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|January 14th, 2010, 08:45 PM
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The Immorality of Heaven
I came across this blog post today and it raises an interesting idea:
The Immorality of Heaven
So let's say atheists are wrong. Let's say there is a God, and there are places of permanent perfect bliss/ permanent absolute torture waiting for us after we die, and if God decides we're good enough we'll get to go to the former.
Is that something we would even want?
I'm not talking about the question of whether Heaven would get tedious; whether human nature is even capable of experiencing conflict-free, obstacle-free bliss into infinity. (Although I do think that's a valid question.) I'm talking about something else. I'm asking: Could Heaven really be Heaven if we knew that Hell existed, and that people were suffering in it?
Especially if some of those people were people we loved?
This came up in a post on Ebonmuse's Daylight Atheism blog. Ebon was talking about Christian theologian and apologist William Lane Craig, and a question that was directed to him about this very topic. The querant asked whether God shielded people in Heaven from knowledge of their loved ones who are burning in eternal damnation... and if so, by taking away that knowledge, how was that not taking away our free will? But, the question continued, if we did have knowledge of our loved ones who were being permanently tortured in Hell, how could we be happy in heaven? He said -- entirely reasonably, in my opinion:
I would never forget that I had a child and wish to be with them in the afterlife unless God specifically altered my mind... I also find it hard to come to terms with your later assertion that my love and joy in being in the presence of the Lord would make me not care about my loved ones burning in hell... I am just having trouble imagining myself so happy that I just don't think about my child who is burning in eternal damnation.
The writing of Craig that prompted this question:
It is possible that the very experience itself of being in the immediate presence of Christ (cf. the beatific vision) will simply drive from the minds of His redeemed any awareness of the lost in hell. So overwhelming will be His presence and the love and joy which it inspires that the knowledge of the damned will be banished from the consciousness of God's people. In such a case, the redeemed would still have such knowledge, but they would never be conscious of it and so never pained by it.
His response to this letter begins (after a little opening background):
My first option suggests that it is possible that God removes from the minds of the redeemed any knowledge of the damned. It seems to me that so doing is merciful and involves no wrong-doing on God's part. You object, Eric, that God would violate the free will of redeemed persons were He to take such action. I don't see that this implication follows. God's respecting human free will has to do with moral decision-making. God will not cause you to take one morally significant choice rather than another. He leaves it up to you. But obviously God limits our freedom in many morally neutral ways. He has so situated me that I cannot, for example, choose to begin speaking Vietnamese or to fly about by flapping my arms. My freedom is circumscribed in innumerable such ways. None of this violates my integrity as a moral agent. My morally significant decisions are still up to me. Similarly, if God removes from the redeemed knowledge of the damned, including knowledge of loved ones that are damned, He does not violate the moral integrity or free will of the persons involved, any more than if He had removed their knowledge of calculus. At least I've yet to see any argument that removing such knowledge violates free will in the morally significant way which is at issue.
And then he continues:
The second option I find even more appealing: the redeemed do retain knowledge of the fate of the damned but they are not conscious of it. When you think about it, we're not conscious of most of what we know. This alternative suggests that the experience of being in Christ's immediate presence will be so overwhelming for the redeemed that they will not think of the damned in hell. You reply that you can't imagine yourself being so happy that you don't think of your child who is damned. Well, to help stretch your imagination a bit, imagine an experience of pain -- say, having your leg amputated on the battlefield without anesthetic -- which is so intense that it drives out awareness of anything else. In such a condition you wouldn't be thinking of your child at all. Now substitute for that pain-awareness a feeling of joy and elation, but immeasurably more intense and enthralling. That's the beatific vision of the redeemed in heaven! It's not at all implausible, it seems to me, that such an experience would preclude your bringing the painful knowledge of your child's fate to mind.
And I was so appalled, I could barely find words.
Let's recap Craig's hypothesis. The experience of Christ's presence will be so overwhelming that we won't care about the people we love. We either won't remember them, or we'll be too blissed-out on the presence of Jesus to devote even a corner of our consciousness to thinking about them.
And how exactly will we be ourselves, then?
My thoughts and feelings about the people I love are a central, crucial part of what makes me who I am. The best part, arguably. It is impossible to imagine me being me without the part of me that loves people and cares about what happens to them. And that doesn't just include my friends and family. I have love for people I don't know: compassion and empathy for people I will never meet, but whose suffering I nevertheless feel, and whose lives I want to make better even if they'll never know about it. It is a central part of who I am, and it is one of the best parts.
And Craig thinks that in heaven, this part of me will just disappear?
He thinks that if I'm a good person in God's eyes, God will reward me by eradicating the best and most central part of who I am?
And he thinks that's a good thing?
But in some ways, it gets even worse.
Let's talk about the supposed "moral neutrality" of this conception of Heaven. Let's talk about the notion that denying us the knowledge of the people we love, so we don't have to be troubled by their suffering, is somehow the moral equivalent of denying us the knowledge of how to speak Vietnamese.
How quickly can I shoot this slow, stupid fish in this very small barrel?
Compassion for others is supposedly a central part of Christianity and Christian morality. (It's a central part of every other system of morality, too; but let's set that aside for the moment.) To know that other people are suffering, and to feel moved to do something about it by our sense of connection and brotherhood with them, is supposedly the essence of Christian love.
And yet somehow, our heavenly reward for living this caring life of Christian love and brotherhood is that we get to have that experience permanently stripped from us after we die. Our reward for our magnificent Christian compassion is that we don't have to be burdened with it anymore.
And this is somehow morally neutral? Destroying the lynchpin of human morality -- our compassion for others, based on our knowledge of their suffering and our desire to alleviate it -- has no more moral impact than destroying our knowledge of how to do calculus?
How does that work, exactly?
If anyone else dealt with someone's anguish over the suffering of their loved ones by permanently drugging them into a blissed-out state of ignorant catatonia, we'd be morally repulsed. In the novel Brave New World, the government that does it is considered an archetype of inhuman, soul-crushing evil. Why is it any different when God does it?
What is wrong with these people, anyway? Do they even hear themselves? Do they know what they sound like?
Now obviously, this isn't an argument for why religion is mistaken and atheism is correct. As I've pointed out many times: We can't decide what is and isn't true based on what we want to be true. There are excellent arguments against the plausibility of the afterlife -- and indeed, if any given afterlife is logically contradictory (as this one certainly seems to be), that's one of the stronger arguments against it. But if Heaven and Hell were real, my not liking how they're set up would not be an argument against them.
That's not my point.
My point is this:
One of the most common defenses of religion is that it's comforting. It's emotionally and psychologically useful. It helps get people through the day. So who cares if it's not real? If the belief that they'll see their dead loved ones in Heaven helps people endure the grief of their loss... then what difference does it make if it isn't, you know, true?
But it turns out that this belief isn't so comforting after all. For many believers -- such as the person asking this heart-rending and completely valid question -- the idea of Heaven and Hell provide not consolation, but distress. If they know their loved ones are suffering -- and not just suffering a stubbed toe, but suffering the most hideous tortures imaginable, into infinity, with no hope of relief -- then how can they be happy in Heaven? But if they're somehow made to forget about their loved ones and just bliss out on Jesus, then how will they be themselves... and if they're not themselves, then again, how can that be Heaven?
It's something Ingrid has talked about often. (In fact, she brought it up in the comment thread on Ebon's piece.) Her fundamentalist relatives were deeply anguished by the fact that their children and grandchildren had left the faith, and even though they believed that they themselves were going to Heaven, they had no such certainty about their families... and they kept wondering, "How can it be Heaven if our families aren't there?" It was even worse because they felt that the probable damnation of their family was their own personal failure. In their minds, their one most crucial task was to keep their progeny in the faith, so they'd get to Heaven too -- and they'd somehow failed.
So their religion, which if it did nothing else should at the very least have been a comfort to them in their old age, was instead a source of grief and despair.
If Heaven and Hell aren't real, and the only purpose of believing in them is to provide comfort in the face of death... well, it seems to be pretty cold comfort. Atheism may seem like a second-rate solace when compared to the idea that death isn't real and we'll get to live forever and be perfectly happy after we die -- but at least it doesn't teach that forgetting about the people we love is a nifty idea.
And if Heaven and Hell are real? If Craig is right, and being in Heaven means that God obliterates not only the lynchpin of our morality and decency, but the central part of our selves and souls, just so we don't have to look at the torture he's inflicting on the people we dearly love?
Then screw that.
God can go straight to Hell.
|January 14th, 2010, 08:58 PM
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|January 14th, 2010, 09:11 PM
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i think i would much rather go to Heaven knowing or not knowing my loved ones are in hell than to think we die and that's it. if all we are living for is what is here on this earth then why do it? i don't know what it's going to be like when i die, i don't know what it will be like when i meet God face to face. i guess that's why i have faith a hope that im not just living for this short amount of life on this earth.
|January 14th, 2010, 09:13 PM
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I can see where she is coming from. Oddly enough. Here's the deal though, We can only Speculate about heaven. Just like you (us, we) can only speculate on the beginning of the universe.
The problem with her reasoning is that she's trying to understand an Unearthly Place and Situation with an Earthly mind. I mean, she's an Atheist (or at least that's how I interpreted it) and that's all she has to reason with. Even the Scholar has only his limited knowledge. She is getting bent up about nothing, really.
What I can get from this is this
For Christians - If we can see our friends, family, and anybody else in hell and don't want to, do something about it. With urgency. Now, In the OT there is a Story of a man going into Torment and being able to see Abraham in Paradise. They talk too....
For Non-Christians - If you do have people that you care about that are Christian don't be offended when they show concern in your eternal Future. If anything, I would see that as a show of thier love.
That's all I'm gonna say for now. Good article. Gets the old brain thinking.
Edit: Forgot this part...
The OT story I was talking about is actually a different stage of...um...Eternity. There is Paradise, Hades, Hell, and Heaven. Theologically speaking of course. Heaven is what Christ will build after the final judgement, here on earth. Hell is hell. Can't really say much about it. I mean, You don't research a place you're not going to go to for vacation. I feel the same about hell. Paradise is where everybody (at least, the faithful) is right now (pre-judgement) and Hades is also a Temporary "holding cell"..... That's one way it's looked at.
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|January 14th, 2010, 09:15 PM
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IIRC the original concept for heaven and hell are something like this:
Heaven is eternal bliss because you are in the presence of God. While Hell is eternal torment because there is a lack of God.
It wasnt until later did Hell become a lake of fire and eternal physical pain.
|January 15th, 2010, 12:05 AM
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And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then He that sat upon the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' And He said to me, 'Write, for these words are true and faithful' (Revelation 21:4-5).
I believe the typical interpretation for "making all things new" includes wiping loved ones who were not saved from the memories of the saved. In order for there to be no more sorrow or crying, you would have to lose your memory of your loved ones. Even if you fully understood why they were not saved, you would still love them.
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|January 15th, 2010, 09:07 AM
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The blogger presents his conclusion based on his speculation. I'm sure we could find someone, or put together a conclusion based on speculation, that Atheists are unable to have any moral values, compassion, or guilt for their action.
But that would be silly wouldn't it....
|January 15th, 2010, 09:30 AM
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|January 17th, 2010, 08:59 AM
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which set of morals would you choose? how do you define guilt?
ultimately it still would not be scientific per se' as there is no good test to determine the sincerity of the test subjects - also how to test the repeatability of said quasi-scientific test?
in a nutshell it would simply just be another poll where realistically one could only hypothesize at the measure of error.
|January 17th, 2010, 10:24 AM
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your tired old habit of answering a question with a question is also not the answer to the question that I posed. I guess I'm used to that now...
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That is why many Christians are so crazy about spreading the word. Even it becomes intrusive, annoying, etc...
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The field of the currency symbol can be variable with two different values, eg for rent "$" and "sale" in USD. Regards,
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How I can show correctly vertical images when I show the single property page? (I've vertical and horizontal images)
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Good night, I'm having some problems with the search template, because I added some more information as DISTRICT, STATE, and COUNTRY, but these 3 data are not working in the search form, the only data that are working in research are STATUS, CITY and type. I would like to know which file is reading the data <form> research to see what is missing in the code, because I can not fix this problem.
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hello, good themes! can i disable mortgage option?
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After staring at a broken tile for about a year in the bathroom, I pulled it up to see what was underneath...
The top flooring was cheap tile installed for the prev owners flip, followed by 5 layers, yes, 5 layers of vinyl sheet flooring.
And the odd thing, the flooring got nicer and less dated as I went down...
Your do plan on removing all if it, right?
Oh yes. All of it.
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Removing sink, toilet and vinyl flooring
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Under the vinyl was 3/8 plywood which is removed, exposing the sub-floor. I think it looks pretty good, minus the water damage near the toilet.
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Ripping down drywall... Shout out to Great Danes in pic 3
Wax gasket or rubber gasket? Is this bathroom in your basement?
No, this is the master bath in the master bedroom, which I use as an office. It had a wax ring.
I have a question which is posted in the Plumbing section if someone here can help.
The toilet is on a 3" ABS line and it had an outside 4x3 closet flange. I read that I can cut off the top of the flange, leaving the rest on the outside of the line and then use a 3" inside flange.
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First up appears to be none other than the 7" Panasonic VIERA tablet running Android 2.2 Froyo which follows in tradition to other currently available tablets in the market. Neither awe-inspiring or scary at first sight, Panasonic's tablet feels fairly cheap in construction with its predominant silver plastic exterior. Compared to other 7" tablets, there is a lot more space surrounding the display, which ultimately makes it look and feel slightly larger.
Regretfully, its 7" display fails to captivate our attention primarily due to its lackluster visual allure and low quality screen – which seemed to be affected by some nasty pixelation. Regardless of that, we were still capable of touching the screen and navigating around the platform without much problems. Multimedia buffs will more than likely fall in love with its myriad of connection options since it packs things like a regular USB port, HDMI port, front facing camera, and what appears to be a dock connector. Unfortunately, Panasonic's booth didn't mention the actual hardware specs on the 7" VIERA tablet. Nonetheless, we find it running the stock Android 2.2 Froyo experience that should appease the needs of novice and casual Android users.
Second up is the Panasonic 4" VIERA tablet which appears to still be a prototype since it was missing some components from its casing – like an area which seems to be the spot for a front facing camera. Donning the same silver plastic casing found with the 7" model, it allows for a very lightweight feel in the hand, but it doesn't exude much of an overall quality feel because it feels rather cheap. Moreover, it has a boxy look that doesn't particularly jump out as visually appealing. However, instead of employing touch sensitive buttons, we find physical ones instead that are distinctive and easy to press down. Again, hardware specs for the Panasonic VIERA 4" tablet were not made known at the booth.
Software wise, we also find the device running a stock Android 2.2 experience that looks fairly responsive from an initial glance. However, Panasonic is making a push for cloud-based services, such as video streaming and e-books, with both Android powered tablets. Even though there is an abundant amount of tablets on hand at CES, Panasonic will really need to retool their VIERA tablets in order to get that coveted notoriety amongst consumers.


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Jul 14, 2008 - I brought my 13 year old son to see Teresa, 5 years ago. He has tight corkscrew curls and we fought them for ages. I found the Curly girl book at the library and learned more about his hair and the difference a good cut could make. I found Teresa's bio on this site and made an appointment for him. Teresa has an AMAZING rapport with people - but becuase she has two teenagers herself, she was absolutely amazing with my son. She absolutely transformed his relationship he has with his hair. He learned how to take care of it, how far he could go with it, etc. He ended up letting it grow for three years into a 10 inch afro -- which was amazing! and now he is cutting it super short, which is perfect. The bottom line is that he doesn't hate his hair. Isn't that the best gift? I had to see Teresa myself, even though I only have wavy hair. I thought if she could do that for him, I wanted her to do that for me too! I have been seeing Teresa for the last 5 years and have helped transform at least 4 of my friends lives becuase of the knowledge Teresa has given me about product, experimenting, etc.


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Rutgers Suicide Case
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - A detective fielded questions from a defense lawyer for most of Friday's session in the trial of a former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate
encounter with another man.
Defense lawyers for Dharun Ravi called investigator Frank DiNinno to testify.
Defense lawyer Steven Altman spent about four hours grilling him about details of the investigation.
He zeroed in particularly on interviews with one Rutgers student who changed his story.
Ravi faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. His roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide in September 2010, days after the alleged spying.
DiNinno is expected to be back on the stand Monday morning.
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Make a Positive-Negative Space Shamrock
This St. Patrick's Day, help your child play and learn with important elements like space and shape! Using a hands-on approach, this fun art exploration activity will introduce your young learner to the concepts of positive and negative space. Your child can learn about shape, space, fractions, symmetry, and other mathematically-inspired art principles while designing a very special symbol for the upcoming Irish holiday.
What You Need:
- 2 pieces of white construction paper
- 1 piece of green construction paper
- Marker, crayon, or pencil
- Scissors
- Glue or glue stick
What You Do:
- Ask your child to stack one piece of white paper and one piece of green paper on top of each other, and then fold in half like a book.
- Invite her to draw half of a shamrock onto the folded paper, starting at the fold. Try using a picture or illustration from a book as a model for the shamrock shape. It may be helpful for your child to first trace this shape onto another paper to get the feel of it.
- Have your child cut the shamrock out. She should have two shamrock shapes (one green and one white). The fold should be in the center of the shape. Point out that the shamrock shape (or image) that has been removed is the positive space. This is a great opportunity to introduce new art vocabulary such as the words organic shape (shapes that nature or associated with the natural world).
- From the remaining paper, have your child cut a line down the fold. Your child should now have four half pieces of paper with the negative shamrock space towards the center. This is a great way to introduce the concept of fractions. Choose one half of the green paper (with the half shamrock cut out) and glue it to a new (non-cut) piece of white paper. It should be lined up exactly with the sides, top, and bottom of the new paper.
- Have your child cut both shamrocks in half. She should take one of the green half shamrocks and glue it onto the white side of the paper that is blank.
When your child has finished gluing, you should see a whole shamrock with one positive green side, and one negative space white side. Make sure to discuss what has occurred, and talk about the positive and negative features of the shamrock.


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Workers who have been staging a sit-in at the Waterford Crystal factory in Kilbarry, Co Waterford, since production stopped in January have started running tours for sightseers.
Even though the plant is officially closed, between 200 and 300 tourists are turning up at the factory gates each day. Staff say they are trying to keep the iconic brand alive by becoming guides.
"While we were waiting to see if the government or a new investor would buy over Waterford Crystal, the tourists just kept coming," said Ian Paul, who has worked for the firm for more than 40 years.
He said there were 80 workers ensuring that the plant remained occupied 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with each working six four-hour shifts.
Yesterday, they received hopeful news when it was reported that a US investment fund, KPS Capital Partners, LP, had stepped in to buy the company, saving hundreds of jobs.
Paul revealed that during the sit-in one of his colleagues had sold €20,000 worth of crystal from the staff shop in one week - at a discount of 33 per cent.
"None of us wanted to turn them away so we picked four workers and they act as our tour guides," said Paul. "The visitors get a look around the gallery and at the end they can buy crystal in our staff shop where we always got 33 per cent discount."
"Since we started the occupation playing the tourist guide has lifted our morale. The sight of so many people from places like America, New Zealand and Hungary, as well as Irish people, has given us heart. They keep coming because they love the brand, as we do."
Waterford's Chamber of Commerce last week praised those behind the worker-occupation for continuing to make the tourists welcome. Monica Leech, the Chamber of Commerce chief executive, said that 300,000 tourists visit the factory each year.
"The workers' willingness to act as tour guides demonstrates the deep pride they have in their product. They realise that it is such an iconic Irish brand, and don't want to lose it," she said.
"They also know the impact the end of crystal production would have on this city. There are cruise ships that dock in Waterford port every year full of tourists who want to see the crystal factory. There are businesses all around this city under threat if Waterford Crystal goes out of business for good."
Failte Ireland - the National Tourism Development Authority - said that the closure of Waterford Crystal would be a "major blow" to the country's tourism industry. Waterford's mayor, Jack Walsh, has described the crisis at the plant as a "national disaster".
Asked how long the Waterford Crystal workers would maintain their occupation, Paul added: "For as long as it takes, until hopefully we get a new owner or the government nationalises the business. And as long as the tourists keep coming we will make them welcome. The most encouraging thing is the support we get from our visitors. Wherever they come from, they say it's important to keep this product alive."
The workers at the Kilbarry factory have produced crystal for celebrities including the golfer Tiger Woods, members of the band U2, and even several US presidents.


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ALERT! If you are a surviving spouse or dependent whose ID number has changed, you must use your name and new ID number on paper prescription drug claims, even if the purchase happened before the change.
You may need to submit your own prescription drug claim to Washington State Rx Services for reimbursement if you:
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It's a good idea to keep copies of all your paperwork for your records.
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(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Steve King (R.-Iowa), who serves on both the House Agriculture Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, says he has personally talked to two potential witnesses in recent months who are ready to come forward and speak to a congressional committee—if one decides to actually investigate the matter--about alleged fraud in discrimination-compensation payments that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made to black farmers.
One of these would-be witnesses is a black farmer who was a litigant in the initial class action suit that black farmers brought against the USDA in the 1990s. The other is a current long-time employee of the USDA itself.
King said the black farmer who is prepared to testify told him that some attorneys in the case he was involved in traveled neighborhoods to sign up people up who had never farmed to receive the discrimination-compensation payments the USDA agreed to make in the negotiated settlement of the case. The enlistees even included homeless people this farmer alleged, according to King.
King said he spoke with the farmer for two hours and 20 minutes several weeks ago about the settlement, reached in 1999, that saw the government pay out $1 billion in compensation to 15,640 black farmers who alleged discrimination.
King said that a few months ago he also interviewed a USDA employee of more than 30 years who says he was personally aware of numerous fraudulent claims that were filed seeking compensation under the negotiated settlement. The USDA employee, who spoke to King for about an hour and a half, worked processing USDA farm loans in the South.
King said that both of these witnesses want to remain unnamed for now to protect themselves from retaliation or intimidation, but are willing to come forward and testify under oath for the record if Congress holds hearings on the matter.
King says that over the years, as he has served on the Agriculture Committee, he has also talked to a number of other USDA officials who have information that would be relevant to an investigation of the case. At least a couple of these, he says, would be willing to cooperate with a congressional investigation if a House committee were to undertake one.
"I asked several of them, would you be willing to testify if called upon," King told CNSNews.com. "Some of them like the jobs that they have now. This puts them at significant risk. So there are a couple that said they would cooperate with a congressional investigation, but they would not speak on the record in any other fashion."
King and some other members of Congress who have been critical of how the government has handled the issue believe that the USDA did in fact discriminate against black farmers in the period from 1981 through 1996. However, they are concerned that the number of people who have received compensation payments from the government, and who are anticipated to receive compensation under a new settlement, may significantly exceed the number of people who were actual victims of discrimination.
USDA's Farm Service Agency county commissions allegedly discriminated against black farmers in dispensing federally funded farm loans between 1981 and 1996. In 1999, the federal government settled a class action suit—commonly called the "Pigford" case after the name of the lead plaintiff--that black farmers had brought against the government. As a result of the Pigford settlement, the government eventually paid $1 billion in compensation to 15,640 claimants.
However, 73,800 additional people applied for compensation after the final September 2000 deadline that had been set for claims applications.
The U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstracts for the
In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama managed to get $100 million included in the annual farm bill to pay compensation to black claimants who missed the September 2000 deadline in the original Pigford settlement. In February 2010, Vilsack and Attorney General Eric Holder reached a new settlement with the black farmers—called "Pigford II"--to provide a total of up to $1.25 billion in additional compensation payments to black farmers whom the USDA allegedly discriminated against in the 1981-through-1996 period.
In November, Congress approved $1.15 billion (to add to the $100 million Obama had inserted into the 2008 farm bill) to complete appropriations for the $1.25 billion in additional compensation payments. Obama signed that funding into law late last year.
The controversy over whether additional compensation payments are justified is in part fueled by the apparent discrepancy between the number of black farmers the Census Bureau says there were during the period in question and the number of people who are seeking compensation payments for being discriminated against as black farmers.
Back on Oct. 14, 1999, John W. Boyd Jr., who is president of the National Black Farmers Association, presented written testimony to the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, in which he said that at the end of the millennium "there will be less than 18,000 black farmers" in the
Another advocate Gary R. Grant, president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, said in a prepared statement at the same subcommittee hearing: "In 1920, 925,000 farmers (14 percent) were black. Today, there are less than 17,000 depending upon the USDA definition of 'farmer,' but I assure you the number is far less."
The USDA indicated to
The new settlement, a USDA spokesperson told
The law providing the $1.15 billion for additional compensation payments, in fact, includes a provision that requires the USDA Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office to audit the payouts as a means of preventing fraud.
Reps. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) have joined King in calling for a probe into potential fraud in the Pigford payments.
"It's our fiscal and fiduciary duty to the taxpayers to do an investigation," Bachmann told CNSNews.com. "We don't have the facts and circumstances of even one case before Congress to show discrimination. Yes, there may have been discrimination. If there was, we need to go in and investigate that to see if the proper amount of money was awarded to the claimants. Perhaps they deserve more. We don't know."
The Pigford I consent decree approved on April 14, 1999 stated that a claimant must have "owned or leased, or attempted to own or lease farm land;" "applied for a specific credit transaction at a USDA county office;" "the loan was denied, provided late, approved for lesser amount than requested, encumbered by restrictive conditions, or USDA failed to provide appropriate loan service, and such treatment was less favorable than that accorded specifically identified, similarly situated white farmers;" or "USDA's treatment of the loan application led to economic damage."
In 2005, the Associated Press and other news organizations reported that three people pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in
A congressional investigation of the Pigford settlement would "make the victim the enemy," said Grant, president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalist Association.
"I don't think it [fraud] was any major problem in Pigford I and I don't see it being any major problem in Pigford II. The process itself is there to help eliminate and catch people who might be trying to slip in under the radar as they say," Grant told CNSNews.com. "I'm all in favor of ensuring that no one gets through this that does not deserve to get through it. But there are ample folks that have legitimate claims."
Grant said Bachmann and King "should be ashamed" for demanding an investigation.
King said he has many copies of Pigford I claims applications in his possession that he thinks should be examined. He stresses that he believes that the USDA did discriminate against some black farmers and thinks that the USDA officials guilty of that discrimination should be or should have been fired.
"I believe it (discrimination) happened, as I understand there were complaints that were thrown away or just destroyed or never acted on, so there is some substance," King said. "I believe that to be true and I believe that they should be compensated for the damage they suffered because of that racial discrimination."
But that does not make it acceptable to payout fraudulent claims to people who were not discriminated against, King said.


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Parliament has become so abused an institution — the playground squabbling, the grubby scandals — that a moment like last night's vote comes as a shock. Seasoned commentators were reduced to tweeting "Crikey" and "Erm … Bloody hell". But we should be clear: the Government's defeat over British intervention in Syria could be a positive turning point for the kind of nation we are.
The paradox is that while David Cameron made a far better, more cogent speech than Ed Miliband's plodding effort, and had the fundamental decency to make clear that he accepted Parliament's verdict, he is likely now to suffer the more serious political damage.
Cameron deserves this to the extent that he has mismanaged his own MPs: you can't imagine Tony Blair making a callow political miscalculation of the magnitude that Cameron has this week. Yet in the end, the sticking point was that Tory MPs and voters simply didn't believe the Prime Minister. And for that, he has Blair to thank.
Because this was the week when it dawned on the political class just how long a shadow Iraq still casts: how the 10 years marked last spring since that war's beginning had not, in fact, been long enough to judge its impact on our democracy.
Then, Blair had far longer to win over the nation and MPs than did Cameron. Over the course of more than a year ahead of the invasion, Blair lined Britain up behind a White House intent from the start on regime change.
I was Blair's civil service speechwriter for some of that period: in 2002, I watched aghast and depressed as we drifted towards war. From Blair's visit to Crawford, Texas in April 2002, war seemed to me the likely outcome; from that August, inevitable.
Then we had two dodgy dossiers of "intelligence": the public remained unconvinced. Less than two weeks after the release of the second, I joined the London march of February 15 2003 (I had left Downing Street by then), my 18-month-old daughter wrapped up on my back, two of us among perhaps two million very middle-English people.
And then Parliament had its say. Blair's speech on March 18 2003 was a masterpiece: impassioned, its logic laser-like. It was the life-or-death gamble of a political genius — and he won. It was also deeply disingenuous and committed us to a disastrous war. Ten years and hundreds of thousands of deaths later, most of the predictions of the war's opponents have proved correct. The Middle East has become more violent and unstable. Terrorism has spread rather than ended.
That is why Cameron's own supporters — much less Labour — did not believe his eloquence. As Jack Straw said with some humility yesterday, Iraq "raised the bar" for the level of proof Britons now require to go to war — perhaps to a level that can almost never be satisfied.
But if that means that we no longer march in lock step as the US's little helper, I applaud it. Tony Blair was both lionised and reviled for taking the supposedly difficult, unpopular decision over Iraq. It may have been those things — but it was still the default position of British foreign policy since Suez, the line of least resistance.
The far harder path, of trying to carve out a moral world role for ourselves not dictated by the US, is the one the Commons voted for last night. And frankly, today that makes me feel proud to be British.
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Joan J. Barker
Barker, Joan J., age 78, a 38 year resident of Brewster, NY, died at her home on Thursday, May 7, 2009. She was the wife of the late Ronald S. Barker.
Mrs. Barker was a cashier for Kobacker's Supermarket in Brewster, NY. She was an avid Mets fan and supporter of numerous charities. Mrs. Barker enjoyed her outings with girlfriends and trips to the casino, as well as Friday night dinners.
Mrs. Barker is survived by her brother Fred Biondi of Marlboro, NY, her step-children, Cindy Barker of Westford, MA. and Christopher V. Barker and his wife Janice Wolf-Barker of Greer, SC, her brother-in-law Gerald Barker and his wife Eileen of Hopewell Jct., NY and her granddaughter Jamie MacMillan.
A Funeral Mass was celebrated on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10AM at St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, Brewster, NY. A private cremation will follow. Friends may call at the Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Avenue, Brewster, NY on Monday from 4-8PM.
Contributions to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905 AND/OR The Putnam Humane Society, P.O. Box 297, Carmel, New York 10512


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42 U.S. Code § 5613 - Voluntary and uncompensated services
The Administrator is authorized to accept and employ, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, voluntary and uncompensated services notwithstanding the provisions of section 1342 of title 31.
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 93–415, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1109, known as the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5601 of this title and Tables.
"Section 1342 of title 31" substituted in text for "section 3679(b) of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665(b))" on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
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School-Wide Behavior Plan
Dear Parents,
Julie Barbara, Principal
Lena Martinez, Assistant Principal
Classroom Behavior Program
Lunch and Lunch Area
Before School
Students are required to show proper attention to cleanliness, health, neatness, safety, and appropriateness of clothing and appearance for school activities. A well-groomed appearance is important in developing a positive self-image and compliments the school's instructional program.
· Clothes must present a well-groomed appearance.
· Revealing clothing is not permitted. Shoulder straps must be at least 2 inches wide.
· Clothing and hats that are offensive or may promote gangs, drugs, or alcohol are not permitted on campus.
· Hats are permitted. However, they must be worn bill forward and may not be worn inside buildings.
· Sandals may be worn only if they have a front and back strap, according to the CA State code. However, tennis shoes are far safer and enable greater participation in P.E. Students may not wear flip-flops.
· Colored hair is not permitted.
The administration is the final authority when a difference of opinion arises. When a violation of the dress guidelines occurs, the students will be required to correct this by calling home for the proper attire.
· No playing in the restrooms.
· No defacing doors, walls, etc. in the restroom.
· Trash must be put in the trash can.
· Only toilet paper may be put in the toilet.
· Defacing, marking or damaging school property will not be tolerated and is grounds for suspension.
· No permanent markers (Sharpies) are allowed at school.
Our goal is to provide a safe and drug free environment for all our students. Students who attempt to bring drugs, alcohol, or weapons to school may be arrested by a Sheriff's Deputy, suspended from school, and even be expelled for up to one full year.
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Christopher John Nilan earned every minute of the 688 NHL regular season games he played patrolling the right-wing for the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. Fiercely loyal to his team-mates and his club, Chris answered the call every time. Chris learned one important lesson early on: whatever happens, never back down, never stay down. The lesson stuck.Learn More About Chris
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Chris Nilan was one of the toughest players ever to wear a Canadiens uniform, but is busy now dropping the gloves on the growing problem of bullying in schools. If you follow Chris Nilan on Twitter, you know that the former Canadiens tough guy spends a lot of his time these days going to different schools around Montreal and speaking to students about the growing problem of bullying.Read More


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This is a pageant dress, but you can wear it to a prom or any special gala. The detail on the dress is absolutely exquisite and will attract the eye of everyone in the room. Jewelry should be kept minimal with this dress - let all eyes rest on the dress, and of course, how spectacular you look in it :)
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I was bullied, A LOT, growing up.
I'm afraid of deep water. More accurately I'm afraid of drowning or being attacked by sharks.
I'm also afraid of heights. Or, rather, afraid of falling from great heights.
An absurd amount of my thought life is spent working alternate scenarios so I don't make the same mistakes again. I will still make the mistake again...
I have tourette's when it comes to correction - even though its been a life long goal to just hold my tongue.
As a daughter I constantly competed for love. Malcolm's 10,000 hour rule does not prove true here.
I'm closest to extroverts because they do all the talking and I don't have to worry about a lull in conversation.
I avoid parties, because even if I was there no one would remember the invisible woman who stood in the corner all night.
I have a missing tooth, a lazy eye, and my gums show when I genuinely smile. So I don't genuinely smile, if I can help it.
I seem to be an easy person to walk away from in life.
Hence, I operate under the assumption that I care more about everyone else than they do about me.
I unfollow people on social media if they disrupt my sense of virtue.
I still have nightmares about all the terrible ways I mothered.
Working outside of my home is death for me. By the time I actually die it won't be a big deal at all.
Talking on the phone is also death. Don't call me unless you are willing to do all the talking and enjoy my silence.
After 30+ years of being a Christian, I still struggle to not see God as another human being.
Therefore I wish I could unfriend Him sometimes. He disrupts my sense of virtue often.
I am vegan. That does not win us dinner invitations with friends.
I've wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember, but I'm afraid I'll fail or others will laugh or no one will read my stories, so I don't write.
I struggle, every single day, with feeling adequate. (after all I just wrote, that should come as no surprise,eh?)
I seldom speak up about what I would like & then harbor little resentments over doing/ being/ going with the flow.
Yesterday, as I drove into town alone, I rolled down my window and breathed deep of the air that billowed in. It had rained earlier. My drive takes me past fields and grasslands that were sweetly warming as the sun came from behind the clouds. I exhaled a declaration that surprised me a little. "Life is good, Papa." (I call Father God, Papa. Don't ask me why. Just seems natural.)
I told my oldest about it later while we were chatting over french fries. "I didn't think I could be dissatisfied with so much in life and still feel that it was good."
I didn't think I could be so insecure, so unsure, so scarred, so unlovable, so unsettled, so wanting, and yet enunciate that "life is good".
But, I realized in that guileless moment, He is why it's good.
How fortunate I can't unfriend Him.
Even better, He has never unfriended me.
Unearned, undeserved, baseless, wanton, indefensible Love.
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almost every time i play a single player match in ultimate team i get to about 10 minutes and i get a message saying i have been signed out of the ea servers.
its not my internet connection because i dont get signed out of the playstation or my pc and my connection is very strong.
obviously its very annoying as i loose 1 match in the players contracts every time i play and it signs me out.
any ideas?
This happens to me too any idea's why its happeneing? FIFA 13
the only thing we can read here, are the same issues, BUT... EA doesn't give a **bleep**.. they been working on it for ever ... i lost so many games because of this, I also lost lots of CONTRACTS with Players, every time i Play the game, it lets me finish one game but the next one is Disconnected, the biggest issue is that i do not play the only season or the online tournaments.. i play the offline ones.. and when i star the game, it goes to about 14 min play time, and then i get the message that i Lost Connection to the EA servers .. this happens only on ULTIMATE TEAM ... Career and all the rest works GREAT ... Dear EA Customer Service .. we did not .. atleast I DID NOT PAY $59.99 +Tax. to be disconnected every 5 minutes, i hope you guys, fix this very fast, and give the players some rewards because of this issue, or you will be refunding lots of money .. Thank You for understanding
i had same problem on career mode and fut i stopped playing skill games before the match and i havnt been disconected since. hope this helps
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Lending her time to help benefit a more than worthwhile cause, Viola Davis hosted the Rape Treatment Center Brunch at Greenacres, the home of Ron Burkle, in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday (October 14).
She's always a lovely talk show guest, and last night (September 20) Viola Davis dropped by "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" for an interesting chat.
The "Help" actress explained that ever since her career took off, she's been slowly adjusting to encountering fans in public.
Speaking out on the importance of education, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis appeared at a special screening of their upcoming film "Won't Back Down" followed by a Q&A in New York City this past week.
Working on what should turn out to be one of the most interesting movies of the year, Jessica Chastain and Viola Davis roamed around outside Cooper Union while filming "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" In New York City on Monday (July 30).
Each holding onto a piece of paper, "The Help" co-stars made their way to a park bench to sit and chat during their little bit of downtime.
Beverly Hills was chock full of big name celebrities as the 2012 Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards kicked off at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night (June 12).
Chloe Moretz and Christina Applegate looked lovely as they posed for a few pictures in their black and red dresses, respectively.
It's always an exciting event each year, and the 2012 BET Awards nominations have been announced to the public.
Topping all contenders is Kanye West, who has scored a total of seven mentions with all but one coming from his collaboration with Jay-Z called Watch The Throne.
It looks to be the feel-good movie of the year, and "Won't Back Down" just released its official teaser trailer.
The film stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis as two mothers who are determined to transform their children's failing inner-city school.
Always one of the more well-attended events of the year, the stars were in the nation's capital for the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday night (April 28).


text: Raptors big man Jonas Valanciunas seems to be having a slow offseason, as he recently took some time to teach the Raptors dance team some new moves. The 22-year old Lithuanian taught the ladies the popular dance of his homeland and it's pretty safe to assume we won't be seeing it on the court next season. Still pretty hilarious though.


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Here are some sermons and discussions for Oct 2015:
- Desiring God Conference – 2013
- Biola University
- Tim Keller
- Satanic Exposition ( Added on Sept. 29th, 2015 )
- Spiritual Warfare – Ephesians 6:10-13 – January 29, 2012 ( Added on Oct 20th, 2015 )
- How To Change Deeply ( Added on Oct. 20th, 2015 )
- David T. Demola – Exposing the Spirit of Jezebel ( Added on Sept 28th, 2015 )
- Congregation of YHWH, Jerusalem ( Added on Oct. 2nd, 2015 )
- Derek Prince
- Am I cursed? Breaking Curses and be Blessed with your words ( Added on Oct. 2nd, 2015 )
- Thom Rainer
- The First Baptist Church of Laodicea – Revelation 3:14-22 ( Added on Oct 7th, 2015 )
- Fallen Families or Mighty Ministries? ( Added on Oct 7th, 2015 )
- Pastor Robert Morris
- Free Indeed – The First Open Door ( Added on Oct 15th, 2015 )
Desiring God Conference – 2013
10/40 Window
The 10/40 Window is a term coined by Christian missionary strategist Luis Bush in 1990 to refer to those regions of the eastern hemisphere, plus the European and African part of the western hemisphere, located between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator, a general area that in 1990 was purported to have the highest level of socioeconomic challenges and least access to the Christian message and Christian resources on the planet.
The 10/40 Window concept highlights these three elements: an area of the world with great poverty and low quality of life, combined with lack of access to Christian resources. The Window forms a band encompassing Saharan and Northern Africa, as well as almost all of Asia (West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and much of Southeast Asia). Roughly two-thirds of the world population lives in the 10/40 Window. The 10/40 Window is populated by people who are predominantly Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, animist, Jewish or atheist. Many governments in the 10/40 Window are formally or informally opposed to Christian work of any kind within their borders.
Biola University
David Nelson
Never Too Far from Grace [Greater]
- There is a divine moment that God has appointed for you
- We don't rescue because we are rescuers, we rescue because we have been rescued ( David Platt )
- I was the best with being who you wanted me to be
- Don't get it twisted. Jesus was a friend of sinners, but he was not a companion of sinners ( Bad companions, corrupt good characters – 1 Corinthians 15:33 )
- Confuse Corporate growth with personal growth
- Be still and know that I am God ( Psalm 46:10 )
- What good is it to gain the World, but lose your soul ( Mark 8:36 )
- What good is it to gain the world, but not love yourself, not valve yourself
- I am
- The I am is a state of being
- Commitment is the longevity of devotion in the same direction
- Live a life beyond self
- Live a life that is not about us
- Gave you dominion over the earth
- Adam called to name the animals
- Respond with commitment


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If you've ever tried to grab a screen shot of a video playing in your Windows Media Player, you've probably run across the same problem that affects many users: you don't get a frame of video at all; you only get a black square when you paste what you thought you captured into your photo software.
There are commercial software packages available that will allow you to get the frame of video you're looking for, but there are a couple of easy hacks in Media Player that will accomplish the same thing, at no cost at all. Why spend money on software when a couple of tweaks to your settings will accomplish your objective for nothing?
There are actually a couple of different ways to do this: I'll explain both. You can choose either one.
Option 1: Overlays
Inside Windows Media Player, click Tools and then Options.
Choose the "performance" tab.
Click "Advanced" at the bottom of the tab (near "Video Acceleration.")
In this new window that opens up, remove the checkmark next to "Use Overlays."
Done! That's all you have to do.
Pressing the "print screen" key (for your entire desktop) or alt-"print screen" (for just the contents of the Media Player window) will now include the video frame you expect to see.
Option 2: Disable Video Acceleration
Instead of removing "overlays," the same thing can be accomplished by removing video acceleration.
The steps are very similar to those for removing overlays:
In Windows Media Player, click "Tools" and then "Options."
Select "performance" (tab at the top).
Under "Video Acceleration" (bottom) you'll find a slider. It's probably all the way to the right (at "Full.") Slide it all the way to the left (to "none.")
You're done! You can now capture still frames of video from Windows Media Player — or screen shots of your entire desktop with the video in the player like you expect!
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Feb. 17, 2012
By Brian Davis, Assistant Media Relations Director
AUSTIN, Texas - Led by a season-best 12-hit offensive attack, the #7 Tennessee Lady Vol softball team (6-1) fought off a stern challenge from Illinois to win a 10-7 slugfest on a cold and rainy Friday in Time Warner Invitational action at McCombs Field in Austin, Texas.
"Today was a tough day weather-wise for all the pitchers in this game with cold temperatures and a near constant drizzle falling," Lady Vol Co-Head Coach Ralph Weekly said. "The two teams combined for almost 300 pitches thrown and a lot of pitches got away with all the moisture. It's a credit to our young team for fighting through the adversity and coming out with a win."
UT junior second baseman Lauren Gibson led the way for the Big Orange offense, posting a 3-for-3 effort at the plate with her second career grand slam and five RBIs. The big fly marked the team-best fourth of the campaign for the Pasadena, Md., native over the initial seven contests of the year after blasting a total of eight during her entire sophomore season.
Sophomore shortstop Madison Shipman (2-for-3, RBI) joined Gibson as a part of the first back-to-back HR performance of 2012 with a solo shot during UT's five-tally fourth frame. Sophomore center fielder Tory Lewis (2-for-5, run, steal) and junior third baseman Melissa Brown (2-for-4, run) each posted a pair of hits, while junior designated player Kat Dotson returned to action following an injury to go 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
In the circle for the Lady Vols, junior Ivy Renfroe (1-1) picked up her first victory of the campaign via a relief effort, allowing two runs on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts over 3.0 frames of work. Sophomore Ellen Renfroe made the start and eventually earned her first save of 2011 after permitting five runs on four hits with three walks and six K's in 4.0 innings.
With one down in the top of the first, patience at the plate paid some dividends for the Lady Vols as senior catcher Ashley Andrews and Gibson drew back-to-back walks off Illinois starter Pepper Gay. Facing a full count Shipman blooped a single into the outfield, packing the bags full of Big Orange. Dotson stepped to the dish and managed a free pass on four pitches, forcing in a tally to grant UT a 1-0 advantage. The number of consecutive balls thrown grew to eight as sophomore left fielder Melissa Davin walked on four consecutive offerings, bringing across Gibson with Tennessee's second tally. Illinois made a pitching change as Jackie Guy entered the circle, and she immediately settled the Illini down by posting consecutive K's as the Lady Vols left the bases loaded.
Despite issuing a lead-off walk, Ellen Renfroe managed a strikeout of shortstop Jessica Davis for the opening retirement in the bottom of the first. Third baseman Kelley Wedel was called out for leaving first early, and then UT's Davin handled a liner to left by Illinois first baseman Meredith Hackett to end the initial frame with the Lady Vols in front, 2-0.
Gibson ripped a lead-off single into the outfield and quickly swiped her second base of 2012 to get Tennessee a runner in scoring position in the top of the third. On a slow chopper to third by Shipman, Gibson made a heads-up base-running play by advancing up 60 feet on Illinois' toss to first. That set the stage for an RBI single off the bat of Dotson as the Big Orange's advantage grew to 3-0.
The Fighting Illini finally managed its first hit in the bottom of the third via a one-out base knock to left center by catcher Stephanie Cuevas. A pair of wild pitches, a walk and a hit batter quickly loaded the bags full for Illinois, setting the stage for a two-RBI single through the left side of the infield by Davis, cutting UT's lead to just 3-2. Two more wild offerings from Ellen Renfroe allowed the Illini to dead-lock the score at 3-all, forcing a call to the bullpen to summon in Ivy Renfroe for relief. The first batter the 6-0 right-hander faced bounced out to first as another tally raced home to make it 4-3 in favor of UI. UT's reliever managed a big strikeout of second baseman Jami Schkade to finally get the Lady Vols out of the difficult inning.
Tennessee responded immediately via a combo of the short game and the long ball. With one down Brown ripped a single through the infield and was soon joined on the base paths via a perfect bunt single by Lewis and a blooper off the bat of freshman catcher Hannah Akamine. On a 1-0 offering Gibson crushed her second career grand slam well out of McCombs Field as the lead suddenly expanded to 7-4 Tennessee. Shipman followed with a solo bomb on the very next pitch from Illinois' pitcher Guy as UT recorded back-to-back HR's for the first time in 2012.
Ivy Renfroe settled the contest down from the circle in relief, retiring eight of the first nine batters she faced until running into trouble during the bottom of the sixth. That's when designated player Jess Perkins and Schkade christened the frame with back-to-back singles to post runners at the corners. Center fielder Brittany Sanchez and left fielder Alex Booker delivered RBI base knocks into left field as the Fighting Illini cut its deficit to 8-6. Ellen Renfroe was re-entered back into the circle and immediately posted consecutive strikeouts to leave a trio stranded on the base paths.
Tennessee managed some valuable insurance in the top of the seventh as consecutive base knocks by freshman first baseman Cheyanne Tarango, Brown and Lewis loaded the bases with no one yet retired. Akamine lifted a fly ball to the outfield that proved plenty deep enough for a sac fly RBI as junior pinch runner Whitney Hammond raced across from 60 feet away for a 9-6 advantage. Gibson chopped a ball through the infield for her team-leading fifth RBI of the match-up as the UT lead expanded back to four runs.
Illinois managed to get one tally back opening the bottom of the seventh as Hackett blasted a solo shot to left to cut her team's deficit to 10-7. After permitting an infield single to third, Ellen Renfroe finished off her initial save of the campaign by retiring Schkade by K and then getting right fielder Danielle Vaji and Sanchez to groundout to first and second base, respectively.
The #7 Tennessee softball squad is slated to return to action at approximately 5 p.m. CT on Friday evening in a high-profile match-up against #13 Texas.


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DESCRIPTION Mt. Zion Home for the elderly is a private pay six (6) bed residential care facility for sixty (60) years old and above residents who may have non-ambulatory/ambulatory status. This facility was founded on December 12, 2011 by Restituto and Gertrudes Sabadera. The latter is an active California registered nurse with over thirty three (33) years of nursing practice, while husband is a certified nurse assistant and administrator of the facility with over thirty two (32) years of combined work experience in the field of accounting, administration, safety, health and logistics. We are dedicated to quality care for residents, serving all residents with dignity, respect and compassion. We encourage and support resident independence, assisting residents to retain the ability to provide self care is emphasized. We provide room, board, housekeeping, supervision and assistance with the activities of daily living like eating, dressing, walking and personal hygiene. Our level of care is intended for people who are unable to live by themselves, but who do not need 24 hour nursing care. We offer a wide variety of fun and stimulation activities which are appropriate for the cognitive and physical abilities of the resident. Active participation in our activity program is encouraged; however, residents may choose the activities they would like to participate in. Appropriate care plans are followed to meet each resident's unique needs. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION The neighborhood is quiet, friendly and peaceful residential area close to Tropics Senior Community Homes. It is half mile away from freeway 880 near Union City Ralph Ruggeri Senior Center, commercial area such as Lucky Supermarket, 'IN and OUT' Burger House, Mexico Lindo, Outerback, U.S. Post office, Seafood Supermarket, Island Pacific, beauty parlor, barber shop, medical/ dental offices, Washington Hospital and Kaiser Permanente Hospital. Nearby cities are Hayward, San Leandro, Fremont and Newark. COMMUNITY INFORMATION Mt. Zion is a one storey single detached house built in 1977. The total square foot lot is 8,799 with 1,542 Square foot of living space. The interior and exterior of the house was renovated on June 2011. It is wheelchair, scooter, walker and cane friendly. Bathroom is wheelchair accessible equipped with sufficient grab bars to prevent falls and injury. Rooms have upgraded laminate flooring. Hallways, living room, and kitchen are non-skid tile flooring. It has new kitchen cabinets with granite countertops. Our backyard is significantly huge for any outdoor activities like walking, any morning exercise, picnic and gardening. The atmosphere is cheery and homey where residents will enjoy the feeling of being in their own home as opposed to a clinical environment. We treat our residents as a member of a family with love, dignity, respect and compassion. Individual care plan is supervised and monitored by a registered nurse on board.
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Ahmedabad: Perhaps, he couldn't have done much more to save England from losing the first Test of the series against India, but captain Alastair Cook, who made a splendid 176 only to see his side go down by nine wickets, has made it clear that the English players will have to pull up their socks.
"If we have to win this series, everyone will have to contribute… There's absolutely no doubt about that... Everyone has to stick his hand up and say that," Cook said at the post-match media conference.
"The lads have not performed as much well as they would have liked to in this game and they would be very disappointed. But there are a lot of quality players in the dressing room… So we need to assess ourselves. That's cricket and we have to be strong as a team," he added.
Asked if there are any specific area which needs attention, Cook said: "When you get beaten by nine wickets, you have to look at a lot of areas… There will be a lot to ponder upon… Some considerations will be made over the next few days. We have to look at our selection."
Happy with his own knock, Cook, however, didn't hide his disappointment at his team's loss. "I am very happy with the way I batted… To score any hundred is special… To score in that situation, made it even more special for me… But the result is really what matters at the end of the day… There was a small chance of saving the Test, but we could not take it," he said.
Was this his best knock? "I don't know… Maybe technically it was a good knock… But I would have been satisfied if we had won… So maybe, the double hundred in Brisbane (in 2010) was better because we had saved that match," Cook said.
Accepting that his team were clearly the second-best, Cook said: "We were not good enough in the five days of the match… We showed a lot of character towards the second-half of the game. We got bowled out for 191 in the first innings and it was pretty much there that we lost the game."
However, unlike Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was critical of the pitch, Cook termed the Motera pitch as a good wicket. "I thought it was a good wicket... It behaved better than we had expected. There was a bit for the spinners… And you could get runs if you were willing to fight," Cook observed.
Expressing faith in the ability of his team, Cook said: "We can score runs against this Indian attack, it's just that we have to score in both innings and give ourselves a chance of winning the game. We showed a lot character in the second innings."
But while he thrived, the other batsmen found the going tough. Questioned what the problem was, Cook said: "But that would be like saying why I can't hit the ball like Chris Gayle… For some it's natural, the way of doing it, and some have to work harder. It's a case of working hard in the nets and trusting the method out there in the middle… It might be in the mind, but it is also a technical issue."