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Posted on October 25, 2017.
By Bill Sorrell
Leading 42-27 over Arlington, Cordova Head Coach Anthony Jones told his team at halftime that something crazy was going to happen.
It certainly did.
Roaring back from a 56-27 deficit, Arlington outscored the Wolves 36-9 to pull within 65-63 with 6:24 left in the game, before Cordova's
Jeremy Banks scored his seventh touchdown of the night, giving Cordova a 72-63 victory on Friday.
"You don't even want this score playing video games," said Jones. "When you got Arlington over there and you got a quarterback like Tate Kolwyck and the coaching staff like Coach (Adam) Sykes, they are very talented. Tate Kolwyck is arguably one of the best quarterbacks in the state of Tennessee which he proved tonight. They have got a lot of great talent and a lot of great seniors. They displayed it. It was tough. We had to battle through it and fight through it and overcome some adversity but we kept our composure in the end."
The victory provided Cordova's first region championship in school history. The Wolves (7-2, 3-0 in Region 7-6A) have also beaten contender Collierville, who hosts Arlington (6-3, 2-1) at 7 p.m. this Friday for second place and home field advantage for the playoffs.
The game was one of the highest scoring in the state. Cordova came within two points of Knoxville Fulton's 74 during its 2013 season when the Falcons finished with 862 points. The state record for points in a game was set in 1926 when Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett defeated North Burton, Virginia, 193-0. Cordova, who plays at Bartlett at 7 p.m. this Friday, has scored 470 points this season, the most in the state.
"I don't think I have been a part of a game like this before," said Sykes. "I was telling the guys after the game I have never been more proud of a team after a loss. They had every chance in the world to lay down and quit. When they got down four touchdowns they fought their way back and put us back in the game and gave us a chance to win. It shows the character of our guys right now and good senior leadership. I kept telling them to believe. You never know, the ball might bounce your way, get a couple of good plays for touchdowns and the momentum starts going and the guys start believing and before you know it is a three point-game (59-56 with 7:24 left).
Corodva's Jeremy Banks turns around to celebrate a touchdown with teammate Jacolby Hewitt Friday night. Banks finished the game with seven touchdowns.
Photo by Kevin Lewter
"It is very disappointing because I want these guys to go out on their Senior Nights as winners. We weren't able to do that tonight but overall as a team it is a character-building process and I was proud of them. I have never seen a score like that in regulation that I have been a part of but we have got to rebound and get ready for Collierville."
A senior with 27 college offers, Banks' seven touchdowns were a career high as well as his 429 yards rushing. Banks (6-2, 210) had rushed for 231 yards by halftime and had four touchdowns. After the Tigers had closed to within 65-63, Banks ran 41 yards for his last touchdown with 1:46 left to seal the victory.
"I was just running. We blew a big lead but it was the turning point in the fourth quarter when we had to turn it around and put our foot on the gas and mash it to the floor," said Banks, adding that staying patient and his faith contributed to his game.
"I put it in God's hands. You have got to have a lot of faith. I have a lot of faith when it is dealing with God so I go with the flow, stay calm and fight through adversity. I told my O (offensive)-line to keep pushing and I told the defense to keep pushing and I told them God has a plan and we continued to fight."
He had 30 carries against Arlington.
Banks had scored 21 touchdowns in seven games, averaging 188.90 yards per game, 9.4 yards per carry, 1,322 yards on 141 attempts. His yardage total was second in Shelby-Metro.
"We knew their offense is really, really explosive," said Sykes. "We knew that Banks is a really good player and he proved it tonight that he could be a big-time player later on after high school. He is so hard to tackle because of his size and once he gets by you, he has got the speed to not get caught."
Arlington wide receiver Caleb Nelson said, "That dude is amazing. He is a one-of-a-kind athlete. I don't even know what to say about him."
Said Jones, "He ran like Jeremy Banks tonight. Not just him, the offensive line did a great job. It was gut-check time for those guys. He will be the first to tell you that definitely it's his offensive line (Jerome Carvin, Herman Joseph, Terrance Washington, Martavius Tate, Hosea Whitefield) and the quarterback Christian Arrambide that got us in some good plays. He was excited about that."
Kolwyck entered the game second in passing. He had thrown for 2,084 yards on 109 of 198 completions in eight games, a 260.50-yard per game average and a Shelby-Metro high 25 touchdowns.
Against Cordova, Kolwyck, who has been the starting quarterback since he was a freshman, completed 18 of 32 passes for 446 yards and five touchdowns. Nelson caught four passes for 151 yards including a 77-yard touchdown. Kenneth Walker III caught seven passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns. Walker had a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter that pulled the Tigers within 65-63.
Hunter Goodman caught two passes for 80 yards and a touchdown. Devin Chandler caught five passes for 80 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Kolwyck finished with 477 yards total offense.
"Tonight is a microcosm of what he has done here the past four years. He finds a way to make plays. Our team feeds off his play and his abilities," said Sykes. "Overall away from the football field, his character and how he carries himself is the biggest thing I am most proud of."
Jones was proud of his quarterback Arrambide, a senior who is in his first year as a starter. Arrambide had thrown 23 touchdowns in eight games, completed 100 of 180 passes for 1,664 yards with an average of 208 yards per game. Arrambide completed 13 of 20 passes against the Tigers for 234 yards and threw three touchdown passes to Kobe Powell.
Powell scored on receptions of 39 yards in the first quarter, 55 in the second that gave the Wolves the lead for good at 28-21, 56 yards in the third quarter. He finished with 182 yards on seven receptions, averaging 26 yards per catch. Travis Green had one reception for 26 yards.
"He has done an outstanding job for us," said Jones of Arrambide's play this season. "My quarterback played well and Kobe Powell played well. Those guys did an outstanding job (against Arlington)."
Arrambide (6-2, 180) credited Jones and his staff for "great calls."
"They all make a great game. Jeremy had a great game," he said. "I am glad he helped us win, My O-line is the one who had to make it roll."
Composure is what helped the Wolves win said Arrambide as he watched his team's lead evaporate.
"We came together as a team and responded. I think Coach Jones said it right with the word sacrifice. We played for one another and sacrificed for each other. I am pretty excited we won the district championship. I was happy and sad, it's my senior year. We have six more games left," said Arrambide, expecting the Wolves to play for the state championship.
Going down the alphabet, the Wolves have a word of the week. Sacrifice was the word for Arlington. Last week it was relentless.
Arlington senior linebacker Logan Feathers was relentless in his pursuit of Banks. He had seven tackles making crucial third down stops.
"We kept sending me on a blitz. I got more and more pumped after every every hit and I was asking for more. I wanted it. I was ready to show them that their running bank was not going to be able to stop me," said Feathers. "I knew Cordova was tough. We have been talking about their running back (Banks) all week. We have been putting up a fight against everybody. I think a big reason is our senior leadership. It's been amazing. We were really good at a young age. We have a love for football. We gave our all. We always give our all. We are not the biggest. We are not the fastest but we definitely have heart."
Kenneth Walker III crosses the goal line after returning a kickoff.
Photo by Roger Cotton
Nelson said, "Logan stuffed Banks every once in a while. That was clutch."
Feathers said that he was playing for Austin Spicer, a teammate who would have been a senior this season but died March 28, 2016. His twin brother Clayton Spicer is a senior running back/linebacker for the Tigers.
"I was motivated by my team. I have a lot of drive. It was Senior Night. I was playing for my friend Austin who died last year," said Feathers, who was impacted by Clayton before the game and at halftime. "When we came in after warm ups, I saw Clayton in there crying after the seniors went out. After seeing that, it hit me. He (Austin) could have been a part of it."
There were tears after the game.
"Some of us did. They were crying especially the seniors because this was the last night we played on the field or could be. We picked them up. We said it's not the field that makes the team. It's the team that makes the field. When we rallied, we got their hopes and spirits up."
Nelson, who prints on his wrist tape the letters and signs that mean "God is greater than your highs and lows," said after the epic battle, "If you win, you give God the glory. If you lose, you give God the glory. Tonight we lost but He gave us the ability to play and I thank Him for that. He kept me safe."
With the Tigers trailing 72-63, Nelson caught a pass on the Cordova 36-yard line with 1:34 left. Hit from behind, he fumbled. The Wolves recovered and then ran out the clock.
"It was heartbreaking. I felt like I let my team down but I have just got to bounce back up and keep my head in it. I was hurting. It was a really good game. I can't complain about it. I never would have thought that many points would be scored in a high school ball game. It was easily the highest scoring game I have ever seen."
Sykes praised Nelson for an outstanding game.
"He fought his tail off. He had a great game. Trying to make a turn and go up field and make another score, they hit it from behind and he lost the ball. I don't fault his effort at all. He was trying to make a play for his team to keep us in the ball game. You have to secure the ball but I am not disappointed in him at all. We had a lot of guys who played their tails off."
Said Nelson, "I am not a quitter. I am not going to lay down because somebody is beating me. Life is about getting knocked down and getting right back up. I think we are starting to mature as a team and as a program. We are not laying our heads down. We are staying upbeat because you can do big things and win a state championship. We never let our emotions get the best of us. We never let the situation get the best of us. The score could be 100-0 and we still have a chance as long as there is time on the clock."
The Tigers had an excellent defensive game from Tanner Magowan who had seven tackles.
"He is amazing, He is highly underrated. He did great," said Nelson.
The Tigers were also led by Cezanne Bush with seven tackles. Ethan Asher had four, Calvin Robertson three. Alex Salas had a sack.
"Cezanne Bush, Devin Chandler, Caleb Nelson, Tate Kolwyck, Kenny Walker, I could go on and on," said Feathers. "Everybody was a playmaker."
Asher said, "I had a couple of breakthroughs to the line and a couple of tackles. We made a few stops and then again we didn't.
It's all a mindset, if you are tough enough. If your mind set is determined enough then can do anything."
It was the longest kickoff return in Walker's career.
A junior, Walker said, "It wasn't all me. I give all my credit to God. I thank Him every day for everything he does for me and my teammates. If it wasn't for my teammates I wouldn't be able to do the things I do."
He said that he doesn't remember what he was thinking as he was running toward the end zone. "I am just glad I made it."
Cordova took a 7-0 lead on Banks' 51-yard touchdown run. Parker Nelson kicked the PAT which would be his first of eight. A 6-yard pass from Kolwyck to Chandler got the Tigers to within 7-6 with 8:27 left. Conner Ford then kicked his first of seven extra points.
Another 51-yard touchdown run by Banks put the Wolves ahead 14-7 with 6:43 left. Kolwyck's 77-yard touchdown pass to Nelson with 3:47 left tied the game at 14 with 3:47 left in the first quarter.
Arrambide then hit Powell with a 39-yard touchdown pass with 2:21 left and it was 21-14.
Walker's 4-yard touchdown tied the game at 21 with 11:53 left in the second quarter. Another Arrambide to Powell TD went for 55 yards and Cordova led 28-21 with 10:34 left in the second quarter. A 33-yard touchdown run by Banks put Cordova on top 35-21 with 5:35 left.
A 46-yard pass from Kolwyck to Nelson set up the Tigers' fourth touchdown, a 30-yard touchdown pass to Chandler. Arlington trailed 35-27. With 10.5 seconds left before halftime Banks scored on an 8-yard run for a 42-27 lead.
It took Cordova 54 seconds into the second half to expand its lead. Arrambide threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to Powell and it was 49-27.
A partial block by Asa Bonner of an Arlington punt put the Wolves on the Tiger 33-yard line. After a holding penalty, Banks ran 45 yards for a touchdown with 8:31 left in the third quarter. Cordova led 56-27.
Then the rally started. Kolwyck threw a 24-yard first down pass to Walker at the Cordova 25. Koiwyck then threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Goodman and it was 56-34 with 5:56 left in the third.
A 36-yard field goal by Parker Nelson upped Cordova's lead to 59-34. The Tigers set up a scoring drive that was fueled by Kolwyck's 33-yard pass to Walker.
Kolwyck then hit Walker for a 16-yard touchdown pass and it was 59-41 with 11:50 left in the fourth.
An interception by Bush put the Tigers on Cordova's 28-yard line. A 1-yard run by Walker cut the lead to 59-47. Kolwyck's 2-point conversion pass to Caleb Nelson got the Tigers to within 59-49 with 9:10 left to play.
The Tigers then went 78 yards to score. Kolwyck's 16-yard touchdown pass to Walker cut it to 59-56 with 7:24 left.
"I don't even remember the game being 59-56," said Jones. "I was just trying to get out of here with a win. They rattled off two quick touchdowns in the third quarter and we were just stalling on offense a little bit. We just wanted to find a way to win the game and thank God we did."
Said Sykes of the rally, "It's leadership. Our seniors are really good leaders. They kept everybody's head up on the sideline even though we were down 25 or 28, whatever it was. Once you get a big play or two and start getting momentum and everybody feeds off each other and that is what happened."
Caleb Nelson said, "We have been working on this stuff since January. The coaches have been hammering in us and these seniors have a legacy of championships. We won four championships growing up, fourth through seventh grade. We were unstoppable. We know what it takes to win and what it takes to keep driving and fighting."
Banks, who averaged 13.9 yards per carry, then found his way for an 82-yard touchdown run and Cordova led 65-56 with 6:38 left.
Caleb Nelson then blocked Parker Nelson's PAT.
It took the Tigers 14 seconds to score. Walker ran the length of the field and with 6:24 left, Arlington pulled within 65-63.
Banks' 41-yard touchdown run came with 1:46 left and the Wolves hung on for the nine-point victory.
Jones said, "We have to get ready for a really good, much-improved Bartlett team. We have to make sure that we are ready to go."
The Wolves worked their spread tempo, no huddle offense to the fullest.
"We primarily go four receivers, one back but we will jump to two-back three receiver type things," said Jones. "Our seniors have done an unbelievable job of anchoring and paving the way. We are young. We have a lot guys embracing the starting role for the first time. We had a senior-heavy team last year. "
The Wolves had 234 yards passing, 517 yards rushing for a total of 751. Behind Banks, Kameron Graham had six rushes for 36 yards
Arlington had 74 yards rushing and 462 passing for a total of 536.
The Wolves were paced by a 4-3 defense led by middle linebacker Tracy Williams, Cailen Jones, Bonner, Bryian Sullivan, D.J. Luckett. Wide receiver Jacolby
Hewitt has committed to play at Indiana. Carvin has not committed but has been recruited by Mississippi State and Alabama.
The night started with Caleb Nelson's mother, Emily Nelson, singing the National Anthem.
"It was touching," said Caleb. "It was a good way to start the game. I am just proud of my team. That (Tigers) is the best team in the state. I don't care what anybody says."
Said Asher, "Even though we didn't win it is still a positive game. We are still a brotherhood."
Feathers said the team bonded over the loss.
"I think it showed people we are here to stay for sure."
Said Sykes, "Statistically it might look great but at the end of the day all that matters is that scoreboard. I hated it for the seniors."

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KPCC's Molly Peterson, assigned to test Kindle, rediscovers a classic of summer.
Molly Peterson, KPCC's Environment Reporter, writes:
I owe John a debt of thanks this week.
I'm reviewing the KindleDX for CyberFrequencies. Adrift in the sea of Amazon's Kindle store, I Tweeted for help. The float John tossed me was Ray Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine." Queena Kim (Off-Ramp and CF producer) tells me he re-reads it every year.* (An aside: I approve wholeheartedly of re-reading things every year; mine is "Harriet the Spy," "Hamlet," "The Odyssey," Julian Barnes' "A History of the World in 10½ Chapters," and Gatsby. Rereading helps me mark my own changes. You should try it, too.)
Anyway, I hadn't read "Dandelion Wine" in a dozen years, a dozen and a half.
I DO remember balefully looking out my suburban window and wishing it were a cupola, once I looked that word up, and wishing the world would do what I told it to, like Douglas Spaulding. I've never forgotten Mr. Sanderson and the Royal Crown Cream-Sponge Para Litefoot Tennis Shoes. But it was Off-Ramp, and Rabe, who taught me to claim Ray Bradbury for Los Angeles. (I'm getting an education in the library here, like Bradbury did, though far less diligently, and probably with more late fees.) And it is in Los Angeles, this year, that I did a story about TreePeople's demonstration cistern, and the idea that people should have rain barrels. So this passage struck a different chord this time 'round:
"Ready now, the rain barrel!"
Nothing else in the world would do but the pure waters which had been summoned from the lakes far away and the sweet fields of grassy dew on early morning, lifted to the open sky, carried in laundered clusters nine hundred miles, brushed with wind, electrified with high voltage, and condensed upon cool air. This water, falling, raining, gathered yet more of the heavens in its crystals. Taking something of the east wind and the west wind and the north wind and the south, the water made rain and the rain, within this hour of rituals, would be well on its way to wine.
Douglas ran with the dipper. He plunged it deep in the rain barrel. "Here we go!"
The water was silk in the cup; clear, faintly blue silk. It softened the lip and the throat and the heart, if drunk. This water must be carried in dipper and bucket to the cellar, there to be leavened in freshets, in mountain streams, upon the dandelion harvest.
I wondered, as I read it, what else would fall from the sky now in Los Angeles. Our rain picks up nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide before making its way into the barrels (and I'll be visiting some barrels in Mar Vista later this month, I hope). Those nasty gases are in the atmosphere courtesy my car, and yours, and other polluters regulated by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. I'm conscious of that now in a way I wasn't last time. Does it wreck the book? Nope. Bradbury's vivid writing lets me imagine my way into the skies, where the east wind and the west wind and the north and south give something to the blue-silk water that will be leavened in freshets (a wonderful word, freshets). And my imagination gives life to that water; makes it true, if only for an instant, if only in my mind. But something that feels that true, that way, might become true, for more than a minute, another way. Maybe that's why Dandelion Wine seems less sad, this time. (And dandelion wine seems more drinkable.) Maybe this is how I'm different THIS rereading.
I've got no cream-sponge tennis shoes. But as I thought about rain barrels, and Los Angeles, and Bradbury, my feet rocked back and forth in my sandals.
"Tom...does everyone in the world...know he's alive?" "Sure. Heck, yes!" The leopards trotted soundlessly off through darker lands where eyeballs could not turn to follow. "I hope they do," whispered Douglas. "Oh I sure hope they know."
So: thanks Rabe. And, Ray B.
*Note: I TRY to re-read it every summer, on advice from my old friend Bob. I'd be a better person if I did. -- John
Ray Bradbury giving a talk before Saturday's performance of his three-act play, "Yestermorrows," taken from three short stories: A Device Out of Time, The Cistern, and The Meadow. It's at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena until September 5th.
Before the talk, they showed a video from July 20, 1969 in which Walter Cronkite introduced Mike Wallace, who interviewed Ray the evening Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
(Note to sensitive persons: Bradbury is a little salty in the video, but he's in great form.)
Thanks to John King Tarpinian who sent us the video link.


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Zechariah 8:20-22[1]
A Note from the Author:
Being impressed by great men of God who desire revival, I have been encouraged to write an appeal to some of the men of my church to come together in corporate prayer. It should be noted the mode of prayer discussed in a corporate sense is not of a modern evangelical slant, but a historical and Scriptural prostrating of one's self before God. This is not an exhaustive treatise on prayer-based fellowship. This is a briefer look at Scripture and historical revival. I think it is important for me to say that corporate prayer is never to replace individual prayer; however in the right context, corporate prayer can buttress an already thriving individual prayer-life. Scripture is saturated with the prayers of the righteous. It is widely held that one of the greatest spiritual disciplines is fervent prayer. Exemplars of such white-hot, God-centered prayer fuel the passion of Psalms and of Christ's own ministry. These things are not up for debate. A Christian's spiritual development is based upon systematically praying through Scripture. There are two venues in which a person may pray. There is the devotional, closeted prayer, and there is the edifying, corporate prayer. The devotional prayer is clearly acceptable from Scripture, and there is little done by anyone to malign such a thing. However, it is imperative that we defend corporate prayer; such things as worship, revivals, and discipleship are at stake.
Joseph Dethrow
Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (Matthew 6:1-8)
At first, Jesus appears to be condemning all public prayer. A closer examination, especially in the context of the whole passage, yields an alternate result. Moreover, I would say that a correct analysis of the whole passage develops a defense of public prayer based on a proper framework. Here, like elsewhere[2], Jesus cites specific behaviors of the Pharisees to elucidate a fallacy in their doctrinal framework. Many would argue from this passage that we are to pray only in closets, i.e. privately. If we read earlier in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:48, we see that we are called to perfection.[3] Then in 6:1, Jesus expounds upon the aspects of true holiness. He does this by contrasting righteousness (shown in obedience) from faith[4] and the apparent holiness of the Pharisee. Jesus makes clear the motives of the Pharisee do not flow from a pure heart[5], explaining that their "righteousness" issues from a wicked delight in the admiration of an audience rather than from a holy hunger for the honoring of God. Now we come to the difficult statement in verse 6, "But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." Does Jesus truly mean that prayer should always be done in secret? He is not. Instead, to correct the blazing hypocritical notion of righteousness propagated by pharisaical exhibitions, Jesus shows that the motive for prayer should be diametrically opposed to that of the Pharisee's.[6] Furthermore, the emphasis of the passage has less to do with praying with men and more to do with not praying before men. We are to pray before God.
Having had their idol of paraded righteousness for the joy of public adulation cast down, the disciples need new instruction on prayer. Therefore, Jesus shows them a model prayer built upon the rock of humble, God-exalting motives. Strikingly, Jesus gives them a corporate prayer:
Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." (Matthew 6:9-13)
John Piper devotes an entire sermon, "Sweet 'Our' of Prayer," to the doctrine of corporate prayer, in which, he states,
When crafting a summary prayer for his disciples Jesus puts it in a form that will commend it for social or corporate use more than private use…You have to at least bring to your mind the truth that you are praying as part of a family of other believers. The prayer naturally lends itself to a group prayer because of its using "our" instead of "my" and "us" instead of "me" and "we" instead of "I". So I see the Lord's prayer as an invitation…to pray together with other believers. There is something self-contradictory about praying with the words "our," "us" and "we," but never experiencing the our, us and we in prayer.[7]
If this were the only argument to make for earnest, God-fearing, corporate prayer, I think it may be well received by most. However, it would be desirable and beneficial to view the purpose of such fellowship in prayer. We do know that God is present in a special way to answer the requests of His own, according to Matthew 18:19-20. The pressing question would then become, "How does God respond to the requests of His children?" The Scripture is replete with examples.
First, we will look at Acts 4 for one such example. Even though I will presuppose that being filled with the Holy Spirit is an experience distinct from regeneration,[8] you may differ with me on that point and still reach a similar conclusion. After Peter and John had been released by the council of rulers and elders and scribes, they met with their friends to relay the story. This gathering
…lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, 'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'—for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus." (Act 4:24b-30)
Now, I believe that it is clear that these friends of Peter and John are believers, i.e. regenerate, before they start this God-exalting corporate prayer. Their supplication is saturated with a love for God's sovereignty. This being the basis for their petition, they rightly view themselves as unable to speak the word of the Lord without a sustaining work of God. What is the result of this plea? "And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness" (Act 4:31). In modernity, we invite men to our gatherings to speak an evangelical message, calling this scheduled event a "revival." D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones said of the Church of the last 100 years, "[W]hen things are not going too well, the church does not exhort people to pray for revival, but decides to have an evangelistic campaign; she organizes one and then, of course, asks God to bless that. That is her solution."[9] That is nowhere to be found in Scripture. What we do find is that God's people gather together in prayer and study of the Scripture. It is then up to the sovereign Holy Spirit to bring revival. Lest we think that that such an "earth-shaking" experience of God's presence can only occur at conversion, we read about Paul and Silas' imprisonment in Acts 16:25-26:
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened.
It is important to note that the jailer was saved after this display of the glory of God. Such revivals may bring such miraculous signs as described here, but one of the necessary evidences of such a move of the Holy Spirit is always conviction. During such revivals, the Church grows and is edified, all by the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit.
A Brief Encounter with History Regarding Corporate Prayer:
Practical Applications of Hopeful Corporate Prayer:
Lloyd-Jones quotes an entry from George Whitefield's journal for November 5, 1740, where Whitefield says:
Mr Gilbert Tennant preached first and I then began to pray and to give an exhortation. In about six minutes one cried out, "He is come! He is come!" and I could scarce sustain the manifestation of Jesus to his soul…But having heard the crying of others for the like of favour obliged me to stop, and I prayed over them as I saw their agonies and distress increase. At length we sang a hymn and then retired to the house, where the man that received Christ continued praising and speaking of Him until near midnight. My own soul was so full that I retired and wept before the Lord, and had a deep sense of my own vileness, and the sovereignty and greatness of God's everlasting love. Most of the people spent the remainder of the night in prayer and praising God. It was a night much to be remembered. [11]
May we gather for prayer and plead with God to move; I myself am going!
[1]For an essay on this passage, see Edwards, Jonathan. "A Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and Visible Union of God's People, in Extraordinary Prayer, for the Revival of Religion and the Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth." The Works of Jonathan Edwards. Ed. Edward Hickman. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1995. A copy can be viewed at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library from Calvin College: <http://www.ccel.org/ccel/edwards/works2.viii.html> Also, all Scripture is taken from the English Standard Version.
[3] When a Christian is called, he is called to a life of holiness. We fail in this, but God is conforming us to the image of His Son, Romans 8:29; cf. Romans 12:1ff. Also see n. 4.
[4] Cf. Romans 1:5, 2:13; Galatians 5:6,22-24 (see also n. 3)
[5] 1 Timothy 1:5
[6] Cf. Matthew 5:20
[7] <http://www.desiringGod.org/library/sermons/87/010487.html> Here John Piper also lists several verses where corporate prayer is exercised.
[8] For an intense treatment of this subject, see Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Joy Unspeakable. Kingsway Publications, Eastbourne. 2003..
[9] Joy Unspeakable, p.431.
[10] Since these things occur as the Spirit wills, some are not in a corporate setting and some are.
[11] Joy Unspeakable, p. 97


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Feeding Cats a Healthy Diet
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Cats and dogs differ significantly in their food profile needs. Cats are carnivorous, finicky eaters and sensitive to many foods. They require special attention when it comes to finding the right animal proteins and nutrients to keep them healthy, happy and thriving for many years.
When it comes to cats, many times there is a general perspective that we can feed them just about anything. After all, many cats kept outdoors spend their lives roaming our neighborhoods through the night hunting and feasting on birds, rats, snakes and an entire host of other vermin. But when we take a large bag of dried kibble, fill their bowls and let them nibble on it throughout the day, are we truly feeding them what they need to thrive. We hope to prove on this page that this method of feeding your cat is woefully inadequate and severely flawed.
Why is Dry Kibble Cat Food Bad for your Cat?
Many cat conditions may be due to feeding dry Kibble
Increasingly, top-level veterinary internists are telling their clients to find their way clear of the dry kibble diet. Many are now recommending the moister yet more expensive canned food for our feline friends.
Some of the issues surrounding dry kibble foods involve the extremely low water content, the use of soy for protein rather than animal protein and a high carbohydrate content that is bad for blood sugar and other health dynamics.
Consider the fact that dry cat foods are subject to extreme processing techniques, subjecting them to high heat that alters the food and destroys nutrients. In addition, the food is typically stored in huge, warm, unrefrigerated warehouses for long periods of time were they are exposed to possible storage mites, cockroaches, fungal mycotoxins and other undesirable constituents. In this environment, fats in the dry cat food kibble can become rancid and bacteria can flourish.
When fed a diet of dried processed food that has been subject to all kinds of manmade influences of the industrial pet food industry, cats are much more likely to get sick and suffer urinary tract and digestive system problems. We believe that many cat diseases are in a large part due to the sub-standard and highly processed dry cat food being forced upon our feline friends today.
Cat's Well Documented Urinary Tract Issues
Urinary issues hide dormant – until it is too late!
Cats may look fine outwardly for several years when given a standard diet of dry food but the signs of medical problems are lingering underneath all of that cute fur and personality. Problems don't typically show up until on a consistent diet of inexpensive dry kibble. Problems raise their ugly head when they suddenly need to see a vet or possibly die from typical cat medical issues as described below.
They may start having a difficult time straining when urinating from a blocked urinary tract or inflamed bladder. They may stop using their cat box altogether when they associate it with discomfort and extreme pain. Troubles quickly progress in a cat when this occurs as fluids build up. Many times they require emergency services such as catheterization or worse, an operation. In extreme situations they can actually die very quickly when their bladders rupture from a buildup of urinary fluids. Kidney and bladder stones are also problematic for cats on a pure dry kibble diet. Stones will grow over long periods of time and once again require the attention of a vet.
Many of the dry processed cat foods today contribute to this trend towards feline urinary issues. We believe much damage is done to our feline friends over a period of time when fed these dry foods that contain an overabundance of additives and preservatives, undergo harsh industrial processes, contain hyper-allergenic substances and species-inappropriate ingredients and are stored for large durations of time in non temperature controlled warehouses.
What is an Obligate Carnivore?
Why do Cats Like to Eat Birds and Mice?
The big wild cats around the world are well adapted predators that take down their prey with lightning fast speed and agility. They are designed to hunt, kill and eat meat protein. Our domestic cats, when allowed to roam our streets, will hunt down and eat freshly killed creatures such as wild birds and mice. Cats are considered obligate carnivores with a long history of predatory feeding from their primal past as kings of the plains and jungles. Obligate carnivores are organisms that derive their energy from diets consisting almost exclusively of animal tissue. This may include predator feeding or scavenging.
Most animal protein contains water ranging somewhere in the 70 percent quantity. Most mammalians, including cats, have urinary tracts in need of lots of fluids to work properly. This is simple physics and biology. The well documented problem with cat's urinary tracts have to do with the fact that they tend to have a low thirst drive as they eat prey that already contains large quantities of fluids making it unnecessary to supplement their water intake significantly.
Why Plant-based Proteins are not Good for Cats
A complex amino acid situation
The building blocks or base constituents of proteins are called amino acids. The problem with soy, or plant based protein, is that they do not have the entire wide-ranging amino acid profile that animal tissue contains. All of these amino acid types determine a proteins biological value. Here is where the rubber meets the road. Other mammals such as dogs and even humans have a system that cats don't. Their bodies are able to synthesis or make the missing amino acids.
Cats are lacking certain metabolic and enzymatic pathways that subject them to not be suited to eating plant-based proteins from foods such as soy and various grains and vegetables. They are more geared towards proteins derived from animal products that have a better-suited amino acid profile for the cat's unique digestive and metabolic system. Plant proteins simply don't contain this complex amino acids profile that is critical for obligate carnivores.
Cats and High Carbohydrate Diets
Cats are Missing an Enzyme
Cats lack a salivary enzyme called amylase which breaks down carbohydrates. If you feed your cat a high carbohydrate diet that is typical of dry kibble foods, they will not be able to break down and utilize the carbs you are feeding them. This enzyme is present in dogs and humans and other mammals as they can live on a vegetarian diet but cats cannot.
Today's dried cat foods exhibit an excessive carbohydrate load, lacking species-specific animal protein contributing to blood sugar and insulin imbalance.
Cats Subject to Taurine Deficiency
Essential amino acid needed for heart and eye health
The issue of Taurine deficiency in cats is a serious one. Taurine is an acid containing an amino group and is considered by many scientists to be an amino acid. It is one of the most important nutrients existing in meat. Taurine is an essential substance for the life of mammals and is found in large quantities in meat proteins, not plant based proteins. It is extremely important for cardiovascular function, retina health, central nervous system tasks and the function and development of muscle tissue throughout the skeletal of mammals. Taurine deficiency is unique to cats and causes blindness and heart problems in our beloved felines. Putting 2 and 2 together, could this deficiency be from the lack of taurine as a result of the dependency on dry kibble foods that are made with mainly plant based proteins?
Look for Quality Canned Food
Not all canned food is created equal
Not all canned cat foods are created equal. You will need to do your homework finding those that contain negative artificial ingredients, dyes, additives and preservatives. Some canned cat food manufacturers actually supplement with synthetic vitamins that can do more harm than good in cats. An example of this is the vitamin K3 which is a synthetic version of the natural vitamin K1. Vitamin K3 just so happens to have toxic qualities that can do damage to lungs, kidneys, the liver and other parts of the body such as the mucous membranes in human body. With several hundred canned cat food formulas containing this synthetic supplement, it is important to know what you are buying. You have to read the labels closely if you want to protect your feline friend.
In Conclusion
Remember the uniqueness of our feline friends
Remember, cats are considered obligate carnivores. They require meat protein not protein obtained from plant sources. Cats will get more fluids and generally better ingredients when fed a diet of high-quality canned food over dry kibble cat food. Canned foods contain somewhere in the high 70 percent fluid level while dry kibble only contains 5 to 10 percent fluid levels. Cats do not have a saliva enzyme called amylase that is needed to break down carbohydrates. Cats require the nutrient Taurine present in meat protein in order to avoid a deficiency of this essential nutrient that causes eye, heart and other health issues. Always read the label of canned food and look for the highest quality food with the least amount of synthetic ingredients and additives.
If you are feeding your cat dry kibble, then you may want to make the change to quality canned food for the sake of your friend and your pocket book. Many cat owners believe that their cats are doing fine on their standard dry kibble until the veterinarian bills start to arrive and your cherished friend is suffering from any number of common cat medical conditions.


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"Well, perhaps you're right, Persis," he consented.
"I haven't seen Pen so much like herself since it happened. I declare, when I see the way she came out to-night, just to please you, I don't know as I want you should get over all your troubles right away."
"I guess there'll be enough to keep Pen going for a while yet," said the Colonel, winding up his watch.
But for a time there was a relief, which Walker noted, in the atmosphere at the office, and then came another cold wave, slighter than the first, but distinctly felt there, and succeeded by another relief. It was like the winter which was wearing on to the end of the year, with alternations of freezing weather, and mild days stretching to weeks, in which the snow and ice wholly disappeared. It was none the less winter, and none the less harassing for these fluctuations, and Lapham showed in his face and temper the effect of like fluctuations in his affairs. He grew thin and old, and both at home and at his office he was irascible to the point of offence. In these days Penelope shared with her mother the burden of their troubled home, and united with her in supporting the silence or the petulance of the gloomy, secret man who replaced the presence of jolly prosperity there. Lapham had now ceased to talk of his troubles, and savagely resented his wife's interference. "You mind your own business, Persis," he said one day, "if you've got any;" and after that she left him mainly to Penelope, who did not think of asking him questions.
"It's pretty hard on you, Pen," she said.
"That makes it easier for me," returned the girl, who did not otherwise refer to her own trouble.
In her heart she had wondered a little at the absolute obedience of Corey, who had made no sign since receiving her note. She would have liked to ask her father if Corey was sick; she would have liked him to ask her why Corey did not come any more. Her mother went on —
"I don't believe your father knows WHERE he stands. He works away at those papers he brings home here at night, as if he didn't half know what he was about. He always did have that close streak in him, and I don't suppose but what he's been going into things he don't want anybody else to know about, and he's kept these accounts of his own."
Sometimes he gave Penelope figures to work at, which he would not submit to his wife's nimbler arithmetic. Then she went to bed and left them sitting up till midnight, struggling with problems in which they were both weak. But she could see that the girl was a comfort to her father, and that his troubles were a defence and shelter to her. Some nights she could hear them going out together, and then she lay awake for their return from their long walk. When the hour or day of respite came again, the home felt it first. Lapham wanted to know what the news from Irene was; he joined his wife in all her cheerful speculations, and tried to make her amends for his sullen reticence and irritability. Irene was staying on at Dubuque. There came a letter from her, saying that her uncle's people wanted her to spend the winter there. "Well, let her," said Lapham. "It'll be the best thing for her."
Lapham himself had letters from his brother at frequent intervals. His brother was watching the G. L. & P., which as yet had made no offer for the mills. Once, when one of these letters came, he submitted to his wife whether, in the absence of any positive information that the road wanted the property, he might not, with a good conscience, dispose of it to the best advantage to anybody who came along.
She looked wistfully at him; it was on the rise from a season of deep depression with him. "No, Si," she said; "I don't see how you could do that."
He did not assent and submit, as he had done at first, but began to rail at the unpracticality of women; and then he shut some papers he had been looking over into his desk, and flung out of the room.
One of the papers had slipped through the crevice of the lid, and lay upon the floor. Mrs. Lapham kept on at her sewing, but after a while she picked the paper up to lay it on the desk. Then she glanced at it, and saw that it was a long column of dates and figures, recording successive sums, never large ones, paid regularly to "Wm. M." The dates covered a year, and the sum amounted at least to several hundreds.
Mrs. Lapham laid the paper down on the desk, and then she took it up again and put it into her work-basket, meaning to give it to him. When he came in she saw him looking absent-mindedly about for something, and then going to work upon his papers, apparently without it. She thought she would wait till he missed it definitely, and then give him the scrap she had picked up. It lay in her basket, and after some days it found its way under the work in it, and she forgot it.
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Tickets are available 2 hours prior to each performance in PCPA facilities and 1 hour prior to each performance at Lincoln Hall. White Bird Dance Series and Exclusive Event tickets will be sold at the Portland'5 box office, 1111 SW Broadway. Uncaged performances held at Lincoln Hall will be sold at the Lincoln Hall Box Office.
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What is with people? I mean really. Fuck me dead they irritate me.
When you pass someone in the hall and say 'Hi how are ya!' it is meant as a greeting. Not a fucking invitation to dump all your sorry arsed woes on my fabulously shoed self.
Imagine me, at work, fabulously fabulousing.
I get up from my desk, to pop into the photocopy room. I pass idiot-number-1 on my way.
'Hi, how are ya' I casually fling in their direction while powering to the photocopy room, a million and one things going through my brain. Cause I am a woman and I can do shit like that.
'Well…' starts the fucker and follows me into the photocopy room to offload their issues with someone or something or whatever, I am not freaking listening you idiot. I am photocopying and writing a shopping list and an email in my head, and wondering if I should change a sentence in the document I am writing and admiring my shoes. Your silly little issues do not interest me.
I finally shake idiot-number-1 and get back to my desk. Coffee bitches phone rings. I group pick up, do the 'corporate approved speil' and the voice on the other end says 'Hi Kelley! I was looking for coffee bitch', I distractedly say 'Hi idiot-number-2, how are you!'
Fuck me dead. I spend the next 10 minutes trying to strangle myself with the headset cord and slamming my hand into the desk drawer to dull the pain. Did I mention that idiot-number-2 is my managers manager. Yeah.
I am trying to match each coffee with a glass of water. Cause I am all healthy and shit. So this necessitates numerous trips to the bathroom throughout the day. I walk into the bathroom just as idiot-number-3 is washing her hands.
'Hi, how are ya!'
And she proceeds to tell me her woes while I am in the stall…
AND waits till I get out, wash my hands and then follows me to my desk, all the while blabbering on and I am all 'leave me the fuck alone' with my eyes and she is all 'I do not speak eye language' and keeps going and going and going until I
stab her in the head with a letter opener am saved by the phone.
'Corporate approved speil'
'Hey girl, how are ya!' one of my biatches from across the hall replies
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Coverage on Resolution to Hold CCA Accountable For Sexual Assaults
Just wanted to drop a quick link to a story from the Guardian, a UK newspaper, covering the proposed resolution by a CCA shareholder that would bring greater transparency and accountability to the company's practices in regards to sexual assaults that take place in its facilities.
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Elizabeth Fry, née Gurney, (born May 21, 1780, Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.—died Oct. 12, 1845, Ramsgate, Kent), British Quaker philanthropist and one of the chief promoters of prison reform in Europe. She also helped to improve the British hospital system and the treatment of the insane.
The daughter of a wealthy Quaker banker and merchant, she married (1800) Joseph Fry, a London merchant, and combined her work with the care of a large family. Unwearyingly attending to the poor, she was acknowledged as a "minister" by the Society of Friends (1811) and later traveled in Scotland, northern England, Ireland, and much of Europe. There she inspected prisons and wrote reports. Her recommendations for Newgate Prison, for instance, included separation of the sexes, classification of criminals, female supervision for women, adequate provision for religious and secular instruction, and useful employment. Even in her lifetime her suggestions were increasingly acted upon throughout most of Europe.


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American streamlined design: the world of tomorrow
Flammarion, Aug 30, 2005 - Design - 279 pages
The twentieth-century's fast cars, trains, and planes promised to conquer space and time; their aerodynamic styling and metallic bodies embodied a new and modern beauty that enchanted American designers from the late 1920s to the 1950s. Streamlining became popular for everything, including toy scooters, typewriters, power tools, teakettles, Coca-Cola bottles, Lucky Strike packaging, Fiestaware pitchers, Studebaker cars, Greyhound buses, and the 20th Century Limited train.
This book celebrates streamlining as epitomized by the work of Raymond Loewy, Donald Deskey, Henri Dreyfuss, Russel Wright, and Norman Bel Geddes, and introduces other industrial designers, also highlighting the resurgence of streamlining among international vanguard designers from the 1980s to the present.
Patent drawings and period photographs demonstrate the usage of these dynamically styled objects. Two hundred objects drawn from the Eric Brill Collection (recently donated to the American Friends of Canada) and supplemented by the Stewart Collection of 20th Century Design were photographed for this book. A full bibliography, biographies of the designers, and index complete the study.
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"A vegan organisation and a member of the animal-rights movement."
Founded in 1957 by retired Sussex schoolteacher the late Irene Heaton, the Captive Animals' Protection Society (CAPS) initially campaigned to end the use of animals in entertainment, primarily in the circus. Since that time, the group has extended its campaign to include banning animals used in zoos, films and television, sport and exotic pet keeping. CAPS became a registered charity in June 2008 (Reg. No.1124436).
Its stated charitable activity is:
To promote humane behaviour towards, and prevent cruelty and suffering to, animals held in captivity. To educate the public to a sense of moral responsibility towards animals held in captivity. To undertake research activities in connection therewith, and publish results, and to provide relevant educational materials to the public.
Although its 2012 published account states:
To promote humane behaviour towards, and prevent cruelty and suffering to, animals held in captivity, particularly those in circuses, zoos and similar environments. To educate the public to a sense of moral responsibility in matters relating to the wellbeing of animals, particularly those in captivity, or likely to be in captivity. To undertake all relevant research activities in connection with animals in captivity, and to publish the results of such research, and to provide relevant educational materials to members of the public. To relieve the suffering of animals which are in need of care and attention.On a recent posting on its Facebook page CAPS described itself more succinctly as:
"A vegan organisation and a member of the animal-rights movement."
The groups Patrons include: politician Angela Smith; Sally Banks, wife of late MP Tony Banks; pop star Jay Kay; sportswomen Fiona Oakes; photographer Britta Jaschinski; human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell; art critic Brian Sewel; professor of English at Georgia State University Randy Malamud and evolutionary biologist Marc Bekoff. Bekoff is the only patron with any direct association with animal behaviour. CAPS at the time of writing still list Edgar Mann as a Patron although Dr Mann died in June 2013.
CAPS has working relationships with various animal-rights groups such as Animal Aid and other grass roots animal-rights factions such as Birmingham Animal Action.
The RSPCA gave three previous CAPS Directors awards for their work in animal protection, once again reinforcing a link between the RSPCA and the animal-rights movement. It should be noted that in the past, both Animal Aid and the RSPCA have retained the services of animal-rights activist Robin Webb; he was a director of Animal Aid and member of the ruling council of the RSPCA resigning the later after it was revealed that he ran the Animal Liberation Press Office in the UK.
Ronnie Lee - founder of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) - lists CAPS as a group that he supports in an interview in 2011.
CAPS also has a sister charity, the Captive Animals' Protection Trust (CAPT) a registered charity (Reg. No. 1104400), founded in 2004 to educate on issues relating to the treatment of captive animals, particularly those held in circuses, zoos and the exotic pet trade. Its Trustees are listed as Beverly Garside, Graeme Wotherspoon and Craig Blyth.
Among their accomplishments, CAPS cite the success they had in persuading Blackpool Tower Circus to ban the use of animals. Jim and Marjorie Sutcliffe (two leading members of CAPS at the time) met with the then owner of the Blackpool Tower complex Lord Delfont of Trusthouse Forte Leisure in 1984 and he allegedly agreed a ban to be implemented in three years.
However, despite this claim animal circuses did not cease at the Tower until the end of season 1990 when Peter Jay the producer of the circus' tenancy finished. Mr Jay then moved his circus, featuring animals, to Blackpool Pleasure Beach from 1991 to 1997. Since then, Blackpool Council has bought Blackpool Tower and employed the Merlin Entertainment Group to run the attraction.
CAPS most recent 'victory' is a claim that it persuaded the Manchester Centre not to undertake its plans to display two reindeer at its 2013 Christmas Fair. A mean-spirited action preventing the enjoyment of visitors, who will now not be able to see these animals. CAPS could provide no compelling reason why the display would cause the animals in question any welfare problems, at all.
However, this clearly demonstrates CAPS unreasoning commitment and zeal to the political aspirations of the animal-rights movement and its dogma against human use of animals for any reason.
Nonetheless, CAPS have some notable failures. The most recent was the campaign to stop the building of a Sealife Centre (ironically owned by the above-cited Merlin Entertainment Group), in the Trafford Centre, Manchester.
Despite the societies office being in Salford they achieved very little support aside from an animal-rights supporting, cosmetics company Lush, who have an outlet in the Trafford Centre. The aquarium planning was approved by the local council and it opened in the summer of 2013.
CAPS is primarily funded by individual donations and legacies. As of 2010, its reserves are held in its sister charity the Captive Animals Protection Trust (CAPT) and in that same year CAPT donated £50,000 to CAPS. The two charities have a policy that tries to ensure combined reserves do not fall below 6 months essential running costs, set at £50,362 according to its 2011 accounts.
|The Captive Animal Protection Society (CAPS) Accounts 2011
CAPT's returns for years 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 were not published by the Charity Commission because they fell below its Annual Return £10,000 threshold for those financial years.
|Captive Animals Protection Trust (CAPT) Accounts 2008.
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Lies, Damn Lies and CAPS Leaflets by Anna Webb
The Future is Orange?
Who wants to CAP the fun at the Olympics?
CAPS Not As Expert As They Think
This all sounds rather prestigious and grand, but what is the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics?
Astley's Legacy was formed to counter the misinformation and propaganda spread by animal rights activists. As well as fighting the corner for circus animals and their trainers, we are here to promote and celebrate the cultural heritage of circus in general, and especially in the country of its birth - Great Britain. For more information please see our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/223570581049199
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The idea of paying artists directly, "what you want," in exchange for their music, isn't a new concept on the internet.
Some artists have done it have done it through their own websites, Kickstarter, or more commonly, Bandcamp. Bandcamp provides multiple models for paying artists, but many use the "name your price" version, which allows fans to pay whatever they want. Bandcamp takes a percentage (usually 15% for digital album sales, plus processing fees). In this use, the Bandcamp download feels closer to a tip jar than an album sale.
But this functionality doesn't exist on Spotify, the world's most popular streaming service with 30 million paying users, and Reddit wants to know why. A post calling for a Spotify tip jar spent much of Wednesday on Reddit's front page, garnering over 2,000 comments.
"Why isn't there a 'tip jar' on Spotify? I would gladly pay bands I like $10 or $20 for a record I love, if I knew it went straight to them," the post says. "Spotify would take a cut, obviously. But even if 80% of it went to the band, it would make a huge difference for struggling artists putting out sick records."
What does Spotify think about a tip jar?
Spotify declined to comment on this particular point, but an interview Business Insider had with Spotify's Jim Lucchese last month might shed some light. Lucchese is the CEO of The Echo Nest, the music data company Spotify acquired in 2014 for a reported $100 million. It's his job to turn the data Spotify has on its users into something the company, and artists, can make money off of.
One of the things Lucchese said Spotify was excited about in the future was the idea of "fan funding."
"[Spotify] can be a platform that can really help facilitate and drive fan-funding initiatives," he said, referencing examples including having fan contributions help finance a new record. "We've got the fans. We know where they are. We know those fans want to support those artists. That's a really intimate and direct way of doing it."
Lucchese says Spotify wants to become a hub for an artist's entire revenue strategy, including helping them decide where to tour and which fans to contact. The key, he says, is in a smart application of Spotify's trove of user data.
So while Spotify is keeping quiet about a tip jar specifically, it seems like it would fit well into the company's drive to open up new revenue streams for artists.
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Mariah Carey Reveals the Story Behind Her Legendary "Heartbreaker' Jeans
Just recently one of the greatest divas of all times, Mariah Carey opened the doors of her apartment for Vogue. Mariah owns an impressive three-floor apartment in Tribeca, Lower Manhattan. Her flat includes an enormous closet that stores all of the favorite pieces of the singer. Carey is known for her distinctive taste in fashion. As a style icon from the 90s, Mariah set many fashion trends that became epic with time. Take a look at the video where Mariah Carey tells Vogue the story behind her "Heartbreaker" jeans.
A very dear clothing item that she still has is the pair of jeans she wore in the "Heartbreaker' video. This big hit was released back in 1999. The video for the song cost around $2.5 million. "Heartbreaker' became insanely popular and was all over radio stations and TV. Mariah has that exact pair of low-cut jeans in her closet even after all of these years.
'One day I was with my stylist the late Tonjua Twist, and we were doing a shoot and I hated the way the jeans were so high waisted and I was like what is with the high waisted jeans, why? She cut a little bit of them and then we both ripped it, the top off the jeans. And I went to the studio and my friend was like "Yo where did you get those jeans from?"- Carey explains.
Very shortly after the debut of the video, people started ripping their jeans and forgot about high waisted designs. The singer gives herself the credit for one of the biggest trends of the late 90s. The ripped jeans were her favorite pair at the time. Mariah wore this pair of jeans on several other occasions. In the video for Vogue, the singer is accompanied by her super-cute twins Monroe and Moroccan. Both of the kids look very stylish in their Balmain outfits. They've certainly inherited the glamorous taste of their mom.