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I'd like to propose that there are two fundamentally different ways of thinking about what a university is, and especially a Catholic university. At least, I should say, they can seem fundamentally different, though a closer look will show this is a superficial account of the situation.
The first way of thinking about what a university is: It is a place of witness. The second: It is a neutral place where dialogue occurs.
The first way of thinking regards the university's most important role as bearing witness to higher values, truths and beliefs, for which the university itself, and not just individuals at the university, stand.
The second way of thinking regards the university as a place which, far from bearing witness to any particular value or truth, is neutral — a place where learned discussion and debate occur, with clarification of thought arising from such dialogue. People are then free to choose and uphold their own values and beliefs as a result, but the university as a whole is simply the neutral facilitator of such dialogue and does not stand for any of the values discussed.
Now, as soon as I identify these two approaches to what a college or university is, you can see that no one can consistently hold to only one of them absolutely and without qualification.
A university that is only a place of witness, without also having room for dialogue, will lose its credibility as a university and, as a result, its credibility as a witness, or at least as the kind of witness a university can be. People will feel that the deck is stacked, that their views were not heard, that there is only a party line.
On the other hand, can any university really be a fully neutral place for dialogue, where the only value is dialogue itself? Is there really a university, even the most secular university imaginable, that would say it stands for no values at all, not even truth or, at the very least, justice?
If there are no ultimate values worth bearing witness to, what is the purpose of dialogue? The more absolutely neutrality is claimed, the more likely, I would suspect, it is an illusion or even a delusion, and the more likely it is that one will compromise some fundamental truth or value.
Pope Francis' recent remarks on Catholic education explode the idea that for a university to embrace a paradigm of dialogue implies that it must become a neutral space whose sole purpose is to foster dialogue, without any explicit witness value. Commenting on the university as a place of dialogue, he said Catholic schools and universities, even, and perhaps especially, when attended by many non-Christians or non-believers, still are called upon "to offer, with full respect for the freedom of each person and using the methods appropriate to the scholastic environment, the Christian belief, that is, to present Jesus Christ as the meaning of life, the cosmos and history."
This, Pope Francis is saying, is to enter this belief into dialogue, not as one position among many free to speak at a university, but as a belief to which the university is committed, convinced that it can speak to the souls of people across racial, cultural and even religious boundaries. Jesus, Pope Francis reminds us, proclaimed the good news in the "Galilee of the people, a crossroads of people, diverse in terms of race, culture and religion."
Of course, Jesus was not preaching at a university, and Pope Francis speaks of "methods appropriate to the scholastic environment." A university culture of "courageous and innovative fidelity that enables Catholic identity to encounter the various 'souls' of multicultural society" is not meant to turn the university culture into one of proselytism, of pressure to convert to Catholicism. That would hardly have "full respect for the freedom of persons," nor would it be an authentic witness to the Gospel, which has an intrinsic power of appeal, if we can only trust it is so, when it is spoken by persons committed to allowing it to speak.
At a university this can take many institutionally backed forms, and preeminently these are required theology courses, which could be a kind of paradigm for what we are talking about in general. As Dei Verbum, the dogmatic constitution on divine revelation, characterized it, revelation is an "invitation" tendered by God to a share in the divine life. Theology "seeks understanding" of what is revealed, and in so doing, is seeking understanding of an invitation. How beautiful that God should issue such an invitation!
The Catholic university at its heart has the vocation of contemplating the meaning and the beauty of this invitation, and making this contemplation available to others in all of the venues of dialogue and teaching a university has.
This will hit different people differently: for committed Catholics it will deepen their understanding of what they believe; for lukewarm Catholics it may reinvigorate their faith or practice. For persons of other religions, a contemplation is engendered that can at minimum dispel caricatures, but beyond that provide a sharing in something beautiful in a speech that reaches deeply into souls even if, short of conversion, it does not become fully one's own. Contemplating an invitation reveals the beauty of the invitation as such. This means not watering down its character as an invitation, and yet remembering too that, as an invitation, it absolutely "respects the freedom of persons." How beautiful!
Pope Francis is asking us to go beyond the stale dichotomies that often characterize our thinking, and he is betting that if we do so, we will find an energy that animates an academic culture, filling it with an appeal to the imagination that is the stuff of leadership, of innovation, of interest, urgency and life, an "expression of the living presence of the Gospel in the fields of education, science and culture" that gives the lie to the myth of the conflict of science and religion, or of religion and culture. That, it seems to me, would be a powerful form of witness generative of all kinds of new forms of dialogue.
John Cavadini is director of the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.
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Robots Will Affect Workforce by 2025
The Pew Research Center asked 1,900 technology experts if robots will help or hurt the workforce over the next 10 years. WSJ's Aaron Smith joins Lee Hawkins on Lunch Break to discuss the results. Photo: Intel
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A recent study revealed that almost half of companies are not monitoring their online social media communities.
More than one-third said that they only measure Likes, comments and interactions on Facebook, with fewer than one in four actively measuring the ROI of their social media campaigns.
Social media affects your bottom line; brands that are proactively using these tools see numerous benefits. And for those that aren't, the absence of social media can also impact their bottom lines, albeit in a very different way.
This infographic takes a closer look at why the shift to in-depth social media monitoring is critical for the modern business.
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And Here Comes The Video Game Backlash Due To The Norway Tragedy
from the tragic deptWe already discussed how the tragic situation in Norway is already being exploited by some politicians to try to ratchet up security theater, but it may impact other issues as well. In the 1,500-page manifesto that the madman, Anders Breivik, posted online before beginning his rampage, he notes that he used Modern Warfare 2 for "training" and "simulation."
I just bought Modern Warfare 2, the game. It is probably the best military simulator out there and it's one of the hottest games this year. … I see MW2 more as a part of my training-simulation than anything else. I've still learned to love it though and especially the multiplayer part is amazing. You can more or less completely simulate actual operations.Separately, he talks up the value of using World of Warcraft as a "cover story" for why he was busy all the time, and notes that he did actually play WoW for a while to "isolate himself from the 'consumerist' world in preparation for his attacks." I'm at a bit of a loss as to how playing a commercial game like that isolates one from consumerism, but Breivik does not appear to be particularly big on logic.
But, of course, as with past tragedies involving people who played video games, this has only given new ammunition to those who push the moral panic that violent video games are evil. That article notes that the website "Conservapedia" is using this incident to call for the reversal of the recent Supreme Court ruling that laws banning sales of violent video games are a First Amendment violation. When I looked at the site, it was highlighting a stupid quote from a USA Today editorial about how evil violent video games are, predicting that the next tragedy would involve someone who "was first addicted to harmful video games."
That's an interesting spin. It's also ridiculous. There is no indication, whatsoever, that Breivik was "addicted" to these video games. Or that he was driven to do any of this because of the video games. There is no indication that without these video games he wouldn't have carried out these attacks (or other attacks). He had clearly decided to carry out such a massacre long before Modern Warfare 2 existed.
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DailyDirt: Water, Water, Everywhere.. In Convenient Forms
from the urls-we-dig-up deptDrinking water is available in many forms, often for a reasonable cost as it comes out of the tap. But once you put water in a bottle, many of the reasonable prices seem to disappear, and bottled water can get truly expensive in order to get the experience of tasting water -- along with a few dissolved minerals -- that has been locked away underground for a while (or frozen in a glacier). Here are just a few alternative ways to get drinking water without buying it in a bottle.
- Imagine a water bottle that filled itself by condensing water vapor from the air. A prototype bottle could fill itself at a rate as fast as 3 liters per hour, and this bottle mimics the Namib Desert beetle's ability to harvest moisture in the desert. [url]
- If you don't want to waste a lot of money on expensive bottled mineral water, you can try to make your own mineral water by mixing various metal salts with purified water. If you're not that picky, you can even start with tap water and adjust your recipe accordingly. [url]
- If you're against the idea of plastic water bottles filling up landfills, someday you might be consuming blobs of water contained in an edible membrane made from brown algae. The Ooho water container is biodegradable, costs about 2 cents per blob, and looks like it could be a useful in an impromptu water balloon fight. [url]
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Near my apartment there's a New Age bookstore called The Bodhi Tree. Occassionally I'll go in there and brouse the shelves. I've actually found a few decent books there, translations of the old Sutras and such-like. But most of the shelf space is given over to books which recount various authors' encounters with Enlightened Beings. These encounters are always very special and mystical. The author invariably comes away transformed by the Deep Wisdom of these wonderful beings.
Unfortunately, my own encounters with Enlightened Beings have never been quite as pleasant. One particular Enlightened Master* from somewhere in Canada has lately been calling me all sorts of nasty names in postings on various other blogs. Apparently his Enlightenment is of a much higher level than any mere lickspittle such as myself could hope to aspire to. I've observed this guy's behavior over a number of years, though, and if this is how Enlightened Masters act, the world is better off with as few of them as possible. I certainly have no interest in becoming one.
But my encounters with him weren't my first unpleasant brushes with Enlightened Beings, and I doubt they'll be my last. In fact, he's got competition lately from yet another Enlightened Being on the Internet who claims his Enlightenment is also far superior to mine. This other Man of Enlightenment even sends me threats via e-mail. Oh joy....
A couple few years ago when my book was first being considered for publication, a very famous Enlightened Being, author of numerous books about Enlightenment and how to achieve it, expressed grave concerns about its contents and possible effects. My worried prospective publishers even sent the unpublished manuscript — without my permission — to this guy to try and get his blessings. His verdict: There's nothing wrong with Brad that a year in an intensive meditation retreat wouldn't cure. One of his retreats, I assume, where he could teach me the true meaning of Enlightenment. Sir, yes, Sir! I'll be right there! — feh! In the end I chose not to work with these publishers. Yet, I wonder if their interest in my book would have cooled had Mr. Enlightenment pronounced it unworthy.
One more Enlightened Being I met ended up involved in a murder....
As you may imagine, these days I'm not overly impressed with people who claim to have had Enlightenment.
I really cannot understand why these Enlightened Beings feel so threatened by me. Especially since I have never made any claims of Enlightenement for myself. In fact, I've denied the whole idea of Enlightenment. Maybe that's what's threatening. It's like saying the Emperor has no clothes. Anyway, if you're truly Enlightened, why would anything at all be threatening? Why would you need to make claims for your own Enlightenment? Why would you indulge in specualtion about the nature of someone else's Enlightenment or lack thereof? Wouldn't an Enlightened Being be more confident about his Total Understanding of All Things and Phenomena than that? Maybe if I were Enlightened, I'd understand...
Perhaps the Enlightened Beings encountered by those authors are different from the ones I've run into. It's entirely posssible. But it's also entirely possible that many of those who claim to be Enlightened Beings behave quite differently towards those who fawn over them, and sit at their feet absorbing their Wisdom, than they do towards those who are skeptical.
And yet, although I've said, "There's no such thing as Enlightenment," it's not that I don't believe in Enlightenment at all. I know that sounds like a line from Spinal Tap**. But it's not that there is no Enlightenment. It's just that I cannot accept what most people refer to as "Enlightenment" as being in any way, well... enlightening.
Enlightenment is not a state. It's not an experience that happens to you after which everything you say or do is cool because — hey — you're an Enlightened Being, so it must be cool. No. Enlightenment is action. Enlightenment is not something you experience. It's not something you own which other un-enlightened folks don't. Enlightenment is something you do. This is why Dogen said that sitting Zazen is Enlightenment itself. When you behave like a Buddha, that behavior, that action, is Enlightenment. When you behave like an asshole....
*Please note that I haven't identified any of these Enlightened Beings by name. If you must waste time speculating, please don't name names in the comments section. OK? These folks give me enough hassles as it is.
** "We don't actually say, 'Love your neighbor.' We don't actually mean it either. But the message should be clear."
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Jeremy Lin's winning streak may have ended Friday, but he picked right back up today with 28 points and 14 assists during the Knicks' win against the Mavericks.
Headline writers are having a field day with potential puns, but that hasn't worked out well for ESPN, which fired a staffer for writing "Chink in the armor" in a headline and suspended an anchor. Lin's popularity certainly has something to do with ethnicity, which some outlets may struggle to cover.
On the other hand, some outlets are covering several different angles, including a profile from the Mercury News and an interesting interview with Lin's pastor from the Washington Post's On Faith, among other pieces on religion and sports.
I've been pretty impressed by several articles from The New York Times that have captured some of the nuances of both race and religion. We've already looked at Michael Luo's first-person piece and talked to him for more background. I laughed out loud at the quote the Times captured from Lin's grandmother. "I know nothing about basketball.
I only know when Jeremy puts the ball in the basket he has done a good thing." I also appreciated a Times piece on what Lin's rise to prominence has done for Christians in China. American Protestant missionaries converted Lin's great-grandfather to Christianity, the article reports.
Lin's combination of success in the N.B.A. and strong Christian faith — he has spoken in the past of becoming a pastor someday — has fired the imagination of many Asian-American Christians. There are some early signs that he may also be catching the attention of Christians in China, who continue to face varying levels of persecution.
Only 1,500 of the initial 1.4 million microblogging messages on mainland Chinese Web sites that mentioned Lin also mentioned Christianity.
The article mentions twice the fact that Christians in China are persecuted, but it doesn't go into too many specifics. It does, however, show how the government tries to temper the spread of Christianity.
Chinese authorities allow one Protestant seminary per province, as a way to limit the number of pastors and slow the spread of Christianity, which by some estimates may have more than 100 million adherents among China's 1.3 billion people.
Mao ordered the merger of Protestant denominations in China in 1958; while different strands of Protestantism have informally re-emerged since Mao's death in 1976, they must share a small supply of seminary graduates and other pastors trained at Bible schools operating informally.
Kudos to the Times for looking deeper, showing how one athlete's popularity spotlights something larger about Christianity in China. And we hope you enjoy this week's podcast.
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Webinar: Engineer Careers in the Petrochemical Industry
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The purpose of this webinar is to give an understanding of careers, which can be developed in the STEM field, chemical and petrochemical industry. More specifically you will learn more about engineering careers in the petrochemical industry, about a typical working day, the study path to follow, key skills needed, possible places of employment but also the challenges of the field.
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Paper Boat Race Review
Kids are obligated to spend at least one day in their life floating paper boats in rain-swollen gutters, though problems arise quickly. The boats soak up water and capsize, or they're squashed under a passing car, or they shoot down a sewer occupied by a child-eating clown.
Paper Boat Race puts an end to the messy inconveniences of the actual pastime. There are no crowded streets, no weak-hulled boats, no cars splashing the vessels with muddy water, no Pennywise. But the game's sanitized racing field and repetitive gameplay makes the experience dull.
And the contestants are margin-to-margin!
Paper Boat Race appoints you as the captain of a paper racing vessel. Racing against three other competitors, you steer your ship through a course set up in a pool peppered with pool toys. Your course is marked by buoyed flags, and if you try to cut around those flags, you'll be sent back a bit. A dark blue trail on the water's surface helps guide you as well, though that occasionally disappears and you're left alone to navigate through a watery wasteland haunted by rubber duckies.
Paper Boat Race encourages the player to propel their boat by blowing into the iPhone's microphone, which proves to be a bad idea in record time. First, nobody wants to blow into their phone like a jackass on a bus or a train. Second, Paper Boat Race plays vertically and uses the iPhone's tilt function to steer, which makes it extremely difficult to blow into the microphone while watching your progress. Luckily, there are buttons on-screen that let you accelerate your boat or throw it into reverse. Without them, the game would be unplayable.
Racing the inner tubes might be more fun.
But truth be told, there's not much to play. It's a sad statement to make about Paper Boat Race, which is an earnest and very cute game. There are five "Cups," which are actually difficulty settings ("Very Easy Cup," "Easy Cup," "Hard Cup," etc). There are five tracks, but they don't vary from Cup to Cup. Once you've experienced all five, all that's left is to challenge yourself against faster opponents.
Not even the toys scattered around the pool present much of a challenge to get around, though the potential is there. Why doesn't the water become turbulent occasionally? Why don't the rubber duckies flip out and chase your boat once in a while? Even a water-bound death match mode in the spirit of Super Mario Kart would be phenomenal.
The graphics in Paper Boat Race are as static and unvaried as the gameplay. The pool and its rubber inhabitants are rendered well, but you'll be looking at the same environment and objects for level after level. The music, strangely enough, changes up in each level and ranges between gentle sailing music and some rocking racing tunes.
Paper Boat Race has tight controls (once you nix blowing into the microphone) and a cute concept. But without a variety of levels and challenges, it stagnates quickly and sinks to its doom.


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Coal-fired power plants generate about 140 million tons of fly ash, scrubber sludge, and other combustion wastes every year. These wastes contain some of the earth's most deadly pollutants, including toxic metals that can cause cancer and neurological harm in humans.
Coal combustion waste sites are known to have contaminated groundwater, wetlands, creeks, or rivers. These could easily have been prevented with sensible safeguards such as phasing out leak-prone ash ponds and requiring the use of synthetic liners and leachate collection systems. Yet, incredibly, ash and other coal combustion wastes are not subject to federal regulations that require these simple safeguards.
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Known* cases of contamination & spills: 208
* As of February 2014. These cases of documented water contamination are likely to be only a small percentage of the coal ash-contaminated sites in the U.S. Most coal ash landfills and ponds do not conduct monitoring, so the majority of water contamination goes undetected. According to U.S. EPA, there are over 1,000 operating coal ash landfills and ponds and many hundreds of "retired" coal ash disposal sites.
- For additional information on these contaminated sites, see State Fact Sheets on Coal Ash.
- For more information on coal ash ponds and landfills in the southeast, visit Southeast Coal Ash Waste, a website managed by our coalition partners at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy


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L. G. Carmean, 87
L. G. "Sonny" Carmean, 87, 14888 Ohio 66 North, St. Marys, died at 1:06 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at Golden Living Center – Valley in St. Marys.
He was born September 24, 1924, in St. Marys, to Cina (Bowman) and Stephen Carmean. On April 10, 1948, in Wapakoneta, he married Evelyn Clara Koenig, who died August 30, 2003.
Surviving is a son, Terry Carmean, of St. Marys; and a daughter, Diane (David) Blackburn, of Wapakoneta.
He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Carmean; and a daughter Christine Marie Woods.
Services are at 9 a.m. Saturday at Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys, with the Rev. Anthony E. Cutcher officiating. Burial with full graveside military rites will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens near Moulton.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to the donor's choice.
Condolences may be expressed at millerfuneralhomes.net.


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Post-2015 Agenda Must Incorporate Rights, Perspectives, Needs of Indigenous
Peoples, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for International Day
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, to be observed on 9 August:
On this International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we highlight the importance of honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States, their citizens and indigenous peoples. Such consensual arrangements enable better understanding of their views and values and are essential for protecting and promoting rights and establishing the political vision and necessary frameworks for different cultures to coexist in harmony.
Indigenous peoples represent remarkable diversity — more than 5,000 distinct groups in some 90 countries. They make up more than 5 per cent of the world's population, some 370 million people. It is important that we strive to strengthen partnerships that will help preserve cultural vigour while facilitating poverty reduction, social inclusion and sustainable development.
We must ensure the participation of indigenous peoples — women and men — in decision-making at all levels. This includes discussions on accelerating action towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and defining the post-2015 development agenda. Indigenous peoples have made clear that they want development that takes into account culture and identity and the right to define their own priorities. The post-2015 development agenda needs therefore to incorporate the rights, perspectives and needs of indigenous peoples.
Next year's World Conference on Indigenous Peoples offers an opportunity to advance the cause of indigenous peoples everywhere. I urge Member States to take concrete steps to address the challenges facing indigenous peoples, especially their marginalization and exclusion, by honouring all commitments and examining what more can be done. Let us work together to strengthen indigenous peoples' rights and support their aspirations. Let us create a world that values the wealth of human diversity and nurtures the potential it offers.
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Learn to identify calls of some common West Virginia frogs and toads.
Something Wild About Boar
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The life history of the wild boar and its status in the Mountain State is anything but boring.
How Old is That Fish?
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Fisheries biologists now use ear bones to gather age and growth data needed for better fish management.
50 Years of Wildlife Disease Research
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The Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study has provided valuable diagnostic research to states like West Virginia since 1957.
Unlocking Nature's Secrets
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The DNR Wildlife Resources Section funds research projects by graduate students and non-profit organizations to learn more about the state's diverse wildlife.
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Lacquer is a clear or colored coating (called a varnish) that is often used to give wooden surfaces a glossy look. Lacquers are dangerous to swallow. Breathing in the fumes for a long period of time is also harmful.
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Poisonous Ingredient
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Where Found
Lacquers are products that are used as a clear finish for wooden surfaces, particularly floors. They are sold under various brand names.
- Airways and lungs
- Breathing difficulty (from inhalation)
- Throat swelling (may also cause breathing difficulty)
- Bladder and kidneys
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- No urine production (kidney failure)
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Before Calling Emergency
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- Patient's age, weight, and condition
- Name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
- Time it was swallowed
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Poison Control, or a local emergency number
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This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
What to expect at the emergency room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. The patient may receive:
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- Bronchoscopy — camera down the throat to see burns in the airways and lungs
- Endoscopy — camera down the throat to see burns in the esophagus and the stomach
- Fluids through a vein (IV)
- Oxygen
- Surgical removal of burned skin (skin debridement)
- Tube through the mouth into the stomach to wash out the stomach (
gastric lavage)
- Washing of the skin (irrigation) — perhaps every few hours for several days
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How well a patient does depends on the amount of poison swallowed and how quickly treatment was received. The faster a patient gets medical help, the better the chance for recovery.
Extensive damage to the mouth, throat, and stomach are possible. The ultimate outcome depends on the extent of this damage. Damage can continue to occur for several weeks after the poison was swallowed. Death may occur as long as a month after the poison was swallowed.
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There's a lot more than just buying a few gallons of paint when it comes to repainting your home.
So you've just gone out and refurnished your living room, or put new cabinets in your kitchen, or bought a brand-new bedroom suite.
The smell of newness permeates your home, but something isn't right, something still is missing.
It's the walls, of course. They're still the same color as when you signed your mortgage papers back during the Clinton administration, only a bit grungier.
But how to fix them up?
Figuring out what to do involves more than digging out what's left in that can you were saving for "touch-ups." Homeowners need to look at entire rooms before making up their minds.
"It depends on whether you're keeping the furniture or if you're starting from scratch," said Bill Bartron, owner and head designer at BW Design Group in Wilmington. "If you've picked a drapery fabric or a particular carpet, then that's how you build upon a room.
"Typically, you'll want to pull one of the base colors or a tone of the color from the rug or upholstery. It can contrast or it can complement. It depends on how bold or how subtle you want the room to be.
"You can only buy so many carpets or colors in drapes, but there are millions of colors of paint," he said.
You have to take a different approach if starting with a bare room, said Ruth Pernick of H. Feinberg's, a 122-year-old Wilmington home design company.
"You have to get a feeling of how you're going to use the room," she said. "Once you have the ambiance of what the room will be, you'll know what you need."
People moving into a new home should take their time in deciding what to do with each room, said Jeff West of Jeff West Home in Rehoboth.
"I think people need time, a clean palette," he said. "You should live in a home for a while to see what kind of light you get and to get a feel for the house before you paint."
While trends in home decorating have come and gone, today most people opt for more subtle earth tones that enhance living rooms or bedrooms.
"I think soft, clean traditional color palettes that are not too strong or too funky are best," West said. "You can do that with pillows or things you can take away. That's a lot easier than repainting a room. If you want to have fun with colors, do it with things that can be changed up."
Pernick recommends carefully checking various paint swatches and then applying a sample to a wall.
"Paint really makes a major difference in a room," she said. "You should put various samples on the wall and look at them under all situations.
"Start with your favorite colors, colors you can live with. Do samples because what paint looks like depends on whether its daylight or night or on reflections from outside."
When it comes to ceilings, West feels the homeowner can toss the paint bucket and instead use interesting wallpaper.
"I've wallpapered ceilings in soft, tonal colors," he said. "It's interesting to look up and see that, with a complementing color on the walls."
When painting ceilings, Pernick recommends always using a flat variation of the wall color.
"What I like to do is take the same color as what's on the wall and make it lighter to get just a soft feel of the paint that's on the wall."
And when it comes to buying supplies, it's a good idea to buy the best paint possible.
"It all comes down to durability and coverage," Bartron said. "You can paint a wall three times using a cheap paint, or you can paint it once using a good paint."
"Paint quality is definitely important," West said. "It's always better to invest the extra money in a paint that covers well. The pigments are better and the quality of the paint is better. It's like buying a piece of clothing that's made out of a better fabric. It'll stand up to wear and tear, it looks better and it's just better all around."
And with 21st century technology, deciding on what to do and what colors to use is even easier. Major paint companies, such as Sherwin-Williams or Benjamin Moore offer programs on their websites that allow homeowners to take a photograph of a room and then overlay it with the colors they're thinking about using.
"They're all doing user-friendly templates, so you can feel very confident about what you're doing," Pernick said. "It's a wonderful idea."


text: Hi, I'm wanting to find out about about a Wimbell's brass band, of which my great great great grandfather Charles A'Court (1808 - 1885) was a member. Charles' son Samuel (1843 - 1913) came to New Zealand in the early 1860s. Some time after Sam's death his journalist daughter Lucy wrote a series of newspaper articles about her father's life; the following is a quote from one of the articles: "Old Charley was a great musician. His instruments were the cornet and the largest brass instrument. He played in Wimbell's (sic) famous brass band and on Sunday mornings in the church. As a change, he went on tour with a circus as a player in their band" Sam and his father were blacksmiths and both were born in Galhampton, Somerset. Sam's first boss was George Parsons who also played in a band with Charles, although it is unsure whether this was Wimbell's. There is some question over the spelling of "Wimbell's". Until the end of his life Sam spoke in a very broad "Somerset drawl" so it's possible that what he was pronouncing as Wimbell's had a different spelling. I have tried googling every version of Wimbells I could think of to no avail. Nor is the band mentioned on the Brass Band Genealogy website. Charles had thirteen children and was a blacksmith so one presumes (or hopes) his brass band/circus days were before he got married in 1831! If Wimbell's was truly famous I guess it was so in the 1820s although of course it could have been later. Any information you can give me would be much appreciated. Regards, Craig T New Zealand.


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I recently did an interview for WWE.com to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of Extreme Championship Wrestling's inaugural pay-per-view, Barely Legal.
When I was first approached to do the interview, the first thing I said was "Huh?" followed by "Wow."
Granted, that may not be a great way to start an interview, but you have to understand I was completely dumbfounded to hear it has been that long ago.
I truly thought to myself, "where did the time go?"
I will not go into a history of ECW; that's reseach you can do on your own. But for those unfamiliar, quite simply, it was my home. It was my life and my wrestling heaven. Many wrestlers and wrestling fans alike will tell you the same thing. There was nothing like it before and there has been nothing like it since.
The main criteria for ECW wrestlers (besides being crazy) was to entertain the fans. If you could do that, and the fans accepted you, you were set. There were no politics and no behind-the-scenes BS — the edict was: just go out there and perform. That was the bottom line. It was such a simple formula, and one that hasn't been grasped by any organization since.
The ECW style was copied by both World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE used it to launch its famed Attitude Era, which, in turn, fuelled the Monday Night Wars. If they had only taken the real formula of what we were, the business would be so different today.
Since my interview, I have really been looking forward to writing this column because of the close bond the people who lived the ECW experience had, and continue to have. We were all one big, dysfunctional family, both the wrestlers and our fans. So in a lot of ways, this is our 15th family reunion.
To mark the occasion, I offer you a brief look at "where are they now?"; Barely Legal; and how their lives have changed since.
ECW, itself, was the little engine that could. It changed the face of the wrestling business. Due to many bad business decisions, it ceased operation in 2001. WWE purchased its rights shortly after it went out of business and, in 2005, the DVD The Rise and Fall of ECW became one of the best selling WWE DVDs of all time.
In 2005, ECW's One Night Stand pay-per-view, which I wrote and produced, was a huge financial success, second only to WrestleMania that year, spawning a sequel the following year, which I co-wrote, and produced. Though the sequel had more of a WWE flavour to it, it still generated incredibly strong pay-per-view buy rates, and in turn, led to the relaunch of ECW through WWE.
The WWE version of ECW had its ups and downs. Fans quickly realized it wasn't the ECW they loved. Due to a multitude of political reasons, ECW was shut down as a brand by WWE two and a half years after it was re-started. An ECW-themed pay-per-view in Total Nonstop Action, entitled Hardcore Justice, (which I also wrote and produced in 2010) was also a financial success for TNA. Several ECW-themed reunion shows have occurred on the independent levels. Another WWE-produced ECW DVD, entitled ECW's Greatest Matches, will be released later this year. Basically, ECW will live forever and, sadly, make money for others and not the people who put their blood, sweat and tears into the promotion.
So, without further adieu, here are the ECW originators and what they are doing now:
• Paul Heyman was the mad scientist of ECW.
After its demise, Paul went to WWE as an announcer and on-air talent. He also worked behind the scenes, helping with the creative direction of WWE Smackdown. When he left WWE, he maintained a friendship with Brock Lesnar, and is currently helping co-write Brock's book. He is on Twitter — @heymanhustle. He has two children.
The Barely Legal pay-per-view had two non-televised matches so I will run down the card and bring you up to date.
• Balls Mahoney vs. Louie Spicolli.
Balls was in the WWE's incarnation of ECW, has a son and is still competing on the independent scene and, well, is still crazy. Louie passed away and I think about him every day. His finishing manoeuvre (The Spicolli Driver) is one I used as a tribute in ECW, and now WWE superstar John Cena uses it as his finishing move and calls it the Attitude Adjustment.
• Chris Chetti and JT Smith vs. The FBI.
Chris has five children, lives in Long Island has a good job in the construction business. JT Smith lives in Virginia, still makes some apperances, but is more or less retired. Little Guido went to WWE where he had a good career (as Nunzio). He is still very active on the independent level. He has a good city job, is married and has a son, who is a huge wrestling fan. Tommy Rich still wrestles and makes appearances on the independent circuit.
• The Eliminators Perry Saturn and John Kronus vs. The Dudley Boys with Sign Guy Dudley and Joel Gertner.
Perry went on to a career in WCW and WWE. He disapperered for awhile, finding himself homeless and addicted to drugs. I'm happy to report he has totally turned his life around. He is married and wrestling on the independent scene. John Kronus passed away.
The Dudley Boys went to WWE, where they became the most decorated tag team in the history of wrestling. They moved onto TNA, where they are still under contract. Devon is the current TV champ. He is remarried, has two more children, and his twin sons have appeared on TNA TV. He is on Twitter — @testifydevon. Bubba has probably become the best bad guy in the business today. Both are in great shape, having lost a lot of weight. Sign Guy Dudley went on to a career in promotions. He spent some time working in WWE and he was responsible for a lot of the WWE Fan Axxess stuff. He left WWE and now resides in Las Vegas. He has two girls and is also on Twitter — @LDAngeli. Joel Gertner still makes apperances on the independent scene.
• Rob Van Dam (RVD), substituting for Chris Candido, vs. Lance Storm.
RVD went to WWE, where he would become the most succesful ECW recruit in WWE history, winning every title available in the company. He left WWE and now wrestles in TNA. He is on Twitter as @realrvd and is married. Chris Candido passed away. Lance Storm went on to WCW, then WWE. He is still semi-active in wrestling and has his own wrestling school in Calgary, Alta. He too is on Twitter — @Storm_Wrestling — and is a truly great guy in the business, a total gentleman and a class act.
• Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada and Masato Yakushiji (replacing Gran Naniwa) vs. Taka Michinoku, Terry Boy and Dick Togo.
All wrestled in Japan and WWE, with Taka having the most success. Gran Naniwa passed away. I really don't know much about them.
• Shane Douglas, with Francine, vs. Pitbull #2, with Pitbull #1.
Shane went to WCW and TNA and is currently very active on the independent scene. He is doing an ECW reunion show on April 28 in Philadelphia. He has two sons. Francine is out of the business. She is married and has two children. Pitbull #2 passed away, while Pitbull #1 is living in Philadelphia.
• Taz, with Bill Alfonso, vs. Sabu.
Taz had a career in WWE as a wrestler and broadcaster. He is currently a broadcaster in TNA. He has a son and is on Twitter —@officialTaz. Bill Alfonso lives in Florida. Sabu went to TNA and WWE. He is currently wrestling on the independent scene. If there is one man who should be a multimillionare for what they did for wrestling, it is Sabu.
• Terry Funk vs. The Sandman vs. Stevie Richards with Hollywood Nova and The Blue Meanie.
Terry went to WWE, WCW and had several retirements. He is a WWE Hall of Famer and lives in Amarillo, Texas. The Sandman went to WWE and still makes apperances on the independent scene. He has two more children. Stevie went to WCW, then WWE, then TNA. He still wrestles on the independent scene and is on Twitter — @michaelmanna. He is also probably doing cardio as I write this, being the health freak that he is. Blue Meanie went to WWE, he still wrestles on the independent level and he resides in Philadelphia. He too is on Twitter — @TheBlueMeanie. Nova went to WWE where he worked as an on-air character, Simon Dean, and behind the scenes. He lives in Louisville and has a good bank job and has a daughter. He still makes some apperances on the independent circuit.
• Terry Funk vs. Raven.
Raven went on to WCW, WWE and TNA. He is currently wrestling on the independent scene. He is on Twitter — @theraveneffect — and he finally found love in his tortured soul. He is married and loves dogs — and himself, hahaha.
There were others involved in that inaugural ECW show:
• Joey Styles. He went to WWE as a broadcaster and currently works behind the scenes on WWE.com. He's on Twitter — @joeystyles. He is married and has a son.
• Beulah McGillicutty. She recently wrote a children's book — order it at www.getgertrude.com — has twin daughters and I hear she is married to an amazing-looking and talented man.
• Tod Gordon still has his family owned business, Carver W. Reed, in Philadelphia.
• Big Dick Dudley passed away.
And there you have it. The Extreme misfits who did it all for the love of the game. If this has taught me anything it is to cherish what you have and enjoy life as it goes by so fast. Make the most of it.
Thanks for reading.
Oohh, wait! I forgot about Tommy Dreamer. Well, he did OK for himself, but that's a story for another time.
Thanks for reading again.
Tommy Dreamer is a legendary and influential pro wrestler and a father and husband who has worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action. His column appears in the Kingston Whig-Standard and on SLAM! Wrestling. Follow him on Twitter @THETOMMYDREAMER and check out his website at thetommydreamer.com. He can be booked for live appearances through his website.


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By Christian Malone
The Valdosta Daily Times
VALDOSTA — Stephen Moore and Tommy Cangelosi have enjoyed playing tennis at Valdosta High School the past four years. Now they can't wait to play four more years together at Georgia Southwestern State.
Moore and Cangelosi signed letters of intent to play tennis at Georgia Southwestern State in Americus. Both of them are excited about the chance to be college tennis players.
"I can't wait to get started in the fall," Cangelosi said.
They're also excited about having a chance to be teammates in college.
"It will be nice to still have one of the old (high school) teammates on the team," Moore said.
"It's been fun playing together," Cangelosi said. "We've been playing together a lot, since eighth grade."
Moore and Cangelosi have been key members of Valdosta's tennis team for the past four years. They played No. 1 doubles together as freshmen, and have been singles players for the Wildcats for three seasons.
They have been a part of a great run of success for the Wildcats. Valdosta has made it to the Class AAAAA state semifinals each of the past three years, and the team hopes to make it again this year. Valdosta won its first-round match 5-0 over Pebblebrook last week, and will host Union Grove in the second round this week.
"It's been a great four years," Moore said. "I've enjoyed being a Wildcat, and playing for Valdosta."
"Very proud," Cangelosi said. "I think it's consistency through our lineup. Our top three have always been really good, highly-ranked juniors in Georgia ... (and) if one of us was struggling at singles, our doubles would win."
"It sets high standards for each year after that. It's really good to have that level of competitiveness," Moore said. "It makes everybody better."
Earlier this month, Moore and Cangelosi helped Valdosta win the region title in Moultrie. The Wildcats defeated host Colquitt County 3-2 in the finals. Against Colquitt, Cangelosi won his match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 2 singles, while Moore had a three-set victory at No. 1 singles. It was the third time in Moore and Cangelosi's four years at Valdosta that the Wildcats had been the Region 1-AAAAA champions.
"It was a nail-biter," Moore said. "It was awesome."
Wearing Valdosta's black-and-gold has meant a lot to both players.
"To be a Wildcat (is special). I'm definitely going to miss it," Cangelosi said. "It's been so much fun. I've looked forward to tennis season every year, as soon as we've started school."
"I'll definitely always be a Wildcat," Moore said. "Every time we play Lowndes (in any sport), I don't want to lose."
Valdosta High's boys tennis team has four seniors, and all four plan to go to college at Georgia Southwestern. Moore will room with Savan Patel in college, while Cangelosi will be rooming with J.P. Nichols.
"We've got two more of our buddies going there, so we're going to have a few Valdosta people to have some fun with," Moore said.
In addition to playing at Valdosta, Moore and Cangelosi have played in a lot of United States Tennis Association tournaments, and both of them have won several titles. A few times, they've faced each other in the finals of a tournament. The two played each other in the second round of the Georgia-Florida Junior Championships at Valdosta State earlier this month, with Moore winning that match. Moore wound up making it to the semifinals of the tournament. They were also doubles partners in the tournament. Moore won the Sportsmanship Award at the tournament. Cangelosi had won the Sportsmanship Award at the same tournament in 2009.
"It's very competitive every time we play," Moore said.
Moore is currently the third-ranked 18-under boys tennis player in the state of Georgia, according to the USTA's state rankings. Cangelosi is ranked No. 22.
Georgia Southwestern plays in one of the toughest conferences in Division II. The Peach Belt Conference has two-time defending national champion Armstrong Atlantic State, as well as eight other teams ranked in the top 26 in Division II.
Moore and Cangelosi said they look forward to the challenge of facing some of the best players in Division II.
Both players are honor students, and are taking some AP classes. Moore says he has a 3.98 grade point average, while Cangelosi estimates he has about a 3.6 GPA. Moore plans to major in biology, and become a veterinarian. Cangelosi wants to major in either business management or accounting.
PHOTO BY: Jonathan M. Chick | The Valdosta Daily
Valdosta High tennis players Stephen Moore and Tommy Cangelosi sign their letters of intent to play for Georgia Southwestern. Moore, left, is joined by his parents, Stuwart and Catherine Moore, and his brother David. Cangelosi, right, is joined by his parents, Anthony and Mary Cangelosi, and his sister Carly.


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Mathew J. Bortree, age 35, of Greeley died Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at home.
Mr. Bortree was born December 10, 1976 in Port Jervis, NY and was the son of Girard and Katherine (Rosencrance) Bortree. Mat earned a bachelor's of science degree from Marywood University and was on the dean's list several semesters receiving the Environmental Excellence Award at graduation in 2002. He was the 1990 poster child for Tall Cedars of Lebanon and was an outstanding fundraising of MDA for Channel 16, raising over $35,000. He was one of the first Channel 16 weather men.
He was a 1995 graduate of Wallenpaupack Area High School and was a band member for 6 years, playing the bass drum even from his wheel chair, receiving the Senior Band Fine Arts Award on June 1, 1995. Mat played baseball for the Hawks little league. His love for sports included the NY Giants, NY Mets, NY Rangers and race car driver, Dale Earnhardt and Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.
He loved reading Stephen King novels, going to the movies, playing video games with his two best friends, helping Mom with the computer and Ipad and Dad with the dvr and programming the tv.
He loved to party at Cricket Hill Golf Club, Chic's Cozy Corner and most of all the Bellmont Hunting Club. In the summer he loved hanging out at the family cabin and beach on Roddick Lake Bouchette in Canada. Mat loved his dogs, Copper, Lady, Missy and Lucy. A Tribute To Mathew John Bortree
There is no tree like a Bortree especially when it came to Mathew John Bortree. He had a heart of gold and a smile that would light up the world.
He was a friend to many and a foe to none. When you would ask anyone about, Mathew John, they would first smile, and then reflect back on the man and his unique qualities. His limbs may have been weak, but his mind and body were strong. He never showed pain or complained. Those who knew him were fortunate. For there will never be another MATHEW JOHN BORTREE.
He is survived by his parents, Jerry & Kathy Bortree of Greeley, PA; uncle, Ross Rosencrance of Greeley, PA; Uncles & Aunts, Bob & Ann Bortree of VT; Mike & Jennifer Bortree of Greentown, PA; Aunts & Uncles, Mary & Flip Kellerman of Hawley, PA; Patti & Mark Williams of Paupack, PA; Debbie Hawk of Hawley; His lovable cousins: Heather Chambers, Jennifer Brill, Loren Kemp, Jace Williams, Jessica Williams, Christopher and Johnathon Bortree, Cole Bortree, Dawn Nemac, Leslie Swingle, Danielle Newton, Ross and Ryan Rosencrance and their husbands, wives, fiances and their children; and more like his brothers, best Friends, Matt Dodson & Jim Miller.
Calling hours will be Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Greeley Volunteer Fire House in Greeley, PA, with a memorial service at 2 p.m. with Brother Liam Featherstone officiating. Cremation will be at Lake Region Crematory in Lake Ariel.
Memorials may be made to Greeley Vol. Fire Dept or Pike County Humane Society, PO Box 255, Milford, PA, 18337.
For further information, directions or to leave a Memorial Remembrance (Candle) visit www.TeetersFuneralChapel.com.
Arrangements by Teeters Funeral Chapel, 505 Church St., Hawley, PA 18428.


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Now with 20 percent more dust and 100 percent less school pressure. In case you're no longer sure if you're in this, I've added the names again.
Alonso (Silverdream) steers his Jaguar towards the Prussians. The main weapon is fired, taking an SP off the Eagle.
Energia's Darkstar II (Warhead) turns sharply and starts heading towards the Prussian loyalists as well.
Energia arms herself in true amazonian style and leaves the bridge to join the fighting.
"Come on men, these are only super human modified deadly mutants that have brought the entire Inquistadorial Monarchy to their knees, they are no match for you!"
Seemingly inspired by the realization that they are facing such worthy foes, the Terrorkhan chop and blast the nearest mutant to bits.
The Dominator (Falk - NPC'd this turn) and his accompanying fighters advance fearlessly towards the approaching Darkstar.
The captain manages a feat to increase range, firing the ion cannon, which disables the Darkstar's main weapon for the next turn. Photon cannons and main turrets fail to do damage.
Bragina's Mastercutor (theblackdog) drives all of its main weapons into the Brittanian Mothership's side. The Francis Drake miraculously survives the barrage, albeit narrowly.
The deadly mutants lay waste to two Terrorkhan.
Mobhunters engage with the Darkstar's escorting fighters, losses are equal on both sides.
The second Dragonhead tries to fire a barrage of missiles at the Neo-Prussians. Some misfire, some don't.
Meanwhile the other missiles are on their way to really ruin Valeera's day.
Finally a swarm of fighters launches from both cruisers, heading towards the Neo-Prussians.
"Cap'n, we've got boarders!"
"Good! Let's kill 'em!"
The Francis Drake's marines spill into the Venus, opening fire.
Incompetence on both sides leads to only one death.
"Engage ramming speed!"
The Brittanian Mothership rams the Venus viciously , taking her down to 1 SP.
The Eagle (428th Division) enters orbit above Reichingrad.
"We've sent out a shuttle to pick up the emperor. Hold position until he comes back."
The captain's feat fails, but at least one approaching fighter gets taken out.
The Wolves guarding the vessel launch themselves out of an airlock to decrease the ship's weight and speed it up.
After some clever maneuvering the Venus is able to get in a firing position. Using its most powerful weapons, it rips through the badly damaged Francis Drake.
Valeera fires some illegal accelerator fuel she uses to boost the engines. Ramming from behind isn't as effective but it still deals 1 SP of damage.
Combat continues on the Venus, with the space yarrs gunning down one of the boarders.
Finally the Disruptor heads straight towards the Dragonheads, casting a warp field to take out enemy missiles and shooting down one fighter (I forgot to remove the fighter that got blasted by the Eagle earlier).
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The Canucks are pulling some value late in Sunday's draft, adding another intriguing player in big Swedish defenceman Anton Cederholm. Cederholm was the 25th ranked international skater by Central Scouting, and 90th overall on Corey Pronman's draft board. Cederholm spent the season splitting time in Sweden between Rogle's youth team while also getting into twelve games in Sweden's top mens league.
Read past the jump for more.
Cederholm is known as a big, mobile defenceman with solid puck skills but limited offensive ability. Pronman laid out his skill set as such:
Cederholm is not the type of prospect who puts up gaudy counting numbers as he does not possess notable offensive skill, but he is a big, mobile defenseman who processes the game at a desirable level. He keeps the play in front of him due to very good defensive positioning with his body and stick. His above-average skating allows him to get back well. He shows good ability to pivot and skate backwards in such a manner to stay with quick forwards. He knows how to take his assignments, and he will use his body to bump them off of pucks. He is well developed physically for a U18, measuring at 6'2" and 204 pounds. His puck skills are limited, but he will make a fine first pass out of his zone. He relies on better puck movers to get it through the neutral zone. He will flash a moderate breakout pass, because his hockey sense allows him to see those lanes open, but in general he prefers a conservative style.
Interestingly, as an eighteen year old international player, Cederholm furthers the long observed trend of the Canucks picking prospects whom they'll have four years to make a decision on signing. On the other hand he's the fifth eighteen year old selected by the Canucks this season, and the fourth guy born in 1995 (Shinkaruk is an October, 1994 birthday). It looks like whatever angle the Canucks were playing at in focussing so heavily on older players at previous drafts has been left behind…


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Jesus, Women, and Men
From Gospel Translations
By John Piper
About Manhood & Womanhood
Part of the series Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Luke 13:10-17
And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and she praised God. But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the sabbath day." Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
Jesus has done more than anyone has ever done to bring purity and harmony between men and women. I want to illustrate this truth beginning with our text and then showing the same thing from other parts of his teaching as well.
The Situation in Luke 13:10–17
A woman was in the synagogue on the Sabbath day. She was bent over and could not stand up. She had been this way for 18 years. Jesus was in the synagogue too. He was the teacher that day. Now what happens here is quite amazing. Jesus does not ask her about her disease. She does not ask Jesus to heal her. Verses 12-13 simply say, "And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, 'Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.' And he laid hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and praised God."
She asked for nothing. She promised nothing. She had not cornered Jesus. She had not forced his hand. He could have finished his lesson and gone home and no one would have even thought about this woman. But he stopped. He called her. He took the initiative and made an issue of this woman.
Jesus on the Offensive
So Jesus is on the offensive here. He has something he wants to say. He wants to say something about the Sabbath day and what it means to keep it holy. He has something he wants to say about the hypocrisy of the synagogue leaders who water their oxen on the Sabbath but get ticked at Jesus' healing. And he has something he wants to say about women and men.
It's the last one we are concerned with today. Verse 16 is the key verse on this point: "And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" If the only point Jesus wanted to make was the point about doing good on the Sabbath or the point about the hypocrisy of the leaders, he could have simply said, "Ought not this woman whom Satan bound for eighteen years be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" But that is not all he said. He called her a "daughter of Abraham." "Ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham . . . be loosed from this bond?"
"Daughter of Abraham"
Those words, "daughter of Abraham" are intended to carry a message to the synagogue leaders. The message goes something like this: On top of all the other reasons why you should care more about a suffering person than a thirsty ox, is the fact that this woman is a fellow heir of the blessing promised to Abraham. You pride yourselves in saying, "We are the children of Abraham." Well, she too is a child of Abraham. You hide from the warnings of John the Baptist by saying, "We have Abraham as our father." Well, she too has Abraham as her father.
And so the message of Jesus to the synagogue leaders was a message not only about their Sabbath keeping, and not only about their hypocrisy, but also about how men and women ought to relate to each other as fellow heirs of God's promises. He was saying to men in the synagogue then, and he is saying to men in the church today, "The believing women in your midst are heirs of the promises of God. They too are the meek who will inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5). They too are the righteous who will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father" (Matt. 13:43).
Looking at Each Other Through the Lens of the Word
Do you see what this means for us men and women today? Husbands and wives. Brothers and sisters. Boy friends and girl friends. All of us as we relate to each other as men and women. It means we should learn to look at each other through the lens of God's word. Here's what I mean.
This woman in the synagogue has been bent over for 18 years. What's that like? It's horrible. That's what it's like. People stare. People think you've committed some terrible sin. Kids laugh and make jokes. You can't look anyone in the eye. People don't know how to make conversation. You can't have normal sexual relations with your husband. You feel like you're an embarrassment to everyone you're with.
So what do you see when you look at this woman? If you were her husband what would you see? Husbands (let's just bring it right up to date), what do you see when you look at your wife? The answer to that, of course, depends on what lens you're using. What you see will be very different depending on whether you look through the lens of Playboy magazine or the lens of the Word of God. If you look through the lens of God's Word you will see a daughter of Abraham. If we learn to see Christian women the way Jesus saw this woman in the synagogue we will see them as heirs of the King of glory. And that will have a deep effect on our relationships.
Of course this cuts both ways. Women are just as likely to be disappointed with their husbands as men are to be disappointed with their wives. Women are just as prone to speak negatively of their husbands. Women are just as prone to try to get their husbands to be all the things that they dreamed they would be. And therefore it probably needs to be said that women too must learn to look at him through the lens of the Word of God. He is a son of Abraham as a believer in Christ. He will one day shine like the sun in the kingdom of his Father. With all his imperfections he will be changed in the twinkling of an eye: every sin will be gone for ever; and he will receive a body like Christ's glorious body.
We will, I think, in the age to come be dumbfounded as we look back at how poorly we were able to treat each other on the way to glory. There is an honor and respect and even reverence that we should show to each other as men and women. How much happier would be our homes if they were filled with expressions of this honor! And they WILL be filled with these expressions to the degree that we learn to look at each other through the lens of God's word - as daughters and sons of Abraham; heirs of all God's promises; destined together for unspeakable glory.
Other Illustrations of Jesus' Work
Now that is the sort of thing Jesus did to help us recover what God created us to be as male and female in the image of God. And he did it again and again. So what I want to do in the time that remains is to give a few more illustrations of how Jesus helps us recover the purity and harmony of how men and women relate to each other. There is much more that could be said than can fit here.
1. Condemning the Objectification of Women
In Matthew 5:28-29 Jesus says, "Every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell."
With that one word Jesus condemned in the most forceful way possible (the threat of hell) all forms of pornography and the entire enterprise of commercializing the female body in advertising and entertainment. Can you imagine how much wrath is being stored up in heaven against the billion dollar business of doing precisely what the Son of God prohibits - namely, enticing men to look upon women with sexual desire - not as persons, mind you, but as objects of sexual pleasure alone! And what is clear from Matthew 5:28f is that Jesus Christ means to rescue women from this attack on their personhood. Men who follow Jesus guard their eyes for the good of women and for the glory of God. And women who follow Jesus look to Jesus for how to use their bodies, not to the world.
2. Applying the Golden Rule
In Matthew 7:12 Jesus said, "Whatever you wish that people would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets." You don't think, do you, that Jesus meant for the relationships between men and women to be excluded here do you - as though men and women should not treat each other according to the golden rule? No. We ought to treat each other the way we'd want to be treated in somebody else's shoes.
It's hard to say something more radical than this. Relationships are revolutionized when two people live by the golden rule. The reason it is so revolutionary is because you and I by nature have an all consuming desire to be treated well by other people. Nobody in this room likes to be made fun of. Nobody here wants to be ignored and treated like a useless person. Nobody wants to be exploited or taken advantage of. That means that if everybody in this room lived by the golden rule of Jesus nobody would make fun of any other person here. Nobody here would treat another like he or she were useless. Nobody here would take advantage of someone else. The measure of our love for our own happiness would be the measure of how eagerly we pursued the happiness of each other. It would be utterly revolutionary, especially in marriages and relationships between men and women in general. And that is just what Jesus commands.
3. Pursuing Genuine Childlikeness and Humility
The most devastating thing Jesus ever said against characteristic male and female sins was the word in Matthew 18:3, "Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Men who act like backyard bullies and women who play the helpless coquette are not child-like. They are childish. Genuine childlikeness and humility, like everything else Jesus taught, is revolutionary for the relationships between men and women.
Christian Leadership as Servant Leadership
Now how does this relate to our conclusion last week - that God has called men to bear the primary responsibility for leadership in relationship to women? - that men are held accountable first by God for taking the initiative to do what can be done to make things the way they should be in the relationship?
The answer is: Jesus purges Christian leadership of everything that makes it ugly and builds into Christian leadership what makes it beautiful. He purges it of self-exaltation; and he builds into it the reality of servanthood. He says, "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled" (Matt. 23:12). That's the end of arrogance and self-exaltation in Christian leadership. And he says, "Whoever would be great among you must be your servant" (Matt. 20:26). That's the key to beautiful leadership that builds up others.
But what a mistake it would be to say that because Jesus elevated the concept of servanthood he cancelled out the concept of leadership. We know from what he said and what he did that this is not true.
What he said was this: "Let the leader become as one who serves" (Luke 22:26), But He never said, "Let the leader stop being leader." Nor did he say, "Serving makes leaders less than leaders." He simply said, "When leadership is appropriate, let it be a servant leadership."
And what he did was to give himself as an example of what he said: at his lowest point of servanthood, with the towel wrapped around him washing his disciples' feet like a slave, no one in that room doubted who the leader was. He was the one they would follow. On his knees - and, if they understood, they would be on theirs! Servanthood does not nullify or cancel out leadership; it transforms leadership. When Jesus hung on the cross seemingly weak and utterly helpless he was leading a great host into glory.
So what Jesus does for us is this: he shows us and he teaches us that if a man takes up the mantle of leadership according to Genesis 2, he must not seize it as a right for himself; he must accept it as a responsibility given by God. The language of leadership is the language of responsibilities not the language of rights. It's the responsibility of servant leadership, not the right of lordly domination.
This is exactly where Paul takes us in Ephesians five when he speaks of husbands loving and leading like Christ. And that is where we will turn next week.


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