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29-06-2012 06:54 Not a great round in terms of my personal performance but it shows off the new game mode quite well i think but i have only played it twice

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By Chris Mitchell BBC Sport in Houston

Great Britain were beaten by Russia 76-54 in their fourth warm-up game at their training camp in Texas, their fourth defeat in a row.

Centre Joel Freeland put in another good personal performance, scoring a game-high 18 points, grabbing five rebounds and four assists.

Britain forward Dan Clark added 10 points in Houston.

"We had a great first half. I think we just lost our legs in the second half," Freeland told BBC Sport.

"I think that's down to a bit of fatigue, early days in the training camp. I think, going on, we're going to get a lot better.''

Russia are former European champions and ranked 11th in the world but it was GB who started start strongly, with Freeland and Clark combining for 13 points as they took a three-point lead.

The first half was very tough and I think it shows the potential of the Great Britain team. They can play basketball, good quality basketball

Russia, playing all their stars, had a poor first half. Former NBA star Andrei Kirilenko's shooting was off target as he threw up two airballs, and the rest of his side struggled to find their rhythm.

GB's shooting was also poor but, after the second quarter which Russia won 12-11, GB still led by two points - 28-26.

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THE gloves have come off in the battle for control of Fairfax Media with major shareholder Gina Rinehart and the company exchanging increasingly personal salvos about their differences, and the future of the company.

In a flurry of heated exchanges yesterday afternoon, prompted by this week's Fairfax rejection of Mrs Rinehart's board tilt, the Perth-based mining magnate called on chairman Roger Corbett to agree to a ''performance milestone'' of returning the company's share price to 87 and reversing ''the five-year decline in paid circulation and revenue''. In a letter to Mr Corbett, she said he should resign if he failed to achieve the goals by November.

But Fairfax rejected the ultimatum. Instead, it called on her to launch a takeover for the company.

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''If Mrs Rinehart wants control of Fairfax Media she must make a bid. Mrs Rinehart's letter today has once and for all unmasked her motives for her continual attacks on the company and its board,'' adding that the company's readers would abandon the group's mastheads ''if Mrs Rinehart succeeds in this personal crusade''.

Later in the evening, one of Mrs Rinehart key executives, John Klepec, took issue with the Fairfax response, saying: ''Mrs Rinehart has repeatedly advised that she would not use the publications to promote her private interests only. It is hence incorrect for Fairfax to endeavour to allege that this has been a 'personal crusade'."

Mrs Rinehart had ''never sought control of Fairfax,'' he added.

Earlier, Mrs Rinehart dismissed the board's assertion that editorial independence was the main sticking point. ''Where we have differed most profoundly is not over the charter of editorial independence, contrary to much Fairfax reporting, but over how to save a business that is reportedly in danger of dying.''

But the company - owner of this newspaper - disagreed: ''Contrary to Mrs Rinehart's repeated assertions that this isn't about editorial control - it is. It is also about her obtaining control of the company and not paying a premium.''

Mrs Rinehart said the performance of Fairfax over the past five years had been ''distressing for shareholders''.

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VIENNA, VA--(Marketwire -06/29/12)- Eloqua, the leading provider of on-demand Revenue Performance Management solutions, today released the Grande Guide to Personal Branding, the latest in its series of award-winning eBooks. Written by Dave Cutler, who employed personal branding strategies to raise his visibility, credibility and ultimately secure a prominent social media position, the guide contains practical tips derived from Cutler's personal story of how he went from losing his job to establishing himself as a thought leader in his particular industry.

The Grande Guide to Personal Branding breaks down this emerging new practice through how-to's, resources, tools and graphics. Cutler shows, step-by-step, how he went from being laid off, to becoming an influencer, to making headlines in major media outlets like The Boston Globe.

"Many marketers feel like personal branding involves some kind of obscure jiu jitsu," said Dave Cutler. "But my personal experience clearly shows that there's no mystery to becoming influential in your space. That's why I was thrilled to share my story, along with the methods and tools that can help others start building out their personal brand today."

"When I read Cutler's remarkable story in The Boston Globe I thought, 'Every marketer can learn something from him,' so we invited him to contribute to our Grande Guide series," said Joe Chernov, VP of Content Marketing at Eloqua. "He and our managing editor, Jesse Noyes, have a veritable how-to manual for professional reinvention."

The Grande Guide to Personal Branding is available for free today along with other installments in the award-winning series of eBooks, including the Grande Guide to Social Demand Generation and the Grande Guide to B2B Content Marketing.

About EloquaEloqua provides solutions to help its customers accelerate revenue growth through Revenue Performance Management. Eloqua provides powerful business insight to inform marketing and sales decisions today that drive revenue growth tomorrow. The company's mission is to make its customers the fastest growing companies on Earth. More than 1,000 clients rely on the marketing automation power of Eloqua to improve demand generation and lead management while driving more qualified leads. Eloqua's customers include Adobe, AON, Dow Jones, ADP, Fidelity, Polycom, and National Instruments. The company is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, with offices in Cambridge, San Francisco, Austin, Toronto, London, Brussels, Frankfurt and Singapore. For more information, visit http://www.eloqua.com, subscribe to the It's All About Revenue blog, call 866-327-8764, or email demand@eloqua.com.

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28-06-2012 11:48 Listen to Henrietta Nagy, founder of Henetta Body Confidence Coaching talk at the Spice Up Your Body Confidence Event in June 2012.

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To a small business owner, to an employee--to anyone--there is only one way to determine success.

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That's right. One. No kaleidoscope, no cornucopia, no "we're all snowflakes," no we're all individuals.

One.

Sure, success in business and in life means different things to different people. (Very different things in some instances; check out some of the comments on this article about the beliefs of remarkably successful people.)

And success should mean different things. Whether or not you are successful depends on how you define success, and on the tradeoffs you are willing to not just accept but embrace as you pursue that definition of success. We can have a lot but we can't have everything.

I get that, but I also get this. To a small business owner, to an employee--to anyone--there is only one way to determine success. The answer lies in answering one question: How happy am I?

That's it. How successful you are is based solely on the answer to that question.

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NEW YORK, June 29, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SKIM, an international market research agency, will sponsor and present at the InnoCos USA Conference on July 11-12 in New York City. Paul Janssen, SKIM's director of communication research, and Sourabh Sharma, project manager on SKIM's consumer research team, will present "Bring Your Innovation to Market: Leveraging consumer insights from new product development to marketing." This presentation follows a well-received and highly rated SKIM session at InnoCos Europe 2012 in June.

Janssen and Sharma will present a case study about on-pack packaging communication for a personal care product. The case study will illustrate how innovations require a deep understanding of the consumer throughout many phases of a product's life cycle, from product development to launch. Understanding how to communicate a product's benefits, how to exemplify the reasons to believe, and how to best position an innovative offering is key to determining what triggers consumers. Through an interactive case exercise, attendees will evaluate claims and participate in a workshop to learn best practices derived from SKIM's meta-analysis of claims across multiple consumer product industries. These strategies can be applied to on-pack communications as well as communications testing across every phase of the product life cycle.

Janssen is considered an expert in the field of claims and communication. He advises clients including Unilever, PepsiCo and Philips regarding the optimization of claim and communication strategies for specific marketing initiatives. Sharma has multiple years of experience in brand management and product development in the cosmetics industry and at L'Oreal. He works with SKIM clients to extract value from the rapidly evolving brand-to-consumer social media interface. Sharma will serve as a chairperson for InnoCos USA on Thursday, July 12th.

InnoCos brings together senior executives from the cosmetics and personal care industry to discuss key issues related to front-end innovation, new product development and high-growth markets. For more on InnoCos USA 2012, visit http://www.skimgroup.com/innocos-usa-newyork.

About SKIM

Founded in 1979, SKIM is a dynamic and rapidly growing market research agency with offices in New York, Rotterdam, Geneva and London. A San Francisco office will open in the summer of 2012. Combining market-specific expertise and knowledge of advanced research methodologies, SKIM is a valued partner for multinational companies in consumer packaged goods, healthcare, consumer health, telecommunications, technology and financial services. Leading companies around the globe rely on SKIM researchers for strategic guidance on pricing, communication and new product development. Visit http://www.skimgroup.com for more information.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -06/29/12)- LNG Energy Ltd. ("LNG" or the "Company") (LNG.V) announces that effective July 2, 2012, Dave Afseth, has elected, for personal reasons, to resign as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Afseth has been instrumental in the development of the Company over the last 5 years and will remain on the Company's board. The board extends its sincere appreciation to him for his effort and time in that role.

The Company is also pleased to announce that David Nelson, the current General Manager, Europe of the Company, has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company as of July 2, 2012.

Mr. Nelson is a Geological Engineer with over 32 years of geological, engineering, and commercial experience in the energy industry, focusing the last 20 years on European and Central Asian oil and gas provinces. Prior to joining LNG, Mr. Nelson served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Direct Petroleum Exploration and as Business Development Engineering Manager for TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.

The Company also announces that Dr. Robert Gayton has resigned as Director effective July 2, 2012 for personal reasons. The board extends its gratitude for his efforts and guidance as Director.

Further to its news release of April 10, 2012 relating to the farm-out of the PPL 319 license in Papua New Guinea, the farm-out process is still progressing with interested parties currently conducting technical reviews of data provided to them.

"Dave has been with LNG since we entered PNG in 2008 and has made a significant contribution to the position that we are now in," said David Cohen, Chairman of LNG. "Today LNG has substantial prospects in three major areas: PNG, Poland and Bulgaria and we wish Dave much success as he steps down from an operating role in the company. Bob Gayton has been fully involved at board level and we are very appreciative of his time and input to the Company."

LNG is a Canadian exploration and development company focused on developing oil and gas reserves in Papua New Guinea, Poland and Bulgaria. LNG holds a 100% interest in approximately 5.5 million acres of prospective oil and gas properties in Papua New Guinea. LNG is operator and has a 50% net interest in approximately 360,000 gross acres of prospective shales in Poland together with San Leon Energy. LNG also has a 20% net interest in approximately 734,000 gross acres of prospective shales in Poland together with BNK Petroleum Inc., Sorgenia E&P S.p.A., and Rohol-Aufsuchungs Aktiengesellschaft. LNG has also entered into a farm in agreement relating to 405,080 acres of prospective argillite formation in Bulgaria with Direct Petroleum Bulgaria EOOD, a subsidiary of TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. LNG shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "LNG".

LNG ENERGY LTD.

David Afseth, President & CEO

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NEW ORLEANS A 2012 graduate at Mt. Carmel Academy was awarded the Congressional Award Gold Medal, a physical fitness and personal development award.

Amanda Nicole Kruse, the daughter of Dr. Mark and Debbie Kruse, of Metairie, was the only Louisianan to win the award this year.

This singular charity of the United States Congress challenges young people to meet fitness goals, to volunteer their time, to work on personal development, and to take part in an expedition or exploration. The program is for young people ages 13 to under 24 years of age, so a student could take 10 years to meet all of the goals. Amanda, however, earned her Bronze, Silver, and Gold Certificates and her Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals all in just two and a half years, said a statement from Mt. Carmel.

Kruse is the eighth Louisianan to win the medal since the program began in 1979.

"It makes me feel good to help people. God granted me with so much, so it is my responsibility to help those less fortunate," said Kruse.

According to Mt. Carmel, Kruse has dedicated about 1,800 service hours through 17 different charities since ninth grade at the school.

Kruse plans to attend Louisiana State University in the fall, and, in June, she went to Washington, D.C. in June with her parents to receive her award.

"The Congressional Award gave me a lifetime of memories that I will cherish," she said. "Without the program, I would have never thought half of the things I did were possible."

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The last time we observed an evolutionary shift in humans was roughly 40,000 years ago. That was the point when our ancestors started to do more than just fight for survival. They started to create art and search for a higher purpose. Items like musical instruments and cave painting started to appear. They began making jewelry and idols. For the first time they recognized the spiritual nature of the world and of themselves. It's as if something spread throughout all of humanity and transformed Homo sapiens into what we now call modern humans.

It was a wonderful change in our evolutionary biology. But we haven't really evolved since then. Yes, humans have grown taller and certain organs are no longer as necessary as they once may have been, but we still have the same wiring we had 40,000 years ago, and that is a problem. Because our old wiring simply doesn't work that well in the 21st Century world we now live in.

Don't get me wrong. Our old wiring worked great for survival. It kept us alive and brought us to the top of the food chain. It enabled us to create the world we now live in. But the world we created is vastly different from the world our brain was designed for.

Its No. 1 job was, and still is, to keep us alive. So it keeps looking for things that are out of place. It rapidly jumps our attention from one potential threat to another. It throws us into a fight or flight mode whenever it senses the slightest risk. It was a wonderful response when we lived on the pre-historic plains, but in today's world we just don't face the same kinds of risks we did back then. In fact, it ends up hurting us more than helping us in most instances. Its ability to jump from one point of attention to the next can create stress and anxiety. Its fight or flight response can cause us to panic when we should remain calm. The fact that we are living in a Neolithic body in a 21st century world is, I think, why so many of us have problems guiding our lives in the direction we want it to go.

Think about it. When you're out on a date, instead of being your best your stomach tightens itself into a knot, your heart starts beating faster, and your brain gets a little muddled. When your boss calls you into their office, instead of being cool and collected, more often than not you start to scramble for answers. When you have to give a presentation in class or at the office, just when you should be at the top of your game, your body starts to betray you. It's nobody's fault. It's just your 40,000 year old wiring doing what it was programmed to do -- keep you alive. It senses stress and it pumps you full of adrenaline and endorphins that undermine your ability to be at the top of your game. What the brain doesn't realize is that today survival is a whole different ball game.

Survival means staying calm and collected instead of spiraling into a fight or flight response. Survival means thinking and acting for the long-term, rather than for the moment. Survival means thinking bigger picture and managing your 401k, rather than fighting or flighting at the drop of a hat. Even the much-admired Navy SEALs learn to overcome the natural tendencies so that they can wait until the best shot appears, and then they take it, and you can't do that if your brain keeps running your actions or your life.

So start thinking of your brain as a 40,000-year-old organ that you need to start managing, and start thinking of your mind as a 21st century collection of thoughts that you need to cultivate. If you can overcome your natural tendency to respond, if you can overcome the habits that have been ruling and often ruining your life, then you can empower your 21st century mind to take you in whatever direction you want to go.

The reason you're able to do this is due to the brain's ability to change. It's called neuroplasticity and is something that researchers are just now bringing to the forefront. You see, your brain constantly rewires itself based on your life and your needs. That means that your actions can steer your life in whatever direction you want it to move in through the little choices you make every day without even thinking about them. You can take control of your life and live the life you want to live.

Doing this is easier than you may think. All it takes is training your brain to quiet down. When you quiet your brain you stop that voice in the back of your head from popping up at the worst of times, you allow your 21st century mind to open up and take the lead. When you stop your 40,000-year-old auto-responses from running your life, you enable your mind to make the decisions that are right for you in today's world, not some antiquated logic you were programmed to follow.

This is what modern meditation is all about. It's not just about helping you to rest and relax, but enabling you to turn off that voice that has ruled your life for way too long. It's the key to minimizing the distractions that your brain naturally creates and that keep steering your life off-track. It's also the key to managing your life in the direction you actually want it to go.

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