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I think Christian missionaries should live among the people exhibiting their Christianity in their daily lives. If the people see something in their lives that is missing in their own lives they will ask about it, which gives the missionary permission to tell them about their faith.read more
For Christians grace is God's gift of pardon. According to William Barclay the Greek word for grace was originally a military term. When an emperor came to the throne or celebrated a birthday, he would give his troops a donatirim (donation), which was a free gift that they had not earned; it was given out of the goodness of the emperor's heart. This idea was picked up by the Christian scripture writers when they wrote about the grace of God. Grace is something that is unearned and undeserved – unmerited pardon.read more
This past Sunday morning in Los Angeles was bright with strong wind blowing clear air over the mountains from the high desert. The palm trees swayed along Highway 10 west into Santa Monica. Two right turns at the Cloverfield exit took me past the garbage company and into the chain-link gate of Bergamot Station, a former warehouse complex turned into dozens of art studios. In the back corner, in a galvanized iron building, is the "Writer's Bootcamp", a complex with offices and meeting spaces, where I found Thad's.read more
The "sixth sense" in popular culture is a reference to paranormal powers of perception. But I sense it's something deeper than clairvoyance. It's not some kind of superpower. It is our ability and propensity to have a relationship with the underlying essence of all reality. There's a subtle way in which we can know what we cannot know, touch what we cannot touch.read more
By the caves of San Satorio
We hold hands and gaze at the quiet rush of the Duero
As once did Leonor Machado and her husband Antonio,
The poet of the two Spains – upstream and down in time -
Through this same place where hermit monks of old
Contemplated the flow that ever is here and now
And drew close to the subtle power moving the silent river
Imperceptibly carving the hill of Soria, steep and stark.
BibleWorkbench is a lectionary based life-centered biblical resource designed for small group youth and adult education in church and home, for individual study or as an aid to preachers. One of the texts from the Revised Common Lectionary is chosen each Sunday. The exploration begins with encountering the story found in the biblical text. The focus then shifts to how this story is happening in the world around us. Finally the questions turn toward how the story is an event in the lives of the people in the group. The journey through the text seeks life-giving questions that wait to be lived.read more
BibleWorkbench is a lectionary based life-centered biblical resource designed for small group youth and adult education in church and home, for individual study or as an aid to preachers. One of the texts from the Revised Common Lectionary is chosen each Sunday. The exploration begins with encountering the story found in the biblical text. The focus then shifts to how this story is happening in the world around us. Finally the questions turn toward how the story is an event in the lives of the people in the group. The journey through the text seeks life-giving questions that wait to be lived.read more
Ultimately, Tension in the Tank is about faith that is relevant, secure and ever-evolving. It is a guidebook for building meaningful relationships with Spirit, self and each other. Radically open to possibility and wonder, Tension in the Tank offers the opportunity and challenge to live our faith in such a way that the walls between us come down and we become pursuers and enactors of universal justice.read more
Between sex as sin and sex as sport is an embrace of sexuality as a good gift. Between the teachings of "just say no" and "whatever turns you on" is a platform where we are free to …read more
I think we need some method of communicating with God and prayer is the logical answer. But prayer in which we stop everything we are doing, get down on our knees, fold our hands and pray is not my idea of prayer. I think we should try to communicate with God any time we have a second to think about God or ask God to be with a loved one or friend, or share anything in our life with God. While driving, when watching TV, while on the lake alone, working in the garden, any of those times and many more, we should take a moment to commune (talk, whatever word you want to use) with God. It may be that those moments are more for us than for God, but I like to think that God listens and cares. I admit that I get awfully frustrated when I feel God is not listening because my petitions are not immediately answered in the way that I have requested. I know God's answer may be "no," but that is difficult to swallow.read more
Can we actually believe that because Eve persuaded Adam to eat a forbidden apple the entire human race is doomed to hell? Can we truly believe that for several thousand years there was no chance for any human to be saved, even though none of them had anything to do with Adam and Eve's disobedience in the Garden? Isn't it ludicrous that a child born today is doomed because Adam and Eve disobeyed God? That creation/damnation scheme sounds more like devil-worship than God-worship.read more
For deeper love we spread the bread
I won't be full till all are fed
Till every soul has home and bed
The rest of us can't move ahead
The idea of a second coming of Christ is a mystery, if not explicitly controversial. Jesus' followers apparently believed he would return during their lifetime after he was crucified. When that didn't happen, later followers gradually changed the belief into an indefinite "someday." After two thousand years of waiting, most Christians no longer look for it to happen in their lifetimes and acknowledge that Jesus may have been speaking metaphorically about his return. It is just as likely that those words were put into Jesus' mouth by the gospel writers themselves. Wishful thinking?read more
Watch mountain shadows run
Allelujia! Amen!
Clouds gilded by the sun
Allelujia! Amen!
Hear tumbling water sing
Birds calling on the wing
Do the right thing, do the right thing, do it all the time, do it all the time. Make yourself right, never mind them. Don't you know you're not the only one suffering. I hear a higher calling, better here than there I guess so long.read more
I am told that God answers prayer.
But then a few caveats are added,
meant to temper my expectation
for a quick and positive response.
Structured for Lent, but practical for any time of the year, this new resource examines the lament psalms for their connections to contemporary experiences. The introduction acquaints the reader with Dr. Walter Brueggemann's analysis of the psalms into the categories of orientation, disorientation, and reorientation. A contemporary psalm/poem for each entry discerns the emotional tenor of the psalms and makes it relevant for the challenges of contemporary life and relationships.read more
Yes I and all the rest of us must, even today, realize that we are still part of movements in history that are larger than the century we live in. in this fast food, instant movies, Twitter land, Facebook, "electronic device in every pocket" world that we live in there are still movements that are larger than today and we are, all of us, part of something grand.read more


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2012 CROSS COUNTRY (FRESHMAN): Competed in four meets during the season … ran a time of 15:03 in the women's 4k at the Rice Invitational (9/14) … finished with a time of 21:01.3 in the 5k at the Islanders Splash (9/28).
HIGH SCHOOL: Ran for Billy Johnston at Montgomery High School in Montgomery, Texas ... regional qualified all four years in track ... regional qualifier in cross country during her junior and senior years ... helped the Bears qualify for regionals in 2011 ... guided the teams to a district championship in 2009 ... placed first in the two mile at the Lufkin Coke Classic on October, 15, 2011 ... posted a third-place finish in the two mile at the Montgomery Moonlight Madness as a junior with a personal-best time of 12:00.00 ... marked a personal record as a junior in the 3200m at the Region 3-4A Meet to place fourth with a time of 11:27.02 and placed third in the 1600m with a time of 5:16.43 ... clocked a time of 5:04.87 in the 1500m at the Rice University Victor Lopez Classic in 2011 and finished a with a personal-best time of 10.53.33 in the 3000m ... broke the school record in the mile with a time of 5:16.07 and the two mile with a time of 11:27 ... named Most Improved in track (2011), MVP in cross country (2010) and earned the Coach's Award in track (2011-2012).
PERSONAL: Born Samantha Hardin on Sept. 27, 1993, in Katy, Texas ... her mother is Melissa Mihalovich ... has one sibling Seth Hardin ... major is environmental science.

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CHAPEL HILL — The Morehead-Cain Foundation, home of the oldest, most prestigious merit scholarship program in the United States, has named 48 new Class of 2017 Morehead-Cain Scholars – nine from the Triangle area – who will attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In addition to covering all expenses for four years of undergraduate study at UNC, Morehead-Cain features a distinctive program of summer enrichment experiences.
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• Anita Simha of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. Anita is the NCSSM student body president and a traditional Indian dancer. She is the daughter of Babu Simha of Cary and Chitra Murthy of Cary.
• Caroline Aunspaugh Woronoff from Cary Academy in Cary, where she serves as student council president and is co-founder of the school's chapter of Students for Gender Equality. She also plays varsity soccer. She is the daughter of Robert and Diane Woronoff of Raleigh.
• Diane Nicole Thompson from Northwood High School in Pittsboro. Diane served two terms as Northwood's student body president and is the goalie of the varsity soccer team. She is the daughter of Michael and Robin Thompson of Chapel Hill.
• Morgan James Howell of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. As a high school student, Morgan completed his own genetic research project at Duke University and was an international finalist in the high school genetic engineering competition. He is the son of Frank and Gina Howell of Norwood.
• Nicholas Torquil MacLeod of Carolina Friends School in Durham. He is the captain of the soccer team and started on a premier-level club team. Nick is the son of David and Jackie MacLeod of Durham.
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i agree he doesn't seem to be confident in his ground and pound
He needs to work on finishing people. I would like to see that on the UFC 62 PPV
i understand if you don't like rashad and want to see him get beat, that's cool. but you said it yourself, once hughes called him on the showboating he stopped. he comes to fights in shape, he is athletic as hell, and a very good wrestler. he has the tools to do well for himself, i just think you are being a little hard on him. and to the earlier post that said a griffin evans fight should be next, i toally agree, although i do not know who i would root for
Guess Im the only one...
I can't wait to see someone kick the shit out of Evans...
I don't like him, never did. Not since he pulled that wannabe Muhammed Ali taunting crap on TUF2 against his opponents. It would be one thing if he was as smooth as Ali, but when he did it, he looked like a retard.
Matt Hughes called him on it... he hasn't done it since, but I still cant stand the douche...
Bonnar claim to fame is the fight against Forrest... but he's just not that good. Wait until they put Evans in with a real fighter and he'll get what he deserves......
Guess Im the only one...
Evans is still fairly green. I know that he is 10-0 but I think he has only been doing this for a couple of years. He also probably read all that stuff about Bonnar being trained by a Gracie and didnt want to open the fight up for fear of being submitted. In a few more year though I see him as a legit contender and/or champion. He has all the tools, the heart, all he needs now is the expierence.
i think filho throws more punches. he at least knows he's boring and is trying to finish fights more. he was disappointed in his last match because he let it go to the decision and i think he even appologized to the crowd or camera as he was leaving the ring.
i think rashad like decsions because he never looks tried and he just wants to prove that he can go a whole fight with a fighter which proves that his game plan is to go in ther and win no matter what happens
*over all..what the fuck was i thinking
overally i like evans..one thing i was disapointed with when he fought bonner was he just stayed in his guard and layed there pretty much when he could have tried to pass and use some ground and pound
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boring fighter.great stradegy ,but what if he gets screwed over by the judges or what if had opportunities to win a fight and than eventually lost the fight b/c he didn't capitalize on those opportunities?
thats the chance you have to take if your that kind of fighter, he fights like paulo filho from pride.
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MOORE — A former Moore Christian School teacher, now facing additional charges for rape and indecent proposals to a 13-year-old student, was formally arraigned Thursday in Cleveland County District Court.
A status conference was set for Jan. 8, 2014 during the formal arraignment of Gregory Alan Saul, 66, of Oklahoma City.
Saul was bound over for trial after additional counts were approved in June, a month after a preliminary hearing, records state. He now faces 18 felony counts.
The charges include first- and second-degree rape, forcible oral sodomy, attempted rape, lewd molestation or indecent proposal to a child, soliciting a minor for indecent exposure or obscene material and a pattern of criminal offenses.
Saul began teaching at the school in January 2011, according to previous reports. A sexual relationship between Saul and a 13-year-old student began in August 2011, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The girl reported that Saul gave her two rings, asked her to marry him and move to Mexico with him "since her age was legal in that part of the country," the affidavit states.
The girl described Saul's bedroom, told police Saul took her to his wife's business for sexual encounters and had encounters during school hours on campus as well, the document said.
Saul admitted to police that he gave the girl a promise ring and another ring, he spoke of marriage and taking her to Mexico and he bought her a phone which they used to talk about sexual things and send nude photos, the affidavit states.
Saul bonded out of jail on a $75,000 bond a few months after his initial charges in February. He remained out on bond as of Thursday, said Meghan McCormick, Cleveland County Sheriff's Office spokesperson.
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It was a movie with a plot, fun to watch, great scenes. Acting was good and for the most pary believable and was quite funny at several points in the film. Some scenes were pretty hardcore but my wife liked it. One of the few I may buy.
Movie was all right. It had a plot, although the plot wasn't really original or anything, but at least there was one. I think Chasey is pretty, but I think her boobs have simply gotten too darn huge. So, if you're really into big boobs, you should probably check this out. At the same time she seems ... picky. Like she doesn't seem to kiss, or want to kiss guys, and she has this center of attention thing going on. I know she's the star, but it just makes the other actors seem like they're there for the sole purpose of pleasing her. Only in ways only she wants. Picture quality was also merely okay. I've seen older Wicked's with better picture, just had that grainy look.
I really love VCA, and this movie was sitting at the top of our list for like a year. Finally got it and it was really only okay. The sex was good, a lot of different scenarios, something in this movie should turn you on, I know it did for me, there's this one really hot female dominant scene where she makes this guy lick her in all sorts of places. The guys I guess weren't really that good looking, but the girls, especially in scene mentioned above, were hot. It was the plot that disapointed though, it was mixed up, like, the movied didn't play in order, and instead of making it interesting, it made it really kinda annoying, since there was no point to it. If played straight, woulda been a lot better. So if not for plot, pretty good flick, if haven't seen movie by this director yet, try her out, she's pretty good.
not really our type of movie. yes, it did i guess succeed in what it was supposedly made for (getting people to try anal sex by making it look great) but we're just really not into the whole talk to the camera thing. kinda amateur looking, but i think that was all part of the plan to make it "look" like it was completely improv or whatever, which i guess could make the viewer interested in anal sex more relaxed? a step in the right direction, but it's really not for everybody.
this movie sat near the top of my list for a while before it was finally available, and neither of us were impressed. noticably good production, and there was a storyline that was semi-believable, but it wasn't a turn-on. two high-school kids having sex the "first time" then her getting pregnant was first of all kind of uncomfortable to watch (they were pretending to be in high school) and, again, not a turn-on. tera is good looking, my wife thought that the guys were kinda gross. fell asleep towards the end. i don't want to pay and wait for porn to arrive and learn about repurcussions of sex; i want to be able to get some later that night. 8-)
All of the scenes were pretty good and I think all of the actors and actresses were attractive. Only thing was is the movie to me wasn't really a feature. Chasey Lain was being interviewed about movies and she would talk about them in a room, and then it would jump to whatever scene was brought up. None of the scenes had a plot, it was just sex, so there really was no plot, making this movie more like a compilation. But it was very good picture, and yes, I do think that it works for a couples movie.
This one kinda blew. Girl goes on a trip by plane, and everyone, including the pilots, are having sex. Now, are they supposed to be? It's called Lust Airlines, but nobody knows. Every scene change consists of a closeup of the starlett's face, and then BAM! next scene, and the next scene is always totally confusing. She'll go from watching like the pilot or whatever having sex with a stewardess in the terminal to being on the plane. And she acts uncomfortable the entire time? Basically what I'm getting at is the plot is lame, and we turned to our own thing before the movie was over.
Wow, what a great flick. First, all of the actors are good looking. Second all of them can actually act, at least better than the last 10 or so mocies we've rented. Thirdly, this director rocks. His editing in this movie was simply unique, never seen anything like it in porn before. Watched the whole thing the first night, loved it. Humorous at times, storyline worked, jsut fun to watch. Highly reccomend at least seeing something by this director.
After skipping a couple scenes with really ugly people in it, we both fell asleep. The fact that a girl like Chasey wants and literally slaves over this fat biker slob throughout the entire flick doesn't really work.
Plot was a little boring for what it was supposed to be. I couldn't really understand why all of what was happening was. Didn't think that the main female character was very good looking. Scenes were fine, but nothing special. Script won't win any Oscars either. I know these people can act, check out Evan Stone in Beat the Devil, the scrpits really do them in.


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Meet little Cilla, a Daschund-Yorkie mix girl who is around 1 year of age and weighs approximately 8 pounds. And every pound is full of love and affection.
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Since supping at a hosted, soft opening dinner earlier this week at Maria Hines' brand new Agrodolce in Fremont, I had been thinking about the hand cut tagliarini.
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Apple's announcement of a new iPad SKU with 128GB of storage is a wonderful tactical stroke. While consumers are going to love the extra choice, and hardcore users will flock to the extra storage capacity, it's the Android tablet manufacturers that are going to be crunching the numbers overnight.
By increasing the top level of storage on the iPad, it will drive public perception towards 'tablets should have 128GB of storage'. That 128GB has been seen as a psychological target by many people looking at iOS devices, and now it's here (and is following the standard Apple model of doubling storage for $100 more) many will say it was obvious.
Importantly for Apple, they've got their tablet with the magic numbers on sale first.
The competition are still kicking around at the 64GB mark, although some are not even that close. The Nexus 10? 16GB or 32 GB. The Galaxy Note? 16GB to 64Gb. The BlackBerry PlayBook? 16GB to 64GB. The Kindle Fire? 16GB to 32GB for the seven inch, and 64GB for the 8.9 inch.
Apple has topped them all, and the other manufacturers are going to have to start offering higher specs in storage or run the risk of being left behind in what is the next step in a specification war.
Always fight on territory that is comfortable to you, and awkward for your opponents. There's probably a Sun Tzu quote that covers that, but the principle stands..
If there's one thing everyone can agree on, it's that TIm Cook understands the supply chain, and can extract the maximum value out of it. Under his guidance Apple has better access, at preferential rates, to more component suppliers than the majority of other manufacturers. The iPad 4 with 128GB hits the stores in seven days, and the competition are left standing still.
Even if they wanted to react, they're going to be at a disadvantage in terms of manufacturing and sourcing supplies (unless they had plans in place already). Once they do reach the shops, it will still be first mover advantage to Apple, and their public perception as innovators remains.
As for the rapidly rising cost of memory pushing up the bill of materials, this matters less to Apple, a company that can traditionally keep prices high. But Android devices, many of which are built to a specified cost and occupy the lower end of the price scales, will have less room to absorb around an increased production cost.
The 128GB iPad is an attractive product for a number of iPad users, but I suspect that the knock-on effects in the rest of the tablet space are a very nice bonus for Tim Cook and his team at Apple.
Until 128GB of Storage become 'baseline' of a Tablet, this new 'feature', only increase the retail price of the product and generate less function of users. My iPad merely use 10GB of storage as I usually play streming video.
Maybe yearly later, we will think 128GB is a must but as cloud sotrage and network streaming are becaming more popular, local storage is just a place for system files and Apps data.
Needless to say whoever wrote this article is an idiot. No smart person is going to spend that type of money for an overpriced paperweight $799 for just wifi and $929 for additional cellular is insanity. Forbes stop with the apple fanboyism and start living in reality Apple will never get the 70% market share android has now back.
Jack Man, you're confused: Apple's iPad has the 70% tablet market share you referred to, not Android.
Sorry but Apple only has 53.8% of the market share now and Android 42.7%.
This is seriously such an idiotic article! If anything, it clearly points out a MAJOR flaw in iOS devices. The lack of expandability. I have to pay $800 TODAY for 128 GB tablet that I may or may not need. Instead I could pay $500 today for a 64GB tablet and pay $100 at some point in the FUTURE if I run out of space and get another 128GB SD Card to get a total of 192GB. Wait. Did that 192GB just give Apple a headache? It should. Because expandability is definitely a winning arguments instead of this ludicrous one!
jcklo, why would you pay for the 128 GB if you're not reasonably sure you'll need it? And you do realize that external storage is in no way equivalent to built-in storage, don't you? Why fool yourself?
It depends what EQUIVALENT means to you. Equivalent in Storage space, yes, but not necessarily in speed. But data transmission speed is less of an issue if you do not use it for CPU processing (ROM).
Ohhh Apples hip and innovative, and attracting all the worlds most creative baristas. Did you miss the memo that the Surface pro comes in 128gb? It was announced at least as far back as October if not earlier. Its not hard to image that Apple would scramble to put out a 128gb SKU with something like the Surface pro coming out in just over a week from now.
Let's hope the Surface Pro sells better than the Surface RT, but I somehow doubt it.
With a full version for win8 pro being on it I'm sure that the commercial sales will soar, not just personal sales. I have a Galaxy tab 10.1 and a surface RT, I'm still looking forward to passing the tab to my kids, the RT to my wife, and getting a pro for myself.


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PLATTSBURGH — Times are tough.
And the State University of New York continues to be a bit needy, says Dr. Nancy Zimpher.
"I feel we need to change the discussion," said SUNY's new chancellor. "I think what we have to say is: What is our contribution to the state of New York and its economic recovery?"
SUNY's first female chancellor spoke at Clinton Community College Thursday during an open forum as part of her 100-day, 64-campus tour.
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Zimpher, who started her new role June 1, spent part of Thursday's meeting with area business and community leaders and CCC faculty, staff and students before speaking at an open forum.
The CCC visit marked her 39th campus tour, with plans to spend today at Plattsburgh State.
"This strategic vision will allow the SUNY system to represent the work of the campuses," Zimpher said.
During the planning process, she will gather suggestions, ideas and comments from thousands of stakeholders.
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"If we present a thoughtful, data-based strategy for moving New York forward, this will entice elected officials to invest in us. We need a strategy that involves our state legislators as we move along.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — 3-D printer stocks sank on Wednesday after 3D Systems Corp. cut its 2014 earnings target, while shares of CVS Caremark Corp. were pressured on news that the drugstore chain no longer will sell tobacco products.
3D Systems /quotes/zigman/5280737/delayed/quotes/nls/ddd DDD -4.39% shares dropped 15%. The company said it now expects full-year adjusted profit in a range of 83 cents a share to 87 cents a share, below its previous guidance of 93 cents a share to $1.03 a share. 3D Systems blamed the lower forecast on a sharp increase in research and development expenditure for new products and an increase in marketing expenses.
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Auburn QB Nick Marshall cited for marijuana possessionGraham Watson at Dr. Saturday18 hrs ago
Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall was cited Friday for possession of marijuana less than one ounce in the town of Reynolds, Ga., which is located about 90 miles east of Auburn.
According to reports, Marshall's car was pulled over early Friday afternoon for a possible window tinting violation. Officers smelled marijuana, but found only residue less than an ounce. Marshall was cited, but not arrested.
Coach Gus Malzahn issued a statement acknowledging the citation.
"I'm aware of the situation that happened earlier today with Nick. I'm very disappointed and I will address it with him accordingly."
Marshall is scheduled to attend SEC media days next week.
Marshall led Auburn to a 12-2 record, which included an SEC title and a berth in the BCS National Championship game. Marshall, a Georgia transfer, finished with 1,976 passing yards, 1,068 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns last season.
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Athletic directors of Mississippi State and Kansas State arrange home-and-home series on TwitterSam Cooper at Dr. Saturday20 hrs ago
You don't see this every day.
After the two schools' athletic directors challenged one another in a video charity challenge, Mississippi State and Kansas State agreed to play a home-and-home series in 2018 and 2019. And they did it via Twitter.
Here's how it went down.
Mississippi State's Scott Stricklin participated in the "Chillin 4 Charity" challenge, which raises money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. After completing the challenge, Stricklin challenged Kansas State's John Currie on Wednesday.
#Chillin4Charity video. I'm challenging @John_Currie, @jayjacobsauad & @GatorZoneNews Jeremy Foley. Step up fellas! https://t.co/COVYEK7QnT
Tennessee commit calls out Alabama on Twitter (Photo)Sam Cooper at Dr. Saturday21 hrs ago
A 2015 Tennessee commit caused a bit of a stir with some comments he made about Alabama on Twitter Thursday night.
Andrew Butcher, a Rivals four-star defensive end from Alpharetta, Georgia, has been committed to Tennessee for more than a year. He was watching The Opening, an elite prospect camp, on TV when he says he saw an Alabama commit "try to shove" new four-star Tennessee commit Kahlil McKenzie.
That elicited this rowdy response, via Al.com.
As expected, he received plenty of responses from Alabama fans, who weren't pleased with Butcher's sentiment or prediction that the Vols would beat the Crimson Tide in the future. Butcher didn't seem to mind.
Looking at these Alabama fans replies like pic.twitter.com/4BlSaCuTYf
I can't tell if this is a compliment of not... 😂 pic.twitter.com/3YM1aeIg9N
Random offseason tweets of the day: College football reacts to LeBron James returning to ClevelandSam Cooper at Dr. Saturday1 day ago
Welcome to our Dr. Saturday feature titled "Random offseason tweet of the day." With real games still months away, coaches and players will be tweeting about non-football-related things as the season approaches. In this space, we'll try to find the funniest and goofiest tweets of the day. If you see something, don't hesitate to send it to us.
Unless you live under a rock, you're probably aware by now that some pretty big sports news broke Friday when LeBron James made the announcement that he was leaving the Miami Heat and returning to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
James, a native of Akron, Ohio, detailed the reasons for his return to Cleveland on Sports Illustrated's website, billing it as a homecoming to the team he was drafted by and played for from 2003-2010.
This news obviously led to a huge reaction from people across the internet and all over Twitter, including several prominent figures in the college football world.
Take a look.
New College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta set to open August 23 (Video)Sam Cooper at Dr. Saturday1 day ago
Five years after it was announced that the College Football Hall of Fame would move from South Bend, Indiana to Atlanta, the opening date for the new facility has been announced.
The new 94,000-square-foot, $66 million building in downtown Atlanta will have its grand opening on August 23 -- the Saturday before the start of the college football season. According to the Associated Press, the Hall of Fame's opening is meant to coincide with two early-season games being held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta: Ole Miss vs. Boise State on August 28 and Alabama vs. West Virginia on August 30.
John Stephenson, the CEO and president of Atlanta Hall Management, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the official name for the facility is "The College Football Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-A Fan Experience" and that Chick-fil-A has signed a "30-year agreement" to be the Hall's lead sponsor.
VOD: Watch Northwestern's grueling military-style workout on the shores of Lake MichiganSam Cooper at Dr. Saturday1 day ago
In the college football world, the month of July is all about conditioning and weight training for the players. The grind of early morning workouts is definitely rigorous, but it's necessary to in order to be ready for fall practice and when the season finally rolls around.
For Northwestern, their usual early morning workout got a bit of a shake up on June 26. The players were led to the campus' north beach on Lake Michigan for a grueling military-style workout and team building exercise.
A video crew was on hand and put together this footage, which was released on Wednesday.
According to the video's description, the Northwestern coaching staff brought in the Acumen Performance Group, a group whose mission is to "improve the teamwork, communication and mental toughness of their trainees." Some of these exercises are used by the United States Navy SEALs.
Demanding workouts like this can prove dividends during a long season, which begins on August 30 for the Wildcats against Cal.
For more Northwestern news, visit WildcatReport.com.
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College Football Playoff trophy to be unveiled July 14 (Video)Sam Cooper at Dr. Saturday1 day ago
A new era of college football is fast approaching.
The BCS is in the rearview mirror and the new College Football Playoff (which has a new website, by the way) is on the horizon, and with the new playoff system comes a brand new championship trophy for the top dogs of college football.
The design of the new trophy has been kept quiet throughout the offseason, but according to this weird, cinematic teaser video thing, it appears that Monday, July 14, will be the day when the new hardware is unveiled.
A new era, a new trophy. Coming July 14. http://t.co/hQT3zE0Uy3
Monday is also the first day of SEC Media Days, so we thought that might be a good place for the trophy to make its debut, but Friday morning it was announced that the trophy's first appearance will be Monday morning in Irving, Texas.
The #CFBPlayoff National Championship Trophy presented by @drpepper will be unveiled at 10 a.m. CT on July 14 in Irving, Texas.
Nearly ten years after leaving for the NFL, 'Cadillac' Williams is back at Auburn finishing his degreeSam Cooper at Dr. Saturday1 day ago
Now that former Auburn standout Carnell "Cadillac" Williams' football career has been over for a few years, Williams felt like he had some unfinished business back at Auburn – in the classroom.
According to the Auburn Plainsman, Williams, a 2005 first-round draft pick who rushed for 3,831 yards and 45 touchdowns during his time at Auburn, has returned to school in order to complete his college degree.
"I had the thought a couple times during my playing career, but I always felt like once I was done with football I'd come back and finish my degree," Williams said. "I only had seven hours left, so it would've been a shame not to finish that."
So Williams, now 32, is back on campus taking classes to finish what he started 13 years ago. Two classes -- world literature and Spanish II – stand between him and his coveted degree in sociology. The literature course hasn't been a problem for Williams, but jumping back into a foreign language class has understandably been an adjustment.
Random offseason tweet of the day: The AARP wished Urban Meyer a happy 50th birthdaySam Cooper at Dr. Saturday1 day ago
Welcome to our Dr. Saturday feature titled "Random offseason tweet of the day." With real games still months away, coaches and players will be tweeting about non-football-related things as the season approaches. In this space, we'll try to find the funniest and goofiest tweets of the day. If you see something, don't hesitate to send it to us.
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer reached a milestone on Thursday: he's celebrating his 50th birthday.
To commemorate the big occasion, the Ohioans who aren't completely swept up in LeBron James mania took the time to wish Meyer a happy birthday, including the Ohio chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons. Now that he's 50, coach Meyer is now eligible to join the AARP.
Minnesota coach Jerry Kill says Nick Saban 'earns every damn dime' of his $6.9 million salarySam Cooper at Dr. Saturday1 day ago
Alabama head coach Nick Saban was already the highest-paid head coach in the country at $5.5 million when it was announced that he'd receive an extension and a raise. The details of that contract extension emerged in June and a lot was made of the fact that Saban is paid nearly $7 million per year, especially when student-athletes don't receive a dime.
Saban has led the Crimson Tide on a remarkable run of success, so the school has rewarded him handsomely. Despite Saban's massive success (three national titles in eight seasons), some think $7 million per year is far too much for a football coach.
Don't count Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill among that crowd.


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A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded with the power of an atomic bomb in Russia exactly one year ago.
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An author interested in martian fungus is cooking up trouble with NASA over an object resembling a jelly doughnut.
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We're pretty sure you wear a helmet when you're biking, skateboarding, snowboarding, or doing whatever it is you do because it keeps you safe; not because it's a great place to keep a camera. But, with the HD Helmet Hero package from GoPro, you can get double use out of your brain bucket by using one of the included styles of helmet mounts to mount an HD camcorder to your helmeted head, giving you the ability to take amazing looking videos from a unique point of view — yours.
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The HD Hero camera deserves its name, because like it's namesake, it can take a beating and keep on going. Now, we don't want to give the impression that this camera is Superman tough — it's probably not going to be deflecting bullets (although it will stick with you if you decide to go flying through the air) — it's more Batman tough: it uses a variety of utilities to go where it needs to, and once it's in its armored suit, it can not only take a beating, but go underwater as well. Okay, the analogy breaks down towards the end, but you get the idea. It's a tough camera and when you go for the glory of an amazing feat, it'll be there to record that awesome moment — whether you land on both wheels (or all four, or on your board), or face first.
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Sure, it can take a beating. Sure it's great for attaching to your ride to record every moment of awesome. But the real question is how does the video look? Well, take a look for yourself. This 5MP camcorder records incredible high definition video that rivals higher priced camcorders. Plus, sound capture has been specially designed to reduce or eliminate the sound of wind, so that it only captures the sounds of your sport of choice. Of course, you're not just limited to capturing video, the camcorder can also be used as a 5MP digital camera to capture still photos, with settings to capture pictures either manually, or continually snap pictures at regular intervals. You don't have to limit yourself to just filming amazing feats either; use it for regular filming as well. With video as good as this, the sky is the limit . . . for now.
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PCHS concludes Theatre Season - See slideshow
Pella Christian High School concluded its Theatre Season with "Thieves' Carnival. on March 22-23, at the Vermeer Auditorium at Pella Christian High School. The comedy included a cast of 20 students and 16 technicians and crew members. The production was directed by Marlo Van Peursem with Tech direction by Daryl Van Zee. (Photos by Kenn Krpan)
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- PCHS earns awards from the Iowa High School Musical Theatre Awards Showcase
- DFS awards scholarships again For its eleventh consecutive year, Pella Dollars for Scholars (DFS) awarded scholarships to both Pella Community and Pella Christian high school seniors at their respective award nights. The annual awards ceremony fell on May 7 for Pella Community st
- Pumphery wins third in writing contest Lily Pumphrey, a Jefferson Intermediate School student in Pella, won third place in Level I of this year's Iowa Letters about Literature writing contest for her letter to author Kate DeCamillo about her book "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane."
- ACT administers first computer-based college admission exams, Pella CSD not to particpate yet In a press release to The Chronicle it was estimated that approximately 4,000 high school students across the United States took the ACT® college readiness assessment on a computer on Saturday, April 12. It was the first-ever computer-based administr
- PHS Instrumental Music, Drama present annual Carnaby Club show The Pella Community High School Instrumental Music Department will present its annual Carnaby Club show April 25 and 26 in the high school west gym at 7:30 p.m. The gym will become a jazz nightclub with decorated tables and popcorn and soda available
- PHS Bands, Orchestra present spring concert The Pella Community High School Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Orchestra, and Percussion Ensembles will present a spring concert in the PHS Auditorium on Thursday, April 21, at 7:30 pm. The senior members of the ensembles will be recognized as well as
- Middle School renovations discussed by board The Pella Community School Board of directors met on March 27, at the High School Media Center for a regular board meeting. Members Gregg Gustafson, Michelle VanMaanen, and Gary Coppock were present, and director Timothy Tripp attended via cell phone
- PCHS pair to All-State Speech event Two events from Pella Christian High School's Individual Speech program were recently nominated as Outstanding Performers, which invited them to participate in the Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) All-State Festival on March 31 on the camp
- PHS Yearbook staff honored Pella is one of five schools being honored with a Neubert Award given by the Iowa High School Press Association recognizing the most outstanding entires in IHSPA's whole book contest. The award, named in honor of the late Mick Neubert, an outstanding
PCHS Society approves joint Long Range Planning Committee for Christian Education in South Central Iowa
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Los Angeles International Airport officials Monday advised people heading to the airport on Wednesday to expect a longer-than-usual drive, thanks to a planned union march on Century Boulevard.
While airport officials have been advising people to arrive two hours in advance of domestic flights and three hours before international flights, they recommended that people planning to drive to LAX between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. today add about 90 minutes to their anticipated travel time.
Members of the Service Employees International Union are planning to march on Century Boulevard for about three hours to protest what the union calls unfair labor practices by an airport contractor, Aviation Safeguards.
SEIU has had a troubled track record at LAX in recent years. Another contractor, Calop Aeroground Services, decertified the SEIU in 2010. A federal judge rejected SEIU's challenge to the decertification process.
"Several more contracts, with other companies, are due to expire on November 30," said Ashley Atkinson, a dispatcher at Aviation Safeguards. "Wednesday's planned demonstration is designed to pressure contractors at LAX to sign SEIU agreements instead of letting workers choose. That's not democracy. It's the same old bullying."
Atkinson points out that employees at Aviation Safeguards immediately started taking home significantly more pay after the departure of SEIU. Collectively, it is estimated the employees will take home more than $2 million more a year in wages than they did while being represented by the union. As a result, the company will also pay $300,000 more per year in state and federal payroll taxes.
"It's really outrageous that the SEIU says things that just aren't true," said Sherly Varela, a screener at Aviation Safeguards since 2008. "They say that our company doesn't comply with the City's Living Wage Ordinance even though the documentation is there to prove them wrong. The union just didn't pay any attention to us." Employees at Aviation Safeguards want to assure the public that operations at the terminals where they work will be fully staffed if the protest proceeds. According to Jennifer Garcia, "We just wish the union and all the other outsiders would leave us alone, leave the travelers alone, and let us do our work."
According to the union, about 400 airport workers were left without a contract earlier this year when Aviation Safeguards, a division of Command Security Corp. of Parsippany, N.J., terminated union contracts and withdrew all health insurance.
Airport officials said the planned march will result in phased closures of westbound Century Boulevard between Airport and Sepulveda boulevards, and northbound Sepulveda between Imperial Highway and 98th Street.
All entrances to the airport's Central Terminal Area are expected to remain open, but motorists on westbound Century Boulevard could be diverted to northbound Airport Boulevard, then west on 98th Street, north on Vicksburg Avenue over the 96th Street Bridge and into the terminal area.
Motorists were advised to avoid the intersection of Century and Airport boulevards.
SEIU represents janitors, wheelchair attendants, skycaps, security guards and other service workers at LAX.


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It's that time of year when 8th grade students start to think about which high schools they'd like to attend. Here in the Tam District, we are gearing up for open enrollment transfer season.
What is open enrollment? It is a transfer policy that offers 8th-11th grade students, who reside in the Tamalpais Union High School District area, the opportunity to select their schools of attendance. Open enrollment applies only to the District's three comprehensive high schools - Tamalpais, Drake, and Redwood. Open enrollment does not apply to the District's two alternative schools - San Andreas (continuation high school) and Tamiscal (independent study high school), or to the District's alternative program - TEAM.
Eighth grade students residing in one of the Tam District's 10 public elementary feeder districts who want to attend the high school in their attendance area need not participate in open enrollment. These students will be registered through the normal enrollment process and may attend the school in their attendance area. For example, if you reside in Corte Madera and want to attend Redwood, you do not have to participate in open enrollment; you may attend Redwood.
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- Bolinas-Stinson School District
- Mill Valley School District
- Sausalito Marin City School District
Sir Francis Drake High School Attendance Area
- Lagunitas School District
- Nicasio School District
- Ross Valley School District
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- Larkspur Corte Madera School District
- Reed Union School District
- Ross School District
Students residing in the Tam District who want to attend a District school other than the high school in their attendance area, must participate in the open enrollment process. For example, if you reside in Corte Madera and want to attend Tam High, you must participate in open enrollment. However, there is one exception: Eighth grade students residing in the Tam District who attend a public school in one of the Tam District's ten elementary feeder districts (other than in their district of residence) may attend either their high school of residence or the high school in the attendance area of their 8th grade school; for example, if you reside in Mill Valley but attend Kent Middle School, you may attend Tam or Redwood without participating in open enrollment.
The transfer policy allows for up to 50 students to transfer to each of our three comprehensive high schools. A strict timeline must be observed. For complete details and more information about open enrollment transfers, click here. Applications will be available beginning January 8, 2013. The initial deadline to submit an application is February 15, 2013.


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3.1 Phillip Lim jacket. Cynthia Steffe dress. Bow barrette. Vintage Saldarini scarf. Vintage costume charm necklace. Vintage costume pearl & moonstone rings. Black tights. Chloé 'Sally' bag. Chanel shoes.
In an ominous ode to Halloween, the sun never rose today. However, it was warm enough to wear my FAVORITE jacket without a sweater (thanks global warming). Rainbow sequins & frayed edges make the blazer a work of art - I feel lucky to own it but try to wear it gingerly as the sequins are prone to molt. I layered an oversize cloth scarf the same color as the jacket over a white crochet dress - it's actually a tunic, but I like to live dangerously.
Tonight I'm going to Christopher Gray's lecture on Park Ave Palaces at the Met to be followed by some Halloween revelry. I'm still not 100% sure of my costume, but my eye makeup will be inspired by the sooty lids in the Chanel fall 2009 ad.


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Saturday 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. at Milford Yacht Club. Hosted by Milford Police and Firefighters. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children. There is no charge for children five and under.
Saturday 11a.m.-2 p.m. at Common Ground in New Haven; $8 per person for ages 4 through adult; ages 3 and under are free.
Saturday 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. After hours fun at the museum. Cost is $12 for members/Yale Employees and $18 for nonmembers; advance purchase required.
Saturday & Sunday noon and 2:30 p.m. $18pp at the Children's Cabaret Theatre, Bridgeport.
Saturday & Sunday 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. $5 adults/$3 students.
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