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For a great late night treat, I whip up this snack mix. The blend of the fruit and nuts is so delicious!Donna Brockett, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
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The other day one of my friends told me to come over, saying he wanted to show me "something awesome". What he was making was a wategun full of kerosene with a birthay candle attached to a wire at the front.
None of us died and it worked alot better than we thought it would.
No deaths?! Pfft, and your friend had the gall to claim it was "something awesome"? That's crying wolf if I've ever heard wolf cried! Also, how are you gonna explain the blackened garden shed to your mom when she gets home? Not to mention that poor plant you set ablaze. There was still a little life left in that thing and you took it away *beating on kid's chest* YOU TOOK IT ALL AWAY!
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British scooter lover (and snazzy dresser) Colin Fruze went and developed a flame-throwing setup for his ride. Why? Because he's a badass, that's why! Kidding, nobody badass drives a scooter (except you of course). The flames shoot 12-feet out the back of the tailpipe (not ... / Continue →
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Valley Academy has the BEST parent volunteer system! The Valley Academy Parent Organization gets parents involved in EVERY event and thousands of dollars are raised from these parents volunteering their time. Love, LOve LOVE the ZERO TOLERANCE rule for bullies. The teachers are heavily involved ACADEMICALLY with each child. Communication with parents is open and notification with problems are quick. Valley Academically is AWEDOME! I AM Very Happy Parent!!!
My school is a really great school that can use some upgrades so please let us win the 5,000 dollars
I have been an involved parent and employee at this school for a total of 9 years. I love the family atmosphere and the high academic standards. The administration has an open door policy and the teachers are always willing to go the extra mile for student success. This school of choice is for families who want to be active in their child's learning experience and help them become responsible citizens as well as critical thinkers.
I am a student from valley academy I am very glad with my parents decision on make me go here sense kindergarden and I am currently in 6th grade it is the best school ever and I'm reading at a 12th grade reading level
I can't believe people would choose to use this venue to post such negative and untrue statements. The principal at Valley Academy puts her heart and soul into the job. She creates an environment that promotes a feeling of family by all involved, students, parents and staff. I am proud to say that my daughter admires and looks up to her as a positive role model. Our Principal is kind, compassionate, empathetic, and cares enough about our school to be strong for what is best for every situation. It is difficult to make everyone happy all the time but simply puting unexplained and unjustified negative comments out there doesn't help anyone.
Are you kidding me? The principal knows the students and parents by name and she is often seen on campus with them. All of Valley Academy's staff are kind and invested in the success of the students. It is too bad that some people find time in the day to put negative talk out there about such an incredible person and school.
Valley Academy is an outstanding school with rich tradition. Having been involved with Valley in multiple roles I can honestly say it exceeds expectations. Students are held to a high standard both academically and morally. The administration is highly visible and involved on campus with their students with in an academic and extra curricular setting. Teachers are willing to help any student succeed in their goals. I know first hand many teachers and administrators that not only care academically but will take time out of their schedule to go see them in other activities even many times even after graduating from the school.
Valley Academy is an awesome school with caring teachers, great kids, great families and an awesome administration!!! The principal is wonderful to work; with she knows almost all of the kids by name.
The principal demonstrates no leadership skill at the Valley Academy. She has no creativity and has very minimal interactions with kids at school. She certainly is not a role model for students to look up to. It is time to have a new principal at the Valley Academy.
The teachers at Valley Academy are amazing. While doing a fantastic job at Valley, they have also made time to help the faculty at their new sister school. With their help, Painted Rock Academy is now delivering the same excellent curriculum in the same caring traditional way.
Valley Academy does not need an introduction, it is very well known and popular school among parents who strive to make sure their kids get an excellent education. Their office staff and teachers are commendable. Parents send their kids to VA for its excellent traditional teaching program which includes Spalding Reading and Writing, Saxon Math, strict dress-code, campus environment and diverse student population amongst many others. VA instills discipline and study habits in kids that will remain with them for a lifetime. I wish there was a VA in every city !!!
My son attended this school for 2 years and I must say it's been challenging. A lot of homework and discipline is what most of the public schools lacking but it is what most of american children need. Education is great, however the lack of creativity and developing logical and critical thinking is frustrating. I understand it is traditional school, but why not take all the good from tradition and leave mediocrity behind. The way my son studies for the tests is unacceptable, he says he only has to memorize, he doesn't have to understand the concepts, school requires memorization, not thinking. He says his older public school was the best school he ever attended because they had ELP, which was all about creativity and critical thinking. I wish Valley Academy adopted some of the tools ELP uses to become truly great school.
My child has attended Valley Academy since kindergarten. I have notice when I have been waiting to sign my child out, the office staff is pleasant, concerned and have respect for all children. The administration is consistant, thoughtful and mindful of the office setting. I have also noticed that the preschoolers are a little too noise when "marching or running" through the office, trying to get away from their parent. Perhaps just a little common courtesy is all that's needed. I continue to support Valley Academy as the first rate education,it provides for my child.
Valley Academy is an amazing place to be! It seems to me it would be common courtesy to keep the noise level of your children down as you walk through the front office, which is a place of business. The policies that some would consider ridiculous and annoying are, in fact, part of the reason that Valley Academy has been so successful in the past 18 years. The dress code, in particular, is spelled out quite plainly in the student handbook. People should not be surprised when there are consequences for not following clearly stated rules. There are plenty of other schools around that will allow students to dress and behave any way they like, and they do not have the proven track record of Valley Academy! I love Valley Academy and would not change it for anything!!
My son is enrolled in preschool and my daughter is in grade school level. This has been the most problematic school year thus far. The adminstrative office has done nothing but control normal noise level for a workplace that is constantly active. I have continuously observed adults and children being told to "be quiet, walk quietly, whisper, you're too loud". This is not a library!! The rules and policies of this school are more rigid than a military site! Focus your time and attention on more improtant issues like education! Secondly, my child is constantly getting dress code citations for the most ridiculous things. Yes, she looks very well presentable. I had high expectations of this school and they were easily and quickly lowered. I would not recommend this school to anybody. My first imperssions start at the office and that is poorly rated!
Anyone that has anything negative to say about this school is just plain out of their mind. It is a "traditional" school, focusing on citizenship, COUNTRY and manners. actual teachers not 20 somethings that just graduated and have zero experience dealing with any children let alone 25 of them! It is also the small things that public school parents may overlook like, ALL desks face FORWARD, singing the Pledge Of Allegiance, letting kids and parent's express their faith without retribution, structured learning, DAILY homework, teaching the students and NOT celebrating mediocrity. Valley Academy teaches UP not down and that is the reason they are excelling. They are doing the very opposite of ordinary district public schools which is exactly why they succeed. There are more books than toys, they let parents on campus and in your child's classroom at ANYTIME, which says to me that they have confidence in the staff and teachers with nothing to hide. They hold your child accountable for EVERYTHING which in turn teaches them responsibility and supports what we try to teach them at home. So when we send them to school it's not a regression, it's a supplement to the parents. if you want
As a parent of a child in the 4 year old class at Valley Academy Preschool I was a bit disappointed in the previous post. I have a very bright little girl who has gone through the 3 year old program and now is in the 4 year old class. She is learning by leaps and bounds. She is very excited about school and is learning many new things that were not a part of her 3 year old program. I spoke with the administration about the concern this parent had and was assured that the curriculum has been adjusted to make sure the 3 and 4 year olds are learning at a different level. So, if there was a problem in the past it certainly is not evident now. I am very happy with the preschool program at Valley Academy.
This is for the preschool only, as we had no experience with the K-8 portion. First of all, the principal seems very warm, caring and competent. However, the preschool was not up to par. The four year old class had the same exact curriculum as the three year old class last year...which covered less than the three year old curriculum covered the year before (the first year of preschool). We had a great experience in the 3 year old room. But the 4 year old room was a complete waste of time and money and the kids were bored. Kids in daycare were taught more than kids in last year's 4 year old class. Ask lots of questions before enrolling in the preschool and ensure that the basics are being covered! Also, by state law, getting your child in the preschool does not assure them a place in Valley's kindergarten.
I am a teacher at Valley Academy, and someone who has been campus through all administrations. The current administration is by far the best since the school opened for business in 1995. Teachers have the ability to be as creative as they like, while teaching the basics on which Valley Academy was founded. The Principal in particular is amazing to deal with both as a teacher and a parent. She truly cares about maintaining the level of excellence for which Valley Academy is known state-wide. She is supportive of teachers, helpful to parents, and, most of all, has the best interests of the students and traditions of Valley Academy in mind with every decision she makes. There is not a finer school in the state of Arizona! I am proud to work there, and proud to have had my children educated there.
I agree with the parents that was totaly honest. The administration is very controlling and it is difficult to have any creative input as a student, teacher, or parent volunteer.
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Scott Hofert's career is a marriage of automated and manual, spiritual and tangible – a veritable workshop of internal growth and external product.
In short: church and cowhide.
Hofert, 42, is a co-pastor of the NoDa church Watershed and the founder and owner of ColsenKeane, a custom-leather goods shop located just four doors down from his church office on Central Avenue.
Hofert didn't always juggle the two. But four years ago, after a career of desk jobs, academia and then pastorship, he longed for the satisfaction of working with his hands again.
Hofert isn't alone. He's one of a growing number of 21st-century professionals who, after spending countless hours a week at a computer, long to produce something that can't be stored on a server.
The New York Times-bestselling book, "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work," by Matthew Crawford, has become a mouthpiece for the movement.
Following a doctorate in political philosophy and a job as an executive director of a Washington think tank, Crawford quit his job to open a motorcycle repair shop.
He argues that, though the scope of the economic crisis is yet uncertain, the crisis of confidence professionals now feel in "our most prestigious institutions and professions" is strong.
"The question of what a good job looks like – of what sort of work is both secure and worthy of being honored – is more open now than it has been in for a long time," Crawford writes in the introduction.
And after reassessing his work values, Crawford says he's never been so fulfilled.
Hofert read the book after he'd already started his leather shop and felt instant kinship with Crawford.
"Had I read that prior to working at this," he says, pointing a calloused hand toward the tool sets and 9,000 square feet of rolled cowhide stacked on metal shelves, "I would have just thought, 'Oh, that guy just doesn't like his job.' "
But now, he says, "when I read that book, I felt as though it were speaking to my soul."
A calling, in the blood
Hofert's great-grandfather opened a repair shop for watches and clocks in Kenmore, N.Y., that was passed along to Hofert's grandfather and then Hofert's father.
Hofert started his Charlotte business four years ago, naming it after his two sons, Colsen, 8, and Keane, 5, who he hopes will one day take over the family business as well.
He'd long been drawn to high-quality leather goods, so one day, Hofert decided to make some himself. He spent a couple hundred dollars on a piece of leather and $50 on tools.
His first project was an iPad case, which he made by wrapping leather around it.
Pleased with the final product, he made a few more cases and posted photos of them on Etsy, a website for selling handmade crafts.
The requests rolled in: leather belts, wallets and bags.
Hofert's backyard shed, where he made his goods, grew increasingly crowded, and the U.S. Postal Service made regular visits for shipments.
"It snowballed," he said.
Hofert's wares range in price from $50 for a basic wallet to about $800 for large leather bags. His most expensive project was a one $2,000 bag, made from rare cowhide.
After he'd saved a little money from his new enterprise, Hofert began to advertise.
He says he spent $1,000 on business-card-sized ads in Rolling Stone magazine, bought ads in Delta and U.S. Airways' in-flight magazines and took out ads in MacLife because of his leather iPad and MacBook cases. Since starting the business in 2009, Hofert says he has served about 2,000 people and the business has grown 300 percent each year. ColsenKeane customers now hail from the U.S. and Canada, as well as Mexico, South America, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia and all across Europe.
A recent customer, the head of security for a diamond mine in Africa, came across Hofert's business after stopping someone in an Amsterdam airport to inquire about his hand-crafted leather bag.
Five months passed since the encounter, but when the African man's job brought him to the U.S. temporarily, Hofert says, he made sure to find Hofert in Charlotte and commission his own bag.
Ministry, art meld
Two weeks ago, Hofert opened a new workspace and storefront on Central Avenue, just steps from to his church office. You see, he says, his two jobs aren't mutually exclusive.
Hofert says that creating works of art from leather actually helps him organize his thoughts, making him more productive and effective as a pastor. He's even in a church small group with fellow entrepreneurs.
"It's really fascinating," Hofert says. "I can sit down ... and talk about how to better a marriage, and then next minute talk about business."
Right now, he spends more than 40 hours a week as a pastor and more than 20 hours in the shop. He employs three other full-time leathersmiths and two church members who handle the books and shipping part-time.
Jeremy Snyder, 29, who has spent 15 years in the music industry, met Hofert through Hofert's wife, Taryn, a musician.
Snyder started at ColsenKeane in December 2012, and for now, stitches, trims and evens the edges of the leather.
"I am interested in intellectual stimulation, but I find that, as a thinker, I'm more productive with hard work than when I'm sitting at a cafe with other thinkers," Synder says. "The iconic visual of Aristotle and his buddies sitting around, making things up, seems a lot more difficult than you'd think."
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Hofert says he's content to grow ColsenKeane slowly. He says he never wants the need for mass production and high-tech machinery to outweigh the value – and intimacy – of handiwork.
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I switched off the TV and started chewing more on my thoughts. Where had all those friends vanished? Where did that innocence of being friendly with anybody without any judgements disappear? Yes, time had moved on and I had certainly expanded my circle – there was no dearth of friends, thanks to Facebook, Twitter, and other online networking media.
And it's the same story for all of us, isn't it? Facebook has extended our options for friend-making. But think about it: are we true friends with all of them? Don't we often cloud our minds with unreasonable judgements about who said what to whom, why the person did this and not that, etc.? And the funny part is, they are all our 'friends', or at least in Facebook records. Was it the same when we were kids? Did we think so much before speaking to our friends, sugar coating sour truths so that we still remain in their good books? But as we grew up, we started forming opinions about the same friends, finding faults with whatever they said or did.
In the process, some friendships faded, some died out. And we are still making the same mistake with a new set of people. Seeing them through a pair of glasses colored with our self-formed opinions of them. But it's not too late yet. There's still time to come back to our natural self, to the same child-like state, to the free, friendly nature which we are all gifted with. How? Meditation is the answer.
Ask yourself this: Who is a true friend? Who do we keep searching for?
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Shares Hitanshi Sachdev, student and daily meditator, "Thanks to meditation, even after three years of fight with my close friend, I was able to keep my smile intact for her and would always wish her well. But she never missed a reason to insult me or pull me down. Slowly, I noticed a change in her. My attitude won over and she started melting down. Now we are good friends again."
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RICHMOND, Va. - Layoffs in construction, the wholesale trade and manufacturing pushed Galax's jobless rate to the highest in Virginia in July.
The Virginia Employment Commission says the city's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 16.2 percent as the number of people without jobs there nearly doubled to 551 from June to July.
Martinsville, which has long-held the highest jobless rate in Virginia, had the second-highest rate of 12.9 percent in July. That's down from 13.9 in June.
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Arlington County had Virginia's lowest with 3.8 percent in July.
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Comedian Ralphie May, who has appeared on NBC's reality television series "Last Comic Standing" and on the Comedy Central cable network, will perform in Eppley Auditorium on the Morningside College campus at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28.
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Known for his hip-hop brand of comedy, May has earned roles in such urban films as "For Da Love of Money" and "Gas." His one-hour special, "Ralphie May: Prime Cut" continues to air in rotation on Comedy Central.
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Mr. Williams is a member and past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Children's Hospital and a member of the Board of The Children's Hospital Foundation. Currently Mr. Williams is serving as Co-Chair of the Imagine the Miracles Campaign for The Children's Hospital. He is on the Board and Executive Committee of the National Western Association, Vice-Chairman of The Piton Foundation and is also on the Board of the Denver Public Schools Foundation.
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A quick way to distinguish the Petoskey school district's older computer workstations from its newer ones is exterior color.
The older machines used in some labs and classrooms — some dating back 10 years or more — have white cases, rather than the black ones that have become the norm in recent years.
But Steve Neal, the district's technology director, cites function rather than fashion as the reason school officials would like to begin replacing the computer inventory.
That process is one of the key priorities Neal said the district will pursue if local voters approve a technology bond proposal on the May election ballot. The school board approved placement of the bond proposal on the ballot last week
Roughly a third of the bond sale's $4.9 million in proceeds would be applied to updated computer equipment.
"We've got to make sure that the labs are current technology for the benefit of the students," Neal said.
He noted that the schools' older computers don't have the performance specs needed to support recent versions of operating, productivity and Web browsing software. This can be challenging when students try to transfer files onto these workstations from others, and precludes use of some of the more advanced features — interactive ones, for example — in websites.
In the years since the district's last technology bond sale in the late 1990s, Neal said the district has used a piecemeal approach for funding computer equipment. With Michigan school districts' fiscal situation becoming tighter in recent years, Petoskey typically hasn't had significant funds available in its general budget for technology updates.
Instead, the district has tapped sources such as grants and vocational education budgets to replace workstations in high-traffic areas.
"Whenever we get a few bucks, we try to do what we can, but it's never enough," Neal said.
Along with desktop computers, Neal noted that the district intends to pursue other electronic devices for student and staff use if the bond proposal passes.
Document cameras are one example. Already in use in some Petoskey classrooms, these would replace older overhead projectors, giving teachers more flexibility and convenience to display documents or other items for their classes, and allowing easier viewing by students.
School officials also would like to make portable electronic devices — sets of tablet computers, for example — available for group projects.
Webcams — providing opportunities for video interaction with people in remote locations — are on the district's list of priorities for the bond proceeds as well.
Technology infrastructure is another priority that Neal said the district would pursue with bond proceeds. He noted that the district hopes to update the existing fiberoptic network linking its buildings to address wear and tear issues and create redundancy, and to upgrade outside connections with Internet service providers to fiber status. The district also would like to add wireless networking options at school sites.
Updates to the district's phone system — including the addition of cordless phones for staff who frequently travel from one building to another — are among the district's objectives for the bond proceeds. Safety and security items — such as surveillance cameras for some locations — are as well.
Neal noted that some local parents and information technology professionals have joined district staff members on a committee that's been planning the technology initiative.
Neal said the district aims to take an economical approach to the technology updates. When any devices with advanced features are pursued, he said efforts will be made to make sure they're viable rather than simply "new and shiny."
"We're not flush in this region economically," Neal said. "We want to respect that money and be the best stewards possible."
Bond details
Proposal: With voter approval, the school district would sell bonds to generate $4.9 million for technology resources
Election date: Tuesday, May 8
Paying for it: If the bond sale is approved, the district would levy approximately 0.4 mill in property taxes over eight years to allow bond repayment
Tax bill impact: For the owner of a $100,000 home, the technology levy would mean about $20 more on a yearly property-tax bill. For the owner of a $200,000 home, the yearly impact would be about $40
Interest cost: Bond repayment would involve about $1.1 million in interest expenses for the district


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50 Cent Apologizes To Interscope Records
UPDATE: Fif apologizes to his label for ranting against them over his song leaks and album delays.
50 Cent recently stated that he would not be promoting his new music, but in a Twitter rant today, he explained why he won't be supporting future recordings and that he has no faith left in his label, Interscope Records.
"I have lost all faith in the team I'm on. I have nothing left to say I will not be promoting my music," he wrote. 'I'm going to deliver this album then. I have a film I wrote to focus on I'm not upset I'm just convinced this is not how I want to remembered."
He continued by stating a troubling message that he doesn't think he will live much longer. "Ill be honest I don't think I'm gonna live much longer. That's why I started my street king movement. I want to mean more in other peoples lives."
Fif ended his tirade with an explanation as to why he mixed The Big 10 mixtape and how it was meant to inspire other artists.
"I mixed the big 10 because everything I do has to be the best I can make it cause other artist will create after hearing the ideas."
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UPDATE: 50 Cent took to Twitter to apologize to Interscope Records for ranting about them leaking his songs and delaying his projects. "Discovered a computer glitch leaked my song. Sorry to team at interscope for over reacting!" he wrote. "I put a lot in to this project but I don't care if it ever comes out. Jimmy iovine has been like a mentor for me. I just want to stay friends."
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Tymoshenko's trial resumed at the end of September after a two-week recess [JURIST reports]. In August, the Kiev Appeals Court refused Tymoshenko's appeal of her detention for contempt charges [JURIST reports]. Also in August, Judge Rodoin Kireyev rejected a request [JURIST report] from Tymoshenko to release her from prison. In July, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) [official website, in Ukrainian] announced that they are launching a criminal investigation [JURIST report] into UESU, an energy company at one time headed by Tymoshenko. In June, Tymoshenko filed a complaint [JURIST report] with the ECHR alleging violations of the European Convention of Human Rights [text, PDF]. The complaint argued that the charges against Tymoshenko are politically engineered by current Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych [official website, in Ukrainian], Tymoshenko's political rival. Tymoshenko's government was dissolved in March 2010 after she narrowly lost the presidential election to Yanukovych. Tymoshenko had alleged that widespread voter fraud allowed Yanukovych to win the election.
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The Republic of South Sudan was recognized as an independent country [JURIST report] in July, making it the world's 193rd nation. In February, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who campaigned against secession, issued a formal decree [JURIST report] accepting the result of the referendum. However, tensions between the newly independent country and Sudan remain high. Much of the recent violence stems from action in the South Kordofan region between Sudanese troops and troops loyal to South Sudan's army. In June a UN official denounced continued human rights abuses [JURIST report] against civilians in the region. The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs [official website] and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos [official profile] said that the UN knows of more than 70,000 people who have been displaced by the conflict, many of whom are subject to violence and targeting due to their ethnic heritage. Additionally, the UN reported that several peacekeepers had been held and tortured [UN News Centre report] in the region, and that those providing humanitarian relief are vulnerable.
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1 I AM [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath.
2 He has led me and brought me into darkness and not light.
3 Surely He has turned away from me; His hand is against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin has He worn out and made old; He has shattered my bones.
5 He has built up [siege mounds] against me and surrounded me with bitterness, tribulation, and anguish.
6 He has caused me to dwell in dark places like those long dead.
7 He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain.
8 Even when I cry and shout for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion [hiding] in secret places.
11 He has turned me off my ways and pulled me in pieces; He has made me desolate.
12 He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my heart [the seat of my affections and desires].
14 I have become a derision to all my people, and [the subject of] their singsong all the day.
15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink to excess and until drunken with wormwood [bitterness].
16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel (stones); He has covered me with ashes.
17 And You have bereaved my soul and cast it off far from peace; I have forgotten what good and happiness are.
18 And I say, Perished is my strength and my expectation from the Lord.
19 [O Lord] remember [earnestly] my affliction and my misery, my wandering and my outcast state, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul has them continually in remembrance and is bowed down within me.
21 But this I recall and therefore have I hope and expectation:
22 It is because of the Lord's mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not. [Mal. 3:6.]
23 They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness. [Isa. 33:2.]
24 The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. [Num. 18:20.]
25 The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word].
26 It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation (the safety and ease) of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke [of divine disciplinary dealings] in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone uncomplaining and keeping silent [in hope], because [God] has laid [the yoke] upon him [for his benefit]. [Rom. 8:28.]
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust [in abject recognition of his unworthiness]–there may yet be hope. [Mic. 7:17.]
30 Let him give his cheek to the One Who smites him [even through His human agents]; let him be filled [full] with [men's] reproach [in meekness].
31 For the Lord will not cast off forever! [Ps. 94:14.]
32 But though He causes grief, yet will He be moved to compassion according to the multitude of His loving-kindness and tender mercy.
33 For He does not willingly and from His heart afflict or grieve the children of men. [Ezek. 18:23, 32; Hos. 11:8; Heb. 12:5-10; II Pet. 3:9.]
34 To trample and crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside and deprive a man of his rights before the face of the Most High or a superior [acting as God's representative],
36 To subvert a man in his cause–[of these things] the Lord does not approve.
37 Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, if the Lord has not authorized and commanded it?
38 Is it not out of the mouth of the Most High that evil and good both proceed [adversity and prosperity, physical evil or misfortune and physical good or happiness]?
39 Why does a living man sigh [one who is still in this life's school of discipline]? [And why does] a man complain for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us test and examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord!
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [and then with them mount up in prayer] to God in heaven:
42 We have transgressed and rebelled and You have not pardoned.
43 You have covered Yourself with wrath and pursued and afflicted us; You have slain without pity.
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
45 You have made us offscouring and refuse among the nations.
46 All our enemies have gaped at us and railed against us.
47 Fear and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
48 My eyes overflow with streams of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eyes overflow continually and will not cease
50 Until the Lord looks down and sees from heaven.
51 My eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the maidens [and the daughter-towns] of my city [Jerusalem].
52 I have been hunted down like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause.
53 They [thought they had] destroyed my life in the dungeon (pit) and cast a stone [over it] above me. [Jer. 38.]
54 The waters ran down on my head; I said, I am gone.
55 I called upon Your name, O Lord, out of the depths [of the mire] of the dungeon. [Jer. 38:6.]
56 You heard my voice [then]: [Oh] hide not Your ear [now] at my prayer for relief.
57 You drew near on the day I called to You; You said, Fear not. [James 4:8.]
58 O Lord, You have pleaded the causes of my soul [You have managed my affairs and You have protected my person and my rights]; You have rescued and redeemed my life!
59 O Lord, You have seen my wrong [done to me]; judge and maintain my cause.
60 You have seen all their vengeance, all their devices against me.
61 You have heard their reproach and revilings, O Lord, and all their devices against me–
62 The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all day long.
63 Look at their sitting down and their rising up [their movements, doings, and secret counsels]; I am their singsong [the subject of their derision and merriment]. [Ps. 139:2; Isa. 37:28.]
64 Render to them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
65 You will give them hardness and blindness of heart; Your curse will be upon them.
66 You will pursue and afflict them in anger and destroy them from under Your heavens, O Lord.
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I live in Asheville now, my son's all grown up, and I regularly hike in the park. But I still wonder how we all made it.
This year, Ramsey Cascades and several other Smokies trails are getting a major makeover, thanks to Smokies Trails Forever, a fundraising partnership between the park and the nonprofit Friends of the Smokies.
Although the Smokies is our most-visited national park, its funding falls short of meeting trail-maintenance needs. Last year, more than 9 million people visited the park, which has a budget of $18.2 million. That amounts to about $2 per visitor. What a bargain! In contrast, Dollywood charges adult visitors $53.50 and Walt Disney World $75 for a one-day ticket -- and I don't think either amusement park has any hiking trails to maintain.
In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps created most of the pathways and facilities we enjoy in the park today. As part of F.D.R.'s New Deal initiatives, the Corps built fire towers, campgrounds, bridges, picnic areas and restrooms in the Smokies, which boasted more crews than any two other national parks combined. Thanks to those folks, the toughest Smokies trails switch back beautifully up a mountain, making them -- mile for mile -- easier to walk than those in the surrounding Pisgah National Forest.
But the federal program ended in 1942: Who's looking after these trails now?
Trails don't maintain themselves -- people do. Volunteers maintain the Appalachian and the Mountains-to-Sea trails, but these linear routes are easy to reach from the road. Paths in the Smokies form a network, and it can be challenging to reach the interior routes for maintenance or improvements. You may have to trek several miles from your vehicle to the work site -- hauling your tools as you go -- do the job and then slog back. Trail maintenance isn't just a walk in the woods.
Currently, the park has two full-time maintenance crews: one each in North Carolina and Tennessee. In addition, park volunteers can "adopt" a trail, but most volunteer-maintained trails lie along the park's periphery.
To get at the more remote trails and tackle the tougher projects, Trails Forever's endowment will help fund a third permanent maintenance crew while providing training and support for volunteers. In one of last year's pilot projects, Ramsey Cascades got some much-needed attention. To get more such projects under way, the Aslan Foundation -- a longtime (and frequent) Friends of the Smokies supporter -- has issued a $2 million challenge grant. Friends aims to match it in the coming years. Organizers are also calling for donations and volunteers who want to roll their sleeves up and go to work the way the Civilian Conservation Corps did.
Most national parks charge an entrance fee -- $20 per car at Yosemite, $25 per car for Yellowstone. Even Shenandoah National Park charges $15 per car. But you can still drive into the Smokies for free. Sure, the park could sell the naming rights to its trails. Ramsey Cascades could be changed to the Royal Crown Cola Trail. Instead, the Smokies depend on those who love the park and want to see its trails used and preserved for their children and grandchildren.
On the Ramsey Cascades Trail, a professional crew plus volunteers have been removing roots and rocks and improving drainage to prevent the severe erosion that has nearly ruined it. This summer, when my granddaughter comes to visit, I'll take her on Ramsey. It will be smoother and less rocky than it was when her daddy was carried to the falls. But no one is going to carry her, because she'll be 6, and she can hike.
For more information about Trails Forever, visit http://smokiestrailsforever.org. To volunteer, contact Jeremy Sweat at firstname.lastname@example.com. For info about the Smokies 75th-anniversary events, visit www.greatsmokies75th.com.
[Hike leader and outdoors writer Danny Bernstein is the author of Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Heritage. She can be reached at email@example.com.]
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