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A record of the comments I make on Candy Brauer's KeepingtheHome.com Blog - just in case! "There are not over a 100 people in the U.S. that hate the Catholic Church, there are millions however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church which is, of course, quite a different thing." Fulton Sheen
Friday, June 27, 2008
Candy on Infant Baptism
Candy's reply:
There is no place in the Bible, at all, that says we are to baptize babies.
Under the New Testament, baptism is to occur only after a person has accept Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
A baby is under the age of accountability, and therefore can't choose Christ, meaning that their baptism is just a bath, and nothing more.
I dedicated my firstborn to the Lord, but I never baptized any of my children, as it's meaningless, and not biblical.
All babies who die go to heaven, regardless if they've been baptized or not.
Anyone under the age of accountability, or without the mental capacities to understand the Gospel is saved by default, because they can't have their sins imputed to them, because they don't know it's sin, and the Bible says that if one sins, and didn't know it was sin, then it is not imputed as sin to them.
Now, I can hardly blame Candy for not providing Scripture citations for NOT baptizing babies, because she says it isn't there. I would be curious to hear what her interpretation is of the verses which I provided in my previous article.
However, she provides a whole comprehensive theological view without any reference to Scripture. Yes, she's busy and maybe she didn't have time. I understand that, and as she is pretty independent theologically, I can't just look up an article online explaining her view. That, at least, is one point in favor of Catholicism. If we're busy here, you can find an answer pretty easy.
But returning to my point, I can guarantee you that "age of accountability" isn't found in the Bible anymore than "purgatory." I'm also pretty sure that it doesn't discuss mental capacity. Catholicism is criticized for not relying strictly on Scripture, and for using tradition, but in practice, even people who consider themselves strict "Bible Believers" will use tradition in interpreting the Bible, as Candy does here.
Joy has a good list of common non-Catholic traditions here.
I am also curious as to how this: the Bible says that if one sins, and didn't know it was sin, then it is not imputed as sin to them.
lines up with this:
Many people will fall into religions that worship the counterfeit Mary and Jesus. They will fall into these cults because of their ignorance of the Word of God, or because they are reading the new Bible versions that have been translated from extremely errant manuscripts translated by ignorant or ungodly people.
Candy also wrote at one point that "sincerity will not save you."
If Catholics are unaware that they are worshiping Baal and Semaris, or Dagon the Fish God, if they think they are really Christians, then they don't know they are sinning, so does that mean that their salvation isn't really in danger?
I think this is typical of the sort of double-standard that Candy has for Catholics. When in doubt, they're probably going to hell.
For example, Julie wrote about her husband:
Hi Candy! I have a situation that I am a bit confused on. I am not 100% sure on my DH's salvation but he does attend church with us
Candy replied: Julie, he said he's saved, so that's that. The rest is between he and God. Different Christians are in different walks in their life.
Yet, when Angie, a professed Catholic, claimed to trust in Jesus for her salvation, Candy's response was very different:
Angie, it's nice that you believe in Jesus Christ - whatever that means. I believe in Abraham Lincoln, but that's not getting me into heaven. Also, I already told you that I'm not condemning you, GOD has ALREADY done that, and I gave you scripture which proved it.
I'll keep an eye on the comments to see if any additional information is added, but for now, I'm filing this away as an instance where Candy is relying on tradition to form her interpretation of Scripture.
22 comments:
- Barb said...
This comment is for Tracy, who posted at the other site.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your testimony! I have no doubt that you are saved at all. It was a blessing to read.
Now, this is my first time to comment here, but I've been reading. I'm not Catholic, but will say that I know Kelly from the LAF Message Board (I'm blr1968).
Kelly has a wonderful testimony over there and I always enjoy her well-thought out answers and replies to those who are not Believers on the board.
I will say that I do no agree with everything that you post, but I have found much of it interesting and it has answered some questions as to why you believe it.
I do pray that I didn't offend with this post.
- June 27, 2008 at 2:24 PM
- Angie said...
Awesome job, Kelly!
- June 27, 2008 at 2:55 PM
- Kelly said...
barb, thank you so much for stopping by!
I'm glad to hear that you've found our posts informative. Our aim isn't to convert everyone to Catholicism, but to clear up misconceptions.
I know that we will never all agree theologically, but I do enjoy the conversations. Of course, you already knew that, because I'm always the first one in a theological discussion over at LAF!
- June 27, 2008 at 2:55 PM
- Elena said...
Wow. Now I think this one should go to the Catholic Carnival too!
- June 27, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- Elena said...
What is LAF? Ladies against Feminism?
- June 27, 2008 at 2:58 PM
- Clare said...
A little OT right now, but I just wanted to share a welcome response from Ginger to my comment correcting some misinformation.
She published my comment and graciously acknowledged the correction.
You can read it here:
Kudos to her!
- June 27, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- Tracy said...
First off, excellent post Kelly!!
Second, thank you very much Barb, I really appreciate your kind comments:)
Many Blessings!!
- June 27, 2008 at 3:10 PM
- Buildeth Her House said...
I believe that there truly are some Catholics that are born again & still devoted to following some the traditions of the Catholic Church even though they don't have to. I also believe there are different "denominations" of Catholics so what one may practice is not the same as another.
As far as Candy's response to Angie I would guess what she meant by that was that you can "believe" in Jesus Christ, His death on the cross for sinners but not TRULY be trusting in Him. So the question is who /what are you trusting in for salvation & is that "all" you are trusting in for salvation. This goes for any person....Catholic or not...... because we all have sinned and fallen short of God's standards.
Something I've seen among many Christian women is it seems they are trusting in outward things to change them/save them/ make them more Christian.....such as dressing a certain way, homeschooling or eating a certain way etc. (it seems like some kind of fad or following to me)It seems much like some unneeded religious traditions.
I have devout Catholic friends that follow everything they are taught but are just doing it because they are following the traditions not seeking a personal relationship with Christ. I know this to be true because when I refer to being born again or speak of scripture about salvation they have no idea what I'm talking about.
I see no need for infant baptism....because the Bible doesn't speak of it....it only speaks of baptism for those who have believed.
How did this tradition of infant baptism start in the Catholic church ? Do adults in the church ever get baptized? ....what is the history behind it? I have read some things but I don't know it to be the truth. It was from a book a read based on folklore,pagan practices,superstitions etc.....it spoke of no religious groups by name.
- June 27, 2008 at 3:36 PM
- Elena said...
I know this to be true because when I refer to being born again or speak of scripture about salvation they have no idea what I'm talking about.
To be honest Buildeth, sometimes Protestants talk and I have no idea what they're talking about either. The terms are foreign to my ears, just as I'm sure that Catholic terminology is foreign to yours. The paradigms are different as well.
I would not however try to judge whether or not your friends are working on a relationship with Jesus Christ simply because they are following traditions that you do not understand. Much of Catholic symbolism is deeply meaningful and helpful in reminding us and bring us closer to Christ.
- June 27, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Barb said...
Yes, LAF is Ladies Against Feminism.
- June 27, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- Kelly said...
buildethherhouse, I wrote about infant baptism just about 5 posts back, so scroll down and you should find it easily. It is the John 4 post.
I would point out that baptism isn't a derivation from the norm that was started by the Catholic Church. Infant baptism WAS the norm, until the Anabaptists came around in the 16th century.
People who are Catholic by birth are usually baptized as infants. People are baptized as adults if they were not previously baptized as infants, or if there is some reason to feel the previous baptism was invalid. For example, if you were baptized LDS (Mormon) that is not accepted, nor if the formula "Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier" was used, as has been trendy in recent years.
In general, the Catholic Church will assume that a baptism is valid and not re-baptize. My husband is a convert who was baptized as a teenager at church camp, and he was not re-baptized.
One thing I find a little humorous in all this, is that if Candy became Catholic, she would not need to be baptized again, as she does in her current church.
It is interesting that often the churches who feel that baptism is merely symbolic and doesn't do or mean anything, are the ones who baptize again, while the churches who hold to a sacramental view don't baptize again. If it doesn't mean anything, why does Candy need to be baptized again? I do really feel for her on this. I imagine it must be very frustrating to have to remain an permanent guest at your church, and not be able to take part in the Lord's Supper.
- June 27, 2008 at 5:19 PM
- Buildeth Her House said...
I will be strolling down to read what you wrote.
I'm not judging my friends "working on a relationship with Jesus" because they follow Catholic traditions, that I don't understand. I was just pointing out that they are following traditions but have no understanding of what it means to be born again.
A Catholic friend & I were talking on the phone one day about our beliefs. She got out her Catholic Bible I got out my non-Catholic Bible. She looked at her table of contents, I looked at mine. We both had the Old Testament & the New testament. So all the books I had in mine she also had in hers.
So I don't believe this could be just Ptotestant terminology that she doesn't understand...... It's a term used in her Bible ,as well as mine (John Chapter 3 verse 3, actualy reading further on in chapter 3 would put it all into context ) but she had never heard it......."Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kigdom of God" KJV. I'm not KJV only....I have two other translations that use the same term "born again". The NASB says it this way .... Jesus answered" Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God"
I don't see how you can have a relationship with Jesus if you have never heard these basic truths.
- June 27, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Some people say that very young children go to heaven based on David's son with Bathsheba who died and David (who we assume was saved) says he will see him again. I don't think you can make any conclusions about what age this goes up to or an "age of accountability" from that though.
- June 27, 2008 at 11:48 PM
- Elena said...
Buildeth - it is a vocabulary and a paradigm thing.
This article might help you understand what I mean.
- June 28, 2008 at 4:45 AM
- Elena said...
As mentioned in the Catholic Answers link, the United States Catholic Council of Bishops translation of the New American Bible translates it this way:
Jesus answered and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born 3 from above."
RSV Catholic version says:
"Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Douay Rheims has
3 Jesus answered, and said to him: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
but in the notes says:
5 "Unless a man be born again"... By these words our Saviour hath declared the necessity of baptism; and by the word water it is evident that the application of it is necessary with the words. Matt. 28. 19.
- June 28, 2008 at 5:06 AM
- angie said...
Cute story- last night a friend dropped off a baby doll highchair for my girls (5 and 3). This morning when I came downstairs they were happily playing with their dollies and new highchair. I asked if they liked their new highchair, and my 5 y/o says, "Oh,yes, but what I really want now is a 'baptize set.'" :)
Buildeth her House- If you've been raised in your faith and been a faithful Christian (or Catholic for that matter), what is the process of being born again? I've gone through experiences where I my spiritual life has been stronger than in my past, but as a Catholic who has pretty much stayed the course on my journey, I don't really understand what your interpretation of that scripture verse means. I have always understood it as Elena explained it (baby is born, baby is baptized to remove original sin, thus baby is born again).
Have a great Saturday everyone!
- June 28, 2008 at 7:22 AM
- Barbara C. said...
buildeth her house,
"Being born again" and "saved" aren't terms that are really in the every-day Catholic vocabulary but appear to kind of be Protestant catch phrases. I think those terms imply a major "one time" emotional experience. However, with the Sacraments starting at birth, I never felt like I had to have a big experience of accepting Jesus into my life because it is just kind of a given that Jesus is Christ and is part of my life. I can't remember a time when I didn't know that. The Sacraments and maturity just re-enforced my belief and faith in Jesus and the entire Trinity. And even though I slipped away from the Church in college I never lost my faith in Christ and I see my reversion to Catholicism more as a re-affirmation rather than the point of re-birth in Christ. Even though I know I was "born again" through baptism I still make a lot of mistakes that start to distance me from God again. The Church helps me to rebuild my relationship with God.
This is why if someone asks me if I've been "saved" I tend to say, "No, not in the way you're implying." I believe that salvation is an on-going process not a one-time event like a religious epiphany.
There is also a difference in approach. Many Protestant denominations start teaching kids to memorize Bible verses from an early age. Most Catholics that I have known tend to learn all of the events in the Bible and discuss their meaning without memorizing the exact wording or what chapter and verse they are found in. Catholics may and should study the Bible more in-depth to deepen their understanding of Christ, but Catholics do not bare the burden of having to interpret everything for themselves.
This may be why your Catholic friends' faith may seem lacking to you. It's a difference of approach and emphasis. And sometimes it's just different terminology for the same belief. It's kind of like how any soda down South is called a "coke", but up North it's a "soda" or a "pop". You're talking about the same things just using different words.
I don't know if this helps.
- June 28, 2008 at 11:49 AM
- KitKat said...
Ok, I am probably going to sound pretty silly here, but I am going to ask anyway. I have never ever been able to wrap my mind around the terms "born again" or "saved". I come from a Protestant Lutheran background, but I converted to Catholicism. This was not a term that I have ever familiar with except for the famous bible verse that some Protestants quote when they ask if you are saved. In my youth I was taught that I didn't need to be "re-saved" or "re-born" again because I already was when Jesus died on the cross. Since I already accepted that and had been a practicing Christian basically from birth, I was already saved by his sacrifice. Honestly, (and please forgive my bluntness here) that whole "saved" or born again process that I hear some Protestants denominations talk about seems a bit self-serving and overdone to me. But maybe I am just not understanding it because of a terminology issue or such. In my eyes, I am already saved and always have been by Jesus dying on the cross. I just need to accept that salvation, which I have.
Anyway, I guess the point of my rambling comment here is: Elena or Kelly, would you mind someday tackling the subject of how a Catholic can politely address the whole "Are you saved?" quesiton. I really just don't understand the concept that they are speaking of. It always has seemed to me that you have to have some type of experience or spiritual awakening. I have had many things happen to me that affirm my faith and changed my life. But really, I hope that those experiences don't stop, and I choose my faith everyday. So I just don't get it. What am I missing in their defintion and how can I explain that I am already saved without having to go through whatever it is they I get the feeling they think I need to go through. Do these question make sense? Thanks!!
- June 30, 2008 at 7:00 AM
- KitKat said...
Great Explanation Barbara C! I may steal your answer to the "saved" question. The problem that I have always run into is that some Protestants don't consider infant baptism valid, so they think that I still need to be saved and experience adult baptism. It just frustrates the buggers out of me, so I can't answer them intelligently.
Anyway, great post and I am learning alot on how to deal with some issues and answer some questions that have always been tough for me to explain. It's weird - I *understand* why I am saved, but I just can't *explain* it without becoming frustrated.
Thanks again!!!
- June 30, 2008 at 7:16 AM
- Kelly said...
kitkat, if try the article that Elena recommends about halfway down the comments on this thread. It is an article on Catholic Answers called Are Catholics Born Again? I think it really helps with how to answer this question.
- June 30, 2008 at 10:53 AM
- KitKat said...
Thanks Kelly!! I haven't had the time to check out Elena's links today but I will be sure to do so tonight.
- June 30, 2008 at 3:30 PM
- KitKat said...
Ok, I was curious so I went and read it. It is an excellent article! I am not sure how I missed this article on Catholic.com because I go there quite frequently, but I am glad that Elena pointed it out. Thanks Elena & Kelly!
- June 30, 2008 at 3:35 PM


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Relationship counselling funding for troubled families is also being doubled to £70 million over the next five years, and a coalition proposal to issue vouchers for parenting classes is being relaunched.
The PM is expected to say that he personally could have done with more advice on raising children. "Is it right that all of us get so little guidance?" he will ask. "What about later on, when it comes to good play, communication, behaviour and discipline? We all need more help with this - the most important job we'll ever have."
The mental health reforms have been recommended NHS England's independent task force on the issue, chaired by the chief executive of charity Mind, Paul Farmer.
Mr Cameron is to tell an audience in London that one in four people will develop a problem such as depression or anxiety this year alone, and suicide is now the leading cause of death for men under 50.
"Mental illness isn't contagious. There's nothing to be frightened of," he will say. "As a country, we need to be far more mature about this. Less hushed tones, less whispering; more frank and open discussion.
"We need to take away that shame, that embarrassment, let people know that they're not in this alone, that when the clouds descend, they don't have to suffer silently.
"I want us to be able to say to anyone who is struggling, 'talk to someone, ask your doctor for help and we will always be there to support you'."
The measures being announced are:
:: £290 million to be spent by 2020 helping 30,000 more new and expectant mums with poor mental health through perinatal classes, community teams and extra beds in mother and baby units. One in five new mothers develop a problem around the time of the birth of their child.
:: A £247 million injection over the next five years to embed mental health services in every hospital emergency department. Half of England's acute hospitals should have these services available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by 2020.
:: Services will be expanded to ensure faster treatment for teenagers with eating disorders such as anorexia, and from 2017/18 a new waiting time measure will track the proportion of patients being seen within a month of referral, or within a week for urgent cases.
:: A new waiting time target from April so that at least half of those experiencing psychosis for the first time must be treated within two weeks, rising to at least 60% by 2020.
:: A £400 investment in crisis resolution and home treatment teams to operate 24 hours a day as an alternative to hospitals.
Mr Farmer said: "This is a significant moment for mental health and we are pleased to see the Prime Minister giving it the attention it deserves. Mental health is hugely important in any discussion about improving life chances and mental health problems can affect anyone, from mums-to-be preparing for their first child to older people at risk of isolation.
"The Prime Minister rightly recognises some key priorities that have been identified by the mental health taskforce, which will soon be publishing its full report. Children and young people, pregnant women and new mums, and those in crisis urgently need better services and support."


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A former philosophy professor who takes a job teaching AP biology, uses his students to get back at the people in his life who have wronged him.
Genres: Comedy
Actors: Glenn Howerton, Lyric Lewis, Mary Sohn, Jacob McCarthy, Patton Oswalt, Aparna Brielle, Nick Peine, Jean Villepique, Allisyn Ashley Arm, Eddie Leavy, Jacob Houston, Spence Moore II, Tucker Albrizzi, Charlie McCrackin, Sari Arambulo, Tom Bennett
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Ester Drang will release a 7″ on Belgian vinyl label Zeal Records in the coming months. Zeal has released 7″ from Early Day Miners, Rothko, Hopewell, and Sybarite. Future 7″ include Explosions in the Sky, Sonna, and Unwed Sailor.
Denison Witmer continues to tour in support of of joy & sorrow. Thanks to all of the fans who have been coming to the shows. Denison recently played two shows in Oklahoma with Ester Drang and is making his way across the south and then back up the east coast.
Damien Jurado's "four songs" one-sided LP has shipped from the factory and is expected to arrive this week. Damien will have the LPs on tour with him in November and will be performing at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia on 15 November.
Jetenderpaul's "Too Serious To Afford" 7″ is in Norway. I will be picking keppra online them up and bringing them to the US the second week in November. Mail orders will be filled until Friday 2 November and then not again until 19 November. Jetenderpaul 7″ will be sent on the 19th.
Unwed Sailor's "Firecracker" is being pressed on vinyl and will be distributed in Switzerland, Belgium, UK, and Scandanavia. Look for it in late November/early December in Europe. The band will be on tour in late October and early November, including a stop in Philadelphia on 6 November.
Friday, I saw my good friend Jeff Cloud perform as Pony Express in Lititz, PA. My parents experienced the excitement of meeting the legendary Cloud. He is on tour with Dennison Marrs who are on his Velvet Blue Music label.


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The Help has stirred up many emotions since it opened on Wednesday. But that hasn't prevented the film from becoming a hit. It grossed over $35 million since it opened and already made back its budget of $25 million. While I'm sure that Participant and Dreamworks would rather not have the controversy, they are sure happy with these opening numbers.
It's got great critical response with 73% fresh at rotten tomatoes and is getting A+ Cinemascore ratings (which is a poll of people who are exiting the theatre.) Other numbers include: 60% of the audience was over 35, and 74% of the audience was female.
African American women in particular are reacting very negatively to the film. The problem for many people stems from the fact that Kathryn Stockett got things wrong in her historical depiction of these women and by getting things wrong in a book and now film that has such wide exposure it continues to distorts the reality of what truly went on.
One of the biggest criticisms has been from the Association of Black Women Historians. They released a statement last week.
Despite efforts to market the book and the film as a progressive story of triumph over racial injustice, The Help distorts, ignores, and trivializes the experiences of black domestic workers. We are specifically concerned about the representations of black life and the lack of attention given to sexual harassment and civil rights activism.
We respect the stellar performances of the African American actresses in this film. Indeed, this statement is in no way a criticism of their talent. It is, however, an attempt to provide context for this popular rendition of black life in the Jim Crow South. In the end, The Help is not a story about the millions of hardworking and dignified black women who labored in white homes to support their families and communities. Rather, it is the coming-of-age story of a white protagonist, who uses myths about the lives of black women to make sense of her own. The Association of Black Women Historians finds it unacceptable for either this book or this film to strip black women's lives of historical accuracy for the sake of entertainment.
Read their full statement here.
One of the conversations I had last week was focused on what reaction I would have to a fictional Holocaust film that got the history wrong. What the woman was saying to me, was that a Jew, my reaction to a Holocaust film carries a different weight than a non Jewish person. And her reaction to The Help as an African American woman carries a different weight than my reaction as a white woman. While we might have had different reactions to the film, we had a great conversation about race and women and movies and for that I am grateful.
Here are some more differing opinions:
'The Help' – two views of a controversial film (The Charlotte News Observer)
Why Hollywood keeps whitewashing the past (Salon)
Melissa Harris Perry Breaks Down The Help: 'Ahistorical And Deeply Troubling' (Mediaite)
Is 'The Help' a condescending movie for white liberals? Actually, the real condescension is calling it that (EW)
Weekend Report: 'Apes' Cling to Top Spot, 'Help' Cleans Up (Box Office Mojo)
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A boat carrying civilians desperately fleeing heavy violence in South Sudan sank while crossing the Nile River, killing some 200 people, a military official said Tuesday, as fighting between rebels and government forces moved closer to the capital.
Warfare in the world's newest state has displaced more than 400,000 people since mid-December, with the front lines constantly shifting as loyalist troops and renegade forces gain and lose territory in battles often waged along ethnic lines.
A boat fleeing violence on the Nile carrying mostly women and children sank on Saturday, killing at least 200 people, according to Lt. Col Aguer, the South Sudanese military spokesman.
He also said there was fighting about 70 kilometres north of the South Sudanese capital of Juba.
Heavy fighting erupted in Malakal, the capital of oil-producing Upper Nile state, which renegade forces briefly held before government troops retook it. The fighting began early Tuesday morning in the vicinity of the United Nations base in Malakal, with combatants using heavy machine-guns and tanks, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said at UN headquarters in New York.
Stray bullets are reported to have landed inside the UN base, wounding people who sought shelter there, according to Nesirky. As a result of Tuesday's violence, he said, the number of people seeking refuge at the UN base in Malakal has nearly doubled to 20,000.
South Sudan has a history of ethnic rivalry, and its many tribes have long battled each other in recurring cycles of violence. The fighting often pits the Dinka ethnic group of President Salva Kiir against the Nuer group of Riek Machar, the former vice-president who now commands renegade forces.
Nearly 10,000 people have been killed in the latest fighting, according to one estimate by an International Crisis Group analyst.
Some of the fiercest battles have been fought in Jonglei, South Sudan's largest state, where for months government troops had been trying to put down a local rebellion.


text: Analog semiconductor chip-maker Intersil Corp. of Milpitas, Calif., and Zhejiang University announced this week they have partnered to open a new power management research laboratory at the university in Hangzhou, China. Intersil said it stocked the lab with the latest test equipment and a variety of its chips. Research activities at the lab, which will be managed by the university's Zhang Junming, will cover all aspects of power electronics such as power management, high frequency conversion techniques, induction heating, motor drive and electrical traction and renewable energy. Intersil also presented the university with six scholarships to support graduate-level research in power management electronics. "Getting practice at solving real customer design puzzles will ultimately help these students become more successful when they leave the university, and Intersil will benefit from the exchange of reference designs and technical information with these talented students," said Huang Jiong, China Applications Center manager for Intersil.


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St. Louis post-hardcore/emo revival act Foxing has signed a deal with New York-based Triple Crown Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. The label has been home to a wide array of acts over the years, ranging from the ultra-tough hardcore of Death Threat to bands like the Dear Hunter, and even Brand New's debut LP, Your Favorite Weapon.
See also: Foxing Releases New Video, Lands on Huffington Post's "Best Albums" List
"We are proud, happy, honored, humbled and overwhelmed to announce that we have joined Triple Crown Records," the band announced on its Facebook page. "What an extraordinary thing to be able to say, really -- to find a home amongst such a diverse and fantastic family of bands, including many of our friends, is such a privilege."
Triple Crown will be reissuing Foxing's celebrated debut, The Albatross, in the near future, and it will continue to work with the band on future releases.
Foxing also made a new teaser video for The Albatross, to preview the reissue. Watch that below. Foxing's next live performance is May 8 at the Firebird with Seahaven and Adventures.
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This year IGDA Finland put together the ARTtech seminar @ Assembly2012! The theme is "Tinkering" of games and electronics and you'll have a chance to hear on playful prototyping by Tuomo Tammenpää (Fri 3rd August, 11AM), why Theory Interactive build an entire engine instead of a indie game (Fri 3rd Aug 7PM) and how MiniVegas team uses game engines and C++ frameworks with traditional CG animation (Sat, 4th August 1PM). You'll also learn about 3D printing, building a arcade cabinet, Unity4, Adobe tools and so on.
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Some Advice on Football Pools
Before you jump right to the links for our free football pool templates, there are some things to consider when holding a football pool in an office or jobsite environment. As long as senior management is aware of the football pool and the money in the pool is completely paid out—meaning no one gains from "running" the pool—consider yourself safe as far as office pool legalities go.
Those attempting to make a profit from office football pools should keep in mind that this is really gambling, and if gambling isn't allowed in your state, you should implement the suggestion above.
So, it's time to put down that Wii controller, stop playing Madden All-Play, and start creating your football pool!
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Printable Football Templates – Buy a Square
Our first football pool template is the one that is most widely used as it allows up to 100 people to play. As you can see in the screenshot to the right (click to enlarge), there are essentially 100 squares and each person can buy a square for, say, $5 bucks. The score after each quarter determines the winner. If this were a $5 dollar-per-square pool, the first through third quarter score winners would receive $100 each and the fourth quarter or final score winner would receive $200.
For example, in our screenshot example (which is for Super Bowl 2011) at the end of quarter 1, you can see that "Jean" has square #17. If the Pittsburgh Steelers' score is 4 or ends in a 4 (say 24) and the opposing team has zero points or a score that ends in a zero (say 10), then "Jean" would win $100 for the first quarter, and so on.
You can download this free printable football template pool here. Another option is to allow people to purchase more than one square instead of finding 100 people. You can also lower the amount of the cost of each square—even $0.50!
Football Pool Templates – Pick the Winners
This next favorite football pool template is where each player pays a set amount and picks the winners for each team, each week (see screenshot to the left). The person (or persons) who picks the most correctly wins or split the winnings. You can download this type of pick-the-winner football pool template here.
Another variation of this (which is included on the template) you can use or not use is the requirement that each player must choose the total score of the Monday Night Football game—meaning the combined scores of both teams. In the case of a tie, the person who is closest to the total combined score of the Monday Night Football game wins the entire pot.
No matter which football pool template you think will work for you, the square/name offering or the pick-the-winner pool, both are easy to use; and with these free printable football templates, you can get your pool up and running before you know it! Why not start with this year's Super Bowl?
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text: "You've got me? Who's got you?" 'Member when a scene in a Superman movie could be charming and make you smile? I honestly don't know what inspired the motivation behind this other than a few weeks ago I just randomly remembered the scene from the 1978 "Superman" movie where Superman first saves Lois and how much I loved the little bit of humor in it. Not sure how much 'demand' there is for retro Superman art LOL but I had to draw it out more for my own sake than anyone else's. Happy Monday!


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Rick Dobbertin was your typical hot rod show car builder until he was punched by a kangaroo in Australia. After that, he became a raving lunatic…the kind I can't help but to admire and hope to emulate.
Rick Dobbertin got this hairbrained idea to circumanvigate the globe. While this wasn't all that hairbrained in the late 20th century (unlike, say, the late 15th century), it was his method that was a bit whacked out. Rather than drive across continents and take ships across oceans, he would do it all with one vehicle.
The Surface Obiter began with the carcass of a Heil stainless steel trailer designed for carrying milk from dairy to processor. Working his connections, Mr. Dobbertin was able to get a 6.5L turbodiesel V8 from GM and had it built up for marine duty. A Hydramatic transmission was installed to transfer the big diesel's power to two of the three axles. A 22-inch propeller provided the motive force on the water.
It took Dobbertin 4.5 years and over 14,000 man-hours of labor to get the vehicle ready. A route was chosen that would take the Dobbertins from their home in New York to Miami where they would launch then head down through the Panama Canal and out to the Pacific Ocean.
They never made it that far. It floated, but it was prone to failures, including internal fuel leaks, and the air conditioner didn't work well. Hot, frustrated, arguing and being chased by the DEA and Colombian guerrillas, the Dobbertins turned north after passing through the Panama Canal and drove back home.
Shortly after their return, Karen Dobbertin filed for divorce. Neither one was unable to buy out the other's ownership in the Surface Orbiter, so it was put up for sale in 1999 with a $200,000 asking price.
The most impressive feat of all this? Not the labor to build such a crazy vehicle. Not the fact that it actually proved to be a decent land and sea mode of transportation. Nope. It was the fact that he convinced his wife that this was a good idea.
[Ed. Special thanks to TiberiusWise for bringing this magnificent beast up during a Facebook discussion this morning. What sparked said discussion? On my way to work this morning, I decided I want to drive around the world. Maybe not in a custom-built milk tanker, but in my Jeep. Now, I just need to convince Mrs. engineerd™ that this is a Good Idea™.]
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The problem with leaving a blog unattended for such long periods of time is that so much journey takes place in that time, that the regular reader is left with pieces missing from the story.
I know it would be impossible for me to relate everything that has happened in my life since last I typed input into these pages, and I feel a pang of regret about it, but there it is. I've lived, I have learned, I have grown… I have gained insights into myself and what makes me tock…yes, I definitely tock whereas others tick, and I am happy with that. I know I am a missfit and I embrace that.
I no longer have the urban farm, I no longer grow things in the garden and the chickens I kept have gone as well. I now have a pet guinea pig named Podric. I am studying for a diploma in counselling and my life feels full and I am contented.
I no longer define myself as a part of a couple. I am single, but far from alone and rarely lonely.
I have found connectedness in a network of friends and family and fellow students who all help in their own ways to tether me, albeit loosely to the world of sanity. I have found the medication that helps me to keep my thoughts in order and slow enough that I can follow a thought to its conclusion. That was such a novel concept to me when it first occurred and remains one of the best things which has happened to me in recent times. I am still in awe of it, and still terrified that it might suddenly be lost again!
I am content. I sometimes feel serene. I have discovered that Mania need not be my default state and I am getting used to that…slowly.
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"The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail." Isaiah 58:11
I've decided I like this new method to blogging. It may not be as exciting to have a post every single day, but it feels good to wait until I REALLY have something to post about- something that God's been speaking to me about. It gives me time to mull it over, dwell on it and try to extract what I can. And then I come to the blog and get my thoughts down- it allows me to maintain the blog without being stressful, and that's very nice.
Anyway, I've been challenged as of late to try to find more time to quiet myself, and anyone who knows me and my busy life knows that is a HUGE challenge for me. I truly have no time to myself, and trying to carve out quiet time is next to impossible. Yesterday, though, I really felt like I needed to find that time. So I did the only thing I could think of- I headed for the garden. I spent well over an hour tending to and working in the garden, and the whole time, God kept dropping little nuggets that spoke to me as I worked.
One of the things that I did yesterday was tear out perfectly good plants. I'd planted an over-abundance of cucumbers and green beans in my garden this year, in anticipation of a great harvest. I didn't get that great harvest. Our weather was not conducive to these vegetables apparently, because the plants themselves were growing fine, they simply were not bearing fruit. I've had many thoughts over the weeks about removing them and planting something else, but I just kept a hopeful attitude that they would suddenly take off. Well, yesterday I decided to pull them out. It was hard work to pull out these established plants, and as I pulled them out of the ground and off the trellis, I was reminded that being pruned by God is definitely hard work. When you're trying to get something right in your life, it always seems like those are the times the devil works his most mischief and makes it truly difficult to get things right.
I also thought about how the plants I was pulling out WERE good plants, and yet they were being removed to make way for something new. Wow, is that a great parallel for the seasons of life. Lately I've been thinking about the friends I have on my Facebook account, and how many of them are friends from another time. Friends who were good, and necessary for that season of life, but now we possibly have little in common. Just like my plants, which needed to be removed to make way for new, these friends of old needed to be removed to make way for the new friends. It doesn't make them bad friends at all, it just means that they fulfilled their purpose in my life, and they needed to be removed to make room for the new.
This isn't limited to people and friends. Maybe for other people there is a season of a job, an activity, or a hobby that needs to come to a close. It can be a perfectly wonderful thing, but it may be time to put that thing behind you. I think about how many years ago Andy used to play volleyball one night a week. He did that for many years and enjoyed doing so, but shortly after he became a Daddy, that weekly activity was put aside to make more room for family time, and for the job that also came along. The volleyball certainly wasn't a bad activity at all, but it was just time to set it aside for something new.
So I was thinking about this as I pulled out these plants yesterday, because I sure was hoping that there wasn't anything that God was about to ask me to put aside. I don't have much to put aside at this stage in life, to be honest. But it did make me think about different activities and ministries that I've gone through over the years, and it kind of affirmed to me that it was right to leave those things behind. Sometimes setting something aside can be painful! We make connections with friends and the people we do our activities with, and it can hurt to leave those behind and step into something new.
That's when the best part comes though. Because yesterday, I worked hard at pulling out those plants, and then I was left with a blank slate to start all over with. A new season is upon us, as we're creeping up to the threshold of autumn, and it was time to plant the fall garden. The first step after removing the old, was to fertilize and rejuvenate the soil left behind. We need to do that too! Before we plunge headfirst into something new, it's important to take the time to rejuvenate and fertilize- even if it's just a day or two. We fertilize by digging into God's Word and taking in those words of refreshment and rejuvenation. When I was working in my garden yesterday, I worked fresh compost into my soil- the best balanced fertilizer there is. Even better, it's completely free because we make compost ourselves. In the exact same way, when we fill our hearts with God's Word, we know we're putting the best into us- and like my compost, it's absolutely free to all.
Once my garden was properly fertilized, then I took the time to plan what I wanted to plant. While I could just haphazardly throw seeds, that's not a very effective method of gardening. Instead, I marked out my soil and planned where each seed would rest. This was a great reminder to me that God's not just going to throw us into something new without proper planning and preparation. He's not going to take someone who has been working in the nursery for twenty years and suddenly thrust them into leading a worship service. Our God is a great God who will help us take the necessary steps to plan and prepare for the new season ahead. Sometimes, though, we find it difficult to through that stage of planning and preparation- we're so eager to get going with the new!
But then finally, the moment arrives, and we can begin to tackle the new season ahead- the new activity, ministry, job, whatever it is. Yesterday I finally came to the point where I was able to plant my new seeds. The hard work I'd gone through in the hours before was coming to fruition as I tucked the new seeds into the soil.
But of course, my work isn't done yet. Just because we've arrived a the new doesn't mean that I can just walk away and forget what's been done. I need to keep an eye on those planted seeds. I need to water (hello, Holy Spirit) my seeds occasionally, and keep an eye out for pests and critters who would like to steal my hard work and rob me of my joy. We need to also water our new season by staying connected with the Holy Spirit- by staying in our Word and maintaining that relationship with God, our Father.
For our Father is a master gardener. He knows exactly when it's time for something to be pruned- and He does it with such love. Sometimes it can be painful, but He always uses gentle hands and helps to carry us while we go through the painful parts. He also knows exactly the perfect time to plant something new and cultivate its growth. He is the vine, and we are the branches- I would not choose to abide anywhere else.
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5


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"... one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places plains, and the crooked places will be made straight... and before the Lord will be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." With this crudely transcribed misappropriation of Scripture (cf. Isaiah 40:4-5). Martin Luther King initiated the conclusion of his "I Have a Dream" Black Liberation treatise.
"Misappropriation" is not an over statement, King plagiarized liberally and habitually from a variety of eloquent and high-minded sources in so much that Ralph E. Luker, King Papers Project researcher and civil rights historian, comments:
"Moreover, the farther King went in his academic career, the more deeply ingrained the patterns of borrowing language without clear attribution became. Thus, the plagiarism in his dissertation seemed to be, by then, the product of his long-established practice" (Ralph E. Luker "On Martin Luther King's Plagiarism" 2004-12-21).
It is one thing to misappropriate the words of men, but quite another to misappropriate the words of God to support a social [socialist] gospel i.e., the precepts of men.
King in typical Black Liberation eisegetical fashion "spiritualizes" i.e., reads into the Isaiah passage any idea he chooses rather than allowing the literal contextual messianic meaning to pervade:
"Every Valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; And all flesh shall see the salvation of God" ( Luke 3:5-6).
King learned too late that there are consequences for misappropriating Scripture even to end that blacks are liberated from real or supposed economic, political, or social, subjugation. Black America is learning still:
"Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity" (Matthew 7:22-23).
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A man has been arrested in connection with last week's fatal stabbing on the Metro Red Line in East Hollywood, officials said Sunday.
Angelo Correia, 24, was arrested Friday after investigators served a search warrant at his home in North Hollywood, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He is being held on $1 million bail.
Homicide investigators received an anonymous tip that led them to the suspect and his residence, the department said.
The victim, identified as 34-year-old Jose Velazco-Alvarado, was stabbed Monday about 9:18 a.m. and taken to a hospital in grave condition when the train stopped at the Vermont/Santa Monica station, said Metro spokesman Marc Littman.
A security camera captured a brief conversation between Velazco-Alvarado and the assailant just moments before the stabbing.
"There was a verbal exchange," said Det. Keith Schumaker of the Sheriff's Department's Transit Bureau.
"The victim was reportedly sitting in a seat on the train as it approached the train station. The suspect approached the victim and stabbed him one time before exiting," the department said in a statement.
A woman told The Times a few hours after the incident that she witnessed the attack and that it was "quite traumatic."
The woman, who asked not to be identified out of fear of retaliation, said she was standing by the door when she saw the suspect singing loudly in the car.
He "walks down the aisle to the middle section and was standing there singing really loud rap music," the woman said. "I particularly noticed because I was watching, thinking, 'That's aggressive and loud.'"
She said she then saw the man stab the victim in the neck.
On Tuesday, Metro officials released a statement saying they were "very saddened" to learn that Velazco-Alvarado had succumbed to his injuries.
"This is a very tragic incident that occurred and Metro remains committed to working closely with the LASD to ensure that the individual involved in this incident is caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law," the statement said.
Officials said Monday's homicide was only the second on the subway since the line's service began in 1993.
[For the record: The sheriff's department initially reported that Correia was 25. He's 24.]
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Last of 3 burglary spree suspects pleads guilty
The last of three Cheektowaga men suspected in a wave of suburban break-ins last year has pleaded guilty in court.
Kevin J. Zimmerman, 23, of Ellen Drive, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree burglary and six counts of third-degree burglary on Friday before Erie County Court Judge Thomas P. Franczyk, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said.
His brother, Jeffrey M. Zimmerman, 29, also of Ellen Drive in Cheektowaga, pleaded guilty to eight counts of burglary on Tuesday.
The brothers' accomplice, Alfred R. Tatman, 26, of Big Tree Road in Orchard Park, also pleaded guilty to eight counts before State Supreme Court Justice Penny Wolfgang on April 29.
Tatman is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday; Jeffrey Zimmerman will be sentenced July 8; and Kevin Zimmerman on July 22.
All three were prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Paul Bonanno and face up to 50 years in prison, the District Attorney's Office said.
The three were arrested by Amherst police in January in connection with a dozen burglaries in Amherst and two dozen more in Akron, Alden, Cheektowaga, Clarence, Newstead and West Seneca from September through December.
Kevin Zimmerman on Friday admitted that he broke into three homes in Amherst and Cheektowaga in December, the DA's office said.
He also admitted that, along with his brother and Tatman, he burglarized six business in Amherst, Clarence, Alden, Akron, West Seneca and Elma between September and December.
The three stole from the homes and burglaries to support their heroin habit, the DA's office said.
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Come Join Me at National Mom's Nite Out!
My good friend Maria Bailey, Host of Mom Talk Radio and author of "The Ultimate Mom Book" (HCI, 2009), as well as top Mom Websites, Newbaby.com, BlueSuitMom.com, and MomSelect.com founded Mom's Nite Out last year. I was lucky enough to be a part of the first and hopefully many ultimate celebrations of Motherhood. Being a mother is such a selfless job and often mom's forget to take a much deserved and needed time for themselves. Even when offered a chance for a break or breather, we're often at a lost for what to do. Being a mom becomes the thing that defines us. My husband has often tried to shove me out the door for a break and I usually turn right back around because I can't bare to be apart from my kids. I've learned sometimes you just need to take the time and roll with it. For all those mom's who don't know when to take a break… Come Join me at National Mom's Nite Out on May 6th!
I will be hosting Mom's Nite Out, along with other Mommy Bloggers, at Simon's Roosevelt Field Mall in Long Island, NY from 6-9pm in the North Court. Come visit "Mom Central" where Mom's can enjoy foundation shade matching by Bare Escentuals, hairstyling tips, mini facials and valuable skin care information from Aveda (heavenly!), perfume sampling provided by Ed Hardy, insight from a J. Crew personal shopper, delicious food sampling courtesy of Legal Seafoods (dreaming of their delicious lobster bisque…)and Grand Lux Café, exercise and salon demonstrations and smoothie sampling from XSport Fitness, gift ideas for mom from Vera Bradley and much more.
Attendees will have a chance to win great prizes and giveaways and select Roosevelt Field retailers will provide special discounts and in-store events that evening. I'll be there, stop by my table and say Hi!
If you're not in my neck of the woods, visit www.momsniteout.com for a celebration near you. For more information about the participating Simon malls, visit www.simon.com. I hope to see you there!


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Fan Flower sterling silver charms and necklaces are up on Etsy ($US) tonight!
This is the second half of our Tandem #3 collaboration with silversmith extraordinaire Ceeb Wassermann. That is, my Fan Flower (from within the Fan Flower pattern on fabric for Umbrella Prints) has been immaculately hand cut into silver by Ceeb and is ready to wear. There is so much love and work in each of these pendants you can nearly here them sing!
So exciting for us. If you would like one and you live in Australia they will be available to order on the Umbrella Prints website shortly or you may write me an email (they are $160 AUD each with a quality fine silver chain). x!


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Red Cross plans Adult CPR class in Paramount
2010-02-16 · By Editor
The Greater Long Beach Chapter of the Red Cross has scheduled an Adult CPR Saturday on March 13, from 8:00 a.m. to noon at Progress Park Plaza, 15500 Downey Avenue in Paramount.
This CPR training course teaches participants how to respond to victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Participants gain the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, recognize and provide basic care for cardiac emergencies in emergency situations until advanced medical personnel arrive.
Persons 12 years and older can receive certification upon successful completion of class (includes written test). The American Red Cross CPR certification is valid for one year. Certificates will be issued upon successful completion of your course.
The chapter will offer the Adult CPR training at a reduced price of $10. The registration deadline is Tuesday, March 9 and must be done at the Paramount Sheriff's Station. Once registered, no refunds or transfers to another class will be allowed.
For more information call (562) 220-2170.
The Red Cross CPR Saturday for Long Beach typically takes place each year in May at Long Beach City College.


text: In celebration of the warm weather, the Pre-Preppers have been making art inspired by nature. We started with clay ladybugs, moved on to butterfly masks, and then topped it all off with painted ponds. The ponds are still in progress and will soon include lily pads and frogs. We put the lily pads in today, so we're one step closer to completion. My little friends are pretty excited about the frogs, so I'm sure Friday's class will be a lively one!


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This has been the season Nani finally emerged from Cristiano Ronaldo's towering shadow, thanks in no small part to his form in front of goal.
The Manchester United winger has got into double figures on the scoring cards this campaign – his most productive since arriving at Old Trafford in 2007.
More after the break
His impressive ability to cut infield and unleash a devastating howitzer makes him a major threat from anywhere in the opposition half.
Nani's explosive firepower isn't the result of a new training regime but years of practice, from the streets of Queluz to the plush Carrington. The result: an arsenal of shots with either foot that move like a paper dart in a hurricane.
"I used to play futsal in the street with my friends when I was young. I would spend all afternoon practicing shooting on my right and left," he says.
"It's not about the power you put on the ball: it's about your control, your touch and your technique. After training I like to shoot with my left and right. Practice is very important."
And here, just for FFT Performance, the Man United flier reveals his secrets to his distinctive shooting techniques.
The Sidewinder
Body position: "Getting this shot right is all about balance. You have to put all your body over the ball: your head, knee and chin. Your knee and chin need to be in line. If your body is not in the right position the ball goes over. The position of your standing foot is important – it gives you the balance. It has to be planted next to the ball, but not too close."
Where to hit the ball: "Strike the ball in the middle: this makes the ball move side to side, which is very difficult for the goalkeeper. I prefer this type of shot. Strike through the ball, but you don't need to take off with both feet. Power is generated through technique."
The end result: "The shot will move side to side on its path to goal, potentially changing direction at the last second, even after heading straight at the keeper."
The Big Dipper
Body position: "Again you want to get your body over the ball, but you want to keep your head up. Don't lean back, because that will make the ball fly in a different direction. Square your hips to the target: this will help you keep the shot straight."
Where to hit the ball: "Connect with the ball slightly off and below the valve. Strike through it, but on the follow-through your foot comes up and over. Keep your body straight – this will help generate power."
The end result: "Bringing it together in an explosive but controlled fashion will propel the ball upwards before zipping down sharply."
*The Banani
Body position: "To keep the ball down you want to be getting over the ball once more. On this shot you need to plant your foot slightly before the ball, not directly next to it. If you're shooting with your right foot, bring back your right arm, to help generate power, and get your left arm out to give you extra balance."
Where to hit the ball: "Catch the ball slightly off and below the valve, but this time your foot is almost clipping it and coming up on the way out. Once you've made connection it's all about the movement of your leg. You're stretching it out and pointing your toes."
The end result: "The ball comes up and down with real whip and bend."
* Well, that's what FourFourTwo decided to call it!
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Nov. 28-- Dr. Seuss' colorful characters and rhyming whimsy have made the late writer's books a staple in libraries both personal and public.
But Seuss was not without his shortcomings, says Philip Nel, an English professor at Kansas State University. According to Nel, Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" is rife with racial caricature and "the influence of blackface minstrelsy lingers."
"People don't see the blackface ancestry of the Cat for the same reason that they don't see the blackface ancestry of Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, or the Scarecrow. These images are so embedded in the culture that their racialized origins have become invisible," Nel writes in his book "Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books." "'The Cat in the Hat' illuminates how images from the past continue to haunt the present, and discarded racial ideas linger on."
It is through the prism of Dr. Seuss' career that Nel explores the overt and covert forms of racism in literature for the nation's youngest readers. In pointing out the structural racism embedded in institutions like the publishing industry by using sociological data and literary criticism, Nel hopes to right a persistent wrong. He calls on all those involved in the publishing world (reader, author, publisher, scholar and citizen) to fight the biases and prejudices that inhabit children's literature-by raising questions while reading "classics," for instance, or starting a conversation on race, even if it's uncomfortable. In asking that nostalgia not get in the way of critical engagement, Nel's book also proposes changes to the ways we produce, read and teach literature to young people.
"Well-intentioned people can still act in ways that reinforce racism, unaware that they are doing so," Nel writes. "It's not that individuals within the children's book industry consciously intend to act in ways that sustain institutional racism. It's rather that the system tends to prevent its participants from attaining a full awareness of their role in perpetuating its values. All who work in the field of children's literature need to reflect and strive to do better."
Over the course of 200-plus pages, Nel looks at the different manifestations of structural racism in children's books, from the absence of nonwhite characters to the marketing practice of "whitewashing" book covers. At the end, Nel offers over a dozen suggestions on how to chart a path toward combating racism in the field of children's books.
"I realize that it can be uncomfortable, even painful, to come to terms with the ways in which racism structures our lives and imaginations. But it has to be done," Nel writes. "The failure to discuss a work honestly helps sustain the structures of racism in children's literature and culture. If people who create children's culture fail to engage in self-examination, they risk continuing to transmit the misery of racism to a new generation."
Nel chose Seuss because he is such a canonical children's writer. Seuss, in some of his books, is critical of the abuse of power and critical of discrimination. "If someone like that is nonetheless recycling racial caricature in his work, what does that say about the rest of us? What does it say about all the other children's writers? That's why he's a useful example-because he's so prominent, but also because his work is engaged imperfectly in some of the problems that it also reproduces," Nel says. "Someone like Seuss can do some really great anti-racist work, but also racist work at the same time. And it's not that he is consciously signing on to white supremacy; it's that his imagination developed in a white supremacist culture, and so it's influenced by that, and that shows up in his work in ways that I don't think he intends."
Nel is still optimistic about the future of children's literature: he calls it "optimism as action." "That's what we need, and it's hard to sustain, but OK, so it's hard to sustain-step up," Nel says.
The landscape is changing when it comes to the country's demographics: People of color are becoming the majority. Nel says that if the publishing world wants to have a future, it needs to address racism in its products.
"If there's a generation growing up that doesn't see themselves represented in books for children, they don't grow up to be readers, and if they don't grow up to be readers, where is your market going to go? If publishers wish to remain successful, there's a financial imperative in doing this because their audience is changing. And if they don't recognize that, they're going to have big problems down the road," Nel says.
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Is Cancer Insurance a Good Buy?
03/01/2012 6:00 am EST
Focus: INSURANCE
MoneyShow personal finance expert Terry Savage knows the games and tricks of the insurance industry, but this is one coverage she swears by. Here's her reasoning.
What are the odds—and should you insure against them?
Buying insurance is a choice that is based on mathematics and emotion. For instance, we buy homeowners' insurance, despite relatively long odds against a fire. But the odds of dying are 100%—and yet one-third of adult Americans carry no life insurance at all!
What about cancer insurance? These policies are meant to be used in addition to or as a supplement to your regular medical insurance, helping insulate you from the devastating, uncovered costs of this dreaded disease and its treatment.
Seeing a lot of cancer around you? It's not your imagination. According to the latest findings from the American Cancer Society, cancer will occur in 1 of every 3 Americans, and 3 of every 4 families. One in every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
The math experts will tell you cancer insurance is relatively expensive. But it can cost less than $1 a day—far less than playing the lottery, which is a much longer shot than getting cancer!
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A cancer insurance policy can give you money for the uncovered expenses of dealing with cancer.
The policy can pay out in the form of a lump sum paid to you or your family at the time you are diagnosed, or a daily additional benefit if you are receiving treatment. It can be paid as additional cash reimbursement for every surgery or anesthesia, or for getting a second surgical opinion.
There are so many variations on cancer insurance that it's difficult to compare the policies. They are offered by major diversified insurers like Aflac, Mutual of Omaha, and Allstate—and companies such as Family Heritage, which specializes in this kind of insurance.
So that's where you start looking—with companies that are rated at least B+ by at least one major rating company. And here's what you want to compare:
- Specific coverage: Make a list of what each policy covers and the amount of benefit it offers for each item. Create your own comparison list, including: Preventive screening, daily benefit for hospital or intensive care, drug and medical benefits in-hospital, chemo or radiation benefits per treatment, surgery benefit, anesthetic, hospice care, transportation to out-of-state treatment, blood and plasma benefit per occurrence, ambulance service, post—surgical physician benefit, X-ray and lab benefits, bone marrow transplant, prosthetic devices—and even coverage for experimental treatments.
- Check carefully for lifetime benefit limits, as well as daily and monthly benefit limits.
- Individual coverage: If your company offers this benefit, make sure it is portable if you leave your job.
- Guaranteed renewable: The policy should be guaranteed renewable every year for life, with no age limit, and should have a level premium.
- Refund of premium: Offered by some companies every 20 years, or at age 75, minus any claims paid.
- Claim-paying reputation: Make sure the insurance company is known for prompt payment of claims, and has a US-based claims office (as opposed to an overseas telephone center).
No physical exam or blood work is required, although there is a 30-day waiting period for the policy to go into effect. And if you have had a previous cancer occurrence, there is likely to be a several-year waiting period.
Bryan Fisher, a top agent with Family Heritage, says: " Having cancer insurance gives peace of mind that money can easily buy." Full Disclosure: His pitch was so convincing, I bought a policy for myself.
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Lost on Iddings make a return visit to the WYSO studios with a reformed lineup and renewed energy. The seven-piece band recently completed an album called the Buckeye Sessions, recorded with Buckeye Music Magazine and is now looking forward to more live performances including a gig opening for New Riders of the Purple Sage.
Lost on Iddings performs live at the Oregon Express on Friday, November 8th with Hazy and the Rugged Child.


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Our "DO YOU KNOW?" wall is all ready for this weeks lesson. We are still progressing through Genesis. We will be learning all about NOAH and the ARK. Due to some travel plans, the KIDDOS will be getting an extra week on this lesson. I LOVE teaching about NOAH and the ARK. So many LIFE LESSONS can be learned through the LIFE on NOAH. FAITH, LOVE, DETERMINATION, PATIENCE, TRUST, GRACE, OBEDIENCE, ETC.
This is our Time Line Card for our "GOD'S AWESOME PLAN FOR MAN," TIMELINE.
I am using "OLD" VISUALS for this lesson. I have had these LARGE VISUALS for years!!! The KIDDOS seem to really like them...maybe it is because they are about 3 feet tall....so, they are pretty close to the KIDDOS height. :-)
The KIDDOS will be learning two NEW songs....The first one is "ARK OF GOPHER WOOD" by Ronda Duvall. The second one is called "GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES" by Ronda Duvall. Both of these songs are in the Bible Songs For Children Song Book by Ronda Duvall.
The KIDDOS Memory Verse comes from our LESSON TEXT. We will sing this to the tune: "Roll The Gospel Chariot Along."
The KIDDOS will be making an ARK as their TAKE HOME project. It is made out of CARDSTOCK and will be easily assembled....after which the KIDDOS will add ANIMAL STICKERS to their ARK. They will glue a DOVE to the top and add a PAIR of ANIMAL (ERASERS) to the INSIDE of the ARK.
I designed the ARK...I will have the KIDDOS color the ARK and then my helper and I will help them assemble the ARK. (BTW, the entire time the KIDDOS are working on their TAKE HOME project, we REVIEW the LESSON. I ask questions we sing the songs, we let the KIDDOS ask questions. NEVER STOP TEACHING!!)
The ANIMAL stickers came from DOLLAR TREE. The DOVES are "wedding decorations." I have had them for a long time.
The ANIMAL stickers came from DOLLAR TREE. The DOVES are "wedding decorations." I have had them for a long time.
I wanted the KIDDOS to have some animals to put "IN" their ARK....I found these ANIMAL ERASERS at the DOLLAR TREE and decided they would work fine!!!
I use a Fisher Price Little People Ark....I purchased this a LOOOONG time ago. I bought it at a GARAGE SALE for $3!!! I LOVE IT!! If you are looking for one, I often, see them at THRIFT STORES.
This is how we will PLAY the game. The KIDDOS will chose an ANIMAL to put on the ARK....To put them on the ARK they have to answer the question under the animal they chose and then find it's mate and answer the question under it. If they answer BOTH questions correctly they get to put the PAIR of animals on the ARK!!
Next Week is REVIEW WEEK. So, the KIDDOS will be making THESE to add to their EXPLORER JOURNALS. They are simple sequence cards....they are attached with velcro.
I printed the sequence card in full color, so the KIDDOS will not have to color them...but, will be allowed to color the NUMBER BOARD if they would like. I used CLIP ART to make the sequence cards.
We have been enjoying learning about Creation, Adam and Eve and their sons....I know they will enjoy learning about NOAH and the ARK.