same time, much more "business-like" to me (i.e. let's get in, get this done, divide up loot and go home, nobody be goofing around in game or on TS, focus people, focus).
Overall the guild is really focusing much more on raiding progression (that's the current guild buzzword – everything done must be in the name of the magic and holy "progression") and less on having fun together in smaller groups (or some, including me many days, would say ANY fun at all). On one hand, I understand it to a certain degree. The people who have been doing things like Kara and heroics for a year or so are getting bored and want to see bigger things (and get bigger loot).
On the other hand, for those of us that are less geared and newer at the game, it's uncomfortable and overall yucky. We're asked to join 25-mans and in some places play a key role (spell-kicking/interrupt in my case) and yet we're not really geared for that level of instance, so we fairly quickly die in some cases, and then the people coordinating the raid are yelling at the healers for not healing in time and the healers are complaining because there's too many people needing massive healing and they can't keep up and it goes downhill from there. Basically, there's a lot of us that still need to do the earlier stuff, but the more experienced leaders don't want to do the "boring, same old stuff again" and are forgetting that progression isn't going to happen overall if everyone isn't appropriately geared and not just a select few.
I'm also still experiencing a bit of transition in the before-70 WoW game and the after 70 game. BBB and I just talked about this again last weekend and I expressed my dislike at Blizzard for making the first 70-levels mostly about doing things on your own, succeeding and questing and occasionally getting 5 of your friends together for a party instance, like ZF or Sunken Temple. But mostly, you setting your personal goals, working through leveling guides and having fun. For those of us who are even goal oriented in a video game, there were plenty of goals to set and achieve.
Then you hit 70 and all that routine that you've come to know and love (and that has made the game fun for almost 6 months in my case) abruptly comes to a screeching halt. Suddenly, you're told that in order to go any further you have to find 4 or 9 or 24 other people and are going to be forced to play with people that in many cases you personally can't stand (not just sorta are different from, but in many cases, that it actually pains you to play with), but you'll have to do it for "progression."
Sure, you can stick on your own, do dailies, do quests for endless money, and sort of wander around the world unfocused and I'm sure, over time, find a purpose that you enjoy (but not really get any new gear). But the transition of hitting 70 seems to come out of nowhere and I kind of ended up feeling like Blizzard tricked me. I was having fun and now "where's my fun? I want it back." As I've mentioned before, I started WoW for a very specific reason (needed to get away from real life pain), so the last thing I really want is to suddenly have to interact with other people that, in many cases, just like to create drama for their own personal enjoyment. Suddenly the game feels like more work than my real life and that's no good. One of the WoW Insider columnists talks about this transition and drama today here (and probably says it better than I did – see his response to "What's the number one thing Blizzard could do better?")
I'm NOT against all raiding or even the dreaded progression (even though it probably sounds like it from all my complaining here), but there are certain aspects that I have issues with, in addition to the chaos and drama potential. The biggest one is time management. To be a raiding guild (which I didn't think is what I was joining – but that's another issue), you have to be committed and you have to participate. The focus becomes scheduling runs and coercing everyone possible into participating in every run and doing it "for the guild." Suddenly people don't have time to play their alts, be a spec that they have fun with (because that's not a spec the guild has a need for right now), run heroics for badges, or even GASP, have fun with their friends unless it's done in the realm of raiding.
That's ok for a lot of people. That's how hard-core raiding guilds get to where they are and get the bragging rights of saying how many bosses they've done in BT or how they have SSC on farm status. But that's not who I am or want to be and it's not really where BBB wants to go either (ok, largely because I'd never let him, but anyways..lol). Last week I was exploring the forums on our guild website (translation – avoiding the work on my desk) and stumbled across a "who are you" thread in which people posted information about themselves IRL. Like in some cases, their actual name (not just their toon's name), what they do for a job (for those who have one outside of WoW), and other personal info. I knew that BBB and I were older WoW players (which is a whole other rant about how over 30 is NOT old), but I had no idea until after that post just how YOUNG most of the guild truly is. The majority of the people that are officers or that are the active players in guild chat and instances are in the 18-23 year old range. As I put it to BBB, my favorite sweatshirt that I bought for myself is OLDER than most of those people, lol. And since BBB is 6 years older than me, some of the people could actually be his children (and I suppose the younger ones on that range could be mine too but only if I was a very advanced 13 to 16 year old, lol).
Those players, in general, have much less responsibility in the world. Many of them still live at home (and joke about drawing "mom aggro" when they are playing too long or missing dinner), have maybe a part-time job, might be going to school, and in general, it's mostly about playing as much as possible around the clock.
Now, don't get me wrong, I remember those days. I remember being single and being able to set my own schedule, having fun and fitting work and school into that fun time, and having other people (parents) to pay the bills in many cases. But for me, that feels like a really, really long time ago (living with a BBB ages you prematurely, lol). However, it's also about having a different focus. BBB and I have "real" jobs, we own a house, we have responsibilities with our families), and most importantly, we have a child. We have a 5-year-old who doesn't deserve to be parked in front of his toys or even worse, a movie, for hours three or four or more times a week, so that we can meet the guild's new ideals of progression and everybody joining in.
BBB has been running a Kara group (again, since most of the others in charge have no interest in doing it anymore). I've been trying to go since most of the next stage of gear is in there for me. That means 2 nights of playing for 2-3 hours. Then there's now the weekly Gruul's run and an SSC run on the calendar that I often end up going on (either because they need a rogue skill or another DPS or just a warm body to fill out the 25 slots). Now with the success of Mag's last week, another run added to the calendar. Suddenly that means there are expectations (more for BBB as a MT than me) of being available for 5 nights a week! Up to 5 nights that we rush dinner, so that there's time to do a few dailies before arriving for the raid, up to 5 nights that our son has to hear "I can't get you juice right now. You need to wait until after this "boss bad guy" is down, and up to 5 nights a week that we try to squeeze in tucking him in around a pausing point in the run before running back to our computers and having to feel that we need to apologize for having made 8 or 23 other people wait for 5 minutes, so that he could get a hug and kiss from mommy and daddy before bed. That is SO wrong on SO many levels and it's not the kind of parent that I want to be or that he deserves to have us be.
But where do you draw the line? If BBB sits out on too many guild runs, he's going to be looked down on and likely quickly replaced with another MT who can be "committed to progression and understand where we're trying to take this guild." Which isn't fair because he spent a lot of time and energy getting his toon to where it is and knowing how to jump into a raid and do his job well. He could stop running the Kara group, but then most of the undergeared players who need gear and to, more importantly, learn how to play their toon in a group setting aren't going to get that chance.
I could stop raiding, but then I feel like I can't be online for even a bit during the raid because then I'll be seen as not being committed either and wanting to just do my own thing, especially if a raid doesn't happen because there weren't enough people online and I could have filled a spot. And again, I've got the best gear I can get on my own and there's only so much quest money you can make before it's not fun anymore and you want to do something with others for a little bit, so not raiding at all doesn't really work. I could quit the game completely and spend more time with our son while BBB raids (like I used to). But BBB and I do enjoy playing together and having something that we can talk to each other about and set goals that we can assist each other with. We could find another guild that is much more casual and not as progressed (for example, only doing Kara and maybe ZA or attempting Gruul's). But BBB is an officer and likes being an officer, so starting again at the bottom of the pile, could be a real bummer too.
Is there anyone that is in a similar situation who has some advice for us? Or even if you're not, any suggestions on how we can still be committed to a guild, but not have that be more of a focus than our real lives? Help saved a tired bear and his family (assuming you're still awake from my wall of text post)!


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AMD confirms RS690 will ship as 690G
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AMD has confirmed its upcoming RS690 chipset will be available in at least two versions - one for desktops, the other for mobiles - both with the model number 690G, documents released to Register Hardware today reveal.
The company's tight-lipped about what the RS690 will do, at least until is launch, which we understand is not far off. However, it did let slip today that the parts will support HDMI and the HDCP anti-rip technology. No great surprise there, since early mobos based on the part have been seen in the wild with HDMI ports, and HDCP is de rigueur for high-definition usage.
AMD contrasted its plan to integrated HDMI, HDCP, DVI and TV output into the RS690 with Intel's chipset design, which, it claimed, requires the addition of extra chippery on the motherboard, raising production costs.
The AMD documents also imply that the RS690 will be somewhat less expensive than Intel's 965 chipset. But since AMD did not indicate exact pricing, we'll just have to wait and see if the RS690 is indeed cheaper than equivalent 965-series chipsets and by how much.
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Hi All. Does anybody know of a literary agent or publishing house willing to get behind a novel that spotlights the psychic damage that religion can inflict and then ever so gently and respectfully follows one character's journey to atheism?
There is a character/catalyst in this novel who is both gay and fundamentalist Christian - which two realities cannot reconcile with each other, leading the character to suffer Dissociative Personality Disorder (split personality). Other characters take center stage after this first one sets them in motion but then the novel ends with his emotional journey to atheism and self-acceptence.
I'm having a tough time finding representation - an agent who will take it on. Does anybody have any ideas?
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I wanted to post something but, what to post when my mind is only in one place? Yes, its Taco Tuesday! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ...
10. What other day can I waist $2 per avocado and feel okay about it?
9. Its the one night of my week the kids don't decide they are too ill to eat as soon as they see what is on their plate. Hallelujah! They shall survive one more week.
8. I get to fry something other than an egg.
7. What else shall I do with 5lbs of ground beef from Costco?
6. Because Nordies carries a shirt in your honor. Nordstroms,... I love you!
|I shall own this one day!
5. Your corn tortillas are Gluten free! That is Solid!
4. Because it is the one week night that it is socially acceptable to have salt on the rim of my glass! And nobody seems to want to celebrate Benito Juarez day with me anymore. :(
3. You are no longer Monday .
2. You leave no guesswork for dinner.
1. You put the T in my Tapatio!
|I didn't write this but, I found it fitting!
I have to say, I'm pretty sure that since my birth certificate says I was born in San Jose, it really means that little town at the tip of Mexico. I really like burritos too. That can't just be a coincidence. Just sayin.
I trust that you all will be celebrating accordingly. Cheers!
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Ken Day Come-Ons
[dimming lights]
[adjusting Speedo]
Hey, Bebeh.
Today is Ken Day, bebeh doll, and that means I'm here to make all your sexy, sexy dreams come true.
Except maybe that one.
(Never again, Cancun. NEVER AGAIN.)
That's right, my sprinkle-coated sugar dumpling, I am about to rock your world ... by dealing you a hand of Blackjack:
Or, wait... this is a hot tub? Oh. Ok. EVEN BETTER. Mrowr.
Now, slide that sweet little personality of yours over here, and have an enormous glass of ketchup:
I warmed up this side of the concrete slab just for you. [eyebrow waggle]
What's wrong, my tangy berry sweet tart? Is the concrete not to your liking?
Perhaps you'd prefer some Satin Ice* sheets?
I don't lounge this casually for just anyone, you know. Mostly because I lack articulated elbows.
(*That one's for you, decorators.)
These boxers are really confining, though, my scrumptious fondant-wrapped cheesecake bite.
Here, let me slip into something a little more comfortable:
You can't see it, but I'm totally flexing for you right now. Unnng.
Ahh, I can tell by your dismayed expression that you're thinking EXACTLY what I'm thinking, my honey-drenched pudding pop: this DOES cover up too many of my "finer assets." [wink] Well, don't you worry. I can fix that.
[squelching noises]
Ok, my candy-coated cake pop! Prepare to meet ... THE LOINCLOTH OF LOVE:
Take me away, officer; I surrender to YOUR SEXINESS.
Oh, and I should warn you: objects in the rear view are much hotter than they appear.
[jiggle jiggle]
Thanks to Sara O., Sanne V., Mary Ann B., Frank M., Laura S., Renee D., & Lauri M. for helping me retroactively ruin a lot of people's childhoods.


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The Throat Chakra, or Vishuddha, is about speaking one's truth Obviously, Vishuddhais located at the base of our neck, and affects the proper functioning of our vocal cords and our thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is associated with hormone production that is key to physical growth and maturation. Spiritually, that growth is that of our consciousness and wisdom. The Throat Chakra incites us to live ideally, be surrounded by beauty, expressiveness, through our self-expression and ability to make our feeling and emotions our reality. It is the center of our capacity to community.
To maintain the health of your throat chakra, always be open, receptive, and humble. Having an open throat chakra is not just our ability to express ourselves but to listen to the truths others seek to share with us. For example, an overactive throat chakra might be obvious in our desire to control the consciousness of other peoples lives. A deficient throat chakra is evident if you are overly egotistic or prejudiced, or if you perceive the world as hostile, expecting to be humiliated, used, or judged by others rather than loved and nourished.
Ways to eat to promote healthy Throat Chakra!!
*Chew food: In the age of fast living, we are doing everything fast, including eating. If we are eating on the run, we may tend to shortcut our eating by gulping and swallowing rather than chewing and assimilating. If we are not chewing our food thoroughly, chances are we won't be able to digest, absorb, and ultimately, assimilate it into our body. Thus, chewing serves an important function. It is also essential that we put our awareness into eating so we get the most from the experience and do not feel like overeating – chewing slowly helps us to accomplish this. Eating with consciousness keeps us in the moment and allows us to savor the flavor and joy of foods!
*Eat high-quality foods for your highest self: Every day we are bombarded with food choices – how do we know what is best for us? Nutritionists seem to tell us one thing one day and another thing the next. How do we know how to choose foods? The throat chakra is about choice, decisions, and options – but not just any – the throat chakra, being a higher, resonating chakra than some of the other lower chakras, is calling us to make the best choice for ourselves and our planet. Eat foods that serve your body, mind, and spirit, and that serve the realm of nature – the animals, plants, and water. If we are eating meat from chickens kept in unhealthy, stressful conditions, we may take on the 'energy' of those chickens – frenetic, chaotic, stressful. If we are eating foods that were grown using natural elements instead of synthetic, such as organically grown foods, we are taking in healthy, higher-vibratory signals for our soul.
*Broaden your food horizon: When we cave into food ruts, we let go of our ability to choose and experience. The throat chakra encourages us to be expansive like the overarching sky – to look wider and broader, to explore and discover. One of the ways we can do this is by eating ethnic foods – foods we may not normally eat, whether Thai, Indian, Middle-Eastern, European, or Ethiopian, to name a few. See what happens when you introduce some variety. It exposes you to an abundance of tradition and culture. It broadens not only your food horizon, but helps you to step out of the box of your everyday living!
*Spark alchemy amongst the food elements: On a spiritual level, the throat chakra is about alchemy – transforming the messages of the heart into the language of voice, words, song, poetry. The throat chakra resonates with the alchemy of food elements – bringing together water and earth, fire and water, fire and earth. By eating foods like soups (earth-water elements fused together through fire), we encourage and honor our connection with the elemental nature of foods and our bodies.
Feeding Your Throat Chakra
Speaking One's Truth
- Liquids in general: water, fruit juices, herbal teas
- Tart or tangy fruits: lemons, limes, grapefruit, kiwi
- Other tree growing fruits: apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots, etc.
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"It's been a great day for golf," he said. "The key has been that I've made very few mistakes, I only missed four short putts.
"Playing the way I'm playing I am enjoying it – it's easy to enjoy it playing this way.
"I was in exactly the same position at the Bankia Madrid Masters, so tomorrow will be a normal feeling for me. I will try and play as best as I can, playing in the last group will not have any effect on my game."
After birdieing the first from six feet, De La Riva – whose father was Spanish amateur champion seven times and mother won the Spanish junior title on three occasions - bogeyed the next but birdied the third and seventh from 12 feet to turn in 35.
Having been deposed at the head of affairs by that stage, the World Number 610 responded with an inward 33, pitching to three feet at the 14th and knocking in a six foot birdie putt at the 16th.
Manassero responded well to losing his three shot first-day advantage, a 25 foot putt at the 12th and a wedge approach to within two feet at the 14th the highlights of his five birdies.
"I played a better golf from tee to green," said Manassero – who became The European Tour's youngest-ever winner in Spain two years ago.
"I made quite an easy 68, if you can say that. It could have easily been a 67 with a five on 16 (his only bogey), which is routine.
"Today I played even better than the first day from tee to green and gave myself many chances. My only bad moment was three-putting 16, which pushed me back nearly two shots. The rest was all good."
"It's good to be up there and give me some chances tomorrow. This course is good for me, I like it, but there are many guys up there, so it's going to be fun tomorrow and I'm happy to be in it."
Khan was another to finish well, he holed a 40 foot birdie putt at the 15th and from ten feet at the next en route to a back-nine 31 and six under par 66.
"I played nicely all through the week and if I had taken a couple more chances I would have been further up," said Khan.
"I had a figure in my mind, and I thought that if I could play steady and pick up the birdies, that score would be possible.
"Last year's French Open was the last time I was in position to win - hopefully it'll all come flooding back. I've had times like this before when I haven't been up there consistently and I managed to have good weekends. I'm going to enjoy it tomorrow and rely on my game."
England's David Lynn and South African Hennie Otto are another stroke back on ten under, as is local favourite and tournament promoter Miguel Angel Jiménez.
The 48 year old is trying to become the oldest winner in European Tour history on the course where he is an honorary member and added a 69 to previous rounds of 69 and 68 thanks largely to a strong finish.
After birdies at the 14th and 15th he produced one of the shots of the day at the 16th, sending a fairway wood up and over the trees and to within five feet before sinking his eagle putt.
"Today I started like a donkey and finished like an Andalusian horse," he said. "On the first nine holes I was expecting things to happen but the course gave us nothing.
"On the back nine I said to my caddie: 'Don't worry, we are trying to make it happen,' and it happened on 14.
"I put my drive in a divot and I had to blade it a little bit. I managed to put it at the back left of the green, and then I holed that putt. The unlucky lie was my turning point - I made birdie, birdie eagle and that made my round."
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When Daryl came to get his breakfast in last week's episode of The Walking Dead, the show finally made explicit what its fans had known all along: that Daryl Dixon is a post-apocalyptic celebrity.
Modern mass media may have shut down, but when the Woodbury survivors spot Daryl, there's a low, excited hum, interspersed with fanboy shout-outs. It's clear that Daryl is the end-of-civilization equivalent of a rock star. Patrick, that new boy with the nice manners, just wants to shake his hand.
As the record-devouring ratings for the AMC series season-opener prove — 16.1 million people tuned in — TWD has an immense, intense fan base. And Daryl Dixon lovers are the most intense of all. As we get ready to watch Season 4's zombie-menaced characters facing threats from without and within, let's look at why this shirtsleeve-hating outsider has become the series' kick-ass hero and unlikely heartthrob.
Daryl appeals to the More Zombies faction as well as the It's Not About the Zombies bloc:
The Walking Dead commentariat tends to split into two feuding groups. There are those who want more zombie-killing, more flesh-eating, skull-crushing, gut-spilling mayhem. ("Pots of flowers at the prison!" they say. "The hell?") Then there are those who see the zombies purely as a device that allows the show to examine tricky moral questions of means and ends, utilitarian calculations and abstract ideals.
Daryl can go both ways. Armed with his ever-present crossbow, he gets into all sorts of gory situations. In one episode he falls down a cliff, impales himself on an arrow, pulls the arrow out and kills a zombie with it. He's hardcore.
But he also has an unexpectedly philosophical side. While Daryl himself is not given to speechifying, this brooding loner turned quiet team player often gets involved in situations that test the bonds of family loyalty or explore the costs of protecting the greater good.
He's got that Bad Boy/Good Guy thing going on:
If you look on Tumblr, you'll see that almost all Daryl Dixon pin-up shots involve either Daryl being a bad-ass (killing things with his crossbow and riding his chopper). Or Daryl doing totally sweet stuff (holding Baby Judith and playing with puppies). He doesn't mess with Mr. In-Between.
He doesn't say much. But what he does say is meme-worthy:
He's not what you'd call talkative. When Daryl is really feeling something, he narrows his eyes. Occasionally, when he's completely overcome with emotion, he nods. Once.
But when Daryl does decide to speak, he can be quotable, whether that involves some inspired cussing ("Filthy, disease-bearing, motherless poxy bastard") or a little comic relief after a bad day in the woods ("Am I the only one Zen around here?").
Women want him. Men want to be him. Zombies want to eat him:
Men like Daryl. He was tight with his brother Merle. He can hit a turkey between the eyes from real far away. He rides a motorcycle even though loud noises attract zombies — hell, maybe because loud noises attract zombies. And he's got, you know, A Code.
Women like Daryl. He's not a standard romantic lead. His idea of a romantic gesture is keeping walkers from eating your arm. But it could be that TWD's subsistence-level environment activates the primal imperatives of evolutionary biology. After The Turn, a mate with backwoods survival skills starts to look pretty damn good. I mean, this is a man who often has dead squirrels hanging from his belt.
Certainly, with his hooded eyes, understated intensity and crack woodchuck-skinning abilities, Daryl is the current favourite of The Walking Dead fan-fiction romance writers. ("Kate thinks she's the only survivor left in the world... when she stumbles across a certain redneck with a crossbow who might just make her realize there's hope left in the world after all.")
Oh, those arms:
Daryl has been called "gas station hot." He's developed the ripped sleeveless shirt into a bicep-showcasing style statement. He works the leather jacket look and has a memorable way with a poncho. And even though he lives in a post-apocalyptic hell, his hair has an almost boy band-like consistency, curving across his forehead in a sexy wet-rat sort of way.
It's like he's wearing the Marc Jacobs redneck collection. Daryl takes poor Southern separates and elevates them to a lean, mean, streamlined new level. (And if you check out the Prada modelling gigs of Norman Reedus, the actor who plays Daryl, you'll see that he also cleans up nicely.)
Kill Daryl and you'd best kill us, too:
These days, serious TV proves its seriousness by being ready to kill off beloved characters in the service of gritty narrative realism. As evidenced by the proliferation of T-shirts, posters and coffee mugs emblazoned with the phrase "If Daryl dies, we riot," this is one gambit The Walking Dead showrunners should probably avoid.
Daryl's death would prove the series' central tenet that no one is safe. It could also break the Internet, cause a global collapse and usher in a new era of darkness.
Uh-oh. Better brush up on our crossbow work.
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As Phone Subsidies Fade, Apple Could Be Hurt
Wireless Carriers Shift Customers to Installment Plans, Where Sticker Shock Is Likely
U.S. wireless carriers are making unexpectedly fast progress moving their customers away from subsidized phones, a shift that could put further pressure on sales of expensive devices like the iPhone.
Apple Inc. charges more for its phones than many companies charge for low-end laptops. Until recently, American subscribers have been insulated from the sticker shock by carriers that subsidized hundreds of dollars of the cost with hopes of recovering it via two-year service contracts....


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BOYS SOCCER: Torrington knocks off rival Naugatuck, clinches NVL Copper title
TORRINGTON >> Torrington High School's boys soccer team beat perennial state and NVL power Naugatuck 2-1 at Torrington's Robert H. Frost Sports Complex Wednesday evening in a face-off that carried the Copper Division title as one of its spoils.
Normally, the rivalry between the two schools is enough. This time, with the added incentive of the Copper crown for the winner, the match merited a separate busload of fans from Naugatuck.
"That's the best crowd I've ever seen," smiled Red Raider sophomore Amar Suljic, who spurred on the Torrington fans with a goal in each half.
Both fan bases had a chance to air their lungs.
"It was another great NVL game," said Naugatuck coach Art Nunes.
"It was two great teams," said Torrington coach Mike Fritch Jr. "Either one of us could have won."
Naugatuck is 11-3-2; Torrington, 11-4-1, but the teams were tied for first in the division before Wednesday.
"We've been thinking about this game since Monday," said Fritch.
Thinking ahead play a part in a tight win (1-0) over 1-14 Crosby Monday, then a tie (0-0) at 4-8-2 Ansonia Tuesday.
Wednesday, the long look ahead proved worth it.
"That's the second tick on the list," Coach Fritch told his team, explaining the first tick to bystanders as qualifying for the state tournament, the next one, the NVL tournament championship, then a Class L state title.
"You've gotta have goals," he grinned.
Despite starting their third game in three days, the Raiders began Wednesday's contest as if they could accomplish all the ticks in one night.
After five minutes of constant attack by a Torrington team looking like world class sprinters, Greyhound sophomore goalkeeper Fez Pereira hollered, "C'mon defense!" in exasperation.
In the sixth minute, Torrington had a near breakaway.
A minute later, Suljic won the race to Jairo Borja's lead pass. Pereira came out to meet him. Suljic fired past him from 15 yards to the right of the goal, 1-0, Torrington.
Naugatuck's midfield tightened.
Nevertheless, Borja revisited enemy territory with a booming shot off the outside of the Greyhound goal post in the 13th minute.
Two minutes later, Naugy fans had their first real excitement. A high bounder got over Raider goalkeeper Zack Paniatti (9 saves) in the penalty box, forcing him to spin and bat the ball sideways to a Torrington defender.
The 6-foot-4 junior keeper lost more than 80 pounds since he stood in goal last year at 298. Wednesday, every ounce of this year's quickness showed up.
"(Torrington) came out with a lot of intensity," said Coach Nunes.
Suljic had a chance at Torrington insurance in the 16th minute. Pereira came out, missing a Torrington lead pass. The ball bounced high; Suljic couldn't get a solid foot on it. The soft shot bounced slowly out of bounds.
Naugatuck depth and Torrington's three-day schedule evened out the legs from there.
Raider defender Craig Peterson had to make a great cutoff on a near-breakaway in the 26th minute. Naugatuck got off its first real shot in the 28th.
Five minutes from the half, after Suljic missed at the end of a great combination of passes for Torrington, the Greyhounds set up a direct kick, 20 yards out.
The ball, in slow motion, pinballed off several legs in the penalty box, glancing off a defender's shin, then finally slid under Paniatti diving in the opposite direction for the tying goal.
A Torrington/Naugatuck tie combined with a Holy Cross win over Wilby puts the division crown on the Crusaders' heads. Nobody in the stands or on the field at Torrington wanted that.
Naugatuck's offense carved out a 7-2 shot advantage in the second half. Paniatti was brilliant on a few saves, solid on the rest.
Both sides had direct kicks from just outside their opponents' penalty boxes. Both defenses held their ground.
Seven minutes from the end of regulation, Torrington's Shane Bierfeldt put a corner kick into a crowd in the Greyhound penalty box. Chris Parrotta got his head on it, dropping the ball down a foot away. Suljic flicked it in, 2-1.
"You can't describe the feeling, especially with this crowd behind you," Suljic exulted.
"Winning the division championship in my senior year is unbelievable," beamed Borja, whose efforts cramped him in and out of the second half twice.
The quest for Tick Three begins Saturday at Waterbury's Municipal Stadium, the first round of the NVL Tournament.


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We've all accidentally deleted an important file — or forgotten to save a file after typing up a whole page worth of changes. The latter problem is fixed with Autosave in most modern Mac apps, and the former is usually fixable if you have a Time Machine backup setup or if the deleted file was in Dropbox (where you can undelete files or roll back changes to them for up to 30 days for free, from their site).
But what if you manage to delete a file that wasn't backed up? Or — even worse — what if you wipe your whole backup disk without meaning to? You're going to need a disk recovery tool, one that can undelete files. I just had this happen to my personal backup disk, and after recovering from my initial panic, took Disk Drill for a spin to see how much it could get back. This time, I wasn't just testing an app for a review: I honestly needed the app to work.
The good news: it worked, most of the way. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly of disk recovery, and how to get the most of your data back if you ever find yourself in a similar situation.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Raise the drawbridge and man the parapets. Some investors are looking to defend their portfolios with help from mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that buy stocks of companies with "wide moats" — meaning barriers to entry that their competitors find extremely difficult to overcome.
"Moat" is Warren Buffett's description of such an advantage. The famed investor has said that he seeks "economic castles protected by unbreachable 'moats.'" The idea is to buy, when they are reasonably priced, shares of companies that dominate their industries and show clear potential to maintain their superiority over decades. Read more: Warren Buffett's winning ways, 50 years on.
"A company that has a greater duration of competitive advantage is simply worth more," said Paul Larson, chief equity strategist at investment researcher Morningstar Inc., which since 2002 has made moat ratings a cornerstone of its stock grading. Wide-moat companies, he added, "should be able to parlay that into higher returns on invested capital."
The five moats
What affords one company a wide moat while others have a narrow moat or none at all?
Morningstar describes five ways moats develop. In the first, the so-called network effect, a service becomes increasingly valuable as more people adopt it. Second, customers lack incentive to embrace a competing product. A virtual monopoly or control of a limited market can be a third type of moat, such as an airport-services provider would command. A fourth consists of proprietary brands, patents and licenses that create consistent cash flow. And a final advantage is pricing, or the ability to sell a better product cheaply, generating higher profit margins.
"A wide-moat business, purchased at the right price, is the ultimate 'sleep well' kind of investment," said Jason Subotky, co-manager of the $7 billion Yacktman Fund YACKX, +0.00% , which holds many companies that the managers consider wide-moat, such as Procter & Gamble Co. PG, +0.21%, Coca-Cola Co. KO, -0.28% and Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -1.20%. Said Subotky: "We look for as much stability, predictability, and quality of earnings and free cash flow as you can get."
Even wide-moat firms are challenged in economic downturns, but a company's strength and flexibility can work to keep it afloat and poised for growth when conditions improve.
The larger the moat, the stronger the company, said Eric Schoenstein, co-manager of Jensen Quality Growth Fund JENSX, +0.16%, which considers many of the stocks in its value-oriented portfolio to have wide moats, including Praxair Inc. PX, +3.03% , a supplier of industrial gases, and Varian Medical Systems Inc. VAR, +0.98%, a maker of devices and software for treating cancer and other illnesses.
Companies with wide moats produce a lot of cash, Schoenstein said, which places them "in a better position to invest in new products, new advertising, to create more demand."
Morningstar in 2007 created its Wide Moat Focus Index, composed of what Morningstar considers to be the 20 least-expensive wide-moat stocks among a universe of 1,200 U.S. stocks. Most are large companies with a broad customer base. Nowadays the biggest stakes are in technology, materials and financial-services stocks, with notably little in the consumer sector.
The index, which is redrawn every three months, currently includes Google Inc. GOOG, -0.60%, General Electric Co. GE, -0.32%, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. BK, -0.47%, Oracle Corp. ORCL, +0.84% and Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, +0.11% .
The strategy has paid off. For the five years through July 31, the equal-weighted index (each position gets 5% of the portfolio in a quarterly rebalancing) gained 7.4% annualized, with dividends, versus a total return of 1.1% for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index SPX, -0.21% and 2.6% for an equal-weighted version of the S&P?500, according to Morningstar.
In a truly efficient market, wide-moat stock prices would reflect their advantage. But markets aren't 100% efficient, Larson noted. When a wide-moat company runs into difficulty, investors tend to underestimate its ability to rebound and undervalue the shares. "When you add the valuation layer, that's where the real performance comes from," he said.
The wide-moat index is used in two exchange-traded products—Market Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat Research ETF MOAT, -0.07% and Elements Morningstar Wide Moat Focus ( WMW exchange-traded note. The ETF, launched April 25, recently had $38 million in assets. The ETN, begun in 2007, had close to $15 million. The ETF is cheaper, with an expense ratio of 0.49% compared with 0.75% for the ETN.
The two have some key differences. The ETN's return matches the index, though as an unsecured debt obligation it is exposed to the credit risk of the issuer, Deutsche Bank. The ETF, meanwhile, typically will display some index-tracking error but owns the underlying stocks.
Many choices
Investors looking for ETFs with an abundance of what Morningstar considers wide-moat stocks have many other choices, some quite inexpensive. SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average DIA, -0.22% and Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity SCHD, -0.05% for example, charge just 0.17% in expenses, while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF VIG, -0.25% charges 0.13%.
Highly rated mutual funds with above-average wide-moat holdings and below-category-average expenses include Yacktman, Vanguard Dividend Growth VDIGX, +0.10%, John Hancock U.S. Global Leaders Growth USGLX, +0.37%, Dreyfus Appreciation DGAGX, +0.15% and Pioneer Fundamental Growth PIGFX, +0.31% , according to Morningstar.
Said Yacktman's Subotky: "It's great to have these kinds of franchises that have durability and are resistant to difficult times."
Investors should remember, though, that even wide-moat companies can eventually lose their edge to a better-run rival or a costly mistake. In other words, moats can be a big plus, but they don't last forever.


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July 15, 2019, 12:43 pmAlize JohnsonPF, Indiana Pacers
The second-year option for Alize Johnson has been fully guaranteed.
Johnson, who put up an excellent performance at Summer League, will make $1.4 million this season. He is unlikely to play much but the Pacers have been consistent in their view that he is a player worth developing over the long-term.
Source: Indianapolis Star
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September 17, 2019, 7:04 pmYante MatenPF, Miami Heat
The Celtics are signing F Yante Maten to an Exhibit 10 contract on Tuesday.
Maten had a strong season with the Skyforce in the G-League last year averaging 23.5 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. He was also productive in Summer League action with the Heat this summer.
Source: Adam Himmelsbach on Twitter
September 17, 2019, 12:43 pmPaul MillsapPF, Denver Nuggets
Paul Millsap, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are all candidates for "load management" next season, according to Nick Kosmider of The Athletic
This is pure speculation by Kosmider, but this does hold some weight after the Nuggets' playoff run last season and the league-wide popularity of resting players. Millsap would seem to be at the most significant risk to get rested due to his age and quality of depth behind him. Jerami Grant and Mason Plumlee would be the biggest beneficiaries should Jokic or Millsap miss time.
Source: The Athletic
September 17, 2019, 12:35 pmThabo SefoloshaSF, Utah Jazz
Thabo Sefolosha is among the attendees at Rockets minicamp in Las Vegas with a host of other notable free agents this week.
Sefolosha will be joined by the likes of Nick Young, Luc Mbah a Moute, Raymond Felton, Terrence Jones and Corey Brewer. The odds of someone making the Rockets' roster increased with Iman Shumpert declining an offer sheet from the team.
Source: Kelly Iko on Twitter
September 17, 2019, 12:21 pmIman ShumpertSG, Free Agent
Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, Iman Shumpert has decided to decline the contract offer from the Rockets and will not attend team minicamp in Las Vegas this week.
It'll be back to the drawing board for Shumpert. It's unsure exactly where he'll end up now, or if he and the Rockets will come to a new agreement in the future. Shump can get steals and threes, but otherwise isn't much of a fantasy asset, unless he finds himself in an ideal situation.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
September 17, 2019, 10:01 amAnthony DavisPF, Los Angeles Lakers
After an extraordinary summer of 2019, which saw a cavalcade of stars change teams, executives around the league expect that this year's transaction wires will be dominated by the trade market.
"We've been getting calls all summer," one general manager said. "I think if you look at the market, there is going to be a very robust trade market this winter for a few reasons." The big driver figures to be the open, empty crater that the 2020 free-agent class has become. Teams hoping to make significant changes in their direction won't have free agency to lean on and trades will be the only way to go. If you enjoyed the twist and turns that came with the very busy NBA free-agency period this summer, then buckle up as the trade market means more could be on the way this season.
Source: Sean Deveney on Twitter
September 17, 2019, 9:51 amMichael BeasleyPF, Free Agent
The Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association are trying to bring Michael Beasley back to China.
Beasley agreed to terms with the Pistons last month but he never officially signed with them as the team opted to go with Joe Johnson instead. Beasley has already played in China with Shanghai, Shandong and last year with Guangdong averaging 22.4 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists.
Source: Sportando
September 17, 2019, 9:07 amJustin SimonPG, Chicago Bulls
Former St. John's guard Justin Simon has signed an Exhibit-10 contract with the Bulls.
Simon is 6'5" and went undrafted out of St. John's, where he averaged 10.4 points and 5.1 rebounds last season, while also being named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year. The Bulls currently have 14 players on guaranteed contracts with guard Shaquille Harrison all but locked in to the 15th and final one, so that means Simon is likely headed to the Windy City Bulls of the G League.
Source: Adam Zagora on Twitter
September 16, 2019, 6:33 pmMychal MulderPG, Miami Heat
The Heat have announced the signing of guard Mychal Mulder.
Mulder played last season with the Windy City Bulls of the G-League and averaged 8.8 points in Summer League this year. He has good range but is unlikely to contribute much at the NBA level in 2019-20.
Source: Miami Heat
September 16, 2019, 6:13 pmVincent PoirierC, Boston Celtics
Nicolas Batum praised the play of Celtics center Vincent Poirier at the FIBA World Cup.
According to Batum, Poirier "is a center that can block shots and control the paint." A native of France, Poirier has performed well over six seasons in Europe. Nevertheless, he should only be a depth option for the Celtics with Enes Kanter starting.
Source: NBC Sports Boston
September 16, 2019, 5:49 pmZach LaVinePG, Chicago Bulls
Zach LaVine has been fine tuning his playmaking skills in the offseason, according to an interview with FanSided.
LaVine enjoyed the best field goal percentage of his career for the Bulls last season. He also scored a career best 23.7 points per game. However, LaVine averaged 3.4 turnovers and his fantasy value will increase if he can take better care of the ball.
Source: FanSided


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Linearizing Quantum Operators
I was reading an article on harmonic generation and came across the following way of decomposing the photon field operator. $$ \hat{A}={\langle}\hat{A}{\rangle}I+ \Delta\hat{a}$$
The right hand side is a sum of the "mean" value and the fluctuations about the mean. While I understand that the physical picture is reasonable, is this mathematically correct? If so what are the constraints this imposes? In literature this is designated as a "linearization" process.
My understanding of a linear operator is that it is simply a homomorphism. I have never seen anything done like this and I'm having a hard time finding references which justify this process.
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When Suegra declared that she'd be traveling with us to El Salvador, I knew that drama was only a plane ride away – What I didn't know is just how much.
I can't give too many details or show too many photos regarding all this, out of respect for Carlos, but here are the basics of what happened.
A Tía picked us all up at the airport. After a quick roadside stop for agua de coco, we went straight to Carlos's childhood home in Soyapango.
I was kind of expecting open warfare, gunshots, tattooed mareros dealing drugs on street corners in broad daylight – but Soyapango was pretty much as I remembered it – a rough neighborhood to be sure, graffiti on walls and barbed wire on rooftops, but calm on the surface, at least at that moment on that particular day.
I sighed a sigh of relief. It wasn't the safest place for us to stay, but I was prepared to spend time in the neighborhood – to sleep in Carlos's modest childhood home for several nights and let the children experience the real El Salvador that you can't get while staying in a hotel.
We pulled up to Carlos's house and the outside looked uncared for, but not to the point that I worried. The house badly needed a fresh coat of teal paint – mareros had taken care of that in their own way with red graffiti.
Inside the house, was another story all together. For one thing, it was extremely hot, (even locals complained about the heat while we were there.) We arrived from the airport needing to use the bathroom and dehydrated, but the house's water was turned off. Once our eyes adjusted to the darkness of the house, we became aware of its condition. Due to lack of maintenance, the house had deteriorated in various ways – it seemed abandoned. Suegra had sold most of her furniture, (who knows why), and what was left was dusty, dirty, infested by rodents – and totally unsanitary. I was fully prepared for poverty, but when it comes to cleanliness, (especially for my children) – I don't compromise.
Carlos's face registered the same look of shock, disappointment, sadness – anger. To see his childhood home in total disrepair, and to have to show his children that this is where he lived, really hurt him.
For an hour or two, Carlos quietly tried to figure out what to do – stood in the window of the enclosed patio, shaking his head and sighing. It was clear we couldn't stay there.
Finally Carlos confronted his mother – asked what happened, why she hadn't kept up the house – why she had lied to us about its condition before we arrived. She became defensive and told him nothing was wrong with the house – that it was virtually the same as it had been when we visited 12 years ago – that in fact, she felt it was actually improved. She denied the damage, safety hazards and unsanitary conditions that were right there before our eyes, told us we were being snobby. It was clear Suegra was seriously delusional or that she thought we were incredibly stupid.
After a walk through the neighborhood to buy bottled water, (because at this point the boys and I were becoming physically ill from dehydration), Carlos calmly told her we were going to have a friend take us to a hotel. We had told Suegra all along that we would spend some time in a hotel, so we were just going there earlier than we had planned, but Suegra acted like this option was totally unheard of. Suegra exploded with accusations and manipulations, yelling – first at Carlos, then at me, then attempting to drag the children into it.
"Tracy! Of all people, I never would have expected this from you!" she said.
We grabbed our suitcases while she cursed us to a Tío who had come by to say "hello." We piled into the friend's car while she called a Tía on the phone to tell her what horrible people we were. We drove off as she compared me to one of Carlos's old girlfriends. (A woman he dated before coming to the U.S. who Suegra hated for stealing her son away from her.)
The first few hours were emotional and ugly – this isn't what I wanted the children to remember, but I was proud of Carlos. He took care of me and the kids as he promised. He didn't give into his mother's manipulation. Despite what we wrestled with as we tried to sleep that first night, in the darkness of the hotel room, we agreed we wouldn't let this ruin our time in El Salvador – and we didn't.
A few days later Suegra called demanding that Carlos hand over her plane ticket so she could change it. She didn't fly back with us and hasn't spoken to us since we gave it to her, (which was another drama filled encounter.) She's telling family members and friends that she won't move back in with us. What she doesn't know is that if she changes her mind and decides to stop playing games, the door is not open for her to return this time.
Yesterday Suegra had a Tía call and say she was in the hospital with chest pains due to the stress Carlos had caused her. We found out from another (more honest) Tía, that the story was completely fabricated, that Suegra never went to the hospital and was perfectly healthy.
Carlos is dealing with a lot emotionally right now. Not only is he struggling with missing El Salvador and his best friend who he became very much re-attached to, but the drama with Suegra is far from over. For one, her [former] bedroom here is still full of her things. She will eventually need to come collect her stuff, which, I can tell you from past experience, doesn't go well. She will drag this whole situation out for years, or for the rest of her life.
Carlos understands that he deserves to be treated with respect and love, and that those who don't treat him that way, do not deserve to be a part of his life. He knows that at some point, one has to stand up and refuse to be abused any further – It's harder to follow through when the person being abusive is one's own mother.


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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is offering a hunter education course in Spanish in San Antonio on August 25-26 for Spanish-speaking hunters and people considering the activity for the first time.
"During the San Antonio Rodeo, children that visited our exhibit asked their parents to take them hunting," said María Araujo, a program director with Texas Parks and Wildlife. "This course is ideal for the entire family to get initiated into the interesting sport of hunting and to expose children to a healthy outdoor activity that promotes sustainable use of wildlife resources."
The course will be held at the San Antonio Gun Club and includes firearm safety, a live fire practice with air rifle, hunting regulations and ethics, field techniques and wildlife conservation. "Some youth become interested in biology and wildlife management as a career when they learn the section on habitat management and wildlife conservation," said Araujo.
New hunters usually ask, but where can I go hunting? With access to more than 220 areas across the state, the TPWD Annual Public Hunting (APH) Permit, for only $48, offers opportunities to harvest white-tailed deer, dove, turkey, waterfowl, squirrel feral hog and other species. The course gives more information on this annual permit and the public hunting areas.
The class is mandatory for every hunter, including foreign and out-of-state hunters, born after September 1, 1971. The minimum age of certification is 9 years. Every year, more than 30,000 youth and adults in Texas become certified in hunter education, and the certification not only lasts a lifetime, but is also recognized by all states and Canadian provinces that require hunter education.
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As always, I've been reading a bunch of books lately. One of the most interesting is a William Burroughs biography that specifically focuses in on the author's involvement with the Church of Scientology. Most fans of The Beats know that Burroughs joined the church for a short time during which he became enamored of their scientific approach to the treatment […]Read more ›


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Justin Timberlake's Hidden Albums Treasure Hunt Sparks Fan Frenzy
(NEW YORK) -- With five tweets, singer Justin Timberlake made several lucky fans' dreams come true.
Fans didn't walk – they ran when the Grammy-winning superstar tweeted on Friday that he was hiding signed copies of his new album The 20-20 Experience in various places around the U.S.
"It's friday and I ain't got $h*t to do! Sooo I placed 5 signed vinyls around the country! #staytuned #finderskeepers," Timberlake tweeted.
The clues came in the form of Instagram photos with the first taken in New York City's Central Park.
Skyler Green wasted no time.
"I ran from my house a few blocks away…saw the album…(I'm) very excited," Green said.
To prevent people from just snatching the albums, Timberlake's record label representatives were nearby.
Whoever picked up the album had to confirm the hashtags Timberlake gave in the twitter clue.
Other albums were hidden in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Memphis near Timberlake's hometown.
Abby Rutgens found one on a park bench in Chicago.
"It's more special because you know that it came from him," Rutgens said.
There's no doubt the 32-year-old is a music marketing megastar as well.
"Timberlake is no fool. He grew up in this business," said Joe Levy, editor of Billboard magazine.
Leading up to his album's release, he performed at the Grammys, Saturday Night Live and even appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for a whole week.
The strategy is now stirring-up sales through social media.
"When people are talking about your music and how much they love it and how they want to find copies of it, then other people are going to see that and they might go, well…buy a copy, " Levy said.
On Friday, Timberlake congratulated the fans who found the signed albums.
"Congrats to my 5 winners! Maybe we'll do something like this again soon… #youneverknow #staytuned #bestfansever," he tweeted.
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A magnetic dipole in a "dip needle" oscillating
in the magnetic field of the earth, at a latitude approximately
the same as that of Boston. The magnetic field of the
earth is predominantly downward and northward at these
Northern latitudes. To explain what is going on in this
visualization, suppose that the magnetic dipole vector
is initially along the direction of the earth's field
and rotating clockwise. As the dipole rotates, the magnetic
field lines are compressed and stretched. The tensions
and pressures associated with this field line stretching
and compression results in an electromagnetic torque
on the dipole that slows its clockwise rotation.
Eventually the dipole comes to rest. But the counterclockwise
torque still exists, and the dipole then starts to rotate
counterclockwise, passing back through being parallel
to the earth's field again (where the torque goes to
zero), and overshooting. As the dipole continues to
rotate counterclockwise, the magnetic field lines are
now compressed and stretched in the opposite sense.
The electromagnetic torque has reversed sign, now slowing
the dipole in its counterclockwise rotation. Eventually
the dipole will come to rest, start rotating clockwise
once more, and pass back through being parallel to the
field, as in the beginning. If there is no damping in
the system, this motion continues indefinitely.
Faraday understood the oscillations of a compass needle
in exactly the way we describe here. In his words, "
understand this point, we have to consider that a [compass]
needle vibrates by gathering upon itself, because of
it magnetic condition and polarity, a certain amount
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As Spain's # 1 makeup and fashion school with locations in Madrid and Barcelona, EPRO has now also recently launched their very own fashion club titled EPROMODA which is quickly making a stand on the online makeup and fashion marked.
It makes perfect sense really that EPRO branches out in this direction as they for over 5 years now have trained and graduated thousands of Online makeup artist, fashion styling and fashion design students, both in English and in Spanish. The more amazing factor is that the students are drilled in a manner that allows them the same exams level and certification at the end of study as their in-house students in Madrid and Barcelona gets.
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The videos, articles and tutorials´ variety are also a great plus as it caters for every taste, color and facial structure. They don´t always choose to use super polished models which is very admirable as it gives fashion a true face- finally! As far as we can tell, there is no Photo Shop used either (!) and the looks are very straight forward and easily explained without skipping a step just to appear simpler.
So there you have it EPROMODA- so far so good and we´re excited to see the coming stuff you´ll create for us! www.eproimagecourses.com