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ORLANDO, Fla. - The University of Louisville men's tennis team concluded the UCF Quad Tournament with eight wins Sunday.
"We achieved our goals this tournament and am very happy with these guys," said UofL head coach Rex Ecarma. "We wanted to finish strong and won 8 of the 11 matches against the host team UCF. These guys are now ready to start the dual match season. Several different doubles combinations were established as well. In a long dual match season, each doubles starter needs three players he can play at a high level with. This team's confidence continued from the last semester. We return to Louisville more prepared and more confident."
Juniors Van Damrongsri, Chris Simich and freshman Eric Bonfre won in both singles and doubles to help the Cards wrap up preseason play.
UofL will open the 2014 dual match season on Jan. 17 when the Cardinals play host to Morehead State at 1 p.m. and Murray State at 5:30 p.m. at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.
Louisville results from UCF Quad Tournament
Chris Simich (UL) d. Francesc Aulina (UCF) 6-5,6-5
Chris Barrus (UCF) d. Sebastian Stiefelmeyer (UL) 6-3,6-2
Van Damrongsri (UL) d. Inaki Espindola (UCF) 6-2,6-5
Michael Lippens (UL) d. Jose Sangroniz (UCF) 6-0,6-1
Luis Elizondo (UL) d. Jesse Flores (UCF) 6-2,6-3
Eric Bonfre (UL) d. Reece Arcee (UC F) 6-3,6-3
Arjun Watane (UCF) d. Jeffrey Brown (UL) 6-4,5-6, 6-5
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Wagner/Brown (UL) d. Alulina/Mathew Gladstone (UCF) 6-4
Damrongsri/Bonfre (UL) d. Barrus/Espendula (UCF) 6-4
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Although it is early in the season it is obvious the Timbers are either poorly coached or do not have the players to win and score whent the pressure is on. Being a pretty good mix of both the coaching part can be easily taken care of; time for a coaching change. Spenser is colorful and talks up alot of good quotes but his coaching is way bad. I don't know enough to name any possible replacements but one thing is clear: The Army and a filled stadium are not long for the future. If they miss the playoffs next years average attendance will be about 10K per match and falling.
Stanley, There is a difference between the Obamacare plan and social security.That being Obamacare allowing the government to REQUIRE us to pay for something in order to pay for your healthcare and social security as something YOU are taxed for and you are allowed to draw on supposedly in an amount proportionant to what you have paid. I wonder how so many have made the jump from their own care for themselves to requiring me to pay for it. Why don't you pay something for me? I would like lower gas prices that you might subsidize for me. How about groceries? I would like you to pick up the tab for my steak and eggs....if you had to do it directly from your hand to mine you would probably not like that.
Olberman was and is nothing but a left-wing flamer. He never supports his commentary with facts and his often times downright lying is catching up to him again. Good riddence. If Al Gore cannot stand his level of spin then nobody can.
After witnessing last years "fun" here we are again only this time expecting to win. I think it might be time to take a look at the whole team from top to bottom. Coach is always using the same old quotes about how hard it is to lose. Outside of Portland and Seattle there isn't much interest in major league soccer so the Timbers should be able to lure a major league coach here and, except for Nagbe, a whole new team.
Maybe it's time to start thinking about some BIG changes. Spensor is a colorful guy who is the darling of the Timbers but this constant talk about how "cruel" the game is and how the Timbers got "punished" is getting old. He is the coach and should be holding the players accountable for their inept play. Spensor, get 'em goin' or you might be next.
Anytime the government gets more and more into the private lives of citizens it is not good. If the Obamas get control of healthcare then why not get into raising premiums on people for what they do? Not enough milk? Raise the premium. Smoke? Raise the premium. Eat red meat? Raise the premium. Want the government looking into your health record? Want the government screening you for certain health services based on age or lifestyle? And don't compare it to auto insurance. Driving is a privlidge, not an automatic need or choice based on one's personal life. Anytime the government takes over anything (except national defense) it fails. Follow the Constitution and we will be alright.
prexstermnal, I was wondering how long it would take a Dem/lib to bring up GWB. Not long on this one. Get over the fact that Obama is making President Bush look good! Plus, I think you are the record holder for still blaming the previous guy more than 3 years after he left.
We are NOT required to buy auto or house insurance. It is our agreement to have those things if we exercise the privelidge of driving and we are not required to own or drive a car. We have house insurance because we sign a contract with the loan company who finances our house for us. Both of these are examples of the mistaken misnomer that we are required this insurance.
Zimmerman is half-hispanic which qualifies him as a minority as much as the president who rushed to judgement in this case. The pictures of Trayvon are always of him when he was 13 years old and not 17 as he is now. He has a criminal past for drug convictions. He assailed Zimmerman and was on top of him when shot. So this shoots down the racist aspect that the news keeps feeding you and relentlessly continues to do so. Now the devisive Jacksons, Sharptons and others who make a living stirring people up have done their job and now we are divided a little more. This has got to stop and the truth needs to be told.
It is fortunate that anyone outside Portland and that team up North don't pay alot of attention to this until the weather turns warm and people want to come out. Maybe by then we can get a win.
Without an "O" line not even Bart Starr would stand a chance. Can't wait to see how that is coming along.
As a former state employee I can understand your angst over "furlough days". The point of those days off are not to save money but to make the public suffer and beg the services be open when they should. A simpler solution would be to have unpaid holidays. That would make sense because the services are shut down that day anyway. Of course, the union would raise up in arms to stifle any of that.
As far as Texas ID laws go the writer may be reasonable but Eric Holder or any other federal politician should keep to their affairs and leave the states alone. The way it is supposed to be.
MARK, if you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!
I like the Beavers anytime they play and anywhere. What I don't really like is the lack of spelling ability for most of the writers. I enjoyed the Beaver season but cannot help but wish the letter writers did not go to OSU. Just sayin'.
In many cases the use of a "discriminatory" name is not meant to be bad but the name can represent courage, fidelity and other traits to aspire to. On the other hand the names mentioned above are, by their very definition, prejorative. If we can't settle this thing and chill out a bit maybe we should just go by school numbers. That would be like "the number 10s from Roseburg or the 1s from Grant. Why stop there? Instead of towns with bad names we could number them too. It would take getting used to but those without thought could get used to it.
Do those batteries in the Volt explode spontaniously or is it only during a crash? I need to know that before I buy one. Either way I have to be careful in case it explodes.
How many people paid for tickets to this game? That is the true measure of how people consider soccer. Portland is, obviously, supportive of the game as is Seattle. Outside of the Northwest I don't believe many people really care. ub30 seems to know something kept secret from the rest of us: "Baseball is dwindling"? I don't think that is correct.
The whole argument over the end of life care is certainly nobodys business and certainly the letter by his own physician violates not only the law of confidentiality but also invades the privacy of an individual living or dead. Let it go that he was a decent man and contributed greatly to society but how he chose to die is not our business.
Ubash, I am a contented PERS retiree that does not get the deal mentioned in the article. That said, I don't see how you can praise PERS for keeping people employed. Without a doubt most public employees provide services and don't produce anything of any value to the community. If public employees keep the unemployment rate down and spending up why is it that everyone in the state be a public employee? That would mean a zero rate of unemployment and spending would increase greatly and we could all be happy.


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But the real question is, are ESRB ratings accurate when it comes to MMOs? The poll also claims that 65% of parents regularly check a game's rating before making a purchase, but are those ratings as helpful when choosing an MMO for your children? Read on for a look at why the E, T, and AO symbols might actually deserve an F.
Can you rate the world? Can you rate a virtual world?
There are a few problems with the ESRB ratings for MMOs, and one of the biggest ones is that an MMO is bigger than a game; it's a virtual world. I can go into any big city here in the U.S. and spend the day at the Children's Museum with my kids. But it would be a completely different experience to go down the street to the Red Light District, and even though both are in the same city, one is very family friendly while the other is the polar opposite.
You could say the same for MMOs as well. EverQuest II, for example, is rated T for Teen, which means it's meant for kids 13 and older. It's described as having violence, use of alcohol, and suggestive themes. Fair enough, but I recall many fun game sessions with my (then) four-year-old daughter as we worked together on her summer garden in her Qeynos home. She never once encountered any violence, use of alcohol, or suggestive themes. Interestingly enough, EQII's latest motto is "free-to-play your way," and I think it's perfect for this discussion because it sums up the square peg of ESRB with the round hole of MMOs. That's one of the flaws of the ESRB system because it really can't accurately assess an entire virtual world. If I were to completely follow the ESRB rating, I would have missed out on some fun moments of creativity with my daughter.
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One caveat to this is that the trend away from physical product to digital download might actually reduce the presence of ESRB rated games. As ESRB President Patricia Vance described in a recent Gamasutra interview, the system is voluntary, yet there are many storefronts that require games to have an ESRB rating, and there are penalties for game publishers that don't accurately represent their games to the ratings board (think Hot Coffee mod).
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Respiratory symptoms are common symptoms of lung or heart conditions, emotions, or injury. The medical terms for respiratory symptoms include dyspnea (difficulty breathing), tachypnea (rapid breathing), hypopnea (shallow breathing), hyperpnea (deep breathing), and apnea (absence of breathing). Breathing problems may occur in conditions affecting the lungs alone or may be seen in association with more generalized conditions, such as dehydration or infections.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis) and asthma are common causes of respiratory symptoms. Other common causes include infections, such as pneumonia or acute bronchitis. Inflammation causes respiratory symptoms, as seen in pleuritis or chronic bronchitis. Depending on the cause, respiratory symptoms may originate from one or both lungs and may be accompanied by rapid heart rate (tachycardia), low blood pressure (hypotension), or other cardiovascular signs and symptoms.
Heart conditions can lead to respiratory symptoms, especially in severe cases, such as congestive cardiac failure. Anxiety and panic attacks are common causes of respiratory symptoms and include rapid breathing that may result in hyperventilation and fainting. Airway obstruction causes respiratory symptoms that may include rapid shallow breathing. Lung injury from chest trauma can also lead to respiratory symptoms.
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Pulmonary symptoms that may occur along with respiratory symptomsRespiratory symptoms may accompany other symptoms affecting the respiratory system including:
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We've been going over the accounts, income and expenses, with a fine-tooth comb for the last three days, coming at each budget spreadsheet from every direction. Again and again. It had all better be right! Luckily our minds work in different ways, come at this from two different directions thus we see different things, catch errors, ask new questions, highlight what the other doesn't making the outcome surer.
If you are connected with me on Facebook, you could not have missed my teasers about a new life adventure, a huge change for JP and me. No, I cannot divulge it just yet but I write not only to share the excitement but to let you a bit into our life, to see how we are moving the project forward, how it is consuming us – the time, energy, passion, fervor and desire for it to work out. And last week had us swallowed up in budgets, assets, debits, expenses and incomes, social charges, salaries, mortgages and wondering how Marty will take to this change. I almost wrote impulsive adventure, but impulsive it is not. It has been brewing for quite some time, the idea simmering and we have been doing our research.
We should know more and hopefully move a step or two ahead this week.
And if this comes through… then not only will our life change but so will Life's a Feast. My blog will become a diary of the exciting journey.
But the end of the week brought us a very nice reward for all of our hard and serious work….
We had company! And right in the middle of plum season! My Kugelhopf Kerrin, Olivier and Chloé stopped by for dinner and then a marvelous brunch the following day (after a trip – a buying spree - to the market). This has become a once-a-year treat for us, their passing through Nantes! The brunch table was loaded down under a cornucopia of plums, so incredibly sweet, from La Maison de la Pomme La Foresterie in Vertou just outside the city; breads, mini Kugelhopf (of course) and pastries from La Petite Boulangerie of MOF Franck Dépériers and gorgeous sorbet from Vincent Guerlais.
The previous evening, JP was in charge of the main course for dinner – a fabulous lamb tagine – I made dessert. The plums at the market were too good not to use, so I made a 2-plum crisp, adding cherries and frozen wild blueberries for body and depth of flavor. I added balsamic vinegar to the fruit and topped the crisp with slivered almonds for crunch and a bit of nuttiness. It was simply out of this world.
I used a variety of ripe, local Reine Claude plums, golden and purple: Reine Claude d'Oullins, Reine Claude de Moissac and Reine Claude violette; the golden plums were incredibly sweet while the purple were sweet with a slightly tart acidity, making for a beautiful balance of flavor and intensity. Once pitted, I sliced each plum in half and then each half into 2 or 3 wedges.
5 cups of pitted, sliced fruit total, about 4 cups plums if adding the cherries (see note above)
½ pound (250 g) cherries, pitted and halved, optional
1 cup frozen wild blueberries, thawed and drained (reserve the juice)
¼ cup sugar
½ Tbs cornstarch
1 Tbs good quality Balsamic vinegar
For the crisp topping:
¾ cup (90 g) flour
½ cup (110 g) packed or granulated light brown sugar
½ cup (110 g) packed dark brown sugar
½ to 1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp salt
7 Tbs (110 g) unsalted butter
¼ to ½ cup slivered almonds
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
Prepare the fruit:
Place all of the prepared fruit in a mixing bowl; add the sugar and toss to coat the fruit evenly. Place the cornstarch in a small bowl or cup and add the balsamic vinegar; stir until the cornstarch is dissolved then pour this all over the fruit and toss to mix. Pour the fruit into a baking dish.
Prepare the crisp topping:
Stir together the flour, two sugars, cinnamon and salt in a medium-sized bowl, breaking up any lumps. Cube the butter and toss the cubes in the dry ingredients to coat and separate. Then, using only your fingertips and working very quickly, rub the dry ingredients and the butter together until the mixture resembles damp sand and there are no more pieces of butter visible. Toss in the almonds until evenly distributed (or, save the slivered almonds to sprinkle evenly across the surface once the crisp topping has been distributed over the fruit). Sprinkle this mixture thickly and evenly over the fruit in the baking dish all the way out to the edges.
Cover with a sheet of aluminum foil and bake for ½ hour then uncover and bake for an additional ½ hour. The top should be crisp – thus a "Crisp" – and the fruit syrup should be bubbling all around the edges.
Eat warm or at room temperature with ice cream or lightly sweetened whipped cream.


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GIS integration with smart grid apps limited, but picking up speed
Utility executives are beginning to understand that geospatial data is critical to smart grid success. However, the integration of geographic information system (GIS) technology with smart grid applications such as supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), energy management systems (EMS), outage management systems (OMS), and distribution management systems (DMS) have been limited. This will change over the next five years.
Utility spending on GIS software and services will more than double from 2011 to 2017, from $1.8 billion in 2011 to $3.7 billion in 2017, according to Pike Research.
"Until recently, complexity and quality issues surrounding geographic data have constrained utility adoption of GIS technology," said Chief Research Director Bob Gohn. "But the success of the smart grid revolves around the SCADA/OMS/DMS/GIS matrix, and having all these aspects operating in concert, driven off of the same data sources, is a mission-critical requirement."
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Stretch Corleone's Ever-Growing Album Collection (Part 11: Country/Bluegrass/Folk)
Submitted by Stretch Corleone on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 11:18
- Johnny Cash-At Folsom Prison
- Nick Drake-Five Leaves Left
- Nick Drake-Pink Moon
- John Prine-John Prine
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Yeah, I know there's not much on this list so far, but I didn't want to group the last few genres of my album collection (even though they're very tiny right now) into one big list.
Comments or questions? Bring 'em on!
If you like At Folsom Prison (and I love it), the full unabridged two-disc At San Quentin album is even better.


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Hollywood's negative energy
Even as Americans crave en- ergy independence, Hollywood has once again joined ideological forces with environmental leftists and foreign exporters of oil to ensure the U.S. doesn't tap into its own vast natural gas resources.
The latest effort, a film called "Promised Land" starring Matt Damon, attempts to persuade Americans of the evils of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," as a means of mining natural gas.
Judging by the success of previous anti-fracking films, "Promised Land" seemed poised to come out swinging. Instead, the flick proved a flop at the box office.
Why the fade in fracking fascination? Perhaps it's because Americans are tired of hearing the rhetoric. Perhaps it's because they would rather see Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, or maybe because Damon's $15 million propaganda was financed by OPEC oil tycoons. Or perhaps it's because a lie can stand only so long before it falls before the truth.
The truth is that not only has fracking been safely used in the United States for more than 60 years, but that it also has actually contributed in recent years to a drastic decline in energy-related carbon emissions in the U.S. Just don't expect the green goons to give up too quickly.
Cathy Lukasko, Brookfield
cambridge: I like that! It's a great time saver. Next time I want to disagree with someone, I'll just use your line!
How would it be if reporters at Obama's Press Conferences used that tactic? "Mr. President what you just said is- BULL$HIT!!!"
P.S. Actually what the lady said made a lot of sense. Fracking has been safely used for about 60 years now. That's not "Bull$hit" it's a fact.
Also, I tried using the real word without the Dollar Sign and the Vindy Computer stopped me- told me to "Watch my mouth!" I'm so happy that "Vindicator Square" is a profanity free zone!
I'd like to hear what they say to each other in the Newsroom!
kurt...BULL$HIT!!! is the perfect description of anything your girl cathy writes.
One post she will be lecturing the masses about their godless fall from grace as she looks down from her pedestal, then her next post will be some blatant lie like the one she posted on this thread. cathy....I thought lying was a sin.
The clowns that claim fracking is safe are liars and everyone knows it. I have no problem with drilling for gas and oil but it should be done without ruining the environment. That gas can be brought to the surface by using water and pressure but the gas and oil companies add hundreds of chemicals. What are the chemicals for? They are anti corrosives for the protection of their PIPES.
That is why the industry is exempt from clean air and clean water acts. The protection of PIPES. The priority of big gas and oil is the protection of their PIPES, not the protection of the local water table and the air quality that is contaminated as those chemicals evaporate into the air.
So after the water, air, local livestock and local produce are contaminated what is left? What is left is a community of worthless real estate. On a previous post the top gas stooge uticashill gloated about how happy the new rig in Poland made him. He didn't mention how the residents of Poland feel about their new real estate appraisal.
As long as those hundreds of chemicals are ignored in any analysis of the air and water big oil and gas will always get a clean bill of health. After all it's what they paid for. So there you have it kurt, all that writing just to comment on cathy's post when I explained it perfectly the first time.
As of 2012, fracking is exempt from seven major federal regulations. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/...
The EPA doesn't plan to address how often drinking water contamination might occur. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01...
Fracking requires large quantities of fresh water. Fracking the Marcellus will require many billions of gallons of water over the next 15 years. This water can be withdrawn from lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, ponds, and wells. Contaminated water may never be returned to the watershed.
Our water supply is finite Although water covers about 70 percent of the Earth, less than 1 percent is available as freshwater for human use. Surface water—such as that in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams—is the primary water source for humans. Groundwater—that is, water underground in aquifers (highly permeable rocks, soil, and sand)—can be extracted through wells or found as springs. Technically speaking, groundwater resources exceed salt-free surface water on Earth, but humans use surface water more often because it is easier to access in large quantities.
Wells can be fracked up to 10 times. Marcellus wells will remain active up to 40 years... Then what? http://shaleshock.org/drilling-101/
And what will the future look like for our children and grandchildren? t's all about greed and money. This project is a short term "solution". The people who see dollar signs are not thinking about the consequences.
Cathy, people distrust fracking because of the secrecy that surrounds the chemicals used in the process. This "Haliburton" law that says the companies can't be forced to say what chemicals are being injected underground is nonsense. If my well water suddenly tastes funny or has a harmful effect on my family and I have it tested, I should be able to identify the company that injected that stuff underground. They should be held liable. If that law were overturned many people might change their minds about the process.
Multiple earthquakes and flammable water are enough to make we wonder about the consequences of fracking! I haven't seen the movie but common sense tells me we need to know more about this before we proceed to destroy our environment.
Actually, the Haliburton law is reminiscent of the way Carnegie ran the steel industry; laying out huge amounts of cash to get favorable laws. We have every right to know what checmicals are being pumped into the ground. The fact that the industry hides this information makes me wonder what else they are hiding.
"Between 2009 and 2011, the USGS tested 52 samples of Marcellus shale wastewater, otherwise known as brine, from wells in Pennsylvania and New York. The resulting report, compiled in December, found that many of the samples contained radiation levels that would be 242 times higher than the federal safety limit for drinking water.
Because Ohio does not have laws prohibiting the disposal of other states' hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," waste, Ohio accepts a significant amount of fracking waste from out of state.
Last year, 54 percent of the 12.5 million barrels of brine disposed of in Ohio were from out of state, with quite a bit coming from Pennsylvania, said Heidi Hetzel-Evans, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.


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In an editorial in the last issue of The Quarterly Journal, co-director G. Richard Fisher explored the world of tabloid prognosticators and how an undiscerning world is all too quick to run after psychics and psychic predictions.
He also pointed out that an attraction for prophecy and future-telling, a longtime staple within Charismatic camps, has made inroads into Evangelical circles as well. Self-appointed prophets are cropping up everywhere.
There is even a National School of the Prophets Conference, where for $175 you can be trained in the art of propheteering. C. Peter Wagner, Dutch Sheets, Rick Joyner, Cindy Jacobs, Mike Bickle, Ted Haggard and others can train us to be prophets (Charisma magazine, Dec. 1998). That magic word gives instant credibility in the mind of some.
Yet most Christians, both Charismatic and non-Charismatic alike, would balk at any implication of even the slightest involvement in the world of psychics and psychic phenomenon. After all, they may further argue, didnt faith healer Benny Hinn at one time ask for the donations from his faithful so that his daily telecasts could go head-to-head with the psychic hot lines? His aim, he said, was to air on the same secular cable and television networks that were carrying psychic advertising. Clearly Hinn was against Dionne Warwick and her crowd. His followers forget quickly that Hinn himself has made numerous false predictions.
A recent issue of Charisma magazine (April 1999) featured a full-page report that was nothing more than a Christianized version of what one might expect from the secular and godless supermarket tabloids. The Charisma article, entitled Prophets Warn That United States Faces Threat of War, Islamic Terrorism, reported on a January distress call from modern-day prophets. The band of 18 leaders, who met behind closed doors, included Wagner, Joyner and Paul Cain. According to the magazine, this oracle of impending judgment was further endorsed by others in the prophetic movement, including Bickle (of Kansas City Fellowship fame), revivalist Tommy Tenney, and Vineyard pastor James Ryle.
The Charisma dispatch is just one more offering from an assembly of already-dubious revelators. Somehow, the Church just doesnt seem to get its fill of false and bizarre declarations of these self-proclaimed prophets. Tragically, the Church at large no longer seems to care about an erosion of discernment and a susceptibility to embrace entertainment rather than true spirituality.
Take for example Paul Cain. Hinn has elevated Cain to the distinction of super-prophet and told a Trinity Broadcasting Network audience that [Cain] is the most accurate prophet, I believe, on the Earth today. ... Thank God for such accurate prophets (Praise The Lord Show, Nov. 20, 1996). Hinns declaration prompts the question: If Cain is the most accurate prophet, are there within the modern-day prophetic movement those who are less accurate than Cain? Scripturally speaking, less than 100% accuracy abrogates any claim of being a God-sent prophet (Deuteronomy 18:21), but Hinns criterion is just one more demonstration of how the Church is continually being moved from biblical standards and biblical moorings.
How did Hinn arrive at his conclusion as to Cains status? It apparently came about as a result of Cains past visit to Hinns central Florida church. He came to our church one night scared me so bad, I began to pray, he told the TBN viewers.
According to Hinn, Cain was able to call out people by name from the congregation and disclose certain of their life circumstances. Additionally, Cain had the ability to reveal to the faith healer his home address, describe his house, and even foretell of a future home.
In all, Hinns telling of the event sounds more like Las Vegas entertainment (an act any good stage magician can do) than biblical prophecy. Where, in all of this, do we find a difference from the psychics and their fortune-telling gimmicks? What irony for Hinn to boast of his desire to confront the psychic hot lines on national television.
Then theres the absurd and frivolous visions of Vineyard pastor James Ryle. Ryle asserts a divine word which claims God called, anointed and gifted the Beatles for the purpose of ushering in the Charismatic renewal by way of a musical revival. Unfortunately, according to Ryles revelation, the popular British music group of the 1960s chose to ignore Gods call and used their talents to serve themselves and the devil.
Ryle has further claimed to receive revelation knowledge regarding collegiate sports. According to a purported dream Ryle said he had in 1989, coach Bill McCartney and his Colorado university football team would be empowered by Gods Spirit and would have a golden season. And they did. However, when it came to their last game, played for the national championship, Ryle received a new and different omen from the Lord by way of the teams mascot and the Holy Spirits prompting him to Isaiah 21:6.
In Ryles version of his glimpse into the future, the Colorado mascot, Ralphie the buffalo, had a broken horn, symbolizing the Holy Spirits departure from the team. The interpretation was that it would lead to the teams downfall in the national championship game. And the team did in fact lose to the University of Notre Dame by a score of 21-6. (Remember Isaiah 21:6?) Interestingly, Ryle kept the prophetic outcome of the contest to himself until after the game! I think all of us could do retrospective prophecy like this. (For more information on Ryle, see further Charismatic Chaos by John MacArthur and Counterfeit Revival by Hank Hanegraaff).
What home addresses, descriptions of houses and collegiate sports have to do with biblical sanctification and true biblical prophecy is well beyond this writer. These are the things from which parlor games and magical illusions are made. Tricks, psychic gimmicks and manipulation have no place in the Christian ministry.
But then there are those prophets who go beyond the scriptural record and report details as historical and biblical fact. Take, for example, revivalist Tommy Tenney of Alexandria, La. In the spring of this year, Tenney was part of the Pensacola Outpouring at the Brownsville Assembly of God in Florida. According to one report, Tenneys brief appearance there was described as Two Days of Glory At The Brownsville Revival. What was it that Tenney revealed to the faithful of Brownsville? According to his message, titled Gods Favorite House:
Theres a primary thing that youre going to find thats different between Davids [tabernacle] and the rest of them. All the rest of those places of worship had an artifact or a structure in there that was called the veil. The veil it was a draping in our modern colloquialism. It was stretched across an inner sanctum that separated one portion of that inner sanctum [that] was called the Holy Place and the other portion behind that veil [which] was called the Holy of Holies. And behind that veil is where the Ark of the Covenant rested. That ark of gold-covered wood with the outstretched wings of the cherubim and the blue shekinah flame hovering between them. It was always hidden behind that veil. But something happened in Davids tabernacle that didnt happen at any other point or any other time. And that Davids was the only one of any of these structures that had no veil.
David, after defeating the Philistines, moved the ark of God from Baalah of Judah (i.e., Kiriath Jearim) to Jerusalem and there placed it inside a tent that he had pitched for it (2 Samuel 6:1-17; 2 Chronicles 1:4). It was a temporary tent as Gods promise to David clearly stated that it would be his offspring, not David himself, who will build a house for My name (2 Samuel 7:5-16; esp. vv. 12-13).
In all of this, there is no biblical basis to conclude that David assembled his tabernacle apart from the scriptural instructions given to Moses. Make this tabernacle and all its furnishing exactly like the pattern I will show you, the Lord commanded Moses (Exodus 25:9). These initial directives included hanging a curtain or veil between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies (Exodus 26:33). In 2 Samuel 7:2, David said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within the tent curtains.
Moreover, in light of the untimely death of Uzziah recorded in 2 Samuel 6:7, it is more sound to conclude that David would be faithful to Gods direction. True to Gods orders, David witnessed firsthand the tragic result of His command that the Levites were forbidden to touch the ark upon the pain of death (Numbers 4:15).
Further, nowhere in Davids makeshift tent, nor in Moses tabernacle before or Solomons temple following, do we have a biblical description of a blue shekinah flame hovering above the ark. Scripture records, however, that Solomons temple not Davids tabernacle was filled with a cloud so much so that the priests could not perform their service because the glory of the Lord filled the temple (2 Chronicles 5:13-14).
Perhaps Tenney should not be so concerned with making a name for himself with judgment prophecies and forewarnings, but should desire to become more diligent in properly handling the truths already recorded in Gods Word (2 Timothy 2:15). The unbiblical speculation he dispenses to the Church does not honor the Word of God, but only titillates the naive and gullible with extrabiblical fairy tales and mythology.
Christians must not so easily forget or overlook the spurious oracles of these superstar prophets. No amount of word games or semantics should permit these self-assuming prophets to distance themselves from the claimed revelations which theyve used as catapults to superstar status. Playing on the tendency in todays Church for the cult of celebrity, they have in an elitist way set themselves up as gurus and an untouchable caste. The Church should demand accuracy and accountability from these deceivers.
We must not forget Benny Hinns proclamation from the Holy Spirit that God would destroy the homosexual community of America in the mid-nineties about 94 or 95, no later than that. Or his divine messages that in the 1990s the economy of America is going to fall and that there will be many raised from the dead in that day along with many visitations of angels. He clearly made it all up. (See further, The Quarterly Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, or chapter 13 of The Confusing World of Benny Hinn.)
Hinn and those like him who claim the mantle of prophet must be held accountable for their false and frivolous utterances. They ought to be exposed and held accountable for leading Gods people away from a respect for the sufficiency of Scripture into Oda mystical land of Christianized fortune-telling. And there is a responsibility on the part of believers as well. Christians need to forsake the enticing inventions of these modern-day prophets and superstars. They need to return to the safe and simple foundation of Scripture nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. As Word-Faith critic Curtis Crenshaw astutely noted:
If anything is contrary to Scripture, it is wrong. If anything is the same as Scripture, it is not needed. If anything goes beyond Scripture, it has no authority.
It is time to tell the Christian fortune-tellers, who never get it right, to stop the charade.
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Lodge and Church Membership Position
There is an irreconcilable conflict between the teachings and practices of the lodge and those of biblical Christianity, and therefore simultaneous membership in the lodge and in the church of Jesus Christ is incompatible with and contrary to Scripture.
From its beginning the CRC has held a strong position against lodge membership. In fact, it was one of the issues that caused the CRC to separate from the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1900 a report on lodge membership was adopted; another was adopted in 1977.
Acts of Synod 1900, pp. 96-101
Acts of Synod 1958, pp. 67-68, 416-22
Acts of Synod 1974, pp. 58-60, 504-67
Acts of Synod 1975, pp. 101, 547-69
Acts of Synod 1977, pp. 102-06, 575-96
Quote:... CRC has held a strong position against lodge membership. In fact, it was one of the issues that caused the CRC to separate from the Dutch Reformed Church.
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How does this affect you brother?
Quote:I if I read my history correctly the "The Christian Reformed Church" (CRC) split from the "Reformed Church in America" (RCA) in 1857 over issues that included the perceived
liberalization of the church in areas such as the use of hymns instead of only Psalms, Christian education, and the role of Freemasons in the church.
That is to say; the CRC thought the CRA was to liberal in these areas. I conclude from this that officially the CRC DOES NOT allow its members to be Freemasons and the RCA DOES allow its members to be freemasons.
Again, I cannot speak for the CRC or their beliefs. I also cannot speak to the beliefs of Free Masons or their societies.
As far as the RCA is concerned, free masonry hasn�t been an issue for over 100 years, so your conclusion that one can be a member of both the RCA and a freemason is correct, based upon the actions of our General Synod back in the 1800s.
(I have removed Phil's last name for reasons of spam)
(I am unsure of Phil's position at RCA)
Quote:I will let the RCA (with whom we have a very friendly relationship now, not like in 1857!) speak for itself.
The CRCNA does not like to see its people joining lodges. Most certainly one could not serve in an ecclesiastical office (minister, deacon, elder, ministry associate) if a member of a lodge. If a �confessing member� was found to be part of a lodge, that member would be urged to withdraw from the lodge. I don�t think we would expel such a person from church membership, but certainly not allow him or her to take leadership positions within the church.
Hope this is clear.
Rev. Bruce
(I have removed Bruce's last name for reasons of spam)
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Well - all u have to do now is ask your brother to which one he belongs...?
Quote:S. T. Lehane wrote:
The interesting question is why do they think we're "bad"?
Quote:I understand the "Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod" has a strong stance against Pastors and laypeople being freemasons but what is the official position of the "Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada" on this point ?
The ELCIC has no official position which specifically cites freemasonry.
With all best wishes!
Bishop Michael J. Pryse,
Does ELCIC have any official position which indirectly applies to
freemasonry or lodge membership in general?
Quote:There is a provision in the church's constitution which reads:
"No ordained minister shall belong to any organization which in its
documents, rites or practices contradicts the Gospel of salvation through
faith in Jesus Christ."
Some have interpreted this to be an indirect reference to freemasonry,
however, in my experience such a connection has never been made through an
official action of the church.
With all best wishes!
Bishop Michael J. Pryse,
Quote:Bylaw 3.925 of the Synod's Handbook summarizes the rationale for the Synod's longstanding position on the lodges: "Pastors and laypeople must avoid membership or participation in any organization that in its objectives, ceremonies, or practices is inimical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ or the faith and life of the Christian church." It is because tenets and practices of Freemasonry conflict with the biblical Gospel of Jesus Christ that our church from its very beginning has held that membership in this organization conflicts with a faithful confession of this Gospel.
Many examples from the official rites and ceremonies of Freemasonry could be cited to illustrate the reasons for the Synod's position, but the following is one example. The second section of the Entered Apprentice degree reviews what has taken place in the initiation rite and closes with this definition of the Lambskin of White Leathern Apron given to the candidate: "The Lamb has, in all ages, been deemed an emblem of innocence. He, therefore, who wears the Lambskin as the badge of a Freemason, is constantly reminded of that purity of life and conduct which is so essentially necessary to his gaining admission into the Celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme Architect of the Universe presides." This statement holds out the promise that "purity of life and conduct" is "essentially necessary" for entry into life hereafter with the divine being called the "Supreme Architect." Such an assertion stands in direct conflict with the apostolic Gospel, and therefore endangers faith. St. Paul affirms in his epistle to the Galatians that "by works of the law shall no one be justified...for if justification were through the law, then Christ died to no purpose" (Gal. 2:16,21).
Quote:Dave Mavity wrote:
The Church of England on that list gave me a chuckle.
Quote:S. T. Lehane wrote:
Masonry does not teach a path to salvation.


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March 7, 2014
Game #31 - No. 9 Xavier (8-22, 3-15 BIG EAST) vs. Georgetown (10-20, 4-14 BIG EAST)
Game Notes: Xavier Notes (PDF) | Georgetown Notes (PDF)
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2014
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
City: Chicago, Ill.
Site: McGrath-Phillips Arena (3,000)
Live Stats: BIGEAST.com
Live Audio: GoXavier.com | BIGEAST.com
Talent: Mike Schmaltz (Analyst)
Twitter: @Xavier_WBB | @XavierGameday
Twitter Hashtags: #LetsGoX
Current Streak: L 13
Last 5: 0-5
Last 10: 0-10
Last 15: 1-14
Neutral Record: 1-2
vs. Georgetown: 4th Meeting; XU leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Feb. 8, 2014; GU 66, XU 58
Up Next With A Win: March 9 vs. No. 1 DePaul (7 p.m. ET)
The Musketeers will look to snap a 12-game losing streak when they hit the road to participate in the 2014 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Tournament in Chicago, Ill. (March 8-11). The No. 9 seed Musketeers will face No. 8 seed Georgetown in the first round at DePaul's McGrath-Phillips Arena on March 8. The BIG EAST Tournament opening round matchup is set to tip-off at 7:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. Central).
If the No. 9 Musketeers win their first round matchup with the No. 8 GU Hoyas, the Blue and White will then take on No. 1 DePaul (24-6, 15-3 BE) in the quarterfinals on Sunday, March 9 at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. Central).
Head Coach: Brian Neal (Northern Kentucky `91)
Career Record: 179-53 (8th Season)
Record at Xavier: 8-22 (1st Season)
BIG EAST Record: 3-15
Head Coach: Jim Lewis (West Virginia `68)
Career Record: 267-315 (21st Season)
Record at Georgetown: 10-20 (1st Season)
BIG EAST Record: 4-14
Following Villanova's win over Marquette on Tuesday night, the seeds were set for the 2014 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Tournament presented by New York Life. The Wildcats claimed the No. 4 seed with their win, nudging the Golden Eagles down to No. 5. The top-seeded Blue Demons of DePaul still have a game set for later this evening.
Marquette will face Villanova for the second time in less than a week in Sunday's Quarterfinals, with the Wildcats earning the season sweep following their win on Tuesday night.
The BIG EAST Tournament kicks off on Saturday at 4 p.m. (Central) at DePaul's McGrath-Phillips Arena when No. 10 Providence faces No. 7 Seton Hall. The Pirates earned the season sweep of the Friars, but the lower-seeded team has historically been victorious in their postseason showdowns.
No. 8 Georgetown and No. 9 Xavier will complete the First Round action at 6:30 p.m. The two squads split the season series with each home team successfully defending their home court. The Hoyas defeated PC in the First Round of the 2013 BIG EAST Tournament before bowing out in the Second Round to Villanova.
The winner of the Providence-Seton Hall tilt will face No. 2 St. John's at noon on Sunday at Allstate Arena. The Red Storm won at Providence by 21 in Monday's regular-season finale and swept both SHU and PC, with neither team getting closer than nine points at the final buzzer.
Following the St. John's Quarterfinal contest will be No. 3 Creighton versus No. 6 Butler. The two are playing in tonight's regular-season finale and the Bulldogs won Game 1 of the season series. Their Quarterfinal date is set for 2:30 p.m.
Hometown favorite and top seed DePaul will debut at 6 p.m. against the winner of the Xavier-Georgetown tilt. The Blue Demons are 8-8 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament, knocking off Marquette in the Second Round as last season's No. 7 seed. DePaul has gone 1-1 in all eight appearances at the annual postseason tournament.
The Golden Eagles and Wildcats will cap Day 2 at 8:30 p.m. All four Quarterfinal contests will be streamed free on BIGEAST.com.
Monday's BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals are set for 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at Allstate Arena. FOX Sports 1 will air both Semifinal contests, as well as Tuesday's championship bout. LaChina Robinson and Tiffany Greene will be the featured on-air talent.
BIG EAST Tournament Schedule
8 Sat. G1: #7 Seton Hall vs. #10 Providence, 4 p.m.
G2: #8 Georgetown vs. #9 Xavier, 6:30 p.m.
9 Sun. G3: #2 St. John's vs. #7/10 Winner, Noon
G4: #3 Creighton vs. #6 Butler, 2:30 p.m.
G5: #1 DePaul vs. #8/9 Winner, 6 p.m.
G6: #4 Villanova vs. #5 Marquette, 8:30 p.m.
10 Mon. G7: G3 Winner vs. G4 Winner, 3 p.m.^
G8: G5 Winner vs. G6 Winner, 5:30 p.m.^
11 Tues. G9: G7 Winner vs. G8 Winner, 8 p.m.^
All times local (Central); ^Aired on FOX Sports 1
Finishing the regular season with a 3-15 record in conference and picking up the No. 9 seed in the BIG EAST Conference Tournament (March 8-11), the Xavier women's basketball team picked up a postseason honor on Wednesday, March 5.
Freshman forward Maddison Blackwell was named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman team. The Gahanna, Ohio native scored in double figures three times during league play, highlighted by a career-high 21-point performance at Providence (Feb. 22). Blackwell, who notched a career-high 14 rebounds at Butler (Feb. 25), shot 45.7 percent from the field and averaged 6.1 points and 5.3 boards during conference games, which included shooting 44.7 percent from the floor and averaging 10.6 points and 8.4 rebounds over the last five games.
#25 Sydney Neal (G)
Made her 1st collegiate start at Seton Hall (Mar. 4)
Scored a season/career-high seven points at St. John's (Jan. 29)
Played 24 minutes and recorded three steals at Providence (Feb. 22)
#13 Ashley Wanninger (G)
Scored a career-high 26 points vs. Georgetown (Jan. 8)
22nd in points per game (11.6) in BIG EAST play
5th in the BIG EAST in 3-pointers made per game (2.0)
Made at least one trifecta in 22 games this season
#15 Aliyah Zantt (G)
Scored in double figures eight times this season
3rd in the BIG EAST with 66 total steals
3rd in the BIG EAST in steals per game (2.2)
#14 Briana Glover (F)
Scored a layup with 23 seconds left to force overtime at U-M (Nov. 13)
Averaging 28.5 minutes per contest
Shooting .404 from the field
#21 Maddison Blackwell (F)
Made her first career start at Georgetown (Feb. 8)
Recorded her 1st career double-double at Providence (21 pts, 10 rebs; Feb. 22)
Pulled down a career-high 14 boards at Butler (Feb. 25)
Named to the 2014 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team (Mar. 5)
Shooting 45.7 percent from the floor and averaging 10.6 points and 8.4 boards over the last five games
Over the last eight seasons (282 games; since 2006-07 season), Xavier has made at least one three-pointer in 280 contests. XU's streak of 39 straight games with a triple (dating back to the 2012-13 season), was snapped vs. UC on Dec. 21, 2013.
The Musketeers have made 1,378 triples since the 2006-07 season, good for an average of 4.89 three-point field goals made per game.
Sophomore Aliyah Zantt's 66 steals lead the team and are the 3rd most of any player in the BIG EAST this season.
3rd in the BIG EAST in total steals with 66.
3rd in the BIG EAST in steals per game (2.2).
Thru games played on Mar. 2, she ranked 71st in the nation (2.21 steals per game).
Registered a career-high six steals at DePaul this season (Jan. 1).
Has 48 steals in the last 19 games.
Tallied multiple steals in 16 games this season.
Has recorded three or more steals nine times this year.
Has a steal in 46 of 59 career games, including 23 multi-steal performances.
Reached 50 career steals in 41st career game (vs Indiana; Dec. 29).
Currently has a steal in 29 of 30 games this season, including recording a theft in 22 straight contests.
Of the 13 Division I schools in the state of Ohio, the Musketeers (8-22) rank 11th for the most victories in the state (thru games played on Mar. 4).
School Record
Dayton 21-6
Wright St. 21-8
Akron 19-8
Ohio St. 15-17
Cleveland St. 14-14
Youngstown St. 13-14
Toledo 13-14
Cincinnati 12-17
Ohio 9-18
Xavier 8-22
Miami (OH) 7-20
Kent St. 6-21
Xavier owns an 84-68 record away from Cintas Center since 2002-03, including 52-37 (.584) in conference road games.
Year Away Record Scoring Margin
2002-03 6-8 -1.2
2003-04 7-5 +1.4
2004-05 9-6 +4.3
2005-06 7-7 +1.9
2006-07 7-3 +8.4
2007-08 9-4 +5.4
2008-09 10-4 +4.0
2009-10 9-1 +11.9
2010-11 11-2 +11.0
2011-12 2-8 -9.8
2012-13 5-8 -3.0
2013-14 2-13 -16.0


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I have the Tama-issued Camco anniversary addition kick pedal and need help making an adjustment. A hex bar holds the mechanism containing the beater. I need to slide this mechanism along the hex bar so that the chain lines up perfectly vertical with the pedal below (where the bottom of the chain attaches to the pedal). I need to loosen the beater mechanism so I can accomplish this slide. On the bottom of the beater mechanism, there are two recessed set screws that appear to hold the mechanism to the hex bar – thus, I'm assuming I can slide the beater mechanism if I can loosen these set screws. Initially, I thought these screws could be loosened with an allen wrench. However, this is not the case. What tool (and size) do I need to loosen these set screws? Thanks in advance for your help.
It should be a 6 mm allen screw according to their parts listing, tho 3 mm sounds more like it.
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Small Comfort
September 3, 2012 § 7 Comments
A few mornings back, after chores and breakfast and our ritual run to Jimmy and Sarah's farm to pick up a couple buckets of milk for the pigs, the boys and I headed into the woods. Fin carried a fishing pole, a container of worms, and the fervent hope to ruin a couple of brook trouts' day. Rye carried a basket, which he planned to fill with a smorgasbord of mushrooms: Boletes, chanterelles, hedgehogs. From these ingredients, they were scheming to fashion a stew of sorts, cooked over an open fire at "Camp Dubbins."
We strolled through the woods for a half-mile or so. The boys pointed to the spot where they've twice flushed a handful of grouse on previous fishing trips. We stopped to snack on the few remaining wild blackberries; they were huge, almost outlandishly big, but frankly a bit past their prime. We didn't eat many. We debated the relative merits of different caliber hunting rifles and decided (for approximately the eleventh time; this is a debate the boys are keen to repeat with some frequency) that we'd be best served by either a .223 or .243 as our first "real" gun. Soon enough we reached the stream, with the remains of its old hand-laid stone bridge abutments. The water was low and the fish flitted about. Fin cast his line, Rye headed back into the woods, and I just sat, soaking up the early sun.
Now, it just so happens that only the evening before I'd had the misfortune of catching a bit of the Republican Convention on the radio. I was on my way home from my friend Robbie's, where I'd loaded a ton-and-a-half or so of gorgeously flat patio and wall stone onto our big Ford. I drove home lazily along back roads, a little tired, a little unsure if the load had been adequately secured. Our truck has a flatbed, which is great for hauling things that are easy to strap down, and not so great for hauling things that ain't. Rocks ain't, and the last damn thing I wanted to do was reload all that stone along the side of some dark-ass gravel goat path in rural Northern Vermont. Indeed, I allowed myself to imagine that if I lost the load, I'd simply drop into a protected hollow and doze away my fatigue, before facing the hard truth of those dozens, if not hundreds of scattered rocks. (The load held)
I'm not sure why I allowed myself to be subjected to the convention tripe; it must have had something to do with my tiredness. Or maybe it was a bit of "car wreck" syndrome, which is to say, what I heard was so flat out disturbing, it was actually captivating in its gruesomeness. By-the-by and for what it's worth, this is not a partisan observation; I have little doubt that I would have been equally horrified by the goings-on at the Democratic Convention, which I plan to ignore in its entirety.
In any event, I happened to tune in during the warm-up speeches for the main event, which on this evening would be none other than Mitt Romney his own bad self. And for whatever reason, the warm-up speeches on this fine late August night were geared toward education. This is what I heard:
Compete. Engineering. Economy. Global. Opportunity. Best. Entrepreneurialism. Excel. Growth. Test.
This is what I didn't hear:
Nature. Compassion. Resourcefulness. Generosity. Spirit. Gratitude. Community. Alive.
It is no secret that I do not think much of our nation's mainstream educational offerings. This is not an indictment of the many good people working within the boundaries of the box that contain these offerings. Rather, it is an indictment of the box itself and all the flawed assumptions, unacknowledged truths, and flat-out denials that have gone into its construction and continue to be devoted to its maintenance.
That evening after chores, the four of us gathered at Camp Dubbins to eat brook trout and wild mushroom stew, along with ears of fire-roasted sweet corn. The boys had built the fire and prepared the stew; they'd harvested the corn and soaked it in water to prepare it for the coals. I knew I'd be left with the bulk of the cleanup, and it'd been a long day of sawmilling and framing the new milk house. It was the sort of day I could feel in my bones and it felt good, but not necessarily the kind of good that makes one keen to mop up a bunch of fish guts and corn husks.
But you know what? I was happy to do it. Because when I considered the day and how my young sons had passed it, I didn't see any boxes. And you have no idea how I was comforted by that.
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Thanks, Ben. I really enjoy reading all that you write, and in fact am once again asking my students to read your book, The Town That Food Saved. I wish my four year old grandson could meet your sons one day. That would indeed be very cool.
What a fantastic day you and the boys had. I love hearing about your life and what a wonderful upbringing your boys are getting.
Spot on with what you heard, and didn't hear. Thanks for sharing your wonderful day with the boys.
I am a painter and listen to NPR a lot in my studio. A day or so ago I heard what may be the antidote to what you heard about education, especially the last of the 3 talks which was by John Hunter: How Can 4th Graders Solve World Problems? He was talking about watching this activity grow compassion in his students over the last 30 years. It was completely uplifting and should be spread around widely. You can listen to it here: http://www.npr.org/2012/06/22/155224654/building-a-better-classroom I don't think you'll be disappointed.
As a lifelong deer hunter, since 12 years old I would have to advise you folks to go with the 243win. It has the ability to hunt a wide range of animals and with reduced recoil. Really enjoying your site.


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The 'Tom Thumb' Presidency
A small man, with little or no imagination, pushing small ideas and trying to pass them off as transformational changes.
January 19, 2013 - 12:02 am
It seems impossible, but Barack Obama has taken the most powerful office on the planet and reduced it to the size of a patent clerk's sinecure. And while Einstein may have made his most important contributions to science while whiling away the drudgery in a tiny Swiss patent examination office, the president has made an art form of talking big and acting small — so small that insignificance has become the new normal at the White House.
The president's "executive actions" on curbing gun violence are so vanilla and pedestrian that the reactions from Republicans — impeachment, arrest for federal agents sent to enforce the regulations, even civil war — smack of hysteria. One congressman, Representative Dan Benishek of Michigan, said in a Twitter message: "Let me be clear, I will fight any efforts to take our guns. Not on my watch."
Very heroic but hardly relevant. No one has proposed taking anyone's guns. In fact, even the ban on "assault weapons" (if everyone could ever agree on what they are) doesn't propose any such dramatics. And even Harry Reid is dubious a ban could clear the Democrat-controlled Senate.
So what is all the hubbub about? Our liberties are threatened because of proposals like this?
1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.
They are already required to do so, but I guess you could stretch the point and make it an impeachable offense to issue a presidential memorandum.
And this is supposed to be the equivalent of firing on Fort Sumter?
4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.
Couldn't he just pick up the phone and call him? What does he need an executive order for? We know AG Holder is busy looking for racism in voter ID bills but we're pretty sure he might take five minutes or so to scan the "categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun."
Crazies? Check. Mental patients? Check. Felons? Check. Um…how about Republicans? Never mind. Back to finding racists hiding under the bed…
And I don't know about you, but if I were a federal agent and had to enforce this show-stopper of an executive order, I'd be steering clear of Texas:
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
In other words, enforce the damn law. If we haven't maximized our efforts to stop crime by now, there is something seriously amiss with our federal government.
If we're going to impeach the president, let's do it for something big, huge, consequential — like maybe taking too many days off or playing too much golf. But this gaggle of white-bread executive orders isn't worth tearing the country apart.
Charles Krauthammer agrees:
The problem is he doesn't know what to do and no one knows what to do. The things he signed today, the executive orders, are useless. It's the appearance of motion. I think it's sincere, he wants to do a little at the edges; a little research here, a little encouragement here. But everybody understands it's not going to make any difference. So, he is saying that the three big items are the ban on assault weapons, on the big magazines and the idea of having the background checks. I think they are not going to pass. I think he will expend some capital, but the country simply isn't ready to do anything near that.


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AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn's Gus Malzahn hired J.B. Grimes on Wednesday to coach the offensive line.
Grimes has more than 30 years of college experience and held the same post for Malzahn last season at Arkansas State.
Malzahn called Grimes "a tremendous coach who is one of the nation's top teachers at the offensive line position."
Grimes' most recent posts before Arkansas State included stints at Kansas (2010-11) and Mississippi State (2004-08). He also has worked at East Carolina, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech and Arkansas among other stops.
Tigers sign top JUCO RB Artis-Payne
AUBURN, Ala. — Junior college running back Cameron Artis-Payne has signed to play for Auburn next season.
Tigers coach Gus Malzahn announced the signing of the 5-foot-11, 220-pounder on Wednesday. Artis-Payne spent the past two seasons at Allan Hancock Community College in Santa Maria, Calif. He'll be eligible for spring practice.
He rushed for 2,048 yards and 25 touchdowns in 10 games last season.
Artis-Payne led the California Community College Athletic Association in rushing yards, yards per game, yards per rush and touchdowns.
He gained 1,364 yards and ran for 18 touchdowns as a freshman.
The Tigers return leading rusher Tre Mason and reserve Mike Blakely next season. No. 2 rusher Onterio McCalebb is gone from a thin backfield.
Auburn ranked ninth in the SEC in rushing with 148.4 yards per game.
Gators land star N.C. quarterback
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Junior quarterback Will Grier, who threw for a national record 837 yards and had 10 TD passes in a 104-80 North Carolina state playoff win last month, will be a Florida Gator.
Chad Grier, Will's father and Davidson Day football coach, said Wednesday his son "feels so strong about it that he is ready to commit now so he can focus on his schoolwork, improving his game and helping his team prepare for a third consecutive state championship."
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound QB trimmed his choice to five schools before choosing the Gators over North Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina State and Oregon.
A 2012 AP All-State selection, Grier threw for 5,785 yards and 69 touchdowns with six interceptions this season. He also carried 95 times for 813 yards and eight TDs.
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