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Used 2017 Mazda CX-5 Touring near Durand, IL
Installed Options
- Price
- $23,000
Vehicle Details
|Stock #
|Exterior Color
|Machine Gray Metallic
|Interior Color
|Gas Mileage
|City:23 Hwy:29
|Regular Unleaded I-4 2.5 L/152
|6-Speed Automatic w/OD
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Additional Vehicle Information
- Features
- Specs
- Mechanical
- Safety
- Technology
- Exterior
- Interior
- Comfort
|Axle ratio
|Drive mode selector
|4WD type
|on demand
|Center differential
|Rear brake type
|Front brake width
|Rear brake diameter
|Rear brake width
|Front brake diameter
|Emergency braking preparation
|Front brake type
|ventilated disc
|Braking assist
|Electronic brakeforce distribution
|Power brakes
|Electronic parking brake
|auto off
|Cornering brake control
|Front suspension classification
|Rear suspension classification
|Front struts
|Rear suspension type
|Rear spring type
|Front stabilizer bar
|Rear stabilizer bar
|Front spring type
|Front suspension type
|lower control arms
|Rear shock type
|twin-tube gas
|Front shock type
|twin-tube gas
Stability and Traction
|Stability control
|Traction control
|Hill holder control
|Battery saver
|100 amps
|Rearview monitor
|in dash
|Cross traffic alert
|Impact absorbing seats
|dual front
|Autonomous braking
|Automatic emergency braking
|Child safety door locks
|Child seat anchors
|LATCH system
|Energy absorbing steering column
|Safety brake pedal system
|Body side reinforcements
|side impact door beams
|Camera system
|Blind spot safety
|Crumple zones
|front, rear
|Airbag deactivation
|occupant sensing passenger
|Side airbags
|Front airbags
|Side curtain airbags
|front, rear
|Side-curtain airbag rollover sensor
|Power door locks
|anti-lockout, auto-locking
|Anti-theft system
|engine immobilizer, alarm with remote
|2-stage unlocking doors
|Side mirrors
|integrated turn signals
|Side mirror adjustments
|power, manual folding
Audio System
|voice operated, touch screen display, AM/FM, HD radio
|Auxiliary audio input
|Bluetooth, jack, USB, iPod/iPhone
|Internet radio app
|Pandora, Stitcher, AHA
|Antenna type
|Total speakers
|Radio data system
|Speed sensitive volume control
|Electronic messaging assistance
|with read function, voice operated
|Driver assistance app
|roadside assistance
|Wireless data link
|voice operated
In Car Entertainment
|Infotainment screen size
|7 in.
|Trip computer
|Driver information system
|Digital odometer
|External temperature display
|Warnings and reminders
|lamp failure, low fuel, engine oil, coolant, maintenance due, tire fill alert
|Multi-function display
|Fuel economy display
|MPG, range
|Trip odometer
Exterior Features
|Exhaust tip color
|Front bumper color
|Mirror color
|Door handle color
|Rear spoiler
|Rear spoiler color
|Grille color
|Rear bumper color
|Fender lip moldings
|dual tip
|Window trim
|Rocker panel color
Tires and Rims
|Spare tire size
|Tire type
|all season
|Spare tire mount location
|Spare wheel type
|Tire Pressure Monitoring System
|Daytime running lights
|auto off, LED, self-leveling
|Rear wiper
|intermittent, with washer
|Window defogger
|Front wipers
|variable intermittent
|Power windows
|safety reverse
|Rear privacy glass
|Liftgate window
|Rear door type
|Upholstery accents
|faux suede
|Driver seat power adjustments
|height, 6, reclining
|Passenger seat manual adjustments
|height, 6, reclining
|Passenger seat
|Driver seat
|Rear headrests
|3, adjustable
|Front headrests
|2, adjustable
|Front seat type
|Rear seat type
|40-20-40 split bench
|Driver seat manual adjustments
|Rear seat manual adjustments
|Seatbelt pretensioners
|Seatbelt force limiters
|Emergency locking retractors
|rear, front
|Seatbelt warning sensor
|Rear seatbelts
|Front seatbelts
Convenience Features
|front, rear
|Steering wheel
|tilt and telescopic
|Power outlet(s)
|12V cargo area, 12V front
|One-touch windows
|Reading lights
|front, rear
|Power steering
|Multi-function remote
|illuminated entry, panic alarm, proximity entry system, trunk release
|Cargo area light
|Cruise control
|Retained accessory power
|Power windows
|lockout button
|Overhead console
|Steering wheel mounted controls
|audio, cruise control, phone, voice control
|Rearview mirror
|manual day/night
|Push-button start
|Vanity mirrors
|dual illuminating
|Assist handle
|rear, front
|Center console
|front console with armrest and storage
|in dash, front seatback, sunglasses holder, door pockets, accessory hook
Comfort Features
|Floor mat material
|Shift knob trim
|Steering wheel trim
|rear folding, rear center with cupholders
|Floor mats
|rear, front
|Floor material
|Door trim
Air Conditioning
|Front air conditioning
|automatic climate control
|Front air conditioning zones
|Rear vents
|second row
|Air filtration
Drive Type
|Drive Type
|Standard Seating
|Max Seating
|Head Room (front)
|39.7 in
|Head Room (rear)
|39 in
|Hip Room (front)
|55.2 in
|Hip Room (rear)
|55.3 in
|Shoulder Room (front)
|57.1 in
|Shoulder Room (rear)
|54.8 in
|Leg Room (front)
|41 in
|Leg Room (rear)
|39.6 in
|Seating Rows
Measurements of Size & Shape
|179.1 in
|72.5 in
|Width (without mirrors)
|72.5 in
|66.1 in
|106.2 in
|Ground Clearance
|7.6 in
|Track Width (front)
|62.8 in
|Track Width (rear)
|62.8 in
Measurements of Weight
|Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
|4643 lbs
|Gross Vehicle Weight Range
|4001-5000 lbs
|Curb Weight
|3655 lbs
|Gross Combined Weight Rating
|6109 lbs
|Max Towing Capacity
|2000 lbs
Truck Specifications
|Max Payload
|988 lbs
Interior Dimensions
|Cargo Volume
|30.9 cu ft
|Interior Volume
|134.5 cu ft
|Passenger Volume
|103.6 cu ft
|Cargo Volume (rear seats down)
|59.6 cu ft
Performance Specifications
|Aerodynamic Drag
|0.33 Cd
|Turning Circle
|36 ft
|Acceleration (0-60MPH)
|8.6 seconds
Fuel Tanks
|Fuel Capacity
|15.3 Gallons
Wheels and Tires
|Front Tire Type
|Front Wheel Diameter
|17.0 x 7.0 in
|Rear Tire Type
|Rear Wheel Diameter
|17.0 x 7.0 in
Crash-Test Ratings
2017 Mazda CX-5 SUV AWD
|Front Crash Overall
|Front Crash Driver
|Front Crash Passenger
|Side Crash Overall
|Side Barrier Overall
|Side Barrier Driver
|Side Barrier Passenger
|Side Pole Driver
|Side Combined Front
|Side Combined Rear
Green Score
EPA Green Score
( California LEV-III SULEV30/PZEV
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
EPA Green Score
( Federal Tier 3 Bin 125
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
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She called them Deathlies and Deadlies.
And she said they guarded 'the Witches,'
Witches with skull faces...
Thursday, March 1, 2012
A Deadly
She called them Deathlies and Deadlies.
17 comments:
- Pam Morris said...
OMG rot, these are fabulous!!! I want, I want, I want...can't wait to see what you do with your haunt this year!
- March 1, 2012 at 3:50 PM
- Rot said...
: )
- March 1, 2012 at 4:03 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Man this is really cool! I'm with Pam, can't wait to see what is in store for this year.
- March 1, 2012 at 4:07 PM
- The October boy said...
Beautiful Rot! I can almost taste the earth...
- March 1, 2012 at 4:30 PM
- Rot said...
Thanks, guys.
- March 1, 2012 at 5:01 PM
- Goneferalinidaho said...
Ooh, I've been looking for some inspiration on the webs, and this is IT. Even though my ideas for this year are completely different, your work here is like seeing a museum quality work of sculpture. I think I can say that with some authority since years ago I used to stroll the Art Institute of Chicago for inspiration such as this. None of the artists there were dark enough though.
- March 1, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- Yellow Phantom said...
Oh man, that is wicked Rot!
- March 1, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
Jeremy said: This is so beautiful, I really love this one...
- March 1, 2012 at 8:41 PM
- K.O. said...
COOL!!! I think that's my favorite creature yet!! I simply can't wait to see what you have up your sleeve for this year!!! Bring on October!
- March 2, 2012 at 5:02 AM
- Rot said...
Thanks : )
Deathlies will be similar in shape, but be distinctly different than Deadlies.
- March 2, 2012 at 6:11 AM
- Jon said...
Wow...raised the bar again. Those claws are really great. I love how the face is partly obscured, too.
- March 2, 2012 at 8:41 AM
- Rot said...
I'm thinking Skull Witches require their creations to have obscured faces : )
- March 2, 2012 at 8:46 AM
- Marrow said...
This is insane.
I LOVE it.
I was positive it couldn't get any better after the 'Swamp Foetuses'.
I was wrong. Just incredible.
The first pic has a cool Nosferatu feel to it.
- March 2, 2012 at 2:56 PM
- Arcane said...
Incredible work Rot!
- March 2, 2012 at 8:53 PM
- MorbidMariah said...
Perty dang awesome. As always. I bow to thee, Rot! :)
- March 3, 2012 at 11:41 AM
- Johnny said...
This is probably going to sound terrible. But I have seriously considered making a will just to make sure if you're still making props and I drop dead that my skull be sent to you to be a prop.
I can't think of a cooler way to be dead.
- March 5, 2012 at 10:20 PM
- Rot said...
Do it, man ; )
I'd make something great and find a quiet lonely place in the woods to display it.
- March 6, 2012 at 6:09 AM

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Central Africa
Sunday, aged four years old, has severe keloids across his chest, stomach and hip from his burn injuries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central Africa cooking methods - paraffin stove in the Congo
Across Africa people store possessions on their rooftops. Sometimes it adds to the flammability of their homes. Sometimes it increases the strength of the structure in windy weather. Sometimes it is just like an extra outdoor cupboard.
The electrical connections DRC style are not so different to those in Alexandra township in South Africa.
The Ministry of Public Health, October 2008, in Kinshasa, DRC.
Central Africa burns survivors Firsy (19) and Nella (5)
Central Africa: DRC Hospitals
Central Africa; Chris Wilson intrepid volunteer in DRC, October 2008
Christopher Wilson, a Mancunian far from home, has been meeting the Minister of Health and the Minister for Gender, Family and Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as he takes the first steps in setting up Children of Fire Central Africa � the continent�s leading burns charity.
Central Africa trustee designate
Patricia Kabuni is a trustee-designate of Children of Fire Central Africa
Children of Fire is looking at ways to help in Central Africa.
�Our man in Africa� Chris Wilson � on the spot in Kinshasa, DRC, says �Nine days in the Congo is different to 9 working days in most other African countries.
�I should have started work at 8a.m. but it poured with rain all night. The roads are made from sand and dirt, I didn't visit the first hospital til 12! It takes more time for you to travel, it takes more time for the person you're meeting to arrive. There is African time, and Congo time.
�No matter how much planning is done before you visit, a programme can only be set once on the ground. I'm on the ground now...�
In October 2008 Chris Wilson met the Minister of Health of the Congo and various other dignitaries including Dr Ben Kabwe.
He also saw an indigenous method of burns treatment, using Palm Nut Oil.
Bolumbo Ebende (9) suffered hot water burns.
Kelly (33) fell into a fire when suffering from malaria as a child.


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Kenneth Tindall's Luminous Junc•ture
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Kenneth Tindall's star is on the rise. The British dance maker, who is also a Premier Dancer with Northern Ballet, created his debut piece Project#1 for the 2011 Mixed Programme.
It won the Bundesjungendballett Production Prize at the 26th Choreography Competition in Hanover. This much anticipated follow up, Luminous Junc·ture, is not to be missed.
Featured dancers Dreda Blow, Victoria Sibson, Julie Charlet, Tobias Batley, Hannah Bateman, Kevin Poeung, Giuliano Contadini and Benjamin Mitchell.
- Choreography Kenneth Tindall
- Music
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- Brotsjor by Olafur Arnalds
- Sarajevo by Max Richter
- Time by Hans Zimmer
- Lighting Alastair West
- Costumes
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- Wardrobe supervisor and costume maker Carley Marsh
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Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council25 September 2009
by inadim -- last modified 26 September 2009
Since June 2002 these three policies have been placed under the sole responsibility of a single Council configuration which meets approximately every two months. The composition of the Council varies according to the items on the agenda (Ministers for Transport, Telecommunications or Energy).
The EU's objective in the field of transport, telecommunications and energy is to establish modern and efficient systems that are viable in economic, social and environmental terms. The harmonious and sustainable development of infrastructures is crucial to the smooth functioning of the internal market and to the Union's economic and social cohesion.
To achieve this, the Council has, since the nineties, contributed to the introduction of trans‑European transport, energy and telecommunications networks. These networks respond to the overall objective of economic and social cohesion, which is of particular importance for the coming years in view of enlargement and the need to connect the large trans-European networks to the projects under way in the new countries of the Union.
The Council has also adopted the European GPS known as GALILEO, the European satellite navigation system which is designed for civilian purposes, is open to international cooperation and will be exploited commercially.
The TTE Council's three areas of activity are as follows:
Transport is one of the foremost common Community policies by virtue of its contribution to the free movement of persons and goods. Article 71 of the Treaty establishes the content of the common transport policy as follows:
- common rules applicable to international transport affecting the Member States;
- the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate transport services within a Member State;
- measures to improve transport safety.
In this area, the Council acts by a qualified majority, in codecision with the European Parliament. In respect of provisions which might seriously affect the standard of living and level of employment in certain regions and the operation of transport facilities, the Council acts unanimously in consultation with the European Parliament.
The Council has been very actively addressing the many questions raised as a result of the opening of borders (market-access rules, safety, traffic management, interoperability, recognition of qualifications, technical rules, etc.) and the different modes of transport concerned (road, rail, air, inland waterway and maritime).
Measures taken at Community level initially related to the establishment of a fully integrated internal market. Today, now that the objective of an internal transport market has largely been achieved, the main challenge is to establish a "sustainable mobility" system, in other words a system of transport which optimises energy consumption as well as transport time, routes and conditions.
Energy policy is essentially the remit of the Member States. The Treaty contains no specific chapter on energy. However, energy policy is included among the Community's objectives and is mentioned in the Treaty titles on environment and trans-European networks (which cover, inter alia, energy infrastructures).
The objectives pursued in this area have mainly consisted in guaranteeing an affordable energy supply for all consumers, with due regard for environmental protection and the promotion of healthy competition on the European energy market. In the context of the Kyoto Protocol, now more than ever the improvement of energy efficiency has become an important element of Community strategy.
Against that backdrop, the Council is examining the measures needed to ensure an adequate level of security of gas, oil and electricity supplies in the Community. Other proposals are intended to promote renewable energy sources or specific measures for energy management (buildings, biofuels, etc.).
Furthermore, the Council is working towards the establishment of a legislative framework for ensuring the smooth functioning of a competitive internal market in electricity while preserving the security of supply in electricity and ensuring a sufficient interconnection between Member States via general, transparent and non-discriminatory policies.
With enlargement, the Council is considering new proposals on the trans-European energy network in the electricity and gas sectors in order to make it more efficient.
Another aspect of the EU's energy policy concerns nuclear energy. This area is a responsibility of the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) established in 1957 by a different Treaty than the one establishing the European Community. EURATOM's main task is to research and develop the peaceful use of nuclear energy, draw up uniform safety standards and establish a common market in nuclear-energy equipment.
The Council is working on the four objectives considered to be a priority in this area at European Union level:
- the establishment of a Europe-wide integrated network;
- the introduction of the information society;
- the opening up of national markets;
- the elimination of the regulatory disparities between Member States with regard to prices, standards, market-access conditions, public procurement, etc.
The Union has launched several measures to open up its markets more widely to competition, particularly in certain key sectors, and to promote investment in research.
The eEurope initiative is designed to provide everyone in the European Union with easy access to the Internet as rapidly as possible. The priority is on the introduction and use of broadband networks throughout the Union by 2005, the security of networks and information, online administration ("eGovernment"), online learning ("eLearning"), online health services ("eHealth") and electronic commerce ("eBusiness").
Source: Council of the European Union


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As marked on my office calendar, I'm having a trip with my family, to...?
Take a guess. It's freakin' easy, drawn there - a hill with strawberries. Lol.
The aircond is freakin' cold at where I sit. It turns out that there had been a maintenance on the aircond weeks ago, so now it's like, colder than ever.
Oh and my fyp first viewing is postponed! Lol
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Boy suspended for making shooting motion with finger
A family in Maryland is outraged after their 6-year-old was suspended for making a shooting motion with his finger.
The incident happened just days after the Connecticut school shootings. In a letter, school officials described what happened as a serious incident where the boy threatened to shoot a student.
Rodney Lynch said the trouble started earlier that day.
"I went to my desk, got my scissors and pretended they were a gun," Lynch said.
Lynch said he was sent to the school office again for something similar and then a third time.
"She was pointing her fingers and did this, and went pow, so I did this. And I got sent to the office again," Lynch said.
Family attorney Robin Ficker said they are appealing the one-day suspension, calling it an over-reaction.
"It is on his permanent record that he threatened to shoot a student; five years from now, someone's going to look at that and say this is a bad kid. He's been branded. He's been thrown under the bus," Ficker said.
The boy's family wants his school record cleared and may ask for him to be sent to a different school.


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Full Text Transcript of Vice-President Joe Biden's Speech
Delivered July 03, 2011 at the NEA Annual Meeting & Representative Assembly
Hello NEA!
Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Joe Biden and I'm in love with an educator! And I'm in love with education! I sure need it.
Where is Delaware? Hello, Delaware! Frederica, congratulations. Congratulations. On being President‑elect. And Mary Joe, take care of her, will you, like you take care of me. Folks, it's a great honor. It's a great honor to be here, and I mean that sincerely.
You know, it's interesting. You all know this. When you are an educator or you are married to an educator or you dip your toe in the water like I did teaching a course in law school for 20 years, you find that you hang out with, you're friends with, you go to the movies with, you raise your children with, you eat with, a whole lot of other people involved in education.
And there is one thing that I found over the last 40 years. That there is something special about all of you who believe in what I call possibilities. You don't go into education unless you believe in the possibility of making things better. Just part of your DNA, part of your makeup.
When I was a young man in law school, I was married--when I got elected to the Senate, I was married to a beautiful woman who was also a teacher and was killed in an automobile accident right after I was elected. And no man deserves one great love let alone two. And five years later when I found Jill ‑‑ and, by the way, like all educators, she has a healthy degree of skepticism. I literally had to ask her five times to marry me.
Best decision I ever made, and she's still wondering whether she gave the right answer the fifth time. But, folks, all kidding aside, you're a different breed of cat. Thank God for all of you. Thank God for your unyielding belief that in the toughest of circumstances, every child, every child deserves a chance. And ladies and gentlemen, I just wish those folks who are attacking you now, I wish those folks who are trying to ascribe the blame for the worst recession America has had since the great depression, knew you a little better.
Look, all of us in this room, all of us on this stage, we have something in common. You, Dennis, me, Jill, Barack, Michelle, none of us, none of us would be in the positions we're in today were it literally not for the inspiration and love and guidance of at least one or two of our teachers.
We would not be here. Used to say in the United States Senate, if you'll excuse a point of personal privilege, were it not for the teachers I had in grade school, when I stuttered so badly, I could ‑‑ could ‑‑ couldn't ‑‑ say ‑‑ say my name -- Were it not for those teachers who told me how smart I was, what a good boy I was, how capable I was. I would have never overcome that impediment.
So I want to thank you. I want to thank all of you for inspiring the young kid in your class who stutters, the young girl who is overweight, the beautiful young child who just doesn't have any notion about the possibilities that lie before her.
Look, I know you have a lot more business to conduct before this assembly ends, so let me get right to the point and I'll try to be brief. Dennis ‑‑ and I mean this sincerely, I told him ‑‑ I read your speech on the plane from Nevada to here. Not only was it rhetorically inspiring, more importantly, it contained real insight that is not reflected much in the public debate about what this debate is ‑‑ what it's really about.
I mean it. And Dennis, it's not just because your mom is sitting there.
Literally, I can say and I'll go on record with the press here, there's not a single solitary assertion you made in that speech that I don't wholeheartedly agree with, particularly one. Yesterday ‑‑ yesterday you said ‑‑ and I want to quote you ‑‑ I know of no family of means in America who would deny their own children preschool, child care, good nutrition, health care, and other opportunities from soccer to music to dance to art. Well, I say to you ‑‑ if this nation wants to remain strong and prosperous, why would we perpetuate a system that denies these opportunities to every child? That is the question before this body. That is the question before the United States of America. That is the most fundamental question we can be asking as a people today! None is more consequential!
That's the question. Look, the answer ‑‑ the answer, Dennis, is that the other team doesn't think we can either afford it or that it should be the priority. This new Republican Party ‑‑ and I emphasize ‑‑ this new Republican Party has a different philosophy. This is not your father's Republican Party. This is a different breed of cat. They are decent people, but they have a fundamentally different view, a fundamentally different view than even the previous Republican Party had, let alone others. I think the crux of this is, they really don't believe in public education as we do.
It's not that they don't care. They care. But they do not think the past 150 years public education is the vehicle. They seem to think something different. Public education is as much about poverty, lack of health care, unemployment as it is about what goes on in the classroom. Ask any teacher.
Dennis, I don't quote Barack as much as I'm quoting you. But Dennis went on to say, part of the madness of this country is an economy that is out of balance, end of quote. Well, folks, to the new Republican Party, this madness is madness by design. They don't think –- literally -- listen to me now. I'm being deadly earnest. These are not intended to be applause lines. They really don't think it's out of balance. They think finally we are re‑establishing balance in America. That's what they honestly and truly believe. They believe that a CEO making 260 times what their workers makes is an honest reflection of the respective value of the CEO and their workers. Think about it. Listen for a second. I really mean this. I'm not trying to be pejorative. I think it's important that we understand what the other team thinks so we understand what this is about. It's not just about rewarding rich folks and their friends and all that sort of popular slogans. They really believe this. It is not illegitimate. I fundamentally disagree, but they believe it. They believe that 1 percent of the wage earners controlling 24 percent of the wealth in this country is a vehicle by which you can spur economic growth because those with the wealth know the most and will know best to do with that wealth.
They believe that a hedge fund manager ‑‑ and I might add, in 2010 ‑‑ and these aren't bad guys, but 25 hedge fund managers made among themselves $22 billion. Essentially a billion dollars apiece. Their income. They believe that income should be taxed at a 15 percent tax rate while most of you sitting out here teaching and driving a bus and working in the cafeterias, you pay at a 25 percent tax rate.
They don't do that to reward the rich and punish the poor. They believe it will encourage investors to take risks on economic growth. That's what they think.
Ladies and gentlemen, as Dennis said yesterday, you – we -- everything I believe in is under attack. The new Republican Party has undertaken the most direct assault on labor, not just in my lifetime, but, without any hyperbole, literally since the 1920s.
Our differences with the governors of Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Michigan, and over and over again, run much deeper than our differing philosophies on public education and educators.
Fundamentally, it's a debate about the importance of community and the appropriate role of government. So it should be no surprise that the same people who are pushing vouchers for schools are pushing vouchers for Medicare. It should be no surprise, literally, it is intellectually and philosophically consistent.
It should be no surprise that the same people who want to amend the middle class tax cut of $10,000 tax credit to send your kid to college also want to lower taxes for the top 1 percent of the millionaires in America. It is not inconsistent to them.
It should be no surprise that the same people who opposed our efforts to fund reconstruction of schools opposed our intention to build a major infrastructure investment in highways, bridges, and ports. They don't think it's government's business.
It should be no surprise that the same people are against aid to states which we put in the Recovery Act, allowing them to keep 300,000 of you educators employed last year.
It should be no surprise that they have had no problem giving aid to investment bankers on Wall Street who drove us into this dilemma.
Folks, we've got to wake up.
It should be no surprise that the same people who oppose funding community colleges so that they can retrain workers for specific companies in their communities, are for incentives for the same companies who want to ship jobs overseas. It is consistent from their perspective.
It should be no surprise that those who oppose subsidizing after‑school programs are for subsidizing oil companies to drill for oil when they made just, this last quarter, $25 billion in profits.
Ladies and gentlemen, to average people, to well‑educated people, it seems like some of the things they are suggesting are totally out of the blue, but it is a consistent philosophy.
It should be no surprise that the folks who want to cut school lunch and nutrition programs are the same people who vote against extending unemployment insurance and food stamps for the jobless. It is consistent.
It should be no surprise that the same people who want to slash funding from medical and scientific research at our great universities also want to slash funding for innovation in solar, in biomass fuels, in dealing with new technologies for wind, new investments in lithium ion batteries. It's consistent.
My fellow Americans, this debate is about whether or not, for America to succeed, we need to provide the best education for all our children or just for some of our children, for just enough of our children, that's the crux of the debate.
Folks, I could go on, but in the end, it's much more than about education. It's about social equality, economic opportunity, concentration of wealth, about the belief and the possibilities of every child in America.
As I said, these are not bad guys. They just have a very different view. Their America is an America different from the one I see. You know, it's about not only what we're doing in education, but what we're doing to our country. Just take a look around the country. Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, on and on, the new majority in the House of Representatives all over our country, they have rejected good‑faith offers by teachers and other public employees to sacrifice, to do their part to help balance state budgets, which they were not responsible for putting out of balance.
And instead of doing what former governors, even former Republican governors would have done, sat down with you, embraced your offer, talked to you about the changes, be willing to acknowledge the sacrifice you've already made and the sacrifices you're making, instead, these governors use the budget process to systematically erode the rights of public employees to collectively bargain.
Look, slashes in education funding, reneging on teachers' contracts -- these guys talk about the sanctity of contracts in the business world. I mean, think about it. Think about it. Mandating, decertification for any union involved in a teacher strike action, limiting the issues public school employees can bargain over. Paycheck deception. Benefits slashed. Wages cut.
You know, all states are struggling from the impacts of this brutal recession that we inherited, yet there is an organized effort to place the blame for the budget shortfall squarely on educators and other public workers. It is one of the biggest scams in modern American history.
And guess what ‑‑ the American people are figuring it out. This debate is about a fundamental ‑‑ it's a legitimate debate ‑‑ about a fundamental difference in vision. Our vision and their vision. Look, folks, in these times of change, I know you haven't agreed with everything we have done in this administration. Believe me, I know.
And as I think, everyone in my home state will tell you, and Dennis will tell you, I respect the disagreement we have, and not all of it are you wrong about.
Some of it you are. But one thing, this is more a fight within the family. One thing you should not have any doubt in your mind about is that Barack Obama, he is on your side. Make no mistake about it.
He will and I will and we will, we will ‑‑ we will fight alongside you. We will fight for you. And occasionally in the privacy of the family, we'll fight with you. But this is about the same fundamental vision for this country.
Look, this administration stands for education and it stands with labor. It's about your fundamental right to collectively bargain, not just about your wages and benefits, but about the environment in which you work: the size of your classrooms, the mix of special education students in the classroom, the competency of the administrators in your schools, after‑school programs.
Look, folks, it's about working conditions, but unlike almost any other organization, your fight is our children's fight. Your fight is about our children. Your fight is about giving them the best chance. And it's also about whether or not we'll provide things like adequate preschool education.
Folks, how many more studies do we need? I'm here in Chicago with my co‑grandparent, Dr. Roberta Buhl who works for the Chicago school system, former NEA member. Roberta, where are you? We are co‑grandparents. And she is here with me today. She'll tell ya. She will tell ya about the studies. You all know. How many more studies do we need to find out that if you give any kid, no matter what their circumstance, a preschool head start, their chances of graduating are incredible better. How many studies do we need to know that? How much more do we have to debate?
It's about whether or not we have classroom sizes that allow a child to be recognized.
It's about whether or not we offer courses in math and science, introduce our children to art and music. It's about whether or not we'll have adequate sports programs. It's about whether or not we provide educational and financial capability for students who are able to go to college. That's what it's about! It's about giving kids a chance!
Ultimately it's about America. It's about whether or not America will succeed. Look, folks, it's a fact. It's a fact that more than half the jobs in the next decade will require post secondary education.
Where are these guys living? You know that ad about, are they living under a rock? You know, they come up and see that Geico. I think some of our friends are down there with those guys. Where have they been?
How can you expect to compete for the future without the best educated, best prepared? Ladies and gentlemen, how can we lead the world into the 21st century when we are tied for ninth with five other nations? In the neighborhood I come from, that means you're 14. How can you lead the world when you're 14th in the world in the percent of children of population you graduate from college? How? How? How can we expect to do any of that, to remedy any of that without you? We should be working with you, not against you.
We should be listening to you, not lecturing to you. We should be embracing you, not pushing you aside!
You are not the problem.
And like you, people in Madison, Wisconsin; Columbus, Ohio; and all over America, they are standing up. They're standing up on the front lines to do battle for you! For our children! Against these policies!
It's so often said, Dennis, it's almost lost its meaning, but you are teaching the next great engineers who can't get there without learning in preschool and kindergarten and first and second grade to begin to do arithmetic.
You're teaching the next generation of novelists how to write a simple sentence in a paragraph.
You're uncovering the next Mozart. You're unleashing the next Steve Jobs. You are building generation after generation of hardworking Americans in all walks of life. Doctors, lawyers, architects, computer programmers, welders, business owners, artists, soldiers, and, yes, educators.
Your classrooms are literally the incubators of new technology, of future scientific breakthroughs, a medical discovery -- in your classroom is the future President of the United States. And, ladies and gentlemen ‑‑ and all of you know what my wife knows, what anybody who spent their life in a classroom ‑‑ and God love her, she's still teaching 15 credits full time while being second lady.
Look, folks, you know, you know you never know where that next scientist, president, Mozart -- you know you don't have any idea where that child has come from. You just know when you see it, you recognize it. You don't know where that child is going to come from, a row house or a mansion on the hill, from the inner city or farm, but you know it when you see it. You can smell it. You can taste it, and you want to nurture it. You know that they will come, though, all of them will come from our children.
Ladies and gentlemen, the way some people talk about our children as if they are from somewhere else, some other place. Ladies and gentlemen, these are our children. These are not someone else's children. These are America's children!
These children are the kite strings that lift our national ambitions aloft and in the end, we will be judged by whether or not we've honored our obligation to our children.
My favorite poet, William Butler Yates once wrote, "Education is not about filling a bucket, it's about lighting a fire." So light those fires! We will stand with you! Light those fires and light them greatly! Everywhere in America, every generation has relied upon you. We stand with the NEA because of you. Because of you, the American dream will grow faster and go further than ever before.
Ladies and gentlemen, we stand ‑‑ because you stand with the people who are struggling to get into the middle class as well as stay in the middle class. We stand with you, the NEA, because with you, we can and will literally ‑‑ it sounds trite, but restore the American dream.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my word. I thank you. Thank you for what you do.
Look, just so I don't leave here with the press saying all this was a love fest. Not all teachers are created equal. Not all vice presidents or presidents are created equal. Not all doctors are created equal.
I know what you know in your private conversations. You want your profession to be the best, the most competent and capable it can be. It's your obligation. It's your obligation.
It's your obligation to tell us how we make sure we have the best and we only count as the best.
I am confident, I am confident you want that as much as any citizen in this country wants it, because, folks, at the end of the day, incompetence in my profession and in yours reflects upon each and every one of us.
So I don't have any doubt about your sincerity. And I don't have any doubt about your capacity. You should have no doubt about my affection for you and the President's commitment to you. Thank you for what you do. May God bless you all and may God protect our troops. Thank you so very much.


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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Loyola University Maryland sophomore forward Franz Rassman (Washington, D.C./Gonzaga College H.S.) was one of five players named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team on Tuesday, an honor reserved for the players in the conference who best combine on the court accomplishments and classroom achievement.
Rassman started 29-of-30 games for the Greyhounds who finished their season last night in the Patriot League Championships First Round, and he played some of his best basketball at the end of the regular-season.
Last Wednesday against College of the Holy Cross, Rassman scored a career-high 15 points, making 6-of-7 shots from the field. It not take long for him to equal that output as he scored 15 again on Saturday, hitting 7-of-9 field goals, in a win at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Rassman also grabbed seven rebounds against the Midshipmen, a number he equaled last night against Lafayette College.
He finished the year averaging 5.9 points and 4.3 rebounds in 20.9 minutes per game.
In the classroom, the business major has a grade-point average of better than 3.9, and last month he was named to the Capital One Academic All-America District II Team.
American University's Jesse Reed, Bucknell University's Brian Fitzpatrick, and Lafayette's Seth Hinrichs and Joey Ptasinski joined Rassman on the Academic All-Patriot League team. Reed was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year.


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Of all the issues street rodders are concerned with engine operating temperature is always at or near the top of the list. Little radiators with big engines, lots of horsepower and lousy air flow, air conditioning and traffic jams are just a few of the combinations that lend themselves to overheating and the resultant pool of green coolant on the ground.
One of the methods many rodders opt for to keep an engine below the melting point is an electric fan. And while that often is an effective method of temperature control, something that is frequently ineffective is the control of the fan. We often see a simple toggle switch used, which means the driver has to have one eye on the road and the other on the temperature gauge. As often as not the fan doesn't get activated until the engine is already hotter than it should be, or shut off when it's not necessary.
Another method we frequently see is wiring the fan directly to the ignition switch so it runs whenever the ignition is on; while that method is also simple, it's hardly effective. Besides adding a burden to the oft-overloaded electrical system, the fan runs when it's not needed. And since we all know nothing lasts forever, why wear it out prematurely? Besides, running the fan at highway speeds may actually inhibit airflow, and that's not the point, is it?
There are a variety of electric fan controls available that will help take the worry out of overheating-some are simple with fixed on and off temperatures others have adjustable on and off points and features like activation when the A/C is turned on and cool down periods after the engine is shut off.
While there is no way we can show all the electric fan controls from all those offering them, here are some of the companies that will help your hot rod keep its cool.


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NEWTOWN -- Two-and-a-half yards -- that's what the Newtown High School football team needed to gain to make a two-point conversion and tie Ridgefield in the frantic final seconds of Tuesday night's Class LL tournament quarterfinals. Yet those two-and-a half yards was the longest distance the Nighthawks had to travel all season.
Pressured by two linemen, Newtown quarterback Drew Tarantino's conversion pass was knocked down in the end zone and eighth-seeded Ridgefield held on to beat the top-seeded Nighthawks 35-33 in a game it won't soon forget.
Ridgefield, which held a 35-13 second-half lead, advanced to the Class LL semifinals where it will face Southington Saturday at West Haven High (2 p.m.). The win marked the Tigers' first triumph in the state tournament since it captured the title in 2002.
"We're the first Ridgefield team to win in the state tournament in a while," said Tigers senior running back Will Bonaparte, who was workhorse out of the backfield. "Being the No. 8 seed and beating the No. 1 seed makes it even sweeter."
The hard-running Bonaparte rushed for 226 yards and three touchdowns on 36 carries for Ridgefield (10-2), which controlled most of the first half and carried the momentum through a good portion of the third quarter. The SWC-champion Nighthawks (12-1) got their offense going in the second half, as Tarantino was able to spread the ball around to his talented group of receivers.
Senior running back Cooper Gold, who was held in check for most of the game by the Tigers' defense, scored on a 6-yard sweep to the left, making it a 35-33 game with 16 seconds remaining. On the two-point conversion attempt Tarantino dropped back to pass, but was pressured by Ridgefield's Patrick Weston. His pass attempt was incomplete and the Tigers had their long-awaited state victory.
"We tried to get the ball over the middle in the end zone, it's a play we work on a lot in practice," Newtown coach Steve George said of the conversion attempt. "Unfortunately, we didn't block too well on that play. It's a very tough loss. We had our opportunities in the red zone in the first half. We just didn't capitalize."
Ridgefield scored on its second possession, with quarterback Ryan Dunn capping a 71-yard drive with a 6-yard run up the middle with 4:48 left in the first quarter. Bonaparte's 1-yard run off right tackle, put the Nighthawks in a 14-0 hole 57 seconds into the second quarter.
Newtown closed to within 14-7 when wide receiver Julian Dunn used his 6-foot-2 inch frame to reach over a defender and haul in a 13-yard pass from Tarantino off a fade route midway through the second quarter. The Tigers, however, took a two-score lead into halftime on Bonaparte's 4-yard run off a direct snap with 3:17 to go in the second quarter. He gained 131 yards in the first half on 23 carries.
"Will is a phenomenal athlete," Tigers coach Kevin Callahan said. "He can make you miss, he can run around you or he can run past you. He's very tough to stop."
Meanwhile, the Nighthawks had trouble sustaining drives in the opening half and when they did move the first down chains, they didn't capitalize on their chances in the red zone. Weston and fellow lineman Austin Drukker put the heat on Tarantino in the first half, while linebacker James Turner helped the Tigers contain Newtown's running attack.
"We did a good job against the run and our defense played well against a quarterback that gives teams fits," Callahan said. "Being the No. 8 seed makes our kids really challenge themselves, it really motivates them."
Bonaparte's second carry of the second half resulted in a 63-yard touchdown, as he broke loose down the left sideline, giving Ridgefield a seemingly commanding 27-7 advantage. Troy Frangione's 1-yard run cut Ridgefield's lead to 27-13, but the Tigers responded to go up by three scores again. Dunn connected with receiver Chris Rossini, who caught the ball in the back of the end zone with 3:55 to go in the third quarter.
Feeling their season slip away, the Nighthawks went deep into their play book to put points on the scoreboard. Gold pitched the ball to Frangione, who then pitched it to Dunn. Rolling to his right, Dunn threw across the field to Tarantino in the end zone at the 11:17 mark of the fourth quarter, making it 35-27.
"I felt like we were moving the ball well the whole game," Tarantino said. "We had to open our playbook up a little bit though, because they did a good job against the run. Give them credit, they made plays defensively when they needed to."
After Newtown made it a one-score game, it drove to the Ridgefield 21-yard line with five minutes left in the final quarter, but defensive back Jake Boscia made a key tackle on a pass play on fourth-and-two, holding the Nighthawks 1-yard short of a first down.
Then came the final drive that saw Newtown move the ball down the field behind a pair of clutch first-down runs by Gold and receptions by Jack Lago and Dunn that moved the chains. But cashing in on two-point conversions with the game on the line is tough, as the Nighthawks are well aware of.
"This loss hurts a lot, I feel bad for our seniors, who are a great group of players," George said.
Said Bonaparte: "This was a great team effort, we knew we had this type of performance in us."
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Grave harm has been wrought…by teaching that a man must find the will of God, never his own, in all things. Where we are within reality and there are ten reality choices, it is man's choice that is absolute, that makes the choice right. There is then no need to be on the perpetual alert to find the one haunting, threatening, objective good thing to do. God wants us to wish. In our wishes is His will.1
It's easy to see Providence at work in some parts of my life, in the way I've just fallen into things. When I graduated from college, I got my first teaching job almost by accident, after reluctantly agreeing to attend a high school reunion.
The job turned out to be the perfect mixture of challenge and protection: a chance to revisit my high school years, heal some of those wounds, and at the same time grow in responsibility and maturity. It all hurt like hell, of course, but growth usually does.
After three years it became clear that my time there was done. After being allowed to wriggle for a little while in uncertainty, I was given a very clear sign about the next step. The same pattern continued for several years. I would come to the end of one thing, and find that the next thing dropped right into my lap, as from the hand of a loving God.
None of the big decisions — teaching at my old high school, moving out of my parents' house, traveling to Peru, teaching again in Arizona — seemed inevitable at first, and none came without deliberation and prayer and advice. But at the end of each period of discernment, I always felt clear about what to do: the One Right Thing, the Will of God.
Then, in 2010, Providence ran out.
At the end of a year of teaching in Arizona, one of the most challenging years of my life, I couldn't find the One Thing. Should I continue teaching, even though it was hard, and work out my salvation that way, or did my One Path lie elsewhere? Was I meant to stay rooted in a hard land like Ruth, or to set out like Abraham into unknown territory? Both seemed difficult, both seemed good, and I was utterly stuck.
Because I believed in the existence of the One Thing, it seemed to me that all other things must lead to misery, or at least to the knowledge that I had missed the best path, that there existed some perfect choice and that I had failed to make it. God had a Best Thing in mind for me, but He wouldn't tell me what it was; and if I couldn't figure it out, it would be nothing but pathless wandering from then on.
To say that God has a singular, perfect plan for you, and that all you have to do is find it and follow it, sounds a lot like trust. It sounds like the sort of thing a good parent would do: set out the best possible future for you, and make sure you end up there.
But that image implies another. What if you can't find the plan? What if the parent is terrifyingly vague about what His plan actually is? Suddenly he's not a good parent at all, but one who's waiting for you to screw it all up, so that after you've made the Wrong Decision he can leap out and blame you for it, saying: You should have known better, and now you're going to pay.
That's not a good parent. That's a cruel, vindictive control freak. But how many of us see God that way?
At the bottom of my belief in the One Right Thing was a terrible fear that I would choose one of the many, many Wrong Things,2 fear that I would make an irreparable mistake, fear that I could get to some point outside of the mercy of God.
When I finally chose to leave teaching, it was exactly that: a choice. Maybe it was the first real choice I ever made, in the sense that, for the first time, I decided what I wanted to do — not what would be least disastrous, not what would be most safe, not what would force God to keep loving me and taking care of me — but what I wanted.
And I found that to do what you desire can be an act of trust. God gave us desires, and our desires can be3 a mode of His will, are the means by which His will is acted out. But that will is not a static thing, and it embraces all the parts of who we are, not only the careful, restrained parts.
To desire, and to act on desire, is to trust in the goodness of God, and in a kind of Providence that, terrifyingly or thrillingly, expects us to do what we want.4
2 Like this guy.
3 Yes, but nota bene: can be, not "always are."
4 Here is a poem by Richard Wilbur on the same theme as this post. I've known this poem for ten years and I'm still not sure whether he's saying the same thing as I am here or something completely different, and I'm not sure I agree with him. But it's a hell of a poem.
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Awesome post, Steve. It's basically everything I've experienced over the last 3 years…thank you for being able to say the things I don't know how to say!
Me too…things just worked from one thing to the next. And then they didn't. Totally understand the One Right Thing thing and wanting to keep God loving you. Love this post.
Love God, and do what you will.
Thank you…I can definitely relate to the One Right Thing and the Wrong Things. Yet sometimes I do believe that our desires are conflicting and that God is nudging toward a certain path. Though it doesn't always make sense!
I know exactly where you are coming from. And it makes me think of this great article from FirstThings on basically this topic. I have always wrestled with the issue of finding God's Will and then just doing what we feel compelled to do as an actor of God's Will. Anyway, the article spells it out much better than I could. And really is a good one to favorite and go back to!
Great article — thanks! Loves this: "Does this seemingly radical rejection of "personal vocation" mean that God does not care what I do with my life? Of course it does not. It simply means that God does not condemn all ways but one."
Thanks for putting into words what I believe God has been telling me in the past few years though it's easily misunderstood. "I thought I was being carried, but lo, I was walking." (quoted from memory from Perelandra)
Interesting. When I first started reading this post, and read the quote by Lynch, I had to read it again, because it didn't sound right at all. At first reaction, it sounded like an allowance just to do what you wished to do.
After reading it a third time with your reflection of your experiences, it makes a lot more sense with that context.
Sometimes our desire is there because God puts it there, for our soul is restless until it rests in Him, so it makes sense that our desires (if ordered properly) should be directed towards God's will.
I can see how it can be a trap to think that there is that single one path. Thanks for sharing, because I wonder if maybe we are somehow implicitly taught that in our formative years.
I had a friend who was struggling mightily between entering the seminary and beginning to date a girl he really cared about. I finally said to him one day, "Look, maybe you're supposed to be a priest, or maybe you're supposed to get married, but at least you should have the consolation that you're choosing between two GOODS, not, say, the priesthood and murder." I've sadly lost touch with him, so I don't know where he is now.
It's interesting, because I'd never thought about following God's will quite in the way I stated to him, as you've talked about above, until I said that, in a bit of frustration, towards my friend. It ended up being eyeopening in my own life, as well.
Thank you so much for this post – I really need to read this today!!
Great reflection, Steve. You have a beautiful understanding of vocation.
I also really appreciate footnote 2. Excellent.
Oh, I was hoping someone would mention that footnote.
This is something that has confused me for a long, long time, either not knowing the one right thing, or suspecting that I knew what the one right thing was but not wanting to do it. I don't know if I could explain it any better than you just did. It did occur to me once when I was agonizing over whether we should move again, that maybe God didn't even care so much whether we lived in one place or another as how we lived when we got there. It wasn't as if, if we picked place A and that turned out to be the one right place, then the deciding part of life, or the acting part of life, would be over.
And now, Steve, I have so much more sympathy for you…I posted this on my FB and now I'm getting flak for helping to lead people out of the Church! (??)
Which just leads us right back to the first sentence, "Grave harm has been done."
Traditionally there were twelve steps to spiritual perfection. Step One was simple selfishness. Two was being nice to others, to get what you wanted. Three was actually caring what happened to other people. Step Four was when you started to wonder what God might want. The twelfth step was when there was no difference between your will and God's will.
Peter Kreeft said some years ago the books about the spiritual life that were written in the past assumed the reader was at least at Stage Four. Unfortunately, he said, most people in the modern age who read those books, are not that far, and so do not understand what they are reading.
No, it is not harmful to say one should seek God's will in all things. It is harmful to imagine oneself a saint devoted to God's will, when one is not.
God will guide, whenever you ask him to guide. Let him take your hand in a dark place, and trust him. If the place is not dark, pray simple prayers such as my Protestant friends taught me forty years ago, "Open the doors where you want me to go, close to the doors where you do not want me to go, and I cover the doors with the Blood of Jesus."
Does it work? Applying this kind of simple spirituality, about 25 years ago I went on a mission and accomplished what God sent me to do, by being a sacrificial lamb. It was very extraordinary and very painful to me.
Since then I have asked God if there was something else he wanted me to do, and he has given me much less dramatic things. The latest: post on "Steve Gershom's" blog.
Sometimes I think I should wait three days before posting on the Internet. Anyway I need to clarify: The little prayer for God to guide comes after all the ordinary things. I learn what I can about my options, weigh the pros and cons, and talk with family and friends. Then, on top of that, I pray more or less, God let me go where you want me to go, and do not let me go where you do not want me to go. Over a period of years, I have seen this prayer make a big difference.
Once the difference was dramatic. Something I wanted fell through, and when I learned of it I felt the hand of God on the back of my neck. I thought this must be what a kitten feels like, when its mother picks it up. Anyway as the years went by, it became clear that what God gave me was better for me, than what I had tried to get, even though what I tried to get was what everyone thought was desirable.
One comment: The popular culture and (unhappily) most Christians believe that any talk at all about God's will being different from one's desires, comes from a dangerous fanaticism or mental illness. Many psychologists think the entire Christian religion is harmful, and many think that Christian sexual morality in particular is harmful. It should be obvious that one does not go to such people, for advice on discerning God's will.
I don't know if you are the Steve G referred to in the blog post (not mine) I linked to below, but I first read it 4 years ago and I still think about it. It's a slightly different question then what you are asking, but it clearly resonates with me.
That's a great post, Marie. Thanks for the link. (That Steve G. wasn't me.)
Great post, Steve. I love it. I have also tried in many ways to follow God's path. Things worked smoothly for almost ten years and wherever I went, I saw signs that I was on the right path. I made a personal covenant with the Lord that I would keep doing what I was doing for Him.
Then tragedy happened and I began to question if this tragedy is a sign from God that I should stop, or is it from dark forces which would like to prevent me from doing my work. Nothing is scarier than wondering if your path is God's or another more sinister thing. I kept praying and reading the Bible. I laid out options A, B, C, etc. When some options closed, I figured they weren't meant for me. When some options opened, I felt thrilled and a bit afraid. Was this what God wanted? Was I as committed to His will as I'd professed? Sometimes these forks come to challenge our faith. We might come out renewed or emerge as doubters. Sometimes we have to be weak, in order to rely only on God's strength. And we realize we are humble, and that we need Him more than ever. I'll pray for you Steve.


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Madden 08 Ratings Released
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Some truly bizarre results here. They choose to list Corey Ivy, David Pittman, and Derrick Martin at CB... no sign of Ronnie Prude (or Evan Oglesby). Kelly Gregg is listed at DT, Haloti Ngata at RE, and Terrell Suggs at LOLB. They really need to improve their method of handling 4-3 vs. 3-4 defenses. Ngata gets only an 82 overall (Dawan Landry's an 88). Vincent is still listed as the starter over Chester at RG, 83 to Chester's 79. McNair gets only an 85 and has poor arm strength, Boller behind him at 76 with miserable accuracy. Brian Rimpf is listed at RT (!) with no sign of Jared Gaither (probably too recent for their roster). Oh, and Quinn Sypniewski is faster and more agile than Todd Heap.
All in all, I've seen worse, but it will be very frustrating having to reset all the packages to use the correct Ravens in the correct spots. They really need to start listing multiple positions per player; Ngata shouldn't take a penalty for being a DT in a 4-3 alignment.
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I know, it drove me crazy in last years game. It was nice that our playbook had 4-3, 3-4, and 46. But the players would all be wrong.
No way should Suggs only be an 88 overall.
Looks like Figurs will be a beast at kick returner.
One last complaint every year. When you look at the 2000 Ravens Historic team, the defense is rated a 92 or something. There are countless other historic defenses that are better. It's terrible that defenses who aren't heralded in any way are rated higher than us.
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Came out on the 24th Aug here in the UK (I got it 2 days early on pre-order:D)
I like it so far the only problem is that "Pro" level is to easy, and "All Pro" is getting to easy. I have heard on the grape vine that there is a way to get the level on to "All Madden" any one been able to do this yet?
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08 Is Lame:D ;) :D
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Madden 12 looks to be one of the best Madden titles yet.


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