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On the heels of the recent pool tragedy, today Supervisor Kate Murray and Hempstead Town officials today took the latest in a series of steps to help prevent tragic drownings across Long Island. Murray was so deeply moved by this weekend's heartbreaking incident that she has directed the mailing of the town's life-saving pool safety brochure to every home in Hempstead Town, and has made it available to the general public.
"Even if you have children but no pool, a pool and no kids, or a pool and children, we all know someone who could be impacted by the potential dangers lurking in the water," Murray said. "I was emotionally moved by this weekend's pool tragedy and would like to do everything we can as a town to prevent something like this from happening again."
Murray announced the new pool safety initiative today at a press conference held at the Echo Park Pool in West Hempstead. During the press conference, Hempstead Town's certified lifeguards performed life-saving demonstrations, including a session on CPR.
Murray's call for the latest pool safety initiative is an extension of Hempstead Town's aggressive campaign to inform and educate residents about pool dangers and important life-saving water safety tips. Last year, Hempstead Town partnered with local superintendents to distribute water safety brochures to students at schools across the township. A year before that, Hempstead Town sponsored a public safety announcement on local television stations to promote the importance of safety in our waters.
While every homeowner in Hempstead Town will receive a pool safety brochure in the mail, the general public can request a brochure by calling the Office of Communications at (516) 812-3303.
"There are too many heartbreaking stories of young children who fall victim to pool drownings," Murray said. "The town's pool safety brochure details tips to protect swimmers, and stresses the importance of a working pool alarm. Taking these tips seriously can prevent a tragedy. It is never too soon to save a life."


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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany (AP) -- The German soccer team Kaiserslautern has reported a group of fans to police for allegedly giving Nazi salutes to an Israeli player.
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I was first introduced to Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) during day 3 of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings. I was unimpressed:
10:14: Who the hell is Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)? So far I've learned that he's an Oriole fan, and Wikipedia tells me he beat now-Republican Chairman Michael Steele for Senate in 2006. I want Tommy Carcetti to be asking these questions!
But his nephew, attorney and Baltimore County state delegate Jon S. Cardin, is a man who knows how to make an impression. The Baltimore Sun reports:
City police are investigating why on-duty marine and helicopter officers helped a Baltimore County state delegate propose to his girlfriend by pretending to raid a boat the couple were aboard, a department spokesman said Monday.
Officers boarded the boat, owned by a friend of Del. Jon S. Cardin, Aug. 7 in the Inner Harbor. As the helicopter Foxtrot hovered overhead, adding to the sense of tension, one report says officers pretended to search the vessel and even had the woman thinking she was about to be handcuffed before the delegate got on one knee and proposed.
Yes, the fear of getting apprehended and incarcerated is really what marriage proposals are all about. But for some reason, Baltimore officials don't understand that asking a girl to marry you without the imminent threat of state action is so 2007.
It's time for some good ol' fashioned ass covering, after the jump.
First, Delegate Cardin tried to apologize and blame others for using the police as a substitute for a bigger rock:
In a statement, Delegate Cardin gave a toned-down account of the proposal, reported Friday in the Gazette newspapers, which dealt with the news as a whimsical "reporters notebook" item. Cardin described the actions by police as a "5-minute safety check." He did not mention the helicopter, which police confirmed was used.
Cardin's statement says that during the "fuss" of the police involvement, "I surprised her with my proposal and she honored me with her answer of 'yes.'" It continued: "During the evening, I was focused on making my fiancee's night perfect. In retrospect, I should have considered that city resources would be involved and used better judgment to put a stop to it."
The delegate promised to contact Baltimore police and to "reimburse the city for whatever costs they deem appropriate."
Meanwhile, the police officials that gave the go-ahead to the mock raid used a very expansive definition of "protect and serve."
The police spokesman said that the marine unit — whose members complained earlier this year that the city was endangering the public by grounding them over the winter and spring because of budget cuts — was patrolling the water at the time the mock raid was conducted, and that the helicopter was already flying over the harbor area….
"Most officers want to help out and engage with the public," Guglielmi said, though he readily admitted that helping a politician with a surprise party is not the same as letting a civilian pet a horse or allowing a child to sit in a patrol car.
You know what they say: you gotta keep the devil, way down in a hole.
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Mrs. Susan Summer Ory, 62, of Murrayville passed away on the morning of Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at her residence.
Mrs. Ory was born May 22, 1951 to the late John H. and Anne A. Summer in Atlanta, Ga. She attended North Georgia College and the University of Alaska. She was an active member of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, where she was a founding member of Daughters of the King, a prayer and service group, and the Piecemakers, a sewing and knitting group. She was also a past president of the Episcopal Women's Club. Susan previously resided in Charleston where she was an active member of Old St. Andrew's Church, founding several church organizations there. While in Charleston, she started her own business called Keystrokes, after moving to Murrayville she was instrumental in bringing the family farm back into operation.
Survivors include her husband James W. Ory, Murrayville; brother Grayson and his wife Kristin Gwaltney, Tenn.; son and daughter-in-law Jonathon and Sarah Ory, Chicago, Ill.; Son Jon C. Ory, Folly Beach, S.C.; daughter Patricia S. Ory, Charlotte, N.C.; grandson and her pride and joy, Jonathan H. Ory, Chicago, Ill.; an uncle; numerous cousins; and her beloved pets Scout, Jingles, Jake, Jessie, Rowdy, Murphy, and Annabell .
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Mrs. Dora Mae Woody Grizzle, age 73, of Dahlonega, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013.
Dora Mae was the daughter of the late Ray and Lounell Duff Woody, and was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County where she had retired from Fieldale Farms. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and special friend.
Mrs. Grizzle is survived by her children, Jessie Earl Grizzle, Dawsonville; Dello and Leisha Grizzle, Murrayville; Gail Ramey, Braselton, Ga.; Debra and Merl Posten, Dahlonega; Gene and Linda Grizzle, Dahlonega; Dora "Ty-Ty" and Todd Miller, Gainesville; sisters, Carrie Lee Shope, Randy and Howard Green; best friends, Mary Lou and Fannie Mae; special aunt, Illa Mae Duff. 15 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and a number of other relatives also survive.
Funeral services for Dora Mae were held Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the Banister Funeral Home Chapel in Dahlonega.
Rev. Jimmy Wilbanks, Rev. Tommy Ross, and Rev. Marion Burnette officiated.
Interment followed in the Mount Hope cemetery in Dahlonega.
Online condolences may be made at www.banisterfuneralhome.net.
Banister Funeral Home of Dahlonega was in charge of the arrangements.
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Asian markets mostly gave a yawn to another attempt by Chinese authorities to stimulate growth with their RRR cut. The Shanghai index in particular traded down by .6% to a 3 1/2 week low and copper is falling to a 3 month low. The main worry this morning though is again Europe with Greece likely headed for another election next month with it basically being an up or down vote on its Euro membership. The growing possibility of Greece saying bye bye has put the entire region into the realm of the unknown in terms of the economic ripple effects. Spanish and Italian bond yields are spiking and the cost of insuring against a Spanish default is now more expensive than for Hungary. The European bank stock index is dropping to a 3 month low and the iTRAXX European financial CDS is wider by another 16 bps. The US$ and Treasuries are again the beneficiary of the stated overseas worries with the DXY index higher for an 11th straight day. With respect to the economic collateral damage to what's going on overseas on an already lackluster US economy, we'll see the 1st May industrial numbers this week from the NY and Philly mfr'g regions.
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Kiwanis honors Dan Anderson for 50 years perfect service
October 29, 2013
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Dan Anderson was honored recently by the Kiwanis Club of Issaquah for 50 years of perfect attendance.
Anderson's Kiwanis career began in Newhall, Calif., where he served in many leadership roles, including the presidency. In 1963, he led his Newhall club in a project to donate and move a two-man, fully equipped Kiwanis dental clinic to Tijuana, Mexico. The clinic was donated and manned by two dentists with a history of providing free dental service to poor, itinerant workers' kids in the local elementary school.
Anderson and his wife, Portia, accompanied the clinic on its voyage to its new home, where it continues to be of service to this day, taking care of the dental needs of Tijuana's poorest children. Kiwanis provided the means and the Mexican government provides the dentists, who are required to perform some public service.
Anderson transferred to the Issaquah club in 1976. In 1978, he helped organized the club's first successful auction.
In 1979, the club's 50th anniversary year, Anderson was president, membership doubled and he was awarded the International Diamond Award for club growth and service projects. He initiated the high school scholarship program that year and continues to serve on the committee that awards funds to graduating students.
Anderson was named Kiwanian of the Year in 2005. He is also a Hixson Award Recipient, a life member and was elected as the second director emeritus of the board. When he's not traveling, he still attends the board meetings.
"Although I have been on theater, school and water boards, am an Eagle Scout, and have had a satisfying special career, nothing has been as rewarding and continuously pleasant as my membership in Issaquah Kiwanis," Anderson said. "And obviously, I am extremely proud to have been associated with it during its many years of development into the uniquely great club that it is."
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The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) on Thursday announced its 15 finalists for the Oscar Robertson Player of the Year Award, as well as the six finalists for the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award.
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F Melvin Ejim, Sr., Iowa State
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G Nick Johnson, Jr., Arizona
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F Casey Prather, Sr., Florida
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Each of July's Featured Geocacher of the Month nominees has made their mark on the geocaching community. Though many other qualified candidates were nominated, Groundspeak Lackeys selected these three influential and inspiring nominees.
Sniperchicken – June 2012 Geocacher of the Month
Now it's your turn to help select one of them as July's Featured Geocacher of the Month.
Write a comment on this blog post about which of these three geocachers you feel should be crowned.
Last month, SniperChicken was chosen as the June Featured Geocacher of the Month. SniperChicken was recognized for his kindness and creative ability to engage the geocaching community through his caches. As the Board President of the Mississippi Geocachers Association, he is known to go above and beyond to research every hiding location to provide fellow geocachers with a unique geocache and story.
Here are your nominees for the July Featured Geocacher of the Month. Some testimonials have been edited for length.
Nominated by Deermark, Lynn, a.k.a, daggy "has been the Chairman of the Indiana Fall Geocaching Picnic for 8 years. This event draws between 200 and 300 geocachers every fall. She helped found INKY (The Indiana-Kentucky Geocaching Group). This group meets once a month for a social and has drawn between 30 and 80 new geocachers every month since inception. Daggy has volunteered with Lincoln State Park in Indiana to help with the park's annual geocaching event for the last 5 years. She was also instrumental in writing the proposal that brought Geowoodstock X to Indiana. Daggy has been caching since September 2001 and has almost 16,000 finds and 137 hides. Her traditional hides have 248 favorite points and 67 of them are still active. She has hosted 14 Event Caches and has found a cache in 50 states. She gives so much back to the geocaching community, not just locally, but nationally."
De Wijngemachtigde
"Every year a Geocoin race is organized in the Netherlands to encourage people to put their coins in circulation instead of keeping them at home," says irisisleuk. "When the original organizer suddenly stopped organizing this race, Guus, a.k.a. De Wijngemachtigde stepped in and took over this race. But his actions didn't just result in copying what was done before. He really wanted to take it to the next level. This year, Guus managed to get a record number of 250 participants in the race. And the coins didn't just visit the 12 provinces, but all 415 municipalities of the Netherlands. He thought of the idea that photos of the coin with the city limit sign and city hall and/or coat of arms of the city where a coin is dropped/retrieved, should be rewarded with bonus points as well. So, he now checks every log, of each coin for photos to see whether this coin should get bonus points. He does all this himself. The way Guus has organized everything has really got our geocaching community in the Netherlands closer, more involved and resulted in many, many fun coin logs to read. This race has given a whole other dimension to geocaching. It really spices things up and makes moving trackables so much more fun."
bigfish97 writes, "My name is Dustin and I am 14 years old. I have only been geocaching since February and now it is one of my favorite things to do. I was introduced to geocaching by my aunt and uncle, Troy and Amanda," a.k.a. T&AD. "They showed me everything about geocaching such as Trackables, Geocoins, different types of caches, etc. They have been geocaching since January but have already found over 350 geocaches! I learned everything I know about geocaching from them. They still guide me through a lot of my finds, even from 300 miles away. I love to share my experiences with them because they are beginner geocachers that I can relate to. I am thankful that they introduced me to this great hobby and what I am asking is for you to choose them for the month of July because it would mean the world to me!"
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After reading all three testimonies, my vote is for daggy!
I read all three and all were super interesting – but I vote for dagga!
My vote is for De Wijngemachtigde.
I also read all 3 bios, and I have to say that Daggy really deserves the award.
I, Cecil-Evil GeoCaching Monkey, believe that while all nominees have merit & would be welcomed into my conclave of minions… Daggy is just plain ookerific!
I vote for Daggy. She is one of the people who got me started caching. She worked hard to get Geowoodstock to Indiana and worked even harder to make it a success.
After reading all 3 bios above I believe that Daggy should receive the July 2012 Geocacher of the Month
I vote for Daggy. She worked tirelessly on the 2012 Geowoodstock making sure it was a great success and does alot to inspire cachers in the local INKY Geocaching group.
It's a tough choice but as an NJROTC teacher, I am going to have to vote for T&AD. Teaching is not just spreading knowledge it is more like spreading a passion. Kids react to what we do and know what we love -that's when real learning takes place.
It was interesting to read all three nominees. My vote is for Daggy.
My vote is for Daggy. She is a strong force for geocaching by organizing and promoting events to encourage veteran cachers as well as novices. She works tirelessly to promote geocaching.
I vote for Daggy! She is an inspiration to cachers everywhere with her dedication to geocaching.
All three nominees look like fine assets to the geocaching community but I will have to recommend Daggy for personal reasons. She, and her husband, are one of the reasons my wife and I geocache. In Spetember of 2003, we saw an article on geocaching in a publication that featured Daggy. Her comments led us to go find our first cache and have been hooked since. Since that time, we have gotten know her and all she has done for geocaching in our region.
De Wijngemachtigde would be my choice, tough call though as they are all deserving.
I vote for Daggy, as previous cachers have stated after reading all the bios, she gives her whole heart into the caching community.
I vote for Daggy! She puts so much time and effort into the events she puts together that its always a blast to attend.
All three very deserving, but Daggy stands out. I know her personally and if she is not planning an event, then she is supporting others by attending their events.
My vote goes to de Wijngemachtigde. Not only for his tremendous work to organize the, above mentioned, geocoin race, but also for his beautiful created geocaches that stand out well beyond average and are real adventures to find.
Have to vote for Daggy – known her for years and seen all she has done for the hobby!
Daggy seems to epitomize what a geocaches should be.
My vote goes to Daggy. She is such a warm and friendly lady… someone you feel that you've known for a long time when you've just met. She was one of the key organizers of the Geowoodstock X event, and worked diligently to make it a huge success! And she ALWAYS has a smile on her face!
I have to vote for Daggy. I have had the pleasure to get to know her over the past couples of years and worked close to her while getting the ready for GeoWoodstock X. She has done a lot for the local area and beond.
Hands down "DAGGY" !!! If you don't have a great time at an event Daggy hosts it's your own fault. When she puts her heart into a project you can be sure that everyone in your family from the very young to the very old will be included.
If you go on a caching road trip with her she will surprise you with some great snacks so that you don't starve before returning to civilization.
Daggy gets my vote. I believe the geocacher of the month should be someone who does what they can and more to improve the game and draw people in. While all three have done just that to some degree, after reading her write up, I feel that Daggy has gone above and beyond the call. Thanks Daggy for you contribution to Geocaching.
T&AD gets my vote for inspiring Dustin. Congratulations to all on your nomination !
Our vote goes to de Wijngemachtigde, of course! We know how much time and effort and enthousiasm he puts into it! In fact, he has added a new dimension to geocaching in the Netherlands. We enjoy reading the coinlogs (incredible great stories) and also the pictures people add to the logs are fantastic. Even mayors are 'seduced' bij geocachers to pose with a geocoin an a picture, hilarious!
One more vote for De Wijngemachtigde.
It's just wonderfull how somebody puts so much effort into geocaching to make it a bit enjoyable!!!
And one more vote for De Wijngemachtigde. His work for De Gemeenterace 2012 is incredible. Keep up the good work!
We vote the Wijngemachtigde! He is a very enthousiastic geocacher and we love the geocoin race. Everything is well organized. The complete Dutch geocach community is addicted to moving the racecoins.
Our vote goes also to the Wijngemachtigde.
Our vote goes also to the Wijngemachtigde
This is my -well deserved- vote for Guus (de Wijngemachtigde) for his great contribution to the Dutch geocache-family.
Guys like him makes the difference ! So many people enjoy this geocoinrace overhere and -by doing so- it attracks new members of our community…. thats why he should be the geocacher of the month.
Our vote goes to "de Wijngemachtigde" with his enthousiasm and dedication to organise the race, he brings lots of geo-cachers together. Also his work improves the game because people take more care of the coins they find, in writing their log's and puting up more pictures every day. Guus keep up the good work!
I vote the Wijngemachtigde. He do a lots of work for a lots of cachers to make it interesting to sent a coin traveling. He do it al by himself. He is very enthousiast. He is the one and only cacher of the month!!!!
I vote for daggy, but well done to all of the nominees!
The Getzie family vote's for the Wijngemachtigde.
My vote goes to de Wijngemachtigde.
My vote goes to De Wijngemachtigde. His dedication inspires many many geocachers.
De Wijngemachtigde wil get our vote. Based on the fact that he is spending lots and lots of his free time to keep all the racecoins up to date.
Knowing the time, effort and dedication she put into Geowoodstock X I have to put in a vote for Daggy.
Daggy get's my vote she Rocks!
De Wijngemachtigde of course!
My vote is for de Wijngemachtigde as well, keep up the good work Guus! The globalrace is fantastic!
I have seen the many hours Daggy has put in to Geocaching including Geowoodstock X. So my vote is for Daggy
After the bad experience of handling the geocoinrace in 2010, took De Wijngemachtigde the organization in 2011. He knew in a short time the confidence of both participants and sponsors of the prize to get through clear communication. Everything runs very smoothly and if it takes longer, then that is a pre-announced reason. In short, De Wijngemachtigde over and over again to earn the geocacher of the month to be.
As a participant of the geocoinrace I surely vote for De Wijngemachtigde. The organisation is superb! Besides this, he owns some creative caches too!
Our vote goes to De Wijngemachtigde.
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Oh my God, they've got a plausible way to get Merle back into our primary group of intrepid zombie warriors. I can't believe it. You gotta give the writers credit. Once he gets back, he's gonna try and push Daryl around and find things have changed. Fascinating dynamic could be had all around.
I cannot see it working; he has nothing but hatred of Rick, and after the fight with Glenn and Maggie--essentially a would-be fight to the death--there's no way he can be a part of Rick's group, even if he helps Daryl escape from the governor.
I think Merle will return to the main group.
Daryl will vouch for him and convince rick/new leader that he will keep Merle under control.
I could easily see Darryl and Merle escaping woodbury and after a long and ardous journey, returning back to the main group, with daryl saying something like "if you kill merle you'll have to kill me"... and merle is given another chance due to how much pull darryl has.
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Scottdale man begins new career
Scottdale resident Rob Allison has forged out a career at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics.
With two children grown up and moved out on their own and one daughter finishing her senior year in high school, one might think that Allison could soon consider retirement and all of the contentment that could bring.
Instead, Allison has added a new career to his repertoire.
After five years of schooling, 60 general education credits, two years at the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science school and one year of an internship, he has received his state license to be a funeral director.
Allison is still employed at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics full-time, but now, has added work in funeral service part-time.
He made the decision to go into this line of work, because he knew this would more than likely be his last career change and he wanted to do something service oriented.
"Funeral directing gives me the opportunity to assist families with things they are unable to do for themselves," Allison said. "We can make what is likely one of the worst times of their lives a little easier and help people to get through it."
He served out his internship at Ferguson Funeral home in Scottdale, where he is currently employed on a part-time basis.
Rob Ferguson said Allison has been a welcome addition to the funeral home.
"Rob has the personality and qualities needed to do this job that you just can't teach," Ferguson said. "It's just natural for him."
Allison said he needs to continue learning and honing his skills.
"I'm fortunate in that I have Rob Ferguson and Bob Brown to help continue my education," he said. "Those two have forgotten more about funeral directing than I know right now. I will continue to work part-time, but as a state licensed director I am authorized to do everything required for funeral service."
Allison has no immediate plans to retire from his job at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics.
"I enjoy working for (PIA), and as long as I can do both without compromising the quality of my work at the funeral home, I will continue to do both," he said.
Allison added that what he did to earn his funeral directors license was very time consuming.
"I wouldn't have been able to do it without the support of my wife Rhonda," he said. "She has been my anchor through it all."
Rachel Basinger is a freelance writer.
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I started painting Sunday - yep - just took a brush and paint and started painting. The painting is based upon the Sinai icon, Ladder of Divine Ascent - it is fairly faithful so far - I did no drawings for it - just the brush - it's looking rather primitive. I'm forcing myself to paint, thinking it will rev me up to paint seriously. Even though I'm serious with this one. (But it is NOT an icon.)
It's about the monks.
I've been reading my books on Orthodox monasticism. I'm enthralled how the Athonite solitaries seem to have maintained a close observance to what the early desert fathers did. I know their monastic observance isn't exactly like that, but to know real hermits, who actually stay put in their hermitages or caves still exist in the world is very edifying. In the West I think the only real monks are (some of) the Carthusians, Camaldolese and Carmelite nuns - though I'm told many of these now have computers and are therefore once again attached to the world. However, that video I posted this past weekend has intrigued me so much I think of it all of the time now.
I have a wonderful book on Athos written by Philip Sherrard - Sherrard is a Byzantine scholar living in Greece - the book was published in 1985, so he might be dead.
Monastic life - an academic life.
Today Western monks and hermits travel about - in what oftentimes seems an endless pursuit of authentic monastic life, or occasionally just to go on vacation. I can't imagine a monk getting all excited to go into Manhattan, for instance, or attending a conference on monastic prayer or liturgy. Merton pretty much did stuff like that - hence these types of monks often "forage in a land they know not" while enriching themselves with worldly honors. It seems to me that many of the Orthodox monks I read about understand the monastic life much better than our monastic scholars and PhDs in the West. The more ascetic Orthodox appear to have the simplicity of the old lay-brother monks and friars, so many of whom have been canonized over the centuries. Today monks and nuns spend an awful lot of time studying monasticism, while neglecting to live it. But I digress.
Anyway - in order to make a post, I will share some points from Sherrard's book, Athos the Holy Mountain, which I found interesting, since many of the ideas go to the heart of my idea of monastic simplicity, humility and authentic spiritual poverty.
"The monastic vows themselves are not essential to monasticism. The early monk was one who turned his back on the world, and had entered the narrow way, but he was without either formal vows or the tonsure or the habit. (The first Franciscans were like this.) His profession was merely the tacit one of an intention to lead an ascetic life. For centuries after the institution of monasticism, formal vows were unknown. Palladius deprecated the vows as subjecting the free will to the binding declaration of an oath. The simple adoption of coarse clothing and entering a wilderness, or taking the habit with the permission of an abbot of a cenobium, constituted the profession of the monastic life - which only became strictly formalized with St. Benedict." - SherrardI'm against it.
Of course, I'm not saying the tradition of making one's profession through vows is undesirable - yet for myself, I very much prefer the idea, since by baptism the Christian is already vowed and consecrated into Christ's consecration. Of course, religious profession renews that reality and as such is like a second baptism, and more importantly, it is required and approved by the Church. Nevertheless, as a layman, I am content not to add to an already great mystery. Perhaps it is my way of seeking the last place, without status or esteem. Much like the early monks and saints such as Benedict Joseph Labre and other fools for Christ. These types are usually simply referred to as 'confessors' of the faith - something I think the ordinary Christian is called to be.
Today, modern Orthodox monks take vows.
However - "The distinction between simple and solemn vows has never been known in Orthodox monasticism. By traditional custom, no dispensation from monastic vows is given - though there have been exceptions to this. Even expulsion from a monastery for immorality, the shaving off of the beard and the deprivation of the habit, do not constitute a dispensation. A monk remains always a monk." - SherrardI like that - "a monk remains always a monk".
(I'm no expert however. Just a man with an opinion.)
Icon: The Ladder of Monks. A 'real' icon and not my painting of one.


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Textiles 2002
The worst may be over for the textile industry after facing difficult challenges in 2001-but recovery will be slow.
Textiles 2002 The worst is over, but recovery will be slow. Todays hard-pressed textile industry coming off a miserable 2001 can probably look forward to some bottoming out, and even selective fractional gains over the next few quarters. But by no stretch of the imagination does it look to be anything even remotely resembling a good year.Blame it on the still-considerable number of mill problems. Aside from the endemic headache, mills continue to face the multiple challenges of a far-from-robust economy, excess capacity, a rapidly changing marketplace, fickle consumers and relatively shaky financial positions.However, the situation is far from hopeless. Indeed, most analysts see a viable domestic industry in the years immediately ahead one that may not be as large as it once was, but one that will become relatively healthy, a lot more innovative, and increasingly able to compete in what is now clearly a global market.To be sure, precise predictions in these uncertain times are quite difficult to make. But at this stage of the game, heres a sketch of what Textile World envisions for the upcoming year:Demand: Mill output for the year as a whole will lag behind 2001, reflecting the steady declines of the past 12 months. But on a 2002 quarter-to-quarter basis, totals should remain relatively flat. A similar pattern is anticipated for dollar shipments, with combined 2002 totals of both mill and mill products estimated at just under $80 billion some $10 billion under the peak hit in 1997.Inventories: Expect some improvement in the textile mill stock/sales ratio, as holdings are slowly brought down to match lower demand levels. But little or no further declines are seen for the mill product ratios the needed inventory correction occurred over the past year.Prices: The combination of lackluster demand, strong competition, and more-than-ample capacity would seem to rule out any significant price advances. There could be some small, selective increases, but not nearly enough to make for any meaningful advances in any major mill or mill product price categories.Costs: This is the one saving grace a potent offset to still-sluggish prices. Specifically, there will be only modest increases in labor rates, and they will be offset by continuing productivity gains. Fiber costs will show little or no meaningful upward movement from current low levels.Foreign Trade: Import gains will be quite modest, primarily because of the current domestic business slowdown. But because the economic slowdown is now worldwide, it would be unrealistic to expect any export gains either. Look for another huge textile and apparel deficit one that could top $65 billion for the first time in history.Employment: Industry shrinkage is best illustrated by the continuing decline in textile and apparel employees. Add lessened demand to rising productivity, and the textile workforce should drop another 5 percent to 453,000 over the new year. The apparel total could be off by 7 percent, to around 529,000 workers.Financial: Profit margins will begin to inch up, but only from very low 2001 levels. Moreover, theyll remain well under the U.S. industry average. This, in turn, will limit any stock market recovery from recent lows though some slight uptick in textile securities is likely as the general economy begins to improve.Capital Spending: Purchases of new, more flexible equipment will continue and help bolster the overall upward productivity trend. Nevertheless, the total of such outlays should dip again in 2002 as industry activity continues to disappoint and current capacity utilization remains in the disturbing low-70s range.New Products/New Processes: The still-growing number of new offerings is one of the industrys long-term plusses. Details seem to assure makers of apparel and other textile-containing products of a spate of new products. These innovations also enhance the trend toward more product differentiation something that can give U.S. producers a leg up on overseas competitors.Another sign that the industry isnt about to disappear is the continuing wave of mill acquisitions, consolidations, mergers, reorganizations and global partnerships all designed to assure a viable industry over the longer pull.Finally, its hard to ignore all the trade legislation of the past few years. While this clearly presents lots of challenges, it also provides plenty of opportunities for U.S. textile firms to increasingly become suppliers of choice for North American and Caribbean manufacturers.Bottom line: dont write off the textile industry. True, mill activity has nosedived nearly 20 percent over the past few years, and this, in turn, has dropped the mill labor force to less than half the million-plus level prevailing as recently as 1992.A recent longer-term forecast by the prestigious DRI-WEFA economic consulting firm calls for a basically flat mill activity pattern over the next four years, with output declining only fractionally over this period. In the latter half of the decade, these economic pundits see a move back into the plus column, though any gains are likely to be quite minimal.Recent long-term government textile employment predictions tell much the same story. Workforce totals will continue to fall. But when increased productivity per worker is factored in, the figures suggest level-to-slightly-higher mill production levels.


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Russian UN Veto Shields Assad As Violence Rages in Syria
As violence in Damascus intensifies, Russia dealt a potential death blow to international efforts to end an 18-month conflict by using its veto at the United Nations for the third time to shield President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia, whose ties with Syria date to the Soviet era, and China today blocked a Security Council resolution threatening sanctions on the Syrian regime unless Assad complied in 10 days with a UN peace plan he has flouted until now.
As diplomatic avenues on Syria reached a dead end, Syrian security forces loyal to Assad pounded rebel hideouts in Damascus today in retaliation for yesterday's blast that killed three of Assad's top deputies fighting the insurgency. With the UN's decision-making body powerless to take action, Assad's fate will probably be decided on the Syrian streets amid apprehension over whether he'll unleash chemical weapons on his opponents.
"The potential for this regime to consider using chemical weapons against its own people should be a concern for us all," U.S. ambassador envoy Susan Rice told the council.
Labeling Russia's veto "dangerous and deplorable,' the top American diplomat at the UN said the scene was set for a "proxy war that could engulf the region."
Sarin, Cyanide
Syria has a stockpile of sarin nerve agent, mustard gas and cyanide, in what is probably the largest and most advanced chemical warfare program in the Arab world.
Other governments in the region have used chemical weapons against domestic opponents -- Yemen during its civil war in the 1960s, and Iraq against Kurdish and Shiite rebels in 1988 and 1991, so such a scenario isn't implausible in Syria, Michael Eisenstadt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said in a research paper this week.
Russia will be perceived as "having direct responsibility if he uses chemical weapons or unleashes more firepower from the air," said George Lopez, a former UN sanctions investigator who now teaches at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Western diplomats today attacked Russia for putting first its historic links and economic interests with Assad. Syria is an arms customer and hosts Russia's only military base outside the former Soviet Union in the port of Tartus.
"The effect of their actions is to protect a brutal regime," U.K. Ambassador to the UN Mark Lyall Grant told the council after the vote. "They have chosen to put their national interests ahead of the lives of millions of Syrians."
'Wrong Side'
U.S. President Barack Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney, said the double veto puts Russia and China on the "wrong side of history." Traveling with Obama to Florida, he told reporters "it's a mistake prop up that regime as it comes to an end."
Countering that criticism, Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin accused the U.S. and its European allies of refusing to exclude military intervention from its "biased" draft resolution and "pushing its own geopolitical designs."
The Western-drafted resolution specifically called for non-military measures such as an embargo on supplying arms to the Syrian military and the freezing of assets.
At least 77 people were killed across Syria today, including 38 people in Damascus and its suburbs, the Local Coordination Committees in Syria said in an e-mail. It said at least 130 people were killed in the shelling of a funeral yesterday in the Sayyeda Zainab area on the outskirts of Damascus.
"It pains me to say, but we are not on the track for peace in Syria, and the escalations we have witnessed in Damascus over the past few days is a testimony to that," said Major General Robert Mood, commander of the UN observer mission in Syria.
No Peace
About 300 unarmed peacekeepers are set to return soon from Syria after a UN monitoring mission that failed to quell escalating violence in a country torn by a civil war pitting majority Sunni Muslims against a leadership class drawn from the Alawite minority affiliated with Shiite Islam.
The Security Council is poised to vote tomorrow on a 30-day extension of the mission. The U.S. has objected to keeping monitors in the country because they are unable to carry out the job they were given and because of the risks they run.
In the capital of Damascus, Assad's power base, Syrian troops used helicopters and heavy artillery against the rebels, while snipers took up positions on rooftops on the outskirts of the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in an e-mailed statement. "Explosions are heard throughout the capital," it said.
'Mad' Regime
"The regime has gone mad," Rima Flaihan, spokeswoman for the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, said in a telephone interview today from Jordan. "The regime is in a horrid state of savagery, seeking revenge for the killings of the military leaders."
The explosion yesterday targeted members of Assad's military establishment as they met at the national security headquarters in Damascus. Three people were killed, according to state-run media: Assad's brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat; Defense Minister Dawoud Rajhah; and the vice president's military adviser, Hasan Turkmani. Other officials including the interior minister were injured, state television said. Shawkat served as deputy defense minister and deputy chief of staff for security.
They were the most senior officials to die since the uprising began in March 2011.
Assad Surfaces
State-run Syrian television aired the first footage of Assad more than 24 hours after the attack. Dressed in a dark blue suit and tie, he greeted the new defense minister and attended his swearing-in. The broadcast didn't indicate where the brief ceremony took place. By late today, state media hadn't aired footage of the attack as is customary when such bombings occur.
Rebel fighters, mostly armed with light weapons, have been pushing into the capital this week and battling government forces armed with tanks, artillery and attack helicopters.
The fighters are mostly led by Sunni Muslims, who form the majority of Syria's population. Assad and many of his top officials come from the country's Alawite minority, an offshoot of the Shiite branch of Islam that stands to lose privileges, property and even lives if his regime falls.
The Free Syrian Army, a loose collection of deserters and armed youths, claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack.
"The person who carried out the operation is in a safe place now, and he is a person very close to the regime," Brigadier General Mustafa al-Sheikh, head of the Supreme Council of the Free Syrian Army, told Al Jazeera. "It was not a suicide mission, just explosives that were placed in a small room."


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|Christian Quotes
|"Everything that Jesus did while He was here, He did it for you." ~Maze
"We should remember that people can go to Heaven without knowing much of the Word of God, but they cannot go to Heaven without knowing Jesus Christ as Savior." ~Lee Roberson
"God is the God of the impossible, as well as the God of the possible."
~Lester Roloff
"We must learn what God is to us, not by our own thoughts, but by what He has revealed Himself to be, and that is, 'The God of all grace.' The moment I understand that I am a sinful man, and yet that it was because the Lord knew the full extent of my sin, and what its hatefulness was, that He came to me,
I understand what grace is. Faith makes me see that God is greater than my
sin, and not that my sin is greater than God. The Lord that I have known as laying down His life for me, is the same Lord I have to do with everyday of
my life, and all His dealings with me are on the same principles of grace. The great secret of growth is, the looking up to the Lord as gracious. How precious,
how strengthening it is to know that Jesus is at this moment feeling and exercising the same love towards me as when He died on the cross for me.
This is a truth that should be used by us in the most common everyday circumstances of life." ~ John Nelson Darby
âœWhat we have in Christ Jesus--Redemption through His blood is the beginning and foundation of everything.â ~ CH Mackintosh
"The Christian life is not slightly better, but completely different." ~Clarence Sexton
"If sound doctrine is given up, the real Gospel of redemption by the blood of the Son of God is denied, worldliness follows." ~ A.C. Gaebelein
"Neither when we have chosen our way can we keep company with those
who go the other way. There must come with the decision for truth a corresponding protest against error." ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon
"There can be no united Christian church except it be founded upon a solid rock." ~ Erling C. Olsen
"In a fallen world like ours unity is no treasure to be purchased at the price
of compromise. Loyalty to God, faithfulness to truth and the preservation of
a good conscience are jewels more precious than gold of Ophir or diamonds from the mine. For these jewels men have suffered the loss of property, imprisonment and even death; for them, even in recent times, behind the various curtains, followers of Christ have paid the last full measure of devotion and quietly died, unknown to and unsung by the great world, but known to
God and dear to His Father's heart. In the day that shall declare the secrets
of all souls these shall come forth to receive the deeds done in the body. S
urely such as these are wiser philosophers than the religious camp followers
of meaningless unity who have not the courage to stand against current vogues and who bleat for brotherhood because it happens to be for the time popular...
When confused sheep start over a cliff the individual sheep can save himself only by separating from the flock. Perfect unity at such a time can only mean total destruction for all. The wise sheep to save his own hide disaffiliates.
Power lies in the union of things similar and the division of things dissimilar. Maybe what we need in religious circles today is not more union but some
wise and courageous division." ~ A.W. Tozer
"Dr. Bonar once said that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would elevate his Master, talk less of what he himself was doing, and become smaller and smaller in his own esteem, until, like the morning star, he faded away before the rising sun." ~D.L. Moody
"Be assured that God does more in us than we for Him; and that what we do is only for Him in proportion as it is He Himself who works it in us." ~ JN Darby
"There is no failure in God's will, and no success outside of God's will."
~George Washington Truett
"Whoever reads the New Testament seriously, or gives thought to the impact which the apostles made upon their generation, must acknowledge that one outstanding historic event alone spurred that small band of 11 ordinary men
to an amazing task of evangelization in their generation. Defying every
obstacle, loss of home, persecution, even death itself, they evidenced the supreme relevance in their ministry of the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
~Erling C. Olsen
God is not looking for brilliant men, is not depending upon eloquent men, is not shut up to the use of talented men in sending His Gospel out in the world. God is looking for broken men, for men who have judged themselves in the light of the Cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to an end of themselves, and whose trust and confidence is
not in themselves but in God. ~H.A. Ironside
"There are some promises in the Bible which I have never yet used; but I am well assured that there will come times of trial and trouble when I shall find
that that poor despised promise, which I thought was never meant for me,
will be the only one on which I can float. I know that the time is coming
when every believer shall know the worth of every promise in the covenant."
~ C.H. Spurgeon
"Faith does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God." ~ E.M. Bounds
"God is never surprised." ~Ralph Sexton Sr.
"Someday, when in the presence of our Savior, we will thank Him for every burden, every trial, and every heartache." ~J. Vernon McGee
"The person of Christ is the object of faith. It is Christ in the promises that
faith deals with. The promise is but the shell, Christ is the kernel; the promise
is but the casket, Christ is the jewel in it; the promise is but the field, Christ is the treasure that is hid in that field; the promise is a ring of gold, Christ is the pearl in that ring; and upon this sparkling, shining pearl, faith delights most to look Faith hath two hands, and with both she lays earnest and fast hold on
King Jesus. Christ's beauty and glory is very taking and drawing; faith cannot see it, but it will lay hold on it. Christ is the principle object about which faith
is exercised, for the obtaining of righteousness and everlasting happiness."
~Thomas Brookes
"The great guardian principle of all conduct in the church of God is personal responsibility to the Lord." ~ JN Darby
"Today, when people say they cannot believe, it is not a mental problem; it is
a matter of the will of the heart they do not want to believe. Some say they have certain "mental reservations," mental hurdles which they cannot get over. My friend, your mind is not big enough to take even one little hurdle. The problem is never in the mind but in the will. There is sin in the life, and
a man does not want to turn to God; he does not want to believe Him."
~J. Vernon McGee
"When the Word is stored in the heart, the individual finds it a wonderful
power in preserving him from outbreaking sin." ~ E.C. Olsen
"Every one ought to study the Bible with two ends in view: his own growth
in knowledge and grace, and passing it on to others. We ought to have four ears,-- two for ourselves, and two for other people. My Bible is worth a good deal to me because I have so many passages marked that, if I am called upon
to speak at any time, I am ready. We ought to be prepared to pass around heavenly thoughts and truths, just as we do the coin of the realm."
~ D.L. Moody
"No power of earth, or hell, men or devils, can possibly stand against the word of God; and hence it is the very height of folly and wild madness for any one
to set up his thoughts or reasonings in opposition to the plain statements of
Holy Scripture; and, on the other hand, it is the beginning and end of all true wisdom to submit in all things to the absolute authority of that Word which is settled forever in Heaven." ~ CH Mackintosh
"The scriptures are the only external guide in matters of religion; they are the way-posts we should look up unto, and take our direction from, and should steer our course accordingly: To the law and to the testimony: if men speak
not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them (Isa. 8:20)"
~John Gill
"No Scripture is exhausted by a single explanation. The flowers of God's
garden bloom not only double, but sevenfold; they are continually pouring
forth fresh fragrance." ~ C.H. Spurgeon
"It is a good deal better to have life in Christ and God than any where else. I would rather have my life hid with Christ in God than be in Eden as Adam was. Adam might have remained in Paradise for 16,000 years, and then fallen, but
if ours is hid in Christ, how safe!" ~ D.L. Moody
"A blameless life, a brilliant reputation, will not do. No, nor a Christian training either. "Ye must be born again." There must be a positive, actual, bona fide passage from death unto life...." ~ CH Mackintosh
"We are not saved by feelings of sorrow over Jesus' death. We are saved when the Word of God 'pierces' our hearts (Hebrews 4:12), when we are convicted
of our sins and trust Christ by faith." ~R. L. Hymers, Jr.
"It is better to think of what God is than of what we are. This looking at ourselves, at the bottom is really pride, a want of the thorough consciousness that we are good for nothing. Till we see this we never look quite away from self to God. In looking to Christ, it is our privilege to forget ourselves. True humility does not so much consist in thinking badly of ourselves, as in not thinking of ourselves at all. I am too bad to be worth thinking about. What I want is to forget myself and look to God, who is indeed worth all my thoughts. Is there need of being humbled about ourselves? We may be quite sure that
will do it." ~J.N. Darby
"We serve God because of, not in order to." ~Clarence Sexton
"Take care you are not imposed upon, under the notion and pretense of an apostolical tradition; unwritten traditions are not the rule, only the word of
God is the rule of our faith and practice." ~John Gill
"How frightful a thing it is for the preacher when he becomes accustomed to
his work, when his sense of wonder departs, when he gets used to the unusual, when he loses his solemn fear in the presence of the High and Holy One; when, to put it bluntly, he gets a little bored with God and heavenly things."
~ A.W Tozer
"If there is no deep yearning for a life that is well pleasing to Him, if there is no stimulating desire to know Him and His Word, church membership is just like a young man falling in love with a furnished apartment and marrying an electric stove, a refrigerator, a vacuum cleaner, a garbage disposal, and a wet mop! That is just about all it amounts to. Let's stop playing church today and start loving Christ and living for Him!" ~J. Vernon McGee
"While the literary value of the Bible cannot be minimized, the Book was
given not to be admired but to be received as the Word of God; that we might
come to know Him of whom the Scriptures witness." ~ Erling C. Olsen
"We have the Bible in our hands; but how little we know of its teaching!
And how little are we governed by it! We go on, from week to week, year to year, with things which have no foundation whatever in its pages--yea, with things utterly opposed to its teaching; and, all the while, we boast of having
the Scriptures, just like the Jews of old, who made their boast of having the oracles of God, while those very oracles condemned themselves and their
ways, and left them without a single plea." ~ CH Mackintosh
"The Word of God is a lamp by night, a light by day, and a delight at all
times." ~ C.H. Spurgeon
"Let the Word be preached, the truth taught, and error will be uncovered and souls delivered." ~ A.C. Gaebelein
"Probably the greatest need in the Church today is a body of men who are absolutely devoted, every selfish purpose and plan given up, to the one great end of magnifying the Lord Jesus Christ in the midst of the nation."
~Wilbur M. Smith
"There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home." ~Vance Havner
"There is no kind of experience in which a Christian has a right to refuse to praise God, for 'all things work together for good to them that love God.'"
~A. C. Dixon
"The Lord is seldom early, but never late." ~John K. Hutcheson, Sr.
"As a Christian, my business is not to clean up this world; my business is something infinitely beyond that. I do not believe in reformation: I believe in
regeneration by the Holy Spirit; not in changing lives, but in an imparting of a new life which is in Christ." ~ Erling C. Olsen
"If it be the duty of all men to believe the Gospel . . . then it be the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations." ~William Carey
"According to the Scriptures, salvation is never conditioned on human faithfulness, or on the promise of human faithfulness. There is no payment required, past, present, or future. God saves unmeriting sinners in unrelated, unrecompensed, unconditioned, sovereign grace. Good works should follow; but with no thought of compensation. Christians are "created in Christ Jesus
for good works" (Eph 2:10); they are to be a "special people, zealous for good works" (Titus 2:14); and "those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works" (Titus 3:8). Thus, and only thus, are "good works" related to the gracious salvation from God through Christ Jesus. Grace is out
of question when recompense is in question." ~ Lewis Sperry Chafer
"To believe Godâ™s testimony is the first of duties, and Christ is the object of that testimony. So, when the trembling jailer at Philippi fell down before Paul and Silas he said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' The answer was,
'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.'
The way is simple, the warrant sure, the salvation rich and full. The call of
God is to believe on His Son, the Lord Jesus, the result is salvation for all that believe, the house no less than its head. Hence it is His commandment that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ: loving one another follows, as He gave us commandment. But it is in vain to urge love, holiness, or anything else till we believe on Him." ~ William Kelly
âœIf the heart be delighting in the Christ which Scripture unfolds, it will, assuredly, shrink from the false Christs which Satan would introduce. If
we are feeding upon God's reality, we shall unhesitatingly reject Satan's counterfeit. This is the best possible way in which to escape the entanglements of error, in every shape and character. "The sheep hear His voice, and . . . follow him: for they know His voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers" (John 10: 4,5)
It is not, by any means, needful to be acquainted with the voice of a stranger, in order to turn away from it; all we require is to know the
'voice of the good Shepherd.' This will secure us against the ensnaring influence of every strange sound.â ~C.H. Mackintosh
"False teachers have some true doctrine. There is not a cult that I know of which does not have some truth in it. That is the one thing that makes them
ten thousand times more dangerous than if they were 100 percent in error. These teachers generally believe some things that are true. Our Lord said, 'Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.'" (Matthew 7:15). ~J. Vernon McGee
Heresy is not so much rejecting as selecting. The heretic simply selects the
parts of the Scripture he wants to emphasize and lets the rest go. This is
shown by the etymology of the word heresy and by the practice of the heretic. "Beware," an editorial scribe of the fourteenth century warned his readers in
the preface to a book. "Beware thou take not one thing after thy affection and liking, and leave another: for that is the condition of an heretique. But take everything with other." The old scribe knew well how prone we are to take to ourselves those parts of the truth that please us and ignore the other parts. And that is heresy. ~ A.W. Tozer
Here lay Cain's fatal mistake: "He was rejected, not because he was a sinner, but because, being a sinner, he had dared to approach a holy God without blood." ~C.H. Mackintosh
"What a compelling motive we have for prayer, for preaching, for soul-winning when we learn that every responsible human being who leaves this world without a definite change in heart, immediately lifts his eyes in Hell, tormented in flame!" ~John R. Rice
Speaking of John 10:27, "it becomes a question, not of our ability to hold onto Him, but of His ability to have secure hold on us. My friend, He said with the infinite wisdom and full authority of the Godhead that He can hold us and that they who trust in Him shall never perish." ~J. Vernon McGee


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NFL: Cincinnati Bengals make play-off beating Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field
Cincinnati Bengals returned to the play-offs and eliminated Pittsburgh in the process with a 13-10 win at the Steelers.
By Paul Higham Twitter: @SkySportsPaulH
Last Updated: 24/12/12 11:33am
The Bengals snapped a five-game losing streak against their AFC North rivals and along with ending that dominant run they also snuffed out any chance of them making the post-season.
It was a tale of two interceptions for the Bengals, with Leon Hall taking a pick from Ben Roethlisberger 17 yards for the opening score of the game, while Reggie Nelson's late interception help set-up the game-winning field goal.
Roethlisberger had a costly interception in Dallas in overtime last week, and his over throw of Mike Wallace inside the final 24 seconds of the game cost Pittsburgh the chance to kick for the win themselves and handed the ball back to Andy Dalton.
Cincinnati's young QB hit AJ Green for a first down and Josh Brown made up for a missed 56 yarder by booting one from 43 yards in the final few seconds to seal a rare victory at Heinz Field and their most important win all season.
Brown earlier kicked a 41-yarder to make it 10-0 Cincinnati before Roethlisberger hit Antonio Brown for a 60-yard touchdown late in the first half and Shaun Suisham levelled with a 40-yard field goal.
The Bengals then tried to go ahead with Brown attempting what would have been a Heinz Field record kick from 56 yards, and Suisham also missed with his effort for Pittsburgh from 53.
Suisham had already missed from 23 yards early in the game after a low snap and bad set, and that error came back to haunt Mike Tomlin's men as Roethlisberger tried to force the issue late in the game.
Instead, Nelson popped up with the interception and then Dalton, who had two interceptions himself and no TDs, kept his cool to find his favourite receiver Green - who had 116 yards receiving on the day.
The Bengals will now take up their place in the post-season and could even be playing for the division title when they face the Ravens next week depending on Baltimore's result.


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Friday Nov 05 2010
Friday night football
Bulldogs' quick start lifts them over Trojans
By: Matt Long
Three unanswered first quarter touchdowns by Folsom gave them a cushion that they enjoyed throughout the game in a 55-34 victory over Oak Ridge on Friday night. Folsom capped off the regular season as undisputed Delta River League champions with a 5-0 record, while posting a 9-1 mark overall. Oak Ridge won two of five league games and finished the regular season with a 7-3 record. Both teams will qualify for the playoffs with Folsom likely to host at least one game, while the Trojans will likely be on the road. Brackets will be released Saturday. Folsom dominated the first quarter and that was the difference in the game, as the Bulldogs had three touchdowns before the Oak Ridge picked up its second first down. Folsom quarterback Dano Graves lit up the Trojans, completing 18-of-30 passes for 403 yards and five touchdowns. Graves also ran for a touchdown, while Jordan Richards scored on touchdowns runs of 46 and 45 yards in the second half. Richards also caught one touchdown from Graves, as did Marcus Hendricks and Tyler Trosin, while Kori Babineaux scored on two passes from Graves. Folsom got on the board first with a 17-yard touchdown pass from Graves to Babineaux and the two later hooked up from 28 yards to make it 14-0. Graves then scored on a 1-yard run to make it 21-0 late in the first quarter. The rest of the game the teams traded touchdowns, both teams scoring 34 points. Ryan Adams scored Oak Ridge's only touchdown of the first half on a five-yard run. Dustin Fretwell scored on the first play of the second half on an 89-yard touchdown pass from Will Tostenson and Jordan Matanane later took it in on a four-yard run. Tostenson hooked up with Dylan Collie and Willie Tucker for scores in the fourth quarter. "Our defense probably isn't happy with how they played, but that's a good offensive football team over there," Folsom coach Kris Richardson said. "We knew they'd score some points on us, but we also knew we would score on them. I thought our defense played well early and our offense played well all game." Despite the loss, Oak Ridge coach Eric Cavaliere had a positive outlook on the game. "You can't spot a great team 21 points but our kids played hard for 48 minutes," Cavaliere said. "Folsom's a great team and they're going to go far in the playoffs, but so are we." Both coaches are looking forward to the playoffs, Richardson telling his team that it's time to put the accomplishments of the regular season behind them, while Cavaliere and his staff were anxiously anticipating the playoffs as they look to end a nasty streak of first-round eliminations. JV Trojans 28, Folsom 7 Oak Ridge trailed at halftime, 7-6, but came out and took control of the game in the second half, cruising to a comfortable victory. Jason Samuels threw touchdown passes to Keaton Subjeck and Byron Spain, while Subjeck also had a touchdown run, as did Jericho Hallare. Taylor Miller-Wing scored Folsom's touchdown. "We executed better in the second half and just played our game," Oak Ridge coach Ron Short said. "We came out and unleashed it and played with heart. We finished the year 8-2 and were six points away from an undefeated season. It was a great season." "It's not the way we wanted to finish, but we had a good season with a 7-3 record," Folsom coach Terry Richards said. "We want to get these guys ready for the varsity level and if we can win along with that than that's great. These boys are ready for the next level."


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NATAL, Brazil – - It began with the magical. It ended with the miraculous.
John Brooks, a 21-year-old German-American who was playing in his first competitive game for the United States and who was on the field only because a starting fullback was hurt, powered a fierce header into the net in the 86th minute Monday to give the U.S. team a stunning 2-1 victory over Ghana in its first match of the tournament.
Afterward, Brooks said that he dreamed nearly the exact situation two nights ago, the only difference being that, in his imagination, he scored in the 80th minute. He did not seem particularly bothered by reality's six-minute delay.
"It was my first dream," he said softly, "hopefully not my last."
Brooks' header was the dramatic coda to an evening that was a jackhammer of emotions. It opened with exuberance from the Americans after Clint Dempsey scored inside 30 seconds. That was followed by about 80 minutes of nervy, anxious nail-biting as two key U.S. players were lost to injury and the Ghanaians pounded at the United States goal. Then came a few moments of disappointment after Ghana tied the game. And, finally, there was Brooks, rising to meet Graham Zusi's corner kick and covering the U.S. with the warm glow of an upset victory.
The Americans still have a considerable road to navigate to reach the knockout rounds with group games yet to play against Portugal and Germany, but any hope of advancement was predicated on a positive result here. And the United States got one.
"The response after they scored was really good," midfielder Michael Bradley said. "You looked around and still felt like there was more in it."
When it was over, coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who had not hesitated to liken this game to a final in terms of its importance, ran onto the field, a smile wide across his face. The Ghana players, aware of how critical three points were, sank to the ground in disbelief.
"The feelings are just incredible," U.S. defender Matt Besler said.
It was that way from the start. Just moments after the game kicked off, Dempsey, the U.S. captain, saw a pass come his way and let it run, stepping over the ball with his foot before tapping it forward with the inside of his right heel. It was a stylish move, a little bit of class. The ball now in front of him, Dempsey bore in on goal.
One Ghana player ran across him. Then another. Dempsey cut to the inside and, with a quick finish, suddenly stroked the ball past the goalkeeper and in off the inside of the far post as Klinsmann and the entire U.S. bench erupted.
In their first game of the World Cup, in a group of sharks and with dire predictions of certain gloom, the Americans were leading in Brazil in roughly the time it takes to mix a caipirinha. Twenty-nine seconds was all that ticked off the clock, the fifth-fastest goal in World Cup history.
"I saw that there was space," Dempsey said, "and I just tried to hit it as hard as I could."
As the ball settled into the back of the net, Dempsey took off running. Klinsmann threw his hands in the air. The U.S. fans, who looked to make up half of the crowd of 39,760 at the Estadio das Dunas, danced in the aisles as the United States was suddenly, startlingly in the lead.
But the Americans could not maintain that pace. In truth, most of the rest of the game was maddening for the U.S. as Ghana bossed the ball around the field. Frustration turned to sadness, too, when Jozy Altidore, one of Klinsmann's top strikers, looked as if he suffered a serious leg injury.
Altidore reached down and grabbed the back of his leg as he sprinted for a ball down the sideline in the 21st minute. That telltale motion - accompanied by Altidore's waving his other hand in the air in submission - is almost always a sign of real pain. Klinsmann cradled Altidore's head in his fingers just before Altidore was taken off on a stretcher, his World Cup participation now murky because of a strained hamstring.
"I was crushed," Altidore said. "I knew right away I couldn't continue. It was the worst feeling."
Things did not improve as the minutes passed. The Ghanaians, who eliminated the United States in each of the past two World Cups, hammered on the Americans. Kyle Beckerman was floored by an elbow to the head from Mohammed Rabiu (who was cautioned). Dempsey went down, blood pouring from his nose, after taking a shin to the face from John Boye (who was not).
Dempsey played the rest of the game despite struggling to breathe through his nose, saying afterward that he was "coughing up blood a little bit."
Alejandro Bedoya also looked bothered by a leg injury and so, too, did Besler, one of the two starting central defenders. With Ghana controlling possession and pushing, Klinsmann did not want to risk a gimpy defense; he pulled Besler at halftime as a precaution but did not insert Omar Gonzalez, a veteran defender. Instead, he opted for Brooks, one of several dual-national players that Klinsmann has recruited and a player who, until he stepped on the field to start the second-half, still had the option, under FIFA's eligibility rules, of switching his allegiance to Germany.
U.S. fans need not worry about that now. Brooks played stoutly in defense as the U.S. back line, anchored by goalkeeper Tim Howard, held off the Ghanaians until the 82nd minute. That was when Andre Ayew finished off a pretty passing sequence and finally beat Howard at the near post with a twisting shot from close range.
Deflated as the Americans surely were, they also knew that a tie, earning them a point, was still a good result. Given all the injuries and their inability to attack consistently on a humid night in northeastern Brazil, a 1-1 finish would have been more than fine.
But Brooks wanted more. And when Zusi's penetrating corner swung in, the 6-foot-4 Brooks met the ball ferociously, blasting it down and bouncing it past Adam Kwarasey in Ghana's goal.
Brooks ran toward the corner flag and collapsed, as if he could not believe what had happened.
"If you score after just one minute," Klinsmann said, "you think there can't be anything better than that."
But there was. It was something from a dream.
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A University of Southern Mississippi faculty member has translated from German to English a book about an attempt to kill Adolf Hitler that might have prevented World War II and altered the course of history.
William Odom, professor of German at Southern Miss, has translated the biography of Georg Elser, entitled Bombing Hitler, now available online.
Because Georg Elser was a simple woodworker from the country, no one ever suspected that he would be capable of conceiving and executing a plan to assassinate Hitler. But for 30 nights, while evading Nazi guards, he painstakingly worked on ...