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Review of: A Love for Life: Christianity's Consistent Protection of the Unborn by Dennis R. Di Mauro
[2] Di Mauro enters this debate because he thinks there is a single defensible answer. His purpose in this book is to "demonstrate that Christianity has been, is now, and will be in the future, a pro-life religion"2 and to convince Christians that God has clearly revealed his will as pro-life. And though Di Mauro indicates that he would have the Christian position he describes (at least) inform public discourse,3 his arguments are directed at Christians as he attempts to argue in favor of his position. His plan is to offer biblical evidence that reveals Christianity as a pro-life religion, show that Christianity has consistently over the centuries denounced abortion and, finally, demonstrate that the vast majority of Christians today are pro-life. In doing so, he hopes to conclusively demonstrate that the sole Christian answer to the question of the moral permissibility of abortion is a pro-life answer. However, although Di Mauro's analysis offers some historical insight into the issue of abortion from a Christian perspective, his arguments are insufficient to support this conclusion.
[3] The first stage of Di Mauro's argument is to demonstrate that there is biblical evidence in favor of a pro-life position. Since the Bible never directly refers to abortion, Di Mauro offers what he claims to be indirect evidence. He first points to Exodus 21:22-25 as demonstrating that "causing a miscarriage at any point in a pregnancy was considered sinful and was punishable under ancient Jewish law."4 Unfortunately, Di Mauro never examines the historical meaning of this passage, or defends it against understandings of this passage that would interpret it otherwise in light of the social historical context. He simply states the verse, adds that pre-Christian Jews were well-known pro-lifers and takes the verse at face value without discussing, for example, contemporary social understandings of women and children, ancient Jewish property rights or any other social context that would influence the meaning of the verse.
[4] The next bit of alleged biblical evidence hinges on the meaning of the Greek word "pharmakeia" in New Testament texts (Galatians 5:20-21, Revelation 9:21, 21:8 and 22:15). Pharmakeia literally means "the mixing of potions" and is related to the making and administering of potions or medicines. It is variously translated in the Bible as "sorcery," "witchcraft" or "magic arts."5 Di Mauro favorably cites several authors who argue that, because potions were often used as abortifacients (which were often administered by sorcerers), Paul's use of "pharmakeia" would have been understood by his contemporary readers as listing abortion among the sins of the flesh. These authors cite other early Christian writers who more directly link the use of "pharmakeia" to abortion. Additionally, Di Mauro claims, because pharmakeia is listed near the sins of murder and sexual immorality, it clearly must relate to abortion.
[5] But far from being a "compelling argument,"6 the validity of this claim is hardly obvious, especially since Di Mauro stated in the previous chapter that, "the Greek version [of the Bible] is not the original text and therefore can provide little biblical guidance on the matter."7 Setting that aside, however, and accepting the claim on its face, one still wonders why so many Christian writers and church fathers have consistently translated the term in connection with sorcery if the connection between "pharmakeia" and abortion is so clear? For example, when he translated the Greek Bible into German, Martin Luther used the word "Zauberei" (which translates as "sorcery" or "witchcraft") in place of "pharmakeia."8 Di Mauro's quoted scholars do point to a connection between sorcerers and abortion but it is difficult to believe that administering abortifacients is the only (or primary) objectionable activity that sorcerers engage in. Indeed, MacArthur sheds light on the traditional interpretation:
["Pharmakeia"] was originally used of medicines in general but came to be used primarily of mood-altering drugs.... Many ancient religious ceremonies involved occultic practices in which drugs were used to induce supposed communication with deities, and pharmakeia thereby came to be closely related to witchcraft and magic. Aristotle and other Greek writers used the word as a synonym for witchcraft and black magic, because drugs were so commonly used in their practice.9
Additionally, in his commentary on Galatians, Martin Luther considers witchcraft to be a form of idolatry.10 And, when these verses are read in context, they are at least as closely associated with idolatry as with sexual immorality and murder, even if any credit is given to the claim that sometimes listing "pharmakeia" near murder and sexual immorality means it is intimately related to these two things (and, absurdly, therefore must refer to abortion).
[6] Of course, simply mentioning this traditional interpretation of reference to sorcery/idolatry does not demonstrate its superiority over Di Mauro's interpretation of reference to abortifacients or, indeed, demonstrate that the biblical writer could not have had several meanings in mind. It does show, however, that there are other entirely plausible interpretations that must be addressed and historical context examined before the proposed interpretation is accepted as even being plausible. In his all too brief discussion of the claim (he spends only five pages on all of the biblical evidence), Di Mauro relies far more on assertion than on argument. This is also true of his third bit of evidence, which are the several verses that refer to God's forming a person in the womb, or calling him or her before birth (Isaiah 44:2, 49:1 and 5, Jeremiah 1:5, Psalm 139:13-16, etc.). But, as with the Exodus verses and the "pharmakeia" claims, Di Mauro is content to simply point out these verses and claim they are indirect references to abortion without addressing the many questions that such a claim raises. In either case, there is not sufficient argument or explanation provided to consider these claims anything more than the author's eisegesis and not the smoking gun he supposes them to be.
[7] The second part of Di Mauro's argument is to show that the Christian church has been a pro-life institution through history. To accomplish this, he cites numerous church documents and fathers on the impermissibility of abortion, including the Didache, Tertullian, various popes, Augustine, John Calvin, John Wesley, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and others. And it is difficult to argue against the claim that church leaders have historically been pro-life. But simply offering a series of quotes from prominent Christians through history does not settle the question of God's will regarding abortion. Yes, many church leaders have traditionally found abortion impermissible. However, given the lack of biblical evidence in support of these views, the question has to be asked: what are their reasons for taking this position? After all, if this position is based not on the Bible but on the societal norms of the time, then it is not clear that such a position would apply today or even made sense at the time. Many of those same writers supported ideas and institutions that are no longer considered morally acceptable. To cite two common examples, church leaders (such as Augustine and Aquinas, among many others) supported slavery and argued the inferiority of women. Simply showing that certain church leaders through history have been pro-life without addressing the theological basis for this position does nothing for the argument that Christians should be pro-life.
[8] Di Mauro does offer some arguments against the positions of several writers and groups whose positions are opposed to his. However, though some of these arguments are promising, Di Mauro unfortunately resorts to assertions and unsubstantiated claims to "clinch" his arguments. For example, when discussing Maguire's work on pro-choice traditions within the church, he states that Maguire does not discuss the history of Christian traditions, "nor does he discuss the development of a child in the womb or whether or not he has a right to be born;" Maguire "largely ignor[es] these important issues."11 Di Mauro does outline the history of (pro-life) traditions within the church but nowhere does he himself address the "important issues" of a child's rights and he only briefly mentions fetal development. However, he ignores the central issues in Maguire's work, which include pointing out that, contrary to Di Mauro's history, not all writers have been so vehemently pro-life and that the pro-life position could stem not from a theological argument or God's will but from societal norms of the time.
[9] Di Mauro starts off with a more promising argument against Dombrowski and Deltete's "ontological" reason for Augustine and Aquinas's belief in the sinfulness of abortion. However, he resorts to simply asserting his own beliefs to refute the "perversity" reason: "Indeed, how could anyone, even in today's society, deny that abortion adulterates the true spirit of marriage?" Given that the "true spirit of marriage" is quite a contentious issue in today's society and the fact that numerous people within today's society do disagree with this statement, it is a problematic counterargument. This is especially so since Di Mauro does not support this claim in any way and treats it as self-evident. But this is an approach that Di Mauro uses frequently when discussing the positions of pro-choice groups. His approach to these positions is to simply state them, using deprecating terms and accusations. He concludes that he has demonstrated these opposing views "to be inconsistent with the traditions of the Christian church. One can only conclude that these adherents of pro-choice Christianity have created new and unfounded biblical interpretations in order to create a theology of abortion which, quite simply, does not exist."12 This is certainly a possibility, but all that Di Mauro does is object to their interpretations because they disagree with his own.
[10] Having dealt with critics, Di Mauro turns to his attempt to show that Christianity is currently a pro-life religion. His long section outlining the positions of mainline Christian denominations has some serious promise of being a particularly interesting recent history of the abortion debate within Christianity. However, Di Mauro's own bias comes through even more clearly in this section, which is so one-sided that it is better characterized as a recent history of the pro-life movement in mainline Christian denominations. When a denomination is officially "pro-choice," Di Mauro writes a few lines about this and then turns, almost in a tone of hero-worship, to cataloging pro-life efforts and figures within that denomination. If the denomination is officially "pro-life," Di Mauro focuses almost solely on the pro-life figures from that denomination with very few sentences about any pro-choice efforts within that denomination. It can hardly be considered a balanced look at the controversy.
[11] Finally, Di Mauro offers some statistics that he believes will offset any belief that the Christian faithful are truly split on the issue of abortion. He adds up the number of adherents to each denomination and counts them as pro-life or pro-choice according to the official stance of the denomination. He thus figures that 72.20% of all Christians, worldwide, are pro-life. He readily admits that this is an inexact science, yet stands by the conclusion that close to three-quarters of all Christians are pro-life because he has skewed the data in favor of the pro-choice camp by counting all "unknowns" as pro-choice. He also acknowledges that not all members of a denomination adhere to the official position, but that the number of defectors would probably roughly offset. But this calculation is extremely problematic. Even supposing that the numbers of Christians have been counted up properly, Di Mauro's argument is akin to arguing that, because Obama won 67.8% of the electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election, a little better than two-thirds of the voters cast their votes for him. In reality, only about 53%, or a little better than half, of voters voted for Obama.
[12] But while it likely is true that most Christians worldwide are pro-life and likely even by a wide margin, this tells a Christian absolutely nothing about what position he or she should take on abortion. To argue that the majority of Christians are pro-life and therefore all Christians should be pro-life is to commit a very obvious naturalistic fallacy. That something is the case does not imply that it should be the case. In order to determine if a Christian should be pro-life, one would have to look at the biblical evidence and theological argument, none of which has been plausibly provided by Di Mauro.
[13] Thus, this third part of Di Mauro's argument in favor of a Christian pro-life position falls prey to a similar problem that plagues the second part: even in showing that Christianity has been historically been a pro-life religion, Di Mauro has entirely neglected to engage the historical social context and reasoning behind that position. And, since the biblical evidence he treats as a smoking gun is actually unsubstantiated and poorly argued, there is nothing to fall back on. Thus, his conclusion that the only Christian answer to the abortion question is a pro-life answer is left entirely unsupported. When challenging Dombrowski and Deltete, Di Mauro asserts that their book "appears to be a vehicle for advancing the authors' own agendas rather than an unbiased search for God's will on the abortion issue."13 His own book fits this description and this is unfortunate, since there are many better Christian arguments in favor of the pro-life position.
Rebecca Bartley Yarrison teaches medical ethics at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, and has dealt with the ethics of abortion since her undergraduate days.
1. Di Mauro D. A love for life: Christianity's consistent protection of the unborn. Wipf and Stock, Eugene, OR: 2008. p. xii.
2. Ibid., p. xiii
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid., p. 2.
5. A helpful website for Biblical translation comparison is www.biblegateway.com.
6. Di Mauro, op cit. p. 7.
7. Ibid., p. 2.
8. Luther M, tr. Die Bibel. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/luther/. Accessed July 13, 2009.
9. MacArthur J. The MacArthur New Testament commentary: Galatians. Moody Press, Chicago: 1987. pp. 161-162.
10. Graebner T, tr. Commentary on the epistle to the Galatians (1535) by Martin Luther. Project Wittenberg. http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/gal/web/gal5-14.html. Accessed July 13, 2009.
11. Di Mauro, op cit. p. 36.
12. Ibid., p. 45.
13. Ibid., p. 40.
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Personnel: Van Dyke Parks (vocals, piano); Kathy Dalton, Danny Hutton (vocals); Fred Tackett (guitar, banjo, mandolin); Gayle Levant (harp); Tommy Morgan, Stanley Behrens (harmonica); Emil Richards (vibraphone, marimba, bells, timpani); Jim Hughart (bass); Jim Keltner (drums); Robert Greenidge (steel drum); Kenny Watson (cymbalom); Jennifer Warnes (background vocals).
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Enter UTV's latest press release then, one that focuses on the free-to-play title's unique multi-classing system while gleefully proclaiming that traditional MMO classes can go to hell. "Faxion's class system is somewhat of a misnomer," says UTV's Frank Lucero. "In reality, the classes are nothing more than fundamental components that the players themselves can use to create their own toolbox of hellish destruction or heavenly onslaught."
How exactly does this work out for the player? It depends on your end goals. For example, folks desiring a traditional druid-type toon will probably want to roll a Guardian class and dabble in Diviner and Crusader classes. Similarly, those interested in an evil cleric archetype should start with a Zealot and add a bit of Reaver into the mix. The possibilities are numerous, and UTV provides a helpful primer for each class after the cut, as well as some associated imagery in the gallery below.
Crusaders, the backbone of the armies of Heaven, stand at the forefronts of the war - ready to defend the holy gates and all they stand for. While reliant upon their weapons and armor, it is their faith that makes them a force to behold, sustaining them during lengthy skirmishes. No stranger to hand-to-hand combat, Crusaders are strong fighters who rely on mobility and sheer brute force to bring low malefactors. Glory shine upon these celestial warriors who eternally push back Sin's shadow.
Heralds of peace, Guardians bolster their allies with miraculous healing, protective sanctification, and unfaltering conviction. More than simple medics, these agents of mercy lend their spiritual aid to virtuous Crusaders and Diviners while humbling those who abdicate from the light. Still, they mourn those who have lost the path and grant what peace they can to the fallen. Guardians understand that patience is key when guiding the ignorant, and are willing to repeatedly rehabilitate those lured by Hell's deceit.
Diviners step onto the battlefield knowing that the wary eyes of the accursed are upon them. Their mastery of the elements, righteous fury, and enthusiasm for chastising the wicked justify these concerns. Eons have been spent gathering divine truths, and Diviners use this wisdom to unleash destructive forces from afar. Truly fearing no evil, they hardly even bother to armor themselves. Instead they rely on their skill to call upon divine winds, raining down holy retribution to devastate entire hordes.
Reavers are the favored marauders of Hell - dark champions who worship at the altar of battle. They believe the cries of their victims to be the purest hymn and shedding blood the only true prayer. Wrapped in armor and warped by infernal blessings, Reavers are often surrounded by enemies, taking on multiple opponents with cleaving blows and peerless defense. One day they will march on Heaven itself, and the groan of Heaven's Gate breaking will briefly drown out the cries of the newly damned.
Devotees of misery and Hell's foremost strategists, Zealot's are notorious for their proficiency in matters of life and death. Regularly found on the front lines alongside Reavers, they place potent wards that offer protection to the forces of Hell or destruction for any servants of Heaven that stumbles upon them. Pragmatic in all things, Zealots are far more willing than their comrades to consider a plan of action where murder isn't the first and only step. After all, why would they want to limit their options for spreading chaos, corruption, and madness throughout Limbo?
For Occultists, power alone simply isn't enough. But being seen wielding power... controlling the ebb and flow of battle while blighting the land in flashy demonstrations of supremacy - this is what drives Occultists to study with such fevered intensity. Bending the elements through sheer strength of will, these students of the dark arts are careful to confront the forces of Heaven on their terms, lest their lack of martial skill be the deciding factor. With a unique blend of contempt and arrogance, they use their expertise to tear the heart out of even the most formidable regiments.


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Speaking at a Montpelier energy forum April 22, several energy experts described in detail the electric transmission challenges, job and economic losses, and electricity rate increases that are likely to result if Vermont Yankee closes in 2012.
The experts spoke to about 40 Vermont business, agriculture and labor leaders at the "Good Energy Policy Is Good Economic Policy" forum, sponsored by Local Chapter 300 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Vermont Energy Partnership.
Eric Wilkinson, external affairs spokesperson for ISO-New England warned of resulting transmission overload and low voltage, both of which would damage equipment and cause cascading power disruptions. ISO-New England manages the "grid" of New England transmission and generation.
Based on his recent study economist Richard Heaps described the eventual loss of 1,288 Vermont jobs and $93 million in annual payroll. In particular, Windham County, already hard-hit by the recession, would lose more than 1,000 jobs with $84 million in annual payroll.
Electricity rates could increase well over 30 percent depending on what forms of power replace Vermont Yankee, energy planner Dr. Howard J. Axelrod described as a result of his updated analysis.
Vermont faces electric transmission challenges regardless of whether Vermont Yankee closes, Wilkinson stressed, but also noted that the overload and low voltage scenarios he described will be worse if Vermont Yankee is taken offline.
Wilkinson also emphasized that Vermont may experience higher prices for ISO's "system power" generated out-of-state should the loss of Vermont Yankee force the system to buy power from more expensive power plants, which is a strong possibility, he said. The other New England states would effectively penalize Vermont ratepayers for removing Vermont Yankee's low-cost power. A comprehensive ISO-New England study of transmission and cost challenges associated with Vermont Yankee's possible closing is expected to be concluded by the end of 2010, Wilkinson said.
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Positioned between the City's Square Mile and the thriving West End, this grand, Edwardian Hilton hotel welcomes guests with a patisserie and champagne bar in the lobby. Executive lounge, heated indoor pool, gym, steam room and Grand Salon belie the hotel's cosy, boutique feel. Large, modern rooms come with added luxuries like plasma TV and marble basin. Rich in history, afternoon tea here is the ...
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Ippuku's owner: Making Japanese food with integrity
He's run a pizza joint in Montana and a Japanese restaurant in New Mexico, but Berkeley-bred Christian Geideman has perhaps earned the highest marks for coming home and opening a stylish izakaya restaurant, Ippuku, in downtown Berkeley.
Izakaya is Japan's answer to the tapas bar or gastropub: a casual joint to go after work for strong drinks, small plates, and a chance to unwind with friends.
Ippuku opened two years ago on a strip that typically serves the student set and it's been widely praised since then. The San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Bauer heaped compliments on the place. Alice Waters is a regular and calls Ippuku one of her favorite spots to dine in town. And local chefs laud the restaurant for its drink list, including shochu (a distilled spirit typically made from barley, sweet potato, rice or black sugar) and craft beers on tap, as well as its authentic, Japanese fare. The restaurant showcases yakitori, or grilled skewers of just about any cut of meat from chicken, including neck, heart, liver, knee cartilage, shoulder blade, tail, gizzards, and skin.
Clearly, Geideman takes the trend of whole-beast cooking to heart. The dish that's garnered most attention on the menu is chicken tartare. That's raw chicken, topped with daikon sprouts, Korean chili paste, and a raw egg to the uninitiated — what Bauer described as "a double dose of culinary danger." … Continue reading »
Ethnic eats in Berkeley from A to Z: Part 3
Over the last two weeks Berkeleyside has listed almost 100 places where you can taste tachos, slurp soba, and make a meal out of momos (catch up with part 1, A to I and part 2, J to P). Down the track, we will bring you the back story to some of the people behind some of these places.
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Oh, and as for the definition of ethnic (some readers quibbled about whether French or Italian joints should be in the mix) we're thinking chefs who want to showcase a style of cooking specific to a region of the world — versus California cuisine or fusion food, though no doubt there's some crossover.
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Gilman Street Gals cook up sweet treats in Westbrae
In a teeny tiny, dark commercial kitchen on a small shopping strip on Gilman Street in Berkeley's Westbrae neighborhood, four full-time, female food artisans, and a few part-timers too, are turning out sweet baked goods that have earned them mad props in the Bay Area.
Think of these enterprising edible producers as the Gilman Street Gals. In the cast: Clarine Hardesty, of Clarine's Florentines, who holds the lease to the kitchen, which is co-owned by Bob Kelso of Toot Sweets down the block. Joining her behind the stoves: seasoned wedding and specialty cake maker Carolyn Wong, whose signature style is simple, elegant, and artistic. Also in the mix is Anastasia Widiarsih, herself no slouch on the designer cake front, whose main focus these days at Indie Cakes & Pastries is baking scones, cookies, and cakes for wholesale café clients, including Saul's Delicatessen + Restaurant. Relative newbie in the kitchen crew: Christine Falatico Frey of CiCi's Italian Butterhorns; her sugary, buttery, cinnamon walnut cookies are featured holiday picks in the December issue of Diablo magazine — along with Clarine's Florentines and June Taylor's christmas cake. … Continue reading »
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Only five of the Chronicle's Top 100 restaurants in the Bay Area are in Berkeley, the birthplace of the locavore movement and the home of the doyenne of slow food in the United States, Alice Waters.
Of the five chosen ones — revealed in the paper's annual league table yesterday, one is relatively new. The other four count as veterans in the fast-moving world of restaurants.
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In addition, Youth Leaders and Group Leaders registering and making payment for 10 or more eligible students can receive a free hotel room and meals for the weekend! All students must be registered and paid by two weeks prior to your chosen CFAW date. If you do not qualify for a free hotel room, check out our local accommodations.
All group leaders are invited to attend the Youth Leader Breakfast on Friday morning. Over a delicious and complimentary breakfast you will hear from some of the university's most beloved speakers. Immediately following the breakfast, you will have the opportunity to attend Convocation.
All groups must be pre-registered. However, the same costs and eligibility guidelines for individual students apply to students in groups. See these costs and guidelines on the homepage.
To Pre-Register Your Group:
Group leader, create a student leader account login name and password under Event Registration. Then create a group name and share this group name with each student who will be attending with your group.
Students must sign up under your group name, an option that will be given to them during online registration. For assistance with groups, contact the CFAW Groups Team at (434) 592-6043.
Once you have registered, you will hear from the CFAW Groups Team. They will provide additional resources for your planning purposes, as well as materials for you to distribute to your students about CFAW.
To purchase tickets for the CFAW Concert at a discounted rate, give us a call for the Promo Code specific for groups.
Remember to promote CFAW and direct students to www.LibertyCFAW.com to register. Remind them to register under your group name.
- Each student may submit his/her individual registration fee when prompted during his/her individual online registration process.
- The group leader may pay for all of his/her students with credit card over the phone by calling (434) 592-6043.
- The Group Leader may pay for all students with a check made payable to College For A Weekend. This check must be received by the Visitors Center office by the Friday prior to event start date. To check the amount due, call (434) 592-6043. Mail checks to:
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Mary B. Clark
Mary Louise Burbage Clark of Cross, a former certified nursing assistant, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 at her residence. She was 58.
Surviving are her husband, Floyd Clark Sr.; seven daughters, Jessie Clark and Stephanie Strickland, both of Moncks Corner, Elana Risher and her husband, Dusty, of Holly Hill, Elizabeth Clark and Priscilla Williams and her husband, Twon, all of Ladson, Jessica Clark of Cross, and Amber Krasae of Goose Creek; two sons, Floyd Clark Jr. and his friend, Hilary Stidham, and Joseph Clark and his wife, Becky, all of Moncks Corner; two sisters, Rena Clark and Annette Clark, both of Moncks Corner; three brothers, Jimmy Leach of Neeses, Charlie Burbage of Moncks Corner, and Hamp Burbage of Ridgeville; 13 grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.dial-murrayfuneralhome.com.
Wilma M. Gregorie
Wilma D. Mueller Gregorie of Moncks Corner died Sunday morning, Oct. 27, 2013 at her residence. She was 86.
Surviving are her husband, Wayne Hutson Gregorie; three daughters, Darlene G. Murphy, Carol Mitchum and her husband, Ricky Darnell, and Judy Pye and her husband, Tony Cason, all of Moncks Corner; a son, Robert "Bobby" Wayne Gregorie of Moncks Corner; a sister, Annie Mueller of Wennigsen, Germany; a brother, Fritz Mueller of Leipig, Germany; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.dial-murrayfuneralhome.com.
D. Joseph Hackney Jr.
Sergeant First Class D. Joseph "Joe" Hackney Jr., US Army, Ret., of Bonneau, died Monday afternoon, Oct. 21, 2013 at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. He was 50.
Surviving are his wife, Stacy Robinson Hackney; a daughter, Kyrie A. Hackney of Coventry, RI; a son, Derek J. Hackney of Coventry; his mother, Carol R. Salisbury, of Bonneau; his father, Darrell J. Hackney Sr. of Blairsville, GA; a sister, Debbie DiBiasio of Bonneau; two step-sisters, Kathy Lewis of Exeter, RI, and Sheri Hisey of Georgia; and a step-brother, Gardiner Salisbury Jr. of Sharon Springs, NY.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.dial-murrayfuneralhome.com.
Jill Christy Mielen
Jill Christy Hackney Mielen of Summerville, a receptionist for AAA Fence Company, died Sunday morning, Oct. 20, 2013. She was 52.
Surviving are her fiancé, John G. Sistrunk of Summerville; a sister, Sherri L. Botts of Bonneau; a brother, Roger A. Hackney Jr. of Bonneau; and several nieces, nephews, and great nephews.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.dial-murrayfuneralhome.com.
Geneva W. Vincent
Geneva Mae "Jenny" Weatherford Vincent of Montverde, FL, a retired employee of Disney World in Orlando, FL, died Sunday morning, October 27, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. She was 63.
Surviving are her husband, Steve H. Vincent; a son, David Jason Timmons of St. Cloud, FL; a sister, Rhonda Cales of Jamestown; a brother, Willie L. Weatherford Jr. of Jamestown; and two grandchildren.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.dial-murrayfuneralhome.com.
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It is cold; the floor is damp,
It is mostly dark; there is no lamp.
Bars on the windows shield from the elements,
The tenement of the mind is diligently redolent.
Of the warmth he once felt
And the happiness that filled the space he dwelt
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Posted at: 06/19/2013 7:54 PM
Updated at: 06/19/2013 7:55 PM
The chance for thunderstorms has increased on almost every day from Thursday to the beginning of next week. This thunderstorm chance also comes with a chance for strong storms and even severe weather, something your Storm Tracker 6 Weather Team will be closely tracking. So, you may be wondering why so many chances for thunderstorms? Well, I'm glad you asked!
Any thunderstorm needs three critical ingredients: a source of lift, instability, and moisture. A strong or severe thunderstorm needs one more element – a source of rotation known as shear.
Our source of lift for every storm over the next week can be sourced in part to an upper level low (ULL) currently located over the Pacific Northwest. You may be familiar with our surface low pressure systems that bring us rain, snow, etc. well an upper level low pressure system is almost the same just in the upper levels of the atmosphere. When this ULL spins counterclockwise, like all low pressure systems, do it spins off waves of energy known as vorticity. Each of these energy waves gives us the lift needed for rain showers and thunderstorms.
Instability, sometimes referred to as "thunderstorm fuel", will be in ample supply. The atmosphere commonly becomes unstable when warmed. With temperatures at the surface likely reaching the upper 80s and possibly 90º this weekend the supply of instability will be essentially limitless especially during the daytime heating periods. A catch 22 of sorts with instability is something referred to as a cap or lid. This occurs when too much warm air is present in the mid-levels of the atmosphere causing thunderstorms to be cooler than their environment and stunting their growth. A strong cap will likely be in place on some days over the next week but instability looks likely to win out.
Moisture in the air is measured as dewpoint. The dewpoint is literally the temperature the air needs to be in order for dew to form. For thunderstorms we usually look for dewpoints at least reaching the 60º, over the next week dewpoints look to reach the middle 70s giving us plenty of moisture. This will also make the air very humid and downright uncomfortable at times.
This leaves us with our last ingredient: a source of rotation or shear. This is also the ingredient that is lacking the most. For severe storms we typically need shear values near 40 kts or more. On most days over the next week shear values will be near 30 kts and only at a few times reach 40 kts. This ingredient will likely be the determining factor between thunderstorms and strong thunderstorms. Something that will likely push our thunderstorm risk to strong levels will be the arrival of the Low Level Jet or LLJ. Similar to the Jet Stream, the LLJ is a region of strong winds in the lower levels of the atmosphere. Typically the LLJ will not kick in until evening increasing our storm chances. The LLJ, if in the right spot, can increase our shear and therefore our potential for severe weather.
Looking at these ingredients over the next week there is certainly a chance for stronger storms almost every day especially in the evening when the LLJ kicks in. We will be tracking the risk for strong and severe weather without stop over the next few days.
Justin Thompson-Gee
Storm Tracker 6 Meteorologist


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Miley Cyrus shocked fans when she just appeared on The Jimmy Kimmel show and discussed the fact she smokes pot: "People can put it together for themselves," she said, adding, "I think alcohol is way more dangerous than marijuana. "People can be mad at me for saying that, but I don't care. I've seen a lot of people spiral down with alcohol, but I've never seen that happen with weed." A source reveals, "Miley could care less about the negative press, she has always been this way and is happy she can show she is a bad ass and not a Disney Star. She also knows that this will help her career to be viewed as the life of the party like Rhianna."
Plus, Miley was overheard at GMA yesterday saying that she's hired her mom for the summer to go on tour with her. She has not been in contact with her father Billy Ray in a while. She's paying her mom, Tish, to just hang out. Fun.
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