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Written by Jimmy Williams
Jimmy Williams provides a compelling set of reasons to believe that Jesus is in fact the Son of God. By asking questions one would expect of God on this earth, we see that Jesus is the only one who fulfills them all. Jesus' characteristics are His own apologetic.
You know, today when you walk across the campus and begin to talk about the New Testament, the claims of Christ, and how He is relevant to high school or college life, often you get this expression of amazement, as if you have committed intellectual suicide, because you actually believe His claims. Some tell us that becoming a Christian involves a blind leap with little or no evidence to support it. In fact, the blinder the leap and the more lacking the evidence, the more noble the faith. It is certainly true that any philosophy or belief cannot be proved; I would not try and insult anyone's intellect by saying I could prove to him that Jesus Christ is God. However, I think when we look into the history of this unique person, we see some things that have to grasp the mind of any thinking man and impress upon him the strong consideration that Jesus may be who He claimed to be...namely, God incarnate in human flesh.
Now whatever we may say about Jesus Christ, most everyone would agree that in the person of Christ we view one of the most unique personalities of all the centuries—whether He is God or not. The unbeliever, atheist, Moslem, Hindu and Buddhist alike all generally agree on this one central fact, that Jesus Christ is indeed a unique personality.
Here was a man born of a peasant woman in an obscure village. He grew up in another obscure military camp town where He worked as a carpenter's son. He never wrote a book; He possessed neither wealth nor influence. He never ran for political office; He never went more than 200 miles from His home town; He never even entered a big city. In infancy He startled a king; in childhood He puzzled doctors; in manhood He ruled the course of nature and hushed the sea to sleep. During the last three years of His life He became an itinerant preacher, roaming the land of His birth, healing the sick and comforting the poor. At the end of this three years of ministry the tide of public opinion began to turn against Him. He was betrayed by one of His closest friends and arrested for disturbing the status quo. All of His followers deserted Him; one denied Him three times. He went through six trials, each of which was a mockery of jurisprudence. Prior to one of the trials He was beaten to the point of death with leather strips imbedded with studs of iron. A crown of thorns was then rammed down upon His head, tearing the flesh so that blood poured down the side of His face. The Roman procurator officiating at His trial was nervous. The uniqueness of this man made Pilate want to wash his hands of the whole affair. But the crowds cried for His death.
As the Roman procurator brought this insignificant, now mutilated and beaten carpenter's son before the crowds, he hurled a challenge to them which has resounded across twenty centuries: he said, "Behold the man." Pilate was impressed. He had never before seen such quiet dignity, intrepid courage, noble majesty. Never had any other who had stood before his bar carried himself as this One. The Roman was deeply impressed, and avowed his captor's uniqueness. But the mob shouted, "Crucify Him." So He was taken outside the gates of the city and nailed to a cross to die the death of a common criminal.
Yet the story doesn't end here. For something happened after that strange, dark day that has changed the entire course of human history. He came forth from the tomb in resurrection power. His greatness has never been paralleled. He never wrote a book, yet all the libraries of the country could not hold the books that have been written about Him. He never wrote a song, and yet He has furnished the theme for more songs that all the songwriters combined. He never founded a college, but all the schools put together cannot boast of having as many students. Every seventh day the wheels of commerce cease their turning and multitudes wind their way to worshiping assemblies to pay homage and respect to Him. The names of the past proud statesmen of Greece and Rome have come and gone. The names of the past scientists, philosophers, and theologians have come and gone, but the name of this man abounds more and more. Though over 1900 years lie between the people of this generation and the time of His crucifixion, He still lives. Herod could not destroy Him, and the grave could not hold Him. He stands forth upon the highest pinnacle of heavenly glory.
Still today He is the cornerstone of history, the center of human progress. I would be well within the mark when I say that all the armies that have ever marched, all the navies that have ever sailed, all the parliaments that have ever sat, and all of the kings that have ever reigned, put together, have not influenced the course of man's life on this earth as powerfully as has that one solitary life, Jesus of Nazareth. History has been called His story. He split time: B.C., before Christ; A.D., Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord.{1}
When, some 20 centuries ago, Pontius Pilate said, "Behold the man," I doubt that he had any idea of who it was that stood before him. He certainly wouldn't have dreamed that this humble peasant would launch a movement (indeed, already had) that would change the course of Western civilization. In view of the claims that He made and the impact He had upon history, it behooves us to "Behold the man." Who was He? Those who knew Him best were convinced that He was God. What do you say? I am convinced that the only reasonable conclusion that can be drawn from a fair examination of the evidence is that He was and is, indeed, God, the Saviour of the world. Let's consider some of these evidences together.
I would like to consider several lines of historical evidence that suggest that Jesus Christ is God. The first line of evidence is:
Because the Hypothesis Fits the Facts.
Now what I would like to do in terms of presenting the first line of evidence for His claim that He is God is to ask the question, "What would God be like, if God became a man?" If the facts about Jesus Christ fit the answers to the above question—pre-eminently so, uniquely so, we will have offered evidence, that He may be who He claimed to be. So I would like to suggest four things that I think we would all agree would characterize God if God became a man.
If God were a man, we would expect His words to be the greatest words ever spoken.
What is great literature or great oratory? The masterpieces of one generation often appear stilted and artificial to another. The words which endure are the words which have something to say about that which is universal in human experience, that which doesn't change with time.
Statistically speaking, the Gospels are the greatest literature ever written. They are read by more people, quoted by more authors, translated into more tongues, represented in more art, set to more music, than any other book or books written by any man in any century in any land. But the words of Christ are not great on the grounds that they have such a statistical edge over anybody else's words. They are read more, quoted more, loved more, believed more, and translated more because they are the greatest words ever spoken. And where is their greatness? Their greatness lies in the pure, lucid spirituality in dealing clearly, definitively, and authoritatively with the greatest problems that throb in the human breast; namely, Who is God? Does history have meaning? Does He love me? Does He care for me? What should I do to please Him? How does He look at my sin? How can I be forgiven? Where will I go when I die? How must I treat others?
This amazing purity of the words of Christ became more real to me in a forceful way while I was studying the Greek language in graduate school. The New Testament is written in Greek. I was taking a course called Rapid Greek Reading in which we did nothing but read the Greek New Testament and recite in class. We read about eight pages of Greek a week or about the equivalent timewise of 600 pages of English. We struggled night and day while reading the Gospels in order to be able to read them out loud in class directly from the Greek text to our professor. It was sometimes humorous to hear one another struggle with the text of Matthew or Luke. The interesting thing was that when reading one of the Gospels aloud, we would stumble and toil with the sections where Matthew was simply recounting narrative, but as soon as Matthew began to quote the words of Christ the struggle ceased. His words were the easiest to translate. They were so simple and yet profound. To labor with the narrative portions and then come to the words of Christ was like moving from the intensity of the hurricane to the calm serenity of the eye of the storm. It was the difference between sailing on rough tempestuous seas and on a glassy lake at eventide.
Certainly, no mere man could impregnate such simple words with such sublime thoughts. Consider the volumes of truth stored up in the phrase, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"{2}, and "Whosoever would find his life, must lose it"{3}. Libraries could be filled with works which simply develop those concepts.
No other man's words have the appeal of Jesus' words. They are the kind of words we would expect God to utter if God were a man.
The second line of evidence is:
If God were a man, we would expect Him to exert a profound power over human personality.
One of the greatest impacts among human beings is the impact of personality upon personality. Most human beings are rather ordinary in their impact upon other human beings. I can't think of anyone in my life whose personality has made an impact upon me; strong influence, yes, but impact, no. Periodically in history a Churchill, Hitler, or a Caesar comes along and impact is made. Certainly, if God were a man, His personality would be so dynamic it would have unprecedented impact on His contemporaries. Is this the case with Jesus of Nazareth? We find most emphatically that it is. Whether Jesus be man or God, whether the Gospels be mainly fiction or fancy, certainly a historic person named Jesus made such an impact on a small band of men as to be unequaled by far in the entire annals of the human race. Consider for a moment the historic nucleus from which Christianity sprang: Peter, a weak-willed fisherman; John, a gentle dreamer; Thomas, who had a question mark for a brain; Matthew, a taxcollector; a few peasants and a small cluster of emotional women. Now I don't want to minimize the character of these men, but seriously, does this rather heterogeneous group of simple folk look like the driving force that could turn the Roman Empire upside down, so that by 312 A.D., Christianity was the official religion of the Empire? Frankly they do not. The impact of the personality of Christ upon these people turned them into flaming revolutionaries who launched a movement that has changed the history of Western Civilization.
The amazing thing is that these men were the very ones who ate with Him, slept with Him, and lived with Him for over three years and still concluded that He was God. How could a person live with someone for that period of time and come to that conclusion unless it were a valid conclusion? You could spend less than an hour with the greatest saint mankind has ever produced and be thoroughly convinced that he was not God. How could you spend three years with a mere man and become absolutely convinced that He was God, in fact, be so convinced that you would be willing to die a martyr's death to punctuate your belief? Listen for a moment to the traditional deaths of the apostles: Matthew, martyred by the sword in Ethiopia; Mark, dragged through the streets of Alexandria until dead; Luke, hanged on an olive tree in Greece; John, put in a caldron of boiling oil but escaped death and died in exile on the island of Patmos; Peter, crucified upside down (he said he wasn't worthy to be crucified in the same manner as His Lord); James, beheaded in Jerusalem; Philip, hanged against a pillar in Phrygia; James the Less, thrown from the pinnacle of the temple and beaten to death down below; Bartholomew, flayed alive; Andrew, bound to a cross where he preached to his persecutors till he died; Thomas, run through by a spear in India; Jude, shot to death with arrows; Barnabas, stoned to death by Jews in Salonica; and Paul, beheaded at Rome by Nero. Even more incredible is the fact that James and Jude, our Lord's own brothers, believed that He was God. You may for a time, be able to pull the wool over the eyes of those outside your own family, but certainly your own brothers would not swallow such an unbelievable claim unless there were unimpeachable reasons to do so.
Christ's personality had a tremendous impact upon these men. And after nearly two thousand years the impact is not at all spent. Daily there are people who have tremendous revolutionary experiences which they attribute to personal encounters with Jesus Christ.
The personality of Jesus, then, is without parallel. It is unique and incomparable. Wherever He is, He is the Master. When surrounded by hungry multitudes or by hating Pharisees, when questioned by clever theologians or besought by stricken sinners, whether examined by stupid disciples or by a Roman governor, He is the Master.
If God were robed in human flesh, then He would possess a personality that would have revolutionary impact, indeed, unique impact, upon His contemporaries. Like no other man in history, Jesus made that kind of unique and revolutionary impact.
If God were a man, we would expect supernatural acts.
If God were a man, not only would we expect His words to be the greatest ever spoken, and the impact of His personality to be unique, but we would also expect that His life would be characterized by wonderful deeds. We would expect Him to do the things that only God could do. Now obviously the very act of God becoming a man involves something supernatural. But if God became a man, it makes sense that He was going to convince men that He was indeed who He claimed to be, that men deserved to see Him do things that only God could do—namely miracles, suspensions of natural law. Everything about the life of Jesus Christ confronts us with the miraculous. At the outset of His ministry He appeared at a wedding feast and turned water into wine. He demonstrated His power over disease by healing the nobleman's son and the lame man at the pool of Bethsaida and many more. He fed 5000 people and said, "I am the bread of life." He walked on the water. He claimed to be the light of the world; then He healed a man who had been blind since birth. Once of His most startling claims was made to the despondent sister of Lazarus (Lazarus had been dead for four days) when He said, "I am the resurrection and the life." Then He said, "Lazarus, come forth," and the dead man came out of the tomb. Someone has noted it was a good thing Jesus called Lazarus by name or all the dead since the dawn of time would have come forth. When Christ made these astounding claims, more than ordinary means were necessary to impress men with their truthfulness.
Now there's a funny kind of thinking going on today concerning miracles. It all started with a fellow by the name of Hume. Paradoxically, this may surprise you, Hume was an orthodox Christian. But, Hume said some things about miracles that have been used as an attack on miracles. Hume argued that miracles are the most improbable of all events. Ever since Hume's essay, it has been believed that historical statements about miracles are the most intrinsically improbable of all historical statements. Now, what then is the basis of probability? What makes a miracle a more probable or a less probable event? Hume says, and so do other secular critics today, that probability rests upon what may be called the majority vote of our past experiences. The more often a thing is known to happen, the more probable it is that it should happen again; and the less often, the less probable. He goes on to say, the majority vote of our past experience is firmly against miracles. There is in fact, "uniform experience" against miracles. A miracle is, therefore, the most improbable of all events. It is always more probable that the witnesses were lying or mistaken than that a miracle occurred.
Now here is the foolishness in Hume's whole argument. We must agree with Hume that if there is absolutely "uniform experience" against miracles, if they have never occurred, then there is no such thing as a miracle. But, that is exactly the point in question. Is there absolute uniform experience against miracles? We only know that the majority vote of past experience is against miracles if we know that all reports of miracles are false. And, we can know all the reports to be false only if we know already that miracles have never occurred. This is a circular argument. Let me repeat it again. The critic of miracles today says with Hume, "We know that all historical reports of miracles are false because miracles never happen, and we know that miracles never happen because all historical reports of them are false." Get that? We know that miracles have never happened, because all reported instances of them are false, and we know that all reported instances of them are false (such as the Bible) because we know that miracles never happen.
Very frequently today we hear or get the impression that brilliant scholars, after examining all the evidence, have scientifically proven that miracles never happen. This is totally untrue. The rejection of the miraculous is not their conclusion; it is their starting point, their presupposition. It's interesting to note that as you study the literature of the first and second century, even some of the literature of the critics of Christianity grant the miracles. In fact, it was not until the 19th century that the major attacks against the miracles began when the omniscient modern critics got on the scene and began to look back 2,000 years and say miracles never happened. But, the attackers of the first century generally grant them. In Jesus and His Story by Ethelbert Stauffer, a professor of New Testament at the University of Erlangen—and not an evangelical scholar—cites the following: "In 95 A.D. Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus of Lydda speaks of Jesus' magic arts."{4} "In 100 A.D.—Jewish ritual denunciation—'Jesus practiced magic and led Israel astray."'{5}
In the second century (according to F. F. Bruce) Celsus, a philosophic critic of Christianity, acknowledged his miracles but attributed them to sorcery.{6}
Josephus, a first century Jewish historian, also acknowledges the fact that Jesus performed miracles in his Antiquities of the Jews. A basic principle of evaluation of evidence states that when enemies agree on a common point, it may be regarded as certain that the point is commonly accepted. Stauffer states this with clarity in Jesus and His Story:
The sharper the clash, the wider the gulf, the more vital does this alteration of testimony and counter-testimony become to the historical investigator. For if a confrontation of witnesses yields statements that agree on some points, then these points must represent facts accepted by both sides.{7}
The sharper the clash, the wider the gulf, the more vital does this alteration of testimony and counter-testimony become to the historical investigator. For if a confrontation of witnesses yields statements that agree on some points, then these points must represent facts accepted by both sides.{7}
In addition to the testimony of the secular historians, we have in the four gospel documents themselves, the personal testimony of hundreds of eyewitnesses that the miracles of Christ are true events. All of the evidence we have indicates that He is indeed God manifest in the flesh.
If God were a man, we would expect Him to be sinless and incomparably holy and divine.
Here lies, perhaps, one of the most convincing evidences for the deity of Christ. No man has ever lived such a noble, pure, and sinless life. Those who knew Him for three years, said "He was without sin."{8} The Roman centurion commented as Christ hung on the cross, "Surely, this was the Son of God."{9} Paul, the brilliant intellect of the first century, perceived, "He knew no sin."{10} Pilate called Him, "that just man," and said, "I find no fault in Him."{11} He Himself claimed to be sinless and challenged the religious leaders of His day to find fault in Him.{12}
There is no comparison between the person of Christ and the most saintly of the saints of the human race. To them confession of sin and painfully laborious efforts toward saintliness were daily fare. In fact, the closer they came to God, the more vivid became their consciousness of their sinfulness.
But Jesus never appears to us as One who struggled to obtain saintliness. He never felt the need to confess a sin, and yet He pointed out the sin in others and urged them to confess. Christ never admitted a need of repentance. We can't even imagine Him dying the death of saintly Augustine of daily confession and repentance. Jesus possessed perfect sinlessness and purity, not by struggle, privation, asceticism, or pilgrimage. It was by His birth and nature.
The greatest saints of other religions are not even in the same category as Christ. Mohammed, for instance, was apparently a neurotic. Gandhi, whom many have acclaimed as the most saintly man of the century, does not even compare with Jesus Christ. Gandhi himself claimed that he didn't even know God and that the reason for it was his own sinfulness. He said, "It is a constant source of sorrow to me that I am so far separated from the one whom I know to be my very life and being; and it is my own wretchedness and sin that separates me from him."{13} How different this is from the words of Jesus, "I and the Father are one,"{14} or "He who has seen me has seen the Father,"{15} or even more direct, "All men should honour me, even as they honour the Father. He that does not honour me does not honour the Father which sent me."{16} Can you even imagine Calvin, Luther, Paul, or any other great saint making a claim such as this? Frankly, I cannot.
Jesus Christ is not a great man among great men. He is uniquely the greatest man of all history. His divine quality of life can be verified from the mouth of the atheist, infidel, and unbeliever, not to mention the enormous testimony from the Christian Church. Thinking men the world over who have examined the evidence will all agree that Jesus of Nazareth is the greatest personality of the centuries. He is the greatest teacher, leader, and influence for good in the history of the human race.
Rousseau, the French Deist said of him,
If the life and death of Socrates were those of a sage, the life and death of Jesus were those of a God. Shall we say the Gospel history is mere invention. My friend, it is not such that men invent. And the facts concerning Socrates, of which no one entertains any doubt, are less attested than those concerning Jesus Christ.{17}
If the life and death of Socrates were those of a sage, the life and death of Jesus were those of a God. Shall we say the Gospel history is mere invention. My friend, it is not such that men invent. And the facts concerning Socrates, of which no one entertains any doubt, are less attested than those concerning Jesus Christ.{17}
He goes on to say a little later that "the facts concerning Jesus of Nazareth are so striking, so amazing, so utterly inimitable, that the invention of them would be more astonishing than the hero."{18}
Byron, the profligate poet, whose philosophy of life was eat, drink, and be merry said, "If ever a man were God, or God were man, Jesus was both."{19}
Renan, the skeptic, Who wrote a classic life of Christ in which he tried to prove the myth of the Gospels, nevertheless concluded with this last line: "Whatever surprises the future may bring, one thing is certain, Jesus will never be surpassed."{20}
When exiled on the lonely isle of St. Helena, the emperor Napoleon was once discussing Christ with General Bertrand, a faithful officer who had followed him into banishment and who did not believe in the deity of Jesus. Napoleon said,
I know men, and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist. There is between Christianity and whatever other religions, the distance of infinity. Everything in Christ astonishes me. His spirit overawes me, and His will confounds me. Between Him and whoever else in the world, there is no possible term of comparison. He is truly a being by Himself.{21}
I know men, and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist. There is between Christianity and whatever other religions, the distance of infinity. Everything in Christ astonishes me. His spirit overawes me, and His will confounds me. Between Him and whoever else in the world, there is no possible term of comparison. He is truly a being by Himself.{21}
If God were a man, we would expect Him to be sinless and incomparably Holy and Divine. We see that the hypothesis fits the facts of the life of Jesus Christ. Should we now conclude something other than Jesus is God? The Apostle John said, "No man has ever seen God, but the only begotten Son, who is at the Father's side, has made Him known."{22} Jesus is the Divine Xerox of the invisible God. The Original is invisible, but His earthly Reproduction is visible for all to behold in the unprecedented life of Jesus of Nazareth.
1. Author unknown, although a portion of this essay is attributed to Dr. James Allan Francis.2. Matt. 7:12. 3. Luke 9:24.4. Ethelbert Stauffer, Jesus and His Story (New York: Alfred P. Knopf, 1959), p. 9.5. Ibid., p. 10.6. F.F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents; Are They Reliable? (5th ed. rev.; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1960), p. 68.7. Stauffer, p.x.8. 1 Pet. 2:22.9. Matt. 27:54.10. 2 Cor. 5:21.11. Luke 23:14.12. John 8:45-47; 10:37-39.13. Fritz Ridenour, So What's the Difference? (Glendale, California: G.L. Publications, 1967).14. John 10:30.15. John 14:9.16. John 5:23.17. John Ballard, The Miracles of Unbelief (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1908), p. 251.18. Ibid.19. Lord Byron.20. Renan, The Life of Jesus (New York: Carolton Publishers, 1863).21. Frank Mead, Encyclopedia of Religious Quotations (Westwood: Fleming H. Revelle, 1965), p. 56.22. John 1:18.
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James F. Williams is the founder and past president of Probe Ministries International, and currently serves as Minister at Large. He holds degrees from Southern Methodist University (B.A.) and Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.). He also has pursued inter-disciplinary doctoral studies (a.b.d.) in the humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas. Over a thirty-five year period, he visited, lectured, and counseled on more than 180 university campuses in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. He also served on the faculties of the American, Latin American, and European Institutes of Biblical Studies.
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1. Cut Brad Smith to free up cap space for other players. Smith has not been productive enough at receiver. Time to spend that money on two young outside receivers.
2. Trade the 2013 5th round pick for Alex Smith. Congrats Buffalo, after 15 years without a quarterback, you have a former 1st overall pick entering the prime of his career. Alex Smith was the top rated QB in the NFL last season before he got injured. Alex ran the spread offense under Urban Meyer masterfully. Send Colin Kaep a thank you card.
3. Re-sign Jarius Bryd to lead the defense.
4. Re-sign Andy Levitre. Can anyone name a good football that had a bad offensive line?
5. Draft Manti Teo with the #8 pick in the 2013 draft. Teo will love Buffalo and Buffalo will love Teo. This man is born to play football.
Whoever gets him gets a 10 year Pro Bowl linebacker. Buffalo is great fit for him, obviously not a big city guy, haha.
6. Cut Ryan Fitzpatrick now. Ryan is a starter in the league, but not for the Buffalo Bills. Ralph is old, Buffalo doesn't know who the owner will be in a few years. The franchise needs a top 10 quarterback to stabilize things now and give the team a new identity.
7. Draft TE Zach Ertz from Sanford at #41. Finally Buffalo has a tight end that makes a substantial impact on the field again. Zach can come in and start right away, which is a must have, if we draft a TE. We can't draft a tight end in the 4th round and expect him to open holes for CJ and start week one. Chandler may not be back until December. Remember Bills fans we currently don't have a starting TE in a league that is using them like never before.
8. Draft the best available outside WR in rounds 3, everyone knows we need help outside. Take an OLB in round 4. Draft a QB in round 7.
9. Draft Tyrann Matheui the former LSU standout in round 6. Lets face it, there worse things to bump a guy from the first round to the sixth. The Bills should take a risk and see if the guy can play in the NFL.
10. SET AN INTERNAL GOAL TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR, NOT NEXT YEAR, RIGHT NOW. Somebody put some emotion back into the locker room! Get the players to care and be proud to play for the Buffalo Bills. Make Buffalo a place players want to be because of the atmosphere in the organization. Buffalo is not a warm place to play, it is not the best city in America for night life if you're young. Make it the best place to play professional football. Make it a fun place to play. Make the it place that works hard to win games.
What do you think? As the only diehard Bills fan in Salt Lake City, I would love to hear your thoughts. You may disagree here, but I think all the things I have proposed are realistic, maybe would have to cut Anderson or Kelsey.<!--EndFragment-->

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Shoppers can now order My Little Prince and Princess merchandise online at Babiesrus.com. The collection will become available in Babies "R" Us stores nationwide on August 20.
Babies "R" Us Partners with Operation Shower for Second Year
Babies "R" Us announced that it will continue its commitment to honor families of the U.S. armed forces through a collaboration with Operation Shower, an organization that hosts joyful baby showers for military wives as they experience the journey of pregnancy while their husbands are deployed. To kick off the second year of partnership, consisting of shower events and fundraising efforts, the Toys "R" Us Children's Fund, a public charity affiliated with Toys "R" Us, Inc., has donated $100,000 to Operation Shower.
In the coming year, Babies "R" Us will once again leverage its dedicated microsite at Babiesrus.com/OperationShower as an online information and donation portal, where visitors can learn how to support this program and ensure that military moms-to-be receive basic essentials for their newborns. Since launching this digital destination last year, individuals, organizations, and businesses eager to support Operation Shower have donated items from the charity's official Babies "R" Us Registry, which allows shoppers to purchase much-needed products for these expectant moms and have them sent directly to Operation Shower for use at events throughout the year. [Read more...]
First Friends Friendly Pacifier Now Available at Babies "R" Us
First Friends has launched the Friendly Pacifier Two-Pack, a new must-have pacifier that soothes and entertains baby at the same time, exclusively at Babies "R" Us stores nationwide and online at Babiesrus.com. This patent-pending design combines a soothing pacifier with a plush toy to maximize security and comfort for baby, while helping them to calmly discover the world around them.
First Friends are dishwasher safe, made from latex-free medical grade silicone, and do not contain polycarbonate or epoxy. It comes in three different color blanket styles and characters, including bunny, puppy, and lamb (pink, blue, yellow or brown). The pacifier is recommended for babies ages 0 to 6 months.
For more information, visit http://myfirstfriend.com/ or check them out on Facebook.
Babies "R" Us, WhatToExpect.com Forge Strategic Partnership
Babies "R" Us and WhatToExpect.com have entered into a strategic partnership to offer expectant moms convenient access to their combined content and retail resources. As part of this collaboration, the Babies "R" Us Registry is now available on WhatToExpect.com. Additionally, the baby products authority plans to feature content from WhatToExpect.com through various Babies "R" Us channels. The partnership will continue to evolve and expand over time. WhatToExpect.com is published by Everyday Health, the leading health and wellness media company.
Additionally, the Resource Center on Babiesrus.com will begin featuring expert editorial content from WhatToExpect.com, including articles, videos, and tips from Heidi Murkoff, the creator of the What to Expect When You're Expecting pregnancy and parenting brand.
Joester Loria Group Brokers Deals for The World of Eric Carle
The World of Eric Carle has renewed its license with master toy partner Kids Preferred for an additional four years in a deal brokered by The Joester Loria Group.
Kids Preferred has been a partner for more than 7 years with successful programs consisting of plush, plastic, and wood developmental toys in retail accounts including Babies "R" Us, Buy Buy Baby, Kohl's, Sears, and Barnes & Noble. Kids Preferred continues to develop a wide range of innovative toys that encourage early developmental skills and playful learning for infants and toddlers. New introductions and expanded retail programs this year will include the following Target, Kohl's, and Babies "R" Us. [Read more...]
Babies "R" Us To Roll Out Heidi Klum's Truly Scrumptious Collection to International Markets
Babies "R" Us has announced that its exclusive assortment of products for babies and children, Truly Scrumptious designed by Heidi Klum, will be introduced in more than a dozen countries outside of the U.S. beginning early next year. This collection of apparel and accessories for kids, sizes newborn to 5T, was launched in Babies "R" Us stores across the U.S. this fall. The global rollout of Truly Scrumptious represents the next step in the collaborative partnership between Klum and Babies "R" Us. [Read more...]


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Here's your first look of the Preachers of Bling… I mean the Preachers of L.A., which will premiere on the Oxygen Network this fall.
According to the official description from the network which they are "thrilled" about, the series "stars a group of handsome men in LA who drive Bentleys, wear expensive clothes and jewelry, live in fancy homes, have tons of women (wives, girlfriends and baby mommas) AND some gang affiliation. It could be the perfect brew for an urban reality show about athletes or rappers, but.....it's about men of the cloth."
I don't think I need to say more. I think the description and the trailer below speak for themselves.
But personally, compared to this, I would rather have watched that reality series Oxygen was going to do about that rapper with his 10 kids and ten baby mamas, all living in the same house.
At least there was no hypocrisy there:
Michelle | July 2, 2013 7:43 PM
I think this is going to be a great series and a GREAT idea!!!!! I think watching it will finally help people see the truth behind the bullshit and find out where their 10th really goes...lol...we are too religified...maybe this will hackney some of that and decrease the tricknology...People stopped believing in the wizard when they saw "the man behind the curtain" controlling the buttons...click ya heels people...click ya damn heels...
Walter Harris Gavin | June 30, 2013 10:06 AM
Makes for great television. Weak-minded people find "value" in "the word" and reward "the pastor" as a result. Going to church here isn't about "God" or "faith," but community and entertainment.
BluTopaz | June 29, 2013 12:15 PM
Shoulda named this "False Prophets".
urbanauteur | June 29, 2013 10:18 AM
Yeah, what the world needs now...more bullsh!t Zealotropy.
Miles Ellison | June 28, 2013 5:13 PM
Wow. This is garbage. Didn't Jesus throw people like this OUT of the temple?
other song | June 28, 2013 4:47 PM
Pimp pimp! Hooray! Religion is for suckas. and don't me that "i'm spiritual" crap either. You believe in sky daddy. My biggest frustration with these churches is that they don't pay tax. That's freakin ridiculous.
ALM | June 28, 2013 2:10 PM
Lord, it's difficult for me to believe that that is the official description.
This is sad.
This is the type of thing that supports a lot of the pessimism that the public has with the church.
There are good pastors out here, but many of the good ones are virtually unknown servants doing good work at small to medium sized churches.
Beezdablock | June 28, 2013 12:23 PM
See, this is one of those moments when I praise Jeezus that I'm not a Christian or religious in any way. (Which--being non-religious--is a hard thing to be as a black person in this country). What a sickening pile of crap, and unfortunately when I did attend church I came across too many preachers who were "balling" off the congregation's donations. Hopefully, humans soon will evolve past the need to worship some fake sky daddy and realize that these pastors (except for a small few) are just businessmen/women of the most parasitic variety. Smh.
Savagedarky | June 28, 2013 11:00 AM
If you don't know the difference between liabilities and assets then you were probably blinded by all that shiny shit.
firstname.lastname@example.com | June 28, 2013 10:58 AM
Am I looking at true genuine wealth or a pile of debt? I think I'm looking at a pile of debt. I didn't see any assets, only liabilities.
Tamara | June 28, 2013 10:51 AM
"being a pastor is very dangerous...because you have to be perfect at all times" [sic]. <_<


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Would You Ever Agree to a Non-Traditional Relationship?
If your husband wanted to add another wife to your family, would you say yes? How about if you included another husband in the mix?
One non-traditional family — one husband, two wives — allowed the "bethenny" cameras inside their home to give us a look at what their life is like.
In the studio, they revealed details to Bethenny about why they like their arrangement — and how they divide their bedroom time.
Do you need advice on relationships, friendship, health, or beauty? Bethenny wants to help solve your dilemmas, and loves hearing details about your lives... so ask away!


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CARLSBAD (CNS) - A car careened off State Route 78 near El Camino Country Club Tuesday and smashed into a power pole, sending the driver to a hospital, forcing the closure of a nearby on-ramp and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses.
The 35-year-old motorist lost control of her eastbound car while swerving sharply to the right to avoid a collision shortly before 2 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
The tan sedan crashed through a fence and hit a utility standard, causing an outage that initially affected about 4,800 addresses in Carlsbad, La Costa, Oceanside and other surrounding communities, San Diego Gas & Electric reported.
Medics took the driver to a hospital for treatment of facial cuts, CHP public-affairs Officer Jim Bettencourt said. Her three passengers, girls ranging in age from 2 to 14, were evaluated at the scene for minor complaints of pain.
The accident created heavy congestion in the area and forced a long-term closure of the nearby El Camino Real entrance to eastbound SR-78. The connector was likely to remain out of service well into the night, according to the Highway Patrol.
Utility crews restored service to the blacked-out areas through the late afternoon and into the evening. All of the roughly 700 addresses that remained without power as of 5 p.m. were expected to be back online within several hours, SDG&E spokeswoman Gina Jacobs said.


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The state is suing a Vermont farmer for water pollution.
The attorney general's office says Richard Nelson's dairy operation in Coventry is illegally discharging waste from a feed bunker into a stream near the farm. State agriculture officials first notified Nelson of the violation in 2009, but the state says through repeated follow-up visits Nelson has failed to fix the problem.
So now the state is seeking a court injunction and civil penalties against Nelson. The state says Nelson has not responded to the allegations in the complaint.
Nelson says he is no longer operating the dairy farm.
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I saw thy form in youthful prime,
Nor thought that pale decay;
Would steal before the steps of time,
And waste its bloom away Mary!
Yet still thy features wore that light,
Which fleets not with the breath;
And life never looked more purely bright,
Than in thy smile of death Mary!
As streams that run over golden mines,
With modest murmur glide;
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With in xthisx their gentle tide Mary!
So, veiled beneath a simple guise,
Thy radiant genius shone;
And that which charmed all other yeyes,
Seemed worthless in thy own Mary!
If souls could always dwell above
Thou never hadest left thy sphere;
Or, could we keep the souls we love,
We never had lost thee here Mary!
Though many a gifted mind we meet,
Though fairest forms we see;
To live with them is far less sweet,
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After staying up to catch the end of last night's game, I didn't get much sleep and for some reason all I can think of is breakfast. At least one Brewer blogger isn't having this problem, as Miller Park Drunk left the game early.
Felipe Lopez also left early last night, but the news might not be as bad as you'd think. Initial reports were that Lopez had aggravated a hamstring injury, but Adam McCalvy says he actually injured the arch of his foot rounding third base in the ninth inning last night. Lopez was checked out by a doctor but declined an X-ray and is expected to be reevaluated today.
One would think Lopez would want to do everything he can to get back in the lineup for the next couple of days: The Reds have announced Kip Wells as tonight's starter, and will start former Brewer Justin Lehr tomorrow. Lehr has made five starts for the Reds this season, his first major league appearances since posting an 8.62 ERA for the Brewers in 2006.
With last night's loss, the Brewers dropped to eleven games back of the Cardinals, their largest deficit of the season. Doug Melvin says he's not inclined to trade veterans at this point, but Ken Rosenthal is reporting that six Brewers were placed on trade waivers yesterday, including Felipe Lopez, Braden Looper and Mike Cameron.
What should the Brewers do with Prince Fielder? Dave Cameron of FanGraphs thinks the Brewers should trade him this offseason before he gets too expensive and patch some of the other holes in the roster. Meanwhile, David Pinto of Baseball Musings thinks the Brewers should offer Prince $20 million per season to buy out some of his free agent years. Either way, it's a tough spot for the Brewers: Fielder's incredible season means he could be worth significantly more than they can afford when he's eligible for arbitration again after next season, but it also makes him very difficult to trade, as few teams have and are willing to part with pieces that be worth fair market value for one of the NL's most productive hitters.
Jody Gerut went 0-for-1 last night, but is still hitting .345/.406/.552 since July 26, raising his season OPS by 51 points. Tony Gwynn, for whatever it's worth, is hitting .225/.317/.270 over the same time frame. Casa de Machado is willing to admit that Gerut might not be "complete trash."
Before the season it was almost an afterthought, but re-signing Craig Counsell might be one of the best moves Doug Melvin made this offseason. Sky Andrecheck of Baseball Analysts included Counsell as Best Team a Reasonable Amount of Money Can Buy.
Amidst everything else that's been going on the last few weeks, we haven't talked much about Corey Hart or Seth McClung, who are both getting closer to healthy. Hart hopes to head out on a rehab assignment next week, but the Brewers are taking things a little slower with Seth McClung's elbow. McClung has already had Tommy John surgery once.
I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this one: Jason Kendall has a six game hitting streak going, is hitting .340/.415/.457 since August 4 and is among the leaders in Plunk Everyone's new BACON and Beans statistic.
In the minors:
- Mike Jones had one of the biggest nights of his career last night, rebounding from a rough debut by allowing just one earned run in 7.2 innings in Nashville's 4-1 win over Albuquerque. Jones allowed four hits and three walks while striking out seven, and threw 108 pitches while earning his first AAA victory.
- The Brewers have added two outfielders to the roster in AAA, signing Tike Redman and Jon Knott.
- Hernan Iribarren will join them in AAA sometime in the next few days. He was optioned to make room for Jeff Suppan.
Here's an interesting note from Lookout Landing: Carlos Villanueva and Mark DiFelice are among the unluckiest pitchers in baseball when it comes to getting strikes called on pitches in the zone, and the Brewers are the unluckiest team in baseball in the same category.
Following last night's loss, CoolStandings dropped the Brewers' playoff chances to .6%.
I usually do my best to avoid the restrooms at Miller Park, but if you must use them, Casa de Machado has a guide to etiquette that you should read first.
Around baseball:
Giants: Placed Freddy Sanchez on the DL with a shoulder strain.
Nationals: Signed Livan Hernandez and will start him today.
Rangers: Placed Andruw Jones on the DL with a hamstring strain.
Red Sox: Acquired Billy Wagner from the Mets for two PTBNL, one of which is rumored to be AAA slugger Chris Carter.
Reds: Signed Lew Ford to a minor league deal.
Rockies: Placed Dexter Fowler on the DL with swelling in his knee.
How much of being a good manager is simply perception? Rays manager Joe Maddon said this on Twitter yesterday:
On the road Ive asked guys 2 think about doing better by talking about playing better Has 2 begin w/ mental effort b4 it shows up physicallyIf Ned Yost had said something like that, we might have mocked it mercilessly. But when Joe Maddon said it, it somehow seems less nonsensical.
The Brewers officially named eight players to the Arizona Fall League yesterday, with Mark Rogers, Omar Aguilar, Zach Braddock, Josh Butler, Rob Wooten, Jonathan Lucroy, Taylor Green and Lorenzo Cain getting the call (FanShot). This year's AFL will have some significant star power as Stephen Strasburg will make his professional debut in the league, and will be joined by Mariners #1 pick Dustin Ackley, Giants pitcher Joe Martinez and catcher Buster Posey, Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata and Reds infielder Yonder Alonso, among others.
It's been at least a few days since the last time I had to mention an umpiring incident, but there's another one to report today: Several Rockies players complained that umpire Bill Miller called catcher Yorvit Torrealba a derogatory name in the late innings of a game Monday.
Ever wonder what it's like inside Bud Selig's office? Hal McCoy spent half an hour there yesterday and details much of the furniture, including a couch made entirely of baseball bats. (h/t Dear Ken Macha)
Do you enjoy Chuck Norris Facts? If so, you might be incredibly disappointed by these Ed Sprague Factoids, but you might enjoy these Rollie Fingers pictures.
On this day in 1987, Paul Molitor's 39-game hit streak came to an end as he was standing on deck when Rick Manning hit a walk-off single to beat the Indians 1-0 in ten innings. On this day in 1998, Phil Garner became the first Brewer manager to record 500 wins as the Brewers beat the Rockies 6-5.
Happy birthday today to Ricky Bottalico, who made 40 appearances as a Brewer in his final major league season in 2005, and turns 40 today. Alex Sanchez, first ballot "Don't Be That Guy" Hall of Famer, also turns 33.
Oh, and if you're a pro wrestling fan looking for a place to keep up to date on the latest news and rumors, SBNation has a blog for you.
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Martha Rotter is a developer based in Dublin, Ireland and focused on the online and mobile publishing space. After co-founding Idea Magazine (http://readidea.com), she wanted to help other people make beautiful reading experiences too, and began working on Woopie (Write Only Once, Publish It Everywhere – http://woop.ie) with Stewart Curry full-time. Together they're working to answer the question, What is the future of digital magazines and newspapers?
Martha occasionally lectures in web and software development in Dublin. She blogs about technology and publishing here and also writes for publications such as .net Magazine & Smashing Magazine.


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For all the talk coming out of DyNoMite Walker's little hype machine made up of UCLA beat reporters and message board shills, the guy didn't even get an interview with Washington State. Remember how much time Brian Dohns of the world spent on reporting how Walker was a "candidate" for this job. The loser didn't even get an interview:
Meanwhile, I think I have stumbled into another clue on who just might be some of the "sources" talking to people like Brian Dohn. Yesterday we talked about Bob Field hanging around Spalding field serving as a "liason" between the football program and the Athletic department. Well check this out from John Wilner (Brian Dohn's predecessor at DN, who now writes for the San Jose Mercury News). Wilner parrots out some of the usual MSM lines about our job search but then pay close attention to his last two paras (emphasis mine):
Don't believe newspaper/internet reports that UCLA is considering Texas Tech's Mike Leach. He's not a good fit personally, and athletic director Dan Guerrero knows it.
(I've been told that the Dorrell hire was out of Guerrero's hands — that former chancellor Al Carnesale made the call. The Bruins would be wise to stand back and let Guerrero, who hired Ben Howland, do his job this time.)
And don't believe for a second that Boise State's Chris Petersen will listen seriously to the Bruins, no matter how many times they call.
As for alum Rick Neuheisel … tough to see that happening for several reasons.
Here's one (a personal one): UCLA faculty rep Don Morrison is a sharp, stand-up guy who has dealt with numerous NCAA messes over the years.
I've known Don for a decade, and I just can't see him signing off on Slick Rick. Nor can I see UCLA making the move over Morrison's objections.
And these are the kind of people I guess who are serving as informants for reporters like Wilner and I am presuming doing the same thing for Dohn. No wonder we constantly have to read about excuses coming from the traditional media when it comes to UCLA football, giving us the impression of bunch of insulated, self-centered, pencil pushing bureaucrats, who are so comfy in that little bubble of theirs that they have no willingness or desire to stretch their imagination, and actually strive to fulfill the promise and potential of UCLA football. And they are enabled by sedated traditional media and a pathetic segment of our own fan base (See Menelaus's post on "Dorrellistas") who are always willing to settle for less.
Of course nothing has been determined yet. And I am not going to draw any conclusions on Dan Guerrero until a hire is official. However, that doesn't mean that I am going to sit down and stay quiet if I sense there is even a chance UCLA is about to the roll the dice again, putting us in the same FUBAR situation that has eaten away at the core of our program for almost two decades. I will never accept that.


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Costa Rica attractions, something for everyone
One of Costa Rica attractions are the refugees for the wild. One of the most popular of these refuges is the Finca Baru del Pacifico National Wildlife refuge, which is a mile north of Dominical by car rental Costa Rica. This happens to be a paradise filled with numerous plants and animals that you will see. You will also get a good breakfast and other items that are included. You will be able to visit a lot of great destinations that are suitable for everyone, including families. Children will love the wildlife experiences and it will teach them a lot about the importance of conservation.
Many people are scared of the boas, but you are not likely to see them, since they like to remain hidden. Instead, watch for reptiles such as red-eyed tree frogs. You can also go to the shoreline to see humpback whales, which pass by from December to April. While at the shore you can see the sea turtles lay their eggs on the beach. The Hacienda has a turtle nursery, where over two thousand baby turtles are hatched every year and released into the wild.
You will find that Costa Rica is highly forested; some of which is original "primary forest" which means that the original tress have never been cut down. There are also plenty of mangroves, rivers, and beaches for you to explore. A biological corridor is used to take visitors to the lowland forests.
You will be able to choose a tour from a wide range of options and you will be able to choose one of many nature guides. You can spend hours on the beach or perhaps on horseback riding through the jungle. However a great many people will go for the rainforest experience by themselves just renting a car in Costa Rica. This is undoubtedly one of the best Costa Rica options to explore this rainforest country. You can also participate in kayaking and self-guided tours to give yourself an ultimate experience in Costa Rica. You will also find that there are exciting experiences to be had on a canopy tour. This is where you are able to explore the area with rope lifts.
Costa Rica's attractions are a must visit place for anyone who loves to be one with nature.


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The Event:
- UFC 99: The Comeback - Live Results and Commentary - Brent Brookhouse
- UFC 99 Post-Fight Press Conference - Bloody Elbow
- Snapshot of the Day: 99 Undercard Photos - Bloody Elbow
- UFC 99 bonuses and awards for 'The Comeback' PPV fights - Jesse Holland
- Dana White UFC 99 vlog parts 1 and 2 - Watch Kalib Run
- Bloody Elbow Betting Game Results: UFC 99 - Eugene Schelfaut
- Photos from UFC 99 -- Fanhouse
The Week in Quotes: June 7th - 13th - Mike Fagan
Wanderlei Silva vs Rich Franklin:
- Rich Franklin Decisions Wanderlei Silva in Three Round Battle - Kid Nate
- Rich Franklin feels 'really good' after win over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 (Video) - MMA Mania
- Power versus precision battle taken by Franklin - Steve Cofield
- Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva - In-Depth Report - Fight Metric
Other Main Card Fights:
- Cain Velasquez Grinds Down Cheick Kongo in Three Round War - Kid Nate
- Velasquez arrives by brutalizing Kongo - Steve Cofield
- Mirko Cro Cop Batters Mustapha Al-Turk For First Round Win - Kid Nate
- Mike Swick Stops Ben Saunders in Two Rounds - Kid Nate
- Spencer Fisher Wins Unanimous Decision Over Caol Uno - Kid Nate
- Marcus Davis Drops Decision to Dan Hardy - Kid Nate
- Marcus Davis 'didn't lose' to Dan Hardy at UFC 99 - MMA Mania
- Dan Hardy vs. Marcus Davis - In-Depth Report - Fight Metric
Post Fight Analysis
- Thoughts Coming Out of UFC 99 - Michael Rome
- UFC 99 a winner for Franklin, Filipovic, Velasquez, Swick - Sergio Non
- UFC 99 Recap/Quick Results: Rich Franklin Edges Wanderlei Silva - Kelvin Hunt
- UFC 99 recap and post-fight discussion for 'The Comeback' in Germany - MMA Mania
- Foreign relations, falling axes and more - Jake Rossen
- Kongo's ground game is less shitty than it appeared at UFC 99 - Fightlinker
- After UFC 99 What's Next for the UFC's Heavyweight Division? - Leland Roling
- A Look at the MMA Heavyweight Rankings Shake-Up - Brent Brookhouse
What we learned from UFC 99 - Zak Woods
The Future of Wanderlei Silva
- How much more can Silva give? - Kevin Iole
Wand isn't done, and neither is Cain - Fightlinker
Mirko Cro Cop Leaves the UFC After One Fight:
Report: Mirko Cro Cop Denies Signing With DREAM - Kid Nate
- Mirko CroCop Already Done With UFC, Signs Again With Dream - BloodyElbow
- Dana White Talks Mirko Cro Cop (Video) - Watch Kalib Run
- Quote of the Day: "Cro Cop Was Punking All of Us" - Nick Thomas
- Ken Imai's magic with Mirko Cro Cop - Zach Arnold
- Adios, suckers: Mirko Cro Cop leaves UFC (again) and signs three-fight deal with Dream (again) - MMA Mania
- Cro Cop screws over Dana White and MMA fans - Steve Cofield
- Mirko Three Fight Deal! Reported In Japan Even Before UFC 99 - Nightmare of Battle
- Another View on Mirko Cro Cop Leaving the UFC for DREAM - Kid Nate
- Crocop signs with DREAM, Dana slightly pissed about it - Fightlinker
- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic acts like Fredo and leaves the UFC for Dream - Zak Woods
The Future of Cain Velasquez:
- Future Heavyweight Champ Cain Velasquez? - Michael David Smith
- Cain is able to become a champion - Kevin Iole
- Velasquez takes big leap - Dave Meltzer
- Slowing Down on Cain Velasquez, Shane Carwin, and Junior Dos Santos -- Michael Rome
- Sacrificing the Young - Jordan Breen
- Velasquez victory raises questions and praise - Zak Woods
- Heavyweight Expectations - MMA For Real
If there's a good story -- especially good analysis -- that I missed please be sure and let me know in the comments.


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1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Sleeps 6
Deluxe Rated -
Bedding: Queen, Sofabed
Approximately 818 square feet
Check-in at Teton Village office.
Amenities Include:
• Fully equipped kitchens
• Living area
• Dining area
• Woodstove or fireplace
• Vehicle Recommended
• Washer & dryer
• Complimentary access to the nearby Teton Sports Club
A secluded retreat within eyeshot of Aspens Market, this condo is an ideal landing pad for a couple or young family.
Guests are greeted by a wood-paneled entry with a chest of drawers for storage. The bedroom, off the foyer, boasts a four-poster bed with a quilt. A polar bear print by Thomas Mangelsen hangs above the canopy. A wall-mounted TV invites relaxing in bed, and two side tables and a closet offer plenty of storage. A hallway leads to the bathroom with its tile counter, shower and tub. A washer and dryer live in the bathroom too. A denim daybed faces the open kitchen and leads into the great room, offering a cozy reading nook or another sleeping option. The renovated galley kitchen is outfitted with granite countertops, modern appliances and wood cabinets. A painted moose peers through a trompe l'oeil window at the end of the kitchen. An antique breakfast table seats four. A large wall-mounted TV and VHS/DVD player encourages lounging, as does the upholstered window seat. Further seating includes a blue couch and matching armchair. Bookshelves present plenty of diversions. A trunk coffee table faces the tile fireplace. Above the mantel hangs the "Fence Mender" by Clark Kelley Price. A cowgirl print by Donna Howell-Sickles decorates another wall. A private patio beckons with its gas grill and wicker armchairs.
The Hollyhock condominium lies within the Aspens. A quick five miles south of Teton Village, the Aspens neighborhood sits within walking distance of the Teton Pines Golf Course, as well as a gourmet market, well-stocked liquor store, two beloved restaurants (one Austrian, one Japanese), a bustling coffeehouse, a UPS store and a salon, among other conveniences.
*Please note that this unit is available for lodging only. Gatherings that exceed the maximum occupancy of this unit are prohibited.


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Fourth Annual We Own It Summit, June 27 & 28
London, United Kingdom
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
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Perth Pre wedding Assignment
I wish to say Big thanks to all the crew to make this trip success and meaningful . Thanks to Alistair and Adrienne our lovely bride and groom , their arrangement in Perth.
We were 5 days in Perth, not just taking Actual day wedding and pre wedding assignment but we are enjoy the life style and take this opportunity to travel and look around in Perth.
Join Me for Santorini wedding photo shoot coming soon in 2012
Pre Wedding to Santorini is open to register now. Schedule to be taken on April 2012 . Package price From RM16,888.00
*not include air fare and accommodation .
*local transportation travel from place to place will be provided.
*MUA will be provided FOC this time!!
enquiry for more information, firstname.lastname@example.com
Derrick & Vernnorricca Pre wedding Assignment
here meet the lovely couple purposely drive all the way from Pinang to KL to take a pre wedding shoot. Thanks to my assistance PG , thanks to the MUA , to make this success .!! Cheeerrr ~~~~
Pre-Wedding In Perth , Australia
I and my team will be in Perth for a week from 09 Nov 2011, If you interest to take a prewedding shoot in Perth, please contact us, firstname.lastname@example.com
Package from RM4000,inclusive 2 album+Montage, all softcopies return in high resolution .
Join the Contest, a FREE Pre-wedding given out!
please go to Signature wedding fans page, i am given away a free Pre -wedding session in July-August. It is FREE!
hope to see your participation
Celebrate Victor+ Jennifer
Nice couple and nice heng dai + Jie mui's t-shirt! well fight for the Games!!
Preview of Dai & Herng
Vanue : One world Hotel
Preview of Sky and Theng
this is Cameron wedding event. I & my assistance go on Friday and return on Sunday. this 2 nights in Cameron we only take steamboat!! It was create a record in my wedding photography life, " the earliest finish wedding dinner@ 8.15pm " With this time most of the KL wedding not even start yet!
Let us meet our lovely couple at cameron .
Ranking top 10 in the world, year 2010 , AG|WPJA 2010 Q4 Awards
AGWPJA presents top 100 photographer in the world 2010, i am in the 10th place and the 1st place for Malaysian Photographer , prove that our local photog can even do better!! And i bring another 2 Awards winning in the Q4 contest , 3rd place & 4th place !!!!!!!
Detail : http://www.agwpja.com/
Awards " Accolade of Excellent " received from WPPI world top organization.
I was working hard on the submission print to WPPI, It was a lot of " gate " before submission , 2 out of 4 of my print submitted, i got 2 "Accolade Of Excellence" and this 2 photo get 2 pass into final judge for the best photo of the year 2010,and been inviate to the WPPI Convention & Trade show, locate in Las Vegas.
I am proud i am one of them, there quite a numbers of our Malaysian Photographer have been achieve, and get this awards even won in the first , second & third place before , such as Louis Pang, Jenny Sun, , Edmund Tham, Jon Low,Kenneth Tan, Shen, Zach Chin, Edwin Tan ,Paul Kong, Andy Chin,Grace .Opps… I am apologize and sorry If i miss your name here
I wanted to specially thank the beautiful couples that are represented in these award winning photos. Below are winning photo and Official press release from WPPI:
Thomas & Leanne wedding day
Prewedding sample Oct 2010
I been try out this new PP style. Hope you all like it.
FREE pre-wedding photography and cinematography packages
The event was successful and close. the couple get back all the photo. Thanks for viewing. Updated : 30 September 2010
Couples, listen up! G2X Photography is celebrating its 3rd anniversary this year and will be giving away a photo shooting service for pre-wedding/engagement/ROM session, absolutely FREE!
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- A DVD slideshow and one edited video MV (for your wedding dinner reception).
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Kong Wai & Sim Bean ( Out door )
lake side , in Cheras, forgot the name …. :(
Set of Pre Wedding Shooting Sample
Lovely Photo, i like this set the most. The BG is wonderful .
Lumut Pre-Wedding Shooting
After the sea side shoot,we move on to their school . Here is their love story begin .


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Week 10 produced several WTF? fantasy moments, but the St. Louis Rams took the cake. More accurately, the Rams broke into the bakery, graffitied "LES SNEAD'S HAIR 4 LIFE" on the wall, held an impromptu dance party, and then took the cake, all before ...Blog | November 12, 2013
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Every Thursday afternoon in the Triangle for the remainder of the 2011 season, Bill Simmons will make his pick for that night's NFL game. Here's his pick for Week 10 (home team in caps). CHARGERS (-7) over Raiders The Raiders might be quittin...Blog | November 10, 2011
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I am taking a page from the South Park boys. I am going to demand a full refund of $11.87 + sales tax. I have already sent an email to Will Meugniot, the director. If I hear anything back I will post it. Assuming that he simply ignores my email, which I fully expect him to do, I will have to explore other approaches.
It is possible that Will Meugniot has gone into hiding. Honestly, if my name was attached to the Dragonlance movie I would probably be somewhere in South Dakota desperately searching google for "how to I legally change my name and never be found by anyone". Speaking of google… funny story. As of 1/16 if you google for the words "Dragonlance" "movie" and "review" look who is on the first page… ME! Who needs SEO? Not me.
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La Salle High School shooting: One person injured after shooting at Green Township high school
CINCINNATI - A shooting at La Salle High School in Green Township was a self-inflicted injury by a student, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
Hamilton County dispatchers said there is no active threat at the campus. No other injuries were reported.
The shooting happened Monday morning at La Salle High School on North Bend Road.
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil said a male student has been taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
9 On Your Side reporter Tom McKee said he was able to confirm that was shot was fired inside a classroom. McKee said the school remains on lockdown. Parents could be seen streaming to the school.
Officials said students have been taken to the gym by officers. Parents are welcome to come pick up their children.
According to officials speaking during a press conference, the school was placed on immediate lockdown and the situation was dealt with quickly.
La Salle High School is a Catholic, all-male, parochial high school. The school is at 3091 North Bend Road.


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Carolina Beach Council Adopts Resolution Seeking Beach Nourishment Aid From County
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The Carolina Beach Town Council adopted a resolution at an April 21, emergency meeting seeking support from the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners to help fund a beach nourishment project later this year using Room Occupancy Tax revenues. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers recently informed the Town there is additional money available to pump sand onto the beachfront later this year.
By WILLARD KILLOUGH III
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CAROLINA BEACH - The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers recently told Carolina Beach officials there is money available to pump sand on to the beachfront later this year following the summer season. The Town's 50 year Authorization Agreement with the Federal government is set to expire at the end of this year. This could be the last time Federal money is received for such a project if congressional leaders do not reauthorize or extend the Town's Project Cooperation Agreement. The Carolina Beach Town Council met in an emergency meeting April 21 to consider a resolution seeking support from the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners to use a little over $1.8 million dollars of Room Occupancy Tax revenues to meet funding requirements of the State of North Carolina and to ensure an adequate nourishment project rather than a smaller project.
The resolution stated, "The Town of Carolina Beach has been the beneficiary of a federally sponsored storm damage reduction program for almost 50 years" and the Town, "will lose our Federal Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Program Authorization when it expires on December 31, 2014."
The resolution states, "The Corps of Engineers has received an additional appropriation of $4,800,000 that can be used as the last federal contribution to Coastal Storm Damage Funds for the Town of Carolina Beach" and, "The State of North Carolina has authorized the use of $727,000 to help match the federal funds" and, "This process allows for increased efficiency by bundling projects together, therefore saving substantial amounts of ROT funds by spreading the costs between multiple community projects."
The resolution states, "The Corps of Engineers is recommending that the Town of Kure Beach and the Town of Carolina Beach take advantage of this opportunity to synchronize a combined Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Program in the fall of 2014" and, "The Town of Carolina Beach respectfully requests that the Board of County Commissioners support and approve the use $1,863,000 of ROT funds along with all available state and federal funds for Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Program in 2014."
The Council unanimously adopted the resolution.
Bob Keistler - Project Manager for the Army Corp of Engineers explained April 17th, in a memo to Town Manager Michael Cramer, "We would need to advertise this contract in late June (6/24/2014) to be able to safely make an award in our current Fiscal Year. I would say that we would need a decision on the scope of the contract no later than the end of April. I will put together a more detailed response to your questions tomorrow. I have been out of the office much of the last two weeks working on our FY-16 budget. The Federal Funds ($4.8 M) is all
regular construction dollars. We had some carry over from the last contract to go with additional dollars added in the recent workplan. Let me know if you have any additional questions."
Following the April 21st, emergency meeting of the Carolina Beach Town Council, County Manager Chris Coudriet explained to Cramer, "Our team met this morning to debrief last night's session and to talk about financial stability of the Room Occupancy Tax (ROT). I'm prepared to bring forward an agenda item May 5 asking the Board of Commissioners to allocate $1.863 million from the ROT to match currently available federal and state funds set aside for sand placement along Carolina Beach. As I understand, this will allow for approximately 500,000 cubic yards of sand placement along the beach and takes advantage of what we must assume for now is the final federal support for nourishment along Carolina Beach. While this is far shy of the last nourishment cycle in 2013/2014 that placed some 900,000 cubic yards along Carolina Beach, we believe a final veneer via maximization of federal funds now helps the overall integrity of the project and its performance through the next regularly scheduled nourishment cycle. If we are lucky enough to win renewed federal support with reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act, I'd like to have the conversation about delaying the nourishment cycle until 2016 so as not to exert too much pressure on the ROT. This is a point of discussion for the future."
Visitors to hotels, motels and short term vacation accommodations pay a Room Occupancy Tax (ROT). Portions of that tax are used to fund beach nourishment in Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wrightsville Beach. Other portions of the ROT are used for tourism promotion and to fund tourism related events that put more heads on beds in hotels.
During the emergency meeting Councilman Steve Shuttleworth explained, "I think the question is going to come down for Carolina and Kure Beach is, can we express to the County Commissioners that this is a financially a make-sense deal for the Room Occupancy Tax and it actually is a benefit. Forget the cycle, forget the science. If we spend the money now, is it a better impact now than later."


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Tells the story, via mostly photographs, of the long life of Floyd Martin and his dear wife, Roselee.
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Joseph Hover: St. Lucie County deputy who died in the line of duty received a posthumous honor
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. - A St. Lucie County deputy who died in the line of duty received a posthumous honor Tuesday.
A sheriff's office substation at the St. Lucie County Airport was dedicated in honor of master deputy Joseph Hover.
Hover served for two decades.
In 2005, he was injured during a training exercise and died from complications during surgery.
He took his certification and ran with it and did wonderful things," said his wife Margaret Hover.
Sheriff Ken Mascara said, "I put forth an effort that we were going to memorialize these heroes of the sheriff's office."
Deputy Hover had spearheaded the department's auto theft task force.
That division is now housed in the building that bears his name.


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