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Personally I managed to get last twin room! Got new rainbow plaza and indeed travelled from shinjuku to hakone yamato station - it is nearest hotel in vincity and tge largest! It is next nice river and we took lift to level 2. I like thank the ever smiling "zhong shan" customer service officer. She brought me to my room to checkin and ensure i am totally satisfy with the room. I asked early check in as need rush to lake aiki via my hakone free pass. High point is the superb public bath - my main purpose of booking n to relax after exploring hakone vincinity
I loved this place, but I also was ready to go after 36 hours. It has charm, it has great service, and it is in a beautiful setting.
The big building in the back is late 60s hotel, and it does not feel like it's seen many updates. By volume, most people will stay here.
Overall, this seems to be like the place you would go with your grandparents when you want to take them somewhere nice.
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UK Design Students' Research Showcased at The Livery
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 8, 2012) — On May 9, the University of Kentucky College of Design (CoD) will close the academic year with its fifth End of Year Student Show featuring projects and proposals by the college's architecture, historic preservation and interior design students for the 2013-2014 school year.
This annual exhibition showcases the innovative research, design and partnerships taking place at CoD through the work of the most noteworthy studios.
Studios presented in the show are revolutionizing design solutions for problems experienced on a global level and even more locally within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The UK CoD End of Year Student Show, a free public exhibition, will run from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 9, at The Livery, located at 238 East Main Street in Lexington. A reception for graduating students and their families will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. The reception for the general public will follow at 7 p.m. In addition to the reception, an ice cream cart will be on hand for the festivities.
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EAST ORANGE — Adults and children are gathered on Soverel's Skating Pond in East Orange for sleigh rides in this photo taken on Christmas morning, 1896. A mule is hitched to the sled, which appears to have rows of bench seats for multiple riders.
The pond was located at what is now Soverel Park, bounded by Springdale Avenue and North Park Street. According to eohistory.info, the pond was on the estate of the Soverel family, who built the first Soverel House in 1757.
Alterations were made to the house in 1840, 1864 and 1870, and it still stands today besides Soverel Field.
The website notes that nearby Springdale Lake was the "money-making" body of water in the vicinity, from which ice blocks were chopped in the winter and stored in sawdust in an ice house on the shore of the lake.
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In their latest mock drafts, NFL Network analysts Daniel Jeremiah and Charles Davis peg Notre Dame offensive tackle Zack Martin for the Miami Dolphins with the 19th-overall pick. But it wouldn't surprise either or them if the versatile linemen went earlier, maybe even as high as 12th to the Giants.
In fact, Jeremiah, a former NFL scout, heard from a general manager recently that he didn't expect Martin to be there at No. 19 when the Dolphins selected. It's been generally assumed that Martin is the fourth-best offensive lineman in the draft behind Auburn's Greg Robinson, Texas A&M's Jake Matthews and Michigan's Taylor Lewan.
"I talked to a general manager the other day," Jeremiah said Thursday on a conference call to discuss the draft, "and his name came up, Zack Martin, and he asked me what I thought. I said I don't see how Miami could pass on him. He's too clean.
"And he said he doesn't think he'll be there when they pick at 19."
Martin (6-4, 308) makes plenty of sense for the Giants, who have injury concerns with three of their five offensive line starters. He can play a variety of positions, including center -- where the Giants lack a proven backup at this time and are crossing their fingers on recently-signed starter J.D. Walton.
"If what we're hearing is accurate, and it seems like there's a good amount of credibility to it, there are a number of places he could go prior to Miami, and a lot depends on what people see him as," Davis said. "Do you see him as a tackle? Do you see him as a guard? Do you know that they worked him out as a center, as well? People may believe he can adapt and move inside and play that position, too.
"So what did you say, Daniel, you started with the Giants at 12? Yeah, the Giants at 12. If St. Louis keeps that pick at 13 and all the premier tackles are off the board already and they went in a different direction with their second pick not being traded or what have you, Zack Martin could make sense there. That's not out of line."
While Lewan, another name linked commonly to the Giants, comes with question marks, Martin is considered a "cleaner" prospect. He comes with very few question marks, but maybe a lower ceiling. Here's the "Bottom Line," on Martin according to NFL.com draft expert Nolan Nawrocki:
"Athletic, smart, competitive, dependable college left tackle whose length dictates a move inside, where he has plug-and-play ability in a zone-blocking scheme. One of the cleanest prospects in this year's draft."
See for yourself. This is Martin against Stanford this season.


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Journey with Dad's ashes led to a profound awakening and a new life.
The hipster hype about the sharing economy only goes so far.
"They say that in order to best overcome a breakup, you must be single for as long as half the duration of the relationship."
"You will not, for example, find a player named Barden representing any county but Longford. Or a Considine playing his heart out for any county but Clare."
Hillary Clinton's opponents often ask what she ever did for Northern Ireland. Just consider the below points, which her campaign makes.
Capitulation to the far right has spelled its end.
"Trump voters, to be specific -- don't seem to believe assimilation is even possible, the Irish-Jewish Levov marriage should remain some kind of hopeful American ideal."
No matter how old you get, you will always remember that nothing beats the thrill of Halloween.
Shy Trumpites and lazy Democrats may well allow him to win.
"Kids would dress up in sloppy clothes and transform themselves into little Ragamuffins. They would knock on doors and shout "Anything for Thanksgiving!" The hope was that the kindly homeowner would offer up tasty treats."
My €1 bet is a loser, just like Trump apparently.
"Now that people have had time to digest the detail, the reaction to last week's budget has been very disappointing for the government."
The following are the sound bytes that I would urge him to lead with and keep coming back to.
Dr. Phillip Thomas Tucker's new book on how the Irish saved the Union at the Battle of Gettysburg.
They raided the house so often, he dug a tunnel under the bath, about the size of a coffin, and would climb in there while the Black and Tans and auxiliaries combed the place.
If Donald Trump could see the world through Grace's eyes.
Well, at least they didn't get into any "locker room talk."
Donald Trump is a living, breathing, sniffling, worst-case example of what happens when, after decades of getting away with it, someone is finally and very publically called to task for their behavior.
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As war movies go it has everything that makes such movies enjoyable...I can't recommend it enough.
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The crowdsourcing site Kickstarter just turned three years old, and the New York Times has a nice profile that explores how the company has evolved and how its changed the way entrepreneurs, artists, and anyone else with an idea can raise capital online.
How to avoid getting swindled under the JOBS Act
The new JOBS Act was aimed at making it easier for start-ups to raise cash, but critics warn the legislation makes it easier for criminals to do the same. In this Reuters TV video, Fred Katayama explains how you can avoid getting ripped off.


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The public union double standards include lobbying
If a person receives more than $2,500 pay in a quarter on lobby activities in Pennsylvania, they are required to register as a lobbyist with the state.
But records show the Pennsylvania leaders of the United Food and Commercial Workers, AFSCME and the AFL-CIO all were paid well in excess of $2,500 a quarter for lobby activities in 2013 but did not register as lobbyists.
As lobbyists, they are allowed frequent contact with lawmakers and their staffs in person, via phone and e-mail on key legislative issues.
If they are going to get that right, everyone should know it and they should be legitimately registered as lobbyists. If the head of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry who is registered tried to lobby without proper certification, these union leaders would be in an uproar.
But they are accustomed to double standards. They live by one of the biggest ones around.
They are allowed to take union dues and spend them on political activities, which usually surface in the form of absurd ads, the latest opposing liquor privatization and pension reform in the state.
We suspect that the individual members of these public unions are just like anyone else; they have their individual beliefs and they may or may not agree with the majority of the union membership.
But right now they don't have any say over how their dues are spent.
Legislation pending in Harrisburg called paycheck protection would empower government workers with a say in how their money is spent on politics.
Government union leaders should be held to the same standard as everyone else.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz knows winning the NFC North is going to be tough for many years.
Green Bay was 15-1 during the regular season last year. Detroit finished 10-6 and made the playoffs. Chicago was 7-3 and in playoff contention before Jay Cutler's thumb injury. The Bears were 1-5 without Cutler and finished last season 8-8.
It might be hard to win the NFC North with less than 10 wins, but Schwartz said his goal is not to achieve a specific number of victories in 2012 during this week's NFL Owners Meetings.
"I have heard people talk about the 'Race to 10' and different foolishness," Schwartz said. "I think that's foolish. The whole idea is to win every game you play and try to get in (the playoffs). Once you're in, (you need to) have some firepower (so) you can get through."
Raheem Morris, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach, previously coined the phrase "Race to 10." Morris' goal was for his team to have 10 wins before any other NFC team, however, Schwartz did not direct his comments toward Morris.
"We've seen the last couple of years that it makes no difference if you have 10 or 15 (wins)," Schwartz said. "Green Bay had 15 last year. That didn't get them their ultimate prize. The year before they made the playoffs in the last week of the season, and they had some things happened that helped them get in. They got hot and won the Super Bowl.
"If you go over to (Green Bay coach) Mike (McCarthy's) table (at NFC breakfast earlier this week), 2010 was a much better season than 2011, even though they went 15-1 last year in the regular season. That's not the objective. The objective isn't to be good in the regular season. The objective is to get to the postseason. The easiest way to do that is to win your division. I don't think anybody goes into it with a preset idea of how many. We're going to try to win every one of them."
Schwartz just knows it will be hard in the NFC North.
"Think back to when I took the job with the Lions (2009 season)," Schwartz said. "Chicago didn't have Jay Cutler. They didn't have Julius Peppers. They didn't have Brandon Marshall. Green Bay was transitioning from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers. I think Aaron Rodgers completed his first season at quarterback. They didn't have Clay Matthews. I think (Charles) Woodson was hurt. I don't even know how much of an impact he made in the 2008 season. We played them when I was in Tennessee.
"Minnesota didn't even have (Brett) Favre. Favre made that move in the spring of that year. It was a completely looking different division then. Now you have Matt Stafford, Aaron Rodgers, Jay Cutler, three of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, not just the NFC North. Minnesota drafted a quarterback (Christian Ponder) last year. They'll get Adrian Peterson back (this season). It's a very, very strong division. It looks like it will be that way for a long time."


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Distracted Thoughts is a sculpture based on ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a biological, brain-based condition that is characterized by poor attention and distractibility and/or hyperactive and impulsive behaviors. Distractibility, forgetfulness, frustrations, restlessness, isolation, difficulty organizing self, tendency to act or blurt out before thinking, difficulty maintaining long-term relationships- these are just a few of the issues individuals with ADHD.


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Lindsay Lohan's court style may be questionable to many, but she's a winner with would-be fashionistas.
The white Kimberly Ovitz-designed minidress she wore to her arraignment last week was already a hot seller at places like Bloomingdale's and Neiman Marcus and at online retailers like Intermix and Shopbop, according to the New York Post. Fewer than 1,000 of the "Glavis Albino" minidress were made, and had been on sale since December.
But demand skyrocketed after Lohan's appearance Wednesday, with the dress selling out online by week's end and in short supply at brick-and-mortar stores.
"It's been a frenzy!" an Ovitz sales associate told the Post. "We know, definitely, that people want that dress again because of Lindsay."
Now, Ovitz has contacted retailers about a "re-cut," a second manufacturing and order of the dress, with a suggested retail price of $575, the Post said.
Lohan was in court after being charged with felony grand theft in connection with a $2,500, one-of-a-kind necklace she's accused of stealing from a Venice, Calif., jewelry store. Lohan pleaded not guilty, and claims she was lent the necklace to drum up publicity for the designer. She's due back in court Feb. 23.
'Marley' in the works
"Making a movie about Bob Marley hasn't been easy," the Los Angeles Times recently noted. Both Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Demme have made attempts, and failed.
But this time, it's a go. Director Kevin Macdonald ("The Eagle," "The Last King of Scotland") has been confirmed to helm "Marley," a new documentary on the Jamaican reggae pioneer, the Times reports.
The film will examine "the life, legacy and global impact of a true legend," the producers said in a statement. It will include interviews with many of the figures in and around the singer-songwriter's life, and Macdonald will be able to include material from Marley's archives. The Marley family has given its OK.
". . . What made Bob tick is probably unanswerable, but viewers will certainly feel that they know him a little better after seeing our documentary," Macdonald said in the statement.
Although Macdonald's focus has primarily been feature films recently — including "The Eagle," which opened Friday — he's no stranger to documentaries, having directed the acclaimed films "Touching the Void" and "One Day in September," among others.
Marley, whose music and image are still known across the globe, died from complications of cancer in 1981 at age 36.
His life and legacy was the subject of a Billboard cover story this month.
"Bob Marley's in every new day," his widow, Rita Marley, told Billboard. "There's not one day that his music is not played all over the world."
More around the Web
• The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin attended a Pistons-Heat game Friday night in Auburn HIlls, Mich. It was her first public appearance since her undisclosed surgery in early December. (She was rumored to be pancreatic cancer.) According to reports, she appeared in good spirits and said she was "feeling really great."
• Pamela Anderson is suing an ex-boyfriend — a real estate tycoon — for $1 million over a condo she never got, TMZ says.
• Broadway's problem-plagued "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has been cited by New York safety officials over performer-related accidents last year, the New York Times reports.
• Does Lady Gaga's new single rip off Madonna? You be the judge.


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It's fashion week in New York City again, and The Pantone Color Institute, the world's color authority for the past 50 years, has unveiled the Spring Fashion Color Report, featuring the coolest colors for spring and summer 2014. It consists of the top 10 colors for men and women. Pantone seeks to provide design professionals with inspiration, products and services to express their creativity through color. Event planners who want to give their upcoming spring and summer meetings, events and conferences a fresh look may find it beneficial to incorporate some of the colors from these palettes.
Pantone surveys designers participating in New York Fashion Week to uncover and preview the coolest colors for the upcoming season. The coolest color for Spring 2014 is Dazzling Blue PANTONE 18-3949.
Select the colors for your event decor and accents based on whether your audience is predominantly male or female. If it is a mixed audience, there is enough overlap between the two color palettes to create a design that will appeal to men and women.
The top colors for women for spring 2014 are:
- PANTONE 15-3920 Placid Blue
- PANTONE 16-3823 Violet Tulip
- PANTONE 15-6114 Hemlock
- PANTONE 15-1225 Sand
- PANTONE 16-0000 Paloma
- PANTONE 18-165 Cayenne
- PANTONE 14-0852 Freesia
- PANTONE 17-1360 Celosia Orange
- PANTONE 18-3224 Radiant Orchid
- PANTONE 18-3949 Dazzling Blue
The top colors for men for spring 2014 are:
- PANTONE 15-3920 Placid Blue
- PANTONE 18-6216 Comfrey
- PANTONE 18-3718 Purple Haze
- PANTONE 15-1225 Sand
- PANTONE 16-0000 Paloma
- PANTONE 18-165 Cayenne
- PANTONE 14-0852 Freesia
- PANTONE 17-1360 Celosia Orange
- PANTONE 19-2428 Magenta Purple
- PANTONE 18-3949 Dazzling Blue
Look for creative ways to incorporate color into your event: flowers, flowering plants, furniture colors, chair covers, linen, disposable cutlery, handouts, stationary, fonts, flash drives, menus, gift wrap, candles and event staff attire.
Pantone has a number of resources that event planners may find helpful including the color planner, color manager software, myPantone apps for iPods and iPhones and various guide books.
Download the full Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2014
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Local residents can enjoy theater and live music or share their opinions with state politicians this weekend in Forest Grove.
On the arts side of things, Theatre in the Grove will explore the vivid characters of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Discount tickets are available for seniors and youth.
Long-time folk musician Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, will perform some familiar songs from the 1960s and 1970s at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday as part of Pacific University's Performing Arts Series. The venue is the Taylor Meade Performing Arts Center and tickets are $22, with discounts for students, faculty and senior citizens.
Music will also be featured at McMenamins Grand Lodge with free shows at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. String band Switchgrass is playing on Friday, followed by teen pianist Brady Goss on Saturday.
Those who would rather share their own work can do so during an open mic at the Forest Grove City Library at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. And if all the events make people hungry, St. Anthony's Catholic Church will host an Italian Dinner and bazaar from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday at 1660 Elm St.
Politicians will also be in town this weekend to speak with citizens and hear local concerns.
Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Hillsboro, is gearing up for Salem by gathering comments during town hall meetings. His Forest Grove Town Hall will be at 9 a.m. on Saturday in the Community Auditorium.
Rep. Ben Unger, D-Hillsboro, is also looking to hear from local residents. He will be available for a Coffee Talk at noon on Sunday in BJ's Coffee.
Don't miss this week's news from Forest Grove:
Forest Grove police seek citizen help in eliminating gang-related graffiti. A sudden uptick in graffiti, much of it gang-related, has sparked concern among Forest Grove police and other residents.
The Forest Grove Police Department received 22 reports of gang-related graffiti this January, compared to eight such reports in January 2011. Read more here.
Forest Grove School Board member Gil Jimenez dies after battle with cancer. Forest Grove School Board member Gil Jimenez died early Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 72.
Jimenez was appointed to the board in Jan. 2012 following the recall of two board members following extensive budget cuts in the district. Read more here.
Forest Grove Parks & Recreation Commission calls for increased parks staffing. The Forest Grove Parks & Recreation Commission voted unanimously Wednesday night to draft a letter to the City Council in support of additional parks staffing as the city's budget season approaches.
The Parks & Recreation Department will submit decision packages requesting funds for specific needs to the city manager and finance director around the end of March, according to Parks & Recreation Director Tom Gamble. A letter from the commission would accompany the decision packages to add more weight to the requests, commissioners said Wednesday evening. Read more here.
Hagg Lake Mud Run: Good, dirty fun. Nearly three hours after several hundred runners embarked around Henry Hagg Lake, Forest Grove native Russell Gober lumbered across the finish line.
He looked different than most of the 142 runners who finished before him in the 13th annual Hagg Lake Mud Run. Read more here.


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The Physical Education Division (PED) is an integral part of the Kinesiology and Health Education Department curriculum whose basic premise that through human movement development of an individual's maximum physical potential and their related social, emotional and intellectual growth will result. Faculty, staff and students as a result of their participation in the program will be physically educated, acquire motor skills to perform a wide variety of physical activities, physical fitness knowledge, and intrinsic motivation to pursue a health lifestyle in an increasingly changing society.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and numerous other independent researchers clearly demonstrate that consistent physical activity increases learning, enhances self-esteem, and improves health. Physical Education is essential to achieve these outcomes.
Underlying all the 230 yearly course offerings is the opportunity for vigorous physical activity with emphasis on health-related components of fitness. Enrolled students are exposed to a curriculum wherein they have a greater understanding of the benefits of regular physical activity and some specific methods of accomplishing personal goals as they relate to health and fitness.
In direct support of the mission of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, the Division seeks to enhance the quality of life of the general public through research, instruction, and service in the areas of health, exercise, and sport. To this end the Division provides an avenue for highly qualified faculty and teaching assistants to disseminate current research and professional expertise to participants.
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Blogging Marathon #7 - 7 Day Marathon!
>> Thursday, July 7, 2011
- Will have to post on all 7 days without fail
- Should follow the accepted theme all 7 days, meaning if you choose one topic like Rice, you should post all rice based recipes all 7 days.
- Should link up to all the bloggers who are part of this session/ link to the page that I will be creating
- Should actively give feedback on others post.
Dishes can be Sandwiches, Bars, Laddos, Simple Chats with Biscuits. Juices, Milkshakes, fruit/veggies smoothies, Trail Mixes, Fruit Chats, Salads, Etc.
Cooking from the back pack - All seven days you should cook a dish that you found on the back of a packet. Please try to be true to the recipe, unless until required. Mandatory requirement will be to post a picture of the packet showcasing the recipe on the back pack.
Seven days Regional Recipes - Yes we have been having this for the last couple of months. This time it is different in sense you can choose your own state. You will have to choose a state that you don't know.
Combo Meals - Can be anything that's served together always. Be it breakfast or meal. Showcase what you serve as a combo meal to your family. For example: Idli Vada Sambar, Parotta Kurma, Idiappam Kurma, or Biriyani with Raitha. It's enough if you post the picture of the dishes together, you can post one recipe for this, post the second recipe later, if you feel you are crowding the post with two recipes.
No butter Bakes for Diet - This has to be only baked dishes, preferably cakes, cookies, biscuits. Showcase how you replaced butter in the recipe. This is not for kids and only for dieting regime. I
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COMSTOCK -- The Kalamazoo County Clerk's office has verified 1,787 signatures on the petitions to recall Comstock Township Trustee William Shields, more than enough to put the question to voters in the Aug. 5 election.
Comstock Township Clerk Anna Goodsell said she and County Clerk Tim Snow examined 1,865 signatures and verified nearly all of them. Petitioners were required to obtain 1,571 signatures to get the issue on the ballot.
Shields, who filed a lawsuit against his fellow board members this year, has been targeted for recall by opponents who say he has become a "hindrance" to the community. Shields has said he is standing up for the rights of residents, noting he sued to protect his free-speech rights after he was denied the opportunity to speak at a board meeting last year.
Shields, who was first elected in 1984, is the seven-person board's longest-serving member. While he is fighting the recall effort, Shields also is running for re-election, one of 12 Republicans whose names will be on the ballot for four seats in the Aug. 5 primary election.
Shields has submitted a "justification of conduct in office" statement that, if approved by the county clerk, will be printed on the ballot along with the recall question.
Shields could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Art Austin, who helped start the recall effort, said his 40 or so petitioners had no trouble gathering the signatures.
"We would have had a lot more, but we stopped gathering (signatures)," Austin said. "It was quite easy."
Austin added that the petitioners "didn't find many who didn't want to sign."
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Brady Steiger blasted a two-run homer over the right-field fence with no outs in the bottom of the first inning Saturday night and followed it up with a long RBI double in the third on the way to three-hit, four-RBI game.
The Port Orchard, Wash., designated hitter connected with southpaw Oscar Armenta's 3-and-2 fastball and gave it a ride deep into the St. George twilight.
It was a moment welcomed by the homer-starved Staten Island Yankees, who had but one longball through their first eight games heading into a 10-6 victory over the Hudson Valley Renegades.
It was a season-high for both hits (13) and runs for the Baby Bombers.
In fact, first baseman Bubba Jones' two-run shot over the right-centerfield fence on Thursday night — Game 7 of the 76-game New York-Penn League season — was the lone homer until Steiger's jolt helped boost the Yanks' record to 5-4.
Through the first eight days, only 48 home runs had been hit throughout the 14-team league. State College (Pa.) led the way with 11, while Vermont, Auburn and Connecticut were all tied with Staten Island with just one apiece.
While young pros are still learning how to hit for average, the need for power is apparent.
"At the end of the day, for a lot off these guys, that's how they're going to get to the big leagues," said Staten Island manager Mario Garza. "It's hard for a first baseman or corner outfielder, sometimes even a third baseman, to advance to the big leagues if they don't show some power numbers."
So while they're being taught how to be disciplined hitters capable of using all fields, the players all know of the sabermetric importance of OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) when front-office folks convene.
"I think OPS is a stat that's very important, and it's hard to OPS a high number without driving the ball," said Garza. "That's kind of the main focus, especially early in the count, looking for something that you can drive for a home run or double.
"A lot of it comes with strike-zone discipline. If you're constantly chasing and getting yourself in a pitcher's count, getting behind in the count, it's going to be hard to OPS. When you get the pitch you're looking for, you should be able to do some damage."
Jones, 21, know what it feels like to hit the ball over the fence.
He hit a ton of them back in the Seattle, Wash., suburb of Edmonds, Wash. That's the primary reason that the New York Yankees took him in the seventh round of the 2011 draft.
"There's nothing like it," said Jones after batting practice. "Sometimes you know you've hit it and everything's slow motion. It's the best feeling ever."
He also knows that his career will ultimately depend on his ability to hit for power.
"As a first baseman, you need to hit home runs," said Jones. "You don't want to think about it too much because you don't want to mess with your mental game, but it's definitely in the back of your mind.
"I guess I'm more of a doubles hitter now, but power will come. I just have to be patient."
Garza, who led the New-York Penn League with 15 home runs while playing for Tri-City a decade ago, said coaching in the minors requires an abundance of patience.
"What do they say? It takes 1,500 or so plate appearances for us to really know what a guy's going to be like," he said. "That's why we're here. It's great when guys get base-hits , but if it's a 2-0 count we want them to learn to drive the ball ... hit the ball in the gap, hit a home run."
NOTES: In a scene right out of the movie "Bull Durham," the infield sprinklers went on just as Staten Island starter Jordan Cote was reading to make his first pitch of the game. The start was delayed a few minutes while someone hit the right switch ... The Yankees enjoyed a solid offensive game after starting the night with a league-low .180 batting average ... Ty McFarland had two hits and three RBI and lead-off batter Devyn Bolasky added two hits and three runs ... Staten Island returns home Wednesday night to face Hudson Valley and hosts Brooklyn next Saturday night.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The crisp smell of barbecue is wafting through Historic Richmond Town Saturday, as thousands of foodies sample some of the best eats around at this year's NYC BBQ Cookoff.
"It's a great event -- I love all the tasting on a beautiful day," said Lisa Callahan, of Travis, during her first cookoff experience. "I'm definitely coming back again next year."
The third installment -- noon to 4 p.m. -- includes samples of items produced by top cooks from the region who are assessed by officially-trained Kansas City Barbecue Society judges.
Top prize: $1,000 and the chance to advance to a worldwide competition.
Competitors feature pulled pork, brisket, chicken and ribs, while other vendors provided classic festival foods such as hot dogs and sausage and peppers.
"It's the best barbecue you can get," said Todd Harris, who traveled from Belleville, N.J.
The smoky smell of pulled pork certainly attracted folks from all over the five boroughs.
Rob Heller came from Manhattan to sample the best barbecue the region has to offer after watching the event last year on the TLC reality show "BBQ Pitmasters."
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The Defense Department announced Monday the combat death in Vietnam of Marine Cpl. Richard P. McStravick Jr., 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. McStravick Sr., 9338 SE Taylor St.,
Cpl. McStravick, who was with the 3d Battalion of the 5th Marines, was killed Wednesday near Quang Ngai by the enemy gunshot wound in the chest. He had been in Vietnam since February of 1966.
He was born 13 Jul 1947, in Tacoma, moving to Portland about eight years ago with his family. He attended Sunnyside Grade School and was in his junior year at Washington High School when he enlisted in the Marines in August of 1965. He was a member of St. Stephens Catholic Church.
Besides his parents, Cpl. McStravick is survived by a younger brother and two younger sisters, Georgia, Patrick and Kimberley; two sets of grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Stephens, Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter McStravick, Tacoma and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Clara Stephens, Tacoma.
Cpl. McStravick's death was the 85 of Oregon servicemen in the war since 1 Jan 1961, and the fourth this year. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, Tuesday, 7 Feb 1967)
Seventh Tri-Citian Killed in Vietnam. A 19 year old Kennewick man was killed in battle in Vietnam, Thursday. PFC. James B. Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bartie H. Stewart, 420 S. Anderson St., Kennewick, was serving with the First Battalion, 16th Infantry, First Division which has been located in the Triangle region. Pfc. Stewart was born 8 May 1947 in Pasco, and attended Kennewick schools. He was a member of St. Pauls Episcopal Church here. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Jerry Johnson, Kennewick, two sisters, Judy Hivera, Fontana CA., and Jennifer Lynn Stewart, Kennewick, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. J.M. Fredrickson, Estherville IA. Services will be announced by Mueller's Funeral Home. Pfc. Stewart is the seventh Tri-Citian to die in action in Vietnam. (Tri-City Herald, Pasco, Kennewick, Richand WA, 5 Feb 1967)
Harbor Marine Dies in Vietnam
Robert L Armitage, 19, of 6725 Willow Road, was killed in action in the Quang Ngai area of Vietnam 4 Feb (1967). He was in the U.S. Marines and had been in Vietnam just a week. He was born in Everett 23 Aug 1947, and had attended the Everett schools and was a graduate of the Everett High School Class of 1965. He enlisted in the Marines 27 Jul 1966, and was in Camp Pendleton, San Diego, until going to Vietnam. He was in Company A, 1st Reconnaissiance Battalion. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Armitage of 6725 Willow Road; one brother, Joe Armitage of 6725 Willow Road; his grandparents, Oscar Solem of 2126 Maple St., and Mrs. Ellen Armitage of 2414 Maple St. and a number of aunts and uncles. (rest article missing) (Everett Herald 1967)
(Remembrance for Bobby) If you haven't figured it out... Bobby Armitage is one of the reasons for this website. I attended kindergarten with him (Garfield Elementary, Everett WA). Later we graduated together from Everett High School but I can truthfully say I never spoke to him in high school and he never spoke to me. I was in Band and he was in Boy's Club...
(More Remembrances for Bob) Larry Ward and Roger Owens both graduated in 1965 and remember their good friend Bob. (emails received March 2005)
(More Remembrances for Bob) Gordon "Gordy" Cole dropped into the bookstore. He said he was in Germany when he learned of Bob's death and his death was one of his reasons for volunteering to go to Vietnam (July 1967-1968) personal comment
Silver Star Awarded Posthumously To Tacoma Hero. A Tacoma Army Captain who singlehandedly took on a Viet-Cong machine gun nest has been awarded the Silver Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medals posthumously. The medals were to be presented to his wife, Mrs. Kenneth H. Rud, in a ceremony today at Fort Lewis. Brig. Gen. Steve A. Chapplus, assistant post commander, presented the medals. Rud was killed in action 6 Feb (1967). The Silver Star citation said Rud the previous day left his armored personnel carrier to warn another carrier that its machine gun was being fired in a dangerous manner. Rud, then dicovered and attacked the enemy machine gun. The Bronze Star was awarded for meritorious conduct, in Vietnam from 16 Jun (1966) to 6 Feb (1967). Rud, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans L. Rud, Puyallup, was called to active duty in 1961. His wife and four children live in Tacoma. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 11 May 1967)
(researcher note:) There was a picture of Kenneth Scott Rud, 5, in the 13 May 1967 edition of the Seattle Times. He had just received his fathers medals. This little guy was standing man tall next to his mother wearing those medals.
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MARYSVILLE SAILOR DIES IN VIETNAM ACTION Snohomish County recorded another fatality in the Vietnam war Feb. 15 with the death of Gary C. Paddock, a Navy sailor, who was 19. Born in Seattle young Paddock was a damage controlman third class at the time of his death. He was killed in action at Nha Be, Vietnam. A graduate of Marysville High School in 1965, Paddock attended Everett Junior College prior to entering active naval service in January, 1966. He joined the U. S. Naval Reserve unit in Everett in July 1964. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford N. Paddock, 1824 Grove St., Marysville; a sister, Cheryl; his fiancee, Donna Westergreen, and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. Funeral arrangements - Schaefer Funeral Home, Marysville.
Obituary- Gary Clifton Paddock, DC3, age 19, who was born April 15, 1947 in Seattle, was killed in action Feb. 15, 1967, while on active duty with the U. S. Navy at Nha Be, Vietnam. (snip) Services: Church of the Nazarene, Marysville (snip) burial, family plot, Floral Hills Cemetery...(Everett Herald, unknown date)
Sgt. Smith Victim of Vietnam Guns A romance between two Hawaii-born members of the Army, a WAC and a soldier, who met and were married on duty in Okinawa was ended Thursday by enemy small arms fire in Vietnam
Posthumous Honor For Ex-Tacoman The 52nd Medal of Honor of the Vietnam war will be presented posthumously to an Army platoon sergeant formerly of Tacoma, who died helping his unit repel an enemy attack on 16 Feb 1967. The Pentagon said the widow of Platoon Sgt. Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith will receive the medal from Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor in a Pentagon ceremony Thursday according to the Associated Press. Mrs. Smith and the two children moved to her native Hawaii after her husband's death. Sgt. Smith also was born in Hawaii, but lived in Tacoma in 1956, 1958 and from June 1964 until July 1966. He was a 14-year Army veteran. Smith, was credited with heriocly directing his platoon during an attack my enemy troops. The Army said he moved through "deadly fire positioning soldiers, distributing ammunition and encouraging his men to repel the enemy attack." During action, Smith was severely wounded in the shoulder but continued to move around the perimeter of the platoon's position. "Noting the enemy massing at a weakened point, he crawled into the open and fired into the enemy ranks," the Army said. "As he crawled on he was struck by a rocket. As he regained consciousness he continued to crawl from man to man until he died." (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 11 Nov 67)
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Ronald D. Hart Dies in Vietnam Infantryman Ronald D. Hart, 20, 3004 Norton Ave., was killed in action 17 Feb (1967) during the fighting near the Cambodian border. He was a member of Troop D, 10th Cavalry of the 4th Infantry Division. A 1965 graduate of Everett High School, he took part in a number of school activities and was on the football, wrestling and track teams. He also attended Immaculate Conception School. Specialist Fourth Class Hart went into the Army after graduation. He was born 11 Jan 1947 in Everett, and had lived all his life here. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Hart, he also leaves five brothers, Lawrence E., Daniel T., Timothy P. and Steven G., all at home, and John F. of Everett, and a sister, Mrs. Karen Garrioch of 2310 8th St. Other relatives are three uncles, George Hart of Everett, William S. Hart of Spokane and Mearl Thompson in Montana; four aunts, Mrs. Dorothy Sinclair of Vista CA, Mrs. Alice Sollars of Shelton, Mrs. Katherine Henslee and Mrs. George Trump, both of Seattle and numerous cousins. (snip) (Everett Herald only date 1967)
Heroism Noted in Posthumous Awards to Local Men
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Pfc. Thompson Killed in Action
Pfc. Dennis M. Thompson Services for Pfc. Dennis M. Thompson will be held Wednesday at 11 am at the Elderding Chapel with the Rev. Lanny Barringer officiating. Concluding services at Fern Hill Cemetery will include military rites with personnel from Ft. Lewis. Pallbearers will be Andy Antich, Harold Delia, Herb Godfrey, Gordy Godfrey. Mike Kaulich and Charles Sipila. Honorary pallbearers will be Dick Balderston, Dale Dewey, Joe Shapansky and John Pearson. (The Aberdeen Daily World, Aberdeen 3 Mar 1967)
Researcher notes Records show 19 men from A Company died on 26 Feb 1967 during the attack on their base. Sgts Nixon and Yabes who are mentioned in this article were 'lifers' with over 15 years in the service each. They both died trying to protect others. Yabes won the Medal of Honor.
Battered GIs Wonder" Did South Viets Turn On Them?
Night of Horror, Mystery Lives in Memory of GIs Overrun By Viet Cong Ch Chi, Vietnam
Sgt. Pender Listed Killed An Army sergeant from Tacoma has been listed as killed in action in Vietnam, the Associated Press reported Monday. Donald L. Pender previously had been listed missing in action. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Barbara Pender, of 8509 Thorne Lane SW. (New Tribune, Tacoma WA, 7 Mar 67)
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Pfc. Lee E. Reukauf Killed in Vietnam Pfc. Lee E. Reukauf of Seattle, who did not get to see his 2-month-old daughter, has been killed in action in Vietnam, the Defense Department reported yesterday. Reukauf, a 1964 Lincoln high School graduate, arrived in Vietnam 1 Feb (1967). He had entered the Army last May. He was with Company F of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade. His wife, Sandra, and the daughter, Tina Lee, reside with his mother, Mrs. Nina Parkin, 427 N. 64th St. Other survivors include his father, M. C. Reukauf, Long Beach CA and Gloria Reukauf, Seattle, and a step-brother, Timothy D. Parkin, Seattle. The Associated Press also reported yesterday that Sergt. Donald L. Pender, Tacoma, was killed in action in Vietnam. His survivors include his wife, Barbara, Tacoma. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 7 Mar 1967)
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HARRISBURG – City Council approved two resolutions Tuesday needed to facilitate the incinerator sale and parking facilities lease expected to close next week.
The legislative body unanimously supported a downtown parking agreement the city's Parking Authority among the documents tied to the $287 million lease of Harrisburg's garages, lots and street spaces to the state Economic Development Financing Authority.
Councilwoman Sandra Reid cast the lone vote against an amendment to the agreement with the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, which is buying the city's incinerator for $130 million.
The transactions will issue more than $400 million in debt to pay existing obligations, cover consulting and legal fees incurred to facilitate the deal, and start trusts to fund infrastructure improvements, economic development and other post-employment benefits obligations.
The incinerator deal changes relate to how sanitation fees will be handled until a lockbox is set up, the point being to keep that money out of City Hall due to the local government's history of mismanagement.
Reid has been the strongest opponent of selling the incinerator due to the disparity in fees and waste tonnage guaranties between the city and surrounding communities.
Eventually, Harrisburg and Dauphin County will pay the same rate of $115 per ton. But in the meantime, the city's price will remain higher and its guaranteed tonnage closer to what it typically generates.
In addition to striking Reid as unfair generally, the arrangement also could end up hurting one of her pet initiatives.
That's to boost to boost the city's recycling participation from 3 percent to 25 percent of waste generated.
Harrisburg could end up paying cash to keep its pledge to the Lancaster authority - a function of tonnage and rate equivalent to about $6.7 million in 2014 - if recycling increases in the city.
Dauphin County commissioners have acknowledged that the situation is unfair. The Lancaster authority's CEO James Warner has noted the fees and guaranties stem from the Office of the Receiver's aim for the transaction to generate enough cash to meet minimum creditor repayment amounts.


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When science rejected God
When Christopher Columbus set out sailing west in 1492, he hoped to eventually reach the shores of India in the East. His plan was based on his conviction that the earth was a sphere, and so a ship sailing west should surely eventually find itself on the eastern side of the globe. At a meeting in Salamanca, Spain, the church leaders argued against his ideas, warning that the earth was flat and if he set out west, he would not reach the west but rather fall off the edge of a flat earth. Columbus sailed off west anyway, but instead of landing in India, he landed on the eastern shores of the Americas – a serendipitous discovery that opened doors to the New World.
Parts of this story are fabricated. It is true that Columbus believed that the earth was a sphere and that if one sails west from Europe on open seas, a spherical earth should eventually take one to the eastern part of the globe. However, the great fallacy of the legend lies in the often-repeated story that the church leaders of that time asserted that the earth was flat and that they tried to prevent Columbus from undertaking a voyage that was headed to a disastrous plunge at the ultimate edge of the earth.
The belief that during the Middle Ages, church leaders advocated a flat earth theory is a myth.1 Several writers were culprits in crafting the fallacy and attributing it to the church. In the early nineteenth century, the popular American writer Washington Irving freely combined history with fiction. He described how the church fathers assailed Columbus at the famed meeting at Salamanca. Irving argued that church leaders provided Columbus with a long list of authorities who validated the flatness of the earth. However, this account should not be taken seriously; it has been evaluated as fictitious. History notes that at the Salamanca meeting, concerns were expressed about Columbus having to travel too far, but nothing was said about the flatness of the earth.
The person most responsible for the spread of the flat-earth fallacy is likely John Draper, a research scientist and physician who became president of the medical school at the University of the City of New York. His father was a Methodist minister, but he himself was strongly antireligious. When his sister's son died at the age of eight, and she placed his prayer book on Draper's breakfast plate, Draper was so upset that he ordered her out of the house. She remained alienated from her family, joining the Catholic Church that her brother despised.2 In 1873, Draper published an enormously successful book titled History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science.3 In the United States alone it had 50 printings in 50 years and was translated worldwide. At that time, the controversy between science and the Bible was fulminating. Darwin had recently published The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, which strongly endorsed evolution. Against this background, Draper's book used the flat-earth fallacy to advocate the superiority of science over religion. While Draper recognized that some scholars in the Middle Ages believed the earth was spherical, he falsely depicted church theologians as attacking Columbus at Salamanca for his belief in a spherical earth.
Subsequently, Andrew Dickson White, president of Cornell University, published A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom. In this work, White referred to the flat-earth theory as a "terror among sailors [and] was one of the main obstacles in the great voyage of Columbus."4 In referring to this, the historian Jeffrey Burton Russell points out: "The curious result is that White and his colleagues ended by doing what they accused the [church] fathers of, namely, creating a body of false knowledge by consulting one another instead of the evidence."5
Many other authors have also contributed to the spread of the false notion that Christianity introduced the flat-earth concept during and prior to the Middle Ages. Such false assumptions spread widely to textbooks and encyclopedias. Fortunately, there are indications of rectification as knowledge of the flat-earth fallacy became better known. The cliché "flat earth" still prevails and has become synonymous with ignorance, a deprecate past, and erroneous religion. The legend serves to assure skeptics that they are right and that religion is not to be trusted. Such false accusations against the church also became a convenient and powerful weapon to adulate science, demonstrating its superiority over religious beliefs. While the church has made many errors, the flat-earth concept was not one of them. This fallacy was generated at the time science was liberating itself from religious authority.
Religion and the pioneers of modern science
Almost all leading founders of modern science (Kepler, Galileo, Boyle, Newton, Pascal, and Linnaeus, to name a few) fervently believed in God and the Bible. In their scientific publications, they often spoke about God and His activity in nature. They saw no conflict between God and their study of nature because they believed that God had created the laws of nature that made science possible.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), one of the greatest scientists of all time, did more than any other to emancipate science from speculation and the low standard of authentication that prevailed before his time. His seminal treatise Principia was lauded by the French scholar Laplace as being superior to all other productions of the human intellect. There Newton comments: "This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."6 Newton was also deeply committed to the study of the Bible, writing extensively about the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. Newton's life clearly illustrates how well science and a strong belief in God can work together.
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), who worked in Prague, developed three principles known as Kepler's laws that have survived almost intact to this day. Like the famous Italian astronomer Galileo (1564-1642), he saw a rigorous relationship between God and the mathematics of nature, and like Newton he also wrote about the life of Christ. His reverence for God can be seen as he writes in a prayerful context: "If I have been allured into brashness by the wonderful beauty of thy works, or if I have loved my own glory among men, while advancing in work destined for thy glory, gently and mercifully pardon me: and finally, deign graciously to cause that these demonstrations may lead to thy glory and to the salvation of souls, and nowhere be an obstacle to that. Amen."7
Science's rejection of God
In contrast to Kepler and Newton, science today finds itself in a very different intellectual matrix when it comes to God. The new ethos is strongly materialistic (also called naturalistic or mechanistic) and has no room for God in its explanatory menu. To include Him is considered to be unscientific. Plainly stated: science has redefined itself and expelled God. Famed Harvard University biologist Richard Lewontin candidly comments: "It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counterintuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door."8 For God, science has now posted a "Do Not Enter" sign. Kansas State University biologist Scott Todd comments in the prestigious journal Nature: "Even if all data point to an intelligent designer, such an hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic."9 At present, there is an almost absolute exclusion of God from scientific textbooks and journals. Unfortunately, such a closed attitude prevents science from following the data of nature wherever it may lead. Science cannot evaluate evidence for God as long as He is excluded from consideration.
When did science reject God?
The change was gradual. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as modern science developed in the Western world, firm belief in God and the Bible was very dominant among scientists. This belief began to wane as materialism and the mistrust of religion grew. Philosophers and skeptics such as Hume, Voltaire and Kant profoundly influenced humanity's outlook during the so-called "Enlightenment" period. Subsequently, when the nineteenth century came along, a few scientists started making suggestions about evolution and long geologic ages, and these were in stark opposition to the Genesis account of a recent creation and the Flood, as well as the Ten Commandments, where God directly states that He completed creation in six days. Darwin's Origin of Species added to the prevailing unrest by providing a suggestive mechanism for evolution where God was not involved. The book was at first viewed with considerable skepticism, but it was not long before both theologians and scientists endorsed it.
During the last half of the nineteenth century, scientists continued to eliminate God from scientific interpretations. The general mood was away from spirituality, and stories like the flat-earth fallacy contributed to the deprecation of religion. Science became more powerful and prestigious as all kinds of marvelous discoveries were reported, and it was not long before scientists started viewing their discipline as superior to anything else. Materialist explanations were provided for nearly everything, and there was no longer any need for God. In fact, the church had been so wrong in the past that its influence and its God should be avoided. This view strongly prevails to the present. Even the suggestion that there might be some kind of intelligent designer for the extreme complexities of nature that science is discovering, as advocated by the prevalent Intelligent Design movement, is vigorously rejected by the leaders of the scientific community. Science has trapped itself into a secular prison that restricts its ability to find all truth – an erroneous position to take in case God exists!
Rejecting God: Problems for science
If science had come up with some plausible explanations for the deep questions about origins that we have, one might more seriously consider its rejection of God. However, when we look at nature, major features seem to require a very perceptive Designer. Examples include:10 (1) How did matter ever get organized into extremely complicated and versatile atoms all by itself? These atoms can form all kinds of things from our brains to galaxies, and they can make light so we can see. (2) How did the four forces of physics happen to have the extreme values, precision, and specific realm of action exactly necessary in order for the universe to exist? (3) How did even the simplest form of independent life, that is extremely complex, ever get organized all by itself on a barren earth? (4) How did features with interdependent parts, such as the intricate auto-focus and auto-exposure systems of the eye, ever get organized by random mutations? Mutations are almost always detrimental or insignificant and cannot plan ahead so as to design complex organs. (5) The billions of years postulated for the slow evolution of life forms on earth are way too short for the improbabilities involved when evaluated both at the molecular level and with the slow rates of reproduction of advanced organisms. (6) The fossil record reveals the sudden appearance of major groups and not a long, gradual evolutionary process. A few evolutionary intermediates that are similar to other organisms are sometimes suggested, but the problem is with the origin of the major groups. (7) Science has not found plausible explanations in matter for the phenomena of the mind such as our consciousness, understanding, morality, appreciation of beauty, and the meaning of our existence.
Unfortunately for science's secular stance, it turns out that the complexities and precision of a host of scientific discoveries have made the godless mechanistic explanations much less tenable now than when science eliminated God over a century ago. The rejection of God by the scientific community is probably its greatest philosophical error.
The extreme complexity of the psychology and sociology of the scientific community precludes definitive answers; however, there are pertinent suggestions as to why science now rejects God. One can logically argue that the scientist's specialty is the study of nature; there the scientist feels more comfortable than in studying a less scrutable God. However, that argument loses its validity when one considers how freely the scientific community indulges in really wild speculations, such as all kinds of universes beyond the one we can observe, or organisms postulated to have lived many hundreds of millions of years before scientists can find any of their fossils in the geologic layers. The fact that science is so willing to speculate about all kinds of imaginary things, but will not allow the suggestion of God in scientific interpretations, implies a strong bias against God.
One likely reason why science rejects God is the personal or communal pride of the scientist in a successful and autonomous scientific enterprise. Another reason may be the personal freedom that a meaningless universe provides, where one is not responsible to God. In addition, there are sociological reasons. At present scientists are under tremendous pressure to exclude God from science, especially because of the anti-God attitude of the leaders of the scientific community. Current practice indicates that if scientists include any suggestion of God in their interpretations, the scientific and academic community is likely to reject them. Many scientists believe in God11 but do not dare to publish about Him.
One must keep in perspective that the scientific enterprise has done much good, and that most scientists are honest persons providing us with fascinating new information and very useful innovations. At the same time, we should not forget that there is good science and there is bad science, and we should seriously seek to distinguish between the two.
There is a strong secular bias in science. However, the Bible believer must ever keep in mind that we all make mistakes and that a lot of mischief has been promoted under the banner of Christianity and God. In the great struggle between science and God, the Christian must always strive, as God would, toward a forgiving and redemptive perspective.
The verdict
Science has redefined itself. As presently practiced, science is the odd combination of the study of nature and a secular philosophy that excludes God! This is not an open search for truth, following the data of nature wherever it may lead. Academic freedom is compromised. Excluding God has led to pervasive errors such as the general theory of evolution. Hopefully, science will pay more credence to the recently discovered extreme complexity and precision of nature that indicates a necessity for God. Science should return to the openness it had when the pioneers of modern science allowed God into scientific interpretations.
Ariel A. Roth (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is the former director of the Geoscience Research Institute and editor of the journal Origins. He has published more than 150 articles in scientific and general journals. Now retired, he continues to research, lecture, and write. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
- For instance: S. J. Gould, "The Persistently Flat Earth," Natural History 103(1994):12-19; J. B. Russell, Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians (New York: Praeger, 1991).
- As reported in Russell, p. 37.
- J. W. Draper, History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science, 5th ed. (New York: D. Appleton, 1875).
- A. D. White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1896, 1960), vol. 1, p. 97.
- Russell, p. 44.
- I. Newton, 1686, 1934. "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World." Translated into English by Andrew Motte in 1729, revised translation by Florian Cajori. (Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press) p. 544.
- Quoted in O. Gingerich, "Dare a Scientist Believe in Design?" Bulletin of the Boston Theological Institute 3 (2004)2:4-5.
- R. Lewontin, "Billions and Billions of Demons," New York Review of Books 44 (1997)1:28-32. Italics supplied.
- S. C. Todd, "A View from Kansas on that evolution debate. Nature 401 (1999):423.
- For further discussion, see the recent book by the author: A. A. Roth, Science Discovers God: Seven Convincing Lines of Evidence for His Existence (Hagerstown, MD: Autumn House Publishing, 2008).
- E. J. Larson and L. Witham, "Scientists Are Still Keeping the Faith," Nature 386 (1997):435-436.


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Procter & Gamble Sustainability Report: Energy, GHGs Down 3%
Procter & Gamble has cut energy use by over 3 percent in the past year, on a per unit of production basis, according to its latest sustainability report.
Since 2010, P&G has reduced its energy usage by 8 percent per unit of production. On an absolute basis, energy use fell from 74.4 million GJ in 2011 to 72.3 million GJ in 2013.
The company's Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions per unit production also saw a 3 percent reduction over the year, and have fallen 11 percent since 2010.
That puts the company well on its way to achieving its goal of reducing both by 20 percent by 2020.
P&G's Nenah, Ireland plant has cut energy consumption by 12 percent and CO2 emissions by 16 percent since 2010 by installing energy-efficient lighting, using ultrasonic detection to identify and repair compressed air leaks, and eliminating steam leaks.
Across its supply chain, the company says that hot water washes are its largest energy footprint. P&G says that through products like Tide Coldwater and Ariel Cool Clean, and through partnerships with washing machine suppliers, it helped increase the number of global consumer laundry loads washed in cold water from 38 percent to 50 percent since financial year 2010/2011. It is aiming for 70 percent by 2020.
P&G committed to convert about 20 percent of its North America for-hire transportation network to natural gas powered trucks over the next two years, and also to reduce truck transportation kilometers by 20 percent per unit of production. Since 2010, it has cut the latter metric by 12 percent.
P&G aims to power its plants with 30 percent renewable energy by 2020, up from about 7.5 percent today. During the past fiscal year, its plant in Huangpu, China partnered with a local utility supplier to install rooftop solar panels, which it expects will eliminate 600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
Report overview
This is Procter & Gamble's 15th annual sustainability report. The company says that this year it achieved absolute reductions in waste, water, CO2 and energy – all four of the company's major manufacturing footprints. The report provides a good overview of these areas, with clearly presented key metrics, although occasionally it lacks information about how P&G achieved certain reductions.
The company's brands include Always, Bounty, Charmin, Crest, Dawn, Downy, Duracell, Febreze, Gilette, Iams, Oral-B, Pampers, Pantene and Tide.
P&G's water consumption last year was 14 percent down on 2010 levels, per unit of production. The company consumed 74.3 million cubic meters of water in 2013, down from 78.7 million in 2012 and 80.2 million in 2011.
P&G's Oxnard, Calif., site reduced water use by nearly 25 percent over the past year, which will result in a cost savings of more than $900,000 a year, the company says. P&G did not say how this particular result was achieved.
But it said that its Fabric Care production plant in Cairo has reduced water usage by 29 percent since 2010, conserving over 22 million gallons of water per year, through education, employee involvement, and technical solutions to reduce incoming water pressure on key chillers and building water systems.
P&G is cooperating on E4Water, a joint project between the European Commission and the chemical industry to develop innovative technologies for plant effluent water treatment, so more water can be recycled and re-used.
In 2013, the company's wastewater chemical oxygen demand was 15,900 metric tons, down from 23,100 in 2012 and 24,100 in 2011.
In 2012/13, more than 99.35 percent of all materials entering Procter & Gamble plants were used, either in products or through recycling, reuse, and conversion of waste to energy. Manufacturing waste was reduced to 0.65 percent of input materials in fiscal year 12/13. The company's 2020 goal is to ensure manufacturing waste to landfill is less than 0.5 percent of input materials.
Since 2010, the company has reduced manufacturing waste by 56 percent per unit of production – more than double the company's original goal.
Also in this time, the company has reduced packaging by about 4.5 percent per consumer use. It is aiming for a 20 percent cut by 2020. The reduction so far has come from projects such as product compactions, packaging light-weighting, use of new materials, and more efficient transport packaging. The company says its new Tide PODS concentrated detergent cuts plastic use by 50 percent per customer.
But P&G says work towards the packaging goal will become more difficult as it achieves optimized packaging design on more and more of its products.
By 2020, P&G aims to replace 25 percent of petroleum-based materials with sustainably sourced renewable materials. So far, the company says it has successfully commercialized bioplastic in some shampoo bottles and is moving towards pilot scale operations for some other key material classes.
In 2012/13, 13 percent of P&G's annual palm oil, palm kernel oil and derivative consumption was RSPO certified. The company is aiming for 100 percent by 2015. By that date it also aims for 100 percent third-party certification for the virgin wood fiber used in its tissue/towel and absorbent hygiene products, up from 97 percent last year; and 40 percent FSC-certification for virgin wood fiber in tissue/towel products, up from 9 percent last year.
Correction: A previous version of this story said P&G's energy rose on an absolute basis, from 72.3 million GJ to 74.4 million GJ. These numbers were reversed – energy use actually fell from 74.4 million GJ in 2011 to 72.3 million GJ in 2013. We regret the error.
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Hundreds of students and staff from both the Fort Dodge Community School District and St. Edmond Catholic School gathered at Dodger Stadium Tuesday for Rachel's Challenge Day, a celebration of the acts of kindness done throughout the school year.
In 2013, both the FDCSD and St. Edmond adopted Rachel's Challenge, a nationwide effort advocating kindness based on the writings of Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim of the Columbine High School shooting.
A multicolored paper chain of kindness, nearly 3,500 long, circled the stadium's field two and a half times over. Each link in the chain represented an act of kindness performed by an elementary or middle school student.
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Concluding Rachel's Challenge Day, the thousands of students formed a human chain of kindness. Center of this chain, between two cheer squad members, are Butler Elementary students Ariah Ross, left, Adriana Lopez, and Monwella Stoeckel.
"We're here to celebrate each of you and all the kind things you've done this year," said Jennifer Lane, FDCSD director of communications. "Rachel said, you never know how far a little kindness can go. While this may be true, we believe you have begun to realize the impact that kindness can have in your life and the lives of others."
She added, "When we work together, showing kindness, compassion and respect, anything is possible."
Mayor Matt Bemrich, after having the hundreds of students shout as loud as they could to "wake up" the city, declared May 18 to 24 to be Rachel's Challenge Week in Fort Dodge.
"I urge all citizens to offer their support as we continue to be the answer and to look for the best in others," Bemrich said.
The students participated in cooperative activities like creating a stadium-wide "rainstorm" by snapping, clapping and stomping in sequence, and "Rachel Says," a game like Simon Says, but with commands such as laughing out loud, waving to a friend and complimenting your neighbor.
Students from each district's elementary, middle and high schools spoke to the crowd about what kindness means to them.
"Kindness helps me make friends and succeed in life," Brett Thompson, a fourth-grader at Feelhaver Elementary said.
The day's cheer squad, with cheerleaders from both St. Edmond and FDCSD, released dozens of balloons in the sky. On one side was a message of kindness, and with it an address for each school building and grade level present.
"Our hope is that the person who receives our kind message will respond, and we'll be able to see how far our kindness can go," Lane said.
Concluding the event, all of the students and staff formed a human chain of kindness, linking together across the field and in the stands.
"Kindness links us together," Lane said. "When we treat each other we kindness, we form a positive link with others around us. We look to our world, community and schools and we need to treat each other with kindness and respect. We're going to start a chain reaction of kindness today."
Doug Van Zyl, FDCSD superintendent, challenge everyone in the stadium.
"Take a look around this whole stadium. What if everyone sitting here today decided that they were going to be the one?" he asked. "And by being the one, they made a conscious effort and decision to make sure they were teaching others were kindness."
He added, "The opportunity is here. And it's up to you to decide how you want to respond."


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KALAMAZOO, MI -- Considering the Michigan Educational Assessment Program exams administered in October involved testing in seven grades and five subjects, it's hard to make sweeping conclusions about the results released Friday morning.
But below is a quick analysis of the results for the 37 school districts and three charter schools in the Kalamazoo region.
Students in grades 3-8 were tested in math and reading, plus writing in grades 4 and 7, science in grades 5 and 8, and social studies in grades 6 and 9.
1. Reading results inched up regionwide. Comparing 2012 to 2013 results, 32 Kalamazoo-area school systems saw a higher percentage of students testing as proficient in reading, while four districts -- Paw Paw, Comstock, Sturgis and Covert -- saw the passage rates drop. In four other districts -- Kalamazoo, Portage, Mattawan and Galesburg-Augusta -- overall passages rates in reading were unchanged.
2. Math results also inched up regionwide. In math, 22 of the 40 school systems show higher overall passages rates in math, 12 saw passage rates drop and six saw the rates stay the same in 2013 compared to 2012.
3. Writing results were decidedly mixed. A majority Kalamazoo-area districts improved their fourth-grade writing scores, but it was about half and half in terms of the seventh-grade results.
4. Science scores were up, but still dismal. Among fifth-graders, 28 of the 40 Kalamazoo-area school systems saw improvement in science results. But even in the region's top-ranked districts, only a third of the students tested proficient.
5. Social studies scores were down. They were down statewide compared to October 2012, and in the Kalamazoo-area only 11 school systems improved their passage rates on the sixth-grade social studies test and only 13 on the ninth-grade test. Kalamazoo Public Schools, incidentally, was among the few who improved results on both of those tests.
6. The area's biggest districts saw flat trendlines. Although Kalamazoo, Portage and Mattawan -- the three largest districts in the Kalamazoo area -- saw some ups and downs in individual grades, all three districts recorded zero change in overall passages rates in math and reading.
7. Test scores largely tracked sociodemographics. The area's more affluent districts -- including Mattawan, Portage, Gull Lake, Vicksburg and Schoolcraft -- largely had passages rates above the state average, while high-poverty districts including Comstock, Bloomingdale and Bangor had proficienchy rates below the state average. The results in Kalamazoo Public Schools were a microcosm of how sociodemographics impact test scores: Winchell Elementary, Kalamazoo's most affluent school, had better math and reading results than Mattawan and Schoolcraft, the region's top-performing districts in those two subjects. But KPS also had a number of high-poverty schools that had among the lowest proficiency rates in the region.


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DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - A DeKalb County Superior Court Judge has granted the attorneys for Dean Kruse more time for the latest legal problems facing the auctioneer.
Kruse asked for and was granted a continuance on a hearing that was scheduled for Monday morning.
At issue is whether Kruse owned 3 historic Nazi command vehicles that he used for collateral for a loan that is now in default.
Hillcrest Bank of Kansas has asked a judge to hold Kruse in contempt of court alleging he violated terms of a loan.
The hearing is now scheduled for January 13th.
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By Frank Gerace 5:59pm, December 20, 2012 - Updated 6:20pm, December 20, 2012Some opposition has surfaced to the Markell adminstration's idea of privatizing the state-owned Port of Wilmington, but a longtime observer of Delaware's political and business communities thinks it's the way to go.
Rich Heffron with the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce tells WDEL News privatizing all or part of the port is necessary to complete a project to build a pier and cargo-handling facilities on the Delaware River.
"The state doesn't have the money to do that project on their own, so they're gonna have to find a private partner. So, if you wanna compete, you wanna bring business in, you're gonna have to find a way to get that done."
State Senator Robert Marshall, a Wilmington Democrat, has said the state shouldn't rush into privatization, and some County Council members are opposed to it, saying it would cost union workers their jobs.
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A theme of equality and gun control will mark the 32nd anniversary dinner of the Coalition for Peace Action, which will also host civil rights pioneer Edith Savage-Jennings and former N.J. gov. Jim Florio, who led the effort to enact New Jersey's Assault Weapons Ban.
"We are delighted to present such a timely program in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of major milestones of the U.S. civil rights movement, and with current efforts to strengthen gun safety laws in N.J., Pa., and the nation," said the Rev. Bob Moore, executive director of CFPA, which was founded in 1980.
The gathering will also highlight the efforts of three new, gun violence prevention groups, including Bucks Against Gun Violence, Morris Area Committee to Reduce Gun Violence, and NJ Residents for Action Against Gun Violence.
Florio will keynote the anniversary dinner, to be held June 2 at 1 p.m. in the MacKay Campus Center of Princeton Theological Seminary. New Jersey's ban on assault rifles was enacted in 1990, and the CFPA has worked closely with Florio and others to defeat the National Rifle Association's 1993 effort to repeal the ban.
Savage-Jennings, who began her activism half a century ago at age 13, led the integration of the Capitol Theater in Trenton by sitting in a row of seats intended for whites. She was recruited by former president John F. Kennedy in 1963 to aid in a peacekeeping mission to Mississippi and was appointed by former president Jimmy Carter as a U.S. delegate at the World Women's Conference. She also successfully lobbied to make Trenton the first city to declare Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a holiday.
"Our speakers and honorees represent both long-time champions and emerging new leadership in these great movements. We invite the public to join us on this special occasion," said Moore.
The CFPA is the largest peace organization in the nation. It currently has over 7,800 members and 22 chapter-affiliates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The MacKay Campus Center is off College Road near the intersection of Alexander Street, and free parking will be provided nearby. The cost for the dinner is $50 per person, $30 for people with limited income, and just $15 for the program alone.
Reserve via the CFPA web site, www.peacecoalition.org or by calling the office (609) 924-5022. The reservation deadline is May 24.
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