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It will soon be legal to commercially grow, process and sell marijuana for recreational use. It remains problematic whether growers, processors and sellers can process the money they earn.
Because cannabis remains illegal under federal law, banks and credit unions are hesitant to open or maintain checking or savings accounts for cannabis-related businesses.
Following positive guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice concerning enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in Washington and Colorado – states that have legalized marijuana use – two members of the House of Representatives have urged federal regulators to give slack to their own enforcement.
In a letter to the Federal Reserve, Department of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Currency, National Credit Union Administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Congressmen Denny Heck of Washington and Ed Perlmutter of Colorado have urged that regulators "issue a memorandum providing guidance to regulated banks, credit unions and other financial services providers eliminating any further uncertainty and ensuring state and local governments have access to an effective and safe regulatory regime."
Translation: Loosen the reins.
To make their argument, the congressmen especially cite the contention that the current cash-heavy nature of the business "places our communities are serious risk by increasing the likelihood of crime. ... Allowing licensed and regulated businesses to access the banking system will decrease the risks associated with operating a cash-only business and increase public safety."
Because of the current legal strictures, Heck and Perlmutter said in a release this week, regulated cannabis businesses are "forced to operate as cash-only enterprises, inviting crime such as robbery and tax evasion and adding to the burden of setting up a legitimate small business."
Both Heck and Perlmutter have sponsored legislation concerning banks and cannabis, and Phil Gardner, a spokesman for Rep. Heck, said that both members are "pressing forward with the legislation they're co-sponsoring, but this is another possible avenue to resolve some of the concerns."
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Staff writerSeptember 7, 2013
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Taking the bait
A smelly little place becomes one determined man's life
Published: August 15, 2012
It's a quiet summer afternoon, the sun shines in a soft haze through the shop windows, the traffic outside is sounding a sleepy whoosh, so who could blame the shopkeeper for dozing off in a chair in the middle of the day?
"That'll be $5.70," says a bleary-eyed Michael Freeman to the customer who'd just come in and roused him from his slumber. The purchase was important enough to wake him for — two-dozen worms were urgently needed. The fish in the river are biting today.
Freeman owns Michael T's Bait on the corner of Van Dyke and Jefferson, a place where the pace of the day is languid no matter how busy it gets. He named the shop after himself when he took over two years ago, using his first name and middle initial. "I tell guys the 'T' stands for trouble. I tell women 'T' is for terrific," he says, instead of just saying that it's Tyrone.
He falls asleep in here quite frequently, he admits, often in front of the little TV in the corner with the digital tuner and rabbit ears on top. It's hard to stay awake when the liveliest thing in the room is the crayfish tank.
"I just sit around when it's so slow like this, and I'll nod out," says the 60-year-old in a Southern accent so drawly it makes him seem even drowsier. "The hours will wear you down." He's here from 4 in the morning until 8 at night, just about every single day.
It's usually slow like this, since most customers pop in and out after buying a single thing, and today's no different. Worms. Hooks. Minnows. Worms. Lures. Worms. It's not a high-intensity occupation.
It's slow like this because many of his customers stopped coming around a few years back, when the previous owner got seriously ill and opened the shop less and less frequently. Once a place like this gets a reputation among the riverfront anglers for being closed at crucial times, it's hard for it to recover.
Then the owner died, and the shop's survival was in question. Freeman had worked here for more than two decades, and it had simply become what he does in life. He was determined to save it.
But it wouldn't be easy.
From the outside you'd never know it's a bait shop. The only indicators are a couple of hand-painted boards propped against the plain walls outside, announcing "Live Bait." It's located inside a former flower store, and nobody's ever bothered taking the old signage down, so people seeking worms walk into a place whose delicate fabric awnings declare it to be Ashley's Flowers in a feminine script.
Inside though, there's little doubt. The place smells like the inside of a dead fish. It might be from the tank of minnows that sell as cheap bait, or the crawfish water, or years of fishy customers passing through. Freeman says he can't even smell it anymore.
Before this it was called Dick's Fishing Hole, named after its owner, Dick Brousseau. He lived just up the street in one of those towering old brick apartment high-rises along the river, and would spend his spare time standing on the shore behind it, with a line in the water. He loved fishing, knew fishing and figured he might as well make money off fishing. So he opened a bait shop just down the street from his home, though he never got around to putting his name on the door, or removing the soft awnings that served only to say what this place once was.
Freeman had moved to Detroit from Tennessee, and got a place to live and a security guard job in the same building where Brousseau lived. He never fished until he was in his 30s, and started only because his apartment was right along the river. "I figured, might as well fish," he says. He'd run into Brousseau along the banks, they became friends, and when the security guard job suddenly wasn't his anymore, the old bait salesman offered him work in his bare-bones shop.
After Brousseau got lung cancer, and as the disease wore on him, he began opening the shop later and later in the morning. The anglers needing bait at the first hint of dawn eventually found other shops to give their loyalty to, and the business slowly withered. A couple of years ago, in his mid-70s, Brousseau died.
He passed the business down to Freeman, as he'd promised to do if he ever retired. But a tenant in the building who was entrusted to watch over things while Brousseau was ill instead sold nearly all the store's product at a clearance-price pace and pocketed the money, and the landlord finished the job of killing the shop by throwing away all the cabinets, the fish tanks, even the kitschy plaques and mounted fish that decorated the walls.
That left Freeman with the choice of either giving up, or leasing a gutted room and starting over on his own. But after 20 years of this being his world, he asked himself — is there really a choice?
He started with some wood and glass and fashioned new display cabinets despite having little carpentry experience other than a woodworking class in the seventh grade. He got a new refrigerator to keep the worms cool, bought new tubs and tanks to hold the minnows and crayfish, and made wall stands to house the new rods and reels, to make it a real fishing supply store. He had to make it stand out because the gas station next door also sells night crawlers, as does the liquor store down the street.
Despite the competition, he gets a steady trickle of anglers throughout the day, who come maybe for the genuine atmosphere and the foul smell that traditionally marks the beginning of a day of fishing, or maybe because no liquor store is going to fix your broken fishing pole, let alone for less than $4, as Freeman does.
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Rep. Henry Cuellar recently took his iPad into the House of Representatives, which has long been a technology-free zone. Now, a new proposal would allow the device to return.
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Google's mobile operating system captured more than 50 percent of the smartphone market over the three-month period ended in February, ComScore says.
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Grace Miner, a eighth grader at Archie R. Cole Middle School, won the 2012 Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the University of Rhode Island's Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. The contest challenges eighth grade students from across the state to think critically and personally connect with the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. This year's contest drew in 187 entries from 28 different schools across the state. The top 22 finalist and their families and teachers were invited to an awards ceremony on May 1st at the Multicultural Center Forum at URI where 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners were announced. Aside from being named 1st prize winner, Grace also read her essay to the assembled crowd.
Grace learned about the essay contest from her English teacher, Melissa Fallow. "Mrs. Fallow posted the essay contest information on her board."
After researching Gandhi, Grace decided to write the essay because, she said, "I felt really passionate about what I had learned and Mrs. Fallow always encourages us to write about things we feel passionate about." The eighth grader said she was most struck by Gandhi's practice of peaceful resistance. "Gandhi never advocated fighting back, but he advocated peacefully resisting oppression which draws attention to your humanity."
She also was amazed to learn that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was influenced by Gandhi's message of nonviolence. This message really resonated with Grace who participates in the Coleader Club at Cole. Grace feels Cole is a place where students and faculty make every effort to practice the principles of respect, acceptance, and nonviolence.
In her essay, Grace writes, "At my school, I participate in the Coleader program where teachers and faculty members empower students to become leaders who practice respect, unconditional acceptance, foster healthy relationships, celebrate diversity, and challenge existing behaviors and attitudes that are biased and stereotypical." This program is run by East Greenwich Drug and Alcohol Counselor Bob Houghtaling and Family and Consumer Science teacher Elise Wolff.
For more information about the essay contest or to read Grace's essay, visit http://www.uri.edu/nonviolence/gandhiessay/index.html
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So this isn't a good tip. Instead, watch this video for how the PROPER Way To Remove the Battery Door on a BlackBerry Bold 9700.
* Update: OOOoooo... Read the comments to this post. There's an even better way to get the cover off (probably the intended way) but I just didn't know it. Never use phones other than BBs so just didn't now. I'll make a new video tomorrow showing the correct method. It's really easy. My bad. *
So if you watched my BlackBerry Bold 9700 unboxing video, you saw me run into some issues trying to get the battery door off not one, but two BlackBerry Bold 9700s. Since unboxing it, I've spoken to a few people who have 9700s. A couple had the same issues, a couple didn't. So maybe some have the natural technique, or maybe some units are simply a bit tighter with the tolerances than others.
Regardless, if when you buy your BlackBerry Bold 9700 you find the battery door doesn't come off easily, simply follow the instructions in this video. Lie it flat on a table, and push down and slide. It seems to do the trick vs. holding it in the air and squeezing and and twisting and everything else. This method is simple, safe and it works. Not as easy as some battery BlackBerry doors, but the design holds the cover on tight and doesn't show off any sort of hinges or clasps or anything. Very clean and smooth. So no complaints here!
06kingranch Nov 5, 2009 at 12:08 am
So you have to tape the Tour's battery door down and with the Bold you can't take it off. Maybe on the next device they'll get the battery door right.
gamer24 Nov 5, 2009 at 12:18 am
I think in a way its better that the door is harder to take off, it keeps it from coming off too easily when playing around with it, and keeps it on if you accidentally drop the device.
mikeo007 Nov 5, 2009 at 12:40 am
There's a much easier method to get the battery door off. Hold it with the back facing you and put both your thumbs on the bottom corners of the battery door. Wrap your pointer fingers around the front of the Bold, under the keyboard so you get a good grip. Then just push downward with your thumbs. Comes right off every time with no prying!
creef1014 Nov 5, 2009 at 8:39 am
Better than my bold 9000 battery door. Sometimes just by holding the phone I'll hit the button and out come everything
I personally like the insides of my phone to stay securely inside.
coolhorn Nov 5, 2009 at 3:12 pm
There is actually a diagram showing the proper technique for removing the battery cover on the plastic static cover that comes on the "faux leather" back...hold the device upside down, pushing with both thumbs. If you would have taken a second to look at it before ripping it off at 100mph! LOL
I saw a video clip of someone with a "loaner" unit sent out to testers with that same diagram on it months ago...
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I stepped into the house after a long day's work, hoping to relax and kick back with the little one and claim a calm evening at home.
As I breached the threshold of the front door I was greeted by an eerie silence. There was not a single sound coming from the house. There was not a refrigerator running, no squeaky ceiling fan nor was the air conditioner churning away. Only a deafening silence greeted me.
As I stood motionless in the kitchen I felt a cool summer breeze blow across the house through an open window and I could hear the lovely song of the birds perched in the nearby trees. My digital clock greeted me with a blank stare and I realized the electricity was out.
With my expectations dashed I prepared myself for a sans-technology evening. I had to figure out how to entertain a 6-year-old who is completely immersed in computer games, Netflix and playing with the light switch (well, maybe not the last one).
First, we tackled the old standby and played hide and seek for a while and followed that with a quick round of ball in the yard. It was beginning to get dark so we headed inside and, to my surprise, the electricity was back on, but the cable and Internet were not. The lack of cable and Internet was all for the better as my daughter and I curled up on the couch with a pile of her favorite books. We plowed through one and then another and even a third. She never once complained about the lack of video games, movies or TV that she was missing.
Eventually, she dozed off in my lap and I carried her to her pink-clad bedroom.
Amazingly, we had a fulfilling and fun evening without lights, without computers, Netflix or WiFi. We did it without email, Facebook or Spotify. We did without ABC, NBC or HBO. We did without air conditioning when it was 90 degrees, you know.
We repeated this peaceful and retro scenario for the next three days and added in a good bit of coloring and homemade silly games. Eventually, my Internet and cable service provider succumbed to rational thought and listened to me as I explained to them there was a tree limb on their lines near the end of my driveway. It took me speaking with three different customer service reps and a level two technician before they would even send a guy out. They insisted that the problem was with my equipment and kept asking me what was on my screen or what buttons where flashing on my modem.
"No," I said. "Listen to the words I am saying: there is no signal coming into the house, nor does my neighbor have service."
Finally, three days later, a service tech showed up at my house. I walked him over to the tree limb and showed him what the customer service rep refused to believe.
He said, "You told them it was a tree on the line and they sent me out?"
"Yes," I replied.
He tested the line and told me I was right that there was no signal and the line was dead. He stated he would have to call in a code "301" to get a line crew out to fix the problem. I told him thank you and explained that that is what I have been trying to get somebody to do for four days.
With the exception of dealing with the big corporate conglomerate that I have let control my life, the experience was pleasant and forced me to exist without the bombardment of media. It also opened the door for a plethora of quality time with my child.
She loved every moment of the personal interaction that we shared, and I too will cherish the few days that we spent without all the distractions.


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Yes, magazines are struggling. Yes, they need to figure out a good way to make money. But this ad from Guss' Pickles (a shop in Cedarhurst, NY that appears to be rather quaint) in the latest issue of Heeb Magazine is a sure sign that effort is failing.
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Claremore Daily Progress
January 9, 2013
State influenza activity peaking
Mark Friedel
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CLAREMORE — The flu season has come early to Rogers County and Oklahoma.
Since Dec. 26, there have been 65 reported influenza-associated hospitalizations in Oklahoma.
This brings the total number to 171, according to a recent summary by the Oklahoma State Department of Heath (OSDH).
Three deaths have accumulated since Christmas, including one in Rogers County.
Influenza-like illness is defined as having a fever greater than 100 degrees combined with a cough and/or a sore throat. Children under the age of four and adults 65 years or older are more prone to contract the illness.
The strain this year has been reported as very dangerous with the majority of symptoms lasting more than two weeks, according to OSDH.
Hillcrest Healthcare Media/Public Relations Manager Angela Peterson said 10 people have been confirmed hospitalized with the flu at Hillcrest Claremore since Jan. 1.
"People with the flu can expect to be out of work for at least two weeks with fever, chills and nausea," said Rogers County Health Administrator Mary Beth Murray.
We expect flu activity to get worse before it gets better, she said.
Sentinel physicians from health clinics offer testing for those suffering from flu symptoms.
Public health officials accumulate surveillance data from the lab testing information to keep physicians, hospitals and facilities better informed of influenza activity around the state, said Murray.
"The best prevention is a flu shot and to wash your hands constantly. Even if you catch the flu after receiving the shot, it's likely that the effects will be less severe, she said."


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Dear Editor,
Gov. Rick Perry released a statement Feb. 11 regarding the passing of former Navy Seal Chris Kyle:
"Chris Kyle was the public face of an anonymous breed of American warrior who are handed the hardest missions and assume the largest risks. Chris was among the very best at what he did, and he saved countless American lives in the process. Our state and our nation suffered a profound loss with his passing. I am honored to have known Chris and to have called him my friend. Anita and I send our deepest condolences to his wife, Taya, his children and the thousands of service members that were his extended family."
Chris Kyle, a Texas native and resident, was shot and killed on Feb. 2, at a Texas shooting range, and was buried in the state capitol of Austin at Texas State Cemetery. Despite the overwhelming support of thousands of Texans, Governor Perry did not issue a proclamation directing flags to be flown at half staff statewide at either Chris Kyle's memorial service or his funeral.
Texas law states that flags will be flown at half staff for politicians, honored members of the military and public figures in Texas. The same applies to burial at Texas State Cemetery. Why was the exception made at the burial site and not at the flag pole? The Kyle family requested both, and Governor Perry, who calls Kyle "my friend," doesn't know what friendship is about.


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We are working on SAN implementation and I would like to know if we have to define a naming convention for the WWN.
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Naming conventions in a SAN are generally used to help people make sense out of those long WWN name addresses when doing zoning in the SAN. You don't need a naming convention but it may be very useful when trying to figure out what goes where when you do zoning. Before you create a zone in your switches, you can associate an "Alias" to the WWN addresses or switch port names. You then use these aliases in your zone sets, to associate server HBAs with storage ports.
Say you have two servers. One is running your mail and the other is running a SQL database. There are two HBAs in each server and each server is attached to two storage ports in the SAN. You can log into the switches and rename the WWNs for your servers to something like "Mail1pathA" and "Mail1pathB", "SQLpathA" and "SQLpathB" or you can use the nodename instead.
All the pathAs would be in one fabric and all the pathBs would be in another fabric. You can rename the two storage port addresses to something like "ProdA" and "ProdB". You would then create two zones in each fabric that associated the pathAs to the storage port ProdA and the other fabric would contain the pathBs associated with the storage ProdB port.
You can use any naming convention you want. Just make sure it makes sense for your environment, and that you are consistent. One thing to watch out for is using the same names in different fabrics. ALWAYS use unique names for EVERYTHING. This way if you ever have to connect the fabrics together you will not have problems with naming conventions.
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Gear Review: Simms AlumiBite Star Cleat
Author: Trouts Staff
So while the snow, sleet, rain, hail, etc. etc. continues to fall here in Colorado and your thoughts meander toward gear and fly fishing this weekend, check out this review about AlumiBite Star Cleats by Michael Gracie.
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By Corey Elliott
— The Ben Davis girls' basketball team held off a relentless second half surge from Decatur Central (7-8) last Thursday night with a 62-52 road victory over the Hawks. Behind an aggressive defensive effort combined with senior Amber Jones and freshman Ae Rianna Harris' combined 28 points, Ben Davis (8-7) was able to outlast the Hawks and move above the .500 mark on the season.
From the tip off it was evident that Ben Davis was on a business trip and the Giants were not trying to waste any time getting the job done. A quick 8-2 lead in the first quarter was a product of a Giants' game plan that emphasized an aggressive offensive attack.
"That's the kind of tempo we want to bring every single game," Ben Davis Coach Joe Lentz said. "It's becoming more of our thing lately and that's what we want and the better we become the more of that there'll be."
Much of Ben Davis' success on offense came from Harris' ability to drive the basket at will, collecting many of her points down in the lane.
"If you're in the paint, you might as well keep driving," Harris said. "I'm going to get the foul or I'm going to get the shot."
Harris' ability to attack the basket and utilize her height advantage on opponents is a skill set not seen too often in freshmen at the varsity level. But with senior Amber Jones there to lend advice and lead by example, it can make adjusting an easy process.
"At first it was tough, but now I'm getting used to the level of play," Harris said. "For me to be a freshman on varsity I need somebody to look up to so I can see what I'm doing when I mess up and she (Jones) is there to help me and guide me when I'm doing something wrong."
But with a 33-20 lead at half time, there didn't appear to be too much messing up as the Giants seemed well on their way to victory.
However, solid half time adjustments by Decatur Central led to a 7-0 Hawks run to start the second half and that built some momentum, pulling Decatur Central within six at the end of the third quarter, 47-41.
Decatur Central would start the fourth quarter hot, getting within four of the Giants but that is the closest they would come as Ben Davis answered with a 15-5 run of its own. Urgency set in for Decatur Central as time started running short on the Hawks, resulting in more ill-advised 3-point attempts to try and close the gap.
Hitting only 4 of 16 from beyond the arc didn't help Decatur Central's night look any better as the Hawks shot 32 percent form the field, making just 12 of 38 attempts. Much of the poor shooting was a result of the height mismatch in Ben Davis' favor. The Giants were able to get a hand up disrupting the Hawks' shooters and at times even blocking shots, both of which led to 29 defensive rebounds for Ben Davis.
"We're built of defense," Lentz said. "We made their shots a lot more difficult. Our goal was to guard against the three because they have two or three kids that can really hit it, and stop their penetration which I think we were effectively able to do because we had a lot of blocked shots."


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1. Textile Crafts
These include any type of craft where you work with fabric, yarn or surface design. Some examples are knitting, quilting, appliqué, weaving and dyeing. Many of these could obviously also fall into the decorative or fashion crafts categories, since the finished good is sold as a sweater or wall hanging. However, they are technically textile crafts since it all starts with the fabric.
In my career as a crafter, I've done just about all textile crafts. My favorite? Dyeing. I find silk fabric dyeing very appealing to the creative mind as the dye can either flow freely across the fabric or you can use resist to make the dye form different shapes.
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2. Paper Crafts
As the name implies, paper crafts have to do with well – paper! My son got his first introduction to paper crafts in pre-school when he used carved potatoes to hand print designs on a card for Mother's Day. The grown up version of this is wood engraving. Other paper crafts include papier-mache, calligraphy, and papermaking.
In the past, I've carved linoleum instead of wood to block print. Many people also hand cut their own stencils from plastic to create the same effect on paper.
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3. Decorative Crafts
Furniture making, metalwork, stenciling, stained glass, gilding, spongeware, surface design of walls such as trompe l'oeil, basketry and dried flowers fall into the category of decorative crafts. This category also includes toy making.
Lately, I've seen a trend in combining furniture making with metalwork. Arts and crafts and home décor magazines are showcasing a lot of furniture constructed from wood but with metalwork legs or trim. The metalwork tends to be very industrial looking but there is a good amount of ornate metalwork added in as well.
Here are some recommended articles on the topic:
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4. Fashion Crafts
This type of crafts encompasses all the elements of dressing the human body: jewelry, hats, leatherwork (shoes, belts, handbags) and garments. This craft type will naturally intersect other craft types since jewelry can be made through metalworking and garments are fabricated by sewing – which can be classified as a textile craft.
If you're looking to have your craft work showcased in magazines such as In Style magazine, this is your area of craft discipline. Pursuing a fashion magazine with relevant press releases or kits is a great way to get free attention that should turn into a sizable increase in sales.
Examples of fashion crafts:
5. Functional Crafts
Many of the four other types of crafts can also be classfied as functional. For example, decorative pottery is made with components that are okay for your customers to eat from such as serving platters or utensils. Many furniture crafts are primarily functional but can also be quite decorative.
Obviously, to attract the widest possible customer base, it's good to have functionality built into your art or craft. Many times customers who won't shell out the big bucks for an original creation just because of it's good looks will justify the cost because it can also be used in day-to-day life.


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Back in February, after the Magic lost to the Miami Heat on national television, I wrote a pretty hostile FanPost where I was critical of the Magic players and staff, particularly Otis Smith and the transactions he has made since the 2009 Finals.
"An era is over, Magic fans," I said. "The Dwight Howard era that began so promisingly in 2004 is over. We are witnessing the death rattle."
I went on to say, rather prophetically: "My money says the Hawks finally send us home in the postseason."
Believe me, I'm happy to admit that I didn't mean this when I said it. I intended it as a jab, a mean-spirited joke.
Life is funny, though, isn't it?
I'm ashamed of this Orlando Magic team. I'm ashamed of the players, of Stan Van Gundy and, of course, Otis Smith. Smith's relentless manipulation of the Magic roster since July, 2009, have driven this franchise into the ground.
And I don't know whether to blame Stan Van Gundy, the players, or both, but the team we saw tonight was not the team we saw on Tuesday night. They did not execute even similarly. They continued to force the ball inside to Howard, and/or to take ill-advised shots, to turn the ball over. It was shameful.
And I am ashamed.
I am going to work very hard in the coming week not to watch the Chicago Bulls sweep the Hawks.
I still believe Stan Van Gundy is a championship-level coach. And, like Doc Rivers, I have a terrible feeling that he will move on and win an NBA title elsewhere.
What does the future hold for this Magic team? Otis Smith "likes this team", a team that couldn't make it beyond the first round against a team we have dominated the past two seasons, with prejudice. Stan Van Gundy apparently can't motivate this team to play their best when it counts; at least, not anymore.
We're locked in with Hedo Turkoglu for three years. A guy who looked so out of place this series, I found him unrecognizeable, and wondered whether or not he'd ever played basketball in his life. At his age, he will only decline.
And he's ours to the bitter, bitter end.
Just like Gilbert Arenas, the guy who wanted to keep piranhas in his house and guns in his locker, the guy with the surgically reconstructed knee, the guy who this season, like Turk, has often looked like a guy who has never played organized basketball in his life. He showed flashes of his ability, at times, sure. But is that even close to enough? Is he worth even half of his salary? Is he a guy who, teamed up with Dwight Howard, can take the Orlando Magic to (at the very f***ing least) the second round of the playoffs?
Apparently not. And next season he turns 30 years old. With three years left on his ungodly contract.
I'm very afraid as a Magic fan, a lifelong Magic fan, that we are entering another dark age. Maybe the worst in franchise history.
At least when Shaq left we had Penny.
I'm afraid that the Dwight Howard era, as I predicted, is over, and that our financials are so foolishly, so recklessly encumbered that it'll be years before we can even start thinking about picking up the pieces. And who can we trust to do so? Otis Smith?
Like I said in my February post, what are the odds that we get the number one pick in the NBA Draft? And that another future Hall of Fame center happens to be there?
Maybe we'll blow it on a promising player overseas who never crosses the Atlantic. It has, after all, happened before.
I'm a heartbroken fan, and I'm sure I'm not alone. And what hurts the most is knowing that this is probably just the beginning.
Never thought I'd find myself hoping for a lockout. But I'm not sure I can face a 2011/12 season.


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Mrs. Deliah "Dee" E. Snow, age 72, of Gardendale, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
She was an active member of Gardendale First Baptist Church for 45 years, a high school educator for 25 years, and a beloved wife, mom, grandmother, sister and friend throughout her life.
Mrs. Snow is survived by her husband of 50 years, Mr. Bobby Leon Snow; two sons, Bruce R. (Anna) Snow of Jackson, and Chris A. (Amy) Snow of Hoover; and grandchildren Jonah Bruce Snow, Maggie Elaine Snow, Emily Elizabeth Snow, Anna Kaelyn Snow, Micah Christopher Snow and Brenna Shao Hui Snow.
The youngest of seven children, sibling survivors include Christine Ethridge, Cora Foster, Joy Ethridge, Betty Kirkland and Voyd Ethridge.
Visitation will be held at Gardendale Funeral Home Friday, March 8, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. The funeral service will be held at the south campus of Gardendale First Baptist Church, Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m. with graveside service to follow at Oakwood Memorial Gardens.
Her life Bible verses were Isaiah 41:10 and Proverbs 3:5-6. She touched many lives with her heart and hands. Throughout her years battling cancer, Dee lived a life of grace.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, BEB Research Foundation or Gardendale First Baptist Building Fund.


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Summer Jam 2013
The Wu-Tang Clan is an American East Coast hip hop group from Staten Island, New York that consists of rappers RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon,Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi-member of the group. They were formed in the New York City borough of Staten Island (U-God, Method Man, RZA, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon), though some of their members are from Brooklyn (Ol Dirty Bastard, GZA and Masta Killa).
They have introduced and launched the careers of affiliated artists and groups, often collectively known as the Wu-Tang Killa Bees, and in 2008, About.com ranked them the No. 1 greatest hip hop group of all time, and stated "No weapon in hip-hop history can rival the chaotic cohesion of the Wu-Tang Clan. The Clan had so many characters, each with his own eccentricities. They were fearless in their approach. There's a good reason no group has been able to successfully recreate their sound. The crew spawned countless loosely associated acts. Their classic albums spawned classic albums." Kris Ex of Rolling Stone called Wu-Tang Clan "the best rap group ever." In 2004, NME hailed them as one of the most influential groups of the last ten years.
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Dodo: A code generation tool for Designer 8.5.1
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If you are a Notes developer the single best feature in Designer 8.5.1 is the new Lotusscript editor. The editor finally brings Lotusscript development into the 1980's with a built-in class browser and some other neat features.
Note: IBM Domino Designer 8.5.1 beta is pre-release code. The finished product might be different from the beta.
Now that we have a class browser it can make good sense to write object-oriented classes to control access to underlying Domino data.
For example, if we have a Person Form that contains a Text field called Name we could write a Lotusscript class called Person with two methods called getName() and setName(). The two methods, known as getters and setters, are then used to access the underlying Notes document.
This way of accessing data is very common. In Java you can't avoid it, they are called Java Beans. In Lotusscript it used to be a real pain to do because the Lotusscript editor didn't have an easy way to find what classes are available and what methods they have. That's all changed in Designer 8.5.1.
What hasn't changed is the fact that creating getters/setters is still a real pain. That's where the Dodo plug-in for Designer 8.5.1 comes in. It will automatically create object-oriented Lotusscript code for accessing Domino data.
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Patrick Schacherer
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To the Editor:
As a citizen of Knoxville for the last 23 years, I have been frustrated by many of your columns and ashamed someone in your profession could be so ignorant. In your last column, you stated that Gender Equality measures are a product of the liberal agenda and are an "unnecessary push for forced social justice."
I challenge you to examine your own argument in regards to the lack of representation Pella has on the current fair board. By acknowledging that some equality measures should be taken to better include residents of Pella, you are inherently disproving your own point or making a sexist conclusion.
By advocating that Pella (half of Marion County's population) should be better represented and that women (more than half of the population) need no equality measures, is that not in itself a chauvinistic argument? I think you should re-examine what you mean by such statements.
And no, gender equality measures are not a product of the liberal agenda, nor is any civil rights bill. They are products of societal change.
If you truly considered yourself in favor of pure democracy, you would advocate for gender equality measures, too. Females, while making up slightly more than half of the population in the United States, are still vastly underrepresented at every level of government. I say that not as a liberal or conservative, but as a political scientist.
The numbers speak for themselves. I think you may need to re-examine your stance on the issue, rather than dismiss it as some piece of the liberal agenda. Turn off your talk radio and pay more attention to the words you're writing.
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Well here it is, the week after Remembrance Day. It was a beautiful day on Sunday to come out and remember our fallen soldiers at the cenotaph in Parry Sound. After the ceremony we had only 13 veterans at a roast beef supper put on with thanks for everything they have done for us so that we can live in freedom. So many of our veterans have passed on, as most of them are 85 years old and older and those left to enjoy life are getting fewer, but we wish to thank them all for their bravery.
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On November 25 we will be holding a Grey Cup party with food available and a large screen TV to watch the game on. There is no cover charge so why not come in and bring some friends to enjoy the game?
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Papier (Bourbon Barrel) - The Bruery
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Ratings: 34 | Reviews: 13 | Display Reviews Only:
3.5/5 rDev -19.9%
09-12-2013 18:27:22 | More by CityofBals
3.5/5 rDev -19.9%
08-25-2013 05:39:11 | More by 2beerdogs
3.75/5 rDev -14.2%
05-23-2012 22:07:29 | More by seeswo
New York
3.75/5 rDev -14.2%
02-25-2013 16:42:34 | More by jbuddle
3.88/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled at the Bruery's anniversary. Dark brown with red tint and barely any foam. The aroma is an assault of rich bourbon, caramel, and vanilla, The sweet malty base is there, but the barrel dominates. The flavor is a mix of brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, and lots of bourbon. Lacks the hotness of the brandy version, though the bourbon is still the overriding characteristic. Full bodied with low carbonation and light stickiness. Smooth bourbon domination, but is a good way.
Serving type: bottle
11-07-2009 10:19:43 | More by bulletrain76
4/5 rDev -8.5%
05-06-2013 15:29:32 | More by claaark13
4/5 rDev -8.5%
01-12-2012 07:46:43 | More by ygtbsm94
4/5 rDev -8.5%
08-26-2012 19:21:58 | More by MrFootstones
4/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Thanks to Alex & Bryna for this one. Big 750ml bottle with into mini-snifter.
A - Pours a reddish brown color, totally flat.
S - Well, there's probably some beer in here somewhere mixed with all this bourbon! Smells Burnt sugars, oak, bourbon, hot, dark fruit. If you enjoy bourbon, you'll enjoy this.
T - Uh yeah, bourbon. Not a crappy cheap bourbon note, but rich, smooth, a higher-end. Burnt sugars, dark fruit, oak. Like the nose, a lot of bourbon, smooth, sweet.
M - Body is medium, flat, oaky sweet finish.
O - If you like bourbon, you'll like this. A sipper for sure, no doubt. Really enjoyed this one, and at 17%, it's a nice after-dinner drink to split many many ways with friends. Recommend.
Serving type: bottle
08-01-2011 15:19:36 | More by Sean9689
4.15/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
750 mL bottle, song on the stereo, Steve Miller's Jet Airliner,
A: Pours brown with no head, great colour and a nice viscosity to the look.
S: Great smell. Bourbon, wood, vanilla.
T: Wood, sweet bourbon, very good flavour. Vanilla on the finish. Tasty, but not as good as the rye. Still a little bit of booze on the back end.
M: Smooth, creamy, very full-bodied and viscous.
D: A real nice beer here. I like the rye barrel aged a little better, but I enjoy how the bourbon takes over in the end here with this beer.
Serving type: bottle
02-24-2010 07:52:32 | More by Halcyondays
4.22/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle poured into glass at The Bruery Reserve Society Initiation. Thanks to our massive beer-pooling efforts and relentless attacks on the tasting table, we were able to amass quite a bit of each -bal aged Papier incarnation. Bourbon was my least favorite of the -bal aged versions, but hey, that's like picking the biggest wimp in a roomful of Chuck Norris clones, is it not?
Pours a cloudy brown color, pretty similar to the color of one of those bears that you see on the Discovery Channel grabbing at salmon as they try to jump up a waterfall. Unlike those bears, this beer does not have a head. Pretty flat-looking.
Smells of sweet caramel and toffee, bourbon, vanilla, spice, and oak.
Flavor is nice and tasty, with -bal aging evident. There's lots of bourbon in there for sure. Also caramel, toffee, vanilla, mild oak, raisin cake, and pie spices. A little on the hot side, but not terribly. Definitely smoother and mellower than regular Papier, although not nearly as much so as Brandy & Rye Papier.
Body is fairly full and carbonation level is low, although not quite Angels Share low. (Side note: I just tried the latest release of Angels Share and it's actually carbonated, so this is the last flat Angels Share joke I plan on making! Congrats, Tomme!) The low carbonation works well in this beer. Really smooth on the palate, although not quite as smooth as the other -bal aged versions, which are at Rico Suavé levels of smoothness.
Drinkability is pretty high. Overall a really solid beer, one I feel very lucky to have tried.
Serving type: bottle
01-20-2010 00:21:30 | More by nickd717
New York
4.25/5 rDev -2.7%
03-04-2013 22:05:19 | More by Crookdrain
4.25/5 rDev -2.7%
02-09-2013 06:10:20 | More by Azrael
4.25/5 rDev -2.7%
05-04-2014 23:08:00 | More by kscaldef
4.25/5 rDev -2.7%
03-02-2013 03:29:14 | More by t0rin0
4.28/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to d0b for this one. Bottle #353. Served in an Alvinne snifter.
A - Pours still. Ruby brown body, murky, some legs.
S - Surprisingly mellow for 17% (although still clearly boozier than Adam from the Wood). Dark fruits, caramel, vanilla, bourbon, light oak. Extremely raisin-forward, with great complementary barrel flavors.
T - Taste is hotter than the aroma suggests. Lots of bourbon, oaky vanilla, dark fruits, raisins, prunes. Even though there is tons of brown sugar and caramel flavor it never seems to get cloying.
M - Again, nearly still with only the vaguest hint of carbonation. Full-bodied, with some moderate alcohol warmth and a lightly sticky finish.
D - Pretty drinkable for 17%, although I think 4oz is an appropriate serving size for this sort of beer. A very nice old ale, but not as good as Adam from the Wood, or even 100% BA Coton. As the Solera method works its magic, subsequent Bruery Anniversary beers should get increasingly smooth and mellow. That being said, it's nice to see where the magic started. I found the Brandy and Rye versions of Papier more interesting, and I hope those variants show up again in the future.
Serving type: bottle
07-31-2011 01:21:55 | More by MasterSki
4.3/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.5
Bottle pour at the bottle share held at Chloe's inside Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles, CA.
Pours a murky brown with a foamy khaki head that fades to nothing. Small dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of malt, brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, and lots of bourbon aromas. Taste is much the same with vanilla and bourbon flavors on the finish. There is an alcohol kick after each sip. This beer has a low level of carbonation with an almost flat mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with some great aromas and flavors but it's still quite boozy.
Serving type: bottle
04-06-2013 05:34:53 | More by UCLABrewN84
United Kingdom (Wales)
4.3/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Had this at the bruery reserve initiation. I did a side by side of each of the 3 papiers. Third was the bourbon.
Again, the appearance was very similar to the rye and brandy. Pours no head.The color was a murky ruby hued caramel brown. It seemed to be more hazy than the other two though.
Aroma: Big oak and bourbon flavors up front. Vanilla, toffee, caramel. This one was my favorite based off the aroma.
Taste: Lighter bourbon flavors than I was expecting. There was a lot more oak here. I was a little disappointed, because the aroma was so inviting. It has lots of vanilla, toffee, and caramel just like the other versions. This one just seemed to have a lighter flavor.
Mouthfeel: Smooth, rich, and creamy. Medium bodied with a medium amount of carbonation. Ends a little dry with some heat.
Overall, this was my least favorite, not to say it wasn't bad. I was just a little let down after having the first two. Again, I am really shocked as how this beer hides the abv. Hardly any traces. I would still like to try this one again someday.
Serving type: bottle
01-29-2010 21:33:00 | More by mothman
4.47/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured into my Bruery tulip glass and shared with Mauerhan and Tdizzle.
A: Poured very similar to a flat bottle of Bourbon Angel Share...sorry Lost Abbey. LOL. No head, no lacing...no real excitement going on with the look. When I held it up to the light, I was able to find this solid black mass surrounded by this lighter brown liquid...similar to miso soup.
S: Hot bourbon upfront with tons of maple and brown sugar. The spices that were easily noticeable in the other versions seem to be masked by the bourbon, but the oak backbone really kept my nose inside my glass for quite a while.
T: The first thing I noticed was the thin and alcohol-like bourbon flavor up front, followed by strong maple and brown sugar. Not as complex as the Rye Whiskey, but a bolder taste that reminded me of a better and woody version of Angel Share. I think the bourbon, and I'm being really picky here, masks the spices a bit too much. But overall, a near perfect flavor profile.
M: Almost zero carbonation and full-body.
D: A little too hot for me...but great flavor profile!
Overall: An excellent brew! Cheers!
Serving type: bottle
09-19-2009 17:21:03 | More by OlieIPA
New Jersey
4.5/5 rDev +3%
02-24-2013 05:34:14 | More by Hessian257
4.5/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Thanks to Alex for sharing.
A - Doesn't pour with much visible carbonation. Pretty thick looking. Brown bodied beer with some reddish highlights.
S - Nice caramel, dark fruits, bourbon, oak and vanilla. Really everything you could ask for as far as an Old Ale goes.
T - Love the taste of this. It's slightly hot, but the bit of alcohol warmth is great with the caramel, barrel, and vanilla. Bourbon is great. This is a fantastic beer.
M - Full bodied, pretty low carbonation.
O - Fantastic beer, drinks well enough for something with this much ABV. Quite smooth. While it's a little more rough than the newest beer in this series, it's also less sweet and I like it a bit more. Would love to drink this again.
Serving type: bottle
11-21-2011 02:49:20 | More by AgentZero
4.5/5 rDev +3%
10-24-2013 08:08:50 | More by zestar
4.5/5 rDev +3%
01-08-2012 21:03:42 | More by clarkenstein
4.5/5 rDev +3%
11-14-2011 22:43:53 | More by westcoastbeerlvr
4.65/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.5
One of the single-barrel versions that Patrick was popping on the hour at the Bruery's 1st Anniversary Party. Reviewed from notes.
A - Pours cola brown with dark ruby highlights. No head whatsoever, but at 17% ABV, that kinda has to be expected. A quick swirl leaves wine-like legs streaming down the sides of my glass.
S - Insanely aromatic. Bourbon, caramel, vanilla, and brown sugar abounds. Some dark fruityness from the original Papier comes through, with figgy, pruny notes. Some earthy leather in the back. The 17% makes its presence known with a whiskey-like sting in the nostrils.
T - Even more barrel influenced, if that is even possible. Huge bourbon and vanilla flavors, with toffee, caramel, and toasted oak as well. The fruityness pokes through just slightly, along with the leathery earth. This beer is miles deep. You get a new set of flavors with each sip.
M - Shockingly smooth. Thick and creamy. A bit on the syrupy side, with a tiny amount of heat, but nowhere near what one would expect at 17%. Mind-blowing.
D - This beer defines the term "sippin beer". 4oz would be more than enough for me, but it would be enjoyed for a long, long time. This is the kind of beer that you drink slowly, with about five other beer geek buddies.
The Bruery blew my mind over and over at this party, and this one was damn near best-of-show. Considering that Melange #3 won't be bottled (at least not any time soon), I think this is the beer that will move The Bruery fully into the upper echelon of Craft Brewers. Absolutely outstanding.
Serving type: bottle
05-17-2009 17:32:12 | More by 0110x011
Papier (Bourbon Barrel) from The Bruery
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Reporting from Palo Alto — USC running back Dillon Baxter finally scored his first touchdown in USC's 37-35 loss to No. 16 Stanford on Saturday night at Stanford Stadium.
Baxter scored on an eight-yard run in the first quarter after taking a direct snap. His run gave USC a 7-0 lead.


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Welcome to Search the Scriptures Daily, a radio ministry of The Berean Call featuring Dave Hunt and T. A. McMahon. I'm Gary Carmichael, we're glad to have you along. Coming up in the next hour in Our Understanding the Scriptures segment, Dave and Tom will continue their in-depth study of the Book of Acts, and, Did the Jews crucify Jesus through ignorance? In Religion in the News, Watching the Passion for Lent, we'll take a look at that story and examine the question: Do you still believe in the Rapture? We hope you can stay with us. Our ministry, The Berean Call, offers a wide variety of teaching materials, including books, tracts, audio and video tapes and copies of our weekly broadcast on tape or compact disc. You may also subscribe to our monthly newsletter, which we offer free of charge. We'll let you know how to order later in the program.
Now, this week's Cover Article. We continue our series of programs based on Dave Hunt's book, Beyond Seduction, with Part 7 of Selections from Beyond Seduction, and, along with Dave Hunt, here's T.A. McMahon: Thanks, Gary. You're listening to Search the Scriptures Daily, a program in which we encourage everyone who desires to know God's truth to look to God's Word for all that is essential for salvation and living one's life in a way that is pleasing to Him. Our topic in this segment of our program is, What the Bible has to say about self versus what the world teaches about self. Dave, as we mentioned last week, a large part of the problem for Christians in this is that self teachings are so common place, including within professing Christianity, that many Christians think self love, self esteem, self confidence, self image, self worth, and so forth, are, in fact, what the Bible teaches. So, what I would like to do, this is sort of deja-vu, Dave, I can remember at least 20-some years ago when we were putting together the materials for The Seduction of Christianity, that we would be driving along the freeway and I'd start down a list. I said, okay, Dave, now here's the deal, I'm going to lay this out for you and you give me your response, and that's what we are going to do right now. So, to begin with, shouldn't everyone love themselves? I mean, that's certainly better than hating themselves.
Well, you don't have to be taught to love yourself, the Bible never encourages us love ourselves. We're to love our neighbor as ourselves, Jesus said, which obviously implies that we already love ourselves, and the problem is we're giving too much love to ourselves and we need to give some of it to our neighbor. The Bible tells us that we are to esteem—this is Philippians 2:3—esteem others better than ourselves. We are to deny ourselves, you know, and so forth. So, am I to love myself? I don't find any exhortation in the Bible to love myself, in fact, Jesus says we must even hate our own lives. In other words, my problem is myself. I don't know if anyone listening out there has every had that problem. I can remember, literally, being on my knees praying for humility, thinking I got it, the next thing I knew I was proud that I had become so humble. That's what our hearts are, our hearts are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, the Bible says. So, the idea that I've got to learn to love myself and treat myself, you know, and so forth, that is an instinct that actually began in the garden of Eden. Self-preservation is the primary instinct. And we've probably mentioned this before, but you know when you pass out a tray of cookies, let's say five-year-olds, four-year-olds, three-year-olds, or ten-year-olds, you don't have to say, Now look guys, just love yourselves, so try to grab the biggest cookie first—that comes naturally. So, there's no reason that we should have seminars in the church, (which we do), about loving ourselves, and this lie has been spread because Jesus said: Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Then we must, first of all, learn to love ourselves before we can love our neighbor. Anybody that wants to sit down and think about that for a minute would recognize that that simply isn't true. Jesus is saying, Love your neighbor like you inadequately love yourself? Oh, your problem is you really hate yourself, you need to have some good solid biblical teaching on how to love yourself, but in the meantime, before you learn how to love yourself, love your neighbor like you love yourself inadequately—that does not make sense, and that is not our problem. And yet, self is the problem, and it's a big problem in the church. And anyone who is honest will admit this, will recognize it. I've been publicly praying, Tom, and the thought suddenly comes into my mind, Well, I hope they recognize what a great prayer this is. You remember the preacher, shaking hands at the door and somebody walking by shakes his hand and says, That was just a fantastic sermon, the best I have ever heard. And he says, Yeah, I know the devil already told me. So, our problem is—well, you know, the disciples, they had such low self esteem—Jesus tells them, One of you will betray me. There's a momentary flutter of concern, Is it I, is it I? They should have locked the door and not let anyone out until they found out who this was. But in the next breath they are arguing among themselves who will be the greatest! Jesus is going to be betrayed, they are going to all forsake Him and flee, and what is their concern? Well, I want to sit on your right hand, I want to sit on your left hand, you know, and, I think I will be the greatest in the kingdom. So Tom, I probably said too much about that but that is so contrary (a) to the Bible, (b) to common sense, everything that we know about ourselves. Now, then people will say, Well, what about the person that says, I hate myself. Well, we could deal with that, too, I don't know whether you've got that on your list of questions to ask. But, the pitcher who, I just did such a lousy job, you know, I only struck out 13, or whatever, you know, I'm just such a lousy pitcher. No, he's fishing for a compliment. He wants you to say what a good pitcher he is. The person that says, I hate myself— you don't hate yourself. No man ever yet hated his own flesh, the Bible says. Now, if you really hated yourself, you'd be glad that you had bad grades, you'd be glad that you were ugly. You know, people say, I'm so ugly I just hate myself, I look in the mirror and I just hate myself. Well, if you really hated yourself you'd be glad that you're ugly. You'd be glad people abused you and misused you. No, the problem is, you love yourself and you want to look better than you do, you want people to treat you with more respect than they do, and the only reason you are upset by the way people treat you is because you love yourself and you think you deserve more than they are giving you. Tom, it is so clear. Well then, what about the person that commits suicide—I hate myself. We used to live a block away from the college. A young man hung himself in a tree on the college campus. Why did he go there? He's delivering a message to some professor who mistreated him. Suicide is actually the ultimate act of self love. I was counseling with a man who said he was going to kill himself because—he didn't tell me what he had done, but he had done something for which he thought he probably would be arrested and put in jail—and he said, I just hate myself, I'm going to kill myself. I said, Look, you don't hate yourself, you look upon suicide as an escape. You wouldn't help someone that you hated escape. If you really hate yourself, then why don't you stand in front of a judge and confess your crime and be really humiliated. If you hate yourself wouldn't you be glad to see yourself humiliated. No, you love yourself and you are trying to do everything you can to escape what you really deserve. So, there's some twisted thinking out there, Tom. The best thing that can happen to a person is to recognize, I am nothing, I am unworthy. Paul said, I am less than the least of all saints. Well, if he said that, what about us? So, we need to get a proper perspective.
Dave, we're going to kind of meander through some of these ideas. Again, going back to twenty-some years ago as we would drive along, I'm laying this stuff out for you and I'm trying to get a response and I'm thinking, I really got him on this one.
That's how I got bald, pulling out my hair.
But more than that, what you would do would just demonstrate to me the logic, I mean, most of this is irrational, yet because it's out there we've taken it in by osmosis, we buy into it because it seems to make sense, but it doesn't. Dave, let me go back to the point of hating ourselves. Now, I think a person can only truly hate themselves by grace, and the person I am thinking of is Job. What did he say?
He says, "I have heard of you with the hearing of the ear, now mine eyes seeth thee, wherefore, I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes." If we would get the picture of ourselves that God has, we would abhor ourselves. We're such scum, I'm sorry, we're such unworthy creatures. Well, is that a bad thing to say? No, it's just the truth, and then we can look to God for His grace and for His remedy. I'm not carrying the load, it's not up to me, I didn't create the universe. Tom, I was just thinking again, I'm sure we have quoted it, you can't help but quote some of these things, maybe even recently, but remember Bruce Narramore. See, where did these ideas come from, nobody got them out of the Bible. Bruce Narramore said—and he's one of the leading Christian psychologists, nephew of Clyde Narramore, involved at the Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology, and so forth—he said, It was humanistic psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers who first made us aware of the need of self-love and self-esteem and so forth, and we thought that was a good emphasis. So then, the Christians—they get it from the humanists, from the atheists, anti-Christians, and then they say, Well, maybe that's a great idea, let's go back to the Bible and see if we can massage some verses around and make it seem like that's what holy writ always said. But Paul didn't know it, nobody else recognized it, Andrew Murray or Charles Spurgeon, or you name them, they never recognized this. But now, the atheists, the humanists, these anti-Christian psychologists have showed us, they have revealed to us, this is what the Bible always meant all along and you Christians didn't realize it. So, then the Christians say: O, we can hold our heads up in the academic world now, we can get degrees in psychology. Jesus, actually, was the first psychiatrist or the first psychologist. You see, we can go along with this, this is great stuff.
Dave, the thing that trips up a lot of people, as I said, they haven't really thought through some of these things, they are not rational, they are not logical, and so forth. But when you take something like self-esteem or self-love and then you say, But we're just talking about a healthy self-esteem. A healthy—O, okay, you don't really mean pride, you don't really mean something that's vile or anything, we're talking about something healthy and good. But that doesn't work.
I don't know where you will find a healthy self-esteem in the Bible. Well, look, the Bible doesn't say you've got your chin dragging on the ground and you just keep saying, I'm an unworthy worm, I'm an unworthy worm. No, we are, you move on past that. Now Lord, what are you going to do? Well, the Bible says that God takes pleasure—He chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, the weak things of the world to confound the mighty. Paul asked for this thorn in the flesh, which we don't know what it was, to be taken from him. He besought the Lord three times, it says. And the Lord said, No, my grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in your weakness. So, the problem is, self-esteem teaches you to be so strong in yourself and have such confidence in yourself you don't need God. God is kind of my buddy, He's going to help me, but I'm the main cheese here.
Self-confidence, Dave, you could pick out a hundred people and begin to address the issue of self-confidence on whether it's of value or not. For example, somebody taking a test, you want to go in to take the test with some confidence, or the last shot in the basketball game, give it to the guy who's got the most confidence, and so on. Or, even brain surgery, isn't there a level of confidence that's needed to really perform in certain areas, that you would say, Well, that's biblical, or at least it's not contrary to the Word of God.
Well, Tom, it depends to whom you are speaking. If you are speaking to non-Christians, say a tennis player. If you have two tennis players of equal talent and physical strength and ability, and so forth, the guy who is convinced that he is going to lose, will probably lose, and the person who's convinced he's going to win, who has this great confidence in himself, he's going to win. I don't deny that, but that's not what we're looking for. We're not looking for success in this world, okay. This world passes away. Scriptures says 1 John 2, The world passes away and the lust thereof, All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, the pride of life, it's not of the Father, but of the world. Now, if I am going to do anything for eternity, the Lord is going to have to do it through me. And the weaker I am the more I realize that I am nothing and I can't do anything, the more I will rely upon the Lord. This Paul's example, and Paul said: We have no confidence in the flesh. He's not talking about playing a tennis match, you want to get involved in that go ahead, but he's talking about the life of faith, and he's talking about walking in the spirit, living for the Lord, that is what a Christian ought to be interested in. I can remember as a 19 or 20-year old, I was a fairly good athlete, and I saw pride in my heart and I withdrew from athletics, because I said, Lord, I can't handle it. I get successful and then I have pride welling up within me, and I just don't want that, so I backed away from the whole thing. I'm not saying everyone has to do that, but we're not talking about success in the business worlds, success in athletics, and so forth. And there's one of the problems in the church today, as you know, that we're trying to run the church like a business. So the pastor becomes the CEO, Chief Executive Officer, and we use business methods. There are success techniques, think positively, you know, and all this kind of stuff, it will work in the business world. But if you are a Christian business man, maybe the Lord is not going to allow you to have success on that basis because then you take the credit yourself. And all I can say is, Tom, when we walk the golden streets of heaven we will have no credit for anything. Paul said, I am crucified with Christ. Now, if you're crucified with Christ, he said, we have no confidence in the flesh, then all the glory is going to go to the Lord. 2 Corinthians 4:7, "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." Now how am I going to give God all the glory if I am at the same time trying to build up my self-confidence and my self-esteem and think what a great person I am. No, God delights in choosing the weak things.
Let's wrestle over this a little bit more. Now here's a subject I know absolutely nothing about, brain surgery. But I would think that if I were a Christian and I had this education, training and so on, and given the delicacy, given the complexity of it all would really have to do my homework, I would really have to sharpen my skills, I would really have to work at that. Now, that's not to say that our self confidence is not going to be motivating me, or even enabling me to do what I'm doing, but I have to do the work. However, as a brain surgeon, and this is why if I were in that field I would be on my knees almost all the time because, given the delicacy, as I said, of an operation like that, there are variables that you can't control, they are way outside any individual's ability to control. You know, it's something as simple as the hiccup at the wrong time, or moving into a very delicate operation. So here's my point, you've got to do the work you've got to apply yourself. If I've done a hundred operations that gives me a confidence, in the sense that I know what I'm doing here, I've been through the process and so on, you know, as a Christian, I would think I would still continually be presenting this before the Lord, that my confidence would be in Him, my trust would be in Him, the outcome of the operation would be in His hands. Would you call that self confidence? No, but a confidence, a trust in Him, a confidence that I have done my home work, I've done the best job I could do.
Whatever we are and we're not all preachers, so there are many, most Christians are in the business world or, you know, the world out there, have to have a secular job doing secular things. We ought to be as competent as we can be. We should be the most competent, we should work harder to do a better job than anyone. But at the same time, as you said, I've got to trust God about this. Now, even when it comes to the Christian life, listen to what Paul says. He says, "Not as though I had already attained,—this is Philippians 3:12—either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus." In other words Paul says: Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. He says, Colossians 1:29, "Whereunto I labor, striving according to His working, which worketh in me mightily." So, Paul is saying, I'm going to give it everything I've got to be what Christ will enable me to be—I don't just sit back and say, Okay, God, you've got to do it all. No, I have to put everything I've got into it, my learning, my practice, my effort. So he goes on and he says, Philippians 3:13-14, "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended—in other words, I haven't achieved everything that God wants for me—but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Now Paul has raised the bar quite a few notches, because, I'm not just laboring to be the best that God is going to make me to His glory, the best witness and so forth, to glorify Him in this life, but he's got something else, the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. And what is that prize? It's not a prize that I'm going to have and I'm going to be able to parade around heaven and say, Look at this prize! Jesus Himself said, in John 5, I do not receive honor from men. That's one of the things that really disturbs me, Tom. In many circles they are honoring men—O, we're going to give him an award, give this award and give this award. Okay, Jesus said, You've had your reward, you're not going to get a reward in heaven. You have received praise from men and men have given you this reward. I don't want any rewards from men, Don't compliment me or praise me because I don't deserve it. So, it's not some prize that we're going to display—Oh, look, I've got this one! No, the prize is, 1 Peter 5:10 tells us: God of all grace, who has called us unto His eternal glory. The prize is, I'm going to be like Christ and this is what He's going to do. He's going to restore the image of God in which man was made and which Adam lost by sin. And it's going to be even better than Adam had because Adam could lose it. This will be the image of God, Christ in us that you can never lose. So, that's what I'm aiming for, and that makes everything else pale into insignificance. So, what am I doing? To build up my self-esteem, to get the praise of men? No, I want to be what He wants me to be, I want to please Him and He's going to have the last word. So, to aim for the praise of men in this life, Tom, that's vanity, as Solomon said, and he found it out—Vanity, vanity, all is vanity under the sun. Let's work for eternity and for the Lord. And I think that pretty much takes care of self-esteem, self-love, self-acceptance, self-confidence. You will have none of that when you are standing in the presence of the God of this universe. We will be just very small!


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The 2013 road construction season has begun.
Crews ask that motorists use caution when driving through work zones, where fines are doubled for speeding.
Here's a look at some of the projects around Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties.
Countywide road construction: Crews are sweeping and performing general maintenance throughout the county. Traffic will be controlled by flaggers as necessary.
Route 190, Ellenburg: Crews are working on the connector between routes 190 and 11. Traffic is controlled by flaggers as necessary.
Lake Shore Road, Chazy: Crews will begin rehabilitation of the Lake Shore Bridge over the Little Chazy River immediately south of Lapointe Road in late June. During that time, a detour will be in place.
Interstate 87, Plattsburgh: The northbound and southbound lanes have been reduced to one lane from Route 3 to Exit 39. Work-zone speed is 45 mph. There is a signed detour for motorists trying to use the Exit 38 northbound on-ramp, which is closed. There are lane restrictions of 16 feet in the southbound lane and 18 feet in the northbound lane.
One-lane traffic will remain until early October.
Route 22, Plattsburgh: Crews are reconstructing the overpass over Interstate 87. There will be some daily lane closures. Traffic is controlled by flaggers.
Guideboard Road, Town of Blackbrook: The road is closed due to a drainage structure failure. Materials to repair the road are expected to be delivered by mid June.
Boynton Avenue: Crews are reconstructing the road between Lynd Street and Woodland Avenue. Traffic is controlled by flaggers as necessary.
Route 9, Chesterfield: Traffic has been reduced to one lane in alternating directions at the Chesterfield/Lewis line. Traffic is controlled by a temporary signal.
Route 86, Wilmington: Traffic has been reduced to one lane in alternating directions from the Jay/Wilmington line to Route 431 until further notice. Crews are repairing the bridge over the AuSable River ½ mile north of Fox Farm Road.


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Eight Days by Venetia Dearden19/11/2011
London's Coldharbour Gallery have just this week opened their newest exhibition. A new body of work by photographer Venetia Dearden. Eight Days a photographic journey by Venetia Dearden, is an all new body of work which takes us on a journey through the eyes of her lens into America's Burning Man Festival. This exhibition offers a glimpse of the diversity and character of the people who converge on this festival juxtaposed against the breath-taking backdrop of this wild American landscape. From the awe - inspiring Ansel Adams-esque mountain ranges to raw and unaffected beauty of the Nevada desert, Dearden offers a unique take on the American dream.
The exhibition runs through till the 24th November.
// Coldharbour. 26 - 34 Southwell Road London SE5
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DEA Targets Pot Shop in Building Owned by Former Calif. City Manager
Things are heating up at the medical marijuana shop in an Anaheim industrial complex owned by former Orange city manager — and ex-Stockton fire chief — David Rudat.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents last week raided the Live Love Collective at 1100 E. Orangefair Lane, seizing two kilos of dried marijuana, 75 kilos of marijuana-laced edibles, 900 grams of hash and a kilo of marijuana gel, according to DEA officials.
Source: OC Register. Read full article. (link)
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Two days after the DEA raided the Rudat's "Live Love Compassionate Care Cooperative" the City of Anaheim filed suit to declare David Rudat and his wife Carol Rudat a "Public Nuisance". See ...
Case Id: 30-2012-00602914-CU-MC-CJC
Case Title: CITY OF ANAHEIM VS. LIVE LOVE COMPASSIONATE CARE COLLECTIVE


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Today I thought I would give you a quick look at some of my workflow. Here's how I often start creating an EBM (Electronic Body Music) style track. I've started a Eurorack modular system and you can see my first two pieces in action here. I have recorded a 5V Pulse into Ableton from the Korg SyncKontrol iOS app. I loaded the click into Simpler and use MIDI to create a pattern. In this example it's a straight 16th note. I use Ableton Live to route the 5V click out of my Motu 828 MKIII into a Doepfer Dark Time analog sequencer. The Dark Time is not in sync with my Ableton MIDI set up. The Dark Time controls an Analog Solutions Telemark (SEM clone). 8 steps of CV variation and CV filter variation loop the bassline. I also have the Dark Time send a clock out to a Korg Monotribe. On the Monotribe I have muted the drums and just have it playing some lazer zap type sounds typically where you would find a snare drum. Using MIDI I have a Vermona DRM1 MKIII playing a kick and snare. The Monotribe's clock out goes into an Intellijel uStep which sends a 16th note clock to a Make Noise Echophone. I have a MFB-522 drum machine in sync with Ableton via MIDI playing a clap. This clap is sent into the Echophon where it's delay shimmers in 16 synced steps because of the uStep control. I can play with the Echophon's pitch knob for a wicked nice analog clap delay effect. Is it worth all this effort? In my opinion yes. You can't really get a sound like this without going analog. This part would make a good verse. Because I can pitch the bassline on a MIDI keyboard the next step is to make a Chorus, maybe change the Dark Time sequence length or patter slightly, add some pads from an Ensoniq ESQ-1 and add vocals. I hope you enjoyed the peek into a world where control is everything.
"CV/Gate (an abbreviation of Control Voltage/Gate) is an analog method of controlling synthesizers, drum machines and other similar equipment with external sequencers. The Control Voltage typically controls pitch and the Gate signal controls note on/off. This method was widely used in the epoch of analog modular synthesizers, beginning in the 1960s and up to the early 1980s. It was mostly superseded by the MIDI protocol, which is more feature-rich, easier to configure reliably, and more easily supports polyphony." – wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_voltage
For more info: thehorrorist.com
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