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[Editor's note: This article (© 2013 by Rick Phillips) originally appeared at reformation21.org. Reprinted here courtesy of the author and the alliance of confessing evangelicals. www.alliancenet.org.]
Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge" (Acts 4:19).
It is possible that historians will look back on 2013 as a watershed in the relationship of Christianity to American culture. I say this because, while Christians have always needed to face what we might call "soft persecution" in the form of social and career consequences, it seems that starting this year we may experience official and legal persecution for upholding basic Christian values in the face of intolerant government demands. If this is true, it is essential that Christians not shrink back from facing this affliction. If the time has come for believers to accept the kind of persecution experienced elsewhere in the world--China, the Middle East, and Africa--then true disciples of Christ must embrace this challenge with courage, conviction, and prayer.
The First Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits Congress from passing any law that infringes the free exercise of religion. The question today is whether or not this freedom will still be permitted when it comes to the public life of Christians. The conflict is arising over the matter of contraceptives in health care plans. The Roman Catholic Church holds that all contraceptives are immoral. Most Evangelical Christians do not forbid all contraceptives, but hold that abortifacient contraceptives are sinful. (These are contraceptives that destroy a fertilized embryo, which we regard as destroying a human life.) The current issue is the mandate under the Affordable Care Act (popularly known as "Obamacare") for businesses, including those owned by Christians and formed to uphold Christian values, to provide abortifacient contraceptives in the insurance plans of their employees.
There are two things happening in this conflict for Christians to be aware. First, we should be praying for Christian businesses such as Hobby Lobby and Domino's Pizza, who are seeking legal protection from the demands of Obamacare. These are private businesses whose Christian owners refuse to obey a federal requirement that they believe violates God's law. They are joined by religious-based colleges such as Roman Catholic Belmont Abbey and Evangelical Wheaton College, who are also seeking legal protection through lawsuits. Christians should be praying that our courts will uphold the freedom of Christian organizations not to engage in actions they regard as sinful. (At present, churches are exempt from providing contraceptives in our insurance.) If the courts decide against these Christian cases, then legal precedent in America will permit the federal government to enforce laws that require Christian organizations to violate God's law.
Second, starting on January 1, Christian businesses have faced heavy government fines for refusing to obey the Obamacare mandate. Hobby Lobby, for instance, faces $1.3 million per day for refusing to provide abortifacient contraceptives to its 13,000 employees. These and legions of other Christians organizations, including seminaries, book publishers, and Christian schools, may be forced out of business, with thousands of jobs lost, by the government fines.
In my view, it is important for Christians to realize the grave nature of this new threat. What is at stake is our freedom to participate in the public life of our nation while upholding our religious convictions and our fidelity to Jesus Christ. The book of Revelation speaks of the "mark of the beast" without which "no one can buy or sell" (Revelation 13:17). This mark was given to those who bowed and worshiped the image of Caesar, and those who received it are judged by God (Revelation 14:11). I would not say that the Affordable Care Act is the mark of the beast, nor that our government leaders are intending to serve the Antichrist. Yet the principle informs Christians that we must not obey civil leaders who command us to disobey Christ, whether they intend this or not, at the expense of our jobs and businesses.


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EYEBRONCOS! Santa Clara Basketball's Yannick Atanga Takes You Behind-the-Scenes On His Trip Home To Cameroon
Summer vacation at Santa Clara for some means going home for a few days of vacation. For the rising sophomore on the Bronco men's basketball team, Yannick Atanga, it meant flying almost 8,350 miles one way to visit his family and friends in his hometown, Yaoundé, Cameroon.


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A true Southerner who lived out her life in Atlanta, Georgia; Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900 into a family who was prominent in both wealth and politics. She was the daughter and youngest child of attorney Eugene Muse Mitchell and suffragist Mary Isabel "May Belle" Stephens.
Her great-grandfather, Thomas Mitchell of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, immigrated to Wilkes County, Georgia in 1777 and served in the American Revolution. His descendent, Russell Crawford Mitchell of Atlanta enlisted in the Confederate Army during July 1861 and was wounded in the Battle of Sharpsburg. Russell later made a fortune by supplying the lumber needed to rebuild Atlanta following the Civil War.
On her mother's side, Mitchell's great-grandfather, Philip Fitzgerald, emigrated from Ireland. He settled on a plantation near Jonesboro, Georgia where he became the husband of Elenor and father to one son and seven daughters. Daughter Annie later followed in her mother's footsteps and also became the bride of an Irish emigrant, John Stephens. John served as a Captain in the Confederate Army, then following the war, prospered as a real estate developer. He was also one of the founders of the Gate City Street Railroad in 1881, Atlanta's mule-drawn trolley system.
John and Annie became parents to 12 children, the seventh being May Belle Stephens, Margaret's mother. A woman who was both vulgar and a tyrant, Annie used the money she inherited from her father to send her daughters to finishing school in the North. It was there the girls quickly learned Irish Americans were looked down upon and that it was shameful to be the daughter of an Irishman.
On November 8, 1892, May Belle married Eugene Mitchell in the Jackson Street mansion. Eugene was an attorney and served for a time as president of the Atlanta Bar Association. He was also the former president of the Atlanta Historical Society and known as a recognized authority on both Atlanta's history and that of the state of Georgia.
Their daughter, Margaret, would spend her early childhood in a red brick Victorian home, east of downtown Atlanta on Jackson Hill. The house was within close proximity to Grandmother Stephens. Now a widow for several years, Annie had inherited the property on Jackson Street following John's death in 1896.
When Margaret was three, her dress caught fire on an iron grate. Though she escaped unharmed, the event was rather traumatic for her mother. In an effort to prevent the incident from reoccurring, May Belle dressed Margaret in boys' pants and her brother nicknamed her "Jimmy" after a character in a comic strip. Since Margaret had no sisters to play with, she went by the name of Jimmy until she was 14. Her brother, Stephens, later referred to her as a tomboy who played with dolls occasionally and loved to ride her Texas plains pony.
Though the geographical region known as "the South" is easily located on a map of the United States, in the mind of a writer, "the South" is a "place of the imagination". This image found a permanent place in six-year-old Margaret's mind when her mother took her around during a buggy ride, showing to her the brick and stone chimneys which were all that remained of the antebellum grandeur these plantations had once known, prior to General Tecumseh Sherman's "march and torch" through Georgia. Writing would later become Margaret's weapon of defense as these images and many more from the stories shared by her mother and other relatives continually played over in her mind.
An affluent part of Atlanta, Jackson Hill sat above an area referred to as "Darktown". Homes and businesses belonging to the area Negroes were located here. In 1906 when Margaret was five, the Atlanta Race Riot broke out in September and lasted for four days. The local newspapers later reported a number of white women had been assaulted by numerous Negro men. As a result, upwards of 10,000 individuals flooded into the streets in the form of an angry mob.
Eugene Mitchell had retired early that night, and was later awakened by the sound of gunshots. When he rose the next morning, he learned 16 Negroes had been killed during the night and the rioters had attempted to kill every Negro in sight. Eugene did not own any guns, but at Margaret's suggestion, stood guard with a sword. The family remained unharmed during the event; however, the terror of that night burned itself into Margaret's memory, continuing to torment her 20 years later, as white Georgians lived in fear of the "black beast rapist". Shortly after the riot, the Mitchell family left Jackson Hill and moved to the east side of Atlanta's Peachtree Street. The home they left would later be destroyed during the Great Atlanta Fire in 1917.
Growing up during an era when children were to be seen and not heard, Margaret's efforts to express her personality during Sunday afternoon family visits were severely tempered. On the occasions when she forgot her manners and took off running and screaming, Mother made quick use of a hairbrush or slipper in an effort to remind her wayward daughter of what was expected. Reminiscing later in life, Margaret said, "On Sunday afternoons when we went calling on the older generation of relatives, those who had been active in the Sixties, I sat on the bony knees of veterans and the fat slippery laps of great aunts and heard them talk."
Summer vacations were spent visiting her maternal Fitzgerald great-aunts, Mary Ellen ("Mamie") and Sarah ("Sis"). Mamie was 21-years old and Sis 13 when the Civil War began. At that time, the sisters still lived in the Jonesboro plantation home which had previously belonged to her great-grandparents.
Margaret grew up loving books and became a prolific reader. In the early years, Mother read the novels of Mary Johnston to her. Both The Long Roll and Cease Firing brought tears to the eyes of parent and child. A romance novel, Cease Firing tells the story of the courtship between a Louisiana Southern belle and her Confederate soldier beau, with numerous illustrations of the Civil War created by N. C. Wyeth to help document the story. Mother also introduced Margaret to the works of Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. Her two favorite stories of all time were Five Children and It, and The Phoenix and the Carpet. Both books were written by Edith Nesbit and a copy of each remained on Margaret's bookshelf throughout adulthood, with additional copies purchased for gifts.
The future author launched her writing career at an early age, beginning with stories about animals, then branching out to adventure stories and fairy tales. She bound the tablet pages together and illustrated them herself. When she was 11, she named her enterprise Urchin Publishing Company with future stories written in notebooks. May Belle would save her daughter's creations in white enamel bread boxes and by the time Margaret left home to attend college, her mother had collected a sizable library.
Honor and romance were popular themes throughout Margaret's work from the very beginning. The Knight and the Lady told the story of a good and a bad knight dueling for the hand of a fair maiden. The Arrow Brave and the Deer Maiden illustrated the need of a half-breed Indian brave to withstand pain inflicted upon him in an effort to uphold his honor and win the girl he loved. Each story she wrote helped to hone Margaret's skill, so that in time her work reached the pinnacle of sophistication which graced Mitchell's last known and greatest novel, Gone with the Wind, which she began in 1926.
Margaret enrolled in Atlanta's Washington Seminary, then a "fashionable" private girls' school whose enrollment numbered about 300. An active member of the Drama Club, Margaret played the role of several male characters in Shakespearean plays; among them Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Launcelot Goggo in The Merchant of Venice. She also played a role in one of her own creations about snobbish college girls.
Margaret joined the Literary Club and two of her stories were published in the school's yearbook. In the story Little Sister and Sergeant Terry, the protagonist is a 10-year-old named Peggy who overheard her older sister being raped. Peggy shoots the rapist to save her sister. Coldly, dispassionately she viewed him, the chill steel of the gun giving her confidence. She must not miss now—she would not miss—and she did not.
English teacher, Mrs. Paisley, was quick to recognize Margaret's writing talent and pushed her to strive for more. Mrs. Paisley trained her not to be careless when constructing her sentences, stressing the three important C's – complete, concise and coherent.
Margaret graduated from Washington Seminary in June 1918. Though her father felt college was the "ruination of girls", her mother saw things differently. Placing a high value on education, May Belle wanted her daughter's future accomplishments to be a result of Margaret's use of her mind. She felt the best place for her daughter to obtain this level of training would only be found in one of the northern schools and chose Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts; considering it to be the best women's college in the country.
During the early years of her adulthood, Margaret's relationship with her grandmother became quarrelsome. At the same time, her grandmother offered her something which she would make great use of in time to come – an eye-witness account of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era in Atlanta. Her family's "Old South" roots were so deep, Mitchell later stated she was 10 years old before she discovered Robert E. Lee was not the victor in the Civil War.
Margaret's life was dealt a harsh blow in 1919. Beginning in 1918, millions of people the world over were dying as the result of a flu pandemic, totaling approximately 50 million individuals. On January 25, 1919, May Belle Mitchell died of pneumonia, a result of the "Spanish flu". Margaret was away at college and returned home the day after her mother died. Knowing her time was short; May Belle had written a brief note to her daughter: "Give of yourself with both hands and overflowing heart; but give only the excess after you have lived your own life."
Margaret was an average student through her freshman year at Smith College. Not excelling in academics, she had a low opinion of her writing skills. Her English professor felt differently and praised her work; however, Margaret felt unworthy of the praise. When her freshman year ended, she went home to Atlanta and never returned to school. In 1919, she underwent an appendectomy and during the recovery period told a friend that leaving college and giving up on her dreams of a career in journalism meant "giving up all the worthwhile things that counted for – nothing!"
While a student at Washington Seminary, Margaret had adopted the nickname "Peggy". During her year at Smith, she was known as "Peg", short for "Pegasus", the winged mythological horse. Peggy's social debut occurred during the winter season of 1920 when the "gin and jazz" flapper era was all the rage. Attending a charity ball in Atlanta the following year, Peg performed an Apache (pronounced ah-PAHSH, not uh-PATCH-ee) dance with a male partner, including a kiss which shocked Atlanta's "high society".
Likely when Mitchell later began to piece together the personality traits of her most famous protagonist, Scarlett O'Hara, she drew from her own past in the process. An "unscrupulous flirt" in her own mind, Peggy was soon engaged to five different men; however, she stated she never mislead or lied to any of them. Gossip columnist "Polly Peachtree" described Peggy's love life in a column she wrote in 1922: "...she has in her brief life, perhaps, had more men really, truly 'dead in love' with her, more honest-to-goodness suitors than almost any other girl in Atlanta." In April of that year, Peggy received regular visits from two different suitors on an almost daily basis – Berrien "Red" Upshaw and John R. Marsh.
Peggy met Upshaw in 1917 at a party hosted by the parents of a friend. An Atlanta boy a few months younger than her, his family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1916. In 1919, Red received an appointment to the US Naval Academy. Unsuccessful in his educational efforts, Red withdrew from the academy on two different occasions, resigning for good on September 1, 1920. With no job, he supported himself by bootlegging Georgia mountain moonshine.
Much to her family's dismay, Peggy married Red on September 2, 1922. Their best man was John Marsh, Red's friend and roommate. The couple moved in with Peggy's family, but the relationship was short-lived. Three months later, Red moved out and the marriage was dissolved. Upshaw's violent temper and alcoholism took its toll on Peggy in the form of emotional and physical abuse. John Marsh offered Upshaw a loan and Peggy agreed not to press charges against him for assault if he agreed to an uncontested divorce. Upshaw agreed and the divorce was final on October 16, 1924.
On July 4, 1925, 29-year-old John Marsh married 24-year-old Margaret Mitchell in the Unitarian Universalist Church. Making their home in Atlanta's Crescent Apartments, they affectionately referred to their abode as "The Dump". John later became advertising manager for the Georgia Power Company.
Prior to her divorce from Upshaw being final, Mitchell was hired by The Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine to write feature articles. Neither her family, nor "society," offered her any encouragement with respect to pursuing a journalism career; and she acquired the job with no prior newspaper experience. When Medora Field Perkerson first hired Mitchell, she stated a level of skepticism was felt by the staff at the time Peggy became a reporter. Knowing the tendency of debutantes to sleep late and not be overly thrilled with the idea of working, it would be interesting to see how this played out.
Margaret's career in journalism lasted just under four years, with her final article published on May 9, 1926. During the time she was with the Atlanta Journal, she wrote 129 feature articles, 85 news stories and a number of book reviews.
A few months following her marriage to Marsh, Mitchell suffered an ankle injury which never healed properly, so she elected to become a stay-at-home wife and continued to write. Shortly after leaving the Atlanta Journal, she began to write a society column for the Sunday Magazine, "Elizabeth Bennet's Gossip". During this time, her loving husband lugged home an armload of books from the library on a regular basis to keep his wife's mind occupied throughout her recovery.
Finally tiring of his good-natured efforts, John strongly recommended Margaret write a book instead. "For God's sake, Peggy; can't you write a book instead of reading thousands of them?" A short time later, he bought her a special gift, a Remington Portable No. 3 typewriter, in an act of encouragement.
Gone With the Wind began to take form in Mitchell's mind from stories her father shared with her and things she heard from Negro servants; in addition to that of relatives and friends. Finding it a challenge to create the story's opening paragraphs, she began by writing the last part of the story first.
In time, Mitchell's Atlanta apartment became awash in manuscript papers. Parts of the story were written on the back of laundry lists, others were typewritten. Papers were stored on closet shelves, in bureau drawers and some pages were used to prop up a chair with a broken leg. She shared a portion of the book with friends; however, she never showed it to a publisher. Mitchell worked for the next three years to create her Civil War-era novel with her main character named Pansy O'Hara, which was changed to "Scarlett" shortly before it was published.
During the fall of 1935, Macmillan Company Vice President, H. S. Latham, was traveling through the South in search of new authors. During a luncheon in Atlanta with Journal co-workers Margaret Mitchell and Mrs. Medora Perkerson, Latham was offered suggestions regarding writers he should visit. During the conversation, Mrs. Perkerson told him, "Peggy has written a book." Mitchell was caught off guard with the comment, waved away the suggestion and stated it was not yet completed.
Later that evening Mitchell had a change of heart. She went to the hotel to meet with Latham, manuscript in hand. He literally had to purchase a new suit case to carry it in. A few days later, Latham sent Mitchell a wire stating Macmillan Company would agree to publish the book, provided some revisions were made. Over the next six months, Mitchell diligently rewrote and edited along the guidelines given to her by the publisher as she pulled the story together.
Gone With the Wind debuted in bookstores on June 30, 1936. Having originally submitted her manuscript on a dare, Mitchell now dreamed her novel would sell 5,000 copies. Much to her utter amazement, it sold one million copies within the first six months. One summer day alone, it sold 50,000 copies. This was astonishing; due to the fact the country was in the grips of the Great Depression at the time.
In May 1937, Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize. Gone With the Wind was later translated into 47 languages and to date remains one of the best-selling novels of all time, with over 30 millions copies having been sold in 38 countries. That number continues to grow by approximately 250,000 copies each year; a best-selling book of all time, outranked only by the Bible. Margaret dedicated the book to her husband.
Prior to the novel's publication and amazing success, movie producer David O. Selznick secured the screen rights to the story, paying Mitchell's asking price of $50,000 ($800,846.96 in 2013); the highest price ever been paid for an author's first novel. When the film's world premiere of Gone With the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, occurred on December 15, 1939 at the Loew's Grand Theater in Atlanta, it broke box office records during its first run. Nominated for 13 Oscars, the movie won 10, among which were Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Actress. The film also won the award for Best Supporting Actress which went to Hattie McDaniel who played "Mammy", making Hattie the first African-American to win an Academy Award.
The royalty income Mitchell received from both the book and the movie allowed her to support a number of philanthropic interests. Among them were social service organizations in Atlanta and medical scholarships for students at Morehouse College. When the USS Atlanta was sunk in Guadalcanal during World War II, Mitchell began to lead war bond drives. Within 60 days, she had helped to raise $65 million dollars. In February 1944, Mitchell was on hand to christen the new USS Atlanta.
Two years following the release of the book, New York reporters were granted their first interview by Margaret Mitchell. During the dialogue, one of the reporters asked Mitchell if she was creating a new work, or would she be doing so. Mitchell told the reporter she had been so busy answering the phone and doorbell, in addition to responding to her fan mail, there was no time.
Some have speculated the reason Mitchell never wrote another novel is because after completing Gone With the Wind, she spent most of her time working with her husband and brother to protect her book's copyright abroad. At the time Gone With the Wind was released, international copyright laws varied from country to country.
Another reason could have been her response to the fame which came with her book. Within four years, Mitchell earned an estimated $1,000,000 in book royalties, movie payments and other allied returns ($16,016,939.20 in 2013). Due to the manner in which it disrupted her way of living, Mitchell left for her mountain hideway to escape the barrage of telegrams, phone calls and in-person visits. In a fit of exasperation, she made up her mind she would never write another word as long as she lived.
On the evening of August 11, 1949, Margaret Mitchell and her husband, John Marsh, were on their way to see A Canterbury Tale at The Peachtree Art Theatre. In the process of crossing Peachtree Street at 13th Street, Margaret was struck by a speeding automobile. She was transported to Grady Hospital following the accident and died five days later, never having fully regained consciousness. During infrequent intervals, Margaret responded incoherently to spoken questions.
Shortly after Margaret died, 29 year old Hugh D. Gravitt, the driver of the car which struck Mitchell, voluntarily surrendered to police. At the time of the accident, Gravitt had been released from jail on a bond of $5,450; his arrest a result of an accident in which he was charged with drunk driving, driving on the wrong side of the street and speeding. Gravitt's police record indicated 23 previous violations.
Governor Herman Talmadge ordered the flag flying over the Georgia State Capitol to be lowered to half-mast until after her funeral. He also announced immediate strengthening of the regulations involved in licensing taxi drivers.
Whatever posterity may decide as to the merits of the novel Gone With the Wind, the Civil War story has become the most extraordinary best seller ever written by an unknown author as his/her first novel.
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"My time is not my own. It has not been my own since 'Gone With the Wind' was published. The very fact that since 1936, I have never had the time to sit down to my typewriter and write--or try to write--another book will give you some indication of what I mean." Margaret Mitchell


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Dan Jennings led the 49ers with 16 points and eight rebounds at No. 7 Ohio State.
Dec. 8, 2012
Columbus, Ohio - Long Beach State held the No. 7 Buckeyes within reach in the first half on the road, but Ohio State scored 50 points in the second half on the way to an 89-55 win over the 49ers on Saturday. Dan Jennings led the 49ers with 16 points.
Down 14-8 with eight minutes gone in the first half, a 3-pointer by Deng Deng pulled the 49ers within three points, a margin that would hold once more at 16-13 after a Mike Caffey layup as the 49ers were within striking distance after ten minutes.
A 9-0 Ohio run just before the third media timeout gave the Buckeyes a 12 point lead. A 3-pointer from Kris Gulley stopped the run, and Long Beach State (3-6) played Ohio State even over the final seven minutes before two late foul shots gave the Buckeyes a 14-point lead at the half.
Ohio State (6-1) scored the first three baskets of the second half, however, part of a 13-5 run to take a 52-30 lead over the first four minutes, while Mike Caffey exited due to an injury. Caffey would be held out the rest of the way except for a one-minute test run, as Peter Pappageorge logged a career-high 38 minutes for the 49ers.
The Buckeyes took advantage of an even thinner 49er lineup, opening a 79-37 lead before Long Beach State rallied with a 14-2 run of their own to bring the score to 81-51 with 3:18 to play following a fast-break dunk by Jennings.
Senior James Ennis extended his double-digit scoring streak to 14 games with 12 points, joining Jennings in double-figures for Long Beach State. No. 7 Ohio State was led by Deshaun Thomas, who scored 18 points on 7-of-16 shooting.
Long Beach State returns to the Walter Pyramid for its next game, hosting BYU-Hawaii at 4:05 p.m. on Saturday, December 15.
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Washington, DC - Support of the overall concept and for a two-step Request for Qualifications (RFQ)/Request for Proposal (RFP) procurement process, as well as identification of project complexities, were among the emerging themes of the responses to the recent DC Streetcar Request for Information. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will begin follow up steps related to points raised in the submissions.
"Responses to the RFI identified key areas of the project where additional analysis is needed prior to issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP)," stated DDOT Director Terry Bellamy. "This is exactly the type of information we were hoping for when we issued the RFI. It will allow us to produce a more informed and therefore, a more effective RFP."
The project areas identified by the respondents for additional analysis include:
The DC Streetcar team is beginning follow-up steps related to these topics. The process will include internal analysis and additional industry outreach. DDOT Director Terry Bellamy will host an industry forum and webcast in November to discuss the feedback gained from the RFI process and share the District's plans moving forward. Additional industry sessions will cover the overall program as well as individual project components. The results of these steps, along with input from the Mayor's Streetcar Financing and Governance Task Force, will inform the future RFQ/RFP process.
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Since the opening of the new Disney California Adventure in June 2012, the resort has often reported record attendance during its quarterly reports. As a result, The Disneyland Resort suspended new sales of its popular Southern California annual passport because of the crowds.
The parks have been extremely crowded on Sundays; the only weekend day usually available for those with the Southern California passes, which now cost $379 on renewal. A cheaper pass, the Southern California Select at $289, is blocked out on weekends and is available for new purchases.
Other annual passes, the Deluxe with some Saturday and peak-holiday-period blackouts, selling for $519, and the no-blackout Premium, selling for $699, may be suspended in the future.
"Due to the popularity of our annual pass program, and to preserve the guest experience for our annual passholders and all guests, future sales of all annual passes will be subject to availability," Disney said in a statement. The Southern California passes could be sold again when "renewal rates return to an appropriate level that preserves the guest experience."
In 2012, Disney attempted to reduce the number of annual passholders, which had grown to over 1 million, when it dramatically hiked annual pass prices, but only saw record sales and attendance instead.
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I admire you for having the moral courage to step up and assist another who isn't a "loved one."
Now go get the OWMBO her night sights!
This is a discussion on Simple things are not always simple within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by wmhawth I'm loving visualizing the whole event, especially Stickman getting whacked with his own stick and running for the woods after taking ...
I admire you for having the moral courage to step up and assist another who isn't a "loved one."
Now go get the OWMBO her night sights!
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G-man, as I got older I discovered that a palm heel to the nose or a knucklethrust to the throat doesn't hurt your hand like a closedfist punch to the mouth. I decided several years ago that I am now too old to fight and too slow to run. Not that I CAN'T do either, I'm just not as quick as I was. Young guys can't grasp that once old guys reach that stage, don't mess with them. They have fewer options...and the options they have are way more serious.
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The forehead to the nose is also quite effective when properly deployed. One of my all-time favorite moves. Learned it working in furniture mills woodworking shops in the 80s.
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An open handed slap is my favorite strike. However, I started with a hard fully extended left jab, followed by a straight hard right, then a left/right hook. I sort of knew my plan as soon as I decided to do it, which was almost at the same time I made the decision. I can't explain this, but I'm sure some here will understand.
I threw the jab to set him up for the right, so after the jab caught him, I had to close the distance to get inside quick for a good effective. I have practiced this for years on the heavy bag and sparring sessions, sometimes substituting an upper cut into the combo, but I really like hooks because I can use body rotation and foot pivoting to really put some power into it. Unfortunately, it messes up unprotected hands, where a slap doesn't .
Any way, an update. The guy on the bike was arrested yesterday for a non payment of fines, and failure to appear warrant. He says he cannot identify his attackers, although he told me he thought they were his friends, so I know he knows them. I know there is more to their little frackus too.
My wife saw a picture of Heidi Smith in one of my gun rags and saw the 1911 she was holding, and now damned if she doesn't want a 1911. She also wants to go to Lethal Force Institute or Thunder Ranch, which I highly support.
I believe she is riding a high that she hasn't come down from yet after firing a gun in a real situation.
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There are a number of viable techniques for for slapping. Martin Cooper From GB has some excellent techniques for direct forward slapping, using both hands as a defensive measure.
I personally primarily use slapping as a preemptive strike, when I have determined that avoidance and deescalation efforts will not be effective. In this vein the slap is surprise strike, either forehand or backhand. The forehand is probably better if you have no hand protection or hand conditioning.
As to technique.
If you let your upper arm hang just slightly forward of vertical, then swing your lower arm (below the elbow) in a counter clockwise circle. You will see that this can be done with little movement of the upper arm or shoulder, reducing telegraphing, such as in a full arm circular motion. This circular movement, combined with raising of the upper arm, combined with hip twist provides considerable power, while remaining difficult to detect. In addition, coming from the outside, as a "hook", it avoids the easily projected blocks used against direct blows.
Some prefer a relaxed hand at impact. I prefer to project the center of the palm at impact, such as done in Iron Palm technique. This is accomplished by drawing the fingers back toward the outside of the hand at the moment of impact. This is difficult to explain, but easy to demonstrate. A little experimentation should illustrate the proper method. When done correctly, you will see the palm project forward.
The jaw, ear or anywhere on the side of the head are generally effective.
Hopefully this has been clear enough to be of use. Some of these things are easily demonstrated, but difficult to convey via written means.
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
Once when I was in the service I slapped a smaller man clean off of his feet. He was an E-4 and I was an E-1. He pulled me aside and told me he was going to kick my butt for some stupid reason or another. He did the school ground push to my chest and left himself open for the first shot. I didn't want to knock him out so I slapped him across the face with all I had. He went down like he was shot and crawled away wimpering about how he was going to report me. Fortunately I had five or six witnesses to the fact that he was the initiator and I never had any problems from the incident. The guy was a bully and slapping him down made me a TON of friends.
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At March 14th 2007 Steven Davelaar will run a 1-day seminar on J2EE in Dublin, Ireland. For more information please follow this link. Everbody that wants to know more about Oracle's tools strategy, JDeveloper, JSF, ADF and JHeadstart is more than welcome. For this seminar it is not required to have any Java skills. Designer/Forms customers will have a great experience as well.
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NEW YORK - Junior guard Trevor Releford drained a career-high 25 points to lead the Alabama men's basketball team to a 77-55 victory over Villanova on Friday to win the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project at Madison Square Garden. With the win, the Crimson Tide improves to 4-0 on the season, while the loss drops the Wildcats to 3-1.
Releford hit 8 of his 10 attempts in the game and was 5-for-5 from beyond the arc. Sophomore guard Rodney Cooper reached double-figure points for the fourth time in as many games this season as well, scoring 17.
For their efforts, Releford was named the Classic's Most Outstanding Player, while Cooper also earned all-tournament accolades.
"I thought we came out tonight for 40 minutes and really did a good job," UA head coach Anthony Grant said. "Defensively, I thought we played great. I felt like it was a pretty dominating performance by our guys and we were able maintain our composure when we got into some foul trouble the first half. The guys that came in did a great job of giving us the some energy. Through the second half we were able to build a lead. When we subbed the guys, they did a great job at building on that lead. It was great (tonight's game) coming off of last night, learning the lessons that we needed to learn from that game. We were able to come out and to close this one out strong. I'm really proud of the effort and growth of our team."
The Crimson Tide broke open a tight game early in the second half on the strength of a 23-6 run, which turned a two-point deficit (29-31) into a 15-point cushion (52-37) in a span of 9:51. Alabama never looked back, stretching its lead to as many as 24 points.
For the game, Alabama shot 59.5 percent (25-of-42) from the floor, including 64.3 percent (9-of-14) from three-point range. The Tide outrebounded the Wildcats, 37-27, and had a 23-4 edge in points off turnovers, despite having just one more turnover than Villanova (15-14).
Levi Randolph finished with seven points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals, while redshirt freshman Retin Obashohan chipped in with seven points off the bench. UA leading scoring Trevor Lacey was hampered by foul trouble in the first half, and finished with seven points, to goal along with four rebounds and four assists.
The tournament marked the second consecutive year Alabama has won a preseason event after capturing the 2011 Puerto Rico Classic.
"This tournament was great for us because we had some challenges here," Grant said. "We learned some lessons every game and have been able to take something from it. I am proud that our guys have been willing to do that and understand we are not where we want to be and we are hoping to be better. A year ago we won a tournament in Puerto Rico and then hit some bumps. You never know where you're going to go."
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A Baltimore County retired teacher and English Department chairman gave a warning against Common Core at the BCPS Board Meeting on October 22, 2013. Below is her testimony in full.
Good evening, ladies and gentleman of the Board, I am Susan Costello, a retired middle and high school English teacher and chairman. I speak from experience when I implore you to listen to your parents and teachers concerning Common Core. Ignoring their questions speaks in a thunderous silence.
BCPS has been in an analogous situation in 1991, a long time ago but relevant to today. At my middle school's first faculty meeting, we teachers learned that we were "off to imitate California" because we were "25 years behind the times in our middle school philosophy and educational goals and had to catch up."
I raised my hand and asked, "If we're 25 years behind the times, then there has to be some school systems that have data that show as a result of implementing this curricular approach, they have produced a better eighth grader? Does the county have data on school systems that have achieved success with this model? I heard the same reply, "We're 25 years behind the times, and we need to catch up."
I thought I didn't ask the question correctly. I tried another approach, an analogy. "If we are going over the Sierra Madres in search of what is in California, has anyone scouted out the route to be sure that there is a safe trail so that we won't fall off an unknown cliff?"
I heard the same reply, "We're 25 years behind the times, and we need to catch up."
Frustrated, I gave up. We teachers were not the decision-makers, so we had to implement a new watered-down student-centered curriculum rather than the former challenging content-centered curriculum. In 1999, state superintendent Nancy Grasmick created the Middle Learning Years Task Force. Its purpose was to improve what she called an "educational wasteland" in the middle schools. Finally, someone answered my question. We had wasted eight years; there was no improved 8th grader.
From my research, I have found only one state school system, Kentucky, that field tested the Common Core standards in 2010-11 and published disappointing results for the school year. Kentucky's Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday has stated that it would take "three to five years" for students to "catch up."
Will we need this long to proclaim BCPC has achieved success using Common Core? Or are we Racing To The Top of a mountain of federal dollars that could create another academic wasteland in five or eight years? Is it necessary, because you weren't in your current positions in 1991, to repeat the same errors again?
Please listen to your community of parents and teachers. They could very well have very legitimate concerns; and, even more importantly, they could be right. It's happened before.
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Children's Books Genres
Biographies are told in the third person and involve a lot of research.
Biographies of historical, cultural, and scientific figures past and present can be very literary, whereas biographies of current hipsters and celebrities (both movie/TV stars and sports heroes) tend to read like Teen People magazine — and both have their readership. Biographies are generally written as picture books, middle-grade books, and YA.


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While it has become easier than ever to find aquacultured and exotic corals from online retailers, the biggest challenge reefers still encounter is in handling and acclimating these delicate creatures after arrival. But with a careful touch and the right approach, experienced hobbyists can enjoy a beautiful living reef in their own homes.
Handling techniques for different corals
Different corals require different handling techniques. For instance, soft corals, polyps, and mushroom corals will normally arrive attached to a small rock. Only handle these corals by the rock, this way you can avoid touching the polyps. Hard corals with large fleshy polyps can be handled by their base, which is the hard exoskeleton. Other hard corals, including small polyp stony (SPS) corals, should be handled only by the base where it was fragmented, or by the plug or rock it is attached to. A pair of Aqua Gloves or a disposable gripper sleeve is highly recommended in handling all corals, and will reduce the possibility of irritating the coral when handling it. Furthermore, always handle all corals with a gentle touch in order to minimize the chances of damaging the specimen.
Acclimating new corals to your lighting system
Among the many species of corals available to the hobbyist, there are many differences in where they grow in nature and the corresponding lighting conditions they need in order to survive. Corals are highly adaptive to different lighting conditions, but some are more sensitive to change than others. It takes time for a coral to acclimate to its new environment, and care must be taken to help the organism adjust. This is especially important with some of the very intense lighting systems, like metal halides and T-5 fluorescents. Some corals, when not acclimated properly, can actually be "sunburned" by the artificial lighting, which opens the door to infection and possible demise. Place your new coral on the bottom of the aquarium in the substrate until the coral adjusts to the new lighting. A good sign that the coral has adjusted to the new system is when it appears fully expanded and displays full coloration. At that time, the coral can be moved to the desired location. Continue to monitor the coral's response to its new location, and if its coloration and expansion appear to decrease, relocate the coral to a lower position.
Proper placement of corals
When determining the final placement for your new coral, research its lighting and water flow requirements, and especially the coral's aggression toward other inhabitants within the aquarium. With all of this in mind, and an open space within the rockwork that affords room for future growth, gently move the coral to its new position. Since the coral may get knocked over by snails, sea urchins, or large hermit crabs, we recommend that you use a reef-safe underwater epoxy such as Mr. Sticky's Underwater Glue or AquaStik Epoxy Putty.


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Green-News: Wednesday 12.3.08
- In order to eliminate marine debris, the California Ocean Protection Council is calling for manufactures to establish "take back" programs for used packaging materials, statewide fees on single-use shopping bags and banning plastic food containers; SustainableBusiness explains.
- A report by Environmental Integrity Project claims the 50 filthiest coal-burning plants in the U.S. are now producing more mercury pollution than they did in 2006. Even though some facilities tried to clean up, twenty tons of mercury was still released into the air; via Green (Living) Review.
- Wind power might change the weather. Using a computer model, scientists determined a mega wind-farm from Texas to central Canada and the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains, on the average, lowered wind speeds by 2-3 meters per second; Discovery News investigates.
- Our energy demands show no signs of slowing down. Leading researchers to believe that even if we switch to clean power, all the heat generated from our energy needs might still cause the planet to warm up, despite the reduction in greenhouse gases; NewScientist reports.
- Rainforests soak up carbon emissions. But they're being chopped down in order to grow biofuels. Here's the problem, a new study has determined the benefit of using this land for biofuel wouldn't show up for 75 years. Meaning forest conservation is more eco-friendly; TreeHugger explains.
- Beijing had a simple goal. Keep the city's pollution index under 100 for 256 days. And apparently they've done it, 1 month earlier than planned. All the measures taken during the Olympics helped. Actually, city officials claim the air has improved consistently over the last 10 years; via GreenDaily.
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McBloggenstein - December 3, 2008 12:18 PM
...forest conversation.. hehe
Wow, California really is leading the pack with enviro friendly initiatives.
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Both men were asked about setting up a drop-off drycleaning service as well as wetcleaning.FIRST THINGS FIRST"If I was setting up a drop-off service, I would approach a cleaner, but not necessarily one in your neighborhood, because they may look at you as competition," Hurrell advises. "A lot of our customers offer drop-off drycleaning; it doesn't do too bad in our area, it typically covers the cost of the attendant working all day."There are wholesale cleaners around to take this kind of business. [The coin laundry owner] takes the clothes in, tags them; the wholesaler picks the clothes up, cleans them, hangs them, and you're responsible for bagging the clothes and distributing them."If you're thinking about this service, Orpaz strongly suggests that you set up a designated room or counter for the drop-off work. "This area should be separated from the general, open laundry area," Orpaz adds.Hurrell believes that most of the customers taking advantage of this service aren't going to be "Armani-suit types," so you don't have to worry about taking care of special cleaning needs. However, he says, customers may ask questions, so attendants need to learn about the service in order to answer the questions.One-day turnaround is the norm for this service, Hurrell adds.Problems can crop up, Orpaz believes. "Many times, pants or suits are left behind. A customer may need the work done quickly. When you process anything away from your supervision, you don't have full supervision. Plus, the quality of the work depends on the cleaner, not you, although your store's name is on the work. Don't forget to promote this service. No one promotes this service well."As far as profitability goes, Hurrell says there is typically a 50/50 split between drycleaner and coin laundry owner. "Your coin laundry should charge about the same price as regular drycleaners."wetcleaningBe warned though, if your customer goes directly to a drycleaner, he/she might get better quality work, Hurrell says. "The wholesale drycleaner you end up with may be geared more toward production; he might lack a bit of fine, detail work."WETCLEANING: THE FUTUREWould it be advantageous to hook up with someone doing wetcleaning?"Wetcleaning is actually drycleaning-only labels being handwashed, with gentle movement, agitation and a delicate detergent," Orpaz explains. "You could get decent results from this hand-wash movement alone." However, technology came along, and with it, equipment that simulated the same movements made by hand, Orpaz adds."Wetcleaning is actually drycleaning, only the garments are being hand-washed with the proper detergents, lubricants, etc." In addition, wetcleaning uses water as its base, as opposed to chemical solvents."Wool, for example, must be lubricated," Orpaz explains. "Wool yarn can swell and the garment can shrink. Fine detergents with lubricants help. You eliminate the mechanical action; heat, moisture and mechanical action will shrink wool garments. Wetcleaning eliminates this."Most drycleaners do some wetcleaning. Orpaz says about 40 nearby drycleaners are doing all wetcleaning. "Wetcleaning is a cleaner process. The clothing won't smell, it's brighter and it's easier to press. Overall, wetcleaned products look better than drycleaned products."Think of the PR. Imagine when you have a garment cleaned in water. It smells fresh, looks like new and the color is richer. This wasn't true a year ago. We have recently brought wetcleaning closer to perfection due to new equipment." He cautions operators that not all wetcleaning equipment produces the same quality results.Up until a year or two ago, wetcleaning was not effective on all types of clothing, Orpaz says. One wetcleaning drawback is the time it takes to dry wool garments, Orpaz says. "You probably won't get more than 10 percent wool orders anyway.""Wetcleaning is now better than drycleaning, although the other wetcleaning equipment and chemicals may not be as effective as the process we have developed." Orpaz says there is no "universal" wetcleaning process or type of equipment.FACING CHALLENGESIf you're going to explore this service, it might be beneficial to learn about some of the drycleaning industry challenges."Landlords are starting to put up obstacles to drycleaners to prevent them from using solvents on the premises," Orpaz says. "This is a major problem. Next year, there will be drycleaners that have to move out some solvent machines. They will have to practice wetcleaning in order to be ready for the future."Hurrell agrees. "Drycleaners are comfortable with perc (perchloroethylene is the most common solvent used by drycleaners), but it is being done away with."Environmental concerns and regulations are greatly affecting the industry now, and will continue to do so in the future, Hurrell believes. "In the next 20 years you will see wetcleaning and CO2 (liquid carbon dioxide, a solvent alternative)."Wetcleaning has been around for a long time, but it has really taken off in the last four years or so. Now it's roaring. Without wetcleaning, drycleaners won't survive in the business."


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Courtesy: Spencer Farrin (Moscow, Idaho)
|Eventful week ahead
This Week in Vandal Track & Field:
California Invitational Multi-Events (Apr.17-18) Azusa, Calif.
Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 18-20) Walnut, Calif.
Long Beach Invitational (Apr. 19) Norwalk, Calif.
Cougar Invitational (Apr. 20) Pullman, Wash.
Looking Forward
This weekend becomes quite hectic for the Vandal track and field team as most of the team travels to California for several different meets, and another squad stays on the Palouse for the Cougar Invitational at Washington State. Many of the team's athletes will compete in multiple events over a three-day period at Mt. SAC Relays, the Long Beach Invitational, and the California Invitational Multi-Events. This weekend marks the final big road trip of the regular season.
Historically Speaking
Several career-best marks and all-time top-10 entries were made last year at the Mt. SAC relays. Junior Dylan Watts jumped into fifth all-time after clearing a height of 16-0.75 (4.90m) in the pole vault. Senior Kyle Rothwell hit a career-best in the hammer throw (196-9), and sophomore Ben Ayesu-Attah marked his first collegiate quarter-mile under 48 seconds. At the Long Beach Invitational Idaho hit five career-best marks and one all-time top-10 entry. Junior Andrey Levkiv added the top-10 entry moving to ninth all-time at Idaho, while senior Ugis Svazs (javelin), junior Cait Rowland (100m Hurdles), senior Kyle Tylor (800m), and sophomore Ben Ayesu-Attah (200m) all hit career-best marks. At the Cougar Invitational a successful group of Vandals posted 10 career-best marks.
A Quick Recap
Despite the harsh weather conditions, the Vandal track and field teams went on to claim eight individual events and posted personal best marks at the War VI Regional Dual. Junior Kyle Tylor ran a personal best in the 800m (1:52.41), while fellow teammate junior Cait Rowland won the 400m hurdles in a season-best time of 1:05.20. Senior Lauren Schaffer and sophomore Ben Ayesu-Attah both posted the top times in the 400m. In the weights, the Vandal women swept the top spots with sophomore Johanna Hocketstaller (shot put), senior Kristine Leonard (discus throw), senior Sarah Nutsch (hammer throw), and senior Ellen Rouse (javelin throw) all taking top places in their events.
NCAA Outdoor Qualification
NCAA outdoor track and field is in the fourth season of the two-region national qualification system. The top 48 athletes in each event qualify for the NCAA Preliminary Rounds, which are split between the East and West Regions. The Preliminary Round sites host the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualifying rounds of the field events and the opening rounds through semifinals of track events (depending on the event distance). In the first year of the system in 2010, Idaho had eight women and five men qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Round. Last season, six women and seven men qualified. This year's NCAA West Preliminary will be hosted by the University of Texas at Austin.
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It was such a nice day today that Gord and I took KC for a walk to Trinity Bellwoods Park and back.
There were lots of people enjoying the park.
KC had fun running around.
Just before we left the park, KC headed to one of the spots that has the plant she likes to eat.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Trinity Bellwoods Park
4 comments:
- Rosemary said...
Kc seems like she is having a ball. Amazing how many people get out of doors on the first nice day.
- 26 April 2009 at 10:57
- i beati said...
definitely lovers of nature all of you !!Sandy
- 26 April 2009 at 11:49
- Sue said...
Looks like she had a blast at the park! :)
- 26 April 2009 at 15:50
- Rob said...
A nice afternoon for fun in the park! I am not sure if I've ever been there or not...
- 27 April 2009 at 11:11
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