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By Mercury Staff Pottsgrove High School will stage the energetic 'Legally Blonde: the Musical'on March 14, 15, and 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the school's Dr. Richard Radel Auditorium. The musical version, which opened on Broadway in 2007, is based on the popular movie.
When Elle Woods (Emily Weaver) is dumped by her boyfriend Warner (Ian Yanusko), who wants someone more serious in his life, she concocts a crazy plan to win him back. This involves following him all the way to Harvard Law School. Supported by her best friends and sorority sisters (Rebecca Smith, Kendra Houck, and Hailee Tyson), she encounters the tyrannical Professor Callahan (Josh Crocetto) and the sympathetic teaching assistant Emmett (Trevor Noll). At her darkest moment (when she contemplates going brunette), she is rescued by her confidante and stylist, Paulette (Brianna Petitti).
While following the plot of the movie, the musical adds many memorable numbers, including the soulful 'Ireland,' the jazzy 'Whipped Into Shape,' the show-stopping 'What You Want,' and the heart-breaking 'Legally Blonde.' And, of course, the sexy 'Bend and Snap' gets its own song.
Other featured performers include Brianna Beitler, Jake Deska, Shayna Flint, Aaron Jaffe, Matthew Megraw, Kristi Shultz, Dan Weand, and Hannah Windrim. The 39-member cast includes Alexis Adair, MJ Bird, Linda Bostwick, Danielle Buchanan, Molly Chiodo, Ashley Cole, Danielle Gambino, Justin Gomez, TJ Helms, Tristan Herfurth, Abby Hudock, Dana Landes, Mollie Marko, Tayler Nofer, Andrea Paganelli, Shelby Poston, Nicole Raimondi, Joseph Ricci, Kelsey Sprouse, Marcus Taylor, Katlyn Trapani, Allison Wentzel, and Nick Wolfe.
Many faculty members contribute to the production. The musical is directed by Todd Kelly. Cynthia Foust is the vocal director while Victor Holladay conducts the orchestra. Holli Artim serves as assistant director. Costuming is handled by Elizabeth Rodenbaugh and Cindy Wozniak with assistance from student Samantha Moyer. Art direction is supervised by Cindy Scherer and Gwyneth Thomas. David Moyer oversees the stage crew.
Tickets for the production are $10 for general admission and $8 for students or senior citizens. Tickets may be purchased in advance from cast members or by contacting the high school at 610-326-5105. Tickets will also be available at the door.

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i dont care about your skill level, gender, or age! Equal opportunity :) Just looking to have fun playing my once favorite sport...
if you have a racquet, you're good!
If you're just starting out I don't mind helping you on your path to learning one of the GREATEST sports ever! Free of course because I'm not in the pros!
Heres a quick description of me, if you must know... im in my low twenties, male, and pretty athletic, in other words I can keep up :)
Tennis skill...
What the hell is an ntrp rating?? I haven't played in a while and i have recurring problems with my rotator cuff. What this means for you is I can't serve your face in. Fortunately, this does not affect my forehand & backhand as much.
If you're "NTRP" rating is 1.0 - 5.0 REPLY!! I just need to feel the court again... :( oh and i'm super patient!
If you're above 5.0 you may need to give me some time to calibrate my form.
If you use the NTRP rating I would classify myself as 3.5+ to start until the rust comes off and if my rotator cuff is OK I would say 5.0+. I have been playing actively for 11 years since I was 6, then BAM, injury.
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Hey Phillip! I love your enthusiasm! lol i'm about a 3.0 myself. I work in Westlake Village so hitting before or after work would be great. I am usually free anytime after 6pm and before 9am mon-fri and my weekends are pretty open. What are your available times?
Hi Phillip,
I just joined, and saw your post. I'm pretty new to the sport (hadn't played in MANY years), but just had a few lessons while on vacation, and am really excited about playing. I'm naturally athletic, and tend to improve quickly. I'm in Sherman Oaks, but don't mind driving to play. I have a racquet, and my schedule is pretty flexible. Let me know your availability, and let's meet up.
Hello there, I miss the sport too, but was out injured on & off for long time.
Looking forward to start hitting the ball for an hour or so. I like to rally, and need to improve my serve. Not sure about my ranking but around 2.5. My time is flexible but try to avoid the heat. I'm in Woodland Hills and usually play at Pierce College or anywhere around the area. Singles or Doubles. Thank you.
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Beyond Tromsø, the vast sweep of the northern landscape slowly unfolds, with silent fjords cutting deep into the coastline beneath ice-tipped peaks which themselves fade into the high plateau of the interior. This forbidding, elemental terrain is interrupted by the occasional valley, where those few souls hardy enough to make a living in these parts struggle on – often subsisting by dairy farming. Curiously enough, one particular problem for the farmers here has been the abundance of Siberian garlic (Allium sibiricum): the cows love the stuff – it tastes much more like a chive than garlic – but if they eat a lot of it, the milk they produce tastes of onions.
Slipping along the valleys and traversing the mountains in between, the E8 and then the E6 follow the coast pretty much all the way from Tromsø to Alta, some 410km – and about a seven-hour drive – to the north. Drivers can save around 100km (although not necessarily time and certainly not money) by turning off the E8 25km south of Tromsø onto Highway 91 – a quieter, even more scenic route, offering extravagant fjord and mountain views. Highway 91 begins by cutting across the rocky peninsula that backs onto Tromsø to reach the Breivikeidet–Svensby car ferry, a magnificent twenty-minute journey over to the glaciated Lyngen peninsula. From the Svendsby ferry dock, it's just 24km over the Lyngen to the Lyngseidet–Olderdalen car ferry, by means of which you can rejoin the E6 at Olderdalen, some 220km south of Alta. This route is at its most spectacular between Svendsby and Lyngseidet, with the road nudging along a narrow channel flanked by the imposing peaks of the Lyngsalpene, or Lyngen Alps. Beyond Olderdalen, the E6 eventually enters the province of Finnmark as it approaches the hamlet of Langfjordboten, at the head of the long and slender Langfjord. Thereafter, the road sticks tight against the coast en route to Kåfjord.
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I have a ton to post about so, I thought I would lump all the pregnancy related stuff into one post.
On Wednesday Augsust 25th, I was officially release by the fertility doctor to a regular OB. We did get an ultrasound that day at 8 weeks which was shown in the previous post. I will have my first OB visit on Sept 9th, at which we will get another ultrasound...that hopefully will look more like a baby and less like a blob. We will also get to hear the heartbeat for the first time. Up until now that tiny little heart has been to small for us to hear on the outside. So, we are looking forward to that. Here is a picture of us with Dr. Butler at our last visit (or Dr. Babymaker as I like to call him) Three cheers for Dr. Butler, he is a brilliant man!
So far, I have felt pretty good. The only two things that seem to bother me is being extremely tired...it's like having mono all over again, and food and I seem to have some issues. Most of the time, especially in the evening, the thought of food makes me sick and if I do eat I have raging heartburn. So I eat very little at night. Other than that it hasn't been to bad. Oh, on second thought, those round ligament pains are no joke, but they are not as frequent as they were a few weeks ago.
I also wanted to be able to see my tummy changing (I say that now, 5 months from now I will probably feel very different about it!) So, I took shots at 1 and 2 months. You can't really see any difference right now, except for the fact that I look much more tired in the 2nd picture and a little thicker.


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We open our Bibles for our study tonight to the 4thChapter of Genesis. The book of beginnings. Genesis, Chapter 4. As we come to Chapter 4 we come to the story of Cain. The first person born in the world, Adam you remember was created by God directly. And then Eve was created by taking material from the side of Adam, Cain is the first person born into the world. And so with the birth of Cain come a number of firsts.
The first birth, which therefore constituted the first family. The first sibling follows soon after with the birth of Abel and some even believe they were twins although that can't be verified in the text. We have the first birth, then the first family, the first sibling. We also have the first family disaster. The story of Cain also reveals to us the establishment of society and shows us the flow of sin into human history.
We have in the story of Cain the first crime. And the first opportunity for vengeance. We have in the story of Cain the first act after the fall of worship. The first sacrifice, the first expression of hypocrisy, the first occasion of false religion. The first act of self-righteousness. And the introduction of common grace. The story of Cain then carries with it a lot of firsts. But the main theme in the story of Cain is to introduce us to the first reprobate, the first unbeliever.
Cain then is the prototype of the doomed person. He is the prototype of the lost sinner. And God always has clear purposes when he records for us stories in the text of Scripture. And the account of Cain is given here in some detail in order that we might get a complete characterization of the typical unbeliever. And so we call this Cain the prototype of the doomed. Just last week I had the opportunity to be in the great city of Milan or Milano in Italy.
And there are in that city many remarkable things to see. There is the massive cathedral of Milan. It is one of the largest cathedrals in the world. The basement or down below the basement of that cathedral is interesting for it was there beneath the cathedral in Milan in that massive square that Ambrose the great preacher baptized St. Augustine who really was the one who influenced both Martin Luther and in particular John Calvin with regard to the reformation. It is also the city of Milan that contains the great masterpiece by Leonardo DaVinci called the Last Supper.
We had the occasion to go and see the Last Supper in the little church where it was originally painted by DaVinci as a fresco on the wall. It is just recently opened to celebrate the year 2000, which is a very important year in the Catholic Church. It is a jubilee year and there are certain doors to cathedrals that if you walk through them during this year you get absolution from your sins. And they're clearly identified outside the cathedral with a sign that says "this is one of those doors that provides absolution."
Well in connection with the absolutions and the doors and the jubilee, they also finished the restoration of the great painting of Leonardo DaVinci. What makes that painting so great is that it was a great leap forward in art. Art with DaVinci went from being one-dimensional to being three-dimensional. He was such an incredible intellect, such a great scientist that he figured out how to give depth to painting. Up until that time everything was flat and one-dimensional. But with DaVinci you have depth, you have the perception of depth. You have angles, you have shadows, you have transparency, you have light moving across in all different shades that gives the illusion of a three-dimensional picture.
In fact when you stand and look at the flat wall where the fresco of the Last Supper is, you think you're looking down a long room and through a window to an outdoor scene. That's how marvelous it was. Even in its restored condition it has some of that character. When we walked into this place, we were in several little anti rooms and on the wall there were close-ups of certain elements of the painting. A close-ups for example of one of the Apostles garments reflecting its color in a tin plate that had been painted by DaVinci on the table.
There were little close-ups of a transparent glass through which you could see a person behind the glass or a part of a person. There were at small little blow up pictures of a cup that cast its shadow on the table. These were very innovative things. And so you look at the little bits and pieces as you go in. And we were ushered into the room to see this masterpiece and we were taken up to be very much in front of it and some of the detail was pointed out to us.
But it was after that that the guide said now step back about 30 or 40 feet and you'll get the perspective that DaVinci wanted you to have. This was the dining room of the monks who were in that place and the Last Supper was painted there because this was the place where they ate their meals. And the dimensions of the picture made it appear as if Christ was at a table at the end of the room eating with his disciples and the window was behind him where they could look out into the scenery of the countryside around.
And it's really not until you step back 30 or 40 feet and look that you are captivated by the dimensions of this incredible work. There's reason why it has been hailed as a great masterpiece. And there's a sense in which that is sort of a metaphor for what I want to do with the 4thChapter of Genesis. We're going to look at detail; we're going to see some of the little bits and pieces that are a part of the minutia as it were of the chapter. But always we want to step back and get the big picture.
And the big picture here is what God wants to communicate to us. Well God is a God of great detail and that's what makes the big picture so clear as DaVinci was the master of detail and that's what made the big picture, the incredible masterwork that it is. We're going to look at detail, but only in reference to a better understanding of the big picture. And the big picture is the portrait of a doomed man. That's what I want you to see even in the detail of this text.
Now the story of Cain is the story of a reprobate, a story of an impenitent man. It is the story of the undelivered, the doomed soul, the rejecter of God's gracious salvation. Even the New Testament comments on this account. And the epistle of Jude, Verse 11, we read, "Whoa or curse or damnation to them they have gone the way of Cain." And Jude is associating false teachers who are under divine judgment with Cain.
In 1 John 3, in Verse 12, we read this. "Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil and his brothers were righteous." So the New Testament then identifies Cain for us as one who is associated with the damned in Jude. One who is associated with the evil one himself who is Satan in 1 John, Chapter 3.
As we remember at the end of the third chapter of Genesis, Adam and Eve came to repent. They came to believe the promise of God and they were justified. So was Abel. Abel is called righteous as I just read in 1 John, Chapter 3 and Verse 12. Abel was a believer. Abel believed God and it was accounted to him for righteous. And he trusted in the promise of God as did his mother and father, Adam and Eve.
The contrast then comes here in Chapter 4 with this reprobate, this impenitent by the name of Cain. Now we know he is the subject of the section, the first half, Verses 1 to 16 because his name is given 14 times actually in the first 17 Verses. His name is repeated there in Verse 17 for the 14thtime. This is the story of the reprobate Cain. Now beyond that it isn't really necessary for me to give you any more introduction. Just to repeat that here is the prototypical unbeliever.
Let me read the account to you. Now the man had relations with his wife Eve and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. And she said, "I got the man child with the help of the Lord." And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was keeper of flocks, but Cain was the tiller of the ground. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. And Abel on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions and the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering.
But for Cain and for his offering he had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his continence fell. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your continence fallen? If you do well, will not your continence be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door and its desire is for you but you must master it." And Cain told Abel his brother, and it came about when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know, am I my brother's keeper?" And he said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the ground which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you cultivate the ground it shall no longer yield its strength to you, you shall be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth." And Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is too great to bear. Behold thou has driven me this day from the face of the ground and from thy face I shall be hidden and I shall be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth and it will come about that whoever finds me will kill me."
So the Lord said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain vengeance will be taken on him seven fold." And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain lest anyone finding him should slay him. Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod east of Eden. So is the story of Cain told by the Holy Spirit through the writer Moses. Cain's history defines both the character and the conduct of an unregenerate person. Of the doomed sinner. And as we look at these verses and as I said, looking at some of the detail along the way, always our perspective will be the big picture, the portrait of a doomed sinner.
And I'm gonna give you several elements of this portrait. Several components. All of them are negative except the first one. Only the first element in the presentation of the account of Cain is positive. All the rest are negative. And while the first is a hopeful beginning in Verse 1, his mother says, "I gotten a man child with the help of the Lord." The last is tragic; Verse 16, then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord.
The story begins with a hopeful beginning. And that's the first point. Unbelievers have hopeful beginnings. This is the first thing to note about Cain as a prototype of an unbeliever. Verse 1 says now the man that's Adam had relations with his wife Eve and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. And she said, "I've gotten a man child with the help of the Lord." Everything about that is hopeful, isn't it?
The man is Adam, he had relationship with his wife, the actual Hebrew word Yada means to know. The man knew his wife. That is a that is sort of a euphemism for sexual relations, to know. To know in an intimate way. It is repeated again if you look at Verse 17 and "Cain had relations with his wife is again Yada, Cain knew his wife." And if you go down to Verse 25 it's repeated again, "And Adam knew his wife again and she gave birth to a son this time the son's name was Seth." In each case, Yada is used.
You will find it also in Chapter 19, Verse 5, Chapter 38, Verse 26 as a euphemism for sexual relationships. To know. This is typical because even in the New Testament you remember that when Mary was pregnant, the Bible says, "Joseph had not known her." In fact in Matthew 125 it says "He kept her a virgin after she had been given a child by the Holy Spirit and was carrying the Holy child in her womb, he kept her a virgin" it says, and "was not knowing her."
So knowing speaks of intimate relations in the human sense. Those relationships within a marriage that are the most intimate of all. And by the way, the word know is also used metaphorically of intimate relationships. For example in Amos 3, Verse 2, God says, "Israel only have I known." And what he means by that is not that they're the only people he knows about in terms of cognition or awareness, but they are the people with whom he has an intimate covenant relationship.
And in John, Chapter 10, Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice and I know them." It doesn't mean that only believers are known to the Lord in terms of awareness, but it does mean it is with them that he has an intimate relationship. So the word know is the word of intimacy. And it is appropriate to take the liberty I suppose to translate it the man had relations with his wife. She conceived and the purposes of God and gave birth to Cain. Now the word Cain Cayan in the Hebrew carries the idea of a craftsmen.
It carries the idea of a smith; a smith is usually associated with someone who works with metal, who works with in ancient times bronze or iron. To someone who is a refiner of bronze or iron or even a refiner of gold and silver could be a cayan. Referring to a craftsman. But the Hebrew language even uses that word to refer to what is made by a craftsmen. So that cayan can also mean a form thing. A thing formed by a craftsmen like a spear or like a sword. Literally a formed thing, a made thing. And that's what she says here she says, "I have gotten a made thing something made from the Lord, something created by the Lord, something from the Lord and I have named it that made thing. That formed thing."
It is interesting that one of Cain's descendents down in Verse 22 his tubal Cain. And tubal Cain was the original metalworker, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron. And so Eve names the child the formed thing. The thing made with the help of the Lord. This is a hopeful beginning. The Bible tells us of course that all human life comes from God, it is not just a matter of biological process, it is God who gives life. It is God who places the soul, the eternal living soul in the human body.
It is God who works the miracle of the creation of new life. And Eve knew it; she knew it was not some evolutionary process. She said, "I've gotten a man child with the help of the Lord." Some suggest that the Hebrew could actually better be translated I have created a man or made a man with the Lord in either case. Eve the mother of all living knew the child was born by the power of God operating in her and in that child.
The verb gotten, cana, used about 80 times or more in the Old Testament, it means to acquire something. To possess something, so she says, "I now have, I have now acquired something that God has made along with me." This is a wonderful, hopeful beginning. A gift from God, life and maybe just maybe she thought that this was the seed that had been promised back in Chapter 3, Verse 15.
The seed of the woman who would bruise the head of that despicable serpent that had led her into sin and therefore her husband into sin and therefore the whole human race into sin and therefore caused them all to be expelled out of Eden. It's certainly reasonable to think that this could have been the fulfillment of that prophecy for God had told them "I'm going to send through the woman a seed who will bruise that serpent's head."
It wouldn't have been any kind of stretch for her to believe that this child was going to be the one promised to defeat Satan. So everything began with such wonderful promise. And then in the goodness of the Lord, according to Verse 2, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Blessing upon blessing, now it's interesting Cain was named that formed thing that she and God had formed together. But Abel has that quite interesting name. Abel is the Hebrew word Hebel, interestingly enough it means a mere breath a mere breath.
It has a Hebrew associations with words in Sumerian and Acadian that lead us to believe that it means a mere breath. And it expresses the brevity of life. And in the case of Abel, it was indeed very, very brief. But for all of us compared to the eternality of God, life is brief, Psalm 144 Verse 4, "Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow." Job says in Job 7:16, "My days are but a breath."
Solomon the writer, the preacher, writes Ecclesiastes, says, "Life is vanity of vanities. Emptiness of emptiness." James says, "Life is a vapor that appears a little time and vanishes away." And in particular this is true of Abel, Abel's life was but a breath. We don't know actually how long he lived because there's no determined time before this incident which involves his murder actually occurs. But measured against the long spans of life before the flood, Adam himself living 930 years and people also many people living for centuries of time, Abel's life was but a brief breath.
But it must have been like any home and yet not like any home. In we have joy in our homes when children are born, but can you imagine the joy in that home when two children were born and those were the first two ever born in the history of the world? And this was a fulfillment to Adam and Eve that God was still going to bless them. That God was going to cause Eve to be the mother of all living. That God had not obviated that original command to multiply and replenish the earth? That God had given Eve to Adam that he might reproduce and raise a generation of those who would know and love God and be blessed by him? So this was a great advantage. I say that at the beginning, life has so much hope. Is there anything more wonderful, more joyous, more exciting, more hopeful than the birth of a child?
It tells us a little more about these two boys in Verse 2. "Abel was a keeper of flocks. But Cain was a tiller of the ground." Some people through history have tried to pit these two sons against each other and tried to somehow classify these two professions as being good and evil. That isn't the case; they're both very noble professions. Taking care of flocks was a very noble thing to do. They were very many noble shepherds in the Old Testament, Jacob and Joseph and Moses and David. And of course the imagery of a shepherd is put upon the Lord Jesus Christ himself.
And there wasn't anything second-class about taking care of crops. Taking care of animals was a noble duty and responsibility and so was taking care of crops. Even our Lord presents himself as the true farmer who sows good seed and brings in a fruitful harvest. And there are others in the Bible who applied their trade as farmers. Some of them among the prophets. So they both had noble responsibilities and that's how life sort of broke down. You either took care of the animals or you took care of the crops.
It all started out so hopeful. They had two boys and one went into one area of responsibility and necessary for life. The other went into the other area responsibility necessary for life. But that's where the positives end. And that's where they end for unbelievers. It all starts with such hopeful beginnings. Wonderful celebration at birth, all those early years of joy, all the wonderful happiness of childhood. All the birthday parties and all of the expressions of joy that parents generate at every turn as they watch the development of those precious little ones. It all starts out so hopeful.
But that's really where it ends. It didn't take long apparently for Cain's character to be revealed and for Abel's to be revealed as well. And interestingly enough the revelation of their character is manifest in an occasion of worship. It's when you get into the environment of religion; it's when you get into the environment of worship, when you get into the environment of belief systems and faith, that the manifestation of character really comes clear.
We find both Cain and Abel in a place of worship. And we find that Abel's worship was acceptable and Cain's was seriously flawed. And that takes us to the second point. First point unbelievers have a hopeful beginning; secondly, unbelievers offer unacceptable worship.
This is characteristic of apostates. This is characteristic of the impenitent. This is characteristic of the doomed. It is not that they are irreligious. It is that they offer unacceptable worship. And unbelievers generally speaking throughout the history of the world have been religious. In fact the whole of the human race is incurably religious. And you can go to the darkest corners of the world through human history and you're going to find people worshipping something. The sun, the moon, the stars, animals, reptiles, insects, a rock, a tree, a waterfall, a river, a lake, a mountain, an image of their own making.
Or even worshipping themselves. But man is incurably religious. He has to attach his worship somewhere. And Cain was a worshipper. Cain was religious. Verse 3 says "that came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. It came about in the course of time as indefinite." It doesn't tell us how long, it doesn't tell us how old these boys were, we don't know whether they were 15, 25 or 100.
The end of some undetermined time probably if I have to lean one way or another, I lean to the fact that they were young and their character would have manifested itself early. In fact a person's spiritual character will manifest itself immediately upon adulthood. So they probably had reached the age of maturity. Where they could have decided about their response to the word of God the promises of God.
You say well did they know about it? Huh. Let me tell you, I would guess that the two most potent evangelists for trusting God whoever lived would be Adam and Eve. Can you grab that thought? Who better understands what it means to be lost. Who better understood what it meant to fall victim to Satan. How many times do you think Adam sat those boys on his knee, how many times do you think Eve sat them down at the table and told them what Eden was like? What the garden was like. She told them what they forfeited by their sin.
How many times? How many times did they plead with them to believe God and not Satan? How many times did they plead with those boys to put their faith in the promises of God because the promises of God brought joy and blessing and the promises of Satan brought death and destruction. I can't imagine anybody better equipped to get that message across than the two people who were thrown out of paradise.
When we evangelize somebody, we can only tell them what it's going to be like from what the Bible says in Heaven. They could tell them what it was like because they were there. And I know that a mother like Eve would have plead with her boys to trust God. And a father like Adam would have done the same. And how many times had they recounted the story? I'm sure Cain and Abel could have told the story in every single detail about how the fall occurred and how wonderful it was in the garden and how sad it was that they couldn't go back.
And they knew full well about the angel with the flaming sword in every direction to keep anybody from ever going in there. Many times they had been told to trust God and to believe his promises. And to repent and believe that God was going to send someone who would bruise the serpent's head and overthrow this usurper and bring back paradise. And they were no doubt told that you need to honor God. You need to show respect, worship toward God. And so Cain brought an offering. This is an act of worship. It probably comes not only from a command from his parents but very likely a command from God.
Not recorded in Genesis, but we can assume that God had commanded such offerings otherwise how would they know to bring them? Now the word offering here is mina in Hebrew and it's a word later used in Leviticus to refer to the offerings that the Lord instituted in the Mosaic Law. Such offerings became a regular part of the Levitical system of offerings. You can read about even grain offerings, offerings from the crops in Leviticus, Chapter 2.
So they were out of Eden, they couldn't go back, but they could still worship. And it was right to worship God. Because God could be worshipped wherever they were really. We learn in John 4 that God is not confined to Mt. Garrison, he's not confined to Jerusalem, but God is to be worshipped everywhere in spirit and in truth. Likely because God had told them he wanted sacrifices, there had been an altar built. And to that altar comes Cain. And with him the fruit of the ground. He brought what he had braised.
There's no reference to whether it was the first fruits which later on in the Mosaic Law God demanded the first part of the crop that comes in which is a real act of faith because it might be the only part but you give it to God and you recognized him first and the promise of Scripture is if you do that, God will make sure the rest of the crop is good and fill your barns. But if you had to trust God and be willing to sacrifice the first fruits. And not just the first fruits; but the best of the first fruits is what God required.
And I'm sure that they were very aware that God wanted the best. But it makes no statement with regard to the nature of what Cain brought. It doesn't say he brought the first of a given crop, it doesn't say he brought the best. It just says he brought of the fruit of the ground. And by not saying it, it's almost as if the commentary is that he didn't bring necessarily the first or the best.
But more significantly he didn't bring an animal sacrifice. And I'm convinced that God had instructed them to bring an animal sacrifice. There had already been a demonstration of the need for substitutionary death to cover the sinner back in Chapter 3 Verse 21 when the Lord God had to slay an animal to make garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothe them. And you remember that was a picture of substitutionary death of an innocent victim to provide a covering for the sinner.
I think with that God instituted the substitutionary death principle. And I'm sure that God had communicated that as the kind of sacrifice that he wanted brought. So here you have Cain giving no recognition that he is a sinner. In fact his offering is a self righteous one. He is bringing what he has produced out of the ground. It appears to have been an offering of self- righteous human achievement. There are only two ways you can approach God. You approach God offering him what you've achieved or you approach God realizing that you deserve death and you recognize that by offering a sacrifice in death as a symbol of the need for a substitute who can die in your place by which your sin can be covered.
Apparently Cain didn't have any recognition of the sin and that becomes very clear as the story goes on. Apparently he didn't think he needed substitutionary death on his behalf. He didn't need to depict the reality that he was a sinner worthy of death who needed an innocent substitute to die in his place. So here is the first example of false religion. Here is the first example of the religion of human achievement. Where somebody gives to God what they produced with no recognition of the necessity of atonement by substitution and death.
Here is false religion. Here is self-righteousness. Later on as I said in the Levitical Law, you can see it in Deuteronomy 26 as well as Leviticus 2, grain offerings were prescribed by God. Grain offerings were to serve as reminders that God was the source of all their food. They were thank offerings. But the primary and necessary offering was the animal sacrifice because it is that which spoke of the need for substitutionary death for sin.
And the account turns from evil wicked self-righteous Cain to righteous Abel. Verse 4. And Abel on his part brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. Now this is very different. He brought animals. But not just animals. His mina, his offering is actually the fattest of the firstlings. The best of the best. The emphasis here then is on the quality of that offering. As well as the character of it. What we see with Cain was he brought something which reflected his own achievement with no particular regard for its quality. On the other hand, Abel brings the best of the best offering an animal as a symbol of his own need to have his sin covered by the death of an innocent substitute.
And of course animal sacrifice becomes clearly defined in the Mosaic Law in the book of Exodus and all on through the book of Leviticus. And all those animal sacrifices were simply pictures of the one sacrifice that actually takes away sin. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ. And so I think it's important to realize that God must have given them instruction regarding animal sacrifice. And not just animal sacrifice, but the best of the best. The spotless lamb which so wonderfully depicts Jesus Christ. This is a sacrifice that recognizes sin and death and the need for a substitute. Abel did what was right; his was the true expression of worship rather than Cains.
And the end of Verse 4, here's the most notable thing at this point. "The Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering." Now please notice carefully this is very careful language and I want you to understand it. The Lord had regard for means he accepted it. And he had regard for two realities. For Abel and for his offering. And there's a reason why those are made so carefully distinct. First of all, God had regard for Abel. That means for his heart. For his spirit, his attitude, the man his faith, that's the inside.
God always looks at the heart. And here was a man who worshipped God with his heart. Here was a lover of God. Here was a believer in God. Here was a man with a righteous heart. And that's why it says, "the Lord had regard for Abel. And for his offering." That's the outside, the animals. The fact he offered what God required. 1 John 3:12 says, "His behavior was righteous." What that means is he did what was right. And how do you do what is right? You do what is right by doing what God has said to be done.
There had to have been a revelation of what was right. And as I said the pattern of substitutionary sacrifice had been established in Chapter 3, Verse 21. And Abel was faithful to it. Both elements were necessary for an acceptable offering. The heart of Abel was right, God had regard for Abel and the sacrifice of Abel was right, God had regard for his offering. And then it says in Verse 5 "but for Cain and for his offering, he had no regard." And again you have the same two realities. God had no regard for Cain. That's the inside, the man, his heart. And he had no regard for his offering either. That was the fruit of the ground, which he brought. Cain's heart was evil. He was of the evil one.
He was walking in a way that Jude associates with the damned and the doomed and the false. The New Testament makes it absolutely clear that he was evil. He belongs in the same category that Jude 13 as Balem, as Cora who rebelled against the Lord. He is associated in Jude 13 with all the false teachers for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever. So Cain is the prototype of the doomed. Religious, sure, man is in incurably religious. And the world that bounds in false religions and they are all the religions of human achievement, right?
You do something moral, you do something ceremonial, you achieve something; and you offer that to God as the payment for your salvation, your ticket to heaven. That's the religions of the world. On the other hand, there is Abel. And he is a true worshipper. He comes realizing he's a sinner, realizing he's worthy of death, seeing in the sacrifice the image of a necessary innocence substitute to die in his place to cover his sins. God had showed him through the story and no doubt told him by his parents about how God killed an animal to cover them and their shame.
So what you see with doomed people is a hopeful beginning. But very soon a pattern of unacceptable worship. And worship is characterized by self-righteousness. They get involved in all kinds of religion. But not the truth. You know in the climate today, there's this idea that we all got to accept everybody's religion. God doesn't do that. He only accepts the truth. True worship looks at substitutionary atonement of the sacrificial lamb namely Jesus Christ who alone can take away our sins.
All the rest is damning false religion. Now let me give you a third point and I'll stop and we'll take the rest next time. Unbelievers have hopeful beginnings. They offer unacceptable worship and thirdly they resent the true worshippers. This is pretty typical. The world hates true believers. They hate us because of our narrowness. They resent the fact that we say this is the truth and everything else isn't. They resent our righteousness. They resent our goodness. They resent our virtue. They resent the blessing of God.
They love their sin, they are religious but they love their sin. And the righteous are a living revuke to them. That's why you see in the world in which you live today, they want to keep us out of the public discourse, don't they? They want to keep the Bible out of the schools, the Bible out of the politics, the Bible out of social life, the Bible out of the culture, the Bible out of everything. It's like Darwin said, "I don't reject the idea of God. I just reject the God of the Bible. I don't want anybody telling me this is the truth. I don't want anybody telling me I'm a sinner, this is sin and I'm on my way to hell and I need to recognize that God provided a substitute to die in my place Jesus Christ who will take away my sin." That's what they reject; they resent the true believers.
And that was Cain. They are but the children of Cain. Verse 5, "So Cain became very angry. And his continence fell." Unbelievers get angry about believers. They get angry over the true believers. They get angry over those who say this is the truth and this alone is the truth and this is the only way of salvation. Cain is self-righteous and he is stubbornly self-righteous. He lacks any contrition; he lacks any remorse. He's not sorry that he brought what he brought. He's not sorry that he didn't do what his brother did. He's not sorry about his disobedience. But rather he becomes angry. And he becomes angry with his brother and he becomes really ultimately angry with God.
And he is saying I really can't deal with a God like you. I can't deal with such a narrow God. If he was a true lover of God, if he was a true believer, if he had genuinely come to know salvation, when his sacrifice was rejected, he would have been broken. He would have been heartbroken. He would have been literally devastated and shattered and catapulted into deep sorrow over God's displeasure. But he isn't, he's just mad.
He's just mad. He's angry about the narrowness of Abel, he's angry at God because God has not accepted him as an equal. What kind of God are you that favors Abel over me, he's very angry with God. In fact, the Hebrew implies the idea of inward heat rising up into his face. He's getting furious. He's the prototype of the unbeliever. The unbeliever is angry at believers, true believers. He's angry about the fact that we say this is the truth and everything else isn't. But this alone saves and nothing else does. And he's ultimately angry with the God of Christianity. Angry with the God of the Bible.
And he tells us he was so angry that his continence or his face fell. This is, this is a man whose anger has reached the point of despair. Again, characteristic of those who reject God, love their sin, they're angry with God, they're angry with the Bible, they're angry with the God of the Bible, they're angry with the people of the God of the Bible. They're angry with the proclamation of the Scripture.
In our world, the society of Cain still exists. And they work feverishly and angrily to obliterate the God of the Bible. And the people who proclaim the Bible from social influence. They don't like us intimidating them. Once a person becomes fixed in unbelief like Cain, they resent the message of the truth. So here is Cain, God has given us this clear portrait. And as we step back, we see exactly what an unbeliever, a doomed man looks like. Hopeful beginning but comes to the place where he offers unacceptable worship and resents those who truly worship God as God desires to be worshipped.
The next thing that Cain demonstrates about unbelievers is that they reject the word of God. We'll wait until next time to look at that. It's in Verses 6 to 8. My father we look again to the Scripture and we find that it opens up to us so many profound insights. The simple story of Cain is rich with instruction. And it translates right into our day. For as there were those who walk in the way of Cain, long after in the days of the New Testament, there are still many today who walk in the way of Cain.
Unbelievers, offering unacceptable worship and resenting those who truly worship you as you have commanded in Holy Scripture. Father, we thank you for this picture because it needs to be clear in our minds. That we might even as you did with Cain, go to such people, confront their sin and call them to turn rather than perish. We thank you that we are in the spiritual sense in the way of Abel. Not by anything that we've achieved, but by the recognition that we can't achieve anything and like Abel, we recognize that we need a substitute to die in our place and to pay the penalty for our damning sin. We thank you for your grace to us and may you extend that grace and many more through us as we come across those people in the way of Cain. And direct them to the way of righteous Abel.
Use us Father in that regard in ways that perhaps we can't even now know. As you bring people across our path and prepare their hearts by your spirit, we pray in Christ's name, Amen.
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CARY, N.C. – The No. 4 Georgia College & State University baseball team (39-16) took No. 1-ranked UC-San Diego (52-7) to the limit Saturday evening, falling victim to a walk-off RBI single for a 3-2 loss in the opening day of the Division II College World Series.
Senior righty Martin Dewald (Mannheim, Germany) battled all game long, fanning nine Triton batters in his third-straight complete game (11-3). UCSD third baseman Evan Kehoe led off the ninth with a hit batsman, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, and with two down, scored from second base on a single by second baseman Grant Bauer.
"I was disappointed in the loss," said GCSU head coach Tom Carty. "UC-San Diego did a great job from the get-go and punched us in the mouth. We responded well to limit the damage in the first inning and tying up the game in the later innings, but we didn't do enough to finish it off."
The Tritons got on the board in the first inning, utilizing a single, a stolen base, a wild pitch and sacrifice fly to scratch across a run. They added another in the fifth on an RBI double by rightfielder Kyle Saul. Georgia College tied the game in the sixth, rattling off five singles in the inning.
Leftfielder Kyle Allen (Conyers, Ga.) singled and later scored on a safety by rightfielder Shawn Ward (Martinez, Ga.). First baseman Matt Pitts (Brunswick, Ga.) then drove home third baseman Steve Muoio (Rochester, N.Y.) with an infield single to third. Catcher Richard Pirkle (Norcross, Ga.) then ripped a single through the left side with Ward attempting to score from second. A strong throw from the top fielding team in Division II baseball cut down the go-ahead run at the plate, setting up the ninth-inning UCSD heroics.
Righty Tim Shibuya (13-2) won with a full nine innings of work, allowing two runs on eight hits. He fanned four Bobcat batters. Dewald allowed three runs on eight hits, walking three for just his third loss this season.
"I thought I had a chance in the later innings," said Dewald. "I found my curveball a little better and I thought I would be able to use it to get through. I like to get the win, and I just guess it wasn't enough today."
Pitts finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Pirkle also had two hits on four trips, the two men attributing for half of the team's hits. For UCSD, Saul was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBI, while leadoff hitter Vance Albitz finished 2-for-4 with two runs.
The loss sends Georgia College to the loser's bracket, facing No. 2 University of Tampa in an elimination game Monday, May 24 at 3 p.m. Catch the broadcast on 102.3FM WKZR or www.country102fm.com .
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LOS ANGELES, July 15 (UPI) -- Sandra Bullock came face-to-face with her stalker Joshua Corbett when he broke into the actress' home on June 8.
In search warrant documents granting access to Corbett's house -- obtained by TMZ -- officials mention a confrontation between the Gravity star and her stalker in which Bullock heard loud banging in her house at around 1 a.m. that prompted her to go to her bedroom and lock the door. At that point, the actress reportedly saw Corbett standing in her hallway in dark clothing.
Bullock reportedly slammed the door shut, locked it and called 911. During the call, she told officials she had showered before going to bed so she wasn't sure when Corbett entered her property.
When police arrived at the scene, Corbett reportedly began yelling: "Sandy, I'm sorry. Please don't press charges."
Officials later found a notebook on the man that featured cut-out photos of Bullock and disturbing quotes like: "I will forever be thinking of you and Louie, my son, as you are my wife by law, the law of God and you belong to me and me to you."
After obtaining the warrant to search his house, officials found seven guns, including assault rifles. Police said they believe that Corbett owns more weapons.
After the incident Bullock obtained an emergency protective order against the suspect, requiring him to remain at least 200 yards away from her.


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About a week ago, we went for a drive when we were taking a break from our writing. We found a "highway" with this pretty wooded area alongside. We decided to try to take pictures of the two of us. These first ones were just us holding the camera out to the side and trying to look natural. Some of them turned out kind of fun.
Friday, April 30, 2010
I can't summarize happiness.
About a week ago, we went for a drive when we were taking a break from our writing. We found a "highway" with this pretty wooded area alongside. We decided to try to take pictures of the two of us. These first ones were just us holding the camera out to the side and trying to look natural. Some of them turned out kind of fun.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Music brings memories.
So I finally found the camera (in my backpack, ironically) but after copying pictures to my computer, I managed to lose the memory card. I'm sure it will pop up again as things usually do, but sadly... the blog will still have to go without pictures until I find it again.
Well, I might be able to get some pictures off of my computer to put onto the blog at school tomorrow, but I never remember to do things like in the morning. I always get up as late as possible and have to run and scramble to get out the door. I have been known to forget all kinds of important things like my wallet, my cell phone, my notebook, my pen, and just about anything else that I might need. I don't know how I can be expected to remember to get pictures from my computer to take to school!
It has been fun these last few days to listen to a bunch of my old music. Before our old computer died, most of the music that we listened to was either downloaded from the internet (OC Remix) or copied from cds from the library and from my mom. We lost hundreds of songs when the computer died, including just about everything that we had been listening to.
So recently, I took all of our cds and copied most of them onto our new computer. It was SO FUN to listen to music that I have not listened to for years. It's so funny, because every song reminds of things from certain time periods of my life. The Remember the Titans soundtrack reminds me of my friend Ruth and the good ol' days of junior high school. Blessid Union of Souls makes me remember riding with my brother James in his blue truck before his mission. I have music that is distinctly high school to me and much more that reminds me of Southern Virginia University and Snow College where I went to school when I was single.
It's funny because some songs make me feel the excitement of being in love for the first time and others the sadness of being rejected. Most songs make me think of my friends and I remember us laughing and singing together. It's almost like each song comes with a private folder of memories and emotions and I can't seem to separate each song from all the things it makes me feel.
Posted by Jessio at 5:48 PM
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
How do you create real female characters?
So I'm working on my latest book, and I have decided to focus more on some of my female characters. I think it's unfair and stupid that most stories are about men, and that most of the women in books and movies are one dimensional and are only there to be love interests to the men. I've seen so many movies which have only one female character. And that one female is usually extremely beautiful, over-sexualized, and completely lacking in anything like a real personality.
Come on! Real women are beautiful (in individual ways), but there's much more to than us than our faces and our bodies. We have personalities too!
It's funny, though, because I find it difficult to break outside of the stereotypes in spite of my strong convictions. I KNOW that we women are interesting and have depth. Sometimes we're mean and sometimes we're nice. Every woman is an individual with unique preferences, habits, and ideas. It should not be so hard for me.
The two characters that I'm developing right now come across as so shallow and frivolous, and that's not my intention at all! I want them to be normal nineteen-year-old girls who try to look good, (with a sense of style in their clothes and jewelry, etc.) who are crushing on boys, but who also work hard at their jobs and who react to things in characteristic ways. Despite my best efforts to create depth, these girls just seem so FLUFFY!
How do I write female characters that are real, deep, and still stylish and beautiful?
Later on in my book, I'm putting in a girl who's a bit more like me- quiet, geeky, and none too concerned with physical appearance. Maybe a girl like that will be easier to create.
Posted by Jessio at 10:44 AM
Friday, April 16, 2010
It's officially not fun being a grown-up!
So yesterday was an exciting day....! (The word exciting usually has a positive connotation, so maybe I should say that it was eventful instead.) I had to do one of those lovely adult-type things: taxes.
But before that, I finally got to see an eye doctor and get a trial pair of contacts! That's good, because it means that sight has returned to my eyes after a week of perpetual blurriness. The entire last week, I was constantly getting a headache from trying to read things and figure out what I was looking at. And Paul wasn't happy to have to drive me everywhere since driving was completely out of the question for me.
As soon as my vision was restored, I could see how nasty the bathroom was becoming, and so I pulled out the Comet and got to work. I'm happy to report that the bathroom is almost ridiculously clean right now! And before I attempted the taxes, I was in quite a happy mood. I got out all of my music books and sang for two hours in the middle of the day. It didn't really feel like wasting time because singing makes me so happy.
But happiness passes so quickly! Having done the taxes the last two years without a hitch, I was thinking it would only take a few minutes, some basic arithmetic, and I would be done. I didn't realize that being self-employed takes the process to a whole new nightmarish level. There are forms, forms, forms and more forms. There are things I was supposed to keep track of that I didn't know I was supposed to keep track. I was wading through endless paperwork and calculations and kicking myself for not keeping better records.
I suspect that I may have made a mistake somewhere, but I couldn't figure out where. I finally just decided that if I did my best, at least the taxes would be in on time.
So, yeah. It's officially not fun being a grown-up.....
Posted by Jessio at 9:51 AM
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
I've gone blind....!
So I would love to post some pictures, but our camera is lost. Yes, the memory card is inside it, preventing me from being able to retrieve pictures from it.
I'm also having difficulty typing because my glasses are broken, and I have to lean awfully close to the computer screen just to read the words. Yesterday I spent a long time trying to type an article without being able to see the words as I was going along. It's not the most efficient way to get things done.
Last week on Thursday, I realized that my glasses were breaking. I could see that they were breaking where the bridge connected to the right side of the frame. When they actually broke on Saturday night, they broke not on the bridge but over on the part that holds the lens. On Sunday, some people from our ward tried to fix them, but they were broken in such a way as to make them impossible to repair.
Unfortunately, I have no other glasses or contacts and I was unable to get in to see an eye doctor until Thursday of this week. It has been a long few days. You never realize how much you depend on your glasses and contacts until you don't have any. There are so many basic things you just can't do without being able to see.
I keep getting a headache because I still have to do things like go to school and write articles. I hope that tomorrow when I go to the eye doctor I can get a trial pair of contacts so that I don't have to wait another week or two for a pair of glasses.
Isn't life fun?
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Donald Eugene Martin, 84, of Lawrence, died Thursday at his home. He was born on Sept. 17, 1928, in Vassar, the son of Ralph R. and Anna (Oest) Martin.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corp during the Korean War. He was a principal and superintendent at Peabody High School.
He married Eileen L. Morris on Nov. 28, 1952, in Yates Center. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Jeanne E. (Ronald) Morrison, Louisville, Ky., Carol A. (Steven) Woods, Longmont, Colo.; two sons, Stanley R. (Jean) Martin, Perry, Michael S. (Sheri) Martin, Lawrence; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one sister, Naida J. Butterfield, Greeley, Colo.; and one brother Loren D. (Nannette) Martin, Emporia.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Dianna L. Martin.
Memorial services were Monday at First United Methodist Church. Visitation was Sunday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.
Memorial funds have been established for Boys and Girls State through the American Legion.


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Do it to me one more time
Denver Post feature writer Doug Brown and his wife Annie were on "Today" Tuesday morning – talking to Anne Curry for almost eight minutes about his book "Just Do It: How One Couple Turned Off the TV and Turned On Their Sex Lives for 101 Days (NO EXCUSES!)."
This was just two days after a story on Doug and Annie appeared on the front page of the NY Times SundayStyles section — and quickly became an Internet sensation.
People perk up their ears when they hear Doug and Annie, 14 years together with two kids, had sex for 101 consecutive days.
Doug sits next to me in the newsroom and he sighs a lot.
I also take full credit for any success this book might encounter. Doug and Annie had set out to do it 100 days in-a-row.
I made them go the extra mile.
Doug explains what happened after finishing the 100 day sex-a-thon on page 301. "And then the the next day, we did it again.
"At some point during the marathon, the Post's gossip columnist had said, "Douggie, you can't stop at one hundred. You know that, right? You've got to do one more. For good luck."
I never aimed for 101 days. I aim for 101 Mississippis.
Dining for China
Jing and Little Ollie's owner Charlie Huang was in China May 12 when the earthquake hit Chengdu in the Sichuan province.
He was on the 30th floor of a hotel in his hometown of Nanjing, well east of the disaster, but he said he could sure feel it.
And he said he was scared.
He's home, safe, and plans to raise relief money tonight at both restaurants.
All sales, 100%, go to China.
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Dec. 14, 2006
The Lipscomb Bisons flexed their muscles on both offense and defense Thursday night in a 75-55 win over Nicholls State at Allen Arena.
The Bisons extended their home winning streak to 15 games and their non-conference home winning streak to 12 games.
"That was more like it," Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson said. "I thought we played well as a team and rallied around each other.
"I told our players before the game we still haven't become a team yet. I thought this game was a great step for us. I thought we came a little closer together in the Vanderbilt game."
While defense is always a key for the Bisons, Sanderson was pleased with the way his team approached the offense. Senior guard Brian Fisk led the way with a game-high 19 points, hitting 7-of-9 from the field, 3-of-4 from 3-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
"More than anything I thought we were very unselfish offensively," Sanderson said. "We moved the ball very well. That was a key for us.
"We had 18 assists and eight turnovers. I can live with that all year long. We got a lot of touches. In the last six or seven minutes when we were up 15 of 16 points sometimes there is tendency to shoot the ball quick, but we kept moving it and working the clock down."
The biggest concern for the Bisons was when point guard Trey Williams, the leading scorer, fell to the court with 4:52 left in the first half. He did not return to the game, but he was walking around the court after the game with his right ankle heavily taped.
"It was swollen up on him really bad at first," Sanderson said. "I wouldn't think he would be ready to walk if it was that severer. He probably won't be able to practice Friday. We'll know a lot more then."
Freshman Devon Seaford and senior Jan Andre Williams, Trey's brother, filled in with solid performances at the point guard position.
"They both came in and did a great job on both ends of the court," Sanderson said. "We even played Mike Lusk at the point a couple of minutes in the second half.
"We rallied around each other and played better for longer periods of time. I see it coming. We need it to come together in a hurry."
The Bisons controlled the boards 37-33 with center Jason Hopkins grabbing a game-high nine.
From the field the Bisons shot 44.8 percent (26-58), including 51.9 percent in the second half. The Bisons were 12-of-31 from 3-point range, a 38.7 percent average.
"My whole theory is I want to shoot early or shoot late," Sanderson said. "If we come down and transition and have a good look by the right person we will take it.
"If not, I want to run the clock. I want to screen. I want to move the ball. I want to spend more time on the offensive end of the floor than the defensive end."
Joining Fisk in double figures were Lusk with a season-high 11 points and Seaford and Michael Teller with career highs of 10 points each.
Nicholls State shot only 33.9 percent from the field, hitting 19-of-56 shots. They were 15 points below their average of 70 points per game.
Guard Stefan Blaszczynski led Nicholls State with 14 points. Guard Adnois Gray added 13.
The Bisons are 7-3 overall. Nicholls State slipped to 1-11.
Saturday night the Bisons will head to Evansville to face the Aces for the second time this season. They beat Evansville 67-64 here on Nov. 13.
"Evansville is a hard team to prepare for in one day," Sanderson said. "They do a lot of different things. And I'm sure they have good memory of what happened here a month ago."


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Hello Magnolia Lovers!
It's time to make a DT Call here at AAM. So if you want to take the chance to play with us each month, then make sure to read the following conditions well:
1. You need to have a Facebook account! We use a secret DT group where we all talk about the challenge and giving some informations arround.
2. You can create one project per month for our challenge using Magnolia stamps or other Magnolia products if you have them (like DooHickey Dies, papers and so on...)
3. You have the time to comment on entries of our participant. We are forgive numbers, so not all entries must comment from each person, but each participant receives a nice comment from the team!
4. You have the time to vote for out TOP5 selections after each challenge.
5. You are able to make good looking photos of your creation and post them on your personal blog.
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If you can say YES to all previous conditions, then don't wait and send me an email to allaboutmagnolia(@)gmx.de and let me know something about you and of course a link to your blog with your creations.
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Two Ohio high-school football players accused of raping a teenage girl may not get a fair trial after a photo and video allegedly associated with the case were posted on the Internet by the computer hacking group Anonymous, a lawyer for one of the accused said on Friday.
The players, both 16 and members of the Steubenville High School football team, are charged with raping a 16-year-old fellow student last August, according to statements from their attorneys to local and national media.
Their juvenile court trial is scheduled for February in Steubenville, a city of 19,000 about 40 miles west of Pittsburgh.
The case shot to national prominence this week when Anonymous activists made public a picture allegedly of the rape victim, being carried by her wrists and ankles by two young men, and of a video that showed several other young men joking about an alleged assault.
Walter Madison, the lawyer for one of the defendants said on CNN that his client was one of the young men in the photograph, but does not appear in the video.
But the picture "is out of context," Madison said. "That young lady is not unconscious," as has been widely reported.
"A right to a fair trial for these young men has been hijacked," Madison said, adding that social media episodes such as this have become a major threat to a criminal defendant's right to a fair trial.
"It's very, very serious and fairness is essential to getting the right decision here," he said.
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Adam Nemann, an attorney for the other defendant, could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday. In an interview on Thursday with Columbus, Ohio, broadcaster WBNS-10TV, Nemann raised concerns about the effect the Anonymous postings could have on potential witnesses in the case.
"This media has become so astronomically ingrained on the Internet and within that society, I am concerned witnesses might not want to come forward at this point. I would be surprised now, if there weren't witnesses now who might want to start taking the Fifth Amendment," Nemann told the station.
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution offers protection against self-incrimination in criminal proceedings.
The case has also been a challenge for local officials because of conflicts of interest. Both the local prosecutor and police have close ties to the school that the defendants attend.
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As a result, the case is being investigated and prosecuted by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office.
Interviewed on CNN on Friday, DeWine said it was not unusual for his office to prosecute or investigate cases in small towns where close ties within the community caused conflicts of interest to arise.
He also voiced concern about how social media may affect the case.
"This case needs to be tried not in the media, not in social media," DeWine said.
He said Anonymous' attempt to shame the alleged attackers had actually harmed the victim.
Not only is the victim hurt by the initial crime, but "every time something goes up on the Internet, the victim is victimized again," DeWine said.
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Google Is Testing Delivery Drone System
Amazon.com, Domino's Pizza Have Also Tested Delivery Drones
The latest endeavor to emerge from Google Inc.'s advanced-research lab is flying into a field buzzing with competitors.
Google X said Thursday it is developing a system of drones to deliver goods. Rival Amazon.com Inc. is also testing delivery drones, and Domino's Pizza Inc. tested delivering pies via drone in 2013.
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With the fourth of July approaching, firework tents and stands are popping up all around the lake.
With the fourth of July approaching, firework tents and stands are popping up all around the lake.
Dan and Heather Henderson oversee four firework stands in the lake area and have a history of selling the traditional celebratory toy. Before moving to the lake, the Hendersons sold fireworks for years. This is their first time opening stands at the lake.
Residents can find their traditional favorites including poppers, sparklers, tanks and snaps all for under a dollar each. Firework connoisseurs will find anything from artillery shells ranging from $6.50 and $8 to the big guns such as the Bear Hunter for $295 or the Battle Zone for $118. If residents have the money to spend, they can purchase a fully loaded package called the God Father for $599 or the Body Bag for $225.
The Hendersons' stands are located at the Laurie Market, intersection of A Road and Highway 54 in Linn Creek, Highway W 15 and at the Highway W and Y intersection. The stands are currently open and will remain open through July 10. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., later on the weekends.
If you are planning on enjoying some fireworks this season, keep these safety tips in mind.
Firework safety from the National Council on Fireworks Safety:
•Know your fireworks; Read the warning labels and performance descriptions before igniting.
•Have a designated shooter to organize and shoot your family show.
•Alcohol and fireworks do not mix. Save your alcohol for after the show.
•Parents and caretakers should always closely supervise teens if they are using fireworks.
•Parents should not allow young children to handle or use fireworks.
•Fireworks should only be used outdoors.
•Always have water ready if you are shooting fireworks.
•Obey local laws. If fireworks are not legal where you live, do not use them.
•Wear safety glasses whenever using fireworks.
•Never relight a "dud" firework. Wait 20 minutes and then soak it in a bucket of water.
•Soak spent fireworks with water before placing them in an outdoor garbage can.
•Never attempt to alter or modify consumer fireworks and use them only in the manner in which they were intended.
•Report illegal explosives, like M-80s and quarter sticks, to the fire or police department.


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Editions: 20
Size: 29,7×42 cm
Technique: Print
About the artist
Maria Pohl (b. 1988) is a psychologist and artist. She studied at Lunnevads Art College and the Valand Academy. Pohl has a passion for theoretical books by philosophers and psychoanalysts, and will probably dedicate herself full time to their study in the future. She writes poems and organizes seminars and concerts in her apartment. As an artist, Pohl values colour selection and the emotionally charged.
There are two threads running through Pohl's creative process: the physical present and the world of ideas. While painting she expresses this through flow and colours, inspired by the interaction of spontaneity and precision. Much of Pohl's thinking away from her brushes informs the motives and themes she choses to paint. She finds great inspiration in the psychological: relations and reaction. Emotions are important, the dynamics between them and the complexity of our interactions
Increasingly, Pohl is experimenting with more modern and abstract forms, which can be seen in some of her works.
Primarily Pohl is inspired by art that was created in the first half of the 20th century. She likes the simple expression of Matisse, the colour selection of Gauguin and the ingenuity of Picasso. She is also inspired by books and poetry, particularly the meditative musings of Woolf and the earnest nature of Sachs.


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Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My husband is 53-years-old and was diagnosed last week with T1c prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 6. Also, I would like to know your opinion of this procedure versus the open surgery. Thank you very much.
Alan J. Wein, MD, Professor and Chair of the Division of Urology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, responds:
At this point, the rates of incontinence and impotence with robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy look similar to the gold-standard retropubic procedure. However, this only holds true in the hands of experienced robotic surgeons who have done a number of cases (probably the learning curve requires about 75 procedures). The convalescence is somewhat shorter (2 to 2-1/2 wks or so), and blood loss is less. There are NO long term recurrence rates available because the technique is relatively new. The standard long-term follow-up for prostate cancer is at least 10-15 yrs. The bottom line is, pick the surgeon, not the procedure.


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Tips & Advice
Tips to become a good chess player
Take every opportunity to play chess – usually players improve by playing more often. Try to play opponents better than yourself – learn from any mistakes you make and take account of any advice offered by the opponent when you analyse your game. Use chess notation to record all your games. Play through the game afterwards (using Fritz) and keep your games in a scorebook or ideally on a database (e.g. Chessbase).
Go along to your local chess club and try to take part in any tournaments or matches they have. Find out who the County manager is for your relevant Essex Team e.g. juniors and u100s. Play for your County team if possible whenever you are selected. Enter as many Junior Chess events as you can but also take the opportunity to play at Chess Congresses that will be open to adult players. Do not worry about facing opponents older than yourself or with a higher grading - this is how you learn and improve.
Aim for events that stretch you but avoid aiming too high in the beginning as this could be detrimental to both your grade and your confidence. Try to build on your experience slowly - when you start winning or drawing most of your games, progress to the next level i.e. u120s to Minor to Major to Open. Consider having regular coaching from a more experienced player. This could be a friend or relative, a member of your chess club or an English Chess Federation Coach (see the ECF website for more details). The ECF also has a Certificate of Merit scheme.
Use all the learning resources available to improve your game. If you like reading there are plenty of books available - try to get at least one book on Openings and one on Endgames. If you are not keen on reading, DVDs and Online websites are a good resource. There are many different websites where it is possible to play chess online and there are countless instructional videos on YouTube by expert players such as Andrew Martin and KingCrusher. Learn a couple of chess openings that you feel comfortable playing - start with one opening for white and one for black (for both e4 and d4 openings). As you develop try to add to these to give you a repertoire of chess openings. Take time to look at as many openings as you can so at least you know how to respond to the main alternate systems - this will save you time in the game itself.
Always use the time on your clock sensibly - work out the average time per move and keep that in mind throughout your game. If you need to take longer on one particular move don't worry, just adjust the remaining time. In long play games you must write down your moves - you can stop writing when you have 5 minutes left on your clock. If you have a problem during your game, stop the clock and raise your hand to attract an arbiter - do not wait until the end to raise an issue. Take time to learn important rules such as the "2 minute" rule; what to do if your opponent makes an illegal move; repetition of position and 50 move rule.
Simple Hints to Remember
Play slowly. Don't make your first move until you are completely calm. If your opponent makes a weird opening, stop and think about it. You may not know if your opponent is brilliant, average or useless; assume that he or she is brilliant. If you're not sure what to play, sit back in your chair to think. Play slowly. If you spot a good move, look for a better one. Do your thinking with your arms folded. Stop every 5 moves and think about the position of all your pieces. If you think your opponent has made a blunder, it might be a trap. Play slowly.
Advice for Parents
So your son or daughter has caught the chess bug – what can I do to help ? Give up your life!!! Ha ha only kidding....... but expect to spend a lot of time sitting in sports halls and hotels!! Buy a flask and a picnic bag!! Start with entering children into as many junior tournaments as possible - get them playing every day (or as least as much as possible). Go through the games with them - even if you can't play it helps your child with the thought process if they have to explain to you what they did and why.... Join the ECF - cheaper entry fees for congresses. Once they start getting better results (at school / megafinal / local tournaments) enter them into as many of the John Robinson Grand Prix Events - 5 per year including the British Championships. If they score well here - usually 3 out of 5 or 3.5 out of 6 - on more than one occasion - they will get their "half norms" and if Under11 they will be invited to the England U11 qualifying tournament, or if above that age they will be invited to join the National Junior Squad - further details please see http://www.sjca.org.uk/ncjs.html (Please note this site is provided by Staffordshire Junior Chess).
This is not easy - persevere and don't expect it to happen overnight. Once in the squad, they will then get the opportunity to play abroad or against other National sides. This is not playing for England as such but provides fantastic overseas experiences. Play in as many of these as you can. At this stage they also need to consider their grade in order to qualify to play for England. Their grade (Standard ECF grade NOT rapidplay) needs to be over a certain standard for them to qualify for high tournaments such as the European and World Championships - look at the ECF junior page to see what the target grade is for the relevant age group. If they have serious ambitions with chess you will need to start playing in FIDE rated tournaments e.g. e2e4 tournaments; Hastings; Southend; Blackpool etc. Some of these tournaments have very long games - 1 game per day - make sure your child is ready for this - build up slowly. FIDE grades are the ones that are recognised internationally - see the FIDE web-site. You have to play a minimum of 9 FIDE rated games to get a grade - you have to play another player with a FIDE rating for the game to count. FIDE grades are published every 2 months and all games are on the web-site. After this stage you will probably know more about chess than the writer and your child may be aiming for a title ..... this will take a sustained effort and a coach would be essential at this stage.... Good Luck!!
Junior Chess Clubs
Basildon Junior Chess Club Arnold Lutton Email: email@example.com
Thurrock Junior Chess Club
Tuesdays 7.30pm - 8.30pm East Thurrock Community Association, 77 Corringham Road, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0NU
Wednesdays 7.30pm - 8.30pm St Thomas of Canterbury Church Social Club, 16 East Thurrock Road, Grays, RM17 6SR Tel. 01375 379424 Malcolm Crane
Chelmsford Junior Chess Club Meets at Christ Church, New London Road, Chelmsford from 4.30pm to 6.00pm on Tuesdays starting 3/11/15. Robin firstname.lastname@example.com
Colchester Junior Chess Club Hythe Community Centre, Venture Drive, Colchester, CO1 2FG starts from 21/9/17 and then every Thursday (school terms) 4.30pm to 6.00pm. Mike Cataby 07838085656 email@example.com http://Colchesterjuniorchessclub.blogspost.co.uk
The Knights of Gidea Park Junior Chess Club Meets between 3:45 and 5:00pm every Friday Quaker Meeting House 7 Balgores Crescent, Gidea Park, RM2 6AB
The Knights of Wanstead Junior Chess Club Meets between 5:30 and 7:30pm every Tuesday at Wanstead House 21 The Green E11 2NT
For details on all the "Knights" Clubs Contact Richard Harding at email@example.com or call 07941818617
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|Arnold Lutton
|01268 280932
|Robin Slade
|Dave Hawkins
|020 8531 5066
|Trevor Dickerson
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|Jeff Page
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By Staff Writer | November 12, 2013
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The Philippine Air Force has placed an order for eight AW109 Power light twin engine helicopters. Under the contract, AgustaWestland will also provide initial logistics support and training for aircrew and maintenance personnel. The aircraft will be used to perform homeland security, armed reconnaissance and close air support missions. Deliveries are set to begin in 2014.
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UPDATE, 9:21 a.m. Feb. 2: As a result of our working with eBay, the auctions will be relisted, but they will start over, meaning that all bids will be lost.
For those of you who had already bid, we realize that is a frustrating answer. Trust us, everyone behind the scenes at Ellusionist is frustrated about this situation. Without going into detail, we feel we were treated unprofessionally by the auction site. However, the auction is for an important reason, and we are going to see it through. Again, thanks for your patience, and we'll let everyone know when the items are back up for auction.
UPDATE, 9 a.m. Feb. 2: We were informed this morning by eBay that the auctions have become too valuable for our account. The company pulled our auction items this morning. Our staff is working right now to get the items back up and running, with all bids restored. We will update this page with more information as we get it.
Thanks for your patience in this matter, guys. We are working hard to make sure your generosity doesn't go to waste.
An opportunity to snag some of Ellusionist's rare items will benefit the American Red Cross and help the people of Haiti recover from a devastating earthquake.
We've placed some of our more rare items up for bids in a special eBay fundraising auction. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. The items up for auction include five 1st ed. Black Ghost decks, three uncut sheets of the 1st ed. Black Ghost deck and the ultra-new, ultra-rare Red Arcane Porper Clip.
You already know how rare the Black Ghost decks are. Our supply of the run of 5,000 has dwindled over the years, so opportunities to snag them will decrease. The same goes for the uncut sheets: As rare as the decks are, the sheets are even more rare.
As for the red clips: There are only 50 in existence. They are exactly like the silver and gun-metal clips, only they come in a dark red color. They are every bit as durable and functional as any Porper Clip — they will keep your cards flat, crisp and ready to go. Also, even though the hole is cut to match the Arcane ace perfectly, the aces on other deck boxes aren't too far off the mark. This auction will be the first chance that ANYONE has had to get one of the red clips.
You can find auctions for each of the items below. Your participation will go a long way toward helping Haitians recover and get back to normal lives.


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Kushti Lavs (Good News in Romany) 1981
Taal: Angloromani
Romany has been spoken by Romanichal Gypsies in Britain for over 500 years. The pure Romani language mixed with spoken English, formed the modern Romany speech sometimes known as the Pogadi Chib (mixed up language), or to scholars as Anglo-Romani. It is spoken by Gypsies in Britain and where they have settled in Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Many Romany words have come into British English slang such as kushti, mush, chav and wonga. Romany is not fully intelligible with other Romani languages found in Europe, although it has some shared vocabulary.
In 1973 the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) published Luke 15 as "Shavved then got latchered (Lost and Found)" as a diglot of Romany and English using the Good News Bible. In 1979 BFBS published portions of Mark 1:4-45 (Jesus Heals a Leper), Mark 12:41-44 (the Rich and Poor), Luke 8:22-25 (Jesus Calms a Storm) were published in Romany as "A Kushti Lav (Good News For You)". In 1981 BFBS published portions of Luke 4:16-19 (Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth), Luke 16:19-31 (the Rich Man and Lazarus), Luke 17: 11-19 (Jesus Heals Ten Men) and Luke 23:32-43 (Jesus is Crucified) in Romany as "More Kushti Lavs". These portions, collectively called Kushti Lavs, were digitised by BFBS in 2013.
For more information about the work of the Bible Society please visit BFBS at www.biblesociety.org.uk
This version of the Kushti Lavs Romany text © BFBS 2013.