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Ragsdale's Winning
Scandal-wracked administration still wins key commission votes
Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale is supposed to be a dead man walking, politically speaking. He has been censured by County Commission, and his office has been battered by a series of critical audits. He has lost four members of his staff due to scandals.
So why does he keep winning?
Ragsdale's budget passed with very little tweaking. On most any issue of real importance, he wins the commission vote. The county awarded a new contract to Natural Resource Recovery despite a lawsuit and a scandalous lack of control by the county of the previous five years in which the county received no revenue from the contract.
There has been a lot of talk and a lot of criticism. But underneath it all, there has been remarkably little action by commission to impede his major programs or to hold him accountable for misspent funds.
The election has, ironically, strengthened his hand. The interim commissioners who raised questions about his activities will soon be gone. The incoming commissioners seem to have the attitude that any investigation of Ragsdale will be left to the district attorney general's special prosecutor and the state attorney general. They show little inclination to delve into the hospitality fund audit, which is next on the commission agenda.
Ragsdale held his back-to-school celebration at the Expo Center last week. The First Day Festival drew 8,000 participants, according to the press release from the mayor's office. The Read with Me program continues apace, according to the release, and will be headed this year by former WBIR anchor Bill Williams and his wife Wanda. Outside of commission meetings, you would never know Ragsdale has had any problems. The Knoxville establishment has been silent.
It is certainly true that Ragsdale's future political career is over, and I am sure it has not been pleasant for him—or anyone working around him—this past year. But at this juncture it appears he will coast on out of office in two years with his program pretty much intact. Unless, of course, the special prosecutor finds some illegality worthy of prosecution.
There have been clear violations of the county charter: things that are not illegal, but that might be worthy of an ouster suit. But unless a super majority of County Commission decides to press the matter, it is unlikely to happen. The political will on commission has never reached critical mass and the addition of new commissioners is not likely to change it. In fact, it makes it less likely it will happen.
The purchasing card audit revealed lunch purchases in Knox County, which experienced auditors like Lewis Cosby say is a clear violation of the county charter and its purchasing policy. Law Director John Owings said there was a line item in the budget for food, so no harm no foul. Nothing was done to collect any of the money, as long as they had a receipt.
One presumes that if Ragsdale put an item in a footnote in next year's budget for whores, local escort services could start taking p-cards.
So it appears Knox County will be governed by an administration limping out of office, one step ahead of a special prosecutor, and commission will feature occasional criticism but no action.
There are some people on County Commission who have toyed with the idea of running for county mayor in 2010. These are the people who have done nothing to try and recoup misspent taxpayer money or hold the mayor accountable. Ragsdale's major failing has been a lack of good stewardship over the county's money.
If county commissioners don't have the spine to collect misspent money now, why should we trust any of them to manage the people's money if they are in charge?


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Below is the poem entitled A DAINTY SOUL which was written by poet
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Like a soft breeze and tender soul you came
Tickling my heart, while playing a wonder game.
You have those sparkling and glittering eyes
Whither I could see the fairies dance, angels sing and I lost in a world of
Your dark locks of hair, falling like a black cascade
Beguile me and make the darkness within me fade.
Your laughter, echo within my heart
And make my soul mystified as if mesmerized by a work of art.
You have that divine innocence
You have that charismatic essence
You are an epitome of perseverance and patience.
You are like the soft lily flower
Hidden in my hearts bower
You are like the tender dew drop
Which hangs amidst my world of dreams atop.
Your heart is as big as heavens glade
Where hatred fades and love is made.
You are a wonder creation of god
Descended earth from heavens abode.
Beautiful and marvelous for all reasons
Soothing and healing away all lesions.
Oh! Rejuvenating and beguiling effervescence
I bow before you in absolute deference.
You are the dainty soul who bids sorrow adieu
Oh! Dear lady wont you address to my mellifluous woo?


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Joanna in Boston says this started with "have a blessed day," and has continued to escalate from there.
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"My mom mistakenly picked up a birthday card for my sister's graduation," writes our submitter in Canada. "The real gold, of course, is in what she decided to cross out."
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Michael in Las Vegas went to pick up his mail today and spotted this cocky little note:
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Sarah in Philadelphia calls this note, from a much-beloved bookstall at the Reading Terminal Market, "the single most adorable and passive aggressive note I have ever read in my life."
Meanwhile, as Jenna shows us with this sign from an Albuquerque Antiques Mall, the "adorable" approach doesn't work for everyone.
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Any Portlanders know the story behind this sign? Our submitter, Sarah, is wondering, and now I am, too.
Aaaaand we have an answer. Thanks, Misti!
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Writes our submitter in Washington, DC: "In my time at my job, the only real evacuations we've had are for the Virginia Earthquake, and, now, a microwave popcorn incident. While another floor was responsible, multiple members of my department took this as an opportunity to make statements about the frequent state of our very own sad microwave. I think this is a fine example of how a committed team can work together to create a masterpiece."
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Writes Julia, a student at an evangelical university in Indiana: "In our graduate student offices, there are more crusty dishes and microbial communities to be found than in the labs next door. After four weeks of mugs, oatmeal bowls and lunch containers had built up, one lad took the most effective course of action and posted this encouraging note for us single ladies to know what it takes to catch ourselves a guy just like him."
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Really? This is the nicest possible phrasing you could come up with?
I mean, this guy even said please.
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Rick Wagner has reasons to believe he will be the Ravens' starting right tackle next season. The Ravens did not spend a high draft pick on a right tackle, nor have they signed a veteran right tackle. With Wagner working primarily with the first team during OTAs and minicamp, he believes things are progressing nicely toward winning a starting job over Ryan Jensen and Jah Reid.
"It's a great opportunity right now," Wagner said after Wednesday's practice. "I want to be a consistent blocker –- just doing my job, not hearing too much from (the media), grinding and doing my job."
Mandatory minicamp has given Wagner a chance to block against Terrell Suggs and Elvis Dumervil. Wagner says blocking against two premier pass rushers in practice has accelerated his learning process.
[RELATED: Rookie safety Brooks rides along learning curve]
"They're great players. It's not too fun going against them all the time, but it's definitely good practice," said Wagner, who was selected in the fifth round last year.
More will be learned about Wagner and all the offensive linemen when players are in pads during training camp. However, OTAs and minicamp have been a dress rehearsal, and so far, Wagner has looked good.
"He has responded and hasn't missed a rep," offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak said of Wagner last week. "I've been very pleased with Ricky."


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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Local athletes turned in Top 10 performances Oct. 6 during the 2012 South Carolina High School League Class AAAA Swimming Championships in Columbia.
Ashley Ridge swimmer Micah Bohon won the Girls 100-yard Backstroke with a 56.80 time that was just off the meet record of 56.68 set in 2011. Her 2:06.64 time in the 200 I.M. earned her second place.
She also helped a pair of Lady Swamp Fox relay teams to a Top 10 performance. Bohon teamed up with Sydney Lessard, Graci Hill and Alex Seale in the 200 Free Relay for a 1:45.32 finish as the team claimed sixth place. The same four swimmers earned an eighth-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay with a 1:57.09 time.
Jeremiah Bohon earned a sixth-place finish in the Boys 100 Breaststroke with a 1:01.64 time and a ninth-place finish in the 200 I.M. with a 2:00.26 time.
Summervilles Carson Davis also had a strong performance. He placed eighth in the Boys 100 Freestyle with a 49.35 time and 10th in the 50 Freestyle with a 22.61 time.
Wando took home the boys state championship trophy with a 310-point performance and the Wando girls won their meet with a 330-point performance.
The Ashley Ridge boys placed 18th while the Summerville boys placed 20th and the Fort Dorchester boys placed 26th. The Ashley Ridge girls placed 13th and the Fort Dorchester girls placed 20th.
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Spina, Barbara - Orrù, Beniamino (2004) The impact of e-journal access on Document Delivery Activities. In: 9th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, 20-25 Settembre 2004, Santander.
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Electronic journals have become an important tool for scientists and medical practitioners over last few years. This paper reports the results of a survey undertaken at Biblioteca Centrale dell'Area Biomedica to determine the effects of e-journals availability on Document Delivery activities. Aim of the study was also to consider the cost-benefit aspects of the direct access to biomedical literature by library patrons. In 2003 our library gathered access to Elsevier ScienceDirect through CILEA mirror (about 1800 e-journals); we have also access by several years to the services of some others e-journals providers (Blackwell, Highwire, Ingenta, Ebsco, etc.). We have compared the data concerning DocDel Service during a six months period in 2003 with the statistical findings of a corresponding period in the year 2002 (http://pacs.unica.it/biblio/docdel2002.ppt). We have studied the number of potential users versus real users: the target population consisted of biomedical professors and researchers belonging to University of Cagliari. The results of the survey are shown in a series of tables and graphics. The statistical findings analysis indicate a considerable decrease (about 25%) of the number of documents requested and supplied by our DocDel Service. This also suggests that print journal usage decrease significantly with the introduction of online journals in favour of an increase in the number of articles directly retrieved by patrons. Due to higher availability of online documents, our patrons generally retrieve a number of documents greater than that usually requested to the library reducing drastically the working load of our DocDel Service staff.
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The Houston Cougars ended their 16-game losing streak to Rice with an 11-6 win over the Owls on Friday at Reckling Park. We take a look at some of the keys to the Cougars' win on Friday. The series continues at 1:30 p.m. today. [Read More]
Cougars give one away to Marshall
After a thrilling 3-2 win on Friday, the Cougars made a few miscues that led to a 4-3 loss at the hands of Marshall on Saturday at Cougar Field. Plus, updates on other happenings in Cougar athletics, including softball, golf and track. [Read More]
Cougars swept by Central Florida
The Cougars fell 3-1 to No. 17 Central Florida on Sunday at Cougar Field, marking the first time since May 2011 that the Cougars have been swept at home. [Read More]
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After a Chase Jensen RBI single gave Houston a 2-1 lead in the third inning of its tilt with No. 17 Central Florida on Friday night, Knights starter Brian Adkins was met by teammates and a coach for a brief mound conference as the theme song to "Growing Pains" played over the Cougar Field speakers. […] [Read More]
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The position that might be the most competitive in spring football for the Houston Cougars is receiver, where all four of 2011's starters have graduated leaving the door open for new contributors. We visit with some of the contenders for the spots as well as as new outside receivers coach Brandon Middleton and head coach Tony Levine. Also, plenty of updates from the week that was in UH athletics. [Read More]
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When the Houston Cougars begin their Conference USA baseball schedule this weekend against Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, they will do so with a different-looking weekend rotation. HThe Cougars (9-10) will send senior lefthander Jordan Lewis to the mound on Friday, senior righthander Codey Morehouse on Saturday and junior righthander Austin Pruitt on Sunday. [Read More]
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Last week was a forgettable one for the Houston Cougars. Four games, four runs scored, four losses, including a three-game sweep at the hands of No. 12 Mississippi in Oxford. "It was brutal," junior shortstop Chase Jensen said. "I don't want to do that again. Hopefully it won't happen again." The Cougars cured their offensive […] [Read More]
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Same song, 16th verse, right? Not according to Todd Whitting. The Houston Cougars fell to the Rice Owls 4-1 on Tuesday before 1,395 at Cougar Field, marking the 16th straight win for Rice in the Silver Glove Series, but to Whitting, it wasn't the same old sad song for Houston against the Owls. While the […] [Read More]
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USI dance marathon raises funds for Riley Children's Hospital
"In 2010, the summer of my senior year of high school, my older sister was diagnosed with leukemia," says Theresa Scheller, coordinator of the University of Southern Indiana's Dance Marathon.
"Because of a lot of complications with her, my family spent a lot of time up at Riley (Hospital for Children in Indianapolis). I had heard about dance marathons before, but I thought this was an even better reason to have my high school hold one of these marathons."
That initial connections led to a Riley Dance Marathon at Mater Dei High School that raised more than $20,000 for Riley patients in one night. On Saturday, Scheller involved herself again in the world of Riley Dance Marathons to help coordinate USI's third annual event.
A Dance Marathon is a multi-hour fundraising opportunity aimed at high school and college campuses that blends philanthropy with fun and dancing with the goal of raising funds for Riley Hospital for Children.
"All the dance marathons have Riley families that come and speak and share their stories and they all have what's called a line dance," Scheller said. "It's a type of mashup with different bits of songs and it's taught throughout the night."
Games were also part of the dance marathon experience at USI on Saturday with tug of war, inflatables and a giant game of Twister. "The Riley kids who are here participate in the games as well, so it was really great to see them having so much fun," Scheller said. "Just being in that atmosphere is so fun for them and it's really great to see that."
About 15 families from Riley shared their stories with the students. Ranging in age from four to 20 years old, they told stories of how their experiences with Riley has affected their lives.
"People hear 'dance marathon,' and they think you're on your feet dancing the whole time, but it's not just dancing, it's hearing these stories," Scheller said. "It can really have an impact for some people."
The event cost $10 per student, which included a T-shirt. At the end of the night, the USI Dance Marathon hosted more than 100 people and raised more than $6,000 for Riley Hospital for Children.
"We could stress out about how much we're going to raise and how many students we can reach, but like I said, it's really like a way of life to me to live passionately through the message dance marathons send and that message is to do everything for the kids," Scheller said. "To give hope to them and to celebrate their lives."
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Parallel Verses
New International Version
See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
New Living Translation
I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
English Standard Version
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
King James Bible
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
International Standard Version
Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.
NET Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
GOD'S WORD® Translation
I have refined you, but not like silver. I have tested you in the furnace of suffering.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Behold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
King James 2000 Bible
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
American King James Version
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
American Standard Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
Darby Bible Translation
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
English Revised Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
World English Bible
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
Parallel CommentariesMatthew Henry's Concise Commentary
48:9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It was to refine them, but not as silver; not so thoroughly as men refine silver. If God should take that course, they are all dross, and, as such, might justly be put away. He takes them as refined in part only. Many have been brought home to God as chosen vessels, and a good work of grace begun in them, in the furnace of affliction. It is comfort to God's people, that God will secure his own honour, therefore work deliverance for them. And if God delivers his people, he cannot be at a loss for instruments to be employed. God has formed a plan, in which, for his own sake, and the glory of his grace, he saves all that come to Him.
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 10. - I have refined thee, but not with silver; rather, but not as silver (Cheyne). or, but not in the manner of silver (Delitzsch); i.e. not with the severity with which silver is refined (see Psalm 12:6). I have chosen thee; rather, I have tested thee. The furnace of affliction is here the Babylonian captivity. The object of the Captivity was to "test" and "refine," or purify God's people to a certain extent - not with extreme severity, but in such sort as to fit them to "bear his Name before the Gentiles" for another five hundred years.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver,.... But it is not usual to refine with silver; not silver with silver, nor any other metal with it; that itself is what is refined; this therefore cannot be the sense of the words; wherefore they are, by others, differently rendered; by some, "not in silver" (d); not in a furnace of silver, as Aben Ezra; "but in a furnace of poverty", as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions render the next clause; and to the same sense the Targum; that is, I have tried, and purified, and refined thee, not by prosperity, but adversity; not with riches, which has its snares, temptations, trials, and exercises, but with poverty, which also has the same, or greater; and therefore Agur desired neither, Proverbs 30:8. By others, "but not into silver" (e), so as to make silver of them, whereby all the labour was lost; but this is contrary to the following clause: by others, "not for the sake of silver" (f); so the Septuagint version; or for the gain of it, as the Arabic; which sense suggests that God was no gainer by their afflictions; what he did was freely, without money or price, and all the use and profit were to themselves; see Psalm 44:12. Others think, that instead of "beth", "in", it should be "caph", "as", a note of similitude, and be rendered, "but not as silver" (g): but that the text is corrupted, and ought to be thus altered, there is no authority for it, and besides is contrary to several express passages of Scripture, Psalm 66:10. Rather therefore it should be rendered, "but not among silver" (h); along with that, which requires a fierce fire, is kept in the furnace or melting pot until all the dross is consumed: but if God was to afflict his people to such a degree, they would not be able to bear it; and if they were to continue under his afflicting hand till all their dross, sin, and corruption were removed, they would be utterly consumed; was he to contend, or be wroth for ever, the spirit would fail before him, and the souls that he has made; wherefore he does not afflict in this fierce and furious manner, but gently and gradually, in measure, in mercy, and not in strict justice, 1 Corinthians 10:13 and by such gentle means he refines and brightens the graces of his people, tries and proves their principles and profession, and reforms their manners: I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction; such was the affliction of Israel in Egypt, called the iron furnace, Deuteronomy 4:20 and as God has his furnace to punish and consume his enemies, so he has his furnace to try, purge, and purify his people, Isaiah 31:9, and which is a fiery one, and very grievous and distressing, especially when the wrath of God is apprehended in it, though fury is not in him: when he afflicts, it is all in love, and therefore is said to choose his people at such a time; which is to be understood not of their election to grace and glory; for that is not done in time, but in eternity, and is of them, not as transgressor, or as in the corrupt mass, but as in the pure mass of creatureship: rather of calling, which is the fruit, and effect, and evidence of election, and is expressed by choosing, John 15:19, and sometimes afflictions have been the means of it; or God has in them, or by them, brought them to himself, as he did Manasseh: but it seems best of all to understand it of the manifestation of election; God sometimes under afflictive providences appears to his people, and tells them that he has loved them with an everlasting love, and assures them that they are his chosen ones; he knows their souls, and owns them as his own in their adversities; besides, in afflicting them, he deals with them as his children and chosen ones; and because they are so, he takes the pains he does with them, which he does not with others, to purge and purify them, Psalm 31:7. Moreover, he makes them choice and excellent persons by afflictions; they come forth out of them as choice silver and pure gold; they gain thereby many choice experiences of the love and grace of God, and of the truths of the Gospel, and of the promises of it: afflicted saints are commonly the choicest believers; they become thriving and flourishing Christians, humble and Holy Ones; more fit for their master's use, more weaned from the world, and wrought up for heaven and happiness. Some, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, render the words, "I have chosen for thee the furnace of affliction" (i), or "thee for the furnace of affliction"; afflictions are chosen and appointed for the people of God, and they are chosen for and appointed unto affliction, Job 23:14. Some, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe, by the change of a letter, read "bachantica", "have proved thee", or "tried thee", instead of "bachartica", "I have chosen thee"; but without any reason.
(d) "in argento", Montanus; "in fornace argenti", Vatablus. (e) "Non in argentum", Grotius. (f) , Sept. "non pro pecunia", Tigurine version. (g) "Quasi argentum", V. L. "tanquam argentum", Munster, Pagninus, Calvin. (h) "Inter argentum", Syr. (i) "elegi tibi, sive pro te fornacem affictionis", Gataker,
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10. (See on [832]Isa 1:25).
with silver—rather, "for silver." I sought by affliction to purify thee, but thou wast not as silver obtained by melting, but as dross [Gesenius]. Thy repentance is not complete: thou art not yet as refined silver. Rosenmuller explains, "not as silver," not with the intense heat needed to melt silver (it being harder to melt than gold), that is, not with the most extreme severity. The former view is better (Isa 1:25; 42:25; Eze 22:18-20, 22).
chosen—or else [Lowth], tried … proved: according to Gesenius, literally, "to rub with the touchstone," or to cut in pieces so as to examine (Zec 13:9; Mal 3:3; 1Pe 1:7).
Isaiah 48:10 Additional Commentaries
Israel's Stubbornness
…9"For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off. 10"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11"For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:20
But as for you, the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.
1 Kings 8:51
for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.
Psalm 66:10
For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
Isaiah 27:9
By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: "See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?
Jeremiah 11:4
the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.' I said, 'Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 22:18
"Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.
Zechariah 13:9
This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.'"
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Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
I have refined
Isaiah 1:25,26 And I will turn my hand on you, and purely purge away your dross, …
Job 23:10 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come …
Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.
Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD …
Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, …
Ezekiel 20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress …
Ezekiel 22:18-22 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are …
Zechariah 13:8,9 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, said the LORD, two …
Malachi 3:2,3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when …
Hebrews 12:10,11 For they truly for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; …
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold …
1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is …
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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Deuteronomy 4:20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron …
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The official story: SCEA representatives have not yet revealed the Australian price of the PlayStation Vita, only hinting that it would more likely fall closer to the UK pricing of the console than the US pricing. The UK pricing is as follows: 249 euros for the Wi-Fi PlayStation Vita (which translates to approximately AU$341.32 using current conversion rates); and 299 euros for the 3G-enabled PlayStation Vita (which translates to approximately AU$409.86 using current conversion rates).
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Steve Hamming, from Jamestown, beat out 1,500 of his competitors.
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Williamsburg County's recycling efforts are continuing to expand. According to Williamsburg County Councilwoman Jeannie Brown-Burrows during a recent council meeting, the Recycling Advisory Board has been meeting and strategies are coming together. "We are upgrading and separating our plastic, cans, cardboard," said Brown-Burrows who leads the advisory board. "Hopefully, in the future we won't have to haul as much garbage out." The Recycling Advisory Board was established in May 2012. The members are charged with developing sustainable, viable ways to recycle local materials. Since its inception, committee members have visited recycling centers outside the county and have created tools meant to educate. More importantly, the board is looking into ways to cut the waste hauled thereby reducing that expense, and find new outlets to sell the materials which in turn will help the finances of the county. In order to meet their goals, they need specific information. The group was presented with a revenue report during their most recent meeting. According to the report, from July 2012 to June 2013, total revenues from recyclables were $22,358. Of that recycled paper brought in $5,071. Scrap metal totaled $16,963 and e-waste totaled $323.24. The revenues; however, did not compare to the 2011-2012 revenue report for paper which brought in $10,473. In addition, ccrap metal totaled $36,783. Director of Finance and Administration Walt Ackerman could not provide a definative answer; however, he believed the spike was attributed to the Capital Improvments that were going on at that time. Ackerman, who was hired in June, 2012 said based on nearly at $15,000 in revenues through October 2013, they are on pace to hit $40,000. Ackerman said things are progressing. He has met with full-time employees who work at the landfill and is checking into training that will address current issues. One example Ackerman said was citizens are placing non-cardboard materials such as stiff paper in the cardboard bins. "Our people have to sort that," said Ackerman. "You'll have some sights where 50 percent of it is deemed trash...For the general public, they think its cardboard. So we have to train the attendands a little better so they can monitor a little better what they are putting in...When you have three cans of cardboard and you get two cans of trash out of it, it's not condusive to having an effecient operation." The committee has requested a separate line item for plastic so they can keep track of any progress. The reason plastic does not have its own line item said Ackerman, is because the county sells both paper and plastic to Synoco. The finanance department is working on that. Councilwoman Burrows and Recyling Coordinator Yolanda Green plan to meet with school district administration to discuss placing cardboard bins at schools however, they will have to come up with ways to purchase the bins. The group also will reach out to local businesses for support and will research the engagement of inmates. The committee seem to be poised on following through with the next step. "In January we're going to start with the new year, we're going to start with a new attitude," said Burrows adding. "I want to let citizens know, and educate them, that if they do this, over a period of time we can make this happen like other counties are doing." Whether or not the county makes money off of recyling is not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to keep as much material out of the landfill. "You don't recycle becasue you're trying to make money," said Ackerman. "You recycle because you want to be green, you want to be good to the enviroment. Becasue its the right thing to do. You don't want to leave a burden for future genreations to deal with."
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Ridley has audience as she nests at Corpus Christi Beach
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CORPUS CHRISTI - It's not every day a birth becomes a public spectacle.
But when a mother chooses Corpus Christi Beach to bring 85 babies into the world, there's bound to be some spectators.
In this case, about 20 people watched Monday as a Kemp's ridley sea turtle laid her eggs.
But the location was just strange even for a sea turtle, said Donna Shaver, director of the National Seashore's turtle recovery program.
"I would even call it abnormal," Shaver said. "It's not the typical behavior and not really a desirable location."
The nesting is the first reported on the bay since Padre Island National Seashore experts started recording Texas Coast nestings in 1980, she said.
The bay isn't an ideal place for turtles to lay eggs because the clearer water and lack of vegetation make any hatchlings susceptible to potential predators, she said.
Kemp's ridley sea turtles, which typically nest on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, have been tracked or sometimes stranded in the bay but none until Monday have nested there, Shaver said.
Shaver said she planned to look at some pictures taken by a bystander to determine if the nesting turtle was part of a head start program from 1978 to 1988. The program involved releasing Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchlings from Padre Island and some from Nueces and Corpus Christi bays to encourage turtle nesting in the area, she said. But she said she doubted she would be able to see any identifying spots or tags on the turtle because she had heard from bystanders it may have had algae on its shell.
As of Monday, 156 nests have been found on the Texas coast this nesting season, which runs through mid-July. A record 195 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests were found on the Texas coast last year.
The turtle, estimated at 80 pounds, was seen about 8:30 a.m. along Corpus Christi Beach by beachgoer Maribel Perez who said the turtle was tucking eggs under the sand.
The turtle stayed in one spot for a while, kicking sand with her flippers and even spinning around at one point. Perez said she thought the turtle was hurt, but she quickly realized it was nesting.
Bystanders marked off the area with sticks as others shooed off threatening seagulls.
"I was like, 'Go away! Nothing over here for you guys! '" Perez said.
The turtle swam into the bay shortly afterward, bystanders said.
Perez, of San Antonio, who was on her second visit to Corpus Christi, had no idea of the rarity of the event.
"I thought it was something normal that happens all the time," she said.
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Thanks kenjken! I do wear a reflective vest at night or before dawn. I also run against traffic and never wear headphones so I can be aware of my surroundings. I'm a considerate person. I realize not all runners/cyclists are, but neither are all motorists.
There are two major reasons. One is that concrete pavers are a lot harder than tar. You will destroy your knees running on concrete sidewalks. The other is that the sidewalk is usually cracked, buckled, filled with holes, stops and starts in weird places and in the winter, is rarely ever cleared of snow and ice properly or consistently. The road, on the other hand, is smooth, clear of debris and goes on for miles without interruption or disappearing.
Believe me, as a runner and a cyclist, I hate sharing the road with vehicles. Between drunk drivers, texting, and people generally being inattentive fools, I feel like every day might be my last. But I'm pretty sure paying my taxes allows me to use the roads for these reasons, so I'm going to keep doing it.
When Mike Kane was one of a handful of legislators to vote against extending the civil right of marriage to all MA residents, I wrote him a letter expressing my embarrassment on his behalf and vowing to support any candidate who opposed him in the future. I'm pleased that the candidate has turned out to be Aaron Vega, who I would support anyway. He is a committed, involved, progressive member of the community.
Regarding Vega Yoga, if I recall correctly from the time it was showcased on the PBS program "Making it Here," Aaron is the principal of the business and in fact met his wife when she was one of his students.
I wondered the same thing. I would think the very last thing this board needs is Patti Devine, and how is she eligible anyway if Don Welch isn't?
If he's such a great father, maybe he could do the kids of my community a favor and stop coming here to buy drugs from them.
How do you think they are getting the information on who the dealers are? They bust the out of town white kids and then roll them up to the dealers. Scared kids with no ties to the community are much more likely to snitch on their dealer. It's actually a pretty smart strategy by the HPD. I'm impressed, which is not something I say about the HPD too often.
I suppose it's a free country, he can talk to whomever he likes, but he certainly put himself in the jackpot with the administration for the next two years. Not too slick. As a constituent, I would prefer he focus his energies on things that have a snowball's chance in h#ll of happening, instead of trying to prove what a "professional" he is and tilting at windmills.
I totally agree with everything towney007 expressed here. Kudos to the mayor for sticking to his election promise and refusing to whore out the city to the highest (only) bidder. The economy is going to come back and there will be plenty of money. But you won't be able to bring back the city's character once you've brought in a casino. The mall basically destroyed downtown, and I don't see the taxes/jobs from that venture creating the utopia everybody seems to think this casino is going to bring.
As far as the two previous votes are concerned, people need to remember that a major demographic shift has taken place in Ward Seven since 2002. The housing boom in 2004-2006 relocated tons of younger, affluent professionals from the rest of the Valley into the Highlands because they got priced out of Northampton and Easthampton, etc. Morse's election *was* the referendum on casinos. Deal with it and quit the whining about "professionalism" which is pretty weak as far as political code goes.
I haven't been too keen on the investigative skills or motivation of the HPD lately, but credit where credit is due, good on them for running down the key and the extra drugs.
And kudos to whomever called in the suspicious activity to begin with. If enough people from outside the community are put on notice that buying drugs in Holyoke will get you arrested, less people will come here and try to buy drugs, which solves a lot of other problems, eventually.
This is a comprehensive, well written article.
Can't you, I don't know, try to find out? Ask some questions? Isn't that the job of the reporter? I'm not trying to be obnoxious, but seriously, the best reporting we can ever hope for is a verbatim regurgitation of what is on the police report?
I'm starting to slightly resent how the home invasions and break-ins this person perpetrated in Holyoke keep being tacked on as an afterthought in these stories. I can assure you we like our homes being invaded by an armed intruder just as little as the good people of Northampton. Furthermore, she hit three or four houses within a six block radius over a two day period right before Christmas. When she wasn't apprehended by the HPD, a lot of people in the Highlands neighborhood spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in fear that they would fall victim to this person, myself included.
When you consider that the Springfield MSA includes Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties, which in turn include all five colleges of the Five College area, this statistic isn't that surprising. College students are why Boston is number one on the list, and they are most likely why we are number two. Which does make it a little misleading to try and linguistically pin it on Springfield and Holyoke in the headline.
But that type of analysis wouldn't get you 100+ comments, so let's go with what you've got here.
Thanks to the NPD for getting this woman off the street. This sounds like really excellent police work. My neighborhood in Holyoke was terrorized for several days by this person while the HPD was unable to do anything about it. She actually broke into at least two homes and was surprised by the occupants in the Highlands neighborhood.
This woman broke into at least 4 or 5 houses in the Holyoke Highlands in the two or three days previous to being caught in Northampton. She was surprised by the homeowners there at least twice.
What resources do the NPD have that the HPD seemingly do not have that they were able to resolve this situation in less than eight hours, while this woman terrorized the Highlands for a week and would probably still be doing so if she hadn't moved on to Noho?
This is the third separate instance of unsolved (by the HPD) home invasions in Holyoke in 2011. It seems incredible to me that the police can't apprehend a person wandering around a six block area on foot for three days breaking into homes and being eyeballed by multiple people. WTH?
This is a terrible tragedy, and could have easily been avoided.
I'm leaving my post-mortem of the handling of this disaster until all is said and done, but I have to say that right now it is not looking to me like the Pluta administration and the HPD did all they could do to prevent this kind of thing from occurring.
Isn't it possible that not every old person is possessed of the deep and abiding wisdom of the ages? Is it conceivable that Elaine Pluta, despite her advanced years, can neither program the VCR nor leverage people or situations to the advantage of the city? She couldn't even hold on to a campaign manager for the duration of the campaign. That young kid that is running her campaign is basically the only thing holding it together right now.
And if age makes you such and all-knowing oracle, why are you assuming that Alex Morse supporters are all twenty and don't get your references to VCRs? I'm forty one years of age, and it's obvious to me that Morse is what is needed to move this city forward.
I think maybe Brown checked his MCAS scores before they accepted him and gave him an Ivy League education. But if you think a VCR is a thing anyone uses since 2003, then you probably are missing the entire point here.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Young children grow much more slowly than other mammals because their developing brains require so much energy to prepare for the challenges of later life, a new study contends.
Researchers analyzed data from PET and MRI brain scans and found that enormous amounts of energy are used by the human brain in the first few years of life, which means physical growth has to take a back seat during that time.
For example, a 5-year-old's brain uses twice as much glucose (the energy that fuels the brain) as the brain of an adult. This "brain drain" of energy peaks at about age 4 and body growth slows to a minimum. At this age, the brain burns energy at a rate equal to two-thirds of what the entire body uses at rest, the study authors said.
The findings support a longstanding theory about why children grow so slowly, said the authors of the study, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Our findings suggest that our bodies can't afford to grow faster during the toddler and childhood years because a huge quantity of resources is required to fuel the developing human brain," first author Christopher Kuzawa, a professor of anthropology at Northwestern University, said in a university news release.
"As humans we have so much to learn, and that learning requires a complex and energy-hungry brain," he added.
The findings also explain some common observations made about young children, the researchers said.
"After a certain age it becomes difficult to guess a toddler or young child's age by their size," Kuzawa said. "Instead you have to listen to their speech and watch their behavior. Our study suggests that this is no accident. Body growth grinds nearly to a halt at the ages when brain development is happening at a lightning pace, because the brain is sapping up the available resources."
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Chavez Diplomatic Coup Deepens Rift in Brazil-Led Trade Pact
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Hugo Chavez's back-door entry into the Mercosur trade bloc led by Argentina and Brazil casts doubt on the future of a pact that has fueled a tenfold boom in commerce between South America's two biggest economies.
Chavez is attending today's ceremony in Brasilia welcoming Venezuela as a full member of the world's third-biggest free trade area after Paraguay was suspended last month over lawmakers' ousting of President Fernando Lugo. Paraguay's refusal to ratify Venezuela's admission had held up since 2006 the country's entry into the four-nation group, which also includes Uruguay.
Paraguay has contested Venezuela's membership, winning support from top Uruguayan officials and Brazil's opposition, who say Chavez's human rights record and seizure of foreign-owned companies is anathema to a group founded to promote democracy and trade. With Chavez lobbying for a more politicized Mercosur to advance his anti-U.S. agenda, his entry may isolate the group from a trend toward greater openness in the rest of Latin America, former Brazilian diplomat Marcos Azambuja said.
"Mercosur will become less effective and less relevant with Chavez," Azambuja, who was ambassador to Argentina as well as deputy foreign minister when the bloc was created, said by phone from Rio de Janeiro. "He's not destroying Mercosur, but he's making the road ahead slightly bumpier."
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The creation of the free trade zone two decades ago was a driver of trade between Argentina and Brazil just as South America's longstanding economic rivals were emerging from decades of military rule. Trade between the two countries surged to $32 billion in 2010 from $3 billion when Mercosur took effect in 1991, according to data from the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Manufacturers such as Fiat SpA and Volkswagen AG also set up cross-border supply chains to get around an external tariff wall of 35 percent and gain access to a market that now comprises 280 million consumers. With a combined gross domestic product of $3 trillion, Mercosur is the world's third-largest free trade area after the European Union and North American Free Trade Agreement that includes the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica at today's meeting said that Venezuela's entry into Mercosur represented a historic triumph for the cause of Latin American integration after decades of foreign domination of the region.
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"In the past there were great men, with a vision of giants, but they were condemned to defeat because the historical conditions didn't favor them," Mujica, a former member of the Cuban-inspired Tupamaros guerrilla movement, said while standing alongside Chavez. "For too long we've looked at the rest of the world instead of at each other."
Still, Mercosur's push to reduce trade barriers has lost momentum, and even gone into reverse as Argentina and Brazil haggle over everything from trade in shoes to pork amid a slowdown in economic growth. The bloc's share of global foreign direct investment, after surging to 6 percent in 1997 from 2 percent in 1991, has since retreated to 4 percent in 2010 despite rising Chinese demand for the region's raw materials, according to World Bank data.
One reason for the decline is weak investment safeguards. Argentina faces more compensation claims from companies at the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes than any other country. Venezuela is ranked second.
Trade Deficit
Last year, as Argentina's trade deficit with Brazil widened to $4.5 billion, tensions between the two countries escalated. Argentina began delaying the processing of import licenses to slow shipments, said Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, chief trade economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. President Dilma Rousseff's government then retaliated by reducing imports of cars and other goods.
"This clearly goes in the opposite direction of the ambitions of the Mercosur agreement" to replicate the European Union's free flow of goods and people, Moreira said by phone from Washington. "Either you have a common market or you don't."
Steering Venezuela's entry into Mercosur was Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, one of Chavez's top allies.
Fernandez's seizure in April of Spanish-owned oil producer YPF SA and inflation that analysts estimate exceeds 20 percent have put the two countries on a similar economic track, with investors demanding 1,000 basis points in extra yield to own their government debt instead of U.S. Treasuries. In contrast, Brazil's country risk has narrowed 36 basis points this year to 189, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co's data.
Leading Growth
Still, thanks to a surge in spending by Chavez ahead of October's presidential election, Venezuela is the fastest-growing of the three, forecast to expand 4.95 percent this year compared with 2 percent and 2.15 percent growth for Argentina and Brazil respectively, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.
Venezuela risks diverting Mercosur even further from its mission given Chavez's support for protectionism, said Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington.
Venezuela's "burdensome" import rules and corruption makes it one of the world's most closed economies, beating out only by Burundi and Chad, according to a 2012 report by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum that ranked 132 nations for trade openness. Argentina is ranked 96th and Brazil is 84th.
Five of the six top-ranked Latin American nations fall outside Mercosur, including Chile, Mexico and Peru, which all have trade deals with the U.S. and are members of the fledgling Pacific Alliance trade group created this year with Colombia. While Mercosur has managed to implement a single free trade accord with Israel, Chile alone has pacts covering 18 countries.
'Foreign Tutoring'
Businesses in Paraguay, disappointed with Mercosur's move to suspend their country and welcome Venezuela, are studying whether it's possible to exit the pact and sign a treaty with the Pacific Alliance, Eduardo Felippo, president of the nation's biggest industrial lobby group, said by phone from Asuncion.
"The problem with Mercosur isn't Paraguay, it's Venezuela," Paraguay's President Federico Franco told Argentina's La Nacion newspaper in an interview published July 29, adding that his country didn't need any "foreign tutoring" on how to conduct its affairs.
Uruguay's Foreign Minister Luis Almagro and Vice President Danilo Astori also stated their disagreement with the way Venezuela gained entry into Mercosur.
Paraguay Suspension
In retaliation for Lugo's impeachment with barely 24 hours to mount his defense, leaders at an emergency summit last month in Argentina suspended Paraguay from partaking in any of Mercosur's decisions until it holds a presidential election in April 2013. At the same time, the group welcomed Venezuela as a member, bypassing ratification that had cleared every member state' except Paraguay's Senate.
Franco's office and Argentina's Foreign Affairs Ministry didn't respond to telephone calls seeking comment. A press official with Brazil's Foreign Ministry, who can't provide his name due to internal policy, said that Venezuela's entry complied with the pact's guidelines.
Mercosur will gain some strategic clout by accepting South America's largest oil producer as a member, Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador to the U.S. who helped negotiate the creation of the bloc, said by phone from Sao Paulo. Argentine and Brazilian exporters stand to benefit from Venezuelan demand for imports of manufactured products and food, he said.
Trade Deficits
Venezuela last year posted trade deficits of $1.2 billion and $2.9 billion respectively with Argentina and Brazil. Venezuelan tariffs on Argentine and Brazilian manufactured goods may fall to as low as zero if Chavez's government adheres fully to the bloc's terms of free trade.
The benefits of Chavez joining Mercosur may not be reciprocal as Venezuela's dependence on oil for 95 percent of its exports has weakened its manufacturing base. The self-declared socialist today said he wants to diversify Venezuela's economy by developing industries from agriculture to tourism.
Mercosur leaders will establish a working group to negotiate details of Venezuela's membership, including a timeframe for reducing tariffs.
Chavez said July 17 that his government was mindful of the risks entailed by joining Mercosur and vowed to protect local companies from Argentine and Brazilian imports.
Still, that hasn't stopped him from trumpeting his ascension to Mercosur as a victory for Venezuelan diplomacy, and a defeat for the U.S. after its attempt to broker a free trade agreement stretching from Alaska to the tip of Patagonia broke down in 2005.
"Mercosur without a doubt is the most powerful engine we have to preserve our independence and accelerate our comprehensive development," Chavez said today. "Our north is the south."
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