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ITA: In the Spotlight highlights two players from Emory University that have recently captured the NCAA Division III Singles Championship, it marks the third time in NCAA DIII history that the men's and women's individual champion has come from the same school. Lorne McManigle and Michael Goodwin are this week's outstanding players whom have taken time from their busy schedule to sit in on this week's ITA: In the Spotlight.
Lorne McManigle is a sophomore at Emory University and her hometown is Rockville, Maryland. She is ranked No. 1 in the Campbell/ITA National Women's Singles Rankings and No. 19 in women's doubles with partner, Zahra Dawson. McManigle recently captured the 2009 NCAA Division III Women's Singles Championship. She is an ITA All-American and won the ITA Fall South/Southeast Regional.
How has college tennis challenged you as a person?
College tennis has taught me to manage my time efficiently. There are so many different activities at school and only so much time to be involved in them. Between academics, the tennis team, and socializing I have found it necessary to prioritize activities that are most important to me.
When is your favorite season to play tennis? What makes it so much better than the others?
I love playing tennis during our main spring season. We play most of the top ranked schools, and ever match gives our team something new to work on in practice. I love the team competitions like the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the Fab 5 and the UAA Tournament. Every match brings our team closer together.
Do you have any big plans for this summer?
I am an English and Creative Writing major at Emory. This summer I am volunteering at a creative writing program for middle school children at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Hear. Ill also be playing tennis over the summer to get ready for the fall season.
What does the NCAA Division III Championship mean to you and your team?
For us, the National Championship is our time to show how we've come throughout the year. We work extremely hard during the fall and spring season to reach our potential as al team. Doing well in the team championship is the ultimate reward for all of our hard work.
Do you have any pre-match rituals or superstitions?
I don't have any pre-match rituals. But I do enjoy a big cup of chocolate ice cream after a victory!
What is the best thing about playing for your University's team (Emory)?
Playing for Emory is such a blessing. I could not have asked to be part of a better team. My teammates and coaches are amazing and the support everyone shows one another is phenomenal. Having the ability to represent your school is a great responsibility. My favorite part about playing on the Emory team is cheering each other on until the very end of every match.
Michael Goodwin is a senior at Emory University and his hometown is also Rockville, Maryland. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the Campbell/ITA National men's singles rankings and No. 1 in the men's doubles with his brother, Chris Goodwin. Goodwin recently captured the 2009 NCAA Division III Singles Championship. In his four-year career, he has earned nine ITA All-America honors.
How has college tennis challenged you as a person?
College tennis has forced me to become a more balanced and organized individual. Time management has never been one of my strong suits and college tennis has certainly necessitated that I budget my time wisely. Probably more importantly it has challenged my motivation and taught me to persevere to try and excel in my sport even when I may not be as focused or motivated as I need to be.
When is your favorite season to play tennis? What makes it so much better than the others?
Spring tennis, particularly over the past four years has been by far my favorite season to play. There is no individual competition that can compare to the level of excitement and satisfaction that I gained in competing for my team in dual matches which were all spring, every spring.
Do you have any big plans for this summer?
My plans for the summer are up in the air at this point. Hopefully I can keep playing some while looking for a "real job" in the meantime.
What does the NCAA Division III Championship mean to you and your team?
While winning the singles championship certainly means a great deal to me, the university,and I'm sure my teammates, the goal at the beginning of each season has always been to win the national team championship and winning that my freshman year and getting so close the next three years I think is really the best reflection of our team's accomplishment over the course of my career.
Do you have any pre-match rituals or superstitions?
As far as pre-match rituals go, I have never been one for superstitions. That being said, I always seem to do better when I do a little bit of visualization and positive imaging before a match, so maybe there is something to be said for that.
What is the best thing about playing for your University's team (Emory)?
The best thing about playing for Emory has to be the camaraderie between teammates and of course coaches as well that comes with competing for a national championship each season. That really is a unique bond through hard work that I'm sure will be difficult to replicate in any other venue.


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My in game name is Warlord200 and i am heavily interested in becoming a professional gamer. I am not the best of players, but i am a quick learner and over the past few weeks i have improved dramatically, bridging the gap that divides the 1200 players and the 1900s. While my highest elo is only 1647 i have proven myself capable of going toe to toe with players in the high 1900's or low 2000's. I play a large number of ap champions extremely well, including (but not limited to).. lux, mordekaiser, malzahar, vladimir, annie, master yi, LeBlanc, and katarina. I am 18 years old and can be available at almost any time. My current problem is tunnel vision, where occasionally i will focus on something too much and not notice something that would otherwise be obvious. I would not trust myself to call the shots for a team because if it's a bad call that would cause me to fall apart with guilt. However if the team i join has a designated shot caller that i can trust, i will follow any calls without hesitation(though i will still voice any disagreements in, especially when it comes to baron).
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Vancouver, British Columbia, may nab the spotlight for the upcoming 2010 Olympic Winter Games as its local resorts hustle to prep for the eyes of the world to be on them next winter. But it's also one metropolitan enclave that requires little in the way of drive time to reach the slopes. Several ski hills, in fact, sit right on the edge of the city.
You're literally just minutes from the slopes when you land at Vancouver International Airport 10 miles from downtown. The city rests at sea level with mountains abutting suburbia right in the path of north Pacific storms known for dropping voluminous snows.
Three resorts tuck into mountaintops within an arm's reach of downtown. You'll find Grouse, Cypress, and Seymour each a quick 15- to 30-minute drive away. You can button up business downtown and head to the slopes for night skiing all in the same day.
Catch the aerial tram just on the edge of the north suburbs to get up to the closest resort. Grouse Mountain's 1,197 vertical with six lifts sits above the city like an eagle's aerie. Daytime views stretch across the Straits of Georgia to the islands, and nighttime sprinkles twinkling city lights below your feet.
The upcoming Olympic Games brought renovations to Cypress Mountain. The resort is scheduled to be the Games snowboarding and freestyle venue, so visitors can test-drive the competition half pipe. Cypress also just completed a new 50,000-square-foot day lodge in the base area to complement the ski hill that straddles two mountains -- Mt. Strachan and Black Mountain -- with nine lifts on their flanks.
Mount Seymour plops its five lifts and two terrain parks on 200 acres in the North Shore Mountains of a rugged provincial park. It's a good place for gawking at views of the city and islands to the west, but small enough for a family-friendly atmosphere. The added attractions of tubing and toboggan areas lure the kids.
A two-hour drive puts you in reach of three more resorts, including one of the biggest in North America and the venue for the Olympic Games alpine skiing events. Most skiers and riders beeline north up the Sea-to-Sky Highway for Whistler Blackcomb, where two mountains combine slopes for 8,171 acres, one mile of vertical, 38 lifts, and 200 trails, including skiing on three glaciers.
The resort's new Peak 2 Peak gondola connects the two mountaintops for the first time this winter, saving skiers and riders a huge detour through the village to ski both mountains. You can also leave the driving to someone else by hopping the new train that runs between Vancouver and the resort.
Hemlock Valley Resort sits a bit inland to the east of Vancouver near Harrison Lake. Its four lifts and 1,300 feet vertical lob it into the family-friendly category. But Harrison Hot Springs sits only 35 minutes away from the resort, making the combo more of a romantic adventure by pairing up Hemlock's cold brisk skiing with hot mineral soaking.
Head south of the Canadian-U.S. boundary to reach Mt. Baker--a freerider haven that piles up more snow than any other Vancouver resort. The day-use only ski area sees over 54 feet of snowfall each year. Natural half pipes and gullies abound, and backcountry skiers find even more to lure them beyond the boundaries.
Extend the trip to three hours, and you have two more resorts. More adventurous travelers who want to link up a drive with a ferry ride across the straits should head to Mount Washington on Vancouver Island. The resort is designated as an Olympic training venue with almost half its slopes targeting experts. Renovations over the past decade included a six-pack lift, a quad, two lodges, and the addition of night skiing.
Drive east of Vancouver to ski Manning Park, where the inland mountains yield drier snows. The resort with 24 trails and four lifts attracts families for its smaller, more intimate setting and kid faves like its terrain park, snowplay area, and tubing.
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Remember the era of the great jingle? The catchy little advertising tune you couldn't resist singing along with when it came on the TV screen or the radio? They were an advertising mainstay between the '50s and the '90s. Not that they're officially dead and gone, but by comparison to those extremely memorable chords and words of yesterday, today's jingles seem non-existent and forgettable. Below are eleven clips of old commercials with some of my favorite jingles. I focused on the 80s, with the exception of Coca-Cola's famous early '90s jingle. Considered adding the Soul-Glo commercial from Coming to America, but figured that would be cheating…
Some Memorable Jingles of Yesteryear
Juicy Fruit. I can sing this song in its entirety. With an…appropriate…level of over-enthusiasm. Don't judge me.
Big Red. Gum was clearly an obsession in North America for a while…
Zest Soap. I always wanted that giant towel. As for the very scientifically sound soap-scum-on-the-shower-door experiment in every Zest commercial, can't say I ever conducted such trials in my own home…
Extra. See 'Big Red' description above.
Coast. Bar soap commercials had a way of working themselves into the mind. I often found myself smelling the bar and getting a stupid smile on my face, like all the showering folks in the Coast commercials. Again, don't judge me…
The Clapper. An a capella jingle, but a note-worthy jingle nonetheless. Who didn't know this one? I always lamented that I never had a clapper in my home, and today I often wish I had one when I feel too lazy to switch off a lamp.
Folgers. Those commercials made me want it, but Folgers wasn't allowed in my house. My father was a strict Café Bustelo man who only prepared the family's coffee in "the third-world coffee maker"– the nickname my sisters and I gave to our stovetop espresso maker– "third world coffee maker" being a misnomer, of course, because this type of coffee maker was invented in Italy…Still haven't experienced "the best part of waking up," but I remember the song.
GEO. G. E. O-whoa-whoa-whoa. My sisters and I used to sing that line. Over and over.
Frosted Flakes. "Show 'em you're a tiger, show 'em what you can do…" Frosted Flakes commercials had a common theme– most of them featured an underdog needing to unleash the tiger within. The jingle is short, but effective.
My Buddy/Kid Sister. A catchy little tune. The jingle was undoubtedly the bane of many a parent's existence, and the toy itself merely one more link in the long unbroken chain of children's imaginary friends.
Coca-Cola. I don't drink soda, but I've never forgotten this song. Obviously, Coke knew it had a winner with this tune and wanted its message engrained in people's minds–it's not often a product displays its jingle's lyrics, karaoke-style, in its commercials. In my humble opinion, they've never had a stronger ad campaign.
Ohh, alright. I couldn't resist. Here's a little "Soul-Glo," courtesy of Coming to America…
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We've featured quite a few dive watches here on Hodinkee. None of them have ever been worn by a Navy SEAL, at least that we're aware of. Consider the previous statement no longer true.
Today we are going to be talking about a classic, in fact we are reviving our "Understanding A Classic" themed posts after months of ignoring them (thanks for the kick in the pants, Mr. Lee Adams).
The Luminox Navy SEAL Dive Watch (reference 3001) is the watch you see the right. An earlier version of this watch was created in 1993 by the then only 4 year old Luminox company as a simple sport diving watch. It was the first watch to use a luminescent technology that required no "charging". What we mean by that is most watches, even the very brightest glowing, require exposure to light or an external power source to produce a glow in the dark. These new Luminox divers do not. This is accomplished via micro gas lights or borosilicate glass capsules, which are installed on the markers, hands and bezels.
Late in 1993, a US Navy Procurement officer caught wind of this new technology and asked Luminox to make them a watch. In 1994, a redesigned Luminox was shown to the SEALS and it was then to become part of their standard issue. What began with providing watches to SEAL Team Five turned into designing watches for a host of other tactical and law enforcement teams. Luminox watches have been spotted on the wrists of: U.S. Air Force pilots, FBI and ATF agents, Secret Service officers, Border Patrol units, Coast Guard officers, SWAT teams, as well as general law enforcement officers, helicopter search and rescue pilots.
They even recently cut a deal with Lockheed Martin to provide watches for the pilots of the F-117 Nighthawk, F-16 Fighting Falcon, SR-71 Blackbird and the new F-22 Raptor. While no governmental agency requires the use of any particular watch, we think it's pretty cool that all SEALS are given a Luminox 3001 (although we have heard stories of them personally choosing to wear Submariners, Suuntos, and G-Shocks), the fact remains this is what they are given to wear.
We in fact have been wearing a Luminox 3001 for the last week, and we really like it. It's good looking, light, and durable. We rarely REALLY like a quartz watch, but this one we really do. At a full retail price of only $275, the hand-applied propriety luminescent technology, AND the bad-ass history of the watch seem too good to be true. Luckily they're not, and this is one of the coolest watches you can buy for under $300 in our opinion.
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This Week in Photography: Heavy-Metal Kitties, Spying on the NSA, and Sochi From Space
- Saturday February 15, 2014
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New hospitals report card rates MAHC about average with similar small peers
MUSKOKA — Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare has received a Bronze Seal award through the Ontario Hospital Association's inaugural Green Hospital Scorecard.
The Green Hospital Scorecard is a benchmarking and recognition program that evaluates environmental performance in five areas— energy, waste, water, pollution prevention, and corporate leadership, planning and management.
It is a tool that helps hospitals to assess their environmental performance relative to peers and helps identify potential areas for improvements to environmental performance and operational efficiencies, says a hospital news release Monday.
"I am delighted the organization has been recognized with a Bronze seal," says Natalie Bubela, Chief Executive Officer at MAHC. "We are among 47 hospitals receiving that distinction, while only 24 hospitals earned silver.
"In the first year of the scorecard, no organization was successful in achieving gold status."
This is the first scorecard to be released by the OHA and is based on MAHC's 2012 data.
According to the scorecard, MAHC was most successful in waste management. Through a robust recycling program, they have successfully diverted 32% of our conventional, non-hazardous waste from the landfill.
The scorecard also points to areas for improvements, like our energy intensity, for example, which is higher than their peers.
"The scorecard is a testament to our efforts to improve our environmental performance and further validates our Energy Project and why we are retrofitting our facilities to reduce our carbon footprint," says Bubela. "The investments we are making through our Energy Project to install energy efficient lighting and improve each facility's automation and heating, ventilation and cooling, will position us for an even better scorecard next year."
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The toy where every young girl is an artist, engineer, architect and visionary! Read more
The toy where every young girl is an artist, engineer, architect and visionary!
About this project
The toy that makes every young girl an artist, an engineer, an architect, and a visionary!
We know that girls are great at solving, deducing, and experimenting.
- Only 15% of female first-year college students intend to major in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
- Less than 11% of engineers are women
- Toys for young girls are predominantly dolls and princesses
We think there is a connection.
We believe that early exposure to STEM through toys will inspire change.
Roominate is a different kind of toy. It is our first step in inspiring the next generation of female technology innovators.
Roominate is a stackable, attachable & customizable miniature room with working circuits that you build yourself.
Our Idea
We are three women who majored in engineering, math, and science. Throughout our education and at work, we were all far outnumbered by men. We realized that our own experiences in childhood were integral in attracting us to math and science as adults.
- Alice grew up playing in a robotics lab and her father gave her a saw when she asked for a Barbie.
- Bettina built hundreds of Lego creations with her older brother and hence gave no thought to any gender differences in toys growing up.
- Jennifer loved solving math riddles with her dad, and one of her earliest childhood memories is of her grandfather teaching her how to do long division in her head.
Based on the belief that childhood exposure can facilitate excitement, familiarity, and confidence between young girls and STEM, we came together to design Roominate.
Roominate is a kit of wooden building pieces and circuit components with which a child can use her creativity to design, build, wire, and decorate her own unique interactive room.
AND, the rooms are attachable and stackable, enabling girls to build and design expandable structures. The pieces are made to be simple and intuitive so as to allow a girl to explore and discover on her own.
Developing Roominate
Over the past few months, we've worked with over 200 girls in our target age range to reach our final prototype for Roominate. Young girls have experimented with our toys at local events and at the Children's Creativity Museum in San Francisco. They have tested our toys individually, in small groups and in large groups, both with and without adult guidance.
We've learned a lot about the way that girls play and have been performing rapid product iteration based on feedback and observation. We have seen that designing a compelling experience is important for getting them to try new things - like circuits! That experience includes both the physical pieces and the imagination girls use when deciding what to build and create.
Using only rudimentary prototypes, we have seen Roominate's pieces spark remarkable creativity and excitement in young girls.
- Provide a girl with a buzzer and a motor, and she's decided her room is a restaurant, with the motor serving as a fan to cool patrons and the buzzer being used by the chef when an order is ready.
- Provide a girl with a set of animal stickers, and her room becomes a pet shop, complete with dog beds and animal food bowls.
Constructing, creating, connecting, and designing integrate together to make Roominate a blast!
- Constructing the rooms and furniture gives girls control over the customization of their creation while exposing them to hands-on building and spatial skills.
- Connecting the circuits brings the rooms to life; a fan or a light can instantly make a room interactive. Most young girls have never made a circuit, but they love the intuitive experience our color-coded circuits provide.
- Designing the room ties the experience back to common play patterns that we know girls love!
Young girls have loved the product and are anxiously awaiting the opportunity to own their own kits.
Roominate Reel
We're more than just a toy company. We want to inspire your daughters to be the great artists, engineers, architects, and visionaries of their generation. We intend to give them every tool to reach that potential.
We have discovered that storytelling increases engagement. With Roominate Reel, a series of mini-movies, we will set the scene for Roominate.
- We will tell the story of Roominate -- to get girls excited about the world they are about to jump into.
- We will engage girls with lessons applicable to Roominate -- to enhance the educational value of the toy.
- We will provide prompts and challenges -- to keep girls coming back to Roominate. Our prompts will stimulate girls' problem solving and creativity skills, while also ensuring that Roominate stays compelling, entertaining, and illuminating.
Roominate Reel will help girls experience the joy of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!
Join Us!
We want to introduce Roominate to the rest of the world, but producing the kits by hand is unsustainable.
That's where you come in!
We need your support to help us scale up our production through large quantity orders on wood, electronics, and assembly costs. Also, since Roominate is designed to be played with by children under the age of 14, Kickstarter will enable us to fulfill the tests needed to certify compliance to toy safety standards.
What do the Rewards Include?
We are continuing to perfect Roominate. Thus, the Roominate you receive is going to be even more refined than the one seen in the pictures and video.
- One Roominate Kit includes: 2 wooden walls, 1 wooden floor, interchangeable wooden building pieces to construct at least 3 pieces of furniture, 1 complete circuit, and assorted decorations to get you started.
- A Deluxe Decoration Pack includes: tons of additional decorations so that you can adorn your creation over and over again!
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- Upon successful completion of our Kickstarter, we will be able to refine our prototype, test its safety and usability, and begin production within a few weeks.
- We will continue to do all of the designing, prototyping, and usability testing ourselves.
- Upon refinement of our prototype, our wood will be laser cut through contract shops in the Midwestern United States or in the Bay Area. The final contractor will be selected based on our ultimate production quantities. Shipping, treating, and cutting the wood will take approximately ten weeks (treating the wood ensures that it passes toy safety standards).
- Our electronic components are all off-the-shelf. All of the parts we will be using are UL certified, and we will also be conforming to additional toy safety standards. Our assembly specifications with contract manufacturers include in-house reliability and safety testing. The assembly will be done locally. Lead time, set-up, product testing, and assembly will take approximately eight weeks.
- Before we start producing, we will ensure that our scaled-up version of Roominate is as safe, engaging, and exciting as our prototype.
- Packing and shipping will be contracted locally. This process will take two weeks.
- The price includes the cost of our final prototyping, manufacturing, testing, assembly, packaging, and shipping (in the United States).
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For Stick Up for Roominate, Roominate Special Edition T-Shirt, and Make it Yours, add $5 for shipping to Canada/Mexico and $9 worldwide.
For all higher rewards (Double Roominate, Root for Roominate, Chateau de Roominate, etc.), add $23 for Canada/Mexico and $38 worldwide.
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University of Mississippi basketball coach Andy Kennedy has settled a defamation lawsuit with a cab driver and a valet.
Kennedy had filed a civil suit after he was arrested in Cincinnati in 2008 over an altercation with the cabbie. A valet witnessed the incident.
He denied punching the driver, but later pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.
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Kennedy has been coach at Ole Miss since March 2006.


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The Arbor Day Foundation with a mission "to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees" was founded in 1972 by John Rosenow. The foundation is supported by donations, selling trees and merchandise, and by corporate sponsors. The Arbor Day holiday was founded in 1872 in Nebraska City, Nebraska, by J. Sterling Morton.
The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation and education organization.[1]
In Nebraska City the Foundation manages Arbor Day Farm, a National Historic Landmark, the estate of Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton, as an educational visitor attraction; John Rosenow oversaw the construction of Lied Lodge and Conference Center, which is dedicated to meetings focusing on trees and conservation. Today the property is home to the Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure, featuring the Lied Greenhouse, Woodland Pavilion, Tree House Trail; its Nature's Classroom, Exploratory Trail, and the planned Exploratory building are being developed in collaboration with the Dimensions Educational Research Foundation.
The Tree City USA program, which is co-sponsored by the National Association of State Foresters and the USDA Forest Service, has grown to include 3080 towns, cities, and military bases in all 50 states.
The foundation encourages communities across the nation to become Tree City USAs by meeting four standards:
The Nature Explore program is a program designed to help educators, parents, and caregivers connect young children with nature. The program has grown steadily to provide activities and projects for preschool through third grade as well as give educators an opportunity to build and certify a Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom using safe, durable, natural components. Children experience enhanced learning and development as they are provided a daily connection with nature in Nature Explore Classrooms at early childhood education centers, elementary schools, and other public spaces across the country.
Tree Campus USA colleges and universities strive to engage their student body as well as their broader community to establish and sustain healthy community forests for the benefit of current and future residents.[2]


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So, can we get all the people who were claiming that this was some sort of smackdown against Steele to agree that it is now a Steele victory?
(Personally, I don't think it was either, but I'm interested in what the people who claimied to see some inside baseball on this thing.)
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Kailo Moore
didn't stay de-committed long. The ESPN 300 running back from Rosedale (Miss.) West Bolivar will announce his college decision Friday.
Kailo Moore rushed for more than 2,500 yards as a sophomore and 1,500 yards as a junior.
Moore, the No. 4 prospect in Mississippi, said he will hold a press conference to unveil his new commitment on Friday at 11 a.m. ET. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound prospect told ESPN he will chose between Vanderbilt, Alabama and Ole Miss.
Moore was committed to Mississippi State until last week when he suddenly changed his mind, partly because his primary recruiter, Melvin Smith, left State to join Auburn's staff.
Moore said shortly after his de-commitment that he still would consider the Bulldogs, but based on his trio of finalists that is no longer the case. Moore was scheduled to take an official visit to Mississippi State on Jan. 18. He said he likely won't make that trip.
Ole Miss makes the most sense of the final three. Moore showed strong interest in the in-state school. He is scheduled to take an official visit to Oxford on Jan. 25. Vanderbilt and Alabama only recently started to show interest, Moore told ESPN last week.
Moore is rated the No. 229 prospect in the nation and the No. 19 running back. He ran for 1,378 yards and 17 touchdowns last season.


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Name: Rita Smith
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Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN
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How did you get your start in racing? With my first speeding ticket way back in the 70's! The officer actually asked me if I thought I was Mario Andretti.
How long have you been working in racing? Working? I call this "FUN". Actually about three and a half years ago, I answered a blind ad for a contract paralegal position because it was one of my areas of expertise and also one that I love. It seems like it has been a lot longer due to fact that the people here have made me feel like I'm a member of the Andretti Autosport family from the first day I walked inside the building.
What is your favorite racing memories while working here? Winning the 2012 Championship is on the top on my list.
Who is one of your favorite racing figures? Duh!! Mario Andretti.
How is being a paralegal in racing different from outside of racing? I'd have to say it's probably all the cars in the garage area, the racing memorabilia and photographs in the office and the occasional driver that stops in and chats with me. It's definitely not your typical paralegal office environment.


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Real-Time Control of Magnetic Bearings Using RTLinux
One of the most demanding applications of real-time control is the active magnetic bearing (AMB). Suspending a shaft rotating faster than 10,000 RPMs in a magnetic field with a gap of .015 inches—roughly the size of a grain of table salt—requires precise, reliable control of the magnetic field. Magnetic suspensions inherently are unstable. Think of a trapeze artist balancing a long pole on her chin, and you can appreciate the difficulty that a control system encounters when stabilizing a magnetic bearing. Magnetic bearings provide several advantages, however, which justify their use. The major advantage is magnetic bearings eliminate physical contact between the shaft and the support, minimizing friction and eliminating the wear inherent to conventional roller bearings.
A recent application under development in Japan is an implantable heart pump. Because magnetic bearings require no maintenance, this is an ideal situation in which to use them. For the same reason, satellite wheels also are a logical application.
The experimental test rig, shown in Figure 1, consists of two eight-pole laminated stator assemblies, with individual windings on each of the poles. The bearing assembly includes inductive gap sensors at the centerline of each pair of diametrically opposed poles. These bearings support a two-foot-long shaft driven by a brushless DC motor. Figure 2 shows a schematic of a single axis. The controller uses the signal from the gap sensor to adjust the current from the power amplifiers driving the magnetic coils to keep the rotating shaft centered in the gap. The original controller was an analog circuit, which was replaced by the digital controller. The capability of running either the analog or digital controller is retained. The digital controller is implemented on an Intel Pentium III PC with a multichannel data acquisition board and a multichannel analog output board. The PC is configured as a dual-boot system, and the user selects plain Linux or RTLinux at startup.
A real-time OS must ensure that a specific task executes at a fixed rate, regardless of the many system-level demands that burden the OS. To meet this requirement, two organizations, FSMLabs and RTAI, have developed special-purpose kernels that run Linux as a low-priority task within a real-time OS. This substantially reduces the timing from the hundreds of milliseconds on desktop systems to the microsecond range. It also allows the user to control precisely the timing of critical control processes.
For this magnetic bearing project, I selected the free RTLinux implementation from FSMLabs. RTLinux, developed by Michael Barabanov and Victor Yodaiken in 1996, currently is marketed by FSMLabs, a private company located in New Mexico. FSMLabs provides two versions of RTLinux, including RTLinux/Free, which I used for this project. FSMLabs holds a software patent on RTLinux, but the patent's license allows it to be used in projects licensed under the GNU GPL.
Conceptually, RTLinux splits the OS into user space and a real-time kernel. You may think of these as two separate cities, walled off from each other and able to communicate only by guarded pathways, such as real-time, first-in-first-out devices (RT-FIFOs). User space is the familiar Linux system with all its friendly utilities, such as the vi editor, the GCC compiler and the shutdown command. The real-time kernel is the Spartan environment that relentlessly executes the real-time task regardless of the activities in user space.
Real-time programs are coded as kernel modules and do not use the main{} program construct of user-space C programs. The module requires two functions: init_module, which is called when starting, and cleanup_module, which is called when turning off the real-time module. The init_module creates the entry point for the real-time module and allocates the RT-FIFOs used to communicate with user space. To start the real-time module, use the insmod command. Once the real-time module starts, it can be stopped only by issuing the rmmod command or by pulling the plug on the processor. As a new user of RTLinux, I was quite unnerved to discover that despite issuing the shutdown command, the controller continued to run.
As Linux continues to play an ever increasing role in corporate data centers and institutions, ensuring the integrity and protection of these systems must be a priority. With 60% of the world's websites and an increasing share of organization's mission-critical workloads running on Linux, failing to stop malware and other advanced threats on Linux can increasingly impact an organization's reputation and bottom line.
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- 2 green oions
- 5 russet potatos
- 1.5 cup(s) chicken broth
- 4 slice(s) galic sourdough , or any faverit bread
- 1.25 cup(s) half and half , or heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1 teaspoon(s) pepper
- 2 galic cloves
- 2 tablespoon(s) sweet butter
- 1 cup(s) chedder cheese
- 1/2 cup(s) asiago cheese
- bake potato in over at 400 degrees for 30-45 min or untill able to prick with a fork and feel no resestance. also add bread to over on 12' cookie sheet and let tost for 3-5min or at desired darkness. let both cool for 10min
- add 1tbs of butter to preheated large pot. dice and add garlic and green onion, let sute for 2 min.
- peel potato and cut up potato's into about 6 pices (small enough to smash) then add to pot. then add broth and half and half. add cheese salt and pepper
- next using a potato masher combine all ingredients. if youl like super smooth can sift soup or use hand electric mixer. left simmer for 3-5min and enjoy
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I'm delighted to report that I'm negotiating with interested parties a way forward for the Cheshire Jets such that they will soon be back on court…….. I will be licencing the use of the Cheshire Jets name and associated intellectual proerty rights, and will go public in more detail once we have completed the legal niceties. We are planning for an exciting future, excellent family entertainment, and one that is financially sustainable and secure. I'll keep you posted, Haydn Cook
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that the Cheshire Jets can officially announce that they will no longer in the British Basketball League for the 2012/2013 season.
With just 3 weeks before the season started, Jets and BBL fans were shocked and pleased to hear that the club had been taken over and were in fact still part of the league.
The Jets started off this season with a tough undertaking, getting a team on the court, and to get financial backing from businesses and other means. This proved to be a huge task, and with the economic climate still unstable and with limited resources, has lead to the decision to close down the Cheshire Jets for this year.
There has been much deliberation about ways in which the club can go forward and finish the 2012/2013 season, but no viable option has come into the picture, and therefore has forced owner Haydn Cook into this decision.
"I know what the tradition of the Jets means to our volunteers and sponsors, and it is with a heavy heart that I have to put things on hold for the 2012/2013 season."
The Cheshire Jets are a well known name in the BBL, and have a strong junior following, and the Jets are intending to keep involvement with the local community. The Cheshire Jets Foundation will continue to function within Cheshire, as we feel it is vital for development of basketball, and will be putting on various events across the county to encourage participation and help contribute to the Olympic Legacy for Great Britain.
The Jets have run an extremely successful Summer Basketball Camp for many years, and we would like to assure fans and participants, that as of this time the Cheshire Jets Summer Camp 2013 will go ahead.
The Jets are going to put everything into building up a team for the BBL 2013/2014 season and hope to bring back professional basketball to Cheshire.
We desperately hope that the fans, volunteers and people who have been involved with the Jets over the years will continue watch for further news of the return of the Cheshire Jets.
The Cheshire Jets are pleased to announce a new signing in the shape of 6ft 4 Shooting Guard Chris Pearce. Welsh International Pearce led Wales in scoring and rebounding in the FIBA Championship for small countries during the summer, and the Jets are very pleased to have Chris in the Squad.
Chris spent 2 years in Durham at the Wildcats, on a 2 year scholarship in partnership with the University.
The 23 year old spent the first the first 2 months of this season in Germany, playing in the Regionalliga league, but a combination of circumstances lead Chris to make the decision to come back to England and join the Cheshire Jets.
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"It is great to finally be settled in a really good programme, back in the North West too! The Jets have the potential to be very competitive this year, and we are improving everyday"
"It's a great city, the fans are fantastic and on court everything is in place for a successful season"
Chez Marks also added;
"Chris is a great addition to the team. He also has BBL experience, as well as playing in Germany. He is going to play an important role on this team and that is going to help us, so I just want to thank Chris for adding strength to the team.."
Chris who made his first trip down to Plymouth with the team on Friday will make his home game début on Sunday against the London Lions.
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The Jets took on the Plymouth Raiders on Friday, in what was on paper looking to be a very tough game. After the events of the week, everyone at the Jets was looking to stand in Coach, and Captain Chez Marks to lead the team against the strong Plymouth side.
In the first quarter the Jets took a while to pick up momentum, and were trailing 15-6, however they managed to build on this, and ended up just 6 points behind the Raiders at 26-20, at the end of the first quarter.
Raiders came out strong in the second quarter, but the Jets managed to hold and with a steal from Alif Bland and with some great teamwork, Marks and Myers managed to keep the Jets in arms length of the Raiders.
After a fantastic run in the second quarter, the Jets managed to keep the deficit at a mere 4 points, and with some tough defence from the Jets, the crowd were willing them onto take the lead. End of the second the score was 46- 42 to the Raiders.
After a brilliant motivational half time team talk by Matt Lloyd, via the technology of Skype, the team came out after the break looking fresh and inspired. The Plymouth fans were silenced by the shock performance from the Jets, and went into the third quarter with their heads held high.
Unfortunately Plymouth ex Jets stars, Matt Schneck and Colin O'reilly stepped up their game and with some good shooting and re-bounding took the lead further to 76-66 at the end of the third quarter.
The Jets however finished strong and kept the Raiders to a 16 point lead. Plymouth have had strong statistics over their first few weeks of the season, but the Jets managed to do what other teams have struggled with in keeping the Raiders to their lowest score yet. Team Statistics, Chez Marks 25 Shawn Myers 18, Gabe Haskins 15, Kenny Moore 9 and Alif Bland had a great game with a double double of 13 points and 10 rebounds.
WITH the announcement that James Hamilton has stepped down as coach, it has been a turbulent few days at the Jets.
However the club are delighted to confirm that Captain Chez Marks will be stepping into the role as stand in coach. Chez came back to the club this season after taking a year out to spend time with his family. Marks has made a big impression within the BBL and the Jets are pleased to have him back and hope that he will have success within this stand in role.
Chez will be looking for support within the team, and with experience on his side, senior team mate Shawn Myers will also play a vital role in leading the team in the coming games.
Assistant coach Matthew Lloyd will continue his role within the team, but will step up his responsibility, alongside Chez and Shawn he will play a crucial role in preparing the team for their games, and ensure that they are fully prepared to go out and win.
The club has huge respect for Coach Lloyd for taking on the challenge. It was a unanimous decision by both management and the team to ask Matt to work alongside Marks and Myers in a more senior role during training, and we have every confidence that the trio will bring home success to the Northgate.
Chez said when asked by the club about this new role;
"We have got some big shoes to fill, but with all three of us, I feel that we can come close to filling those shoes. With youth and experience I think we can take on this challenge together"
"It isn't going to happen overnight, but we all have the determination and the fight to do the best that we can and try to have a successful year"
We are calling on the fans and supporters of the Cheshire Jets to show their support for the new team and we look forward to seeing you all at the Northgate for our next home game against the London Lions on Sunday 28th October.
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Cheshire Jets made an emphatic return to the Northgate Arena with a 24 point victory over local rivals, Mersey Tigers, 88-64.


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Matthew 25:46 - "Aionian" or
by Ken Eckerty
Most Christians who believe in the doctrine of never-ending punishments base
this on several passages in the New Testament that seem to speak of punishment
in terms of "eternity." Some of these
passages include 2 Thes. 1:9, Rev. 14:11, and Rev. 20:10-15. However, the conclusion that God will torment
most men forever is primarily based on a faulty understanding of the meaning of
the Greek words "aion" and "aionios."
Unfortunately, most of our English Bibles do not accurately translate
these words, and as a result, the doctrine of "eternal" hell continues to
thrive in the midst of the organized church.
Let's take a look at both of these words and see how most Christians
have misapplied them.
Greek noun "aion" literally means "an age" or "an indeterminate period of
time." Hebrews 1:2 tells us that "God
made the ages," and the Apostle Paul tells us that there was a state of
existence BEFORE the ages (1 Cor. 2:7) and that the ages will END. (1 Cor.
10:11) Clearly, if something begins
and ends, it cannot be unending.
Concordance gives this definition for the word "aion:"
1) for ever, an
unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity
2) the worlds, universe 3) period
of time, age.
to Strong, this little four-letter Greek word can mean both "eternity" and "a
period of time." Huh? How can something mean both a period of time
which clearly has a beginning and ending AND a state of existence that has
neither beginning nor end? The simple
answer is it can't! The Greek language
is not like English. It is much more
precise which is why I'm sure God chose this as the language of the New
Testament. While some English words can
carry two different meanings totally separate from context, the Greek language
is not so. While there can be different
usages for a Greek word based on context, there is no one Greek word, that I am
aware of, that can have two totally opposite meanings.
Let's look at one of the verses that is commonly used to prove the doctrine of never-ending punishment.
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day nor
night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of
his name. (Rev. 14:11)
The Greek word translated "forever and ever" is the word "aion" (used twice). There are three problems with the way the King James translates this verse.
First, if something is "for ever," why bother adding another "ever?" Are we to think that there is more than one "for ever" or that we have to have an extra "ever" added so we get the point?
Secondly, both uses of the word "aion" are in the plural form. The problem with this should be obvious to anyone who is honest. Are we to somehow think that there is more than one (plural) eternity? No theologian teaches that and yet there is no doubt that the plural form of "aion" is used in this verse. If the King James translators looked at the tense a bit more carefully, they would have written the above phrase to read "for evers and evers." This, of course, makes absolutely no sense. However, if we properly interpret "aion" to mean "an indeterminate period of time," then the verse makes perfect sense. Here is how it should be translated:
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up unto ages of ages; and they have no rest day
nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the
mark of his name. (Rev. 14:11)
interpretation helps us understand that "an age" can be a very long time – the
length of which is known only to God.
However, "a very long time" is NOT "forever and ever."
it's very interesting to note that those who are tormented will have no rest
DAY or NIGHT. If this is an eternal
state of punishment, why are the terms "day" and "night" used? Day and night were created by God as recorded
in the Genesis account. (Eternity is not
created – it has always existed). These
are terms that designate time, not eternity, and since eternity contains no
"day" or "night," I think it is clear that the word "aion" in Rev. 14:11 cannot
mean eternal. The punishment (torment)
will continue as long as it takes for God to accomplish His purpose—no more, no
less. It does not go on "forever and
ever" as boasted by theologians, but it lasts only for the ages.
adjective "aionios" comes from the noun "aion" and means "age-abiding" or
"age-lasting." It is a common rule of
language that an adjective can have no more force than the noun from which it
is derived. For example, if I say that
my grandfather is my elder, I mean to say that he is older than myself,
and therefore, is to be respected. However, if I change this noun to its
adjective form, this, in no way, changes the meaning of the word. By using the word elderly, I am still
saying that my grandfather is old. It's
the same meaning—all that has changed is the form. The same is true with "aionios." If "aion" (the noun) means "an indeterminate
period of time" then it goes to follow that "aionios" (the adjective) will also
have the same basic meaning.
This adjective is never found until the
writings of Plato (427 BC - 347 BC) who only used the word five times, and while he did use
this word in the context of eternity, he never used it by itself to mean
such. Why? Because the word, in and of itself does not
mean "eternity." Whenever he wanted to
convey the idea of eternity, he always combined a stronger forced word with it
(such as "aidios"), but not once did he ever use "aionios" by itself to mean
"endless." However, both Plato and
Aristotle did use the word "aionios" by itself to mean temporary. Here is an excerpt by J. W. Hanson from his
book Bible Threatenings Explained:
Plato, referrring to certain souls in
Hades, describes them as being in "aionian" intoxication. But that he does not use the word in the
sense of endless is evident from the Phaedon, where he says, "It is a
very ancient opinion that souls quitting the world, repair to the infernal
reigions, and return after that, to live in this world." After the "aionian" intoxication is over,
they return to earth, which demonstrates that the word was not used by him as
meaning endless.
Aristotle uses the
word in the same sense. He says of the
earth, "All these things seem to be done for her good, in order to maintain
safety during her aionos," duration, or life.
And still more to the purpose is this quotation concerning God's
existence: "Life and 'an aion continuous and eternal, zoe kai aion sunekes
kai aidios.'" Here the word aidios,
(eternal) is employed to qualify aion and impart to it what it had not of
itself, the sense of eternal.
we can see from classic Greek usage that the word "aionios" meant a temporal
period of time and was not used to convey the idea of eternity. But does the Bible use the same grammatical
rules as the ancient Greeks did? Titus
1:2 is a good place to answer that. It
is also a good example of how much difficulty the King James translators had in
translating this word.
is the verse as found in our King James Bibles:
In hope of eternal (aionios) life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world (aionios) began;
The words "eternal" and "world" are both the exact same Greek
word—"aionios." So the natural question is why didn't the King James
translators translate it the same in both cases? Simply because it
wouldn't make any sense! Let's try it.
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before
the eternity began.
What does "before the eternity" mean?
We know now, just what the translators knew back then, that is,
that there is no such thing as "before eternity," so in order to make the verse
work, they had to change the meaning of the word to mean something that was
temporal, and in this case they used the word "world." There is a word in the Greek language for
"world" and it is the noun "kosmos," but that is not the word that Paul (under
the inspiration of God's Spirit) chose to use.
Clearly, we cannot translate the second "aionios" to mean "eternal"
because to do so, we would have to admit that there was something BEFORE the
eternity. So in this one little verse,
we have clearly shown that you cannot always translate "aionios" to mean "eternal,"
and this being the case, what does this do to the idea of "eternal (aionios)
We have dealt a crushing blow to the idea that "aionios" must always be
translated "eternal," and in doing so, we have opened the door to the
possibility that God's punishment does not continue endlessly, but lasts only
for the ages. In this short essay, we
will not discuss the specific passages that address God's universal salvation,
but are simply showing the possibility that God's punishment does not last
forever as most Christians teach. (See the article titled, "The Work of the
NOTE: There are two other instances in the New
Testament where the King James version translates "aionios" to mean world. (
The Argument
Neither the noun ("aion") nor the adjective
("aionios") etymologically mean "eternal" and yet theologians and translators
have improperly defined both of these words to support the idea that God will
punish men "forever and ever." To prove
this, proponents of "eternal" punishment will find try to find examples in the
New Testament where "aionios" is used with either God or the life He gives
through Jesus Christ. They tell us that
if "aionios" is used to speak of God (who is obviously eternal), then this
proves that "aionios" should also mean eternal when used in conjunction with
punishment. The "golden" text that
Christians use to prove that "aionios" must mean "eternal" is found in Matt.
these shall go away into everlasting ("aionios") punishment: but the righteous
into life ("aionios") eternal. (KJV)
Their argument goes something
like this:
If the punishment for the wicked is temporary ("aionian"), then the life for
the righteous must also be temporary ("aionian"). In other words, you are saying that God (and
the life He imparts) is not eternal but will only last for the ages; and when
the ages are complete, then God (and His life) ceases to be.
Or to quote a staunch proponent
of the doctrine of never-ending punishment, Eric Landstrom,
The exact same word "aionion" is used to describe the duration
of punishment as well as of the life of the righteous—those who are saved. The same word describes both conditions. If it means one thing in the first part of
this sentence, then it means the same thing in the second part since they are
both in the same context and both are describing time—duration of the states of
the unsaved and the saved. If the
punishment is eternal, then so is the life.
Likewise, if, as the universalist says, the punishment is not eternal,
then neither is the life. You can't pick
and choose how the word is applied in this verse to suit your own theology.
For those who use this argument, it may seem like they make a valid point. Are we really picking and choosing as accused by Mr. Landstrom? The truth of the matter is that Mr. Landstrom fails to consider two very important scriptural points: one, he does not differentiate between the two states (time and eternity) in which God can and does operate in, and two, he does not distinguish the difference between the nature of God and the nature of man.
As we answer the cynics charge, keep in mind that we have already clearly shown in the New Testament where "aionios" absolutely cannot mean "eternal."
The Answer
As already
stated, the meaning of the word "aionios" is "age-lasting," not "eternal."
these shall go away into age-abiding correction: but the righteous into
age-abiding life.
To address Mr. Landstrom's accusation
that we are somehow limiting the life of God by our translation of the word
"aionios," we most confidently declare that God's life never had a beginning,
nor will have an end. This life can be
found nowhere except in God. This life
fills both time and eternity. It existed before the ages (1 Cor. 2:7),
and it will continue after the ages (1 Cor. 15:28 ). God is eternal (Rom.
1:20--Gk. word "aidios"), indissoluble (Heb. 7:16), and immortal (1 Tim. 6:16),
and therefore, His life is also eternal, indissoluble, and immortal.
Man, on the other hand, is both temporal and mortal. He is not born with
this God-life. The Bible says, "Only God hath immortality." (1 Tim.
6:16) Man exists wholly in the realm of time (ages). He has never
known anything but the realm of time. He lives and he dies. He is
born and goes back to the dust whence he came. So when God imparts His
life, it is imparted to mortal man who is "aionian." In other words, man has
been given life which pertains to the ages.
This does not mean that the essence of God's life is somehow temporary
(or that God is temporary), it simply means that the life of God is imparted to
man who is bound to the ages and who is NOT immortal. The ancient
Egyptian and Greek teaching that says that man has an immortal soul (now
embraced by the Church) is not scriptural. The only reason man has any
life at all is because God (who is life) chooses to impart it to His creatures.
When the Bible speaks of the "aionian God" (1 Tim. 1:17), it does not mean that
God is less than eternal. It simply means that He manifests Himself
within the framework of time. That which is seen is temporal; that which
is unseen is eternal. When the Bible says that God is "aionian," it means
He is "aionian" in the sense that He can move and manifest Himself in the realm
of sight. When the Bible speaks of the
"eternal" God (Rom. 1:20), this means that God transcends all time, and He
manifests Himself in that which is unseen. God is the only One who can
exist in both the state of time and timelessness. Jesus, after His
resurrection, possessed the fullness of God's life allowing Him to manifest
Himself in both the "aionian" realm (when He showed Himself to the disciples)
and the "eternal" realm (being with the Father).
"Aionian" life is that life
which is applicable to the ages (time). "Immortality" is that life which
is applicable to the state of timelessness. Both emanate from God who is indissoluble,
unchangeable, immortal, and the One who NEVER dies. Again, it is not
"aionian" in that its quality is somehow temporary, but in that it is given to
man who is temporary. Since I am limited in my flesh, I cannot experience
anything other than "aionian" life. I cannot move through walls and appear
and disappear as Christ did. When I lay down this mortality, and put on
immortality, then I will be able to minister both to God (eternal) and to my
brethren who are still limited by temporal time (aionian).
No one who believes in universal reconciliation teaches that God is
temporary. This is a twisting of our words that those who oppose the
truth of universal reconciliation use to try and discredit the glorious
gospel. While we in no way deny God's "eternal" nature, we do believe
that the nature of man is temporary. If God doesn't give His life to us,
then we would all perish forever going back to the "dust from whence we came."
As to man's reward and punishment, man is both rewarded and punished according
to the life lived IN THE AGES. If he has done well (while living in the realm
of time), he will receive the life of God, which manifests itself in the
ages. If he has done badly (while living in the realm of time), he will
receive punishment which will manifest itself in the ages. And when the
time of the end shall come and God has become "all in all" (1 Cor. 15:28), all
rewards and punishments, which are only applicable during the ages, will cease.
To teach that God will punish eternally (that is, outside of time) for deeds
committed in a temporal body in temporal time is doing injustice to the Word of
God and frankly, is not using a "pattern of sound words." It is not JUST
(fair) to put man (who did not ask to be born) into a world totally blind to
his own sin, with a tempter who seeks to deceive him, who inherits a body of
death which constantly opposes God's law, with many voices in the world saying
"this is truth" or "that is truth," with divisions and strife among the very
people (the Church) who are supposed to have the truth, and then give this man
maybe twenty, fifty, or seventy years, and burn him in hell for all eternity if
he doesn't make the right "choice." People who believe this, and
unfortunately it is most Christians, frankly do not understand the depravity of
their own sin. They have forgotten that it was GOD WHO SAVED THEM, and
they did nothing but simply respond to God's "dragging" them to Himself.
If God had not opened their eyes, they would still be in darkness.
While "aionios" does not (in and of itself) mean "eternal," the Greek word
"aidios," as used in Romans 1:20, comes about as close to the definition of
"eternity" as any Greek word can. While God is spoken of in terms that
describe His eternal state (eternal, indissoluble, and immortal), these words
are NEVER used in the scriptures when speaking of man's future
punishment. If God wanted to teach the idea of never-ending punishments,
He certainly would have chosen a word with much more force than
Lastly, it will also help us if we understand that God's purposes are not
completed in this current age, but worked out in successive ages. (Eph.
2:7) The message of God's saving work through Christ is glorious, and it
is not limited to this lifetime as the orthodox church would have us believe.
It is not in God's plan "to save as many as He can before this life ends" only
to throw the rest of His precious creation in the dumper for all
eternity. Jesus did not pray for the world, but for those whom the Father
gave Him (the disciples). (John 17) Those who are Calvinists will twist
this prayer of Jesus to say that God only has intentions to save the
elect, while the rest are reserved for never-ending punishment, but they make
the same critical mistake that most of Christendom does in that they do not see
that God's purposes for mankind do not end with this life. Everything
will be accomplished in GOD'S TIME, not ours. God's purpose in this age is to bring a people to Himself
(elect) in order to reach the non-elect in the ages to come. He is
calling US in order to show forth His kindness to OTHERS in the ages to come. Once you see this truth, you will then understand
why most people will never come to Christ in this age. This does not mean
God has forsaken the many and given them up to suffer never-ending
punishments. The mercy, love, and compassion of our God will never fail
and the Good Shepherd will keep on seeking and saving until each and every last
sheep (good and bad) is brought into the fold.
As in Adam all
die, so in Christ all will be made alive.


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"There Are Too Many Italians In Italy"
About this Item
Irish writer Séan O Faoláin comments about life in Naples, and rural Italy.
- Title The Italians: A Personal View by Seán Ó Faoláin
- 1st Broadcast 22/11/1972
- ContributorSéan O Faoláin (Narrator)
- Clip Duration 00:06:13
- Material Type Video
- Series title Neighbours
- Clip title "There Are Too Many Italians In Italy"
- Extended description
O'Faoláin describes Naples as a place off the beaten track, often unseen by the tourists of Venice and Rome.
In this clip O'Faoláin describes the agrarian nature of life in Naples. The traditional attitude to women here places an expectation on them to produce sons to work the land. O'Faoláin makes analogies between the Neapolitan agrarian lifestyle and that in Ireland 150 years previously. The traditions perpetuate themselves within the community at a local level. The way of life presented here is a side of Italy often ignored or overlooked by the travelling tourist.
- Information
'Neighbours' was a six part series in which a selection of Irish writers presented their individual views of European countries.
The writers and the countries were, Sean Ó Faoláin on Italy and England, Jack White on Norway, John Montague on France, Francis Stuart on Germany, and Patrick Gallagher on Belgium.
Neighbours was first broadcast in 1972 and was later remastered and broadcast again in 2005.
- Local keywords Italy, Naples, Poverty, Mafia, Gradini Pallonetto S.Lucia, Sean O Faolain, Séan O Faoláin, Agriculture, Communist Party, Being European, European, Nationality, Citizenship, Europe
- Geographical coverage Italy
- Topic Society and Social Issues
- Publisher Broadcaster RTÉ
- First broadcast channel RTÉ
- Production year 1972
- Country of production IRELAND
- Original identifier P463/00072
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- Item type part/extract
- Item colour Colour
- Item sound Mono
- Aspect ratio 4:3
- Language used English (eng)
- Original language English (eng)
Dubliner's Reactions to Joining the EEC
Broadcast - 12/05/1972
Clip Length - 00:01:25 -
"There Are Too Many Italians In Italy"
Broadcast - 22/11/1972
Clip Length - 00:06:13 -
"The Belgians That Is Another Story"
Broadcast - 29/11/1972
Clip Length - 00:06:47 -
Paris - A Vision of Paradise
Broadcast - 06/12/1972
Clip Length - 00:07:22 -
A Journey Across Europe to Rome
Broadcast - 27/09/1973
Clip Length - 00:11:47 -
Food and Song Shared in Brittany
Broadcast - 26/12/1986
Clip Length - 00:06:33


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