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With God, forgiveness is possible
By Dean Smith
Live to Forgive Ministries
In 1986, my mother was murdered by my stepfather Bob, in the home they were renting near the fairgrounds in Enumclaw. I was a sixth-grader in Mrs. Hirschel's class at Southwood Elementary School.
After the murder, my sisters and I were allowed to visit our house. I saw the blood all over the walls, floor and ceiling. The images of my mother's murder fueled my bitterness and resentment and kept me bound in a web of inner turmoil and hatred.
Whenever I pictured that bloody scene or the face of the man who did it, I became irate. Was I the only one who rehearsed the offense of my transgressor repeatedly in my mind? Was I the only person in town who wouldn't forgive a sin committed against me?
I want the world to know how God helped shift my focus from my mom's blood to his love and how that shift has set me free.
For years, I thought forgiving my former stepfather was impossible. It wasn't even fair that I should have to forgive him. The only problem was that my bitterness sneakily poisoned all my relationships and kept me from experiencing life as God wanted me to experience it. I tried everything except the thing that was the most crucial for me and most important to God: forgiveness.
I didn't want to choose forgiveness. I avoided that inner tension by turning to drugs and alcohol. I was married and then divorced. I played professional basketball in Germany and traveled all over Europe. Life was a string of ups and downs, but on the inside I was continuously tormented by my resentment.
In 1999, I talked to God about my bitterness and I asked him for help to forgive Bob. I knew I couldn't forgive him without God's help. When I did my part by surrendering my unforgiveness to God (daily), he did his part and transformed my heart and mind. It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen over time.
I began to think thoughts of love toward Bob that I never imagined were possible. Instead of seeing a murderer responsible for my mom's death, I began to see Bob as God does; loved and cherished. Eventually, I called Bob on the phone and we became friends. I flew to Tennessee in 1998, where he was living, to help him after he attempted suicide. I love Bob now and I want him to experience the love and freedom I have found in Jesus. All things are possible with God.
If you have unforgiveness in your life, you are living with only a portion of the joy, peace and love that God has intended for you. How do I know? My personal experience, the word of God, and thousands of people around the world who have shared with me their stories of forgiveness.
There has been nothing that has changed my life more dramatically (for the better) than surrendering my bitterness to God on a daily basis. You might be thinking, "But, I can't forgive and you just don't understand my situation." I don't know your situation, but I do know about God's power to help people triumph over any tragedy.
The most prevalent theme in the New Testament is love and forgiveness. He definitely didn't command us to forgive and not give us the ability to do it. We have the ability to forgive anyone for anything, but we have to rely on God to give us that power. It comes down to a choice. It comes down to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
I finally came to the revelation that forgiveness was the gateway to experiencing the best life God has for me. Through his love, my focus was redirected from my mom's tragedy to his awesome grace. I have never been the same. He can help you be free from the pain in your life, too. You can start on the road to a newfound freedom right now. Put this paper down, close your eyes and get honest with God about the "Bobs" in your life. He's waiting to help you forgive those who have hurt you. He's waiting to set you free. And he will. Go!
Dean Smith is the director of Live To Forgive Ministries and teaches about forgiveness and love in churches around the world. He attends The Vine Christian Ministries in Seattle with his wife Molly and daughter Ava. Learn more at: www.livetoforgive.com.
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Syracuse, NY – Syracuse-area motorists are seeing the impact of unrest in the Middle East every time they pull up to the gas pump.
The average price of a gallon of regular, which had hovered between $3.25 and $3.31 a gallon for weeks, shot up between 4 percent and 5 percent around Central New York over the past week, according to two price-monitoring services.
SyracuseGasPrices.com on Saturday pegged the local average for regular at $3.473 a gallon, up 16.5 cents from last Saturday. A gallon cost $3.287 a month ago, $2.836 a year earlier, the web-based service reported.
AAA motor club's Daily Fuel Gauge Report listed a Syracuse metro average of $3.458 a gallon, up 14.6 cents from a week earlier. A gallon cost $3.296 a month ago, $2.834 a year earlier, AAA said.
Gas prices slowly began rising in September from a 2010 low around $2.71 a gallon. Analysts then attributed the increase mainly to an economy that was becoming more robust, creating greater demand for gas.
The political unrest that has spread to Libya from Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle East countries have changed the game, said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com. parent of SyracuseGasPrices.com.
"In the last five days, since the beginning of the week, oil prices have been up about 10 percent," DeHaan said.
The concern is not that U.S. oil supply from Libya will be cut -- the United States receives no oil from there – but that a disruption of Libyan supply will increase competition for oil from the rest of the Middle East, he said.
Concern in the markets that political unrest will spread to Saudi Arabia is adding a "risk premium" to the price of oil, DeHaan said.
"Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter in the Middle East to the United States, Saudi Arabia holds the most spare capacity of any country in the world and Saudi Arabia has among the largest proven oil reserves in the world, and so if something were to impact that situation it would cause gas prices to skyrocket," DeHaan said. "If the problem were to spill over to Saudi Arabia, we'd be left thinking that $4 (gas) is a deal."
Typically, it takes a week or two for up and down movements in oil prices to work their way to local gas pumps, but this situation is different because oil prices are rising so far, so fast, DeHaan said. Gasoline futures prices are shooting up, too, and those increases are passed along to wholesale terminal the same day.
"This time around, gas stations know that their next load of gasoline could cost $2,000 more than their previous load of gas and they are raising prices in anticipation of their next supply costing much more," DeHaan said.
If there's any good news for local drivers, it's that they could be paying more.
AAA said Syracuse's average was the second-lowest among the eight metropolitan areas it tracks in New York, trailing only Rochester's $3.454. The statewide average was $3.531, AAA said.
The national average was $3.334, according to SyracuseGasPrices.com.
The highest average price Syracusans have paid for regular was $4.23 on June 21, 2008, AAA said.
Syracuse.com has a map of stations with the lowest prices around the Syracuse area.

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"We're playing an opponent that has one of the top defenses in the country," Marrone said. "Truly they make things happen. Their rushing defense is second in the country (allowing 60.6 yards per game). Their scoring defense is fifth (allowing 10.8 points per game)."
Considering Syracuse gained only 305 yards in Friday's 14-13 victory over Pittsburgh and scored only one offensive touchdown it should be a breeze for Rutgers, right? Maybe the oddsmakers were looking at Marrone's 2-1 record vs. the Knights since his arrival at SU. And maybe they were looking at the teams' early season schedules.
Each team has played five games, one against an FCS (Division I-AA) opponent. Removing that game from the mix the total won-loss record of Rutgers' four FBS foes – Tulane, South Florida, Arkansas and Connecticut – is 7-16. Of the four only the Huskies (3-3) have a .500 record. Meanwhile, SU's four FBS foes – Northwestern, USC, Minnesota and Pittsburgh – are 15-6 combined.
Syracuse has clearly played better competition, a trend that will continue later in the season when it faces SEC member Missouri on the road in its final nonconference game while Rutgers will play MAC member Kent State at home.


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The key decision-makers of the Baltimore Ravens organization are meeting in Florida to formulate their offseason plan. That plan definitely revolves around the salary cap, so here's a slideshow to help you (and them) get a feel for how the cap breaks down by position and where the Ravens have to spend their money.
That second part is generally pretty clear. Offensive line, wide receiver and tight end are the three biggest needs, and so that's where the majority of the cap space will be dedicated.
But there are other less glaring holes that need to be addressed. For example, there is plenty of talent at the inside linebacker position, but the Ravens would sorely miss Daryl Smith if he isn't re-signed and would likely have to bring in another veteran if Smith moves on.
Likewise, the cornerback position is transformed from a team strength with Corey Graham on the roster to an alarming weakness without Graham.
Flip through these slides for a closer look at the cap, the depth chart and the future. Well, it might not be that dramatic, but it's still vital information for any Ravens fan.
Note: I've given Brian McFarland of Russell Street Report a shoutout before, but you really have to check out his work if you haven't already. He's always on top of the latest moves, and this breakdown wouldn't have been possible without his research.


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Dear Friends,
Absent a last minute deal, which is looking highly unlikely at this point, sequestration will begin on Friday with $85 billion in automatic spending cuts. This approach to solving our fiscal problems is shortsighted and will damage our economy. Thats why I voted against the Budget Control Act in the summer of 2011, which is the legislation that gave us sequestration.
With time growing short, the White House released additional details on what sequestration will mean for Massachusetts. You can read the entire report here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/sequester-factsheets/Massachusetts.pdf
In just the past two years the federal budget deficit has already been reduced by over $2.5 trillion and that has happened mostly through spending cuts. The President proposed a long term solution to reduce the deficit by over $4 trillion with a combination of spending cuts and tax revenue. Republicans continue to reject any plan that contains even a penny of revenue from closing tax loopholes, insisting on spending cuts alone. Thats not even close to a compromise approach, in fact, its just the opposite.
If nothing happens before Friday, the impact on Massachusetts will be significant. Here are just a few numbers to illustrate what it will mean for some local initiatives:
The White House report also highlights the national impact of sequestration with cuts to education, public safety, health care, scientific research and much more. Keep in mind; this is not a onetime cut. Sequestration was designed to force spending cuts every year for ten years. Far too many programs and services, and the people who rely on them, will simply be devastated.
I will keep you informed of any progress made this week toward compromise but I am not optimistic.
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This is the first in a continuing series of short posts called "Hillsboro school notes" to update old issues, preview meetings and share other education news. Let me know your own ideas: email@example.com or 503-294-4059The Oregon Department of Education announced last week that it will use updated data to calculate poverty funding rates. Because of the change, Hillsboro School District is expected to receive almost $1 million more next year than originally forecast -- the fifth-highest increase in the state.
Previously, the state used Decennial Census data to calculate poverty. But because the census stopped collecting poverty information after 2000, the data was badly outdated.
Last year, the Oregon Legislature granted the State Board of Education the authority to use newer, more accurate numbers. New poverty rates are calculated using numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income Poverty Estimate, which includes information on students ages 5 to 17.
Hillsboro is one of 80 school districts statewide slated to get additional funding. The remaining 117 districts will lose funding because of the change.
- Salem-Keizer School District -- $2,301,653
- Redmond School District -- $1,964,479
- David Douglas School District -- $1,774,449
- Tigard-Tualatin School District -- $1,054,119
- Hillsboro School District -- $905,842
Chief Financial Officer Adam Stewart said poverty has increased pretty dramatically in the state's fourth-largest district since 2008, as a result of the recession. Almost 45 percent of students were eligible for free and reduced lunch at Hillsboro schools last year. That figure has increased by 10 percentage points overall since 2003, though it peaked in 2011.
Other stories about the poverty calculation change:
- Oregon to reallocate $120 million among school districts to better serve poor students -- The Oregonian
- State Board of Education Updates Poverty Calculation -- Oregon Department of Education
- Salem-Keizer schools could get extra $2.3M with new poverty calculation -- The Statesman Journal
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'Mary,' The 'Great And Infamous' Other Boleyn
By editor • Oct 12, 2011
Anne Boleyn's story is well known. The Queen of England was ultimately charged with treason, incest and adultery, and beheaded.
But her big sister, Mary, has mostly been a footnote in history. Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings is the first full biography of the woman known as "the great and infamous whore."
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WINTERSVILLE – Ashley N. Zrinyi and Milo W. Sanders of Wintersville were united in marriage on Nov. 24 at the Wintersville United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Bill Hibbs officiating the 3:30 p.m. ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Kathy and Eugene Zrinyi, and the groom is the son of Robert and Rebecca Sanders.
The bride was escorted to the altar by her father. She wore a one-shoulder chiffon gown with floral appliques.
Morgan Rauch, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Rebecca Boring was the matron of honor, and bridesmaids were Ellen Koch, Amanda Shultz and Diane Fabian, sister of the groom.
Ross Sanders, brother of the groom, was the best man. Bridegroom attendants were Keith Zrinyi, brother of the bride, and Brad Boring, Doug Maple and Zac Maple.
A reception was held at St. Florian Hall.
The couple honeymooned in Florida.
The bride is a 2008 graduate of Steubenville High School and graduated from West Virginia Northern Community College in 2012 with a surgical technician degree.
The groom graduated from Edison High School and is employed at the Hopedale coal mine.


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It was my first call as head pastor. Before coming to this Sacramento church, I had ably served another as youth pastor, but like many young men, I had been itching for my own command. When I interviewed for the position, I remember saying brash things like, "Growing a church is not all that difficult." That sweeping assertion was grounded in the fact that I had taken two classes in church growth at seminary some five years earlier. Such are the foolish things young men say when they crave authority.
My first few months at this church were pretty rocky, as there were two or three elders who also craved authority and did their best to sabotage mine. One had an indirect and snide way of doing so. He never complained about my leadership to my face, but he sure would let others know what my faults were. He knew the gossipy nature of the congregation well enough to know that his words would soon enough make it to my ears: "You know, Mark, Stanley didn't care for that last sermon …"
After a few months of being humble and forbearing, I'd had enough. I invited Stanley out for lunch. It didn't take long for the conversation to move to the topic of church, whereupon I said: "Stanley, I understand you don't care for me or my leadership. That's your prerogative. But one thing I will not abide in this church is people talking to others about me behind my back. If you have a concern, you need to bring it to my attention personally, man to man."
This long-time elder had for years put the fear of Stanley into many members; he was not used to anyone talking to him like this. He stared back at me a little wide eyed as I went on like this, with evident frustration, for a couple more sentences.
Then to make sure he got my point, I concluded with, "Understand?"
In the pregnant moment of stunned silence that followed, Jesus meek and mild was nowhere to be found.
Stanley nodded.
Then I asked if there was anything he cared to address at this lunch.
Stanley shook his head and said no.
And then we had a delightful lunch together.
In fact, after that, we had a delightful relationship. He never complained again, to my face or, as far as I know, behind my back. Stanley became one of my strongest supporters in the congregation. Stanley apparently wasn't much impressed by humility and forbearance. But he respected tough talk.
In what follows, I'm mainly thinking of pastors and how they ground their authority, but it surely applies to anyone in any calling—from ministry to motherhood, from being a head coach to a head cook. No matter your calling, you can be sure that at some point you may need to exert your authority brashly, boldly, with tough talk, using every ounce of authority your office possesses. Sometimes this is necessary, because there is a lot of hardness of heart still going around.
But in this essay, I'd like to suggest a better way, one alluded to in the story of the Transfiguration.
In this story (Mark 9:29), Jesus takes his closest disciples up a mountain, where they watch as he becomes arrayed in glory. At the climax of this story, the voice of the Father says to the astonished disciples, "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!" A story this wondrous has many points, but one certainly seems to be this: Jesus is someone the disciples should listen to. "Listen to him!" says the Father about his Son.
What's less clear is why the disciples should listen to him.
Certainly, there is all this glory, the blinding light that wraps Jesus in a mantle of divinity. After a moment like that, and the Father's command to listen, you almost expect Peter to say sarcastically, "Ya think?"
But apparently, it's not about the glory. The display of glory is not intended to overwhelm the disciples with wonder, though I suspect they did experience wonder. The glory seems designed to get their attention so that the Father can make three things clear: that Jesus is his Father's son; that Jesus is loved by his Father; and therefore, the disciples should listen to Jesus.
It's the second and third parts that interest me—that the disciples should listen to Jesus because Jesus is loved by the Father. That's a connection that doesn't make sense at first blush. What does love have to do with authority? Yet, I think we can grasp what is happening in this extraordinary revelation if we contrast it with a few ways we usually delegate, confer, or grasp at authority.
For example, we sometimes try to confer authority through delegated power. In my workplace, like many, our president often delegates authority to his administrative assistant. When it comes to the formal ladder of authority in our company, the senior managing editor of the flagship magazine has more authority than the administrative assistant to the president. But when the president of the company delegates a task to his administrative assistant, and that administrative assistant asks me to do X, Y, or Z, I do it as if the president has asked me to do it.
When she calls and says, "Mark, Harold would like to set up a lunch with you next week," I don't say, "Well, he knows my number. Tell him to call me! What are you bothering me for?"
No, I respond to Paulette as if it was Harold personally asking me to clear my calendar for him. That's delegated power.
In some ways, of course, Jesus has a kind of delegated authority, no? He's the only begotten Son of the Father, God from God, light from light, true God from true God. And so in our preaching and teaching we sometimes exploit this type of authority: "Jesus had the authority of God. He's Lord. Listen to him!"
We're most tempted to use this approach when people are not living according to the teachings of the gospel. Someone will complain to us, "My friend has betrayed me. It's something I can never forgive. My so-called friend has become my enemy. I will have nothing to do with him!"
And we'll say, at the right pastoral moment of course, "You need to let go, forgive, and love this friend." Along the way, we may talk about the health benefits of not harboring resentment, about the freedom it will bring to forgive, and so on and so forth, trying to cajole our friend into forgiveness. But when our friend remains adamant, and asks one more time, "So give me one good reason I should forgive," that's when we pull out the delegated authority card: "Because Jesus told us to forgive, and he is Lord. We have to listen to him."
What's interesting in the story of the Transfiguration is that during Jesus' greatest moment of glory (at least until the Crucifixion), God does not pull out the delegated authority card. He doesn't say, "This is my son, in whom I have invested all my glory and power. Listen to him!" No, he says something odd and counterintuitive: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him."
Another way we confer authority is by way of endorsement or by appealing to expertise.
My family is at an extended family gathering in a nice California restaurant in Morro Bay. After we give our orders, the waiter asks, "Will you be having wine with your dinner?"
That's when we all turn to Bob, my brother-in-law. Bob's father's business was growing wine grapes, so Bob was raised around wine. He knows something about wine. Bob is an expert on what wine is good and not so good, and what wine goes with what dish. When it comes to wine, Bob enjoys the authority of expertise, so we listen to him when it comes to picking wines.
We listen to our insurance agent about what insurance we need, to our stock broker about what shares to buy, and to our doctor about what prescription to take. It's the authority of expertise.
Note again, though, what the Father does not say here at the Transfiguration. He does not say, "This is my son, a very wise teacher. An expert in moral theology. Listen to him!" To be sure, Jesus is wise, and I think we can safely say he was an expert in moral theology. But none of that comes into play in this climactic moment when God is trying to demonstrate the authority of Jesus. He just says, "This is the one whom I love, so listen to him."
Finally, we have one of our favorite methods of exerting authority: psychological manipulation. This happens in families a lot.
I'll tell my children, "For Mother's Day, I'm thinking your mother would really like someone to take her to the flower show."
There's a part of me that is just trying to be helpful—giving a suggestion for ways my children can honor their mother. And there's a part of me that wants to see my wife have a good time on Mother's Day. But there's a large part of me that just doesn't want to take her to a flower show myself, and I know that if I play this card right, my kids will be guilted into it!
This works more insidiously sometimes. We see it in the empty-nest mother who is so easily hurt if her children fail to call on Sunday, and so the main reason they call every Sunday is so they won't have to hear their mother complain about how her kids have forgotten her. We see it in the man who manipulates his wife into taking his dream vacation, which she finds boring, because as he so often reminds her, he works so hard and so sacrificially for the family and sighs about it all the time. It happens whenever we clearly communicate that our feelings will be hurt or that we'll be angry if we don't get our way. Power by psychological manipulation.
I've been in Christian circles where this is the preferred method for instilling obedience to God. We say, "God doesn't hate us when we sin, but he's just so sad and hurt when we do." Or, "We need to give our lives to Jesus because, well, look at all he's done for us. My gosh, he died for us!" And so on.
But once more, we have to note what the Father does not say at the Transfiguration. He does not say, "This is my beloved Son, and I'll be hurt and sad and maybe even angry if you don't listen to him!"
As we engage our callings, whatever they might be, we'll be tempted time and again to ground our authority in one of these three ways.
My encounter with Stanley serves as an example of grasping for delegated authority. As I said, sometimes tough talk is also love talk, but I can assure you that at the time I was not motivated by love. I was basically telling Stanley that I was the pastor, the one called by God and that congregation to that position. I was a person to be reckoned with because of that calling. Stanley needed to listen to me!
We tend to pull this card a lot because, well, it works. And when it works, we tend to feel pretty proud of ourselves. But I think we should feel something different at such moments: a little disappointment. When we have to exert the authority of our office or calling it's a signal that something has gone wrong. Hardness of heart has won the day again, and brute force is the only way to counter it. While it "works," we should feel as ambiguous as does the victor in a just war—glad that a wrong has been righted, but so very sad at what had to happen to make things right.
I believe this is a special temptation in many churches, where pastors often have an extraordinary amount of formal and informal authority. Pastors can pull rank in almost every area of church life, and they often do. They'll do this in the name of efficiency, or church growth, or the parish mission, or faithfulness to the Bible, or defending truth, or whatever. And every time they exercise this authority, even though they may have won a particular political struggle in their church, they will have lost something as well. But no matter our calling, the less we play this card, the better.
Another temptation will be to ground your authority in expertise. You have taken two classes in church growth, and so naturally your evangelism committee should submit to you! You have a degree in accounting or a Ph.D. in political science or lots of experience as a father, so of course people should listen to you!
This does not mean that we do not have or should not exercise our expertise in our callings. Of course we should. But our expertise—whether it comes from education or experience—is not where our authority is ultimately grounded. Our efficiency, our ability to solve problems or gain insight may be grounded there. But not our authority.
And psychological manipulation will be a constant companion, always whispering in our ears. We'll be tempted time and again to threaten that we'll be hurt or angry if we don't get our way. This is so common I hardly need to illustrate here.
So, the temptations to ground our authority in anything but love will be with us always. But sooner or later, God's good grace will knock us up the side of the head. We'll discover that disconcerting but liberating news that we have no power to ground our authority in the first place. It is something grounded in us, and grounded by another. And that other grounds it in love—more particularly, his love for us. In the same way that we are called to listen to Jesus because the Father loves him, so people in our charge are called to listen to us only because the Father loves us.
It's just at this point that we feel the ground shifting under our feet. This doesn't feel like a very secure foundation for authority. We are tempted to say, "What type of authority is that? If I don't start using my gifts [note the appeal to expertise!] or throwing my weight around [my office!], nothing's going to get done! Who cares if I'm loved? What does that have to do with anything?"
Well, it has a great deal to do with authority.
In the movie Unforgiven, the character played by Clint Eastwood shoots a man who then crawls out of rifle range. As he bleeds to death, the victim calls out to one of his companions hiding within earshot, "I'm thirsty, Slim, Jesus, I'm thirsty. Bring me a drink won't you, Slim? One drink, Slim … I'm dyin', Slim."
That's the situation for all of us when it comes to love—we're desperately thirsty for love, dying for love, the blood draining from our lives while we desperately yearn for love. And when we're in the presence of love, why, we'll do anything asked of us. We listen for love more than we listen for anything.
Here we have this person, Jesus, one utterly beloved of God. Loved by the perfection of love. Son of the Father of love. Intimate with Love itself. As Jesus put it, "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me" (John 14:11). He also said that "whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).
Can you imagine what it would be like to be in the presence of someone who so knew he was loved that he could live and breath and act in complete self-confidence that indeed nothing could separate him from love, nothing could shake the ground of his existence? We rightly believe that Jesus attracted people to himself and his teaching because he loved. Did it ever occur to us that maybe Jesus attracted others also because they could see he lived in the utter confidence that he was loved, and they were desperately thirsty to know what having that type of love was like?
Ultimately, that's the ground of our authority, if we would just believe it. It's a hard thing to believe many days, especially when we're in the thick of things, duking it out with boards or members or clients or competitors. It's hard when we feel our calling or effectiveness or the very purpose of our lives seems to be on the line. At such times, we're tempted to play the cards of delegated authority, of expertise, of manipulation—anything to secure our place in our church, in the office, in our world, anything to justify our existence.
But if we can remember and believe that first and foremost our existence and our authority is grounded in God's love for us, we need not fear, nor respond in fear.
Take my conversation with Stanley. I was a young pastor, desperate to establish my authority in the church, anxious to show myself and others that I deserved the position, that I was strong enough and talented enough to do the job. I was, in short, trying to justify my calling to myself, to my congregation, and to Stanley. So I pulled the delegated authority card.
But if I were to have that conversation today, I hope it would be grounded in the self-confidence that I am loved no matter what, that I don't have to exert anything, prove anything, or justify anything; that there is nothing to prove. If I were to talk to Stanley today, I would hope it would go like this:
"Stanley, I've heard from parishioners that you don't care for the way I'm leading the church, and I'm sorry to hear that. Like most people I want to be liked by everyone, but I also know that this is not possible. Still, I am anxious to hear what you think, because I have a lot to learn as a young pastor. You have a great deal of experience in the church, and I suspect I could learn a lot from you. But I'm wondering if you could do me one favor. Instead of criticizing me to others, I wonder if you'd be willing to just tell me your concerns face to face. I feel I could learn so much more about you and from you if we handled it this way."
I suspect Stanley would have appreciated this approach as well.
Note the difference? The first response was grounded in fear, and was a desperate attempt to justify myself and my position. The second is grounded in the confidence that no matter what Stanley or others in the church think, I am still loved. Knowing and believing that one is loved—well, it carries with it an authority that is hard to define but also hard to resist!
We spend our whole lives learning to lead with love. By that I mean learning to love and learning to believe that we are loved, because it is the latter that makes the former possible. We love because God first loves us—when we really believe that God first loves us.
Each of us in our callings will likely grow in expertise, and we know—or will soon know—the legitimate authority of an office or calling. This is all part of the normal order of growing in authority. But it is not in the normal order of things, and is in fact a divine gift, to recognize the futility of the love of authority and the blessedness of the authority of love.
Mark Galli is senior managing editor of Christianity Today and author of Chaos and Grace: Discovering the Liberating Power of the Holy Spirit (Baker). This essay was adapted from a recent commencement speech given at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.


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Say it ain't so! Did a boys high school basketball player really say that he would beat Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one?
He couldn't have.
Well, apparently not one, not two, but three – yes, count 'em three – of the eight players polled by USA TODAY prior to the Jordan Brand Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., last Saturday said that M.J. in his prime (you know the guy that's an NBA Hall of Famer, has 10 scoring titles, six NBA championships, five league MVPs and is an international icon) would have met his match.
So who are these three that feel they'd get the better of arguably the greatest basketball player ever?
That dubious distinction belongs to Duke signee Matt Jones and Kentucky signees Andrew Harrison and Dakari Johnson.
Jones said he'd defeat "His Airness" 11-5, Harrison said 11-7 and Johnson said 11-10.
Lyons Yellin can be reached at email@example.com or 504.826.3410.


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If the Detroit Tigers are looking to sign Michigan native J.J. Putz to replace Fernando Rodney or Brandon Lyon in the team's bullpen, it may have significant competition.
According to FoxSports.com, as many as six teams are interested in Putz, including Detroit, but also including division rival Chicago.
December 8, FoxSports.com: Free agent reliever J.J. Putz is drawing interest from a number of teams, including the Cubs, White Sox, Diamondbacks, Rangers, Nationals and Tigers, major league sources said late Monday night.
Putz recently held a throwing session for scouts in Arizona. He is seeking to re-establish himself as a late-inning presence, after having surgery to remove a bone spur from his right (throwing) elbow earlier this year.
While Putz's ERA was over 5.00 last season, if fully healthy, Putz would be a welcome addition to what, right now, is a very shaky bullpen without its set-up man and closer from last season.


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Bayeux boasts ancient tapestry, reporters memorial, D-Day history for 70th anniversary
There's a digital clock on display outside the visitors centre in the charming Normandy town of Bayeux — but it doesn't tell the time. It's counting down the days until the 70th anniversary of D-Day in June.
The graves of British soldiers killed on D-Day and during the ensuing battles of the Second World War occupy a cemetery in Bayeux, France. — Photo by The Associated Press
My husband and I visited Bayeux last fall to spend the weekend at a conference. The "clock" seemed to indicate we had landed in the right place to squeeze in some historical sightseeing, since we weren't far from the beaches where Allied forces invaded on June 6, 1944.
But we soon learned that Second World War-related tourism comprises only part of the attraction of Normandy, a region rich in history and natural beauty. The countryside also features quaint cities and centuries-old chateaus, as well as apple farms and windswept coastlines.
Bayeux, about three hours by bus from Paris, is a great place to start.
Billed as the first major town liberated by the Allies, Bayeux was miraculously spared damage during the war. Today, the old town centre boasts cobblestone streets, upscale shops, small eateries and picturesque mills along the narrow Aure River; lacemakers practise the intricate local art across from a cathedral with stunning Norman architecture.
And visitors flock to see the town's namesake tourist attraction: the Bayeux Tapestry. The nearly thousand-year-old treasure, which is actually more of an embroidered scroll, depicts the story of how William, the duke of Normandy, became king of England.
I admit to being skeptical about how impressive this would be — textiles are not usually high on my list of sightseeing priorities. Yet as I moved through the dimly lit museum where the tapestry is displayed, the 70-metre-long piece of fabric came to life like a graphic novel. A quickly paced, handheld audio narrative conveyed an engaging tale of power, intrigue and double-crossing that culminates in William's triumph at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
The threaded illustrations of battle proved a fascinating contrast to the reason we had come to Bayeux.
We were attending events for the 20th anniversary of the Prix Bayeux-Calvados, journalism awards given each year to honour war coverage in print, photo, radio and video. Prize-winning pictures of global conflicts were exhibited at indoor and outdoor venues throughout the town.
The searing images inspired us to pay our respects at the reporters memorial, about a 10-minute walk from the heart of Bayeux. The quiet grove features a path lined by dozens of stone pillars engraved with the names of 2,000 correspondents who have died on the job since the Second World War.
Nearby sits Bayeux's museum of the Battle of Normandy, marked by several tanks parked outside. It's an analog affair by today's standards — instead of interactive iPad displays there are department-store mannequins dressed in battle gear — but the building is packed with information, wall maps, military equipment and period artifacts.
Across the street lies evidence of the true cost of war: a British cemetery and memorial for soldiers killed in the campaign to liberate France. It's hard not to be moved by the young ages on the headstones and the grateful comments left in the guest registry by tourists from around the world. "Thank you for my freedom!" was written more than once.
To reach the actual invasion beaches about 16 kilometres, you'll need to rent a car or reserve a spot on any of several organized tours.
Each of the five "plages du debarquement" — Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword — has its own memorial or museum. The American cemetery above Omaha beach in Colleville-sur-Mer is the final resting place of 9,400 service members, its graves marked by sombre, meticulous rows of crosses overlooking the English Channel. A German battery at Longues-sur-Mer, between Omaha and Gold, still has its original guns.
Along that same stretch of shore, you'll find remains of the Allies' artificial harbour at Arromanches. Without access to a port to unload the tons of supplies needed to support D-Day, officials realized they'd have to create their own. So they floated over pontoons and other structures from England to create roadways from ships to shore; some are still rusting away on the beach. You can learn more at the waterfront war museum or, farther down the road, at a 360-degree movie theatre.
Our quick trip did not leave time for many other regional highlights, including the abbey on the rock at Mont-St.-Michel; the artist Claude Monet's house and gardens at Giverny; and the renowned Gothic cathedral in Rouen, which took nearly 400 years to build.
Many of the region's farms offer tours, tastings and demonstrations of cider making. It's a favourite local product, and bottles of cider — as well as apple liqueurs known as calvados and pommeau de Normandie — are frequently found in souvenir stores. Such shops also have no shortage of war-related mementos, from cheap "Operation Overlord" wallets to old bullets and even "D-Day" branded beer.
Tourism is expected to be heavy for the 70th anniversary of D-Day — "Jour J" in French — with U.S. President Barack Obama and England's Queen Elizabeth among the heads of state expected to mark the day. But the history and beauty of Normandy can be experienced long after the clock ticks down.


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Mason County Central's Nick Bennett managed his second double-double in three weeks in the win over White Cloud. Bennett, who first turned the feat Dec. 14 against Whitehall, had 15 points and 10 rebounds on Friday.
Mason County Central coach Jeff Tuka said the 6-foot-4 senior is growing into the role of scorer.
"He's a very aggressive player who knows his role and carries it out well," Tuka said.
Bennett was one of four players in double figures as Payton Tyndall and Kody Ambrose each had 14 and Josh Ritzema 12.
Tuka said balanced scoring hasn't necessarily been one of the team's strongsuits in a solid 5-1 start.
"We typically have guys who can put it in the basket, but we're not as balanced as this," he said. "It's nice to see. We usually have three guys in double figures, but tonight was extraordinary."
Mason County Central led 10-0, but White Cloud, helped by four first half 3-pointers, tied the game at 17. Still, Mason County Central pulled into a 34-23 halftime lead. The Spartans made only two turnovers in the second half in outscoring White Cloud 37-12.
"Our second half was phenomenal," said Tuka, whose team is giving up an average of 50 points per game. "We've played great defense as far as our opponents scoring. This is the best we've done."
White Cloud got 11 points from Hunter Redman and 10 by Andrew Christiansen.


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U.S. missile attacks targeting Islamic militants in Pakistan's northwest have long been a source of tension between the two countries, complicating an already troubled alliance that Washington is relying on to help negotiate an end to the war in neighboring Afghanistan.
Friction has increased in recent weeks with a pair of especially contentious strikes: one that killed the Pakistani Taliban's leader as the government prepared to invite him to hold peace talks, and another that occurred outside the boundaries of the country's tribal region where most attacks have taken place.
But the U.S. has shown no willingness to abandon a tool it views as critical to fighting al-Qaida and Taliban militants based in Pakistan who are outside the reach of American soldiers.
Pakistani officials regularly criticize the strikes as a violation of the country's sovereignty and say they kill too many civilians. That has made the drone program very unpopular with the Pakistani public.
One of the biggest drone critics has been the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, which is led by cricket star Imran Khan and controls the government in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has pushed the federal government, which is controlled by a rival party, to take extreme measures like cutting off the NATO troop supply line to Afghanistan until the U.S. stops the attacks.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's information secretary, Shireen Mazari, sent a letter to police Wednesday calling for the CIA station chief in Islamabad and agency director John Brennan to be tried for murder and "waging war against Pakistan" in connection with a drone strike on an Islamic seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Hangu district on Nov. 21.
CIA spokesman Dean Boyd would not confirm the Islamabad station chief's name and declined to immediately comment. The Associated Press is not publishing the name given by Mazari because it could not verify its authenticity.
It was the second time in recent years that Pakistanis opposed to drone strikes targeting Islamic militants have claimed to have revealed the identity of the top CIA spy in the country.
Mazari claimed in her letter that the station chief did not enjoy diplomatic immunity and should be prevented from leaving the country. Interrogating him could produce the names of the pilots who fly the drones, she said.
A spokeswoman for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Anila Khawaja, declined to say where the party obtained the station chief's name.
Mazari said in a news conference that the strike in Hangu killed four Pakistanis and two Afghans, and also wounded children.
Pakistani intelligence officials say the attack killed five Afghan militants, one of whom was a deputy to the leader of one of the most dangerous groups fighting American troops in Afghanistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to journalists.
The Hangu district police chief, Iftikhar Ahmad, said at the time of the attack that no one was seriously wounded.
The strike was one of the first to take place outside of Pakistan's tribal region and outraged members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Human rights organizations have also criticized drone strikes in Pakistan, questioning their legality and saying they have killed hundreds of civilians. The U.S. rarely discusses the covert drone program in Pakistan publicly, but officials have insisted it's legal and that the civilian casualty figures are much lower.


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Portland - oh-how-we love-rankings - is No. 3 nationwide with San Francisco for the number and size of parks in the city.
That's according to the ParkScore Index, which analyzed 60 cities, looking at the number, size, spending and people served by municipal green spaces.
Minneapolis was No. 1, followed by New York City.
For Portland, which shares the the third spot with San Francisco, the index considered the following:
- City area: 81,625 acres
- Median park size: 4.5 acres
- Park land as percentage of city area: 17.4 percent
- Spending per resident: $155.26
- Playgrounds per 10,000: 2.1
- Population density: 7.4 per acre
- Park acreage: 14,204 acres
- People served per park acre: 42
- Oldest park: Chapman Park, established 1852
- Largest park: Forest Park, 5,172 acres
It's supposed to be a decent day with not much rain on the forecast through the weekend, making this a good time to enjoy all those green spaces.
-- Lynne Terry


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Rowat, Anne M, Pollock, Alex, St George, Bridget, Cowey, E, Booth, Jo and Lawrence, Maggie (2016) Top ten research priorities relating to stroke nursing: a rigorous approach to establish a national nurse-led research agenda. Journal of Advanced Nursing. ISSN 0309 2402 (In Press)
Pollock, Alex, St George, Bridget and Rowat, Anne M (2015) Top ten research priorities relating to stroke nursing. International Journal of Stroke, 10 (A100). p. 164. ISSN 1747 4930
Chen, Suyan, Peng, Huizhen, Rowat, Anne M, Gao, Feng, Zhang, Zhenxiang, Wang, Peng, Zhang, Weihong, Wang, Xianyuan and Qu, Lixia (2015) The effect of concentration and duration of normobaric oxygen in reducing caspase-3 and -9 expression in a rat-model of focal cerebral ischaemia. Brain Research, 1618. pp. 205-211. ISSN 0006 8993
Kidd, Lisa, Lawrence, Maggie, Booth, Jo and Rowat, Anne M (2015) Stroke self-management: what does good nursing support look like? Primary Health Care, 25 (3). pp. 24-27. ISSN 0264-5033
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Mahoney, Catherine M, Rowat, Anne M, Macmillan, Maureen and Dennis, Martin S (2015) Nasogastric feeding for stroke patients: practice and education. British Journal of Nursing, 24 (6). pp. 319-325. ISSN 0966-0461
Rowat, Anne M, Graham, Catriona and Dennis, Martin S (2014) Renal dysfunction in stroke patients: A hospital-based cohort study and systematic review. International Journal of Stroke, 9 (5). pp. 633-639. ISSN 1747 4930
Rowat, Anne M (2014) Dysphagia, nutrition and hydration post stroke. British Journal of Nursing, 23 (12). p. 634. ISSN 0966-0461
Rowat, Anne M (2013) Conclusion to the stroke series. Nursing Standard, 27 (32). p. 46. ISSN 0029-6570
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Rowat, Anne M, Graham, Catriona and Dennis, Martin S (2012) Dehydration in hospital admitted stroke patients: detection, frequency and association. Stroke, 43 (3). pp. 857-859. ISSN 0039-2499
Rowat, Anne M (2011) Malnutrition and dehydration after stroke. Nursing Standard, 26 (14). pp. 42-46. ISSN 0029-6570
Rowat, Anne M (2011) Introduction to the stroke series. Nursing Standard, 26 (2). pp. 35-36. ISSN 0029-6570
Rowat, Anne M, Smith, Laura, Graham, Catriona, Lyle, Dawn, Horsburgh, Dorothy and Dennis, Martin S (2011) A pilot study to assess if urine specific gravity and urine colour charts are useful indicators of dehydration in acute stroke patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67 (9). pp. 1976-1983. ISSN 03092402
Cruickshank, Susanne, Barber, D M, Kennedy, Catriona, Rowat, Anne M and Small, R (2010) Using a needs assessment tool in breast cancer follow-up. European Journal of Cancer Supplements, 8 (6). p. 36. ISSN 1359 6349
Rowat, Anne M, Steele, Barbara and Morrow, Billie (2009) Using the mnemonic 'brain attack' in the management of acute stroke. Nursing Standard, 24 (6). pp. 50-57. ISSN 0029-6570
Rowat, Anne M, Lawrence, Maggie, Horsburgh, Dorothy, Legg, Lynn and Smith, Lorraine N (2009) Stroke research questions - a nursing perspective. British Journal of Nursing, 18 (2). pp. 100-104. ISSN 0966-0461
Horsburgh, Dorothy, Rowat, Anne M, Mahoney, Catherine M and Dennis, Martin S (2008) A necessary evil? the use of interventions to prevent nasogastric tube-tugging after stroke. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 4 (5). pp. 230-234. ISSN 1747-0307
Rowat, Anne M, Chalmers, Campbell and Rennie, Dianne (2007) Determining nursing staffing levels for stroke beds in Scotland. In: Scottish Stroke Nurses Forum, 2007.
Rowat, Anne M, Wardlaw, Joanna M and Dennis, Martin S (2006) Abnormal breathing patterns in stroke: relationship with location of acute stroke lesion and prior cerebrosvascular disease. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 78 (3). pp. 277-279. ISSN 00223050
Rowat, Anne M, Dennis, Martin S and Wardlaw, Joanna M (2006) Central periodic breathing observed on hospital admission is associated with an adverse prognosis in conscious acute stroke patients. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 21 (5-6). pp. 340-347. ISSN 1015-9770
Rowat, Anne M, Dennis, Martin S and Wardlaw, Joanna M (2006) Hypoxaemia in acute stroke is frequent and worsens outcome. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 21 (3). pp. 166-172. ISSN 1015-9770
Hand, P J, Wardlaw, Joanna M, Rowat, Anne M, Haisma, J A, Lindley, R I and Dennis, Martin S (2005) Magnetic resonance brain imaging in patients with acute stroke: feasibility and patient related difficulties. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 76 (11). pp. 1525-1527. ISSN 0022-3050
Mahoney, Catherine M, Rowat, Anne M and Dennis, Martin S (2005) NHS safety agency issues guidance on naso-gastric tubes. BMJ, 330 (7489). p. 438. ISSN 1468-5833
Rowat, Anne M, Wardlaw, Joanna M and Dennis, Martin S (2004) Changes in arterial oxygen saturation before and after enteral feeding tube insertion in dysphagic stroke patients. Age and Ageing, 33 (1). pp. 42-45. ISSN 0002-0729
Rowat, Anne M (2001) Patient positioning and its effect on brain oxygenation. Nursing Times, 97 (43). p. 30. ISSN 0954-7762
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Rowat, Anne M, Wardlaw, Joanna M, Dennis, Martin S and Warlow, Charles P (2001) Patient positioning Influences oxygen saturation in the acute phase of stroke. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 12 (1). pp. 66-72. ISSN 1015-9770
Rowat, Anne M (2001) What do nurses and therapists think about the positioning of stroke patients? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 34 (6). pp. 795-803. ISSN 0309 2402
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I talked to Jeff Jarvis who discusses how technology has created a lower demand for many type of jobs that are likely never to return. He proposes how we might deal with the consequences.
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Traditional media's refusal to enter the link economy
Blogger ethics tend to be better than traditional journalism ethics when it comes to linking to sources. It's actually far more likely you won't find a single link in any articles in most mainstream news publications online. Sometimes they may even write out the source, but won't link to it.


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Bars looking to buck Fat City's strong zoning restrictions took another blow Monday when a federal appeals court upheld an earlier decision to toss out their lawsuits against Jefferson Parish. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman was right to dismiss two lawsuits asserting the Parish Council's ordinance violated the business owners' constitutional rights.
"It's a great deal of foresight and courage that the council exercised in taking this step, and the court saw that," said Thomas Anzelmo Sr., an attorney who represented the parish in the case.
In September 2010, the council passed a broad ordinance meant to steer Fat City's future development away from its sordid nightlife reputation. Bars operating in the four-block wide section of Metairie had to close by midnight during the week and 1 a.m. on weekends. They also had to watch noise levels, install surveillance cameras, clean up litter and report suspicious activity to police, among other tasks.
City Bar owner Anthony Marullo sued soon after the council's action, as did other bar owners in separate litigation. The two cases were consolidated in Feldman's court.
The bar owners argued that the ordinance would kill their profits and give bars nearby, but outside Fat City's boundaries, the unfair advantage of later hours of operation. The ordinance violated their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection, and it amounted to the government's illegal taking of private property, they said, calling the council's action "arbitrary and capricious."
Feldman disagreed when he heard the cases in December, and the appeals court backed him up Monday. (Read PDF of the 5th Circuit's ruling.)
Fat City, which is bounded by Severn and West Esplanade avenues, Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Division Street, has some historical significance, and the council took the time to hold public hearings and deliberate on its plan for the area. This undermined the bar owners' allegation that the council was illegally "spot-zoning," according to the appellate court.
Its ruling also stated that any boundary was bound to have establishments on both sides, and that to negate the Fat City ordinance because one bar had an advantage over another would open almost all borders to legal questions.
Additionally, the council's decision didn't amount to the government's taking of property by undercutting the owners' ability to make a buck.
"The limitations imposed by the ordinance might have some adverse economic effect on appellants' businesses by decreasing revenue and increasing costs," the panel wrote. However, "they are still able to operate bars and other businesses, as they did prior to the enactment of the new zoning rules."
The panel of appellate judges -- 5th Circuit Judges Edith Jones of Houston and Catharina Haynes of Dallas and District Judge Kurt Engelhardt of Metairie, specially designated for the Fat City case -- also stated that a reduction in crime and bad behavior associated with the late-night hours would benefit the community as a whole, despite the economic blow to the bars.
"That, in essence, is what the council sought about to do," Anzelmo said.
Anthony Glorioso, an attorney representing City Bar, didn't return a message left Monday seeking comment.
Should similar cases make their way through the courts, Anzelmo said Monday's decision will serve as precedent.
Jones and Feldman were nominated by President Reagan, Haynes and Engelhardt by President George W. Bush.


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You remember all of those calls for strict water conservation that we've been hearing throughout the Southeast over the past year, as we've been dealing with a pretty significant drought? Who would've thunk it, but local governments have just noticed the classic economic law that less production equals more cost:
Fulton County officials praised county water users Wednesday for their success at conservation — then socked them with a 15 percent rate increase for their effort.
The conservation penalty the County Commission adopted Wednesday 6-0 matches the increase Atlanta utility officials asked to impose earlier this year but which the City Council so far has resisted. The average water/sewer bill should increase nearly $9 per month to a total of about $68 per month, water officials said.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio, Michigan and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fishery experts are sampling the waters of western Lake Erie this week, trying to find evidence of a breeding population of the noxious Asian carp.
It was expected the Asian carp would slip into the Great Lakes through a watery Chicago gateway to Lake Michigan. Samples taken in the Maumee Bay and Sandusky Bay areas collected in August 2011, but not released until last month, tested positive for bighead carp and silver carp DNA. While individual bighead carp have been caught in Ohio commercial nets — one in 1995 and two in 2000 — Ohio fisheries head Rich Carter said those fish weren't born up north.
"Studies of the otoliths [ear stones] indicated those Asian carp spent their early years in southern waters," said Carter. "We feel those fish may have been released in Lake Erie."
There is a custom of buying Asian carp for a celebration and eating one, and releasing the other as a gesture of good will.
Four of the positive DNA samples from the Ohio waters of Sandusky Bay tested positive for bighead carp. Two from the Michigan waters of northern Maumee Bay tested positive for silver carp, the dramatic "jumpers" that vault from the water when disturbed.
Surveys began Monday in Sandusky Bay and Maumee Bay, focusing on the collection of water samples for DNA analysis. In an effort to capture an Asian carp, electroshocking and netting surveys of suitable bighead and silver carp habitat starts next Monday. In addition to sites where positive samples were found, fisheries experts also will sample the Sandusky and Maumee rivers, considered the favorite habitat for the carp. "This sampling will help us to put things in perspective relative to the presence of Asian carp in western Lake Erie," said Carter. "It is the next step in a responsible path forward. Any management action will be based on the additional analysis."
Carter said there is no evidence to suggest there is a breeding population of Asian carp in Lake Erie. The carp feed on algae and plankton, making it unlikely a sport angler would hook one. But Carter noted the Division of Wildlife is constantly surveying Lake Erie with trawl and gill nets, and there are many commercial fishing nets in use in both the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake Erie.
Wardens in hot water: The Allan Wright fiasco in Brown County has grown to include two more officers with the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Wright was convicted in a Cincinnati federal court of helping a South Carolina wildlife officer to illegally buy a $19 resident hunting license instead of a $125 nonresident license. Wright was recently fined $1,000, ordered to serve three months of home confinement and had all hunting privileges suspended for five years.
The Wright case also snared five wildlife managers, including former chief David Graham, for concealing Wright's actions.
Wright is back in hot water after a post-hunt photo surfaced of Wright, field supervisor David Warner and Clinton County wildlife officer Matthew Roberts.
It seems the trio hunted while on the clock with the wildlife division, something Wright told the court was routine.
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GUANGDONG SIMANI SILK CO., LTD (hereinafter referred to as "SIMANI SILK") specializes in exporting raw silk ,fabric and garments as well as domestic retail ,and it's relevant company is GUANGZHOU TAIKEE TEXTILE CO.,LTD . SIMANI SILK is not only the member of CHINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR IMPORT & EXPORT OF TEXTILES but also the main barterer of JIAXING COOCON-SILK FUTURE MARKET and GUANGXI FUTURE MARKET.We have our own factory, storage and handling facilities, quality control mechanism, and also have long- term fixed corporation relationship with shipping companies which are well-known in international maritime shipping sector, to provide effective, prompt and high-quality services to our clients. Our product always enjoys high prestige in Europe, India, Japan and other countries and regions.
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Yesterday's parade of low pressure systems took their time moving out of our area, keeping drizzle around well into the evening in some localities. Even this morning we could still some periods of very light rain as the low levels remain moist, but things should start to finally dry out by this afternoon. The sun is even expected to peak out for a few hours before it sets, while afternoon temperatures will likely top out in the upper 50s.
It's looking likely now that New York City will make it through the month of October without a frost or freeze, as this season's low temperature so far at Central Park has only been 37 on two occasions this month. Typically, the city sees its first 32-degree reading of the fall on Oct. 27; last year we had to wait until Nov. 18.
On Oct. 8 an asteroid exploded in the atmosphere above Bone, Indonesia, with the impact two to three times that of the atomic bombs that we unleashed on Japan in World War II. Remarkably, while this has understandably been a big story in Indonesia, word of the event is just now making it to the West.
The occurrence is notable, even though no notable damage has been reported, because astronomers were caught completely by surprise by the asteroid's arrival. This isn't especially reassuring.
Meanwhile in Sasquatch news, a group of men from Virginia and West Virginia who apparently have had nothing else to do this month, and who are collectively known as Sasquatch Watch of Virginia, have spent the past few weekends in and around the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area near Elkins, W.Va., looking for Bigfoot.
They haven't found him (or her), or any signs of this most elusive beast. They've focused on areas where sightings have been reported, and have taken plaster casts of some suspicious footprints.
There are two conclusions to draw from this --- when it comes to pranks kids in West Virginia don't have the most impressive imagination, and there are a lot of men in that part of the country who just can't wait for hunting season to start.
Yesterday's extreme temperatures in the contiguous United States --- High: 95 at Laredo, Texas; Low: 8 at Yellowstone, Wyo. The moon is currently waxing gibbous, 79 percent illuminated.


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Let me dispense with all the nonsense and penetrate to the heart of the current brouhaha in Washington:
If we're not going to have death panels, then we sure as heck are going to have tax hikes.
I bring this up because on Tuesday I got to spend some time with the man most responsible for the current standoff in D.C. That's Grover Norquist, who is the head of Americans for Tax Reform and the originator of that pledge politicians sign promising they'll never vote to raise taxes.
That sounds good, but let us consider it in light of the "death panel" issue. Sarah Palin made that term famous when she accused the Obama administration of planning to have teams of bureaucrats decide when to stop paying out Medicare benefits for end-of-life care.
The Democrats hollered that this was a vicious slander. Every single one of them promised to spend every cent possible to extend every citizen's life for as long as possible.
So did the Republicans. And therein lies the problem. All but a handful of the Republicans in Congress have signed Norquist's famous pledge. Similarly, all but a handful of Republicans in Congress voted in favor of the single biggest Medicare expansion in history, back in the George W. Bush years.
None of this is Norquist's fault. When I got to chat with him a bit, I saw he's not one of those "national greatness" neocons who led the hapless Bush into starting two wars that he had no idea how to finish or to finance.
Still, his pledge ignores human nature. It's easy to get politicians to promise they won't take money from the citizenry. It's impossible get them to promise they won't give money to the citizenry.
During a speech at a Newark restaurant to a group organized by once — and perhaps future — congressional candidate Anna Little of Monmouth County, Norquist tried to address that problem. He described the Democrats as a "dependency coalition," made up of union leaders, trial lawyers and others who rely on government to put together a pile of cash for them to split up.
"If we say 'no new taxes' and we put our foot on the air hose, and we say it and we mean it, then that pile of cash begins to dwindle," he said.
That pile sure didn't dwindle under Bush. If all the Republicans who signed that no-new-tax pledge had also voted against new spending, Bush would have left office with a balanced budget. Instead he left office having contributed more to the national debt than any other president in history.
When I cornered Norquist afterward, I asked him what went wrong during the Bush years.
"There was nobody sitting around the table saying, 'My vote-moving issue is total spending,' " Norquist responded. "With the advent of the tea party movement, you now have an 800-pound gorilla at the table whose issue is the size of government. Before, there was no one who would walk out the door if you spent too much."
He said this with such optimism that, for a moment, I thought it might be true. But when it comes to an issue like those death panels, the tea partiers demand more spending, not less. Imagine a congressman going before a tea party rally and telling the partyers that as long as we have Medicare, we need death panels or something like them. And even then we need to double the current payroll tax if we want to pay the true cost of Medicare.
That's true, but no politician can say it. Thanks to Social Security and Medicare, that "dependency coalition" includes everyone in America who is over 65 or expects to be.
And that's just part of the problem. I've been to a lot of tea party events and I've seen a lot of adherents to the nutty neocon foreign policy that ran up more than a trillion in debt. These people cheered when the Republicans decided to export the American welfare state to the Mideast. But they also praise those Republicans for not raising taxes.
So forget that anti-tax pledge. I'll give Norquist credit for believing in it. But in a world where a character like Palin can be considered a legitimate candidate for president, it does more harm than good.
By the way, here's a copy of the actual pledge. I added a little something to it to make it more accurately reflect the way the Republicans in Congress have employed it.
See if you can guess which words I added:
I hereby pledge to:
ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses; and
TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.
THREE, Spend like a drunken sailor anyway and pass the bill to the next generation.


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At the end of last night's "Daily Show" episode and the beginning of the following "Colbert Report," Jon Stewart and Colbert engaged in a ridiculous foot chase across New York City with Colbert demanding Stewart return the Super PAC to its rightful owner.
But the money it raised is serious business.
The "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow" super political action committee has raised a surprising $1.02 million, according to The Washington Post. Colbert needed it back so he could supposedly submit its financial reports to the Federal Election Commission.
The Post says Colbert raised the money by seeking donations from his show's audience and has used the PAC to satirize the "absurdity" of campaign finance law.
Back when Colbert wanted to run for president, he transferred control of the super PAC to his buddy Stewart. But on Monday night, he came back for it and eventually got it back, hanging Stewart upside down and sucking the PAC energy from the "Daily Show" host's body mouth-to-mouth with the help of some C-grade special effects.
Watch the silliness ensue:


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I am organizing the colloquium for the Stanford Anthropology department this winter. I believe it may be the first time that a faculty member for the Ecology and Environment group has organized the colloquium since the Blessed Event that merged departments back in 2008 (though I'm not certain of that). There have been a few […]
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Foreign worker ID card processing to be expedited
July 16, 2012, 12:09 am TWN
TAIPEI--Taiwan will shorten the time needed for foreign workers in Taiwan to get ID cards so that it can better protect the workers' rights and manage the country's foreign population, the National Immigration Agency said.
Beginning July 16, foreign workers will be able to obtain an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) in 10 days rather than the 30 days currently needed, the agency said.
Under the measure, foreign workers entering Taiwan on a resident visa can obtain an ARC valid for six months within 10 days after presenting the agency with recruitment approval letters issued by the Council of Labor Affairs.
In the past, workers had to provide work permits issued by the council, which take around 30 days to be processed, in order to get an ARC.
The measure will shorten the time it takes for foreign workers to apply for labor and NHI in Taiwan, the agency said.
Hsieh Li-kung, director-general of the agency, said that his agency has revised the ARC application procedure so as not to affect foreign workers' access to labor and health insurance.


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Published on December 07, 2012
One person is dead, and two people sent to hospital in this accident just west of Goobies on the Trans-Canada HIghway.
Ross Mair/The Packet
Published on December 07, 2012
The driver of the blue sedan was killed when it collided with the west-bound truck. The driver and passenger of the truck were taken to hospital in Clarenville. RCMP are cautioning drivers to find alternatives routes as the TCH will be closed until further notice.
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Published on December 07, 2012
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TCH to be closed for 'four to six hours'
The driver of an east-bound vehicle — a Honda sedan — has died following a two-vehicle accident just west of Goobies on the Trans-Canada Highway this afternoon.
The two occupants of the other vehicle, a Ford truck, were transported to hospital in Clarenville with undetermined injuries.
Clarenville RCMP is advising the TCH will be closed in both directions west of Goobies at Trailside until further notice.
RCMP Traffic Services Collision Re-constructionists are enroute to the scene.
Updates to be provided when available.
The public is asked to find alternate routes, if possible, as the highway will be closed during the course of the investigation.


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Bucking a three-year trend, major crime reported in Kenner increased in the first half of 2011, jumping 11 percent from the same time period in 2010, the Police Department said Wednesday.
The main reason was property crime, up 13 percent from January through June. Violent crimes decreased 12 percent.
"What we're seeing is the effects of the economy," Police Chief Steve Caraway said.
The annual crime statistics in Kenner have shown decreases every year since 2008. Last year, the drop was 13 percent.
Kenner reports crime in seven major categories.
So far this year, the biggest percentage increase has been in thefts: 13 percent.
Community leaders say they have noticed the uptick, sometimes on a very personal level.
Remy Bosio, president of the Beachview Heights Civic Association, thwarted a break-in attempt at his house this past weekend. He heard two men at his front door about 2 a.m. and went out the side door to investigate. The men ran off when they heard him, Bosio said.
"I don't like the crime situation in Kenner," he said. "I'm concerned about it."
He blamed some crime in his neighborhood on the rundown apartments, owned by absentee landlords, a few blocks to the south, around 42nd Street, Vintage Drive and Newport Place. "I'm against slumlords," Bosio said. "I think that exacerbates the crime."
Patricia Davis, president of the Lincoln Manor Civic Association, said she hadn't noticed the increase in crime.
But Ruth Rosales, president of the University City Civic Association, said criminals are "stealing things out of yards, breaking into sheds."
More police patrols would help, Rosales said. "More police presence is always good."
Caraway agrees. "Obviously my objective is to keep officers on the street in neighborhoods," he said. "We try to focus on keeping the officers in the neighborhoods, keeping them focused on community-type policing."
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Three Local Groups Have Eyes On Cockaigne
August 26, 2013
CHERRY CREEK — Three local parties have shown interest in purchasing Cockaigne Ski Area....
Horse trails would be wonderful as riding on roads can be so dangerous. Horses in the summer and snowmobile trails in the winter might be a great idea. Motorcycles and 4 wheelers would cut up the trails and be too noisy for neighbors in that beautiful area.
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Let's hope this works and that Jack is feeling charitable towards the community. This could be a golden moment for him to give back to the area that he loves.
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To the Nines: Twelve Apostles Hotel in Cape Town Celebrates 9/9/2009
* Luxury accommodation
* Full English Breakfast daily
* Complimentary early check-in and late departure, dependent on availability
* A bottle of South Africa's best sparkling wine on arrival.
* 5-course dinner in Azure restaurant on two of the three evenings
* A romantic rose petal turndown
* A flight of 9 wines per couple to enjoy with your dinner. (Fresh & Bubbly, Light & Fruity, Richly South African)
* Complimentary movies in the in-house cinema, carefully selected around the theme "9"
* A choice of one of the following spa treatments (per person) in the award-winning Sanctuary Spa: a full body exfoliation, a Moya euphoric milk bath or a 60 minute Swedish massage.
* Complimentary use of the Sanctuary Spa hot jet, cold plunge pools and flotation pools.
* Complimentary scheduled transfer service to Camps Bay and the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront between 8 am and 8 pm
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