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The Kennewick boys soccer team reached new heights last spring, reaching the state tournament for the first time since 1993.
By opening their season in Spokane, the Lions are hoping a battle-tested nonleague schedule will lead to good things in 2013.
Kennewick held Shadle Park to a scoreless first half before netting a pair of second-half goals by Miguel Lopez and Adrian Rojo for a 2-0 nonleague win Saturday in Spokane.
The Lions outshot the Highlanders 11-1, and a strong back line anchored by central defenders Noe Diaz and Anthony Arroyo kept things clean for Jose Rodriguez and Henry Hernandez, who split time in goal.
(The defense) pretty much controlled the match. We held Shadle to minimal opportunities and helped change the point of attack, Kennewick coach Brian Gochoel said. We created numerous chances, but poise and finishing is something we need to work on moving forward.
Scoring1, K, Miguel Lopez (Marcos Borja), 53:00; 2, K, Adrian Rojo 78:00. ShotsSP 1, Ken 11. SavesSP, Zack Wright 8. Ken, Jose Rodriguez 0, Henry Hernandez 1.
Richland 1, Toppenish 0: Austin Herrick tallied the only goal of the match off an assist from John Larsen in the 36th minute, giving the Bombers a nonleague home win over Toppenish in Richland.
Bombers coach Octavio DoValle wasnt so concerned with the low score as he was just getting things up and running.
Were at such an early stage in the game. Scoring goals is the last thing you worry about, said DoValle, the only coach Richland boys soccer has ever employed since he began the program in 1988.
DoValle was encouraged by his teams play against Toppenish, a scrappy Class 2A team out of the Central Washington Athletic Conference that won the 2012 league title.
Theyre an unknown as far as soccer, but their coach, Uriel Gonzalez, is pretty serious and runs a good program, DoValle said. He comes to play, I come to play and we dont try to hurt each other.
Scoring1, R, Austin Herrick (John Larsen), 36:00. ShotsT 4, R 8. SavesT, Oliver Sanchez 6. R, Damien Ruiz 3.
Hanford 5, Prosser 0: Mario Zarate scored four goals, including a natural hat trick in the first half, to highlight the Falcons nonleague win at Prosser.
Jacob Bogen added a goal and an assist for Hanford, which improved to 2-0 under new coach Mike Pardini.
We started a little slow, but once we got things going Mario was involved in everything we did today. He did a fantastic job opening things up for us, Pardini said.
Zarate started the scoring in the 28th minute, making a run across the back line before Bogen flipped a pass to him through the slot. Zarate did the rest, beating the Prosser goalie for a 1-0 lead.
Jacob Theil made six saves in the Falcons goal, and Hanford outshot the Mustangs 15-6.
Scoring1, H, Mario Zarate (Jacob Bogen) 28:00; 2, H, Zarate (Eduardo Barajas) 32:00; 3, H, Zarate (PK) 38:00; 4, H, Bogen (Will Bishop) 60:00; 5, H, Zarate (Austin Tanner) 70:00. ShotsH 15, P 6. SavesH, Jacob Theil 6. P, 10.
Southridge 2, Selah 0: Conner Mertens scored in the 24th and 78th minutes to help the Suns defeat the Vikings in a nonleague matchup at Lampson Stadium.
He got in there on that back line and scored twice for us, new Southridge head coach Johnny Trevino said.
Scoring1, Sou, Conner Mertens, 24:00; 2, Sou, Mertens (Oscar Gonzalez), 78:00. ShotsSelah 1, Sou 5. SavesSelah, Abel Bautista 3. Sou, James Fort 1.
Chiawana 2, Wenatchee 0: Muya Hamadi and Uriel Arroyo scored to lead the Riverhawks to a nonleague road victory against the Panthers. Fernando Gutierrez stopped five shots for Chiawana.
Scoring1, C, Muya Hamadi (Matt Steltenpohl), 20:00. 2, C, Uriel Arroyo, 60:00. ShotsC 8, W 6. SavesC, Fernando Gutierrez 5. W, Noel Sanchez 3.
Eastmont 6, Pasco 0: The Bulldogs fell on the road to the Wildcats after allowing three goals to Mauricio Perez.
Scoring1, E, Mauricio Perez, 3:00; 2, Ivan Marmalejo (Jose Morfin), 15:00; 3, E, Juan Marmalejo, 16:00; 4, E, Elvis Sanchez (Joel Villa), 32:00; 5, E, Perez (Mitch Meyer) 46:00; 6, Perez (PK) 62:00. ShotsP 2, E 22. SavesP, John Rosas, Damien Magana. E, Alonso Martinez 1, Noah Daniel 1.
Pullman 1, Othello 0 (SO): The perennial playoff rivals went to the 18th shooter to decide the nonleague opener for the host Huskies.
Othello keeper Angel Rangel made two saves in the shootout, while the Huskies three misses were off the post, wide left and wide right.
Shootout goals (7-6)Pullman, Jake Stevens, Matt Winchell, Mortiz Lange, Matt Konkel, Bob Clark, Micah Lagerquist, Jeremy Davidson. Othello, Eddie Mendoza, Jacob Quiroz, Edwin Alvarez, Hugo Martinez, Freddie Agustin, Rodrigo Zuniga. ShotsPullman 11, Othello 13. SavesPullman, Vivek Jayaram 3. Othello, Diego Saurez, Trevor Walker and Angel Rangel 9.


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Pioneering R&B singer Etta James was saluted at her funeral service Saturday by fellow musicians, including Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera, and eulogized by the Rev. Al Sharpton as an artist who not only "changed the world of music [but] the cultural paradigm of the United States."
Best known for the rapturous joy or primal ache she brought to ballads of love and heartbreak such as "At Last," "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "All I Could Do Was Cry," James, who died Jan. 20 at age 73, also was lauded for overcoming adversity and persevering long enough to see a career renaissance that included multiple Grammy Awards, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a hit Hollywood film based on her life and numerous other accolades.

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We often talk about the darnedest things while on our way to cover stories. For some reason, cameraman Sean Gibbons and I started talking about pandas. I think it's because we passed a Panda Express before we got to our location. Sean asked why pandas on loan from China always have double names like "Tian Tian" at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.
We didn't spend much time discussing why. We decided to assign panda names to some of our co-workers.
Me = "Loo Loo", Sean Gibbons = "Sean Sean", Sondra Solarte = "Sol Sol", Ed Flynn = "Flynn Flynn", Matt Butterfield = "Butt Butt" and Patrick Elwood = "Pat Pat".
Then, there's cameraman Stewart Orlin. He's incredibly witty, intelligent and somewhat shy. He's also got an extremely wry sense of humor. After conferring with Sean and Ed, we decided that Stewart's panda name just couldn't conform with the others. He's "Tom". What's your panda name?
For the past few years, I've organized the annual "Good Day Chicago" Secret Santa gift exchange at Fox Chicago. For awhile, we jokingly said "SANTA" should stand for: Secret and Non-denominational Transfer of Assets. It's politically correct, 'eh? Whatever. It's our annual opportunity to thank every hardworking member of our staff for all they do all year. It takes quite a team to put on a newscast and most work behind-the-scenes. So I want to share and show off some of these beautiful people.
Sorry for all the blurry pictures – technically difficulties with my digital camera. (I think Santa is bringing a new one!)
Also, thanks to my pal Mike Pirozzoli of Wing Stop on N. Milwaukee for providing all the yummy food.


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its my BDAY… blog bday. a great ANNIVERSERY of fighting hard for the oppressed!
today, while washing, I discovered some white skin cells sprinkled upon my arms. as a vegan, i could not destroy them, so i kindly asked them to leave my PoC skin. the fury I felt as they consensually entered the water basin was indescribable
korra season 2 began… every day i sit down to a new episode… every day i take a screenshot and use the colr picker… every day she doesn't get any closer to hre ideal shade… every day
today is the thirteenth. you might think that it is Sunday. but have you ever considered. that sundaye idnetified as Friday?
No you didn't…
*drawling spooky moan* shitlooord… *dissipating ghostly noises are heard, and shrieks, shadows of color draw in*
my pain is serious and enduring. it will enver leave my side
no one will ever eat the rela me inside… or sample my ingredients. the ppeproni…. the sausage…. the single anchov
my phantom cheese goes stale in sadness
my identity includes the light switch of my house. when someone else turns on the switch, does that constitute an inappropriate advance? please advis
~*~~*✧=~* friendly reminder *~=✧*~~*~ (✿◡∀◡)(◡‿◡✿)
its okay if you dont want to make the last couple wipes just be yoself! (◕‿◕✿)
the self-stuntin PoC get into goes deep. Many even own "heaters" and "air conditioners" for their homes. My people, you are not like the White. unlike them, you do not reflect the light. you absorb the light. go forth, under the sacred ancestral sun. absorb the emergy into your skin. bring the warmth to yo places yoself. ^__^
listen to me. when the hairs shed from my otherkin compatriots, do not simply "clean" them. gather them up and give them to them.
listesn to me. those humble hairs may be insiginificant to you, but they're all my brothers got to create their true forms.
The White ppl are the most sinsiter plot of the conspirators who stride beneath our owrld. im chilled by their expanse of terror. brrrr… whoa. :O


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Elizabeth Ferguson was just a young girl, not yet a teenager, when she first saw planes flying over Coronado.
It was the early 1920s, and Naval aviation still was new and unusual; the sound of planes overhead was worth a sprint to the yard for an excited girl staying with her aunt Frances and uncle Marc.
"I can remember I was just a little kid then, and they rented a house on Isabella," says Ferguson, now 98. "And we all came out into the yard to watch the five planes in formation. I can remember looking up and watching them and thinking, 'How wonderful!' "
It was even better because her uncle, Marc Mitscher, was one of the pilots.
Today, Ferguson still hears the sound of Navy aircraft from the Coronado home she's lived in since 1954, just a short walk from the main gate to Naval Base Coronado. And she can still tell the difference between the sounds each of the planes makes, from the thundering F-18s to the big cargo transports.
Which is understandable since her life has been remarkably intertwined with Naval aviation, now celebrating its 100th anniversary.
More than an uncle
Ferguson says Mitscher – Admiral Marc Mitscher to everyone else – was "like a second father to me."
Mitscher, designated the 33rd Naval aviator in 1916, was an early pioneer and proponent of Naval airpower. The one-time squadron leader became a highly decorated commander in the Pacific during World War II and the skipper of the carrier Hornet, which launched the Doolittle Raid in 1942.
He was the Magnificent Mitscher – the title of his biography -- who became deputy chief of Naval Operations and commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet after the war.
Ferguson also married a Navy flier. Capt. John Ferguson served as one of the first test pilots at the famous Patuxent River air station, flew in the Pacific in World War II and worked special assignments to ferry high-ranking officials – including the secretary of state -- before and during the war.
Elizabeth Ferguson never wore the uniform, but the Navy anchor might as well be tattooed on her arm.
Her long life story, and that of her uncle and husband, is rich with Navy history.
Busy and social
As she closes in on her own centennial, Ferguson credits her longevity to "good Irish genes," regular catnaps and "good Scotch."
A recent lament: She's had to cut out the Scotch.
Also, she stays busy, getting together with friends and family whenever she can. Her granddaughter, Sarah Wurzelbacher, credits her vitality to her busy social life. For years, too, Ferguson worked as a volunteer, both at the Air and Space Museum in Balboa Park – where she donated much of her uncle's memorabilia and photos – and the San Diego library.
To the rest of the world, she's Elizabeth, but to her family she's "Dardie," a name derived from a toddler grandson who long ago mangled Elizabeth's "Hi darling" greetings.
On a recent afternoon, she sat in her sunny kitchen with her granddaughter and son, Sandy Ferguson, talking about her experiences. Her home is filled with photos of her family: three children (Sandy and two sisters), four grandchildren and one great-grandchild (with another on the way).
Just around the corner from the kitchen is the hallway she's dubbed "Mitscher Hall," for the many photos of her famous uncle that line its walls.
Coronado has been part of her life since she first visited her aunt and uncle in the 1920s and '30s. She and John were married in Coronado in 1939, and they made the city their home, where they raised all three children, each of whom graduated from Coronado High. When she and John separated in 1963, she stayed in the house.
Her Coronado roots run deep, and she's seen the community evolve from "just a little beach town" that still had a few vacant lots to a prime destination spot for vacationers and the upwardly mobile.
She remembers the war years, when the Hotel del Coronado was virtually taken over by the Navy, and when some families built underground shelters in their yards to protect themselves in case Japanese submarines shelled the town.
Even her neighborhood has changed. Where once homes were filled with "nothing but Navy families," many residents are now summer transplants from Arizona and Nevada.
Remembering her uncle
She was born Elizabeth Harris on May 26, 1913, in Seattle.
An only child, she spent most of her early years in San Francisco. But because her aunt and uncle had no children, she was like a "child for two families," often spending time with the Mitschers, meeting up with them as they bounced from post to post.
Today, Ferguson remembers her uncle as a very quiet man. He never spoke much and when he did, he rarely discussed his experiences.
He let his eyes do the talking.
"He had the most beautiful blue eyes," she says. "When he'd look at a child it was beautiful to see. And they twinkled beautifully when he had a joke told to him. He liked jokes. He liked fun."
Two Navy ships have been named after her uncle, who died in 1947, and she's proud to have christened the second, cracking a bottle of champagne across the bow of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher in December 1994, in Pascagoula, Miss.
"I was queen for a day," she jokes. "I still have the broken bottle."
An aviation advocate
That a destroyer carries his name is a great tribute, but Mitscher is most associated with carriers and aviation.
In 1919, he received the Navy Cross as a pilot on one of four Curtiss NC Flying Boat aircraft that attempted to cross the Atlantic. Mitscher took off from Newfoundland and landed off the Azores; heavy fog kept him from continuing to Lisbon.
He then spent the bulk of the '20s and '30s serving on the Navy's early carriers and air stations from San Diego to Washington, D.C., before becoming assistant chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics from 1939-41.
"He was a great carrier advocate," says Ferguson. "He believed that carriers would win the next war. There was a big fight with the battleship people in those days. He had his chance to prove it, of course."
During the war, Mitscher commanded a carrier division and the Fast Carrier Task Force – with the carrier Lexington as his flagship – and was involved in major actions across the Pacific.
As she talks about her uncle, Ferguson can cite story after story. But one stands out.
During the Battle of the Philippine Sea in 1944, eight planes were due to return after nightfall, and Mitscher was under orders to keep his carriers dark and "let them go," she says.
Mitscher refused; he ordered one of the carrier crews to keep the deck's running lights on, which guided the planes home.
"Some time after that I was over at a friend's house and we were having a little party," says Ferguson. "And there were a bunch of young aviators there, and (the hostess) mentioned the fact that I was Admiral Mitscher's niece. They all came over and sat at my feet. They had been some of the fliers who had gotten back to their ships because of the lights. They thought he was the tops."


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Deborah Cox Is Aida Beginning Feb. 17
By Andrew Gans
Deborah Cox will step into the title role of Aida Feb. 17. Cox replaces another pop singer, Michelle Williams, who just concluded her run as the Nubian princess.
Born in 1973, Cox began her professional career at the age of 12, playing small Toronto clubs before attending a performing arts school. She later signed with Arista Records, and her first single, "Sentimental," was released in 1995. Her second single, "Who Do U Love?," sold over 500,000 copies. Cox's recording of "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" from her album "One Wish" topped the R&B charts for 14 weeks. She also had another Top 10 hit with "We Can't Be Friends." She currently holds the No. 1 Billboard Dance position with her remake of Phil Collins' "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven."
Aida features a book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang, sets and costumes by Bob Crowley, lighting by Natasha Katz, choreography by Wayne Cilento and direction by Robert Falls. The musical plays the Palace Theatre — Broadway and 47th Street — and tickets are available by calling the Disney hotline, (212) 307-4747. For more information about Aida, go to www.DisneyOnBroadway.com.
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Are the Yankees working the count less?By
Whenever the offense is struggling, we fans tend to get on the players for every little mistake. Did someone just swing at the first pitch after the last batter walked on four pitches? Terrible! Did someone swing at a fastball at their eyes? Awful! Are they swinging early in the count? Unforgivable! It's a product of frustration, both our own and the players'. They're trying to do too much while we're expecting too much.
It's no secret that the Yankees build their lineups around players that will foul off tough pitches to hit, won't expand the zone, and generally just work the count to make the pitcher as miserable as possible. During their recent schneid it's seemed like the team had gotten away from that, but is it true? Have the Yankees been working the count less over the last two weeks or so? Let's look…
The blue dots are the team's pitches seen per plate appearances for that individual game, the pink is the cumulative total for the season. Remember to click for a larger view.
Just looking at the graph, you can see that lately the Yanks haven't seen as many pitches as we've become accustomed to, and their overall pitches per plate appearance mark has suffered in recent weeks. It's pretty amazing how the slide coincides exactly with Curtis Granderson's injury, but I suspect that's no accident. By no means are we talking about a drastic change here, but it's a very real change nonetheless.
During this streak of ten losses in 17 games, the Yanks have seen 3.88 P/PA, which is just above the 3.86 league average. In their first 29 games prior to this little skid, the Yanks had seen 3.96 P/PA. They've had seven individual games below the league average during this recent slide, but just eight before that. Even worse, there's been six instances in which they've seen fewer than 3.65 P/PA during the last 17 games compared just three in the first 29 games. Clearly, the team isn't working the count like they usually do.
Thankfully, it appears that most of this can be attributed to injuries. Granderson (4.08 P/PA career), Nick Johnson (4.26), and Jorge Posada (3.88) are all currently on the disabled list and have been for quite some time, and let's not forget that Nick Swisher (4.25) also missed a few games with a biceps injury. Replace them with Marcus Thames (3.91), Randy Winn (3.68), Frankie Cervelli (3.42) and various up-and-down minor leaguers, and that's going to put a big dent in the team's usually disciplined approach.
Despite a pair of wins yesterday, the Yankees' offense is struggling, and it's because of the combination of missing injured players and the lack of production from those who are healthy (I'm looking at you, Mark Teixeira). They're not grinding away at-bats like they usually do, but help is on the way. Granderson will play his final rehab game tonight and is expected to rejoin the team tomorrow, and Tex won't do a Jeff Francoeur impression all season long. For now, the pitching has to pick up some of the slack, and overall a little extra patience offensively wouldn't hurt.
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Should also be noted that Jeter & Swish are down this year:
Swish 09: 4.27
Swish 10: 4.07
Jeter 09: 3.84
Jeter 10: 3.51
Can't complain with Swisher's results so far, while his walk rate is down, OPS is up. However Jeter hasn't been walking & his OPS is down
Gritsky takes plenty…
which, as you can clearly see from the graph, doesn't negate the lack of pitch-taking from the rest of the team.
Your point?
You should be looking at the number of times a yankee swings early in the count and fouls it off or puts it in play. I've noticed Tex and A-rod getting themselves down 1-2 pretty quick. Might be looking for something juicy early in the count, thinking they need to damage something.
So happy Granderson is coming back. He'll make the lineup look way better.
5 of these games were against the twins, who are notorious for throwing strikes. Could be a conscious change of approach to swing earlier since you are unlikely to walk. Could be at least a partial explanation. Good article.
Seems to me a lot of the pitchers they've faced lately are the kind known to throw strikes. See Santana for example. So the hitters can't be waiting around so much.
And Tex needs to think line-drive more than homerun. He looked good on his swings last night, so I'm hoping that stays with him.
Very interesting. I also think its important to note that over the past 24 games since Curtis went down they've played some good teams – with presumably good pitchers. By my count, the average Winning Percentage of their opponents is .527 over this span. Not spectacular, but very respectable.
Not sure how to research it, but I wouldn't be surprised if pitchers perform better in May than April. I would think as they get away from ST, they're going to feel more comfortable throwing all their pitches and their velocity should also improve.
In the past 24 games, the Yanks have faced:
Beckett (x2)
Liriano (x2)
That's 12 starts by each team's 1st or 2nd best starter.
Another point (still rambling)… among the 6 AL teams with the highest amount of walks, they've only faced the Red Sox. They haven't faced Cleveland, LAA, KC, Texas, Toronto during this stretch (or all season for 3 of the teams).
Yanks are actually up a bit over last year. 3.93 current (trending downward, as noted) versus 3.89 last year. Actually rank one spot higher.
(I'd be interested to see the charts for the games under 3.65. Its possible smart pitchers have realized that littering the zone early on is a better risk than nibbling and risking falling behind.)
Hey stat whizzes, let's get some standard deviations up there on the graph. It is really easy to do with Excel. Then we can think about statistical significance.


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By DANIEL SUDDEATH
New Albany City Councilman Scott Blair wants a roundabout removed from the planned Mt. Tabor Road improvements, and other city officials are calling for the reach of the $3.9 million project to be scaled back.
Blair — who represents District 6 which includes Mt. Tabor Road — said this week the project as planned is "too overwhelming."
The roundabout proposed for the intersection of Mt. Tabor Road and Klerner Lane is obtrusive to property owners and should probably be removed from the improvement plan, he said.
"I look at this project and I think about all we're doing there and the cost of it, and I just think it's too much," Blair said.
Mt. Tabor Road from Grant Line Road to Charlestown Road would be upgraded through the project. Beyond the roundabout, the design calls for new sidewalks, drainage improvements and widening of the roadway.
Though 80 percent of the project will be funded through a federal grant, Blair said $3.9 million is still too much to spend on 1.1 miles of roadway. He suggested a sidewalk should only be added on the south side of Mt. Tabor Road, as he said there aren't enough houses on the north side to justify the added expense.
"I think it needs to be redesigned," Blair said of the project.
During a public meeting attended by more than 100 residents last week, several people spoke out against the project — especially the roundabout. Council members said this week they received phone calls after the meeting from residents opposed to the improvements.
"It was 99 percent people opposed to the roundabout, and these are the people it will affect directly," Councilwoman Shirley Baird said.
Council members also were critical of the city's only existing roundabout on Daisy Lane.
"The only reason it works is because people stop," Councilman Dan Coffey said. "If you don't stop, you're going to get hit."
Councilwoman Diane McCartin-Benedetti said she met this week with Mayor Jeff Gahan over concerns residents expressed to her about the project.
On Friday, Gahan stressed the project is a preliminary phase, and that no design plans have been finalized.
Public comment will continue through Thursday, Sept. 26, on the project, and the administration will weigh input from residents and city officials before moving ahead with final engineering, he continued.
"When we introduced it to the public a few weeks ago, I felt very strongly about it, and I still feel it's a very strong project," Gahan said. "We have plenty of time to have more discussions. Federal aid projects typically take a long time."
A best case scenario would see the city launch the Mt. Tabor project in 2015.
Gahan said it's too early to say if the roundabout will be removed from the project, or to announce any specific modifications to the proposal.
"But I don't want anybody to think we're moving full steam ahead with what we offered at the public meeting," he said.
Gahan described the public input and the council discourse over the project as a healthy step in the process.
"It's only natural to have a lot of discussion any time you're talking about these types of projects," he said.
And Gahan expects more opinions to come to the forefront as the city moves forward with other project. In addition to the Main Street and Mt. Tabor Road projects, the city is also on a path to improve McDonald Lane through a federal aid effort.
"This is all very much exciting for the city of New Albany because we have a lot of things that are happening with our roads and our sidewalks and changes that we're making to make the city more pedestrian-friendly and safer for our drivers," Gahan said.


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For this assignment I was excited because I do love seeing various emotions in photographs. I love seeing smiles and laughter the most, which is obviously why I chose this picture of my two sisters. This was taken during Easter break and you can just tell that they are having a great time, also probably laughing at the fact that I am shooting away with my big very noticable camera. But I did find this one not as difficult because I feel like no matter what picture you take of someone it is truly filled with emotions of all kinds. Who doesn't love seeing smiles in a photograph? And the reason I loved this one was because it honestly was 100% not posed. This is merely my sisters having a good time talking and sitting around with my family on a day where we all get to be together and eat good food as well. This photo captures the essence of that emotion of love and of laughter as well.
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As i approached this assignment I knew what i was going to do right away. During Junior year in college most kids turn the long awaited age of 21. This age is one that is special for most kids in college because you are finally able to drink legally. My friends have had theirs this year and one's party is tonight actually. What I a trying to illustrate with this picture is how 21st birthdays are in a sense all about alcohol and not so much the old cake and presents that usually birthdays are associated with. I am trying to show that alcohol is taking over 21st birthdays and thats what it seems to mostly be about these days. Sometimes its used to an excessive extent more than it needs to be. I had gotten my friend a cupcake for her birthday and the idea came to me while looking at these empty bottles my room mates had sitting around our apartment. I thought this assignment was a bit difficult because its not easy to illustrate an idea you have in your head to other people who may not see the same thing by looking at a picture.
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This assignment was one that was interesting because it took me into people's jobs that I didn't know anything about. I did three of my five photos on workers at SLU because I thought there are people at work here right where I live everyday. I liked this picture because I live in Moolah and every morning when I walk to class I walk by this man cutting the grass or doing some work on the lawn and sidewalks. I always wondered what his name was and how he felt about his job, etc. I finally figured while I was walking to my Theology class Monday morning that i need to know his name and snap some pictures of this man I see so often. I thought this shot of him captured him truly in his work environment which is outside daily. I'll admit I was very nervous to approach him and ask if I could shoot some pictures of him while he was sweating and working hard but he didn't seem to mind when I asked and explained myself. This was definitely an interesting and rewarding assignment, you never know how people truly are in their work place until you wait around and watch them while they work.
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While enjoying the weather in Forest Park Tuesday this past week I was out hunting for our sports assignment photos when I walked past the Saint Louis Art Museum. I had never been before and always wanted to go. I had heard from my room mates who are from St. Louis about one of the galleries on the first floor that was very beautiful and I thought I might do this for my own self interest as well as our general news assignment! I had two things done in one outing! I remembered Professor Lunsford mentioning an art museum gallery or exhibit as a possible choice for our general news assignment because it is an event that the museum holds for a time that the public can come and see. I found the art beautiful and there were actually quite a lot of people there on a nice day surprisingly. They to my surprise let you take pictures which I was worried about because I had been in museums back in my home town of Chicago where they did not allow them. The people I met all seemed to be art enthusiasts and just people like me wanting to explore. This picture is of the Fitzimmons family, they were rather artsy people who frequent the Saint Louis Art Museum on occasion. I just snapped away as they explored this room of pictures. I enjoyed this assignment because it not only got me cool pictures but also let me see and enjoy the museum for the first time.
Sports AssignmentPublished March 28, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
A sports assignment to me is hard to come by because I am not apart of a sports team at SLU in any way. But I do think that it is a fun assignment to get people in action playing a sport they love. This photo right here was taken in the Simon Rec right here at SLU. I was driving by and thought that there are probably people playing some sort of sport in the rec today. I was lucky to find a few people playing basketball on the courts, there weren't many because it was a nice day outside so I am sure many people were wanting to play outside instead. But I liked this photo because it shows some intense movement between the two people playing on the court, the blurriness in the photo shows that it is rather fast movement. This photo is in the moment of a player trying to make it to the basket and shoot. I like how the blue in the gym match the Billiken blue on the shirt of the guy in the photo. This assignment was different because it forced me to go into settings I am not normally familiar with because I am not a huge sports person. But I did enjoy it because I do like sports very much!
Feature AssignmentPublished March 8, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
When we first talked about the feature assignment I thought immediately of some of my favorite places I had only been to a few times since coming to school in STL. This photo was taken at my absolute favorite sandwich place on the planet, Blues City Deli. This place has the coolest character to it and the people who work there are always very friendly. Not to mention the sandwiches here are literally mouth watering and to die for, no joke. I went here for my birthday lunch last Monday the 5th with my boyfriend who is in this photo right here. This assignment was a little bit hard for me I have to admit because the places I went were smaller and local, but the people were still weirded out at me taking photos. I could have gotten better pictures for this assignment but I'll admit the stress of having four midterms and a paper got to me a little bit. I liked this photo because it shows someone quietly enjoying their time here and it shows also the amazing art work and pictures on the walls. It is definitely a must to do on your bucket list before you leave St. Louis after college, I would recommend the chicken shack ranch sandwich.
PortraitsPublished March 1, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
For this project I knew I was going to ask all of my friends to participate in the project. My parents came in last weekend and I obviously used my mom as a model for this project. She is someone who is easy to work with and easy going,she doesn't feel weird when I direct her. Most people in this assignment shied away at the chance to have their photograph taken. I felt differently, i felt that it was not a weird thing but a fun opportunity to express your attitude and expression. This project was one that was developed by people I know very well and care very much about. This is a project that was easygoing and relaxed for me. This guy is my boyfriend and I had fun shooting him because I do know him so well. I liked this photo the best out of the rest of him because I think it shows an expression that is heart felt and true. I also like the blue color of his shirt that lights up the picture that is not filled with much color to begin with. This assignment was one that was filled with laughs and awkwardness due to the fact that most of my subjects thought it was strange for me to take their portrait. I told them that it would be a rewarding experience and it was.
Weather that never seems to stay the samePublished February 23, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
Ok so I will admit this assignment was a tough one for me from the beginning. I thought in my mind about weather and I thought of snow falling, a thunder storm, or a gloomy day. I did not know how I was going to find such elements or capture the ultimate weather picture. So i began my "photo hunt" by just simply driving around and parking places searching for that shot. I took this one here while sitting in my car, I was only playing around with my camera and decided to take a picture of the man coming up on my rear left. I then told him that I was not a paparazzi and that I was a student at SLU simply taking pictures for my Photojournalism class. I felt like a paparazzi the whole time I was doing this assignment. This one was probably the hardest for me because I had no real color or weather-like conditions to work with. I took tons of photos but none of them were speaking to me at first. I have to say also that it is scary asking people if you can take their pictures because they don't always love the idea so much and may think that you are some weird magazine person or something worse. I do think that I could have done a lot better on this assignment than what I came up with in the end because I should have taken pictures at night with the different lighting and everything. But it was enjoyable yet frustrating at the same exact time. But I thought this shot was interesting because i caught it right when he was coming into my mirror. Its a different look than simply taking a picture of a biker biking right next to me. It was fun to explore the outdoor places in St. Louis that I could.
Color,Light,Mood & Texture – Assignment 2Published February 15, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
After using the Nikon for the first time for our first assignment and learning my lesson on too much exposure I got to work on finding pictures for our second assignment. I played around with the camera and shot a few practice shots over last weekend so that I was sure I could handle the Nikon a little bit better this time around. While in my apartment I was honestly just playing around with the different iso's and balances, etc. I immediately got excited after I got this close up shot of this jar of candy hearts in my apartment, the reason I got so excited was because it was the first photo that I had taken with the Nikon that I loved. It is so focused on just the color in the photograph and everything else in the background is blurred out because it isn't supposed to be the focus of the picture. It was a shot I was not planning on using at all. Goes to show that Professor Lunsford is right in that don't try to get great shots and just play around and see what you end up with. I also can say that I now have a better understanding of how to use the camera better and am so excited for the rest of the semester, when I realized I was able to take better photos on this camera it made me feel more confident in going out and taking photos. I understand that maybe this photo is a little bit too close up but I do think that it is good for the color aspect of the project because it is February after all and it represents the colors of the month, also this time of year is not colorful whatsoever outside so this is bright for this time of year besides Mardi Gras! Overall I enjoyed this project because it will most likely bring out the creative side in everyone in our class and leave room for a lot of interpretations of each thing.
Point of view assignment #1Published February 9, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
All my life the best camera I have owned has been a Nikon Coolpix from Costco my mom got me for Christmas, I still am using that camera now. I have always loved taking pictures whether it be doing something with my friends, on vacation, or with my family. I signed up for this class because I had been told that Photojournalism was a great and exciting class that I must take according to some friends of mine. This first assignment was interesting and at first I honestly had no idea what I was going to do. I thought what am I going to take pictures of from five different points of view? I was walking to the bsc one day last week and I happened to have my fancy Nikon with me from the CMC lab, I immediately saw the huge Billiken outside which is made out of greenery. I thought to myself, I wonder how many different Billikens there are around SLU's campus alone? This got me thinking that maybe I should do my assignment on the beloved mascot of SLU. Five different points of view of the St. Louis University Billiken. I decided to roll with it! My next mission was to find my next Billiken! I eventually found four more to complete my first assignment for Photojournalism. It was cool to see all the different ones and just how many there actually are at SLU and around St. Louis. This picture is one of the ones I took when I made my way over to the BSC that day and I liked it a lot because I like how it shows a rather odd slimmed down version of the Billiken and also how it shows down the street the city of St. Louis in the distance. It shows that the Billiken is always somewhere in SLU's campus whether it be the word Billiken, statue, or even a graphic on a student's shirt. This picture shows an unusual view of the Billiken and what we don't normally associate it with, that's why I thought it would be a cool picture and a different point of view on what the Billiken is. I enjoyed this project a lot, I enjoyed playing around with the exposure and appatures as well. It was a whole new experience for me that I know I will get better and better at as I go along in this class and continue to understand the camera itself more. I enjoyed roaming around SLU's campus and it's younger school SLU High, definitely an interesting experience. Photography is an art form I never thought I would love as much as I have loved this assignment. I look forward to exploring St. Louis more behind the lens!


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RICHLANDS, Va. —
What is a little rain to a River.
River Michaels ran for 70 yards and a touchdown and also threw for a score, leading Richlands to a 31-21 win over Graham in a Region 2A West opening round playoff game on a rainy, cold Friday night at Ernie Hicks Stadium/EMATS Field.
Richlands (8-3), which has won five in a row, will host Virginia High next week after the Bearcats surprised Gretna 45-40.
"We would like to play here, anytime we can stay at home in the confines of Ernie Hicks Stadium, that would be great," Richlands head coach Greg Mance said. "(Graham's) kids played hard, you hate to see someone lose and Graham has had a great season, and those seniors, they played their hearts out."
Graham (6-5), which had a three-game winning streak snapped, had four turnovers and also had a field goal and punt blocked.
"I felt like we played the whole first quarter inside our own 5 or 10 yard line," Graham head coach Mike Williams said. "Field position was awful, they took advantage and got 14 quick points and we were just never able to recover."
Out of the first six plays in the game, four resulted in turnovers, two for each team, much of which was caused by a steady downpour that fell most of the game. Ironically, neither team could capitalize on those mistakes.
"It was a crazy game to have three back-to-back turnovers," Richlands senior linebacker Frank Taylor said. "I have played a little bit of football and I have never had that happen or see or be a part of it so that was wild."
Michaels was able to limit his mistakes after throwing an interception picked off by Graham's Hunter Cook on their Blues' second possession of the game.
"I came out here for pregame and I seen it was raining and I got in there and got my mind focused," Michaels said. "I don't let it bother me, I knew the ball is going to be slick, I got me a towel and you have just got to hang onto the ball, that is part of football."
It was the next turnover that put Richlands in front to stay. Ben Brown punted to Graham, and the ball was downed at the 1. Two plays later, Colby Hill fumbled and Cade Mullins recovered for the Blue Tornado. Two plays later, Michaels was able to push his away across from the 1 for the lead. Brown followed with the extra point for the 7-0 lead.
"The line did great, we kind of started off rusty, but we come through it and fought through it until the end there," Michaels said. "We are glad to get this one and now we are going to move on to next week."
Graham's plan was to slow down Colton Staten, who has run for nearly 1,200 yards this season, and did hold him to 59 yards, but Michaels and Richlands' huge offensive line led Anthony Cordle was able to control the football and keep the ball from the G-Men.
"They gave us a couple of gifts early and we didn't take advantage of it and gave it right back to them," Mance said. "We made some plays in the second quarter…I thought River did a great job of getting the ball where it was supposed to go there and really ran well.
"Graham was going to take Colton out here, we knew that, so we knew River was going to have to run the ball well and we were going to have to block their stunts. We had trouble early, but later on, they gave him time to throw the ball and I thought River did a great job of throwing the football."
Another miscue occurred on the next possession when Graham punter Samuel Stowers lost the handle on a snap at the goal line, rolled to the left, but his attempted kick was blocked by Donny Zheng and recovered in the end zone by Taylor Ratliff to build the lead to 14-0 with 1:49 left in the opening period.
Williams wasn't looking for excuses for the miscues.
"It was raining for them too, the kids were saying the ball was wet," Williams said. "That is up to us to keep a dry football on the field so no matter how you dice it, it is our fault."
Graham was able to drive into Richlands territory on its next possession, but Stowers' 44-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Kevin Alley. Richlands followed with a 13-play, 58-yard drive, with Brown building the lead to 17-0 on a 24-yard field goal.
That forced the G-Men to play from behind, and lost two quarterbacks, Hill and freshmen Ben Meade, with injuries during the game. Hill did return to throw for 79 yards and a 8-yard touchdown to Charlie Benfield with 18 seconds left to pull Graham within 24-21.
"We got behind 17-0 and then we got within three there," Williams said. "Both quarterbacks got knocked out, and we put one (Hill) back in there that was limited throwing so when you are behind and you have got to throw and your quarterbacks are hurt, it makes life rough."
Benfield led all backs with 79 yards, while Dylan Cook was held to 31, but both finished the year with more 1,000 yards on the ground.
"Twenty-five (Cook) and 5 (Benfield), there is something to be said for those two, they are quite the duo back there in their backfield," Taylor said. "That is a huge part of your game plan coming in, you know they are going to try to hit the outside there and we have been coaching up our ends and linebackers alike to hold down that gap and really improve from the last time we played them."
Graham got on the board on its final possession of the half, a score set up by a 52-yard kick return by DeQuan Booker. Hill was able to later run to the left sideline, cut back inside and dash 26 yards for the touchdown to narrow the margin to 17-7 at the break.
Richlands wasted no time scoring again when Michaels connected with Brown in a slant pattern and the talented senior outran the G-Men 60 yards for the score.
"That was big play," Michaels said. "He just turned the jets on as soon as he caught that ball."
Graham was able to pull within 24-14 to open the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run by Benfield, and pulled within 24-21. The Blues were trying to run out the clock, but another lost fumbles was recovered by Mark Large at the Richlands' 16. Four plays later, Hill connected with Benfield on fourth down with a 8-yard catch with 18 seconds on the clock.
"We have got to get ready to play, we had two turnovers in the fourth quarter, we had field position set, turned the ball over, we were going to run the clock out, they have got no timeouts, we fumbled the ball," said Mance, whose Blues finished with 238 total yards to 231 for Graham. "We can't do that, we self-destructed, this thing should have been put away in the third quarter…
"I am just happy to be moving on, we have to get these things corrected. Graham battled and played hard, but we are just glad to be moving on."
Graham still had an opportunity with an onside kick, but Zeke Vance picked up the ball, and ran down the left sidelines 62 yards for the game-clinching score.
Richlands had squeaked past Graham 27-26 earlier this season, but Taylor said the Blues, who were eliminated in the first round last year, were focused on the G-Men.
"Last time I don't think we came out with a fire in our eye and the same kind of intensity that Richlands is used to playing with," Taylor said. "That was shameful on our part and we realized that and one of our main goals this week was to play our very hardest on every snap."
While Richlands will face another rematch next week, having beaten Virginia High 32-13 in September, the G-Men continues to search for its first playoff win since 2009.
"It was an honor and a privilege to work with these kids," Williams said. "It has been a fun three years with them and we will miss them around here."
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At Ernie Hicks Stadium/EMATS Field
Graham…………..........……..0 7 0 14 — 21
Richlands………….......…….14 3 7 7 — 31
First Quarter
RL - River Michaels 1 run (Ben Brown kick) 3:29
RL - Taylor Ratliff recovered punt in end zone (Brown kick) 1:49
Second Quarter
RL- Brown 24 field goal 3:24
GR - Colby Hill 26 run (Samuel Stowers kick) 1:01
Third Quarter
RL - Brown 60 pass from Michaels (Brown kick) 9:07
Fourth Quarter
GR - Charlie Benfield 1 run (Stowers kick) 7:44
GR - Benfield 8 pass from Hill (Stowers kick) :18
RL - Zeke Vance 62 kick return (Brown kick) :04
Team Stats
First Downs: GR 121, RL 12. Rush-Yards: GR 35-152, RL 38-129. Pass Yards: GR 79, RL 109. Comp-Att-Int: GR 8-14-1, RL 6-11-1. Fumbles-Lost: GR 4-4, RL 3-3. Penalty-Yards: GR 5-47, RL 4-35, Punts-Avg. GR 3-27.3, RL 2-42.5
Individual Stats
Rushing: GR Charlie Benfield 13-79, Dylan Cook 8-31, Colby Hill 4-27, DeQuan Booker 3-11, Kyshon Lee 2-5, Ben Meade 7-(-2); River Michaels 24-70, Colton Staten 14-59.
Passing: GR Colby Hill 8-14-1 int-79-1 td; RL River Michaels 6-11-1 int-109-1 td.
Receiving: GR Bryce Farris 1-30, Charlie Benfield 5-29, DeQuan Booker 1-14, Dylan Cook 1-6; RL Ben Brown 1-60, Colton Staten 1-30, Scotty Ball 2-24, Chace Collins 1-8, Zeke Vance 1-3.
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Roche Ceo, Severin Schwan is out beating the drum for Roche's next series of pipeline candidates that the company is counting on to drive revenue growth even as it is losing some drug sales to generic competition.
Schwan says analysts and other commentators are being premature in saying that all the low hanging fruit has been picked (and eaten). He says, "I believe there are enormous opportunities in this industry as we are only now beginning to understand how diseases are working." Schwan stays true to his mantra that continued investment in R&D will pay off for Roche's future pipeline.
Next out of the shoot are several drugs that Roche management and the investment community are counting on as the next Roche blockbusters and revenue drivers. These include:
- Metmab for the treatment of lung cancer
- Lebrikizumab for the treatment of asthma
- Pertuzumab for the treatment of breast cancer (to be filed in the US and EU in 2011)
- Dalcetrapib (a CETP inhibitor) to boost "good cholesterol"
Roche also has its recently approved melanoma drug, Zelboraf to drive sales. Dalcetrapib is being picked by some analysts as the next mega-blockbuster with peak annual sales estimates ranging up to as high as $6.8 billion. However, others view it as a potential cautionary tale as Merck is also targeting this indication with its drug, anacetrapib. Pfizer's entrant into this category, torcetrapib, has already gone down in flames and may not bode well for the other similar drugs.
Nevertheless, Roche has a big bet on its next pipeline candidates and odds appear to be in its favor that some will prove their worth as big revenue drivers. See the WSJ, Fierce Biotech 1, and Fierce Biotech 2.
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Whitewashing characters to the extreme
With Draco, though he wasn't a killer, for much of his life, he was an elitist snob. He bulled everyone for various reasons, those who weren't as rich, or as pureblooded as him. He wasn't a cold-blooded killer in the end, and does humble but is he really a saint for it? He does have people swoon over him, and think so. He turns out to be "not entirely bad". But it's a far cry from being a good person.
This type of thing though is not though restricted to Harry Potter. Nor would I say it's the worst examples.
In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is a genuinely nasty piece of work who goes out of his way to torment Cathy and her family and destroy them since Cathy didn't marry him. He marries Edgar Linton's sister, Isabella, and abuses her and makes her miserable, he marries her to hurt Cathy and Edgar because he hates Isabella. He takes over Wuthering Heights and torments Lindley (Lindley is a jerk and was horrible to Heathcliff, so you can argue that payback can bite). He also trains his children to hate the Lintons and marry them to torment them! Sounds pretty twisted? Yet he's somehow often thought as a romantic hero!
In Phantom of the Opera(Both the book and the musical),Erik is definitely a tragic figure. He is desperate to make Christine Daae love him. However, he goes over the deep end in a pretty big way. He pretty much stalks her and she is terrified of him. He murders two people. Christine is in love with her childhood sweetheart, Raoul. Erik is going to force her to marry him in the end. Christine is willing to stay with Erik to show him love and kindness, and this makes him break down and he lets her go. So he restores his pathos and I sympathize. Several people often think Raoul somehow stole her from Erik, and whitewash everything he does.
What are your thoughts? any character you think tends to get whitewashed or adulated way too much? Why do you think it happens? What character drives you nuts to see people totally rewrite?
PS: This is my opinion, and my thoughts. So please don't tell me "You just don't get it". I'm not talking about anyone on here, I mean in general
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Market Watch has published a news release from CAIR bragging about being responsible for Bare Naked Islam's Take Down,, CAIR and organization the FBI considers an affiliate of various Islamic Terrorist Organizations described BNI as a hate site. read it here
Anti-Muslim Hate Site Removed After CAIR's Intervention
It would seem. according to CAIR, if you have a website and you speak out about Islamic Terrorists who are trying to kill you, beheading, stoning women on trumped up charges, burning Christian Churches, killing Christians and other atrocities you are running a hate site…"
As of this posting, the 411 behind the takedown of BNI continues to unfold.
Since my schedule may not permit me to keep you posted on the turn of events, for updated information on the takedown of BNI, please pay a visit to Grumpy's Opinions.
What has Bare Naked Islam (BNI) done wrong? Not a darn thing.
What they have done and I hope will continue to do is shine a bright light on CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, atrocities committed by Islamic factions in the name of Shariah Law against men, women, children, Christians, and non-Muslims throughout the world many of whom are closely linked to these two organizations.
BNI has also reported on the Obama administration's more than friendly relationship with organizations like CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood and the danger it poses to the United States and Europe.
Of course, CAIR claims that the reason BNI's site was taken down is because of threats posted on BNI's site. It should be noted, however, that CAIR, a Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood front is famous silencing voices of opposition.
A threat to free speech is a threat to us all and should not be ignored or tolerated.
This is PC gone to hell in a hand basket and nothing more than attack on free speech.
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In the event you are unfamiliar with CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, feel free to check out these articles to familiarize yourself entitled, "CAIRful" and "FBI, Senators recommend ban on terror-related CAIR, CAIR hires Democratic Senator."
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On Time
Whose time? Yours? Or Gods? Because if you are a follower of Christ, you are on His time. Time that is running out. Time that is finite.
What would you do if God told you that it was running out? How would you spend it? Would you want to spend the last days of earth with your family or would you rather have your family spend eternity with you?
Do you think God doesn't have time for you here and now? Perhaps it isn't the here and now He is worried about for you. Perhaps it is your tomorrow that is more important.
Do you believe in God? Do you trust in His word? Do you have faith that He keeps His promises? He has promised that our time here will not last forever, what are you doing? Your work or God's work?
Am I being blunt? Am I being harsh? Are you going to be on time?
Psalm 89:47-48 Remember how short my time it; For what futility have you created all the children of men? What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah
Even for all the earth the time grows short.
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Rudyard Kipling – Friday, December 30, 2011
|"Oh, East is East, and West is West, And never the twain shall meet, Till earth and sky stand presently, At God's great judgment seat" wrote Rudyard Kipling in Ballad of East and West. Born DECEMBER 30, 1865, in Bombay, India, Rudyard Kipling was sent back to England at age 5 for schooling. Poor eyesight ended hopes of a military career, so at age 16, Kipling returned to India as a journalist, winning acclaim for his poems. Rudyard Kipling fell in love with his friend's sister, Caroline Balestier, while visiting in America. They married and settled in Vermont, where two of their children were born. There Kipling wrote Captains Courageous and The Jungle Books. Once back in England, Rudyard Kipling declined King George V's offer of Knighthood, Poet Laureate and Order of Merit, though accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. Kipling's works include: Kim, Wee Willie Winkie, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Gunga Din. Ronald Reagan, in a speech near the end of his Presidential career, December 13, 1988, stated: "As I prepare to lay down the mantle of office…I cannot help believe that what Rudyard Kipling said of another time and place is true today for America: 'We are at the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.' Thank you, and God bless you."
The Seducer
There are many Churches who seem to feel that they have to seduce their followers. As if God looks down on them and sees the number and is happy. Like politicians's making promises and offers to get people to vote for them.
Most people come to realize that the politicians is going to sell them out and the promises that they give are not worth the air that it took to vent them. And yet people fill the hall's of the mega-churches with Pastors who tell them all their dreams will come true. Why is this? Why do some of the same people who wouldn't trust the politician further than they could throw them, trust these Pastors with their eternal lives?
The answer is sad. The truth is that they are not true believers. For many of them, it is not because they don't want to be, they do. But they haven't received the seed from their Pastor. A Pastor cannot give what they do not have to give. And a Pastor that uses seduction to get followers is a Pastor that is not a true believer himself.
Their Churches look good, beautiful buildings, great choirs, and a Pastor that has great voice and a story that moves you. But what are they promising? Are they telling their followers that all God requires is to show up?
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son in order taht we may have eternal life."
Does the Bible end with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord? If that were all that was necessary it would, wouldn't it? So what comes next?
After the Resurrection when the disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain as Jesus had instructed them,
Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, " All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen
Most Churches teach the first part and many are very good at making disciples. And that is how they seduce their followers. They make them think the first part is important, but that there is a lot of leeway in the second part. The part that says "teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you."
Please do not get me wrong, I am not saying that every mega-church is a false church. What I am saying is that those that promise to give you all your desires just for you money and your attendance are churches that do not have God. If they do not have God, they can not share Him either.
Matthew Chapters 5-7, the "Sermon on the Mount", tells us exactly what His commandments are. We are not perfect. He knows that we will not be able to do everything, and He has already told us that He will forgive us, but only if we accept the responsibility and try to do our best.
This is where the false Churches, those that seduce rather than save, lead their followers astray. They tell people they have to do nothing but accept Jesus as their savior, and this is just the beginning of our journey to Christ.
There will be some who have had the seed planted that will still feel the need to seek and in doing so will find God. But those who want the easy way, and their reward on earth, they will receive the reward they desire for the most part, but it won't be in heaven, and it won't be with God. Because that is not what they want.
If our responsibilities as followers of Christ ended with the Resurrection, we wouldn't have needed Paul's transformation and the many books that God added to the Bible through his hand. And the enlightenment that he added in his instructions to the Churches such as Ephesians, where he gives us further instructions on our lives as followers of Christ.
What I am trying to show is that the Resurrection is the beginning of Christianity, Jesus gave His life, then God sent the Holy Spirit so that we could continue on the path He started us on. It begins with Jesus!
But it ends with Jesus too! Because He is returning. And when He returns, we will stand in judgement. Those that accepted Him will be the first that He sees, we have been marked with the blood that He shed for us. The seed planted has brought new growth and the old mas has dies with the new reborn. This He will see.
What of those that were seduced into accepting their reward here on earth? They will have already received it my friends. They will have made their choice. Christ will be able to know their heart, He will know whether they truly believed and whether they chose the easy way or the narrow path.
Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Romans 6:12 Therefore do not let sin reign in you mortal body, that you should obey it in it lusts.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ, Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Romans 14:11 For it is written:
"As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God."
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When I was in elementary school, we had a little game that we would play in which we would touch someone and say, "You have cooties." Of course, we had to have a way to defend ourselves, so when someone would touch us and claim they just gave us cooties, we would say, "Not me, I don't have cooties." Then we would hold out our hands, revealing the handwritten initials, C.P., which stood for "cootie protection."
I think Christians are sometimes that way around unbelievers. They appear as though they are avoiding all contact with them. I can understand not wanting to be influenced in a bad way. But how about influencing others in a good way?
Jesus said that as Christians, we are to be salt and light. In Jesus' day, salt was used as a preservative. It was rubbed into meat to stop the rotting process. So, as salt in a culture, Christians are to stop the spread of corruption. But another thing salt does is stimulate thirst. So we are to stop the spread of corruption and stimulate a thirst for God in others.
In addition to being salt, Christians are to be light, which means that we are to proclaim the gospel and do good works. Jesus said, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:16).
We are called to be salt and light—to live a godly life. It is God's job to identify the fake Christians, to determine the true from the false.
God has planted us as believers in this world. He has put His people in the culture to influence it, to make a difference. God is not calling us as believers to isolate, but to infiltrate.
Taken from "A Positive Influence" by Harvest Ministries (used by permission).
What God Honors In All People (via DISCIPLEGIDEON)
One of the most discussed questions among Christians and those who are not Christian, but wish to know about God, is the question of free will and choice. DISCIPLEGIDEON has an extremely enlightening post about this subject. I posted part of it below, but please read the rest at DISCIPLEGIDEON!
What God Honors In All People
I was listening to a Christian broadcast radio show this evening and it was one of those call-in shows, something like "Ask the Pastor", where they took live phone calls and answered questions. I was privy to an excellent Q&A started by a 10-year old boy. The question went something like this: Do angels have free will like men do? And if God created angels to do his work, why did Satan turn away from God?
The pastor explained how angels and men have their own wills and can make choices on their own. That Satan chose to try to elevate his glory to that of God's. And that God above all, honors choice. The pastor referred back to scripture and explained that when Satan rebelled, that he took one-third of the angels in heaven. Thus showing that angels indeed do have a choice…just like man has a choice.
This got me thinking. Everything in creation is under the law of God. His majesty is magnified in His creation. The laws of physics, the laws of the universe, the laws of light and energy, the laws of life and all of its processes. The only thing not under the law of God is choice. And if you think about it, it is what makes choice valuable…to God! The choice to love God is precious in His sight; if God had made us without the choice and we "automatically" loved God…then there is no intrinsic value in it for Him! So our choice to love God, brings Him glory and is the supreme desire of His heart. Do you believe that? Read the rest at DISCIPLEGIDEON
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Armenia, the first nation to become Christian during the Roman era, called its capitol of Ani, the "city of a 1,001 churches," but beginning in 1071 AD, Muslim Turks invaded, making Christians second-class citizens called "dhimmi" and forcing boys to convert and serve in the Muslim army as "Janissaries." When the Ottoman Empire declined in the 1880's, Greeks, Serbs and Romanians won independence, but Armenia was trapped by Sultan Abdul Hamid, who killed 100,000. During World War I, three generals, called "Young Turks," killed over a million men, women and children, marching them into deserts, throwing them off cliffs or burning them alive. Armenian cities of Kharpert, Van and Ani were leveled. Russia came to their aid till the Bolshevik revolution began. Armenia's pleas at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference led President Wilson in a failed effort to make Armenia a U.S. protectorate. Woodrow Wilson, who was born DECEMBER 28, 1856, told Congress, May 24, 1920: "The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has established the truth of the reported massacres and other atrocities from which the Armenian people have suffered… Sympathy for Armenia among our people has sprung from untainted consciences, pure Christian faith and an earnest desire to see Christian people everywhere succored in their time of suffering."
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An attack of smallpox when he was four-years-old left him with crippled hands and poor eyesight. Overcoming those handicaps, he studied Copernicus' works and at age 23 became a professor of astronomy. His name was Johannes Kepler, born DECEMBER 27, 1571. His laws of planetary motion, known as Kepler's Laws, helped Newton formulate the theory of gravity. In his work, "The Harmonies of the World," book five, Kepler stated: "O, Almighty God, I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee!…The book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In comparing celestial orbits of the planets with polyphonic harmonies in music, Kepler wrote: "Holy Father, keep us safe in the concord of our love for one another, that we may be one just as Thou art with Thy Son, Our Lord, and with the Holy Ghost, and just as through the sweetest bonds of harmonies Thou hast made all Thy works one," Kepler continued: "and that from the bringing of Thy people into concord, the body of Thy Church may be built up in the Earth, as Thou didst erect the heavens themselves out of harmonies."
Why we shoot deer in the wild
(A letter from someone who wants to remain anonymous, who farms, writes well and actually tried this).
I had this idea that I could rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home.
I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope. The cattle, having seen the roping thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of it. After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up– 3 of them. I picked out a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold..
The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it, it took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope .., and then received an education. The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope.
That deer EXPLODED. The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some dignity. A deer– no Chance. That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had originally imagined.. The only upside is that they do not have as much stamina as many other animals.
A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope.
I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing, and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual. Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were in. I didn't want the deer to have to suffer a slow death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder – a little trap I had set before hand…kind of like a squeeze chute. I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could get my rope back.
Did you know that deer bite?
They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when ….. I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist. Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and slide off to then let go. A deer bites you and shakes its head–almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts.
The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective.
It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now), tricked it. While I kept it busy tearing the tendons out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose.
That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day.
Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp… I learned a long time ago that, when an animal -like a horse –strikes at you with their hooves and you can't get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can escape.
This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously, such trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy. I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run. The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down.
Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head.
I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away. So now I know why when people go deer hunting they bring a rifle with a scope……to sort of even the odds!!
All these events are true so help me God… An Educated Farmer.
I did not know this…
When you drink vodka over ice, it can give you kidney failure.
When you drink rum over ice, it can give you liver failure.
When you drink whiskey over ice, it can give you heart problems.
When you drink gin over ice, it can give you brain problems.
Apparently, ice is really bad for you.
Warn all your friends.
Giving Away the State
California I mean! They might as well give it away. They are not going to be able to keep it running for very much longer at the rate that they are going. I came across the story yesterday, that they were going to quit towing cars of people that did not have license's. I wonder if that really makes sense to them. Or maybe they just think that it is racist or something to ticket and tow cars of people who don't have licenses.
Does this mean that all the people who do have licenses are going to be paying the penalty, while those that don't will get off without it? What is the incentive to get a license then? Have they thought of that? How are they going to have any revenue coming in if they forfeit all of it up front? I mean seriously, do they think that people are going to keep standing in line to go before rude people to get a license and pay for it, when if they don't have it there are no consequences?
And what does California use the revenue from licenses and tickets for anyway? Do they not need the money all of a sudden? Isn't is discrimination to pick one class of people and allow them to get off without punishment and make the rest of the people pay?
What is next California? You might as well throw in the towel now, as you obviously have no desire to be solvent. Why not just treat everyone the same! Wouldn't that be fair? How about no exceptions, every body goes by the same rules? Or would that simply be too easy?
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The first six months of the Revolutionary War saw the Continental Army chased from New York, New Jersey and into Pennsylvania. Ranks dwindled from 20,000 to 2,000 exhausted soldiers – most leaving at year's end when their six-month enlistment was up. Expecting British invasion, the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia and sent the word "until Congress shall otherwise order, General Washington be possessed of full power to order and direct all things." In an operation with the password "Victory or Death," Washington's troops crossed the ice-filled Delaware River at midnight Christmas Day. Trudging in a blinding blizzard, with one soldier freezing to death, they attacked the feared Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey, at daybreak DECEMBER 26, 1776, capturing nearly a thousand soldiers in just over an hour. Some Americans were shot, including James Monroe, the future 5th President. General Washington wrote August 20, 1778: "The Hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this – the course of the war – that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more wicked that has not gratitude to acknowledge his obligations; but it will be time enough for me to turn Preacher when my present appointment ceases."
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Christmas Thoughts from Presidents Past – Sunday, December 25, 2011
President Hoover wrote in 1932: "Your CHRISTMAS Service held each year at the foot of a living tree which was alive at the time of the birth of Christ..should be continued as a further symbol of the unbroken chain of life leading back to this great moment in the spiritual life of mankind." President Eisenhower remarked in 1960: "Through the ages men have felt the uplift of the spirit of CHRISTMAS. We commemorate the birth of the Christ Child by…giving expression to our gratitude for the great things that His coming has brought about in the world." President Carter commented in 1977: "CHRISTMAS has a special meaning for those of us who are Christians, those of us who believe in Christ, those of us who know that almost 2,000 years ago, the Son of Peace was born." President Reagan stated in 1983: "CHRISTMAS is a time…to open our hearts to…millions forbidden the freedom to worship a God who so loved the world that He gave us the birth of the Christ Child so that we might learn to love." Reagan continued: "The message of Jesus is one of hope and joy. I know there are those who recognize CHRISTMAS DAY as the birthday of a wise teacher…then there are others of us who believe that he was the Son of God, that he was divine."
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On Christmas eve, DECEMBER 24, 1492, Columbus' ship, the Santa Maria, ran aground on the island of Haiti. Columbus left 40 men and named the settlement la Navidad, promising to return the next year. He wrote that day to Spain's King and Queen: "In all the world there can be no better or gentler people. Your Highnesses should feel great joy, because presently they will be Christians, and instructed in the good manners of your realms." Also on DECEMBER 24, in the year 1946, lighting the National Christmas Tree, President Truman said: "Our…hopes of future years turn to a little town in the hills of Judea where on a winter's night two thousand years ago the prophecy of Isaiah was fulfilled. Shepherds keeping watch by night over their flock heard the glad tidings of great joy from the angels of the Lord singing, 'Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth, peace, good will toward men.'" President Truman continued: "If we will accept it, the star of faith will guide us into the place of peace as it did the shepherds on that day of Christ's birth long ago.." Truman concluded: "Through all the centuries, history has vindicated His teaching. In this great country of ours has been demonstrated the fundamental unity of Christianity and democracy."ord and Saviour Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy."
Aiding Our Enemies by Erasing Our Border
Just this week we find that the Obama administration is removing 75% of the National Guard troops that have been helping protect our borders, and this leaves us much more vulnerable to the increasing violence in Mexico. Violence that has been helped along by the very same Obama administration who in letting guns cross into Mexico through Fast and Furious, is helping to destabilize the government of that country. The death and destruction by the drug cartels is spilling over our borders, and endangering all our citizens, but especially those that live along that same border. That border that is increasingly disappearing as the Obama administration is blocking the Border Patrol and regular Americans from areas of land that join it. Those same areas of land that drug runners and human smugglers are using to bring goods and destruction into this country. Those same drug runners and human smugglers that the Obama administration are refusing to arrest and when they are arrested by local law enforcement officers, are released to commit more crimes here in the United States. All the while that same Obama administration is prosecuting the law enforcement officers, who are trying to protect the citizens of this country, and accusing them of civil rights violations.
I have to ask what about the civil rights of every American citizen that the Obama administration is refusing to protect? What about the civil rights of every American that the lawless Obama administration is putting into more danger everyday? What about the oath that they took to uphold the Constitution? Did they get it wrong and think that they were elected to protect some other country? Or are they deliberately weakening our borders and arming our enemies?
Read this story from Godfather Politics and then try to answer the question as to who the Obama administration is actually serving!
Obama Spending Money Not to Protect US-Mexico Border
Under the Bush administration, Congress had ordered the Department of Homeland Security to take proper measures to protect the US-Mexico border. Part of that order included authorization to build a steel fence along part of the border. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) contracted with a company for the purchase and storage of enough steel to erect 651 miles of security fencing along the 2,000 mile border.
Nearly 299 miles of fence was erected by the time Obama won the election and made it known that he opposed the fencing off of the border. When construction was halted, there was still over 27,000 tons of steel valued around $44 million still in storage. Storage fees for the steel added up to nearly $10 million because the federal government had not moved the steel from the contracted storage facility to a government facility.
The US Inspector General's office has been looking into the CBP border protection program and issued this statement,
"As a result, Customs and Border Protection purchased more steel than needed, incurred additional storage costs, paid interest on late payments, and approved a higher-priced subcontractor, resulting in additional expenditures of about $69 million that could have been put to better use."
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After 90 minutes of regulation time, two overtime periods, two sudden-death overtimes and four shootout penalty kicks, Maryville Lady Rebel goalkeeper Bekkah Massaro was facing what could have been the last shot of her high school career.
"We were playing at Maryville College against Science Hill, and it was a pretty rough game with some big defensive stops," Massaro said. "Then it got dark, and we had to move the game to the high school with the game still tied and played the two five minute overtime periods, then two sudden death overtimes. All our players had made their (penalty) kicks, and it came down to the last shot."
As the fifth and final penalty left the foot of her opponent, Massaro broke left and stopped the shot, lifting the Lady Rebels to victory in one of the greatest sporting events Blount County has ever witnessed.
The final score in the 1994 state tournament Round of 16 game: 0-0 (5-4 Maryville in a shootout).
It's a match then Maryville coach Jesse Robinette will never forget.
"As a coach, you go back and remember big plays and those teams that just love to compete," he said, "and that team had both. That's what I remember most about it.
"Bekkah was sort of the leader of that bunch, and nobody wanted to compete more than her."
What is most incredible about Massaro's heroics on the game's final shot is that until a knee injury to the starter in the district tournament Massaro had played fullback all year. She'd been in goal the previous season but had spent the entire fall focusing on developing her skills at fullback.
To make matters worse, the player taking the final kick for the Hilltoppers was a high-scoring forward who'd signed with Auburn.
Massaro was also an accomplished softball player at Maryville, and the skills she acquired there - quick reactions and the ability to track the ball - were the things that made Maryville coaches decide to try her at goal.
After her time as a Lady Rebel, Massaro would go on to play both soccer and softball at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky.
"It was great; it was like having two families up there," Massaro said. "I wouldn't trade anything about my college experience. Playing two sports made for a lot of late nights studying because we wouldn't back from a game till late, but it was good. I loved it."
Today, Massaro teaches special education at Rush Strong School in Strawberry Plains and coaches softball at Jefferson County High.
"I've been fortunate enough to have many wonderful teachers and many wonderful coaches," she said. "When you come across a good teacher or great coach, you see how much they influence your life. I wanted to do something that would have an impact and help people."
While in college, Massaro said she gained a passion for special needs children while volunteering to help with Special Olympics and has maintained that passion since.
"In college I had the opportunity to a coach softball team in the Special Olympics," she said. "To me it's almost the purest form of excitement when a special child accomplishes something. It's just pure joy and pure excitement. That's when I decided this is what I wanted to do; I want to help special education kids."
While the success with that team may not have been measured in wins and losses, her team at Jefferson County has achieved a great deal in that department. The Lady Patriots are coming off an appearance in the state tournament under Massaro last season.
"Last year every time they stepped on that field they knew what they had to do," she said. "They might not have been the most talented group of girls every time but they were always the hardest working. It all comes down to who wants it more, and, last year, our team wanted it more."
With much of that team returning, Massaro expects another good season this year.
"Early in the season, I think this team has the opportunity to make some waves and open some people's eyes and get back to state if that is what they work to do," she said.


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Waldo Cabrera of "My Long Island TV" visited jeweler Eric Messin at his design studio in the Pelletreau Silver Shop in Southampton Village to learn about Messin's craft.
Pelletreau Silver Shop was built in 1668 and stands at its original location on Main Street. Originally a dry goods store, it was purchased in 1717 by whale oil merchant Francis Pelletreau. His grandson, silversmith Elias Pelletreau, used it as a workshop between 1750 and 1810. Elias, a local hero, was a captain in the Suffolk County Militia during the Revolutionary War.
Eric Messin came to America as a young man from his small village in the French Alps, according to his studio's website. He is the son of an artist who traveled the countryside painting landscapes, and had an apprenticeship in the European tradition with Jean Huffenus, a master jeweler in Philadelphia. He went on to work in prestigious jewelry houses in New York, including Van Cleef and Arpels. Now his business is located in the village of Southampton, where he designs and handcrafts platinum and 18-karat gold jewelry.
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I guess it is no longer news that Nigeria's home brewed mobile network company, Globacom, has been having serious issues delivering on its obligations. Going on 72 hours now, its mobile internet services has been down, a reflection of the epileptic services it has been offering for the best part of this year.
This is, probably, also a reflection of the state of the Mobile Networks in Nigeria where more money is spent in "hyping" their services than providing the service itself.
Globacom is a 100 percent Nigerian privately owned telecommunications carrier with over 25 million subscribers. Other big players in the Nigerian mobile sector include MTN (South African), Airtel (Indian) and Etisalat (UAE).
Much as I like the Globacom because of the dynamism and affordabilty it has brought to the Nigerian mobile sector, it really needs to put its house in order. For now, I am moving on to another competitor, hoping it would only be for a short while.
"Glo with pride?!"
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I'm with you. Globacom has the most frequent downtimes out all the gsm networks in Nigeria. And to think that they spend trends of millions of Naira on their ambassadors like basket mouth, p-square, etc.
in a few days, my BIS expires, and Glo can go to blazes.
Sure; their internet (and data) service has been wobbly for a
while. But there has been no day i have been unable to access the nternet through GLO.
The outages in my area are NOT unbearable.
it happens to all the networks from time to time. We Just have to live with it for now.
If one must be online all the time, i guess one can not rely on a single connection in NIGERIA.
A friend running a cybercafe started with Starcomms, moved to
multilinks, visafone- and now -mobitel! Life continues…
Well said. Glo needs to pipe up their customer relations. However, I give them a plus on affordability!
I ain't gonna lie that their service doesn't mess up. I've spent 1 week without blackberry/internet service here in sokoto due to faults from their end and i was never refunded.
I stick by them cos when the service is available, it's amazing and their tariffs are awesome


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|Striking GB Swimwear for 2012
Aqua Sphere's striking new "GB" swimwear and caps for adults and kids, featuring eye-catching union jacks, is set to make waves in 2012. Available to buy from 1st Feb, this stylish new collection delivers bold and bright women's and girls' one-pieces, men's and boys' shorts and jammers and coordinating caps with evocative names such as Trafalgar, Mayfair and Carnaby in eye-popping turquoise, pink, royal blue and black! Constructed using Aqua Sphere's signature quality materials, this celebration of the GB flag is sure to add fun and fizz to your swimming next year. With kids sizes starting at age 4 and a broad range of men's and women's sizes, for your chance to wave the flag look out for this new line in shops from February!