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Psalm 4
Some of David's actions were of the flesh and not at all godly. However, God's Spirit witnessed to his spirit that he was a child of God and heir to special privileges. When David was convicted of his sin he poured out his heart to his Creator, "For I acknowledge my transgressions: . . . Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight" (Psalm 51:3, 4).
One of my favorite teachers, Brother Ray Brooks, often quoted an old chimney corner proverb. "It's not how a man falls that qualifies him as a man. It is how he gets up that defines his character." David was constantly at war with Israel's enemies, and he consulted with God so much that his warriors considered David's prayer and clout with God as part of the army's battle strategy.
David did not measure God's love for him by answered prayers or by God's giving an abundance of good things. "Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety" (Psalm 4:7, 8).
Leave it in God's hands; sleep in peace and wake up thanking Him for another day to live for Him, not knowing what is in store, whether good or bad. David would be the first to admit that living by faith is hard on the flesh. But, it is the only life that brings gladness to the soul. In God's eyes everything is right on track. Hold on tight!
IN OTHER WORDs
God is on His throne and all is right with the world.
Robert Brock
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Genuine Gladness
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124– May 03 – This Day in Baptist History Past
A timely snowstorm, a changed life
On the first Sunday in 1850 at the age of fifteen Charles Spurgeon converted to Christ. On January 6, 1850 a snow storm made him seek shelter in a Primitive Methodist chapel in Colchester. The scheduled speaker could not keep his appointment, and one of the men attempted to preach. His text was Isaiah 45:22, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." After exhausting his thoughts on the passage, he looked straight at the young Spurgeon and said: "Young man, you look very miserable! You always will be miserable-miserable in life and miserable in death, if you don't obey my text: but if you obey now, this moment you will be saved. Young man, look to Jesus! Look! Look! Look! You have nothing to do but to look and live"
Young Spurgeon heard, not the voice of the inept preacher, but the voice of the Spirit of God and was gloriously saved. Realizing his need to be baptized "He walked from Hew Market to Isleham, seven miles, on May 3rd, 1850, where Rev. Mr. Cantlow buried him with Christ in Baptism."
Dr. Dale R. Hart: Adapted from: This Day in Baptist History Vol. I: Cummins Thompson /, pp. 180-181
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114 — April 24 – This Day in Baptist History Past
Adoniram Judson
Comfort in affliction
1827 – Little Maria Judson, the infant daughter of Adoniram and Ann Judson, missionaries to Burma, died on this date, just a few months following the tragic death of her dear mother. In a letter to Ann's mother Rebecca Hasseltine, dated April 26, 1827, Adoniram tried to comfort her, the best he knew how with the following words: "My sweet little Maria lies by the side of her fond mother…an affection of the bowels,) proved incurable. She had the best medical advice; and the kind care of Mrs. Wade could not have been, in any respect, exceeded by that of her own mother. But all our efforts, and prayers, and tears, could not propitiate the cruel disease. The work of death went forward; and after the usual process, excruciating to a parent's feelings, she ceased to breathe… at three o'clock P.M. aged two years and three months.
We then closed her faded eyes, and bound up her discolored lips, where the dark touch of death first appeared, and folded her little hands-the exact pattern of her mothers on her cold breast. The next morning, we made her last bed, In the small closure which surrounds her mother's grave. Together they rest in hope, under the hope tree, (Hopia) which stands at the head of the graves; and together, I trust, their spirits are rejoicing, after a short separation of precisely six months. Thus I am left alone in this wide world. My father's family and all my relatives, have been, for many years, separated from me, by seas that I shall never pass. They are the same to me as if buried. My own dear family I have actually buried: one in Rangoon, and two in Amherst."…What remains is for me to follow where my Savior reigns."
Dr. Greg J. Dixon, from: This Day in Baptist History Vol. I: Cummins/Thompson /, p. 166.
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Watch and Pray
Ephesians 6:18
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints," Ephesians 6:18.
One of the most important jobs in aviation happens in the control tower. Although all parties, from the ground crew to the pilot work together to have a successful flight, no one is more important than the person watching out for the aircraft.
Have we ever considered Christian warriors as similar to aircraft controllers? We have to be on guard twenty-four hours a day against Satan and his advocates. We must be hypersensitive to the activities of Satan and his sly wolves in sheep clothing tactics. In fact, we must always seek God's guidance by the Holy Spirit through prayer. Certainly, we can never pray too much or too often for His guidance.
Likewise, everything we attempt to do should be saturated in prayer before hand, whether it pertains to personal, family, church, school or governmental matters. And shamefully, we often neglect this great and easily accessed benefit of being God's children.
Additionally, we must pray for others in an effort to intercede in prayer on their behalf—praying for healing, spiritual strength and God's guidance in their lives. It is our duty and our pleasure to pray for others.
We must always watch and pray!
Restraining prayer, we cease to fight. Prayer makes the Christian armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees, the meanest saint upon his knees—Author unknown.
Beverly Barnett
Assurance of Resurrection
2 Corinthians 5:1-8
"Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit," 2 Corinthians 5:5.
When a person wants to purchase a home, many times the owner will require earnest money from the potential buyer. Earnest money is a nonrefundable deposit that reserves the home for the potential buyer, preventing anyone else from purchasing the home until the buyer is ready. Should the buyer change his mind, the home owner keeps the earnest money because the home was off the market and could have been sold to another buyer.
The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit works in a similar way to guarantee that we are, and will forever be, God's. At the moment of faith in Jesus Christ, God makes our dead souls come alive by sealing us with His indwelling Holy Spirit. Not only does the Holy Spirit empower us to live for God, but He is also the guarantee that God has every intention of ultimately redeeming, not just our souls, but our bodies as well. God will not change His mind about the purchase of us by the blood of His Son. As an earnest payment, He has sealed us with His Spirit which assures us that, though our flesh may weaken and die, He will fulfill His promise of raising us all from the dead, giving us glorified bodies that have no flaws or defects. So, we can be of good courage (verse 6), knowing that our salvation is sure.
Will you live courageously by the power of the Spirit today?
Mark Clements
Soul and Spirit
Bob Hess has done some in depth research on Man's Soul and Spirit. With consideration of the girl on life support because of a common operation, maybe this will give some people a little insight into a dilemma.
I had an individual who wanted me to do a lesson on "The Difference Between The Soul And The Spirit". I taught a Sunday School lesson on this over the weekend and will pass it on to you. I hope this will answer questions that MANY Christians have had down through the years.
The secret to understanding this topic is the Biblical Terms that were used in talking about the Soul and Spirit. I attempted to show this in my class. My Sunday School class seemed to understand it, so I'll give you a try. Here it is.
1. The Greek word Psuche is translated into the word SOUL and LIFE.
a. In the New Testament this term is used to speak of the immaterial part of man. It is invisible and is contained inside of the flesh covering.
b. Man's soul speaks of the INTERNAL LIFE ELEMENT of the man.
c. I know that this may set many back on their heals, but animals have a soul. In Revelation 8:9 we read "And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died and the third part of the ships were destroyed". The word "life" is the Greek word Psuche or in the English, soul.
d. The difference between the animal and man is that the man was created with a soul that was made up with three elements. Man's soul consists of two additional elements that animals do not. Man has a SPIRIT and a MIND that are part of the makeup of the human SOUL or PSUCHE. Animal souls do NOT contain these two elements. We will get into these two elements later.
e. In 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Paul speaks of this. He says that when the Lord comes back, we will go to be with him as a whole person, body, spirit and soul.
f. In Genesis 2:7 we are told that God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life. the word soul in this verse the Hebrew word, nephesh. This word means breaths. Here it states that man became a living soul or a living, physical, breathing being. The term corresponds with the Greek word Psuche which is translated as "life" in Revelation 8:9 and soul in other references that are too numerous to mention. See also 1 Corinthians 15:45 where the term is translated as soul and in Acts 20:10 where it is translated as life.
2. The word Greek word Pneuma is translated as SPIRIT.
a. As was stated in our look at Psuche, the human has an element within the soul that is called the spirit. That is one element that is NOT found in animals or other created beings.
b. It is very important to realize that this is NOT the word that is used for a GHOST. The KJV translates Pneuma as Ghost in speaking of the Holy Spirit. "Ghost" is a completely different term in the Greek, which we will see later. The third person of the Godhead is the HOLY SPIRIT and NOT the HOLY GHOST.
c. The SPIRIT of man is not a material element, but is, as the soul, immaterial.
d. This part of man makes the man aware of his body and his natural, physical environment.
e. It is the part of man that makes him like God in the respect that it (the spirit) is eternal (will NEVER go out of existence) and it can share that characteristic of God.
f. It is the part of man that can be given a new birth from God (John 3:3-7). NOTE: It is the SPIRIT (Pneuma) that is born again (from above by the Spirit of God) and not the soul (Psuche). This new birth is made possible through placing one's trust in Jesus as his
Humility—The Way to Greatness
Luke 14:10, 11
"For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted," Luke 14:11.
To humble oneself to be exalted is an oxymoron. James and Peter also gave the same admonition. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Since the grace of greatness is only afforded by God to those who are humble, it would benefit us to find out what it means to humble oneself. Jesus publicly accused the Pharisees of false piety for publicly advertising their fasts and disfiguring themselves to appear humble and submissive.
Humility that God recognizes is supernatural, a gift of the Holy Spirit, like the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23). Humility appears not to be the result of praying for it, but rather surrendering oneself to God's control. "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up" (James 4:10). Here, we see James, Jesus' blood brother, advising us to humble ourselves to be lifted up by God. One basically has to lift an empty cup for God to fill. "Blessed are the poor in spirit [spiritually bankrupt] for their's is the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 5:3).
Greatness in the eyes of God may be opposite man's idea of greatness. Jesus told twelve jealous apostles that the greatest people in the kingdom are those with a servant's heart, willing to serve others rather than be served. Jesus Himself came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.
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Here's my cup, Lord. Fill it up and run it over into others' lives.
Robert Brock
Greater Is He
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world," 1 John 4:4.
This marvelous sentence hangs on one word because.
Because Christ has sealed Himself to the believer's spirit, the believer lives in a state of supernatural power. He has access to the throne of God and to the compassionate Mediator who knows exactly what His child is going through. He has been there, "I feel your pain, little one."
The title little children shows a relationship. Little shows dependence on God the Father who willingly offers all the grace and strength necessary to overcome Satan and his forces. This same promise of powerful supernatural resources is made to every little child of God.
Little children who know their position compared to God, their Creator, have a great deal of confidence. "I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone" (Isa. 6:1, 5). He then said, "Here am I; send me" (verse 8).
I have a grandson who was frightened out of his wits when his mother left him in someone else's care. However, he began to realize that she would always come back and learned to relax and enjoy the innocent life of a helpless child. His mama and daddy had his back. Jesus taught us to pray for God to deliver us from evil. This word evil in the Greek language is an adjective used as a noun and could be translated, deliver us from the evil one. When we stand toe to toe with the devil, we need to know that the Creator of the universe has our backs. We need to put on the rest of the armor to fight with all His might the good fight of faith. Do not give Satan an inch or he will take a mile (Eph. 6:10-18).
Everyone can have victory and be an overcomer.
Robert A. Brock
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261 – Sept. 18 – This Day in Baptist History Past
Nearly every house a house of prayer
1842 – Elder Jabez Smith Swan preached the last Sunday of a five week evangelistic effort that began on August 14 in Mystic, Conn. Those present said that he was truly 'in the Spirit on the Lord's day', as he preached with great power. After the first baptism, there were daily baptisms in Mystic for twenty-six successive days, and sometimes twice daily. More than four hundred persons were baptized during that period. Almost every house was turned into a house of prayer. Swan was born in Stonington, Conn. on Feb. 23, 1800 and at fourteen had "given a good account of himself" as a powder boy in the defense of his town in the War of 1812. He moved to Lyme with his parents, Joshua and Esther and had a deep conversion experience when he was twenty-one years old and was baptized by Rev. William Palmer. He was called to preach, studied at the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute, and was ordained to the gospel ministry on June 20, 1827. He pastored several churches but always returned to evangelism. He died in 1884 after seeing more than 10,000 conversions, most of them baptized. [F. Dennison, The Evangelist, or Life and Labors of Rev. Jabez S. Swan (Waterford, Conn.,: Wm. L. Peckham, 1873), pp. 193-95, 203-4. This Day in Baptist History II: Cummins and Thompson, BJU Press: Greenville, S.C. 2000 A.D. pp. 511-13]
Prepared by Dr. Greg J. Dixon
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349 – Dec. 15 – THIS DAY IN BAPTIST HISTORY PAST
The conversion that "shook the world."
December 15, 1850 – Charles H. Spurgeon was converted to Christ, and it was the conversion that "shook the world." According to the following account given by Baptist Historian William Cathcart," Spurgeon happened to go into a Primitive Methodist Chapel in Colchester, and heard a sermon on the text, 'Look unto Me and be ye saved.' From that hour he rejoiced in salvation." However, in a sermon that Spurgeon himself delivered in the New Park Street Chapel on Sunday, January 6, 1856, he gave the date of his conversion as Jan. 6, 1850. Nevertheless the conversion of the 15 year old boy can never be called into question, for his life was changed radically as he placed his trust in the finished work of Christ for his redemption. It was a cold, snowy day, and the storm was so fierce that the scheduled preacher did not arrive to preach his message. Fifteen people or fewer made up the congregation. A local layman finally agreed to preach, and he chose for his text Isaiah 45:22, "Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth." In a brief few minutes the speaker had exhausted the text…and seeing the guilt-ridden face of the lad under the balcony, he fixed his eyes upon Charles, and pointing with his finger he shouted, "Young man, you're in trouble! Look to Jesus Christ! Look! Look! Look! " And Spurgeon did look in faith, believing, and God brought peace and purpose to his heart and life. Little could that layman have known that the storm in his heart was more severe than the storm outside the building! In his Autobiography, he gives an entire chapter to the subject of his conviction. He said, "Let none despise the strivings of the Spirit in the hearts of the young; let not boyish anxieties and juvenile repentance be lightly regarded." Jesus said, "Forbid them not."
Dr. Greg J. Dixon from: This Day in Baptist History Vol. I: Cummins Thompson /, pp. 523-24.
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text: Best Price on John Wayne/John Ford Collection? [Archive] - DVD Talk Forum DVD Talk Forum > Shopping Discussions > DVD Bargains > Best Price on John Wayne/John Ford Collection? PDA View Full Version : Best Price on John Wayne/John Ford Collection? DaTimster06-05-06, 08:12 AMI'm starting this one up because it isn't listed in the ads - and supposedly (via another online price listing) BB may be selling this for around $57. Damed06-05-06, 08:44 AMDVDPacific has it for $49.28 during their sale. http://dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=722813 DirkUSA06-06-06, 03:24 PMDid anybody pick this up in a B&M store today? If yes, how much was it and where did you buy it? Thanks, Dirk DaTimster06-06-06, 03:26 PMFrom another post, looks like Costco is the winner at the moment with a price of $48.49. To me, that is flat out incredible considering what is in that box . . . Classic Films06-06-06, 04:01 PMI believe Tower Records in Lincoln Center NYC had this on sale for about $59. With a $2.77 Gold Box and $ 0.83 A9 discount, I paid $51.86 at Amazon. This is similar to the Costco price when you add in sales tax. Of course many places have lower or no sales tax . DirkUSA06-06-06, 04:35 PMI will check out my local Circuit City and Best Buy (Albany, NY) on my way home. Too bad Costco isn't an option for me. Dirk Spiral Staircase06-06-06, 05:11 PMMy local Best Buy had it for $64.99 in-store. Target did not have it. They did have The Searchers ($30/$20) and Stagecoach ($20.) I am still waiting for my Amazon order to ship. The Escapist06-06-06, 07:34 PMI grabbed mine for $48.49 at Costco -- can't beat them for sets. Oh yeah, and filled my gas tank at $2.59 a gallon. Man, I love Costco! johnglad06-06-06, 09:54 PMCostco for me as well. The packaging on the Searchers looks very nice (pretty big). I can't wait to see that new transfer!! DirkUSA06-07-06, 09:17 AMIt was $65 at my Best Buy and I couldn't find it at Circuit City. I have to check BJ's tonight, otherwise I have to order online. Dirk wingfan06-07-06, 01:42 PMI printed Walmarts online ad of $55.00, and had it price matched at the Utica, Michigan Best Buy. DirkUSA06-07-06, 08:22 PMI picked it up at BJ's tonight. $52.99 isn't bad. Too bad they didn't have the John Ford Collection. Dirk ken_57200206-08-06, 01:23 AMI picked it up at BJ's tonight. $52.99 isn't bad. Too bad they didn't have the John Ford Collection. Dirk Thanks for the heads-up on BJ's...will stop by there tomorrow. DirkUSA06-08-06, 10:33 AMMine only had two sets left. I hope you are lucky. I also picked up the Mystic River 3 Disc Edition for $14. They had 3 or 4 of those left. Dirk ken_57200206-08-06, 11:31 AMMine only had two sets left. I hope you are lucky. I also picked up the Mystic River 3 Disc Edition for $14. They had 3 or 4 of those left. Dirk Thanks again. Last time I stopped by BJ's in Albany, they had a bunch of John Wayne's Paramount and Fox releases for only $4.99. Title's I remember were 'North To Alaska', 'The Big Trail', 'True Grit', and 'In Harm's Way'...too bad I already own them all. DirkUSA06-08-06, 12:54 PMKen, the BJ's I went to isn't the one in Albany, it's the one in Rotterdam across the Rotterdam Square Mall. I have all the Paramount & Fox titles also already. Dirk Laser Movies06-08-06, 05:04 PMThis is currently $46.42 shipped during DDD's 20% off sale. Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0

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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Joseph Nane's first career goal was the difference as the Colorado Rapids snapped a franchise-tying six-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday night.
The win wasn't enough for the Rapids to claim the Subaru Rocky Mountain Cup after RSL won the two sides' first two meetings earlier this season, but Colorado collected their first points since a 3-0 win over Portland on June 30.
Salt Lake failed to generate much offense as the visitors managed only one shot on goal all night, and RSL suffered their first defeat to the Rapids in nine matches, dating back to May of 2009.
After a dry opening 10 minutes, Rapids striker Omar Cummings set up the match's first significant opportunity in the 12th minute. The Jamaican international made a nifty run down the left side and centered the ball for Nane, whose 18-yard blast went off the top off the crossbar.
Three minutes later, RSL had their best chance of the evening to get on the scoreboard. Justin Braun's header appeared headed for the bottom corner, but Rapids 'keeper Matt Pickens was up to the task and parried the ball away with a highlight-reel diving save.
But the Rapids got the game's lone goal just before the end of the first half. Drew Moor's cross from the right wing met the head of Jaime Castrillón and, after a deflection to the top of the box, Nane pounced on the rebound and received a friendly bounce off the bottom of the crossbar for his first career goal.
Despite the one-goal lead, the Rapids controlled the second half and earned far more of the opportunities. Castrillón's open 52nd-minute shot went narrowly wide of Nick Rimando's net, and the Colombian should have put the game away in the 68th minute, but his open look inside the penalty box went off the post.
Castrillón had another good chance in the 74th, but his header was stopped by a diving Rimando. But in the end, the second goal wasn't needed as 8-14-1 Colorado collected the victory in comfortable fashion.
OPTA Chalkboard: Buzzing Cummings, Castrillón vex RSL defense
With the loss, RSL missed a chance to claim the top spot in the Supporters' Shield race, as a win would have leapfrogged them over idle San Jose. Salt Lake drop to 13-8-3 and next head to Vancouver on Aug. 11.
The Rapids, meanwhile, improve to 8-14-1. They next head to FC Dallas, also on Aug. 11.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Joseph Nane
|First MLS goal for career reservist, whose strike was well-deserved before leaving in second half with injury.
|Omar Cummings
|Rarely does a lone striker have a better game without scoring. Allowed Rapids offense to push forward.
|Jaime Castrillón
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BSU men's hockey: BSU battles North Dakota down to the wire in loss
The history of close and exciting games between North Dakota and the Bemidji State men's hockey teams continued Friday at The Glas as UND held on late to post a 4-3 win.
The game came down to the final seconds. Trailing by one with 1:16 left the Beavers pulled goalie Matt Dalton for an extra attacker and generated two quality chances. The last came in the waning moments as a Beaver shot went off the post in the final seconds.
The play occurred so fast nobody knew exactly what happened.
The only thing certain was BSU didn't score and UND notched the win.
"That was a heck of a game," said Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore. "Minus an Oshie or a Parise, they are as good as any team UND has had the last few years. I am proud of our guys and they way they hung in there until the end. They gave themselves a chance to win."
The Beavers (8-9-0) led 3-2 after a wild first period that saw 29 shots on goal generated, 20 by UND. North Dakota (10-9-1) scored a pair of unanswered goals in a dominating second to take the lead, and then hung on the rest of the way to post the win.
"That was a hard fought game," said UND head coach Dave Hakstol. "We were a little off balance defensively in the first period and they did a good job with their speed, flying the zone and getting scoring chances. BSU also made some great plays down low."
There was more action in the first 20 minutes than many entire games the Beavers have played this year.
UND scored first on a nice passing play that resulted in Chris VandeVelde getting the puck all alone in the slot. He cruised in and scored at the 1:41 mark.
The Beavers came roaring back and got the next two -- just 35 seconds apart. On the first, freshman defender Brad Hunt made a breakout pass to Tyler Scofield at the UND blue line that generated a 2 on 1 opportunity. Scofield waited until the perfect moment and hit Matt Read with a pass in front. Read scored into a wide open net at 5:51.
The next came on a nice play by freshman Shea Walters who gathered in a loose puck behind the net, waited and hit Ryan Cramer alone just off the crease. Cramer scored on the bang-bang play with very little room to move at 6:26.
UND tied it up at 13:51 as Trupp scored through traffic in front following a face off win. BSU then retook the lead as Read hit Scofield with a great break out pass through traffic. Scofield went in on a mini-breakaway and scored five hole past a sprawling UND goalie Brad Eidsness.
"I'm proud of the way the guys hung in there and responded after UND got that first goal," Serratore reported. "We came back and got the next two. After they scores, we responded again."
The second period was all North Dakota.
UND scored twice to take a 4-3 lead and poured another 17 shots on goal. BSU managed six shots in the period.
Brett Hextall tied things for UND at 3:00 as he scored on a one-timer in front off a pass from Brad Miller. UND went ahead for good with a power play goal at 7:11 as Ryan Martens cashed in on a bouncing puck in front of BSU goalie Matt Dalton. It turned out to be the game winner.
UND had four power plays in the period and five in the game through the second. The Beavers had no power play chances.
"We tightened things up a bit defensively in the second," Hakstol said, "and got the offense going a bit by playing up tempo. That's the way we have to play to be successful - fast offensively, cycling the puck and going after loose pucks hard. When we play that we can be pretty effective."
Serratore saw things the same way. "When they get rolling they come at you in swarms, they roll out of the corners in the offensive zone and have outstanding loose puck intensity," he said. "That being said, I felt we hung in there and gave ourselves a chance to win. I was proud of the guys."
UND played the third period close to the vest, dumping the puck and then staying back defensively as to not give up any odd man rushes. The strategy worked as the Beavers had difficulty generating any chances offensively until the very end.
UND was called for its only penalty of the game with 11 seconds remaining. The Beavers controlled the puck on the ensuing face off and Brandon Marino got off a shot. The rebound came out front to Matt Read who shot the puck between the legs of UND defender Derrick LaPoint towards the net.
The puck glanced off LaPoint's skate into the air, over a sprawling Eidsness. But it glanced off the post as time expired.
"We got solid goaltending and stayed in the hunt until the end," Serratore reported. Against a team like UND, that says a lot."
Dalton took the tough luck loss in net, stopping 37 UND shots. Eidsness got the victory, recovering nicely after the first period to shut down the Beavers in the final 40 minutes.
The teams wrap up the home and home series tonight at Ralph Engelstad Arena in a 7:07 p.m. start.


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Al Cashion: Environmental euphoria
January 28, 2012
"Seventy-five and sunny," the Accuweather app on my Android reported one day last June.
A quick check through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration verified the report.
The gorgeous meteorologist on TV said the same the night before.
But, I don't believe weather girls actually have to have degrees to talk about degrees; the gorgeous part is usually enough for ratings.
Therefore, I get my weather from people who don't see the makeup department before telling me what coat I need for the day. Sometimes I'm not sure about their degrees, either.
Seventy-five degrees? Boring.
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Anything above 20 is mundane until 95.
Extremes give you something to work with, a challenge to your existence.
Zero demands you fight for survival.
Blistering heat requires bristling backbone.
I like temperatures that assault you as you step out the door.
I want wind that steals your hat.
Give me weather that must be wrestled.
When the weather-man/woman/person says 75, calm with 20-percent chance of afternoon and evening showers, my zest gets zapped.
No challenge.
No contest.
I can experience the same inside my home and watch TV while I do it.
I don't like "showers."
Give me resolute rain that renders the fastest windshield wipers insignificant.
Rain that transforms gutters on gently sloped streets into white water violence.
Give me savage snow. I want snowflakes large and numerous so your voice is muted by white density, so your snow-shoveling neighbor is deluged by a roof slide because your warning call could not carry.
I like snow blowing sideways, white leviathans consuming Toyotas all over.
I like drifting snow beasts that dislodge tractor-trailers from their rightful lanes, throwing 20 tons helter skelter, leaving the Peterbilt driver disoriented.
Give me callous cold.
Precious moisture letting go of the lungs with carbon dioxide, then rising up the trachea and throat and finally expelling through the nostrils.
Traveling at 2 miles per hour, the 98-degree exhale meets 30-below ambient air, instantly freezing the H2O as it contacts the facial hair.
The man braving the elements attempts to speak to his workmate with an undisciplined jaw, finding it unresponsive to commands, suffering a substantially reduced temperature as his other outer extremities.
His co-worker hears vague mumbling through the 3-inch icicles adorning the mustache.
Equally cold, he understands his friend is signaling that it's time for the warmth of coffee and the shelter of a truck left running all day, the reward well worth the cost of fuel.
Give me all the hot Hades can hurl.
I like punishing heat, harsh heat that turns steering wheels and bicycle seats into instruments of torture.
Heat that makes air dance over barren ground as though hell is doing the jitterbug. I like heat that makes cool white cotton shirts feel as though it were heavy, long sleeved black wool.
Heat with a branding iron searing the tonsils and throat to an unquenchable thirst, sucking moisture from the tongue as fast as chewing cotton balls. Heat that sours the stomach, dizzies the mind and drains the limbs.
Unyielding and unforgiving.
Weather such as this demands one feel alive and in the fray, experiencing the contest of life.
If man is fit to tame these atmospheric beasts, he's fit to stick around.
Craig and Moffat County weather pleases me.
It's one of the hundreds of beauties of this city and county, the full list being much too long to list here.
Craig is the garden spot of the known universe, the premier destination for elk hunters, the place listed by Intergalactic Traveler magazine as the extraterrestrial eco-tourist's paramount destination.
We're on the map, people.
Yep, this is my town, my weather, and I love it here.
I truly do.
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These Alliteration Imagination poems are examples of Alliteration poems about Imagination. These are the best examples of Alliteration Imagination poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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"What happens in the forest stays in the forest"
The trees are trimmed,
The leaves on the ground
Proposing passion, sweet mist
Naked with nothing to bare or wear
Nature's breath lightens the atmosphere
She breathes in, he breathes out
The auditory sensation of rain
- drums down and deepens
The course is near its end,
Deep in this forest night
A Gentleman among the trees,
Hibernating new seeds
"On the other side of the forest"
He guides a path, with ebony eyes
A convincing vent, I accept
The fear is broken, I sleep in glee
The whispers disappear
Drying in peace by the secret bayou
Broad leaves lay under raw landscape
Lulled by the chills he quills
A quarter past midnight
Mr Romantic
- prepares the new sheets of Winter.
Copyright © SKAT A | Year Posted 2015
Twisting and turning on tides of laughter,
we rise and roll with wild abandon.
Through sparkling sheens of summer rain,
those gentle gems of glistening, gleaming drops,
we fly freely upon this flamingo feathered carpet.
Happily we ride along the heights of heaven,
Gazing deep into galaxies that glow far beyond.
Saturn's seductive rings slowly pull us forward,
When suddenly we drop, diving low, dipping back into
the darling glow of our moon.
Then sweeping past the stars, smiling with delight,
we sail off in the distance, shouting our goodnight.
Now all the sights that we've seen shall swim within our dreams.
Come take my hand as I take yours and we'll fly off toward tomorrow.
Tanya Harrington © 07-30-2012
Inviting ~ Poet~Destroyer, Let's ride!
For Skat's Magic Carpet Ride Contest
Copyright © Tanya Harrington | Year Posted 2012
No tears as we scoop up the moon,
zip up dirt statues that dance in the sky,
and pour out the sea of stars.
We laugh as we boil to pull closer the sun,
turn our night song into the whistle of a soothing wind,
and blanket mountain tops with snow.
We sip blueberry flowers as we clip birds to trees,
turtles to seas, and playful dogs to shoes;
then we lean in and candle the dawn.
No tears as we scoop up the moon,
snag the sun, and slice the sky.
No tears,
As morning rain they fall.
Copyright © Krystal Cochrane | Year Posted 2006
Threw two trees a heart was seen
Two trees bent, shaped by time and wind
Threw these trees the truth can be gleaned
Hards times shape, make, and blend
(Threw in this instance means strategic place.)
Copyright © Sara Kendrick | Year Posted 2009
I try to be a poet, turning everything I feel
into the magic dusted fairy phrases that I steal
from scattered, peeling pages of a strybook within
the cluttered combination of my unforgotten sins.
I pen forsaken fallibles surrounded by a word
or sometimes sweet soliloquy the likes you've never heard
to transfer tiny twinkles of my heartbeat intertwined
unraveling vocabulay's voiceless valentine.
I write to make the parchment sing in choired harmony
between the soured notes that echo of a diff'rent me
I bang upon the beggar's door and scratch a little while
to softly offer spices to my peppered paper pile.
I scribble, tearing barriers belonging to us all
with scripted scenes cascading over turbid waterfalls
pouring metered movements in a liquid sea of motion
washing over thirsty souls who drink my clear emotion.
I try to be the treasured tome as written by my muse
expressing me uniquely through these hands she likes to use
composed in crying chords of sorrowed laughter's ecstasy,
I try to be a poet, but that choice is not for me.
Copyright © Curt Mongold | Year Posted 2013
Hoot! Hoot! Came the call
In silence I listened,heard
Suddenly, hoot! Hoot!
Came the cry,tree
Branches rustling,wings
Seems the world was in
Oblivion-the absolute
Went I to the window
and Looked into the
empty Darkness. As I lay
down,I Knew somewhere
I would Hear that sound
Copyright © Ifeanyi Bob Ekechukwu | Year Posted 2013
Welcome to our flawless future,
where everything is bright and beautiful.
This is our home- a priceless picture
of our world so wide and wonderful.
The day we met was a date with destiny
the skies sang and the Sun did smile.
My heart was placed on a special scrutiny,
your love made the waiting worthwhile.
Safety is having you always by my side,
peace is knowing that you will never leave.
Joy is a feel of your arms at eventide,
Love is the cord to which our soul cleave.
We count not day and hours but moments;
time melts on the platter of pure love.
We do not count errors but exquisite events,
knowing we both have a point to prove.
Sickness and death cannot do us part,
you are me and I am you; we are one.
Heaven is the hills of love, sweetheart,
we will meet there in the glorious morn.
(c) 2013
Adeleke Adeite
Copyright © Adeleke Adeite | Year Posted 2013
I know an old Town.
Older than the River Nile,
Romantic like Rome,
Undeafetable like Israel ,
Fearless likr a Lioness,
Rubust than a cotton tree,
Enormous than an ocean,
I know that Town that i am talking about
That has no Culture or tradition,
Which enable them to be free-minded people.
I know that Town,
That people don't shed tears.
Sojust imaging how that Town will
Look like in your imagination.
Copyright © christiana cole | Year Posted 2012
pitter patter acid rain waxing hi-gloss
smoky sky-scratching monster coup
fearless hue self-out stabbing acrylic nails'
bond to black market sale-deal rape
indian tears too few to cleanse
the polluted hearts under the stitch-held
stars of a blood-whipped flag
in you is a flood after drought
in you is a pestle fitting crucible
somewhere in your rash, there's a place called sensible
our common meeting place coming out
ten-speed riding sunshine girl smiling
wide and high as her cheeky-powdered rock-washed
cellular towering, nerve-shock stroking man
dodge-wrecking his impersonal laptop-orgy
maverick hopping additive, lasso-steroid
from steak-rustling warrior pinning-the-tail-on-
a-steel-wheel-heart when picking up metal armor
in you is a flood after drought
in you is a pestle fitting crucible
somewhere in your rash, there's a place called sensible
our common meeting place coming out
toro, taxi-driver
toro, weightless astronaut
toro, steaming sailor
it's all in us wear it's knot
Copyright © Effie Blake | Year Posted 2007
Wordless worries wander wearily working wayward,
Towards thoughts transgressing truth's textured tide.
As always acknowledging agnosticism's appeal,
Essence easily evaporates, exeunt Emile.
Very virtuous violent vowels vociferously validate,
Sanctimonious sessions some subtly sacrosanct.
Is it in incrementally immense ingenious imaginations,
Or ontology's omniscience overcoming oceanic oratory?
Roughly rallying rage's recessive righteousness,
Quickly quartered queens quietly quiver qualities quoi.
Under unctuous undeniably Umbrian utterances,
An astute and acute awareness as always arose.
Placing plausibly proverbial prevaricating predications,
Many morose morally myopic manly mighty men,
Eulogize everlasting ephemerally entertaining evocations.
Insinuating incredible implications, insomnia initiates,
Notably nullifying notoriously negligible nihilistic necessities.
Lies lay low, linking lofty linguistic lessons like laws,
Of optional opportunities oscillating on occult overtures
Until underlying unctions unify ubiquitous unknowns.
Joyless Joseph's joyful Joy just jumped, just jumped!
Killing killjoy knuckle kosher korma koranic krap.
And announce another anonymous anodyne appointment?
(Empiricism's emphatic emission, enter erotic Eloise).
Having Heidegger helps, hope's homunculi hunting human.
Get gone ginger guesses, go grope Ginger's grapes!
Immaculately ironic inquisitions instigate immediate impositions.
Once onto opaque ominous orbs, obey Oracles open orders.
Framing funny fractions, flaming far flung frivolous fictions,
Death defies dollar damnations, deliciously done devaluations.
Usually uncle umpire understands useful underlying ululations,
Also affirming apples avuncular altruistic assumptions.
Creeds crave caves, charms calm cause, come conquerors,
Be belligerently bad, betray birth's beginning, balance budgets.
Entreating entirely empty, emphatically elusive, existential entelechy,
Is, importantly, incommensurably idiotic, inexplicably impractical indeed.
Copyright © Yorn Called | Year Posted 2014
Perhaps Peter Piper did not pick a peck of pickled peppers,
Perchance Peter purloined them.
Peter's pretext for pickled peppers puts people at ease,
Pickpocket's ploy personified.
Personalizing praise for Peter's pesky presumption,
People put Peter's penchant for peppers praiseworthy.
Perhaps, Peter pretended to pick the peck of pickled peppers,
People should portend where Peter put the peck he picked.
Peter passed plenty of peppers to people,
Personifying Peter and his peck.
Prided peppers purloined or in a pepper peck,
Peter put in his pants pockets.
Copyright © Dan Cwiak | Year Posted 2016
black tar sweats, squabbles, shakes in the glare of the ocean of blue.
white light engulfs the sky.
stealing the heat we grip the ground with our claws.
scan the black tar with our yellow eyes.
our blood begins to warm.
her hair is melting to soft green scales and mine to black
blending into the ground.
we are lizards,
we laze in the sun,
it cannot scare us with its glare
we are lizards,
silent strong quick predators,
unnoticed yet still there.
we stalk a flying bumble bee; shattered glass, yellow string
buzzing it moves anxiously, falling, rising in the wind
she moves too slowly to catch it
it glides higher in the sky
we watch as it soars to freedom
we should have learnt to fly
black tar engulfs my vision
cradles and crushes my head
white noise of harsh invasion
her cry consumes my dread
our scales snapped
they tear from our skin
without amour to shield the attack
a stampede of torn and dirty shoes feast upon the remains
they dig and dive into my stomach
with intent to play their games
teeth of bound dark leather
snouts of practiced malice
souls etched with childrens patterns
dirt and gum
now printed on our bodies
with one more laugh and a jolt of pain
they leave
my eyes are blue now
and hers are drowning
the sky is blue
the day pleasant
the floor warm
but the trance has gone
our reality mangled
we are no longer lizards
we cannot pretend anymore
we are children
weak, shy, yet far too noticed
labelled, bruised and saw.
by Jess Tizard
Copyright © Jess Tizard | Year Posted 2014
Fireflies flicker and flutter beneath the dancing trees
exotic breezes whisk and whisper through limbs and leaves
The Golden Goddess of Garden Glen breaths evergreen
Her elfish essence is magic and Her spirit gleens
for it's merely a moment at the wonder She whiles
She wiggles and giggles and then She snickers and smiles.
She's not really a Goddess nor is She a Princess
She's more of a mystical, magical Enchantress
She is The Garden's gleaming, glistening Governess
a caldron song singer, a spell casting Sorceress
She starts with Her essence then stirs Her spirit divine
She drips dragon tears, then simmers slow with sweet sunshine.
Simple solution of spellbound myth and mystery
secretly sublime not found, hidden in history
not mountain high, valley low nor places in between
is the glowing gleen of The Garden Glen's evergreen
it is just East of the sun and Southwest of the moon
in a place where clouds and castles float and stars are strewn
entry date 7/26/2015
post date 7/05/2014
Copyright © Warner Baxter | Year Posted 2014
< Banana ~ boat ~ Bob ~ is ~ a ~ slippery..... Boob
Thought ~ that ~ this ~ town ~ lost ~ it's .... groove
No ~ spice ~ no ~ life ~ no .... nothing
Little ~ lost ~ boy ~ now ~ looks ~ for ~ his ~ Lucy's .... ring
When ~ where ~ what ~ or ~ even ...... why
I'll ~ inquire ~ insist ~ innovate ~ or ~ even ..... lie
His ~ history ~ of ~ having ~ such ~ big ....... hamstrings
Maybe ~ even ~ mighty ~ magical ~ musical ~ fruits ~ and .... greens
Or ~ having ~ big ~ over-sized ~ onions ~ olives ~ and ..... Kiwi
screw ~ this ~ he's ~ scum ~ skewered ~ tossed ~ back ~ to ... sea
Poor ~ precious ~ pretty ~ Lucy ~ got ....... pranked
Cause ~ curious ~ Bob ~ couldn't ~ control ~ love ~ so ~ he .... sank
All ~ alone ~ and ~ now ~ very .... angry
Drowing ~ deep ~ in ~ own ~ do-do ~ droppings .... whopie
Luscious ~ Lucy ~ now ~ can ~ look ~ long ~ and ...... hard
For ~ another ~ fast ~ floating ~ free ~ salemens ~ not ~ selling.... lard
Entry For
Linda Marie's
Luscious Love Lingers Contest
G.L. All
Copyright © Katherine Stella | Year Posted 2010
Soft sighing of tall Georgia pines
Simmering stew bubbles on stove
Sounds_scents envelope combine
Sabotaged sage while she so strove
To complete cleaning sandcastle
Built in sand, shuttle there now scantle
In honor of John Freeman's
Alliteration Poems Please
Copyright © Sara Kendrick | Year Posted 2011
Paranormal peasants of a pathetic and patient percentile
perpetrate peace from perjury..
A patriarch, parallel to a peaceful partisan passage..
Meditation maliciously masks my mighty monogamous minx.
Modestly managing my machismo, mastering my maturity.
Jared Pickett
Copyright © Jared Pickett | Year Posted 2010
Love is an Exciting Emotion,
Rolling down the Heart Hills...
Love can truly mould motion,
Drifting through the Beauteous Breeze...
True love begins with Smiling Spells,
It thrives and flourishes fast..
Arguments start, Crier Condemn!
And end with kisses, which contrast...
True Love is lived within the souls,
Through hard times, tenaciously...
Times of joy, strengthen the Store,
Then proudly growing True Love's Tree..
Love, truest and purest proof,
Of beauty and bounties blessed...
Of Unity and Yearning between me and you,
And this is how dear dreams come true..
Copyright © Afnan Hafiz | Year Posted 2016
Winsome Wendy walked in winter's white
Wondering when her window box wisteria would grow.
Wintry wisps followed by winter's windstorm
Wiped out her wonderful window work.
Winsome Wendy wanted to whine
"Without the wisteria, could winter be fine"?
While still walking, Wendy happened upon Woeful Will
Who worked without reward.
Winsome Wendy withstood the wisecracks that
Woeful Will had witlessly worded to her.
Wendy's withdrawal, spurned the wishy-washy Will
Which was witnessed by Watchful Ward.
Winsome Wendy went to the windbreak
Which Watchful Ward had wrought.
Wincing in the wind of winter's weight
Watchful Ward worded a simple warning to Wendy...
"Watch out for the windchill".
Copyright © Daniel Cwiak | Year Posted 2010
we felt
doing deeds
donned by illusions of necessity.
we thought
disowning our dignity
drowning our dignity
driving our dignity
down into delusions of
we knew
when spontaneously
life came to the streets
and we did
what we
know how to do.
Copyright © Nancy Jones | Year Posted 2012
He swifts on by like a moon lighted night.
He shines bright for a moment in time.
His arm's always open with warmth.
His smile always bigger then everyone elses.
His heart of rage and fire.
He swifts on by, he swifts on by.
Who will know the true man within.
The man thats full of sin.
No one can, no one can, for we are all just man...
Copyright © stephanie hanvey | Year Posted 2013
The top of the terrace trembles
With worshiping warlocks sit wondering
So stupendous the sky seems surreal
I inquire intelligently inside
Thinking that time throws what troubles
Colorful chrysalis shines and climbs courageously
Lovely light lays on lowered layer
Perfect and powerful portrayal presents pleasure
Of outrageousness opened only so often
Never kneeling now or noticeably feel
Sky's superiority spits my soul's special sight
I enjoy every encased enlightenment
Full of fascinating floating essence finally
Enveloped within enigmatic enlisted joy
The sky spreads its light superiorly shared
Remembering recreation watching the real sky
Russell Sivey
Entered into Nathan A.'s "alliteration alliteration, nothing but sweet alliteration (must have alliteration in the title)" contest
Copyright © Russell Sivey | Year Posted 2013
< Betty Boop bought boyfriend Bimbo some basketballs to bounce
But being blind her boyfriend Bimbo bounced Betty Boop
Boy Betty Boop did boldly bounce bad
This Little Lady Is After My Own Heart
For No matter What She Does Wrong
Her Eyes Seem To Capture The One She Loves LOL
And Also One Of My Favorite Cartoons
Copyright © Katherine Stella | Year Posted 2011
Beautiful baby Bella
Grew into a greatly gifted girl.
She sang songs solely for soldiers,
Homesick for hugs from their honeys.
But Bella fell fast for a friendly fella,
So now she sings solos solely for him.
For Alliteration contest 9/7/11
Copyright © Kim Merryman | Year Posted 2011
Tonight, tables took teapots
"Lumiere Lights" lit
Pleasantly, people pondered
Plates placed
Across appetites awaiting anxiously
To try the Top Ten
Delicious Dishes
Copyright © Sara Zahed | Year Posted 2008
Whether I will wither in the warmth
Or wilt with the weather,
I worry wildly!
For I'd rather,
Weep with wounds when wrapped into a wreath
Get wrenched (plucked) away worthlessly!
Copyright © sima mittal | Year Posted 2013
Livid love
Light lanky lucky girl
Moon that shines high up in the sky,
bright in glow like your iconic eye,
the more i see, the more i wonder,
emotions it contains far and under.
Moon that enlightens in itself,
like your unique voice all the time,
expressing every single ray of light,
like no one else can try to mime.
Moon that tries to reduce the dark,
like your luscious hair, thick and far,
that brush splendidly across the air,
the view seen is marvellously at par.
Moon contains so many crates,
not a single one i could find in you,
the soothing skin across your body,
even the moon frowns and turns blue.
Moon that spreads the night so calm,
your face expresses that peace,
with everything so perfectly carved,
such a profound effect you please.
Moon that brings the stars alive,
and sparkle like dew on your lip,
inexplicable is the desire it holds,
to kiss them, always makes me flip.
Moon listens to the fireflies sing,
like your ears with immense love,
the intensity with which you reply,
is above the purity and beauty of dove.
Moon that seems so close to the eye,
and yet is so far as you are,
still your presence makes me feel,
i can sense you even at mars.
Moon that can be seen from far and wide,
like you are to me just everywhere,
how can words sum up what i want to say,
i see you daily fair and square.
Cause no sun can avoid a day,
or can a night without a moon,
my whole life i ll love you,
without hopes&expectations too soon.
and even these words will shake,
the heart of the moon and its fame,
Because your are the moon perfect,
after which the sky one is named.
Copyright © Suraj Grover | Year Posted 2016
Soul-mates Sara and Steve share
Times of titillation, while tasting
Sweet scarlet shaded smiles.
Their reaching fingers find fruit,
As aroma arouses their appetite.
They're helpless against a hearty hunger,
Yet, yearning is part of the yielding.
Planted for pleasurable picking,
The stem, still pliant secures temptation.
Softly, Sara squeezes juicy secretion
While sensations slowly spiral.
Steve licks lightly at the edge of her lips,
Sampling and savoring freckled spots.
Then, he drops downward to devour
What was offered to him without restraint.
The mouthwatering morsels make him eager,
But, patiently he puts Sara's preferences first.
This is the way it should be, taking their time,
Lingering; as two lovebirds share lunch
Of strawberries, sweet and succulent.
Contest; "LUSCIOUS LOVE LINGERS" ALLITERATION CONTEST
Sponsored by: Linda-Marie The Sweetheart of P.S.
Copyright © Virginia Mitchell | Year Posted 2010
In a pick pack boom a wonderful light in the sky
Beaming gleaming screaming people out in the street
Watching the parade of light danced, glanced tranced
Happy sappy snappy to watch the firecrackers so beautifully
Amazing as it make the sky lively sparkly wonderfully
It shone in the dark out in the park making the mark
A sign of celebration in a cloud nine look so divine
Graces in the space a part of beauty to embrace
Copyright © lena Emp | Year Posted 2007
repugnant racist republican reviled - rickettsia re:itch ruler.
rapaciously ravaged revered reverential rubric.
radical ruthless renegade rapidly riotously rips rigged ramparts.
refrains retaining remnant redolent regal, resplendent rafters.
riches rudely rupture rooted rectified rights.
ruckus ricochets revenant reign.
ratified rattlebrained rules roil reductionism.
rumbustious rapscallions rollick; render ruinous ramifications.
rusty razor razing revenge rents reprisal.
rabid rectal rictus rotten rebrands re-calibrate.
rambunctious revolutionaries rejoice.
ruffians ride roughshod routing reigning royalty.
reiterate revetting robust recidivist rationality.
ride Rolls Royce relentlessly rendering rock ribbing.
riffraff raconteur raise reactionary response.
revisit rancorous restrictive redlined realigned rightward rivets.
robocop ridiculously rubber-stamped reorganization.
recalcitrant reactors release rapture.
rash Russian roulette reconnaissance raconteurs rack rubles.
red room reflects republican RNA.
rap risible rheumy ratiocinated rug-rats revoke righteous refulgent repertory.
rapier robed robbers ransack reliquary resounding retaliation.
retaliatory redcoat regnum reformation remembered.
Rudy robotically recoiling rapprochement
raison d'être rosily revered rifled relics raffled.
rookie raves ripe rackful rubenesque reliably ranked.
refulgent rotundity requisite requirement re: reappointment.
road-tested, roadworthy redeem reapportion routed role.
reprehensible reassignment rapidly recognizes response.
rife rampage removes respectability - respect.
responsible roused restitution refuted.
risky resultant reconnoitering runaway railroad reverberates rivalry.
reflexive ramrod reaction reconfirms redoubling ridding revitalization.
reconfiguration realpolitik reinstates repudiation
rebooting Roosevelt regime reconsidered.
requisition requires resilient reseeding republic.
regrettable riley roars remorseless ribbing.
rare recount restoring recondite renown reprobate Rapunzel.
Republican representatives rejoice reclaiming reins
registering retarded romantic remains
re: Rastafarian revered reliquary rests!
Copyright © matthew harris | Year Posted 2017


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Human Capital Conference 2013
Over 350 people attend this years 2013 Human Capital conference which was held in Miami Beach, Florida. The theme Changing Tides: New Horizons in Global Mobility focused on what lies ahead for organizations as globalization continues its swift surge forward.
Sessions covered an extensive array of timely and insightful topics including technology and social media trends in global mobility, US and global immigration developments, performance-based remuneration as the wave of the future and cultural competency requirements to successfully operate in a global environment.
There were 5 plenary sessions and 32 breakout sessions to choose from. Attendees were able to design a personalized program to best suit their individual needs. Through the breadth of experience and insight provided by our speakers, presenters and facilitators, attendees walked away with new ideas and perspectives on how to successfully manage the challenges that their organization faces today.
Our 2014 Human Capital Conference will be held in October 2014. More information will be provided in the coming weeks. We hope you will be able to join us.


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"The boats are like the servants who were buried at Abydos," says O'Connor. "The king intended to use t hem in the afterlife in the same manner that he used them before his death." In life the boats enabled the king to travel rapidly up and down the Nile in a powerful display of wealth and military might. As the Egyptian kings also expected to be kings in the afterlife, the boats would be useful tools.
News of the boats'discovery rippled through the Egyptology world and also energized O'Connor's hunt for the lost enclosures of the first kings. To help focus the search, O'Connor and Adams sought out Tomasz Herbich, a Polish archaeologist who specializes in finding buried ruins with a device called a fluxgate gradiometer, a type of magnetometer. It measures slight variations in the Earth's magnetic field caused by certain types of iron oxides beneath the surface. "These oxides are present in Nile mud," explains Herbich. "And what's the main material used by ancient Egyptian builders? Sun-dried bricks made of Nile mud!"
For nearly a week in 2001 Herbich's assistant walked more than ten miles (16 kilometers) a day over a numbing grid, taking over 80,000 measurements. The survey turned up several small funerary chapels but no enclosures. Then, during Herbich's last hour in the field, his magnetic divining rod finally found royal mud. He downloaded the data onto his laptop, and as the digital map came into focus, he called out, "We have an enclosure!"
Adams and a small crew went to work uncovering part of the enclosure, but the field season was ending, and they had to rebury it and return home. In 2002 O'Connor again asked Adams to go to Abydos, this time to undertake a massive excavation of the new discovery.
After a month of tediously peeling back layers of sand, Adams uncovered jars and wine stoppers bearing Aha's name, confirming that his lost funerary enclosure was at last found.
Once the crew reached the enclosure's floor, they discovered six surrounding graves. Three contained the bodies of adult women, one held the remains of a man, and one held a young child with 25 ivory bracelets embellished with tiny lapis beads. The sixth grave remains unexcavated. In each case the archaeological evidence pointed to a sacrificial death.
"The graves were dug and lined with bricks, then roofed with wood and capped with mud-brick masonry," says Adams. "Above that masonry cap, a plaster floor extends out from the enclosure and covers all the graves." The floor extension is seamless-an important clue, for it would have been impossible to entomb people under the floor except all at the same time.
It's unlikely that 41 people-the six at Aha's enclosure plus 35 at his tomb-would have died of natural causes at the same time. Another possibility is that they died randomly over time and were then stockpiled and reburied en masse. But for O'Connor and Adams, the evidence strongly suggests they were sacrificed.


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Pathophysiology of chronic mitral regurgitation
- Author
- William H Gaasch, MD
William H Gaasch, MD
- Section Editor — Valvular Disease
- Professor of Medicine
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Tufts University School of Medicine
- Senior Consultant in Cardiology
- Lahey Clinic
- Section Editor
- Catherine M Otto, MD
Catherine M Otto, MD
- Editor-in-Chief — Cardiovascular Medicine
- Section Editor — Cardiac Evaluation; Valvular Disease
- Professor of Medicine
- University of Washington
- Deputy Editor
- Susan B Yeon, MD, JD, FACC
Susan B Yeon, MD, JD, FACC
- Deputy Editor — Cardiovascular Medicine
Chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) is a relatively common valvular disorder that can progress to ventricular decompensation and the need for mitral valve surgery. The pathophysiology and phases of chronic MR will be reviewed here. The etiology, clinical features, natural history, and overview of management are discussed separately. (See "Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of chronic mitral regurgitation" and "Natural history of chronic mitral regurgitation caused by mitral valve prolapse and flail mitral leaflet" and "Management of chronic primary mitral regurgitation".)
Causes and mechanisms — Mitral regurgitation (MR) may be due to a primary abnormality (often referred to as organic MR) of one or more components of the valve apparatus (leaflets, chordae tendineae, papillary muscles, and/or annulus) or may be secondary (often referred to as functional MR) to left ventricular (LV) dysfunction (such as coronary heart disease or a cardiomyopathy) (table 1). In the developed world, the most common etiologies of MR are degenerative disease with mitral valve prolapse (a primary cause) and coronary heart disease (a secondary cause).
Primary MR — Several disease processes cause abnormalities of the mitral valve complex leading to primary MR.
●Degenerative mitral valve disease (mitral valve prolapse, partial flail, and flail leaflet) includes a range of disorders ranging from myxomatous mitral valve disease (also known as myxomatous degeneration, with redundancy of anterior and posterior mitral leaflets and the chordae), seen primarily in younger populations, and fibroelastic deficiency disease, seen primarily in older populations. It is not clear if these are two distinct disease processes or manifestations of a single disease. In mitral valve prolapse, excessive mitral leaflet tissues lead to folding and hooding effecting one or more segments of one or both leaflets. Chordae are elongated and may rupture, and the annulus is typically dilated and frequently disjuncted from its normal myocardial support. The alterations yield insufficient apposition of the rough zones of the mitral leaflets so they no longer support each other during systole and fall into the left atrium. (See "Definition and diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse", section on 'Pathology'.)
●Among patients with acute rheumatic carditis, the intensity and time course of the inflammatory process may impact the course of mitral valve disease. Severe inflammation of the chordal structures and mitral valve leaflets can lead to isolated MR, seen predominantly in children and young adults. Moderate chordal and leaflet inflammation, which may be exacerbated by repeated acute rheumatic carditis, may lead to mixed MR and mitral stenosis. Chronic chordal and leaflet inflammation may be exacerbated by repeated acute rheumatic carditis, which may lead to mitral stenosis (algorithm 1). (See "Natural history, screening, and management of rheumatic heart disease", section on 'Natural history'.)To continue reading this article, you must log in with your personal, hospital, or group practice subscription. For more information on subscription options, click below on the option that best describes you:
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- Flail leaflet
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- - Impedance in chronic MR
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- Functional status of the ventricle
- Mitral valve replacement versus repair
- Factors affecting the natural history
- Phases of MR
- Transition to heart failure
- Markers of a decompensated ventricle


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Photo by Tenaya Hills"It's great to be back in San Diego!" the Governator announced to a crowd of cameras, thrilling everyday volk inside the Santa Ana Red Robin last Thursday. Just two days earlier, Schwarzenegger had appeared at a Sacramento Applebee's. The governor's nonstop tour of woefully middlebrow Red County eateries rocked on.
Outside, behind police tape, two women in their early-20s chanted, "We want reform!"—Arnold's purpose in his tour among the common man was to get signatures for redistricting reform and the Fair and Responsible Retirement Act, which, you know, reforms stuff, and to talk up his yet-to-be-printed Put Our Kids First initiative. The young women were joined by maybe a dozen more pro-Schwarzenegger folk, all with preprinted signs helpfully distributed by the governor's advance team. But they were outgunned many times over by several dozen pissed-off parents, teachers and firefolk.
"They're closing two schools in Huntington Beach!" one woman shouted. An LA firefighter sidled over. "The governor's [pension] proposal eliminates completely all benefits for the families of dead and disabled firefighters," said Will Pryor, second VP of Fire Fighters Local 1014. "Instead of receiving a lifetime annuity, they get only the proceeds from a 401k. For a two-year firefighter, that averages to $30,000. Total."
Another mother joined in. "Arnold spends more than $20,000 a year per child for his children to go to private school," she said. "His children's school in Santa Monica has a $23 million budget for 1,100 kids. He has no idea what his cuts mean in the real world!"
Before the governor arrived, we chatted outside in the sunshine with Jean Pasco of the LATimesand Norberto Santana from TheOrangeCountyRegister,two reporters in the biggest crowd of reporters we've seen in OC outside the Doubletree bar. Pasco and Santana assumed Schwarzenegger would pass by the crowd on either his arrival or departure, but there's no way the governor's advance team—or Paulette, the steel magnolia from his LA office—would ever let him be photographed in front of protesting PTA moms. He came and went via the kitchen. Come on, Pasco. You know operatives better than that.
Inside, we cornered Schwarzenegger's spokesman, Rob Stutzman, whom we hadn't seen since the closing days of the first Simon campaign and who was standing mere feet from a handsome, brush-cut Aryan in a shirt that read, "Don't Be A Girly [sic] Man: Vote Republican." Also girly? Apologizing, considering the needs of others in addition to the needs of oneself, and only groping people when they want you to.
Stutzman, greeting Pasco, was the smilingest and most relaxed we've ever seen him, even after we punched him. In one of the black paramilitary jackets favored by all the governor's team and even the governor himself (with natty black-leather piping!), he explained a quote that appeared in that day's LATimesin which Stutzman had said, referring to the teacher- and nurse-bashing in which Schwarzenegger's been engaging, that everyone understands the difference between teachers in the classroom (and nurses in hospital rooms) and their unions. I asked him to help me out with that difference because I don't understand it at all.
"Well, they have union fees taken from their paychecks without their consent," Stutzman said. "So lots of teachers don't like the union." Did he have numbers on how many teachers didn't like the union? "No. The governor is proposing a merit-based pay system." He was referring to a system teachers reflexively hate, worrying they'll be penalized for the learning problems of impoverished students, while how he'll pay for it is another question, as he's already axed $2 billion from public schools in the coming year's budget and failed to meet the legal requirements of Proposition 98, mandating since 1988 that schools receive at least 40 percent of state spending each year.
"Not all teachers hate merit pay," Stutzman insisted. "Our education coalition has teachers, so teachers do support it. The school board president in Fresno is [in the coalition], and lots of leaders of charter schools." What's the coalition called?
"I don't know if the coalition has a name," Stutzman said. "But Jeff Randall of Randall Communications is the contact."
A call to Randall Communications reveals that the coalition is called "Governor Schwarzenegger's Coalition for Education Reform" and is entirely separate from the Healthy Forests-esque "Put Our Kids First" Initiative, which hasn't even been printed yet but is already being vigorously denounced by teachers and principals throughout the state, including drawing concerns from Santa Ana's conservative superintendent, Al Mijares. Put Our Kids First is being pushed by Citizens to Save California, whose board members don't include a single educator but do include presidents of the California Business Roundtable, California Taxpayers Association and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which made its bones by breaking the back of the (then-) nationally envied California public-school system with Proposition 13.
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But on that sunny Thursday afternoon, even after the governor said his adieuxfrom the kitchen door, no one wanted to leave; the circus atmosphere outside (one crowd fave in a Schwarzenegger mask held a sign that read, "True Liar") was electric, the weather balmy, and the people kinda good-looking (and Aryan).
The governor can put on a great glad-handing show—even the protesters who were denied the glow of his presence didn't want to leave. But backstage, behind that brilliant smile, it's always children (disabled or non-), old blind folks and puppies (literally puppies) who feel his shoe in their ass.
We hear that train a-coming.


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Lord Denning is widely regarded as one of the greatest law-making judges and also the most controversial.
He was born in Whitchurch and his father Charles owned a draper's shop in the town.
He attended Magdalen College in Oxford and graduated with a first class degree in mathematics before he was called to the Bar in 1923.
Lord Denning quickly rose through the legal ranks. He was a judge for 38 years before retiring at the age of 83 in 1982.
During his career he became a law lord and master of the rolls - the most senior judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
In 1997 he received the Order of Merit in recognition of his distinguished career.
He made some famous and infamous decisions in his court over his long career and was prepared to get round any rule of law that stood in his way - without waiting for the necessary legislation.
"The judge ... should make the law correspond with the justice that the case requires, " he once reportedly said.
He wrote many books including The Road to Justice in 1955 and Landmarks in the Law in 1984.
However It was his book What Next in the Law in 1982 that proved most controversial when he suggested that some members of the black community were unsuitable to serve on juries.
Afterwards Lord Denning apologised for his remarks and announced he would be retiring.
Even during his retirement he courted controversy by claiming the newly acquitted Guildford four were probably guilty - a remark for which he later apologised.
NAME: Alfred Thompson Tom' Denning, Baron Denning Occupation: First World War veteran, jurist, judge and barrister DATE OF BIRTH: January 23, 1899 DIED: March 5, 1999 LOCAL LINK: Born in Whitchurch, Hampshire and taught mathematics at Winchester College. In 1957 he became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary with a life peerage as Baron Denning of Whitchurch in the County of Southampton.


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What a child wants most of all is attention. That is his currency. So when we want her to be thoughtful of others, empathic and kind, we need to give her lots of attention when we see it happening.
And one way to do that successfully, over time, in our busy world is through tokens of our appreciation. Yes, that's right, we have to pay them.
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Lincoln's election was the final trigger for secession, and Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederate States of America. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, based in New York City, printed a woodblock engraving of Davis addressing the citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, from the balcony of the Exchange Hotel on February 16, 1861, two days before his inauguration. The illustrator depicted men waving their top hats in jubilation on the ground, while overhead, two other men, presumably slaves, perched on narrow pedestals and held candlesticks to cast light on Davis' face.


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Why is son preference so persistent in East and South Asia? a cross-country study of China, India, and the Republic of Korea
Son preference has persisted in the face of sweeping economic and social changes in China, India, and the Republic of Korea. The authors attribute this to their similar family systems, which generate strong disincentives to raise daughters while valuing adult women's contributions to the household. Urbanization, female education, and employment can only slowly change these incentives without more direct efforts by the state and civil society to increase the flexibility of the kinship system such that daughters and sons can be perceived as being more equally valuable. Much can be done to this end through social movements, legislation, and the mass media.
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A few names keep popping up among the thirteen groups represented on the disc: drummers David Pavkovic and Tim Daisy, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist Jason Ajemian, multi-reed player Jonathan Doyle, and saxophonist Aram Shelton; but there are nearly thirty different musicians involved in the thirteen tracks on this compilation. Groupings range from more conventional sax-bass-drums to guitar-drums duos to a quartet featuring vibraphone, clarinet, cello and drums. From the free jazz of Jason Roebke's Rapid Croche to the rapid-fire unison lines of the Treehouse Project, the emphasis is on improvisation, but within a compositional context that veers heavily away from the traditional head-solo-head format.
Electronics also play an important role. Whether it be Colin Bunn's jagged electric guitar on the Treehouse Project, Aram Shelton's use of loops with Grey Ghost to create an ambient backdrop for improvisation, or bassist Griffin Rodriguez's more subtle use of electronics with the Exciting Trio, this collection represents a group of daring young musicians who are not afraid to look back while at the same time keeping an eye firmly on the future.
This is not an easy collection to assimilate; every track presents a different challenge to the listener. Some tracks, including those by the Phil Mosberg/Eric Roth Duo and Jason Roebke's Rapid Croche, start with motifs that lull one into a false sense of melodic security before breaking down into altogether darker, more brooding improvisations.
It is difficult to pick highlights from the collection; every listener will have a personal favourite. But one thing is clear: Document Chicago – New Jazz and Improvisation is a testimonial that improvised music is alive and well in Chicago. The emphasis on composition as more than a starting point for improvisation makes this a refreshing and essential listen for anyone interested in a sound that could only come from one city.
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Track Listing: Clean (The Pavkovic Band); Last Night (Dragons 1976); Fleet (Triage); Remebering Tokyo, The Last Alaskan (The Exciting Trio); Through an Open Window (Jason Adasiewicz/Jon Doyle); UPD (Phil Mosberg/Eric Roth Duo); Hannibul (Stick and Stones); It's Enough (Jason Roebke's Rapid Croche); Trying Not to Stand Still (Design Flaw); The Cocktail Party Effect (The Treehouse Project); Black Shoe (Greyghost); Incidentally (Bauder/Parker/Ajemian); California Fingers (Bauder/Ramsdell/Bryerton)
Personnel: Jason Adasiewicz (vibraphone, drums, bass, glockenspiel, organ), Diana Parmeter (cello), David Pavkovic (drums), Aram Shelton (alto saxophone, loops), Jason Ajemian (bass), Tim Daisy (drums), David Rempis (alto saxophone), Griffin Rodriguez (bass, electronics), Matt Schneider (guitar), Jonathan Doyle (baritone and tenor saxophones, clarinet, b-flat clarinet, melodica), Phil Mossberg (guitar), Eric Roth (drums), Matana Roberts (alto saxophone), Josh Abrams (bass), Chad Taylor (drums), Jason Roebke (double-bass), Frank Rosaly (drums), Brian Dibblee (double-bass), Colin Bunn (guitar), Ken Champion (pedal steel), Nate Walcott (trumpet), Michael Reed (drums), Matt Thompson (bass), Jonathan Crawford (drums, Kawai SX-240), Matt Bauder (tenor saxophone), Jeff Parker (guitar), Alec Ramsdall (piano), Jerome Breyerton (percussion)
Title: Document Chicago - New Jazz and Improvisation | Year Released: 2003 | Record Label: 482 Music
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Video: It's history -- Simeon wins fourth straight title
Simeon beats Stevenson 58-40 in Peoria, Ill. to win the Class 4A high school basketball title in Illinois. It's Simeon's fourth straight title, which ties Peoria Manual (1994-1997) for the most consecutive titles in state history.
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Suzanne Vega: Live At The LSE, London.
Mick Brown, Guardian, The, 1985
Chess metaphors, the myth of Odysseus and the woman he left behind, being a "small blue thing", and, possibly if you listen hard enough, love flying on gossamer wings. These are a few of Suzanne Vega's favourite things.
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Adobe Creative Cloud: One Month In
Friday, August 10, 2012 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
I almost forgot to write this, but when it charged my account it was a good reminder! If you remember, I decided to sign up for the new Adobe Creative Cloud which basically gives you access to the entire Adobe creative suite for a moderate monthly fee.
So a month later I'm pretty happy I decided to sign up. I haven't had a lot of time to dig into everything it offers, but really my main focus was a few apps.
My favorites:
- Photoshop CS6
- Adobe Muse
- Dreamweaver
- Premiere Pro
Installing is easy, as it's all done through the Adobe application manager which also keeps the apps updated. I'm pretty familiar with Photoshop, but the other apps I have only dabbled with, and I did want to share a great Adobe resource I found.
Adobe TV has a ton of tutorials and guides for every product from the basics to advanced usage. It covers many versions, so even if you don't have the latest it's still a great resource for our artists here.


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Enigmatic masked guitarist Buckethead has left Guns n' Roses after four years of service.
According to reports, Buckethead, whose name refers to the inverted Kentucky Fried Chicken tub he wears on his noggin, had grown tired of idle time spent in the troubled Gn'R, which hasn't released a new album in a decade. The group made some motions towards a comeback in late 2002 with a winter tour, its first in nine years, but weeks after its troubled launch, the whole tour was cancelled.
Having released more than ten albums in the past decade, Buckethead seems most comfortable doing regular work. He has a pair of solo albums slated for release this summer, and he's also recorded with Primus frontman Les Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains ensemble along with keyboardist Bernie Worrell and drummer Brian "Brain" Mantia, who also has been playing with Guns n' Roses. Buckethead is also in the middle of a solo tour that runs through the middle of April.
As for Guns, there is no word as to whether the group would replace Buckethead. The most recent lineup included a pair of guitarists (Robin Finck and Richard Fortus) along with two keyboardists (Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman) and bassist Tommy Stinson. The delay of the group's new Chinese Democracy has caused other headaches for frontman Axl Rose. The group's label, Geffen, had assembled a Greatest Hits collection during the downtime, the release of which Rose tried unsuccessfully to block.


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SC Professional Studies Listed in 'Military Advanced Education'
"Military Advanced Education," the journal of higher learning for today's service members, has named Southwestern College Professional Studies to the 2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges & Universities.
Southwestern College Professional Studies currently has more than 1,600 military student enrolled. The college offers opportunities to earn certificates as well as associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
"We are very excited to continuously be named as a military-friendly school," said Pamela Monaco, vice president for Professional Studies. "Southwestern College Professional Studies is committed to providing a supportive environment for military students. With our student centered approach we make it possible for those serving all around the world to make their educational goals a reality."
For more information contact Deb Stockman at (888) 684-5335 ext. 214, e-mail email@example.com, or visit the web site at www.southwesterncollege.org.