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Three young people were remembered at funerals in Calgary on Monday — all victims in the worst mass murder in the city's history.
Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras and Josh Hunter were stabbed to death along with Zackariah Rathwell and Lawrence Hong at a house party April 15. The party was being held to mark the end of classes at the University of Calgary.
A fellow party-goer, Matthew de Grood, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder.
Segura's funeral was the first of the day. The 22-year-old was a religious studies student at the University of Calgary and had worked for the past year at McInnis and Holloway, the funeral home where the service was held.
A plain wooden coffin was covered with a bouquet of white carnations and white roses sat at the front. A photo montage showed him as a youth and with family and friends.
Jayda Shreenan, friends with Segura since high school, reassured more than 300 mourners that the university student wasn't alone when he died — he was surrounded by those who loved him.
"Myself and a couple of friends were with him right at the end and I want you all to know that Jordan was not alone," said Shreenan, choking back tears.
Shreenan remembered Segura as a generous and wonderful friend, who was always ready with a compliment.
"I am so thankful that I was able to have Jordan in my life. It wasn't long enough, but the impact he made on me and the inspiration that he is something I'm going to take with me for the rest of my life," she said as mourners wiped away tears.
"I look out and see all of these people who just loved him so, so much. What happened a week ago is an absolute tragedy and he was taken from us far, far too soon."
Segura's older brother, Jullien, said Segura was all about integrity and speaking the truth.
He drew chuckles from the crowd when he talked about how he took being the big brother very seriously.
"I would pick on him just because I was bigger, but I made sure everyone knew that only I was allowed to pick on him," he said.
"It is great to hear that Jordan spoke so highly of his family when he was with his friends. We are grateful for all of them. His friends were his family."
Mourners heard Segura had two tattoos — one of his grandfather's favourite car, a Bel-Air, and another showing a red heart with "mom" written through it.
A reggae version of the original Bread song "Everything I Own" played in the background. Segura had mentioned to a co-worker once "that's the song I want played at my funeral."
"I would give everything I own, just to have you back again," the lyrics said.
The funeral for Perras came next. Her family had encouraged mourners attending the service to don "colourful attire."
There was overwhelming grief but also laughter as the 23-year-old was remembered as a dancer, sister, artist and confidante. Perras took dance for several years at Counterpoint Dance Academy.
The young woman's uncle told mourners that she was "a tiny girl with such huge courage."
Dance instructor Shannon Hearn said Perras was an integral part of the Counterpart Dance Academy. Hearn said Perras's heart and graciousness made her an exceptional human being. Perras was part of the dance school for more than a decade.
Sandy Koskie also spoke of her niece's love of dance. When Perras was dancing, she was truly free, natural and at peace, Koskie said.
Two trees are to be planted in memory of Perras at a Calgary park in the fall and a dance scholarship has been started in her name.
Mourners at Hunter's funeral, the last of the three Monday, heard from a family friend that Hunter's love of music wasn't limited to his band, but touched all facets of his life.
Hunter and Rathwell were members of the band Zackariah and the Prophets. The group had just played at an album release party on the weekend before they were killed.
Family friend Peter Gammell drew laughs when he recalled how Hunter had an annoying habit of drumming his thighs or replicating a musical beat with a cacophony of mouth clicks.
He said Hunter viewed making new friends as confirmation that the world was a wonderful place.
"He permitted access to anyone who showed interest. He exposed himself but he wasn't vulnerable. He was Everyman," Gammell said.
"Josh had moral standards. They were the kind that were quietly demonstrated, like the way he treated everyone around him. He would hang with little children as if they were his old friends. If he was going to a movie with his buddies, he wouldn't hesitate to include his parents. Who does that?
"He knew exactly who he was. He stood on the distant horizon that many of us gaze at longingly. He occupied that horizon."
A funeral for Rathwell was to be held Tuesday and a service for Hong is scheduled for Wednesday.
De Grood, who is the son of a senior Calgary police officer, was due to appear in court Tuesday.
He had completed a psychology degree from the University of Calgary last year and had been accepted into law school for the fall.
— With files from Calgary radio station CHQR
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"We didn't truly know the dangers of the market, because it was a dark market," says Brooksley Born, the head of an obscure federal regulatory agency -- the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] -- who not only warned of the potential for economic meltdown in the late 1990s, but also tried to convince the country's key economic powerbrokers to take actions that could have helped avert the crisis. "They were totally opposed to it," Born says. "That puzzled me. What was it that was in this market that had to be hidden?"
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A divided Congress isn't going to make another round of sweeping changes to the tax law this year, but there are plenty of important tax issues that are likely to come up. Tax Policy Center Senior Fellow Howard Gleckman lists seven to watch. Here's a look at some of the items on Gleckman's list:
Will Congress fix the 2017 tax law? Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), who chaired the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee in the last Congress, released a draft bill Wednesday to correct technical issues and other errors in the 2017 tax law. One popular fix would correct a drafting error that raised the tax burden on restaurants and retail establishments making renovations. Democrats may also look to modify the 2017 law's $10,000 cap on the state and local tax deduction.
Individuals face their first filing season under the new law. Taxpayers will experience the full effects of the individual income tax changes brought about by the 2017 overhaul, potentially leading to confusion. "They may have some unpleasant surprises such as the SALT cap and the loss of personal exemptions; and some happy ones such as the bigger standard deduction and the demise of the Alternative Minimum Tax for nearly everyone," Gleckman says. "The ongoing shutdown of the IRS won't make it any easier."
Dealing with expiring tax provisions. A number of provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are due to expire by the end of the year (see page 12 here) and Congress may address a few dozen tax extenders that it didn't deal with last year, Gleckman says.
States face some tax questions. Some states have yet to set rules for online sellers in the wake of a Supreme Court decision allowing them to require such retailers to collect sales taxes. States will also have to decide how to address the revenue impact they see from the GOP tax overhaul. "The 2017 law's repeal of the federal personal exemption generated a revenue windfall for states that piggyback on federal tax law," Gleckman says. "But it will result in tax increases for many large families—one that probably is politically unsustainable." Sports betting and legalized pot sales will be new sources of revenue for some states.
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We were all pretty wowed back in January of last year when Parrot introduced their Parrot.AR quadrotor drone. Wowed because A) it's a quadrotor, and we're still kind of on our collective honeymoon with the quadrotor concept in general; B) its fancy fly-by-wire system makes it so stable and easy to fly that virtually no training or practice is required; C) it's controlled wirelessly using a smartphone or tablet; D) it has full telemetry, accepting wireless commands and sending back real-time video, E) you can use it to play augmented-reality flying video games, F) it's made with carbon-fiber composite, specially designed propellers, and other high-tech, high-performance bits.
There are probably a few more letters I could add, but you get the point: The Parrot.AR drone is manifold awesome. And on top of it all, the December Parrot.AR drone teardown on iFixIt saw one of the highest repairability scores that our pals over there have ever awarded. They cite the Parrot.AR's repair-friendly design, the use of easily demountable fasteners, connectors, and subassemblies, and great repair support from Parrot itself, including readily available replacement parts and a series of how-to-fix it videos on the Parrot.AR site. And while a certain amount of repair-friendly design is just common sense in any R/C aircraft, common sense is not always so common, and even in the R/C market Parrot's repairability still goes above and beyond the norm.
So congratulations, Parrot! Welcome to the running for the 2011 Makeys.
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BOSTON -- The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre shuttle delivered two more players to the Yankees' clubhouse on Saturday morning, as outfielders Melky Mesa and Thomas Neal joined the big league club at Fenway Park.
In corresponding roster moves, the Yankees placed outfielder Zoilo Almonte on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left ankle and designated infielder Alberto Gonzalez for assignment.
"We probably see Thomas more as maybe a DH against some left-handers, and Melky more as an outfielder against some of the guys," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We'll use them both, and [Brent] Lillibridge and [Luis] Cruz can play anywhere in the infield, so we're covered there."
Girardi said that Almonte is traveling to Tampa, Fla., and will have an MRI performed on his ankle there. Almonte injured his ankle stepping awkwardly on first base while trying to beat out a second-inning double-play ball in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Red Sox.
Mesa, 26, was hitting .249 with nine homers and 22 RBIs in 65 games at Triple-A. It is the second stint with the Yankees this year for Neal, 25, who was batting .314 with two homers and 29 RBIs in 66 Triple-A games.
When Mesa appears in a game, he will become the 46th different player to appear in a game this season for the Yankees, surpassing their total from all of last season.
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Most full coverage auto insurance plans will come with additional protection for emergency road service and towing and labor if the insured vehicle should suffer a breakdown or other problem and help is needed. That can be a great relief for the many people who have no idea how to do something as simple as change a flat tire or jump start a vehicle. But for others, that also can be a waste of money.
Many types of emergency road service plans will pay the cost of sending a tow truck or other emergency responder who will do anything from helping get into a locked vehicle when the driver has left the keys in it to adding some gas to an empty tank. Changing a tire or jump starting a low battery are some of the most common services provided, and jump starts are very common in cold climes when the temperature drops significantly below freezing for the first time and saps power from the battery.
But there are limits on how often and which types of services are provided. Generally, no more than five gallons of gas will be provided, and then only once every six months, if a plan so stipulates. And if the vehicle cannot be jump started, the owner might simply be stranded as many times the responding vehicle is not a tow truck capable of removing the car, truck, van or SUV and taking it to the owner's home or a repair shop.
In such instances, it is preferable to have a towing and labor coverage rider attached to the car insurance plan. With that additional protection, a tow truck will show up and remove the vehicle and take it to either a repair shop or the owner's home. Advantages of such plans are obvious in they can mean the difference between being stranded in what might be the dead or winter or in the high heat of the summer. And if traveling with the family or perhaps a young child or baby on board, there could be a real danger to the lives of some of the passengers.
So having a towing package on the car insurance literally could be a lifesaver in addition to a very handy way to get home if there is a breakdown of the vehicle. On the other hand, there are limitations to what will be done with towing and labor coverage.
As the name implies, the policy will cover the costs of towing and the labor involved in getting it done up to policy limits. And those limits often include total distance to be towed. If near home, that distance might be as little of 50 or 75 miles. And if traveling away from home, it could be as much as 125 miles – but only to the nearest approved repair facility or other destination. Any additional miles towed come out of the pocket of the policyholder. And such plans many times will require the policyholder to pay up front for services and then seek reimbursement from the insurer, which could take up to two months to receive.


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Rising interest rates in the U.S. have pushed the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds higher than the yields for similar government bonds from seven major developed countries for the first times since June 2010, according to an analysis by Bianco Research cited by The Wall Street Journal. The yield on 10-year Treasuries recently set a record, topping the yields on 10-year bonds from more countries than ever before, according to Deutsche Bank Research cited by the Journal. And the payout on 10-year Treasuries surpassed that on 10-year German bunds by the most in almost three decades.
"The U.S. has the highest rates of everyone in the G-10 and it looks like the rate differential will continue to widen," Chris Gaffney, president of EverBank World Markets, told the Journal. "The U.S. seems to be going it alone in this rising interest-rate path."
The yield on 10-year Treasuries topped 3.1 percent last week and though it has edged lower since then it remains near a seven-year high.
"Analysts said the rise in yields in part reflects optimism about the U.S. economy and expectations for a pickup in inflation, which threatens the value of government bonds by eroding the purchasing power of their fixed payments," the Journal's Daniel Kruger reports. "The climb also shows the impact of the recent tax cut package and a surge in government spending. Those have boosted short-term growth expectations while increasing borrowing and the supply of Treasury bonds, which can hurt bond prices. That comes as the Fed has raised interest rates in recent years and begun paring bond holdings accumulated during the financial crisis, unwinding stimulus policies like those that continue to keep rates low in many other countries."


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In the year 2013, the National Crime Victims' Rights Week takes place from Sunday, April 21st through Saturday, April 27th, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crimes in order to inspire our communities to observe the Victims of Crimes Act of 1984 (VOCA).
The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) was an attempt by the federal government to help the victims of criminal actions through means other than punishment of the criminal. It created a federal victims-compensation account funded by fines assessed in federal criminal convictions, and it established provisions to assist state programs that compensated the victims of crimes. The compensation system is still in existence, having distributed over $1 billion in funds since it began.
The statute, codified at 42 U.S.C.A. § 10601, was a direct result of a task force set up by the Justice Department under the auspices of President Ronald Reagan called the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime, the report issued by the task force in 1982 was harshly critical of existing victims-compensation programs. "In many states, program availability is not advertised for fear of depleting available resources or overtaxing a numerically inadequate staff. Victim claims might have to wait months until sufficient fines have been collected or until a new fiscal year begins and the budgetary fund is replenished," according to the report.
VOCA established the Crime Victim's Fund, which is supported by all fines that are collected from persons who have been convicted of offenses against the United States, except for fines that are collected through certain environmental statutes and other fines that are specifically designated for certain accounts, such as the Postal Service Fund. The fund also includes special assessments collected for various federal crimes under 18 USC § 3613, the proceeds of forfeited appearance bonds, bail bonds, and collateral collected, any money ordered to be paid into the fund under section 3671(c)(2) of Title 18; and any gifts, bequests, or donations to the fund from private entities or individuals.
The first $10 million from the fund, plus an added amount depending on how much has been deposited in the fund for that fiscal year, goes to child-abuse prevention and treatment programs. After that, such sums as may be necessary are made available for the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to improve services for the benefit of crime victims in the federal criminal justice system, and for a Victim Notification System.
The Office for Victims of Crimes has chosen this year's theme to be: "New Challenges. New Solutions." The mission of the OVC's strategic initiative is called Vision 21: Transforming Victims Services in the 21st century for the new millennium.
According to Joye E. Frost, the Acting Director for the Office for Victims of Crimes, "in spite of all our progress, victims' rights laws in all 50 states, the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and the more than 10,000 victim service agencies throughout the United States of America–there are still enduring and emerging challenges for victims of crimes in America."
About 50 percent of violent crimes are not reported, and only a fraction of victims receive the help they need. There are still ongoing investigations to know and find out more about these victims, how to help them in the best way, and how the victims' services can be targeted to reach every victim. While adapting to funding cuts, globalization, changing demographics, new types of violent crimes, and the changes (both good and bad) brought by technology. These 21st century new challenges call for bold, new solutions.
The promise and commitment of our Vision 21, will pave the way to the ongoing work with victims during the 2013 National Crime Victims' Rights Week, in order to transform victims' services in the 21st century–Office for Victims of Crime, Joye E. Frost, Acting Director
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Maton was founded in 1946 by Bill May, who created the company's name (pronounced MAY-ton) by combining his last name and the word "tone." Back in the '40s, quality guitars weren't readily available in Australia so Maton quickly became the founding father of the Australian guitar industry. They began manufacturing high-quality acoustic instruments and ventured into electric guitars in the late '50s. Their first solidbody electric was called the Mastersound in 1958, and the MS500 series followed soon thereafter. It quickly became a favorite for many musicians—including George Harrison, who played a Maton MS500 early in his career. The guitar was reissued in 2008 as a 50th-anniversary model, and now Maton has introduced a semi-hollowbody version of that guitar— the MS500/HC reviewed here.
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The 24.5"-scale MS500/HC has a maple bolt-on neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a Queensland maple body with a Blackwood tone cap. The pickups are Maton's own design—a coil-tapped MVB1 in the bridge position and an MVS1 neck unit that has alnico magnets.
As you'd expect from its origins in the late '50s, the MS500/HC exudes a retro vibe. Everything from the pickups and pickguard to the headstock with the original logo from 1946 contributes to the throwback nostalgia. One of the coolest features is the 3-way, gearshift-style rotary pickup selector, which features kitschy setting names: "Cool" for the neck pickup, "Midway" for both, and "HiFi" for the bridge pickup. The shape and position of the switch allow for fast and easy switching between modes. Plus, there's something about having a rotary switch with a little handle that's a lot more fun than a regular toggle switch.
The Queensland maple body and blackwood tone cap are probably not a tonewood combination most American guitarists are used to. But because Maton is based in Australia, they have access to a wide range of woods that aren't available elsewhere. This particular combination is probably most analogous to the maple-and-mahogany-cap construction used for Les Pauls. These timbers help Maton make unique, quality guitars while keeping materials costs a little lower.


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Last year, several of my colleagues participated in the Day of Archaeology 2011 (Marks and Swords). I am excited and honored to contribute to this year's posts. Today, I worked hard to keep up with my various and evolving roles as archaeologist, student, and assistant curator. As a research assistant and graduate student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Idaho, I carry out a variety of tasks for a large historic archaeology project from Sandpoint, Idaho, a cultural resource project I began working on as an technician five years ago (holy cow!) with the companies CH2MHill and SWCA Environmental Consultants. Simultaneously, I am in the throes of thesis research and act as a museum assistant and curator for the Appaloosa Museum and Heritage Center in Moscow, Idaho.
This morning I awake early to tend to Smitty, the Appaloosa horse-in-residence, main feature of the Appaloosa Museum's live exhibit, and, I'm guessing, a somewhat unusual curation circumstance for a traditional museum. Then, switching gears, I drive to the University of Idaho to put in a few hours of deaccessioning artifacts from the Sandpoint Archaeology Project collection, the largest historical archaeological collection in the state of Idaho. Myself and several other students from the University of Idaho sort through boxes (… and boxes… and boxes…) of artifacts and execute the deaccessioning procedures carefully planned by the project's principal investigators.
Deaccessioning is a process of officially (and usually permanently) removing items from a collection, museum, or repository, a practical curation necessity in the case of the extensive Sandpoint collection. Deaccessioned artifacts will find new homes in such educational resources as historical artifact comparative collections and teaching kits. For my master's thesis I am collaboratively developing and evaluating historical archaeology teaching kits and lesson plans based on historical research and Sandpoint project findings. The deaccessioned historical artifacts will add an experiential element to the kits and provide materials for students to analyze.
It's not yet ten o'clock in the morning and I must return to the Appaloosa Museum for the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon. Though archaeological materials are not part of the museum's collections, many of my curatorial tasks are similar to those performed at the archaeological repository for northern Idaho, the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology. As a new employee at a small museum I will learn a variety of often-specialized jobs such as collections management, exhibit design and maintenance, and give museum tours. Today's tasks mostly include accessioning paperwork, data entry, updating website and social media information, greeting visitors, and answering questions. These tasks are all typical of museum work and many of the principles and processes are similar to those utilized in museums and repositories curating archaeological collections.
One aspect that is not so similar to archaeological work is the arrival of the second Appaloosa in residence for the summer, Snickers. Her arrival broke up my day and made Smitty very happy. As I write this, I begin to wonder if technically the horses should be formally documented as loans to the museum… though the horses' owners belong to the Appaloosa Horse Club, which owns the pasture behind the museum…
At the end of the (official) work day I head home to develop lesson plans for the archaeology teaching kits and begin to draft a syllabus for the teacher in-service I am planning for this fall. The syllabus is a requirement of the in-service proposal I must submit to the University of Idaho and, if all goes well, teachers will be able to earn a continuing education credit while learning about archaeology and the use of the historical archaeology teaching kits (to be modeled after the well-executed in-service offered by Project Archaeology through Montana State University). After several hours our awesome neighbors invite us over to listen to some live banjo music and I take a much-needed break.
Well past midnight and much later than intended, I begin updating the projects page for the Idaho Archaeological Society's (IAS) website. Next comes this post and finally, before I nod off to sleep, I will pick up where I left off last night by reading about Basque history in preparation for the upcoming IAS archaeology project, archaeological investigations at the Cyrus Jacobs/Uberuaga House. Members of the society will be excavating the well associated with the house next to the Basque Museum and Cultural Center in downtown Boise, Idaho. A perfect opportunity for publicly interpreting archaeological excavations!
If all goes well, this year will culminate in the completion of the large long-term archaeology project as well as my completion of the master's program. As an archaeologist interested in public education and engagement, I am continually thankful to work with folks who are supportive of my teaching kit project and are enthusiastic about public education and involvement in historical archaeology.
Further Reading: Sandpoint Archaeology Project
Excavated by cultural resource archaeologists between 2005-2008 prior to the construction of a byway, Sandpoint's earliest historic district originally abutted newly-built tracks of the Northern Pacific Railroad and ancient shores of Lake Pend d'Oreille before the town expanded across Sand Creek. In the thousands of years prior to the influx of railroad, lumber, and mining industries in northern Idaho at the turn of the century, tribes such as the Kallispel and Kootenai seasonally inhabited the shores of Lake Pend d'Oreille and crisscrossed the region in a transhumance cycle. (Transhumance is a seasonal cycle of moving between traditional lands.)
Though Native Americans traversed the region for thousands of years before settlers, due to the explosion of material production following the American industrial revolution and Sandpoint's location along the railroad the majority of recovered artifacts date to the occupation of Sandpoint's historic commercial and restricted districts – including a hotel, pharmacy, jeweler, butcher, dance hall, brothel, bordello, and saloons – along with the Humbird Lumber Mill's technologically transitional blacksmith and machine shop, a Chinese residence and laundry, and one of the town's first jail. Analysis of these materials in conjunction with historical research will allow archaeologists to shed light on some of the lesser-known lives of townsfolk as well as add details to the history of the town's development and role in the beginnings of a globalizing world.
As you may have already learned from reading other great posts, the life of archaeology extends far beyond initial research or field excavations. Since archaeologists finished excavations four years ago we have catalogued the artifacts, presented initial findings at professional conferences and public lectures, are finishing up the cultural resource report for the Idaho Transportation Department, developing content for the project web page, preparing the collection for curation, anticipating the project exhibit at the Bonner County Historical Museum planned for the end of the year and have completed a variety of other tasks, some of which are being discussed by my colleagues. We are only scratching the surface and are excited for many years of analyses yet to come.


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Luther emphasized "GRACE ALONE", "faith alone" and "Christ alone". All forms of legalistic religion fall to the ground in the light of the Gospel. Paul says: "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the grounds of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace." (Rom.11:6)
All Christians know that salvation is by grace. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast." (Eph.2:8-9) Grace means "joyful surprise" and "undeserved favour". Salvation is a gift, it is free. You don't pay for a gift! A gift may be expensive but it is the giver who has paid for it. Our salvation was so expensive that it cost Jesus His life, but for us it is free. The only thing we have to do is to receive the gift!
When you receive this gift, a miracle happens called being born again! This too happens by grace alone. "Who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." (John 1:13)
There is only one Gospel! I do not believe that we have preached it clearly and purely. Kenneth Hagin said that the day we do that, we are going to see a landslide of sinners getting saved. In his booklet called "Paul's revelation: The Ministry of Reconciliation", he tells what a shock it was for him to discover 2 Cor.5:19. Listen to this: "God has reconciled the world to Himself, not counting up or holding against men their trespasses BUT CANCELLING THEM; and committing to us the message of reconciliation - of the restoration to favor."
The world has never heard this message before! They have heard the opposite because Christians have confronted people with their sins. But the Gospel Revolution will enable us to preach the true Gospel to the world!
The new creation is the answer to all who fear that the grace message is a license to sin. The reality is exactly the opposite! Eph. 2:8-9 describes salvation by grace without works. The next verse says: "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Eph. 2:10)
Can you see it? Salvation is free and without works and the new life is the WORK OF GOD! The new creation is a miracle including a new life with good works as fruit of the new birth. That's why Paul is emphasizing so strongly that it is by GRACE ALL THE WAY; FROM START TO FINISH!
Paul explains in Galatians 3 that to receive the Spirit, to see signs and wonders and healings, to experience the blessings of Abraham, EVERYTHING happens by hearing faith preached. This was the reason why he had portrayed Christ as crucified among them.
One translation says: "Grace after grace". Grace is standing in line! Salvation is by grace, fullness is by grace, sanctification is by grace, the new life is by grace, the gifts of the Spirit and the ministry are by grace!
The text from John 1:16 explains THE FULLNESS is "grace upon grace". The Spirit is already given, you don't have to pray that the Spirit must fall. The good news is that it has already happened! Charismatic people sing, "Let the Spirit fall". We have good news for them and for all others: The Spirit has come because Jesus is now glorified. (John 7:39) God had to wait until Jesus was glorified. That was the only condition. Once He was glorified, every hindrance was gone.
The fullness is grace upon grace! Thus it has nothing to do with you. Your prayers or your own effort will never make the Spirit fall. He has done it already! The Spirit is sent. It is by grace, a "joyful surprise". You only receive! I am SO HAPPY that I got to see this! It ended my struggle and "chase" after God.
He has come! He has moved in! Jesus said we are not thirsty anymore, we have drunk from the living water and received a well on the inside! Still, there are many preaching about "thirsting for God", "seeking God" and "chasing after God". How joyful we can be, not having to thirst or seek anymore. We have a well of living water inside!
This is the most difficult theme for many honest Christians. This is where some even preach that the law has to be applied as a guide and as "traffic rules" for the Christians. But this would be an insult to the cross of Christ! The Bible explains that "our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin." (Rom. 6:6) So it is the cross of Jesus Christ that sets us free from the slavery of sin! The key is to preach Christ crucified. We are meant to live a life dead to sin and alive to God by His resurrection power. EVERYTHING IS IN CHRIST! "For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace." (Rom. 6:14) It is the MESSAGE OF GRACE that breaks the slavery of sin. The law made sin come alive, but grace sets us free.
Christ is our sanctification. (1 Cor. 1:30) The key to success is that "Christ is formed in us." Holiness is being crucified with Christ, "it is no longer I who lives, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME." (Gal. 2:20) CHRIST IS ALL AND IN ALL! Grace upon grace! Sanctification is a product of saving grace! THIS GRACE disciplines us.
The Gospel is "The Gospel about God's grace!" It is grace from start to finish!
Paul continues the same pattern during the whole chapter of Galatians 3. The same way as salvation by grace and faith; signs, wonders and healings also happen as a fruit of the fulfilled work of Christ. It is by looking at Christ crucified we receive healing, for by His stripes we are healed.
In the desert the people were healed looking at the serpent. This was only a shadow, an image and example of the cross of Christ. Now reality has come! If the power of God could flow by looking at the shadow of reality, how much more can we be healed by the real cross of Jesus Christ!
I have read books that make it look like WE had to pay the price for the miraculous power of God. But the Gospel explains that HE has paid the price!
The Gospel is "The Gospel of God's grace!" It is grace from start to finish! That's why it's grace upon grace…
Paul said: "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." (1 Cor. 15:10)
It was all a result of the grace of God! It was not Paul's own effort, not his human ability, but only the grace of God. Grace from A to Z, grace all the way! The world is ready for this message, for religion has failed. Religion has been a disappointment to people and it has put a yoke on their necks, like Peter said in Acts 15. It is time to tell the Good News: The burden has been taken away, the yoke is broken!


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Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon is as eccentric as they come and as brilliant as anyone you'll meet.
He is the Mark Fidrych of managers, a hair stylist's dream with his spiked hair and different shades of color (naturally gray these days), wearing anything from a letterman's jacket to pajamas on road trips and persuading his players to follow suit.
If you walked into the Rays clubhouse during a homestand last month, you could have seen a merengue band one day. Other days you might have caught a DJ, a cockatoo, a magician or even Shelly and Cliff strutting around. They, of course, are penguins.
"Shelly was cool, but Cliff was a very gregarious penguin," Maddon says. "I found out they like to go to the bathroom every 15 minutes. Cliff actually demonstrated his allegiance for the Rays by going right on top of our logo on the carpeting."
Welcome to the Rays clubhouse, the craziest place on earth, led by a man who never played a day in the major leagues but is managing as brilliantly as anyone.
"When you're in the minor leagues, you hear about all of these strict dress codes and rules in the big leagues," Rays starting pitcher Alex Cobb says. "But when you get here, there's absolutely none of that. I actually had more rules in high school."
Just be on time and play hard. That's about it for rules.
"You have to be crazy to be great," says Maddon, who blasted Motown in his office before playing the Detroit Tigers last week and played polka music even louder after a 10-1 loss. "We have so many new guys here, I just didn't think we were crazy enough.
"There are certain groups that can be businesslike and successful, I don't deny that. But I don't think under the circumstances that we operate, you can expect to wear a suit and tie out there and win 90-plus games. We've got to think a little bit different."
The Rays have been overachieving for so long, you almost expect other teams to start their own water balloon fights.
"This is everyone's dream to be in an atmosphere like this," Rays catcher Jose Molina says. "Sometimes I feel like it's too loose. You have to show respect. But when it works, why fix it? Just go with the flow."
The Rays annually have one of the three smallest payrolls and play in the worst ballpark in the majors with the least amount of fan support. They haven't drawn 2million fans since 1998, their inaugural season. Yet they win. They've averaged 92 victories over the last five years, winning two American League East titles and earning one wild-card berth. And they're at it again this season, entering Tuesday with a 34-29 record, five games behind the Boston Red Sox.
Despite their uncanny success, it seems no one bothers to pay attention unless they're knocking the Red Sox out of the playoffs or getting into a benches-clearing incident with them.
While players weren't saying much about John Lackey's pitch Monday that hit Rays outfielder Matt Joyce in their 10-8, 14-inning loss that triggered a whole lot of hot tempers, guess who spoke his mind?
"He intentionally hit him," Maddon said in his postgame news conference. "There's no question in my mind that he did. And the sad part is that I've always considered Lackey a good teammate, but right there, he can get one of his own players hurt.
"I really did sense among the group of Red Sox that they were totally not into that moment, because they knew it was inappropriate to hit Matt on purpose and, furthermore, because one of them can get hurt. So that's being a bad teammate, as far as I'm concerned."
While Lackey was silent Tuesday, Maddon stood by his comments. The Rays' players absolutely loved it. That's their manager. He's got their back.
"God, this is a cool place to be," says Rays reliever Jamey Wright, 38, playing for the 10th team in a career that began two years before the Rays were born. "Joe is the ambassador of all good times. He doesn't like quiet in the clubhouse. Silence is not golden to him."
Miami Marlins outfielder Justin Ruggiano, who spent six years in the Rays organization, corralled Joyce a few weeks ago and offered one piece of advice.
"Whatever you do," he said, according to Joyce, "don't ever leave there."


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Coming off surgery, Adams eyes return to 'pen in '14
PHILADELPHIA -- These days, everything for the Phillies is about the future.
Right-hander Mike Adams said Sunday at Citizens Bank Park he hopes he can help the Phillies' bullpen in 2014. He had right shoulder surgery Wednesday in Los Angeles and said it went better than expected. He said he not only expects to be ready to pitch come Spring Training, but compete during the regular season.
"I plan on it," he said. "Whether or not I'll be the pitcher I was a couple years ago, I don't know. I don't know if that velocity will ever come back, but as far as how I'll feel, [Dodgers physician Neal ElAttrache] said I should feel the best I've felt in a couple years. But I went into it more pessimistic and expecting the worst and I came out of it pretty well."
Adams said he could begin his throwing program in October, but he plans to wait a little longer to give himself more time to recover. But he said even if he begins to throw in late November or early December, he could be ready to go by the beginning of Spring Training in mid-February.
"Whatever the plan is when Spring Training starts, I don't know," he said. "But just the fact I will be able to participate in Spring Training is good."
Adams went into the surgery understanding that if the shoulder looked as bad as it could have looked he might need about 18 months to rehab, or his career might be over.
"It was just cleanup," he said, adding the rotator cuff did not need to be completely repaired.
If Adams can recover that quickly and compete effectively, it would be a boost to a bullpen that has been a disappointment. Its 4.26 ERA this season ranks 28th.


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Lou Jordan felt all along that she had the heart of an artist, but it appeared for a long while that life had other plans for her. She married at age 18, had children and soon found herself raising them by herself.
It was a struggle that left little time for other pursuits.
"I always knew that I was an artist and studied it at school, but I never had a chance to get back into it, which I think happens with so many women from my generation," Jordan says.
By the early 1990s, however, her children were grown, and she met and fell in love with a widower. Soon after they married, he was transferred to New Orleans. With a new husband in a new city, it seemed to Jordan that life was opening a new chapter, and she was determined that this one would see her artistic dreams fulfilled.
"I thought, 'This is my chance,'" she says. "I decided it was my turn."
She studied watercolors at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and in her first year won an award from the Louisiana Watercolor Society. In no time she found herself immersed in the society, entering work and judging others in competition and hosting world-class watercolorists during their visits to New Orleans. Her own work centered on landscapes of scenes along Bayou St. John and the Gulf Coast.
But just as moving to New Orleans signaled the start of Jordan's artistic life, the experience of rebuilding her life here after Katrina would mark her work's most radical turn. She went through an extended artistic limbo during the Katrina aftermath until 2007, when she says, "the pent-up energy burst out" and, in doing so, led her in a new direction.
She began working with acrylic paints on large, bright canvases in an abstract style, riffing on the sharp, clean lines of the mid-century design aesthetic. Soon, she began using Yupo, a glossy, plastic-like paper, and experimented with the ways her watercolors would respond to it. As she realized she could now scrape, roller, texture, remove and adjust her paints on this slick new surface, her painting began to take on flowing themes from her imagination. They pulse with a joyful, organic energy in mingling colors and blending shapes, like life moving in its course or an artist blooming in full.


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Publishing meeting minutes: Wednesday 8th July 2008
Present: Jason, Jane, Ryan, Magda, Nick, Mike.
Dummy for insert agreed. Jason to move title text over a bit to the right, and make sure PDF file is greyscale then resupply to Mike who will get it sent to Caric and organise pick up etc. We will ask them to arrange pick up and invoice us for the carriage. Ryan to post the dummy to Caric Special Delivery tomorrow.
Agreed that we need a publishing tech meeting to sort out a new way of dealing with the printers in future. Date for this to be agreed.
Blackwell's Launch Friday 25th September? An hour long Golden Hour followed by a party back at The Forest. Perhaps a poetry only one at SPL, and an Elvis Shakespeare event too?
TWEE update: Magda has a folder of submissions. Some are quite good. We need to ask more people that we know and like to submit stuff; also could we put the call out to the arts list? Or on Arts Jobs?
Press Release for GHB2? Jane has re-edited this. Ready to be sent out.
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Date: Sept. 6, 2013
Her story: Jennifer Silk, 31, grew up in Perry Hall. She is a medical secretary at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Her father, John Willner, lives in Perry Hall. Her mother, Donna Snapp, and stepfather, John Snapp, live in Parkville.
His story: Steven Burkhart, 29, was born in Pittsburgh but grew up in Coral Springs, Fla. When he was 13, he moved to Annapolis. He is on the heavy rescue unit for the Baltimore City Fire Department. His parents, Mary-Ann and Jeff Burkhart, live in Arnold.
Their story: Jen and Steve met through Steve's co-worker in December 2010. Because they started out as friends, they say they don't recall having an official first date. About a month after they met, things transitioned romantically.
"We just started hanging out, and it went from there," says Jen. "A friendship quickly turned into a relationship."
They now live in Parkville with Jen's two daughters from a previous marriage, Riley, 7, and Sofia, 4.
The proposal: "I took her up to Havre de Grace one night, and we walked around," says Steve. He proposed by the water on April 14, 2013.
Jen and Steve knew they wanted a September wedding but did not want to wait until the next year, so they decided on a short engagement. Steve's work schedule, which changes in January, was also a factor in the decision.
The venue: About 100 guests attended the waterfront ceremony and reception at Celebrations on the Bay in Pasadena. The Rev. Paul Raddin Jr. presided.
Decor: "We didn't really go with a theme, just colors we liked," says Jen. They decided on a palette of coral and dark gray. Allison Barnhill Designs made the gray pocket folder invitations with touches of coral and pink. Accents of yellow, orange and purple appeared throughout the wedding. The reception table numbers were framed photographs of Jen's daughters holding numbered signs: Riley with odd numbers and Sofia with even numbers.
Flowers: Theresa Kastner of Floral Impressions in Parkville created the bridal bouquets using coral, yellow, purple and white gerbera daisies.
Her dress: The bride wore a strapless, Empire waist, A-line gown with beading on the bodice and train from David's Bridal. Jen wore Steve's mother's pearl necklace and earrings as her "something borrowed" and her grandmother's brooch in her hair as her "something old."
Bridesmaids' dresses: The women wore coral floor-length chiffon gowns from David's Bridal. Jen's daughter Sofia, who was the flower girl, wore a miniature version of Jen's dress.
Men's attire: The men wore dark gray tuxedos from Men's Wearhouse. The groomsmen wore coral ties and Steve wore a silver tie.
Music: DJ Ray Der of Baltimore entertained the guests. Jen and Steve's first dance was to "Better Together" by Jack Johnson.
Food and dessert: Catering by Uptown provided the food, including chicken marsala, crab cakes, beef tenderloin and stuffed mushrooms. SugarBakers of Catonsville provided the three-tier lemon cake with white icing, which was decorated with a white scrollwork pattern and gerbera daisies.
Favors: In honor of Steve's Italian heritage, his grandmother, Rita Orelli Kittka, put together the "bomboniere," which is Italian for "favors." Along with stemless wine glasses featuring the sentiment "Eat, drink and be married," guests received Jordan almonds in five different colors to signify health, wealth, fertility, happiness and long life.
Special touch: Steve's father and grandfather, Richard Burkhart, built a wooden bench for guests to sign. After the wedding, they preserved it with finish. It is now part of Jen and Steve's home.
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Health IT company, iSOFT (ASX:ISF), has endorsed a $0.17 per share takeover offer from US IT services group CSC.
ISF shares climbed 188.46 per cent to $0.150 during Monday's trading following the announcement.
The company has entered into an agreement with CSC's Australian subsidiary, CSC Computer Sciences Australia, to bring the offer iSOFT shareholders.
The bid is a 227 per cent premium on iSOFT's last trading price, and 209 per cent to the three-month weighted average.
But it's a far cry from the $0.54 share price from a year ago.
iSOFT's board has unanimously recommended the offer, subject to an independent expert's review. The company expects to be able to repay all its senior banking facilities and convertible notes as a result of the transaction.
An acquisition will require shareholder and regulatory approvals, including by the EU and the Foreign Investment Review Board.
iSOFT chief executive, Andrea Fiumicelli, said the acquisition would be beneficial to a converged company.
"iSOFT's electronic health record software and services, coupled with CSC's global healthcare expertise and delivery capabilities will create a very powerful force in the global healthcare market," Fiumicelli said.
Rumours of a takeover have been spreading for days. Last Monday, iSOFT tacitly acknowledged that an offer was in play, as it extended a trading halt into a full suspension designed to prevent speculative trading.


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It was Williamsburg Night at MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, a hipster-friendly mashup of the usual minor league quirkiness and a particular local flair. (And probably super-familiar for attendees, since they all moved to Brooklyn from the Midwest three years ago, amirite?) Among the promotions were a pregame Skee ball tournament, $2 food vouchers for bearded fans, a chance to run the bases for all fans wearing skinny jeans, and a shuttle, a yellow school bus, from Grand and Havemeyer. And, presumably, far too many of your friends using Foursquare to let you know they were there.
New York Magazine has a rundown of the festivities, but we thought it more fitting to troll for Instagrammed photos of the night. Here are some of our favorite.


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Several MetroWest and Milford-area firefighters graduated Thursday from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy's Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program.
The 14-week program is designed to help fire officers become better department leaders and managers. As part of the program, all participants had to write a research paper that identifies a current problem or challenge to their department, while offering a solution. They must then present a proposal for their plan to municipal officers.
The local graduates are Ashland Fire Lt. Matthew Boland, Bellingham Fire Capt. Daniel Donovan, Franklin Fire Capt. Joseph Barbieri, Natick Fire Capt. Ronald Downing, Shrewsbury Fire Capt. Sean Lawlor, Southborough Fire Capt. Mark Sadowski, Wayland Assistant Fire Chief Neil McPherson and Weston Fire Lt. Kenneth Case.


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Metal Shock Finland's Blackdiamond had a very nice and friendly talk with metallers, vocalist Nick Night, guitarist Ritchie Rainbow and drummer Pat Power from Swedish heavy metal band DREAM EVIL when the band was in Hammerfest IV on March 2012.
"WE COULD CALL THEM THE 'METAL JOKERS" was the reaction of some of Metal Shock Finland's members after listening to this interview. You can listen to the whole of this conversation on Soundcloud player below:


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Take a trip to Northern Island on your next caravan holiday. There really is something for everyone here – with plenty of caravan sites to choose from, some are small and peaceful while others are busy and lively, some are remote while others are in tourist resorts, you can make sure you choose a site that best expresses your caravanning holiday needs.
The country of Northern Ireland is jam packed full of things to explore and discover from maritime history and mythology to transport and trade. Learn the unique stories about the main tourist attractions like the tale of Saint Patrick to how the ship the Titanic was built in Belfast (today the cranes that helped build the Titanic, the Samson and Goliath still stand in the dock area), from the awe inspiring Giant's Causeway to the Mountains of Mourne and the Walled City of Derry. Experience the excitement of crossing the Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge, or join in with the nightlife in Portrush, Ballycastle offers tranquil relaxation where as Rathin is the best place for nature.
Drive the motorhome or tow the caravan along the Causeway Coastal Route, which will show off the vibrant colours, unspoilt countryside and dramatic coastal landscape – only some of the reasons that this drive has been rated as one of the Top Five Road Trips worldwide.
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- Real Climate Science from David Legates Seems to Scare the Media, Will it Scare NOAA? - September 12, 2020
- New Heartland Podcast: Ill Literacy, Episode VI: Congress at War (Guest: Fergus M. Bordewich) - August 22, 2020
- Talking California Blackouts on The Heartland Institute's 'In the Tank' Podcast - August 22, 2020
This piece in the Heartlander, "Google Goes Shopping at a Dollar Store" by Randolph May of the Free State Foundation makes for some infuriating reading.
It is probably the best example I've ever seen as to why municipal broadband systems are a bad deal for citizens of cities with the hubris to think they can compete in the digital economy by offering "free" and "cheap" Internet service.
May's report on what's happening in Provo, Utah, would be very hard to top — though we should expect to see it repeated again and again. He cites this Associated Press story from April 18:
Google Inc. will pay $1 for a municipal fiber-optic system that cost $39 million to build, according to terms of the Internet company's agreement with Provo. … Even as Google takes ownership of the municipal network, Provo will have to pay off loans for its construction for another dozen years, according to agreements released Thursday by city officials.
So … one of the most heavily capitalized companies in the history of civilization swoops in and purchases a $39 million state-of-the art fiber-optic "muni broadband" system in Provo for one dusty sawbuck. Google will maintain that network (and maybe improve it) via access fees they will charge the good citizens of Provo, while offering a "free" service that is so slow, no one would likely use it. (My now-dinosaur 3G iPhone 4 probably downloads stuff faster than the "free" network every Provo resident pays to keep afloat).
And, here's the kicker [emphasis mine]:
Even as Google takes ownership of the municipal network, Provo will have to pay off loans for its construction for another dozen years, according to agreements released Thursday by city officials.
For nearly as many years, households have been paying $5.35 a month on their utility bills for a system that provides Internet, television and phone service — whether they use it or not.
But Provo officials say Google's deal is a good one for the city and its residents because the system hasn't been able to support itself. Google Fiber will offer residents something in return for the utility fee — basic Internet service at no charge if they pay a $30 hookup fee.
Got that? Provo's taxpayers will be paying off the loans and interest on the $39 million network they hardly used — because it offered such poor service and was incompetently run by the city — until 2025. Hell, I'll bet Google's $1 that by 2025 the whole system will be obsolete, and another $5.35 Google will have bailed out on the whole project by then. The time between now and 2025 is an eternity in the digital economy. To put that 12-year time frame in perspective, Google was still run out of a garage just 15 years ago. Now it earns $3 billion every quarter.
"But, Jim," you say. "Google will give the good folks of Provo free Internet after they pay a $30 hook-up fee." Whoop-dee-doo. The "free" Internet will be just as unused as the network run for "free" by the city because those speeds are already obsolete. From the story:
In Kansas City, Google charges $70 a month for a gigabit connection, which is 1,000 megabits per second. Google's free Internet service will run at 5 megabits a second.
For another $50, Kansas City customers can sign up for Google Fiber TV, which features 200 channels, many in high-definition and featuring mainstays such as ESPN, Nickelodeon, FOX News and MTV, as well as recent newcomers HBO and Cinemax.
Wow! 5 megabits a second! Is that a joke? Like I said. If you like the speed of 3G phone for your entire home Internet experience, this is the deal for you. If you don't, and you shouldn't, it'll cost you — in this case it'll probably cost residents of Provo $70 to $120 a month on top of the taxes and fees they'll pay to settle that $39 million "free Internet for everyone" investment by the city.
And it's not like Provo is some underserved backwater that the city had to drag into the digital age. A metropolitan area of more than 500,000 people is a great market for broadband, and Provo is already being served by every high-speed broadband competitor in the business. Now Google gets to enter the market for free — and on the backs of taxpayers who did the hard part: building the infrastructure.
Let's sum this up:
- Colossal investment in "free broadband" by a municipality? Check
- Poor management of the network due to lack of expertise? Check
- Few customers for the "paid" service, and few piggy backers on the crappy "free" service? Check
- Ultimate failure of the project, but taxpayers still be forking out money to pay it off for decades? Check
How lucky is Google?! They don't have to invest a single dime into building the infrastructure, but get to own it for $1, and then turn around and charge the public that paid to build it a fee to get on its network at market speeds. That's like taxpayers forking over the money to build me a restaurant and stock it with food and a great staff. Then I buy the place for a buck and start running the joint and collecting all the profits.
That's not exactly "crony capitalism," but … what … "sucker capitalism"? "Dummy capitalism"? As I was expressing my outrage about this via email with various Heartlanders, Sam Karnick emailed me to call it "last-ditch capitalism." Any of those monikers will do. Where do I sign up to get some of that?
One last quote from the story; one last kick to the taxpayers of Provo:
"Clearly, we think there's a good business opportunity here," Google Fiber spokeswoman Jenna Wandres said Thursday.
No kidding.
Check out some of Heartland's extensive, years-long work fighting back at these muni broadband schemes at PolicyBot. Can't say we haven't tried to warn folks, including people in Utah.


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What is my favourite part about the holidays? OBVIOUSLY it's the fact that I can play Wham's "Last Christmas" on repeat and actually get away with it! My favourite Christmas of all time was in 1987. I hoped and hoped and wished so hard (and maybe even prayed a little) for George Michael's Faith tape. I remember laying in bed all night singing "Faith" in my head and wondering why, when I sang it out loud, it never sounded as good as when I sang it in my head.
My parents had a Christmas tradition of putting three gifts at the foot of my sister and I's bed. We could open those three at 7am when my Dad got up. Then, around 10am, we'd move to the family room to open the rest of the gifts under the tree. That Christmas I woke up at 4am and saw the little trio of gifts at the foot of my bed. I grabbed the 5″ by 3″ shaped box and very, very slowly peeled the tape on the corners off the edge to see what was inside and it was…a Kylie Minogue cassette! I must have frantically looked back at the pile and grabbed another 5″ by 3″ box. This time, I ripped at the tape holding the ends of the wrapping paper together and opened what would forever be known as the best Christmas gift in the world.Wicked Good Moccasin Slippers in Fuchsia from LL Bean ~ Calligraphy Pen by Lamy ~Puffins Passing Lithograph by Charlie Harper ~ Atlas of Remote Islands from Amazon ~Vintage Map of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Shannon's hometown) from Etsy seller ~Letterpress Thank-You Cards by Etsy seller Palmetto Press ~ treats from home like dill pickle chips or coffee crisp chocolate bar ~ Introduction to Letterpress Printing Workshopfrom the San Francisco Center for the Book ~ Nikon D90 (A Super Wish List Item) ~"Reworked/Remixed" CD by Trentemoller.


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Stanton received plasma injection in hamstring
MIAMI -- To help the recovery process, Giancarlo Stanton received a platelet-rich plasma injection shortly after he strained his right hamstring late last month.
In recent years, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections have become more popular in all sports.
Arizona outfielder Cody Ross, formerly with the Marlins, was on the ground floor of the PRP injections, receiving one during his days in South Florida. After being bothered by hamstring injuries in 2007, Ross had the PRP injection, and in 2008, he remained healthy and productive.
"It really helped with recovery," Ross said on Sunday.
The procedure basically is as follows: the patient's blood is drawn, and treated, and then injected back into the inflamed area. Carl Crawford received a PRP injection last year. Golfer Tiger Woods and NBA star Kobe Bryant also have had similar treatment.
Stanton, Miami's 23-year-old slugger, strained his right hamstring on April 29, and Sunday marked the 18th straight game the All-Star right fielder has missed.
Stanton said he was given a PRP injection in Miami a day or two after he sustained a Grade 2 hamstring strain.
"It promotes recovery a little quicker, especially if there is a lot of inflammation in that area," Stanton said.
Stanton still remains several weeks away from returning. He is throwing, hitting and running on an anti-gravity treadmill.


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A very easy update tonight. The bulls never managed to organize a serious offensive and the bears have had another day to set up their defenses in the 800 trench and remain in full control. The SPX is now my primary window for following the bearish momentum. As long as this channel holds you can stay comfortably short.
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Hey, sometimes a good General speaks softly but carries a big old Howitzer to blow the bulls out of their trenchlines!
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