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Genuine perseverance and assurance are sorely lacking among Christians today. The fruits of perseverance and assurance — diligent use of the means of grace, perseverance in heartfelt obedience to God's will, desire for fellowship with God, yearning for God's …Read More
More Than Conquerors
"If you have it, you never lose it; if you lose it, you never had it." This pithy adage gives expression to the doctrine in the church that some call the doctrine of eternal security, while others refer to it …Read More
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Perhaps the most subtle verbal sleights of hand are acts of equivocation. Equivocation is when we use one word, but with two different meanings. The change happens so fast we miss the palmed meaning, and are made fools. The classic …Read More
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"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees takes off his shoes; the rest sit around it and pluck blackberries." — Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, Book VII Through our study of …Read More
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In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told the people, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on …Read More
For God So Loved the World
To many, the topics of common grace and atonement would seem to be mutually exclusive, as if we should either hold to common grace or to definite atonement, but not to both. There are, however, good biblical and theological reasons …Read More
Ordained by God
In the 1950s, a very popular song proclaimed "He's got the whole world in his hands!" Insofar as it had any theological content, it presumably spoke of the beneficent control by the Lord of all that He has made …Read More
A Loving Provision
In recent years, we have been treated to the invention of a word previously unknown, or at least not used. That word that has entered into the general vocabulary of our time is the word oxymoron. A typical example of …Read More
Uncommon Justice
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Righteous Freedom
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"WOW's Modulation System is versatile but intuitive. The modulation signals can be mixed individually for each parameter – but they can just as well modulate each other! So for example, the LFO-rate can be modulated by the Envelope Follower, while the Stepsequencer modulates the Envelope Follower´s Gain. So besides a new way to get exactly the sounds you want, you will as easily be able to see surprising effects and something new every time you get your WOW on!" – sugar-bytes.de
SugarBytes WOW is also my go to filter. If you watch the second video above about half way in you will see why. The only other ITB filter I really like it my TC Powercore's Filtrator.
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Filatov May Attend Development Camp
With Development Camp getting underway later this afternoon, the Sens are suddenly expecting a recent addition to make it in time afterall. Nikita Filatov, acquired from Columbus over the weekend, is hoping to be
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I recently added DB lunges to my leg workout, dropping leg extensions. I have to say that lunges are PURE EVIL, it feels like your lower half is being racked. I'm thinking of also adding rear lunges to complement regular lunges, kind of like evil twins lol.
So do rear lunges work the legs any differently to regular lunges, or is it just a variation?
PS, do you guys favour long or short lunges to emphasize glutes or quads?
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I write about social, mobile and marketing trends.
There are only 3 enterprise-grade technology products I've ever seen that sell themselves. Two of them are from Apple; the other is from Atlassian. How many Apple salespeople have ever called you to sell you the iPhone, or iPad? Zero. How many Atlassian salespeople have called to sell you Confluence? You guessed it – zero.
If you believe as Marc Andreeson does, that software is eating the world, then Atlassian is its Chef. Atlassian is the house of collaboration, the software equivalent of the world renown restaurant Alinea. Where its software gastronomy, like Alinea's food science, come together in unspoiled unison.
They serve a variety of selections, but my favorite is Confluence. The company delivers that product to the masses, but it embodies and is prepared for the developer. They make code development seem less difficult and more like it's being willed into existence. Its goal is to satisfy the appetites of software creators.
But Atlassian's workmanship is better explained in business terms than in culinary ones, and no one is more qualified than Jay Simons, Atlassian's President, to translate, "We're growing like gangbusters because our mission is to provide a social platform that allows people to build software better."
Have no illusions, their products may not win any design contests, but they are so easy to use that they're flooding the world's businesses with collaborative software. It's everywhere. Pervading nearly every project manager, developer, and technical communicator – seducing code, tasks, text, and images from its creators. All functioning to swiftly collaborate, track, document and ship software code.
I asked Ellen Feaheny of AppFusions, one of Atlassian's strategic partners about their success, she told me: "I really think their success is that they have the right product offering, right pricing, right low barriers to purchase, all at the right time," then she added, "I know everyone makes a big deal out of the no-salesperson thing, but I believe their sales success is the result of nurturing their dedicated customer, partner and development ecosystem."
In business and in life, success breeds extraordinary performance and extraordinary performance breeds more success. Nothing demonstrates that more than Atlassian's culture. With a 100% Glassdoor ranking, Co-CEOs Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon Brooks, have created an organizational culture that nurtures employees, customers and suppliers. And it's paid off.
Take Web and Technical Communicator Sarah Maddox as an example. Maddox thought so much of the Confluence product, that she recently wrote her acclaimed book Confluence, Tech Comm, Chocolate on it. How many employees have you seen that have named a book after the product and company they work for?
So what does Atlassian's success reveal about the company ethos? When I asked Simons to describe it, he told me it was like how, "Jeff Bezos sails the ship in the right direction and the right speed whether there are quarterly earnings consequences or not. He just does the right things for the company."
I pressed him for details, and revealed a few minor but important things the organization does to keep its customers happy. Here are 7 of them:
1. They have a transparent pricing model. It's always on the web, so their customers don't need to call them. Point, click, buy and use.
2. Like Home Depot, give people tools that are easy to use and allow people to build their own solutions. Then, constantly improve the self-service model.
3. Every time a product question is asked by a customer, Atlassian engineers see it as a challenge to fix in the product or to make a quick update to the documentation.
Two observations:
1. Your link to Atlassian is broken, I think it should be to www…. not blogs.forbes…
2. Atlassian … who? Never heard of them. Are they big in some niche market?
Sorry to be direct, but I wonder how much they have paid you to write this article.
I have been working in the Software Configuration Management field for the past 12 years and in the IT Industry since 1985 therefore I have some ideas of the products in the market:
1) Apple maybe makes a good designs but AWFUL products, besides being them three to four times more expensive than the costly alternative.
2) Atlassian is to software? Have you ever used that software or even deployed it across IT organisations? HAHAHAHAHAAH . . . please do not make me laugh.
This is the most non-sense article I have read in years.
Excellent article, although I disagree about the 'not winning any design awards'. The simplicity of the design is just one of the reasons I like Atlassian so much. It keeps everything easy for all users, which is very important when you want people to adopt new technology and encourage usage. Even technical people shy away from learning new things at times, so give it to them on a plate!
I also find the decidedly 'non-corporate' corporate attitude Atlassian has, they're an excellent role model for other businesses. As a client, I really appreciate the openness and help I receive from them in all quarters of the company, from sales to support, even to the extent of direct contact with people such as Sarah Maddox – and their forums are first class too, so even the users are in on the game. It's no wonder they've achieved so much in so little time.
Thanks. You may well be right, and I don't pretend to be an expert on design. From a user's perspective (I use Confluence at work and blog about it) I love some of the subtlety in the shortcuts: you can do so much without leaving the keyboard. In many cases, the menu items are completely redundant because what you need is right under your fingers. For example, if you want to edit a page, just press the 'E' key. You want to add a macro? Enter a curly bracket '{' and start typing its name and there it is. Brilliant! :)
BTW, I've passed this article on to our IT manager (before I added my comment) and, assuming it's ok with you, I'll be referring/linking to it in my next blog, which comes out on Sunday.
Great, thanks will do. I've stuck a post-it note on my laptop to make sure I don't forget. Old school, moi? :)
M. Fidelmann, please may I use this quote "In business and in life, success breeds extraordinary performance and extraordinary performance breeds more success." in my signature and in general (giving you credit of course!) I so need to express this to my European collegues, so that some of them can understand why I try so hard to improve our processes in our company!


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This is Part 14 of the summary of Dr. Wilbur's book. It should be emphasized that all of the text in this series of blogs in bold font in the body of the text of the chapter summary has been kindly provided by Dr. Wilbur. If there are any of my own comments, they will follow in regular type.
Summary for Chapter 13: Atheism and Religion
Atheism, Acculturation, and Individualism
Most humans are acculturated into a religion when they are young. This acculturation of the child seems to create an enduring comfort with a set of beliefs that are then hard to abandon or alter later in life. Alternatively most atheists seem to be so as the result of an individual evaluation of evidence. They don't usually reach this belief because of a warm feeling inside that gives them confidence. There is a tendency for many such people to go on their way as private non-believers in a believing society, not seeking public notice and not founding religion like associations.
Other important currents include the officially atheistic Marxist world now largely gone and an efflorescence of anti-religion or anti-God books in response to Muslim religious terrorism.
Short Review of Some Arguments Supporting Atheism
The rational Greeks may be the first to leave us a record of rejecting the reality of the gods. Some of the concerns that fuel atheistic thinking are as follows.
Theodicy or the justice of God. In a world with much evil, how can you believe in some powerful, knowledgeable and kind supervisor?
The question of the supernatural. The central myth of every great religious tradition contains some supernatural claims. These are not based on publically evaluable evidence.
Exclusivity in Ethics. A good ethics is usually offered but then exceptions are demanded as prescribed by the leaders—speaking for God.
Use as a tool for domination. Among others, Karl Marx, Upton Sinclair and Jared Diamond have found frustrating this use/abuse of religion.
Direct disagreement with scientific studies. Immortal immaterial souls and a recent creation of the world and life are just two places where some religions make implausible claims.
The multiplicity of competing claims. The large number of competing religions, all based on similar claims suggests to some of us a human origin for these traditions.
Atheism and the Marxist World
For about 70 years the Communist Party had control of Russia and tried to create a Godless society. With almost three generations of control they were unable to form a compelling substitute for belief in religion and when their empire collapsed there was a rapid emergence of various religious alternatives: especially the Russian Orthodox faith. There may be many reasons for this failure but Paul Gabel suggested that the Marxist interpretation of religion as primarily a tool for domination by the ruling class made the party unable to appreciate religion's adaptive power.
Philosophy, Religion, and Atheism
Philosophy addresses many of the same concerns as religion but tries to do it rationally without recourse to the supernatural. Religions often engage philosophers to relate their beliefs to the rest of human knowledge. In contrast some famous philosophers of the last few hundred years have eloquently defended skepticism or atheism: men such as David Hume, Bertrand Russell and Friedrich Nietzsche. Thus philosophy may defend skepticism and offer alternate interpretations of the universe but it seldom fills human needs as well as a caring religious community.
Is Atheism an Alternative to Religion?
Atheism offers a substitute world view compared to supernaturalism but it doesn't easily fill the many functions of religion described in Chapter Two. Some secular humanist organizations have tried to develop social programs that fill this role but so far their success has been limited.
Is Atheism Dying?
Alister McGrath has written a book, The Twilight of Atheism, proposing that it is a dying belief system. His main support seems to be the failure of international communism. Other evidence suggests that secularism and atheism are thriving in many places.
Atheism and Atrocity
The government managed atrocities of the 20th century were driven by dreams of some future utopia that justified the violence. The Marxists had a "faith-based ideology" with prophet, scripture and eschatology. Their confident belief drove their actions but their atheism was only an incidental feature not responsible for the actions. The Nazis and the Fascists committed their atrocities, also justified by utopian visions but did it while maintaining good relations with the established churches.
Atheism has never been a replacement for religion in any society. Religion fills many roles in civilization and is usually chosen by the believer on an emotional, not rational basis. Atheism will always be an intellectually viable position that attracts adherents in most educated populations and sometimes a large minority. Humanism may have a role similar to religion for some of these people.
Quantum weirdness: The battle for the basis of reality.
New Scientist 5 August 2013 by Michael Brooks, subtitled:
Reality, relativity, causality or free will? Take quantum theory at face value and at least one of them is an illusion – but which?
Phil had this to say, by way of introduction:
"An article from the lastest New Scientist re quantum weirdness. Now, I must admit, I didn't expect an article in a mainline science mag to come this close to a metaphysical explanation of what seems to be 'weird' in the quantum world - at least weird to those stuck in a causal deterministic paradigm. Perhaps they are getting desperate! Difficult for those who hold that 'many' scientists are freely performing experiments of their own choice rather than one supra-personal connected mind in the process of 'waking up' from a dream of 'many'!!"
And that reminded me of a small book I recently read which was partly devoted to explaining the philosophy of Georg Hegel. Hegel said of his work, 'I have written God's autobiography.' He clearly is making no attempt to defend skepticism. Quite the opposite. But he was also no fan of the 'established' religions of his day.
Hegel was one of hte first to raise the question as to whether Mind (Consciousnes) is a product (emergent property) of matter, or whether matter is in fact a property of Mind. Hegel chose the latter and his work on the 'dialectic,' (later misused and misappropriated by Marx et al) is a powerful attempt to show how Absolute Mind (God/Geist/Spirit) comes to know Him/Itself. Matter, he seems to suggest, is an interim step in this process.
Reminds me of Paul's statement: Eph 4:6 'One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.'
For those who like to check out the basis for comments like above, here's a link to the article on Quatnum Weirdness. I don't find much at all to reflect "Dr Phil's" angle. It raises more questions than answers.
1.Earthly justice is blind, and becoming non-existent.Vengence is mine/the LORD.
2.The supernatural myths are kool, and give assurance of God's love.Very valuable
3. Love God and your neighbor, the very best ethics.
4.Domination, whether religious or uncivilized is annihilation. We are eternal in the Lord.
5. Disagreement of evolution claims. So be it. Sorry for you.
6. Of course the traditions and myths are human, we are the ones with the brains,
right? i notice great differences in the many religions and isms, but the origins are supernaturally communicated to us by the Creator's Spirit. Sorry this causes you trauma, we will pray for you. What else can we do?
Even in 'atheistic' Western societies, organised religion is dead. And yet in those same soceities there has been a massive rise in alternative forms of spirituality, from Jedi knights, to Vampires, to Hogwart Wizards.
Richard Dawkins talks about God Delusions. But the biggest God delusion of them all is the idea that one can have a society without God. So who is deluding who?
I had motive for not wanting the world to have a meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption. The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a problem in pure metaphysics, he is also concerned to prove that there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to do, or why his friends should not seize political power and govern in the way that they find most advantageous to themselves...For myself, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation, sexual and political. Ends and Means p.270
What is it about you and I? Every second time I read what you write, I find it intensely frustrating. You err endlessly.
Aldous Huxleys "quote".
The quote you have given is an absolutelly butchered version of what he actually wrote. I strongly suspect you lifted it from a conservative or fundamentalist writer, who was bent on their own biased apologetic.
It is as if you just troll through the net and other resources looking for data, material or quotes to shore up you already stubbornly held opinions. Have you ever considered actually laying aside conclusions in order to examine the evidence and letting it lead where it wishes?
Your beliefs are like a quantum particle! Their position is already decided by pre existing bias before their position is measured. You will only ever get the outcome you anticipate because your bias has already determined it!
Please have a read of this link where this very quote is discussed and shown to be blantantly deceptive.
Is the meaning implied/suggested in your quote above the same as that given by a contextual read in the original book?
I would suggest his original intent had little to nothing to do with "warm fuzzies and ego strokes" as far as either justification, motivation, or reward, for rejecting God per se.
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WASHINGTON - A coalition of religious leaders is calling for the federal government to impose three major gun control measures: ban assault weapons and ammunition magazines, mandate background checks for all gun sales and make gun trafficking a federal crime.
The coalition, Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, came to the United Methodist Building behind the Capitol on Tuesday to announce its proposals.
"Gun violence is a moral issue," said Vincent DeMarco, national coordinator for Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence and public health lobbyist. DeMarco played a role in advocating Food and Drug Administration regulation for tobacco 10 years ago. He said the same vigilance will help with gun control
The group is sending a letter to Congress signed by religious leaders representing 40 different faiths, outlining the details of the reforms advocated by Faiths United. The letter, which will also be distributed to congregations across the country, highlights recent tragedies caused by gun violence, from Newtown, Conn., to Oak Creek, Wis.
"Our faith overcomes our politics," said the Rev. Jim Wallis, president and CEO of Sojourners, a Christian ministry in Washington, D.C., dedicated to social justice.
DeMarco said that gun control will not interfere with the rights of lawful gun owners, responding to concerns about Second Amendment rights.
"Congressmen will realize 90 percent of their constituents support this," said DeMarco.
On Monday, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley discussed his gun control policy with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a gun violence summit at Johns Hopkins University. O'Malley plans to release a legislative package calling for an assault weapons ban and tougher licensing requirements.
O'Malley said in a quote to the Associated Press, "This will be a comprehensive legislative package to prevent gun violence, and it addresses not only the guns, but also mental health and school safety."
DeMarco's group and O'Malley are asking the federal government to administer strict background checks for anyone wishing to purchase a gun.
Faiths United's news conference coincided with Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, who was an advocate for gun control and victim of gun violence.
The Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, director of Public Witness Presbyterian Church USA, said, "If he were alive today, this issue would be a priority."
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This is a great time to implement the 6Ps into your health, fitness and weight loss goals.
The holidays are here which means lots of parties to attend, including voluminous amounts of foods and drinks that can sabotage your health and fitness goals.
Before the holiday party rush, ask yourself: "What do I want out of my holiday season?"
Perhaps it's unrealistic to set a goal of losing 10 pounds and getting in the best shape of your life in December, but maybe it's time to think about breaking even and not undoing the results you achieved this spring.
I know many clients who do not prepare for the holidays and don't set some boundaries for themselves prior to the season and find themselves looking back on December and saying to themselves: "What have I done?"
The data varies, but for most of the population, people gain five pounds or more over the holidays. A big reason why is we don't have a gameplan going into the holidays and we are defeated by the alcohol, snacks, finger foods, appetizers and desserts. The foods that are likely the most deleterious -- the sugar and refined, easily-digestible carbohydrates -- are lurking around every corner at the holiday soiree.
Prepare and plan for the holiday parties by making the decisions beforehand: you may not decide to be perfect, but the 'inevitable' weight gain over the holidays is not inevitable if you have a plan.
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Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Tim's contributions
"Tim's understanding of the manufacturing processes at Donaldson Torit, and his ability to listen to the needs of the customers and respond accordingly, have allowed him to become one of Torit's most valued and experienced engineers," said LaJean Larsen, an applications engineering manager at Donaldson Torit. "Testimony to the expertise Tim gained in his five years of employment with Donaldson Torit would be the leadership he provides at all four Industrial Ventilation Conferences each year as a presenter and classroom instructor. The quality of Tim's engineering expertise has likely helped many manufacturers thrive despite the challenging economy."
Why a career in manufacturing?
"For as long as I can remember, I was always fascinated by how things were made and worked. This fascination made the choice to pursue an engineering degree and ultimately a career in manufacturing an easy one. Today I utilize my knowledge and troubleshooting skills to educate customers on how Donaldson Torit's equipment can optimize their process without compromising their production. I am very fortunate to be a technical voice for Donaldson Torit to the customer as well as be involved in teaching at the Industrial Ventilation Conferences around the U.S."
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Both schools in Downers Grove's Community High School District 99 were among the top-performers in the Chicagoland area and state, according to rankings published last month by the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Both newspapers used 2012 Illinois School Report Card data in determining the rankings.
Downers Grove North High School was ranked 23rd in the Chicago area and 24th in the state by the Chicago Sun-Times, down slightly from 2011 when it was ranked 20th in the area and 21st in the state.
The Chicago Tribune ranked North High 28th among schools in DuPage, Kane, Cook, Lake, Will and McHenry counties.
Downers Grove South High School was ranked 45th in the Chicago area and 57th in the state by the Sun-Times—an improvement from 2011, when the school failed to crack the top 50.
Both newspapers used 2012 Illinois School Report Card data in ranking the top elementary, middle and high schools in the area. The Sun-Times utilized a statistical method called "standardizing" to analyze the "scale score" of every reading and math score from the Prairie State Achievement Test, which is administered each April to high school juniors.
The Chicago Tribune used each school's combined PSAE test scores.
Neither Downers Grove high school achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in math and reading as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act, according to the schools' 2012 Illinois School Report Cards.
Among the conditions for making AYP in 2012 are having at least 95 percent of each student group tested for reading and math, at least 85 percent meeting or exceeding standards in reading and math standards and an 82 percent graduation rate.
At North High, 74.8 of all students met or exceeded standards in reading, and 79.8 percent met or exceeded standards in math. Students with disabilities did achieve the school's "safe harbor" target in reading, with 53.8 percent meeting or exceeding state standards.
North High's graduation rate in 2012 was 93.3 percent.
At South High, 65.1 percent of all students met or exceeded standards in reading. White students achieved the school's safe harbor target with 74.7 percent meeting or exceeding. The meet/exceeds rate fell short in each of the school's subgroups—Black, Hispanic, Asian, students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged.
In math, 74.4 percent of all South High students met or exceeded standards. The school missed safe harbor targets for Black, Hispanic, disabled and ecomonically disadvantaged students.
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Tonawanda News — Laying with your head at the opposite end of the bed at 4 a.m. — one child's feet in your face, the other child laying in between your legs while doing power sit-ups — you tend to have a lot of time to think.
Staring up into the darkness — because not even the sun would think to be awake this early — you enter a zen-like state. This sleep-deprived cross between absolute understanding and insanity offers a fuzzy escape from the reality that, for the 13th time in the past two weeks, at least one of the kids has declined the option to sleep until a normal hour.
Oh ... man.
I'm not sure why Penny and Rigby enjoy sleeping in our bed many nights. I certainly recall preferring the solitude and space of my own bed at their age to climbing in with my parents. But they certainly do make many nights ... interesting.
7 p.m. — Bedtime. Penny gets snugly tucked into her princess bed. Rigby sets his bedding up on the floor next to his fire truck bed.
7:20 p.m. — Rigby's tossed and turned more times than the chefs on a crepe-themed episode of "Hell's Kitchen." He attempts to climb me while I'm sitting on the chair next to his bed.
7:27 p.m. — I'm denying him, but he has the spirit of a Mount Everest conqueror as he keeps trying to climb.
7:30 p.m. — He asks to go in my bed, saying it's "super comfy."
7:34 p.m. — Penny wakes up, asks us to "be quiet so I don't fall asleep at school tomorrow." I make a mental note to inquire whether she fell asleep at school yesterday.
7:35 p.m. — I don't want her to wake up, so I lay down next to Rigby on the floor in his room. He has to be trained out of relying on my bed, after all.
7:38 p.m. — He yanks the cover off of me, saying he is chilly, and wraps himself in it. He certainly is his mother's son.
7:45 p.m. — He's finally asleep. I head downstairs to begin cooking dinner and enjoy the next delightful episode of "Homeland" (if you don't get Showtime, then you should).
8:27 p.m. — Just as Mandy Patinkin is about to lay the smack down on Syrian smugglers, Penny calls for help. Seems she had a bad dream. I tuck her back in and sit next to her a minute while she falls back asleep.
8:34 p.m. — I make my way back downstairs. But wait, Rigby's not next to his bed. I check my bed. There he is, laying horizontally across all the pillows. Well, he gets credit for determination.
9:40 p.m. — He wakes up and calls for Mommy.
9:52 p.m. — He wakes up and calls for me.
9:58 p.m. — He wakes up and ... well, Mommy is throwing in the towel and staying up there with him for the night. I tend to a few errands before bed.
10:45 p.m. — I see Mommy's act wasn't entirely altruistic. She was thinking ahead to how scarce bed space would be with an adult and toddler boy in it.
10:52 p.m. — I finish wedging myself into the half-foot or so of space available along the wall. My back is pressed flat against the wall. Rigby stole my pillows. And the wall is really chilly.
1:12 a.m. — Rigby has to pee. I try to get up, but Penny decided to join us in the bed, and she's dead asleep on my right ankle — which is also now dead asleep, thanks to her laying across it.
1:18 a.m. — Back to bed. Penny's usurped the small ration of blanket Mommy didn't hoard. That's why I began bringing a second comforter into bed during the colder months years ago.
2:25 a.m. — A crick in my neck awakens me. Rigby stole my comforter. Yes, the entire comforter. I don't even know where he's hiding it.
4 a.m. — Rigby wakes me up, says he's not comfortable and makes me turn around so that both our heads are at the foot of the bed. I bring a pillow. He takes it.
4:10 a.m. — Penny kicks me in the face with a ferocity that'd make David Beckham take notice. Thankfully I was still awake.
4:25 a.m. — Rigby's still awake. He's entered the dreaded too tired-to-fall-back-asleep phase. No amount of cajoling can prevent what comes next.
4:35 a.m. — I get up to take him downstairs. Mommy takes a lot of turns with him for this, but today is mine. No worries, though, Rigger Man. Not like I have to work until midnight or anything.
4:55 a.m. — Rigby is eating breakfast, so I write a Crib Notes column in an effort not to waste time. I tried in vain to convince Rigby he'd just feel tired in four hours (which he did) and he'd fall asleep by the early afternoon (which he did), but it didn't matter. Once again, we woke up even before even most of the teachers and early morning newscasters.
But hey, we did it yesterday, so we can do it again today. There are only, what, 20 hours left until I can go to bed.
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Will Mobile Apps Change the Investor Relations Game?
Investor relations doesn't get quite as much media attention as some of the more colorful aspects of the PR industry, but IROs (investor relations officers) are extremely important to most firms.
In many places, IR still runs on traditional paper documents–but quite a few organizations have begun using mobile technology to further empower both IROs and invest0rs.
We recently had a chance to speak to Jeff Corbin–an author and PR veteran with 15 years of IR experience whose team created theIRapp to help facilitate IR's move into the 21st century–about what this development means for the future of the practice.
Why did you feel the need to create this app at this point in time?
Over the past 15 years I've seen how tech has evolved (or not evolved), and the same players have offered the same services for many, many years. All of a sudden there's something new: mobile as a communications platform didn't exist the same way six or seven years ago.
Right now all companies need IR sections on their websites, but my professional view is that every company will soon be expected to have an IR app. It's a whole new platform, not just an extension of the corporate website.
Do you think investors are ready to move toward mobile or are you anticipating a change to come?
If you go to an investor conference, everyone has a mobile device. The tech is already here, and they're looking for instant gratification. The question: How are they using info from these devices to inform their investment decisions, and how can it be made simpler?


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It was my first time attending a Lewisburg School Board meeting last night (08/12/2010).
I went to hear public comment on the Boards recent decision to extend
the Superintendents contract, which included a 20-plus percent pay raise.
After the public comments, the Board responded, and not surprisingly they missed the point.
The comments were in no way, shape or form an attack on Mr. DiRocco or his ability to run this school district, which each speaker made perfectly clear. But, the responses form the majority of the board spoke only to the worthiness of Mr. DiRocco to run this school district.
The public comments were however in opposition of the amount of the pay raise in these tough economic times and the process in which the decision was made.
The Board held two "Executive Sessions" behind closed doors, for a total of three hour and then voted on and approved the new contract, without disclosing the details of the new contract to the public.
In my opinion this is a violation of the Sunshine Act.
There were also comments from the board that would lead one to believe that the board feels that they know what is better for John Q , then John Q does. And that we should not have been questioning their actions unless we attend every school board meeting. If only we had that kind of participation from the board members themselves.
The board did say that they "found" the funds to cover the pay raise in this years approved budget. What about next years budget?
Maybe they could "find" some funds to "hire an efficiency expert to see how we/they are really spending our tax dollars."
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I loved all the ideas that Kasey had in mind, so it was an easy "Yes!" when she asked me to join a team of talented pros for a shoot at Estancia Culinaria. The concept centered around a brunch wedding at the beautiful farm venue, and the design included tons of bright color, sweet vintagey details, and modern gold & glittery accents. You can see more gorgeous bits here, and also check out the pieces I put together here in my gallery.
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Renown for its genuine Thai hospitality that has become synonymous with the Dusit name, Dusit Laguna Resort will extend its 'Thai Way of Life' philosophy to include private property management. With the introduction of Dusit Laguna Villas, the Phuket resort will be the first of the Dusit Hotels & Resorts chain to offer luxurious pool villas.
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Tahlequah's scrimmage last week against Muldrow and Miami provided Tiger head coach Brad Gilbert with two prevailing thoughts:
• His defense should be much improved in 2013.
• His offense needs to eliminate turnovers if it hopes to avoid another 1-9 campaign.
"I thought we executed and did a lot of things well," Gilbert said shortly after his team's first preseason scrimmage at Doc Wadley Stadium.
"We were physical, at times, and more so than I've seen. Defensively, we improved as the scrimmage went on, and they were flying to the football.
"Offensively, we moved the football, but the thing that stands out to me offensively was turnovers."
The Tigers thwarted offensive drives by both Miami and Muldrow during full-field drives. But it was Tahlequah's offense that handed the ball over three times during the course of the night.
"The ball was wet and it was a muggy night, but I told them that's no excuse," Gilbert said. "We have to take care of the football."
That will be the Tigers' main focal point going into tonight's scrimmage at Wagoner. Tahlequah — joined also by Hilldale — will take the field in its final preseason tune-up at roughly 7:15 p.m.
"We're looking for a lot of the same things (this week): energy and enthusiasm," Gilbert said. "We want to be sharper offensively and defensively. Just want to make fewer mistakes as a whole."
In the grand scheme of things, preseason scrimmages mean very little. There are no wins and losses handed out, so the Tigers want to avoid injuries and keep building toward their season opener against Fort Gibson on Sept. 6.
"We just want to come out of the scrimmage a confident team heading into Week 1," Gilbert said.
Last week, Keys took on Colcord in the first week of preseason scrimmages. Cougar head coach Gary Willis was also high on his defense.
"The defense is definitely ahead of the offense," Willis said. "But that's usually the case with the first scrimmage. The offense came on late and ended the thing well."
Keys will wrap its preseason Friday night at home against Stigler.
Hulbert will be on the road tonight at Savanna. It will be a three-team scrimmage with Antlers also in the fray.
Sequoyah will again host another intrasquad scrimmage tonight. The Indians are not allowed to play other schools during the preseason, based on the ruling handed down by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, which found the Indians in violation of summer camp in 2012.


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The Halifax County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to determine the use of a tie-breaker, the term of office for board officers and the method of officers' selection during Monday night's annual organizational meeting that will get under way at 6:30 p.m. at the Mary Bethune office complex in Halifax.
Supervisors also are expected to elect a chairman and vice-chairman and confirm seating assignments before adopting and reviewing bylaws, confirming the clerk and deputy clerk to the board and emergency services director.
Selecting the rules of order governing the meeting also will be part of the reorganization process Monday evening.
Also slated on the agenda are the following actions:
• Approval of resolutions and recognition of retiring Clerk of Circuit Court Bobby Conner and IDA Marketing Director Patsy Vaughan;
• Presentation from the Improvement Council to Good Shepherd Food Ministries;
• Virginia Department of Transportation representative is scheduled to present a monthly report to the board;
• Consider revision to the unpaved road listings;
• Consider approval of Beaches to Bluegrass Trail resolution;
• Review unfinished business item regarding fairground layout;
• Consider a request by Halifax Properties, LLC for a partial plat vacation on Holland Drive and Bethlyn Road ED #8;
• Receive financial reports and updates if available;
• Board members are expected to consider making appointments to the Southside Regional Group Home Commission, Transportation Safety Commission and Improvement Council, Lake Country Area Agency on Aging, Southside Planning District Commission, Airport Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Commission and Recreation Commission.
At the conclusion of Monday night's meeting, supervisors are expected to go behind closed doors in an executive session to discuss specific personnel matters; the acquisition or disposition of property; the protection of the privacy of individuals in personal matters not related to public business; a prospective business or industry or expansion of an existing business; consult with legal council and discuss award of a public contract involving public funds.
A joint meeting with the towns of Halifax and South Boston is set for Tuesday, Jan. 21.


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HARRIS, HAROLD L., 92, of Bloomsburg. Visitation from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 325 Market St., Bloomsburg, followed by funeral at 3.
LATOUR, THELMA, 89, of Springfield, Mass. Visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Wilbraham Funeral Home, 2551 Boston Road, Wilbraham, followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Wilbraham United Church, 500 Main St., Wilbraham. Memorial service at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Reeds Landing. Burial in Woodland Dell Cemetery.
LOSS, MARGARET K., 87, of New Berlin. A visitation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. today at Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, 308 Market St., New Berlin, followed by a celebration of life at 3. Dominic T. Adamo Funeral Home, Mifflinburg.
MENGEL, PAULINE I., 92, of Millerstown. Visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday with an Eastern Star memorial service at 8:45, at George P. Garman Funeral Homes, Inc., 9366 Route 35, Mount Pleasant Mills. Christian burial service at 11 a.m. Monday in St. John Lutheran Church, Route 35 and Church Street, Richfield. Burial in Richfield Union Cemetery.
PICK, EVELYN G., 102, of Mifflinburg. Visitation from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at First Church of the Nazarene, 12 E. Market St., Mifflinburg, followed by funeral at 11. Burial in Old Cedars Cemetery, Lewis Township, Northumberland County. Dominick T. Adamo Funeral Home, Mifflinburg.
SNYDER, MERCY, 98, of Sunbury. Visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 395 State St., Sunbury, followed by funeral at 2. Burial in Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington.
YODER, DONALD W., 84, of Milton. Visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Shaw Funeral Home, 400 N. Front St., Milton, followed by funeral at 11. Burial in Paradise Cemetery, Milton.


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Real techniques brushes are synthetic and ridiculously soft!!! I personally don't find myself using this brush as often as I would like. I actually use it to blend my bronZer and blush together. I find that it's too soft to pick up blush color and too soft to strongly contour my face. For these reasons, I would not repurchase this particular brush but Sam chapman's other brushes are amazing!
I have a love and hate relationship with this brush. It is soft and gentle, but I don't really know if I prefer it over other brushes for blush. Maybe it's only my thing, but I prefer a smaller brush that picks up a certain amount of product and that requires manual blending, rather than a domed brush that does the work for me. Overall is a good product, I think it comes down to a matter of personal choice.
- no shedding
- reasonably price
- no bleeding with washing
- super soft
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- i think it is too big for blush which is what it was design for
Finally mange to get my hands on one of these brushes since Canada Wal-mart is only stocking the kits and they do not have individual brushes. The brush is super soft and it feels like a babies' bottom on my face. I use this for bronzer since it is super fluffy and soft and applies like a dream with no blotches and it does not apply a harsh like.
Real Techniques continue to blow me away with these great brushes! I honestly have stopped using my mac and sigma brushes. This is the best blush brush ever! It applies blush so well and I've even found it perfect for powder. I use this daily (:
Cannot recommend it enough.
You can order Real Techniques from iherb.com and with the code QLV352 you can get $10 off discount (:
Like the brush, but that is all . Kind of disappointed bc I had high expectations since all the other brushes from this line are GREAT. I would rather use it for powder other than blush. Doesn't pick up a good amount of product, either too much or too little. Definitely my least favorite of all her brushes.
Either I got a bad brush, or everyone here is paid by Samantha. Because this brush is absolute crap. It hurts my face so much I can't even start to explain. It even hurts when i brush it against my hand. When I compare this to my eco tools brush, its like a baby bottom smooth vs a porcupine. not to mention that this is too big to be a blush brush.
I just can't get on with this brush at all. I think it is just too large for my face so that when I try and blend sufficiently it covers too large an area- it is quite soft with a lot of give so it isn't easy to evenly precision target smaller regions of my cheeks. I also like to work blush into my skin and I don't find this brush great for that- instead it deposits the blush almost superficially so it's more sitting on top. I have tried it with a number of products- from the highly pigmented to the less so and just can't find a way to get the sort of results that I want- ie: an even, natural flush in a directed area.
I've given it a rating of two because it does seem well made, hasn't shed and it is lovely and soft. It just isn't a tool for me.
UPDATE: I'm going to bump this up a score because I have reached for it more than I thought I would and I have found a way to get it to 'work' for me. What it is good for is picking up a light amount of a moderately pigmented blush or highlighter and very lightly swirling on to finish off a look. I know the pink coded RT brushes are for 'finishing' so maybe this final touch approach is more what they had in mind for this brush because it is working pretty well for that.
This quickly has become my favorite face brush. It is so useful for applying setting powder, loose or pressed mineral foundation, bronzer, and yes, blush. The bristles are soft, do not shed at all, are easy to clean and always deposit an even layer of powder. I have not used this brush for liquid makeup so I'm not sure how it works in that regard. I've washed and spot cleaned this brush several times and it has retained its shape with no bristle loss. The shape is actually very useful for setting the under eye area. Oh and it's super cheap!! I highly recommend the real techniques brushes and this one is my favorite. If I ever need to, I will definitely repurchase! (Pretty sure the only way this brush is expiring is if my cat decides to steal it!)
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I love this brush! Its such an affordable price, and has not shed one single bit since I purchased it. Sad to say I was in dire need for a new blush brush after my Mac brush kept shedding all over my face :( and this indeed did the job!
I have most of these brushes now, and can't rave enough about them. They don't shed, they clean easily and well - they retain their shape and texture. The blush brush is the best bronzer applicator EVER! It allows for a sheer application, so you don't get hard lines. Congratulations to Sam Chapman for coming up with such brilliant products and making them accessible to US!


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NEWBURYPORT — There will be a memorial service for Carolyn Teeson Keller held on Saturday, January 12, 2013, at 1 p.m., at The First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist Church, in Newburyport.
A reception will follow at Ten Center Street Restaurant, Newburyport.
She is survived by her husband, Ross S. Keller, and her three children, Meredith, Susan, and Gordon Keller.
ARRANGEMENTS: The First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist Church, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport, MA. 01950.


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Patch editors all over the country are busy getting the hottest Election Day stories today, and turns out, they aren't all about the candidates.
Check out these election stories that are going viral in our little corner of Patchland.
• Collingswood Patch reports a man in Millerstown, PA, stepped up to his touchscreen voter booth ready to vote for Obama but found every time he pushed Obama's button, it registered as Romney. Find out what the man did after several attempts here.
• Oak Forest Patch, outside Chicago, reports a 21-year-old mother-to-be was not about to give up her first-time voting experience just because she was going into labor. Click here to read about her voting experience.
• Some kids' posters left over from a mock election at a Beachwood, Ohio elementary school caused a stir when the school became a polling place this morning. Find out what happened.
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• Everyone remembers the first time they voted. Westlake Patch found a high schooler who made his way to the polls, even though he felt sick as a dog, to vote for the first time. See how it made him feel here.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A central Missouri woman who has been missing with her young daughter since Thursday seemed to be reading from a script when she called her boyfriend and told him she was fine, but she later indicated to a sheriff that she was in trouble, authorities said Monday.
Rachel Koechner, 28, and her 4-year-old daughter, Zoee Sandner, were reported missing Thursday night after last being seen earlier that day in the Brookfield area. Chariton County Sheriff Chris Hughes said the two are believed to be with Koechner's ex-husband,Devon Sandner, 37, who is the girl's father, and are considered endangered because of a history of domestic violence. Devon Sander has not been charged in connection with their disappearance, but police are looking for him.
Koechner was at a motel in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs when she called her boyfriend Monday morning, Hughes said. "She called her boyfriend and said everything is OK, but it sounded like she was reading off a script," he said.
He said Koechner was at the check-out desk when he called the motel later and asked if she was staying there. A motel worker handed her the phone.
"She said she couldn't talk now," Hughes said. "I asked if she was OK, and she said, 'No.'"
By the time Blue Springs police arrived at the motel, she was gone.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Wednesday, July 4
- Last Updated on 08:05 AM 07/04/12
- BY The Gazette-Virginian
Garbage fees, what's next?
To the editor:
Well, the rich board of supervisors has done it again. They've dumped another burden on the taxpaying citizens, of all things, garbage. What's next? Will I be charged a yearly tax just for breathing county air? Will I be charged a tax for my grave where I will spend eternity?
This garbage fee is totally unfair. No one has quick access to green boxes. They are not equally distributed throughout zoned areas. County residents must drive long distances just to discard trash.
Now those brilliant people on the board are going to charge $48 a year on your county personal property taxes for waste disposal.
I have been unemployed for three years, and I am currently receiving no unemployment compensation. I no longer have health insurance because I cannot afford it, and then I was put out of work on disability after seven years of service because someone said I could not do everything that was required.
Now back to the garbage fee. My wife is being forced to meet all my medical bills, medication bills and all other household expenses.
We cannot survive until the end of the month now; this will mean I will be forced to go without medication in December just so she can pay a waste disposal fee.
I guess I had better get used to living in prison because sooner or later I will be jailed for tax evasion because I cannot afford to pay the tax rates this county has in effect.
I guess in a few years we will owe $1,000 just to discard waste.
There are a lot of households who have individuals who receive separate personal property tax bills (in two different names). Does this mean the county will be charging a household with two people receiving personal property tax bills $96? ($48 each for waste disposal)
This is not fair. I want to know why extra taxes are being imposed on a poor economic county.
Also, they could focus their attention on retrieving the millions of dollars of unpaid taxes in the county instead of continuing to come after the poor.
I am not the only citizen in this county who is unemployed and facing these difficult times.
Also now I understand people who do not have health insurance by the year 2014 will have to pay $600 at the end of the year. Again, I will be in jail for tax evasion.
Election day is coming, and we should sweep this board clean and elect officials who will vote in the best interest of poor county citizens.
What will happen to those who do not pay the tax while innocent citizens are paying their share? Will there be any consequences for failure to pay?
Election day is coming soon, so let's everyone get out and vote for "change."
Floyd Daniel Scearce
South Boston
Happy Independence Day
To the editor:
As a retired federal worker with 35 years of service at several federal departments and the District of Columbia, the Fourth of July is an important day for me. Since the dawn of our nation, federal workers have played a significant role in America's achievements.
The contributions of federal workers will be very much in evidence this week as Americans prepare to celebrate our nation's birthday. Millions of Americans will check a weather report prepared by the National Weather Service, grill meat inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, fly in skies kept safe by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration.
Others will enjoy time outdoors in our National Parks, travel with children protected by car seats inspected by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and visit post offices to mail letters and packages to loved ones serving in the military.
My fellow federal workers and I are proud of the job we've done for America for the last 236 years.
We wish you and the nation we love a happy Independence Day.
James E. Dickerson,
America has been defeated
To the editor:
Today, June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court, with the help of most Democrats, Barack Obama, and quite a few Republicans, has done what no nation has previously been able to do for 236 years.
The United States of America has been defeated.
We are no longer a nation of free people governed by a Constitution. We are now governed by the tax code.
It was ruled that the federal government can force us all to buy health insurance and that if we refuse we can be fined or taxed for refusing.
Whether or not you favor Obamacare, let's take this thought a little further. Let's say our officials decide you should buy only a certain type of vehicle or that we should all buy only chicken instead of hamburger.
If we refuse, a fine or tax could be used to force us to buy what we were told.
Taking this reasoning further still, if we were told not to buy a certain item, let's say sports cars, could we not be fined or taxed for doing so?
Could we also be fined or taxed if we did not behave as we were told in other situations?
As I see it, the list is endless.
Our Constitution is useless because these decisions do not have to be based on whether or not they are constitutional.
We have been pushed over the edge of a slippery slope, and I fear the slide will not be stopped.
Many will say I am being foolish. Maybe I am. For the sake of our children and grandchildren I sure hope so.
Larry B. Anderson
South Boston
Thanks for coverage
To the editor:
Thank you so much for the great coverage you did for "Cinderella."
The Community Arts Center Foundation (CACF) Board and staff really appreciates it.
Boo Evans
Pollution concerns
To the editor:
I have lived in the Halifax County area for 20 years and am the branch president of the NAACP in Halifax.
Throughout my life I have seen and experienced many things, but I'm just starting to understand how they connect to climate change as well as the health and wellbeing of my community. Now that I know, I want policymakers to take aggressive action in reversing climate change by drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions— particularly carbon pollution from coal fired power plants—for the sake of my family and the global family.
After 20 years of delay, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally proposed carbon pollution standards for power plants. They could not have come sooner because passing and enforcing those carbon pollution standards will help in two ways: 1) improving air quality and health; and 2) stopping climate change.
Although air pollution is a big issue for the general population, it is especially critical to African-Americans because it affects us disproportionately.
The EPA Green Book showed, for example, that 71 percent of African-Americans live in counties in violation of air pollution standards, compared to 58 percent of whites.
The Virginia Department of Health found that of the 680 asthma deaths in Virginia from 1999 to 2004, the mortality rates among African-Americans were three times higher than those for whites.
Virginia, by the way, has asthma rates that are higher than the national average according to the Virginia Asthma Coalition.
Climate change is affecting our everyday life, and as the temperature increases we all could see more extreme summers and winters, natural disasters and debilitating health, social and economic problems.
The change in the climate brings hurricanes and other natural disasters that will disproportionately weigh on African-Americans in Virginia and across the country.
The yet-to-be-released study, Coal Blooded, points out that the median wealth of African-American households is one-tenth of that of the white households, which leaves African-Americans with fewer resources to fall back on when disaster hits.
My community is located dangerously close to the Clover Power Plant. We suffer from high rates of asthma which I understand is tied to the smoke toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, and it is that same smoke that puts pollution into the air and increases climate change.
In the NAACP's Coal Blooded report, which evaluates 378 coal-fired power plants on how they affect low-income communities and communities of color — our state of Virginia has eight plants marked as "failing." These plants emit levels of chemicals and heavy metals that no one in Virginia should be exposed to. It was deeply disturbing to learn that the Clover Power Station, right here in Clover, is one of those failing plants.
We must move away from dirty industries that are polluting my community and others around the nation and around the planet. Corporations aren't going to do it on their own, so we need policies to enforce major reductions in pollution.
We have to do this now for the sake of present and future generations.
Kevin L. Chandler
NAACP Branch President
No news
To the editor:
The storm on Friday, June 29, left a lot of Halifax County citizens without electricity. I was one of them. My power went out Friday night and came on Sunday afternoon around 4:30 p.m.
I listened to the radio Saturday afternoon, Saturday night and Sunday morning for any kind of news ... nothing.
I called the radio station on Sunday morning. The man who answered the phone was very nice. He said he didn't know anything but said Nick Long was on top of it.
Well, if reporting nothing is on top of it, God help us if we have a real disaster in this county.
If that had been a ballgame, we would have had an update every five minutes with full details.
This disaster I could not find out anything. The sheriff's office knew very little. The power company's answer was "we are aware of outages in your area."
I received two phone calls from the emergency center about shelters, and I know a lot of people benefitted with that information.
I wish we could have some information about the outage.
Monday after I read the paper, the radio reported some news on the outage. It is apparent the radio only reports what is printed in the paper.
Listen all citizens, if we have a real disaster in this county, do not depend on the local radio station for updates.
Make other arrangements.
Thank you.
Pat Wingler
To the editor:
Post 8 American Legion wishes to thank all the participants, all the sponsors and those who worked hard to make the recent Post 8 Baseball Golf Tournament at the Green's Folly Course such a success.
The proceeds go to the support of American Legion Baseball to help the young men of our community.
Once again thanks to everyone and especially our sponsors.
Tommy Whitlow
Chairman Baseball Committee
Post 8 American Legion
Well-spoken argument
To the editor:
In response to Ms. Marshall's Op-Ed on Wednesday, June 20:
A huge round of applause is in order. The argument is well-spoken, well thought out and right on point.
Ms. Marshall states: "The phantasmagorical myths of the Bible do not count as evidence in any aspect. (As to the scientific validity of homosexuality.)
"It is obligatory that humans learn that the Bible is not a source of morality either. Rape, slavery, genocide and misogyny are present and upheld in Bible verses."
Ms Marshall goes on, " Using the Bible as evidence of anything is simply illogical, unconstructive and intellectually fallacious."
Mr. Whitlock seems to have a Biblical answer to the question of homosexuality, and I will here pose a few questions that he may be able to enlighten me on:
Leviticus 18:22 states that homosexuality is an abomination and cannot be condoned under any circumstances. This is the end of the debate, right?
Can someone then please tell me how to solve a few problems?
1. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In today's day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
2. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev. 15, 19-24 . The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
3. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev. 1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
4. I have a neighbor that insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself or should I ask the police to do it?
5. A friend of mine feels that even though shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10 - it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?
6. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20 or is there some wiggle-room here?
7. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?
8. I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
9. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go through all the trouble of getting the entire town together to stone them? (Lev. 24:10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with the in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I'm confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's world is eternal and unchanging.
Tim Davis
South Boston
Thanks for coverage
To the editor:
We would like to thank you for running the article and pictures of Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative's Annual Meeting of the Members in your June 27 edition.
This meeting is an important event for our organization and is well attended by our members.
We appreciate your coverage and invite you to make plans to attend our meeting next year.
It will be held on the third Wednesday of June, and we would love to have you join us.
Debbie Blue Winn
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative
'Fast and Furious' raises questions
To the editor:
As an interested gun owner, I was curious as to the facts behind the "Fast and Furious" controversy now before the U. S. House Oversight and Government Committee Chaired by Rep. Darrell lssa (R-Calif.) and the "Wide Receiver" program during the Bush Administration.
The Obama Administration, specifically Eric Holder, indicated that "Fast and Furious" was a continuation of the Wide Receiver program and that neither he (Holder) or Obama were aware of "Fast and Furious."
First, "Wide Receiver" started in 2005 and was ended in October of 2007, some two years before "Fast and Furious" started in September of 2009.
Second, "Wide Receiver" was a sting operation which involved the Mexican authorities, while "Fast and Furious" was an operation so cloak-and dagger that Mexican authorities weren't even notified that thousands of semi-automatic firearms were being sold to people in Arizona thought to have links to Mexican drug cartels.
"Wide Receiver" was a small-scale gun smuggling law enforcement operation with tracking devices embedded into guns sold to smugglers and a record of 1,400 arrests.
"Wide Receiver" was suspended after it was discovered that the tracking devices were being found and disabled.
"Fast and Furious" on the other hand was an effort to build a case against American gun dealers and manufacturers. There were no tracking devices involved, no effort to make arrests and no effort to interdict guns being smuggled into Mexico.
"Fast and Furious" was stopped only after it was found out to exist and two border agents and over 200 Mexicans had been killed with weapons linked to "Fast and Furious."
Eric Holder finally admitted that "Fast and Furious" existed in May 2011.
"Wide Receiver" and "Fast and Furious" have one common thread, they both involved guns crossing the border. While "Wide Receiver" was an effort to track the gun smuggles and arrest those involved, "Fast and Furious" made no effort to track the arrest of gun smugglers. In my opinion, its objective was to turn as many Americans against guns so that more stringent gun laws could be passed and the Second Amendment voided; i.e. it was and is a direct attack on the Second Amendment and on the rights of citizens to own firearms of any kind.
Representative Darrell Issa sent a letter to the Obama Administration laying out a case for reality on the matter of "Fast and Furious."
Obama's assertion of executive privilege with regards to the information sought by Darrell Issa's committee raises questions.
David Saunders
A heavy heart
To the editor:
When I go to church on Sunday and on Wednesday night my heart is sad. I see children and their parents on the ballfield.
Don't get me wrong. I think playing ball or dance is good for children. It gives them good social skills and teaches them sportsmanship. My problem is that they should be in church at these times. The games can be played on other nights.
Our children are not ours, they belong to God. He only lends them to us. He tells us to bring them up in the way they should go.
A child does what he sees. If a parent goes to church when it is open, the children will believe they should too.
The greatest gift a parent can give a child is the gift of Jesus. Everything comes next. We will all be judged by Jesus someday. We will all have to answer to him. Will he say a job well done?
We should all start at home, followed by church.
I do not mean to offend anyone, but this is my belief. I pray God will install this in all people who need God. God gave us his all; we should do no less.
May God bless you all.
Thank you.
Brenda Hancock


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As concerns rise across the nation for the many sub-par high school graduates we are producing, we continue to see federal and state funding cut for education.
Despite the fact that we were No. 1 in the world in math and science in the 1950s and 60s, we now have dropped out of the top 20. How sad is that?
The kind of students we are turning out is evident anytime you go into a store. If the cash register didn't figure out the amount of change to give, the young person working there would have no clue. More than once I have had to tell a clerk, "You gave me too much change."
When it comes to producing local funds for education, that is no easy task either. In Pennsylvania, many school districts are limited to how much they can increase property taxes.
In nearby Ohio, you have to pass levies to boost taxes and that is no easy job. For example, after failing many times, Brookfield finally was able to pass a 4.85-mill levy to aid that district.
Well, at least we think it passed. It passed by only three votes, so a recount is coming in the near future. Boardman schools saw the same kind of thing as their levy passed by only four votes.
But the big concern for everyone is this – how will the money be spent?
Brookfield already has a spanking-new high school. There is no doubt a new school was needed, but how ornate do our schools have to be?
Look at the new Sharon City School District elementary school that is nearing completion – the Taj Mahal has nothing on that building!
As I looked at the Wednesday newspaper on my desk, I read the front page headline about Brookfield schools that claimed, "Levy backers pull out win." On the other side of my desk I had a printed copy of an e-mail that read: "Brookfield High School will dedicate their new all-weather eight-lane track with a ribbon cutting ceremony at May 15 at 4:00 p.m."
Don't get me wrong. I am a firm believer that sports help provide a well-balanced education for students. Considering the number of obese kids we see lumbering through the hallways of our schools, we need more of them to participate in physical activities.
But when you are scraping for educational funding, does every school need an artificial turf football field or an all-weather track?
I am a strong proponent of consolidation of school districts whether through countywide school systems or simply merging of area schools.
But we could consolidate facilities, with three or four schools having access to one artificial turf field and all-weather tracks.
In football, with four artificial turf fields in Mercer County, you could get in all the games each weekend. You could play night games on Thursdays and Fridays and on Saturdays, play three games on each field if need be.
While we are nearing the time when most people will say, "Enough is enough," we may need our state officials to step up and force consolidations.
In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Corbett is attacking state teachers' unions, so why not take on consolidation issues as well? We need to completely revamp the way we handle education.
The teachers may have pensions that are out of whack, but as far as salaries go, good teachers deserve even more than they earn. Many of them will tell you that their hands are tied when it comes to properly educating youngsters.
The system of mandated testing and the "No Child Left Behind" program are leaving all of our children behind.
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Bolingbrook, IL - Rocket Ice Arena, the premier destination for ice
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"We were approached by several players that were interested in a league designed for the upper tier in the age demographic," said Ed Schroeder, General Manager of Rocket Ice Arena, "that, coupled with an age trend we noticed in the players at our 'rat hockey' sessions, pointed us in this direction."
The name 'Hockey Five-0' says it all- players are required to be at least 50 years old.
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A team may enter the league with a core roster of no more than 10 skaters and a goalie. All players will be rated on their level of skill- "A" (for the more skilled), then "B" and "C" at a 'rate-skate' followed by a draft. Teams will draft players based on the skill ratings.
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