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There are times when I want to use mootools for certain things and Prototype & script.aculo.us for others but within the same site. I've even considered adding others, but was concerned about conflicts. Anyone have experience, or am I just trying to make things too complicated for myself?
If you really, really want to do this, then you will be able to without too many problems - the main libraries are designed to behave well inside their own namespaces, with a couple of notable exceptions - from Using JQuery with Other Frameworks:
So, yes, you can do it, but you'd likely be creating maintenance headaches further down the line for yourself - subtle differences between framework functions may be obvious to you today, but come back in 6 months and it can be a whole other story! So I would recommend keeping it as simple as you can, and having as few different frameworks (preferrably 1!) as you can in your codebase.
AFAIK, all the popular frameworks are designed to be combined with other frameworks. I don't think combining them is that much of a problem. I would however discourage combining them purely from a case of bandwidth needs. A slow site experience is less forgivable than a more complicated development experience.
A recent question: jQuery & Prototype Conflict
Prototype.js library used to be very offensive and conflicted with many other libraries / code. However, to my knowledge, they recently given up with some really hard-core staff, such as replacing Element object etc.
You are better off sticking with a single framework per application. Otherwise your client will spend too much time/bandwidth downloading the javascripts.
That being said, Prototype and JQuery can work together. Information is on the JQuery web site.
My suggestion is to learn one (or more!) framework(s) very well so that you will be able to replicate the features you need without adding the overhead of multiple frameworks.
remember the more code that you push to the client the slower everything becomes.
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Bianca Phillips, aka Crunk Master B, is a spunky Southern girl who knows how to cook! Her vegan cookbook Cookin' Crunk: Eatin' Vegan in the Dirty South was just released this week and we're absolutely thrilled for her! For a limited time you can order signed copies on her website, but once that special offer is over you'll always be able to order them online or through your favorite bookstore.
Allison Rivers Samson: You write the popular blog, "Vegan Crunk" – how did you come up with that name?
Bianca Phillips: Since I live in Memphis, I wanted a blog title that was indicative of where I come from. Crunk is a style of Dirty South rap that originated in Memphis, and when I hear a good crunk beat, I can't help but feel the love for my city. The word originated in the early 90s as a mixture of "crazy" and "drunk," but since then, it's come to mean having a good time or, in the past tense, that a good time has been had. For example: "Man, that party was crunk." or "I'm 'bout to get crunk up in this club." Interestingly, there was a parody song poking fun at hipsters released last year by the British group "The Grand Spectacular" that mentions "vegan crunk" totally not in reference to my blog (or at least, I don't think it was).
ARS: Your first cookbook, Cookin' Crunk: Eatin' Vegan in the Dirty South, has just been released. Congratulations! How did the book come about?
BP: About a year after I started my blog, I decided that I wanted to write a Southern vegan cookbook, so I started veganizing my family recipes (with help from my awesome mom and granny). I didn't have any idea how I'd get it published, but I was confidant that when the time came to find a publisher, it would just kind of fall into place. And that's exactly what happened! I formed a friendship with Rick Diamond from the Book Publishing Company at the Farm in Summertown, Tennessee (Rick has since left the BPC to move to Nashville), and he helped me contact the right people. They liked the idea, and we started the publishing process. It's great working with a publishing company that's located only three hours from my home. Cookin' Crunk: Eatin' Vegan in the Dirty South is filled with about 150 veganized versions of classic Southern food favorites, like Southern Fried Tofu Chicken, Seitan 'n' Dumplin's, Whole Wheat Butter Soymilk Biscuits with Chocolate Gravy, and Coconut Icebox Cake.
ARS: How is writing a cookbook different from writing your blog? What can you share about your process as a cookbook author?
BP: Vegan Crunk (my blog) is more of a daily eats blog. I post pictures of something I've eaten every day, Monday through Thursday. Often, those pictures are of recipes from other people's cookbooks because I love following recipes. Other times, I post pictures of vegan food I find at Memphis restaurants as part of my Bluff City Vegan Eats series. I rarely post recipes of my own creations since I've saved those for the cookbook, but I do occasionally post teaser pictures of dishes that will be in the cookbook. As for my process, I started with veganizing the foods I grew up eating, and then I filled out the cookbook with vegan versions of old recipes I found in spiral-bound church and charity cookbooks published in Memphis and my hometown of Jonesboro, Arkansas. My mom and granny also helped out by veganizing a few of their recipes. Without my granny's help, the dessert chapter wouldn't have happened.
ARS: You're vegan in Paula Deen's South! How do you fare in a land that celebrates animals as food so unabashedly?
BP: Being vegan in a major city in the South is easy! Memphis has one all-vegan restaurant (Imagine Vegan Cafe) and one all-vegan smoothie and juice bar (Cosmic Coconut). There are four restaurants here that offer vegan cheese on their pizzas and plenty of casual eateries and upscale restaurants with vegan options. However, being vegan in my Arkansas hometown of 66,000 isn't quite as easy. There are restaurant options there, but sometimes you have to get creative. You know, you order a sandwich with no cheese and substitute avocado and no mayo and sub mustard. But even there, a vegan can survive. The major grocery store chain in Jonesboro even sells vegan cheese now! I think being vegan is getting easier, no matter where you live. But in some areas, cooking at home may be the best option.
ARS: How have your omnivorous friends and family enjoyed your vegan versions of Southern food? Are they supportive, mocking, or ???
BP: Interestingly, the majority of my friends are vegan or vegetarian. We have a strong vegetarian social group in Memphis called Food Awareness, so most of us met through the club. And other friends, like my best friend from high school (she has a blog … Vegan In Arkansas!), have gone vegan in recent years. My partner is an omnivore though, and I do have a few friends who eat meat. As for my family, my parents and grandparents are not vegan, but they love veganizing their dishes for me when I'm in town. My granny even cooks vegan sometimes when I'm not there. I think she likes the challenge of baking without eggs or dairy. My aunt and cousin went vegan for the New Year!
ARS: You've pretty much been veg your entire life. How did you transition from vegetarian to vegan? And how did it become a lifestyle for you?
BP: I went vegetarian at age 14 in 1994 after spending a week with a friend from India. While staying at her house, we had delicious vegetarian Indian food everyday, and that's when I realized how easy it was to live without meat. My parents picked me up from her house at the end of the vacation, and I promptly informed them that I'd no longer be eating red meat or pork. I continued to eat poultry and fish for a few months but gave those up after Thanksgiving in 1994. Ten years later, I was involved in the founding of Memphis' only animal rights group. I was doing monthly PETA protests, and one of our members was vegan. She convinced me that I could make the jump to veganism. And with all I was learning about the dairy and egg industries through my animal rights work, it seemed like the right thing to do. So on the day after Thanksgiving in 2004, I decided to give veganism a one-month trial run. After the month was over, I never wanted to look back. I'd discovered all kinds of new foods (nutritional yeast and tempeh and quinoa). I felt great physically and my conscience was clear knowing that I wasn't harming animals. A couple years later, I had "VEGAN" tattooed on my wrist. There's no going back now!
ARS: What easy meal ideas or tips would you make for new vegans starting to cook?
BP: One of my favorite easy meals when I first went vegan was fried tofu chicken. I'd dip slices of tofu in soymilk and then in nutritional yeast mixed with a little flour and salt. Then I'd fry it in oil until crispy on both sides. Also, you can never go wrong with a homemade marinara sauce and sautéed mushrooms served over whole wheat pasta.
ARS: Got a favorite AG product?
BP: The vegan artisan chocolates, of course!! Nothing beats a box of chocolates!
Thanks Bianca, I can't wait to try some of your veganized Southern comfort food!
Tell us: What's the one Southern dish you'd most like to see veganized?

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In Pictures: The Automotive Technologies We Saw At CES 2013In Pictures: The Automotive Technologies We Saw At CES 2013
The Consumer Electronics Show is the stepping-out event for many different types of products. Although mobile audio vendors are long-time veterans of CES (and they usually introduce new offerings at the show), automotive manufacturers are much more new to the game. It was only a couple of years ago when Alan Mulally gave his first CES keynote address, even as other manufacturers were busy prepping for the Detroit Auto Show, shying away from the more electronics-oriented event.
This year was different, as more automotive manufacturers embraced CES, building large extravagant booths, which we roamed the halls to cover.
Typically, Tom's Hardware editors from around the country (and indeed the world) fly into Las Vegas, Nevada, while our esteemed editor-in-chief, Chris Angelini, drives in from Bakersfield on his own. This year was different, though. Since we're covering automotive technology more often, we gave our friends at Nissan USA a call to set up something a little flashier for the ride.
The company graciously agreed to loan Tom's Hardware a 2013 GT-R Black Edition for our week in Sin City, though we're saving the details of that car for a complete write-up coming soon.


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John Schnepf, 92, of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of Le Mars, Iowa passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Josie Harper Hospice House in Omaha.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Le Mars. Interment with military honors provided by the Wasmer American Legion Post #241 of Le Mars will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Le Mars. Visitation with the family present will be after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at the Carlsen-Feuerstein Funeral Home followed by a 6:30 p.m. combined Scriptural Wake Service and Knights of Columbus Rosary. Visitation will continue Thursday morning at the church from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Memorials can be directed to St. Joseph Catholic Church or the Plymouth County Historical Museum.
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DVD review: Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection
"Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection"
Marvel's animated "Avengers" tales are rereleased to tie in with the big-screen movie as part of a three-pack collection at a budget price.
In "Ultimate Avengers: The Movie," an alien threat has the superspy organization SHIELD searching for a solution. The film is based on "The Ultimates" comic book by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch.
More than 60 years after Capt. America's disappearance, SHIELD seeks the captain's body, hoping his supercharged blood will hold the key to its super-soldier program, headed by Dr. Robert Bruce Banner. They find him frozen beneath the ocean — still alive. SHIELD director Nick Fury rounds up a team to rally around Capt. America: Giant-Man, who can grow to colossal heights and wants to prove a point to Fury; Wasp, Giant Man's wife, who is able to shrink to microscopic size and has energy blasts; Black Widow, a former Russian spy now loyal to Fury; Iron Man, secretly wealthy arms manufacturer and playboy Tony Stark; Thor, an environmental activist who believes he's the son of Odin; and The Hulk, the monster lurking inside Banner.
The team returns in "Ultimate Avengers 2," which introduces the Black Panther character to this continuity. T'Challa, the heir to the African kingdom of Wakanda, must take the reins of his country when his father, the king, is murdered. The Black Panther turns to Capt. America for advice in defeating his father's murderer, apparently a surviving Nazi. Cap can't help — he's killed this Nazi twice already. The Nazi is one of the aliens battled by the Avengers in the first go-round, but they're returning to pilfer Wakanda's trove of the rare and expensive metal, vibranium.
Both films are packed with action, and while not perfect, fans looking for more "Avengers" material have a good starting point here, especially for the budget price.
The bonus film, "Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow" features the children of the Avengers facing the indestructible robot Ultron. In this possible future, the children of the Avengers must defeat the foe their parents could not. Oklahoma native Noah Crawford provides the voice of James Rogers, the son of Capt. America and the Black Widow.
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What is the best method to deep clone objects in actionscript?
The best method to do this is by using the ByteArray with the method writeObject. Like this:
More information about this, here: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1897368&postcount;=77
If you are trying to deep clone a display object, this is the only way it worked for me :
Note that this will only copy visually the object.It will not copy methods or properties. I used this when i loaded external images, and used them in multiple places.


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I have Shimano Ultegra, tripple in front. The rear is on a Nimbus rear wheel (6600 hub). The cassette is a 105 CS5600 10 speed, 11-25. (This is part of a home trainer setup, not for the road.)
All seems fine in the trainer when spinning in lower gears. When I shift to the last 2 cogs and to the big ring in the front, I get a rumbling noise and a vibration. The souce seems to be the rear setup.
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FBI Employees Among Those Recognized by NCMEC
FBI Director James Comey spoke at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's Congressional Breakfast and Law Enforcement Recognition Program, held May 7, 2014 in Washington, D.C., where a number of FBI employees were among the law enforcement personnel honored for their work.
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|FBI Director Comey speaks at the NCMEC event honoring law enforcement personnel on May 7, 2014. Photo courtesy of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children | High-res image
A number of FBI employees were among the law enforcement personnel honored by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) at its Congressional Breakfast and Law Enforcement Recognition Program held May 7, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Each year, NCMEC selects law enforcement representatives for special recognition of their extraordinary service on cases involving missing or exploited children.
The Bureau employees—along with the federal, state, and local partners they worked with—were chosen for their outstanding work in apprehending a Ten Most Wanted Fugitive, bringing down a child pornography and sex trafficking ring, safely recovering an abducted child, and finding justice for a missing child by apprehending the suspect and recovering the child's remains.
FBI Director James Comey spoke at the event, congratulating all of the honorees and stressing the importance of private sector partners like NCMEC in addressing "the plague" of crimes against children. He also detailed the FBI's commitment to protecting children—highlighting such initiatives as our multi-agency Child Exploitation Task Forces around the country, the Innocence Lost operation that identifies and disrupts child sex trafficking rings, the Child Sex Tourism Initiative that identifies American citizens who reside or travel overseas to engage in illicit sexual contact with children, our Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team, and our Office for Victim Assistance, which supports young victims of these crimes.
Said Comey, "National security remains the Bureau's highest priority, but our criminal programs—and especially our work to try and protect the most vulnerable, to rescue and save kids—are at the core of this organization…. We are pained whenever anyone is victimized. We are pained and heartbroken when that victim is a child."
The FBI partners with NCMEC on many of the above mentioned programs. Since 1998, the Bureau has assigned agents and analysts to NCMEC full-time to work jointly on numerous operational, training, and awareness initiatives focused on protecting children from dangerous predators.


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1970 Chrysler Suspension Rebuilt - Putting on a Good FrontWritten by on May 10, 2006 Contributors: Kevin Shaw A C-Body gets new front brakes and suspension
After driving our Hurst edition '70 Chrysler 300 for a while, we realized that stopping this beast was becoming something of a task. While the braking system did stop the car, it was beginning to pull to the right and was making a grinding noise that clearly told us our brakes needed help. The problem is there is not much aftermarket support for Chrysler C-Bodies, so our options were limited. We did find that Stainless Steel Brakes makes a rear disc conversion for the 83/4 rearend, so we ordered the kit and installed it in last month's issue. For the front, however, our options were sparse. If our car was originally equipped with drum brakes we could get an upgrade kit, but our Chrysler had factory discs, and we didn't necessarily want to change to drum spindles due to the rarity of this vehicle. Since no one makes an upgrade kit for our application, we were limited to rebuilding the factory disc brakes but dreaded trying to find parts. You know the story, you go to the local store and ask for pads and caliper rebuild kits, they ask if the car has air conditioning, you ask why that matters, then they say they don't have the parts. We've been down this road before. Of course, we're assuming the local parts store's computer goes back to 1970, some don't. In any case, our research led us to a great source for braking systems out of Charlotte, North Carolina, called Brake Tech Solutions.
With more than 25 years experience designing and rebuilding braking systems, Brake Tech Solutions can either provide the O-rings, pads, and hardware to do the job yourself, or they offer full-service rebuilding of your entire brake system. They can also custom design brake systems for older cars that have no aftermarket support, like ours.
During the inspection of our Chrysler's front end it was apparent that our front suspension was worn, and that new bushings, tie rods, and ball joints would need to be installed. A quick call to Just Suspension confirmed they had the parts we needed in stock and, once ordered, they arrived in a couple of days. Since our car is fairly rare, and we don't want to stray too far from factory installed hardware, plus we'd be busy with the front-suspension overhaul, we opted to have our factory disc brakes overhauled by Brake Tech Solutions. When we say they are a full-service brake restoration center, we mean full service. When we contacted them and told them what we had, they stated we just needed to remove the front brakes, spindles and all, and they could perform all the work and return the brakes in about two weeks. We must admit we were initially skeptical about the two-week turn time, especially with Christmas looming around the corner, but we removed our brakes and shipped them to Brake Tech for an overhaul.
Even during the holiday season Brake Tech Solutions had our front brakes back to us in less time than we thought possible, and the quality of their work was apparent. The brakes didn't look rebuilt, they looked new. Not only were the calipers completely overhauled and coated, new rotors were included, as well as new flexible brake lines, wheel bearings, and all the hardware necessary to complete the job. They even cleaned, inspected, and coated our spindles prior to sending the parts back to us for installation. We have performed brake overhauls ourselves, but have been burned in the past by not having the necessary equipment to repair all the parts. An example of this is the calipers. Inside the caliper is one (as in ours) or more pistons, usually made from aluminum that fit into the steel bore of the caliper. Much like the pistons and bores of an engine, the bore of the caliper will become worn or corroded, and the seal will no longer keep the fluid inside the caliper. While in most applications a new caliper can be obtained, in older vehicles like ours, new parts may not be available. In the absence of new calipers there is only one solution. The caliper's bore must be machined to clean up the damage, the oversize pistons and seals are installed, or the bore is sleeved back to its original size to fit the factory pistons and seals, which is the preferred method. Brake Tech has the tools and equipment to repair calipers and re-sleeve them if necessary. They can even take it a step further and install stainless-steel sleeves so corrosion will never again be an issue. We were impressed, not only with the quality of their work and the short turnaround time, but also with their professionalism and their general knowledge of Mopar braking systems. It's nice to know there are companies as dedicated as we are to keeping these old Chryslers on the road.
We began our job by removing the spindles and brakes and shipping them out to Brake Tech for overhaul. While we waited for our parts to return, we tackled the car's front suspension, removing the parts to clean and inspect them prior to installing the new suspension components. As with any 30-some-year-old car, we had the standard fight on our hands. Dousing the hardware liberally with Royal Purple's Max Film penetrating oil a day prior to completing the work certainly helped free the rusted hardware, and a high-power impact wrench didn't hurt either. Aside from a tie-rod/ball joint separator, a ball joint socket, and a pitman arm remover, only standard hand tools were needed to remove the suspension components. Just Suspension, knowing that ball joint sockets are somewhat of a specialty tool, included one in our suspension rebuild kit. Replacing the control arm bushings does require a hydraulic press, but if you don't have one and still wish to do the work yourself, simply remove the components and take them to a shop to have the new bushings pressed in. They'll charge you for the labor, but not nearly what they would charge to do the job completely. We were finishing up the suspension job just about the time our brakes showed up, so we bolted the brakes back on, bled the system, and were back on the road.
How did our new brakes perform? While we'd love to give you before and after stopping distance numbers, we really can't. Our brakes were in such poor condition that we could have improved stopping distance simply by cutting holes in the floorboards and stopping Fred Flintstone style. Instead, we chose a real world driving test and took our Chrysler to the test track known as Interstate 4 in central Florida. This stretch of road is always packed with vehicles weaving and jockeying for position, much like a Formula One race. It seems everyone is in a hurry, and if you leave a car length of space in front of you, two cars will try to fill it, cutting you off. Those of you who have driven this road know what we mean. While we generally avoid this road while driving our classic cars because of its propensity for accidents, we took the Chrysler onto the interstate during rush hour traffic and were surprised at how comfortable we felt with the new brakes installed. Our Chrysler was maneuvering and stopping like cars half its size and weight, and gave us confidence we had only dreamed of before performing this upgrade. We now look forward to many miles of driving this car without worrying that we can't stop if someone brake-checks us in traffic. Not bad for a couple of weekends of wrenching!
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The upper control arms are now removed by taking out the alignment adjustor bolts giving us access to the bushings. From the looks of ours, they were long overdue to be replaced.After removing the cotter pins and castle nuts, a tie-rod separator is used to force the tie-rod ends from the lower ball joints and center link of the steering. The center link is then removed from the idler and pitman arm in the same manner. The idler arm can now be removed from the K-member.The pitman arm can now be removed by utilizing a pitman arm puller. This is a nice tool to have around if you regularly do suspension work, if not, it can usually be rented from your local auto parts or tool rental store.After giving our control arms a thorough cleaning, the upper ball joints are replaced using a ball joint socket and an impact wrench. Remember that ball joint threads are cut with a small amount of interference, which keeps them locked in place so it's normal for them to be tight when removing and re-installing them.We painted our control arms to keep them looking good, and used a press to remove and install the upper and lower control arm bushings. If you don't have a press, just take the control arms to a shop that does. It takes less than an hour to replace all the control arm bushings so the price for the labor should be reasonable. Fortunately, we had a press and did the job ourselves.Factory tie-rod sleeves are known to flex during aggressive driving. Just Suspension designed these heavy-duty units to eliminate that problem. Side by side with the stock tie rod sleeves, the difference is dramatic.With our new bushings installed, we re-installed our suspension components, tightened the retaining nuts, and installed the provided cotter pins for safety. Always get the components snug, and then tighten the nuts until the cotter pin will line up. Never loosen a suspension component for cotter pin alignment; accelerated wear will be the result.This is what Brake Tech Solutions had to start with. Upon receiving our brakes, they completely disassembled, cleaned, and inspected our components before rebuilding them. Believe it or not, they have resurrected parts in far worse condition than ours.
This is how we received our overhauled brakes from Brake Tech Solutions. The difference is amazing. they included all new wheel bearings, dust seals, flexible lines, and hardware necessary to complete the installation. With our suspension components overhauled and re-installed, it was time to re-assemble our front brakes.The first re-assembly step is to mount the spindle. Simply slide the spindle onto the upper ball joint and place the nut on to hold it in place, then insert the two bolts that hold the spindle to the lower ball joint. Don't forget to install the sheetmetal dust cover at this time, and be sure to install cotter pins once everything is in place and tightened.To pack wheel bearings, place a liberal amount of grease on the palm of one hand, then hold the bearing's inner race tight against the bearing's rollers, creating a larger gap on one side. Now push the bearing into the grease with the larger diameter side down, forcing grease into the bearing assembly. Rotate the bearing and repeat this procedure until grease comes out the top of the bearing, indicating that it is completely packed.Prior to installing our rotors, we give them a cleaning in the parts washer to remove any oils that are on them. Rotors are usually coated in oil as a corrosion inhibitor, and it needs to be removed so it doesn't impregnate the pad, which will cause degraded performance of the braking system. If you don't have a parts washer, just spray them with brake cleaner before installation.Rotors are retained by the spindle nut, which is held in place with a cotter pin. We generally snug the spindle nut until we feel slight resistance when spinning the rotor, then back the nut off, aligning the cotter pin and allowing the rotor to spin freely.With the rotors in place, the calipers can now be installed. Our brake pads are symmetric, but some applications do have an inner and outer pad, so make sure you get them placed correctly. Take precautions to ensure grease and oil don't contaminate the pads or rotor during installation.Our new flexible brake lines are now installed with the provided copper gaskets on the caliper side. The line is then placed through the mount in the frame and held in place with a C-clip. The hard line can then be connected, sealing the front brake system from outside contaminants.We now fill the system with quality DOT 3 brake fluid and bleed the brakes beginning with the wheel furthest from the master cylinder. Check the fluid level often during this process because if you let a reservoir get pumped dry you'll ingest air into the system and have to start over. It helps to have a friend or family member in the car pumping as you open the bleeders to allow trapped air to escape. Continue bleeding until all air is out of the system and the brake pedal is firm. Keep an eye out for leaks during this process as well.With our brake system bled, we use the alignment adjustors in the upper control arms and tie rods to get the alignment close enough to drive to an alignment shop for a four-wheel alignment. After aligned, the car drove like new. Our new brakes and suspension components made a huge difference in the car's ride and handling, and gave us the confidence that we could now maneuver with more modern cars even in rush hour traffic--not bad for a couple of weekends of work.


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Library Claims 9-Year-Old Boy is "Too Good at Reading"
Tyler Weaver thinks it's good to be King, but his local library thinks it's time for his reign to end.
The fifth grader earned the self-bestowed title of "King" of the reading club at the Hudson Falls Library in Hudson Falls, New York, for good reason. Tyler single handedly won the library's "Dig Into Reading" event held this summer by reading a whopping 63 books in a span of six weeks.
According to Tyler's mother, Kate Weaver, her son has been at the top of all of the reading contests ever since kindergarten. She says he's read over 373 books, and participated in five contests.
To Kate and Tyler's dismay, it seems that Hudson Falls Library Director Marie Gandron wants to see Tyler dethroned. Gandron told the Post-Star that it's time to let someone else have a turn at winning. The library director said Tyler "hogs" the contest every year and that he should "step aside," complaining that other kids "quit because they can't keep up."
Gandron went on to say that she was planning to change the contest rules so that instead of giving prizes to the children who read the most books, she would simply draw names out of a hat and declare winners that way, but now she can't because Tyler's mom publicized his win in the local media.
Upset by Gandron's comments about her son, Katie told Today, "When he heard what the director said [about him] he was very upset. He's never seen being good at reading to be a negative thing. And he shouldn't! He realized that the director was wrong."
The angry mom added, "I think Tyler deserves an apology. I want him to see that even though one person disagrees, if it's something he wants to pursue, I think he should go for it. He learned a great lesson about ignoring negativity."
What do you think, moms, should Tyler step aside and let others have a turn at winning the contest, or does this librarian need to apologize for her negative comments?
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Victor Creed (Earth-10005)
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Victor Creed was a mutant with a regenerative healing factor, extendable claws, and heightened senses, strength, reflexes and agility. He possessed animalistic attributes, such as excessive hair, fangs and claws.
Victor Creed was the son of Thomas Logan, which made him James Howlett's half brother. One night while young James was sick, Thomas entered the Howlett home looking for James' mother Elizabeth. Thomas shot and killed her husband, John. James impaled Thomas with his newly sprung mutant claws just before Thomas could reveal that he was his real father. After Thomas died Elizabeth cast her son out calling him a freak. James fled and Victor followed. [2]
Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam War
As the two boys grew into men, they fought together as Canadian mercenaries in the American Civil War, World War I, World War II. and the Vietnam War. Victor grew increasingly violent and uncontrollable as time passed. During the Vietnam War, he attempted to rape a young Vietnamese woman and then brutally attacked the soldiers who tried to stop him. This incident put both him and James in front of a firing squad.[2]
Team X
They survived the death sentence, and were invited to join Major Stryker's black ops team, Team X.
James eventually left both the team and Victor when he witnessed Stryker's willingness to kill innocent civilians and Victor's acceptance of this. Victor and Stryker subsequently worked together to capture various mutants for experiments.
In 1979 Victor agreed to go along with Styker's plan to trick Logan into agreeing to have Adamantium bonded to his skeleton by claiming that Victor had gone rogue and had killed the Silver Fox, the woman James loved. Prior to the Adamantium bonding process James and Victor fought in a bar in Canada, with Victor savagely beating James and snapping his bone claws.
The animosity between Victor and James was made even worse when Stryker revealed that, contrary to his deal with Victor, he couldn't merge Adamantium to Victor's skeleton because it would kill him. Stryker claimed that Victor's healing factor was not strong enough to allow him to survive the process. Despite this animosity between James and Victor, they eventually fought together to defeat Stryker's Weapon XI,their former Team X teammate Wade Wilson. Victor claimed that he was the only person with the right to kill Wolverine. He departed when the battle was over.[2]
Brotherhood of Mutants
Creed took on the name Sabretooth and began working for Magneto in the Brotherhood of Mutants. He had evolved into an even more bestial creature, bigger and stronger, unkempt in appearance. It is unknown if this mutation was natural or was the result of Weapon X experimentation.
Trying to capture Rogue for Magneto, he came across Wolverine in Northern Alberta, a snowy forest area. He is chased away by the sudden arrival of the X-Men Cyclops and Storm. Before departing, he took Wolverine's dog tags. When Magneto left them on his desk Victor kept them for himself.
Later, he taunted Storm in a train station as Magneto pursued Rogue, however he was struck with a lightning bolt from Storm, blasting him away.
Later, he and Wolverine fought on the Statue of Liberty, where Wolverine was able to retrieve his tags. He was blasted off the statue by Cyclops and crashed onto a boat.[3]
Soon after those events, Henry Guyrich's dead body was found, apparently mauled by a bear, likely a murder committed by Sabretooth.[4]
Hong Kong Mission
Sabretooth actually survived the fall and Magneto and Sabretooth helped the X-Men fight against the Sentinels in Hong Kong. Sabretooth was sent to get Mastermind as a recuit to the Brotherhood of Mutants. Sabretooth was confronted by Wolverine inside the Mastermold. Sabretooth lost after getting pinned down and was left in the robot which was falling apart.[5]
Victor's name later appeared on a list of mutant files found by Mystique as she scrolled through on Stryker's computer while looking for Magneto's file.[6]
Powers and Abilities
See Victor Creed (Earth-616)#Powers
Mutant Physiology Victor has hair all over, fangs and far more muscle mass than a normal human. He also has extendable claws in place of nails that are able to cut through stone, bone, most metals and other materials.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Victor primary mutant power is the "mutant healing factor". This allows him to regenerate wounds and injuries at a faster rate and more extensively than that of a normal human. His wounds are guessed to heal within moments, although it is suggested by William Stryker that Victor's healing factor may not be as developed as Jim Howlett's (Wolverine).
Superhuman Physical Enhancements: Victor possesses superhuman strength, enabling him to lift at most 25 tons. He possesses incredible heightened senses. Better reflexes and agility than a normal human. He is more durable than an ordinary human. He possesses animalistic attributes, such as excessive hair, fangs and claws.
See Victor Creed (Earth-616)#Abilities
Strength level
Can lift about 900 lbs
None known
- Sabretooth is portrayed by Tyler Mane in X-Men, and by Liev Schreiber in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Michael James Olsen portrayed a younger version of the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Mane had hoped to reprise this role for the prequel before Schreiber was cast.[7]
- Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber stated in a video interview on IGN that Sabretooth represents the pure animal and embodies the darker side of Wolverine's character, an aspect about himself which he hates. They are two sides to the same coin.
- This version of Sabretooth, as he appears in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, shares similarities with the Earth-616 character Dog Logan.
- Sabretooth possessed normal intelligence in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It has not yet been revealed how he became more animalistic or how he lost his memory since the events of that film. It is unclear if Sabretooth remembered his half-brother during the original X-Men film, as he barely spoke. His taking Wolverine's dog tags could be a sign that he did, in fact, remember. It is possible that he lost his memory due to his further feral secondary mutation, though this is never stated.
- In X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Victor Creed, (later known as Sabretooth) is seen wearing a military dog tag, during the Vietnam War, however, it can not be seen clearly or up close, a mystery if you will, but he has one.
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- 7 Appearances of Victor Creed (Earth-10005)
- Media Victor Creed (Earth-10005) was Mentioned in
- 14 Images featuring Victor Creed (Earth-10005)
- 1 Quotations by or about Victor Creed (Earth-10005)
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- Characters killed by Sabretooth
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- ↑ X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (film)
- ↑ X-Men (film)
- ↑ X-Men (film): A television news report can be heard at the end of the movie
- ↑ X-Men: The Official Game
- ↑ X2 (film)
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BooBoo Stewart's Reaction to Invasion of Privacy
This is horrible. Apparently BooBoo had an incident in which his mother's cell phone was compromised. Here is what his management says about the incident! I find this so sad, especially given how available BooBoo always makes himself to his fans!
TSC Entertainment reaching out to Boo Boo fans and asked us to publish this letter:
"Booboo Stewart would like his fans to know how much he appreciates their support and thinks they are totally awesome. Booboo enjoys meeting and sharing with his fans when he is in public, loves to chat with them on Facebook and Myspace, but, please respect his family's personal privacy.
Booboo's mother's cell phone was compromised by an individual or individuals that contacted her via text and impersonated Booboo. This was worrisome to his mother and family because of the nature of the text. Steps have been taken to correct this matter. Booboo and his family appreciate your understanding for family privacy.
Booboo wants to assure his fan he will always make an effort to share and communicate what's happening in his life and career and truly appreciates their understanding when it comes to his family's personal privacy.â€
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Or maybe you're a Humming Bird Parent. Either way, if you are, you have the distinct ability to hover over your child (or children), overseeing every small developmental detail. Your particular area of expertise is educational opportunities. Those skills emerge with special vigor during your offspring's later high school years, when the college process looms large.
The media are filled with rants about and defenses of helicopter parents. Here's just a sampling:
Lisa Belkin, in her New York Times Motherlode blog, writes "In Defense of Helicopter Parents":
I have helicoptering tendencies. I like to think that awareness of the problem is part of its prevention, but when it comes to my children I have been known to remind, help, smooth the way, add my two cents and check-up on them more than a less enmeshed mother might consider absolutely necessary.
I try not to be as extreme as some (I can never imagine calling a college professor to discuss grades, or coming along on a job interview, as some parents have been known to do.) And as they get older I am purposely sitting on my hands, biting my tongue and reining myself in, because I understand that independence (theirs) is a muscle that needs exercise.
Even so, I can understand how parents can go from helpful to hovering. For years the message we're given is "the world is scary and complicated; your kids need you to navigate." Then one day (their 18th birthday? The day the leave for college?) we are told: "Time is up. Pencils down."
So I read with interest, and more than a little reassurance, an article in the Boston Globe yesterday defending helicopter parenting.
Reporter Don Aucoin writes:
Beyond such undeniable excesses, a quiet reappraisal of helicopter parents is underway. Some researchers have begun to argue that late adolescence and young adulthood are such minefields today – emotional, social, sexual, logistical, psychological – that there are valid reasons for parents to remain deeply involved in their children's lives even after the kids are, technically speaking, adults.
Moreover, they say, with the economy in a deep swoon, helicopter parents may have a vital role to play as career counselors or even as providers of financial aid to their offspring.
Aucoin goes on to redefine the terms we use to describe "involved" parents, drawing a distinction between over-parenting and helicopter parenting.
"Over-parenting," explains social historian Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, "is not letting our kids take the consequences of their actions, swooping down to rescue them, and the result would be a spoiled brat. But helicopter parenting is entirely different, and I think it is a positive style of child-rearing."
Aucoin also provides data to show that a parent's fingerprints on a child's life does not de facto cripple that child, citing the 2007 research of Jillian Kinzie, the associate director of Indiana University's Center for Postsecondary Research, which looked the effects of so-called helicopter parents on students at 750 colleges. Those students "were more engaged in learning and reported greater satisfaction with their colleges," Aucoin writes. Adds Kinzie: "They tended to have more interactions with the faculty, they tended to be involved in active learning, collaborative learning, more often than their peers." (But, he adds, their grades were slightly lower.)
Kinzie's first response to the data, she says, was: "This can't be right. We have to go back and look at this again."
Not everyone agrees with that sunny conclusion, though. Susan Newman, the author of "Nobody's Baby Now: Reinventing Your Adult Relationship With Your Mother and Father," told Aucoin that helicopter parents "do their children an extreme disservice."
"When parents are making decisions for their children all the time and protecting them, when they get out on their own they don't know a thing about disappointment," Newman says.
"I've seen a lot of these children who are parented in the helicopter manner who can't make a decision. They are calling home constantly: 'I don't get along with my roommate, what should I do? My roommate ate my food, what should I do'?"
Are you a helicopter parent? Are you wary of becoming one? And does any of this new thinking make you feel any better?
Fair warning, eh? Judy Fortin, on the other hand, issues a valid counterpoint:
Competition is tougher than ever this year to get into the freshman class at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The admissions office received close to 10,000 applications for just 2,400 slots.
Every day, Director of Admissions Ingrid Hayes and her staff field calls from anxious parents wanting to know how their child stacks up.
"I know they want to give the extra nudge and we appreciate that," Hayes said, "but we really do want the students to take center stage in the process."
These over-involved moms and dads have come to be known as "helicopter parents." Hayes said they are a bigger part of the college admissions process than ever.
Clinical psychologist Mark Crawford explained the term comes from the concept of hovering. "They're always around their kids' life, kind of on the fringe, always making sure things go the way they need to go and not really allowing the kids to figure out solutions to problems on their own."
Crawford described well-meaning parents he's counseled who want the best for their child, but never want that child to fail.
"I see a lot of parents who hold their kid's hand across the high school graduation stage and think when they send them off to college all will be well," Crawford said. "They are not doing them a favor. They are actually doing them a disservice."
Crawford said children of "helicopter parents" may have trouble later when they're asked to take responsibility in the adult world. "They tend to blame others for bad outcomes that result from neglecting responsibilities or making poor choices," Crawford said.
Some turn out to be "perpetually anxious adults who take very few risks outside of their comfort zones," he said.
Georgia Tech Dean of Students John Stein often has to deal with the immediate effects on campus. "It's a rare day that I don't have at least one telephone call from a family member who is concerned about something going on with their son or daughter."
Times have changed from his days as an undergraduate, he observed. "My mom never called the college I attended. It's a very different world now. We've had to adapt."
Stein believes part of the problem is that college students are tethered to their parents via cell phones, e-mail and instant messaging. "They have made for a 24/7 kind of connection," Stein said.
In fact, a report from the National Survey of Student Engagement reported 86 percent of first-year college students were in frequent contact with their mother via phone or computer. And 71 percent of freshmen communicated frequently with their fathers.
The same report concluded students with higher levels of parental involvement had significantly lower grades.
"I see students struggle with this every day," Stein said. "You know, this is a life experience. It's the first time many students have to navigate daily life on their own."
Okay, mea culprit, as I always say. I've been guilty of hovering too. Since I have a son and a daughter who went through the college process loop some time ago, I guess you could have referred to me as a Chinook parent.
That is, I not only hovered but I also did perhaps more than my share of heavy lifting. But, hey, where do you draw the line between letting your kids make their own decisions at an untested and inexperienced young age and exerting your parental prerogative to help them make the right choices, based on their expressed and implied preferences? Huh? Face it. It's darn tough!
Anyway, weigh the pros and cons. You may even want to sample some other parental true confessions on the College Confidential discussion forum. If so, start here and then take a long hard look in the mirror.
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So Resident Evil 5 is out next week, well it's out right now if one uses other means. I'm not really all that psyched even though I've been a die-hard fan since Resident Evil 1 on PlayStation 1; but I still have the game on pre-order.
I guarantee I'll have a good time playing through this game several times just because its a top-notch quality product in an Action oriented game sense.
Resident Evil departed post-Resident Evil 2 imho. I really felt it completely changed past Leon Kennedy's romp through the R.C.P.D. The GameCube remake of the first RE was an incredible one, but no other games really brought back that certain feel that both RE1 and 2 originally had.
I'm like most fans of the series and I'll go with saying that Resident Evil 4 shouldn't have been called Resident Evil, because its a sheer transition into an action game with no redeeming qualities of the original story/atmosphere except for needless character cameos. However, it was a kick-ass game if you played it for what it is and not damn it for what it's not, and I'm sure RE5 will be the same, only this time it will be on next-gen standards.


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Double Fine's latest Kickstarter campaign, Massive Chalice has been fully funded. The developer was seeking $725,000 for the new fantasy-themed strategy game. after less than a week of going live the Kickstarter has managed to raise $743,919 from 20,264 backers with 23 more days to go. Obviously you can expect to see some stretch goals popping up very soon so that they can continue to raise funds for the development of the game.
While the trajectory of Massive Chalice is looking good, we're not sure if it can reach the heights that Broken Age did when its Kickstarter ended. That game raised $3,336,371 by the time it closed.
In case you didn't know, Massive Chalice is a tactical fantasy strategy game for PC (Windows, Linux, and Mac) from the creators of Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, and Iron Brigade. The project is being headed up by Brad Muir, who created the excellent Iron Brigade. The game will be built using Double Fine's Buddha Engine, which is the same technology used to create The Cave, Stacking, Costume Quest, Iron Brigade and Brütal Legend.
Massive Chalice is a single player turn-based strategy game that uses a multi-generational strategy campaign allowing players to foster and grow heroes and their heirs to fight a lengthy campaign for centuries against an immortal demonic force. Players control small squads of these units much like they would in Final Fantasy Tactics or X-Com. The game also features a strategy building layer where players manage their kingdom, arrange royal marriages, conduct research, and more. Fostering a long line of heroes seems to be a focal point of the gameplay.
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A spokesperson told Mashable that the ad "shows Rogen and Rudd on a quest to become the Next Big Thing."
This, of course, alludes to Samsung's insanely popular, Apple-bashing spot titled "The Next Big Thing Is Already Here," which was 2012's most popular tech ad.
While you might expect Judd Apatow to direct his regulars in the commercial, "Iron Man" director Jon Farveau actually took the lead.
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Did you dream of a white Christmas? Unless you live in a warm weather state, you probably got it - America and the rest of the world saw record snowfall in 2010. Last year was a snowy one all the way around: flights were cancelled and roads, stores and offices closed, affecting anyone trying to go anywhere. So what does all this pretty white snow cost us? Here's a breakdown of the most expensive snowstorms of 2010, and some of the price tags attached to these winter messes. (For another interesting read, check out 5 Businesses That Rise As The Temperature Falls.)
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Northeast Blizzard
If you were traveling over Christmas in 2010, you probably felt the effects of the Northeast blizzard. Record snowfall closed airports, costing airlines an estimated $150 million to pay for crew overtime, ticket refunds, traveler lodging, de-icing, snow removal - just to make you feel better in case you were one of the displaced holiday travelers.
Airlines weren't the ones footing the biggest bill for the Northeast blizzard, however; retailers took the biggest financial blow at the tune of an estimated $1 billion in lost revenue. Although the snow didn't wreak its havoc until the Christmas holiday weekend, retailers missed out on crucial post-holiday sale traffic - in the Northeast, after-Christmas customer traffic was down a whopping 42.9% compared to last year.
Snowmaggeddon 2010
This snowstorm happened earlier in the year, in February of 2010, making it easy to forget Mother Nature dropped more snow on the east coast than ever recorded. Lost productivity in Washington D.C. due to closed offices is estimated to have cost a hefty $450 million. Add to this the expensive of snow removal - Virginia used up its entire budget on the $105 million price tag of moving the massive snowfall it had to deal with. The real cost of Snowmageddon may be much bigger in our struggling economy though: economist estimate 90,000 to 150,000 jobs were lost due to the standstill associated with the weather.
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America wasn't the only country hit by record snowfall; our Canadian friends saw their share of blizzards as well. Mid-December 2010, Ontario was caught in a snowstorm that shut down highways and stranded 300 motorists. A side-effect to the closed roads: the supply of auto parts to Ontario's auto plants was disrupted, costing automakers in lost productivity. Although Ford and GM, automakers with plants in Ontario, are vague about cost, GM plant workers were sent home early during the Ontario snowstorm due to parts shortage - which is bound to be an expensive side effect of December's Ontario blizzard.
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When you plan your European vacation, you don't expect to sleep on an airport floor, waiting for the snow to melt - but that's exactly what awaited travelers at London's Heathrow airport. The overcrowded airport already had a bad reputation when it comes to dealing with contingencies (remember 2009's ash cloud travel mess?), which was made even worse in December of 2010. A mere 3.5 inches of snowfall left flights halted at Heathrow, with workers run out of de-icer, turning the terminal into a rowdy trap for angry travelers.
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The Bottom Line
Time will tell what kind of weather we'll face in 2011. If 2010 taught us anything, it's to be ready for the unexpected. Stock up, have a shovel ready and expect for that pretty white snow to come with a not-so-pretty price tag. Oh, and if you're traveling to Europe in winter, you may want to think twice about stopping at Heathrow airport. (For related reading, also check out 4 Ways To Weather An Economic Storm.)
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My life is devoted to knowing God and being a disciple of Jesus; and my life is invested in learning and understanding the Scriptures. I do not think that my knowledge and experience of God is generally inferior to that of many of my brothers in Christ just because I am a woman. It bothers me, however, that many Christians have an understanding of "gender roles" which sends the message that, simply because I am a woman, my views on God and the Bible are not worthy of hearing. Or worse, that my views are suspect because of my gender.
The church has largely taught that women are to be silent in meetings; and the thought of a woman expositing Scripture from the pulpit or to a room full of men is objectionable and offensive to some.[1] Why is that?
The idea that women should be silent and not speak in church is based primarily on two passages of Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:33b-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-15. Yet we know from several other verses that some women were influential and were not silent in New Testament churches. These other verses have been overlooked and even ignored in the past, while 1 Corinthians 14:33b-35 and 1 Timothy 2:12 have been highlighted and given prominence.[2] Some Christians even seem fixated on 1 Timothy 2:12; and this single verse has become the sticking point on the issue of women in ministry.[3]
After centuries of silencing women, some Christians are now trying to determine the true scriptural parameters concerning women speaking in church, or whether, in fact, God does not want any limitations on speaking ministries based solely on gender.
In some churches women are now permitted the privilege of some speaking ministries; but in other churches, even evangelical churches, women are not even allowed to read from the Bible aloud or pray aloud.[4] This exclusion of women from these ministries is unjust and it sends a hurtful message to women about their worth and status. The message is that there is something about being a woman that makes them unfit to speak about God or read his Word to a mixed audience.
As a Christian woman, God is just as much my God as he is the God of my brothers. The Bible is just as much God's Word to me as it is God's Word to my brothers. God hears my prayers just as much as he hears the prayers of many of my brothers. Why then is the ministry of women seen in a different, lesser light, and appreciated differently to the ministry of men?
Some will say that I may only share my theological knowledge and experience with women and children, but not men. This is a common, widely-held assumption among Christians, but this view is not based on Scripture. The Bible never actually states that a woman may teach Christian theology, etc, to women or children. (Note that Paul's instructions to Titus about older women teaching the younger had nothing to do with teaching theology or Christian spirituality. It seems that the young women in Crete were bad wives and lousy mothers and needed to be taught the basics of domestic life. More on Titus 2:3-5 here.)
I am not saying that a woman cannot teach women and children, however it is much easier to show from the Bible that godly women can teach, advise, and lead men – even powerful men such as kings, an army general and a preacher with an apostolic ministry – than it is to show that women can teach other women and children.
Women's voices are not silenced in the Bible. We can read the theological thoughts and insights of Deborah (Judges 5:1ff), Hannah (1 Sam 2:1ff), Mary (Luke 1:46ff) and several other women in the Bible; but in some churches women cannot comment on even these passages.
I believe that the culture of male primacy and privilege in ministry – a culture that has been pervasive for centuries – is wrong. It is wrong for the church to be effectively "owned and operated" by men only. It is wrong that the Bible, God's Word to humanity, is effectively interpreted and taught by men only. Having only men as leaders, teachers and speakers in the church goes beyond any valid understanding of what the Scripture says about women speaking in the New Covenant community of the Body of Christ.
[1] Many evangelicals believe that only an ordained, priest-like man can "preach a sermon" (i.e. speak) from the "hallowed" pulpit. This sacramental view – and the traditions and jargon that goes with it – hinders many people from seeing the possibility that women can speak, teach and preach in congregational settings. (There were no "pulpits" in New Testament house churches.) More on this here.
[2] Let me add that 1 Timothy 2:12 does not represent a Scriptural consensus on what the Bible says about women speaking and teaching in the church. Moreover, this verse is open to a wide variety of interpretations and applications. And 1 Corinthians 14:33b-35 is believed by most scholars today to be censuring a particular form of speech. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 may be about silencing nuisance, ignorant questions from women who wanted to learn something. (More on 1 Cor. 14:34-35 and its applications here.)
[3] Some Christians who hold to complementarian views believe that women may speak but that they cannot be the ones who determine the church's position on doctrinal issues. Moreover, they think only men should judge prophecy and preaching (which is evaluated in respect to their church's doctrines.) These complementarians base this belief on a faulty interpretation of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and a misunderstanding of how the word "authentein" is used in 1 Timothy 2:12. (I discuss authentein here.)
Other complementarians, however, see things differently. I was talking to a very kind young man on Thursday, who also happens to be a complementarian and a Sydney Anglican. My new friend said that he always asks his wife for her opinion on the content of the preaching of every sermon that he gives, and of every sermon that he and his wife hears. He values his wife's opinion and respects her ability to discern between good and bad theology. I'm unsure where he draws the line on what a woman can or cannot do in the church.
[4] Tim Challies has said that "The Bible is the very Word of the living God, breathed out by God and given to us to train us in all that is necessary for life and godliness . . . Because of the importance of the Word of God, [reading the Bible aloud] . . . is a ministry reserved for men." (Source) I agree with Tim about the inspiration and importance of the Bible, but he seems to think that only men, and not women, are important enough to read the Bible aloud in church. Similarly, John Piper does not allow women to read the Bible or pray aloud from the pulpit of his church. (Source) The stance of Tim Challies, John Piper, and many others, limits (and discourages) Christian women in ways that cannot be supported by Scripture. Women did pray aloud in church meetings in New Testament times (1 Cor 11:5 cf 1 Cor 14:26 NIV). Women could recite Scripture, including the Psalms, in church meetings (Eph 5:18-19). Moreover, women functioned as house church leaders in New Testament times. (More on this here.)
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SHEPHERDSVILLE - The lights are dimmed while scented candles burn. Hundreds of photos and movie posters line the walls.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - The Bullitt Central High School Drama Department, in association with the Youth Services Center (YSC) and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), presented "Remember Grace."
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Having an officer in uniform in the local schools means much more than simply having a security guard.
Results from the District 50 Governer's Cup, featuring Old Mill and Crossroads Elementary in Bullitt County along with Taylorsville and Spencer County Elementary:
Mathematics Assessment — 1. Aaron Gates, Crossroads; 2. Tyler Moehrke, Spencer County; 3. Nicholas Sea, Spencer County, and Addison Pruitt, Old Mill; 5. Abby Watts, Spencer CountyScience Assessment — 1. Jared Koch, Old Mill; 2. Thomas Gordon, Crossroads; 3. Aaron Gates, Crossroads; 4. Sawyer Kelty, Old Mill; 5. Pierce Williams, Old Mill
SHEPHERDSVILLE — As a former bus driver, Roger Hayes knows some of the frustrations felt by members of the Bullitt County Public School's transportation system.
As a former principal, he also understands the concerns of finding affordable transportation for trips.
One concern the new school board member recently voiced was the use — or lack of it — of regular bus drivers for field trips.
Education is more than test scores.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Some high school students don't like it when a teacher gets too technical with them.
FORT KNOX - Four Louisville area high schools — Male High School, Eastern High School, Martha Layne Collins High School and North Bullitt High School — will be among the 64 schools from Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee whose Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) teams will gather in Hardin County on March 9-10 for the 7th Brigade Army JROTC Drill, Marksmanship and Academic Championships.
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In its day, this armchair offered a unique degree of luxury due to the eight steel strips bent elliptically and connected under the seat by a funnel-shaped centerpiece. This central section supports a vertical bolt around which the seat can rotate, and at the same time is springy in all directions. Warren planned to use springy steel strips in a similar way for seating for railway cars. Only later did he apply his patented idea to chairs for residential use. The "Centripetal Spring Armchair," several variations of which were presented at the 1851 World's fair in London, is also one of the first U.S. chairs to feature a cast-iron frame. Designed during a period full of inventive energy and a still unlimited faith in technical feasibility, this armchair is one of the first in a line of versatile pieces of furniture intended to satisfy the needs of its users like a machine. MSC
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If you've ever watched a hospital show on TV, you've probably seen cardiopulmonary resuscitation (say: kar-dee-o-pul-muh-nair-ee rih-suh-sih-tay-shun). That's when a doctor or another rescuer breathes into someone's mouth and presses on the person's chest.
It's called CPR for short and it saves lives. Let's find out how it works.
Cardio means "of the heart" and pulmonary means "of the lungs." Resuscitation is a medical word that means "to revive" — or bring back to life. Sometimes CPR can help a person who has stopped breathing, and whose heart may have stopped beating, to stay alive.
People who handle emergencies — such as police officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, and nurses — are all trained to do CPR. Many other teens and adults — like lifeguards, teachers, childcare workers, and maybe even your mom or dad — know how to do CPR, too.
Here's what happens: A person giving CPR — called a rescuer — will give some breaths to someone who is not breathing on his or her own. This is called artificial respiration (say: ar-tuh-fih-shul res-puh-ray-shun), mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing, or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
To do this, a rescuer puts his or her mouth over the other person's open mouth and blows, forcing air into the lungs. (Ideally the rescuer will use a special mask so that their mouths don't actually have to touch.) Rescue breathing helps to move oxygen, which everyone needs to live, down into the lungs of the person who isn't breathing.
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In between chest compressions, the person's ribcage relaxes long enough to let blood flow back toward the heart. In this way, the rescuer can keep the person alive by continuing to supply blood and oxygen to the brain and the rest of the body, until emergency help — like the paramedics — arrives to take the person to a hospital.
Instead of doing mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing, professional rescuers — such as paramedics — will provide artificial breathing for someone by using a mask with a special hand pump connected to an oxygen tank. Doctors in the emergency department will put a tube into the person's windpipe to pump oxygen directly through the tube and into the lungs.
The steps in CPR should be used whenever someone is not breathing and when the heart is not beating. After two rescue breaths are given, 30 chest compressions should be started right away.
Someone can stop breathing and/or have cardiac arrest from:
If an emergency happens or someone becomes very sick while you're around, do your best to stay calm. First, try to get the person to respond by gently shaking his or her shoulder and asking, "Are you OK?" If there is no response and you are certified in CPR, you can begin CPR. If you're alone, shout for help or call 911 yourself.
Certain people need to know how to perform CPR to do their jobs. Medical professionals — from nurses and doctors to paramedics and emergency medicine technicians — must know CPR. Lifeguards, childcare workers, school coaches, and trainers usually have to learn CPR. Many parents know how to perform CPR on their kids in case of emergency. Other adults who have family members with medical conditions such as heart disease sometimes know CPR, too.
Many people — maybe you — might want to learn how to do CPR just in case they need to use it someday. You can never tell when a medical emergency will happen and it feels good to know that you could help. The American Red Cross, American Heart Association (AHA), and the National Safety Council all offer CPR courses. You also might find CPR classes at your local hospital, places of worship, the YMCA, or your school. You're usually ready to take a CPR course and get certified if you are in middle school or above.
Talk with your mom or dad if you'd like to learn how to do it. Knowing CPR can be a real lifesaver!
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Date reviewed: October 2009
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