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John Monson
John Monson
John Monson, 88, Backus, died peacefully Aug. 11, 2013, after several years of gradual decline related to Parkinson's disease.
John was born in Red Wing and grew up in Wanamingo. He served in the Navy during World War II. He married Barbara Swanson, his wife of 65 years, in Wanamingo in 1948 and attended school in Minneapolis. John and Barb moved to Granite Falls in 1950 where they raised their family. He worked as a rural mail carrier for 30 years. John and Barb, a registered nurse, were active in numerous civic activities from Boy Scouts to the exploration of the idea of starting a college or vocational school in Granite Falls. John and his wife also ran the outpatient TB clinic in Granite Falls once the sanitorium there closed.
In 1980, John and Barbara moved north to a lake near Backus, Minn., where they lived in a new house built for them by the Granite Falls carpenter, Myron Amundsen. They split their year between McAllen, Texas, in the winter and their lake home in the summer. Life was good for John in the last third of his life. He and Barbara volunteered at the local co-op. They were daily monitors of the lake clarity for the DNR, and they spent lots of time with their grandchildren.
John is survived by his wife, Barbara, of Pine River, Minn.; sister, Barbara Kerkvleit of Owatonna; daughter, Ann (Scott) Ledeboer, Willmar; grandson, Nathan Ledeboer, of Milwaukee; granddaughter, Rachel (Ben) Wolthuizen, of Pequot Lakes; great-granddaughter, Ellie Wolthuizen; great-grandson, Andrew Wolthhuizen; son, Craig (Colleen) Monson of Minnetonka; grandson, Andrew (Paula) Monson of Shorewood; granddaughter, Megan, of Chaska; great-granddaughter, Anastazia Willis; son, Todd (Joanne) Monson of Minneapolis; grandson, Tollef Monson of Kodiak, Alaska; and grandson, Ilkka Monson of Minneapolis.
The family is especially grateful for all of the help and kindness they received from the people in Pine River and Backus and the Cass County staff who made life at the lake possible in John's later years.
Memorials preferred to Hackensack Area Fire and Rescue.
Memorial services were at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hackensack. Burial will be in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls.
Arrangements were with Kline Funeral Home, Pine River.


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AWOLNATION (featuring Wale) - Guilty Filthy Soul (Samantha Ronson Remix)
A few of my buddies in the music PR biz have been trying to pitch me up on AWOLNATION for a while now, but to be honest, just, ick. The Santa Monica outfit verges on that party rock sound, much like a incestuously pitiful ingrate of LMFAO and Free Energy, with a splash of "yo we tryna be dubstep too" tossed on for extra, um, flavor? I'm going to forgive all past discretions however, not in part due to the band, but in whole thanks to Samantha Ronson's new remix of their track Guilty Filthy Soul. Wale also...thanks dude.
I'm gonna play this fix a lot. And then forget I ever wrote about this.
What's your take on the track?
mp3: AWOLNATION (featuring Wale) - Guilty Filthy Soul (Samantha Ronson Remix)

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[quote user="DavenIII"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"]did you take this side of the argument for Timothy McVeigh? For OJ?[/quote]
Yes and Yes, I actually DID with OJ, I mean I think I was naive at the time, but my Jr Highschool had a walk out during the OJ Trial and I was part of it, also don't forget the Casey Anthony case...I think I've been pretty consistent on wanting the courts to decide before jumping to conclusions based on media reports.
[quote user="MattMeyerBud"]I mean come on man... this guy shot a kid in cold blood. He had NOTHING on him and this guy isn't even suppose to have a weapon on him.
I would considered you probably the lease balanced out of everybody in here when it comes to these debates. [/quote]
you don't know what happened matt..neither does the media...they are reporting on it in such a way that drives their ratings that's all it is and you know it....and it's dangerous.
right now I'm thinking Kase is the least balanced....but this is the problem
that's the way I see it matt...I think I am pretty neutral...i just think our whole society is ****ed up at the moment, you guys are slightly worse then the average but are closer to societies norms....so of course "you" think you are closer to normal....but that's because normal is ****ed up right now.
like i said, your consistancy is in taking the opposite extreme, making u equally as ridiculous


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March 2012
El Salvador—Barista Trip
Talking about earthquakes almost certainly causes them, that is now my belief. After discussing the earthquake in Mexico City yesterday, we were treated to multiple tremors in San Salvador last night. But all in good fun. I am currently traveling with our very own Lauren of Public Domain coffee to visit our Direct Trade producers in El Salvador. We are both California girls, so the tremors did not faze us, and we were rearing to go this morning. Read more »


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Hi Madam Lucy,
I am a recently qualified CELTA candidate and l have to teach the difference between the following concepts to my students.
They must have gone out vs They might have gone out.
I need to create some sort of context for these 2 to identify the difference and then obviuosy some questions to check the student understanding. Can you help?
Kind Regards
Santiago Johnson


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He Is Risen!
This morning we are going to concentrate our thoughts upon the death and resurrection of our Lord, To begin with, I would ask you to take your Bible and look at John 10, We are going to look at simply one theme as it weaves its way through the events of the death and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, There are so many things that need to be said about this and things which we do not have the time to say, and yet we believe that God has drawn us down to one thought that can be expanded in many dimensions for our understanding and edification this morning.
John 10:17. Our Lord is speaking, and this is what He said,
"Therefore doth My Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again, No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of My Father,"
Now our here our Lord Jesus Christ is saying that He has the power to take His own life, that is, He has the power of death, He has the power to take it back again, He has the power of resurrection. This is a monumental claim. Death victimizes everybody, and I think that. the greatest fear in the element of death is the fear of the unknown aspect of it. It isn't so much the dying that bothers people as the not knowing when or how you're going to die. In fact I was recently reading about suicide, '.here was a survey done on some suicides, and they determined that frequently people kill themselves out of the fear of death. Now that may sound strange, but it is the fear of an unknowing death, an unexpected death, a surprise death, a method or a way that they would not prefer to die so they choose to take their own life to remove that foreboding fear. But Jesus controlled death for His own good and His own end and for your good. In the case of a Christian, He controls our destiny including our death and resurrection to life with Him.
This just brings to mind one very important thought that permeates the story of Easter and it is this: No one killed Jesus, People have for centuries argued about who killed Jesus. The Jewish leaders had primarily been blamed and rightly so because they are culpable, they deserved some blame. It was their particular plot and their particular charges and their blackmailing of Pilate that forced the issue in the first place. Others would like to blame the Romans. Certainly the Romans have some blame because they, at least those in leadership in Jerusalem, set aside what was normal justice to appease an angry crowd and they went ahead and executed an innocent man, so they have to bear some of the blame. When you get right down to it, if you want to know who's to blame for the death of Jesus, all you need to do is listen to Peter in Acts 2:,.3. Peter lays the blame ; right where it belongs, "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know. He is just saying, This is Jesus, Who has been accredited to you. "Him being delivered (that is, to death) by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of Whom? God,..." Who was it ultimately responsible for the death of Jesus Christ? It wasn't the Jews, it wasn't the Romans, although they bear guilt for the actual execution and for the sin involved; it was God. It was God Who destined it, God Who determined it, God Who laid it out, God Who planned it, Jesus in an act of submissive obedience as a Son to a Father's will carried out the eternal plan* laid down His life and took it again.
People, don't you ever think for a minute that Jesus was a victim of anybody. Don't you even think that anybody could kill Him because they could not kill Him. Jesus even said to Pilate, You wouldn't have any power over Me if it weren't given to you by God. There was no way Jesus would have died had He not willed to die, On many previous occasions He had passed out of their midst when they had tried to kill Him because His hour was not yet come, not their hour? His hour, In John 19:3O it .says, "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar (sour wine), he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost (spirit)." Nobody took it; He gave it, Nobody killed Jesus; He yielded His life. He was never a victim but only a victor. In II Tim 1 it tells us that He took it again.
Not only did He give His life but He took life again, It says, Jesus Christ has abolished death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. So Christ is the Master of death, even His own dying, the Master of life, even His own resurrection.
When you look at the account of John 19 and 2O what just dominates your thought is the fact that Jesus was in control of every single thing that was going on, Never for one split second was He out of control, Never was He victimized, And He did it all for us.
Now as we look at John's record of the crucifixion and resurrection, because John's purpose is always to present the deity of Christ, we don't see nearly so much emphasis on the pain, nearly so much emphasis on the suffering as we do in emphasis upon the majesty of Jesus. The overriding deity of Jesus just supersedes any other consideration as we view these passages here.
I want to show you just three simple aspects, His dying, His burial, and His resurrection, In each of those three is absolute power to lay down His life and take in it again is made manifest, He is totally in control, Beginningly look at verse 16, Let's consider His dying. Notice how Jesus was in total control of His own death insofar as prophecy was fulfilled in every necessary element fell into place. John 19:16; ?:
"Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified, And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him* and two others with him, one either side one* and Jesus in the midst,"
Now stop there for a moment. We see here in those simple three verses fulfilled prophecy that is staggering in its accurateness. Look for example at verse 16, "Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And. they took Jesus, and led him away," It seems a small thing to say "they led him away," but it isn't a small thing, Jesus did not have to be driven, Jesus went willingly; He followed them to the cross, And rightly so because Isaiah 53:7 says He is led as a sheep to the slaughter, He was led, Not like cattle that are driven; sheep are led, Jesus was a sheep, the final sacrificial lamb for all the sins of all the ages; and He was led because that's what Isaiah said a sheep does he follows, Further, notice in John 19:16, "Then delivered he him....to be crucified...." You'll notice that this precedes immediately His mockery of a trial.
Now R?san said that when a person is tried, there is a two- day period before he can be executed, They have to wait two days in case there would be any further evidence, in case there would be anything that the gentleman or the person being executed would need to take care of in the intervening time, But in the case of Jesus they tried Him in the morning and He was on the cross before afternoon. Why the hurry? Why the rush? I'll tell you why. Because Isaiah 53:8 said that's the way it would happen. Isaiah 53:8 says, "He was taken (implied there is to His death)" "He was taken (to His death) from prison and from judgment (trial):.,," Isaiah said, He will go from prison and trial and execution, and he didn't see anything intervening; and that's exactly the way it happened, Jesus was controlling the process of Roman jurisprudence so that it even violated one of its own rules because that's what Isaiah said would happen. He went from Gabbatha, the pavement, the place of His trial, to Golgotha, the cross, the place of His death, Notice again verse 17. "And he bearing his cross..." Jesus carried at least the crosspiece of His cross if not perhaps all of it, and that fulfills a typical picture in Gen 22:6 where you have a type of Christ, A type is a prophetic picture rather than a prophetic statement, Isaac was a picture of Christ. Isaac was to be offered as a sacrifice, In Gen 22:6 it says, "And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son;,.," So Isaac went right up Mount Moriah carrying the wood that was to be used in his execution, So Jesus carried His own wood; so Jesus bore His own cross in a perfect fulfillment of that one who was a picture of Him to come. Further, look at John 19:17, "And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:" You say, Is that significant prophetically? Yes, He went forth, What does "went forth" mean? It means , He went outside the city walls, Why did He go outside the city walls? He went outside the city walls because that was Roman law, Roman law said no one can be crucified inside the city, Roman law had that prescription, and they followed through. They had a place outside the wall, the Hill of the Skull, It was called that because its shape resembled a skull. He was taken there, which was the normal place for execution to be crucified, Now what ia interesting is in Exodus 29:14. It says, "But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin,and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without (outside) the camp:..." Why? "it is a sin- offering." Way back in Exodus when God instituted the offerings for sin, He said they are to be taken outside the camps. Jesus died outside the city as the perfect sin offering, He fulfilled the picture of the sin-offering of the Old Testament to the letter. The Romans didn't have anything to do with that; they had no concept of that when they made their rules, but they made them none the less because God know that sometime there was coming a Messiah Who wanted to fulfill that picture, and He did, Further in John 19:16 it says they delivered Him to be crucified. Verse 18, They crucified Him.
Beloved, that's another exact fulfillment. Ne way would that have been anticipated, The Jews did not crucify people; the Jews stoned people. There was a place in Jerusalem. Historians tell us, which is a place of execution, called Beth-??? there was an eleven-foot drop and below there was some flat area. The body of the person to be stoned was thrown off the edge, the eleven- foot edge, He would hit, be stunned; and then immediately the first witness who accused him would drop the first rock, aiming at his head. The second accusation would be brought forth and that speaker would drop the next rock, and the crowd would join in until he was dead. That was the Jewish manner of execution. But this One was to be crucified, That was a Roman way to die, and it wasn't even historically connected to Judaism. You say, But what does that fulfill?
Back in Numbers 21:6-9 tells us that when Israel was bitten by snakes, God said, You raise up a serpent on a rod and anybody who looks up and sees the serpent on the rod will be healed, Moses made a brass serpent on a rod in the midst of the camp and when anybody looked, they were healed. Jesus said in John 3:14* "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:" Jesus said, Just like Moses lifted that rod in the wilderness, that's the way I'm going to die, that's the way I'm going to be lifted up; and indeed when He died, He was lifted on a cross, totally foreign to the Jewish mind; and yet. that's exactly what the prophecy indicated, Further, Deut 21:23 said,.Cursed is anybody that hangs on a tree, Jesus bore the curse of all time,. and consequently He was hanged on a tree, fulfilling to a letter again the prophecy. There He hangs on the cross, dying from severe inflammation, swelling of the wounds, unbearable pain from torn tendons, agony by the horrible weight of His body held only by those wounds, suffocating by the rearrangement of His internal organs, with a throbbing head and a burning thirst, He hangs on the cross. He looks for all intents and purposes like the victim, but He is not the victim. He is ordering every detail of His own execution to fulfill the design, the plan that He laid down in eternity, He is the Master controller of every event.
Notice further in John 19:1?, "...they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst," You say, Is it significant that He died with two criminals? Yes, it's significant. Isaiah 53:12 says, ",,,and he was numbered with the ' transgressors;,,." In His death, when He dies it will be with criminals; it will be with sinners that He dies; and He did. He arranged for that as well to occur. Look at John 19:23 "Then the soldiers, when they bad crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts,..." History tells us there customarily four soldiers responsible in a crucifixion, and they would divide the four things that a person would normally have, shoes, a belt, a headpiece, and an outer cloak. And they did that. They divided that. But there was also an undercoat that was seamless, and they did not want to tear it. Verse 24 says, "Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it,,,." Let's not tear this up; we'll throw the dice and see who wins it, Here were these witless, godless, callused executioners, having finished their bloody work, doing what they always did, simply going through the motions of dividing up the dead man's clothes. Little did they realize that they were responsible for fulfilling the Scripture to the very letter? Psalm 22:18 said, "They part My garments among them, and cast lots upon My vesture (cloak)." They fulfilled the prophecy to the letter, a prophecy they never even conceived of, a prophecy they never even knew existed; but Jesus made sure every detail was fulfilled. John 19:24 ends this way: Why did they do it? Why did they do this? "...that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which saith," and He quotes Psalms 22:18, "They parted My raiment among them, cloak and for My vesture they did cast lots, These things therefore the soldiers did," Why? Because the prophecy said it, and they were witlessly fulfilling God's prophecies, According to Cannon Liddon there are 332 prophecies fulfilled explicitly in Jesus Christ, 332. The probability of that happening is 1 in 84 with 100 zeroes, and yet it happened.
Look at John 19:19, "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS." You say, What was Pilate saying there? Did he believe that? Not for a minute. Why did he do it? Because he wanted to mock the Jews; it was blatant sarcasm. Look, you Jews; here's your King, JESUS OF NAZARETH. Nazareth was a despised place. THE KING OF THE JEWS. That's the kind of King you deserve, a bloody one hanging on a cross with a couple of common criminals. You see, Pilate had been cornered and devastated by the blackmail of the Jews, and he was lashing out at them in a desperation, an attempt to gain some sense of sanity and equilibrium. So he put that sarcastic sign up there, It was supposed to be, you see, the crime on that sign; but there was no crime. So he just used it to mock the Jews, and they were furious.
Verse 2O says,"This title then read many of the Jews; for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin." Anybody could read it. Verse 21. "Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews, (22) Pilate answered, What I have written I have written," I'm not changing it for anything"! That was a blow on the Jews from Pilate. Stupid Pilate. Coward Pilate. In a panic he attempted to gain some revenge, slammed the sign on that cross that was sarcasm in his mind but for all ages it was the truth He made a statement of the majesty of the Son of God that the world has never been able to forget or ignore. You see how Jesus even controlled what was on the sign above His head? He took the stupidity of a man like Pilate and made him speak the truth, Further, look at verse 25. Here you see the majesty of Jesus and the absolute control that He exerts at this time, hanging there, bleeding as He is, hanging there suffering agony, the agony of sin. The death was the end of the suffering; His suffering was up 'till His death, Now, while hanging alive* He is bearing sin. This is the anguish. In the midst of it all, , look what He does in verse 25, "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother,..." That's Mary. Mary by now knows what Simeon meant when 3O years before Simeon had said her heart would be pierced through with a sword, and it is being as she watches her beloved Son and Savior. "and his mother's sister..." That likely is Salome, who is the mother of James and John, "Mary the wife of Cleophas,,,." Perhaps her sister-in-law "and Mary Magdalene," Do you notice that everybody named there has the same name, Mary? Do you know what Mary means? It means bitterness. Bitterness, It was bitter for all of them, There was one other there. (26) "When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved,.,." Who is that? John, All those great big virile he-man types among the disciples long gone, scattered, Zechariah said, When the Shepherd is smitten, the sheep will be scattered; and they were. They all forsook Him and fled except for one, gentle John and four women. Four women and John had more courage than all the other men. They're there, He's not really all alone, He doesn't ask them for sympathy, He doesn't soy, Could you do this for me or do that for me? Do you see how I am suffering? Can you see My pain? Notice what happens in verse 26, "When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!"
And I heard on the radio Friday as I was driving, I was listening to a Good Friday service and somebody was preaching on that text. They said that Jesus was saying, Mother' look at Me! See what I'm suffering. See My pain, That isn't what He was saying at all, The longer I listened the more angry I became. If you're going to preach, at least find out what it means. He is not calling attention to Himself, He is saying, Mother, look at John. He's your son now. Then in verse 27 He said to John, John, look at your Mother. Do you see what He was doing? John was brokenhearted; Mary was brokenhearted; so He gave them to each other, He isn't asking them to look at Him. He is saying, John, take care of My Mother. Mother, take care of John, These two broken-hearted people apparently were the most anguished of all and so He gave them to each other. I tell you, when I read things like that I know something of the majesty of Jesus, He was so in control, He was detached in the sense from His own pain so much so that He could take care of the needs of those He loved, Don't forget that on the cross He also wrapped His arms around the thief who was there and took him to Paradise. Don't you think for a minute He was a victim; He controlled everything everything about His death.
Notice verse 28, "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith* I thirst." Oh, this is so beautiful, He's right on schedule, It says Jesus knew everything was done. Every prophecy had been fulfilled, every detail to the letter, everything was in ' place, His omniscience had provided all that understanding. He knew the plan, the plan was done, the plan was fulfilled, Satan was defeated, sin was put out of the way, death was conquered, the price of God's justice was compensated, everything was finished? it was done. Only one small prophecy remained, Psalm 69:21 said about Him in His death ",.,in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink." So at the end of verse 28 He said, "I thirst." He reaches back and grabs the one unfulfilled prophecy. In order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He said, "I thirst." (29) "Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop,,.," That's a long reed, "and put it to his mouth." (3O) "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost (spirit).
You say, How did Jesus die? Did He bleed to death? No, because later when they pierced His side the blood was still there. How did He die? I'll tell you how He died. He died because He willed Himself to die, He yielded His life, He gave it up. What He said at the end was not I'm finished. No. He said, It is finished. He bowed His head. No slump to the side, The Greek seems to indicate that He actually pushed His head forward and willfully yielded His spirit. He was in control of death, The nails didn't kill Him, The blood loss didn't kill Him. The exposure didn't kill Him. He gave His life, When they came by to check and make sure about it, to break His legs, they didn't break His legs because what? He was already dead, Why was He already dead? Why did He die so soon? Because He wanted the world to know He wasn't a victim. Do you know something? Do you know that Jesus died amazingly soon for somebody crucified? Sooner than the thieves, and undoubtedly He was stronger than they with that sinless body that He had had up until this point, He must have been a man among men, and yet He died before the two thieves because they broke their legs, You say, Why did He die so soon? He died so soon because He was done bearing sin and He willed Himself dead, He had power over death, He died about three o'clock on the same He was crucified in the morning, and some people lived two to three days and more when they were crucified, Jesus commanded death when He wanted it.
Now notice something else. Verse 31, "The Jews therefore because it was the preparation,..," That is, the day before the Sabbath, "that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,)..." This was a special, superspecial Sabbath, it was Passover Sabbath. "besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, the brake not his legs:"
Now watch, The Jews had a very, very great concern. According to Deut 21:22-23 they couldn't leave that dead body exposed on the Sabbath, so they wanted Pilate to get that body off the cross before six o'clock in the evening, before the sun went down because they didn't want to defile the Sabbath. Can you believe it! The hypocrisy of wanting to maintain the Sabbath while you've just killed the Lord of the Sabbath. But that's what they were doing. Pilate, would you send your soldiers to break-- and the word for break in the Greek means to shiver to pieces. They took a large mallet, sort of like a sledge hammer, and they devastated the legs until they were crushed and limp and the body would then slouch and suffocate its internal organs, and death would come immediately.
Get them dead so we can get them down before we desecrate the Sabbath, Incredible! So the soldiers did do:hat and Pilate said, All right, They came to Jesus, and He was already dead, Why? He wanted the world to know for all time that nobody took His life; He gave it. And they didn't break His legs, but just to be sure (verse 34) "But one the of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side,..." Jammed a sword into His side, "and forthwith came there out blood and water." Serum and blood, You say, What does that mean? There are so many medical analyses of that I'm not even going to try to get into it because I don't know anything about it. I've read every possible medical analysis and find so much divergence, Let me just give you what I feel might have happened. Very simply. In the first place Pilate marveled that He was dead already according to Mark 15:44, Pilate was absolutely amazed that He died so soon. He had fulfilled the prophecy in keeping all His bones and not one of them broken because Psalms 34:2O said "He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken," The Psalmist predicted it, and that's exactly what happened. He was already dead. How did He die? The releasing of blood and water could be several things, It's simply the fact that blood separates after it sits for a while into a clear element and a dark element. It may have been that that just flowed out. Others say that around the heart there is a pericardium, a sack around the heart, Between the pericardium and the heart muscle there exists a fluid; and when the side was pierced, those two fluids of blood and serum mixed in flowing out, There are other explanations that have been given. You say, What would the Bible tell us? The only thing the Scripture even begins to say is in Psalms 69. Psalms 69 is describing the crucifixion because it also talks about His thirst and His vinegar in verse 21, In verse 2O it says this, "Reproach (or sin) hath broken My heart."
When anybody asks me how Jesus died, I quickly say in the simplest terms, He died of a broken heart, If you want to get medical about it, maybe His heart ruptured. Stewart ??? of Grand Rapids, Michigan, said it is extremely rare, well nigh impossible for a normal heart to rupture, But he went on to hypothesize that perhaps Christ's suffering as no man has ever suffered in history, experienced a ruptured heart.
Somehow the weight of sin on the human body. Do you know something? The weight of your own sin on your body is going to kill you some day. Did you know that? It is appointed unto man once to what? die, We're all going to do it unless the Lord raptures. The wages of sin is death. It's built in. The spiritual reality of sin has physical consequence. Right? It just might be that the spiritual weight of all the sins of all the people of all the ages resting on one human body was too much and physically His heart When couldn't handle it. .That's a possibility. But He was dead, He willed His heart to cease, it ceased. You know, in a sense He died physically that way. He died with His Spirit in a second way left His body, And thirdly, He died in a spiritual way when He was separated from God and said, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? All that simultaneously occurring, and yet He was in control of everything. Even after He was dead, He made sure they didn't break His legs because John 19:35, "And he that saw it bare record (witness), and his record (witness) is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe, For these things were done, that the Scripture should be fulfilled, (Psalms 34:2O) A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another Scripture saith (Zech 12:10) They shall. look on him whom they pierced." Why didn't they break His legs? Why didn't they pierce Him? Because that's what the prophets said they would do, and He made sure they did it.
Second, Look at His burial. If you think it's amazing that He controlled His death, and it is, look at His burial in verse 38. "And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews."
Incidentally, Joseph of Arimathea, we know from the other gospels, was a very wealthy man, was a member of the Sanhedrin, so he voted on the execution of Christ; very likely he voted "no," was a believer but a secret believer, Now all of a sudden be goes to Pilate to take the body of Jesus, "Pilate. gave him leave, He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus." Now Jesus is already dead, Three o'clock in the afternoon. Gotta get Him in the ground and get Him in the ground quickly before the Sabbath, The Jews are worried about that, but let me tell you something else. God wants Him in the ground before the Sabbath because He has to be .in the grave part of Friday so that He can be dead for Friday* Saturday and Sunday. Beloved, if you're worried about three days and three nights, don't worry about it. That's a Hebraism that refers to any given part of a day. So if He was dead any part of Friday, Saturday, Sunday, that constitutes three days and three nights in the Hebrew terminology. So He had to be in that grave before Saturday began, and the Hebrew day begins in the evening when the sun goes down. So they were in a hurry to get Him there because they didn't want to desecrate the Sabbath, and He was in a hurry to get Himself there because that's what He said He would do.
You know, He picks the most unlikely guy, a secret disciple who hasn't said peep about what he believes. Joseph of Arimathea has been stealing around in the background. All of a sudden he comes to the front and it tells us in the gospel of Mark chapter 15 verse 43 that Joseph of Arimathea went boldly to Pilate, What happened to change him? He would have bean immediately excommunicated out of the Sanhedrin he would have lost his reputation, riches, and so forth, He was a wise man apparently, a devout man, a counselor, a righteous man in Jewish terms. Now he is going to lose everything that he has in his society and claim to identify with Christ, and he does it boldly. Why? Why this man?
I'll tell you why, Because he had a tomb right near where the cross was and they could get Him in there in a hurry so they wouldn't have to miss the time limit. He was rich, and he had to be a rich man. Isaiah 53:9 said He would make His grave with the rich. He had to be a rich man. He had to have a grave right in the right spot to get Him there quickly. And he. did, I believe he had to have a grave that had never been occupied so there wouldn't be any confusion later on. Perfect man, secret disciple. Jesus, while He was dead, worked on Him and got him to do it.
Verse 39, Here comes another sneaky one. "And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night,,.." He was also a little clandestine about the whole thing, but now he comes to the fore and he is bringing "a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight." That's about 72 pounds. Myrrh is a liquid; aloes are a powder. They were aromatic spices used to sprinkle the body, and that many pounds would be used only. in the burial of a king. Isn't that beautiful? Here came Nicodemus, who came only by night before this, identifying with Christ. How come these two secret people come to the front? Oh, this is important, Nicodemus was the teacher in Israel, and here is the teacher in Israel saying to all people for all time, This is the Christ. "Then took they the body of Jesus, (verse 4O) and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. (41) Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. (42) There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews, preparation day;..."
They get Him in on the preparation, the day before the Sabbath, Friday. "for the sepulcher was nigh at hand (close by)," See, all the details of His own burial. Listen to me, once you die you won't have anything to do with it, Jesus controlled every detail, Yes, His death, His burial prove to me that He is right when He said, I have power to lay it down and take it again.
Let's go to that third, His resurrection, John 2O? Watch, "The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher."
Dear Mary Magdalene is going to come down and finish anointing Him because they had to get Him in in a hurry. She sees that the thing is open, "Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, (that's John) and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him." Somebody stole the Lord! Great faith, Great faith, "Peter therefore went forth" Peter spent a lot of time doing that, just surging. "and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher. So they ran both together:,,." They just took off and ran to that place, "and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. John was very gentle, John was very timorous, John got there, and verse 5, "And he stooping down, and looking in,..," A little concerned. "saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter.,." Thundering about 15 feet to the rear, "following him, and went into the sepulcher,.,." Just blew right by John and went on in, "and seeth the linen clothes lie," The linen clothes lying there. "And the napkin that was about His head, not lying. with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself." Here are the clothes, lying there, just in the form they were left. Here's the napkin folded gently and sitting right at the head. You say, What does that mean? If somebody had stolen the body, they wouldn't have bothered to hang around the tomb long enough to 't have bothered to fold them all nicely unwrap it; and if they had, they certainly wouldn't, and lay them in the proper place, Jesus just came right out of them. The fact that they were still there is proof that He rose from the dead. You see, He even controlled that, the linen, controlling His own resurrection, every detail of it, "Then went in also that other disciple," verse 8, "Which came first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that he must rise again from the dead." They hadn't been studying the Bible They didn't expect this, But watch. It says at the end of verse 8, and this is the key, Then went also that other disciple, John, and believed." Came to believe. He didn't believe before. He went in, and he came to believe. What made him believe? Walking into an empty tomb, what would he believe? He believed in the resurrection. That's obvious. Verse 9.
What made him believe in the resurrection? What did he see that made him believe? He saw only two things, What were they? The linen wrappings and the napkin, and they were in such a form as to prove to him that Jesus had risen from the dead.
Beloved, that's the message of Easter, He took His life back again. He bad the power to do that just as He had the power to give it, Do you believe? Jesus said at the home of Mary and Martha, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Then he said to them, Believest thou this? Do you believe He arose from the dead? Do you believe He can give you eternal life? Do you believe that He could cause you to rise? Do you believe that He can conquer death for you? He did it, and He said, Because I live, you can live also, You say, how do I appropriate it, John?
Paul said this, If thou shalt confess Jesus as Lord with thy mouth and believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be what? saved, For with the heart man believeth, and with the mouth confession is made of the salvation, Do you believe? Do you believe God raised Him from the dead? Then confess Jesus as Lord, and you will be saved. Then Easter won't be just a day; it'll be a way of life.
Father, thank You for our fellowship this morning. Thank You that Christ is alive, Thank You that He has changed and transformed our life and destiny. Thank You for the pictures we've seen in the Scripture this morning that have opened up to our understanding the reality of His power over death and life and that He Who commanded death for Himself and commanded life for Himself has promised to command death and life for us as well, So death, as the choir sang earlier, loses its sting because of the victory Christ provides for us, Thank You for the reality of that and for our blessed Christ to Whom we dedicate everything we've done today, We pray in His name. Amen.
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Thrills and Spills of the Tournament - Monday, 19 March 2012
See the cut and thrust of medieval tournaments come to life at the Royal Armouries, Leeds, this April.
Just as Formula I racing exhilarates crowds today, the great tournaments of the Middle Ages proved a fast, frantic and high-risk spectacle for participants and spectators alike.
The Royal Armouries will trace the development of the tournaments through the ages – firstly through an illuminating and fascinating lecture and then by staging a traditional joust.
The Dangerously Entertaining events run as follows:
Extreme Sports, Tuesday, April 3, 6.30pm to 8.30pm – Join us for an informative and entertaining lecture by Senior Curator of Armour Karen Watts. Karen will explore the evolution of tournaments – from training for war to a high-risk sport. This lecture will be followed by a guided tour of the museum's Tournament Gallery, plus an armed poleaxe demonstration. Tickets priced £5.
Jousting Tournament, Saturday, April 7 to Easter Monday, April 9 – experience this thrilling spectacle as knights in shining armour, from around the world, clash in combat to do battle royal for the Queen's Jubilee Trophy. Witness the speed and artistry of the knights, as they battle it out on horseback.
Show times are 12 noon and 3pm on Easter Saturday and Sunday, followed by semi-finals at 12 noon on Easter Monday and the grand final at 3pm. Tickets priced £5 for adults, and £3 for the under 16s.
Tickets for both events are available at the door, or in advance on 0113 220 1888 or by visiting www.royalarmouriesshop.org/tickets
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- Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour and has sites in Leeds, HM Tower of London, Fort Nelson and Louisville, Kentucky. It is the first British national museum to open a permanent presence in another country
- Admission to the museum is free. However, there may be a small charge for some special events.
- Open all year daily, 10am-5pm. Closed 24-25 December
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Firefighters Surf for Local Charities
8th annual Longboard Classic takes place in Santa Barbara
LEADBETTER BEACH, Calif. - It's typical to see surfers out on the water during the day, but how about some of our local heroes?
It's the 8th annual Longboard Classic hosted by the Santa Barbara City Firefighters and brings together several public safety agencies to raise money for local charities.
The $40 registration fee plus any other donations they get from the event goes to the Santa Barbara Charity Firefighters Associate Account helping a variety of local non profits.
"I actually did this before I worked for the City of Santa Barbara and I liked all the guys that come out," said Michael Billgren. "We have a good comradery and we all get to go surf and just a good deal, and we get to give back to the community.
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You have been bottom feeders for a long *** time. Your newer model of Mike Vick will make you better, but wont last long enough in the NFL to actually win the big one. Dont fool yourselves in believing that he will ever even come close to getting two SB MVPs as Eli has done.
We practically game you this game and you still couldn't close the deal. Eli made sure of that with that bomb to Cruz to bend your team and RG3 over!!!
If we can beat your *** playing our worse game, imagine what will do to you when we play avg. or great... lol..


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Aside from the blatant OPI, I still dont see how this is such an obvious interception according to the rule of the simultaneous catch. From what I see, they both touched the ball at virtually the exact same moment. Tates hand was behind Jenningss, so if Jenningss hand is 5 inches long, and the ball was travelling approximately 60 mph, it would have taken the ball about one half of a one hundredth of a second for the both players to be touching the ball. That being said, the ball does not stop moving forward until Tate is touching it, as you can see in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpV5xIJax4s This video shows nice HD slowed motion pictures.
From this point we can attempt to determine who has more of the ball and whose body the ball is closer to as many people do, but none of these factors are requirements for controlling the ball. The only requirement for control is to have the ball in at least one hand without it wiggling, which both Tate and Jennings have from essentially the apex of their jumps all the way to the ground. Although Tates right hand is not always in contact with the ball, his left palm is. Doesn't a one-handed palm-catch away from the body count for just as much of a catch as 2-handed grasping clutch near the body?
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International Study in the UW System
- Introduction to International Study
- Explore your Interests
- Assess your Options
- Identify your Resources
- Prepare for your Travels
- UW System Campus Contacts
Introduction to International Study
An international study experience can be one of the most rewarding academic pursuits and personal adventure of your college years. UW campuses offer international travel opportunities that take students to over 40 countries and range from 10-day language immersion programs to a full year of interdisciplinary study. International study provides opportunities to:
- improve foreign language skills
- pursue unique academic offerings
- increase cross-cultural awareness in an environment of increasing globalization
- develop independence, self-confidence, and a broadened outlook on life
- gain first-hand knowledge about another culture while increasing understanding of your own
The structure, academic content, and housing arrangements of international study vary from one program to another.
Exchange programs generally offer an opportunity to enroll and pay for credit at your home campus but study at a campus abroad. Study abroad programs include those sponsored by U.S. institutions which generally involve travel and study with other American students. Living arrangements might include a home stay with a host family, living in a residence hall or private apartment with other students, or a combination of both.
Academic credit for satisfactory work is usually determined prior to travel, but is sometimes negotiated with the home campus as transfer credit upon return. Financial aid may be available.
If you are considering international study you should investigate a variety of programs to find one that matches your academic needs and interests. The challenges of overseas travel and study are great, but so are the rewards!
Explore your Interests
With a wide range of international study options available, finding the best one for you deserves careful consideration. Start your search by asking these questions:
- Is there a specific country, region of the world, or foreign university that appeals to you? Why?
- Do you want to learn a new language, or further develop foreign language proficiency?
- Is there a specific academic area you want to explore abroad, or are you most concerned with immersing yourself in another culture?
- Would you prefer a program that takes you to a single country, or through several?
- Are you interested in two weeks, a semester, or an academic year abroad?
Assess your Options
UW campuses offer over 100 international study options. Consult with your academic adviser early in the process to determine how a specific international program will fit into your individual degree plan. The following questions are a good starting point:
- Are there requirements for GPA, prerequisites, or foreign language proficiency?
- What are the estimated costs and application deadlines? Does financial aid apply? Are scholarships available?
- Who will teach the classes you take? How many credits will you earn, and will they apply to your degree?
- Is the program based heavily on classroom learning, or does it include excursions and experiential learning activities?
- Where will you live, and with whom?
- Are you interested in having the option to arrive earlier or leave later than the program's scheduled dates?
Some international study programs are open to students registered at any accredited post-secondary institution in the United States; others are limited to the students registered at the sponsoring UW campus.
UW Campus International Study Sites
- UW Colleges
- UW-Eau Claire
- UW-Green Bay
- UW-La Crosse
- UW-Madison
- UW-Milwaukee
- UW-Oshkosh
- UW-Parkside
- UW-Platteville
- UW-River Falls
- UW-Stevens Point
- UW-Stout
- UW-Superior
- UW-Whitewater
For listings of international study options by campus or by country, see the UW System's International Study site.
Identify your Resources
UW System campus contacts provide comprehensive information about their programs and services, as well as information of general interest to students considering studying abroad.
University academic departments (such as language departments) that sponsor international study options can provide specific information about their programs.
International students can be an excellent resource for sharing information about their native countries and for providing travel tips for those about to become "foreign students" in a new culture.
Prepare for your Travels
Before you travel abroad, you will need to obtain a passport , which will serve as proof of your U.S. citizenship. A passport may allow you to gain entry to (and exit from) other countries. Depending on the country to which you're traveling, a visa may be required as well.
The same aspects that make international travel exciting and exhilarating—the experience of new places, faces, customs and languages—may also lead to confusion and some culture shock. One of the best ways to prepare for international study is to begin to acquire in-depth information about the geography, political economy, and culture of the region you'll be visiting.
A Web site that can get you started is Atlapedia. The U.S. State Department compiles fact sheets for all countries which address topics ranging from economic activities and political structures to drug penalties. The Bureau of Consular Affairs also provides interesting information on many countries.
Entry requirements vary from one country to another. The U.S. State Department issues travel warnings specific to certain countries, and offers tips and publications relevant to travel abroad generally. You should also familiarize yourself with
international travel health issues, and health recommendations specific to your destination well ahead of your departure.
UW System campus contacts can provide transition survival tips that will help you prepare for experiencing the new culture, and applying your new skills and knowledge in positive ways to your life back home.
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Study Abroad
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780 Regent Street Suite 130
Madison, WI 53715
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Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
Phone: (715) 836-4411
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Office of International Education
Cofrin Library 207
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311
Phone: (920) 465-2190
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Office of International Education
116 Graff Main Hall
1725 State St.
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: (608) 785-8016
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Greenquist 210
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Kenosha, WI 53141-2000
Phone: (262) 595-2701
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Institute for Study Abroad Programs
Royce 111
1 University Plaza
Platteville, WI 53818-3099
Phone: (608) 342-1726, (800) 342-1725
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UW-River Falls
Global Connections
102 Hagestad Hall
410 S. 3rd St.
River Falls, WI 54022-5001
Phone: (715) 425-4891
Fax: (715) 425-0693
UW-Stevens Point
International Programs
108 Collins Classroom Center
2100 Main St
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Phone: (715) 346-2717
Fax: (715) 346-3591
E-mail: email@example.com
Office of International Education
400 Bowman Hall
Menomonie, WI 54751
Phone: (715) 232-2132
Fax: (715) 232-2500
Office of International Programs
Old Main 337
Belknap & Catlin Avenue
Superior, WI 54880-4500
Phone: (715) 394-8052
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Center for Global Education
Hyland Hall Suite 1227
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Whitewater, WI 53190
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April - June 2012 - Title IX
Empowering Girls & Women Through Sport Across the Globe
By: Michelle Kwan, Council Member, PCFSN
Since I was seven years old, sports have been a major part of my life. Through training and competing, winning and losing, and World Championships and Olympics, I have had many unique experiences that helped shape who I am today. I treasure not just the joy and fulfillment I received from skating and competing, but the lessons learned from working hard when I was tired, persevering when things didn't go my way, getting back up when I fell, and learning to trust my team of coaches, trainers and choreographers. I've found that the real power of sport is not just the success on the field or the ice, but how it can be used to teach valuable lessons and create healthy habits that last a lifetime.
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A new standard for insurance contracts is an opportunity to create more consistent and comparable reporting among insurers and to show the value of the insurance business to investors. The development of a comprehensive standard is essential because the current standard IFRS 4 that was intended to be in effect for a very short period does not provide the level of transparency and comparability needed by the users of financial statements.
In June 2013 the International Accounting Standards Board ('IASB') issued a revised Exposure Draft asking for comments on the five key areas that had changed from its 2010 Exposure Draft on the accounting for insurance contracts. The Financial Accounting Standards Board in the United States of America ('FASB') issued its first Exposure Draft setting out a comprehensive set of questions regarding its proposed changes to US GAAP for insurance contracts. This paper outlines our response to the IASB Exposure Draft, as well as summarising our views provided to the FASB.


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#1 Mon 15 Feb 10 11:16am
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Healthy Hot Dog Stand?
I am a college professor and I am working with a Non Profit - Kids Cafe - that prepares healthy meals for school kids in underprivileged areas 3 nights a week. They now feed several hundred kids a week. The problem is establishing a sustainable source of funding for the effort. This is the problem that my class is working on. The person who has run kid's cafe has researched the idea of selling food from a cart - a healthy hot dog stand - or something that could be easily prepared and dispensed from a cart. Having seen your TED speech - I was wondering if you have any suggestions on how we could help him fulfill this vision? He is not talking about a small cart - he has found some high end carts - that are almost like a small diner. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
#2 Mon 15 Feb 10 11:42am
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Re: Healthy Hot Dog Stand?
Hi ChasTweed, you mightn't get an answer from Jamie here, but the forumers will be sure to offer some help!
one suggestion:
Baked potato cut open and filled with coleslaw and (a little) sour cream.
#3 Mon 15 Feb 10 12:25pm
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Re: Healthy Hot Dog Stand?
I think wraps are great for kids...they contain bread and healthy salads, a sensible proportion of good quality meat, poultry or fish and have a good, tasty dressing, also they can be served with healthy sides like spicy beans or lentils or baked potatoes...
#4 Mon 15 Feb 10 10:53pm
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Re: Healthy Hot Dog Stand?
Wraps are such a good idea, you would have examples from all around the world!
You could change them so easily to suit the seasons too! Mmm falafel!
#5 Wed 17 Feb 10 6:44pm
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Any idea about how to communicate with Jamie - email or such to get his input?
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Jonah Bolden did officially reclassify and I predict he will be the number one player in America for 2014.
I predict he will be the number one player in America for 2014
And what makes you think that he's going to LSU? The fact that he's from Australia
quote:He's obviously a great prospect. But the #1 recruit in the entire class? That's pretty high praise...
I did mean recruit by the way lol, and yes I know it is a bold statement, being that he has never played one game of high school ball in the US. But watch his highlight film, and you see the gifts he has and the tools he already has. He has played on the international stage for almost 3 years now, and I read where he thinks he still has another 2-3 inches to grow!
quote:I'm well aware of Patrick's Australian connections. Doesn't mean you can pencil in every Australian prospect as an LSU lean. It's a pretty big country/continent/island/whatever. If he's as good as people have been saying, blue bloods will definitely be after him.
Well, you may or may not know who LSU has on their basketball staff. David Patrick knows every potential recruit that comes out fo Australia. Every recruit out of Australia is automatically a front runner by virtue of Patrick being at LSU, thats how important he is.
quote:Exum would more than likely go in the Top 5 in 2014 if he chooses to go straight to the NBA.
I know for a fact LSU is recruiting him and I know for a fact that Patrick spoke with him about reclassifying. It was a great decision for him because he could be the first straight to the NBA player in a long time that is regarded as a concensus Top-5 pick from overseas. Bolden will play in the NBA some time soon.
As far as Patrick, I think having him on staff gives LSU a big advantage with almost all Australian prospects. I don't think rzd30 meant that LSU can pencil in every Australian prospect as a LSU commit. It's just a big advantage we have with Patrick on staff.
Bolden isn't 6'11, and he's 17, not 16
He also doesn't seem like a "Lebron type PG" or a "banger" from his highlight videos
But to say that he's going to be the #1 prospect in his class is probably a bit hyperbolic
Blue-bloods get involved, definatel help LSU's case if Victor were to pick LSU
In other news 2014 C Elbert Robinson is visiting LSU today
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Angel McCoughtry led Atlanta into postseason play the previous two seasons after overcoming slow starts for the opportunity. The Dream don't have to worry about that hurdle this year.
McCoughtry scored 12 of her 15 points in the second half and Erika de Souza had 14 as undefeated Atlanta kept up its dominance over the Washington Mystics with a 73-63 win on Sunday.
Sancho Lyttle had 12 points and Armintie Herrington 11 for the Dream (3-0), who overcame 20 turnovers for their sixth straight victory over the Mystics (1-1).
McCoughtry, the WNBA scoring champion last season, missed her first five attempts from the floor and finished 4 of 13 overall, but had seven points in the fourth quarter.
After having its 17-point lead trimmed to 54-48 after three quarters, Atlanta opened the fourth with a 10-0 spurt, including a layup and free throw from McCoughtry.
''We really picked it up with getting in the passing lanes, getting a lot of run outs, exercise our transition game,'' Dream coach Fred Williams said after his team had 16 steals. ''That third quarter, we really threw some bad passes and they turned into points for them, helped get them back in it. But, I was really pleased with our composure, sustaining the lead and getting some big baskets. I told McCoughtry to step it up and she did.''
Crystal Langhorne led the Mystics with 15 points and Ivory Latta had 14. Washington committed 21 turnovers, leading to 24 points for Atlanta.
''You can't come out and play like that against a team like Atlanta that lives off of turnovers,'' Langhorne said.
Tiffany Hayes scored 10 points for the Dream, off to their best start since winning six straight to open the 2010 season.
Atlanta opened 4-7 last season, an actual improvement over the 3-9 start to the 2011 campaign. McCoughtry credits this year's record to a deeper roster, which includes ex-Mystic Jasmine Thomas, who had five of her seven points in the fourth quarter. Herrington had five steals off the bench.
''We're so talented all the way down to the end of our bench,'' said McCoughtry, who led Atlanta with five assists and six turnovers.
Trailing by 13 at halftime and 45-28 in the third quarter, the Mystics went on a 16-3 run. Langhorne had consecutive field goals as Washington trailed 48-44, but it would not get closer.
McCoughtry's first basket came on a 3-pointer with 4:16 remaining in the third quarter. She finished 6 of 7 from the free throw line and Atlanta made 16 of 20 attempts. Washington made 9 of 10, but its first free throw did not come until 4:02 remained in the third quarter.
Both teams shot 39.1 percent from the field, but the Dream had 20 assists on its 27 baskets.
''We were just playing and trying to get our rhythm,'' McCoughtry said of the slow start. ''We'll get it, it's early.''
The Mystics have split their first two games for the third straight season. The previous two years they finished with six and five wins, respectively.
After ending last season at 5-29 with a franchise-record 13 straight losses, Washington hired former Connecticut coach Mike Thibault as its coach and general manager. Thibault directed the Mystics to a 95-90 overtime victory at Tulsa in the season opener last Monday.
On Sunday, the Mystics reverted to old habits. Besides the turnovers and free throw discrepancy, they lost the rebounding battle 40-34. The Dream turned 16 offensive boards into 19 points.
''The three things we've talked about to try to improve this team for the long haul, we lost all three today,'' Thibault said.
Washington committed 10 turnovers in the opening quarter and finished the first half with more turnovers (14) than field goals (13).
Using a lineup featuring three rookies brought the Mystics closer at 30-24, but the Dream scored nine points in 90 seconds and led 39-26 at halftime.
''Watching the first quarter, it was hard to believe considering what the scouting report is and what you have to do to play against them,'' Thibault said. ''Maybe the only way you become believers is to actually go through the experience. You would think with having seven veteran players from the league that we'd be better about that, but we obviously weren't.''


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DIY PCB's for DIY LED Systems.
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Ive been keeping high-tech planted tanks since 1994.Ever since I started keeping them, Ive been tempted to try every new piece of technology that came out to make growing aquatic plants easier( special nutrient enriched substrates, water conditioners, automated Co2 injection systems, ect..) and more economical. Lighting the tank economically has always been problematic, for a number of reasons, up until now. I started out with Metal Halide and found that it could grow plants very well, but the associated cost of replacement bulbs, the intense heat they produce, and the amount of electricity consumed was costing me a small fortune. I replaced the Metal halides with power compacts as soon as they were available. My most recent system consisted of (6) 130 watt PC bulbs for a total of 780 watts. They performed well enough to grow plants, ran cooler than Metal Halide, but still had heat and replacement costs that I deemed too high. I started to research into the possibility of replacing them with high power leds not long after they were first introduced to the general lighting market. LED technology has advanced at a rapid pace over just the last few years, so I decided to try my hand at utilizing them for planted tanks. Id seen a few of the newest led fixtures to hit the market, and was blown away at their high cost. Because of this, I decided to go the DIY route and build my own design to save some money.
My first build would be for my 225 gallon tank. This tank houses mostly small tetras, shrimp, corydoras, ect.. The plants are Java fern/Anubias Barteri growing on driftwood and glossostigma on the substrate. I knew the glosso would need high light levels to encourage it to spread, so my design utilized 90 Cree XRE- Q5 leds driven by 15 Onsemi CAT4101 driver ICs mounted to homemade PCBs powered by 3 meanwell 24Vdc 6.5 amp power supplies. I divided the leds into 3 groups of 30 and mounted each group to heatsinks sourced from old Sony Car amplifiers. More info on My first led system can be seen here - http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...ht=leds&page=2.
Heres a photo of my tank from a few months ago- the Java fern/ Anubias Barteri have
grown considerably since then and the Glosso now completely covers the substrate.
As I mentioned before, the Led drivers that I used were constructed at home using MicroSoft Paint for the PCB design and etched in my kitchen. This DIY route worked well until my designs became complicated enough that these methods were no longer feasible. I have since learned how to use a free software that allows me to design nearly any PCB that I need and have it manufactured and delivered in as little time as a week.
These are some of the PCBs that Ive had created so far. This one will drive 2 strings of 6 leds.
This one will dive 4 strings of 6 leds. Both designs include 5 volt regulators for powering the IC drivers from a 24vdc power source and Pulse Width Modulated Dimming circuits.
Heres the 4 channel model fully assembled and coated with non- conformal coating for protection from the elements.It is also contains a 12 volt regulator and is mounted to a small fan cooled heatsink.
The free software that I use is called Eagle and is available as a freeware version here - http://cadsoftusa.com/freeware.htm
I learned how to use the software with an online tutorial here- http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn...ic-into-a-PCB/
And I use Seeedstudio to manufacture the PCB designs. Their services are available here- http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/fus...78236b78f5b780
The whole process begins with the Eagle software, once you learn how to use it. You start by creating an electrical schematic using the softwares libraries to choose the electrical properties ( voltages, resistance, package style, ect..) for the components that you want to use. You then draw all the wiring connections between the components and run the softwares Electronic rule check feature to check for faults. When the circuit/ schematic is finished up and youre happy with your work, the software can be asked to convert your schematic into a board.
The board show begins as a clean slate with all your components off to the left side of the screen. Your job is to use the move command to arrange every component to where you want it placed on the board. Once that is done, you can route the various connections manually or use the auto-route command to let the software do it for you. The software has a design rule check that can be run to verify if the board design is good enough for a Board house to manufacture. Each Board manufacturer normally provides their own design rule software file that can be loaded into the Eagle program for the needed checks.
.When youre happy with your board design, the Eagle software can be used to convert the board into Gerber files using its CAM processor. Gerber files are used by the board house to program their machinery for the actual board production run. Each Board house will furnish you a CAM file that can be loaded into the Eagle software and provide the correct gerber files needed for their particular tooling.
Heres an actual PCB design that I sent out for production this week.
Thats about all the info that I can share so far. If anyone has more questions just ask.
Might want to actually upload your images ;)
There is also expresspcb if Eagle is to complex.
If anyone has a laser printer they could print out there design in reverse and then use a clothes iron to transfer to some copper clad. Etch it and drill it and you've got a custom pcb. I've made tons of tiny intricate buffer circuits for amplifiers this way with very small traces. Works great if you just need one or two boards.
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I followed your threads on Monsterfishkeepers and have really been interested in doing a similar project on a smaller scale. There are some people over at nanoreef that have put up a few of the single Cat4101 driver boards that I thought I might use to just drive one or two strings.
My question for you would, is this really worth it or would it just be easier to go with a Meanwell or something similar?
Thanks a lot for posting, this is such an awesome DIY.
Depends on what you enjoy doing. Learning a new skill like pcb design is a challenge, but a fun one. The CAT4101 drivers are easy to use, and certainly cheap enough to consider. The only drawback is that they are a linear driver, which means that the excess voltage difference between the LED forward voltage and the source voltage gets burned off in heat through the driver chip. To minimize this, you have to keep the delta between the two as small as possible. This typically means either careful planning of your LEDs for a fixed output power supply, or you get a power supply that can be adjusted slightly to minimize heat related issues.
Even easier then the clothes iron is a laminator. Some modes require very little modification to accept a pcb. They provide much better heat and pressure distribution.
My thoughts were to start small and build a single driver board to light smaller thanks and then graduate up to a larger setup. Again, thanks for the reply and the information.
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I used the Cat4101 driver in my set up for a few important reasons. They're cheap(about $3 ), require only a small amount of additional components, they accept a 5 volt pwm dimming signal directly from an Arduino( a meanwell needs 10v ),and they can be made to dim down to 1%,(meanwell's won't dim below 20%)
I also like the fact that with proper planning, you can save money by only having to purchase 1 power supply for your set up, instead of paying for another supply with every meanwell-(not to mention the problem of resonance between multiple supplies on 1 power circuit).
Otherwise (especially if youre having some place make/send it) not really, it'll be a lot less involved in time and funds for 1-2 pcbs.
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You are right. "Economy of Scale" will not work for smaller led builds, especially, if you have unneeded boards leftover, that you're unable to sell. But the costs of having them made by a board shop vs. purchasing all the needed parts( copper clad boards, etch-ant,tin-plate,tools, ect..) gets pretty close, without the mess.
thanks so much for sharing this. at this point of leds the only drivers that seem most popular and easiest to deal with are meanwells. let's say i plan to have 100 leds, i would need at least 10 meanwell drivers which would be almost $300 at $30 each. as you had already stated having 10 of these drivers in 1 ac outlet doesn't seem that feasible. currently i am trying to find a way to power my 100 leds.
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The Meanwells will run 12-14 leds per driver depending on the led's Vf.
The Cat4101 chip will run 6-7 led's per string depending on the led's Vf.
You would need at least 8 meanwells to run 96 leds or 16 cat4101's and an appropriately rated 24 volt power supply. The amp capacity of your power supply will be determined by multiplying your desired drive current by the number of Led strings. For example- 16 strings driven @ 700 ma would require 11.2 amps. A Meanwell 24v-13amp power supply would work perfectly, and can be found dirt cheap on EBay.:D
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(Feb. 2, 2006)--As part of Black History Month at UTSA, the African American Studies Program, Office of Institutional Diversity and University Center will host a gospel concert, "Gospel Explosion," at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3 in the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02), 1604 Campus.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Report Card: All-Star Break Edition
So, given the situation, it's remarkable that the Preds currently sit in 4th place. I've got to give all the credit in the world to Barry Trotz. I ripped him earlier this season, but I think this is his best coaching job yet. The key will be reaching the post-season and advancing. TEAM GRADE- A-
Now, here is a grade for each individual player:
#3 Wade Belak- The guy is a tough, physical player but really doesn't have much value to the team on the ice. He's a good guy to have in the locker room though. GRADE- C-
#4 Cody Franson- Franson has played pretty well throughout this season. The kid has the size of Weber, and a pretty hard slapshot of his own when he decides to crank it up. He can be a bit sloppy defensively sometimes, but is normally good. GRADE- B+
#6 Shea Weber- Weber is the captain of the team and the only member to be selected to the All-Star game. He started off slow but has recently been on a blistering pace offensively, and is the leading scorer for the Preds. GRADE- A
#8 Kevin Klein- Klein's game has slightly improved recently. He's not doing the stupid things he normally does as often. He's starting to just make the easy play instead of trying to force things. The beginning of the year was awful though. GRADE- D+
#9 Marcel Goc- Goc has been pretty good this year. He was injured for a while off of the cheapshot by Backstrom in the Washington game, but has since returned and is playing well. GRADE- B
#10 Martin Erat- Erat has been up and down this year. He has had injury problems, but has also played well at times. He seems to be cutting down on the mental mistakes. GRADE- B-
#11 David Legwand- Ah. Legwand. He's been pretty good defensively so far this year and occasionally chips in on the offensive front. I'm going to surprise Phillip with this. GRADE- B+
#13 Nick Spaling- Spaling is a kid that everybody roots for. He works hard every night and has recently been rewarded with a little bit of offense. He's played his role effectively so far this year. GRADE- A-
#15 Matthew Lombardi- I'd sure like to tell you because the kid can fly. I don't know if people really understand how good this team can be if we're healthy. GRADE- N/A
#16 Cal O'Reilly- Cal was playing extremely well at the beginning of the year, but his play declined a bit before his injury. It will be nice to get him back in the next month hopefully. GRADE- B-
#20 Ryan Suter- Sutes really proved how valuable he was when he was injured. The team really just fell apart. He's the quarterback of the power-play, he's the best puck handler on the team by far, and he's great defensively. He should be in Raleigh alongside Weber. GRADE- A
#22 Jordin Tootoo- Jordin has had some off of the ice problems, but was playing smart hockey before that. Also, he delivered the hardest hit so far this year in the NHL to Michael Frolik of the Panthers. GRADE- B-
#24 Matt Halischuk- In the few games that he's played for Nashville, I've been really impressed by him. GRADE- B
#25 Jerred Smithson- Smitty has played pretty well so far this year. He's a great faceoff guy and kills penalties well. He's earned the contract extension that he was given. GRADE- B+
#26 Steve Sullivan- Sully was having a pretty solid season before the injury. However, he passes up attempts on the rush more than anybody on the team(including Erat and Ward). GRADE- B-
#27 Patric Hornqvist- Horndog has had a pretty solid year so far. He's always in the grill of the opposing goaltender and really has a knack for finding lose pucks and creating traffic. So many goals have been scored from the point this year simply because Hornqvist was screening the goalie. On those plays, he wasn't even credited with points, but his work is obvious. GRADE- A-
#29 Joel Ward- I've not been very impressed with Ward all year. His work along the boards isn't what it has been previously, and his offensive touch isn't there at all. Also, he's made several stupid decisions. GRADE- D-
#33 Colin Wilson- Willy has played well this year. He's good with the puck, has the ability to score goals, and has played smart defensively. He's really coming along nicely. GRADE- B+
#35 Pekka Rinne- Peks went through a bit of a slump in November, but has been lights out since. He's had a couple of injuries, but they haven't had a negative reaction towards his play. He should be in Raleigh with Weber as well. GRADE- A
#39 Anders Lindback- Lindback has turned into a fan favorite because of his play and his personality. When Rinne was injured, Lindback was crucial to the success of the Preds and has played well. There have been a few hiccups lately though. He's going to be an important piece to the puzzle down the road. GRADE- B+
#40 Marek Svatos- Svatos has been a good pickup off of the waiver wire. Until he was injured(notice a pattern here?), he was playing well. GRADE- B+
#51 Francis Bouillon- The Cube has been a valuable player for the Preds so far this year until he was injured. He is very sound defensively and brings a physical edge to his game every night. GRADE- B+
#52 Alexander Sulzer- I'm not a big fan. His play has gotten better during the last 5 games, but before that he was awful(worse than Klein). He's a step or two slow and makes very bad decisions sometimes. GRADE- D-
#53 Chris Mueller- I was impressed with this kid when he was up here(was sent back to Milwaukee yesterday along with Halischuk, but I'd expect them to be back at some point). He's a hard worker and chipped in offensively. GRADE- B+
#55 Shane O'Brien- I like this guy. He's a good guy off of the ice, and has played admirably well on the ice. Much better than I expected. GRADE- B
#58 Linus Klasen- I saw touches of offensive capability when he was up with Nashville, but he still has a lot of work to do(especially defensively). GRADE- C
#71 J.P. Dumont- Up until recently, I was disappointed in Dumont's play. He's picked it up as of late, but I expect more out of him the rest of the year. GRADE- C-
#74 Sergei Kostitsyn- SK74 started off injured and not very good, but he's gotten a lot better since. He's one of the best offensive threats on the team, and looks comfortable here in Nashville. GRADE- A-
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- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Klein a D+? Really? Lowest penalty minutes among defensemen, except Sulzer ( who has played in less than half the games and only has 3 less minutes of penalties), Leads team in blocked shots, leads the team in minutes on the PK on the top-five-in-the-league PK, is a +6. Dumont gets a c- because he got a hat trick recently? Everybody else who is "improving" gets a pass but not Klein? He is third in avg TOI and shifts per game, yet he has nothing to do with the teams success? Your bias sucks, and if you looked at all the stats without knowing whose stats they were, you would be saying "wow, this guy is having a great year!" You are a Kleinist. Cisar,Otf. (I don't have any of these other "comment as" accounts, but you know where to find me)ReplyDelete
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@Cisar I'm not biased against Klein. Each stat you laid out is true. He also gets burned constantly, makes stupid decisions, and bad turnovers. There's a reason 90% of PredNation holds their breath when Klein is on the ice. The worst part of his game is his positioning, which leads to scoring chances for the opposition. I wish the best for the guy, and I hope he improves. I actually like him as a person.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 3:14 PM
The worst part of his game is when he is played at the left defenseman position filling in for whomever (Suter, usually). He does not get burned "constantly", He occasionally has a bad turnover, these have been well documented. Suter and Weber had a ton of bad plays in the last chicago game and the Calgary game (turnovers, out of position etc..). It happens. His positioning can't be that bad, if he is leading the team in blocked shots. His quality of opponents rating is highest on the team, I believe. If he were not 'good', the Preds would not be as successful. You should rethink your rating of him, methinks.ReplyDelete
In other news, you guys do some good work over here, don't think I only come here to bash you. Also, thanks for allowing anonymous posts. I hate having to sign up for anything just to have an opinion. Cisar
Cisar I really appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. I will keep a closer eye on Klein throughout the remainder of the year. I really appreciate your opinion. That's the main reason why I do this!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 4:14 PM
You have an On the Forecheck account? Who are you?ReplyDelete
I don't, although I do read Chris and Dirk's stuff every day and they're fantastic.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you listened about Legwand, however begrudgingly.ReplyDelete
And I too agree that Klein sucks. Cisar, you are correct that it might simply be bias...but I havent seen anything to make me change my mind...yet. I will agree that his PK play has come lightyears along.


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If you talk to a lot of Audi fanboys, I think you will begin to assess that they are not the most reliable. They put in a lot of effort into exterior and interior quality, but it's as if the overall car itself is over engineered, too complex. Need to change a headlight? You need to basically tear out everything!!!
I don't pretend to know everything about Audi, but do some searches on "Audi reliability", and I think you'll get the general idea of their quality...
My former co-worker was an absolute Audi fanboy. German cars in general, but Audi first. His A4 gave him so many problems, he completely disowned Audi. Their dealership services are horrible. Again, do a search on "Audi service, dealership" and you will see that the majority treat their customers pretty bad. The consensus is that it's the owners fault.
I don't want to bash Audi too much because I really would like to own one. But financially, I just cannot take that risk...