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I Lost Wayne Today!
I drove us up to South Ogden this afternoon to have Stephanie, our niece, cut our hair since we are leaving on Monday for Indiana. After getting our hair cut, Wayne wanted to go to Sears to look at their tools. I wanted to run into Dillard's for a few minutes and suggested that he accompany me into Dillard's and then we would go down to Sears that was located on the other end of the indoor mall. Wayne insisted that I park by Dillard's and he walk down to Sears.
After looking around Dillard's for a few minutes I got into the car and drove down to Sears. We had made previous arrangements that he would stay in the tool department at Sears until I came to pick him up. I looked all over the tool section for awhile and then decided to check upstairs to see if there were some tools there. I found a lot of appliances and furniture but not Wayne.
Wayne hadn't brought his phone with him so I couldn't call him, but he had played Scrabble with my phone while waiting for Stephanie to finish cutting my hair, so I knew that he could call me. I sat down on a lawn chair that was by the tool department in Sears for about 45 minutes and waited but still no Wayne. I figured that even if he had decided to go somewhere else that he'd come back to our planned meeting place.
I started wondering if I was going to have to stay until the mall closed before I found him. I went into the mall and decided to walk down to Dillard's because I knew that he didn't feel well enough to be walking around all that time. He was either sitting on a bench or had fallen asleep somewhere in the mall. On the way to Dillard's I took a left turn to the food court at the last second, just to make sure that he wasn't sitting in there. Guess who was looking for a Mountain Dew? Wayne's mouth hurt and he had decided that a Mountain Dew would help.
I was really relieved that I had finally found him. This could have gone on for hours and my visiting teachers were scheduled to visit in less than an hour from that time. Everything worked out just fine but I told him that from now on if he doesn't bring his phone I'm going to put a child leash on him when we go shopping. He actually agreed and said that he was O.K. with that. Ha! It's really my fault. I knew that he would never stay in Sears until I got there.
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You could really have somthing there Kathy a husband leash! Perfect for malls, craft fairs, and any other activity husbands tend to wonder off at!! Lol... That is toooo funny! Definitely one of those times you need to find the humor in the situation! I'm glad you finally found him and that everything turned out ok!
- Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Hi Kathy,
That is soooo hilarious! Poor you, wandering around the mall trying to find Wayne. I'm glad you found him safe and sound. You probably should invest in that hubby leash, just in case. HA! Hope Wayne's mouth feels better soon!
Love to you both,
Canada : D - Wednesday, June 09, 2010
- karessamom said...
Hey if I'd known Kathy--I could have come and helped you find him. I'm only blocks from Newgate! Glad you found him safe and sound. Also glad you made it thru that construction mess--it's terrible isn't it! It's supposed to be really nice when it gets done tho. Hope he gets to feeling better soon.
- Wednesday, June 09, 2010
- EricsmomTimsgal said...
You know, when I read your headline, "I Lost Wayne"...I thought maybe he died. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions though. Of course he was lost. LOL.
Ok, Wayne thank you so much for making me feel less guilty. I'll forgive myself then for the box of ice cream sandwiches I went through when I was sick a couple weeks ago. Took me a day. It was the only thing that helped though with my throat.
Sugar Free Jello cups? I never heard of them. - Wednesday, June 09, 2010
- Kathy said...
Maybe we could start a new business? Ha!
- Wednesday, June 09, 2010
- Franki said...
I know how that goes, losing your husband. We go to Wal-Mart and try to get our stuff done faster by one of us doing this while the other is going somewhere else. Bad idea, usually ends up with "I thought I told you to stay here?" or " I thought you said you were going there?" UGH!!! Glad you found him and glad to hear his dental issues are being resolved.
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
the first time i ever saw wayne outside of being on the stage was in branson & he was cleaning his ear with an ice cream stick. i will always remember that! its funny to hear your stories about him eating so much ice cream!
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
HA! That is so funny! Your blogs crack me up Kathy.
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
They are the same the world over Kathy. My hubby NEVER stays put and even if he does have his phone he doesnt know its ringing . I could cheerfully strangle him at times lol
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
Men really don't like shopping, uh? Only when its what they want..like tools
I'm glad you found Wayne and he was okay. But Mountain Dew? Not my choice of drink. Jello is another soft food he can eat. I hope he get better in time for Indiana. - Thursday, June 10, 2010
Sorry I meant New Jersey.
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
Aw, poor old Wayne! I'm glad you found him.
May I ask, what are you doing in Indiana next week?
Is it an official Osmond show? - Thursday, June 10, 2010
That made my day when I read you were at the Newgate mall, I dont live far from there. I could of helped you look ha ha. Anyways I love reading your blog. - Thursday, June 10, 2010
- Kathy said...
Well the good news is Wayne must definitely be feeling better since he is strolling away like that. I think a man leash sounds good. Of course when there are times you want them to stroll away - then they don't.
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
- mfk1022 said...
wish I could go to the show in New jersey it isnt that far away but my 10 year old has his school concert that night .He started playing the clarinet this year!It will be interesting and I can assure you he sounds nothing like wayne playing the clarinet!!!!
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
A collar and a bell. All men need them. :)
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
- annette said...
I need a "husband leash" too. Mine is always wondering off while I am talking to him and I will turn around and no one is there or somebody I don't know thinks I am talking to myself and crazy. I will then call him on his phone and say "you can run but you can't hide" :)) I think he does it on purpose :)
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
- Sherry of IN said...
One, I'm glad Wayne is feeling better and he looks pretty good in that picture. Him and Paul are so much alike - Paul could eat a whole box of ice cream sandwiches, anything ice cream.
As for letting him go alone shopping, well, it all worked out in the end. We try to stick together but I'm the one who tends to run off in another direction without telling Paul...but I start to panic just a little when I can't find him (even though I know he is still in the store). I can leave him in the tools area - half hour later - he hasn't budged from that area - what is it about tools that can keep a man in one spot for that long.....HAH!!!
Enjoy your trip to Indiana (it's where I'm from)..... - Thursday, June 10, 2010
So funny Kathy! One of the other funniest things I have seen was the Osmond Pillow fight on the aircraft after the Oprah Winfrey show. The video was posted by Donny on You Tube. Total fabulous chaos, children screaming and laughing and Wayne slept through it all! Were you on that flight?! must have been funny if you were!
- Friday, June 11, 2010
- SeaBreeze said...
Here's a suggestion! Ask the store to use their PA system and give him a holler, just in case he IS in the store. LOL Can you imagine? LOL Thanks so much for sharing your stories Kathy, I am SO enjoying them all!
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Pourquoi Tales, part 1
Many of us, when we hear the words fairytale and folktale wonder if they are one and the same, or if there is a difference. Actually, fairytales, sometimes also referred to as wonder tales, are one kind of folktale. Other types are pourquoi tales (the word is French and means "why"), animal adventure stories, cumulative tales, trickster tales, and noodle head stories.What they all have in common is that they were born in the oral tradition and survived by being told and retold for centuries. They have no known original author and belonged to everyone, to the folk, hence the term folktale.
The storytellers told different stories to different audiences and it's a mistake to think that all folktales are appropriate for children regardless of age. Some are wonderful for the very young while others are clearly intended for a more mature audience (indeed, some are quite x-rated). However, one type with broad appeal is the pourquoi story.
These tales explain how and why things came to be. Like all folktales, they are almost a universe in miniature because people across the world and across time have pondered the same kinds of questions. These can be as big as why there is death or why the sun and the moon are in the sky or as small as how an animal or plant got its physical markings or unique shape. The stories always delight with their odd, but somehow logical and fascinating explanations
Even though we tend to think of these tales as coming from a time when there was no adequate scientific explanation for things, it is important to note that they were rarely told as absolute fact, but are the result of keen observations of the natural world. They are filled with a deep understanding of the environment around us as well as gentle reminders about the consequences of our actions. Certainly, to look at the wonders of the world through the window of the pourquoi story are a must.
There are so many possible ways to use and to group these stories together that entire books could be filled with ideas. In fact one has. Check out Anne-Marie Kraus' Folktale Themes and Activities for Children, Vol. 1: Pourquoi Tales (1998). If you don't have time for that, here are a smattering of ideas:
Stories about landforms make an excellent entry into studying various regions of the country:
Legends of Landforms by Carol Vogle (1999) is an outstanding collection of Native American stories about landscape forms like the Grand Canyon, Mount Shasta, the Badlands and Devil's Tower.
Robert D. San Souci's Two Bear Cubs explains how El Capitan in Yosemite came about.
Kathy-Jo Wargin, The Legend of Sleeping Bear tells the poignant story of how the Sleeping Bear Dunes in Michigan came to be and The Legend of Mackinac Island how it came about. Although they are not strictly landform stories, Kathy-Jo with illustrator Dave Geister has also written the charming pourquoi stories The Legend of Minnesota and The Legend of Wisconsin.
Stories about animal characteristics are terrific accompaniments to a study on animal camouflage and adaptation. They're also wonderful inspiration for creative writing. Children, after all, always wonder why. Have them begin, "long, long ago" and end with something like "and that's why whales have spouts" or "that's why dogs turn around before they lie down." Some stories to get them started are:
Joseph Bruchac's The Boy Who Lived With the Bears (1995) is a wonderful collection of stories about animal characteristics such as "How the Birds Got their Feathers," and "Rabbit's Snow Dance" which explains how rabbit got his split lip, short front legs and stubby tail. One of the stories, How Chipmunk Got His Stripes has been issued as an individual book (2001). All these are well suited for younger children and contain gentle lessons about behavior.
Virginia Hamilton's When Birds Could Sing and Bats Could Talk is a stellar African American collection of stories that explains it all from the cardinal's color to buzzard's bald head. Barry Moser's illustrations don't exactly hurt!
I have to give special mention to How and Why Stories by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss because not only does this collection of 25 pourquoi stories contain some of my all time favorites such as "Why Bear Has a Stumpy Tail" and "Why Cats Lick their Paws After Eating," but this collection also has useful tips for how to become a storyteller with specific suggestions for each individual story. It is aimed at getting children to tell, but it's good for any age.
Flower and berry characteristics are among my own personal favorites as evidenced by my very first book (written with the incomparable Margi Preus), The Legend of the Ladyslipper. Another of my books, The Hidden Folk, includes a story called "The Ivory Cups" which explains the origin of the lily of the valley as well as a funny tale ("Tulips and Parsely") about how parsley came to be. Other excellent books on this theme are Tomie de Paola's The Legend of the Bluebonnet and The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush. I adore Teri Sloat's Berry Magic about how arctic berries got their intense color and flavor. Another favorite is the late Barbara Juster Esbensen's Star Maiden: An Ojibwa Story about a star girl that fell to earth and now lives among us as a water lily. Any unit on this theme must include Joseph Bruchac's Native Plant Stories which tells how wild rice, corn and other native plants and trees came to be.
As I said earlier, the sky's the limit in this genre. You could group stories around hundreds of themes from customs to life cycles and in the pourquoi tale, part 2, we'll look at a few more ideas because they are so inherently interesting and give both wonderful cultural lessons and a broader perspective on the world.
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February 26, 2013 Zamboni Tracks Take The Points And Run
by Ryan Wagman
Already in the early portion of this shortened season, we have been witness to a hockey story that will have ramifications lasting beyond this calendar year. I am, of course, referring to the Chicago Blackhawks amazing start. They have gone through the first 19 games of their schedule without a regulation loss. With 16 victories and three shootout lossesthey have not even lost in overtimethey have accumulated 35 points, eight more than any other team in the NHL. This record-setting opening runwhich toppled the previous mark of 16 straight season-opening games set by Anaheim in their Stanley Cup winning season of 2006-07has many pundits comparing this Hawks team with the version which lifted the Cup in 2010.
On one hand, the current iteration of the franchise is vastly different from the Cup-winning team of only three seasons ago, as only nine players remain. On the other hand, the nine standbys include nine of the current top 10 most valuable non-goaltending contributors to the team, as rated by GVT. The exception among the top 10 skaters is young pivot Marcus Kruger, a home-grown product who was still skating for Djurgarden of the SEL at the time. Kruger saw his first NHL action the following season.
If the Blackhawks of today are substantially different from the immortal squad of yesteryear, they are practically the equals of the team that finished sixth in the West last year. True, they finished with six more points than the eventual champions from Los Angeles, but they were also 10 points out of the number one seed which they currently hold. The only roster changes between last year and now are incoming depth defensemen Michal Rozsival and Sheldon Brookbank. The pair effectively act as a platoon at the bottom of the top six, as they have only dressed together on one occasion thus far, that time being the record-tying match against Vancouver on the 19th, when Brent Seabrook sat out nursing a "lower body injury."
Coming into the season on short notice, with only one week's worth of training camp and no preseason games to speak of, there was a popular idea that posited that teams that were more familiar with one another would be more likely to succeed quickly, while those with heavy turnover would be more likely to struggle as they adjusted to one another on the fly. In a recent look at teams that went through a coaching change in the offseason it was noted that three of the four were currently sitting out of a playoff position. Of course the sample size is not nearly big enough to draw any sweeping conclusions, but it does support that earlier hypothesis. Looking at the other end of the spectrum, teams with minimal roster turnover, we see the Boston Bruins, who have graduated a new starting goaltender, yet only changed depth parts among skaters. They currently sit fifth in the East, although with four or five games in hand on the teams on either side of them. Winning three of those games would give them the driver's seat in the conference. The defending champions from LA made no moves of any significance in the offseason, although injuries have since deprived them of half of their projected top six on the blueline. They have just recently snuck into seventh in the West, after spending the early season out of the top eight. They have also won seven of their last 10 after a rough opening. Last year's big surprise, the St. Louis Blues, also kept their lineup largely intact and currently hold the fifth seed in the West in spite of some predictable regression from former hero Brian Elliott in net. All other teams either brought in significant contributors and/or coaching staff, or lost key players. Again, it is a small sample, but it still supports the idea that continuity will have an outsized benefit in the absence of a training camp.
More than just year-over-year continuity, the Blackhawks have also displayed one of sports' hidden traits, that being health. Through 17 games, they have only had to use the injured reserve three times. One of the times was for winger Rostislav Olesz, who spent all but six games of 2011-12 in the AHL and was expected to do so again this year. In the recent Hockey Prospectus annual, we wrote of the Czech forward, "An AHL winger due $3.1 million per year for two more years: that is what Chicago got from Florida for Brian Campbell. Salary dumps don't come for free, you know." It feels safe to say that the team has only lost two players to injuries thus far, defenseman Steve Montador, who has yet to suit up, and rugged winger Dan Carcillo, who missed about three weeks before returning. No team has been lucky enough to need the injured reserve fewer than twice. Whether you consider health to be a "skill"which many do, at least on the individual player levelor luck, the Blackhawks have enjoyed it thus far, much as the Kings did in their 2012 playoff run.
Another area to consider on the teamwide level is special teams opportunity. With a power play that can be described as middling at best, the Hawks have at least been among the best in the league at killing penalties, currently tied for second, having shut down 88.7% of shorthanded situations. Rates only tell so much of the story, though, as opportunity comes at its own cost. It is one thing to kill penalties when they occur, but the more your team spends time in the box, the less time your team will enjoy prime scoring situations. So in not losing yet, the Blackhawks have been good at avoiding penalties. As they were not the beneficiaries of an undue amount of ice time on the power play, we are safe in saying that the majority of their success has been due to their work at 5-on-5.
If we want to see whether a team has been lucky or has succeeded through skills-based play, we have stats for that. A commonly-referenced metric is called PDO, which looks at the combined shooting and save percentages of a given team. PDO will typically regress to 1000, with numbers substantially below usually connoting bad luck and the inverse signifying good luck. At even strength, the Hawks have stopped 93.5% of shots against, while scoring on 8.99% of shots. The resultant PDO of 1025 is slightly above the norm and should regress at least a bit. The leader in PDO last year was the surprisingly successful St. Louis Blues, who finished with a mark of 1029. The Blackhawks, meanwhile, straddled the line of mediocrity at 999.
When regression inevitably hits, it is most likely to come on the defensive end of the spectrum. The team shooting percentage of 8.99% is only 28th in the league, remarkably showing that the Hawks may have actually been victims of bad luck while not losing. Backed by Corey Crawford and Ray Emery, the teamwide save percentage of 93.5% at even strength is bound to take a turn for the worse before too long. Crawford has stopped between 91.5-93.1% of even strength shots over the past three seasons, while Emery has ranged from 89.9-93.5%. In both cases, the higher number came three seasons ago, while the weaker season occurred last year.
It is not inconceivable that both goaltenders have turned things back around. Shocking as it may seem, Ray Emery is only 30 years old. Considering that he first made his mark on a good Senators team in 2005-06, we tend to forget that he was only 22 at the time, focusing instead on his subsequent travels and travails. After being dropped by the Sens due in part to makeup concerns, Emery played in Russia, returned to the NHL goalie graveyard of Philadelphia, and had surgery forand recovered fromavascular necrosis, a potentially debilitating hip condition. A brief comeback with Anaheim convinced the Blackhawks that he was worth taking a shot on during camp last season. Although he contributed -6.5 GVT to that squad, the Hawks gave him a raise anyway and Emery has repaid them with a near inverse of that GVT through his first seven games, including the last four when Crawford was not available due to a minor injury.
Although we can safely expect Emery's save percentage to fall from its current lofty mark of .927, he will also be playing less frequently, as Crawford is healthy again. About Emery, Director of Goalie Scouting for McKeen's Hockey, Justin Goldman stated that, "Since recovering from Avascular Necrosis, his technical game has evolved and morphed into a style that allows him to still be effective, but his durability will always be questioned. It's easy to see he's not a flexible or very agile goalie, but he is way more mature than his pre-injury days, and he's the type of goalie that out-works his opponent, competes really hard, relies on his size, and makes the timely save. (He) has had very good 8-10 game stretches before, namely with the Ducks at the end of the regular season in 2010-11. His first seven games this season have been awesome, but clearly I'm not expecting him to sustain it over the next seven games. I would be surprised if he finished with anything above a .920 SV%."
Crawford, a second round pick back in 2003, unlike Emery, feels much younger than his actual age of 28. Other goalies drafted in 2003 include Marc-Andre Fleury, Jimmy Howard, Jaroslav Halak, and Brian Elliott. Each of those four had established themselves as NHL goalies while Crawford was putting up middling numbers for AHL Rockford. His current save percentage of .941 would best that of the record set last year by his draft cohort-mate, Elliott's .940. That will undoubtedly not last, as the pure statistics agree with Goldman, who added, "It's impossible to know how much regression is in store, but despite the fact Crawford has played so well this season, from my perspective, I still don't see him as an elite talent capable of sustaining these numbers. He had a .917 SV% and .903 SV% over the past two seasons respectively, so while his game has clearly improved in the technical sense compared to last season (he's overall a more consistent goalie in the technical sense), I wouldn't expect him to finish with anything higher than a .925 SV%."
As Crawford has yet to surpass 57 games played in any season, we should expect coach Joel Quenneville to use his goalies judiciously so as to prevent fatigue from diminishing their play more than regression will on its own. If it seems coincidental that two of the goalies taken the same year as Crawford teamed up to win the Jennings Trophy last year for St. Louis for having the lowest teamwide GAA, it is, but that is the model we should look to as a best case scenario for Chicago. In fact, they don't even need to be that good to run away with the league. A regression of 10 percentage points on their combined save percentages should be overtaken by an improvement of near equal relative measure in their teamwide shooting percentage to keep their overall PDO in the same general neighborhood. While it has not been touched upon here, the Hawks have a very deep forward crew with superstar power on the top two lines (Kane, Toews, Hossa, Sharp) and talent on the bottom six as well (Saad, Bickell, Shaw, Kruger, Bolland, Stalberg, Frolik). Between Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Johnny Oduya, and Nick Leddy, offense can also be expected from the blue line.
Although the Blackhawks will not last the entire season without a regulation time loss, the pieces are in place for an historic regular season. Outside of injuries (debatably) their current record is not the result of rampant good luck but of a well-built team. Full credit goes to Stan Bowman, who had to rebuild the supporting talent after the team's last Cup run. It was not an easy task to fit 60% of a roster with only 40% of the cap space still available, but he seems to have pulled the trick off. With most of the team locked up past this season, Bowman will have to continue to be creative to get the squad compliant with the lowered cap. If history can be our guide, we should have some confidence in the trick being repeated.
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3:40pm Wednesday 9th October 2013 in News By Tom Edwards
COUNCIL bosses in Worcestershire still need to cut £6.4 million by April – but are being hampered by spiralling costs in helping vulnerable children.
Ahead of next year's plan to shed spending by a record £30 million, Worcestershire County Council is still millions short of cutting back enough in 2013/14 to balance the books.
Your Worcester News can reveal how £15.1 million has been cut over the last six months, but another £6.4 million is needed by the spring before it can start the huge savings plan ahead.
A new report on the council's finances reveals how an extra £2.5 million is now forecast to be spent on children's social care in the current financial year.
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I'm a bit stuck with New Year's traditions, what have we got?
- Auld Lang Syne. What is that all about anyway? And all that arms crossed waggling makes me feel ill.
- Dancing around like a complete loon.
- A kiss at midnight. Ooh err.
- Opening the front door and "letting the new year in".
- And erm…
- Eh…
- *shrug*
Being the kind, giving sort that I am, I'm gonna share what I do on NYE at midnight, besides, y'know, the excessive drinking. I honestly have no idea why, but since spending New Year's with a group of friends at a mate's house with his family years eons ago, his mum played this song when the clock struck twelve.
And it's stuck.
Happy new year everybody, I really, truly hope you all have a good'un and that next year brings everything you've wished for.


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Just try to start a Christian group there....
Hey Guys - Sorry I missed the last meeting - I was tied up...
HARVARD UNIVERSITY´S 1650 CHARTER:"Let every student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life (John 17:3) and therefore to lay Christ in the bottom, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning. And seeing the Lord only giveth wisdom, let everyone seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seek it of him (Proverbs 2:3)"
Ivy leaguers consider themselves intellectuals."Intellectuals are people that go to school to learn what other people do naturally."Bill Cosby
Good one, #3.
Hey what´s in a name anyway.
#2, there are over twelve large Christian groups at Harvard: Christian Fellowship, Campus Crusade for Christ, the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, the Newman Club, and more. They´re all big and flourishing. There are also numerous smaller Bible study groups, which self-organize on a more informal basis.
Thank you sir, may I have another?
How many of those groups, #8, are "approved" by Harvard?
So they have a pervert´s club, but no ROTC -- even though the armed services now allow perverts in their ranks!
This may be something new at Harvard but it has been in practice at a lot of other colleges for quite some time.You send a young kid off to college these days and there is no telling what kind of formation might take place. Many of the graduates don´t come away with much of an education.
Cost of Attendance for 2012 – 2013Financial aid is awarded to help with all of these expenses, including an additional standard allowance for travel expenses.Tuition $37,576Health Services Fee $930Student Services Fee $2,360Room $8,366Board $5,264Subtotal $54,496Estimated Personal Expenses $3,454Estimated Travel Costs $0-$5,000Total billed and unbilled costs $57,950 - $62,950 In addition, health insurance coverage is required at a cost of $2,168 unless the student is covered under the family´s health plan.http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/financial_aid/cost.html
1636-2012Harvard UniversityRules And Precepts At Harvard In 1636The Rules and Precepts that were observed at Harvard University, September 26, 1642, stated:"1. When any Schollar...is able to make [write] and speak true Latine in Verse and Prose....And decline perfectly the paradigims of Nounes and Verbes in the Greek tongue...[he is capable] of admission into the college.2. Let every Student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed to consider well, the maine end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal! life, John 17:3 and therefore to lay Christ in the bottome, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and Learning. And seeing the Lord only giveth wisedome, Let every one seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seeke it of him Prov. 2, 3.3. Every one shall so exercise himselfe in reading the Scriptures twice a day, that he shall be ready to give such an account of his proficiency therein, both in Theoreticall observations of Language and Logick, and in practical! and spiritual! truths, as his Tutor shall require, according to his ability; seeing the entrance of the word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple, Psalm, 119:130.4. That they eshewing all profanation of Gods name, Attributes, Word, Ordinances, and times of Worship, do studie with good conscience carefully to retaine God, and the love of his truth in their minces, else let them know, that (notwithstanding their Learning) God may give them up to strong delusions, and in the end to a reprobate mince, 2 Thes. 2:11,12. Rom. 1:28.
#14 continued5. That they studiously redeeme the time; observe the general! houres...diligently attend the Lectures, without any disturbance by word or gesture....6. None shall...frequent the company and society of such men as lead an unfit, and dissolute life. Nor shall any without his Tutors leave, or without the call of Parents or Guardians, goe abroad to other Townes.7. Every Scholar shall be present in his Tutors chamber at the 7th houre in the morning, immediately after the sound of the Bell, at his opening the Scripture and prayer, so also at the 5th houre at night, and then give account of his owne private reading....But if any...shall absent himself from prayer or Lectures, he shall bee lyable to Admonition, if he offend above once a weeke.8. If any Scholar shall be found to transgresse any of the Lawes of God, or the Schoole...he may bee admonished at the publick monethly Act."1636. Old South Leaflets" Peter G. Mode, "Sourcebook and Biographical Guide For American Church History" (Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Co., 1991) pp. 74-75
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A fisherman who had his shanty damaged over the weekend on Pike Lake in Hatley, tells NewsChannel 7 two teenage boys have confessed to causing the damage and say they'll help make the necessary repairs.
On Wednesday, we introduced you to Joe Steinke who said vandals caused about $400 worth of damage to his shanty. Three other shanties were also damaged.
Joe said he was devastated to see the damage. He said sometime on Sunday someone drove into his shanty with a car knocking it off its blocks.
"When I came out here this wall was pushed in two feet. You could see just where they went in with the car tire tracks and everything. They just lined her up and knocked it off the blocks.. off of my holes....everything," he said during our initial interview.
Joe said he found pieces from the suspect's vehicle after discovering the damage.
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The winter months are a time outdoor enthusiasts look forward to all year long.
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Joe is back out on the ice fishing today, but says it's a sight he'll never forget. "When I came out here the wall was pushed in two feet. You could see just where they went in with the car tire tracks and everything. They just lined her up and knocked it off the blocks, off of my holes, everything."
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Well over 900 Chinese listed firms expecting losses are lower profits for the first half of the year -- next guest is warning that the results could point to a tightening of the Chinese economy Gordon Chang as.
Author his number while the coming collapse of China.
And he joins me now so -- saying that the markets in China the stock market in China -- -- has been somewhat resilient.
Is in trouble.
Yes because corporate profits are down lot of companies are actually reporting losses and the prospect for the rest of the year isn't that good.
There's one Beijing University professor who says that no company he talks to is seeing an increase in revenue or profits for the year.
So what these companies are saying to the public is one thing.
But what they're saying in private is much more bearish what.
That doesn't explain -- it does it in your opinion the GDP numbers I mean they've got -- percent GDP growth.
Out of China in the United States would love to have 8% GDP growth facing -- -- that number is not yeah.
-- after saying the Chinese tightening.
-- we would die for -- seven point 6% that they reported for Q2.
What they don't have seven point 6% then -- -- know.
Well if you look at electricity production which is by far the most reliable indicator of Chinese economic activity after the second quarter it was flat so because electricity is essentially.
Out -- the growth of the Chinese economy.
When you have zero growth -- electricity it means you're economy can't be growing more than zero so they're not growing at seven point six or eight point one or whatever they're saying.
They're growing at zero may be negative one.
Possibly positive one but that's about it.
Yet but one of the things that we have seen many US companies that didn't mean -- Clamoring to expand in China obviously we just have ahead of us -- global luxury -- that is resolutely enemy expanding.
And China and Asia you think US companies are making a mistake then.
A lot of them are and a lot of them are starting to suffer especially you know Caterpillar to three years ago you listen to what -- said that they -- oh China was the future of the company.
And now we know in their last conference call -- -- or China well it's not that important for us and the reason is that they concede the trend of the economy.
-- -- cats biggest competitors sandy heavy industry.
Is producing all sorts of forecasted show much slower growth than anyone would expect.
And that's really leading everyone's perceptions of China it is not -- is growing country anymore but one that is going to come down to earth very very fast.
Current though that when when you do hear those that come out Wall Street analysts for example that warn about me that slowdown what slowdown in China but -- -- on it's it's going to be a short.
Slow down time for your payment.
Well I think that there will be a rebound but it probably won't be this quarter if there's going to be your rebound because of their masters and one quarter of the get that -- But -- Korea back just -- -- active.
Don't know probably be a -- rebound in the fourth quarter but it be very very amenable to reason is the Chinese companies and provinces and cities just don't have the cash so you know essentially every province in China is Greece.
You know the country's debt to GDP ratio is not what they -- it's probably approaching.
It just it's just a very difficult situation they put -- too much debt no less stimulus in 20082009.
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Stanmore St Luke's Playgroup secured Ofsted's top grade in an inspection earlier this year and leader Sue Rose said she was delighted.
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It wasn't pretty, but in the end it was a win for Penn State. The Nittany Lions, who lead by as many as 16 points mid-way through the first half, hung onto to beat # 13 Wisconsin 36-33. The win advances them to Saturday afternoons Big Ten Conference semi-final against Michigan State who upset Purdue 74-56. Penn State jumped out in front of the Badgers 18-2 with nine minutes left in the first half. That lead vanished to just four as Wisconsin roared back to trail 20-16 at the half. Neither team looked to take control after the break as both combined for just 8 points over the first eight minutes of of the second half. Two Tim Frazier free-throws and a Talor Battle jumper began to open things up for the Nittany Lions. Battle struggled through out the night looking for his offense shooting 3-18 from the floor, finishing with nine points. However his biggest shot of the evening came with 2:29 left when he nailed a three-pointer that gave Penn State a five point lead. With his nine points, Battle passed Jesse Arnelle (2,138) as Penn State's all-time leading scorer. The Nittany Lions now take on Michgan State, who shocked ninth ranked Purdue 74-56. The semi-final matchup is set for a 4:15pm tipoff.


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We hereby inform you that André Oechsler and Frank Theilacker are no longer in the... -
64 Megawatts: WIRSOL builds the biggest Solar Park in the Caribbean
Santo Domingo, September 11, 2013 – WIRSOL has started with the construction of the... -
WIRSOL/Greenpower Capital JV and Chikyu Factory Service Co. announce 22 MW Solar PV Project
WIRSOL SOLAR AG and Greenpower Capital LLC, through their exclusive Japan...