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Flames Darkhorse Targets: Jordan Subban
Kent Wilson
June 07 2013 02:58PM
The youngest of the Subban brothers is the relatively diminutive Jordan Subban, a defender for the OHL's Belleville Bulls. At 5'9" and 180 pounds, Jordan doesn't have the size of elder sibling and probable Norris trophy winner PK Subban, but he does have a similar offensive flair. If he was 6'2", Jordan would almost certainly be a top-30 pick this year, but his size and the problems associated with being smaller in the NHL (particularly as a defensman) have him projected as a probable 2nd-3rd rounder this year.
Subban is one of the highest scoring blueliners available this June. His 51 points in 68 games was good for 6th most amongst defenders in the OHL and all the guys ahead of Subban on that list have '93 or '92 birthdays (Jordan was born in 1995). For further context, probable first overall choice Seth Jones managed 56 in 61 games, but also played on a team that scored about 100 more goals than Subban's Bulls during the season. Older bro PK also played on the Bulls in junior and had a very similar stats line at the same point in his career by the way (15g-41-56pts in 68 games).
So the weaponry is there. The real question is, can Subban overcome his size limitations and round into a useful 5on5 player at the highest level? Or would he, at best, be limited to a PP specialist role like MA Bergeron?
The Scouting Reports
Subban the younger shows up between 40-80 on most draft lists. Corey Pronman ranks him the 54th best prospect available and shares this about him:
Subban is a top-end skater who has the ability to jet up and down the ice as a dangerous puck rusher. He has plus offensive skill, as he can weave through traffic and make quality setups. He can be a little risky with his offensive attacks, however, as well as make poor positional errors on defense. He is a small defenseman at about 5'9", and that brings a solid amount of risk to his projection. His value in his own end is questionable, although he will work hard in one-on-one battles. He can make plays as a stick checker, but as a prospect, he has a high amount of uncertainty based on his defensive projection.
So the size risk is spiked by questions about his decision making. That MA Bergeron comparison seems a little more apt.
The Future Considerations draft guide has Subban ranked 54th overall as well. They echo Pronman's assessment of the player: great skater, highly creative, hard worker, but with a defensive game that is undeveloped and punctuated by gambles.
Subban's future in the league will no doubt hinge on whether he can firm up his play in the bad end of the rink. On top of being little, which is a very difficult handicap to overcome, it becomes orders of magnitude more difficult to move up the rotation if you are an agent of chaos south of the redline.
The Numbers
As mentioned, Subban's output this year is near the top of the draft class. His NHLE comes out to about 19, which only marginally lags behind many of the forwards who will likely be picked at the end of the first round in June. He scored almost 20 more points than the next highest scoring defender on Belleville.
Of course, other smaller guys have scored a bunch from the blueline and failed to have that translate at the NHL level. Micki Dupont is an example from the more distant past - he managed 54 points in his second season in the WHL and scored 88 in 70 games in his 4th year (including 26 goals), but could never make it stick in the pros because of less than ideal size (5'10, 185). Ian White also tore up the WHL with the Swift Current Broncos, scoring 79 points in his draft year, but again he only developed into a somewhat useful player in the show.
If Subban is picked in the third round or beyond and manages to play as many games as Ian White, that would be considered a win by most clubs I'm sure. Still, there's no guarantee he even gets that far down the road. Dan Boyle is usually the comparable that is brought up with kids like this, but he's the rare exception rather than a useful benchmark.
Subban has good bloodlines as well as high-end offensive acumen. He is both creative and mobile, which are good skills to have in a modern defender.
On the other hand, he's significantly hampered by his size and the fact his own zone game is apparently still very raw. At least one of those things will have to change to a non-trivial degree for him to have a real shot at getting any sort of ice time at the NHL level. Coaches will sometimes trade size or a defensive game for goals from the blueline, but rarely both.
As a result, Jordan Subban is the sort of high-risk, high-reward pick in the middle of the rotation that can make an org look smart 4 years down the road. That or he'll simply fade into oblivion with the majority of other third round picks and guys who are simply known for having famous older brothers.
Flames Darkhorse Targets
- Jordan Subban
- Taylor Cammarata
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If the Flames were to wrangle an extra pick from somewhere I wouldn't object to taking Subban... but I wouldn't go out of my way to get him. I think that if when #66 roles around both Cammarata and Subban are around that I'd go with Cammarata.
I'd rather see somebody along the lines of a John Hayden (Pronman's #79) http://www.puckprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1540
I'd take Cammarata or Tolchinksy first.
STAY AWAY before round 4.
Although, and I have no clue as to the history on this sort of thing, but what about converting the guy to forward (I feel like I'm in a Seinfeld episode)?
Because there's no way I see him cutting it as a regular D in the NHL.
I don't see anything wrong with taking this kid in the 3rd. How many 3rd rounders are considered safe anyway? Might as well get a little upside while simultaneously addressing a need (offensive dmen).
Some other players I like around that range are Linus Arnesson, Taylor Cammarata, and Ryan Kujanwinksi.
June 07 2013, 03:59PM
I know I'm being a little unfair about this, but I wouldn't like to see PK Subban in a Flame uniform. I haven't seen one player fight his team mates that often since Matthew Barnaby played. I get that Jordan is a different person and it's unfair to compare, but I wouldn't be surprised for this too show up in the "good bloodlines".
Regardless of the above, this profile could have been written about Mark Cundari, so does this team really need another young diminutive defensemen?
Except if your looking at point totals Cundari did at 20 what Subban has done at 18. Cundari also has more... snarl?... to his game then Subban does but if your look for offense from the blueline then I think you'd prefer Subban. MA Bergeron does seem like a more apt comparison.
I say he's suitable for 4th round, maybe 3rd round if you had extra picks in the 3rd. If Flames take him, hopefully he is more like a Staal brother (Marc or Jordan) than a Gretzky brother (sorry Brent).
June 07 2013, 04:46PM
I like Subban as a possible 3rd round pick for us, in part because he projects to have excellent strength (PK and Malcolm are both physically powerful dudes), to go with very good offensive ability,
You can teach kids like him how to play defense in his own zone, and he looks like he'll have the quickness and strength to do so.
He'd be a project, but worth it IMO.
4 th round is a suitable gamble for him, perhaps he grows some and learns a bit of defense from an couple more years in the ohl. seen tolchinsky, he is smallish, gifted offensively and looks like he is 12 years old, the kid has some sick skills however gets hammered by bigger bodies. lets hope flying j and the guru dont do something off the wall and jump the que for either one.
June 07 2013, 06:10PM
Looks like an excellent 3rd rounder to me.
Iginla and Pens out - I love poetic justice.
June 07 2013, 08:50PM
Too bad for Iggy. On the plus side for the Flames, our draft spot from Pitt just improved.
Iginla and Pens out - I love poetic justice.
AMEN BROTHER, and Jroam looked completely overwhhelmed. heads are going to roll in Pitt.
Too bad for Iggy. On the plus side for the Flames, our draft spot from Pitt just improved.
KARMA at its finest.
1st off- Iggy is awesome and I will never be mad at him
2nd- pretty hard to win a series when you only score 2 goals. Seems like the close call vs Toronto woke the Bruins up. NBC has a potential dream final in Boston vs Chicago, two original 6 teams, can't be that much better.
Now where does Iggy sign? I'll bet a loonie he signs in LA.
1st off- Iggy is awesome and I will never be mad at him
2nd- pretty hard to win a series when you only score 2 goals. Seems like the close call vs Toronto woke the Bruins up. NBC has a potential dream final in Boston vs Chicago, two original 6 teams, can't be that much better.
Now where does Iggy sign? I'll bet a loonie he signs in LA.
maybe back to the flames for hankowski,agostino and a first round pick schevvy.
Would be interesting to see the criteria for the "dark horse pick". Is it just picking names/player profiles or is there some methodology?
With regards to Iginla, doesn't look like he will re-sign in Pitt but you never know. Sold his house in Calgary; maybe he signs in Vancouver, Edmonton or LA. Stick it to those nasty Flames for running him out of town and forcing a trade to the wrong team, oh wait?
@Willi P
tune into 93 7 pittsburgh, you will love the venomous fans callin for heads to roll. seems even pens fans consider sid a whiner.
Iggy will not sign in Vancouver or Edmonton. It would be so wrong. Again, I say LA is the destination, maybe Detroit.
For those calling for heads to roll in Pittsburgh, I wish we had that problem here with the Flames. The conference finals are a once in 15 years kind of thing.
tune into 93 7 pittsburgh, you will love the venomous fans callin for heads to roll. seems even pens fans consider sid a whiner.
Thanks for that. Sounds like Malkin is gone too.
P.K. was pretty small when he was drafted, IIRC.
Iggy will not sign in Vancouver or Edmonton. It would be so wrong. Again, I say LA is the destination, maybe Detroit.
For those calling for heads to roll in Pittsburgh, I wish we had that problem here with the Flames. The conference finals are a once in 15 years kind of thing.
I am sure Dutter would like to have him. We will see, but never say never in regards to the Oil or Nux. Iginla is from Edmonton and has a summer place/team in the OK valley. Edmonton is the same distance and Vancouver is closer. Wrong from your perspective, perhaps not his. Stranger things have happened
June 07 2013, 11:19PM
Looks like Iginla's winning touch rubbed off on Pittsburgh...Bwhahahahaha.
The universe feels more aligned this evening.
June 07 2013, 11:26PM
Wow. I can see Flames fans taking solace in the fact that we will draft higher, but dumping on Iggy? Damn, I could never have imagined it would come to this.
I'd rather see somebody along the lines of a John Hayden (Pronman's #79) http://www.puckprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1540
I think Hayden is better choice as a pick than Subban as well.
Not that I don't think Subban would be an interesting selection in the third round, but there are other prospects or picks I think would fit the Flame's need more so than Subban. Hayden would be one of them.
While Feaster was so desperate to pursue ROR, I think by drafting Hayden the Flames have a close comparison. Again looking at the Western Conference one way to ensure success is by drafting and developing good centres. Especially ones with some size. Already Hayden has some size to frame along with some skill and a good hockey IQ.
June 08 2013, 01:24AM
Wow. I can see Flames fans taking solace in the fact that we will draft higher, but dumping on Iggy? Damn, I could never have imagined it would come to this.
Shame on you people
Too bad for Jerome as this may have been his last chance at the cup but GO BRUINS GO!!!!!!
Too bad for Jerome as this may have been his last chance at the cup but GO BRUINS GO!!!!!!
Oh Ya too bad for Jroam, balked at going to the bruins screwed feaster and company, then figured it was a lock with crosby. only thing he overlooked waas he was a terrible fit and was relegated to being a thirdliner. iggy was overwhelmed and looked tragicly like an old greybeard who's days in the league are numbered. old slow and unable to contribute is not the swan song he was seeking. pitt fans are screaming mad and looks like disco and the fluery are going to be run out of steeltown. disco has been out coached in 4 straight playoffs. montreal,tampa,philly and the bruins. goes to show how regular numbers can inflate value.
Jarome looked slow and very old! I really expected to see him shine in the playoffs but he only really contributed in the blowout type wins. I'm betting LA picks him up as a UFA. Wonder if he regrets his choice to even leave the Flames. I'll always respect him but I'm so glad Boston won! So do we get pick 27 now in the draft? I have a hard time seeing jarome playing til 40. This was levels above his speed and skill! Try 4 yrs ago! Not bad for the flames now!
It's not dumping on iggy. He sucked and that's that! He also screwed us in that he gave a list to jay and then got to pick from the list. Quit with poor iggy!
It's not dumping on iggy. He sucked and that's that! He also screwed us in that he gave a list to jay and then got to pick from the list. Quit with poor iggy!
Amen brother, poor iggy poor iggy. iggy dogged it with the flames, ran opposition to butter's system, and played for personal stats. that a legacy. flames fans need to separate the young gun iggy from the post 2008 iggy. count the coaches the flames turnstiled through town, and numerous hockey types will tell you off the record there was no love between iggy and his coaches. so poor iggy, nice deflection on the macquaid goal. karma has a funny way of biting ya in the ass.
Unless LA beats the Hawks, it'll be 28.
June 08 2013, 09:27AM
He sounds like a winger, not a d-man. Why is he not playing on the wing?
So our pucks are 6, 22, and 27?
Who do you think Iggy will sign with now?
June 08 2013, 10:46AM
Probably Calgary...
Probably Calgary...
lets hope not, downright terrible. iggy exposed to the rest of the world just how deminished his skills are. do the honourable and retire iggy.
Iggy can still be an important piece for a good team. He just isn't a 5-6 mill piece many thought he was. I think a 1-2 year deal at around 3.0mill per would interest the likes of LA or Bruins or even Philly for that matter. He's a 3rd line player with 2nd powerplay time & should fit that role well if he can get his head around his diminished status. Like my Grandma used to tell me, growing old is no fun.
June 08 2013, 11:56AM
Iggy can still be an important piece for a good team. He just isn't a 5-6 mill piece many thought he was. I think a 1-2 year deal at around 3.0mill per would interest the likes of LA or Bruins or even Philly for that matter. He's a 3rd line player with 2nd powerplay time & should fit that role well if he can get his head around his diminished status. Like my Grandma used to tell me, growing old is no fun.
Agree completely...him coming back to Calgary though is a bad decision for both parties...way too much baggage on both ends.
So our pucks are 6, 22, and 27?
again, it's only 27 if LA beats Chicago IIRC. The conference finalist losers get 28 and 27, and the only one of the teams left that had more points in the regular season than Pittsburgh is Chicago. Who has a 3-1 lead over LA.
Probably 6, 22, 28.
Jarome looked exactly like he did in Calgary. Lost . Instant turnover. He should just retire. He's tarnishing the work he has done. As for the Pittsburgh fans, they need to give their head a shake. The sheer dichotomy between performing well in the regular season and playoffs forces a team to be two teams. Highly skilled with goonish size. Enter Boston, Chicago and LA. Pittsburgh should look squarely at the GM. Instead of bringing in goonish size to protect his skill he brought in some post-apex 90s skill. Every POS Bruin that touched Sid should have had their head smashed in. That's why Toronto took the Beantown Bullies the farthest. They brought some bulk with their skill. The way the NHL is being officiated now is really really close to WWE. As long as that is the case, the low-forehead behemoths with the most skill will rule the roost. So, the next time your GM looks to Europe for a player, yell, scream and shout to get his attention. What they call hockey and what Bettman calls hockey are as different as chalk and cheese. F*** the Neanderthals.
June 09 2013, 07:41PM
IMO the reason the Pens lost to Boston has nothing to do with goonery. It has everything to do with the narrative they wrote to start the series - "we are as big and tough as they are". No, in fact, you aren't! I find it funny that the Penguins didn't play "their style" of hockey until they were down 1-0 in the fourth and deciding game of a series. Where was their speed? Where was their finesse?
Toronto took it to Boston in some games not because of goons and hard-nosed play, but because they used their speed to stretch Boston.
I think whoever gave the "toughness" mandate within the Penguins organization deserves the blame for the collapse - not losing the series, as I think Boston would have won anyway. This has to be Bylsma. I wouldn't be advocating firing him, but you don't try to go toe to toe with Boston in a slug-fest. You need to beat them with speed and make them chase you.
Chicago will do this, and that's why they'll win. Pittsburgh merely showed them how not to play.
It's actually a myth that Boston is "big and bad". They rank 17th in the league in height, and 12th in weight (Calgary is 2nd last in both, haha, I guess we really are the smallest team in the league). Pittsburgh is 20th and 9th respectively.
So, in terms of size, they actually stack up rather well against the Bruins.
June 10 2013, 08:44AM
Regardless of actual size, they play a very physical game (thus, the 'big and bad' moniker, isn't necessarily about real size). Whereas Pitts, not so much. That's all I was getting at.
I was surprised with the Pens' lack of speed through the neutral zone as well as on the forecheck. That's usually their bread and butter - that's why they usually have such a good cycle game IMO. They either a) didn't use it at all or b) were completely neutralized by the Bruins. It seemed to me as though it was a combination of the two (all credit to Boston), but considering the Penguins proclivity to completely dominate teams this way over the last few years, you would assume they were playing outside their system a little bit.
I'm not so sure you can look at the actual 'size rankings' of a team and determine how physically they play. Case in point, Marchand - the dude's tiny, but he's a little wrecking ball, or Callahan in NY - again, he's no Chara, but he's a tough SOB. Boston, in my eyes, is not a terribly quick or skilled team (not saying they lack elite skilled talent - but they aren't a Pittsburgh or Chicago) but they are extremely difficult to play against, especially in a seven game series. Once they wear you down physically, their skill takes over, and they just hem you in your own zone all night.
"Regardless of actual size, they play a very physical game (thus, the 'big and bad' moniker, isn't necessarily about real size). Whereas Pitts, not so much. That's all I was getting at."
Regular season hits: Pittsburgh (9th), Boston (10th).
Regular season blocked shots: Pittsburgh (10th), Boston (22nd).
Calgary was 27th and 15th respectively.
June 10 2013, 09:20AM
Alright, I've been bested hah!
I still don't understand why Pittsburgh deviated from what they did so well in the regular season. I would assume if you turned the game into a track-meet of sorts, it would favor the Penguins - save for brilliant 'tending from Rask.
Indeed. the Pens definitely didn't look like themselves. Particularly Crosby.
In all honesty, though, the Bruins are a very good team, and it's conceivable that they would have won a 7 game series against the Penguins even with Crosby, Malkin et al. going at full tilt.


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Event profile - Skype Link-up between University of York (UK) and Zehjing University (China), 2008
For Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008, the University of York partnered with Zehjing University in China to run a video conference facilitating interaction between the students. The programme used business case studies and exercises to explore a range of topics around enterprise skills and how these can vary with cultural context.
Students were given two case studies – one based on a UK boat business, and the other on a merger between two Chinese companies. Divided into teams, they had to analyse the case studies and then share and discuss their chosen strategy and approach. The cultural differences between the students became apparent - Chinese students going for the more risky options, whilst the York students were more risk averse!
Oliver Lee, a student from York University commented: "On reflection of the course, the thing I learnt most is how different cultures, customs and values impact on businesses and strategic business decisions."
Du, a student from Zhejiang University said: "I found that the English students' presentations were simpler than ours. We tended to spend more time as a group looking for the 'correct answer!"
The course was so successful, that it will be run again next year. Two York University students have even developed business plans focusing on the Chinese market as a result of what they learnt at the event.
Find out more about this collaboration at their joint website: www.nyjcee.com
Entrepreneur profile - Omar
My name is Omar and I'm a 23-year-old student studying Electrical Engineering at the public university in La Paz. I wake up at 5:00 AM every morning to deliver the newspaper across various neighbourhoods in our Capital. I earn only $56 US a month, which allows me to cover the costs of my studies and lunch every day. I come from a poor family and my parents do not make enough money themselves to maintain our family.
I became aware of Global Entrepreneurship Week through a friend and decided to get involved as a volunteer because I dream of having my own business in the future, and was delighted by the idea of learning more about becoming an entrepreneur. I rapidly got involved with the group and offered my design skills, which is my real passion. I was soon responsible for designing various marketing materials that we used to promote the Week. After my experience with the campaign, I am much more confident that I can run my own design business and I have already signed up a couple of new clients.
Country profile - Poland
The "Open Company" project, coordinated by the Junior Achievement Foundation, was the largest event of the Week. As part of the project, 66,700 children and teenagers visited 1,403 different companies to take a closer look at their operations and gain valuable enterprise experience. The young people involved represented 614 schools, which received in total 1,356 separate entrepreneurship lessons.
Other events during Global Entrepreneurship Week in Poland included various conferences and workshops, an online stock-exchange game, fashion shows, a Monopoly Tournament and a City Parade for the Entrepreneurial.
Global Entrepreneurship Week Poland was supported by Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak and was coordinated by a coalition of organizations including the Youth Forum of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan, Junior Achievement Foundation, FOR Foundation, SAR Association of Marketing Communication, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzesnow.
Global Entrepreneurship Week Argentina involved more than 140 events taking place in 9 provinces across the country. The British Embassy in Buenos Aires also contributed to the Week at the public opening and by hosting a closing reception.
Andrew Jackson, the British Charge, who gave the keynote address at the launch of GEW Argentina at the University of Buenos Aires, spoke of Gordon Brown's vision in first launching Enterprise Week, and now Global Entrepreneurship Week. His speech highlighted the need now, more thane ver, for young entrepreneurs, as well as the importance of entrepreneurs in the global economy--particularly the powerful role women entrepreneurs can play and the opportunities opening up to all entrepreneurs in new technologies such as climate change.
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65% of Americans don't know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
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Microsoft said FTC isn't doing enough to force Google to conform with antitrust laws
A Microsoft executive has called Google out on the fact that Windows Phone users cannot enjoy
a full YouTube experience
the way Android and iOS users can.
Dave Heiner, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Microsoft, wrote a post about the fact that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is not doing enough to force Google to conform with antitrust laws. More specifically, Microsoft is upset that Windows Phone still cannot get a full YouTube app while the competition (Android and iOS) are able.
"Despite government scrutiny, Google continues to block Microsoft from offering its customers proper access to YouTube," said Heiner. "This is an important issue because consumers value YouTube access on their phone: YouTube apps on the Android and Apple platforms were two of the most downloaded mobile applications in 2012, according to recent news reports. Yet Google still refuses to allow Windows Phone users to have the same access to YouTube that Android and Apple customers enjoy. Microsoft has continued to engage with YouTube personnel over the past two years to remedy this problem for consumers.
"As you might expect, it appears that YouTube itself would like all customers – on Windows Phone as on any other device – to have a great YouTube experience. But just last month we learned from YouTube that senior executives at Google told them not to enable a first-class YouTube experience on Windows Phones."
Heiner mentioned that the European Commission has addressed Google's business practices and is working toward a resolution that will keep Google in line, but the FTC, however, is taking it a little too easy on the search giant.
"Meanwhile, in the United States, news reports have stated that the FTC may close its investigation if Google merely makes certain "voluntary commitments" to reform its behavior," wrote Heiner. "Separately, news reports suggest that Google will finally agree to live up to its promises to make its standard essential patents available to all on reasonable terms. Unfortunately, this agreement appears to be less demanding than the pledge the U.S. Department of Justice received from Apple and Microsoft nearly a year ago."
Heiner complained that Microsoft had raised the issue about the full-featured YouTube app almost two years ago, and while the European Commission and the FTC are both investigating the matter, Microsoft wants the matter resolved once and for all.
Microsoft is just one tech company that is consistently targeted by the European Commission regarding antitrust laws.
It started in March 2004 when a European Commission high court found the company guilty of
using tactics to freeze out its competitors
in the media player and server software markets. It was fined
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browser choices in Windows 7
and more
browser issues with Windows RT
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Last month I finally had the colonoscopy my ANP had been pushing for the past 2 years! It was time. I'd just turned 60! There were no family risk factors I knew, but colorectal cancer (colon or rectum) is the 2nd most common type of cancer in North America, and Lori was not yet convinced a virtual one is as reliable.
The preparation was bad; trying to work, powered only with clear apple and white grape juice the day before the procedure sent me home at noon with such a fuzzy head, I almost got on the wrong bus. I drank some clear lemonade with 2 tablespoons of maple syrup in it (for brain food) and slept for 4 hours, something I never do in the daytime. So, Tip #1: Ensure your clear fluids pack plenty of sweetener – natural is best! I woke in time to take my first dose of MoviPrep – the liter of sweet but salty,lemon-flavored fluid guaranteed to clean out the colon fast. Tip#2: Don't leave the bathrooom once you've finished that liter till you are sure it's safe! I slept well, but had to wake at 6 am to take the second liter, which was even more effective than the first! No further fluids were permissible till afterwards (around 12:30 pm)- so that was tough. I was very thirsty.
I checked into the Alaska Digestive Center at 10:30 am, filled out numerous forms and disclaimers, and the intake nurse made sure my husband would be on deck to drive me home and watch over me for the next 6 hours… The paper gown was thin, and I was freezing by now. Tip#3: Wear warm, thick socks! They brought me a heated blanket – a real treat, started a saline IV and asked a few more questions about any allergies I have – none that I know of. They also took my blood pressure, and maybe because mine is normally very low, inserted an oxygen cannula in my nostrils. Then they wheeled my bed, IV and all into the procedure room and I was introduced to Dr. McLendon who would do the colonoscopy. That done, the nurse added the sedative to the IV and I was out!
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WASHINGTON -- Marine Gen. John Allen, who just stepped down from commanding coalition troops in Afghanistan, has said he is resting and reuniting with his family before making a decision about his next job, according to a statement from his staff.
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J.D. and Terry Seely, of Ferron, are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Bradee, to Joseph Augino, son of Carl and Judie Augino, of Santa Clarita, Calif. The couple will be married June 4, in Canyon Country, Calif. There will be a dinner and reception to celebrate their marriage that same evening following the ceremony.
Bradee is a 2004 graduate of Emery High School, 2005 graduate of College of Eastern Utah, and a 2010 graduate of Utah Valley University.
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In a 2012 study conducted by the University of California – Los Angeles, researchers found that a good academic reputation was the top factor students considered when comparing colleges. Prestigious institutions that had an excellent track record of academic rigor and recognition were highly desirable to students, while those schools that couldn't demonstrate such a reputation might not be worth fighting for in terms of admissions.
While college is theoretically about the academic experience and education a student receives when enrolled, being a college student is about far more than just learning in the classroom. Student life is generally so different than anything the average college student experiences in his or her life before college that being a student can transform almost every single aspect of a person's life.
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A Place to Call Home
Students are expected to spend a significant amount of time studying, but they'll also need a place to sleep, eat and generally live life. For some students, on-campus housing is the perfect housing solution.
According to a Wright State University survey, on-campus residents are less likely to skip class, more likely to stay in school.
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No matter where students choose to live, they're likely to tap into increased opportunities for socialization as soon as they enter college. Sometimes, these social interactions turn sour, as alcohol might play a prominent role.
Alcohol Statistics
599,000 students ages 18 to 24 are injured each year due to alcohol
696,000 students ages 18 to 24 are assaulted each year by a drunken peer
Thankfully, there are a variety of other social opportunities students can engage in that have nothing at all to do with booze. For example, some colleges offer intramural sports activities, which allow non-athletes to form teams and engage in a little healthy competition. These sorts of activities are popular with students. According to an University of Texas at Austin survey, 9 of 10 students participate in recreational sports or use on-campus sports facilities.
Even spiritual activities, such as going to church or participating in a Bible study course, might be considered a social activity for some students. Although the LifeWay Research as reported by Tarrant County College suggests that 66% of students choose to leave the church when they enter school, some Tarrant County College students indicated that they find that nurturing their faith is a vital part of their college life experience.
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While housing and socializing are huge parts of student life, it's no secret that people go to school in order to learn, and in order to do that, they'll need to attend class and hit the books on a regular basis. For most students on campus, these activities take up a considerable amount of time.
6 percent of students spend 16 to 30 hours each week in class
7 percent of students spend 16 to 30 hours each week studying outside of class
26 percent of students work on class projects outside of class very often
14 percent of students go to campus libraries more than once per week
Source: Resident students polled by the Office of Research and Evaluation Division of Undergraduate Education, University of California, Irvine
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College students have limited time, and sometimes, they're faced with few opportunities to cook healthful sustaining meals. Most college dining halls will offer healthy food alongside junk food¾and as a doe-eyed freshman, it might be hard not to eat pizza for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You might even think that's what adulthood tastes like, but that's just the Freshman 15. It's common for students to pack on the pounds while at school, especially in their first year.
In addition to gaining weight, students might also be cutting back on the amount they sleep each night.
Source: Auburn University in Alabama, as reported by Health
Source: University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, as reported by The Aggie
It's hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle when not eating well and not getting enough sleep, and this can impact academic performance. For many students, it's a question of struggling a little bit with finding a healthy balance before it clicks, which is the sort of learning experience college is all about.
Making It Work
College is about making the transition from childhood to adulthood, and a little bit of experimentation and failure is just part of the learning process. Some students wobble a bit, and they find their own path to success without any kind of outside help. For some students, however, a little assistance can make all the difference. Unfortunately, many students don't ask for this help. According to a National Alliance on Mental Illness study, 50 percent of students with a diagnosable mental health condition didn't ask for help in college.
Visiting the student health center, talking to a counselor or otherwise reaching out to an expert could allow students like this to stay in school and obtain the academic success they deserve.


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And even though they sold the trucking business to their sons Dave and Don Cox in 2004, Emily still does all the licensing and all of the fuel reports for all of their 70 trucks which operate in 48 states.
Until two years ago, Parke drove trucks to Cedar City and back and he still has his Commercial Drivers License. Today, he helps with office tasks and runs errands.
"They have been an incredible team from day one," says their daughter, Karen Reber, "They have worked side by side. She (Emily) has been an incredible partner to my father."
It all started when Emily Cox, born and raised in Scipio, Utah, signed up with the National Youth Administration, a New Deal Program started by President Franklin Roosevelt. The NYA program allowed Emily, who had graduated from Millard High School in Fillmore, Utah in 1939, to attend Dixie College in St. George.
It was at a Senior Prom Dance at the Old Recreation Hall, east of the existing Woodward School building, where Parke and Emily met.
Neither person had come to the dance together. But as Emily was getting ready to leave, Parke offered to take her home. She declined, saying "You didn't bring me (here) so you aren't going to take me home."
Instead, she went home with a friend of hers, Helen Pectol. The next thing Emily knew, "He (Parke) came trudging down to my house and knocked on my door."
When she opened the door, "he kissed me right there," Emily said.
The couple started dating, and were married Sept. 12, 1942 in St. George. A few months later, the marriage was solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple.
At the time of their marriage, Parke was working for McCord's service station on North Bluff Street, driving truck for owner Lorraine Cox. Parke would drive to Los Angeles and then haul gasoline back to McCord's. He was also flying part-time in the Civil Pilot Training Program at the St. George Airport (then located on the Black Hill), training Army cadets how to fly.
Their first residence was an apartment in the Wadsworth Building, above the Dixie Theater on South Main Street. They then moved to Oxnard, Calif., where Parke continued to teach Army cadets at a military base.
One day, a cadet asked Parke to do a slow roll with an airplane at the air base. When he landed and came into the office, he was fired for doing the aerial stunt.
Emily was pregnant with their oldest daughter, Tina, at the time, so as they left California in a Studebaker, Emily was experiencing labor pains. Tina was born the next day, Nov. 19, 1943.
Shortly afterwards, a buddy of Parke's asked him to apply to work at another Civil Pilot Training Program in Ventura, Calif. So Parke, Emily and their daughter, Tina, moved to Santa Maria, Calif., and worked with the CPT Program until it closed down.
He was then transferred to Douglas, Ariz., where he completed an advanced airplane instrument training course. From there, the government sent him to Dallas, Texas, to a P-51 Mustang factory. From the factory, 86 pilots (including Parke) flew the planes to Newark, N.J., after which the planes would be moved overseas for use during World War II.
While in Newark, Parke decided he wanted to see the Statue of Liberty so he flew his P-51 Mustang around the historic structure. When he returned to his base in New Jersey he found his name had been posted on the bulletin board, a measure designed to let everyone on base know that no one was supposed to fly military planes around the Statue of Liberty during the war.
Parke and the other pilots were then flown to Niagara Falls, N.Y., to the P-63 airplane factory. The pilots then flew the P-63 airplanes to Great Falls, Mont., and from there, to Anchorage, Alaska where Russians were scheduled to pick up the planes through a government lend lease program.
Parke continued to fly the planes between these locations for one year, returning to Great Falls, Mont., by Army transport. They were then scheduled to fly the "Hump" through the Himalaya Mountains from India to China, but instead were assigned to Sparks, Nev., to take another advanced aircraft instrument training course.
After Victory in Japan Day occurred on Aug. 14, 1945, Parke and Emily Cox returned to St. George. Parke was discharged from the Army Air Force in 1946. When Parke couldn't find a job flying in the St. George area, he started hauling copper ore for his cousin, Emerald Cox, from Apex Mine on Utah Hill, to Cedar City, where it was shipped by train.
He then worked for Premium Oil hauling gasoline from El Segundo, Calif., to St. George, Ut., between 1946-47.
In 1947, he heard the U.S. government was selling an Army surplus of trucks at a very low cost. "Parke and his wife Emily took advantage of this and drove cross country to Warren, Ohio to pick up their new truck," according to the company's website. "Upon arriving in Ohio, to their surprise they found their truck was still in crates, and unassembled. Having no other choice, they hired to have the truck assembled and Parke and Emily assembled the trailer together."
"We drove it back to St. George at the top speed of 42 mph," Parke said.
And because there were no diesel stations available at that time, the couple had to stop at state road sheds to get diesel. In addition, because the truck had black lights, the truck could not be driven at night, so it took four to five days to get home.
With their new "White" diesel truck, Emily and Parke Cox started "Parke Cox," a trucking company based out of their home at 109 South 200 West in St. George where the couple still live today.
Emily kept the accounting books in the kitchen. She also helped changed the truck's oil, washed the truck, and bought truck parts, while also helping to raise the couple's five children. Parke also shared those duties along with driving the truck. The truck was parked in front of the house with the refrigerator units running all night long. As the trucking company grew, two other trucks were parked near a football field across the street from the Dixie Market.
One of Parke's first trucking jobs was going into partnership with Harry Lundin of St. George, and hauling meat out of Dubuque, Iowa.
After Parke and Harry Lundin split six months later, Parke hauled meat from Armour Pack in Omaha, Neb., to Allen Wholesale in Los Angeles, Calif., for 25 years. Parke then leased two to three trucks and hauled for Wenzel Tent and Duck Company in the St. George Industrial Park.
In those early days, Karen Reber said the truck drivers working for their company became like family. Emily Cox washed the bed sheets in the trucks and fixed meals for the drivers to help them on their way.
As the Parke Cox trucking business grew, it picked up Genpak in Cedar City and Porteous Fasteners in Los Angeles. They hauled supplies in 48 states for the latter client.
In 1969, the family-owned Parke Cox business moved to the St. George Industrial Park at 396 North Industrial Road, and remained at that location until October 2011 when they moved to their current location at 4250 South River Road in the Fort Pearce Industrial Park.
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Skip to comments.Churchman: Right jolly old elf promotes idol worship
Posted on 12/26/2005 8:14:44 AM PST by Conservatrix
BETHEL While controversy swirls over a substitute teacher who told first-graders that Santa Claus doesnt exist, a local dairy farmer and church deacon has put the same message in a very public place. By erecting a sign along the eastbound side of I-78, between the Bethel and Grimes exits, Leonard H. Martin has taken it upon himself to shatter the myth of Santa Claus for any youngster able to read the message from the back seat of a car as their parents drive by.
It marks the second consecutive year that Martin has posted what he termed a spiritual message on his land adjacent to I-78.
Last year, the sign stated, Santa is a myth, lying to our children brings moral decay.
For this season, Martin toned it down slightly. The sign now reads, Worship God, who is all knowing & all seeing, Santa is a Myth.
Martin, who operates a dairy farm at 250 Legion Drive, Bethel Township, is also a deacon with Harmony Christian Fellowship.
We wanted to bring out the point that (Americans) are making Santa out to be what God actually is, Martin said Tuesday. Were making Santa a god. I believe that is idol worship.
(Excerpt) Read more at ldnews.com ...
The Grinch lives...
I wouldn't be too hard on him. Apparently, he was born a 70-year-old curmudgeon, and has been losing ground ever since.
Not the best of all possible ways to make converts.
A very ironic statement, considering he's doing exactly the same thing.
I wonder what he told his kids when they first asked where babies come from.
Let me get this straight: Santa is a myth because the only proof of his existence is in the minds of believers based upon lore that has been passed down from generation to generation. Yet God is real even though his existence is in the minds of believers based upon faith based Bible stories that have been passed down from generation to generation.
The man is 35 years old and the humblest, devout Christian you would ever know.
The man is 35 going on 70. No question on his level of devout-ness. I would, however, dispute his being "humble". He seems to be arrogant enough to feel he has the right to trump a parent's right and responsibility to provide their own children with truth and morality.
GOD IS REAL; Santa is a myth. Having said that, I do not agree with the man putting up such bill board; he is going about it the wrong way.
The "bible stories" are based on eyewitness accounts passed down through the generations. The stories of my Grandfathers experience in WWII has been passed down now 4 generations, yet I don't doubt his "stories" even though most of his men were killed or are dead and he has no pictures to back up what he experienced. That is faith as well in what he is saying is true. But tell you what, when you see a sleigh with eight tiny reindeer flying through the air at the speed of light, please tell me because my Visa bill for playing Santa this year is going to kill me!
You see Santa Clause, I see St. Nicholas.
You didn't specify St. nicholas. You specified Santa. Fat dude, flying reindeer. Free gifts. Enslaved midgets in a sweatshop toy factory in the barren wastelands of the North Pole!
Whew! For a minute, there, I was afraid the fellow was going to say that single parenthood, serial marriages and welfare were the cause of "moral decay". :)
According to those who judge by outward appearances of "piety", maybe.
Evidence of humility is teachability (like a little child). He may be humble - time will tell. Right now he shows evidence of being still quite spiritually immature.
The spiritually immature give themselves away by being guite legalistic (because the young still need guard rails), and at the same time, arrogantly assume that they're grown up enough to teach others what they should "do" to be "right with God".
"he is going about it the wrong way"
Using his free speech rights is going about it the wrong way?
I am afraid you just don't like the fact that his religion disagrees with yours.
Would you want him to go against his conscience any more than you would yours?
"was afraid the fellow was going to say that single parenthood, serial marriages and welfare were the cause of "moral decay"."
He would believe those are problems also that lead to moral deacy.
Why? Because he believes that you should worship God an not teach children lies?
You do not know the man, so reserve your judgment.
Some people would be glad to be pointed out thge error of their ways!
This guy is your husband I'm guessing. Just a WILD guess, mind you...
You see Santa Clause, I see St. Nicholas.
Commandment #1: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
This guy is your husband I'm guessing. Just a WILD guess, mind you...
No, not at all. He is a deacon in a church I attended some years ago.
Santa Claus is a myth, so much for truth... and Saint Nicholas is dead.
...and morality.
Morality and all of its associated concepts are based on the belief that some higher power is defining the correctness of human behavior.
Today, "morals" are defined by a quasi-religious pagan philosophy based on esoteric hobgoblins. A greater number of "atheists" and "pagans" adopt the same hackneyed tenets of a false Judaic-Christian ideal (golden calf). They also subscribe to the Judaic fetishism of "sin," but will fight to their death in denial of it. Most of them are so wrapped up in their own polemics that they have become nothing more than pathetic anti-Christians with the same false hypocritical philosophy. They just slap a new label on it hoping nobody will notice - - they replace the idea of "avoiding sin" with "morals."
(Pssst... I'm not an orthodox or ecumenical atheist, there are no such things.)
He seems to be arrogant enough to feel he has the right to trump...
How dare he use the First Amendment! Do you consider arrogance to be a "sin" of some sort?
So what your saying is, he puts up the billboard to pick on kids once a year, but doesn't want to take on adults on their issues the rest of the year?
I never heard of anyone who thought that Santa Claus was God. It's certainly not a widespread problem.
No one has. It's the voices in their heads.
I see no evidence that Santa is being made into a god any more than the Easter Bunny. Methinks anyone who believes we are is a bit over the top, and should enjoy a nice cocktail.
That poster is spreading that crap all over the forum today.
I think they got coal in their stocking! :-)
Stockings??? Are you KIDDING? Kids might believe Stockings are God's socks or something!! lol
And you also know the substitute teacher who told all the little kids Santa isn't real. What are you, part of some Santa hating cult?
[10] Another relic of Gentilism is the worship of images, neither instituted by Moses in the Old, nor by Christ in the New Testament; nor yet brought in from the Gentiles; but left amongst them, after they had given their names to Christ. Before our Saviour preached, it was the general religion of the Gentiles to worship for gods those appearances that remain in the brain from the impression of external bodies upon the organs of their senses, which are commonly called ideas, idols, phantasms, conceits, as being representations of those external bodies which cause them, and have nothing in them of reality, no more than there is in the things that seem to stand before us in a dream. And this is the reason why St. Paul says, "We know that an idol is nothing": not that he thought that an image of metal, stone, or wood was nothing; but that the thing which they honored or feared in the image, and held for a god, was a mere figment, without place, habitation, motion, or existence, but in the motions of the brain. And the worship of these with divine honour is that which is in the Scripture called idolatry, and rebellion against God. For God being King of the Jews, and His lieutenant being first Moses, and afterward the high priest, if the people had been permitted to worship and pray to images (which are representations of their own fancies), they had had no further dependence on the true God, of whom there can be no similitude; nor on His prime ministers, Moses and the high priests; but every man had governed himself according to his own appetite, to the utter eversion of the Commonwealth, and their own destruction for want of union. And therefore the first law of God was: they should not take for gods, alienos deos, that is, the gods of other nations, but that only true God, who vouchsafed to commune with Moses, and by him to give them laws and directions for their peace, and for their salvation from their enemies. And the second was that they should not make to themselves any image to worship, of their own invention. For it is the same deposing of a king to submit to another king, whether he be set up by a neighbour nation or by ourselves.
[14] An image, in the most strict signification of the word, is the resemblance of something visible: in which sense the fantastical forms, apparitions, or seemings of visible bodies to the sight, are only images; such as are the show of a man or other thing in the water, by reflection or refraction; or of the sun or stars by direct vision in the air; which are nothing real in the things seen, nor in the place where they seem to be; nor are their magnitudes and figures the same with that of the object, but changeable, by the variation of the organs of sight, or by glasses; and are present oftentimes in our imagination, and in our dreams, when the object is absent; or changed into other colours, and shapes, as things that depend only upon the fancy. And these are the images which are originally and most properly called ideas and idols, and derived from the language of the Grecians, with whom the word eido signifieth to see. They are also called phantasms, which is in the same language, apparitions. And from these images it is that one of the faculties of man's nature is called the imagination. And from hence it is manifest that there neither is, nor can be, any image made of a thing invisible.
[15] It is also evident that there can be no image of a thing infinite: for all the images and phantasms that are made by the impression of things visible are figured. But figure is quantity every way determined, and therefore there can be no image of God, nor of the soul of man, nor of spirits; but only of bodies visible, that is, bodies that have light in themselves, or are by such enlightened.
[16] And whereas a man can fancy shapes he never saw, making up a figure out of the parts of divers creatures, as the poets make their centaurs, chimeras and other monsters never seen, so can he also give matter to those shapes, and make them in wood, clay or metal. And these are also called images, not for the resemblance of any corporeal thing, but for the resemblance of some phantastical inhabitants of the brain of the maker. But in these idols, as they are originally in the brain, and as they are painted, carved moulded or molten in matter, there is a similitude of one to the other, for which the material body made by art may be said to be the image of the fantastical idol made by nature.
Part IV. Of the Kingdom of Darkness
Chap. xlvii. Of the Benefit that proceedeth from such Darkness
[1] Besides these sovereign powers, divine and human, of which I have hitherto discoursed, there is mention in Scripture of another power, namely, that of "the rulers of the darkness of this world," [Ephesians, 6. 12] "the kingdom of Satan," [Matthew, 12. 26] and "the principality of Beelzebub over demons," [Ibid., 9. 34] that is to say, over phantasms that appear in the air: for which cause Satan is also called "the prince of the power of the air"; [Ephesians, 2. 2] and, because he ruleth in the darkness of this world, "the prince of this world":[John, 16. 11] and in consequence hereunto, they who are under his dominion, in opposition to the faithful, who are the "children of the light," are called the "children of darkness." For seeing Beelzebub is prince of phantasms, inhabitants of his dominion of air and darkness, the children of darkness, and these demons, phantasms, or spirits of illusion, signify allegorically the same thing. This considered, the kingdom of darkness, as it is set forth in these and other places of the Scripture, is nothing else but a confederacy of deceivers that, to obtain dominion over men in this present world, endeavour, by dark and erroneous doctrines, to extinguish in them the light, both of nature and of the gospel; and so to disprepare them for the kingdom of God to come.
As an atheist, it may well be within my rights to put up a sign saying religion is a lie, but I don't because I respect my neighbors' beliefs. And I sure wouldn't be mean enough to hurt children, as his substitute teacher pal did.
Neither have I. Santa is a phantasm... no more real than the things that stand before us in a dream... Who is prince of phantasms in the Bible???
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Lies don't hurt children?
No, being a jerk is going about it the wrong way. This man is anything but humble. No one but small children believe in Santa and you can believe in Santa as a child and still be taught the lessons of Jesus that will last your whole life. To stick up for this guy is wrong-headed, let children believe in the "magic" of Santa Claus for a few years of their life. Relax
You appear to be unskilled in anything other than what has been called, "trailer park biblical scholarship" - and worse yet, also seem totally unaware of it.
".... For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we (the regenerate) have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. ...But we have the mind of Christ." 1Cr 2:9-12
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God" - (Romans 8:15-16).
"..Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." - Romans 8:9 and THE PICTURE IS HIDDEN
As an atheist, I consider religion to be a lie. However, I do not put up signs proclaiming such, nor, in all my years as a teacher of children, did I take advantage of my position to disabuse students of their religious or cultural beliefs.
These Christians should have showed a little more respect and kindness for their fellow human beings, especially during a season that celebrates the birth of their beloved Jesus.
Yes, that would be the truth. ...and when I decide to tell my children that truth should be my choosing. Morality is, in fact, based on the belief of a higher power-- I agree totally. Santa Claus is not taught, by the majority of us, as qualifying as a higher power. As my children reach the age where they can differentiate that, it will be made known to them. As it is, they are under no delusions that Jesus and Santa are the same person.
How dare he use the First Amendment! Do you consider arrogance to be a "sin" of some sort?
He has the right. He also needs to realize there will be consequences. My statement that he is arrogant is a rebuttal to someone who claimed he was "devout" and "humble". In general, although there are exceptions, I've found that the two are mutually exclusive. And by the way, "pride" is considered a bad policy, if not an actual "sin".
Contrarily, although I don't think he should be "forced" to bring down the billboard, I have no problem with him being shamed into taking it down himself-- or being confronted with the fact that he is, in point of fact, self-righteous and arrogant.
---From the New York Sun, 21 September 1897.
Perhaps they could consider a name change.
What does he say about the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy???
When did St. Nicolas become a god?
Boris Karloff is just his narrator.
There are only two religions. You merely embrace one - out of the many versions - of the man-centered religion.
"I've already mentioned in 'From Skepticism To Worship' how my mind was able to intellectually accept two very different ways of interpreting the bible. In reading it as an explicitly stated, technical document, all I saw was a heap of contradiction and error that rendered the whole collection of books as nonsense. Reading it as poetry or literature, however, provided a completely different view, one that enabled me to see the harmony and higher meanings in the overall text.
For years, I had debated biblical inerrancy as a skeptic. While my new understanding of scripture allowed me to see reconcilable paradox where I had previously seen contradiction, and also dispensed many of my other arguments as irrelevant or insignificant, there still remained some legitimate points of contention that I simply didn't have the time or the resources to solve.
In trying to find quick answers, I turned from the library to the Internet and ran smack into J.P. Holdings Tekton Apologetics Ministries. In my opinion, this guy is the most thorough researcher and honest apologist I have ever read. His website is a treasure to any Christian who is bothered or entertained by debate. The anti-Christian crowd is fond of dismissing Christian apologists for telling 'what could have been or the way things may have been', but there is no denying that Mr. Holding's research illustrates what actually was and the way things actually were.
The moment that I saw the truth in the bible, I couldn't escape it and I gave myself to Jesus Christ. But I was weak in my newfound faith and I didn't have the evidence that one acquires from trusting God. I had never stopped debating - I had just switched sides, only I was ill prepared to defend my new position. To be engaged in constant debate without answers is to be in a state of suspended faith or perpetual doubt. Had it not been for the answers that J.P. Holding had posted online, my Christian faith may not have survived its infancy.
Thanks, J.P.!"
A MAN CALLED J.P. HOLDING Answers at Tektonics.org
Santa is not a Myth. He is a Mythter.
Right jolly old FReeper: Churchman can kiss my ass.
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Not to steal anyone's thunder (specifically tjohnusa's, as I saw his post in the other thread) but I thought I'd head this up this year for Head-Fi. Since this thread should be started asap (i.e., it should've actually been started a couple of weeks ago to maximize participation), I thought I'd just start the thread now.
For the newbies, this has been an annual tradition originally started by Zanth the moderator some years ago. And to keep in tradition, there's only one rule. In the immortal words of Zanth:
If you agree to sign up, you are agreeing to SEND YOUR EXCHANGE PARTNER A GIFT BY CHRISTMAS!
To sign up, just leave a post in this thread saying that you're in, plus shipping preference if applicable.
Here's the fine print:
Sign-up cut-off is 12/5 (December 5th), midnight MDT. This cut-off date is to allow enough time for communication via PM between participants, then for shipping by USPS to both USA & international destinations, if applicable (see Shipping Deadlines here: https://www.usps.com/holiday/welcome.htm).
Update: sign-ups no longer being accepted!
I'll follow Zanth's rule on shipping: "I'll try to pair folks up on the same continent or better yet country if specified. Otherwise, I'm going to assume folks won't care who their partner is or where they are from."
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Please keep in mind that "gift" should mean something specifically for your exchange partner, and not an item you no longer want and just want to get rid of. I know that most of us Head-Fiers are complete strangers to each other, but the old saying "it's the thought that counts" applies here too. I think most people would appreciate a little thought into the gift that they receive.
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Finally, a reminder of why we do the Holiday Gift Exchange: As the saying goes, 'tis better to give than receive.
Web sites like Amazon.com (or .ca, .co.uk, etc) should make this process easy for most people - just order the item on Amazon and have them ship directly to your partner. No need to ship yourself unless some other item is being exchanged, or you have to ship yourself for some other reason.
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