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A Perfect Pint's Michael Agnew serves up a guide to beer in the upper Midwest
Michael Agnew is a certified Cicerone and describes himself as "a beer tasting/dinner organizer, beer educator, all-round beer evangelist." He also writes about beer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Beer Connoisseur. After traversing four states in the upper Midwest, Agnew has published, "A Perfect Pint's Beer Guide to the Heartland."
The large format paperback digs deep into the craft brewing scene in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and, of course, Wisconsin. A look at the maps in the book offer a quick testament to the amount of work Agnew put into the book. It's hard work drinking that much beer – seriously, it is – and we asked him about it.
OnMilwaukee.com: Perhaps this is obvious, but I'd love to hear about how you go about your, ahem, research.
Michael Agnew: At every brewery or brewpub I visited I spent a good deal of time talking with the brewer or owner. Usually an hour or longer. They were very generous with their time and I thank them for it. That gave me an in-depth understanding of the place – history, philosophy, character, etc.
I tasted every beer that was available to sample, often talking through them with the brewer as we chatted. I took the tour to see the facility. I hung out at the place for a bit to get a feel for the space, ambience, clientele. If I happened to be there during taproom hours I chatted up bartenders and customers. That's a great way to learn about a place.
It sounds like whining to some, but this "research," while fun, was actually really exhausting. I was doing three to four breweries a day. While I learned to pace myself, seldom finishing the samples, when you start drinking at 9 or 10 a.m. and don't stop until 7 or 8 p.m., plus traveling from place to place, it wears you out. It would have been nice to sit and have an actual pint at my last stop of the day, but most evenings I was just done.
OMC: How has the growth of the brewpub and microbreweries altered the beer landscape, especially in the upper Midwest?
MA: Well, the main way is the obvious one. There are just so many breweries now. The availability of different beer styles is amazing. Even in tiny towns like Woodman, Wis., population 300, you can find brewers doing crazy stuff, and the locals are drinking it. The proliferation of breweries is also bringing with it an expansion of the types of beer that are available.
When I started my tour in December 2010, the current boom was just getting underway. Most places had the standard brewpub favorites – IPA, Amber, Stout, Golden Ale of some kind, etc. Now we're starting to see more adventurous beers coming out of the region's breweries. While we're seeing a rise in good beer, we're also seeing a rise in not-so-good beer.
More and more people are jumping in without the knowledge and experience needed to make beer commercially. That could ultimately become problematic in the future.
OMC: Is there something of a renaissance, too, among classic brands throughout the area, mimicking the popularity of Schlitz and Pabst here in Milwaukee?
MA: We are seeing breweries, particularly small-town breweries, reviving the brands of long-defunct breweries that once made beer in the town where they are located. The big examples include August Schell making Grain Belt and Hauenstein. In Marinette, the Railhouse has revived the Silver Cream label from the Menominee Brewery. In Red Wing, the Red Wing brewing company researched and reconstructed recipes from two old Red Wing breweries. It's happening all over.
OMC: Have you heard about the push among a group of folks here to bring Pabst ownership back to Milwaukee?
MA: I have heard of this, but don't really know much about it.
OMC: As a well-traveled observer, I'd love to hear about how Milwaukee stacks up these days in terms of breweries and brewpubs. Are we still the beer capital?
MA: Milwaukee still has a great beer culture. In terms of sheer production volume I don't think any other state in the region can compete. Between Miller and City Brewing in La Crosse, Wisconsin has that one hands down. Milwaukee has a good assortment of old-school brewers and brewpubs and new-to-the-scene startups, as well.
The scene is growing at a good clip. I love that most of the breweries in the Milwaukee area are within 10 minutes of each other. That made my job much easier. Is Milwaukee still the beer capital? That's really hard to say these days. Madison is giving it a run for its money. Chicago is huge. The Twin Cities have a thriving scene that is one of the fastest growing in the nation. Des Moines also has a great and growing beer scene.
OMC: Do you have a favorite place here?
MA: Lakefront is probably my favorite place in Milwaukee. Their tour is super-fun. They understand that people are mostly there for the beer, so they give it to you at several points throughout the tour. Tour guides don't get too hung up on esoteric brewing stuff, unless someone asks. They guide with humor.
And I love the beer hall. The Friday fish fry with the two-man polka band is hard to beat for Milwaukee culture. Oh, and the beer is good, too.
OMC: Of course, I want to hear about your absolute favorite place overall in the four states covered in the book, too.
MA: It's hard to say a favorite. So many breweries stand out to me in so many different ways. I suppose if I have to pick a favorite it might be New Glarus. They have consistently high quality beer over an extraordinarily wide range of styles. The place is a marvel of organization and planning. Dan Carey is one of the most fascinating brewers I have interviewed. Things get deep fast when you talk to him.
But really, there were just so many places that I loved in every state for all kinds of different reasons.
OMC: What's your prediction for the next big thing in beer?
MA: Session beers are an upcoming trend – low-alcohol beers meant for consuming several pints in a session without falling out at the end. Just as we have seen imperialized versions of typically sessionable classic styles in the past, we're now starting to see low-alcohol versions of typically high alcohol brews.
The Brewers Association even has a category for this in their competition style guidelines. Sour beers have also been on the rise, but I still think that is more of a niche thing for ultra beer-nerds. They can be an acquired taste for others.
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The Stalcup School of Theology for the Laity is open to all who want to continue learning and growing through biblical study, exploration of contemporary issues from a faith perspective, interfaith dialogue, and critical thinking about the basis of Christian understanding of God, humanity, and the world. Top scholars with a heart for the church bring their expertise and passion for sharing that knowledge with people engaged in ministry and those who simply want to learn.
Seminars are typically held on Saturdays and participants may attend an individual event or sign up for the whole series.
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Fourteenth Joe A. and Nancy Vaughn Stalcup Lecture on Christian Unity
"Sisters and Brothers by Other Mothers"
Sunday, June 11, 2017 3:00 p.m.
East Dallas Christian Church
Bishop Teresa Jefferson-Snorton became the 59th bishop elected in the Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church and the first female bishop. In February 2016 she was elected President of Churches Uniting in Christ, an ecumenical organization representing ten Christian denominations and one partner in mission and dialogue working toward unity and reconciliation. She also serves the wider community as Ecumenical Officer and Endorsing Agent for the CME Church, as Chair of the Family Life Committee of the World Methodist Council, as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Human Development and through membership on the Board of Directors of the World Methodist Evangelism, Inc. and the Pan-Methodist Commission. Bishop Jefferson-Snorton has a BA from Vanderbilt University, a MDiv from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a MTh from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the DMin from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. She provides leadership in higher education as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Miles College (Fairfield, AL) and through membership on the Board of Trustees at the Interdenominational Theological Center and the Advisory Board of Candler School of Theology at Emory University. She is the author of several articles, chapters and book reviews on topics related to pastoral care and ministry. Recent works include Women Out of Order: Risking Change and Creating Care in a Multi-Cultural World (2009), co-edited with Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner.
Can Love Be a Political Possibility?
Tenth Jean and Parker F. Wilson Seminar
Saturday, April 22, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Northway Christian Church, Dallas
Keri Day, Associate Professor of Theological and Social Ethics & Black Church Studies, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX
This seminar explores the radical potential of love within our current hyper-consumerist, anti-democratic capitalist society. Drawing upon Christian theology, womanist/black feminist studies, feminist political philosophy and neoliberal economic studies, this seminar suggests that love is not merely a regulative ideal but a concrete revolutionary practice. Love is a movement. Love is movement toward each other so that our labor of justice making is sustainable. Within black feminist and womanist religious discourses, love has been a practice of self-actualization as well as a strategy for constructing just and compassionate political communities. These sessions argue that our society needs an affective politics of love, which is a cultural politics that seeks to align the emotions of political subjects with just political causes and commitments. An affective politics grounded in love empowers citizens to emotionally connect to commitments oriented towards democratic flourishing.
The 'Gospel of God' and the 'Gospels' of Jesus: Unity through 'Four-fold' Diversity? Or Diversity through 'Mani-fold' Variety? The Ongoing Search for the Jesus Behind the Diverse Troves of Tradition
Eleventh Fred B. Craddock Seminar on the Gospels
Saturday, April 1, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Rush Creek Christian Church, Arlington
David Moessner, A.A. Bradford Chair of Religion, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
How can anyone today, church member or not, know anything about Jesus of Nazareth who is claimed to have announced the 'gospel of God' as the 'Son of God' (Mark 1:1, 14) when there seem to be unending sources of Jesus traditions newly discovered and trumpeted by the press? Is the Jesus of the Church's 'Four Gospels' the same Jesus as, e.g., the Jesus of the Nag Hammadi communities of Egypt or of the Syrian communities of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, etc.? How many gospels are there? Is there a common story behind them all? Why did some early Christian communities decide on just four gospels among 'many' others? We will look at the basic plots of the Four Gospels and compare them to other gospels of the first three centuries. This search for—'what is a Gospel,' and 'how much can we know about the Jesus who was and continues to be worshiped as the Son of God by so many Christian churches worldwide'—generates the pulse of this seminar.
The Fabric of Faith: Learning from the Women of the New Testament
Sixth Joan and Aubrey Gearner Seminar
Saturday, March 11, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Northway Christian Church, Dallas
Jaime Clark-Soles, Professor of New Testament, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX
Lots of women appear in the New Testament. Some are named individuals (Syntyche, Lois, Mary Magdalene); others are not. Some are celebrated disciples (the Samaritan woman), apostles (Junia), deacons and ministers (Phoebe)–vocal proponents of our faith. Others teach wisdom by example through their actions. We hear about individual women but also groups of women, like the widows of 1 Timothy or the female Corinthian prophets. While most of the women are real, some are figurative (the woman clothed with the sun; the whore of Babylon). How might we encounter Jesus by spending time with some of these characters? What word might they have for ourselves and for our communities? Come renew your acquaintance with or meet these women for the first time!
Jaime Clark-Soles received her BA from Stetson University; her MDiv from Yale Divinity School and her PhD in New Testament from Yale University. She is the author of four books, including Reading John for Dear Life: A Spiritual Walk with the Fourth Gospel (Sept. 2016) and Engaging the Word: The New Testament and the Christian Believer (2010). Currently she is completing the book Women in the Bible for the Interpretation commentary series. Dr. Clark-Soles is the New Testament editor and a writer for the Covenant Bible Study series as well as for the new CEB Women's Bible (Oct. 2016). Dr. Clark-Soles enjoys speaking widely and writing for both academic and popular audiences. She has contributed articles to preaching resources in print and online. Dr. Clark-Soles appears in the Disciple Bible Study John videos and in the documentary Hellbound? She is an ordained American Baptist minister.
Luther and His Legacy: Gospel Promise in Cracked Pot/s
Tenth W.A. Welsh Seminar
Saturday, February 04, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Dallas
James Duke, I. Wylie and Elizabeth M. Briscoe Professor of History of Christianity and History of Christian Thought, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX
Even now Martin Luther sports the public name-recognition lead of Protestantism's 16th century founders. No wonder: Who did more to shift the flow of Christian history from what it once was into what it is today? Luther's brand remains controversial. Acclaim comes for fearless faith challenging Church and Empire alike, and ringing appeals to faith, God's grace, the Bible alone, freedom of conscience and priesthood of all believers. Detractors target narrow-mindedness, anger-management issues and mere half-way reforms—a"Dr. Easychair and Dr. Pussyfoot" compromiser. 2017 notes the 500th anniversary of the 95 Theses Luther tacked on his own home parish-church door. We take a second, fresh look at his life, his times and his legacy in light of Luther-studies, theology and the church today. Four themes are uppermost: (1) Luther's dogged efforts to grasp Christian faith's 'gospel' as good news from God; (2) Luther's view of 'the Bible alone' over church tradition and philosophical learning; (3) Luther's unsaintly decisions, vicious or compromising, tarnishing his reputation and (4) Still-swirling trends, controversies and challenges he bequeaths to today's Christians.
James Duke received his BA from the University of Maryland and his MDiv and PhD from Vanderbilt University. He is recipient of the TCU Deans' Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Catherine Saylor Hill Award for Faculty Excellence. His publications include translations of German theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher as well as studies in the history of theology in North America, history and doctrine of the Stone-Campbell movement and theological methodology. He has served as editor of American Academy of Religion publications and on the editorial team for The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History. An ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Dr. Duke has participated in the Theology Task Force of Churches Uniting in Christ (COCU/CUIC), the Theology Commission of the Disciples Council on Christian Unity and the Disciples-Reformed and Disciples-Roman Catholic dialogues.
Emotions, Wisdom, and Human Flourishing
Saturday, January 28, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Acton United Methodist Church, Granbury
Barbara McClure, Associate Professor in Pastoral Theology and Practice, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX
Emotions have attracted lots of attention from theologians from St. Augustine to Paul Tillich. Since the earliest philosophers explored their meaning, the importance of emotions in our every day lives has only increased. Identifying, understanding and managing persons' emotional states has become big business, from pastoral care and counseling, to leadership development in for-profit companies, to pharmaceutical companies and self help books. However, the study of emotions has not been taken up sufficiently in theology and practice; pastoral practitioners, for example, accept that emotions are an important factor in our pursuit of the Good Life. However, the emotions are under-theorized; we do not understand them as fully as we might, and do not learn from them as much as we ought. Understanding emotions from historical, sociological as well as from more recent theological perspectives will help us glean better the wisdom they offer, guiding our practices and contributing more effectively to a world in which all can flourish.
Barbara J. McClure's interests lie primarily in the meaning of and means toward human flourishing. She has pursued this question in a variety of contexts including institutions of work, worship and learning, as well as within the context of a counseling practice. Her interests and commitments are deeply informed by her experience of being born and raised for twenty years in remote areas of East Africa as the daughter and granddaughter of Presbyterian (PCUSA) missionaries. Prior to joining the Brite faculty, Dr. McClure taught at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. She has written two books: Moving Beyond Individualism in Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling: Reflections on Theory, Theology and Practice (2010) and Emotions and the Flourishing Life (Forthcoming, 2017).
Rehearsing Hope, Performing Church
Tenth Schubert M. Ogden Seminar on Systematic Theology
Saturday, January 14, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Northway Christian Church, Dallas
Shannon Craigo-Snell, Professor of Theology, Louisville Seminary, Louisville, KY
To navigate the rapidly changing church of the 21st century, it is important to have a clear understanding of ecclesiology—what church is and ought to be. Christian traditions offer many descriptions and metaphors for church. The Nicene Creed describes the church as one, holy, catholic and apostolic. Various theologians have portrayed the church as an institution, a community, a herald and a servant. As central as these traditional images are, a fresh interpretation of church is needed for contemporary life. This seminar approaches church not as a noun but as a verb—as something Christians do. We will explore Christian understandings of church in relationship to theater and performance studies. Drawing wisdom from theologians and theater directors, we will explore how Christian worship shapes us—intellectually, emotionally, physically and volitionally—into fit players in the ongoing drama of God's salvation.
Shannon Craigo-Snell joined the Louisville Seminary faculty in 2011 as a constructive systematic theologian. Previously, Dr. Craigo-Snell taught in the Religious Studies department at Yale University from 2001-2011. Her books include The Empty Church: Theater, Theology, and Bodily Hope (2014); Silence, Love, and Death: Saying Yes to God in the Theology of Karl Rahner (2008) and Living Christianity: A Pastoral Theology for Today (2009) which was written with Shawnthea Monroe. In 2014 Dr. Craigo-Snell was ordained to the Office of Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
The Bible's Story of Earth: Creation in the Biblical Story
Saturday, November 12, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Dallas
John Holbert, Professor Emeritus of Homiletics, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX
Our planet is in serious trouble. Our air is polluted, our fresh water is inadequate for our fast-growing population, our forests are disappearing, our oceans and mountains are heating up too rapidly, too many species of plants and animals are becoming rare or vanishing altogether. Our ecosystem is under assault, and we humans are the major culprits. We have enormous work ahead of us if we are to reverse these dangerous realities. We Christians need to look again to our source, our ancient Bible, to discover resources with which we may address these problems. As always, the sacred text offers us what we need to rethink our relationship to God's good creation. Bring a Bible and explore the sources in the Bible for a hopeful relationship to God's earth.
John C. Holbert was born in Indiana, raised in Arizona and educated in Iowa and Texas, receiving a PhD in Old Testament in 1975. He has been a local church pastor in Louisiana, professor of religion at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, and is Lois Craddock Perkins Professor Emeritus of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology, where he joined the faculty in 1979. John is married to Diana, who is a professional musician and liturgical dancer and an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church. They have two children: a son, Darius, and a daughter, Sarah. Dr. Holbert has authored six books including Preaching Creation: The Environment and the Pulpit and numerous articles in scholarly and church journals. He was the editor of the Psalms and Canticles material of the 1989 United Methodist Hymnal. He served as Interim Senior Minister of First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth in the fall of 1994 and at First United Methodist Church in Dallas from March-May, 1997.
A Visit to the Ancestors: Some Characters in the Christian Story and our Stories
Eleventh Fay and Alfred C. Grosse Seminar on Religion and the Literary Arts
Saturday, October 22, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Northway Christian Church, Dallas
Randi Walker, Ronald Soucey Professor of Transcendental Christianity & Professor of Church History, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
The study of history is a spiritual discipline. It is a visit to people we may think we know, but usually do not fully understand. As we reconstruct their stories, we find ourselves weaving our own stories into theirs. Holding up the mirror of the ancestors, we may gain wisdom for living our own lives. This workshop will focus on four interesting ancestors you may not know very well: Augustine of Hippo (d. 430); Hildegard of Bingen (d. 1179); Mother Walatta Petros of Ethiopia (d. 1642); and Kanzo Uchimura of Japan (d. 1930). These ancestors illuminate different kinds of Christianity and different approaches to Christian life. You may find these biographies interesting, but it is not necessary to read them before class. Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo (University of California Press, rev. ed. 2000); Sabina Flanagan, Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary Life (Routledge, 2nd ed. 1998); Galawdewos, The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros, trans. by Wendy Laura Belcher and Michael Kleiner, (Princeton University Press, 2015); Miura, Hiroshi, The Life and Thought of Kanzo Uchimura, 1861-1930 (William B. Eerdmans, 1997).
Randi Walker's current scholarship focuses on the histories of Christianity in the Pacific World and her writings include Religion and the Public Conscience: Ecumenical Civil Rights Work in Seattle 1940-1960 (2012), The Evolution of a UCC Style: History and Ecclesiology of the United Church of Christ (2005), Emma Newman: A Frontier Woman Minister (2000) and Protestantism in the Sangre de Christos 1850-1920 (1991). She is ordained in the United Church of Christ and served as a pastor in the Southern California Nevada Conference before coming to PSR.
Stories for Trinitarians: Tragedy, Romance and Adventure with God
Saturday, October 22, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
First Christian Church, Tyler
Ed Waggoner, Assistant Professor of Theology in The Rt. Reverend Sam B. Hulsey Chair in Episcopal Studies, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX
The Triune God is rather more weird and wonderful than Christians let on. In the standard view of the Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit are distinct from one another, without adding up to more than one God. It is supposed to be impossible for any of these divine persons to know or to will something independently of the others; and yet, Christians routinely address Father, Son, or Spirit as if having a private conversation with one of them was a real possibility. Christians use predominantly male language and imagery to speak of divine persons, but God is properly neither male nor female. Conundrums like these reflect our deep yearnings for connection and our tendency to domesticate God. This seminar draws from classical and avant-garde theologies to explore the elements of tragedy, romance and adventure in our everyday life with the Trinity.
Ed Waggoner taught at Yale Divinity School and Hartford Seminary before joining the faculty at Brite Divinity School. He offers courses in constructive, systematic and liberation theologies. His current research projects include a constructive doctrine of the Trinity as the basis for claims about human experience of divine persons; a new interpretation of Friedrich Schleiermacher's theological naturalism and a critique of religious support for militarization in the United States. Dr. Waggoner recently published an article in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, titled, "Taking Religion Seriously in the U.S. Military: The Chaplaincy as a National Strategic Asset," and co-edited Religious Experience and New Materialism: Movement Matters (2015) with Joerg Rieger. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and has ongoing interests in issues facing the wider Anglican Communion.
How Buddhism Sheds Light on Christian Life, Thought and Practice
Tenth Jean and Patrick Henry, Jr. Seminar
Saturday, October 1, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Northway Christian Church, Dallas
Ruben Habito, Professor of World Religions and Spirituality, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX
Encounters with Buddhism have brought forth new challenges and opened new horizons in Christian life, thought and practice. In this lecture series, we will first look at the Buddha ("the Awakened One") and his legacy and its significance especially for our contemporary society. Further, we will explore the basic features of his teachings on the problematic of human existence, on ultimate reality and human ultimate destiny, as these developed in history, and in comparison with Christian views of the same. We will then explore how theological approaches to the Triune God, the Incarnation, the Holy Spirit and other Christian doctrinal themes may be enriched in the light of Buddhist insights into ultimate reality in relation to our mundane existence, and also how the Christian contemplative tradition may be deepened and broadened as informed by Buddhist praxis. In conclusion, we will reflect on how Christian mission and ministry may be given renewed vitality through Buddhist insight into the interconnectedness of all beings, naturally flowing into compassionate action toward healing our wounded Earth community.
Ruben L.F. Habito teaches and is Director of Spiritual Formation at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and also serves as Guiding Teacher at the Maria Kannon Zen Center located at White Rock United Methodist Church in East Dallas. He is the author of Be Still and Know: Zen and the Bible (Orbis 2016, Forthcoming), Zen and the Spiritual Exercises: Paths of Awakening and Transformation (2013), Healing Breath: Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World (2006) and many other books in English and Japanese. He has served on the Board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and is an active member of the Society for Buddhist Christian Studies, the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society.
Constructing God in the New Testament
Saturday, September 10, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Northway Christian Church, Dallas
Warren Carter, Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX
This seminar looks at constructions of God in New Testament writings. While much contemporary reading of the New Testament focuses on Jesus and on the church, not much attention has been given to ways in which various NT writings present God. By attending to various passages across the New Testament, this seminar suggests that NT writings are primarily interested in what God does, on God-at-work in the world. They construct God-at-work in pursuing life-giving, loving and liberative actions. Yet in doing so, they also construct God in fearful and terrible ways that suggest God to be, for example, powerless, uncaring, absent, violent, merciless, an emperor-lookalike and a bully. The seminar thus raises questions about how we read the Bible, how we negotiate these New Testament "texts of terror" and what sort of God we construct.
Warren Carter came to Brite in 2007 after teaching for 17 years at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City. His scholarly work has focused on the gospels of Matthew and John, and he is especially interested in the ways in which early Christians negotiated the Roman empire. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, he is the author of thirteen books including Matthew and the Margins (2000), Matthew and Empire (2001), The Roman Empire and the New Testament (2006), John and Empire (2008), What Does Revelation Reveal? (2011), Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World (2013), The New Testament: Methods and Meaning (2013, with Amy-Jill Levine) and Telling Tales About Jesus: An Introduction to the New Testament Gospels (2016). He has also contributed to numerous church resources and publications such as 15 studies on Matthew in The Pastors Bible Study Vol 1 (Abingdon). He is a frequent speaker at scholarly and ecclesial conferences.
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Nov 25, 2012 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports EditorAt 5-foot-5, Natalee Goff is one of the smallest outside hitters in Class 2-A volleyball.
But that didn't stop her from becoming the Fremont County volleyball player of the year
Goff, a senior, at Shoshoni High School won the award that as voted by the sports staff from The Ranger, Lander Journal and the Wind River News.
"There are a lot of good players in Fremont County, and just being named one of the best players in the county is a honor," Goff said. "I just tried to focus on my game and my play. To get the award is just awesome."
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Goff enjoyed the challenge of showing that her size didn't matter on the court. R00;
"Being an outside hitter at 5-5 is kind of crazy," Goff said. "I worked on my vertical a lot. I got my vertical up so I could jump a little higher get around the block. I tried to do whatever I could because I was so short."
Goff gave a lot of credit to her setter, KayLee Fegler.
"KayLee put the ball where I needed it, so I could hit it," Goff said.
The SHS senior battled against girls listed at 5-10 or 6-0 all season.
"You just put the ball down where you need to," Goff said. "We had a couple of 5-10 or 6-0 girls on our team. They went against me during practice. I had to practice against it from my girls as well. They helped me a lot."
Goff ended her career as a two-time Class 2-A all-state selection.
"It's pretty cool to get all-state a couple of times," Goff said. "I felt very privileged and blessed to get it two years in a row."
Goff said it was an honor to play for SHS volleyball coach Christina Mills the last three years.
"Coach Mills is amazing," Goff said. "She brought our team up. We were struggling. Some girls didn't want to play. She really pulled us together. She made us focus on our goals. She was the best coach ever."
Golf thinks she can take her game to the next level.
"I would love to play volleyball in college," Goff said. "It probably would be more on the line as a defensive specialist. I have gone to a couple of college tryouts. We will just see if an opening open comes up. We will just see if it's meant to be."
2012 season
"I loved the season," Goff said. "We came together so well. It was fun to play with all the girls."
SHS had one of the most veteran teams in the state with six seniors. The other seniors were Fegler, Kelly McAuslan, Sarah Thompson, Shaide Pingetzer and Kolbi Pickinpaugh.
"It was just really fun to play with them" Goff said.
Goff said the seniors started their career together at the junior high level.
"We played together for eight years," Goff said. "We had a huge bond. Everybody knew where everybody was on the court. "
The Lady Wranglers steamrolled through the conference season with a perfect mark,
"Words can't even describe that," Goff said. "Winning conference was one of our first goals.
SHS was ranked No. 1 in the 2-A volleyball poll for most of the season.
The Lady Wranglers won the 2-A West regional championship match at Bob Carey Memorial Fieldhouse in Lander. SHS outlasted Thermopolis in five sets in the title match.
"The regional title game was way close," Goff said. "The fifth game was tied at 12-12. It could have gone either way.
The ball fell for us a couple of times. We pulled together every time. We just got it done."
SHS took a No. 1 seed into the state tournament last month and went 2-2 in Casper to place fourth.
"The intensity skyrockets at state," Goff said.
At state, Wright upset SHS twice in the span of three days. Wright was the No. 4 seed from the East conference.
Wright won in the opening round and again in the fourth-place match. Both matches went right down to the wire.
"Wright was good," Goff said. "Wright had the height against us. They hit different from what we were used to. I don't know what went wrong."
The wins at state were over Southeast and Thermopolis in consolation play.
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|Toku Inao
|Shosuro Hametsu,
Shosuro Mikiko
|Shosuro Yudoka
|Toturi Miyako,
Toturi Kyoji,
Toku Koto,
Toku Kiyuko
|Monkey Clan Champion
Toku Inao was trained as a courtier and married with Toku, being the mother of his children, Toturi Miyako, Toturi Kyoji, Toku Koto and Toku Kiyuko. She was formerly Shosuro Inao, sister of Shosuro Yudoka, and daughter of the Shosuro Daimyo, Shosuro Hametsu [1] [2] and his wife Shosuro Mikiko. [3]
Appearance Edit
Inao was a beautiful woman, with the pale skin and elegant features so distinctive of Shosuro ancestry. [1]
Married Edit
Shortly after the return of the Scorpion Clan from their exile in the Burning Sands Toku offered to return the lands given by Toturi to the Monkey, formerly of the Scorpion. The Scorpion refused and instead, they entered into an alliance with the tiny clan. [4] [5] Bayushi Yojiro selected Inao to be married with the Monkey Clan Champion, Toku. [1]
Toku's Funeral Edit
Inao was the first to take the Toku name after the death of her husband in 1165. [4] In 1166 the Emperor Toturi III opened to the public the Toku's Shrine, and named Toku the Fortune of Virtue. The Emperor the night before had blessed the shrine with his own wedding there. [1]
Commercial Trades Edit
In 1167 Inao received Kitsuki Seiji, a Dragon courtier, his yojimbo Mirumoto Kenzo, and the ronin Hozumi. The Dragon offered to sponsorship the Monkey Clan in the court in exchange of a rice trade agreement because the War of Silk and Steel was taxing their resources to their very limit. Bayushi Tsimaru was already in the Vigilant Keep of the Monkey for the same purpose, his Clan faced starvation after the Fortune Bishamon had removed his blessings on their crops. [4]
Sanzo's son Edit
Inao was glad to met Hozumi, whose father Sanzo was Toku's comrade in the Clan War. [4]
Death of Yudoka Edit
Inao was informed of the death of her brother, Shosuro Yudoka, at Winter Court in 1168. The Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Paneki had made the trip to Kyuden Otomo to inform her personally. Paneki presented Inao with Yudoka's favorite weapon, Pincers and Tail. [6]
Retirement Edit
During the Winter Court of 1168 Inao sought and found a wife for her son Toturi Kyoji, Akodo Minako. At the same event, and in the Empress's presence, Inao requested that she be allowed retire and serve as an advisor to her successor. Her retirement was undoubtedly as a result of the recent death of her brother and the death of her husband less than four years prior. [7] She worked with Kasuga Taigen to create the seat of power of the Minor Clan Alliance, where the Great Clans could find a member of any Minor Clan. They chose Kudo, with its convenient central location, with the understanding that Inao's youngest daughter Toku Kiyuko would become the city's governor. [8] After her retirement, Inao joined her daughter as advisor, helping Kiyuko through the next few years of diplomacy and intrigues that Kudo was sure to see. [9]
|Preceded by:
|Monkey Clan Champion
1165 - 1168
|Succeeded by:
Toku Kyoji
The sources relating to this article are in conflict with each other.
|In Return of the Master (Diamond Rulebook Story) the wife of Toku and mother of Koto was named Nayoko. It should be considered a mistake. Four Winds p. 110 clearly say Inao as Toku's wife
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Underhand, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ Four Winds, p. 110
- ↑ Secrets of the Scorpion, p. 37
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Worldly Matters, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ Hidden Emperor, p. 94
- ↑ Test of the Heart, by Nancy Sauer
- ↑ Winter Cour Kyuden Otomo 1168
- ↑ Strongholds of the Empire, p. 166
- ↑ Masters of Court, p. 168
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Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2011
Japanese stocks tumbled Monday and the central bank pumped a record amount of cash in a bid to soothe money markets shaken by Japan's biggest ever earthquake, a devastating tsunami and a nuclear emergency.
Nuclear plant operator TEPCO dived almost 24 percent on fears of a meltdown at one of its reactors while producers such as Sony and Toyota tumbled as power shortages prompted blackouts and factories remained closed, hurting production.
The Bank of Japan said it would pump in a record 15 trillion yen ($184 billion) to help stabilise the short term-money market, making good on its pledge Sunday that it would unleash "massive" funds following the quake.
An additional 6.8 trillion yen will be deployed Tuesday and Wednesday, including 3 trillion in bond purchases, bringing the total available to 21.8 trillion yen.
The BoJ will also double a five trillion yen asset purchase scheme to help buffer the economy from the shock of Japan's strongest ever quake, and left its key rate at between zero and 0.1 percent.
But the move provided little relief for unnerved traders, with another explosion at Tokyo Electric Power's (TEPCO) Fukushima Number One nuclear plant helping push the index lower as economists eyed the impact on Japan's growth.
"Shares will be dragged down with Japan's March GDP figures expected to be sharply lower on a slump in economic activity, delays in distribution of goods on power cuts and loss of human lives," Shoji Hirakawa of UBS said.
Tokyo stocks saw their biggest fall for two years, plunging 6.18 percent Monday with the key Nikkei index tumbling below 10,000 to 9,620.49 as top Japanese firms suspended operations.
Automakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda have announced the suspension of production in Japan. At one point Toyota -- which said it would shut production until at least Wednesday -- and Nissan slumped more than 10 percent.
TEPCO slumped 23.57 percent to 1,621 yen, following an explosion Monday in the building around the number three reactor at the troubled Fukushima plant.
Later Monday, authorities put into action plans for rolling power cuts in areas served by TEPCO to make up for the loss of power from crippled nuclear plants.
In further bad news for the company, US ratings agency Moody's said it was to review its assessment of TEPCO, citing the substantial costs the company would face for capital expenditure and sourcing replacement power, especially at a time of high oil prices.
Toshiba, which manufactures nuclear reactors, fell by its 16 percent daily limit to 411 yen. Sony, which has also shuttered plants, dived 9.12 percent to 2,550.
The yen briefly touched a four-month high before easing against the dollar on the massive liquidity injection. It surged to 80.60 against the greenback, the highest since November 9, and hovered around 82 after the fresh explosion at Fukushima as engineers battled to avoid a meltdown.
The government expects a "considerable" economic impact from the huge earthquake and devastating tsunami that plunged the nation into what Prime Minister Naoto Kan called its worst crisis since World War II.
The priority of the central bank is to ensure that financial institutions in disaster-hit regions do not run out of funds. Over the weekend it provided them with 55 billion yen to ease the pressure before Monday's fresh fund move.
Monday's injection was the BoJ's first since European sovereign-debt fears pushed up the yen steeply in November and weighed on Tokyo shares, when it injected same-day funds to boost confidence.
Economists say it is still too early to assess the cost of the destruction from the record 8.9-magnitude quake and the 10-metre wall of water that laid waste to swathes of the northeastern coast and triggered an atomic emergency.
The official death toll is expected to rise substantially to more than 10,000.
The quake and tsunami have damaged or closed down ports, although airports such as Tokyo's Narita have reopened. Transport infrastructure such as train lines and roads have been crippled along parts of the northeast.
A mammoth rebuilding task will be required in the aftermath of a disaster whose economic impact is widely expected to be at least as bad as that from the 1995 Kobe earthquake which killed 6,400 people.
Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Monday that an extra budget to fund reconstruction efforts will likely top the amount spent following the Kobe quake.
Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake was 300 times stronger than the one in Kobe in 1995, which cost 9.9 trillion yen, or 2.0 percent of GDP, in direct damage, noted Masaaki Kanno of JPMorgan Securities.
Kanno and other economists see Japan's growth being hit in the first half, but benefiting in the second half as reconstruction efforts kick in.
But Japan faces a huge challenge in financing it without expanding a public debt that is already the industrialised world's biggest at around 200 percent of GDP. The nation's credit rating was recently downgraded on concerns that not enough is being done to address it.
The United States said Monday it believed Japan would be able to ride out the economic aftershocks of its earthquake and tsunami disaster.
"We have full confidence in the capacity of Japan to address the economic challenges during these exceptionally difficult times," said White House spokesman Jay Carney.
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Coppin State coach Fang Mitchell thinks there's one simple way for the Eagles to improve on last year's 12-18 record -- play better defense.
"Our defense was simply terrible last season," Mitchell said. "We've been consistently ranked in the Top 50 in the country in defense every year, but last year we weren't very good."
Coppin Sate allowed 68.8 points per game in 2005-06 and that was sixth best in the MEAC. That's foreign territory for the Eagles.
But Mitchell could have a pretty good explanation for Coppin's defensive woes. How about not playing a home game until Jan. 14? The Eagles played their first 12 games away from home and the last nine were on the road. And those nine road games were against a couple of teams you might have heard of -- UCLA, Illinois, Pittsburgh, Michigan State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Clemson and Xavier. A legitimate case could be made that no team in the country faced a tougher non-conference schedule.
Those nine games made a lot of money for the Coppin State athletics department, but it also helped the Eagles start the season 0-12.
After that brutal stretch of games, the MEAC schedule must have seemed tame. CSU's first league game was at Bethune-Cookman and the Eagles were ready. They won, 75-65. Mitchell's group rebounded from that 0-12 start and went 12-6 in the MEAC, good for a second-place finish.
But things didn't end so well. The Eagles lost three of their last four games, including a stunning 79-67 upset to seventh-seeded Norfolk State in the quarterfinals of the MEAC Tournament.
"We played well at times but to end the season the way we did was just unacceptable," Mitchell said. "That loss left a bad taste in our mouths."
And some more bad news happened after the season. Second-leading scorer and top rebounder forward Darryl Proctor decided to transfer to fellow Baltimore school, UMBC.
"Losing Darryl is a blow," Mitchell said. "He was our leading rebounder last season and did a good job scoring for us. We just need someone to step up."
Proctor's loss is particularly tough because the Eagles return their other four starters from last year's club and could have had everyone back.


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Following in King's footsteps: UND grad recalls meeting MLK
Thousands of people surrounded Maggie Lowery during the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965, and she remembers the day clearly: the loud roar of the crowd, people holding hands and singing, the National Guardsmen with their guns.
Family members flanked Lowery, then a 13-year-old with a ponytail and bobby socks, as they walked five miles to protest the lack of voting rights black people had in the South. She was there to honor a man she had only met a year before.
Lowery, a 65-year-old doctoral candidate at University of North Dakota, joins the nation Monday in remembering the Rev. Martin Luther King's legacy.
In the decades since that first meeting, his impact on her is evident -- she's chosen to spend her life involved in education and diversity issues.
Meeting King
King often stopped by her father's general store in northern Lowndes County in Alabama, located squarely between Selma and Montgomery. Her father was the only black man in the area to own his own business, she said.
The civil rights leader was usually on his way to Montgomery, accompanied by the Rev. Jessie Jackson or activists Julian Bond and Ralph Abernathy, Lowery said.
Although she doesn't remember her first meeting with King, she sensed his greatness. He dressed well, wearing upscale Stacy Adams shoes for every march, but stayed grounded as an individual, she said.
"Most of the people he worked with in the South, particularly black, had never finished high school, so he never forgot his upbringing," she said. "Although he had his PhD then, he had so much respect for the people and they were equal to him."
He also had a sense of humor. One day, he cracked jokes about wanting to be locked up in the county jail, motioning toward a room in the back of her father's store.
"We didn't know what he was talking about until we realized that he thought the post office, because of the bars across the window, was a jail," she said.
UND connection
King's emphasis on nonviolence and racial acceptance has followed Lowery throughout her life, and while she's had several experiences with racism, few happened here.
Her relationship with UND started in 1971, thanks to a high school recruiter who pointed out its cultural exchange program, which had an agreement with Grambling University in Louisiana. She was interested in fashion, and with her application fees waived because of the program, she could learn skills here for a lower cost, she said.
One of her jobs at UND involved running the former Black Student Union. During her first four years, the program drew a long list of famous speakers during Black History Month, such as Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, Ray Charles and Congressman John Conyers.
She also produced many fashion shows at UND and at downtown fabric stores, and earned two bachelor's degrees in social and behavioral sciences and home economics.
Although most people here weren't racist, some who lacked cultural awareness made her laugh. At the time, no black people were living here except those at Grand Forks Air Force Base, she said.
In her first week, she and three other black exchange students greeted North Dakotans by saying, "What's happening?"
Instead of recognizing the greeting, residents "would literally look around and begin to describe what was actually going on all around them," she wrote in the first draft of a book she's writing on her experiences.
However, UND had a wide variety of different races and -- as unusual as it may sound now -- its diversity is one of the reasons she liked being in North Dakota. She gained several friends here from various cultural backgrounds.
"It wasn't segregated," she said. "You could go out and meet with anyone in public and sit with them."
Looking back at the famous march, she feels "bittersweet." Lowery and her family attended the event in late March, which followed another march in which civil rights advocates were assaulted by police on Bloody Sunday.
Lowery was raised in a family of 13 in Lowndes County, known as the "black belt" for its 80 percent black population. People there were happy to march because they were protected by the National Guard, but if they happened to live on a white person's land, landowners told them if they voted, they'd have to leave, she said.
After voting rights passed in 1965, her entire county voted, replacing all of the white officials with black people. The first arrest by the sheriff of her county was of a drunk white man who tried to start a fight with local black people at her father's store.
"We kind of made history," she said.
She's since attended annual marches in several states reenacting the one from Selma to Montgomery. But last year, when she was in Montgomery, she walked to the capitol steps and felt deeply moved.
"Just the feeling you get being there after all those years -- it's surreal," she said. "It's as if you're having an out-of-body experience."
Dream fulfilled?
Revisiting King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech, she feels today's black community in some ways is a far cry from what he envisioned. In Birmingham, Ala., where a civil rights museum was erected in his honor, the community suffers from increasing black-on-black crime, she said.
"It's one of the highest-rising crime areas," she said. "That's one of the things he would be extremely disappointed in."
Years ago, communities were more unified, she said. People gathered each Sunday for mass meetings to sing songs and encourage one another, never knowing if Klansmen were waiting outside to beat them. Black families also had more control of their children, especially in terms of school attendance and maintaining good grades, she said.
The educational world has also changed. Several historically black colleges have lost their accreditation and have advanced little since the '60s, forcing blacks such as Lowery to seek opportunities elsewhere, she said. In Montgomery, there's a resurgence of segregation, with most white students attending private schools, she said.
"There are a lot of things Dr. King would be proud of with the black community, and a lot of his vision has come to pass," she said. "But his heart would be broken at a lot of the missed opportunities, particularly with a lot of the younger blacks that just participate in violence and don't take advantage of the opportunities that he's opened the door to."
In his footsteps
Lowery vowed to never do that. She's spent most of her life educating children, in classrooms across the United States and at juvenile correction facilities, and received her master's degree at Auburn (Ala.) University. She returned to UND last summer to become a consultant for public schools, and stands among 2 percent of students in the 50 to 64 age range who enrolled at the university this fall.
However, she's always been ambitious. As a young girl, she told King she wanted to be an attorney, striking a difference between her and her counterparts. A majority of the women in Lowndes County sought jobs as teachers, she said.
"For a young black woman to say she wanted to be an attorney, that was very impressive to him," she said.
The humble man who made such a strong impression on her as a child left her wanting to live the rest of her life in a similar manner.
"He was able to work for the people, but with the people," she said.


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Manchester- NH - Congresswoman Ann Kuster styles herself "pro-choice," and she held a press conference today to emphasize that point. In a macabre display of poor taste, she talked about "choice" in front of a backdrop of skeletons, as seen in the photo below. Supporting the abortion industry isn't enough for her. She has to make a Halloween stunt out of it. Not only is this offensive in itself, but it's also an absolute affront to Second Congressional District residents who value the dignity of life.
Executive Director Bryan McCormack said, "This is a vivid display not only of Representative Kuster's lack of care for her constituents but her lack of decorum. Clearly, she's not representing constituents who value the dignity of life. Not only does she not represent them, but she obviously has no respect for them. As a public official, one would hope for her to conduct herself with at least some level of decency and respect. Clearly such conduct is not the case with Representative Kuster."
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That buzzing sound at night can harken just one thing - mosquito season has arrived.
And that can mean more than just an annoying itch.
Early testing this year has turned up the first confirmed samples of mosquitoes bearing the West Nile virus in Wilmington and Harbor City, according to vector control officials who late last week released information for the 2013 season.
The samples were taken from the Machado Lake area in Harbor Regional Park in Wilmington and the Wilmington Drain, which runs between Lomita Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway and connects to the lake.
So far, the virus has not shown up in any other parts of Los Angeles County.
The mosquito-borne West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999, starting in New York City and then moving west.
Still early in the mosquito season that runs through October, the initial 2013 samples collected locally have prompted officials to begin strategizing what can be done to address the Harbor Area's largest known mosquito habitats.
"There are so many variables" in determining how mild or severe a West Nile season might be, said Mark Hall, operations supervisor for the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District. "We're still learning so much about it and every year seems to be different. We compile the data from year to year, so we're still in a learning phase. "
Hall, who was surveying Machado Lake on Friday, said a plan would be put together on how to proceed.
"It's always a source for mosquito activity," he said of the lake that lies within a 231-acre city park next to Los Angeles Harbor College. "We're constantly in a battle to control" the insects.
Jimmy Tokeshi, public information officer for the Los Angeles city Department of Public Works, said the agency is "going to do what we can to assist securing the public health and safety. "
One ray of hope is the planned implementation of Proposition O, a $117 million renovation project approved by voters in 2004. The work calls for removing invasive vegetation, dredging the lake and establishing more water flow.
But while the lake and drain are known potential sources of mosquitoes - and are treated regularly, Hall said - often the worst sources are not so obvious.
"Oftentimes, it's the small containers (of rain water) in a backyard, or the bucket behind the shed," he said.
Mosquitoes prefer to feed on the area's wild birds, in which the virus then lives, Hall said.
"We're assessing the whole situation and are trying to put together a treatment strategy; we're collecting all the data we can," Hall said. "We'll be putting a plan together on Tuesday. "
One in five people infected with the virus will exhibit symptoms - fever, headache, nausea or skin rash - and one in 150 infected will require hospitalization.
And while death is rare, it does occur; six people died of the virus in Los Angeles County in 2012 when there were 174 cases reported countywide, according to a report by the Acute Communicable Disease Control of Los Angeles County, Department of Public Health.
The very young and very old appear to be most at risk, Hall said.
West Nile has cropped up in the Harbor Area in previous years. A Wilmington teenager was one of only 43 cases reported in the county in 2005. She also was among those who suffered serious neurological damage from the illness.
The virus also has been found in samples taken from Fresno and Tulare counties this spring.
Signs will be posted in and around Harbor Regional Park to inform people that the virus has been found in the area, Hall said.
Residents are encouraged to wear long sleeves and long pants and use insect repellent, Hall said. Mosquitoes are most active at dawn and dusk.
Residents also are encouraged to eliminate all standing water around their properties, make sure swimming pools and spas are properly maintained and report mosquito activity near vacant or foreclosed homes.
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Southern Utah Drops Road Opener at Nevada 28-19
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RENO, Nev. - Southern Utah University football suffered a 28-19 defeat at the University of Nevada in both teams' 2014 season opener on Saturday.
The first half proved to be a defensive battle as the teams combined to punt the ball 14 times. The Thunderbirds had their best field position of the half, recovering a muffed punt on the Wolfpack 13-yard line with 19 seconds in the first quarter. However, an interception on the ensuing play derailed the T-Bird attack.
Nevada put the only points on the board in the first half on a one-yard touchdown run by James Butler, capping a six play 48-yard drive. The score put the Wolfpack up 7-0 going into the half.
The Wolfpack went up by two scores, 14-0, on their first drive of the second half on a two-yard run by Don Jackson. The run punctuated a 12-play, 85-yard drive, but was quickly answered by Southern Utah on its next series. Rayseasn Pringle recorded SUU's first points of the game, dashing around the right side and running 71 yards to put the Thunderbirds within eight, 14-6, as the PAT failed.
Nevada then put together another 12-play scoring drive, capping the 79-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Clifford from Cody Fajardo. Fajardo put the final Wolfpack points on the board with an 11-yard touchdown scamper, punctuating a 10-play, 85-yard drive, giving the home side a 28-6 lead.
The Thunderbirds began to chip into the margin on their next possession as Aaron Cantu connected with Chris Robinson on a swing pass. The senior showed his speed as he raced down the left sideline and scored on the 39-yard touchdown pass.
Miles Killebrew made the most of a Fajardo interception late in the game, turn the miscue into a pick-6 by running 85 yards for the score. The Thunderbirds missed the ensuing two-point conversion, leading to the final score of 28-19.
Chinedu Ahanonu had a strong effort for the Thunderbird defense on the day as the sophomore recorded 28 tackles, the second most in a single game for SUU. James Cowser and Robert Torgerson recorded Southern Utah's sacks on the day as Cowser recorded two and Torgerson recorded one.
The Thunderbirds will be back in action next week at Southeastern Louisiana. The game will mark the first of four games against 2013 FCS playoff opponents for Southern Utah this season and will kick off at 7:00 p.m. (CT).


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Hope you all had a good relaxing time with family at respective homes. I welcome you all back as we will gear ahead towards understanding the details of Fireworks CS4 release. In the past posts I have tried to sum up some of the details but will try explaining things on a feature viz feature basis.
I want to thank all the visitors of my blog for their support and the excellent comments which have kept me on my toes. I have been posting for some time and would like to know now if you all are expecting something different. With the information bank I have related to Fireworks I tend to assume that knowledge restricting me from posting them.
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One of the largest ancient asteroid impact zones on Earth has been discovered in the Australian outback, scientists say.
Researchers from the Australian National University and University of Queensland said the impact zone in northeastern South Australia was caused by an asteroid up to 12 miles wide crashing into the planet between 298 and 360 million years ago, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
The landscape around the impact site shows evidence of changes caused by shock-wave related deformation, they said.
"This shock metamorphic terrain covers an area of over 30,000 square kilometers (12,000 square miles) making it the third-largest site of its kind ever discovered on Earth," Andrew Glikson from the Australian National University said.
Microscopic examination of quartz grains retrieved from drill holes revealed tiny fractures, indicating the grains had been shocked by an asteroid or meteor impact.
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Mrs. Chapman died April 7, 2015, at her home.
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Survivors include her parents, Sam Nam Pak and Bok Nam Kim of South Korea; husband, George; sons, George II of San Marcos, Robert and daughter-in-law, Stephanie, and two grandsons, Byul and Ki-Joon of Las Vegas; brothers, Cheol Pak, Yong Cheo Pak and Chung Cheol Pak; sister, Son Hei Pak; and numerous nieces and nephews all residing in Pusan, South Korea.
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Copperton » A riderless horse carried Old Glory, seven riflemen fired three volleys, and a bugler blew taps. Ninety-six years gone, Salt Lake County's Sheriff's Deputy James Douglas Hulsey finally got a grave marker.
On Nov. 29, 1913, Hulsey was gunned down near what was the town of Bingham at the foot of the Oquirrh Mountains by a notorious desperado known as Red Lopez.
Four other Salt Lake County lawmen met their fate that week from the barrel of Lopez' gun. The outlaw made a clean getaway.
Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder called Monday's ceremony a "bittersweet occasion."
"Law enforcement officers ... take risks to protect our society and culture ... and the very life we enjoy," he said. "We need to open our hearts and reopen the wounds and think about their sacrifices."
In December 1913, Hulsey was given one of the biggest funerals in Bingham history, according to Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Kirby, a former cop. About 500 folks from the raucous mining town gathered to praise and mourn him.
He was then laid to rest in the lonely Bingham Cemetery west of Copperton and promptly forgotten.
Until now.
About 100 people, mostly affiliated with the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, gathered Monday to dedicate a headstone and to memorialize the officer who lost his life in the line of duty.
The private Utah Law Enforcement Memorial organization raised the funds for the marker.
Hulsey's exact whereabouts in the cemetery aren't known, Kirby, a part-time historian, told the gathering.
At one time, Hulsey may have had a wooden grave marker. If so, it's long gone.
But it's important, Kirby said, that those officers who "gave all their tomorrows" for their communities should never be forgotten.
Deputy Randy Lish, also a member of the memorial organization, said Hulsey was a fine cop and excellent tracker who led lawmen back to Bingham to find Lopez.
The events were ignited when Lopez killed a Bingham man on Nov. 21, 1913, and fled, Lish recalled for those gathered Monday.
A posse followed him to Saratoga Springs in Utah County, where Lopez set an ambush. Bingham Police Chief J.W. (Billy) Grant and Salt Lake County Sheriff's Deputy Nephi S. Jensen rode into the trap. Another deputy, Otto Witbeck, who rushed to aid the downed lawmen, also was shot dead.
The last member of the posse, Deputy Julius Sorensen, rode away for help.
Some 200 lawmen joined the manhunt that eventually came back to Bingham, where Lopez had holed up in a mine tunnel. The posse tried to smoke him out. But when Hulsey and Special Deputy Vasso Mandarich pushed a mine car filled with hay kerosene into a tunnel, Lopez killed them both.
Unknown to Utah authorities -- who put a $3,000 price on Lopez' head -- the desperado slipped out of a hidden tunnel entrance and made his way to Texas, where he continued his killing ways.
In 1998, Lish began to seek Lopez' fate and four years later got the answer: The desperado was shot down in 1921 by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who gained fame in 1934 as the lawman who got the outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.


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In order to understand the enormity of Stockham's contribution to the field of sacred sex, it is necessary to note that at the time when she was formulating her ideas -- during the last half of the 19th century -- traditional Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist tantra practice emphasized MALE orgasm control only, because under the Hindu and Buddhist paradigms, the major point of sacred sex was to teach men to raise their kundalini energy to a fever pitch by metaphysically re-absorbing their sperm and sending it shooting up their spinal chords into their brains and thus achieving blissful union with the Goddess and doing a lot of other sacred shit that women, lacking sperm, obviously could not do. Under these paradigms, women were thought to be "shaktis," that is, empowering incarnations of goddesshood who endorsed or validated the male spiritual experience.
Some Hindu teachers took a misogynistic viewpoint of the shakti (females can't have religious or spiritual experiences anyway, so why bother teaching them) and others took a misogynistic-disguised-as-worshipful viewpoint (women are already so holy and sacred that they need learn or do nothing to be spiritual), but in the end the message was the same: men must learn to control orgasm; women need not. Considering the low value placed on women in India at the time, none of this is surprising. (What is surprising is that as late as 1974, the well-intentioned Western author Robert Moffett, in his book "Tantric Sex," was so blinded by cultural conditioning that although he quoted extensively from Stockham's book, "Karezza," he still mischaracterized her teachings as "karezza, the means of indefinitely delaying the male orgasm.")
Stockham was not the first or the only Westerner to advocate a non-religious form of sacred sex. Other 19th century variants of "tantra" include John Humphrey Noyes' "Male Continence;" "the Anseiratic Mysteries" of Paschal Beverly Randolph; "Magnetation," a name proposed by Stockham's follower John William Lloyd; A. E. Newton's "The Better Way," and Gerge N. Miller's fictionalized account of Stockham's method, promulgated in a novel under the title "Zuggasent's Discovery."
Still, Stockham was, as far as i have been able to determine (although i welcome rebuttal with citations) the first writer to promote sexual equality in tantra. That is, she clearly stated that if men will benefit spiritually from learning to control their orgasm response, so will *women*. This placed karezza in theoretical conflictto John Humphrey Noyes's Oneida Community method, where "Male Continence" was practiced. "Male Continence," as the name implies, allowed women to have all the orgasms they wanted, while men were expected to restrain themselves.
In describing her methods, one metaphor Stockham used was that of a fountain that fills a basin slowly, drop by drop. The build-up of sexual desire, she believed, continued day by day, filling the basin until it overflowed naturally. (The result of the basin overflowing gently is orgasm, but see below for more on this.) If the basin was drained dry through continual orgasmic sex acts before it filled naturally (which she estimated took two weeks to a month), she believed that the drained person would be in a state of "magnetic depletion" during that time.
On this basis Stockham argued that the traditional Hindu technique of draining the woman's basin of sexual desire through allowing her to have an orgasm, while leaving the man's basin full through teaching him tantric methods of self-restaint, produced an inequality that would in time create aversion in the couple. The man would become a sort of psychic leech (she used less derogatory language) who continually kept the woman drained off while basking in the spiritual luxury of his own overflowing basin of sexual magnetism. Because he would come to see the woman as a drained being or empty vessel, in time he would no longer respect her or desire her. Meanwhile, the amative woman would come to see the man as a provider of pleasure who coldly withheld his own pleasure and in time she would feel powerless and resentful of his cold-blooded domination of the reltionship.
Stockham's solution to this problem was to instruct couples to engage in sex whenever they wanted, as often as they wanted, under three conditions:
1) Each sex act should be preceded by some form of spiritual dedication, similar to the traditional Hindu puja ceremony in intent, but adapted to American cultural needs. She recommended writing love letters and making "dates," spending at least an hour before making love away from the children, lighting candles, sharing a glass of wine, reading poetry, and other common adjuncts of romance -- up to and including maintaining separate bedrooms so that each sex act would be obviously intentional and not merely a prelude to going to sleep.
2) If a couple did not want more children, they should not have orgasms during the woman's fertile time. (Remember, there were no birth control pills or diaphragms when she first wrote -- and condoms were illegal.)
3) Orgasm must be under volitional control. The accomplishment of orgasm should only occur when it resulted from "overflow" of the basin of desire. How often this happened was left to the discretion of the individuals.
I think everyone who has practiced tantric sex knows what Stockham was describing as the overflow type of orgasm. It ooccurs when, after an extended period of tantric lovemaking (hours, days, weeks; whatever it takes) it becomes impossible to distinguish pre-orgasm from orgasm -- or one body from another, for that matter -- and without any pelvic thrusting on either person's part, the couple achieves a sort of "flowing" state of shared continual orgasm which lasts...well, in some sense, "forever," since one of its most notable characterisics is that the participants experience a psychedelic perception of timelessness along with the exquisite bliss of bodily and spiritual rapture. No specific techniques exist to bring this condition on, as far as i know; it is simply a byproduct of regular Karezza practices -- when both partners learn to control their orgasm responses.
So what are "regular karezza practices"? Well, karezza is far more improvisatory than tantra yoga, so although the overall concept is to make love slowly and gently, to relax rather than "suppress" orgasm, and to be always mindful of one's partner's state of arousal and attentive to one's own breathing, specific techniques are left to the participants to devise.
I know of no teachers who give workshops in karezza, but contenporary Western teachers of tantra yoga have borrowed a lot from karezza in the matter of personal improvisation (even though some still discount the value of female orgasm control). Likewise, many modern books on tantra yoga now recommend that students develop their own style of love-making rather than slavishly mimic postures and movements developed in Hindu or Buddhist cultures.
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Re: st: Two different sampling strategies within the same survey
Steven Samuels <email@example.com>
Re: st: Two different sampling strategies within the same survey
Wed, 1 Dec 2010 13:50:13 -0500
The -svyset- statement is not correct, nor is the count of stages (sub-
sampling of women within a household adds a stage). Based on the
information you've provided, I suggest the following:
svyset psu [pweight= final person weight], strata(urban_rural)
Some thoughts:
Why only the one stage of sampling? Only one census tract was
selected in each ward, so variance due to sampling of tracts is
incorporated into the between-ward (psu) component of variance. Adding
the HH and person sampling stages to -svyset- would not change stand
errors by much (not at all, for some designs) and would not be
accurate, because Stata assumes that there is simple random sampling
at later stages. In fact, many published data files from multi-stage
samples take a similar -svyset- command, because they identify only
the strata and primary sampling units.
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On Nov 30, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Etan Lakam wrote:
Dear Listers,
I am grappling with how to set the sampling design in Stata using the
svyset command. My problem is that within the same survey a two-stage
was used in rural areas and a three-stage design in urban areas.
For the the two-stage design: villages were selected and then there
was a
systematic selection of households. For the three-stage design:
wards were selected, then a census block was taken from each ward and
household were selected and then women were systematically selected
each household.
I have two queries:
1- Would the following command for setting the sampling design in the
urban area be correct?
*svyset electoral || census || household [pweight=house]*
where electoral is the variable for electoral ward, census is the
for census block and household is the variable for household, house is
household weight.
2- How do I account for the two sampling strategies as I would like to
analyse the whole data: urban+rural? In other words, how do I set the
overall sampling design using svyset?
Thank you in advance
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