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The results were split, with both sets of fans able to take home a victory. The Lady Mustangs defeated the Lady Raiders 50-36 in the opener, while the Mustangs led the majority of the boys' game before the Raiders made a late rally to claim a 62-61 win by the final buzzer.
With Cleveland (15-8, 9-2) coming into Friday tied for the top spot in the District 5-AAA race, head coach Jason McCowan already knew his squad had a big target on its back. The Mustangs (14-10, 4-7) were keen on being the ones to knock the Raiders out of first, and almost did just that, controlling the game for all but the last two minutes.
"There was a big difference from being the chaser and being chased. Our urgency was a lot better Tuesday night (in a big victory over Ooltewah) than it was tonight, (Friday) we were passive instead of being very aggressive," McCowan said of his team's intensity.
Walker Valley took the lead about three minutes into the first period and forced Cleveland to play a game of catch-up for the remainder of the evening.
After holding a 20-18 lead at the end of the opening period, the Mustangs tacked another point onto its advantage after a near evenly matched second frame.
With a 34-31 edge at the intermission Walker Valley was halfway to its objective of knocking the Raiders out of first place.
Cleveland senior point guard CJ Bryant had other ideas, though.
"I wasn't nervous, I was trying to find four kids to surround CJ with because he was Cleveland basketball tonight," McCowan stated. "You know there late we had a freshman on the floor, a sophomore, and two juniors surrounding CJ. We were just searching."
Bryant was able to top his 33-point career high, which had been set on Tuesday night against Ooltewah, by scoring 35 of the Raiders' 62 points.
The second half of the county and district rivalry game can best be summed up as the "Bryant half," with the senior scoring 26 of his 35 points in the last 16 minutes. The only other players to contribute to the scoreboard for the Raiders were Anfernee Scott with a 3-pointer in the third, and Cantrel Ware with two free-throw points in the fourth period.
"He willed us to the victory, bottom line. You just can't give the kid enough credit for the effort he showed out there," McCowan said of Bryant. "The other kids played hard defensively, we were just in a funk offensively and he was able to get us out of it."
Despite Bryant's offensive prowess in the second half, it wasn't until the last two minutes that the Raiders would finally squeak ahead of the Mustangs.
"I think the last three to four minutes we had the lead and we just turned it over like three or four times in a row, and that gave the momentum back to them," Walker Valley head coach Bob Williams said.
A basket by Austin Harwood put the Mustangs just one point behind the Raiders with about half a minute remaining in the fourth period. With 12.9 seconds left, a traveling call was made against Cleveland, which gave Walker Valley one final chance at snatching the victory with a last-second drive by Tucker Godfrey but the ball wouldn't go in.
"I liked Tucker's drive at the end, I thought he had a good shot at scoring but it just wasn't meant to be, I guess. Cleveland, got to give them credit, they kept fighting too and I guess it was a good game to watch," Williams said of the outcome.
The Raider defense was able to hold back Godfrey's drive, and Cleveland managed to hold onto its first-place standing.
"We handled adversity there in the end. We thought we got fouled there at the end and they called a traveling call," McCowan said after the game. "For us to come up with a huge defensive stop and be able to come out of here on the road with a one-point victory, I'm very proud of our kids, bottom line."
Godfrey led the Mustangs with 16 points, followed by Harwood with 13.
Both Walker Valley and Cleveland still have one more district game ahead of them Tuesday, with Bradley Central venturing to "The Stable" and Cleveland hosting Rhea County at "The Dome."
Williams knows Tuesday's game will prove to be just as emotionally charged.
"We've still got Bradley, another one that's going to be just like this. Hopefully the guys can pick themselves up and be ready to play."
The Lady Mustangs (13-12, 6-5) were able to set the pace and hit the ground running during their Friday night win over the Lady Raiders (15-7, 6-4).
"Before the basketball game we talked about making sure that we did take the tempo early on and that was something that we didn't do. We let them get comfortable and we let them have momentum," Cleveland coach Mindy Kiser said. "Anytime you let a Walker Valley team get momentum on that floor they are going to be dangerous."
The closest the Lady Raiders came to catching up to the Lady Mustangs was going into the second period, as they only trailed by four points. Any efforts by Cleveland to make a comeback were dashed by Walker Valley, mostly because of Jaclyn Griffith, Lyndsey Macon, and Victoria Jones who scored 15, 14, and 10 points respectively during the game.
"I thought we set the tone as far as the intensity and the energy level. I just thought they played their butts off and I'm so proud of them," Walker Valley coach Jessica Stone said of her team's effort. "We were 3-for-15 from the 3-point line, so it's good when we don't shoot well that we're doing other things well in order to win."
Cleveland fought hard, but according to Kiser seemed to lose energy as the game went on.
The Lady Raiders were led in points by Nora Berry with 12 and Jenna Scoggins with 11.
Walker Valley was 15-for-19 at the free-throw line, while Cleveland was 8-for-10.
Both teams are back in district game action Tuesday night, when the Lady Mustangs hope to carry on their winning momentum and the Lady Raiders hope to shake off a tough loss.
"We need to get some rest this weekend, take a few days off and regroup a little bit, and finish off the regular season on a strong note at home, going into district tournament time ready to play," Kiser said.
Walker Valley 10 15 11 14 — 50
Cleveland 6 8 13 9 — 36
LADY MUSTANGS (50) — Lyndsey Macon 14, Jaclyn Griffith 15, Victoria Jones 10, Alomar 7, Mowery 4, Percy, P. Davis, C. Davis, Cox, Wilson, Watson, Spann.
LADY RAIDERS (36) — Nora Berry 12, Jenna Scoggins 11, Ware 4, Capron 4, A. Abdullah-Muhammad 3, McClendon 2, Geren, Whittemore, Fugate, Crump, Walkup, Saliba, Phillips.
3-point goals: Walker Valley 3 (Jones, Macon, Alomar); Cleveland 2 (Berry).
Free throws: Walker Valley 15-of-19; Cleveland 8-of-10.
Records: Walker Valley 13-12, 6-5 5-AAA Cleveland 15-7, 6-4
Walker Valley 20 14 18 9 — 61
Cleveland 18 13 14 17 — 62
MUSTANGS (61)— Tucker Godrey 16, Austin Harwood 13, Hysinger 9, Korn 8, Brownfield 6, Melton 5, Swafford 2, Cartwright 2, Anthony, Morrow, Russell Crews, Hunt.
BLUE RAIDERS (62) — CJ Bryant 35, Thompson 9, Johnson 7, Scott 6, Ware 5, Dykes, Beaty, Brown, Little, Bunion, Constant, McCree, Gibson.
3-point goals: Walker Valley 7 (Godfrey 4, Hysinger 2, Melton); Cleveland 10 (Bryant 4, Thompson 3, Scott 2, Ware).
Free throws: Walker Valley 6-of-13; Cleveland 10-of-14.
Records: Walker Valley 14-10, 4-7 5-AAA Cleveland 15-8, 9-2.


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Scotland | As foretold in scripture: 'The queen of the South will rise up …'
One day we will find
All our dreams are viable
'Cause we've got God on our side
We're the only team in the Bible, Bible, Bible …
—"Queen of the South" (© Chris Belford)
"I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it." (Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, 1 Kings 10:7)
Dumfries, Scotland | Few football anthems have succeeded in pairing "viable" and "Bible," but Queen of the South are a side of multi-millennial pedigree. Via a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon–type exercise, one can date the west Scotland team's heritage to the 10th century BCE, following the links from a 19th century politician and poet to festival traditions of the Middle Ages to the synoptic Gospels' allusion to the "queen of the South," itself a reference to the visit of the Arabian queen of Sheba to King Solomon, recounted in the Hebrew Bible.
Belford's tribute song "Queen of the South" accompanies part of this reprisal of the Apr 12 Scottish Cup semifinal versus Aberdeen at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Some 10,000 made the trip from Dumfries. (9:11)
They do seem to be the only team mentioned explicitly in the biblical canon—excluding apocryphal works. Numerous sides are named in passing: Bury, Arsenal, The Strongest and so on (see the Guardian survey). "Corinthians," naturally, forms the title of part of Paul's epistolary output, so strong conceptually that his correspondence to the troublemaking residents of ancient Corinth extends to two volumes.
Unlike the other coincidental connections between football teams and the Bible, however, "Queen of the South" seems to have been selected based on the appearance of the phrase in Matthew 12:42 (and parallels)—or was it? Research suggests that the connection is not a direct one—hence the need for the Kevin Bacon game.
Journos and supporters have mentioned the scriptural imprimatur often over the past week as, for the first time in its 89-year history, Queen of the South has advanced to the Scottish Cup final. Its opponent will be Rangers on May 24 in Glasgow.
Long-time supporter Murray Ritchie, writing in the Scotsman, asked for "divine intervention" before the Apr 12 semifinal versus Aberdeen. The only comparable occasion took place in 1950, when Queen of the South—known as the Doonhamers, from a traditional Scots reference to Dumfries as "doon hame"—played Rangers in the Cup semifinal, also at Hampden. The teams drew 1–1, with Rangers easily winning the replay.
Supporters at QOS v. Aberdeen might have borrowed from the red-letter words of Jesus as he speaks prophetically of the "queen of the South." The queen had testified to Solomon's wisdom and riches, as recounted in 1 Kings 10 (and 1 Chronicles 9), but would have had something different to say had she arrived in Jesus' day or at Hampden Park on this April afternoon: "See, something greater than Solomon is here!" Four times the Doonhamers took the lead; three times Aberdeen equalized. Five goals came in one 12-minute span: "It was like a game of Pro-Evolution Soccer," said midfielder-defender Ryan McCann. The 60th-minute goal by John Stewart, on loan from Falkirk, finally finished the scoring.
Geoff Thomas, a Middlesbrough season-ticket holder, does not mention Queen of the South's biblical connections but describes a conversion experience at a Nov 07 trip to Palmerston. The visit formed part of Thomas's "football education," an effort to escape the stranglehold of England's major clubs by seeing a team that, previously, had been little more than "a quirky name on the 'World of Sport' vidi-printer." After the Apr 12 QOS victory, he writes, "Pay my respects to those who refused to let the soul of football die." (© Queen of the South Website)
Ritchie's affection for Queen of the South, which plays in the 6,412-capacity Palmerston Park (featuring Scotland's tallest floodlights), went against his father's wishes. Having grown up in the Borders, Ritchie's father referred to rugby as "football." "When he meant football," Ritchie continues, "he called it soccer."
For him soccer wasn't really a game for men. He also worried, I suspect, that a little Dumfries boy like me, at the impressionable age of eight, might be lured towards the cultural darkness of Glasgow's Old Firm. So [my parents] agreed that if I was to follow football it would be as a Queens supporter. Queens fans have a saying that "yer hame team's yer ain team" and it was probably on that basis that my mother took me along to the only Scottish Cup semi-final that Queens have played—until today.
The side's current form—"punching above their weight," in the time-worn saying—becomes more extraordinary on learning that only this season have Queen of the South players become full-time footballers. The club's chairman, Davie Rae, is a retired farmer. As Hunter Davies comments in the current New Statesman, all the players but one are native Scots—the exception is from England. They are the kind of team for whom the domestic cup competitions offer the prospect of breaking, if only for a moment, the perception of unassailable Old Firm dominance that Scottish football offers the world.
Dumfries, a medieval rampart overlooking the River Nith, has held status as a royal burgh since William the Lion, king of Scotland, issued the charter in 1186. The chartering acknowledged the town's strategic importance to the southwest part of the country and allowed Dumfries self-governance, celebrated each June as part of the Guid Nychburris (Guid Neighbours) Festival. At each festival, held the third Saturday in June, criers proclaim the charter; then, the Queen of the South is crowned, heralding mid–19th century politician David Dunbar, who, whether drawing on the Bible or indulging in sentimental pandering, gave Dumfries its nickname.
The festival itself is a catch-all of civic pride and kitsch, offering rugby players in drag as well as handwriting and best-dressed-window competitions. One local, writing anonymously, confesses a love-hate relationship to such events and to the place in general, which she labels "Dumpfries." Of Guid Nychburris, she says:
In the week leading up to the main Saturday all the horsey types flee about the boundries of Dumfries and the main roads on horseback. This is called the Riding of the Marches. It is an old tradition dating to when the English would come over the border and burn down Dumfries. The principal players in this are the cornet who has a horn-type thing and his lass. On Guid Nychburris Saturday the Queen of [the] South is crowned. She is a girl from one of the four secondary schools.
Like the football team, the festival suggests a tradition older than what can actually be documented. A librarian, according to the BBC, invented the festival in 1932 as a riposte to such communal events in the Borders. The first "Queen of the South" football club, the Wanderers, formed in 1873 but is not related to the present side, which in 1919 amalgamated three area teams into a new Queen of the South United. The "United" quietly dropped from use.
But though the historical traces might be weak, there is no shame in milking the literary allusion to the messianic figure of Christianity and to the ancient kingdom of Sheba, located in Marib, a Yemeni province in southern Arabia. From Sheba came the finest aromatics of the second millennium BCE: frankincense, a white resin obtained from trees, and myrrh, harvested from bushes. The queen of Sheba's gifts to Solomon of gold, spice and gems thus prefigure Jesus' birth narrative: gifts across time to two different Israelite kings.
And, if you like, she also serves as the mysterious eponym of a Scottish football club with eyes on European competition. Borne by dromedaries in caravan, this queen is up for the cup.
Despite suffering a "bizarre bout of beginners' nerves," Queen of the South fought back in the Scottish Cup final on 24 May to equalize. Nevertheless, Rangers prevailed 3–2.

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Cleveland got a strong performance from Brittany Thigpen, who scored 18 points with 11 rebounds and six steals. Tonidra Blair and Maya Richard also had double-doubles as Blair scored 11 points with 11 rebounds, while Richard scored 10 points with 10 rebounds.
Cleveland will be back in action against Gentry at 7 p.m. tonight at the Greenwood Civic Center.
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Montgomery Co. Boys 58, Ray Brooks 44
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Welcome to Kid Kicks #10 special edition
Did You Know???
http://www.itfnewzealand2011.com is the official website for the 2011 World Championships in New Zealand. This will be the 11th Junior and 17th Senior World Taekwon-Do Championships for the ITF. It is the 3rd combined Junior/Senior World Championships. There will be over 700 competitors from 43 countries. The top three countries in 2009 were Argentina, New Zealand and Poland. |
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Puerto Rico |
My name is Elen Røkke from Norway I will be competing in senior female 3rd degree patterns, senior female team pattern, senior female power breaking and senior female team special techniques. I began Taekwon-Do in August 1994, at age12 by chance. A friend asked me to join her in a Taekwon-Do beginners' course. I loved the course and continued. There are so many benefits to training. It helps my confidence, self esteem and my work as a physiotherapist. I also teach junior red-belts twice a week which is very rewarding. New Zealand will be amazing. I am excited to compete, watch great matches and cheer my Norwegian teammates. After the Championships my family (my two kids and fiancé) will travel the North Island making the trip very special. |
My name is Llauger Castillo from Puerto Rico I will be competing in senior male 4h-6th degree patterns, and senior male heavy weight sparring I started Taekwon-Do in 1983. My brothers were involved and they told me how great the martial arts were. It was great fun to train with my brothers. I am very glad that they encouraged me to join them. Taekwon-Do has become a very important part my life. It has given me courage, strength, good health and motivation. Through Taekwon-Do I have developed the ability to set goals for myself and achieve them. I believe that the 2011 World Championships will be very special. New Zealand is one of the most respected ITF countries. They have good students who will be trying very, very hard to win in front of their home crowd. I am expecting the audience to be loud, maybe not like Argentina but you never know. I can't wait to be there. |
My name is Master Giovanni Cecconato I am a member of the ITF Tournament Committee. I started Taekwon-do October 1981 at age 17. At that time my friends and I were looking for a kung fu school. One day I saw a big poster of a Korean Master performing with a side jumping kick and a punch against two opponents. I was very impressed. I tried one class and joined. Little did I know how important Taekwon-Do would become to me. It is my way of life! I have travelled the world, met many great people and continue to be inspired by the martial art. I am very much looking forward to New Zealand. The Organizing Committee is doing a superb job and I expect the competition level to be as high as always. |
My name is Ethan Parker from New Zealand I am the Captain of the New Zealand junior's team and will be competing in 5 events. I started Taekwon-Do in 2001 at the age of 8, with Master Paul McPhail. At that time my sister was a student and I enjoyed watching the patterns and sparring classes. I was also inspired to join Taekwon-Do through Jackie Cham movies. I thought it would be awesome to be able to do some of his moves. I have now learned that Taekwon-Do is more than just punching and kicking. It has taught me much me about self-discipline and self control. There is always something to improve and get better at. Through Taekwon-Do I have also developed many friendships. Some of my friends will be on Team New Zealand at the 20111 World Championships. It is going to be so fantastic for our families and friends to see us competing against the best Taekwon-Do athletes in the world. |
My name is Nicholas Tran from Canada I am the head coach for Team Canada. I started Taekwon-Do in 1988 in Quebec, Canada with Helene Pare a student of Grand Master Tran. Taekwon-Do was an integral part of my family as both my parents and my two sisters were practicing this martial art. We had many wonderful times training together as a family. My sisters always challenged me to be my best (sometimes through their words and sometimes through their sparring). My sister Joliette is now a 6th degree Black Belt with her own full time professional dojang and my mother continues to train with her. Since my first Taekwon-Do class I have felt Taekwon-Do is a powerful tool to enrich lives. It has given me so much. Apart from improved fitness and more confidence I have enjoyed much success with Taekwon-Do as an athlete. I am now very excited to be coaching athletes from my country. I think the 2011 Championships will be a great success. |
My name is Joleen Masters from Jamaica I am an umpire at the 2011 ITF Championships.I started Taekwon-Do on the 2nd November 1988. I had always been enthralled by "karate". One day a schoolmate of mine gave me the name of Mr. Harrision Chin-Hing (he thought Mr. Hing was a karate teacher). I tried a class and her I am today still training. Taekwon-Do is important to me for many reasons, it has taught me self control and humility, has broadened my outlook on life, keeps me fit and healthy, keeps me on my toes as I teach the children´s class and affords me the opportunity to travel the world. I have competed in World Championships since 1999 (missed 2009) and each has been different. The 2011 World Championships will be my first as an umpire. I expect New Zealand will afford me a pleasantly memorable experience. |
My name is Lai Ying Fu from Hong Kong I will be competing in senior female light weight sparring and pre-arranged sparring. I started practicing TaeKwon- Do in 2004 for fun and fitness. I fell in love with all powerful kicking, punching and special technique. In 2006 I participated in the World Cup and later on I participated in the 2009 World Championship and the Asia Game 2010 in Vietnam. I understand that to enjoy both the process of the training and the competition is as important as the results of the competition Even though the training for the competition is so tough and exhausting, I have found allot of satisfaction in the improvement both in my skills and physical endurance. My goal is to perform well and gain more valuable experience to share with my teammates. Bye and see you all in New Zealand! |
My name is Mohammad Zahin from Afghanistan I will be competing in Senior male hyper weight sparring and senior male power. I began Taekwon-Do in 2000 with Mr. Shoaib Rahmani, a great instructor and President of ITF Afghanistan. It looked like allot of fun to try the special techniques. I love everything about ITF Taekwon-Do. It helps me set goals and I believe very strongly in the student oath. I am very happy that the ITF will hold the world championship and that Afghanistan will be able to attend this memorable Championship in New Zealand.. |
My name is Jaroslaw Suska I will be competing in senior male 4h-6th degree patterns and team power/spatiality breaking. I began Taekwon-Do training on February 27th, 1985 in Lubartów with Mr. Jerzy Jedut. I was encouraged to try a class by a friend. This visit turned out to be a major landmark in my life. I joined up after the class and began my life-log journey with Taekwon-Do. And what a journey it has been! I have travelled the world with Taekwon-Do, made many wonderful friends, decided on a career as a physical education instructor, met my beautiful wife Anita Pasek and now am the proud parent of two boys. I can honestly say that Taekwon-Do has given me happiness. For me a Championships is using this great opportunity to meet people and to compete in a friendly atmosphere. To my mind, it is not the medal that counts but the participation itself. Everybody present there will be the winner. I hope that the World Championships in New Zealand will be unforgettable for every one. |
My name is Harry van Schaik from the Netherlands I am an umpire at the 2011 ITF Championships. I started Taekwon-Do in 1980 with Mr. Stanley Brug. to learn self defense. I soon grew to love the work outs and self discipline required by this wonderful activity. Now Taekwon-Do is truly a way of life to me. It has contributed so much to my self development and self awareness. It has also provided me the opportunity to travel all over the world as a competitor and umpire. Throughout these travels I have found that all major tournaments have their special moments but I expect the 2011 Championships to be especially memorable. The organization will be exceptional and the New Zealand team will put on a great show. It will also be an important moment in the ITF's history as we elect our new President. On a more personal note this will be the 25th international competition I have participated in and my last as an active referee. It has been an honour to work with so many amazing Taekwon-Do practitioners. I look forward to many more years of teaching Taekwon-Do and sharing the knowledge I have learned from these great people and this wonderful journey. |
My name is Daiana Turnes from Argentina Yo empecé Taekwon-Do en el año 2000 a la edad de 6 años. Yo empecé porque mi querido hermano (Denis Turnes), estaba practicando con un profesor realmente asombroso Master Villanueva. A la edad de 13 años yo decidí que Taekwon-Do era mi meta deportiva principal, y yo traté de hacer mi mejor esfuerzo para lograr y cumplir mis sueños. Durante este tiempo Taekwon-Do me ha dado la paciencia de desarrollar mis proyectos, el auto control de nunca perder mi temperamento y la cortesía de tratar amablemente a todos aquellos que están a mi alrededor, En pocas palabras, esto me ha hecho quien soy. Este Campeonato Mundial será muy especial para mi, ya que es mi último año como juvenil. Yo desearía que mi hermano pudiera estar conmigo. Yo espero que esto sea una maravillosa experiencia para seguir creciendo, y una mejor manera para decir adiós a este período de mi vida que me presentó a muchos amigos, y me ha permitido viajar a tantos lugares hermosos. Después del Campeonato voy a entrenar fuerte para las divisiones mayores |
My name is Carolina Dillen from New Zealand I will be competing in senior female 1st degree patterns, senior female team pattern, senior female light weight sparring and senior female team sparring. I started Taekwon-Do in 1997. I thought it would be cool to learn the amazing kicks like I had seen in martial arts movies. I soon found Taekwon-Do to be much more interesting and challenging than other activities and sports. I was hooked. The physical training, self-discipline and self-development really appealed to me and still do. Taekwon-Do has become a way of life. I have travelled the world for competitions and training, made many friends, met my partner Mark Trotter and am now instructing this art at Impact, the school I own with Mark. Whew! I would like to welcome all the students competing at the World Championships. It is going to be a spectacular event. |


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Samson's escape from Gaza. (1-3) Samson enticed to declare his strength lay. (4-17) The Philistines take Samson, and put out his eyes. (18-21) Samson's strength is renewed. (22-24) He destroys many of the Philistines. (25-31)
Verses 1-3 Hitherto Samson's character has appeared glorious, though uncommon. In this chapter we find him behaving in so wicked a manner, that many question whether or not he were a godly man. But the apostle has determined this, ( Hebrews 11:32 ) . By adverting to the doctrines and examples of Scripture, the artifices of Satan, the deceitfulness of the human heart, and the methods in which the Lord frequently deals with his people, we may learn useful lessons from this history, at which some needlessly stumble, while others cavil and object. The peculiar time in which Samson lived may account for many things, which, if done in our time, and without the special appointment of Heaven, would be highly criminal. And there might have been in him many exercises of piety, which, if recorded, would have reflected a different light upon his character. Observe Samson's danger. Oh that all who indulge their sensual appetites in drunkenness, or any fleshly lusts, would see themselves thus surrounded, way-laid, and marked for ruin by their spiritual enemies! The faster they sleep, the more secure they feel, the greater their danger. We hope it was with a pious resolution not to return to his sin, that he rose under a fear of the danger he was in. Can I be safe under this guilt? It was bad that he lay down without such checks; but it would have been worse, if he had laid still under them.
Verses 4-17 Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The anguish of the suffering is ten thousand times greater than all the pleasures of the sin.
Verses 18-21 See the fatal effects of false security. Satan ruins men by flattering them into a good opinion of their own safety, and so bringing them to mind nothing, and fear nothing; and then he robs them of their strength and honour, and leads them captive at his will. When we sleep our spiritual enemies do not. Samson's eyes were the inlets of his sin, (ver. ( Judges 16:1 ) ,) and now his punishment began there. Now the Philistines blinded him, he had time to remember how his own lust had before blinded him. The best way to preserve the eyes, is, to turn them away from beholding vanity. Take warning by his fall, carefully to watch against all fleshly lusts; for all our glory is gone, and our defence departed from us, when our separation to God, as spiritual Nazarites, is profaned.
Verses 22-24 Samson's afflictions were the means of bringing him to deep repentance. By the loss of his bodily sight the eyes of his understanding were opened; and by depriving him of bodily strength, the Lord was pleased to renew his spiritual strength. The Lord permits some few to wander wide and sink deep, yet he recovers them at last, and marking his displeasure at sin in their severe temporal sufferings, preserves them from sinking into the pit of destruction. Hypocrites may abuse these examples, and infidels mock at them, but true Christians will thereby be rendered more humble, watchful, and circumspect; more simple in their dependence on the Lord, more fervent in prayer to be kept from falling, and in praise for being preserved; and, if they fall, they will be kept from sinking into despair.
Verses 25-31 Nothing fills up the sins of any person or people faster than mocking and misusing the servants of God, even thought it is by their own folly that they are brought low. God put it into Samson's heart, as a public person, thus to avenge on them God's quarrel, Israel's, and his own. That strength which he had lost by sin, he recovers by prayer. That it was not from passion or personal revenge, but from holy zeal for the glory of God and Israel, appears from God's accepting and answering the prayer. The house was pulled down, not by the natural strength of Samson, but by the almighty power of God. In his case it was right he should avenge the cause of God and Israel. Nor is he to be accused of self-murder. He sought not his own death, but Israel's deliverance, and the destruction of their enemies. Thus Samson died in bonds, and among the Philistines, as an awful rebuke for his sins; but he died repentant. The effects of his death typified those of the death of Christ, who, of his own will, laid down his life among transgressors, and thus overturned the foundation of Satan's kingdom, and provided for the deliverance of his people. Great as was the sin of Samson, and justly as he deserved the judgments he brought upon himself, he found mercy of the Lord at last; and every penitent shall obtain mercy, who flees for refuge to that Saviour whose blood cleanses from all sin. But here is nothing to encourage any to indulge sin, from a hope they shall at last repent and be saved.
Judges 16:1-3 . SAMSON CARRIES AWAY THE GATES OF GAZA.
1, 2. Gaza--now Guzzah, the capital of the largest of the five Philistine principal cities, about fifteen miles southwest of Ashkelon. The object of this visit to this city is not recorded, and unless he had gone in disguise, it was a perilous exposure of his life in one of the enemy's strongholds. It soon became known that he was there; and it was immediately resolved to secure him. But deeming themselves certain of their prey, the Gazites deferred the execution of their measure till the morning.
3. Samson . . . arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city--A ruinous pile of masonry is still pointed out as the site of the gate. It was probably a part of the town wall, and as this ruin is "toward Hebron," there is no improbability in the tradition.
carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron--That hill is El-Montar; but by Hebron in this passage is meant "the mountains of Hebron"; for otherwise Samson, had he run night and day from the time of his flight from Gaza, could only have come on the evening of the following day within sight of the city of Hebron. The city of Gaza was, in those days, probably not less than three-quarters of an hour distant from El-Montar. To have climbed to the top of this hill with the ponderous doors and their bolts on his shoulders, through a road of thick sand, was a feat which none but a Samson could have accomplished [VAN DE VELDE].
Judges 16:4-14 . DELILAH CORRUPTED BY THE PHILISTINES.
4. he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek--The location of this place is not known, nor can the character of Delilah be clearly ascertained. Her abode, her mercenary character, and her heartless blandishments afford too much reason to believe she was a profligate woman.
5. the lords of the Philistines--The five rulers deemed no means beneath their dignity to overcome this national enemy.
Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth--They probably imagined that he carried some amulet about his person, or was in the possession of some important secret by which he had acquired such herculean strength; and they bribed Delilah, doubtless by a large reward, to discover it for them. She undertook the service and made several attempts, plying all her arts of persuasion or blandishment in his soft and communicative moods, to extract his secret.
7. Samson said . . ., If they bind me with seven green withs--Vine tendrils, pliant twigs, or twists made of crude vegetable stalks are used in many Eastern countries for ropes at the present day.
8. she bound him with them--probably in a sportive manner, to try whether he was jesting or in earnest.
9. there were men lying in wait, abiding . . . in the chamber--The Hebrew, literally rendered, is, "in the inner," or "most secret part of the house."
10. And Delilah said--To avoid exciting suspicion, she must have allowed some time to elapse before making this renewed attempt.
12. new ropes--It is not said of what material they were formed; but from their being dried, it is probable they were of twigs, like the former. The Hebrew intimates that they were twisted, and of a thick, strong description.
13. If thou weavest the seven locks of my head--braids or tresses, into which, like many in the East, he chose to plait his hair. Working at the loom was a female employment; and Delilah's appears to have been close at hand. It was of a very simple construction; the woof was driven into the warp, not by a reed, but by a wooden spatula. The extremity of the web was fastened to a pin or stake fixed in the wall or ground; and while Delilah sat squatting at her loom, Samson lay stretched on the floor, with his head reclining on her lap--a position very common in the East.
14. went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web--that is, the whole weaving apparatus.
Judges 16:15-20 . HE IS OVERCOME.
16. she pressed him daily with her words--Though disappointed and mortified, this vile woman resolved to persevere; and conscious how completely he was enslaved by his passion for her, she assailed him with a succession of blandishing arts, till she at length discovered the coveted secret.
17. if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me--His herculean powers did not arise from his hair, but from his peculiar relation to God as a Nazarite. His unshorn locks were a sign of his Nazaritism, and a pledge on the part of God that his supernatural strength would be continued.
19. she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head--It is uncertain, however, whether the ancient Hebrews cut off the hair to the same extent as Orientals now. The word employed is sometimes the same as that for shearing sheep, and therefore the instrument might be only scissors.
20. he wist not that the Lord was departed from him--What a humiliating and painful spectacle! Deprived of the divine influences, degraded in his character, and yet, through the infatuation of a guilty passion, scarcely awake to the wretchedness of his fallen condition!
Judges 16:21 Judges 16:22 . THE PHILISTINES TOOK HIM AND PUT OUT HIS EYES.
21. the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes--To this cruel privation prisoners of rank and consequence have commonly been subjected in the East. The punishment is inflicted in various ways, by scooping out the eyeballs, by piercing the eye, or destroying the sight by holding a red-hot iron before the eyes. His security was made doubly sure by his being bound with fetters of brass (copper), not of leather, like other captives.
he did grind in the prison-house--This grinding with hand-millstones being the employment of menials, he was set to it as the deepest degradation.
22. Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again--It is probable that he had now reflected on his folly; and becoming a sincere penitent, renewed his Nazarite vow. "His hair grew together with his repentance, and his strength with his hairs" [BISHOP HALL].
Judges 16:23-25 . THEIR FEAST TO DAGON.
23. the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon--It was a common practice in heathen nations, on the return of their solemn religious festivals, to bring forth their war prisoners from their places of confinement or slavery; and, in heaping on them every species of indignity, they would offer their grateful tribute to the gods by whose aid they had triumphed over their enemies. Dagon, was a sea idol, usually represented as having the head and upper parts human, while the rest of the body resembled a fish.
Judges 16:26-31 . HIS DEATH.
27. there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport--This building seems to have been similar to the spacious and open amphitheaters well known among the Romans and still found in many countries of the East. They are built wholly of wood. The standing place for the spectators is a wooden floor resting upon two pillars and rising on an inclined plane, so as to enable all to have a view of the area in the center. In the middle there are two large beams, on which the whole weight of the structure lies, and these beams are supported by two pillars placed almost close to each other, so that when these are unsettled or displaced, the whole pile must tumble to the ground.
28. Samson called unto the Lord--His penitent and prayerful spirit seems clearly to indicate that this meditated act was not that of a vindictive suicide, and that he regarded himself as putting forth his strength in his capacity of a public magistrate. He must be considered, in fact, as dying for his country's cause. His death was not designed or sought, except as it might be the inevitable consequence of his great effort. His prayer must have been a silent ejaculation, and, from its being revealed to the historian, approved and accepted of God.
31. Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him--This awful catastrophe seems to have so completely paralyzed the Philistines, that they neither attempted to prevent the removal of Samson's corpse, nor to molest the Israelites for a long time after. Thus the Israelitish hero rendered by his strength and courage signal services to his country, and was always regarded as the greatest of its champions. But his slavish subjection to the domination of his passions was unworthy of so great a man and lessens our respect for his character. Yet he is ranked among the ancient worthies who maintained a firm faith in God ( Hebrews 11:32 ).


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Since opening its doors in 1995, radio stations around the world have been drawn to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's radio studio as a location for originating remote broadcasts. It's hard not to feel the excitement of the Rock Hall when you're physically there, but for the visiting stations, delivering that intensity to their listeners was always somewhat challenging, due in large part to the original studio's design.
That has all changed, however, with the recently completed redesign of the newly named Alan Freed Radio Studio, allowing visiting stations to broadcast while feeling a part of the Rock Hall and conveying a "you are there" experience.
Alan Freed was a pioneering disk jockey who began his notoriety in the Cleveland area. He is often credited with coining the term "rock and roll."
Photo by Louis Anderson. Courtesy of the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland. Courtesy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Looking into the radio studio from the fifth floor landing. Welcome to the Alan Freed Radio Studio. Looking out the window to the fifth floor landing. The studio layout has six mic positions. The museum hall is visible through the glass behind the operator. The fully-equipped studio now provides the versatility to handle any on-air need. |
The original studio was built in the early 90s, which was a fairly dubious period to be buying radio equipment, because at the time digital standards were just coming to the forefront. Also, because there had never before been a Rock Hall, the original designers weren't quite sure how the radio studio was supposed to function. In one sense, it was almost as if someone had selected equipment at random from a catalog to build the room. As a result, the original studio was less than functional.
In the ensuing years, as the Rock Hall staff learned more about the hardware and the technology necessary to effectively carry out live radio programming, the radio studio evolved into its present form: a remote location capable of meeting the needs of any visiting radio station or artist.
The redesign was a cooperative effort between the technical staff at the Rock Hall and Broadcasters General Store, which specified and installed the equipment, all donated from manufacturers throughout the broadcast industry.
The design goals for the new studio included upgrading the technology to current-day standards; equipping the studio with appropriate recording, edit, storage and playback equipment that it didn't have in the past; and equipping it with a sufficient quantity of appropriate microphones and mixing equipment to support visiting remotes as well as impromptu live performances.
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Some tourist attractions will invite a radio station to broadcast live from the venue and then provide a folding table somewhere near the front door with a telephone jack.
At the Rock Hall, the goal is to put the visiting stations in an environment in which they're comfortable. What's more, the fifth-floor radio studio is also actually a working exhibit. Located behind a double-glass wall, visitors can look in, see what's going on and, on occasion, listen to the broadcasts. The Alan Freed Radio Studio is made available at no charge to visiting broadcasters from around the world that want to come to the Rock Hall and broadcast live.
Not only do visiting stations benefit from the panache of originating a distinctive remote broadcast from the Rock Hall, they also feel as though they are a part of the exhibit, which adds value to their visit.
These are all benefits of the new studio's design, and the changes are evident from the smallest detail, starting with the furniture and layout of the room. Many stations will bring listeners or contest winners with them for a remote, and while there's no audience section in the studio, there are five guest positions opposite the console. The studio can comfortably hold 10 people.
The studio is set up for spoken word principally, however, with sufficient advance notice the studio can be configured to host live, small-scale musical performances.
That's quite different from the original studio, where if an artist wanted to bring instruments for a live set, it was often like a three-act play to mic the studio for the performance. The previously installed equipment was just not right for that task. In the new studio, everything is in place.
For example, the studio is now outfitted with more than one codec, including two Telos Systems Zephyr Xstream codecs and a Comrex Matrix codec. This provides the ability to go from point to multi-point, as well as to schedule shows back to back. When more than one station is visiting, one can connect through Zephyr #1 and another on Zephyr #2. At the top of the hour, the players switch places and go. In the old studio with just one codec, it was a challenge to change shifts. It's almost seamless now, with shifts changing in two minutes instead of 10.
The studio is outfitted with ISDN and POTS codecs, which provide greater flexibility for visiting stations. Because it is never known what kind of equipment will exist at the far end, the goal was to have enough interface equipment at the Rock Hall so stations won't need to bring any hardware with them. They can just plug in and sit down.
The improved codec capacity also facilitates interviews with musicians located off-site in their personal studios, or if artists want to use the studio for live interviews with stations around the country, to promote a new album or tour, for example.
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The approximate room size of 300-square-feet stayed the same during the redesign, and the only original products kept were turntables. Other than that, everything is brand new.
The key to any studio is building an environment that is conducive to creativity, comfort and workflow, and that starts with the furniture. Provided by Studio Technology, the furniture was custom-designed to suit the studio's more contemporary needs.
The furniture was elevated to stand-up height and the new furniture also has more rack space, allowing it to hold more equipment. The orientation of the furniture was also changed so the board operator does not have his back to the glass wall, ultimately contributing to a more user-friendly workflow.
At the center of the studio is a Logitek Audio Numix digital console, chosen for its ability to handle multiple types of signals. One challenging aspect of the redesign was that the new studio needed to be able to accommodate a wide variety of formats. If visiting stations were only going to talk, there wouldn't be a need for much of the equipment that is currently installed. But different stations come with different expectations and different needs, so the studio had to have a console that offered significant input and output versatility.
For example, every radio station has a need for a mix-minus feed, and this console allows operators to give stations what they want with the push of a couple of buttons.
Perhaps the real heart of the studio is the Enco Systems DADpro32 digital audio storage, editing and play-out system, which provides the Rock Hall staff and visiting stations with a simple and flexible platform, especially if the stations have a different type of storage system back at their home studios.
Connecting all this equipment together is a variety of cable from Gepco, which worked with Broadcasters General Store and Logitek to determine pin-outs and cable lengths to produce prewired cables. This created significant time saving for the project because the engineers were able to take the cables out of the boxes, attach them and within a matter of hours have the entire facility wired and running.
Gepco supplied 100-feet of cable, including the 5596M digital audio microphone cable; D61801EZ dual pair analog audio cable; GA61804GFC 4-pair, 22-gage, analog audio multi pair cable; and RGBSC260TS-5 conductor plenum coax.
Neutrik contributed a variety of cable connectors, phone plugs and receptacles, including its models NC3FP1B, NC3FXB, NC3MXB, NP2C and NP3C.
One of the objectives was that visiting stations or artists would never have to open a rack to accommodate a broadcast, because the studio would be populated with any type of equipment that could be needed.
The studio is in the process of creating an I/0 panel that will be installed near the console to accommodate any special needs, such as an MP3 player or keyboard. There is also a wireless microphone system and a microphone outside the studio's glass wall, so the on-air teams and spectators can talk back and forth. There's also Shure wireless equipment for the announcers so they can go outside the studio and walk around the museum, and they can use a wireless IFB to hear what's going on in the studio.
The new Alan Freed Radio Studio at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum provides a showcase facility for visiting stations that not only looks good, but provides exceptional flexibility for the needs of the various visiting stations.
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In my August Message I continued with my explanation of the various Standing Committees we have in the ITF and introduced to you the workings of the Development Committee.
In this November Message, I now have the pleasure of asking Master Paul McPhail to outline how his Committee operates; The Communication Committee. This is one of our most important committees in the ITF, as it helps keep the flow of information happening between the Board, our Instructors, and our members. This is mainly achieved through our website, and you will be interested to read the number of visitors we receive every day!
It has been a busy year for the ITF with much activity going on behind the scenes, and of course many International Instructors Courses (IIC) being conducted around the World. Next years calendar is already filling up, so National Associations are advised to get in very early with requests for IICs in the future.
On behalf of the Board I would like to thank all our members, and in particular our Instructors for their continued support and I look forward to seeing everyone in New Zealand for the World Championship in March 2011. Have a very Merry Christmas and stay safe.
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Special Report from: Communications Committee
The Communications Committee was re-appointed in Canada 2007. We have mainly been involved in providing opinions when called upon, in many cases by Grand Master Tran. We have been involved in various discussions and press releases on behalf of the ITF.
We were privileged to contribute an important role at the time of the tragic loss of Grand Master Tran earlier this year, notably arranging the press releases, website statements, and creating the memorial message site. These most difficult tasks were carried with the with the assistance of Dr Gauthier and Grand Master Bos, for which we expresses our sincere appreciation.
As Chairman, I also continued to monitor the ITF website. I also produced a document proposal for the development of the ITF website which was presented to the ITF Board for consideration in 2009.
The current website is maintained out of Poland by Mr Witold Brzozowski. Mr Brzozowski is 54 years old and has been a Taekwon-Do instructor since 1980. He has dedicated the last 15 years to support the Polish Association with their newspaper, and in 1995 began working on their national webpage. From 2004 he became the webmaster of the AETF site, then was appointed the ITF webmaster in 2005.
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DES MOINES. Attorney General Tom Miller said Iowa received another $338,000 in "oil-overcharge" funds on Friday - bringing the total to over $77 million paid to Iowa since the late-1980s. The funds come from multi-state settlement of cases alleging that oil companies overcharged customers during a time of Federal price controls on oil products from 1973 to 1981.
"This probably is our last significant payment in the oil overcharge case," Miller said. "It was a classic case of states banding together to accomplish what we couldn't do alone."
States have been able to use oil overcharge funds for efforts such as weatherization of state buildings, energy conservation efforts, and energy assistance to lower-income persons. In Iowa, oil overcharge moneys have been dedicated to the Energy Conservation Trust Fund. The payment of $337,928 was scheduled to be wired to the State Treasurer's Office Friday. Some oil companies settled only recently, and the court gave some companies several years to make their payments.
"The oil overcharge case was one of the first big cases states tackled together," Miller said. The case involved companies such as Exxon and Diamond Shamrock and many others charging more than allowed under federal price controls. "Many people thought the matter was too technical and complicated for states to handle, but we pooled resources and got it done," Miller said.
Iowa has led or participated in numerous multi-state cases. Miller noted that the oil overcharge case still totals the highest payments ever made to states in settlement of multi-state cases - but he said the multi-billion-dollar tobacco settlement will surpass the oil overcharge case on Dec. 31 when the tobacco industry makes its next scheduled payments.
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Casey McGehee was a hero. He came from the Cubs two years ago (where they didn't think he was worthy of being a backup on their team) and ended up playing better than their much higher paid third baseman while becoming a hero to Brewers fans everywhere. His story was a good one, the kind of story that can only happen in baseball, a story of a guy who scouts didn't think much of who suddenly started hitting better than he ever had before in his whole life. He became a star and Brewers fans fell in love with Casey McGehee much in the same way they are falling in love with Nyjer Morgan today. His jerseys were everywhere and he could do no wrong in the eyes of his fans. Casey McGehee wasn't a top draft pick or the son of a former major leaguer, he was a working class guy that looked like he'd fit in great in the parking lot. Casey and the Brewers were a perfect match and love blossomed.
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Courtesy Gray*StarA technician operates the controls of a Genesis irradiation machine, preparing to lower airtight stainless-steel boxes into the unit's underground pool where gamma rays provide phytosanitary treatment.Up and running in Hawaii
Produce growers and shippers in Hawaii have been using a Genesis II since the end of January, said Michael Kohn, president of Pa'ina Hawaii, which repacks, irradiates and ships produce from its Kunia, Oahu, location.
The location was the former home of a Del Monte pineapple operation and is about 20 miles from the Honolulu airport. Kohn said the site is irradiating about 50,000 pounds a week now. He anticipates that to triple that in the next month.
Commodities going through the Pa'ina Hawaii irradiation location include papayas, sweet potatoes and fresh herbs, Kohn said. He plans to seek certification to treat imports as well as produce leaving Hawaii.
"Unlike hot water treatment, with irradiation the (produce) is treated in its final shipping container so the shipper controls the quality that goes into their box," Kohn said.
The Genesis II irradiation units are specifically designed for foods, in contrast to other irradiation equipment that is designed for sterilizing medical equipment and treating plastics. Those multi-use units cost about $20 million while the Genesis II costs about $1.8 million plus about $2.2 million for the cobalt-60 and other costs, said Martin Stein, chief executive officer of Gray*Star.
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People walk into Inspiration Café looking for a way out. They've lost their job and don't have access to daily meals. They remember a time when life was better – when the future held a promise of better days and they believed in themselves.
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"The first time I walked into Inspiration Café, I remember having the sense of being at home in my grandmother's kitchen," recalls Shannon K. Stewart, executive director/CEO of Inspiration Corporation. "It was heartwarming to see volunteers cooking and serving meals and the food just smelled so great."
Founded by Lisa Nigro in 1989, Inspiration Café first began within a borrowed red wagon that carried coffee and sandwiches to the needy. Shortly after, the red wagon became a kitchen on wheels and eventually a bus that evolved into a travelling café. In 1998, Inspiration Café opened at 4554 North Broadway, which is also the site of Inspiration Corporation headquarters. In addition to offering meals, Inspiration Café also operates a food pantry open to Inspiration Corporation participants who are homeless, have no recent history of violence and must be willing to work toward self-sufficiency.
"Our mission statement has always included our goal to create an atmosphere of dignity and respect," explains Ms. Stewart. "These words came with Lisa [Nigro] and remain at the heart of everything we do. When people walk into Inspiration Café, they might be in crisis mode or living on the streets. They come into an environment where they can sit down at a table, order food off a menu and be served by a volunteer. It's a far different atmosphere than they might experience being in line at a soup kitchen."
Inspiration Café, which also opened another location in Garfield Park, is just one of the many services the Inspiration Corporation provides to over 3,000 individuals, including housing, vital employment preparation/training and meals from The Living Room Café on the South Side.
Inspiration Corporation Business Services Manager Angela Morrison, also a frequent volunteer, says, "There are days when I sit in my office and might not get to see the immediate impact of the work we're doing. Making a visit to Inspiration Café or The Living Room Café gives me the ability to experience firsthand how we're able to impact one's quality of life. There's nothing like giving a person a choice. Having a menu to pick from and giving them options in a comfortable setting is a wonderful experience for them."
"People often get confused at all we have to offer," observes Ms. Stewart. "We actually have two employment work force development programs that help operate our Inspiration Kitchens. These are food service training restaurants open to the public. The cafés are not open to the public, but are rather program sites in which we provide food and services to our homeless and low income participants."
The tables at Inspiration Café also offer a setting in which lively conversations can begin and inspiration can be shared. "It can become a very therapeutic environment, especially when participants who now have jobs and housing come back to volunteer and share their experiences with others," notes Ms. Stewart. "Believe me when I tell you that one can look at this café on any given day and wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a volunteer, staff person and participant. The truth is that we all have more in common than we do differences."
Ms. Stewart says she's thrilled with the direction in which Inspiration Corporation is heading. In fact, plans are currently in place for the non-profit to soon purchase an eight-unit apartment building to provide four units of affordable housing and four units of subsidized housing to large families in Washington Park.
"I'm lucky to have the job," concludes Ms. Stewart. "On a daily basis, I can see change happening. I've seen people come in here often starting with nothing other than a shirt on their back; they're now employed and housed and come back to the café to be a positive mentor for other folks just starting the process. It's amazing to see how resilient people are."
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"One of our top concerns was that Time Inc. quietly initiated an automatic renewal method without clearly notifying consumers that they had to cancel a subscription if they didn't want it renewed," Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said.
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