text: Loftness Introduces Windrow Draper 30 February 19, 2013 06:15 AM Tweet The new Windrow Draper 30 from Loftness allows farmers to harvest corn stover for use in livestock feed and biofuel. © Nate Birt TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Farmers can use the new Windrow Draper 30 from Loftness to harvest corn stover that can be baled to use in livestock feed, bedding and other applications such as biofuel. Those applications remain relevant as drought conditions persist in parts of the U.S. The equipment comes in working widths of 15', 20' and 30', says Jerry Sechler, vice president of sales for the Hector, MN-based manufacturer. A display showcased the windrower during the 2013 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. Unlike other windrowers that operate with an auger, the Loftness windrower moves cuttings to the right using a belt. That prevents vegetation from becoming trapped inside the machine. The manufacturer has built windrowers for 25 years. The windrowers travel between 4 and 5 mph through the field, cut 4" off the ground and are equipped with a gearbox rated up to 150 hp. The 20' model is priced at $43,663. Other equipment on display from Loftness included the GBL 10 Grain Bag Loader, a flexible alternative to grain bins whose bags can store grain at 15% moisture content or less, Sechler says. Bags come in diameters of 10' (holding between 13,000 bu. and 14,000 bu.) or 12' (holding up to 33,000 bu.). That results in storage costs of between 5 cents and 7 cents per bushel, Sechler says, allowing growers to wait out low Mississippi River levels and other market challenges until it makes sense to sell. The loader is priced at $27,443. The manufacturer's GBU 10 Grain Bag Unloader is priced at $38,613 and can unload 1,000 bu. of grain into a truck in between 5 and 7 minutes. The GBL 10 Truck Auger is priced at $23,423. .................................. See Farm Journal Media's full coverage of the 2013 National Farm Machinery Show. Back to news


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Metrodome Roof Comes Down for the Last Time [VIDEO]
Many remember the video from 2010 of the inflatable Teflon roof of the Metrodome coming down after Minneapolis received 17 inches of snow. The weight from the snow was just too much for the fiberglass fabric to support, causing the dome to sag, tear and cover the Metrodome floor with huge amounts of snow.
But that's a problem that will not have to be dealt with in the future, as the roof of the Metrodome has been deflated - this time on purpose - for the last time on Saturday, January 18, 2014.
The fans that provided the air that supports the roof were shut down and the relief vents were opened as the deflation process began Saturday morning in downtown Minneapolis.
The Dome silently sagged, then fell completely, to leave just a stadium with a concave dish shaped top.
This is the exterior view of the Metrodome deflating for the last time on Saturday, January 18, 2014.
As eerie as it is to see part of the Minneapolis sky-line changing, the view from the inside of the collapsing Metrodome is equally as eerie.
The turf and most of the seats have been removed, as crews continue to demolish the Metrodome.
The new stadium is expected to be ready for the 2016 NFL season and will be located in about the same place as the Metrodome was.
The entire roof of the dome came down undamaged, so the fabric from the roof of the Metrodome will be recycled and used on future construction projects
The Metrodome originally opened 1982, and was home to the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Twins for many years. The Minnesota Timberwolves even played their first NBA season in the Metrodome in 1989.

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Being a 200% Arnie my first night swimming consisted of thrashing up and down the pool like a madman, and nearly collapsing at the end of it as i was exhausted and going into "melt - down".
Getting the Arnie Correction guide helped enormously as it concentrated on my major faults which was mainly drag.
I turned into a techniqe hermit gauging my improvement in 25metre sprints, as i died and dropped off after 25 seconds as i was wasting too much energy fighting the water.
Now the chicken and the egg senario, wanting to improve, get faster do i comit to speed work distance technique or all three.
Swam 25 metres in 25 seconds and time drops after 1st length.
Can now swim 100 metres in 1.56 where previously it was 2.10.
Biggest improvement was over 400m which was previously 10.20 and last week was 08.16.
My mission was to get my swim time down from 10.20 to 8 minutes which i think i can do as previously after each 25m i had to take 5 breaths before doing another 25m, may get this by faster turns and being more consistent as my times plumeted after 25m not staying consistent.
This has taken over two years to complete, my local pool is 18 miles away and with work i swim mostly once a week.
I am 50 years old 6 feet 2" Albertross, 258 lbs have a speed bump for a tummy LOL.
Tried going smooth and long and ended up Gliding to swim more efficently, was swimming at 26 strokes a minute and now doing 26-30 strokes per minute.
So what do you suggest for my next improvement.
Thanks for looking, Dave.
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Gameloft has gotten so good at making mobile clones of popular games it's now cloning games from the future. This morning, Blizzard announced Hearthfire: Heroes of Warcraft, a digital collectible card game based on characters from World of Warcraft. Yesterday, Gameloft released Order & Chaos Duels, a digital collectible card game based on characters based on World of Warcraft characters.
Let me clarify. Order & Chaos Online is Gameloft's mobile MMO, an obvious copy of World of Warcraft, right down to the character art. Order & Chaos Duels is a free-to-play collectible card game for iPhone, iPad and Android, with mechanics quite similar to the physical World of Warcraft card game. It's a rather solid little title, with an expansive campaign and plenty of opportunities for online domination.
And it's from the future.
I don't know how you did this Gameloft, but the Time Variance Authority has been notified.


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15 minute drive from Wigan
Wigan, Lancashire is the closest Paintball site to Wigan
Wigan Paintball Site
Paintballing is great fun and a physically challenging team-orientated group experience. We have considerable experience in running paintball group games for birthday and stag parties, sports clubs, schools and colleges and company team building events. Our fantastic 40 acre playing area has been constructed within perfect paintball Woodland. Our woodland site is organised into many different game playing areas.
Centrally located in the northwest of England, in Coppull, driving to our site is quick and easy. As a guide, conservatively it takes 20/25 minutes from Bolton or Preston and 30/40 minutes from Manchester or Liverpool. Further maps and directions printed on confirmation receipts.
Alternative Venues Near Wigan
Paintball Ormskirk
Ormskirk is the closest Paintball site to Wigan
20 minute drive from Wigan
A 16 acre war zone, set within dense north west forest terrain, full to bursting with purpose-built barricades, forts and abandoned vehicles. Home to all the classic paintball skirmishes like capture the flag. A fast and furious, action packed venue.
100 FREE Paintballs!
Paintball Knowsley
25 minute drive from Wigan
A massive woodland battleground is the stage for your electrifying paintball shoot-outs. 200 splattering soldier can compete here at any one time with wicked environments to blast through. Lead your team to victory, but watch out. Something lurks in the trees. It's the Predator, just like the Hollywood movie.
Paintball Manchester
28 minute drive from Wigan
This fantastic site, easily accessible from Manchester and the north-west, features several gaming areas across our woodland battleground and several unique features including ditches, streams, swamps, forts, pillboxes and much more!
Paintball Preston
29 minute drive from Wigan
A brilliant site with 6 game zones to tackle, like Octopus, Dracula, The Fort and The Hulk Field. Each zone is crammed with barricades and bridges and more. Plenty of room to dive around, make a mess and take no prisoners.
Indoor Paintball Oldham Indoor
32 minute drive from Wigan
This thumping indoor paintball arena caters for frantic action and lots of close quarters combat. Sink your teeth into demanding team missions with a variety of objectives and don't forget to pummel the enemy along the way.
Indoor Paintball Liverpool
38 minute drive from Wigan
Paintball Blackpool
41 minute drive from Wigan
Being located in Blackpool we are in the unique position of being located in the UK's entertainment capital and you can even see the world famous Blackpool Tower from our Lasertag and Paintball Arenas. Paintball is the ideal activity for Stag & Hen Do's, Birthday Parties, your Corporate Event or just a group of mates. All players on site are wrist banded and a paint list is with you at all times so they know exactly what you are spending at any point during the session.
Paintball Frodsham, Cheshire
45 minute drive from Wigan
Located within 200 acres of stunning Cheshire countryside. The ideal location for businesses throughout the North West seeking a venue to host corporate days, team building events and conferences.
We are also an extremely popular venue for hen & stag parties, private groups and individuals looking for a fun day out in the country.
Paintball Congleton
45 minute drive from Wigan
Our terrific site is a mammoth 60 acre warzone divided into 9 thrilling environments. You'll be armed with top of the range gear and supervised by safety experts. The action will be breathless and your troops will be covered in paint.
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Perishingflames.com is a portfolio of my contributions to the hit puzzle-platform game, Marble Blast Gold. Here, players can download custom levels and custom skyboxes I have created. In addition, I compile and host on this website monthly packs of all levels released each month on the Marble Blast Forums. Instructions on installing these items can be found at the bottom of their respective pages, so please read thoroughly before asking for help. All the levels and skyboxes are cross-compatible between Mac and Windows and require the game Marble Blast Gold.
Marble Blast Gold was created by GarageGames, an Oregon-based indie games company. Unfortunately, in a recent acquisition, they lost all rights to sell the game. At the moment, the game can be bought for Mac for $6.99 at Mac Games Store. No windows version is currently for sale.
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Monthly Packs updated through December '11
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The time has come! I have just uploaded the rest of the 2011 monthly level packs.
New stuff:
– Compatibility for MBP 1.20
– Many missing interiors fixed; levels fixed
– Skybox fixes
– Rewritten installation instruction readme files
– And of course… the April pack through December 2011 pack uploaded
June Pack
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It has to be the fastest Level Pack to release yet! Just over 1.5 hours of the clock striking Midnight on July 1st, the June '09 Level Pack has been released.
Monthly Level Packs updated
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The long-due update to the monthly level packs has finally come. Now released are the January, February, March, April, and May packs! You can download them via the Level Packs page, or through their direct downloads below:
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P.S. Coming soon is a 2008 pack (includes all levels released in '08). Also, there very well may be an update to the CLA in the next few weeks
Jewel Jubilee
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Hey guys,
My latest level, named Jewel Jubilee, has been released! It is a multiplayer-esque kind of level, with diamonds spread throughout the map.
You can download it here: Jewel Jubilee.zip.
Please tell me how it is, and enjoy!
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New York's Larry Downey: The Fiddler's Fiddler
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A Brief History of Fiddle Music (Satire)
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Vermont's Roger Treat has been making bows for about five years and they are being played by a number of respected fiddlers. Roger is a fiddler himself, and played on luthier Bob Childs' Childsplay -- The Great Waltz CD in 1999. Working as both bow maker and repairer, Roger is able to take us through the bow making process, share some tricks of the trade, and offer advice for fiddlers on the care and maintenance of bows. This interview took place this past August while Roger was vacationing in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
How did you learn this trade?
I took a number of courses, first at the University of New Hampshire with Lynn Hannings and George Rubino, and later at Oberlin in Ohio, with Rodney Mohr and Jerry Pasewicz, all master bow makers. I'm fortunate to know a fine bow maker from New York State, Bill Salchow, whom I've visited several times and he has been very helpful and generous, sharing his considerable experience and passing on various bow making tips.
Is it true there is a German and a French school or method of bow making?
Yes, there is a German or English tradition of bow making, and a French method. How I learned was pretty much the French way.
And how does that distinguish itself?
In the French method, it's all done with planes and files and you put the camber (curve) in the bow by heating it in small sections at a time, to get the camber you want, then continue planing and filing it, graduating it down, constantly checking the curve and the thickness as you go along.
That must be a little awkward, working the bow after it's been cambered?
No, not really. I use a number of planes. For roughing out the bow, I have a basic block plane, readily available, like a Stanley. After that, I use four other planes. Two have flat bottoms and the other two have curved bottoms. The bow starts out as a square, and then you knock the corners off, so it becomes an octagon. As soon as you get it roughed out, then you bend it and if the bow twists, you'll correct the facets so they line up with the head. At this point, the bow is oversized. You put hair on it as soon as possible so you can tighten it up and see how it reacts, and get all the kinks out of it. You can't make a bow straight with the right camber without putting it under tension at some point.
Does the French method have a certain style of cambering as well?
Basically, you want an even curve from the tip to the frog so that when you tighten it, the whole bow comes up evenly. You don't want one part to come up above the curve while the other part is down. Generally, you make the curve so that if the bow has no tension on it and you put it on a flat surface, the middle of the camber will touch the table either in the center or a bit closer to the tip, but it needs to be quite flexible at the tip.
Can you explain that a bit more?
At the tip end of the stick, just behind the head, you want to have a fair bit of camber and it has to be quite thin for it to grip. If you are trying to draw a nice even sound from the frog to the tip, it has to be able to dig in at the frog -- it can't be too stiff there -- and the further out you go, it has to get thinner so that you can maintain a nice even sound. The better the bow is, the easier it will be to draw an even soundin other words, if there are flat spots in the bow, it will tend to jump or jitter. So it's a combination of the camber and how the bow is graduated or tapered, if you like. It depends a lot on the wood. If you don't have good quality wood to start with, it's almost impossible to make a good bow, because the wood has a certain amount of vibrations in its structure.
Pernambuco is the wood of choice?
Yes, all the great old bows are made from pernambuco. Some of the lesser bows are made from brazilwood and some others from snakewood, which tends to be very heavy.
Where does pernambuco originate?
It comes from Brazil -- it's an evergreen tree. It has to be aged at least three years, but the older the better, of course. Pernambuco can be a variety of different colors. Some of it is almost black naturally, and it can be red, yellow, almost white or orange. It does darken somewhat with exposure to the sun over time.
What are the qualities of this wood that make it ideal for bow making?
First of all, it's incredibly dense. The better wood will sink if you put it in a tub of water. It seems to have strength and a certain amount of elasticity so that you can take it down to a fairly small dimension and it remains strong and yet is flexible after it's cambered.
Could one consider those characteristics as opposing, paradoxical?
Yes, there are opposites there. Part of the problem is you're trying to make the bow a certain weight without losing the strength, and the more wood you take off, the softer it gets, the more flexible it gets, so it's a constant balance between the strength of the wood and its weight. On the other hand, you don't want to make it too stiff because it's hard to get the nuances of sound if the bow is too stiff. The other important thing is the balance of the bow and there's a range of balance points which are considered acceptable. Makers measure it in different ways, but the way I measure it is, when you have the frog in the most forward position -- closest to the grip -- with the hair loose, you balance the bow on your finger and measure it from the wood at the button (screw) and that range is 8 1/2" to 10". I try to make it about 9 1/2" to your finger.
Presumably, if you found a good plank of pernambuco, you would have the luxury of working with several bow blanks of consistent quality?
Unfortunately, that's not always the case. Sometimes you can have two sticks right next to each other that are completely different. Sometimes they are pretty similar, but often you are surprised so you really have to judge each stick individually. The first step is to try and locate some good wood and a good supplier so that you have a number of blanks you can choose from, so that if someone wants a particular type of bow, you have some selection. You can't just take any piece of wood and make a good bow. You have to rough it out to get an idea of how it's working. After a while, you develop a sense or intuition of how to proceed with a particular stick. You can play around with the weight a little bit by adjusting the frog and also the grip -- a silver grip or a whale bone grip, which is lighter, or a silk wrap, which is lighter yet.
Players refer to light or heavy bows. They mean the overall weight of it, but I wonder if this can be deceptive depending on how well balanced and crafted the bow is?
Well, as with the balance point, there is also a certain accepted weight range which is between 55 and 65 grams. Most bow makers try to make a bow about 60 grams, which includes everything -- the frog, the grip, the hair. Again, you have to rely on each particular stick because the wood is so different, and some you have to make heavier because the stick is getting too soft and you can't get the weight down below, say, 62 grams. But I think you were speaking of the feel of it in your hand, and if the balance point is closer to the tip, it will make the bow feel heavier -- tip heavy -- and if it's back towards your hand more, the bow will feel lighter. So, some people say they like a heavy bow and you weigh their bow and it's actually a very light one; it's misleading sometimes.
[For the full text of this article, purchase the Winter 00/01 issue of Fiddler Magazine! Please see the Summer 2009 issue for an article by Roger called "Choosing a Bow: Understanding Weight, Balance, and Strength."]
[David Papazian makes and repairs violins, mandolins, and octave mandolins and plays the fiddle. He can be contacted at 44435 Cabot Trail, Little River, Cape Breton, NS, Canada B0C 1H0; (902) 929-2953.]


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Felicia Walker appeared in 21 games during her sophomore season with CSUN ... averaged 0.5 points and 1.4 rebounds on the year ... scored a season-high three points at UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 26 ... had a season-high five rebounds at New Mexico State on Dec. 5 ... also posted career-high three blocked shots and two steals against the Aggies ... played a career-high 16 minutes against UCSB on Feb. 26.
Walker appeared in 17 games for Northridge in her first season ... averaged 1.6 points and 1.1 rebounds during season ... also finished with two assists, seven blocks and a steal in rookie season ... scored season-high five points against UC Davis on Jan. 4 ... had season-high seven rebounds vs. Pacific on Jan. 2 ... also had season-high two blocked shots against Tigers on Jan. 2 ... knocked down season-high three free throws against UC Davis on Jan. 4 ... averaged 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in nine Big West games.
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Walker was a four-year starter and captain for the Warriors ... averaged 11.4 points and 9.9 rebounds per game while earning All-Oakland Athletic League First Team honors ... also led the OAL in blocked shots and rebounds ... graduated in 2009 with 3.33 GPA.
Born on January 30, 1991 ... raised by her grandmother, Mae ... has a sister, Tanesha, and a brother, Derek ... lists the TV show "Gossip Girl", actor Tyler Perry and LeBron James as some of her favorites ... says the best thing about being an athlete is playing the game with people who love it as much as she does ... once met former First Lady Laura Bush ... says her greatest hero is her grandmother ... majoring in early child development.


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It's 6:35 in the morning, and Cheryl Nevins, 34, dressed for work in a silky black maternity blouse and skirt, is busily tending to Ryan, 2 1/2, and Brendan, 11 months, at their home in the leafy Edgebrook neighborhood of Chicago. Both boys are sobbing because Reilly, the beefy family dog, knocked Ryan over. In a blur of calm, purposeful activity, Nevins, who is 8 months pregnant, shoves the dog out into the backyard, changes Ryan's diaper on the family-room rug, heats farina in the microwave and feeds Brendan cereal and sliced bananas while crooning Open, Shut Them to encourage the...
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My name is Samantha Copeland and I am a Social Work student at Western Illinois University.
I became a short-term intern for Big Brothers Big Sisters in January 2014, because I wanted to be part of an organization that helps children from all backgrounds.The parents and the schools recommend kids to us, and then we recruit adult volunteers from the community to match them with. A school-based match is when the volunteer spends lunch and recess, once per week, with their Little Brother or Sister.
The school-based volunteers help their Littles in many ways: assisting with homework, improving social skills, and building confidence. A community-based match is the more traditional sort of mentoring relationship, where the volunteer and Little go out together for events, activities, and experiences that might otherwise be unavailable to the child.
The community-based matches are the best way for an adult volunteer to be a role-model to a child in need of positive mentoring, as the volunteer has a great deal of freedom in planning meetings and spends twice as much time with their Little as the school-based volunteers.
My time here at Big Brothers Big Sisters has been very rewarding. I have helped set up events, assisted in fundraising, met the volunteer Board members, and assisted in interviewing potential Littles.
There is not a better feeling in the world than seeing a child light up when they know they will be meeting their Big for the very first time. It is also extremely satisfying to hear of the Littles making progress socially, academically, and emotionally. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a great organization and we really care about children in the program.
When I was looking for an internship back in January, I heard from the previous intern exactly what the organization does and how effective it is in helping kids. I couldn't think of anything better than stepping up and lending a hand to the children of my community, so the decision was an easy one. I have truly enjoyed my experience at Big Brothers Big Sisters, and am grateful to have had the opportunity to help the kids that need it. And I get to continue helping until May!
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Blend Ratio Optimization of Fuels Containing Gasoline Blendstock, Ethanol, and Higher Alcohols (C3-C6): Part II - Blend Properties and Target Value Sensitivity
Higher carbon number alcohols offer an opportunity to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) and improve the energy content, petroleum displacement, and/or knock resistance of gasoline-alcohol blends from traditional ethanol blends such as E10 while maintaining desired and regulated fuel properties. Part II of this paper builds upon the alcohol selection, fuel implementation scenarios, criteria target values, and property prediction methodologies detailed in Part I. For each scenario, optimization schemes include maximizing energy content, knock resistance, or petroleum displacement. Optimum blend composition is very sensitive to energy content, knock resistance, vapor pressure, and oxygen content criteria target values. Iso-propanol is favored in both scenarios' suitable blends because of its high RON value.


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Baojun Yuan, the man pictured above, learned Photoshop at 60 years old. He's now 76 and for the past decade or so has repaired over 2000 damaged photos and done it all for free. Yuan bought a computer and scanner himself and doesn't charge people because he jokingly says, "My teacher just taught me how to repair the photos, but he forgot to tell me how to charge". What a guy. Check out all the work Yuan has done for people here. [The Design Inspiration]
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Q. A study released June 9 by the Public Religion Research Institute: "Committed to Availability, Conflicted About Morality, What the Millennial Generation Tells Us about the Future of the Abortion Debate and the Culture Wars."
The survey was based on telephone interviews conducted between April 22 and May 8 among a random sample of 3,000 adults in the continental United States. The margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 2 percentage points, and higher for subgroups.
Fifty-six percent of those polled say that abortion should be legal in most or all cases and 52% say abortion is morally wrong. A majority (72%) of religious Americans believe they can disagree with the teachings of their faiths on the issue of abortion and still be a person of good standing in their faith.
The study also noted that 18-29-year-olds are considerably more likely than the older generations to support same-sex marriage, but there's no comparable gap on the abortion debate.
Our culture's religious beliefs seem to be evolving toward a state in which religious people feel they can disagree with the teachings of their religious faith while remaining believers in good standing in that faith. Do holy writings support this trend toward an intellectualization of religious issues? And is this new religious independence a good thing? Why, or why not?
This question assumes a lot about how we arrive at official teachings in our various religious traditions. Some traditions, like the Catholic Church, have a clergy authority figure who determines the denomination's stance on issues of the day. Adherents are expected to follow this decision.
Other traditions, such as the United Methodist Church, hold regular conferences for clergy and lay representatives, where together we seek God's guidance. We start with scripture and the church's traditional beliefs about the topic in question. We then take into account our lived experiences of God in order to ask the question – has God shown us something about the sacredness of life (in the case of abortion) or love (in the case of homosexuality) that we didn't see or understand before? Difficult questions like slavery (in the 1800s) and homosexuality can take many, many conferences to decide with finality. Some would say too many, for in the meantime, faithful Christians are asked to live in the tension of a religious tradition that does not seem compassionate toward their reality. You can actually still be a believer in good standing when you disagree with the decision and choose to keep the conversation between scripture, tradition, and experience alive.
In general, Methodist policy leans toward the pastoral rather than the doctrinaire. Our teaching on abortion is an excellent example of this. This is from our Social Principles, determined at General Conference by delegates from around the world:
"In continuity with past Christian teaching, we recognize tragic conflicts of life with life that may justify abortion, and in such cases we support the legal option of abortion under proper medical procedures. We cannot affirm abortion as an acceptable means of birth control, and we unconditionally reject it as a means of gender selection…..a decision concerning abortion should be made only after thoughtful and prayerful consideration by the parties involved, with medical, pastoral, and other appropriate counsel."
You see? We tend toward extending God's grace (rather than judgment) to people in crisis, and we believe that God guides us to faithful decisions.
The Rev. Paige Eaves
Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church
The teaching of the Episcopal Church on abortion is — silence. Which is the same as its teaching on euthanasia, stem cell research, global warming and cheating in school – nothing. We have no teachings, no body of ethical authority, no top-down proclamations or even official advice on the matters of the world.
Remember, we're the guys who broke off from the papacy because Henry VIII disagreed with its teaching on divorce (and because he wanted all the Church's land, money and influence for himself). His daughter Elizabeth, who was really the one to shape what the Church of England would become, famously proclaimed, "I will not make windows into men's [sic] souls" – introducing the validity of personal conscience into the structure of the church. Religious independence is not a new thing for us; it's part of our definition to begin with.
Which is not to say that we're not concerned with ethical decision-making. We just call it ethical decision-making, not ethical decree. We expect people to do the hard work of weighing their knowledge and making thoughtful decisions. We trust our people to be intelligent, to be faithful, to be compassionate, to have integrity, to consult scriptural sources as appropriate, to be in conversation with interested parties and disinterested observers, and to make up their own minds about what constitutes right action in a particular context.
We understand that in this anxious age of rampant fundamentalisms of all sorts, in which churches which promise to give you 'the answers' to all your questions are packing them in by the thousands, our stand for independent thought and the integrity of conscience is an unpopular minority view.
But we see the Episcopal Church as kindred spirits with the monastics who kept learning and literacy alive in the Dark Ages – we are keepers of a small but bright eternal flame, called intelligent faith (which we do not see as an oxymoron).
And when the world emerges from its manic need for certainty at all costs, we'll be there waiting, in our cool mystical way, to help give birth to a new age of reason.
The Rev. Amy Pringle
St. George's Episcopal Church
La Cañada
Is the issue raised really one of intellectualization of religious issues, whatever that means, or is it the ascendancy of moral relativism? I believe the latter to be the case.
The term "moral relativism" is understood in a variety of ways. Most often it is associated with the idea that there are deep and widespread moral disagreements and truth or justification of moral judgments is not absolute, but relative to some group of persons.
In that context, let me quote several religious leaders.
Rabbi Harold Kushner writes: "As I see it, there are two possibilities. Either you affirm the existence of a God who stands for morality and makes moral demands of us, who built a law of truthfulness into his world even as he built in a law of gravity.... Or else you give everyone the right to decide what is good and what is evil by his or her own lights, balancing the voice of one's conscience against the voice of temptation and need."
Pastor Dr. Timothy Keller asks: "What happens if you eliminate anything from the Bible that offends your sensibility and crosses your will? If you pick and choose what you want to believe and reject the rest, how will you ever have a God who can contradict you? You won't!"
Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the LDS Church made this practical observation: "Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being society's supervisors. Such supervisors deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society."
For some faiths, moral relativism may work fine in their theological framework. While for others, such as the LDS Church, it does not work well. As to the latter, this does not mean that intellectual discussions, debates or disagreements on theological and moral issues should be curtailed. Rather, such discussions and debates can be healthy and productive, provided that God's absolute truths are not thrown out of the equation for the sake of political expediency or correctness, or one's own view of right and wrong.
Rick Callister
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
La Cañada
As one who generally pastors autonomous congregations with only voluntary affiliation to denominational bodies, I can say that there's a long history of people who believed they could dissent from religious hierarchy and still be in fine standing with the faith their denominations were supposed to uphold. The reason is that when denominations begin to reflect society's mores rather than stand for God's, it behooves the folks in the pew to march out and find more faithful climes.
These days we're seeing centralized denominations lose their spiritual bearing and begin to exult in the societal sins that they previously condemned. Then they start excommunicating and evicting godly congregations from church properties over which they exert control. So concerning "good standing," what are we talking about; the one with God, in the faith that is genuinely his, or that of a "faith" that has become an altogether different thing through denominational corruption or even traditions?
To me, the question today is really asking if it's okay to dissent with God and still remain in the true faith. There are people in every congregation having different views from those of their denomination, their church, and even their pastor, yet their spiritual communities are flexible or strong enough to contain them. But if core articles of belief that define the particular faith are disavowed, then one wonders why such a person would wish to remain in "good standing." For example, the Bible forbids both murder and homosexuality. Neither the murderer, nor the homosexual inherits the kingdom of God (1Corinthians 6:9; Revelation 21:8). So if Millennials start thinking these things are acceptable, then they may retain good standing in a corrupt religion, but they won't feel comfortable in churches that put God's word, the Bible, first. If I were to preach from my pulpit that homosexuality was something for which to repent and be forgiven, how would a Millennial hear that, as condemnation or grace? It depends on which they believe is more correct; their own feelings, or God. It's not about intellectualism, I think it's the opposite, and it includes rebellion.
The Rev. Bryan Griem
Montrose Community Church
This coming Sunday is Trinity Sunday in my denomination, and I assume throughout Christendom. Do you believe in the Trinity, and what does believing in the Trinity mean, anyway? I know for a fact that there are members in my church right here in La Cañada, as well as ordained clergy in the United Church of Christ, who have trouble with the Doctrine of the Trinity — and yet each of these persons regards herself/himself as a faithful believer, and so do I.
So in the Church there are those who have trouble with some of the historical doctrines, so those young people polled who thought they could disagree with some of their religions' beliefs are continuing a fine tradition. I believe it's a good thing that people of any age feel free to question what their religions tell them.
I have said this before, but it bears repeating: Jesus said to love the lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind (Matthew 22: 37). What that says to me is to use God's great gift of our minds, and don't become hemmed in by a doctrine or an interpretation which may have been just fine for previous generations.
The Pilgrim Hymnal contains a marvelous hymn that is based on what the minister John Robinson told the Pilgrims as they left Europe before they landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The hymn's title is, "We Limit Not the Truth of God." What Robinson told those believers was, "The Lord hath yet more truth and light to break forth from his word." I absolutely love that hymn because it recognizes implicitly God's sovereignty to do what God darn well wants to do, regardless of what God has done in the past and regardless of what our holy writings (Bible) or holy community (church) say God must do. A living God is like that: does absolutely what he/she wishes.
So I'm encouraged by the results of that poll. Keep thinking, young people, and make use of those marvelous minds given to you by the ever-living God.
The Rev. Skip Lindeman
La Cañada Congregational Church
La Cañada
Since its inception, Judaism has encouraged independent thinking and rigorous study, which has led to a plethora of detailed Biblical commentary and much vigorous debate. As a rabbi who discusses issues of faith with people of all backgrounds, my approach is to avoid a sweeping, "take-it-all-or-leave-it" attitude.
I believe that an individual who accepts even a partial measure of something good is better off than one who accepts nothing at all. Spirituality adds a sense of purpose and provides moral guidance for our lives. Once a person takes upon themselves a bit of religious tradition and practice, my hope is that they will sense its value and eventually accept more.
It is often difficult for the uninitiated to embrace all the tenets of a religion, but adopting some of the core principles can make life infinitely more meaningful. For example, I often encourage people of the Jewish faith to honor the Sabbath by joining in services even though they do not observe Judaism's kosher dietary laws. If at some point they decide to start eating kosher, that's great— but even if they don't, participating in weekly services adds significant depth and spiritual energy to their week, and makes them better people.
As far as abortion is concerned, Judaism takes a middle-of-the road stance. Our teachings hold that abortion should be legal in order to allow the procedure under certain life-threatening circumstances. An unborn fetus is definitely a form of life, yet it does not possess the status of a fully born person. Therefore, if the development of a fetus threatens the health of its mother — physically or even mentally—then an abortion would be mandatory. Barring these situations, all forms of life — including a fetus —must be respected and protected from harm.
There is no question that the ongoing abortion debate is difficult and emotionally charged. My hope is that people on all sides of this issue can maintain civility in their dialogue. I also believe that we should carefully avoid a cavalier attitude toward abortion, since its abuse can pose a serious challenge to the moral status of our society.
Rabbi Simcha Backman
Chabad Jewish Center


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Food52 Review: Fore! PassTheKnife's Arnold Palmer Ice Cream will have aficionados of frozen dessert -- and golf -- in a quandary over which is better: a double eagle on the 18th at Pebble Beach, or this delightful lemony concoction. You may be tempted, as we initially were, to forego the "tea crunchies" and lemon zest topping and just spoon it up straight from the ice cream maker, but the combo adds a definite "wow," much like when Arnie ripped a 3-wood to within 18 feet of the 13th hole in the 1958 Masters. As an aside, we elected to use pasteurized raw eggs for this; you might also add an extra step and temper the eggs and make a custard. —wssmom
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- The key to making ice cream is temperature - everything must start cold, be cold and say cold. So, in advance of making your ice cream, put all your ingredients nearest the cold source in your refrigerator. Also make the tea for this recipe at least a couple hours in advance. Pour boiling water into a cup with three bags of black tea, brew for ten minutes. Add 1/2 cup milk to the tea, do not remove the bags, and set aside in the refrigerator.
- A couple hours later, it's time to make ice cream! Get started on the cream base: Crack two eggs into a large bowl and beat them by hand or mixer until they are fluffy. Add 1 cup sugar and continue mixing until it is incorporated. Then add 2 cups of heavy cream and your milk/tea mixture (squeeze out the teas bags to get all their flavor), and beat again.
- Add the juice and zest of one lemon, as well as one bag of dried tea leaves, and give the whole thing a last whirl. Freeze the cream base according to how your ice cream maker works best. When the lemon ice cream is stiff, scoop it into a tupperware dish and set it aside in your freezer.
- Serve up and garnish with lemon zest and "tea crunchies", ie those good quality crushed tea leaves. I like Darjeeling best, because it's beautiful and has a complex bitter and floral flavor combo.
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We invited Daniel Avedon and Zdenek Zimola in for a raunchy duo. They are both recent additions to our ensemble who have impressed in previous shoots. It takes place in a dungeon especially equipped for some serious play. Zdenek is caged, hooded and cuffed as Daniel appears, and torments him thru the cage. Daniel sets up a wooden horse and takes Zdenek from the cage, sitting him on the horse and pushing his down. He rips Zdenek's briefs, exposing his naked ass, and then begins to play with that ass, spanking it some. Zdenek is already hard, his cock pointing downwards as Daniel spreads his cheeks to show us the hole. Clearly Daniel loves how the ass ...
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MODESTO, Calif. — Republicans in Washington are taking a piecemeal approach to immigration reform — a strategy that could give the party's most polarizing figures a months-long platform to pop off about illegal immigrants.
California Republicans have a much different line: Shut up and get it done.
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The divide boils down to simple math for California Republicans, who know they can't win elections here for long without the support of Hispanic voters.
Eleven of the 15 districts held by Republicans are a quarter or more Hispanic — and some of them are prime targets for Democrats who need 17 seats to take back the House in 2014.
But Republican leaders in Washington also face a much different picture nationwide: More than 100 House GOP districts have close to no Hispanic voters.
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So, while some Republicans in Washington might argue there's no need to tackle immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship, California Republicans believe they must — or face extinction.
Already the California Republican Party is on the rocks: Democrats hold every statewide office and an unbreakable supermajority in both chambers of the state Legislature. It's a situation top players in the state party say is the direct result of missing the demographic tidal wave before it hit — a lesson the national party should remember as they debate immigration reform.
"Republicans in California ignored demographic changes," state Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said in an interview. "As a result, we're a significant minority."
Republicans on a national level should take notice, because players in the California GOP argue that they're merely experiencing what states like Colorado, Nevada and Texas will experience in a few years: a drastically weakened party that's routinely rejected by booming minority populations.
"Ultimately, it could doom the party 15, 20 years out," said Rob Stutzman, a former top hand to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger who is now one of the top Republican political advisers in the state, speaking of the perils of not completing immigration reform. "As decimated as the Republican Party has been in California, the opportunity here is to figure this out."
The pressures are everywhere but are most acute in the arid and hot Central Valley, where agribusiness is the dominant economic driver, and Hispanic voters are prominent. The need for immigration reform is not only cultural, it's economic: The year-round, labor intensive farming of things like lettuce, almonds and stone fruit has led to the need for more workers.
Fifteen months away from the next congressional election, Democrats have already stuck a tracker on GOP Rep. Jeff Denham, who represents a 35 percent Hispanic district and heavy agricultural communities like Ripon and the City of Modesto. As Denham held a town hall on a commuter train from San Jose to Stockton on Thursday, a young man who said he was there on behalf of his grandfather asked Denham if he supports the Senate's immigration bill. His answer was no, but later he said he thinks it's a major step in the right direction.
In Rep. Kevin McCarthy's Bakersfield, 1,000 protestors — mostly union workers — held a rally to try to pressure him to support a pathway to citizenship.
Many Republicans believe their only route to survival to find a way to connect with Latinos and Asians, who have doubled their turnout in general elections in the past dozen years. In 2012, 72 percent of Latinos voted for President Barack Obama, while 77 percent of Asians helped reelect the president.
Making matters worse is internal GOP polling showing 65 percent of California voters have a negative view of the party.
That's left the shared short-term view out here among most Republicans pretty bleak: We're screwed.
"Republicans in California have now become experts at getting 25 percent of the Hispanic vote," Brulte deadpanned.
The immigration reform debate isn't over, of course, and a perceived legislative victory could help ingratiate Republicans with these minority groups. And few voters make a decision on a single issue. But in order to claw back to becoming a major party here, Republicans agree they need to get the debate behind them.
"All our polling shows immigration is the fourth- or fifth-most-important issue to Hispanic voters," said Teresa Hernandez, who heads an immigration task force for the active Orange County Lincoln Club. "It's one of those gateway issues: we want to speak to the Hispanic community on things that we agree on: education reform and jobs. But we need to get immigration off the table."
All of this stands in stark contrast to the overwhelming Republican narrative in D.C. The skepticism about comprehensive reform that's so pervasive across the Republican Conference is not prevalent here. At least two House Republicans — Rep. David Valadao and Denham — say they like the Senate bill and are open to a new pathway to citizenship.


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Free swim lessons could save child's life
With the start of the summer season upon us, some Houston organizations have announced a water safety campaign designed to reduce the number of children who drown at swimming pools and at home.
Now in its seventh year, the YMCA Water Wise program provides free swim lessons at area apartments in targeted low-income areas. The educational initiative includes a television and billboard campaign funded by Clear Channel Outdoor. Bilingual educational materials will be handed out to parents, and water safety tips are available online.
"This is a chance of a lifetime, literally, for children," said Clark Baker, president and chief executive officer at YMCA of Greater Houston. "We meet folks in their 30s, 40s and 50s who can't swim. It becomes a generational thing where their kids don't learn to swim. Then we have two and three generations of people who are fearful of the water."
Through the swim lessons and CPR training, families can take a proactive approach to water safety that will save lives, Baker said at a news conference this week.
So far this year, 16 children have drowned in Texas, including nine in the Houston area, according to YMCA spokeswoman Taryn Baranowski.
Keep close watch
Last year, 74 children drowned statewide, with 60 percent of the deaths occurring between May and August, according to Gwen Carter of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Houston firefighter Al Bennett urged parents to keep a close watch on their children, pointing out that kids can drown even in shallow places such as a ditch with 12 inches of water or a 5-gallon bucket of water.
Mack Armstrong, president of the Houston Apartment Association, agreed that monitoring is key.
"All too often, drowning is the result of a lack of parental supervision or swimming education for children," he said. "In previous years, we've been able to decrease and even eliminate drowning in apartment property swimming pools, so we know educational programs work."
For information, visit www.ywaterwise.org.


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In California, almost 3.5 million adults can't adequately read. Libraries help a some of them through literacy programs that rely on volunteer tutors , and locally there's a shortage of tutors.
Walk past the checkout desk at the Monterey County library branch in Seaside and, on any given day, you might see people browsing bookshelves, clicking on computer keyboards or huddled together studying, like Maggy Steele and Fatma Uygun. Steele is a volunteer tutor in the Monterey County Free Libraries adult literacy program. For the past six months she has been tutoring Uygun. The program provides free weekly sessions with tutors who work one-on-one on reading, writing and conversation skills. Uygun moved to Monterey from Turkey with her husband and daughter last year. "When we first came here, I wasn't confident when I tried to speak to people. I was always thinking I would make a mistake and people would stare at me," said Uygun.
Uygun is one of the lucky ones. For years Monterey County has had a shortage of literacy tutors, and right now there are more than 100 people on the waitlist. "It's kind of an ongoing struggle," said Cathy Andrews, the supervising librarian for the literacy program. She says the shortage is frustrating. She's seen literacy tutoring change lives by giving people the skills to tackle things like a job application or reading a newspaper. "So if you think about the kind of increasingly sophisticated, technological, and word- or data-driven world that we live in, if you're functioning as a third-grader or lower, then it would be an extreme struggle," said Andrews.
In Santa Cruz, a literacy program run by the Volunteer Center has nearly 200 students, with 70 people on its waiting list.
Statewide, the availability of tutors varies. Some areas have a shortage while others have a surplus. To balance that out, the California State Library has been testing a distance learning program. "We've been using some new technology that allows a tutor in one location and a learner in another location to actually not just see each other and talk to each other, but actually look at and see the materials they're working on together," said Carla Lane, Programs Consultant for the California State Library. The State Library helps fund local literacy programs. Lehn says expansion of the project beyond the pilot stage is currently under review.
Back at the Seaside Library, Fatma Uygun says now that the literacy program has boosted her confidence, she can start getting a handle on other things like American idioms. "Take the bull by the horns, and let the cat out of the bag. Straight from the horse's mouth, horse around, and I love this one, cat got your tongue," said Uygun. The next round of tutor training in Monterey County starts next week.
The next two part "Orientation and New Tutor Training" will be held on the Peninsula. Attendance at both sessions is required. Part I on Tuesday, January 15, 6:00-8:30 pm at the Marina Branch Part II on Wednesday, January 16, 6:00-8:30 pm at the Seaside Branch For more information or to register for training, call 831-883-7597, or email email@example.com or click here. To become a tutor for The Literacy Program in Santa Cruz, click here.
Correction January 16, 2014:The original version of this story said that 70 people were on the waitlist in Santa Cruz County. The story now more accurately reflects that that waitlist in Santa Cruz was specifically for the Literacy Program at the Volunteer Center.


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Sunday, September 17, 2006
The waves have pounded the shores this week, they have been felt by our family this week and we have been reminded of the fragility of life and how things can change, forever, in a moment.
In a conversation with an agronomist from Greve, she mentioned how some of the major grapes of Italy were related, at least by their DNA. That led me to thinking about my two sisters, Nebbiolo and Sangiovese.
Nebbiolo was the first born to the family. She was the first great hope of the family. Her way is to do rather than to be. From my very first encounters with her, she was not one that was easy to get to know. Part of it has to do with her mystery. She conceals herself from family members, preferring to work in the background, helping but not taking the bows. Not that she couldn't. Her talent is that of a renaissance artisan. All the while she presents herself as this delicate and slightly difficult grape-being.
I don't know where she really came from, she doesn't appear to look like much of the family. Not that she isn't, it's just that she came from the recesses of nature, to appear like this apparition of greatness.
She has aged well but not without the changes many of us have witnessed in the past 40 or so years. She has been many things to many people. She has mothered many a Barbera and a Dolcetto, sheltered a Grignolino and a Freisa, and welcomed a Moscato and an Arneis. Her children and her grandchildren have multiplied and many have prospered. Some have languished and some have strayed, but the tenacity of her nature has safeguarded the nobility and grace of her domain. Misunderstood at times, loved and then not loved, and then taken on new love, my sister Nebbiolo has had an interesting life in that last 60 or so years. But she is not over, in fact her strength and her wisdom is more needed on the scene now than ever before. So we won't be replanting the vineyards with Merlot or Pinot Noir. Not now. Not ever. She is an original, there is only one place to be found where she will prosper and reach her potential. She is not an easy one to get to know, but hers is greatness at the highest mark on the castle wall.
My second sister, Sangiovese, is another story. She is a bit more fiery and conflicted at this time. Her realm is in a bit of a crisis in these days, partially due to the success of her popularity, no doubt from her youthful energy and her giving nature. But she has been misused and misdirected and now the realm is in need of readjustment.
Not that she isn't up for the challenge. The energy of sister Sangiovese is one of a great well of endurance. Sangiovese can bear much, trapped in fine French wood and blended in with other creatures not normally akin to her original nature. She might be more at home with Nero d'Avola or Aglianico, but Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon have scaled the walls of her domain. Syrah has made attempts too.
Her children, Colorino and Canaiolo, are as different as night and day, one being mellow and easygoing, the other a tropical storm of emotion and inner conflict. Sometimes they blend well together, but lately they are not seen as much. Sister Sangiovese really needs a strong match to temper her fiery nature, something to hold up to her, to challenge her. Part of Sangiovese's confusion is to where she resides best for her inner growth. She will be planted in the hillsides at the higher elevations and will thrive, and then she will be moved to the seaside and be challenged to complete her destiny in a new place with new challenges. And then she will be sent out to the arid, almost desert, climes of Tuscany, only to find she has to struggle and be beautiful there too. Sangiovese is the preferred grape of the new ruling class but she is a school girl who wants to run in the fields with her hair loose and her feet unshod.
Sangiovese has one true love, and that is Tuscany. She really only has known that one love and it appears that has been good for Italy. I hope it has been good for her too.
To my two sisters, I salute you and love you and hope your every expression of grace and greatness will be achieved in history.
written by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Wine Trail in Italy


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Nationals recognize Honorary Bat Girl Bennett
Breast cancer survivor honored on video board, presents lineup card
WASHINGTON -- When Nell Bennett received her breast cancer diagnosis in August 2011, she didn't dwell on it. Her focus turned immediately to overcoming the challenge.
"I've always been a person that when there's something that comes up and there's nothing you can do about it, you accept it and move forward," Bennett said. "I was never scared, I was never upset. It was just, 'OK, let's just do this.' I felt I could handle this, and I'm glad if God had to give someone breast cancer, I'm glad he gave it to me and not someone who couldn't handle it."View Full Game Coverage
Now cancer-free following a brutal year of chemotherapy, radiation treatments and a double mastectomy, Bennett was recognized on Sunday as the Nationals' Honorary Bat Girl. She is one of 30 contest winners -- one for each team -- who have been affected by breast cancer and demonstrated a commitment to fighting the disease.
As part of the "Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer" initiative celebrated each Mother's Day, Bennett was honored on the video board before the Nationals' series finale against the Cubs. She then took Washington's lineup card to home plate, where she met with the umpiring crew. Acting crew chief Angel Hernandez gave her one of his pink wristbands.
Bennett lives in San Antonio, Texas, but her brother, Tim, lives in Alexandria, Va., and has been coming to Nationals games since the beginning. He was the one who entered her in the contest.
"It's an honor," Nell Bennett said. "I've been here several times, because he's such a big Nationals fan."
Meeting the umpires held special meaning for Bennett, a longtime fast-pitch softball umpire. Although her knees now prevent her from suiting up, she trains and evaluates NCAA Division I umpires.
Baseball also has been a part of Bennett's life. Her mother, Marion, was a huge fan and also passed along the qualities that allowed Bennett to beat cancer.
"She's the strongest woman I've ever known," Bennett said of her mother, a widow who raised eight children. "She never flinched, never complained. I really drew strength from her."
That toughness made things easier on Bennett's family. Not only was she relentlessly positive, but she would send a long text message every time she went in for treatment, letting everyone know how she was doing.
"It really made a difference," said Tim Bennett, who accompanied his sister to the ballpark on Sunday. "I hate to say it, but I'm glad it happened to her, too, because of all of us, she's the strongest."
Since Bennett finished treatment in November, her oncologist requested that she come in to talk with new patients about what to expect. Some of the same qualities that make a good umpire also make for a good counselor.
"She said she's never had a patient who was so cool, calm and collected about it," Bennett said.
Andrew Simon is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @HitTheCutoff.


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Smoothie King to Open 700th New Store, with Grand Opening of Cedar Park Location
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New Store Kicks off "700 Step Challenge" for Kids
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
WHERE: Smoothie King
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VISUAL: Ribbon-cutting event will feature Hill Country area kids taking part in Smoothie King's 700 Step Challenge
CEDAR PARK, TX —Smoothie King, the premier smoothie bar and nutritional lifestyle center in the industry, will unveil its 700th new store on Saturday morning, with a grand opening event at its new (and very first) Cedar Park location. Complimentary massages will be offered at the event.
Kids, 12 years and younger, are encouraged to participate in the "Smoothie King 700 Step Challenge," which is designed to get youngsters to be more physically active, by taking 700 steps. Participants are given a "700 Step Challenge" card to track their progress during the week by doing things like drinking water, jumping rope and eating fruits and vegetables. Kids with completed cards can redeem them at any Smoothie King store for a free 12 oz smoothie. The most creative kid will earn the ultimate bragging rights (upon winning) of being crowned Smoothie King or Smoothie Queen and will receive special recognition through an award and free gifts.
With its store opening and challenge, Smoothie King hopes to entice Cedar Park residents to adopt healthier lifestyles by incorporating more fitness into their daily routines, and adding smoothies and healthy snacks to their diets.
Under its accelerated expansion plan, Smoothie King plans to open more than 1,000 stores across the United States over the next 3 years. The Metairie, La.-based company, which currently operates 700 units, reports it has extensive franchise opportunities available in the Southeast, mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, as well as Texas. International development includes master franchise and corporate expansion in Korea, Singapore and Malaysia, with (50) new stores planned in Korea and (10) in Singapore in 2013.
About Smoothie King Franchises Inc.
Smoothie King is the premier Smoothie Bar and Nutritional Lifestyle Center in the industry. Smoothie King offers guests the original nutritional fresh-blended smoothie and numerous other healthy retail products. Smoothie King opened its first location in 1973 in New Orleans, LA and started as the first franchised smoothie bar / health food store in the United States in 1989. Smoothie King currently has more than 600 units operating in 32 states, the Caymans and the Republic of Korea and Singapore. In 2013 Smoothie King was ranked #1 by Entrepreneur magazine in the juice bar category for the 19th year, and is ranked #104 overall on the magazine's top 500 franchise list.
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I have always had a curious and creative mind but also a fascination with technology and so the calling in life began by combining all of the above - as a digital artist.I started off by experimenting and testing my creativity by trying various ideas from photographs, sometimes from nothing, some from everyday cliches and found myself producing images that were familiar but wherever I could, I would try to inject a sense of my humour into it and what do you know, thats how The Jones Collection began.
I created The Jones Collection to prove a point - art doesnt have to be bland, vague and unrecognizable, art can be fun and display a sense of humour in the things we recognize as well as in our imagination. I have subsequently broadened my views and tastes to incorporate a much wider eclectic collection of my artwork, so much so, I have compiled a lot of them and produced and self published my book called ART. BY WHOSE DEFINITION?. The book has been designed to be engaging and thought-provoking by the questions posed and it incorporates an experiment to determine what your thoughts are towards the whole subject of art. I would like to encourage you to have a look by visiting my website and viewing the book there.
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Miss CHI Model Search at Miss Universe
Farouk Systems, makers of CHI and BioSilk hair products, announces its third year as presenting sponsor and ninth year as Hair Care sponsor of the 2012 Miss Universe Competition to be held December 19 in Las Vegas.
The CHI Creative Artist Team (CAT) are in Las Vegas, creating and styling the hair of the Miss Universe contestants for events and photo shoots leading up to the show. CAT will also be styling hair backstage during the live telecast. This year, Farouk Systems, will be launching an exclusive 2012 Miss Universe CHI Model Search for fans to "CHOOSE MISS CHI" to be the official spokesmodel for the brand in 2013. Voters will be entered to win the "CHI LUXE Cancun Weekend" giveaway presented by Ulta.
"We're so excited about our ninth consecutive year partnering with the Miss Universe Organization," says Farouk Shami, Founder and Chairman of Farouk Systems, Inc. "Our continued involvement in this annual tradition celebrates the Farouk commitment to beauty around the world."
The 2012 Miss Universe Competition will be held in Las Vegas at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Theatre for Performing Arts. It airs LIVE on NBC at 8:00 p.m. EST in the United States, with a Spanish simulcast on Telemundo. This year's pageant will be hosted by Andy Cohen, host of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" and Giuliana Rancic, co-anchor of "E! News."
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Treasury Knew of IRS Targeting Last June
An IRS watchdog says he informed Obama administration officials last June that a probe was underway over the agency's targeting of conservative groups. Damian Paletta reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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|From 2:00pm till 8:00pm
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Centennial weekend delegates are welcomed to the Centennial hub to register and receive their registration packs. A range of quality Villa Memorabilia will also be available for all visitors to browse and purchase.
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Grand Opening Showcase & Reception
Villa Maria College Auditorium
The grand opening event of the Centennial weekend features a uniquely Villa showcase, complete with music and drama, and a touch of nostalgia! Due to high demand for this event, there will be two showings, one at 5:30pm and one at 7:30pm. The Showcase will be performed in the College Auditorium, and will feature a special performance by Rosemary Turnbull's Past Pupils' Choir.
A catered twilight Reception will follow in the Courtyard, with substantial canapés and a cash bar, the perfect opportunity to catch up with your Villa friends! The Reception will run until late.
This is an event not to be missed, and is expected to sell out!
|10:00am - 2:00pm
Villa's Great Day Out!
The College Parents' Association (PTA) and the Past Pupils' Association (PPA) are joining forces to create a Great Day Out for all ages. A carnival will be the centrepiece of the day, with food trucks, games, entertainment, swimming and spaces for Villa girls both young and old to gather and share memories together.
|10:30am - 11:30am
|Boarders' Function
Where: College Library
Villa Maria College has a proud history of girls coming to board from all parts of the South Island.
The official Boarders' Function allows former Boarders to reconnect and reminisce on their days living at the College.
Please note that this is a catered event, and you must register and purchase a ticket to attend.
|1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Where: College Library
Teachers, support staff and friends of the College are invited to catch up over a catered afternoon tea to mark 100 years of learning at Villa Maria College.
Please note that this is a catered event, and you must register and purchase a ticket to attend.
|6:30pm till midnight
The Blue Tie Ball
Where: Villa Maria College
The Blue Tie Ball promises to be a night to remember, where Villa women and friends can enjoy a sumptuous meal by White Tie Catering, paired with quality beverages throughout the evening (meal and beverages included in the ticket price).
The Ball will be held in the beautiful themed marquee on the College field – a fitting location to celebrate the Centennial in style!
Radio personality Hilary Muir will lead the night's programme, and afterwards, you can dance the night away to local band Puree.
Special Mass and Morning Tea
Marquee on the College field at Villa Maria College
The highlight of the Centennial weekend will be the Centennial Mass, a very special Mass to honour all that the past 100 years have encompassed and all that the next 100 will hold.
Please join us for a cup of tea and a bite to eat after Mass, and also see the cutting of the official Centennial cake!
Mass will be followed by a lavish morning tea, presented by the Villa Maria College Foundation.