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Gratitude is imperative in the life of a believer, and if you ask my kids, they would say it is imperative in our home too. It wasn't until my four-year-old asked, "Mommy, why do I have to say thank you all the time?" that I began to consider something…Gratitude can seem like a peculiar requirement until you understand the heart behind it.
It is clear throughout scripture that God desires, even commands his people to be a thankful people. Psalms is filled with imperatives to praise and give thanks to God. In Colossians, we are called to sing, give, and even abound in thankfulness. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, "Give thanks in all circumstances…" Yet like my son, there have been times when I've asked, "God, why do you ask me to give thanks in all circumstances? How can I be grateful in this?" God has been answering these questions, showing me his heart behind this command, and showing me his power that enables me to obey it.
Whether you are 4 or 34, you may question the command of gratitude, especially in a trial. At one time, even C.S. Lewis wrestled with the seemingly vain idea of a God who asked his people to praise him. God opened his eyes to the purposes and love behind such a command, and he wrote, "If it were possible for a created soul fully….to 'appreciate,' that is to love and delight in, the worthiest object of all, and simultaneously at every moment to give this delight perfect expression, then that soul would be in supreme beatitude…" (A Reflection on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis).
Why does God desire that we give him thanks? Because he desires to give us joy. It is a mysterious and beautiful work that God does when our weak hearts, struggling to feel thankful, begin to express gratitude. It becomes a glorious exchange. When we, recipients of unfathomable mercy and grace return our thanks and praise, he continues to pour out blessings, and ultimately himself, for our delight and infinite joy.
As I began to understand why God commands me to "give thanks in all circumstances," I still wrestled with how. It is easy to be thankful when things are going well, but how do we conjure up feelings of gratitude when our hearts are broken? The answer is…we can't. But as the lyric says "though there is pain in the offering," we still thank him, and he draws near. He inhabits our praises with his presence, and he empowers them with his truth…his glorious gospel. It is his truth that informs our feelings, giving substance and power to cultivate our gratitude.
A wise man once told me, "A person who gets the gospel will be grateful." Gratitude will overflow from a heart that is walking in light of the gospel, but if my hope is in anything else, I am anything but grateful. It seems that gratefulness (or my lack thereof) is quite the barometer of my heart.
It wasn't until I was in the midst of a trial that I began to see this. God taught me something about gratitude and its correlation to my grasp of the gospel that will forever change me. I stumbled upon a work entitled "Thankfulness Enriched by Relief" by Milton Vincent. These words helped me to understand how the gospel instructs and even enriches my gratitude:
When I look at any circumstance that God apportions for me, I am first grateful for the wrath I am not receiving in that moment. Second, I am grateful for the blessings that are given to me instead of His wrath…this two-layered gratitude disposes my heart to give thanks in all things and it also lends a certain intensity to my giving of thanks. (The Gospel Primer, p.48)
Making these two distinctions of the wrath I am not receiving and the blessings in Christ I do receive is so helpful in giving me perspective or a "gospel lens" to view my circumstances through. Vincent says, "Life's blessings, however small, always appear exceedingly precious when viewed against the backdrop of the wrath I deserve." (p. 48)
As I require my kids to express thanks, I want to point them to their heavenly Father who does as well. If they ask why, I want them to know that the command to give thanks is not peculiar, but loving; and that being grateful, even when it is hard, is for their good and ultimately their joy. If they wonder how they can always be thankful, I will remind them of the grace and mercy we have in Christ, praying that the gospel becomes the fuel of their gratitude.
It is because of his sovereign love and care for us that God calls us to "give thanks in all circumstances." The verse continues on to say "this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thessalonians 5:18). God's will is for his glory and our joy, and gratitude is a means to that end.
Friend, if you are lacking joy or struggling to be thankful in the midst of difficult circumstances as I was, turn once again to the gospel. Consider any circumstance or trial in comparison to the wrath that you deserve. Remember the mercy and grace that are yours in Christ. Express gratitude, even in the midst of pain. God will show you why he deserves your gratitude, and he will overwhelm you with reasons to give him thanks. As you do, God will be glorified, and as Vincent wrote, he will leave you "truly dumbfounded with inexpressible joy" (p. 48).
Mary Beth Odom and her husband, Dave, live near Nashville, Tennessee, where Dave is the lead pastor of Redeeming Grace Church. They have four children.
On February 23, Eglise Chretienne Reformee DHaiti (Christian Reformed Church of Haiti) had its first public meeting in a new building that was recently rebuilt after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti destroyed their previous building.
Sovereign Grace partnered with La IBI (Iglesia Bautista Internacional) in the Dominican Republic, pastored by Miguel Nuñez, to finance the reconstruction of this church building. Felipe Castro, an associate pastor at La IBI, visited for the first meeting.
This work in Haiti was possible because of the partnership we share with La IBI and because of the funds given to the Haiti Disaster Relief Fund we set up in 2010. To those of you who generously gave, thank you!
Below you'll see some photos of the first meeting of the church. The text on the front of the building, underneath the church name, says "Donated by Sovereign Grace Ministries" followed by "received through IBI International." Join us in praying that God would bless Christian Reformed Church of Haiti in their gospel witness as they begin to use this new building!
This week, Jeff Purswell is in Germany serving Arche Church, our partner church in Hamburg. Jeff shared some details about the trip and the partnership Sovereign Grace shares with this church.
I'll be with the Arche Gemeinde, our partner church in Hamburg, Germany, teaching a systematic theology course (including Introduction to Systematic Theology and the doctrine of revelation and Scripture) to a group of pastors Friday–Tuesday and preaching at the church on Sunday. The pastoral team of the Arche, some of their emerging leaders and pastors they're serving and relating to in Germany will be attending the course, as well as pastors from Russia and Ukraine.
Over the past few years, Christian Wegert and the team at the Arche have increasingly had a burden for church planting in Germany and surrounding countries. This year, they planted their first church in the nearby city of Stade. Their vision is to "bring the gospel to the land of the Reformation!"
To this end, they are intent on starting a Pastors College for the training of pastors and church planters. This course represents the first installment of an eventual Pastors College they'd like to begin. As Christian said in an email to me this week, "We are all very excited to see the PC in Germany start in a couple of days!" This is the first of three courses I'll be teaching this year in Hamburg, and I'm working with the pastors there to strategize for future courses and training opportunities. They are supplementing these courses with internships and pastoral ministry courses taught by the Arche pastors in a multi-layered approach to training leaders for the mission of the gospel.
It is a tremendous privilege to partner with the Arche. It is the largest Reformed evangelical church in Germany with a broad influence extending throughout Germany and beyond. Our bonds with this church are strong: two members of their pastoral team have attended the Pastors College, including Christian Wegert, their senior pastor. C.J. Mahaney and I have had the joy of participating in their annual church conference—Eckstein—for the past two years, and we've been enriched and encouraged by the wisdom and gifting of the pastors on their team, including their founding pastor, Wolfgang Wegert, who continues to serve the church locally and in its outreach beyond Hamburg.
The key to effective meditation on Scripture is in asking good questions and then using your imagination to visualize the specific obedience that the Holy Spirit wants you to form in your life in response to those Scriptures.
Psalm 1 is a great place to start our journey of meditation. Here are some questions that open up the text and our hearts connection to the text, while preparing us for the specific heart adjustments we are seeking. You might consider using these questions to guide your meditation over a two-week period of time, pondering two or three questions per day.
Download a simple booklet of key verses (PDF), designed to encourage you on this journey of faith.
1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:1–3
Psalm 1 is a fantastic, concise manual on the spiritual discipline of meditation. The first principle we discover about meditation is that images and pictures greatly enhance the process of meditation. Meditation is not an exercise in theoretical or philosophical abstraction. The very nature of meditation requires concrete thinking.
One way to move our hearts from abstract to clear thinking is through the use of pictures and images. Westerners tend to be more linear and rigidly logical than Easterners and can often find "a sanctified imagination" more challenging to cultivate. But meditation thrives when the imagination is used in the service of godliness.
Note this in verse 1 and verse 3 of Psalm 1. The picture employed in verse 1 is something all of us can easily relate to—walking, standing, and sitting. We do this every day, many times a day. These words of course represent the way we live and relate to others, but the imagery helps us to conceptualize the truth much better than hearing something like "blessed is the man who isn't influenced by godless people."
The same goes for the balancing truth taught in verse 3. Comparing a godly person to a tree evokes many meaningful images in the mind and practical trajectories. The imagery is intended to stimulate concrete encouragement, patience, and then faith-filled expectation.
In the middle of this concise spiritual sandwich is the meat that makes it all happen. Here in verse 2, we find the explanation for the lifestyle choices of verse 1 and the lasting fruitfulness promised in verse 3.
In verse 2, we find something that is utterly foreign to much of North American Christianity with all its hyper-activity, programs, jam-packed schedules, pressing commitments, and the accompanying harried, tired lives that this constant busyness produces. We discover a person with a thought life not primary stimulated by the pressing frenetic world around them but instead, by a hidden stream of supernatural nourishment.
We find a life that has found something better than the delights of technology, or the latest movie or viral You Tube video, or a cruise vacation to live and long for, or the next big conference or vacation, or that next big anticipated purchase. The Scriptures are described as such a pleasure that the man cannot leave these living words long out of his consciousness. It's very much like the mind of a young man in love who is utterly captivated by the woman of his dreams!
So the question is, where does this powerful delight come from? I believe verse 2 is actually a closed circle. The meditation leads to the delight, which leads to more constant meditation, which leads to even greater delight, and so on.
When we first went to Japan, every place I visited served me green tea and rice crackers. I thought both were rather bland and unappetizing. But I persevered. Then one day several months later, I found myself waiting for green tea and rice crackers AND CRAVING THEM! Whoa! How did that happen?! I don't know, but I have loved them ever since. I now consider green tea and rice crackers an exceptionally refreshing and enjoyable treat (as does my whole family).
I suggest that it is the persevering practice of meditation in God's Word that in the end gives us the joy-filled delight for that Word. As we keep partaking, God gives us a taste for and delight in what we had previously found bland and unexciting.
So here's what I recommend. Consider stopping your regular pattern of Bible reading for two short weeks for a "meditation refresher." Instead, memorize Psalm 1 over that time. While memorizing, start to ask yourself thoughtful questions and answer those questions throughout your day. Here are 4 questions that could potentially revolutionize the impact of this Psalm on your life:
Coming up with good questions usually takes time. Each question should mine the text (first two), and mine your heart (last two), and then lead to specific "pictures" of application. Visualize the specific application and then pray for the Holy Spirit to materialize those "sanctified thoughts" in concrete decisions, words, and actions until the "law of the Lord" becomes part and parcel of who you are.
When we eat a meal, the food is inside our bodies, but it isn't actually part of our bodies yet. Over time, the food is broken down and transferred into the bloodstream where it actually becomes part of the body it originally entered. Meditation is the spiritual equivalent of digestion of God's Word so that it actually becomes part of our worldview, our values, our impulses, our thoughts, and our affections.
In fact, meditation has the power to transform lives in ways that reading and study of Scriptures cannot. This is because the essence of meditation is to ponder how passages fit into the cracks and crevices of our lives—"You shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it" (Joshua 1:8). Reading Scripture is like chewing the food and getting the flavor in your mouth. Studying is like swallowing the food—understanding what the passage means so that it can be put to good use in the life. But meditation is like the digestion process—it is the process of making the Bible part of who we actually are.
I suggest that our often anemic spiritual lives are related to the fact that much (maybe most) of the spiritual food we consume is never digested and incorporated into our lives. Meditation on Scripture seems to be largely missing from most believers' lives.
I believe there are three main reasons for this. First, we don't hear much about meditation. It rarely is blogged about, and there are precious few books on the subject in our bookstores. As a result, it's not even on our radar (though it should be, because it is often spoken of in Scripture).
Secondly, we live in an age of constant distractions where one can hardly finish one conversation with someone without it being interrupted by a text, email, or phone call. This is the era of multi-tasking. We have information overload on so many levels (including blogs like this one). As a result we have a hard time being still and quiet and just taking time to think. And meditation takes time—undistracted time—something in short supply. So we don't bother with meditation.
Thirdly, there is great spiritual resistance to meditation from both our flesh and the powers of darkness. The spiritual disciplines that bring the most damage to the kingdom of darkness are most fiercely opposed by that kingdom.
So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Romans 7:21–23
Verse 21 reveals a spiritual law. When I want to do right, something like meditating on God's Word, I soon discover evil resisting every impulse to do so. Delay, distraction, temptation, sleepiness, a sudden sense of unworthiness, and scores of other tactics are used to keep us from meditating on God's Word.
Thankfully, the power of God's grace is greater than the power of sin in and around us (Romans 5:20). We need only to breathe out the prayer, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" (Mark 10:47), and we are conveyed grace to overcome and obey through the person of the Holy Spirit gently exerting his will upon ours. This he delights to do, for he wrote the book we desire to meditate upon.
One last thought. Psalm 1:3 speaks of the meditating one as "like a tree planted by streams of water." The phrase "streams of water" literally means "a channel of water" as in an irrigation canal. The meditating person is "planted" (deliberate choice) beside an irrigation canal (deliberate choice to funnel water to make it useful). The tree represents the strength of the meditating person. The water represents the Word that makes the person strong. The person's proximity to the Word is made by deliberate choice. Space for this practice must be carefully created. Time must be set aside in the schedule. Alarms must be set. A quiet undistracted place must be chosen. Cell phones must be turned off (gasp!). Family cooperation must be requested...a few deliberate choices that open up the amazing world of meditation to us!
Shirley Kamenar is part of Sovereign Grace Church Toronto, Ontario. Just like every conversion story, Shirley's story highlights the mercy of God in seeking saving her when she was hopeless. Be encouraged as you hear from Shirley about what the Savior has done in her life.
My story is one that points to the Shepherd who eagerly pursues even one lost sheep. Prior to my salvation, God was at work to lead and direct me to himself. Growing up in a family that had some religious background (Presbyterian and Catholic) but were not churchgoers, God began my salvation journey by bringing people and circumstances into my life to make me aware of the things of God.
My grandmother spoke to me of God's love and demonstrated faith in Jesus even through a lifetime of hardship. At an invitation from the Presbyterian church where my parents were married and had me christened, my parents happily sent me to Sunday School. At age ten, I remember learning about the gospel and having several opportunities to give my life to Jesus. I felt drawn to follow Christ but chose to wait, despite a growing awareness of God through my preteen years.
After holding back from following Christ, I spent the next ten years living a worldly life, sinning without remorse and never thinking about God. However, fun times, good friends, and loving parents were still not enough to fill the emptiness I felt. By the time I was 18, my fruitless search for happiness and a broken relationship had taken a toll when I attempted suicide. No one could have guessed how hopeless I felt. My parents were crushed and confused by my desperation, and they tried so hard to help me.
Where human help could not reach, however, God was at work. When I left home for university, I moved into a nurses' residence, unaware that it was in the heart of Toronto's homosexual community. In that environment, God began to open my eyes to sin—my own and the sin around me. My observations and growing discontent with relationships and material things led me to question the purpose of life. I felt lost in the world without knowing why, and I craved the happiness in life that so many others seemed to enjoy.
After finishing college, God graciously intervened by pursuing me once again. I was invited to share a house with three Christian girls from the residence. They were different from any girls I knew. Besides their genuine care for others and their sweet dispositions, it was mostly the assurance they had of God's love and acceptance that convinced me that they had what I was missing. They gave me a Bible, invited me to church, and within a few short months, I eagerly put my trust in Christ.
How different everything has been since then! My search for happiness and contentment in the things of this world is now satisfied by a loving relationship with Jesus Christ. My desire for acceptance has been met with the promise that I am a child of God as it says in John 1:12. Insecurity and anxiety were replaced with the surety that I am in the "shelter of the Most High and in the shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1). I was delivered from my self-destructive ways and was made new (Colossians 1:13–14).
I am ashamed of my sinful past, but it serves as a helpful reminder of where I've come from and of the power of the cleansing blood of Jesus. To this day (thirty years this month), God is my helper. He graciously continues to show me areas of sin in my life and enables me to change. My weakness is often still to fret and worry and even assume the worst, but the many promises of God remind me that he is sovereign and has taken care of the most important thing.
I am thankful for the many kindnesses of God, which include my husband Steve, our seven children, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, two grandsons, and our church. God has provided much help and direction through our pastor, Tim Kerr, and his wife Joanne, who have faithfully and tenderly cared for our souls over the years. Their constant example of extending grace has led me to a deeper understanding of the message of the gospel. God has "given me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet [do] not slip" (Psalm 38:6), but I do long for the day when I will finally see my Saviour face to face.
On Sunday February 9, Christ Community Church celebrated our first year of public meetings. In the fall of 2012, around 35 faithful servants (adults and kids) moved to the "north shore" of Lake Pontchartrain, which provides a natural barrier to the north of New Orleans. We were sent from Lakeview Christian Center in New Orleans where many of us had been established for 20 years and more!
We were drawn to the Mandeville/Covington area of St. Tammany Parish (on the north shore) to plant a church with some folks who had been commuting to attend Lakeview. St. Tammany Parish is an affluent area but also an area desperate for gospel hope and healing. The parish has maintained the highest suicide rate for the state the past couple of decades. Churches marred by splits have left believers disillusioned and wandering from church to church.
We began our public meetings at a church on Saturday evenings and, after six months, we signed a lease for the building that we met in on Saturdays. We have had front row seats to experience the faithfulness of God in astounding ways. Since we moved into our own church home, we have been well received in the surrounding community. We have gone door-to-door introducing ourselves to the community on numerous occasions and have sensed a unique opening for the gospel that we are seeking to be used by the Lord to advance in the coming months and years.
In planting Christ Community Church, we prayed to see conversions. And the Lord has answered our prayers for conversions in ways beyond our imagination!
Our first conversion was the sweet moment when my daughter, ten years old at the time, came to the awareness of her own sinfulness as we continued to cast the vision of our family's involvement in planting a church to see people come to trust Christ for salvation. We had spent months before and after our move envisioning our five kids still at home about God's call on us to plant a church to see people come to repentance. My daughter began to ask deep questions about her relationship with God, and she prayed with us in her room, surrendering her life to Christ. A couple of months later, the same thing happened to my younger daughter, who was eight years old at the time. I never anticipated our first converts coming from my own house, but I am overjoyed!
This past October, we moved into our own church building, allowing us to move our worship gathering to Sundays. We spent a couple months renovating and personalizing the building in preparation for an Open House Sunday on December 22. A mom in our church had been praying for years for her two daughters to come to faith in the Lord. She invited them both to the Open House, and they both came. The married daughter brought her husband as well. That Sunday, we had a couple share their testimony of coming to Christ during the service, and then I preached a message targeted to the lost. The invited couple couldn't stop crying the whole time. Benny, the husband, shared that when they came, the emptiness they had been trying to deal with and fill was finally gone after God touched them both. They haven't missed a Sunday since.
Our most recent conversion occurred in late January. The men of the church met to discuss our study of The Godly Man's Picture. Ten minutes into a discussion on forgiveness, a guy named Brad interrupted me. Brad had come to church the previous two Sundays with his family as a result of an outreach in his community about two miles from church. He was sitting right next to me and asked for prayer because of the hatred and anger he had for his dad. He said that if he died that night, he knew he would go to hell because of his anger. I asked him a series of questions about his salvation, and he prayed with us all on the spot to repent of his sins and trust Christ for salvation as the men gathered around him. It was a glorious moment indeed!
The new believers added to our church family has served to reignite passion and zeal that reminds us of the sweetness of our own conversion experiences. We pray for more conversions. We pray for our growth as disciples. We pray for Christ to be preeminent in all things!
Jeff Ehrhardt is the senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Covington, Louisiana.
"Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching." Proverbs 4:1–2
A few years ago, I decided I wanted to capture for myself and for my three boys what it means for them to become men. I felt God convicting me and challenging me to press in with a more intentional leadership in this area. Specifically, I realized with the help of my wife that it is too easy for me to bring great intentionality to leading the church or the elders at Covenant Fellowship and not give sufficient attention to intentional spiritual leadership in the home.
Thankfully, there is an abundance of grace in Christ for dads who fall short. There is pardoning grace, and there is empowering grace. It is never too late for men to step up and be the spiritual leaders God has called us to be.
I realize not every dad will approach this the same way. But I decided to develop a short list of categories that bring focus to my discipleship of my sons. Conversations with other dads helped me in the process. The list is mostly for me, so I have something to keep before me as I attempt to raise boys into men. But I have also hoped the categories serve my sons as they grow up. Welcome to Man School.
Growing from boyhood into a mature man
May God help us as fathers as we labor in the happy and challenging work of bringing our sons from boyhood into mature manhood.
When I was a young man, I lived in a black-and-white universe. In fact, I thought any talk about "grey areas" was tantamount to spiritual compromise. However, as I have gotten older, suffered a little more, and lived in the hard edges of life, I have realized that the Bible isn't just a book about law and grace. It has a large section in the middle devoted to wisdom because sanctification usually requires more than just a simple "yes" or "no" for holiness to happen. Sometimes what is right in one instance is not right in another instance. As parents, we deal differently with each of our children because their personality, their temptations, and their levels of maturity are different and unique. The standard is the same, but the way of getting there is often quite different.
As I have pondered this need of wisdom for true progress in sanctification, I have thought about how the right or wrong emphasis can make all the difference between truth and error, and between beauty and ugliness. Think of a realistically drawn picture of someone's face. Proper emphasis is everything. If the nose is too big and the eyes too narrow, the drawing doesn't look at all like the person being drawn (unless the person being drawn happens to be myself). If one makes cookies but exchanges the proportions of salt and sugar in the recipe, it doesn't taste at all the same. If fact, the cookies will make you gag.
Consider the emphasis we give to the twin truths of God as a righteous judge of sinners and God as merciful to sinners. Both truths are taught in Scripture. To hold to one without the other is to drift into a false view of God. Yet is there an emphasis difference in the way these truths are presented in holy Scripture? I believe there is. When we read through the books of 1 and 2 Kings, for example, we find God warning the people through prophets again and again. Finally, after many years, he brings about the judgment that he warned them about. This gives us an insight into God's heart, revealing a God who is a reluctant judge of his people. He appears to will judgment unwillingly where his people are concerned.
Yet how different it is when it comes to his mercy! Consider the passage in Isaiah 55 where God wonderfully declares, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8–9).
What is He referring to? Verses 6–7 make it clear that God is inclined toward mercy. When God says he is not like us, he is saying, "You are inclined to judgment and reluctant to show mercy—but I'm different...in fact, I'm the opposite of that."
Now this "emphasis" in the way we think about God makes all the difference when we have either wandered into, or willfully chosen, sin. When I rightly feel my guilt, the way I frame my thoughts about God's judgment and mercy will determine whether I run to him for forgiveness or try to avoid him like Adam did in the garden. If I believe that God is inclined to judgment and reluctant to show mercy (wrongly conceptualizing him in our image), I will run from him rather than run to him. It's the "emphasis" that I give to these two truths that profoundly affects my personal sanctification.
This is just one example. This is true of so many truths taught us in Scripture. Some truths are taught in large bold print. Others are taught in tiny italicized print. Giving the stress, proportionality, and emphasis that Scripture itself gives is part of not only of believing and applying the right truths, but part of believing and applying the right truths in the right way.
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The blueprint for the joint security operations in the naxal-affected States will be chalked out soon by senior officials of the West Bengal government in consultation with officials of Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa.
West Bengal Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty said an additional company of the Central force was received for Lalgarh. "For better coordination, our police officials are in contact with their counterparts in the other States."
After a meeting here last week, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said certain decisions were taken on the joint operations to be launched by West Bengal along with Orissa and Jharkhand.
The West Bengal Director-General of Police, accompanied by officials of the Union Home Ministry, visited the affected areas in and around Lalgarh in Paschim Medinipur district on Wednesday.
West Bengal officials have for long been calling for such coordinated action, saying that in its absence, the extremists were using a common corridor among the States to escape.
Mr. Chakraborty said the State government also urged the Centre to send forces for Darjeeling. As for the frequent blockade on the National Highway 31A by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha activists, he said that as per a court ruling, national highways could not be blocked.
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Harrisonville took first overall in their invitational held Jan. 22 at the Harrisonville Community Center, winning seven out of 11 events and taking second in two other events.
"I thought this was our best home meet yet and a great send off for our seniors," Harrisonville head coach Megan Mannell said.
The Wildcats defeated Lincoln College Prep 112-27, beat Marshall 91-71, slipped past Raymore-Peculiar 85-84 and beat Warrensburg 96-60.
The Harrisonville 200-yard medley relay team of Courtney Bomberger, Courtney Lemmer, Taylor Spencer and Kailey Huston took first with a time of 2 minutes, 10.9 seconds. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Lemmer, Huston, Bomberger and Spencer placed first with a time of 1:57.59.
Huston finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:23.73 and took first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:05.75. Spencer placed first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:03.79. Bomberger took first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:35.28 and Lemmer finished first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:10.23.
Raymore-Peculiar defeated Lincoln College Prep 151-9, Marshall 91-76 and Warrensburg 99-64.
"Our girls swam pretty well," Raymore-Peculiar head coach Matt Majors said. "We had several reach personal bests and they swam some of their off events they don't normally get to swim. The girls have been working really hard with an increase in yardage at practice as well as morning practice. They are getting excited for conference and looking to a good showing."
Panther Maddi Brusick took first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of :27.56 and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Rachel Fisk, Sierra Page, Mackenzie Taylor and Jordyn Ferro finished first with a time of 4:38.87.


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Yanks, 'Jonesing' For Victory, Triple Up On Orioles
As the old saying goes "If you watch enough baseball you can guarantee that you will see something you never saw before," Yankee fans saw some pretty strange things on Friday in their game against the Orioles.
With the game hanging in the balance in the late innings, the Yankees pulled out the victory when a Gold Glove center-fielder dropped a fly ball with the bases loaded and the Yankees protected that lead by turning one of the craziest triple plays ever.
In the end, CC Sabathia pitched eight solid innings and Mariano Rivera tossed a scoreless ninth for his second save as New York ran its current winning streak to four games by defeating Baltimore on a damp, cold and windy evening in front of paid crowd of 35,033 at Yankee Stadium.
After the Orioles tied the game at 2-2 in the seventh by scoring an unearned run, Miguel Gonzalez (1-1) opened the bottom of the inning by walking Francisco Cervelli and Orioles manager Buck Showalter removed Gonzalez in favor of left-hander Troy Patton.
Brett Gardner advanced Cervelli to second with a sacrifice bunt, his second of the game. One out later, Patton walked Kevin Youkilis intentionally so he could pitch to the left-handed-hitting Travis Hafner. But Patton hit Hafner on the left thigh on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases and Showalter brought in right-hander Pedro Strop to pitch to the right-handed-hitting Vernon Wells.
Wells lofted a 2-0 fastball to the warning track in straightway center-field and Orioles outfielder Adam Jones had the ball carom off the tip of his glove to allow all three runs to score without the benefit of a hit in the inning.
The Orioles rallied against Sabathia in the eighth inning when Alexi Casilla and Nick Markakis led off the frame with back-to-back singles. Then, on a full count, Manny Machado slapped a sinking liner that second baseman Robinson Cano caught on a short hop and he flipped the ball to shortstop Jayson Nix to erase Markakis at second.
Instead of firing the ball to first, Nix turned and threw the ball to Youkilis at third to catch Casilla in a rundown. Youkilis flipped back to Nix and Nix tossed back to Youkilis, who then was able to get Casilla with lunging tag about halfway back to second.
Youkilis got up and fired the ball to first baseman Lyle Overbay to catch Machado halfway between first and second base. Overbay then threw back to Cano at second to tag a sliding Machado to complete a very odd triple play.
The last time the Yankees turned a triple play at home was June 3, 1968, against the Minnesota Twins. It was also the first 4-6-5-6-5-3-4 triple play in major-league history, dating back to 1876.
Meanwhile, Sabathia (2-1) was actually cruising with a 2-1 lead going into the seventh until a Youkilis error on a Matt Wieters ground ball was followed by an odd balk call from first-base umpire Larry Vanover. Sabathia was standing on the mound wiping his left hand on his pant leg waiting for a sign when the call was made.
One out later, J.J. Hardy bounced a slow roller up the middle to score an unearned run for the O's that tied the game.
Sabathia scattered eight hits, walked none and struck out nine in his eight innings of work.
Gonzalez, meanwhile, struggled with his command, giving up five hits and five walks while fanning four in six-plus innings.
With the victory the Yankees surpassed the .500 mark for the first time this season at 5-4. The Orioles fell to 5-5.
- Cano did not cool off much after the two rainouts in Cleveland. The All-Star second baseman was 2-4 and he drove in the tie-breaking run in the fifth inning after the Yankees perfectly executed some "small ball." Cervelli worked Gonzalez for a walk and Gardner advanced him to second on a sacrifice bunt. Cano then slapped an opposite-field bullet into left to score Cervelli. Cano is now batting .324 and he leads the Yankees in RBIs with eight.
- Youkilis has not cooled off either. He was 3-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI. He drove in the tying run in the third after Gardner walked and Cano advanced to third with a single. Youkilis then ripped a line-drive single to left to score Gardner. Youkilis is batting a team-best .424 and he is second on the team with seven RBIs.
- Despite the bogus balk call, Sabathia was excellent for the second outing in a row. His career record against the Orioles is now 17-4 and in his last two starts he has given up two runs (one earned) on 12 hits and three walks while he has struck out 13 batters. He lowered his season ERA to 2.25.
- Youkilis sometimes giveth and sometimes he giveth away. He committed one fielding error and one base-running blunder that cost the Yankees dearly. In the third inning when he singled in Gardner he rounded first base way too far and Casilla was able to throw him out attempting to slide back into first base on a throw to Chris Davis. If he had held the Yankees would have had runners at first and third and one out. His fielding error in the seventh eventually led to the score being tied.
- Ichiro Suzuki looks lost at the plate early in the season. He came into the game hitting .185 and was 0-4 with two strikeouts and he failed to get a ball out of the infield.
- On a night that was cold and the wind was blowing in Wells insisted on hitting towering fly balls that went nowhere until he connected on the ball in the seventh that Jones dropped in center. Wells ended up 0-for-4 and his batting average fell to from .360 to .310. He also stranded a team-high four base-runners.
It would not be the Yankees if we did not report on some new injuries. Shortstop Eduardo Nunez, who is starting for the injured Derek Jeter, had to be removed from his second game within a week after being hit by a pitch. Nunez was struck in the right wrist by a pitch from Gonzalez and he was forced to leave the game in the top of the third inning. He was replaced by Nix. X-rays indicated no break in the wrist and only a contusion. He is listed as day-to-day. Nunez was struck in the right bicep on a pitch from Doug Fister last Friday in Detroit and missed two starts. . . . Manager Joe Girardi told reporters on Friday that Andy Pettitte will not be able to make his scheduled start on Sunday due to back spasms. Girardi said the injury is not serious and he hopes Pettitte will be able to pitch Tuesday or Wednesday at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Phil Hughes, who had his start on Thursday skipped, will now pitch Saturday and Saturday's scheduled starter, Hiroki Kuroda, will pitch on Sunday. . . . Cleveland Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco, who was ejected from Tuesday's game against the Yankees for hitting Youkilis with a pitch after Cano hat hit a two-run home run, was suspended by Major League Baseball for eight games and fined an undisclosed amount. Carrasco, who was forced to serve out a six-game suspension last week stemming from a similar incident when he threw at the head of Billy Butler against the Royals in July 2011, is at Triple-A Columbus and can't be used in a major-league game until he serves out the eight-game suspension at the major-league level. Carrasco's six-game suspension was delayed to this season because he underwent Tommy John surgery before he could serve the suspension.
The Yankees put their four-game winning steak on the line on Saturday in the second game of the series against the Orioles.
Hughes (0-1, 6.75 ERA) was tagged for four runs (three earned) on eight hits and in four-plus innings in a loss to the Tigers on April 6. Hughes is 6-4 with a 5.10 ERA in his career against Baltimore.
He will be opposed by right-hander Jason Hammel (1-1, 4.97 ERA). Hammel allowed four runs in 6 2/3 innings in Sunday's series loss to the Twins. Hammel is 1-3 with a 6.20 lifetime against the Yankees.
Game-time will be 4:05 p.m. EDT and the game will be telecast by the YES Network.
Yankees Suffer Through Hit Drought Against Phils
CLEARWATER - One thing the Yankees are finding out this spring is it is pretty hard to score runs when you don't get many hits. On Tuesday, they ended up with just two of them and they found that one run just was not enough to win.
Kyle Kendrick (1-2) gave up one unearned run on two hits and struck out three and Domonic Brown continued his own personal assault against Yankee pitching with a solo home run in the fourth inning as Philadelphia downed New York at Bright House Field.
Adam Warren (0-2) carried a 1-0 lead into the fourth inning but was tagged by Brown's sixth home run of the spring (three of them have come against the Yankees) and a RBI double by Steven Lerud to score Laynce Nix.
The Phillies added single runs in the sixth on a RBI single by Michael Young off reliever Shawn Kelley and in the seventh on a solo home run off the bat of Ryan Howard against left-hander Josh Spence.
Warren ended up giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk and struck out two batters.
Chad Durbin pitched a scoreless ninth to earn a save.
With the loss the Yankees' Grapefruit League record dropped to 9-15. The Phiilies improved to 11-12.
- Brett Gardner and Ichiro Suzuki teamed up to set up the Yankees' only score of the day. Gardner led off the fourth with a bunt single and he reached second on Kendrick's throwing error attempting to throw him out at first. One out later Suzuki doubled to the gap in left-center to plate Gardner. Suzuki is hitting .382 this spring.
- Left-hander Boone Logan, 28, looked sharp in his first outing of the spring. Logan has been sidelined up to this point with soreness in his left elbow. Logan gave up a leadoff single to Chase Utley but then retired the side, including fanning lefty hitters Brown and Nix swinging to end the inning.
- David Aardsma also looked good in his one inning of work. He gave up no hits and struck out two. Aarsdma is making a strong case to make the Yankees' bullpen this spring. After being hit early he has his spring ERA down to 3.60. Aardsma, 31, is a former Seattle Mariners closer who is returning to action after missing all of 2012 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
- Granted that Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira are injured. Plus Robinson Cano is busy in the final of the World Baseball Classic and Derek Jeter was scratched from the lineup as a precaution. But it is pretty sad when players like Gardner, Suzuki, Kevin Youkilis, Travis Hafner and Brennan Boesch can muster just two hits. That is just plain unacceptable.
- Warren was much better on Tuesday than he was in his last appearance against the Toronto Blue Jays on March 14 in Dunedin, FL. In that game Warren gave up eight runs on four hits and five walks in just 1 1/3 innings. But Warren still has trouble putting away hitters on two-strike counts and he gives up way too many hits.
- After looking sharp in his early appearances this spring, Kelley is beginning to struggle a bit. In his last two outings - both against the Phillies - he has given up four runs on seven hits and two walks in two innings of work. His spring ERA has ballooned to 5.40.
Jeter is trying to tamp down any panic that might be brewing over his decision not play shortstop on Tuesday after feeling stiffness in his surgically repaired left ankle. Jeter told reporters that he was told by his doctors that he would feel occasional stiffness and he just sat out as a precaution. An MRI and X-rays of the ankle were taken after the game and the MRI showed just mild inflammation around the ankle. Jeter is listed as day-to-day. . . . Right-hander Phil Hughes, who is recovering from a bulging disk in his upper back, pitched in a simulated game on Monday at the team's camp in Tampa and his next action should come Saturday in a minor-league game. Hughes is hoping to be able to be ready to pitch in the first week of the season but he also could be forced to miss at least one start.
SPECIAL NOTE: I would like to thank my fellow Section 205 pal, Tim, for providing my son and me with tickets to Tuesday's game at Bright House Field. Being able to see as many games live is essential for providing my readers with the information they desire about the Yankees. Thanks so much for the tickets and the support to my blog. It means a lot.
On Wednesday, the Yankees have a date with their arch-rivals, the Boston Red Sox, at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
The Yankees will start left-hander Vidal Nuno, 25, who is 0-1 with a 1.08 ERA in his four appearances this spring. He will be opposed by Red Sox left-hander Felix Doubront.
Game-time will be 1:05 p.m. EDT and the game will be telecast nationally by ESPN and on tape-delay by the MLB Network.
Pettitte Wins Again As Yanks Take Target Practice
Whenever manager Ron Gardenhire sees Andy Pettitte scheduled to pitch against his Twins he must cringe. After all, Pettitte last lost to the Twins in 2001 in a complete game he lost to Brad Radke 2-1.
Monday was no different for Pettitte and the Yankees took a little target practice at the outfield seats at Target Field.
In his second game back after coming off the disabled list, Pettitte threw six shutout innings and four Yankees hit home runs as New York extended its lead in the American League East by defeating Minnesota in front of paid crowd of 33,720.
Pettitte (5-3) scattered seven hits, walked one and struck out three batters to extend his record his against the Twins to 10-0 with a 2.53 ERA in his last 12 starts against them dating back to the 2009 season.
Meanwhile, the Yankee offense staked him to a first-inning lead against rookie right-hander Liam Hendriks (1-8) when Derek Jeter drew a leadoff walk and Ichiro Suzuki doubled to to right field.
One out later, Robinson Cano scored Jeter with an infield grounder and Nick Swisher followed with a two-run blast into the second deck in right-center, his 23rd home run of the season and the first of the four-homer deluge the Yankees put on the Twins. It was the most home runs the Twins have given up in a game all season.
With one out in the fourth inning, Curtis Granderson took Hendriks deep for his 40th home run of the season, becoming the only player in the major leagues who has has hit 40 or more home runs the past two seasons. He also is the fifth Yankee player to hit 40 or more home runs in back-to-back seasons, joining Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and Jason Giambi.
Raul Ibanez led off the seventh inning with a tape=measure blast down the right-field line and into the third deck of the stadium for his 18th home run of the season and his third in his past three games.
One-out later, Eric Chavez lined an opposite-field shot just out of the reach of left-fielder Josh Willingham for his 14th home run of the season and Hendriks' evening was mercifully ended with him trailing 6-0.
Hendriks was tagged for eight hits, he walked one batter and he fanned four in 6 1/3 innings.
Though Petitte was far from perfect – he had only two 1-2-3 innings – he managed to get out of trouble on ground balls, a strikeout and with a great defensive play by Granderson.
Pettitte gave up a pair of singles to Denard Span and Ben Revere to start the first inning and he walked Willingham with one out o load the bases. But he escaped any damage by striking out Justin Morneau looking and getting Ryan Doumit to bounce into a forceout.
Span and Mauer singled and were on first and third with one out in the third but Pettitte induced Willingham to hit into an inning-ending double play.
In the fourth, Doumit hit a one-out double to center and with two out Jamey Carroll singled up the middle. Granderson charged the ball in shallow center and fired it on one-hop home to catcher Russell Martin, who tagged Doumit on the left shoulder before he could reach home plate.
The Twins ruined the shutout in the eighth when rookie Pedro Florimon hit his first major-league home run off reliever Cory Wade.
They added two runs in the ninth after left-hander Justin Thomas gave up a one-out single to Morneau and walked Doumit. David Robertson came in to strike out Trevor Plouffe but pinch-hitter Chris Parmalee cracked a triple off the wall in center to score both runners.
Robertson then ended the contest by getting Florimon to ground out to Cano at second.
The Yankees have now won 26 of their last 33 games against the Twins and, combined with the Baltimore Orioles' split of a doubleheader with the Toronto Blue Jays, they now have a 1 1/2-game lead in the division with eight games left to play.
The Yankees season record is now 89-64. The Twins fell to 64-90.
- In his two starts since coming off the disabled list with a fractured fibula, Pettitte is 2-0 and he has held the opposition scoreless over 11 innings, giving up 11 hits and three walks while striking out six. Pettitte will have one more start before the playoffs and he would be in line to start either a tie-breaker game or the wild-card playoff game, if necessary.
- Jeter's singled in the ninth inning to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. He is 30-for-81 (.370) with a home run and 11 RBIs in those 16 contests. Suzuki's double in the first extended his hitting streak to seven games. Over than span, Suzuki is 16-for-30 (.533) with two home runs, four doubles and five RBIs. With Jeter and Suzuki at the top of the order the Yankees have been rolling.
- After looking absolutely lost at the plate for most of the past month, Ibanez looks to be coming out of his long slump with a flourish. In the past three games, Ibanez is 7-for-12 (.583) with three home runs and five RBIs.
I could quibble about the Yankees giving up three runs late but Wade and Thomas are two pitchers who will not be on the team's playoff roster. Manager Joe Girardi was hoping to rest Rafael Soriano, Boone Logan and Robertson, but he was forced to bring in Robertson in the ninth. That was the only real negative.
Mark Teixiera took batting practice, fielded ground balls and ran the bases at half-speed at the Yankees' minor-league complex in Tampa, FL, on Monday as he tries to recover from a Grade 1 strain of his left calf. Though general manager Brian Cashman targeted Thursday for Teixeira's return, Girardi expressed concern about playing Teixeira on the artificial surface at Rogers Centre in Toronto. . . . Veteran right-handed reliever David Aardsma was with the team on Monday and he could be activated from the disabled list on Tuesday. Aardsma, 30, has not pitched not pitched in the major leagues since he was with the Seattle Mariners in 2010. He underwent Tommy John surgery in July 2011 and he was signed by the Yankees as a free agent in February. Aardsma recorded 31 saves for the Mariners in 2010 after saving 38 games with a 2.53 ERA in 2009. . . . Chavez was highly critical of the current members of his former Oakland Athletics club and their antics over the weekend. Chavez was not happy with the way the team was celebrating in the visitor's dugout after they hit three home runs to take a 9-5 lead in the 13th inning of Saturday's game. Chavez called the display immature and unprofessional. The Yankees, however, had the last laugh by scoring four runs in the bottom of the 13th before scoring the winning run in the 14th on a bases-loaded error.
The Yankees will continue their three-game series in Minneapolis with the Twins on Tuesday.
Right-hander Phil Hughes (16-12) will start for the Yankees. Hughes earned his third straight victory, despite giving up four runs in five innings against the Blue Jays in his last start. Hughes is 2-0 with a 2.66 ERA lifetime against the Twins, including a victory against them on April 19 in which he gave up two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings.
The Twins will counter with right-hander Esmerling Vasquez (0-2, 6.75 ERA). Vasquez, 28, has failed to turn in quality start in any of his four outings this season, including his last start against the Cleveland Indians. He has never faced the Yankees.
Game-time will be 8:10 EDT and the game will be telecast locally by MY9.
Granderson's 5 RBIs Fuel Yankees' Rout Of Birds
When you are talking about the New York Yankees since their season pinnacle on July 18 until now, it has been the proverbial one step forward and two steps back. But on Sunday their slumping bats awoke to take a giant leap forward and the Baltimore Orioles paid the price by allowing the Bronx Bombers to leave Oriole Park at Camden Yards in first place in the American League East.
Curtis Granderson has been so horrible at the plate that he was benched to start the game. But he came off the bench with a vengeance as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning to swat the first pitch he saw into the Orioles' bullpen in left-center. He ended the day with five RBIs to lead a relentless 14-hit attack on Oriole pitching as New York salvaged a split of their four-game battle for supremacy in the division.
It was the Yankees' biggest blowout victory of the season and it could not have come at a much better time.
Joba Chamberlain (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief while striking out four of the five batters he retired to earn the victory.
Meanwhile, Oriole left-hander Zach Britton (5-2) found control to be an elusive thing in the fourth inning and he was saddled with the loss.
Britton perhaps got an inkling of how frustrating the day would be when Derek Jeter opened the contest with a infield single and he advanced to second on a throwing error by third baseman Manny Machado. Britton then walked Nick Swisher.
Alex Rodriguez stopped the momentum a bit by hitting into a double play but Britton then served up an RBI single to Robinson Cano.
In the fourth, Britton found that his sinker was sinking out of the strike zone and he paid dearly for it.
Rodriguez singled to begin the inning and Britton then walked Cano and Russell Martin to load the bases.
Steve Pearce then drew a bases-loaded walk to score Rodriguez to make 2-0. After Andruw Jones struck out, Jayson Nix hit a dying quail single into shallow center to score Cano. Ichiro Suzuki followed with a "Baltimore-chop" to shortstop J.J. Hardy and Suzuki beat out Hardy's throw to first to score Martin.
Britton then ended his day appropriately by issuing a bases-loaded walk to Jeter that made it 5-0.
Britton gave up five runs on five hits and five walks and struck out two in 3 1/3 innings.
However, the Yankees were unable to savor their four-run inning for long because starter Freddy Garcia stumbled in the bottom of the inning.
Garcia walked Nate McLouth and then hit Hardy with a pitch. Wilson Betemit followed with a two-run double to center and, one out later, Matt Wieters plated Betemit with a single to right.
Manager Joe Girardi, showing the veteran Yankee right-hander one of the shortest leashes of the season, removed Garcia in favor of Chamberlain to keep the game at 5-3.
The Yankee bullpen of Chamberlain, Boone Logan, Cory Wade and Derek Lowe threw 4 2/3 innings of scoreless baseball, surrendering just one hit and two walks the rest of the way.
At the same time, the Yankees continued to pile on the runs in front of a paid crowd of 40,346.
Granderson, who has been benched the past two games mired in a 5-for-43 (.116) slump, then teed off on Jake Arrieta's first offering in the sixth inning for his 35th home run of the season and his 100th home run with the Yankees.
Granderson later really broke the game open with a two-run single in the seventh that ran the score to 8-3 and he and Jeter keyed a five-run eighth inning that buried the Orioles and sent their new-found bandwagon fans home disappointed.
Jeter blasted a two-run home run, his 15th of the season, off Kevin Gregg and Granderson later added a two-run double.
The Yankees ran their record against the Orioles this season to 9-9 and they are 79-61 on the season. The Orioles are 78-62.
- Granderson's 3-for-3 day with a homer, a double and five RBIs was a welcome sight for fans who were growing disgusted with him swinging and missing at breaking pitches in the dirt or out of the strike zone. Granderson is the team's leading home run hitter and, in order to have a shot at the playoffs, he has got to start producing better. Sunday was a nice first step.
- Chamberlain has never looked better and perhaps has turned the corner in his comeback from Tommy John surgery. Chamberlain reached as high as 97 miles per hour on his fastball and, even better, he had command on the location of it. It is the first time Chamberlain has struck out four batters in an outing since his electric rookie season in 2007.
- Jeter was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Jeter is batting .324 this season, which third in the American League. He trails Mike Trout of the Angels by .004 and he could possibly win his first batting title at age 38.
- Garcia's magical run as a starter may be over. He has failed to pitch five innings in three of his last four starts and he is 0-1 with a 7.64 ERA in those four starts. With Ivan Nova poised to return to the rotation and Andy Pettitte right behind him, Garcia likely will not start another game this season. He is 7-6 with a 5.19 ERA overall.
- Swisher is in a worse slump than Granderson. He was 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout on Sunday and he is now hitless in his last 28 at-bats. His batting average has dipped from .271 to .255 in that span. The question is with the team in a pennant fight can they afford to bench him?
- Jones has also fallen on hard times and he was 0-for-2 with a strikeout on Sunday. He is now batting .202. Teams are beating the bushes to toss left-handers at the Yankees because it neutralizes lefty hitters like Cano and Gramderson and benches Raul Ibanez and Eric Chavez. Jones' ineptitude at the plate has been a big bonus for the opposing teams.
Mark Teixeira is scheduled to undergo an MRI in New York on Monday and it is possible he may miss the final 3 1/2 weeks of the season. Teixeira re-aggravated his left calf injury while unsuccessfully trying to beat out a double-play grounder that ended Saturday's game against the Orioles. Girardi said he would use Swisher and Pearce at first base to replace Teixeira. . . . Pettitte is scheduled to throw a side session on Monday at Yankee Stadium and he hopes to be cleared to continue his comeback from a fractured left ankle. If the team physician clears him, Pettitte will then throw a simulated game of about 60 pitches and then could be activated off the disabled list.
The Yankees have earned a day off on Monday before resuming their pennant chase on Tuesday at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox.
Right-hander Hiroki Kuroda (13-10, 3.14 ERA) will open the series for the Yankees. Kuroda gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks and struck out three in six innings in a victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in his last start. Kuroda is 1-1 with a 3.45 ERA against the Bosox this season.
The struggling Red Sox will counter with left-hander Jon Lester (9-11, 4.99 ERA). Lester surrendered three runs on nine hits over six innings in a victory over the Seattle Mariners. Lester is 1-1 with a 4.67 ERA in three starts against the Yankees this season.
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Grahamstown's Surroundings
In the area surrounding Grahamstown pineapple farms and nature reserves are found.
Port Alfred, South Africa
58km/36mi south of Grahamstown, at the mouth of the Kowie River, is Port Alfred (pop. 25,000), founded in 1820 and later named after Queen Victoria's second son. It is now a popular holiday resort, with magnificent beaches round the town, facilities for all kinds of water sports and a beautifully situated 18-hole golf course.
Bathurst, South Africa
40km/25mi southeast of Grahamstown on R 67 is Bathurst (pop. 5,200), a little town founded in 1820 in what is now one of the main pineapple-growing areas in South Africa. The fruit was brought to South Africa by Dutch settlers in the mid 19th C, and pineapples were first planted in Natal in 1860. When a farmer from Bathurst saw the fruit at his barber's in Grahamstown he took some plants home and discovered to his surprise that they flourished on his land. South Africa now takes the eighth place among the world's pineapple-growing countries.The main features of interest in Bathurst are St John's Church (1832), the oldest surviving Anglican church in South Africa, and the Pig and Whistle restaurant (1831) in Kowie Road, still a popular rendezvous.
Salem, South Africa
20km/12.5mi south of Grahamstown on R 343 is the little town of Salem, which preserves a number of settlers' houses dating from the first half of the 19th C. Although the name Salem means "peace", the settlement was frequently besieged by the Xhosa in the Frontier Wars. During one of these sieges, in 1834, a settler named Richard Gush, who as a Quaker was opposed to any kind of violence, had taken refuge, along with his wife and children, in the Methodist church. One day he left the village, unarmed, to negotiate with the Xhosa. When he asked what they really wanted they replied that they were hungry. He went back into the village and brought them bread, tobacco, tomatoes and some pocket knives, whereupon the Xhosa called off the siege.The former church is now a school.
Kowie Nature Reserve and Bathurst Conservation Area
Kowie Nature Reserve lies 5km/3mi north of Port Alfred (access from the Bathurst road). A hiking trail (a 2-hour walk) runs through the reserve.Adjoining the reserve is the Bathurst Conservation Area, through which runs a "canoe route", starting from Port Alfred and running 20km/12.5 up the Kowie River (canoes can be hired).
Thomas Baines Nature Reserve
15km/9mi south of Grahamstown on R 343 (signposted to Salem) is the Thomas Baines Nature Reserve (area 1,000ha/2,500ac) home to a variety of game, including rhinoceros and the rare Cape buffalo. The reserve can be explored only by car on a 15km/9mi long track; walking is prohibited.
Andries Vosloo Kudu Reserve & Sam Knott Nature Reserve
35km/22mi north of Grahamstown on R 67 is this 23,000ha/ 57,000ac reserve, with rhinos, hippopotamuses, buffaloes, wild pigs and even a few leopards. It can be explored by car.
Settler's Express Steam Train
A steam train, the Settlers' Express, runs between Bathurst and Port Alfred, through beautiful scenery with extensive pineapple plantations.
Summerhill Pineapple Farm
On the road from Grahamstown to Port Alfred, near Bathurst, is Summerhill pineapple farm, with a reconstructed Xhosa village (exhibition and sale of Xhosa crafts).


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I'm not most graceful when I get dressed in the mornings. So as I balanced, and lost balance, I dropped my foot... right onto Moby's tail. He's really not most happy with me these days. He recovered from that today, better than the head bonk. D sent me photos, including the one above, via email while I was at work, which cheered me considerably.
The balcony tomatoes are a loss. Small, but nevertheless totally tasteless. Will have to make different plans for next year. Something that likes heat, maybe chilies of some sort. Better part of a year to learn more, plan again.
Watching the birds flying, hoping a few stop by, as is the cat.
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Bandana Longboard MiCro Cruiser
25x7 GRAPHIC Longboard MiCro Cruiser Complete - BANDANA WHITE
- Color: Bandana White
- Model: 011706
- Size: 25" x 7"
- Shape: Concave MiCro Cruiser Deck
- Deck: 7-Ply Canadian Maple
- Wheels: 62x46 mm Gel Clear, 78A Hardness
- Trucks: 6.5" HD5 Heavy Duty Trucks, 5" Hanger, Aluminum Alloy
- Bearings: Abec 5 Chrome Bearings
- Hardware: 1.25"
- Risers: 3mm PE
- Griptape: Premium Grade 80A Black Griptape
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text: Jon Jasinski Purdue Musical Organizations:Drumline Section Leader, 2007 Percussion in Concert Band, Varsity Band, and Symphonic Band (Carnegie Hall 2006) 6 years of Percussion Ensemble final performance on the Great Wall of China! Purdue Degree:BS in Physics Education in 2008 Currently:Currently I live in Sharon, Massachusetts and teach physics at Medway High School. I am a percussionist in the Sharon Community Band and still give lessons. Jon Jasinski can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Last modified: Jun 26, 2013 |


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Project by Chris | posted 281 days ago | 686 views | 7 times favorited | 5 comments |
Sheila Landry has so many nice scroll saw designs, you should check them out. Made these 3 for a craft show coming up.
-- Chris, Virginia, http://www.scrollsawcreationsbychris.com
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#1 posted 281 days ago |
Nicely done. Very attractive addition to any home. -- Ron, Eugene, OR, "Curiosity is a terrible thing to waste." |
#2 posted 281 days ago |
These look really nice. Congratulations. helluvawreck aka Charles -- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau |
#3 posted 280 days ago |
Great signs and nice to see another woman on Lumberjocks. -- Eugenie Woodcraft |
#4 posted 277 days ago |
I have that pattern and will start it soon. You did a great job. -- Just learning the craft my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ practiced. |
#5 posted 277 days ago |
These are wonderful. great work and very special designs. -- http://artisticwoodstudio.com Custom furniture |
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