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I've put together some other quick and easy ideas for your holiday celebrating! These ideas work for a New Year's Eve celebration, but they are also suitable for any celebration whether it be a birthday, anniversary or wedding. Of course, each of these ideas uses some of my favorite Fiskars tools in very simple ways – simple because I want you to spend all your time celebrating this holiday, not slaving over your decorations.
It's quite traditional to wish everyone to be healthy, wealthy and wise in the coming year and I wanted to put my own spin on wishing my family well by gifting them with words of motivation and affirmation inside of a paper fortune cookie party favor.
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Unexpected job loss can derail retirement plans in an instant. American employers shed 524,000 jobs in December, and 31 percent of employed adults ages 45 and up think it's likely that their job will be eliminated this year, according to a recent AARP survey. The good news is that if you do get laid off, you can still keep your retirement plan intact. Here's how to handle your 401(k) if you lose your job or your company goes under:
Find out if you're vested. Any money that goes into your 401(k) is yours, even if your company folds. However, employer contributions must be vested before they're permanently yours. About 44 percent of 401(k) plans provide immediate vesting for matching contributions, according to the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America, which means you get to keep your employer's match as soon as it's deposited. Other plans require you to be with the company two or three years before you can keep your employer match. And some companies impose a graduated vesting schedule in which you can keep a gradually increasing percentage of your employer's contributions, based on your job tenure.
Decide whether to move it. If you want to maintain the tax-deferred benefits of your 401(k) money, you have three choices: leave the money in your old employer's plan, roll it over into another tax-deferred format such as an individual retirement account, or, when you get a new job, transfer it into your new 401(k). IRA rollovers are a wise move for retirement savers if the IRA charges lower fees than the 401(k) plan. "If someone is in retail mutual funds in their 401(k) and can roll over their 401(k) into an index fund at a low-cost fund provider, it's a great opportunity to get better quality and lower-cost funds," says Matthew Hutcheson, an independent pension fiduciary.
It's worth noting that large companies often negotiate institutionally priced investments with lower costs than individuals can get on their own from retail IRAs. "If you're with a large employer, they generally have some type of economy of scale, and sometimes the employer subsidizes some of the costs of the plan and can spread costs over many people," says Craig Copeland, a senior research associate at the Employee Benefit Research Institute. If your 401(k) has lower fees and cheaper investment options than the IRA, it makes sense to stay put.
Look for investment deals. Your 401(k) has a limited selection of investments, which are vetted by your employer or plan sponsor. Some plans offer a small menu of choices, so investors looking for more options might enjoy the freedom of an IRA. When it comes to IRAs, in general, "you get a lot more investment choices than you would in a 401(k) plan," says Howard Hook, a financial planner with Access Wealth Planning in Roseland, N.J. Savvy investors may even be able to bag some good deals. Hutcheson thinks low-cost, broad-market index funds are a good bet, since "you can buy lots of shares, and when the market starts to appreciate, you are going to get a significant upside."
Roll it over directly. If you decide to roll over your retirement account, it's a good idea to have your plan sponsor wire the money directly to the new financial custodian. Be aware that if you take your 401(k) in a lump sum, your employer will withhold 20 percent for income taxes in case you decide to cash out and keep the money. Generally, you have 60 days to move the money to another tax-deferred account. If you don't meet that deadline, Uncle Sam keeps the 20 percent, plus any additional amount you owe at tax time. And if you're under age 55, you'll also get hit with a 10 percent penalty.
Try not to cash out. Raiding your retirement stash robs you of compounding interest. Hutcheson puts it this way: "Any dollar you take out of your account today, you are taking about $3 away from your future self." You'll also have to pay income tax on any withdrawals, and if you're younger than 55, you'll be hit with a 10 percent penalty. If you roll your 401(k) into an IRA, the early withdrawal penalty lasts until age 59½. So, if you're between 55 and 59 and think you might need to tap your nest egg, it might make sense to stick with a 401(k). Another thing to consider is that 401(k)'s are protected from your employer's creditors as well as your own creditors, says Hutcheson. The same protection doesn't apply to IRAs.


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By Bill Bradberry
Niagara Gazette
Niagara Gazette — Having been born and raised, educated and employed here in my beloved hometown of Niagara Falls and having had the amazing opportunity to travel the world, come back home and serve my community in too many capacities to count, I must admit, I was more than a little excited by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's Monday announcement at Old Fort Niagara that Brand USA will represent and promote our region.
But, at the same time, I must confess, I'm a whole lot less than happy about our continuing capacity to ungratefully look our gift horses in the mouth, then wonder why we so often wind up getting kicked to the curb, not by the rescuing herd, but by our own shortsightedness.
Fortunately for us, our untiring best friend in Washington, D.C., U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., noticing that Niagara Falls had been left off Brand USA's promotional materials, wrote to them, pointing out that we and certain other key Western New York destinations, should be included in their mission, "to encourage increased international visitation to the United States and to grow America's share of the global travel market."
In doing so, they "aim to bring millions of new international visitors who spend billions of dollars to the United States, creating tens of thousands of new American jobs."
And so, as a result of his noble efforts, his colleague, another one of our best friends appeared here in the region as if on a white horse Monday bearing substantial actual gifts, sweet music for our sore ears.
But, unfortunately, it seems we could be well on our way to another self-inflicted, all expenses paid one-way trip to the curb again if we don't take full advantage of the gifts this horse is bearing; those ever-present, petty political fangs appear to be ready to sink their teeth into this prize Palomino.
We have not had in decades, a team like we have now in Washington, D.C and Albany including Shumer, and Gillibrand in the U.S. Senate, Brian Higgins, and of course our dear friend Louise Slaughter in the U.S. House; and George Maziarz in the state Senate and John Ceretto in the state Assembly; with powerful, passionate friends like these, and a strong tourism market how can Niagara not prosper?
Good question, but given our propensity to over emphasize politics, and almost completely disregard economics, we'll figure out a way to stay right down here on the ground, scratching like chickens instead of accepting a golden opportunity to soar like eagles unless we put aside some of our relatively petty differences and get to work.
Take a close look at Brand USA:
Governed by an 11-member board of heavy-hitter directors, appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, each member brings unique expertise in diverse geographical regions and sectors of the entire travel industry including:
n Board Chair Caroline Beteta is the lead spokesperson for California's $95 billion travel industry and serves as the president and CEO of Visit California.
n David Lim, vice-chair of the Board and Amtrak's Assistant Vice-President of the Acela Brand.
n Daniel Halpern, president/CEO and co-founder of Jackmont Hospitality, Inc., a multi-state food service company.
n George Fertitta, head of New York City's marketing and tourism organization.
n Randy A. Garfield, president of the Walt Disney Travel Company and Executive Vice President of Disney Destination's $10 billion Worldwide Sales and Travel Operations.
n Tom Klein, president of Sabre Holdings which through its several businesses supports the world-wide travel industry, including more than one billion travelers per year.
n Mark Schwab, CEO of Star Alliance Services, which coordinates development strategies of global airline alliances.
n Diane Shober, Tourism Director for the State of Wyoming.
n Arne M. Sorenson, president and CEO of Marriott International, Inc.
n Roy Yamaguchi, internationally famous restaurateur, well known throughout the world for his innovative Hawaiian culinary arts featuring local ingredients.
n Lynda S. Zengerle, a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, head of the Immigration practice in the International Department.
According to their website (thebrandusa.com), the group is well financed with substantial investments from a who's who list of major players including an "A" list of "Founding Partners" who contributed $1 million or more to the effort; organizations with names like:
Visit California, Visit Florida, Disney, U.S. Travel Association, Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism, Best Western, British Airways, Discover Illinois, ESPN, Expedia, Hilton Worldwide, Las Vegas CVA, Louisiana Travel, Marriott International, NYC, Orbitz, The World Baseball Classic, Universal, Visit Orlando.
Other investors, "Premier Partners" contributed from $500,000 up to $1 million including the Arizona Office of Tourism, Los Angeles Tourism, Greater Miami and the Beaches and several others, too many to mention here, along with several other organizations who invested between $100,000 and $500,000, and others who invested less, some cash, some in-kind.
Clearly, organizations have to pay something to get Brand USA's full attention and substantial representation; if competition means anything in this industry, despite our unique brand name recognition, we cannot afford not to participate.
Participation may be well worth the cost if their busy events schedule reflects any measure of their efforts and likely results over time.
Between January and December of this year alone, Brand USA's formidable professional staff will be present, representing its members at no fewer than 20 major tourism events all over the world from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Beijing, China and from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Moscow, Russia and more than a dozen other popular travel destinations all over the globe.
Niagara Falls deserves to be represented around the world; having our State and National elected officials' support for our membership in this elite circle of marketing specialists and promoters can be exactly what we need to get our wings off the ground and in the air where they belong.
We need to bury our hatchets in the ground, not in each other, and get ready with more accommodations at every level, more restaurants, more world class retail shopping and entertainment, better care and presentation of our amazing natural and cultural resources because, when Brand USA accomplishes their mission "to bring millions of new international visitors who spend billions of dollars to the United States, creating tens of thousands of new American jobs", we'd better be ready!
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Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. - 1Corinthians 10:10, 11
Who needs warnings against the ancient Church Fathers' allegorical interpretation of Scripture when you have the Procrustean bed of this sort of Redemptive-Historical hermeneutic declared normative by some of the most respected Reformed men of our time? Pastor Tim Keller, for instance, writes...
For example, look at the story of David and Goliath. What is the meaning of that narrative for us?
(We must not preach the story this way) ...the story may be (usually is!) preached as: "The bigger they come, the harder they'll fall, if you just go into your battles with faith in the Lord. You may not be real big and powerful in yourself, but with God on your side, you can overcome giants."
(We must preach the story this way) The story is telling us that the Israelites can not go up against Goliath. They can't do it. They need a substitute. ...David becomes Israel's champion-redeemer, so that his victory will be imputed to them. They get all the fruit of having fought the battle themselves. - Tim Keller, "Moralism vs. Christ-Centered Exposition"
If this is what such men do with David and Goliath, imagine how simple Christian brothers would be left scratching their heads after these men gave a Redemptive-Historical sermon on Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt. And how are they going to clean up the Hebrews command, "Remember Lot's wife?" In the end, their "Redemptive-Historical" rule doesn't seem particularly Redemptive, does it?
Pastor Keller sums up his rabbit-out-of-the-podium approach: "the Christocentric reading provides a fundamentally different application and meaning to the text."
Fundamentally different meaning to the text?
You bet.
When I recall all the warnings against sensus plenior Pastor Keller and I received from our Gordon-Conwell profs—Gordon Fee and Doug Stuart, for instance—I wonder if perhaps Pastor Keller was asleep? If David and Goliath really may only be preached accurately when the point of the story is the doctrine of the imputation of Christ's righteousness, what on earth would an inaccurate or distorted fuller sense be? Too, what are we to do with Elijah slaying the prophets of Baal?
The mind boggles.
Hawkers of this sort of scholasticism would be hard put to find our Reformed church fathers demanding their fellow preachers place Scripture in this straitjacket. Looking back, we find their sermons bear little resemblance to the sort of monotone Pastor Keller and his friends demand in the preaching of David and Goliath. In fact, it's comical to try to imagine any of them denouncing preachers who call their congregations to courage and faith out of the story of David and Goliath.
Yes, of course our Lord is the center of all Scripture. In the beginning was the Word. The question isn't whether it's right to preach Christ from the account of David and Goliath. The question is whether those who preach faith in the face of seemingly-insurmountable opposition should be condemned for doing so.
These Redemptive-Historical men have no qualms declaring such preaching to be contrary to the true meaning of Scripture. Read on and we see that, in this, they end up condemning all prior generations of faithful fathers in our Most Holy Faith. For myself, I hope and pray my preaching becomes more and more like the preaching of these dead fathers.
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Here's our Reformed father Matthew Henry doing with the text precisely what Pastor Keller declares must not be done—telling the faithful they are to "go forth to battle with the faith of David."
A shepherd lad, come the same morning from keeping sheep, had more courage than all the mighty men of Israel. Thus God often sends good words to his Israel, and does great things for them, by the weak and foolish things of the world. As he had answered his brother's passion with meekness, so David answered Saul's fear with faith. When David kept sheep, he proved himself very careful and tender of his flock. This reminds us of Christ, the good Shepherd, who not only ventured, but laid down his life for the sheep. Our experience ought to encourage us to trust in God, and be bold in the way of duty. He that has delivered, does and will continue to do so. David gained leave to fight the Philistine. Not being used to such armour as Saul put upon him, he was not satisfied to go in that manner; this was from the Lord, that it might more plainly appear he fought and conquered in faith, and that the victory was from Him who works by the feeblest and most despised means and instruments. It is not to be inquired how excellent any thing is, but how proper. Let Saul's coat be ever so rich, and his armour ever so strong, what is David the better if they fit him not? But faith, prayer, truth, and righteousness; the whole armour of God, and the mind that was in Christ; are equally needful for all the servants of the Lord, whatever may be their work.
The security and presumption of fools destroy them. Nothing can excel the humility, faith, and piety which appear in David's words. He expressed his assured expectation of success; he gloried in his mean appearance and arms, that the victory might be ascribed to the Lord alone.
See how frail and uncertain life is, even when a man thinks himself best fortified; how quickly, how easily, and by how small a matter, the passage may be opened for life to go out, and death to enter! Let not the strong man glory in his strength, nor the armed man in his armour. God resists the proud, and pours contempt on those who defy him and his people. No one ever hardened his heart against God and prospered. The history is recorded, that all may exert themselves for the honour of God, and the support of his cause, with bold and unshaken reliance on him. There is one conflict in which all the followers of the Lamb are, and must be engaged; one enemy, more formidable than Goliath, still challenges the armies of Israel. But "resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Go forth to battle with the faith of David, and the powers of darkness shall not stand against you. But how often is the Christian foiled through an evil heart of unbelief!
Henry again:
Observe, 1. We never read of giants among the Israelites as we do of the giants among the Philistines-giants of Gath, but not giants of Jerusalem. The growth of God's plants is in usefulness, not in bulk. Those who covet to have cubits added to their stature do not consider that it will but make then more unwieldy. In the balance of the sanctuary David far outweighs Goliath. 2. The servants of David, though men of ordinary stature, were too hard for the giants of Gath in every encounter, because they had God on their side, who takes pleasure in abasing lofty looks, and mortifying the giants that are in the earth, as he did of old by the deluge, though they were men of renown. Never let the church's friends be disheartened by the power and pride of the church's enemies. We need not fear great men against us while we have the great God for us. What will a finger more on each hand do, or a toe more on each foot, in contest with Omnipotence? 3. These giants defied Israel (v. 7) and were thus made to pay for their insolence. None are more visibly marked for ruin that those who reproach God and his Israel. God will do great things rather than suffer the enemy to behave themselves proudly, Deut. xxxii. 27. The victories of the Son of David, like those of David himself, are gradual. We see not yet all things put under him; but it will be seen shortly: and death itself, the last enemy, like these giants, will be triumphed over.
Henry again:
There was not a sword to be found about the tabernacle but the sword of Goliath, which was laid up behind the ephod, as a monument of the glorious victory David obtained over him. Probably David had an eye to that when he asked the priest to help him with a sword; for, that being mentioned, O! says he, there is none like that, give it to me, v. 9. He could not use Saul's armour, for he had not proved it; but this sword of Goliath he had made trial of and done execution with. By this it appears that he was now well grown in strength and stature, that he could wear and wield such a sword as that. God had taught his hands to war, so that he could do wonders, Ps. xviii. 34. Two things we may observe concerning this sword:—[1.] That God had graciously given it to him, as a pledge of his singular favour; so that whenever he drew it, nay, whenever he looked upon it, it would be a great support to his faith, by bringing to mind that great instance of the particular care and countenance of the divine providence respecting him. [2.] That he had gratefully given it back to God, dedicating it to him and to his honour as a token of his thankfulness; and now in his distress it stood him greatly in stead. Note, What we devote to God's praise, and serve him with, is most likely to redound, one way or other, to our own comfort and benefit. What we gave we have.
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Spurgeon does the same:
Seeing that we have such a God to trust to, let us rest upon him with all our weight; let us resolutely drive out all unbelief, and endeavour to get rid of doubts and fears, which so much mar our comfort; since there is no excuse for fear where God is the foundation of our trust. A loving parent would be sorely grieved if his child could not trust him; and how ungenerous, how unkind is our conduct when we put so little confidence in our heavenly Father who has never failed us, and who never will. It were well if doubting were banished from the household of God; but it is to be feared that old Unbelief is as nimble nowadays as when the psalmist asked, "Is his mercy clean gone forever? Will he be favourable no more?" David had not made any very lengthy trial of the mighty sword of the giant Goliath, and yet he said, "There is none like it." He had tried it once in the hour of his youthful victory, and it had proved itself to be of the right metal, and therefore he praised it ever afterwards; even so should we speak well of our God, there is none like unto him in the heaven above or the earth beneath; "To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One." There is no rock like unto the rock of Jacob, our enemies themselves being judges. So far from suffering doubts to live in our hearts, we will take the whole detestable crew, as Elijah did the prophets of Baal, and slay them over the brook; and for a stream to kill them at, we will select the sacred torrent which wells forth from our Saviour's wounded side. We have been in many trials, but we have never yet been cast where we could not find in our God all that we needed. Let us then be encouraged to trust in the Lord forever, assured that his ever lasting strength will be, as it has been, our succour and stay.
Need we continue? Sermon after sermon, commentary after commentary could be added to this list demonstrating that the Redemptive-Historical men's condemnation of preaching that calls simple Christians to "go into battles with faith in the Lord" is the bread and butter of faithful exposition across all ages of the Church. What's new and novel is men who denounce such preachers.
Give us more Spurgeon, Calvin, Luther, Lloyd-Jones, and Henry. Please.
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It's Lovely Rice Pudding for Dinner Again!
by A. A. Milne
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
She's crying with all her might and main,
And she won't eat her dinner - rice pudding again -
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
I've promised her dolls and a daisy-chain,
And a book about animals - all in vain -
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
She's perfectly well, and she hasn't a pain;
But, look at her, now she's beginning again! -
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
I've promised her sweets and a ride in the train,
And I've begged her to stop for a bit and explain -
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
She's perfectly well and she hasn't a pain,
And it's lovely rice pudding for dinner again!
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
I thought we had "rediscovered" narrative? No even halfway good story; certainly no true story--Bible or otherwise--reduces to a single meaning. There is always more in the story than in any interpretation of it. Otherwise we could scrap the Bible and just use a theology textbook.
Do you see it as a both and interpretation? or do you see no legitimacy whatsoever with a redemptive-historical hermeneutic?
Here is my H-R reading. God had rejected Saul as king and anointed David, shown in the fact that the Spirit had left Saul and gone to David. Immediately Saul fails to triumph in battle over Israel's enemies, whereas he had previously been unstoppable, proving that God was no longer on his side, and that the Spirit had departed from him.
David, the new Anointed One, or Christ, proves that the Spirit is with him and not Saul by killing the otherwise unkillable monster. This is a sign to Israel concerning Saul and David,and Saul gets the point straightaway, and tries to destroy his replacement.
So, no, this is not about the Lord Jesus, and it does not directly apply to our battles. It is about who is Christ/Anointed king in Israel back then. Certainly it can be applied to us, but not directly, because that is not its immediate purpose.
The application to the Lord Jesus is secondary, and by way of type. David is the type of the Israelite King/Anointed one/Christ who succeeds because God's Spirit is with him. Jesus has the Spirit and works the impossible in signs and wonders, and this is the sign to Israel that he is their true king.
The application to us is to recognise by the evidence of the power of the Spirit at work in Jesus' ministry that he is the new King of Israel, and by believing, be saved from certain death.
"both and" is better than "not that but this only"
My H-R Interpretation:
The stone David slung was the Law. Once it sunk in Goliath's head, he died. David "circumcised" this Gentile (by removing his head where the law was lodged) thereby declaring the division of the heavenly kingdom from the earthly kingdom. David walked off with the heavenly kingdom (law lodging in Goliath's head). The birds Goliath said would pick apart David's body perched on Goliath's body symbolizing the inclusion of the Gentiles (while this isn't said explicitly, Jesus alludes to this by parable). Once the Philistines saw Goliath was relieved of the weight of his head/law, they ran off to spread the good news of liberty; Israel followed after them making their commissioning official.


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Graveside services for Mike Crawford, 50, of Jacksonville, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Crawford Cemetery with the Rev. Robin Parsons officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
Mr. Crawford died Thursday at Hospice Home Place in Tyler.
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Mr. Crawford was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Gloria Gates; and a brother Thomas Wayne Crawford.
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Will Stokes and the West Lauderdale baseball team took down Quitman Tuesday night, beating the Panthers 5-1 on the road.
Stokes pitched all seven innings for the Knights, striking out 13 batters while giving up five hits.
At the plate, Blake Anderson led West Lauderdale with two hits, including a home run. Stokes and Mason Woolridge both had two hits for West Lauderdale as well.
Quitman's Kyle Colston led the Panthers with two singles.
West Lauderdale 13-5 (7-0) will host Quitman on Friday.
Newton County 5
Northeast Lauderdale 0
Newton County remained perfect in district play Tuesday night, taking down Northeast Lauderdale 5-0 on the road.
Will Brand (6-0) earned the win for the Cougars, pitching all seven innings, while striking out six batters and only allowing two hits.
Jacob Edwards, Reagan Warren, Dan Nelson and Brand each had two hits on the night, as the Cougars rolled past the Trojans.
With the win Newton County improves to 13-4 (7-0) and will host Northeast Lauderdale on Friday.
Lamar 11
Laurel Christian 1
The Lamar baseball team took down Laurel Christian 11-1 Tuesday night at home.
Cole Gray earned the win for Lamar, going six innings while striking out nine batters and only allowing one hit.
The Raiders were led at the plate by Lance Strickland, who went 3/4 with two RBIs and two runs.
The win improves Lamar to 8-11 (2-3). The Raiders will travel to Laurel Christian on Thursday.
Russell Christian 6
Newton County Aca. 3
The Russell Christian Academy baseball team took down Newton County Acadmey 6-3 Tuesday night.
Dylan Nolan (5-0) earned the win, throwing 10 strikeouts on the night for the Warriors.
Jacob Stephens went 3/4 for the Warrios, while Jesse Barksdale provided the game-winning hit.
RCA improves to 9-5 (5-0) on the season.
Quitman 15
Northeast Jones 5
The Quitman softball team took down Northeast Jones 15-5 Tuesday night.
Kallie Belcher (6-4) went six innings and struck out four batters to earn the win for the Panthers.
Whitney Neeley led Quitman, going 3/5 on the night, while Glenella Odom also had three hits on the night. Belcher, Tori Dew and Shonte Hailes all had two hits for the Panthers.
Quitman improves to 9-10 (2-2) and will play Newton County at home on Thursday.
Clarkdale 1
Union 0
The Clarkdale softball team pulled out a narrow win Tuesday, beating Union 1-0.
Molly McCloud got the win for the Bulldogs, going all seven innings, while striking out 10 batters.
Heather Harwell led the Bulldogs at the plate, going 1/3 with a single and an RBI.
Alex Riser and Aubree McWilliams both had hits for the Bulldogs as well.
Anna Guin made the last out of the game by throwing out a runner from behind the plate.
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Now that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have been on the market for a while and E3 has shown off enough features and games for us to determine with one (or both) we will be buying, people will soon be plunking down with a stack of their new games. It won't be long until their thoughts turn to their wireless controller's battery needs. Microsoft stuck with the easily replaceable AA batteries and Sony stuck with the sealed within, irreplaceable but rechargeable, battery. Both battery options have their pros and cons, but that's not what we're here to talk about. We are here to talk about Nyko's alternate solution; the Xbox One Charge Base and the PlayStation 4 Charge Base.
Let's start with the Nyko's Charge Base for the PlayStation 4 controller. Sony provides a USB cable to charge their Dual Shock 4 controller off their PlayStation 4. They even have a setting that lets you shut down the PlayStation 4, but still provide power to the USB ports in order to charge the controller. This is a workable solution that can fill the basic charging needs. Although there will be people who, for many reasons (cats/dogs/small children), don't want a cable constantly sticking out of their PlayStation 4. There are those who will want to fully shut down their system, rather than keep it in charge mode. The Nyko provides a great alternative. Their PlayStation 4 Charge Base comes with two small USB dongles that allow you to "drop and charge" two controllers. The dongle is a tight fit and takes a little wiggling to get it on properly, but once attached there are no worries of the dongle falling off. With the dongle in place all you have to do is set the Dual Shock 4 controller into the base and it starts charging. No messing around with a USB cable. As an added bonus the controller charges faster on the Nyko Charge Base than it does plugged into the PlayStation 4. I'd say it's almost half the time. While it charges a light on the base shows it's on, when it's fully charged the light goes off.
The Xbox One Charge Base is a little different. Since the Xbox One controllers don't have a built-in battery Nyko provides two NiMH rechargeable batteries,in their own custom battery covers, for use in two controllers. The batteries easily snap right in and the covers slide on providing a small opening for the charging plate. Like the PlayStation 4 Charging Base, once the Xbox One controllers are set up they too are "drop and charge." Just set the controllers on the base and they start charging. On the Xbox One Charge Base there is a light that is on while they charge, but there is a second set of lights that change colors from red to green. The various colors of lights indicate how much the controller has charged; Red means the battery is at less than 25% charged, orange is about 50%, Green is 75% or greater, and when all the lights go out the battery is 100% fully charged. The NiMH batteries Nyko provided are amazing because I'm getting around 16 to 20 hours of play time on a full charge. That is so much better than AA batteries.
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Conspiracy Theorists Say Obama Engineered Hurricane Sandy
HAARP is a program funded by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force that studies the upper atmosphere.
As Hurricane Sandy blasts the eastern seaboard just over a week before Election Day, a number of conspiracy theorists have decided President Barack Obama engineered the mega-storm to secure his re-election.
InfoWars.com, TheIntelHub.com, and ConsfearacyNewz all posted stories over the last several days alleging that the The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, helped the president engineer Sandy.
[GALLERY: Superstorm Bring Dangerous Floods]
HAARP, a research program managed by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, studies and conducts experiments relating to the ionosphere, or upper atmosphere. As NASA explains on its web site, the ionosphere is important because it often reflects radio waves and scatters GPS signals, leading to "a big impact on communications and navigation" on Earth.
Because of this, conspiracy theorists have blamed HAARP for a number of natural events over the years, saying the government uses the Alaska-based program to manipulate the weather with the help of electromagnetic waves.
[GALLERY: Preparing for Frankenstorm]
On Friday, InfoWars published a story arguing that Sandy "will undoubtedly produce widespread chaos and present an ideal opportunity for Obama to come off as a strong and decisive leader."
"Following the 'perfect storm,'" wrote Infowars' Kurt Nimmo, "the establishment media will naturally provide all the propaganda Obama needs to sweep the election on Tuesday, November 6, a week after the hurricane is projected to hit."
As proof, Nimmo noted that HAARPStatus.com, a site that claims to detect frequency on the ionosphere, is reporting unprecedented levels of HAARP frequency above the Eastern coast. HAARPStatus.com appears to be a site not actually associated with HAARP.
[READ: Polling Storm Makes Waves as Sandy Bears Down]
In a piece on the nonprofit web site Skeptic.com in March 2010, aerospace and computer engineer David Naiditch explained why he believes conspiracy theorists love to blame HAARP. "[It] is a gigantic, high-energy, Pentagon-funded gizmo located in the remote Alaskan wilderness that plays around with the Earth's ionosphere," he wrote, "but whose purpose seems deeply mysterious to the scientifically uninformed."
While there is no doubt Hurricane Sandy could help Obama's re-election prospects if he manages to weather the storm acting presidential, the mega-storm's effects on Americans could also help challenger Mitt Romney. As Mike Allen noted in Politico Playbook Saturday, quoting a Politico friend: "People emerging from a week of no power on Nov. 6 are going to be in a grumpy, foul mood—not the kind of mood that screams 'vote incumbent.'"
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- What I Love About My Small Home:
- Stepping out of our front door and onto the cobbled streets of our city's historical centre with its plethora of shops, restaurants and bars. We also love our little rooftop terrace, our cat Teun, and our awesome upstairs neighbours!
- Three of My Best Tips and Tricks for Creating a Successful Small Space:
- 1. Defining areas in your home for eating, relaxing and working makes it seem more spacious!
2. Paying attention to the little details makes a house into a home
3. Thrift shops. Enough said!
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When can I visit?!?! LUV IT!!!
Very pretty, fellow-Dutchie!
I love the rocking chair in your living room, source?
What great outdoor space. I want to take a nap out there.
Go thrift shops. And The Netherlands! I'm a participant, too, but you still have my vote, as a fellow Dutchie :-)
OK, so I'm officially in love with your toaster, your cat & your terrace. Did I mention that toaster?? Is that a DIY or did you buy it? It would almost be enough to make me go back to eating grains. Oh, and yes, I do like your home very much!
Love that terrace and that beautiful cat AND that toaster. What a great home.
The layout is wonderful!
You had me at terrace.
My roommate had a toaster very similar to this one (white with yellow flowers)! I think it was from Princess, but I don't know if they that brand outside of the Netherlands?
I tried to vote but it won't go through!
Would it be too cliché for me to admit that I won that toaster in a cheese contest? :)
It's an Eames RAR by Vitra with an IKEA sheepskin on top!
Thanks for voting and commenting guys! I'm having the best time looking at all the amazing entries this year!
U shape of the unit @ sunny terrace, dark grey end walls, not just one style, terrace, toaster are appealing. table is too distant from kitchen, toilet is too distant from everything, and this, again, shows that sectionals are terrible compared to sofas.
I love that catch all shelf in your kitchen. That speaks Home.
the paint color in the bedroom is stunning!


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DALMATIA — The practice field is on top of the hill behind the baseball field now, instead of on top of the bank adjacent to Eagle Stadium.
Other than that, little has changed for Rodney Knock from his first day of preseason camp as a Line Mountain freshman to Monday, when he spent his first day at his alma mater as its head football coach.
"It is different from school to school, but this is a real good group of kids we've got, a really good senior class and the younger kids are good too, they are coachable kids," he said.
"(Preseason camp) is pretty much the same thing. My first practice coming out here (he was a freshman in the 2005 season)," he said during a break in Monday's drills. "For the last 22 years we've had one losing season. We are doing the same stuff we did when I was here (as a player) and it works."
The former Eagle quarterback, who played safety for Lycoming College for two seasons, is also the Eagles' head baseball coach. And he was a member of veteran coach Mike Carson's staff the previous two seasons.
"Today went great," he said.
He added that he is blessed with a knowledgeable veteran staff and there is always someone he can turn to if he needs advice on anything, "so that makes it a lot smoother for me.
"Times have changed socially, with the Internet," he said, adding that he and his teammates did not have Facebook.
"And with that, they have got a lot more stuff to do, but these kids -- it's tough to get kids to come out and do this because they've got a lot more stuff to do that they can do besides come out here and run around, and I'm sure they don't like to do that. But it's a real good group of kids."


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Charles Brady Linn, 94, of Route 6, Glady Creek Road, Fairmont, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 29, 2013) at Grafton City Hospital in Grafton after a brief illness.
He was born March 8, 1918, the eldest son of the late Harriet I. Linn.
Brady worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a rural letter carrier for 42 years, delivering mail on Route 1, Hammond, and Route 6, Fairmont, initially delivering on foot, sometimes on horseback and later by Jeep and finally in his familiar Ford Broncos. He saw many of his patrons grow up to have families of their own. He was a member of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association. He retired in 1983.
One extraordinary man, who was dearly loved by his two daughters, Carol L. Rosier Rich (deceased) and Judy A. Johnson of Fairmont, Brady was the patriarch to a five-generation family that includes three grandchildren, Michael L. Rosier of Fairmont, Leslie M. (Linn) Evans of Montrose, Colo., and Karl E. Johnson of Fairmont; three great-grandchildren, Jonathan D. Evans of Los Angeles, Calif., Michael L. Rosier II of Greenville, S.C., and Alexis R. Cornwell of Grand Junction, Colo.; and two great-great-grandchildren, Ethan and Grace Evans of Long Beach, Calif.
Brady was the oldest son of nine children. He is survived by siblings, Madaline (Linn) Wolfe of Garrettsville, Ohio, Bernadine D. Linn of Fairmont and Clarabelle (Linn) Musgrove of Fairmont; a sister-in-law, Annalee Linn of Fairmont; and several nieces, nephews and extended family members.
In addition to his mother and daughter, he was preceded in death by his siblings and in-laws, Mildred (Jesse) Satterfield, Beulah (Pete) Williams, Mabel (Calvin) McRobie, John Junior Linn and Eugene G. Linn, as well as in-laws, Harry Wolfe, Mary M. Linn and Gerald F. Musgrove; his estranged wife, Marjorie Phillips Linn in 1962; as well as a special uncle and aunt, John Sylvanus Linn and Mary Anzy Linn; and a special brother and sister-in-law, James and Freda McKinney.
Brady proudly served his country with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II from February 1945 to June 1946 and was stationed for a time in Tsingtao, China. He was a 1937 graduate of East Fairmont High School. He was a member of the VFW Post 629 and a former member of the Fairmont Moose.
He was the family buckwheat cake baker and his cakes were savored by many family members. He enjoyed gardening and raised delicious potatoes for many years as well as growing roses and other beautiful flowers. Never a man to remain idle, he worked in the hayfield with his brothers and mowed grass with a push mower. A gifted carpenter and mechanic, he helped construct his own home as well as that of his daughter, grandson Mike and those of many other family members. He was always there to assist Leslie, Karl, Jonathan, Michael and Alexis with their latest project and teaching them each things they will cherish forever. He was generous and kind and enjoyed feeding the deer and birds. He will be remembered fondly by many who knew him.
Family and friends may call at Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home, 209 Merchant St., Fairmont, from 1-8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. The funeral service will be held in the funeral home at noon Saturday with Pastor Rex Musgrove officiating.
Interment will follow at Linn Family Cemetery in Marion County where full military honors will be conducted by the Marion County Veterans Council Honor Guard.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Home Away from Home, Amedisys Hospice and Grafton City Hospital, Third Floor, for their tender care, as well as Dr. David Bender for caring for Brady.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.carpenterandford.com.


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