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Real Estate Transfers-10-6-13
More than $1 million to $400,001
Quarters LLC to Evergreen at The Bluffs LLC, in Quarters at East Beaver Creek subdivision, $16,777,645.
Beaver Creek Land Co. LLC to Evergreen at The Bluffs Phase Two LLC, on East Beaver Creek Drive, $525,000.
Greg Jones and Kelly Jones to Jason Oberhaus and Jennifer Oberhaus, in Fox Creek subdivision, $465,000.
Cheryl H. Kimmons to William Broome III, Amy Broome and Sandra Kehne, on Williams Road, $450,000.
Doyle Arwood and Irene Arwood to Kenneth Wayda and Jennifer Saunders-Wayda, in Farragut Farms subdivision, Phase 1, $450,000.
James Smith and Jane Smith to National Residential Nominee Services Inc., in Brixworth subdivision, $447,500.
National Residential Nominee Services Inc. to Benjamin Sealey and Nicole Sealey, in Brixworth subdivision, $445,000.
Phillip McDowell Jr., and Andrea McDowell to Rachel Bowman and Hugh Austin, in Woodland Springs subdivision, $414,995.
Bruce Taylor and Leslie Taylor to Adam Haden and Leslie Haden, in White Oak subdivision, $412,880.
$400,000 to $300,001
Jennifer Anderson and Randall Anderson to Michael Collins, in Laurens Glen subdivision, $395,000.
Albert Haynesworth III to Chris Bombardo and Elizabeth Bombardo, in Wexford at Lake Loudon subdivision, $380,000.
John Wardell, trustee, Gale Johnson, trustee, Joe Wardell, trustee, and Mildred B. Wardell Family Trust to Ryan Gerken and Theresa Gerken, in Franklin Hills subdivision, $375,000.
Gardner Family Homes LLC to James Johnston and Catherine Johnston, in Fox Creek subdivision, $374,500.
Saddlebrook Properties LLC to Stephanie Loveless, in Sheffield subdivision, $355,543.
A. Curry, Janet Wedekind and Janet Curry to Thomas Tedford and Cheryl Tedford, in Glen Cove subdivision, $349,000.
Russ Reynolds and Barbara Bolin to John Gager and Elizabeth Gager, in Melton Hills subdivision, $345,000.
Bryan Testerman Contractor LLC to Jonathan Self and Ashley Self, in Whispering Woods subdivision, Phase 1, $339,900.
HMH Development Inc. to James Sutton and Laurie Sutton, in Harrison Springs subdivision, $317,330.
Kevin Feese and Rebecca Feese to Glen Mize and Peggy Mize, in Rockwell Farm subdivision, $309,000.
Kimberly Friar to Brian Bailey and Christy Bailey, in Potomac Place subdivision, $307,000.
Ball Homes LLC to Richard Yakubic and Karen Yakubic, in Falcon Pointe subdivision, $301,673.
$200,000 to $100,001
Purshotam Juriasingani and Jyoti Juriasingani to Meghna Mistry and Anup Mistry, in Village at Roefield subdivision, $290,000.
Erec Koch and Joaniko Kohchi to Thorsten Huth and Lisa King, in Kingston Park subdivision, $285,000.
Bank of New York Mellon, Bank of New York and CWMBS Inc. to Kim Janoyan, in Lennon subdivision, $283,000.
Luis Carvajal and Aurora Carvajal to Brian Ward and Pamela Ward, in Campbell Creek subdivision, $275,000.
Rebecca Vidal and Eric Vidal to Morgan Minnich and Andrew Minnich, in Oak Forest subdivision, $275,000.
James Sparks and Christy Sparks to John Klear and Terri Klear, in Cedar Crossing subdivision, $269,190.
Bernard Kelly and Ruby Kelly to David Brust and Jonathan Brust, on Raccoon Valley Drive, $263,000.
Ball Homes LLC to Sally Childress, in Greenbrook subdivision, $260,642.
Kelli Jedicka, Michael Jedlicka and Susan Jedlicka to Matt Beattie and Carolyn Beattie, in Conner Creek subdivision, Phase 3, $249,000.
Beth Parsons to Angela Liske, in Hickory Woods subdivision, $240,000.
Robert Seaman to John Parsons and Rachael Parsons, in Fox Fire subdivision, $237,000.
Ball Homes LLC to Michael Fox and Bonnie Fox, in Greenbrook subdivision, $236,215.
David Hurst and Gay Hurst to Mehrdad Saravi, in Suburban Hills subdivision, $230,000.
John Lanius and Emily Lanius to Melissa Rutherford, in Cottonwood subdivision, $224,900.
Tracy Mitchell and William Mitchell to Kerry Waldbauer, in Legacy Park subdivision, $220,000.
Peter Hogan and Kimberley Hogan to Shawn Peoples and Stacie Peoples, in Farrington subdivision, $220,000.
William Bower Jr. to Micah Stair and Nicole Stair, in Legacy Park subdivision, $216,000.
Tom Phillips and David Maples to Vanessa Estes and Paul Estes Jr., in Summit at Charles Towne subdivision, $215,000.
Christian Brown Construction LLC to Oscar Duran and Maria Duran, in Yarnell Station subdivision, $212,900.
Sam Crass and Samuel Crass to American Homes 4 Rent Properties Six LLC, in Conners Creek subdivision, Phase 3, $207,000.
Smithbilt LLC to Stefan Johns and Janet Johns, in Grove Pointe subdivision, $205,000.
Tom Phillips and David Maples to Amelia Crotwell and Michael Mailahn, in Maloney Heights addition, $205,000.
James Sutton and Laurie Sutton to Michael Vekasi and Merissa Shock, in Bakertown subdivision, $202,000.
$200,000 to $150,001
Judith Larson and Donald Larson to Brown Gardner and Marla Gardner, in Sterchi Hills subdivision, $200,000.
Michael Julian to Jack Walker and Patricia Walker, on Emory Road, $200,000.
Anthony Swor, Ashley Swor and Ashley Richards to Robert Dancu, in Western Hills subdivision, $200,000.
Mike McConkey and Gail McConkey to David Sharp, in Hannahs Grove Condos, $200,000.
Melissa Swinney, Melissa Creech and Scott Swinney to Lorphy Bourque III, in Bexhill subdivision, $190,000.
Samuel Sparkman and Kimberly Sparkman to Andrew Lee and Amberly Lee, in Willow Oak subdivision, $189,000.
Karen Tipton to Lisa Murray, in Greywood Crossing subdivision, $187,600.
Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I. Inc. to Bradley Ferris and Heather Ferris, in Country Run subdivision, $185,199.
Beaumaris Park Development Corp. to Linda Paul, in Beaumaris Park Condos, $183,900.
Timothy Finstad and Shawna Finstad to Aldo Garcia, in Lexi Landing subdivision, Phase 4, $180,000.
Wade Morelock and Kristi Morelock to Brian Russell and Jada Russell, in Fox Fire subdivision, $180,000.
Jenkins Builders Inc. to Jeffrey Stevens and Lori Stevens, in Boulder Point subdivision, Phase 1, $179,900.
Smithbilt Communities LLC to Marla Wright, in Rushland Park subdivision, Phase 2, $177,275.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Rachael Carringer, in Villa Gardens subdivision, $175,000.
Mark Hester, trustee, Sally H.L. Hester trust and Sally H.L. Hester, trustee, to Robert Hester and Casey Hester, in Adams Place subdivision, $172,650.
Norman Couns and Janis Couns to Jerome Denson and Cathryn Denson, in Woodchase subdivision, $170,000.
Christine Santini to David Foust, in Harvest Grove subdivision, $169,900.
Christopher Ball and Andrea Ball to John Botts and Heather Botts, in Autumn View subdivision, $169,900.
Gretchen Hollifield to Roy Crowder III and Rebecca Crowder, in Barineau Hills subdivision, $168,500.
David Oakes and Rhonda Oakes to Elizabeth Galloway and Thomas Galloway, in Farmington subdivision, $166,900.
Matthew Ford and Denise Ford to Tatjana Bukvic and Deni Bukvic, in Jeffery D. Miller property, $162,000.
Kim Phillips and Jean Phillips to Nathan Beavers, in Broadacres subdivision, $160,000.
Smithbilt LLC to Martie Wallace, Lauren Brown and Ames Brown, in Childress Place subdivision, $159,685.
T. and T. Real Estate Investments LLC to David Webster and Jayma Webster, on Corum Road, $152,000.
Philip Acuff and Mary Acuff to Sherri Conard, in Twin Brooks subdivision, $151,500.
Kenton Okane, Beverly Temple and Walter Tunnell to Richard Duncan and Christine Duncan, in Timbercrest subdivision, $151,000.
Federal National Mortgage Association to Natalia Efremenko, in Stonebrook subdivision, $151,000.
$150,000 to $100,001
Bonum Sams Jr., Alan Sams, William Sams and Bonum Barnwell Sams Sr. estate to R. and R. Property Investments LLC, in Westlyn Hills subdivision, $150,000.
John McCallie Jr. and Robert McCallie to Willbro LLC, in Dutchtown Commercial subdivision, $150,000.
Barbara Brown and James Brown to Fred Haun, on Toole Bend Road, $150,000.
Ramah Seymour to Allen Gonsorowski, in Bethany Springs Condos, $149,500.
Christley Chambers to Billy Hallman III, in West Towne Estates subdivision, $149,000.
Zong-Ming Cheng, Xia Li and Qihui Li to Jason Collins and Jenna Collins, on Buttermilk Road, $147,500.
Andrea Browning and Daniel Browning to Christopher Donsbach and Rachel Donsbach, in Foxworth subdivision, Phase 2, $146,750.
Worley Builders Inc. to Michael Williamson, in Kennon Park subdivision, $144,147.
Jenny Smith and Richard Smith to Kurt Boller, in Golden Meadow subdivision, $143,700.
Jesse O'Hatnick, Rebecca O'Hatnick and Rebecca St. Leger to Rebecca Lawson, in Hunting Ridge subdivision, $142,000.
Tonya McCollum, Tonya Campbell and Kevin McCollum to Jennifer Bright, in Golden Meadows subdivision, $140,300.
Brittany Whetstone to Daniel Ingram, in Brickyard Hill subdivision, $137,000.
SunTrust Mortgage Inc. to Robert Frost Jr., Erin Frost, Elizabeth Milling and James Milling Jr., in West Hills subdivision, $136,900.
Sadjah Echols, Sadjah Catlett and Lashawn Echols to Marie Blevins, Christopher Blevins and Angela Blevins, in Solomon Place subdivision, $135,000.
Bernard Littrell and Carolyn Littrell to Brad DeBusk and Melanie DeBusk, in Canby Hills subdivision, $132,650.
R. and M. Builders Inc. to Joshua Owens and Keri Tennant, in Cooper Meadows subdivision, $132,000.
James Ledford and Barbara Ledford to David Oakes and Rhonda Oakes, in Village at Avery Condos, $129,900.
James Woodard Jr. and Janice Woodard to Ryan Ilardi and Samantha Ilardi, in Mascarene Hills subdivision, $129,000.
Steven Stepp to Trinity Baptist Church, in Solitaire subdivision addition, $128,900.
Tammy Turner to Aimee Harper, in Powell Heights subdivision addition, Section 1, $127,000.
Gary Miller Jr. and Karen Miller to David Brown and Amanda Brown, in Gary & Karen Miller property, $126,000.
Gerald Ragghianti to Angie Flemmons, on South Hills Drive, $122,550.
Rebecca Harvey to Teresa Cain, in Colonies subdivision, $120,000.
Joey Feagins and Jenifer Feagins to Jessica Major, in Windsor Park subdivision, $114,900.
Gia Hinton, Gia Eaton and Steven Hinton to Benjamin Humphrey, in Powell Heights subdivision, $113,000.
Andrew Minnich and Morgan Minnich to Tammy Waldorf and William Waldorf, in H.O. Brown property, $110,000.
Joseph Smallman to Ann G.D. Hamilton, trustee, in Villas of Teras Point subdivision, Phase 2, $108,000.
Jake Turner to Keith Beagle and Norma Beagle, 0.634 acres, $102,900.
$100,000 to $50,001
Marion Wise and Vivian Wise to PHW Properties LLC, in Cumberland Estates subdivision, $100,000.
James Steve and Rebecca Steve to Melissa Riggs and Mark Riggs, in Oakmont addition, $99,900.
James Klonaris and Lori Klonaris to Sharon Lord, in Sequoyah Gardens subdivision, $95,000.
Carina Turner and Carina Turner to James Smith, in Davis & Susongs addition, $93,000.
Cody Banks and Travis Banks to Katherine Alexander and Matthew Oglesby, in East Towne Villas subdivision, $88,500.
Jack Jordan, Robert Jordan and Yvonne Star to Mitchel Wacks, in Colonial Heights subdivision, $88,000.
Myrna Jordan to Brian Mills, in Brooksong subdivision, $85,000.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Nicholas Zacheretti, in Cowan-Jones subdivision, $84,040.
Victor Coile and Jennifer Bennett to Connie Hurst, in Northbrook subdivision, $80,000.
Robin Williams-Woods, Robin Woods and Demetrious Woods to Felicia Bone, in Marietta addition, $75,000.
Christopher Donsbach and Rachel Donsbach to Charles Bailey and Vickie Bailey, in Brockton Place subdivision, $73,000.
Federal National Mortgage Association to Blaine Fortes and Claudia Fortes, in Henry Davenport subdivision, $68,000.
Doris Lee to Victoria Morris and Frederick Morris, in Wexford Downs subdivision, $66,550.
Choto Development LLC to Matthew Kerr III and Amanda Kerr, in Preston Park subdivision, $65,000.
Clyde Brooks Jr. to Michael McElroy, in Scotts Park subdivision, $65,000.
Bank of New York Mellon, Bank of New York and CWABS Inc. to Eric Hanson and Andrea Hanson, in West Adair Hills, Addition 2, $59,900.
Allen Dinsmore and Stacee Dinsmore to Knoxville Habitat For Humanity Inc., in October Woods subdivision, Phase 3, $58,129.
James Brooks and Linda Brooks to Mark Quayle and Reid Fuller, in Karl H. Martins Mildred Road subdivision, $55,000.
Tony Kelly to Tina Carver, on Roberts Road, $55,000.
Kerry Mitchell and Victoria Castaneda to Kirk Finnerty, in Chilhowee Hills addition, $54,400.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Kerry Mitchell and Victoria Castaneda, in Chilhowee Hills addition, $54,400.
Norman Couns and Janis Couns to Axay Rana, in Berkeley Park subdivision, $54,000.
$50,000 and under
Cathryn Henton to Sharon West, in Henton property, $50,000.
Maksim Drozhzhin and Galina Drozhzhin to Clifford Long and Diana Long, in Normandy Chateau Condos, $46,000.
Legacy Land Partners LLC to Saddlebrook Properties LLC, in Baldwin Park subdivision, $45,000.
First Bank of Tennessee to Saddlebrook Properties LLC, in Thorngate subdivision, $40,000.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to James Stevens, in South Haven Hills subdivision, $31,401.
U. S. Bank and Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. to Eli Phillips, in Morningside Urban Renewal Area, $30,000.
Herbert Dearmond Jr., Shirley Mynatt and Barbara Goetz to Colt Williams and Melissa Williams, in West Lonsdale addition, $26,000.
Sonya Newman to Gary Miller Jr. and Karen Miller, in Loveland Heights addition, $25,000.
Joseph Lowe Jr. and Jo Lowe to Dave Russell and Carol Russell, on Second Street, $17,500.
FSGBank to Kane Construction LLC, in Thornbrook subdivision, $13,500.
Joey Riley to Victor Bono, in Pelham Park addition et al, $13,000.
Alice Atkins to Alice Atkins and Roger Atkins, on Roberts Road, $13,000.
Knoxville Habitat For Humanity Inc. to Romeos Properties Inc., in John L. Moses Fairview subdivision, $12,500.
Walter Bowser, executor, and Dorothy Lindsey estate to Tammy Mozingo, in A.E. Creswells subdivision, Addition 1, $10,000.
Janet Hottois to Matrix Holdings LLC, in C.V. Roth addition, $2,500.
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Recent Harvard Pop Center Fellow Erika Sabbath, ScD, and Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman, PhD, are co-authors on a study published in European Journal of Ageing that suggests that disparities in social engagement may become apparent across the retirement transition.
News and Announcements
Extent of poverty in India has lessened, economic inequality has increased
Harvard Pop Center Visiting Scientist Sanjay K. Mohanty, PhD, and faculty member SV Subramanian, PhD, are co-authors on a study published in Social Indicators Research that explores poverty and inequality throughout the regions of India over two decades.
Examining the different dimensions of health inequalities
Harvard Pop Center Yerby Fellow Mariana Arcaya, ScD, and S. V. Subramanian, PhD, are co-authors on a paper published Global Health Action that examines inequalities in health, the preventable vs. the unavoidable.
Nearly half of children in Tanzania whose mother died during or near birth don't survive past 10th birthday
Harvard Pop Center Research Core Director Jocelyn Finlay, PhD, is lead author on a study published in Maternal and Child Health Journal that reveals a much higher mortality rate for those children who lost their mother during or shortly after birth, suggesting that improving health care of mothers, particularly while pregnant and during birth, will help to save children's lives. Harvard Pop Center Associate Director David Canning, PhD, is also an author on the study.
More years of secondary schooling, particularly for women, reduces HIV risk in Botswana
A study published in the Lancet Global Health authored by Harvard Pop Center faculty members Gunther Fink, PhD, and S "Subu" V Subramanian, PhD, and colleagues, suggests that secondary schooling could be a cost-effective HIV prevention measure in HIV-endemic settings. Read more in this Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health press release.
Higher emotional vitality associated with lower risk of stroke
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Laura Kubzansky, PhD, and Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars program alumna Rebecca Thurston, PhD, are authors on a paper in Health Psychology that expands on the research linking positive psychological health with lower risk for heart disease to explore the impact of emotional vitality on risk of stroke.
South Asian migrants to high-income nations at increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD), a deeper look
Harvard Pop Center Bell Fellow Fahad Razak, MD, is an author on a paper published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology that reviews the current literature on the status of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in South Asian migrants to high-income nations.
Are block parties associated with higher social capital, better health?
Harvard Pop Center faculty members Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD,
S V Subramanian, PhD, and David R. Williams, PhD, are authors on a paper published in Social Science & Medicine that explores the impact of block parties in Black neighborhoods on bonding social capital and self-rated health.
Matt Wray & his research on race in news
Matt Wray, PhD, Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar program alum, and his research on race in these news articles:
- Dylann Roof's struggle for true whiteness
- Rachel Dolezal proves race not fixed or objective fact
- Incident sparks talk on race
What do race & gender have to do with hydration levels amongst U.S. children?
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Steven Gortmaker, PhD, is author on a study published in the American Journal of Public Health that explores hydration status of U.S. children (ages 6-19).

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Welcome to Bethel Baptist Church.
We exist to Love God, Love Others and Serve God
We hope that you will enjoy your online experience and get a taste of Bethel. No matter where you are or what season of life you are in, you are welcome here. It is our prayer that you encounter our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, through praise, prayer and preaching of God's Word. You are very special to us and we want you to know it.
Life Group (On-Campus) @ 9 a.m. | Worship Service @ 10:15 a.m.
Love Serves is not an event; it is a culture. Infusing this culture into the DNA of your church will change the view of the world and your perspective of the needs of those around you. We are actively pursuing the lost, the forgotten, and the poor to show them a God who is passionately in love with them. We stand ready with one heart, saying, "I will serve others and show them the hope they can have in Jesus."
Love Serves
Visit www.bethelnet.com/loveserves for a list of Love Serves projects.
Local Missions
Christmas Store
The Christmas Store Leadership Team, a part of the Acts 1:8 Mission Ministry, is leading this year's ministry for the needy in our area (whose names and information come from several local schools) during the Christmas season. Bethel's church members will be invited to be a part of the Christmas Store in the days ahead. Persons wishing to actively participate can contact one of the Christmas Store Team Leaders. Teams needing volunteers are: the Toy Team, the Hygiene Team, the Gift Wrapping Team, the Host/Hostess Team, the Evangelism Team, and the Bagging/Loading Team. Also, all resources (monetary donations, toys, and hygiene items) are collected through gifts from church members desiring to meet the needs of these families.
Global Missions
Helpful Mission LinksPassport Information
International Mission Board
North American Mission Board
Bethel Mission Application (pdf)
Mission Field Guide(pdf)
Do you know someone that needs a visit? (Visit Form)
The Preschool Ministry provides a fun, inviting, and safe place for preschoolers, ages six weeks through Pre-K, where they can learn foundational truths about God. We do this through play, stories, crafts, games, worship, and more. We provide screening, training, a security system, and a secure building to help make this environment safe.
The Preschool Ministry includes Sunday School, Sunday Night Awana, Wednesday Night, and special events. First time guests can stop by our Preschool Greeter Desk for assistance.
2014-2015 Sunday School Teachers
6 weeks - 8 months Kathy Bowman and Trisha Gill
9 - 18 months Betty Fuller and Gail Burns
19-23 months Ann Forman and Justine Horton
2 year olds Kelsey Thompson and MacKenzie Austin
3 year olds Jason and Kristi Cuccuini
4 year olds Laura White and Cristy Davis
5 year olds Landon and Mary Beth Brown
Welcome to the Children's Ministry at Bethel. It is our desire to lead children to salvation and disciple them to serve the Lord faithfully. Our purpose is for students to experience a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. We desire for each student to Love God, Love Others, Serve the World, and Invite Others as a regular part of their daily Christian Life. We seek to help unite with parents and the adults of Bethel in raising children for the Lord. As your child participates in this ministry, prayerfully consider serving in the Children's Ministry.
Clubhouse Kids Website
What is The LOFT?
Every Wednesday night, 7th - 12th grade students gather at the LOFT at Bethel Baptist church for an exciting night of worship and we'd love to have you join us!
What do I do when I get to The LOFT?
If it's your first time, make sure to stop by the guest services desk just inside the entrance. We'll take down your contact info to keep you plugged in on upcoming events and activities.
The LOFT starts at 6:30pm. We've got a great band, and every week Brad will show you how God's Word connects with different parts of your life - school, family, friends, relationships, and current events.
What are Small Groups?
Small Groups is the biggest thing we do every week. We love the atmosphere on Wednesday nights at The LOFT, but nothing surpasses small groups on Sunday mornings. It's all about relationships, digging deep into God's Word and each other's lives. This is where church starts to feel like family.
When and where do Groups meet?
Every Sunday, 7th - 12th grade students gather at 9:00. Come to the LOFT, stop by the front desk, and we'll help you find the Group for you. Side note: we have a fantastic volunteer team who are ready to answer your questions and make you feel at home.
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What will you find at Bethel's Women's Ministry?You will be inspired, rejuvenated, and experience growth through weekly Bible studies, retreats, luncheons, and more. No matter your life stage, all women are welcome!
Enjoy building relationships?
We know how you feel. Relationships are integral and vital to our lives as women. Our ministry provides encouragement to equip and challenge you to live out your God-given potential on a daily basis.
Want to grow in Christ at the same time?
Everything we do is built around a biblical foundation. We offer Bible studies throughout the year to help you grow, connect, and learn more about the Lord.
Love serving others?
We want to help you serve others in a greater fashion by giving you the tools you need to be a confident follower of Christ who proclaims Him boldly and loves others. Opportunities to serve are offered throughout the year.
The men of Bethel Baptist Church are excited about the ministry opportunities available to men in our church. Our ministry focus is three fold.
First and foremost, we want to ENCOURAGE men in their PERSONAL SPIRITUAL GROWTH. This happens as men build relationships with one another through involvement in worship, Sunday School, and special events.
Next, we want to EQUIP men to be SPIRITUAL LEADERS in their homes, places of business, church, and community. Through specialized studies and events, we want to see our men grow to become the leaders that God desires for them to be.
Finally, we want to see men ENGAGE in MINISTRY and MISSIONS. God's Word admonishes us to be not only hearers of the Word, but also doers of the Word. Our desire is to see men grow into positions of real leadership within the Kingdom of God, making an impact at home, as well as on foreign soil.
Our Men's Ministry Team would love to have you plug in, alongside other men, intent on "igniting the hearts of men for Jesus Christ." What an exciting adventure! We look forward to sharing it with you, and serving you!
Life Groups
Life Group (On-Campus)
It is our desire for every person to become a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ. We believe this happens best in biblical community in which people are learning the Bible, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ, ministering to each other, and serving together. At Bethel, we call these small groups, Life Group.
Life Group allows you to connect with people in a similar season of life as you seek to live a lifestyle that looks more and more like Jesus. We invite you to join us each Sunday morning at 9:00 AM. To find a class that is right for you, please visit the Welcome Center located in the main foyer, download the Life Group brochure below, or contact our church office so we can assist in finding the right class for you. We look forward to connecting with you in a Life Group on Sunday!
View a list of our Life Group (On-Campus) Directory (pdf)
Bethel WEE Care (Weekday Early Education) accepts children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. We offer full-time daycare and three- and four-year old kindergarten classes, after school care and school-aged summer programs.
WEE Care
As Christian childcare providers, we feel that we are an extension of the ministry of our church. We provide a happy, nurturing, secure and loving environment for all children.
Please contact the director, Nancy Kimsey at 205-640-5205 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." -Proverbs 22:6
Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate Recovery - Everyone Welcome Every Friday at Bethel. Dinner @ 6:00 p.m., Worship @ 7:00 p.m., Share Group @ 8:00 p.m., Last Chance Cafe @ 9:00 p.m. Join us for a time of worship, testimony and learning. You can attend any of the events. Try Worship @ 7:00 p.m. Childcare provided.
Biblical Counseling
Need Biblical counseling?
We understand that there are times in life where you just need a helping hand. In fact, many people are doing very well in some parts of their life while struggling in others. Now might be the time when you need someone to come alongside and encourage you from the Bible.
We see people with all kinds of problems, but the most common would be those struggling in their marriage, helping parents with their children, those dealing with sexual sin, and those struggling with their emotions (depression or anger). In all cases, we use the Bible, God's Sufficient Word, to answer the problems of life.
Currently our counseling is only held on Tuesdays from 1:30-7:00pm.Call to set up an appointment: 205-530-0226
Bethel Counseling P.D.I. (Personal Data Inventory) Form (PDF)
Upcoming Events
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What God Says About....
Please be in Prayer for our Pastor Search Committee Members:James Beachem, David Hoyle, Trent Jackson, Stuart McCullough, Scott Powers
Alternates Tiffany Price, Jennifer Bruno, Bud Jackson
To contact our Pastor Search Committee please email firstname.lastname@example.com


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A programmable hearing aid is provided with a programming socket. A space-saving arrangement of switch elements is provided wherein a switch element for switching the hearing aid on/off, an MTO switch, a volume control, a tone control, a situation switch or the like can be introduced into the programming socket that is free except during the programming event.
1. A programmable hearing aid unit, comprising:
function parts including a current source, a microphone, an amplifier unit, an earphone, and a programming circuit arranged in a housing;
electrical contacts for connecting the programming circuit to an external programming unit via a programming socket at the housing, said external programming unit supplying setting data to the programming circuit; and
the programming socket having both programming contacts and a switch contact in addition to and separate from said programming contacts said programming socket accommodating a switch element when a programming plug is not plugged in the programming socket, said switch element connecting to said switch contact when accommodated in the programming socket.
2. A hearing aid unit according to claim 1 wherein the switch element is designed as one of the elements selected from a group consisting of an on/off switch, MTO switch, situation switch, tone control, volume control, and multi-function switch.
3. A hearing aid unit according to claim 1 wherein said switch element comprises a situation switch for setting transfer functions of the hearing aid unit.
4. A hearing aid unit according to claim 1 wherein said switch element comprises a push button.
5. A hearing aid unit according to claim 1 wherein said switch element comprises a toggle switch.
6. A hearing aid unit according to claim 1 wherein said switch element comprises a rotary switch.
7. A hearing aid unit according to claim 1 wherein said switch element comprises a potentiometer.
8. A hearing aid unit according to claim 1 wherein said programming socket comprises a base for said switch element.
9. A programmable hearing aid unit, comprising:
a housing having electronic circuitry for the hearing aid unit contained therein including a programming circuit;
a socket on the housing connected to the programming circuit; and
said socket receiving being adapted to receive a cable from an external programming unit which supplies setting data for the programming circuit or alternatively said socket accommodating a switch element which is plugged directly into the socket, said socket having programming contacts for connecting to said cable and a switch contact in addition to and separate from said programming contacts, said switch contact for connecting to said switch element to provide functioning thereof.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/100,372, filed Aug. 2, 1993, abandoned.
The invention is directed to a programmable hearing aid unit having function parts, such as current source, microphone, amplifier unit, earphone as well as a programming circuit arranged in a housing, the latter being connectable to electrical contacts at an external data generating means, particularly an external programming unit, via a socket at the housing side for being supplied with setting data. DE-C-41 09 306, corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 5,188,540 discloses a hearing aid of this type.
DE-U-88 00 629 discloses an electrical hearing aid unit that comprises a socket part having electrical tip jacks that are conductively connected to a PC motherboard or the like and that are connectable to the external data generating means with mating electrical plug pins of a plug part. A plug part of the external data generating means can be introduced into the socket part provided with tip jack contacts or wiper contacts for the purpose of setting the transfer or transmission functions of the hearing aid. In addition to a programming socket, a volume control, what is referred to as an MTO switch (for switching the hearing aid to a microphone mode, for switching over to a telephone mode/induction coil mode and for switching the hearing aid means to an off/zero position), as well as an actuator or regulator switch for setting the tone control means or the like are also provided at the housing of the known hearing aid.
EP-A-0 064 042 corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 4,425,481 discloses a hearing aid wherein the parameters of a plurality of different ambient situations are stored in a memory. By actuating a switch, for example, the first group of parameters is called in and, via a control unit, controls a signal processor inserted between microphone and earphone, this signal processor then setting the first transfer or transmission function intended for a provided environment. Via what is referred to as a situation switch, all programmed transfer or transmission functions can be successively called in by the hearing aid wearer until the transfer or transmission function which suits the hearing aid wearer has been found. On the other hand, an automatic adaptation is also provided when the user moves, for example, from a noisy environment into a quiet environment or vice versa. For programming the memory of the hearing aid, the hearing aid is connected to an external programming unit via an electrical line.
DE-A-30 32 311 discloses a hearing aid having a reception part for receiving wirelessly transmitted signals, whereby the hearing aid is provided with externally accessible contact elements such that the reception part comprises at least one receiver electrode and contact elements which can be brought into engagement with the contact elements of the hearing aid in order to keep the receiver electronics in electrical communication with the circuit of the hearing aid. The contact elements of the hearing aid are thus designed as sockets and the contact elements of the receiver part are designed as plug pins. Additional switch elements are provided at the housing of the hearing aid for switching the hearing aid on and off as well as for controlling volume.
In the programmable hearing aid disclosed by DE-A-40 31 132, the programming contacts are optionally utilized as an audio input. For that purpose, an electronic switch is provided which is controlled by a memory module. The switch is switched on or off by transmitting specific data signals to the memory module.
Given hearing aid means to be worn at the head, particularly behind-the-ear units but quite specifically given extremely small hearing aids to be worn in the ear or in the auditory canal, there is only a small amount of space available for the arrangement of the operating and switch elements, etc.
It is an object of the invention to create a hearing aid of the type initially cited that is distinguished by a space-saving arrangement of the switch elements.
With the present invention, the socket or programming socket at the housing of the hearing aid can be employed for the arrangement and acceptance of at least one switch element.
In an advantageous development of the invention, a switch element for switching the unit on or off, an MTO switch, a volume control, and a tone control switch or the like can be introduced into the programming socket that is free except during the programming event. In the present application, a variable control element such as a potentiometer for volume or tone control is intended to be included in the definition of the term "switch element".
According to the invention, the socket or the like which is present for transmitting setting data from a programming means to the hearing aid and/or for calling program data in from the hearing aid can be utilized for a space-saying arrangement accommodating one or more switch elements after the conclusion of the data transmission, and thus during use of the hearing aid. Instead of a separate arrangement of the switch elements at the hearing aid housing next to the socket that is free during use of the hearing aid, at least one of the switch elements, for example an on/off switch, an MTO switch, a volume control, a tone control or the like can be introduced into the socket. When the socket is required for programming the hearing aid, the switch element can simply be taken out of the socket. Programming contacts of the socket can thereby be potentially employed for the switch connection, and the socket connection can comprise switch contacts in addition to the programming contacts. At least one additional, discrete switch at a different location can be eliminated with the employment of the existing programming socket as a base for a switch element.
In an advantageous embodiment and for simple actuation, a push-button switch or toggle switch can particularly be introduced into the socket as a switch element.
In hearing aid units that require an additional situation switch operable by the hearing aid wearer for adaptation of the transfer or transmission function to various ambient situations, for example noisy environments, street noise, quiet surroundings, etc., the invention enables the attachment of this situation switch to the socket.
Further advantages and details of the invention derive from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawings and in combination with the claims.
FIG. 1 is a programmable hearing aid unit to be worn behind the ear which, in conformity with the prior art, has a programming socket as well as switch elements at the housing;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a socket and of a corresponding plug connection of a programming cable or of an audio terminal;
FIG. 3 is a section through a switch element, for example in the form of a push button, pluggable into the programming socket of a hearing aid means according to the invention; and
FIG. 4 is a plan view onto the programming and switch contacts of a socket according to FIG. 2.
FIG. 1 shows a known hearing aid unit to be worn behind the ear comprising a housing 1 that, for example, is composed of shells. A compartment 11 for a current source, for example a battery 2, is situated at one end of the housing 1. For that purpose, the battery compartment 11 contains a battery drawer 12 to be opened and a manipulator 13. A carrying hook 14 is provided at the other end of the housing. A hose conduit (not shown) leads from the carrying hook to an ear button which is introduced into the auditory canal when the hearing aid unit is being worn. A small wheel 15 for setting the volume as well as switch 16 for the switch position T in which the hearing aid unit is connected, for example, to a telephone coil, a switch position O for turning the means off, and a switch position M for turning the means or the microphone of the means on are located at the convexly outwardly arced back side of the unit.
The most critical component parts or function parts of the hearing aid unit are, as known, the microphone 3, an amplifier unit 4 having a programmable circuit, an earphone 5 as well as control elements 17, for example for setting the tone control. The behind-the-ear unit further comprises a socket part 6 having electrical programming contacts 7 that is electrically connected to its programming circuit. For being supplied with the setting data, the hearing aid unit is connected to an audiometer (not shown) in that the programming plug 9 thereof has its electrical plug pins electrically coupled to the socket part. After the conclusion of the programming event and after removal of the plug part 9, the socket 6 can be closed by a flap 19 which is articulated to the housing 1 with a hinge 20.
FIG. 2 shows a socket 6 built into the hearing aid unit of the invention for the programming thereof, being shown together with its electrical connections 18 and programming contacts 7 as well as an additional switch contact 8. For example, this socket can be coupled to a programming plug 9 of a programming cable 21 of an external programming unit for programming the hearing aid. On the other hand, the socket can also be employed for the connection of an audio adapter for an audio terminal.
According to the invention, the socket 6 is also provided for the acceptance of a switch element 10, for example, a push button according to FIG. 3. After the hearing aid has been programmed with the function data, then the existing programming socket 6 is employed as a base element for a switch element 10 in that the switch element 10 can be introduced into the socket. The switch element 10 can be designed as an on/off switch, as an MTO switch, as a situation switch, as a tone control, as a volume control or as a multi-function switch as well. The illustrated push button 10 that can be introduced into the socket 6 and removed from the socket 6 is composed, for example, of a switch housing 22 having a PC motherboard 23 with contact pins 24, a switch spring 25, an actuation element 26, and a contact bridge 27.
Although various minor changes and modifications might be suggested by those skilled in the art, it will be understood that I wish to include within the scope of the patent warranted hereon all such changes and modifications as reasonably come within my contribution to the art.
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Guest Post: War Pigs - The Fall Of A Global EmpireSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/27/2012 14:33 -0400
As Americans mindlessly celebrate another Memorial Day with cookouts, beer and burgers, the U.S. war machine keeps churning. As we brutally enforce our will on foreign countries, we create more people that hate us. They don't hate us for our freedom. They hate us because we have invaded and occupied their countries. They hate us because we kill innocent people with predator drones. They hate us for our hypocrisy regarding democracy and freedom. Just when we had the opportunity to make a sensible decision by leaving Iraq and exiting the Middle East quagmire, Obama made the abysmal choice to casually sacrifice more troops in the Afghan shithole. We have thrown over $1.3 trillion down Middle East rat holes over the last 11 years with no discernible benefit to the citizens of the United States. George Bush and Barack Obama did this to prove they were true statesmen. The Soviet Union killed over 1 million Afghans, while driving another 5 million out of the country and retreated as a bankrupted and defeated shell after ten years. Young Americans continue to die, for whom and for what? Our foreign policy during the last eleven years can be summed up in one military term, SNAFU – Situation Normal All Fucked Up. These endless foreign interventions under the guise of a War on Terror are a smoke screen for what is really going on in this country. When a government has unsolvable domestic problems, they try to distract the willfully ignorant masses by proactively creating foreign conflicts based upon false pretenses. General Douglas MacArthur understood this danger to our liberty.
"I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."
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Guest Post: Facebook SOBS Or… "Don't Cry for Me Avaritia"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/27/2012 10:04 -0400
In Christian ethics – although not in exclusivity – there are a number of vices, most often referred to as the seven deadly or capital sins, which depict the antithetical side of virtue. Of the seven, avarice or greed (Avaritia in Latin) comes at the head of the list for me since its practice affects the wellbeing of others, and not just those who profess it. And it was this lady, Avaritia, who walked the Red Carpet a week ago, Friday, May 18, in a glittering dress that reminded us of what rapacious capitalism is all about, as shares of Facebook started trading past their scheduled time in the NASDAQ. A very surprising opening with a larger (25 percent) number of shares issued for trade, at a much higher (52 percent) price… or a "more aggressive" price in Wall Street IPO parlance.
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Guest Post: Chinese Chaos Is The Immediate Threat To The DollarSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2012 16:38 -0400
In twenty or thrity years, I expect future monetary historians looking back on this period of history to frequently misquote Ernest Hemingway:
How did the dollar die? First it died slowly — then all at once.
The slow death began with the dollar's birth as a global reserve currency. America was creditor and manufacturer to the world, and the capitalist superpower. People around the globe transacted overwhelmingly in dollars. Above all else, people needed dollars to conduct trade, and they were willing to pay richly for them, and for dollar-denominated debt
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Guest Post: The Taxpayer Funded PR Campaign For Obamacare BeginsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/25/2012 23:17 -0400
Only in public schools and universities is the fairy tale still taught that governments are representative of the people. The blue collared man on the street realizes the chips are stacked against him. For those who don't have political connections, the pseudo fascist system that is still referred to as "capitalism" in the U.S. is akin to a casino game of chance. That is, the odds are always in the house's favor. The house is the federal leviathan and its equivalent at the state and local level as well as the big, cartelized industries which feed off government protection. With Obamacare, the middle class will end up being liable for yet another entitlement program that, like any other government initiative, will cost more than was initially estimated. Worse yet, they will be bombarded with advertisements they paid for which attempt to convince them that Uncle Sam has once again delivered prosperity with a badge and a gun. The disheartening part is some Americans will be foolish enough to actually believe it.
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Guest Post: Keynesianism & EugenicsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/25/2012 17:55 -0400
While eugenicists and Keynesians make correct descriptive observations — like the fact that certain qualities and traits are inheritable, or more simply that children are like their parents — their attempts to use the state as a mechanism to control these natural systems often turns out to be drastically worse than the natural systems that they seek to replace. As Keynes seems to admit when — in the German language edition of his General Theory — he noted that the conditions of a totalitarian state may be more amenable to his economic theory, the desire for control may be the real story here. Keynesianism brings more of the economy under the control of the state. It is a slow and creeping descent into dependency on the state. As we are seeing in Europe today, cuts in state spending in a state-dependent economy can cause deep economic contraction, providing the Keynesian more confirmation for his idea that the state should tax more, and spend more. That is, until nature intervenes. Just as a state-controlled eugenics program might well spawn an inbred elite suffering hereditary illnesses as a result of a lack of genetic diversity, so a state-controlled economy may well grind itself into the dirt as it runs out of innovation as a result of a lack of economic diversity. Such a situation is unsustainable — no planner is smarter than nature.
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Guest Post: The Argument Industry - Hyping Controversy And Avoiding SolutionsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/25/2012 11:24 -0400
That much of the "news" is artifice and propaganda is a given. How can a society make good decisions about its future when the "facts" such as the unemployment rate are massaged and manipulated, and so many of the "reforms" are simulacra designed by the very wolves supposedly being tamed? Answer: it can't. The same question can be asked of a society in which the "editorial" side of the mainstream media is dominated by an "Argument Industry" that pours gasoline on every conflict and avoids solutions like a vampire avoids the Cross and garlic. Finding solutions would decimate the "Argument Industry" and slash profits. That leaves us with the same question: How can a society make good decisions about its future when every challenge is conflated into extremes that cannot abide compromise or even recognize "outside the box" solutions? Answer: it can't.
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Guest Post: UK Banks Want To Charge Customers For AccountsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2012 19:56 -0400
The impression that bankers and regulators have seems to be that banks are doing customers a favour by holding onto their money and occasionally losing it all buying junk securities. Nope. In a free market, banks that tried to charge customers for the privilege would be laughed out of the marketplace. Banks — by their very definition as intermediaries — generate profits from making good investments, not by charging customers for the privilege of holding their money. Unfortunately this isn't a free market, and banks can (and probably will) co-ordinate with each other to keep the market uncompetitive. Barriers to entry make it difficult to impossible for new players to enter the market and dislodge the status quo.
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Guest Post: The Big Print Is ComingSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2012 16:35 -0400
Here in the U.S., I think that The Bernank's plan was to pretend they didn't need to print more money, get commodity prices down and then hope that the economy would respond favorably to that development. This wouldn't have negated the need for more printing; however, it would have bought time and allowed for a potentially lesser degree of action. Instead, what has happened is that the global ponzi is completely and totally incapable of holding itself together without consistent and increasingly large infusions of Central Bank money. The debt burden is too large, the mal-investments too pervasive, the corruption too systemic. The whole house of cards that is the global economy will vanish into dust rather quickly without more and more printing. So what do you think they are going to do? If I am correct, and the U.S. economy itself is now in the early stages of what will probably turn into a serious economic slowdown, then it will not be easily stopped with incremental Central Bank policies. The fact that they have waited this long and the fact that the global economy is in the midst of a serious slowdown tells me one thing. They are way behind the curve and by the time they realize this it will be too late to stem the momentum. That said, I do expect them to respond and the fact that things will have gotten much worse than they expected will mean a major response. I'm not talking operation twist part deux. I mean a serious print. Potentially the BIG ONE.
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Guest Post: Things That Are More Important Than FacebookSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2012 13:23 -0400
The story of Facebook's disappointing IPO is a gripping tale, and it holds some valuable lessons. But it concerns an event that has already happened. Forget Facebook — there are far more interesting events in play and that will affect you, if only at the margins. They haven't happened yet, and they may not happen at all. But if they do, you'd sure as hell better have a plan.
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Guest Post: The E.U., Neofeudalism And The Neocolonial-Financialization ModelSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2012 11:41 -0400
Forget "austerity"and political theater--the only way to truly comprehend the Eurozone is to understand the Neocolonial-Financialization Model, as that's the key dynamic of the Eurozone. In the old model of Colonialism, the colonizing power conquered or co-opted the Power Elites of the region, and proceeded to exploit the new colony's resources and labor to enrich the "center," i.e. the home empire. In Neocolonialism, the forces of financialization (debt and leverage controlled by State-approved banking cartels) are used to indenture the local Elites and populace to the banking center: the peripheral "colonials" borrow money to buy the finished goods sold by the "core," doubly enriching the center with 1) interest and the transactional "skim" of financializing assets such as real estate, and 2) the profits made selling goods to the debtors.
In essence, the "core" nations of the E.U. colonized the "peripheral" nations via the financializing euro, which enabled a massive expansion of debt and consumption in the periphery.
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Guest Post: Low-Tech Solutions To High-Tech TyrannySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2012 10:09 -0400
Imagine, if you will, a fantastic near future in which the United States is facing an unmitigated economic implosion. Not just a mere market crash, or a stint of high unemployment, but a full spectrum collapse driven by unsustainable debt spending and hyperinflationary printing. The American people witness multiple credit downgrades of U.S. Treasury mechanisms, the dollar loses its reserve status, devaluation of the currency runs rampant, and the prices of commodities and imported goods immediately skyrocket. In the background of this disaster, a group of financial elite with dreams of a new centralized economic and political system use the chaos to encourage a removal of long held civil liberties; displacing Constitutional protections they deem "outdated" and no longer "practical" in the midst of our modern day troubles. This group then institutes draconian policies through the executive orders of a puppet president, including indefinite detention, assassination, and even martial law against citizens... With modern computer driven weaponry at their fingertips, any resistance appears futile. Some Americans, though, do their homework, and discover that most successful revolutions against better equipped opponents utilize low tech methods in highly intelligent ways. They study the inherent weaknesses of the enemy weapons platforms using readily available online manuals and scientific journals. They realize that these pieces of equipment costing millions of dollars each can be defeated using methods that cost little more than pocket change. A war of economic attrition ensues.
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Guest Post: Is China Really Liquidating Treasuries?Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2012 23:09 -0400
Maybe the real reason that the Treasury offered China direct access (thus cutting out the middleman and offering China cheaper access than ever) was precisely because China was selling, and because the Treasury was concerned about the effect on rates, and wanted to give China some incentive to keep buying. As Jon Huntsman noted in a 2010 cable leaked by Wikileaks, the PBOC has felt pressured to keep buying, and as various PBOC officials have hinted in recent months, China is actively seeking to convert out of treasuries and into gold. And that makes sense — treasuries are yielding ever deeper negative real rates. People holding treasuries are losing their purchasing power. No wonder the treasury is willing to cut Wall Street out of the deal. And it isn't like the Treasury would have taken this move lightly — cutting Wall Street out of the equation is a slap in the face to Wall Street
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Guest Post: Unemployment Insurance Schemes And The Dependency Of WelfareSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2012 18:05 -0400
In the Garden of Eden there is no scarcity. Food, clothing, and shelter in are abundance. Resources merely fall from the heavens upon command. It is economic paradise precisely because economics does not exist. The universal laws that hold in the world of scarce goods vanquish in the land of the plenty. The vision of Eden is the politician's main source of employment. That is, promising to lead the suffering masses toward utopia by government decree makes for great electoral results. The voting fodder ignorant of economics falls in line to cast a ballot to grant themselves other people's money. But of course many voters don't see it this way. Their vision of the state is that of Eden. They see the bureaucrats and enforcers capable of tapping an infinite pot of wealth to pass along prosperity to those subservient enough to put them in office. This in turn has lead to the establishment of the welfare state and its plethora of entitlement programs. For those who see the modern day welfare state as corrosive to the productive capacity of any given country, no where is this theory more evident than the scheme of unemployment insurance.
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Guest Post: Dollar BackwardationSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2012 13:51 -0400
The current financial crisis, may progress to a phase where people demand and hoard dollar bills but take electronic deposit credits only at a discount which increases until electronic deposit credits are repudiated entirely. The Federal Reserve would be powerless to solve the problem, because while they can create unlimited electronic deposit credits they can't create unlimited paper dollar bills, "money you can fold" as Professor Antal Fekete calls it. There would be a glut of electronic deposits, but a shortage of dollar bills. Before the financial crisis metastasized in 2008, Fekete wrote a paper that I think is underappreciated and under-discussed: "Can We Have Inflation and Deflation at the Same Time?" In his paper, he discussed the "tectonic rift" between paper Federal Reserve Notes (i.e. dollar bills) and electronic deposits. By statute, the Federal Reserve cannot print dollar bills without collateral (e.g. Treasury bonds). Also, they have limited printing press capacity that is insufficient to keep up with a catastrophic crisis.
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Guest Post: More Than 30 Blocks Of Grey & DecaySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2012 11:31 -0400
Our entire society is in a downward social and economic spiral. We are just at different levels of decay (Dante's circles of hell). At the current pace it won't be long before I'm writing about the 50 States of Squalor. It is virtually impossible to reverse a decline that has been underway for the last three decades. We sold our souls to Wall Street and chose a debt financed illusion of wealth over productive savings and investment which would have led to real wealth. Our choices are reflected in the continued deterioration and decay along West Chester Pike and the squalor that is West Philly. Grey and decay will carry the day. The words on the Statue of Liberty should be revised from, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free", to "we have become your indebted, materialistic, obese, aging masses yearning for the government to protect and sustain us as our once great nation decays."
As a nation, we have chosen this path. We made the choices and now we will suffer the consequences.
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Article: Development and validation of a multiresidue method for determination of 37 pesticides in soil using GC-NPD[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In this study, a multiresidue analytical method for the detection of 37 pesticides in a soil matrix was developed and validated. The soil sample was fortified with a known quantity of pesticides at two different concentration levels (0.1 and 0.01 µg/g) and the analytes were extracted via a liquid-solid extraction method. The pesticides were separated on an HP5 capillary column and were analyzed with a gas chromatograph coupled to a nitrogen-phosphorous detector (GC-NPD). Method validation was accomplished with good linearity (r(2) = 0.994-0.999) within a considerable range of concentrations. Satisfactory recoveries (70.5-110.4%) were obtained with 32 pesticides at both spiking concentration levels, whereas five pesticides-dimepiperate, buprofezin, prometryn, pirimicarb, and fludioxonil-were recovered at relatively low levels (43.6-61.8%). The applicability of the method was demonstrated by analyzing field samples collected from 24 different sites around Yeongsan and Sumjin rivers in the Republic of Korea. No residues of the selected pesticides were detected in any of the samples. The developed method could be employed as a simple and cost-effective method for the routine detection and analysis of 37 pesticides in soil samples.Biomedical Chromatography 09/2011; 25(9):1003-9. DOI:10.1002/bmc.1556 · 1.66 Impact Factor
Article: Simultaneous multiresidue determination of 48 pesticides in Yeongsan and Sumjin River water using GC-NPD and confirmation via GC-MS[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In a continuation of our earlier work, a multiresidual analytical method using 48 frequently used neutral pesticides in a water matrix was developed and validated in this study. The samples were extracted with dichloromethane and the pesticides were analyzed via GC-NPD followed by confirmation with GC-MS. Good linearity was detected over a concentration range of 0.01-1.0 microg/mL with correlation coefficients (r(2) ) in excess of 0.982. The recoveries were measured between 70.7 and 111.4% for the majority of the targeted pesticides with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of less than 20%. The LODs and LOQs were in ranges of 0.1-2 and 0.33-6.6 microg/L, respectively. A total of 66 water samples were collected from different locations in Yeongsan and the Sumjin River, Republic of Korea, and were analyzed in accordance with the developed method. None of the water samples were determined to contain any of the targeted pesticides. The method has been shown to be simpler, faster, and more cost-effective than the method established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).Biomedical Chromatography 01/2011; 25(1-2):155-63. DOI:10.1002/bmc.1537 · 1.66 Impact Factor
Article: Nutrient uptake and release in ponds under long-term and short-term lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera) cultivation: Influence of compost application[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Uptake and release of nutrients from ponds used for lotus cultivation were measured in ponds under short-term (1 yr) cultivation with compost application (pond I) and under long-term (20 yr) cultivation without compost application (pond II). Total inflow loads of TN (irrigation water, rainfall and compost) during lotus cultivation period in ponds I and II were 72.3 and 34.3kgha−1 182day−1, respectively. TN removal rates in ponds I and II were 77.3 and 49.8% of total inflow load, respectively. Major removal mechanisms of TN were attributed to microbial processes and uptake by lotus. The total outflow loads (infiltration and runoff) of TN during the lotus cultivation period were 13.9kgha−1 182day−1 (19.2% of total inflow TN load) for pond I, and 11.3kgha−1 182day−1 (32.9% of total inflow TN load) for pond II. For TP the total inflow loads (irrigation water, rainfall and compost) during lotus cultivation in ponds I and II were 80.8 and 1.9kgha−1 182day−1, respectively. TP removal rates in ponds I and II were 84.9 and −274.1% of total input, respectively. Phosphorus removal was attributed to lotus uptake and soil adsorption. The total outflow loads (infiltration and runoff) of TP during lotus cultivation period were 10.1kgha−1 182day−1 (12.5% of total inflow TP load) for pond I, and 6.6kgha−1 182day−1 (355.6% of total inflow TP load) for pond II. TN and TP in runoff from pond I (with compost) was higher than that in pond II (without compost), showing that TN and TP in runoff were strongly influenced by compost addition. Therefore, in order to satisfy established water-quality standards, the amount of compost used in lotus cultivation should be evaluated.Ecological Engineering 10/2010; 36(10):1373-1382. DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.06.015 · 3.04 Impact Factor
Article: Development of a multiresidue method for the determination of multiclass pesticides in soil using GC[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The principal objective of the present study was to develop a multiresidue analytical method for 62 pesticides in a soil matrix. Soil samples were fortified with known quantities of pesticides at two different concentration levels (0.1 and 0.01 microg/g) and the analytes were extracted via a liquid-solid extraction method. The pesticides were separated on an HP5 capillary column and were detected by gas chromatography coupled to an electron capture detector (GC-ECD). The method was validated, considering its good linearities (r(2) = 0.978-0.999), specificity and recovery characteristics. Recoveries were found between 70.3 and 113.4% for all pesticides except edifenphos (67.5%) and dichlobenil (69.5%) spiked at a 0.1 microg/mL concentration level and 74.5-117% except ethalfluralin (63.3%) and dichlobenil (51.9%) spiked at a concentration of 0.01 microg/mL. The developed method could be utilized as a simple and cost-effective method for the routine analysis of 62 pesticides in soil samples.Biomedical Chromatography 01/2009; 24(8):893-901. DOI:10.1002/bmc.1383 · 1.66 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Germanium (Ge) is a rare heavy metal and is known to toxic to plants at high level. However, there is little evidence about the Ge effect on plant growth. Here, we investigated the effect of inorganic (GeO2) and organic (Ge-132) germanium on lettuce growth by treatment with various concentrations of GeO2 and Ge-132. Under GeO2 treatment, lettuce growth was not much inhibited at 2.5 mg/L concentration and then significantly inhibited at 5 mg/L concentration. However, under Ge-132 treatment, lettuce growth was not much inhibited by concentrations up to 10 mg/L. Relative fresh weight of lettuce at 2.5, 5, 10 and 25 mg/L concentrations was 99, 76, 65 and 35% in GeO2 treatments and was 105, 99, 97 and 75% in Ge-132 treatments, respectively. In GeO2 treatments, Ge was highly accumulated in the roots at concentration below 10 mg/L and in the shoots at concentration above 25 mg/L. However, Ge was primarily accumulated in the roots at all Ge-132 concentrations. Accumulated Ge amounts of plants under GeO2 treatment were 0.72 mg/ g DW in roots and 0.27 mg/ g DW in shoots at a 10 mg/L concentration. At a 50 mg/L concentration of GeO2, the Ge content was 0.77 mg/g DW in roots and 1.58 mg/g DW in shoots, respectively. Based on our results, inorganic germanium is more toxic for lettuce growth than organic germanium. Upper critical toxic levels for lettuce growth were 2.5 to 5 mg/L concentrations in GeO2 treatments and 10 to 25 mg/L concentration in Ge-132 treatments, respectively.Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry 01/2009; 52(4). DOI:10.3839/jksabc.2009.069 · 0.54 Impact Factor
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Thanks for your help. I do a lot of work with the White River Valley Historical Society here near Branson and they've done a good deal with the cemeteries here as well. My area of interest and focus of research is our former slaves and their descendants. Though the Kissee family were never slave owners, we have also tracked many of our local Union militia members and their Confederate neighbors into the decades after the war. Willis and his brother, Alexander, were the former; their cousin Peter Kissee was the latter. If you ever locate a photo of Willis, I'd appreciate a copy. Thanks again. Brad
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Loline: You probably saw the newspaper article on his shooting death I uploaded on line. His family moved to the Taney County area from Indiana; the parents are buried in the next county over. He married here, fought in the Civil War here, owned a mill then left for Colorado after 1870. I've been trying to track down a photograph of him but so far am unsuccessful. Part of that family descended a brother still live here. Brad Melton, Taney County, Missouri.
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Thanks Loline for the added information. I will give Brad Melton your contact info in case he wants further information concerning Willis Kissee. Rita
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There was a collaborator on a book (pamphlet) that was created and somehow the other person had a picture of the stone... where and how I do not know.
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Interesting article. I have added the info to Thomas's memorial. I do appreciate you sending along this kind of info as you go thru the newspapers.
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Thanks Loline for catching this error. I have corrected and will do so in the cemetery records also.
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