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Yudha Thianto
Professor of Theology; Department Chair of Theology
and Church and Ministry Leadership
on faculty since 2001
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Faith before learning.
Those three words summarize Professor Yudha Thianto's philosophy of teaching theology. As chair of Trinity's theology department, Thianto brings a wealth of education, experience and knowledge to his subject matter. But he is quick to point out that "theology means nothing if it is not for the good of God's people and God's church. Therefore, above and beyond just emphasizing knowledge and theoretical understanding of theology, I always put faith in God first."
Thianto's academic credentials include undergraduate education in his native Indonesia, where he earned a degree in English linguistics from Diponegoro State University. He began his journey toward his doctorate at South-East Asia Bible Seminary in Indonesia, followed by a master's degree in general theology at Calvin Theological Seminary (MI). He remained at Calvin Seminary to receive an M.T.S. in general theology, and then pursued coursework toward a Th.M. in historical theology, later completing his Ph.D. in historical theology in 2003.
His research specialty—the controversy over private baptism in 17th century England—is an expansion of the scope of his doctoral dissertation. Thianto's goal is to write a monograph on the topic of baptismal issues in England during the later-Stuarts period with a specific look at how the Anglican Church used the patristic material to defend its baptismal theology and practice against its opponents. Another area of research involves the influence of Calvinistic theology in the early establishment of Reformed churches in Java, Indonesia, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Before joining Trinity's faculty full-time, Thianto taught at Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta, Indonesia; Cornerstone University (MI); Calvin Theological Seminary; and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary (MI).
"I teach in order that my students may have faith that seeks understanding," said Thianto. "Theological pursuit should be our faithful and ceaseless efforts to seek the truth that God has revealed to us. In teaching theology to my students, I always show that once we start with the true belief in God, we must be able to explain why we believe what we believe."
After teaching in a variety of academic settings, Thianto found Trinity to be the right fit because he is "fully in line with Trinity's mission to provide biblically informed liberal arts education in the Reformed tradition." Like many other faculty members and students, he appreciates Trinity's emphasis on liberal arts education as well as its strong sense of community and small size. Those elements contribute to his greatest satisfaction in the classroom: "to see students' eyes twinkle when they understand what I try to explain."
A member of Hope Christian Reformed Church in Oak Forest, Illinois, Thianto finds time to engage in two primary pursuits outside the classroom. He enjoys gardening, especially planting perennials such as roses and bulbs (tulips, daffodils, hyacinths) as well as vegetables. He also has a collection of tropical plants in his Evergreen Park home. Thanks to the largesse of the biology department, he even has a crop of banana plants in Trinity's greenhouse. Thianto also finds joy in playing the two full-size electronic organs in his house, a passion he has shared with the Trinity community on many occasions.
Ph.D., Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2003
M.T.S., Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994
Certificate, South-East Asia Bible Seminary, Indonesia, 1991
Doctorandus, Diponegoro State University, Indonesia, 1988
Courses and Publications/Research
Courses Taught
- Basic Teachings of the Christian Faith
- Biblical Foundations: The Old Testament and Its Fulfillment
- Biblical Literature: Wisdom Books
- Calvinistic Tradition
- The Church and Christian Traditions
- Cross-Cultural Missions
- Living Issues in the Christian Tradition
- The Nature and Ministry of the Church
- Recent Trends in the Doctrine of God (honors course)
- Senior Capstone
Papers Published and/or Presented
"Elements of Calvin's Theology and Practice in the Reformed Churches in Java in the Seventeenth Century." John Calvin: Myth and Reality, 96-117 Amy Nelson-Burnett, ed. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books (2011)
"Stories Registers of Baptism Told: Private Baptism in Post-Reformation England." History (Blackwell, Oxford), vol. 95, issue 2, number 318, 177-193 (April 2010)
"Three Persons as Three Individual Substances: Joseph Bingham's Sermon on the Trinity and Its Place in the Trinitarian Controversy at Oxford in the Last Decade of the Seventeenth Century," Fides et Historia (40:1), 67-86. Winter/Spring 2008.
Indonesian translation of Louis Berkhof's Systematic Theology, published by Reformed Evangelical Council Indonesia, Jakarta, 1992-1996 (six volumes).
Awards and Memberships
Professional Society Membership
- American Society of Church History
- Calvin Studies Colloquium
- Sixteenth Century Studies


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It's the fourth of July and I'm having two young guests spend the week, aged 3 and 6, so I'm definitely a bit distracted from the blog. We have a lot of fun activities planned, including a party tonight with some good friends where there will be ponies for the kids and fireworks. Happy birthday to Nick and Ken, the father and husband of my great friend Mary!
This Mediterranean Salad with Hummus Dressing is one of the things I'll be taking to the party, and since Mary's family is Greek, I'm pretty sure it will be a hit. The other thing I'm going to make is Tomato Salad with Goat Cheese and Basil Vinaigrette. That tomato salad is one of my standard dishes for summer parties, guaranteed to make people ask for the recipe. And since I just harvested a huge Ziploc bag of basil last night with (not much) help from the kids, it's a natural for today even though I have to use tomatoes from Costco this early in the year.
What will you be cooking for the Fourth of July? Let us know in the comments what's on your menu for the holiday. You can click the "recipe favorites" labels at the end of this post to see more of my favorite recipes for salads or tomatoes.
Mediterranean Salad with Hummus Dressing
(Combination created by Kalyn with dressing adapted from Fiber Boost by Amy Snider.)
Dressing Ingredients:
(enough for several salads)
2/3 cup prepared or homemade hummus
5 T extra virgin olive oil
3 T fresh squeezed lemon juice
salt, fresh ground black pepper to taste
(I used only a bare pinch of salt)
Salad Ingredients:
2 handfuls washed romaine lettuce
1 oz. crumbled feta cheese
5-6 Kalamata olives
In the book, Amy's salad had toasted whole wheat pita croutons, grape tomatoes, and red onion rings. Other things you could add:
diced cucumber
chopped red bell peppers
boiled eggs
cooked asparagus
canned tuna

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Winston's Wish sporting staff pound the streets to help bereaved children
9:00pm Monday 14th July 2014
By SNJ Reporter
9:00pm Monday 14th July 2014
By SNJ Reporter
STAFF at Winston's Wish, the UK's leading childhood bereavement charity, are sporting branded lycra and trainers and taking to the streets in preparation for major running and triathlon events over the coming months.
As an official charity partner of the Cheltenham Half Marathon, Winston's Wish and its employees are enthusiastically backing the event and have been encouraging their extensive band of fundraisers and staff to take part, raising vital funds to help children and young people who have been bereaved.
Catherine Ind (Head of Fundraising and Regional Development), Judith Kaltoff (Senior Practitioner) and Rachel Noble (Partnerships Assistant) are all racking up the miles and tallying up their sponsorship pledges ahead of this popular road race, taking place in the heart of regency Cheltenham on September 7.
Karen Galpin (Marketing Communications Manager) will act as an official pacer for the event.
Venturing further North, Kathryn Leverett (Community Fundraising Team Leader), will be setting a fine example to her team by taking on the Great North Run in Newcastle, also on September 7th. Kathryn chose running this iconic 13.1 mile race with her husband as a way to celebrate her 40th birthday.
Holly Burlton (Helpline Practitioner) will be going the extra mile and taking on three sporting disciplines at this year's London triathlon on August 2.
Tackling the Olympic distance for the first time, Holly will be swimming 1.5 kilometres, cycling 40 kilometres and then following up with a ten kilometre run in an attempt to raise as much as possible for Winston's Wish.
Several members of staff at the charity's Cheltenham head office have also been warming up for local races by forming a running group and training every Wednesday evening after work.
Louise Walker (Community Outreach Senior Practitioner) is finding this supportive group particularly beneficial in the lead up to a target 10K race in September.
Gianna Daly (Head of Clinical Services) and Clara Browning (Fundraiser) have also attended.
Winston's Wish helps children rebuild their lives after the death of a parent, brother or sister, enabling them to face the future with confidence and hope.
Professional therapeutic help is provided in individual, group and residential settings, and via a national Helpline, interactive website and publications.
The charity depends almost entirely on voluntary donations for its income.
CEO Fiona Talwar-Lomberg is very supportive of her staff's sporting endeavours:
"We were delighted to be chosen as a charity partner for the Cheltenham Half Marathon again this year and we are so pleased that, not only will our supporters be wearing Winston's Wish colours during the run, but also some of our staff. There is definitely a running vibe going on in the office! We wish all of our runners and supporters the best of luck in their races and fundraising".
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A gay marriage bombshell in Pennsylvania
The bang you just heard was the gay marriage issue detonating in Pennsylvania, where, politically speaking, Attorney General Kathleen Kane has really put the screws to Gov. Tom Corbett.
What happened yesterday was a textbook fusion of high principle and shrewd politics. Kane, a Democrat elected last November as the state's chief law-enforcement official, announced that she won't defend the Pennsylvania ban on gay marriage ("I ethically cannot do that as a lawyer"), because that ban, currently being challenged in a federal lawsuit, is, in her words, "wholly unconstitutional."
And she's right about that. The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that "no State shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Anyone with even basic reading skills will quickly discover, in the lawsuit, that the 23 aggrieved Pennsylvania residents, including 10 gay couples, are being treated as ill-protected second-class citizens.
Kane's stand against bigotry gives a powerful symbolic boost to that lawsuit, which was filed in federal court earlier this week by the ACLU. But her principled position also packs a political punch. She was elected last November to break the mold - she outperformed all the men on the state ballot - and she's fulfilling her promise to be what she called "an independently elected voice." She's in sync with the evolving public mood - in the latest polls, Pennsylvanians favor gay marriage by 52 to 41 percent, a stunning 19-point swing since 2006 - and by refusing to defend the ban in court, she has cemented her rep as a gadfly who defies the good old boys.
And good old boy numero uno is Tom Corbett, the Republican governor who's sagging in the polls on the eve of his re-election bid. By bailing on the lawsuit, Kane has put him in a heckuva bind.
It's a quandary of risk versus reward. Corbett could decide to defend the gay marriage ban - his general counsel, James Schultz, could do the honors - because his conservative base will virtually demand it. If Corbett were to bail on the ban, the base would bail on him. His '14 bid for a second term would be doomed.
On the other hand, how can an unpopular conservative male possibly expect to win over the swing voters in the populous suburban Philadelphia suburbs if he's in court defending bigotry? A Democratic opponent like Allyson Schwartz would hang that one around his neck.
The shrewdness of Kane's chessboard move is best measured by Team Corbett's pained wailing. Schultz, the general counsel, said that he and others in the governor's office were "surprised that the Attorney General, contrary to her constitutional duty under the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, has decided not to defend a Pennsylvania statute lawfully enacted by the General Assembly, merely because of her personal beliefs."
That's just rhetorical eyewash from people who were outmaneuvered. Under state law, the Attorney General, as head of "an independent department," can refuse to enforce a law that he or she deems to be "not statutorily authorized or unconstitutional." And Kane's refusal is not exactly unprecedented; her counterparts in Illinois and California have refused to defend their states' gay marriage bans, and the Obama adminstration's legal team refused to defend the now-defunct Defense of Marriage Act.
(A quick aside: Kane's move yesterday could not have happened in New Jersey. Unlike in Pennsylvania, where the AG is an independently elective post - much to Corbett's dismay, because Kane has dogged him at every turn - New Jersey's top law-enforcement officer is appointed by the governor, thereby ensuring that the two are in sync on policy and politics.)
As for the Corbett counsel's complaint that Kane is defying "a Pennsylvania statute lawfully enacted by the General Assembly," that's a cinch to rebut: The US. Constitution trumps the will of the people. Because if the reverse were true, some states would still have duly-enacted laws banning racial integration. And some states would still have duly-enacted laws banning interracial marriage - as they did in 1967, when the U.S. Supreme Court swept away the last of those laws (including Delaware's), calling them "directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment."
Kane implicitly referenced that Bill of Rights guarantee yesterday, but the essence of her political message to Corbett was simply this:
"Your move, sir. Better you than me."
Meanwhile, in Washington, Harry Reid is vowing that this time he really, really, really, really does intend to go nuclear on the filibuster rules if the obstructionist Senate Republicans continue to sabotage President Obama's executive branch nominees.
Yeah, well. I'll believe it when I see it.
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Editor's note: In an earlier version of this post, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett was misidentified. This has been corrected.
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'Ability Exhibit' promotes awareness for people with disability
September 10, 2012
By Steven Johnson '13
The College of Education and Health Science, along with the Department of Teacher Education and the Bradley Center for Learning Assistance, came together last week to stage "The Ability Exhibit," which focused on promoting the acceptance of people with disabilities through respect, understanding and awareness of the issues surrounding disabilities.
Dr. Celia Johnson, a professor in the teacher education department, said the event took place in Westlake Hall from Sept. 4 to 7 and described how the traveling exhibit came to Bradley via St. Louis.
"A student from Saint Louis University did this as a project to raise the awareness and comfort level of people interacting with others with disabilities," Dr. Johnson said. "When she put this together, her professor encouraged her to set it up so it could go beyond their experience there."
The exposition contains several interactive stations where visitors can better understand how powerful certain words are when it comes to working with disabilities and how we use them. The showcase is designed for everyone from students, educators to members of the community.
Some of the displays center on Person-first language, which encourages people to promote the person first, then the disability; "Ability IQ," a computer quiz that tests a users knowledge about disabilities; and a "space rope" station, where people can experience the communication distances used by the blind or those with low vision.
Dr. Johnson said the Center for Learning Assistance helped secured a grant and brought the department of the teacher education on board in organizing the event. She added that students have been an integral part in setting up and running the exhibit.
"Jennifer Balikov, the president of Bradley's Student Council for Exceptional Children, has been very much a leader in getting students involved," Dr. Johnson said. "We could not have done this without the student volunteers to support the forty hours that the event was open this week."
Balikov, a senior in the Learning Behavior Specialist I program, said she was pleased the event was such a success.
"The 'Ability Exhibit' was amazing," the Deerfield, Ill., native said. "Going in to it, none of us really knew what to expect from it. We did not know how many people we were going to get, so it was a big risk to take."
Balikov said on Tuesday and Wednesday, the event drew more than 600 visitors in total while organizers believed only 100 people would attend each day.
"It's just been incredible. The staff had been bringing their EHS classes and other education professors have had assignments for their students to do. It's just amazing I had the opportunity to be here and see people's reactions to the different things here," Balikov said.


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By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain
His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge is just a week old. We've discussed his name – and the names the royals didn't choose, or might be holding in reserve for future princes and princesses – for months.
But while Will and Kate were welcoming their firstborn, plenty of other babies made their debuts. Many of them are baby girls, girls with bold, brave names. Some are retro, some are inventive, and others are just plain great choices.
One name remains unknown. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem welcomed a daughter on the very day George Alexander Louis was born. The famously private Cruz-Bardem family has yet to share the name of Leo's little sister.
There's no shortage of names that we do know. Let's take a look at the great girls' names that we have heard on new arrivals this month:


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Labor MP slams Apple tax 'dodge'Georgia Wilkins
Published: February 6 2013 - 3:41PM
A Labor MP has accused tech giant Apple of dodging tax and operating in a "cloak of invisibility", in a scathing speech to parliament.
NSW MP Ed Husic said Apple appeared unable to explain why it deserved to pay only a fraction of 1 per cent of its global turnover to the Australian tax office.
''They have a head office here, but you would not know it because they maintain a cloak of invisibility and their key management team dodge any scrutiny and refuse to even engage on public policy issues,'' he said in a speech on the government's new international tax laws.
''Given the lack of work they do on that front, you would hardly say that it cost $5.5 billion to maintain a head office here and dodge that limelight.''
Multinationals such as Apple and Google will be forced to reveal how much tax they pay the Australian government under a plan to name and shame firms that use tax havens to doge tax.
The push comes as French and UK governments question multinationals such as Apple, Google and Starbucks over their ownership structures that allow them to dodge tax by passing profits through tax havens.
Mr Husic said Google was being similarly targeted by the government over how much tax it paid, but unlike Apple, it was entering into discussions with the government.
''Google at least engages with government, is prepared to talk and be a lot more open about issues,'' he said. ''While they will obviously - and all the major tech firms - be a remaining focus on the impact of transfer pricing and the impact of their tax arrangements and what they do in terms of our tax revenue and our base of tax revenue, at least they are willing to engage.''
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/labor-mp-slams-apple-tax-dodge-20130206-2dy6y.html


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How Does the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Affect You?
In response to an outcry for reform, on July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. Much of the legislation centers on new regulations affecting how Wall Street functions, including the infusion of new powers in the Federal Reserve, and new government authority to shut down large financial companies on the brink of failure.
Nevertheless, while the bulk of the legislation is aimed at Wall Street, most consumers want to know how the law will affect them. Here are some of the provisions that may directly affect consumers like you.
Revised mortgage lending practices
The legislation institutes new mortgage lending rules intended to provide more borrower protection. For instance, lenders will have to follow defined standards to verify whether, based on income, credit history, and other data, a borrower has a reasonable ability to repay a loan including associated taxes and insurance. And if the lender doesn't adhere to this "ability to repay" standard, or if the mortgage has excessive fees or abusive terms, the borrower may raise those factors as a defense to foreclosure without regard to any statute of limitations.
Lenders also must retain at least a 5% interest in loans they make that don't meet certain standards, so that a lender will be less inclined to make a loan to a borrower who can't afford it; the law is also designed to prevent a lender from selling the loan and passing all of the risk of default onto the secondary mortgage buyer.
While these rules may limit the size of the mortgage you qualify for, they're intended to prevent you from being steered into a loan that's not suitable for you. Lenders can no longer provide mortgage originators and loan officers with financial incentives such as higher commissions for directing potential borrowers to mortgages with higher interest rates. And lenders can't coerce or encourage an appraiser to make a faulty appraisal of a property's value so the borrower may obtain a loan more easily.
Making the entire process of obtaining a loan more transparent is a key goal of financial reform. For instance, loan originators of residential mortgages must disclose any conflicts of interest and compare costs and benefits of a mortgage offered to a potential borrower. Prepayment penalties on balloon loans and adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMS) are banned and must be disclosed on other loans. If you have a hybrid ARM, the lender must give you at least six months notice in advance of any change in the interest rate. And if you're unable to make your mortgage payments as a result of losing your job or because of a medical condition, you may now qualify for up to $50,000 in assistance loaned through HUD's existing Emergency Mortgage Assistance Fund.
Lenders are prohibited from refinancing an existing mortgage unless the new mortgage offers a net benefit to the borrower, and borrowers are entitled to a copy of the lender's appraisal of the property no later than three days prior to the closing.
Consumer protection provisions
The law provides for regulation of consumer financial products under the auspices of a single agency: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This government entity will serve as a consumer protection watchdog, able to write rules for consumer protections governing all financial institutions--banks and other institutions offering consumer financial services or products. This agency will also regulate the private student loan industry while giving students access to information about private student loans.
Increase in FDIC account protection
During the financial crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) temporarily increased the amount it will insure on deposit accounts in FDIC-insured banks from $100,000 to $250,000. The law makes the $250,000 limit permanent. For example, you and your spouse can each have separate deposit accounts as well as a single joint account and qualify for up to $1 million worth of total FDIC protection.
Another change is your ability to get your credit score for free if you were turned down for credit, housing, or a job based, in part, on your credit score. You can also get your credit score if your credit card company changes your credit terms based on a negative credit score. The free look at your credit score isn't available if you don't have a negative credit experience, however.


text: Kia Reveals Superman-Inspired Optima Hybrid at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show February 7, 2013 09:30 AM Kia unveiled the latest car in the Justice League series, the Superman Optima Hybrid, during the 2013 Chicago Auto Show Media Preview. The first five models in the Justice League series were introduced late last year; eight are planned for the entire series. Kia worked with MV Designz in Orange, Calif., to build the superhero-themed custom vehicle, appropriately named the "Man of Steel." The Superman concept features widened fenders, full ground-effects and 20-inch Bavaria 5-spoke wheels. "Just as Superman can take to the skies in any moment, the Optima can go with just a push of a button," said Michael Sprague, executive vice president, marketing and communications at Kia Motors America. The Man of Steel Optima features a blue paint scheme with the iconic "S" on the hood. Kia designed the beveled grille to resemble Superman's belt and the red headlights "glow with the same intensity of his heat vision." Moreover, red foil character lines begin at the hood and expand to the trunk to mimic the Man of Steel's crimson cape. Kia partnered with DC Comics in an effort to help raise awareness for the "We Can Be Heroes" campaign that brings relief to those affected by drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. The campaign's core message is that cars have the power to be a hero. Back to News


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Congratulations! You've found out you are expecting, although you may not really believe it just yet. No doubt you are feeling a sense of nervous excitement about the months ahead of you. Take time to talk to your partner and include them in your thoughts, they are probably feeling as nervous as you are. You may already be feeling physical changes with sore breasts (try sleeping in a soft cotton bra top for extra comfort) tiredness, frequent peeing and nausea.
You have been pregnant for one month and may already notice your clothes getting a little tighter around your waist. Start browsing for maternity wear whenever you feel ready.
Heartburn discomfort is one of the most common complaints of pregnancy. Heartburn is defined as a burning sensation in the middle of your chest; it often occurs after eating. You may also experience an acid or bitter taste in your mouth and increased pain when you bend over or lie down. During the first trimester, nearly 25% of all pregnant women have heartburn. Later, it may become more severe when your growing baby compresses your digestive tract. Eat small, frequent meals. One sure way to get heartburn is to eat a large meal, then lie down!
Constipation is also common in early pregnancy, brought on by two changes in your body. Increased hormones, whereby your body produces progesterone, which relaxes the smooth muscles of the intestinal wall and stomach, resulting in a slow down of digestion, and your blood volume increasing. If you don't drink enough fluids to keep up with the increase in blood volume, you will experience dehydration which causes constipation. So drink lots of fluids, exercise and snack on prunes!
Do not use laxatives without your doctor's approval. If constipation is a continuing problem, discuss treatment at a prenatal visit. Try not to strain when you have a bowel movement as straining can lead to hemorrhoids.
Baby is busy already. She has grown to 5mm long, although she is curled up like a bean shoot. Her larynx is starting to form, along with her inner ear. The lining of the placenta begins developing but the placenta will not take over production of the hormones until about week 12. Your baby's heart (which is starting to divide into the right and left chambers) is beating about 100 to 130 beats per minute - almost twice as fast as yours - and blood is beginning to circulate through her body. Her intestines are developing and tiny breathing passages are beginning to appear where her lungs will be. She's also starting to build muscle fibers and, halfway through this week, she'll likely start moving her tiny limbs.
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I've finally gotten these 2 great discs into my bag. I've found use for both now. The sidewinder is now broken in.... OR I've just improved a bit. I'm now able to crank this one as far backhanded as I can any of my other drivers. I'm getting just over 300 feet consistently with this joker. I can also hit over 330 with it side arm but it falls far short of my Beast when throwing side arm.
I never could get the beast to fly well for me throwing it back hand but now I'm starting to throw a bit side arm too and this thing is like a rocket for me. I just visualize the line and imagine that a straight line is drawn from a foot or 2 outside my right shoulder all the way to my target and then I try to put the Beast parallel to the ground about 3 feet above this imaginary line and ZAP there she goes.
I'm looking forward to tossing this guy out there in my next match with my friends. They dont know I'm throwing sidearm and will be interested to see my disc fly an extra 50-70 feet.


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2. Patipatti — the practice. A bodhisatta is always out to help others and places the welfare of others before his own. He never expects any return for the efforts he makes for others' welfare. Nor will he care to mention them, whether in his beneficiary's presence or not. Even if the beneficiary "bites the hand that feeds," a bodhisatta never turns back from any good deed. This holds true even when his life is in imminent danger. This is the bodhisatta's sense of wishing well for the present. Regarding merits accruing from his noble deeds in giving or in cultivating virtue, etc., a bodhisatta sets his sights higher than the solitary attainment of nibbāna. He aims only at supreme enlightenment, by which he can show the way to nibbāna. This is a bodhisatta's practice for the hereafter. This twofold practice also distinguishes a bodhisatta.
Not sure what this "twofold practice" is? Does the Sayadaw just mean present and future practice?


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Decision to use splitter paying off for McAllister
CLEVELAND -- After tinkering with a splitter since Spring Training, right-hander Zach McAllister decided the time had come to take his new pitch into a game. He picked his April 24 road start against the White Sox to give it a trial run.
"When he told me he was going to throw it," manager Terry Francona said, "I said, 'Hey, get a left-handed hitter when you're ahead, and get him in swing mode. Create some confidence.'"
Two pitches into that start, McAllister fired a 79-mph splitter to lefty Alejandro De Aza.
"I thought that was a little early," Francona said with a laugh. "But that kind of shows you how he feels about it. He's a confident kid."
During the spring, Francona, pitching coach Mickey Callaway and bullpen coach Kevin Cash took a look at McAllister's large frame and long fingers and decided he was a perfect fit for the split. The fact that McAllister was struggling with his breaking ball helped convince the staff to suggest trying the new pitch in a bullpen session.
McAllister was willing to give it a shot.
"I was openminded. It felt pretty comfortable, so I stuck with it," McAllister said. "It's just another pitch I can have at my disposal. Having too many pitches can be a bad thing, but if you use it in the right situations, it can be to your advantage."
It did not take long for McAllister to gain a feel for the pitch, either.
"This kid learns so fast it scares me," Francona said. "You can walk past him in the fourth inning of a game when somebody else is pitching, say something to him, and you'll see him take it to the game his next game. It's unbelievable."
McAllister estimated that he used the splitter between seven to 10 times against the A's on Tuesday, when he turned in 7 2/3 shutout innings en route to the Indians' 1-0 win. It simply gives him another offering to go along with his bread-and-butter fastball, slider and changeup.
Francona said that the coaching staff has emphasized sticking to his strengths, though.
"It'll be a work in progress," Francona said. "We don't want to turn him into a soft-throwing right-hander. But it's a weapon for him, and I think it'll increase as he gets comfortable with it."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Who has the right to claim having the soil that should be named the official New York state soil? There apparently was a hubbub in the New York legislature recently on what was the official state soil.
I don't care what state legislature it is. There should not be time spent debating what soil to proclaim as the state soil. There are 1,000 more important things to discuss, and agriculture shouldn't be associated with something like this that the public sees as taking time away from other issues of state interest.
State Sen. John J. Bonacic wanted to honor the so-called "black dirt" prevalent in his downstate district in a bill he introduced. Trying to explain the difference between muck soils, which apparently are hard to maintain as quality soils over a long period of time, and mineral soils doesn't help improve the image of farming or earn support of agriculture in a state legislature.
Spending time on legislative bills that assist in adoption of best management practices in agriculture and assisting farmers in obtaining new technology for farming would be much better time spent (One reader definitely disagrees with my position by claiming a federal conservation program for muck soils is needed, and this is an honest reason for legislature attention.)
New York state is known as a state that stands in the way of new technology adoption with its own red-tape regulatory process for approval of pesticides, only slower than California in general. The state appears to want to fund regulators and bureaucracy separate from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
So, the dirt discussion seems quite foolish, but Cornell University even took time away from other topics to issue a statement explaining that black dirt isn't a true descriptor of soil.
Jonathan Matthew Russell-Anelli, a senior lecturer of crop and soil sciences at Cornell University and a soils expert, said, "There is a great diversity of soils across the state including the 'black dirt' or muck soils found in Orange and Dutchess counties. These are not a single soil, but rather a spectrum of soils made from organic materials that have been collecting in wetlands in the landscape since the last ice age, approximately 23,000 years ago.
"These muck soils, which have names such as Carlisle and Muskego, are extremely important agricultural soils that are found in parts of New York as well as the northeastern United States. They are very fertile, easy to plow, and great for onions and other cash crops. But as muck soils are often comprised completely of organic materials, they can easily decompose and even under the best management, are not sustainable as agricultural lands.
"It turns out that New York already has a state soil named Honeoye, which covers in excess of 240,000 acres and forms the base for New York's most productive field and vegetable crops. It is a mineral soil, and while it has organic matter in it, with proper management it can continue to be sustainable and highly productive for the foreseeable future.
"While never legislatively established in New York, it was selected as the unofficial state soil in the 1980s due to its extreme importance for New York agriculture. It has already represented our state both nationally and internationally for quite some time, and was recently part of Smithsonian exhibit on our National Mall in Washington D.C. It is also a uniquely New York soil, found nowhere else in the world."


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Video: Getting great sound with earbud headphones
Dave Bar worked for Crutchfield from 1981 until his retirement in 2016. After a 23-year stint in the sales department, he joined the home A/V writing staff. Dave's expertise and good humor will be sorely missed.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Dave, a Crutchfield audio enthusiast, tests in the Crutchfield Labs whether or not upgrading your earbuds and adding a DAC/headphone amp makes low-res music on an iPod® sound better.
You can also watch his experiment upgrading computer speakers in the Labs.
Video Transcript
Goal: Make low-res music sound better
Dave: Unfortunately, I think what a lot of people have done over the years is downloaded music at low bit rates and it's very compressed or they're listening to music over the internet like Spotify or Pandora or Rhapsody and any of those streaming services. And, you know, the music coming from those files and from that streaming is sometimes a little compromised in terms of sound quality.
Step 1: Earbuds that come with iPod®
And probably what makes it worse is the fact that a lot of people, when they get their iPod and download music to it, use the stock earbuds that come straight out of the box with the iPod. And we're not saying that these earbuds are really awful. They're not. They actually don't sound that bad, other than the fact that we had some difficulty getting them to fit in our ears.
Step 2: Step up to high-quality earbuds
But we thought "Can we make it a little better than that?" And I think we could. So one of the things that we tried first was some aftermarket headphones. These are the Klipsch Image S4i in ear headphones. And we tried them right after the stock earbuds, and all of us noticed an immediate boost in performance-much stronger bass response, the high frequencies were much clearer and easier to hear.
Step 3: Add a DAC or digital-to-analog converter
The next thing we did was use the Nuforce Icon iDo. It's an iPod amplifier for headphones with a built-in DAC that plugs digitally directly into your iPod. And what that does is it bypasses all of the made for earbuds circuitry inside your iPod the headphone amp, the DAC. And then we connected our headphones into the iDo's front headphone jack and listened again to the same music. And what we noticed this time it also added to the sense of realism to a much greater extent. We were able to hear very fine details going on in the background much more clearly than we were with the headphones plugged straight into the iPod.
So, you know, there's an easy step up path, you know, from your basic out of the box earbuds to a pair of better headphones and then to an outboard headphone amp and DAC. Not too difficult to do, but boy does it make a difference. If you have any questions about headphones or headphone amps just give us a call.


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Chewy Brownie Cookies Recipe
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon water
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, optional
- In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, water and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and beat just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts if desired.
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes; do not overbake. Cool 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool. Yield: 3 dozen.
Reviews forChewy Brownie Cookies
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"I followed several reviewers suggesting, milk instead of water, more flour.....Always use mini chocolate chips as they incorporate into the dough much easier. Chilling dough several hours makes the dough much easier to work with.Delicious cookies. Thank you, Jonie."
"Had to substitute part butter for shortening, second time making these and it really did make a difference in texture. Adding mint chips instead of nuts takes up a notch!"
"What a disappointment! I substituted butter for the shortening, but other than that I followed the recipe exactly. They tasted great, but the texture was not what I was looking for. I was looking for a chewy cookie and these aren't it. I would describe them as "cakey" not "chewy". So my search for a truly chewy brownie cookie recipe continues..."
"I used half brown sugar and half white sugar! I used 1/2 tsp. baking soda, rather than 1/4 tsp. baking soda. I also used 1-1/4 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips. I omitted nuts on account of nuts being an allergen to some people! I greased my baking sheets! I got more than 3 dozen-I'd say that I got close to 4 dozen! I baked 8 minutes at 375o F.These were a big hit with the Nutrition staff where I've been doing volunteer work for 2-1/2 years! One of the staff members took some of these cookies home and her family really enjoyed them, too!Thank you for sharing this really wonderful recipe!delowenstein"
"I just made these and they are really good. Only changes I made: cut sugar by 1/4 cup because I used milk chocolate chips and added 1/2 cup coconut. Will definitely make again. Did not flatten out, maintained their shape nicely."
"I just made these and they are delicious! I adjusted the recipe slightly so that's why only 4 stars. Instead of adding extra flour as others suggested, I just left out the water! But I also used 1/2 cup cocoa because I wanted to leave out the chocolate chips. I used butter instead of shortening, and doubled the baking soda to 1/2 tsp. I stirred in coconut and walnuts (no chocolate chips). Perfect! They do flatten out like cookies should but not too flat, and taste like brownies. Had no trouble scooping out dough with my cookie scoop, it's just like cookie dough."
"After reading the reviews on these cookies (and many thanks for the tips!) I decided to make these. I altered the recipe to 2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1Tbsp Milk instead of water, then put the batter in the fridge to cool down. I took a big heaping tsp and rolled in a balls. Baked for 8 mins. I really have to say these are the best Brownie Cookies I have ever made!! These have become a big hit in my home! Thanks again for the recipe and all the reviews!!"
"I have made these cookies many times before & they are delicious. The only thing I add is a cup of shredded coconut & dash of cinnamon. This recipe is great, keep their shape & don't flatten out. Our families favorite."
"These cookies are amazing! So soft and chewy. The only thing I did differently is use unsalted butter instead of shortening."
"this was very good, but only made after reading all the ratings...this helps me decide if it is worth my time and effort..did add extra flour and use the butter crisco and a small scoop..added cranberries and my family loves them in cookies,muffins"


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Ranchos puppy develops rabies
February 19, 2014
Two Carson City residents underwent rabies treatment from exposure to a puppy that tested positive for the disease as authorities mounted an investigation, Carson health officials said Wednesday.
The case was confined to one household in the city, but the probe is ongoing. The puppy was purchased from a litter in another household in the Gardnerville Ranchos, according to Taylor Radtke of Carson City Health and Human Service.
It has been more than 20 years since a dog has been reported as having rabies in the state.
Rabies can be deadly for humans, the department said.
Radtke, a public information officer, said Douglas County Animal Services is taking the lead in the part of the probe that traces back to the supplier of the puppy, while Carson City is investigating the origin of this rabies exposure, and trying to determine if anyone else was exposed to rabies.
"Right now, we are trying to contact other possible exposures," said Radtke, taking note of the litter and sales aspects in the case. She said safety concerns for the community involve both humans and other animals.
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She also said the pair exposed in the city not only is undergoing treatment but will have to be checked at the hospital, though hospitalization confinement wasn't expected.
The puppy involved was purchased in January via a Facebook contact and various agencies are assisting in the probe.
Along with health authorities, officials at the Nevada Department of Agriculture, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health Office of Epidemiology and the Center for Disease Control are involved.
The local health department said animal rabies symptoms exhibit as changes in behavior, biting, aggression, lack of fear over natural enemies, foaming at the mouth and paralysis.
Carson City Health and Human Services urges the following precautions:
■ Avoid contact with animals you don't know.
■ Make sure your pets are immunized. Dogs and cats should get initial rabies vaccines beginning at 12 weeks of age and additional boosters over the animal's lifetime.
■ Confine all pets or keep them on a leash.
■ All persons, especially children, are warned to avoid all sick or injured animals.
■ All stray or wild animals should be avoided. If you think you have been bitten by a rabid animal wash the wound with soap and water for five minutes and seek medical attention immediately.


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Chiropractic and Acupressure for Headaches
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified January 2012 by Howard Vernon, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Dr. Zaxx Co.
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First received: January 4, 2012
Last updated: January 10, 2012
Last verified: January 2012
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This study will investigate the effect of chiropractic treatment with and without the use of an acupressure pillow for cervical headaches. Subjects will be randomly allocated to groups with and without the pillow and will be followed for five weeks. The primary outcome measure will be headache frequency. The investigators predict that the group using the pillow on a daily basis will demonstrate significantly greater decrease in headache frequency over a 5-week interval.
|Cervicogenic Headache Tension-type Headache Migraine Headache
|Other: chiropractic treatment Device: Dr. Zaxx pillow
|Phase 2 Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Randomized Clinical Trial of Chiropractic Care for Headaches With and Without an Acupressure Device
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Further study details as provided by Howard Vernon, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Headache frequency from a Headache Diary [ Time Frame: change from baseline in headache frequency at 5 weeks ]Daily Headache Diary
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Headache disability [ Time Frame: baseline / end of treatment (5 weeks) ]Headache Disability Index
- Treatment satisfaction [ Time Frame: end of treatment (5 weeks) ]Small scale for rating satisfaction with treatment
- Adverse events [ Time Frame: up to five weeks ]pain, stiffness, dizziness
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|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|November 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Chiropractic
spinal manipulation, mobilization, massage, advice, exercises
Other: chiropractic treatment
12 sessions over 4 weeks
Experimental: Chiropractic PLUS pillow
spinal manipulation, mobilization, massage, advice, exercises, pillow
Device: Dr. Zaxx pillow
Daily use of an acupressure pillow
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- males and females
- ages 21-60
- recurrent headaches
- sub-occipital tenderness
- a minimum of 4 headaches per month
Exclusion Criteria:
- migraine with aura
- sinus headache
- any other organic pathology
- any contraindications to cervical manipulation
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01509326
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01509326
|Contact: Howard Vernon, DC, PhD
|416-482-2340 ext 216
|Canada, Ontario
|Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2H 3J1
|Contact: Mark Fillery, BA 416-482-2340 ext 267 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Howard Vernon, DC, PhD
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Additional Information:
Vernon H, Jansz G, Goldsmith CH, McDermaid C. A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of chiropractic and medical prophylactic treatment of adults with tension-type headache: results from a stopped trial. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Jun;32(5):344-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.04.004. Erratum in: J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Nov-Dec;32(9):804.
|Responsible Party:
|Howard Vernon, Professor, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01509326 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 4, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 10, 2012
Keywords provided by Howard Vernon, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Migraine Disorders
Tension-Type Headache
Post-Traumatic Headache
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Headache Disorders, Primary
Headache Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Headache Disorders, Secondary
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Season 1
The Emmy Award-winning comedy series Arrested Development revolves around Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the "normal" one in a family of crazies, who is forced to run the family real estate business after his father, George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), is sent to prison for shifty accounting practices. While George Sr. spends his time in the slammer discovering Judaism and recording inspirational tapes, it's Michael who has to pick up the pieces and try to teach his offbeat family how to live without an endless expense account.
Season 2
In the hilarious, award-winning second Season, Michael Bluth decides to make a break from his dysfunctional family and packs up his car and son George-Michael and heads for Arizona. But he's soon pulled over by the police who inform him that his father, George Sr., has broken out of prison. Due to the family company's shady dealings with Iraq, Michael could face prison himself, so he returns home to clear his name.
Season 3
In this Emmy-winning comedy's hilarious third season, Michael Bluth finally realises that it's his Uncle Oscar serving time in prison, not his father. Reluctant to spring Oscar due to the effect it may have on the family business. Michael decides that the only fair thing to do is to find his father and place him under house arrest. Yet once found, George Sr. insists he was tricked into working with Iraqis, leaving Michael no choice but to investigate his father's outrageous claim. but it isn't until Michael and Buster go to Iraq on a rescue mission to save Gob that the depth of the devious plot is revealed - and Michael learns which family member is the real brains behind all the madness.
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PT department serves the underserved at Heartland Clinic
Physical therapy students Jessica Holloway (left) and Danielle Cooper (right) assist a patient at Heartland Clinic.
October 7, 2011
By Tim Belter '13
When Dr. Steve Tippett became chair of the Physical Therapy department in 2009, he set a mission to have the department serve the community in a meaningful way. Three times a week, the PT faculty and students fulfill that goal by providing free services at Heartland Community Health Clinic.
Tippett began working with Heartland's medical director, Dr. Gregg Stoner, three years ago to find a way for the Bradley PT department to help out, but it wasn't until this past May that they underwent a credentialing process and became physical therapy providers at Heartland. Prior to that, Heartland had no physical therapy providers. Now, Tippett, Dr. Melissa Peterson, Dr. Dawn Hall and more than a dozen PT students volunteer to see patients at the clinic.
"We wanted to provide a necessary service within the community," Peterson said. "A lot of people in the area need physical therapy, but don't have insurance or the ability to pay."
Tippett, Peterson and Hall are typically each there one day per week and students can sign up for times to accompany them. The patients are referred to the PT program by other doctors at the clinic, and the patients receive evaluations, therapy and home-exercise plans for their recovery.
"The students get to do whatever we think appropriate for their level in the program," Tippett said. "Ideally, they get to do it all."
"Things we talk about theoretically in class, we can show to our students in practice. We can see how they interact with real patients and real situations," Peterson said.
It can be difficult to treat patients without a regular schedule, so the department has to take on some patients as a team. They prescribe a lot of home exercises so the patient's recovery can continue even if he or she is unable to be in the clinic with the therapists and students.
"It would be nice to see patients on a more frequent basis," Tippett said. "A lot of our availability is dictated by the clinic's schedule."
For the therapists and students, the minor difficulties are insignificant. The experiences at Heartland have been more than worth the effort for everyone involved.
"The opportunity to practice alongside our professors and see firsthand how they treat patients is invaluable," said Mandy Wright, a PT student who volunteers at Heartland. "I always walk out of there having learned something I never could have learned in the classroom. I'm very grateful that the professors volunteer their time to provide this service not only to the community, but to us students as well."


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EASTCOTT Community Organisation is celebrating a fresh look for Savernake Street Social Hall this week, after a team from the Midcounties Co-operative have revamped the centre.
The Co-op visited in May and painted the small hall, which gave it a bright new look. Over two days this week, a team of 18 staff from three stores around Swindon have now painted the larger hall, the entrance way and corridor.
Caroline Davies-Khan, Chair of Eastcott Community Organisation, said: "We are delighted with the involvement of the Midcounties Co-operative, who have worked really hard to paint the hall.
"Everywhere looks really bright now. Since the team painted the small hall, lots of people have commented how good it looks. With the bigger hall painted, the hall is looking really fresh and smart.
"We took over community management of the hall in May, and are looking to increase the number of groups and individuals using it. It's an ideal venue for a range of community activities, meetings and children's parties, and we'd love to hear from people who would like to view the space.
Sean Varney, manager of the Co-op in Old Town, said: "It's great to have been able to help, and the Co-op team have really enjoyed the project. We carried out fundraising to raise money to buy paint and it's been brilliant to see the community hall looking much brighter now the team have finished."
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Sheffield United match-winner Chris Porter was unaware a possible Steel City quarter-final was at stake when he scored a dramatic late brace to defeat Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup fifth round.
Porter took to the field in the 87th minute with the scores tied and walked off having netted twice to secure a stunning 3-1 win for the Sky Bet League One side.
Blades boss Nigel Clough found out at half-time that the winners at Bramall Lane faced a home tie against either Sheffield Wednesday or Charlton and used the possibility of a derby date with the Owls to inspire his side to overturn a 1-0 deficit.
But Porter, who nervelessly converted a last-minute penalty before bundling home a second in injury-time, was on the pitch with his fellow substitutes when the news was revealed.
"I was out warming up (when the draw was made) so I wasn't aware who we might be playing," said the striker.
"A fan shouted on about it but I didn't know whether he was serious so I wasn't 100 per cent aware who we'd be playing.
"We didn't need any extra motivation than playing for the quarter-final of the FA Cup but it would be massive. It would be jam-packed here for Wednesday, people trying to get in all over the place."
Porter's ignorance of United's potential opponents may have helped when he took the decisive spot-kick, but Clough was happy to let the rest of his side know.
"Yes, we told them just before they went back out," he said.
"We thought 'what the hell?', we'll just tell them.
"I just said 'you've got 45 minutes, away you go. If we get the victory you might have a Sheffield derby yet'.
"A few of them didn't believe us actually so we just joked and said it was Brighton or Hull away.
"We had to come back and win the match so it might have been a small incentive for the players."
United's latest cup scalp - with Aston Villa and Fulham already vanquished in earlier rounds - went down well with home fans, though a mini pitch invasion at full-time may have crossed the line.
"The were 25,000 in today and the fans were incredible, that's the sort of atmosphere you want to play in," said Clough.
"The only downside is a few supporters coming on the pitch. You understand the exuberance, but just try and stay off the pitch."
Forest had taken the lead through Jamie Paterson's 28th-minute header and held it for 40 minutes until goalkeeper Dorus De Vries gifted Conor Coady the simplest of equalisers.
Although Clough admitted using the quarter-final draw to lift his players at half-time, Forest boss Billy Davies did not take issue with the timing.
"Late kick-offs, early kick-offs, draws before the game, draws after the game...I've got enough to worry about without trying to disagree with the powers that be," he said.
"I've no issues at all. We accept when the draw takes place so I have no problem with it."
He did, though, have a problem with his players' efforts after the break.
"The first 45 minutes we had total domination, the second half is complete and utter self-destruct," he said.
"Looking at their goals, it is individual error. We gave them a huge lift and by the end they looked much hungrier."
Davies and Clough endured strained relations when the latter managed Derby, but the Scot confirmed they had shaken hands prior to the game.


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Church services and an office building blackout are some of the events to take place to commemorate the start of the First World War.
The Great War began on August 4, 1914 and office buildings across Harrow will be switching their lights off on Monday from 10pm to 11pm to mark the centenary of the outbreak of hostilities.
This will be the start of a series of events over the next four years organised by Harrow Borough Council commemorating the First World War.
Before these events take place there will be a church service to commemorate the start of the war at St John's Church, in Greenhill, Harrow, on Sunday August 3 at 6pm.
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Pilot action caused plane crash that killed 3 in Monroe Co.
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A federal investigation says a Michigan pilot attempting a low pass at high speed hit the runway with a propeller, causing his plane to crash in a soccer field and kill him and two passengers.
The National Transportation Safety Board's report on the March 29, 2011, crash at a Monroe city park also says that 58-year-old pilot Rick E. Howell of LaSalle had the medication hydrocodone in his blood, but its role in the crash is unknown.
Howell was flying to Custer Airport from a Pennsylvania business meeting with two Conforming Matrix employees, 30-year-old Nathan Brahier of Fremont, Ohio, and 40-year-old Jeremy Tate of Oregon, Ohio.
The Monroe Evening News says a propeller struck the surface when Howell made a low pass in the six-seat Piper aircraft.


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Featured Performer of the Week: Philip Rosenberg
BroadwayWorld is thrilled to present its latest feature series: The Performer of the Week! Get to know these amazing talents as they share a bit about themselves, their work and life!
This week's featured performer is Philip Rosenberg who is currently on stage at The American Repertory Theatre in the Production of PIPPIN!
Hey Philip, Tell Us About Yourself!
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Philip Rosenberg, left a rigorous gymnastic regime to pursue his love for the performing arts at the age of 10. While attending several acting academies Philip also found the Circus Center, where he began learning Chinese Acrobatics under the guidance of Master Trainer Lu Yi. While learning how to be a powerful and dynamic acrobat, Philip also participated in various shows with the Circus Center and New Pickle Circus, including the original cast of Birdhouse Factory.
This ever-expanding exhilarating world of performance and travel led Philip to the "National Circus School" of Montreal where he refined his technique in handbalancing, acrobatics, dance and theatre. Graduating in 2008, Philip immediately began performing with "The 7 fingers" in a two year international tour of the show TRACES. The production played in over 15 different countries and dozens of theaters, including Union Square Theatre, Saddlers Wells in London, Casino de Paris, and The Sydney Opera House. Soon after, Philip began performing his Mannequin Handstand act in various Cabarets throughout Germany.
He is currently back in the United States, working in Diane Paulus' Revival of PIPPIN at The American Repertory Theatre, which has announced a move to the Magic Box Theatre on Broadway.
Where You Might Have Seen Him
Off-Broadway: TRACES, Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Union Square Theatre. Regional: PIPPIN, American Repertory theatre; TRACES (touring), Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Saddlers Wells in London, Casino de Paris, The Sydney Opera House. The Birdhouse Factory, The New Pickle Circus, Palace of Fine Arts Theatre; Dummy, GOP Variete Theatre, Germany; Die Boscars, Variete et Cetera Theatre, Germany; Cabotinage, Vague de Cirque Tent, Canada; LA VIE, Les 7 Doigts de la Main, France; C'est Assez Pour Aujourd'hui, Les Feuilles Mortes, Ou Est le Chef, La TOHU, Canada; Vau de Vire Society, The Regency Ballroom; Planetary Carnival of Circus Stage Direction, Grand State Circus of Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
We've Got Questions!
1) What are you working on right now?
At the moment, I am in our last week at The American Repertory Theatre in the Production of PIPPIN. Which will be making the move to broadway early this spring.
2) What has been your professional biggest accomplishment so far?
Performing TRACES with the 7 fingers was definitely a huge accomplishment for me. With this show I had the opportunity to work with some truly amazing artists and got to travel and see the world in the process. This production of PIPPIN has also been a huge professional accomplishment for me. It has been inspiring to work with Diane Paulus and the rest of the creative team and I am so grateful to work with such an immensely talented cast.
3) Share your funniest or worst audition moment
This is a hard question because in circus we don't do too many auditions. We are mostly hired by video, performing in a festival or simply by reputation. One of the only moments I can think of, was my audition for the circus company DRAGONE in Las Vegas about 7 years ago. The audition was an entire day of physical challenges. We started off the day with with an acrobatic evaluation, then flexibility, then strength, followed by a dance evaluation. To say the least at the end of the day, I was exhausted...but I had made it without being cut to the end of the day. Just when I thought the day was over, they took us outside and revealed a olympic sized swimming pool. I had no idea there was a swim test involved in the audition, and I was already ready to drop. With exercises like, tread water for as long as you can, or find the penny at the bottom of the pool and then swim the length underwater, I can honestly say I failed miserably. I could barely keep afloat, and never heard again from DRAGONE casting again.
4) What's your dream role?
My dream role has always been to play in a show that I created. Three of my fellow PIPPIN acrobats (Greg Arsenal, YanNick Thomas and Lolita Costet) and myself have recently formed a company entitled "Le Roux", and plan to create and open a circus show in the future. The day I stand in front of the audience and can perform our own show, will be a huge achievement for me.
5) If you weren't a performer, what would you be?
If I wasn't a performer, I would still want to work in the arts. I have painted for years, and while now I only consider it a hobby, I might have chosen to pursue this art form as a career. I have also always wanted to direct, both for stage and behind the camera. I would find a way to create art, no matter what the medium.
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Aryeh Pinchuck
I first thought to contribute something from my memories of the town, good and bad, but I decided to abandon this, with great difficulty I must say, as I prefer to describe events that relate to the town and the family which I remember most of all.
I'd like to talk first about the circumstances that led to my migrating to Eretz Israel in the summer of 1937. The skies of our people had already been darkened in the eastern parts of Poland, on the border with the Soviet Union. The Polish government and People deeply hated communism and had considerable fear of their neighbor to the east and his assumed intentions, both physical (i.e., conquering the territories that were lost during WWI which included our area) and ideological (spreading the Bolshevik vision). Just thinking of this would make every Pole shiver.
This led to many odd edicts, targeted especially at the minorities, and sometimes specifically against the Jews, many of whom were suspected of supporting the socialist vision. Among these edicts was the extensive authority allotted to the police, which gave it the right to arrest suspects and imprison them for many years without a trial if they were suspected of supporting the Soviet Union or communism. The summer of that year, a few young Jewish men were arrested under these edicts. One of them, who's name unfortunately I don't remember, was arrested before my eyes while we were working together filling beer bottles in a small factory that belonged to my uncle, David Tennenboim of blessed memory. I was shattered and shocked by the incident, the circumstances, the handcuffs the policeman (sarvotke) put on his wrists. I was shocked by the glee with which he carried out his duty, and all this weighed heavily on me and upset me for weeks. The young people of Rafalovka, including myself, were organized at the time in a Ha-Shomer Ha-Zair center that contributed greatly to our yearning to have a Jewish state, to emigrate to Eretz Israel and to live in a lawful and just society. We were no doubt moved by the very difficult conditions of our lives with the government's heavy hand and the hatred towars us Jews harbored by Poles and Ukrainians amongst whom we lived. Thus, the hope for the day we would be free people in the state of the Jews under a government of justice and equality was an elixir of life for us, enabling us to continue living in a hostile environment.
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Just a few months went by since the arrests I mentioned, and on one dark night I was visited by someone and had an encounter that changed my life. That night I spent a few hours over at Lazer the carpenter. His sons and he himself were inclined towards communism and a few of them had impressive intellectual and argumentative skills. I used to meet with them and argue about socialism, communism, Karl Marx, Karl Coutzki, Otto Bauer, and their philosophies. We always argued late at night and this was the case that night as well. When I left to go home, after midnight, I remember I saw no one on the way and was accompanied only by the barking of dogs. When I reached our house and came up onto the front porch, I suddenly saw a man who I immediately realized was the police commander. He demanded that I explain where I had come from and what I had been doing that night.
I didn't close my eyes that night. I was hounded by thoughts and my heart was beating fast and loud. My mother felt my restlessness and began questioning me to find out why. After two days of deliberation I told her what it was about and said I must urgently leave Poland and immigrate to Eretz Israel. We discussed and clarified this matter for a whole week, because it wasn't a thing you could just get up and do. What made us make the decision was that one of the friendlier policemen visited my uncle's tavern, and while he was drunk, he let it slip that it would be best for the family to send Leibke to Palestine. The uncle was quite startled by the message and helped us make the decision that I should immigrate. At the end of that week I traveled to Warsaw and reported to the Palestine-emt. with my high school graduation certificate. I told my story and demanded that they arrange for my journey immediately, I decided not to settle for a promise that they'll take care of it, and stayed there for two weeks until the telegram from Jerusalem was received. I registered for the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which had enabled me to get the immigration permit.
I have to say that when I got on the train in the Rafalovka station, on my way to Constanza in Romania, and from there on the ship Polania to the port of Haifa, that policeman came to the station and said goodbye to me warmly with a light pat on my shoulder. That was an exceptional gesture that is etched in my memory, because it was so different from our usual relations with the goyim. And so, without extraneous preparations and almost at a moment's notice, I left the town I had grown up in and went to a country which, despite the fact that it was the place I dreamt of, I knew nothing about. My mother and Leah my sister shed tears. My father arranged the suitcases I had with me on the rack, and didn't forget to ask me whether I had forgotten the tefillin. My uncle checked where I was keeping the 5 pounds sterling, which was all I had. All the town's Jews were on the platform to bid me farewell. I felt like a pioneer if not somewhat of a hero, about to take part in a great deed. Five years later, this feeling was replaced by feelings of guilt. I felt like a deserter who had abandoned his parents, family, and friends to their bitter fate during their most difficult hour, looking to save his own life. This feeling has haunted me for a long time, and though it has dimmed with time, something of it is still with me today. I believe I will carry it forever.
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Meeting with my sister Lea
In 1942 I volunteered to the British Army. This was the only way Jewish youth could take an active part in the war against Hitler. I was attached to the Jewish Brigade when it was formed and was fortunate enough to fight the Germans and have a piece of the real action under the national flag and the Jewish Star of David. In 1942 we began to hear about the extermination of Jews from Rafalowka and the area. From the news that reached me I had little hope that anyone of my family members had survived.
At the end of the war the Brigade sent emissaries all over Europe to locate survivors and organize them to emigrate to Eretz Yisrael. A comrade who served in the same battalion was sent to Poland and came back a few months later with a sack full of hundreds of notes containing names of survivors who were looking for relatives in Eretz Yisrael. They emptied the sack on the floor of one of the barracks and organized the notes alphabetically. In the middle of arranging the notes one of the soldiers hurried anxiously to me. He told me that among the notes they found one with the name Lisa Pinchuck and that she is looking for her brother, Leibel. The note did not mention where she was. This was the case with the majority of the notes, for the refugees were constantly on the move from one refugee camp to another. Giving an address had no meaning, for the person would probably not be there shortly afterwards.
I was, of course, tremendously excited by this and immediately started thinking about my departure, but I had to think how exactly I was going to leave. Many low ranking soldiers left units to look for relatives. They could do so with great ease because their direct commanders, the commanders of the platoons and the companies, were mostly Jews from Eretz Yisrael and covered for their absence. An officer was in a completely different situation. It was inconceivable for an officer to be absent from the battalion for a few weeks without the matter being noticed by the commander who was English.
The matter was further complicated by the fact that the commander of the battalion I served in, Colonel Gofton Salmond, was very sympathetic to his Jewish soldiers and understood their special situation. He used to turn a blind eye away to our various activities aimed at saving the refugees, activities that intensified at the end of the war. I was among a small group of officers who had a special and close relationship with the Colonel, a relationship based on loyalty and trust. He reciprocated by acting like a father to us. Under these conditions I did not dare 'disappear' from the battalion for an unknown length of time. I consulted with my best friend in those days, the battalion adjutant Captain Yitzhak Vartzman (now known as Almog), and confided in him. He promised he would talk to the old man and get him to help
I was deeply moved by the Colonel's reaction. He instantly declared he is sending an urgent personal telegram to the British Army of the Rhine (B.A.O.R), asking for official authorization for my departure to Eastern Europe to look for my sister, the only survivor of my family.
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It was only two days later that a battalion headquarters runner came to inform me that the old man was urgently looking for me. I entered his office and found him and the adjutant. I saluted and he gave me a document which turned out to be the telegrammed reply from Headquarters. The telegram had two lines. For obvious reasons I remember them to this day. They read: Captain A. Pinchuck will NOT repeat NOT proceed to Eastern Europe.
As was the custom in the British army and in telegrams of this kind, the word NOT was capitalized, underlined, and repeated twice to avoid any doubt or mistake. I believe there is no need to describe what I felt at that moment. I stood there for a long time, unable to utter a word, not knowing how to react. The somewhat long silence was interrupted by the Colonel's astonishing question, which took me completely by surprise: When are you ready to leave?
Now I was really confused. I felt like I had been taken out of burning heat and thrown into freezing cold, like I had just come out of a boxing ring where I was pounded from below and above and all sides. Another long moment passed before I answered him: In a week, Sir.
To that he answered immediately: Why not tomorrow?
It took me a little over a week to get ready for the journey because I had to take a vehicle that didn't belong to the battalion. I got a hold of the car with the generous assistance of a Canadian sergeant major from the discharge camp of a Canadian division whose soldiers had been sent home. It took me time to prepare the vehicle because I knew the journey would be long and difficult and I would be far from our base. The way I got the vehicle was this: The Canadian SM explained to me that the vehicles they leave behind after discharge are divided among four bases according to their condition. Each camp was marked with capital letters: A vehicles in good condition; B vehicles that could be fixed locally; C vehicles that could be fixed only in the shop at the base; D vehicles that could not be fixed and from which any military driver could walk in and take parts. He promised to take a good jeep from base A and put it in a certain spot in base D for me during the night. And, indeed, when I came to the place we had fixed early the next morning with a driver from the battalion, I found the jeep. I started it and a few moments later I was on my way to the battalion base. And thus, one bright day, after eating lunch in the officers' mess with the Colonel and the adjutant, who were the only people who knew about my trip, I quietly bade them farewell and set off on my journey which lasted 6 weeks.
I knew the general direction of the mass of refugees. I knew they were moving west through Austria and Chek and then south to Italy where the Brigade was located. I left Holland where the Brigade was sitting at the time and reached northern Italy after many difficulties, including two road accidents, one of which caused the driver and myself serious injuries that necessitated hospitalization. I started to comb the camps going north, then east through Austria and in the direction of Poland. I was wearing the uniform of a captain in the British Army, with the blue and white Star of David on my sleeve, a uniform that enabled free movement and which drew the attention and sympathy of the Jewish refugees.
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Wherever I went I met with the Jewish Comitat. In Zaltsburg I stayed at the building that housed the superior Comitat of all the camps, and they were very helpful. They had representatives everywhere and they knew all the camps. If I had the ability and the emotional strength to do so, I would tell the detailed story of this journey, which is worthy of a complete book. During this journey I was helped by a colonel in the Red Army to reach Vienna, which was a separate zone controlled by all the four powers, Russia, France, Britain and the US. It was difficult to get into the area. A young (Jewish) Soviet officer in the superior headquarters of the Red Army in Vienna also helped me get from Austria to Poland aboard a train that was returning repatriotted people to Poland. I met hundreds of Jews in the camps. They would all gather round me, pushing and shoving to touch my uniform and see that they were not day dreaming, that I really was a living Jewish officer.
In one of those camps in Austria something special happened to me. Surrounded by hundreds of Jews who were asking me about the Brigade, about their relatives in the country, I suddenly hear a sharp yell: Leibel!, Leibel! It's me, Simha Brat from Rafalowka! I turn my head to where the voice came from and I see an old man at a distance making his way to me, shoving through, pushing everybody aside. I am also trying to get closer to him and after a moment we meet and embrace embrace and cry. He is a neighbor from my hometown, hugging and kissing me, and all the people around are looking on in silence. Still sobbing, he started telling in detail how the Jews of our town including my parents were led to their death, shot and pushed into an enormous mass grave outside town; how he and a few others including my sister Lea managed to survive; where he saw her last and where he suggests I look for her; and more and more. And so we stood in the middle of the camp. It was my first meeting with someone from my town who had come back from hell.
It was now almost six weeks since I had left the battalion and I still did not come up with anything. The jeep had eaten up thousands of kilometers, but nothing. I came back to Salzburg, the city where I began my journey, to the Comitat headquarters. It was close to midnight but there were still people up. One man came up to me and told me that one of their emissaries had located Lea in a distant camp called Binder Michal Zidlong near the city of Lintz. I called my driver immediately and we set out for the place. It was way past midnight when we got there and the place was pitch dark, the roads unpaved. The houses along the roads were gray and intimidating, the windows were shuttered and dark. It was nightmarish. I decided to get in the jeep and wait until morning. In the first light I could see that this was an enormous camp with refugees from all nationalities and territories. The first residents who came out told me where I would find the Jewish refugees. When I got there I saw lists at the entrance to every building with the names of the residents.
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I stated going from house to house reading the names and on one of the lists I saw Lisa Pinchuck. I ran up the stairs and looked on one of the doors. I used my military pocket flashlight to read the sign. I found her name. It was early and the camp was still sound asleep. The darkness had only began to disperse. I knocked on the door full of excitement, my hand trembling, and was astonished to hear my sister's voice from inside the room: Leibi, is that you?
Less than an hour later my sister Lea, now dressed in a British uniform, and I were on our way to the Brigade base in Holland.
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The New York Mets may be without captain and All-Star third baseman David Wright for a while.
Wright likely is headed to the disabled list after straining his right hamstring strain in the Mets' 4-2, 11-inning victory Friday night. He's scheduled to undergo an MRI exam Saturday.
"Most likely, not all that good," Mets manager Terry Collins said of a Wright's prognosis, according to ESPNNewYork.com.
Wright pulled up near first base as he was beating out a ground ball to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning. He grabbed the back of his right leg before he crossed the bag. He immediately left the game. Right-hander Zack Wheeler came on as a pinch runner.
Wright, who is in the first season of an eight-year, $138 million contract, was troubled by what he described as cramping in his hamstring during New York's recently completed series at Miami.
"It's going to be tough for us," said left fielder Eric Young, whose two-run walkoff homer gave the Mets the win. "He brings so much to our lineup. That's why he is our captain."
Wright hit a two-run homer in the first inning Friday, tying Mike Piazza for second place on the franchise's home run list with his 220th. He has 16 home runs and 54 RBIs and is batting .309.
Class AAA outfielder Mike Baxter has been summoned to New York in case he's needed to replace Wright on the active roster. The Mets could use Justin Turner, Josh Satin or Daniel Murphy at third in place of Wright.
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In the current issue of MAKE, Vol 30, we have an easy project by William Gurstelle for building a "sound sucker" using a mug, Jello, and hollow stirring straws. The instructions for making it are shown here (click thumbnail image below).
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Using this "sound sucker" device allows you to experience a curious sensation: it's as if sound is not only being blocked, but actually sucked away from your ear.
The sound sucker works on a narrow range of frequencies. My testing showed it most effective a few cycles to either side of 660Hz (depending on the amount of gelatin), and the effect is most noticeable in a room with a wide spectrum of ambient noise frequencies.
We don't know how the sound sucker works. Can you explain this acoustic phenomenon? If you can, post your explanation here.


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