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Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
President Obama himself said multiple times that America "is no longer a Christian nation", and has gone out of his way to ensure that his statement comes true. One cannot blame the atrophy of Christianity in America on the President alone, but one cannot deny that it has become considerably more difficult to confess Christianity and its attendant beliefs and values since he has taken office
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4/23/2013 (1 year ago)
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Keywords: revival, repentance, reform, Job, Billy Graham, Dr. Frederick Liewehr
RICHMOND, VA (Catholic Online) - As I am sitting here, the Heart-Cry for Revival conference is going on at the Billy Graham Training Center near Ashville, N.C. It is a four-day event that includes prayer, worship, preaching, focus groups, a panel discussion, and fellowship. The purpose of the conference is to, "ignite, equip, and commission ministry and marketplace leaders in their passionate desire for God to bring spiritual renewal to individuals, churches, campuses, and nations."
But what is a "revival", anyway? Most Catholics associate the term "revival" with Neil Diamond's satirical "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show", or perhaps Sinclair Lewis 's equally denigratory "Elmer Gantry". More recently, a revival preacher was the subject of the movie "The Apostle". Robert Duval wrote and directed it, and played the title role which won him an Academy Award nomination. Few realize that revival in a positive sense has a long and storied history in American culture.
There are two distinct uses for the word "revival", and it is easy to get them mixed up. The first one, the subject of the song, book, and movie is an evangelical meeting, designed to get new converts. These are often given by itinerant preachers, the most famous of who was probably Billy Sunday. Frequently they were held in tents, though in more recent times tents have given way to halls as a bow to creature comforts such as air conditioning. They are generally held over several days, and are generally held by evangelical protestant denominations.
The second meaning refers to a historical period when there was a heightened awareness of God, a spiritual awakening. Although revivals are generally associated with Protestant sects, they owe their inspiration equally to the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation of the 16th Century, beginning with the Council of Trent.
In the United States, historians generally distinguish three periods of revival. The First Great Awakening in the 1730's and '40's was a time of vigorous preaching that convinced listeners of their sinfulness, guilt, and need for salvation through a personal relationship with Christ. The revival was not limited to the United States; it was active in England and Scotland as well. In America, it began with the preaching of George Whitefield, who visited from England in 1739.
He preached that, unlike the Calvinist view that man is predestined for damnation, he could be saved by repenting of his sins. Whitefield was an fiery speaker who stirred up the emotions of his listeners, describing the boundless joy of salvation on the one hand and the horrors of damnation on the other. His emphasis on preaching and Bible reading over ritual and ceremony made a lasting impression on many Protestant sects, and swelled the ranks of the Baptists and Methodists.
The Second Great Awakening occurred in the 1800-1830's. Rev. Charles Finney was a key leader of the evangelical revival movement in America, and conducted revival meetings of the type described earlier across several Northeastern states, winning many converts. Finny also traveled to England and Scotland to conduct his revival meetings. One of the other leaders of this movement was Lyman Beecher, the father of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin". He preached throughout New England on the evils of intemperance, against Unitarianism and Catholicism, and in favor of the abolition of slavery.
The Third Great Awakening loosely covers the time from the 1850's to early 1900's, It invigorated evangelical Protestant denominations and generated a strong sense of social activism, known as the Social Gospel. Theologically, it was based on the postmillennial notion that the Second Coming of Christ would come after mankind had reformed the entire earth. Evangelicals conducted a systematic outreach to the unchurched in America through revivals, and around the globe through active missionary programs.
Dwight Moody institutionalized revivalism through his Moody Bible Institute, and new sects such as the Holiness movement, the Church of the Nazarene, and the Church of God were born. God-centered movements such as the Women's Christian Temperance Movement and the YMCA were also formed. The ramifications of these movements have been profound on American society.
But here we are in 2013. We have a government that makes its battle cry, "Separation of Church and State", which really means, "Separation of Church from social life". From the prohibition of prayer in schools, the prohibition of public displays of religious symbols on Christmas or Easter, to the adoption of abortion on demand, no fault divorce, homosexual "marriage", and forced payment by taxpayers for abortions, forced payment by employers for abortion and contraception, and on and on, the government is seeking to separate America from its God.
President Obama himself said multiple times that America "is no longer a Christian nation", and has gone out of his way to ensure that his statement comes true. One cannot blame the atrophy of Christianity in America on the President alone, but one cannot deny that it has become considerably more difficult to confess Christianity and its attendant beliefs and values since he has taken office.
The situation has become so grim that many Christians were praying for Obama's defeat last November. When this did not occur, many were led to virtual despair, and cried out as Jesus did, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" But we were not praying for God to take charge, we were praying that He would do what we wanted Him to do, which was to give us a different President. God hears our prayers, and answers them, but not always in the way we desire.
Maybe the last Presidential election was God's way of telling us something. If Romney had won, he would certainly have fixed some of Obama's most egregious transgressions, and certainly would have substituted a more Christian staff for Obama's collection of liberals and self-proclaimed "Catholics" who appear to consider themselves the supreme arbiters of Church teaching.
Romney was arguably one of the most decent political candidates to have ever run for the office, but his stand on abortion was a "compromise" with loopholes and exceptions, and his opinions had flip-flopped on several important issues, which led some to wonder what if anything would actually change during his presidency. On top of that, he couldn't have single-handedly changed that much anyway, absent a cooperative Congress. We would have been lulled into complacency while the undercurrent of social destruction began in the 1960's, if not before, continued.
Maybe, just maybe, with the ascendance of homosexual "rights" trumping those of Christians at every turn, with abortion "rights" continuing to be the litmus test for political appointments and legislative activity, and with Christians being continually relegated to the back of the social bus, people may realize that we have pretty much reached the limit of what man can do. Things are not getting better; in fact every day seems to bring more bad news on the social front.
The economy is not improving, in large measure because of the uncertainty of what new contract law the government will violate next, or how much money it will remove from businesses and individuals in the name of taxes and fees to finance its bloated spending programs. Foreign relations are at an all-time low, because operating from a framework of tolerance and radical egalitarianism we are unable to define the principles under which we will act in the world arena or to know who our friends and enemies are. Without a "moral compass" we are rapidly descending into an abyss from which there is only one escape - divine intervention.
After he was tormented mercilessly by the Devil, Job is unable to understand why God allowed this to happen. Many Christians feel the same way. God, however, refuses to explain Himself to Job. "Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this" (38:18).
Job realized the error and presumption of his question, and says in Verse 42: "I know that thou canst do all things and that no purpose of thine can be thwarted. 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 'Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.' I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
And that is what revival is all about.
Dr. Frederick Liewehr is an endodontist who teaches and works in private practice. He converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1983, having been drawn ineluctably to Christ's Church by the light of Truth. He is a member of St. Benedict parish in Richmond, a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus and a Cooperator of Opus Dei.
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According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, each day 25,000 vehicles pass through the area of Interstate 680 and U.S. Route 224. A construction project to widen the 224 bridge has the traffic reduced to one lane in each direction.
At a special Poland Village Council meeting, residents asked ODOT officials if the project, slated to be finished next fall, could be completed sooner.
"Two shifts would get the project done much quicker," said Poland Twp. Resident John Klimko. "It'll help out the businesses, the residents, and everyone involved."
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"The contractor pays the price according to how he's going to work that job, so the shifts they have set up now is unfortunately how that project has been bid and how its going to be finished out," said ODOT Spokesman Brent Kovacs.
Another topic of concern: the busy holiday shopping season and how construction will affect business.
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Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our modelAll three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 146 points (1.1%) at 13,259 as of Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,070 issues advancing vs. 801 declining with 135 unchanged.The Services sector currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.9%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include MakeMyTrip (MMYT), down 23.3%, Cablevision Systems (CVC), down 6.4%, Discovery Communications (DISCK), down 3.2%, Charter Communications (CHTR), down 2.7% and Directv (DTV), down 2.5%. Top gainers within the sector include Weight Watchers International (WTW), up 15.7%, Vitamin Shoppe (VSI), up 11.6%, Myriad Genetics (MYGN), up 10.1%, Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), up 5.1% and Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), up 4.9%.TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the sector lower today:5. Tidewater (TDW) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector lower today. As of noon trading, Tidewater is down $2.89 (-5.9%) to $46.03 on heavy volume Thus far, 606,534 shares of Tidewater exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 427,500 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $45.60-$49.26 after having opened the day at $48.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $48.92. Tidewater Inc. provides offshore service vessels and marine support services through the operation of a fleet of marine service vessels. Tidewater has a market cap of $2.4 billion and is part of the transportation industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 28.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 2.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Tidewater a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.TheStreet Ratings rates Tidewater as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full Tidewater Ratings Report now.
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September 26, 2002
Alex W. Jackson
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Montgomery, AL 36104-3741
Dear Mr. Jackson:
The American Advertising Federation (AAF) appreciates the opportunity to comment on advertising rules recently proposed by the Alabama Bar Association (ABA).
As the "Unifying Voice for Advertising," the AAF is the trade association that represents 50,000 professionals in the advertising industry. AAF's 130 corporate members are advertisers, agencies and media companies that comprise the nation's leading brands and corporations. AAF has a national network of 210 ad clubs, including seven in Alabama, and connects the industry with an academic base through its 210 college chapters.
As the Court reviews the proposed regulations, AAF would like to respectfully remind the justices that truthful advertising for attorneys, or any other legal product or service, is speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Deceptive or untrue commercial speech is not protected.
More than a quarter century ago, the United State Supreme Court held that the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment extends to commercial speech (Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Consumer Council, 425 U.S. 748 (1976)). The very next year the Court affirmed that the protections extend to attorney advertising (Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350, 375 (1977)). More recent cases have acknowledged this protection as well (Peel v. Attorney Disciplinary Commission, 496 U.S. 91, 105 (1990)).
In Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission (447 U.S. 557, 556 (1980)) the U.S. Supreme Court articulated a stringent test the government must pass before regulating truthful commercial speech about legal products and services. The regulation must address a substantial governmental interest; the regulation must directly advance that interest; and the regulation must be narrowly tailored. The advertising regulations proposed by the Alabama Bar Association fail this test.
There is no disagreement between AAF and ABA about the legality of the legal services being offered. Likewise, we agree that false and misleading statements should be prohibited. In fact, AAF believes that any language so stating is unnecessary since state and federal laws already prohibit false and misleading commercial statements.
Unfortunately, the proposed ABA advertising rules go further by prohibiting practices that allegedly create "unjustified expectations" in consumers. For example, proposed rule 7.2, paragraph (o) states:
Appearance on Television or Radio. . . . The information shall be articulated by a single human voice, or on-screen text, with no background sound other than instrumental music. No person's voice or image, other than that of a lawyer who is a member of the firm whose services are advertised, may be used in a television or radio advertisement. Visual images appearing in a television advertisement shall be limited to the advertising lawyer in front of a background consisting of a single solid color, a set of law books in an unadorned bookcase, or the lawyer's own office, with no other office personnel shown.
No attempt is made to justify limiting advertising to the articulated audio and visual options. In fact, no attempt can be made because none of the prohibited practices are inherently false or misleading. For example, under the proposed rules an attorney would be prohibited from delivering his message while standing in a courtroom, or outside the courthouse, or anywhere other than the three options articulated in the rule. Taken further, the rule would define an advertising as misleading if the attorney was standing in front of an "adorned" bookcase, with a colleague or assistant, or if the colors of his or her office wall were two-toned, for example white with blue trim.
Under Central Hudson the proposed regulation must advance a substantial government interest. The closest the proposed rules come to articulating such an interest is in the comment section to rule 7.2:
Regardless of medium, a lawyer's advertisement should provide only useful factual information presented in a nonsensational manner. Advertisements utilizing slogans or jingles, oversized electrical and neon signs, or sound trucks fail to meet these standards and diminish public confidence in the legal system.
Even assuming, aguendo, that maintaining public confidence in the legal system is a substantial interest, the ABA has not attempted to make a case that public confidence in the legal system is diminished, or that advertising is a culprit. If indeed public confidence is down, we would suggest that the problems are not advertising and that limiting advertising would only serve to lessen public access to the law.
However, AAF's or the ABA's belief in the impact of advertising is irrelevant. Before resorting to the drastic step of assaulting the First Amendment by limiting speech, it is incumbent on the ABA to show evidence that advertising does diminish confidence in the legal system and that the proposed ABA restrictions would restore lost confidence.
Central Hudson also demands that any regulations restricting commercial speech be narrowly tailored. Such severe limitations on video and audio as quoted before in proposed rule 7.2, paragraph (o) simply cannot be described as narrowly tailored.
The proposed rules are rife with unsupported allegations regarding advertising. Perhaps the most egregious comes in the comment headed "Radio or Television" advertising:
. . . the unique character of electronic media, including the pervasiveness of television and radio, the ease with which these media are abused, and the passiveness of the viewer (or listener) make the electronic media especially subject to regulation in the public interest. Therefore, greater restrictions on the manner of television and radio advertising are justified than might be appropriate for advertisements in the other media.This outrageous claim is offered without any supporting evidence. Indeed, there is no supporting evidence because the claims are quite simply false. Television and radio do not have an inherently greater power over consumers than do newspapers, magazines, billboards or any other advertising medium.
In short, the justifications for the proposed rules are fatally flawed, and bulk of the rule itself is unconstitutional. The AAF urges the Court to reject the Alabama Bar Association's proposed advertising rules.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeff Perlman
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Anyone who's ridden SEPTA probably has a story or two to share. Now, some of those mass transit moments are appearing online.
It's entertaining for some, but it's creating problems for law enforcement, and others say it's downright cruel.
FOX 29's Dave Kinchen introduces us to "The People of SEPTA."If you take public transportation in the city, you are sure to see all sorts of things and there's much more captured on Smartphones and posted on social media like the infamous People of SEPTA Facebook page.
It's one of the biggest sources of digital sideshows with more than 80,000 likes and a humorous tagline, "What the El!?"
It shows pictures and videos of riders with unique looks and styles. It also shows several people in a phenomenon known as "dipping," passing out and nearly falling out of their seats.
But some of the images are serious, cell phone video of a fight between two women on a bus.
In another clip, a man appears to inject something into his arm.
One video even started a national firestorm after being posted on "People of SEPTA. The video shows a little girl trying desperately to wake her mother who appears to be impaired on the trackless trolley on Frankford Ave.
Riders speculated the mother was high on drugs or alcohol. The video spread like wildfire online prompting Philadelphia Police and social services to get involved. They eventually took the daughter away from the mom.
Fox 29 showed the video to Dr. Frank Farley, head of Psychological Studies at Temple University.
"She seems to be the only individual trying to wake up her mother. Nobody's coming to help. Nobody's coming to help. Classic Bystander Effect. We see it a lot. Terrible things happen, people stand around and don't do anything about it," Dr. Farley said.
We also showed him a video which debuted on "People of SEPTA" in early May, the video was captured by Temple University PHD student. The video showed a man masturbating in the seat next to her on a crowded bus, which even included children.
Ida Goldkorn told Fox 29 she recorded the man thinking it would make him stop, but this exchange happened instead:
"When he started trying to back pedal and convince me that I wanted it in some way or that I should have moved or that it was my fault? On top of denying it to begin with that's what made me feel that it was ok to post it, to put it out there," Goldkorn said.Police found and arrested the man wanted for the lewd act.
Dr. Farley says this time around the website's videos played a positive role.
"In a sense it's using our contemporary handheld technologies to reveal important things that need to be corrected in the public sphere," Dr. Farley said.
But it's different for the images of overweight people, or people with a different lifestyle that may be seen as hurtful.
Fox 29's Dave Kinchen asked him why people post such pictures.
"The fame game. If I can get something highly unusual, there's fame there," Dr. Farley said.
So, what should you do the next time you are on a SEPTA bus and see this? Dr. Farley says get involved when and where you can, but you should put your safety first.
"If you see someone videoing a homeless person talk to them and say you know," Why are you doing that? Why don't you just leave this person alone. They've got enough troubles without having their situation broadcast to the whole world," Dr. Farley said.
The founder of the website declined to comment on camera. They say they have been getting death threats ever since the page was published. However, they do say if a person complains about their picture online it will be taken down.
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The Lieutenant Governor thanked first responders for their work during Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic County Tuesday afternoon.
Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno stopped by the Tony Canale Training Center in Egg Harbor Township. There she met many of the Atlantic County's Emergency Management workers and first responders who worked throughout the storm.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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plan to attend the opening night party for the 23rd�annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival this Friday.
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Each day Glen Echo Park remains closed, the arts programs that operate there are taking a financial hit. The locally operated park sits on federal land and has been closed throughout the shutdown.
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For an otherwise quiet play, "The Velocity of Autumn" begins loudly, with the sound of a large explosion shooting through a dark theater at Arena Stage.
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Updated 10:48 a.m., June 1
Shirley Lasseter, who resigned Thursday as Gwinnett County Commissioner after pleading guilty to federal bribery charges, apparently was under financial distress in recent years.
According to Georgia property deed records, Lasseter's Duluth home on Howell Ferry Road was foreclosed on in December 2009. This also was the year Lasseter's husband died. The home was purchased in 1979.
Property records also show no current Gwinnett home ownership by Lasseter, 64.
Also, a recent media report quoted a friend of Lasseter's in Duluth as saying that she was having financial woes.
A Lasseter friend, Jerry Robb, said she called him a month ago after her car ran out of gas. The vehicle's gas gauge was not working and she was unable to afford the repairs, Robb said in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"She was having a hard time," Robb said. "But not many people knew that."
Federal authorities said Lasseter, who took office as District 1 commissioner in 2008, accepted $36,500 in bribes in 2011 from an undercover agent posing as a South Florida real estate developer in September. The alleged bribe involved a proposed development on Boggs Road.
During this time, Lasseter's son, John Fanning, was an appointed member of the Gwinnett Zoning Board of Appeals -- appointed by his mother. The appointment came when the Gwinnett commission had no chairman -- Charles Bannister resigned in October 2010, and Charlotte Nash took office in March 2011.
Fanning, who federal authorities said lives in Dacula, also pleaded guilty Thursday to a bribery charge, and to drug trafficking.
Lasseter and Fanning reportedly told the undercover agent that Lasseter's favorable vote on the proposed development was for sale and that Fanning could help obtain necessary approvals and variances for the development through his position on the county's zoning appeals board.
John Fanning's one-year term on the county zoning board ended in February 2012.
The listed phone for Fanning's landscaping business was not operating Thursday.
The Gwinnett Board of Commissioners is scheduled to have a regular business meeting next Tuesday, June 5. District 1 also includes Suwanee.
Nash said Friday that Gwinnett County's legal department is reviewing the state laws that apply to determine if the county would need to appoint someone to fill Lasseter's unexpired term. "Our law department is reviewing it," Nash said. "We expect the results of their analysis today."
Lasseter had announced that she would not seek re-election. Two Republicans from Suwanee, accountant Laurie McClain and former Suwanee City Council member Jace Brooks, will face each other in the July 31 primary election. That becomes the de facto election, as no Democrat has announced plans to run.
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Despite rumors to the contrary, Kanye West would like the world to know that he's more than man enough to handle his baby's poo.
Us Weekly reported earlier this week that Kanye, while a hands-on dad, insisted on handing off diaper duty to Kim. Not true, insists a source close to the actor. "Ain't nothing he wouldn't do for that baby," the source told Hollywood Life.
Aww. Also, Kim Kardashian would surely put a stop to that noise. She doesn't seem like the type to meekly assume the poop patrol full time. Although with so many adoring aunts and grandparents around to pitch in, maybe Kim and Kanye can work it so neither of them has to daub North West's butt with silk Louis Vuitton wipes and diaper cream made from the tears of virgins.
North West is sure sitting pretty. Not only are her parents a Kardashian and a Kanye – neither exactly known for being restrained consumers – but she's got family friends like Jay-Z and Beyonce to spoil her too.
Jay and Bey spent thousands on baby gifts for little North, a source close to the couple told the Sun. Gifts reportedly included personalized Christian Dior baby booties and an engraved sterling silver Elsa Peretti Padova baby set from Tiffany's, according to the Sun.
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The Lions' second-half game isn't working, and neither is the coach-to-quarterback radio system, and neither is Matt Stafford's knee.
The Bears have scored 13 unanswered points, and at some point in the third quarter, Stafford's in-helmet headset stopped working, requiring him to jog to the sidelines to get the call.
As if that weren't enough, Stafford hit the grass funny on a tackle and has left the game. No word yet on the extent of his injury. Tough break for Stafford, as he had thrown for 296 yards today.
POSTSCRIPT: FanHouse's Twitter reports that Stafford is re-entering the game on the Lions' next drive.


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BOWLING GREEN - Members of the Bowling Green State University swim team are set to compete in the USA Swimming AT&T Winter National Championships this week - one of the most of prestigious events on the USA swimming calendar. The event will take place Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in Austin, Texas.
This year marks the first time Bowling Green has competed in the event, which pits the Falcons against the top swimmers in the nation in a three-day, short course competition. Seven Falcons will join the field, including Emily Bennet, Alexa Harris, Alexis Kain, Daniela Carrillo, Jordan Bullock, Joëlle Scheps and Brittany Szekely. Of those athletes, only Harris and Kain have experience swimming at an event of this magnitude before, after qualifying to the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer.
"We are looking forward to having such a big group going and representing BGSU on the national level," said head coach Petra Martin. "We hope to bring back new perspective on what it takes to compete at such a high level and pass that on to the rest of the team so that we can keep getting more and more representation on this level in the future."
The Falcons are coming off an impressive showing at the Northwestern TYR Invitational, finishing third of six teams and winning three of five relays. Scheps, Kain and Harris also scored individual wins, with Scheps swimming some of the fastest times in school history to win the 200 IM and 200 freestyle. Kain and Harris added wins in the 100 breaststroke and 200 backstroke, with times that met the NCAA B standard - a provisional qualifying time to the NCAA Championships.
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Kubrat Pulev faces Tony Thompson in an IBF heavyweight eliminator today in Germany, with Juergen Braehmer and Arthur Abraham also in action on the card.
Catch up on fights you missed the past weekend. Countries highlighted in this recap include the USA, the UK, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Germany, France, and Croatia.
Sergio Martinez takes on Martin Murray in Argentina, Amir Khan returns to the UK to face Julio Diaz, Danny Garcia meets Zab Judah in Brooklyn, and more on tap for this weekend in boxing.
Juergen Braehmer captured the European light heavyweight title and a chance to face Nathan Cleverly for the WBO belt that he never lost, beating Eduard Gutknecht in a terrific battle today in Berlin.
Eduard Gutknecht defends the European light heavyweight title against Juergen Braehmer in the main event from Berlin, with a title shot at WBO champ Nathan Cleverly also on the line.
Marco Huck defends his WBO cruiserweight title today in Germany against Firat Arslan.
Arthur Abraham won the WBO super middleweight and Scott Dixon continued his boxing comeback in Malta. Bad Left Hook has results and notes from the weekend.
Bad Left Hook runs down this weekend's boxing schedule, including Stieglitz vs Abraham, ShoBox, and more.
Marco Huck is back in action this afternoon, rematching Ola Afolabi in Germany. Bad Left Hook has live results and round-by-round coverage.
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Euro zone faces deepest downturn since early 2009
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone economy is on course for its weakest quarter since the dark days of early 2009, according to business surveys that showed companies toiling against shrinking order books in November.
Service sector firms like banks and hotels that comprise the bulk of the economy fared particularly badly this month, and laid off staff at a faster pace.
While the monthly rate of decline that manufacturers reported eased far more than economists anticipated, Markit's latest Purchasing Managers' Indexes (PMIs) pointed to little change overall for a recession-hit euro zone this month.
The flash service sector PMI fell to 45.7 this month, its lowest reading since July 2009, the survey showed on Thursday, failing to meet the expectations of economists who thought it would hold at October's 46.0.
It has been rooted below the 50 mark that divides growth and contraction for 10 months now, and survey compiler Markit said it was too soon to say if this marked the nadir.
With more austerity on the way, and a reminder of the festering sovereign debt crisis in this week's failure of lenders to agree more aid for Greece, prospects for next year look ominous.
"The concern about the outlook is getting worse as we move towards the end of the year," said Chris Williamson, chief economist from Markit.
He added that German companies especially have become more pessimistic about the year ahead.
"If the domestic economy of Germany, the largest euro zone nation, is weakening, then that bodes ill for the rest of the region, especially as there's little trade picking up outside the region."
Overall, the PMIs were consistent with the economy shrinking around 0.5 percent in this quarter, Markit said.
That would be the sharpest contraction since the first quarter of 2009.
While they also suggested the economy shrank by a similar amount in the third quarter, instead of 0.1 percent shown in last week's official data, Williamson said it was very likely the fourth quarter would see a larger downturn.
"The factors that were helping to prop up the official data in the third quarter won't be apparent in the final quarter of the year. So you are going to see a deterioration in those official numbers."
Economists pointed to stronger industrial production data early in July and August as a reason why the euro zone economy did not contract as badly as many feared in the third quarter.
There was little conviction among businesses that things will get better soon.
Service sector companies are now more pessimistic about the year ahead than at any time since March 2009, when the expectations index last plumbed 48.6 and the region was in the midst of its worst post-war recession.
The manufacturing PMI edged up to 46.2, its best showing since March, from 45.4 in October. That was better than even the most optimistic forecast for 46.0, from 40 economists polled by Reuters.
Similarly, the factory output and new orders indexes crept higher, but still signalled steep rates of decline.
The composite PMI, which groups together the services and manufacturing survey, pointed to an almost unchanged rate of decline for the economy in November, rising to 45.8 from 45.7 in October.
It also showed inflation pressures are easing quickly for companies, as both output and input prices indexes dropped.
Economists polled by Reuters remain divided over whether the European Central Bank will cut its main refinancing rate from 0.75 percent to a new record low 0.5 percent.
"I think the ECB consider their policy to be suitably accommodative at the moment and will continue to put the ball in the court of national governments to work on structural issues," said Williamson.
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It's obvious to everyone that Greece should have defaulted 2 years ago. It should have received NO bailout, and declared bankruptcy. The "creditors" needed to get screwed. Not to hurt them out of malice but as a consequence of the inherent risk of operating in the market. Mind you, these "creditors" are the same people who privatize gains but socialize losses.
Greece needed to act in the interest of Greece. It would have collapsed. It would have been painful and perhaps, Spain and Ireland would have followed but France and Germany would have been fine. Italy is debatable.
But then something miraculous would have happened. Free of debt, free of the restrains or shackles of entitlements, and perhaps with a better structured tax system, Greece would have stabilized.
And with stability (in both the society and the market) business would have resumed. Moreover, with a steady revenue stream, it might have been able to restore some benefits to the old and truly needy and begin investing in infrastructure to improve quality of life and other economic efficiencies.
When Greece came out, the rest would have followed suit, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Italy and with their economies on the mend the slow down (but not collapse) in France and Germany would have ended as new bottles of Champagne and new Mercedes shipped south.
Unfortunately, the financial system is so corrupt, that the interests of a rich few always supersede the interest of 99% of us.
It didn't.
Instead, this tool is now warping the European economy, and it has contributed to the creation of an unsustainable system, and downward-spiraling economic situation.
When a tool becomes that dysfunctional, it needs to be discarded.
The sooner Europe gets rid of this experimental currency, the better chance its member countries will have to successfully tackle the other serious problems that warp the playing field against competitiveness and growth in half of the euro zone, and are already starting to affect the better performing half.
The fact remains there are two simple ways to make ends meet. Cut costs and increase income. Doing only one of these never works – there is no compensating investment for the jobs inevitably lost. The rich are not playing their part. The banks are criminally dysfunctional. But there is a wider picture here, once which degrades those without mobility and undermines the social context of those forced to move elsewhere to follow the work.
The process of Globalization has resulted in the undermining of middle class jobs in many countries and their export to what had previously been considered third world economies. This move was at the behest of and the betterment of the corporatocracies, in their endless quest to cut labour costs. These fools persist in seeing themselves as top of the heap, when in face they are part of the system.
Ford, when he was producing motor cars, knew this. He paid his workers enough to be able to afford them. Now the selective cost reductions in certain products may reduce their price to countries that used to produce and consume them. But the exporting of jobs reduce people's ability to pay overall.
The myth of "profit" as a "reward for risk" must be exposed for the self-serving aggrandizement within a cartel system that it obviously is, and the need for corporations to view themselves as part of a sustainable system needs to be hammered home for the benefits governments and electorates alike. They say corporations have personhood now. So does a sociopathic criminal, but that doesn't mean you allow him dictate the destiny of the world economy. Although in the case of the American President, that just might be the case. In the meantime, the system is doing what the system was designed to to. Make the rich richer. Outrageously so.
Finally we come down to it. We need to monitor, regulate, and tax the banks. We need to invest these monies in infrastructural projects to revitalize our economies. Unless we do this, we will not see our economies recover in this generation.
We are the 99%. We are not anonymous. Do not expect us – we are already here. And we are not leaving until we have back what was once ours. A living. A wage. A career. You've been warned.
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Oceanside deck seats 8 with dining table & chairs with umbrella, lounge chairs and settee with umbrella. Beach access in front of house.
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Lower level with new bath with oversized shower especially for the afterbeach crowd.
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Northampton, Mass. - January 30, 2013 - The Smith College women's basketball team opened up a 30-point half time lead as it toppled visiting Springfield College, 79-44, on Wednesday night in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action.
Alyssa Barrett and Paulina Solis each scored 22 points as Smith improved to 18-2, and 12-1 in NEWMAC play, while Springfield fell to 3-16, and 1-12 in the NEWMAC. The duo combined to shoot 9-for-15 from three point range.
Smith blew the game open early with a strong first half. Tied at six, Smith went on a 17-2 run fueled by a putback from Solis and back-to-back layups by Devon Quattrocchi. Solis was fouled on a three point attempt and knocked down all three shots, and Quattrocchi stole the ball and went coast-to-coast with for a layup that put Smith up 23-8.
Barrett's shooting barrage began with a put back of a Bethany Claps miss, and continued with consecutive three pointers that put Smith up 43-15 with 4:03 left in the first half. Barrett canned another triple with 46 seconds remaining to send Smith into the break up 50-20.
Solis started where Barrett left off in the second half, hitting a three on the opening possession, and Smith never looked back, using two more threes from Barrett that put Smith up by 41, at 75-34.
Tamara Tribble led Springfield with 10 points, and Heather Lewis recorded nine points. In addition Jaimie Bickelhaupt pulled down nine boards to go along with eight points in 16 minutes of action.
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It's not just when running errands or eating out, however, that Celapino insists Jack join her. As a personal trainer and an avid lover of the great outdoors, Celapino has built her life — and Jack's — around activities that the two can do in tandem.
"He's my best friend and I couldn't imagine doing my outdoor activities without him," she said.
When Celapino says she does all of her outdoor activities with Jack in tow, she's not exaggerating. The two have gone kayaking, surfing, mountain biking, camping, running, hiking, swimming and paddle boarding together — to name a few ("We're shopping together right now!" she said during our phone interview). Celapino is of the opinion that Jack should never have to stay home alone for any measurable length of time — which is why she started her business, Leash Your Fitness. A fitness training program based around a joint human-dog workout, the program offers training in cardio, strength, balance and yoga — with some dog obedience training thrown in, as well.
"People don't realize what their dogs can do," Celapino said. "Even now, when I tell people what I do with Jack, they say, 'What?!' They don't give their dogs the benefit of the doubt."
Jack even does some activities that Celapino doesn't. Take surfing for example — "I don't like to surf," she said, "but he loves it." Jack readily jumps on the surfboard, and Celapino pushes him in to shore on a wave, proving her pet truly enjoys his active lifestyle.
Just like humans, however, dogs don't necessarily have the ability to perform physically demanding activities from the get go. The most important thing when including pets in a workout, Celapino said, is training.
"People have to realize they have to train their pets like they train themselves," she said. "You can't take your dog biking up a mountain when it can't walk a mile."
The trick, she said, is to start slow.
"Just try a few things at a time. And a better-behaved dog will be able to do more of these things with you, so obedience training comes in handy. And it's not a good time to teach them how to behave when they're in the kayak with you."
The stigmas about what a dog can and can't do relative to what we humans do are slowly fading away, Celapino said. The evidence can be seen, she said, in the travel industry.
"Airlines are changing their policies, and hotels are, too," she said. "You and your pets can travel all over the country together. Jack has been in 18 different states, and we swam together in all of them. It's definitely different state by state, though, and California is very dog friendly. I think we humanize our pets more here than in other places."
Taking your dog out for an outdoor activity, whether it's a four-day camping trip or an afternoon boot camp class, should be a no-brainer, Celapino said.
"I just can't believe it when I see people out walking, and they've left their pet at home," she said. "Maybe it's because the dog is not well behaved enough, I don't know. I can't overemphasize the fact that people need to train their dogs, and not just puppy training when they're 6 weeks old. You wouldn't only teach your child things when they're a toddler, and leave it at that, would you?"
Celapino started Leash Your Fitness when, while working as a personal trainer, she discovered she enjoyed working out with her dog — and her clients did, too. She offers boot camps, running clubs, aquatic adventures (like kayaking) and circuit programs (which focus on upper body, core, yoga and cardio routines), among others. For more information on programs or class schedules, visit www.leashyourfitness.com.
Monthly Trail Running Club
Every Monday and Wednesday:
Locations Vary
Join Kelly, Scooter and the rest of the gang for drills, stairs, hills, sprints, endurance, run specific stretches and help running with your dog. Our running club is a MONTHLY club that meets 8 times a month. Benefits: Feel safe running in a group environment, get pushed harder than you will push yourself, learn ways to run more efficiently, try new running trails, fun support group, do drills that will increase your time and endurance and best of all, you can run with your dog! The running schedule will be emailed to you upon sign up. Option to sign up for 4 runs or 8 but MUST be used in the month purchased. Cost: $88./ 8 runs $48/ 4 runs
Circuit Madness
Every Thursday
Location: UTC--Nobel Athletic Field
Circuit style class with focus on upper body, core, yoga and cardio. Each class is 1 1/2 hours with balls, sandbags, ropes, weights, pullups, straps and all kinds of "toys" that will set this class apart from our other classes. This class is PERFECT for anyone with knee or lower body problems. Dogs are welcome! Must sign up for all 4 classes and the classes will progress--you WILL get stronger, be challenged and HAVE FUN. $80.00 for 4 -- 1.5 hour classes
Kayaking with the Dogs
Sat Date: 6/23/2012 From: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Aqua Adventures
Meet at Aqua Adventures for an easy, flat guided paddle on the bay to Fiesta Island where the dogs can get out and play and then we paddle back! We will have someone meet us with treats and water and a shuttle back for any dog that is not comfortable in the kayak. There will also be a paddle board for you to try if you want! Price includes you and your dog, kayak, paddle, life vests for you. The price is the same whether you get a tandem or single --it is per person. We do not supply life jackets for the dogs but they are HIGHLY recommended. Optional/not included: Casual dinner after the kayak at local fish shop on water. Location: Aqua Adventures, 1548 Quivira Way S.D.
Yappy Hour / Yoga Class
Fri Date: 6/29/2012 From: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Mission Bay
Have you ever wanted to try yoga with your dog? Well, this is the perfect class for you!! The setting is beautiful Mission Bay. We will begin with a short walk with standing stretches along the way then you will return to your mats for 45 minutes of yoga. The dogs are incorporated into a few stretches and they get a doggy massage at the end of class. Optional yappy hour at nearby dog friendly restaurant after class. Please bring a yoga mat, water for you and your leashed dog ( no retractables please)


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Arrived at the Port , and absolute chaos.. Hundreds of people waiting in line, and this was at 1:30pm . Carnival computers went down. Lucky for us we were Platinum members , so we went straight to the head of the line.. so to speak. The people at the terminal did a great job in expediting the huge lines.. So kudos to them. We absolutely loved the Cove balcony, on the Port side as you see everything..
The food was pretty good, the pasta bar was excellent, and the deli sandwiches were awesome.. The pizza could have been better, and room service needs to expand their menu. All in all in was really good..
The entertainment was good, the comedy acts were fantastic.. Jamie the cruise Director was the best we've ever had. She was so approachable, so down to earth, and personable and friendly. The Dream will miss her, as she off to the Carnival Sunshine. Be careful and check your receipts, as I was charged for buckets of beer at the pool which I didn't have.. Also the bartender at the Casino bar screwed up more than once. I find entertainment lacking between 5pm and 7:30pm... It was a good cruise the ports were all fantastic, but I'm Dreamed out..


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Cathy Elbert Adams, 62, died Saturday at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.
Services will be held today at noon at the First United Methodist Church in Petersburg. Burial will be in Walnut Hills Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the service at the church. Arrangements were handled by Harris Funeral Home in Petersburg.


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quickly after the release of "recoil",nonpoint is ready to destroy again with "to the pain".with lackluster sales of the last cd,nonpoint was removed from the lava records roster and signed on with beiler brothers, allowing for a more pummeling record-this is the fourth label in 4 albums.the album explodes all around with crazy frantic drumwork by big man robb.andys guitar riffs sear thru the cd and elias is heard screaming the way he always used to back in the "statement" days.kb,who now goes by b*****d,grumbles throughout the cd on the bass.they experiment alot with new styles, including lots of salsa with maracas,ska on "explain yourself",a techno feel on the instrumental "rendishen",lots of punk and hardcore feels on tracks like "explain myself" and "skin".theres even some rap on "alive and kicking",taking you back to when rapcore was hot and when nonpoint were cream of the crop.this album,although not commercially aimed for huge success shows nonpoint doing what they do best-avoidng the norm of rock music and creating a fierce cd with no strings attached.it just plain kicks some behind and then some.the production owns,everything is rock solid.if you dont get this album,you are missing one of the cds of the year.superb work
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- Arena rockers Korn return to the intimate Hammerstein Ballroom to launch their record See You On The Other Side for a group of their closest fans. Live On The Other Side brings you an up-front all-access pass to Korn, from the first chord to the closing bow and much more. Shot in High Definition and recorded in Digital Surround Sound, Korn: Live On The Other Side delivers the Korn event of a lifet
Nonpoint has sold well over 400,000 records in the US and has a huge, dedicated, and ever growing fan base. Their unrelenting live shows have earned them the reputation as one of the best live bands in rock today. This release is the culmination of everything they've worked for. In an era of one record and over-with careers, Nonpoint is steady and true, growing larger every year and doing what they do best: crushing with their sound and presence. No frills, no bullshit. Just brutality. They've toured with the Warped Tour, Linkin Park, Ozzfest, Disturbed, Sevendust, Deftones, Machine Head, Papa Roach, Mudvayne, and more.
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This album is actually Nonpoint's 4th (where does the time go?!!?) and most aggressive. Its also easily the most technical of them all, with many instrumentals and even more passionate, angry tracks. Crisp guitar, flowing basslines and 6-ways-from-Sunday drumming makes for an enjoyable listen. Nonpoint does not re-define the genre, but they do make the most of it.
Nonpoint tends to get overlooked in a mediocre sea of P.O.D, Seether, and Korn. So get this album, and crank it up!
Nonpoint! This is their best accomplishment yet! These four awesome rockers from Florida have outdone themselves with To The Pain. Every track smoothly flows into the next and I find the compositions intriguing and beautifully written. Definitely their own style. This album blows me away and it rocks. If you are tired of the whiney "my mommy doesn't love me" stuff that's around you will love the songs of Nonpoint. Elias Soriano has a way of writing lyrics from a man's point of view that are vulnerable yet still keep a masculine and proud statement. They exude strength and ferocity which inspires you to take a stand instead of hiding in a corner. Buy It-Rock It this album is killer!
the best album they've done. simply put…AMAZING. they have stepped up their game big time. they have out done themselves with this one. this is a masterpiece. if you like in your face metal with intensity, melody, and emotion then this is what you want..accept it..korn is done, make way for nonpoint.
For the first two albums of their career, the hard working Florida quartet known as Nonpoint were a well above average nu-metal group. But then, frontman Elias Soriano grew tired of the "first in face nu-metal fury," so his band cranked down the anger and upped the melody for last year's "Recoil." That album had stellar results, but, for whatever reason, Nonpoint decided to follow it up rather quickly, and release their fourth album, "To The Pain," only about a year later. This album is more-or-less a return to Nonpoint's crunchy, downtuned aggression of old.
"Bullet With A Name" is a very catchy song which was deservedly the album's preceding lead single. It begins very ominously, with the foreboding sound of someone loading a clip into a gun. The beat kicks in soon thereafter, and the song is powered by a strong, churning riff. "The Wreckoning" has bobbing, swooping riffs, while Elias fittingly yells about a wrecking ball. Track six, "Buscandome," has fast, almost blistering guitar work, and the next song, the title track, is mainly a lurching, stop-start rhythm with punching, grinding guitars. Lastly, "Skin" is a stutter-stepping rhythm with lumbering guitars, and "Code Red" has a very catchy, bobbing beat, with guitars that needle and poke.
"To The Pain" is a lot more consistently heavy than "Recoil"–in fact, this might be the band's heaviest release to date. But, unfortunately, there is a downside to this. Even though the title track has a slow tempo change which features a light drum beat and singing, and track eight is an interlude with electronic sound effects to break up the monotony, this album is somewhat monochromatic and one-dimensional. It doesn't have any of the interesting curveballs that its predecessor had, and Elias doesn't get to show-off his good singing voice here, either. Therefore, "To The Pain" is not a step forward.
But I still recommend it to all Nonpoint fans, especially if you enjoy "Statement" and "Development." And, since this record is consistently heavy, you shouldn't have to hear it, first, to know if you'll like it. If you like Nonpoint, or if you like Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, or 311, there should be nothing to prevent yuou from supporting one of modern rock's most promising and hard working bands, and purchasing this C.D.