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Friday, October 5, 2012
Do We Find Our Pets, or Do They Find Us?
Whenever I read adoption tales, I marvel at the many different and circuitous ways people find a certain pet that turns out to be a perfect match for them. Many times, they were looking for a completely different pet than the one they ended up with, and sometimes they weren't looking for a pet at all. Yet everything fell effortlessly into place, and another fortunate pet found his forever home.
Some people might say "Oh, what a coincidence that was, and now we have the best pet ever!" I don't believe in coincidences, though, so I am not at all surprised when something completely unexpected brings a family and their beloved pet together. I believe it was meant to be.
Haven't we all experienced a time when we felt we just had to adopt a certain pet but didn't really know why? In every case, these pets become such an integral part of our life that we can't imagine being without them. But did we find our pet, or did they find us?
I ask this after reading a touching tale about a troubled shelter dog who behaved very badly, and as a result no one wanted to adopt him. That is, until his true and forever family finally walked through the door.
A couple had gone to their local shelter with their adult daughter to help her pick out a pet. She had lost a cherished pet a few months earlier, so they were waiting until it felt like the right time for her to adopt again. The man and his wife were not looking for a pet for themselves, but this one plucky little dog caught their eye, and they asked about him.
Shelter personnel were quick to point out his many transgressions and bad behavior. They were against adopting him out at that time because his severe aggression was a liability. Yet for whatever reason, the couple felt a "pull" to this snarling, mean little dog. They asked if they could just foster him, and after much discussion, the shelter finally agreed.
Halfway home, they went back to the shelter and insisted on adopting him. Once home, this antisocial, aggressive dog became the gentlest, most loving soul they'd ever known. He was a joy to have around, and fit into their family perfectly. "Like a glove," as the cliché goes.
That's a wonderful and amazing adoption tale, to be sure. But the best part, for me, was that the couple firmly believed the dog was only behaving badly in the shelter because he was waiting for them to come and get him. That's right – he was being "unadoptable" on purpose!
Is that even possible? Skeptics and scientists would say no. But I'm a dreamer, and I like to entertain the idea that seemingly impossible things can, in fact, be possible. Why not?
Who among us could say with certainty that this little dog didn't know he had a family out there somewhere that was the perfect one for him. Many people have proven that they have a sixth sense, why can't animals have it too?
Unlike scientists, I don't look at such things with a logical mind. I don't need to know how a dog could know who his forever family was in order to believe he could. Whether it's possible or not is irrelevant, anyway. Regardless of how we find our pets – or they find us – adopting them is a beautiful, life-changing thing.
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I don't have the answer re: that dog, but perhaps the dog and human had a past life connection. :-)ReplyDelete
For Mika's case, we found him at a local shelter but for Eva, she found us as she landed in our house without our knowledge. We had to keep her as she wasn't even a day old yet.ReplyDelete
We went looking for a completely different dog and something drew me over to where Finn was when we got her. I knew it instantaneously that she was mine. I can't imagine it any other way now!ReplyDelete
My girl Katie Isabella was living with 4 others at the Vet's office. I came for something else and they asked if I would like to see her. I said yes because I wanted to hold a cat again I missed Admiral so terribly. When Katie was brought to me..it was all over but the shouting. Instant love on both parts. really. I didn't want another cat really as I grieved for Admiral so much. But it was meant to be. We have been happily loving one another since.ReplyDelete
Well, I have never had to make a choice. All these cats chose me, the silly things. They had no where else to go. And the ones that weren't feral found me too. This is the cat magnet house. But I love ever one of them no matter all their little problems.ReplyDelete
Great post.
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2012 at 1:37 PM
All of my current and past "kids" came into our lives by chance. Muggsy was brought home when my father and brother were near a McDonalds and someone had kicked her out of the car when it was 15 degrees outside. She was only a few months old. Anyone could have gotten her but she ran to my father and so he brought her home. She was my best friend for many years. Years later, Kalynn had shown up to our house 3 times in the matter of 2 days and when we brought her back to her owners, my husband said if she comes back to our house again, she's staying. Well, she never left our arms since the owners didn't really want her anyways. Great little dog and would have been killed in a matter of days if we hadn't done something. When you see a certain pet, you just know it in your heart they are meant to be with you in this life.ReplyDelete
I totally believe that with all my heart and that was tail waggin' beautiful.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful story about this little woofie. I think the Rumbleparent knew we were meant to be. They say it was love at first sight and I was the only boy they wanted.ReplyDelete
We keep adopting cats from PAWS, where we volunteer. Every now and then, a certain cat seems to "choose" us. And if we have "room at the inn," it's settled. :)ReplyDelete
Well it was several years since I lost my last kitty to old age on Valentines day and since then since then it felt pretty empty with out hearing a meow and a purr.ReplyDelete
For quite awhile and every day I had a kitty on my mind. Then one night I was watching the news and there happened to be on the news how a little orange kitten got rescued. Then I was thinking to my self how if I had that kitten I would cuddle it, love it, feed it and est. How nice it would be to have a kitty in my life again. Also how nice it would be to have a male for a change since so far all the kitty s of my past were all female. Next thing you know, my mother starts hearing a noise outside. So I go and investigate and there out of the bushes a little orange and white kitten comes out. It was clearly lost and in need of a good home and meal. But before I kept it I checked the lost n found est.
Eventually we found out that he was a he and he became our little buddy. I really think he was meant to be not to mention a pretty weird coincidence.
The Human came lookin' and I got founded at the Vet where I and my feral siblings had been living for a while ::shudder:: This is a good woofie story!ReplyDelete
The story of the little dog is heartwarming! I don't know if Austin chose me, but I like to think so :) He was the only one who showed any desire to be adopted.... he was crawling up the glass cage!! Maybe he just wanted to escape lolReplyDelete
I like your premise that this dog was waiting for the right family and being "unadoptable" on purpose... I think the same might be true for humans. My sweet Dan was in several homes before he feel in love with me - he was quite a snarly man with lots of baggage, but with the right love and compassion, he now has the perfect forever home and is happy as can be!! LOLReplyDelete


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There were several burials that were recorded in the Henry County Pauper's Asylum records as being buried here. Also Wm. Godfrey, a descendant of the Miami Indian Chief Francois Godfroy, along with his wife, is also known to be buried here, according to Wm.'s obituary.
The old cemetery is falling into disrepair and needs a lot of maintenance and repair. There are several damaged and unreadable stones and many unmarked graves in this cemetery. This list is copied in most part from the recordings done by Thomas Hamm in 1973, with revisions as I have found them in other records.

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October 9, 2005
Toyota Center
Houston, TX
Attendance: 7,000
Buy Rate: .55
Announcers: Michael Cole & Tazz
Fun Fact: Texas hosts its 10th PPV here, and its Houston's first PPV since Bad Blood 2003.
Sunday Night Heat
1) William Regal (Darren Matthews) & Paul Burchill defeat Paul London & Brian Kendrick
Pay Per View
1) Road Warrior Animal (Joe Laurinaitis), Heidenreich & Christy Hemme defeat MNM when Christy pins Melina (Melina Perez) after the Doomsday Device at 6:25
Fun Fact: This is Christy Hemme's final PPV match. In late November, she was sent down to OVW to stay fresh while the creative team worked on ideas for her. Unfortunately, the office claimed they had no ideas and that due to budget cuts she was released on December 5. After being released, Christy would intimate that she left on her own based on staying true to her morals. She would move to TNA, debuting at Lockdown 2006. She would compete on the active roster and eventually move into a role as backstage interviewer, which she remains in at this time. Her final PPV record is 2-2.
Fun Fact II: On 8/25, Heidenreich defeated Mercury by DQ in a singles match when Mercury hit him with a steel chair. A week later, Heidenreich pinned Mercury clean, but MNM would take out the tag champs after the bout. On 9/9, during a special webcast portion of Smackdown, Animal & Heidenreich defeated MNM cleanly and they would defeat them again by DQ a week later. On 9/30, Melina would defeat Christy thanks to help from MNM. They would look to do further damage after the bell, but Animal & Heidenreich made the save. Finally on 10/7, MNM hit the ring during an LOD match and assaulted the champs and even took out Christy with the Snapshot.
Fun Fact III: This is Heidenreich's final PPV appearance. He and Animal would lose the tag titles back to MNM on the 10/28 Smackdown. Heidenreich would stick around with Animal for the remainder of the year and would make one more appearance in January before being released. The reason is unknown, but it was believed that he needed time to help his family rebound after Hurricane Katrina, as his family resided in New Orleans. Since his release, he would make appearances for several indy promotions, including the World Wrestling Council, even winning their Universal Heavyweight Championship. He was last seen on the Hulkamania Tour in Australia in November 2009. His final record is 2-4.
Scott: Over the past couple of years No Mercy has been Smackdown's flattest PPV, so we'll see if this one is any different. Our opener involves the big tag team feud on the Blue Brand. I thought this slapped together team of Animal and Heidenreich would be short lived, but alas it has lasted since July and has kind of gotten over. After the early Snapshot on Animal's injured shoulder I thought it was over quick but it took too long to get the pin attempt. Animal spent most of this match doing what his late partner Hawk did well: Play the face-in-peril. MNM worked the shoulder over for a good portion of the match. I have to say, hearing the Houston crowd chant "LOD" is somewhat blasphemous in my opinion. There's only one LOD, and after 2003, they'll never be together again. Christy seems to be a little better in the ring, including hitting the legendary Doomsday Device. Better days would be ahead for MNM. Overall this was an ok match to get the show going. Grade: 2
Justin: After multiple assaults from MNM, Animal arrives here with his shoulder heavily taped. I must say, when LOD won the belts back at the Bash, I really did not like the idea at all. But now that Heidenreich was wearing the classic LOD gear and cool paint and they had the smoking Christy by their side, their team was beginning to grow on me. I also liked that we had a heated and legit tag feud going down. Of course, it still made sense for MNM to be champs because they were the young studs and potential future of the company, but I digress. Heidenreich showed some nice aggression here early and he and Animal had gotten pretty over with the fans. MNM on the other hand was just a well-oiled heel machine. They used some nice double teams to work over Animal's shoulder, frustrating Heidenreich on the apron. After a quick heat segment, we get the standard Diva catfight. Christy was fired up out there and she brought a great energy to the ring. I liked seeing two fresh, hot Divas out there as well, as they were finally turning over what had become some stale eye candy. The finish was pretty hot as well as Christy pins Melina after knocking her off Animal's shoulders. MNM still came out looking strong as Melina eats the pin. LOD rolls on and the crowd is ready to rock as well. Grade: 1.5
2) Bobby Lashley defeats Simon Dean (Mike Bucci) with a Dominator at 1:55
Fun Fact: Born in Kansas, Bobby Lashley was a successful amateur wrestler and US Army Ranger during his formative years. While training for the Olympics in 2003, Lashley injured his knee while doing business at a bank when a robbery broke out. With his Olympic hopes dashed, Lashley decided to try pro wrestling and signed a WWE developmental deal in late 2004. He would head to OVW where he was managed by and eventually feuded with Kenny Bolin. He would make his debut on September 23, answering a Simon Dean open challenge and defeating him in under three minutes. The next week, Dean gave Lashley a Simon System protein shake to help him prepare for their No Mercy rematch. Lashley would stomp the shake in anger.
Scott: An auspicious debut for Smackdown's rising star. I barely remember where Lashley came from, as it seems like he just came out of nowhere and was a star on the show. You can clearly tell Lashley was on the sauce as he was busting out of his skin when he came into the ring. Of course he immediately is in Vince's crosshairs being so jacked. But its moving in the ring and cutting promos that he needed to work on. Simon Dean was a good foil for Lashley's PPV debut. Of course Lashley wanted to be cute and catch Dean in mid-air to set up for the Dominator, but he fell. He set it up again and drilled it. Thus Lashley wins a pretty quick squash and Simon Dean had to dig into the tasty cheeseburgers. Grade: 1
Justin: In our first debut of the evening, Bobby Lashley makes his way out to face off with Simon Dean. Lashley had a great look, good ring presence and was quite agile and many pundits wondered if he could finally fill the giant void left by Brock Lesnar over nineteen months ago. Simon was pretty funny here as he brings out a plate of cheeseburgers and mocks the crowd for being out of shape. Dean would use the tray as a weapon, but Lashley easily shook it off and quickly wiped Dean out. This was a basic squash to establish Lashley as a force on Smackdown. It was an effective, old school introduction and the crowd was pretty hot to watch Dean get smashed. Grade: .5
*** Throughout the rest of the evening, we would see quick clips of Lashley forcing Dean to eat all of the cheeseburgers that he had brought to the ring. The whole thing would end with Dean scurrying to the bathroom to throw up. ***
3) Chris Benoit defeats Booker T (Booker Huffman), Christian (Jay Reso) and Orlando Jordan to retain WWE United States Title in a Fatal Four Way when he forces Christian to submit to the Sharpshooter at 10:22
Fun Fact: This is Christian's final PPV match until 2009. His contract expired on October 31 and he decided not accept the renewal, needing some time off to recharge his batteries. He does appear at Taboo Tuesday in a backstage segment and would wrestle his final match on the 11/4 Smackdown. His recharging period didn't last very long, however, as he debuted in TNA at their Genesis PPV on 11/13. Christian will remain in TNA until late 2008 and we will pick his story back up upon his eventual WWE return.
Fun Fact II: On 9/9, new Smackdown talent Ken Kennedy tried to create some dissension backstage by asking Sharmell why Chris Benoit had yet to grant Booker a US title shot. The next week, Christian and Orlando Jordan would defeat Benoit and Booker in a tag match when Christian pinned Benoit. On 9/16, Sharmell would help Booker defeat Christian in a singles match. Later that night, Sharmell told Booker that he was being held down and that he needed to take a title shot, not wait to receive one. On 9/30, OJ defeated Christian and Booker in a triple threat match and GM Teddy Long told Benoit that he could choose his No Mercy opponent after watching the bout. Benoit would end up choosing to fight all three men in a triple threat match. Booker would defeat OJ a week later, again thanks to Sharmell getting involved. After the bout, he would chastise his wife for cheating.
Scott: Our first legit workrate match of the night is here, as the Wolverine takes on the hometown hero, Booker T, the CLB, and the former champ that Benoit bitch-slapped at Summerslam. Benoit goes straight ahead, almost making Jordan tap out for the fifth time since Summerslam. Booker gets a good pop from the hometown crowd and gets some shots in. The historians love seeing Booker and Benoit in the ring, going back to their best-of-seven series in WCW in 1998. Surprisingly Michael Cole mentions it when they're in the ring together which completely shocked me. Sure Vince owns WCW, but that doesn't mean we have to talk about it. Christian really spent most of this match throwing himself all over the place and not getting much in-ring work. Well since his exit from WWE was probably pending he wasn't going to get much of anything. Booker T essentially got a majority of the work for his hometown crowd, getting a few close falls against Orlando Jordan. Overall the match was pretty good as the action really never let up and Benoit worked like a machine out there. Even Jordan got some face time in there and worked Benoit over. One side note: I noticed as Benoit has gotten older he stopped doing the obligatory snot rocket before going for the flying head butt. Benoit misses the head butt, but does get Christian to tap out to the Sharpshooter and retain his championship. We start seeing the heeling out of Booker T as Sharmell starts badmouthing Benoit. A pretty good match and after the first two matches, it was much needed. Grade: 2.5
Justin: After spending the last six weeks embarrassing Orlando Jordan, Chris Benoit enters here a confident champion, looking to fight off tough three challengers. Despite some recent heelish actions, mainly thanks to his wife, Booker gets a big pop from his hometown fans upon his arrival. The match got off to a hot start as Benoit hooked the Crossface on OJ, looking for a quick win, but Christian would quickly break that up. Benoit was a dominant machine early, eviscerating everyone in his path and keeping a good pace for the bout. Booker would come back and get a really good near fall with a roll up on OJ. Everyone worked hard here and worked tight and stiff throughout, including a great Crossface struggle between Benoit and Christian. Unable to hook that hold, Benoit turns to the Sharpshooter, locks it in tight and forces Christian to tap out. It was a nice win for Benoit, who looked tremendous, and the match was filled with non-stop action. Unfortunately, this is it for Christian for the next few years. Since his debut, he has been a workhorse month in and month out, always delivering an entertaining performance. After a strong 2004, he was lost in the shuffle and buried in the mid card despite being red hot with the fans. He saw the writing on the wall and didn't want to become a glorified JTTS. Grade: 2.5
4) Mr. Kennedy (Ken Anderson) defeats Hardcore Holly (Robert Howard) with the Green Bay Plunge at 8:49
Fun Fact: Ken Anderson grew up in Green Bay, WI where he announced basketball games in high school. It was then that he first began announcing players' last names twice in a dramatic fashion, a gimmick he would later carry over to his wrestling career. After spending time as a security guard and personal trainer and a stint in the US Army, he began training to become a wrestler in 1999. Between 2001 and 2004, he spent some time doing jobs on WWE syndicated programs. After contract negotiations fell apart with TNA, he finally signed a WWE deal in February 2005 and was assigned to OVW. Shortly after, he was brought up to Velocity as Ken Anderson and at Paul Heyman's urging, he referred to himself as Mr. Anderson and began dramatically announcing himself, repeating his last name twice like had done years earlier. Before moving to Smackdown, he was renamed Ken Kennedy to eliminate any links to the Anderson wrestling family. He made his Smackdown debut on 8/25, defeating Funaki. Over the following weeks, he would get into arguments with announcer Tony Chimmel; leading to Kennedy's trademark self ring announcements. On 9/30, Kennedy and JBL defeated Rey Mysterio and Hardcore Holly in a tag match. Holly took the pin from JBL after Kennedy distracted him at ringside. 10/7, Kennedy came to ringside as Holly was wrestling Sylvan. After the match, he hit Holly with the microphone and announced Holly as the loser of the match.
Fun Fact II: On 9/1, Sylvan made his Smackdown debut with a brand new look. Gone was the French sympathizer garb and gimmick and in its place was the role of a narcissistic French model that came to the ring to Techno music. Sylvan would defeat Holly on 10/7, but wasn't done with him as we see after this match.
Scott: In true Smackdown fashion, we have not one but two PPV debuts here. First Lashley, then Mister Kennedy! His voice is his biggest asset, as he projects a great charisma with his promos. As usual Hardcore Holly is brought in to put over the new guy. He'll take some liberties like all good locker room assholes do, and we all still wondered how this guy still had a job. His usefulness ended about five years before this match, but for some reason Vince kept him around so he can rough up the newbies and be on random midcard tag teams like he did with Charlie Haas in 2004. As expected the match wasn't anything really special, it was a grinding TV match, maybe not sparkling enough for PPV, but it was a chance for the new guy to pick up his first PPV victory against a guy no one cares about. God Holly even wearing the same tights he wore in 2000. We also get some nobody cares beatdown by Sylvan Grenier on Holly. Grade: 2
Justin: In our second debut of the evening, Mr. Ken Kennedy comes to the ring, gives a lengthy and entertaining introduction and looks to make an impact against the Smackdown stalwart, Hardcore Holly. Kennedy really had a good presence and star aura right out of the gate and his shtick was already catching on with the fans. Holly was his usual miserable, stiff self but Kennedy withstood the assault and began to work the arm. The match would be technically fine but it was a bit bland despite some good selling and comebacks by Holly. The finishing segment picked up as Kennedy gets the win in his PPV debut. This was another strong debut here tonight and Kennedy has the look and gimmick to really succeed. We will see if they give him the chance to develop. Grade: 2
*** After the match, Sylvan charges to the ring and assaults Holly, furthering their feud. Backstage, Kennedy taunts Booker and Sharmell about his loss earlier in the night. After he leaves, Sharmell tells Booker that he only has himself to blame for his recent troubles. ***
5) John Bradshaw Layfield defeats Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez) with the Clothesline From Hell at 13:24
Fun Fact: Jillian Fletcher made her wrestling debut in 1998 after training under David Finlay. She worked the Indy circuit until 2003 when she joined OVW and adopted the name Jillian Hall. During her time in OVW, she would have roles as a wrestler and a manager as both a face and a heel. On 7/28, she was brought to Smackdown in the role of "fixer" for MNM. The hook was that she had a grotesque mole on the side of her face. The mole was an awful fake prosthetic that took up most of her face and was there strictly for laughs. After assisting MNM for a few weeks, JBL met with her and asked her to become his image consultant, a role that she accepted. She accompanies him to ringside here.
Scott: Well you can tell that JBL has been shunted down the card after his feud with Batista ended. Now he's facing a guy that's half his size to bring back the anti-Mexican vitriol that JBL used in 2004 during the Eddie Guerrero feud. The early portions of the match were what I expected as we had the big guy/little guy formula of Rey running around the ring area trying to tire the bigger JBL out. Rey had to change his style a bit as he was used to the smaller, equally faster Eddie Guerrero for the last six months. Now he has to do a little more stick and move, plus take a lot more punishment ala power moves and wear down holds. JBL hit a nice fallaway slam off of the top rope in the match, showing that having a small guy to toss around makes a match better. That was followed by a fallaway slam onto the floor. A question: Who did come up with the whole Jillian wearing a big ugly mole thing? Was that a rib on her, or just something dumb that an idiot creative writer came up with. The match had a good back-and-forth flow until JBL take a 619 but avoids the West Coast Pop and clobbers Rey with the Clothesline from Hell and takes the win. A surprise in my opinion as Rey has been on a roll all year. JBL had slumped, but dug down and got the win. The feud involving the Raw brand is heating up after the previous Monday's WWE Homecoming, when Raw went back to USA Network, but more on that at Survivor Series. Grade: 3
Justin: After spending the last seventeen months as a main event player, JBL officially heads back down to the midcard and his first challenge is the ever-popular Rey Mysterio, who gets his usual pop when he hits the ring. Rey would be aggressive early and then back off, playing a cat and mouse game as JBL kept trying to ground him and slow him up. These two actually showed some nice chemistry in there as Rey bumped like a pinball for JBL's stiff power offense. I also liked Rey's offense as he worked smartly, flying in and taking quick shots at JBL, including a sweet bulldog off the apron to the floor. JBL would take over and work a hot heat segment, featuring some help from Jillian at ringside. Rey's comeback was really fun and it looked like he was going to pull it out until JBL crushed him with the CFH for the victory. This was a really good match that never slowed up and was well built from start to finish. JBL gets back on the winning track and Rey eats a pin but is bulletproof and can easily absorb it. Grade: 3.5
6) Randy & Bob Orton defeat Undertaker in a Handicap Casket Match at 19:16
Fun Fact: On 9/16, Undertaker and Orton faced off in a Summerslam rematch. Taker would win but during the bout, Cowboy Bob brought a casket out and inside was Undertaker's image. A week later, the Ortons rolled the casket out again, but this time the real Undertaker was inside. He popped out, and threw Randy into it, knocking it over. The Ortons escaped but Teddy Long set up this PPV match. On 9/30, Taker defeated Bob in his first WWE match since 1987. Finally on 10/7, Roddy Piper returned to confront his former running buddy and would battle the Ortons in a handicap match. During the bout, Taker's gong sounded, distracting the Ortons and leading to Pipe rolling up Cowboy for the win. Druids then brought a casket down and this one contained images of the Ortons. Taker would appear in the ring behind them but the Ortons got out of dodge before he could strike.
Fun Fact II: This is Bob Orton's first WWE PPV match since Wrestlemania III when he and Don Muraco lost to the Can-Am Connection
Fun Fact III: This match was referenced to as the first ever Handicap Casket Match multiple times, however that was incorrect information. On the 9/23/99 Smackdown, Viscera and Mideon defeated Triple H in this exact type of contest.
Scott: I didn't like this match the minute it was announced. First off casket matches are just notoriously bad in general. Second you have Bob Orton wrestling in his first PPV match in WWE since 1987 and third, I don't know what happened but suddenly Randy Orton doesn't know how to wrestle. Except for a couple of nice double superplexes, all Randy does is headlocks and punches. He looked like a thin Big Boss Man. The fact this match is almost twenty minutes is bad enough. There's one good moment where Taker puts Cowboy Bob in the triangle choke and drags him by the throat into the casket. Randy stops the match from ending by getting out of the casket. The crowd gets quiet at times but once Cowboy Bob is stuffed in the casket and its just Randy and Taker the match gets a bit better but at this point I feel its dragged on a bit too long. Taker looks to have it won until Cowboy Bob sprays the Fire Extinguisher in Taker's eyes. The handicap factor eventually catches up to the Deadman and after a chair shot Taker falls in and the Orton family pulls off the upset. Unfortunately the shocking upset doesn't take away from the fact that I thought the match was sloppy and dull. The last five minutes maybe ups the grade from awful to average. The Ortons lock the casket shut and starts hacking the casket up with an axe. I don't get it because Taker can now get out but then Cowboy Bob goes all Kane 1998 and brings out the gas can. A nice visual but doesn't save the match. Grade: 2
Justin: After weeks of mind games, the Ortons entered the ring with a confidence that may have been unwarranted. Undertaker's entrance was pretty cool, as the Druids rolled the casket down and smoke filled the arena ahead of him. After quelling Taker's hot start, the Ortons would begin to take him apart with some good double team offense. The flow was a bit choppy here due to the handicap dynamic as well as mixing in the usual casket spots. Things would begin to pick up as the Ortons unleashed a really nice double superplex, followed by a stiff chair shot from Taker to Randy. Bob would also get taken out and left for dead in the casket, leaving Taker and Randy to work a solid one-on-one match. Randy would snap Taker over with a picture perfect scoop powerslam but Taker recovered, took Randy down and dragged him over to the casket. However, as the door opened, Bob popped up and sprayed Taker with a fire extinguisher. They would eventually wipe Taker out and slam the casket door to win the bout, courtesy a Randy chair shot. The crowd was pretty hot for most of this one and it really picked up after a slow start. After the bout, the Ortons rolled the casket to the entrance, hacked it with an ax and then lit it on fire for a cool visual. I liked the Ortons as a devious heel team and the Randy/Taker chemistry from Wrestlemania returned here as these men delivered a fun and well worked gimmick match. Grade: 3
7) Juventud (Eduardo Hernandez) defeats Nunzio (James Maritato) to win WWE Cruiserweight Title with a Juvy Driver at 6:50
Fun Fact: Nunzio defeated Paul London to win the Cruiserweight Title on the 8/6 Velocity thanks to an assist from Vito, who was making his WWE debut. On the 10/8 Velocity, Juventud won a battle royal to earn this title match. Nunzio had his problems with the Mexicools prior to this match as Psychosis and Super Crazy had defeated him in non-title singles and tag matches in the weeks leading to the show.
Fun Fact II: Vito LoGrasso began his wrestling career in 1990. He would do some WWF job duty in the early 90s before heading to ECW as Skull Von Krush. He would later change his name to Vito "The Skull" LoGrasso and start up a stable known as Da Baldies. He would remain in ECW until 1999, when he jumped to WCW and joined up with Johnny Stamboli to become The Mamalukes. They would win the WCW Tag Titles and remain a unit until WCW closed up shop. Vito would get lost in the buyout shuffle and would eventually reshuffle in TNA. After a brief stint there, he would sign a WWE developmental deal in early 2005. After some time in OVW, he debuted on the 8/6 Velocity.
Scott: Well talk about a complete 180 degree change. We have two fast workers going back and forth for the Cruiser Title. I actually liked the Mexicools when they started but never thought they'd get any gold. However Juvy won a Velocity battle royal to get the #1 contender spot and then put on a great performance to win the Cruiserweight Title. At this point the Cruisers were the consistent highlight of the weekly show and with the Mexicools, all accomplished guys it gives that much more credibility. Good slot on the show to put it in, separating that dreadfully long casket match with our main event. Grade: 3
Justin: The Mexicools were still pretty hot as they enter here. They had been picking up wins on Smackdown and Velocity and Juvy earned this match the night before on Velocity. The two would put on a standard cruiser contest but it was clear this was here as a cool down match for the crowd between the two main events. They tried their best and put on some solid action, but the crowd just wasn't feeling it. Juvy did look good and he picks up a big win, taking home his first taste of WWE gold. The highlight of the match may have been the celebration as Hugo Savinovich came over and interviewed the elated Mexicools. Nunzio's brief reign is over and Juvy is now the king of the cruisers. Grade: 2
8) Batista defeats Eddie Guerrero to retain World Heavyweight Title with a spinebuster at 18:40
Fun Fact: This is Eddie Guerrero's final PPV match. As November dawned, there were rumors circulating that Vince was planning on putting the World title back on Eddie's waist, feeling he was better prepared mentally to carry the brand than he was back in early 2004. Eddie would wrestle Ken Kennedy on the 11/11 Smackdown, earning a slot on the Smackdown team for Survivor Series. However, he would never make it there. On the morning of 11/13, Chavo Guerrero went to Eddie's hotel room but when he entered, Eddie was unconscious on the floor. Chavo attempted CPR but when the paramedics arrived they declared Eddie had died. The autopsy later revealed that Eddie had passed away from heart failure and it was clear that his hard partying past and clear steroid abuse had led to his demise. That week's WWE programming was dedicated to Eddie's memory, but his passing would lead more of a legacy than he could ever imagine. Upon his death, WWE and Vince McMahon came under heavy public fire for their lax drug and steroid testing policies. This all came during a time when congress was heavily pressing football and baseball over their drug testing as well. Eddie's death along with public pressure forced Vince into creating the WWE Wellness Policy, which included drug violation policies and mandatory medical testing to ensure wrestlers weren't competing in a dangerous physical state, as it was clear Eddie had been in prior to his death as confirmed by his wife Vicki. Eddie Guerrero left a storied and epic legacy in his wake. He was one of the most talented wrestlers in the sport's history as he could deliver an epic match but mixed it with an undeniable charisma as well. Unfortunately, his is also a cautionary tale as he lived and partied hard and then mixed that with heavy steroid abuse, feeling he was never quite big enough to succeed in a big man's sport. One would have hoped that he would have learned not to follow in the footsteps of his late partner and fried Art Barr but Eddie ignored the past and paid for it with his life. His final WWE PPV record was 20-25. He went 1-2 at the Rumble, 2-3 at Wrestlemania, 0-2 at the King of the Ring, 2-3 at Summerslam, 3-1 at the Survivor Series, and 12-14 at other events.
Fun Fact II: Following Summerslam, Eddie Guerrero finally defeated Rey Mysterio in a cage match on the 9/9 Smackdown. Soon after he was named number one contender to the World Heavyweight Title. Eddie would claim to be Batista's best friend, a role Batista played along with, figuring he could keep an eye on the tricky Guerrero. Batista would continually play mind games and Eddie would occasionally turn back to his cheating ways during matches when Batista and Eddie were facing MNM. Guerrero and Batista would defeat JBL and Christian in a tag match with Guerrero reaffirming his friendship with the champion. After this show, the two men would begin to show mutual respect and Eddie poured his soul to Batista about his struggles and basically turned face as a result. Rumors abound that Eddie's face turn was temporary and he would go heel again upon defeating Batista for the title later in the month.
Scott: Our main event is a fresh matchup between two great champions. But let's be honest. It's pretty hard to watch this match, knowing what's going to happen in over a month's time. Eddie comes out looking pretty big, bigger than he has been. It's…tough to watch to say the least. As for the match, the whole psychology over whether Eddie will play it straight up or will he "Lie, Cheat, and Steal" his way back to the top is excellent. Eddie is methodical, picking up a chair, then dropping it and getting Batista to get over the top rope so Eddie can clothesline him on it then work over Batista's lower back, taking away his power moves. The back and forth action is really good and actually will save the grade of this PPV from being a real disaster. There were a few missed spots, including Batista elbowing Eddie's…feet? Eddie spends the match battling with his conscience about whether to cheat or play it straight up. He has a few moments where he lifts up the steel chair, but then puts it down. He hits the Three Amigos but can't hit the Frog Splash, and due to the work done on his back, Batista must win the match with a spinebuster. Afterwards Eddie gives a hand out to congratulate his "friend", but not before smirking behind his back. This was a great main event that saved an otherwise blasé and dull PPV effort. Sadly, this is Eddie's last PPV match. I…uh…I don't know what more to say. On November 13, Eddie Guerrero's battling heart will finally stop in a Minneapolis hotel room. We were witnessed to some of the greatest moments in wrestling history, from the classic ladder match with Rob Van Dam, to the memorable win over Brock Lesnar in San Francisco. Eddie Guerrero gave us some exemplary matches and great charisma to boot. His promos, face or heel were classic and it didn't matter whether it was the main event or the opener, Eddie brought 100% every single time. I would say his greatest opponent was easily Rey Mysterio, dating back to their Cruiserweight wars in late-1997. The next night on Raw was probably one of the saddest shows in wrestling history. Six years earlier we had to say goodbye to a great personality and person far too soon. Now we have to do it again. Rest in peace Eddie. I'm imagining him hustling the angels with Brian Pillman while Owen Hart takes their wings. Grade: 3
Justin: Well, this sad day has arrived: Eddie Guerrero's final PPV match. To this point, Brian Pillman's death had been the only one to really affect me on a personal level. I was a huge Pillman fan and his unexpected death was the first one to really shake up the wrestling world and really caught me off guard. Eddie's was the next one to hit me on any sort of personal level. When I first saw that news that he had passed away, it really shook me. He was a major star, in his prime and a main event player ready to win a world title. Plus he was easily one of my favorites at the time and his early passing brought a sense of mortality upon me for some reason. It took me over a month to shake the feeling but Eddie's passing would bring some good to WWE in the form of the Wellness Policy. With that said, let's take a look at his final PPV bout. I liked his new music as it fit his new persona. I liked this angle a lot and it was pretty layered with Batista and Eddie both weary of the other. As much as his death shocked everyone, when you look at how gassed up Eddie was here, it really shouldn't have been a shock. The Eddie chants were pretty loud here and the fans seemed pretty split throughout. Batista truly had the star aura around him here and he was embracing his role as the top dog. After an early stalemate and slow start, Batista would use his power to control things. Playing off the storyline, Eddie would grab a steel chair but was torn on whether to use it and would decide not to do so. Eddie would instead zero in on Batista's back with some precision offense, mixing in some sluggish restholds as well. Batista would use his power again for some nice reversals, but during the struggles the ref would get bumped. Eddie would grab the chair for a second time but again he decided against using it. Batista would avoid an Eddie Frog Splash and then plant him with a spinebuster for the win. The match was pretty disappointing and blasé despite the hot storyline. After he had delivered so many epic big time matches in the past, I wish Eddie could have gone out on top of a five star thriller, but it just wasn't meant to be, unfortunately. Batista moves on with his belt in tow but from here on out, his title reign would become a bit more turbulent. Grade: 2
Final Analysis:
Scott: Overall this is probably one of the blandest shows I've watched in recent memory. Every match wasn't awful, yet somehow seemed very underwhelming. The four-way US Title match was pretty exciting, and it reminded me how great Booker T and Chris Benoit are in the ring together. On paper I wasn't crazy about the JBL/Rey Mysterio match, but the big man/little man matchup was better than I expected. The main event was tough to watch because we were witnessing the final PPV match of one of wrestling's most unique personalities and intensely talented superstars. I still tear up whenever I see anything from that Raw special the night after his death. That's probably the lasting emotion I get from this otherwise lackluster show. Smackdown in general gets somewhat disorganized due to the sudden death of Eddie and the last few shows of the year are all over the place. Things tighten up a bit by the start of 2006, but right now a shocking, saddening event in WWE history throws the Blue Brand into chaos. Final Grade: C-
Justin: I will admit that I wasn't expecting much out of this show when I first put it in. But as the show moved along, I really got hooked into it. Starting with the surprisingly fun JBL/Rey battle, the show really picked up down the stretch and delivered the entertainment. Even the early portion was filled with solid character development and storyline advancement. Smackdown was really in a state of flux here as some new faces were debuting and new angles were being introduced. It was good to see some new blood on the PPV roster and it will be interesting to see how well they are infused as the year winds down. Of course, this show is often overlooked, and rightfully so, as it will always be remembered as Eddie Guerrero's swan song PPV. WWE would be shaken up on many levels as its planned storylines for Smackdown and current state of affairs overall are thrown into disarray. Final Grade: C-
MVP: JBL & Rey Mysterio
Runner Up: Undertaker & The Ortons
Non MVP: Simon Dean
Runner Up: Nunzio


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Sutton Dyslexia Association is holding their next public meeting, on Wednesday 21st June 2017 at 8.00pm, at the The Friends Meeting House,10 Cedar Road, Sutton.
Entitled 'How to Support Pupils with Memory Problems' – the presenter will be Sheila Cruchley, Co-ordinator of Sutton Learning Support Service. Sheila is an experienced dyslexia specialist who will give practical advice to help with memory problems – an area of learning that nearly always affects dyslexic pupils.
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Alabama fans getting restless after 2 straight bowl losses
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Two years without a national title, or even a bowl win, have Alabama fans getting restless.
And it's not just an unabashedly greedy fan base that basked in Nick Saban's dynastic run to three national championships in four seasons. Players and coaches are getting a little antsy, too.
''You either live up to it or you just crumble underneath it,'' Tide center Ryan Kelly said. ''I think one of the biggest things we've been able to do here is play to a standard. We set the bar for ourselves, so it's not so much the fans putting pressure on us. It's putting pressure on ourselves.
''From 2009 to 2012 we had three out of four national championships and the last two years we haven't finished. That being said, that bar's been set before any of us even got here.''
In truth, `Bama hasn't had a huge drop-off, spending most of the past two seasons in contention and expecting more of the same in 2015.
Alabama did win the Southeastern Conference title last season before losing to Ohio State in the semifinals.
Still regarded as a strong national contender, Alabama must replace nine offensive starters and approaches a second straight season with an open quarterback competition. Jake Coker and redshirt freshman David Cornwell are among five quarterbacks battling for the job.
Saban is hoping one of them will ''take the bull by the horns.''
`I don't think that we need to have a quarterback that has to win the game,'' he said, saying the winner needs to make good decisions and avoid costly errors.
''`With the rest of the players that we have I think we'd have a good chance.
Some things to watch for in Alabama's 2015 season:
DEFENSIVE REDEMPTION: Alabama's normally stingy defense gave up 86 combined points and 1,167 yards in two of its final three games, a 55-44 win over Auburn and the 42-35 loss to Ohio State. ''It leaves a bad taste in your mouth, knowing that you had the talent to accomplish something great and you didn't do it,'' linebacker Ryan Anderson said. ''There's definitely a little chip on your shoulder.''
REPLACING COOPER: Receiver Amari Cooper was the centerpiece of last season's offense and a Heisman Trophy finalist. Now, the Tide has to rely on unproven blue-chip recruits like ArDarius Stewart, Robert Foster and freshman Calvin Ridley. Ridley and Foster were each rated by at least one major recruiting service as the nation's top receiver prospect out of high school. Foster and Stewart both had huge spring games, and Kiffin says the latter might be Alabama's most talented receiver. Junior Chris Black is hoping for a breakthrough year. Tight end O.J. Howard figures to be targeted more frequently as well.
HENRY'S TURN: Derrick Henry seems poised to become Alabama's latest star tailback, a chain that has gone from 2009 Heisman winner Mark Ingram to T.J. Yeldon. Henry, not Yeldon, was the Tide's leading rusher in a more pass-oriented attack last season. The 6-foot-3, 242 -pounder is averaging 6.6 yards per carry over his first two seasons with 1,372 yards and 14 touchdowns.
SECONDARY CONCERNS: Alabama can send waves of big, athletic linemen and linebackers at opposing offenses, but the secondary remains a work in progress. The Tide must replace safeties Landon Collins and Nick Perry. Converted cornerback Eddie Jackson and Geno Matias-Smith, who has played in 39 games, are among the candidates. At cornerback, Cyrus Jones seems entrenched as a starter, Bradley Sylve has played in 34 games and Tony Brown had considerable playing time as a freshman. Marlon Humphrey and some talented freshmen are also trying to carve significant roles.
ROAD TRIPPIN': Alabama will have to navigate some tough road games to make it back to Atlanta. After opening with Wisconsin in Arlington, Texas, the Tide visits Georgia, Texas A&M, Mississippi State and Auburn.


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Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority
House of Lords
Citations: [1998] AC 232; [1997] 3 WLR 1151; [1997] 4 All ER 771; [1998] PIQR P10; [1998] Lloyd's Rep Med 26; (1998) 39 BMLR 1.
The claimant was the estate of a child who suffered respiratory failure and was taken to the hospital. The doctor did not to attend to him. The respiratory failure developed into cardiac arrest. The child suffered brain damage and ultimately died. The claimant argued that this could have been avoided if the child had been intubated.
The doctor argued that even if she had attended to the child, she would not have intubated him. This meant that the child would have died in any event. The defendant (the doctor's employer) presented expert evidence that other doctors might have done the same. The claimant presented counter-evidence from an expert who considered not intubating to be negligent.
- Was the doctor in breach of her duty of care to the patient by failing to attend to him?
- Would the doctor have been in breach of his duty of care if she had attended but not intubated?
- Did the doctor's failure to attend to the patient cause their death?
The House of Lords held in favour of the defendant. There was no reason to challenge the expert evidence indicating that not intubating the child was reasonable. As such, even though the defendant was in breach by failing to attend to the child, that breach did not cause death: the child would have died in any event.
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When applying the Bolam test, the court must be satisfied that the expert body of professional opinion the defendant is relying on has a logical and defensible basis for approving of the defendant's practice.
This means that the court must be satisfied that the experts directed their minds to the risks and benefits of the practice and reached a defensible conclusion. The House of Lords noted that the courts are only likely to find that a practice is not logical or defensible in rare cases.
The House of Lords explained that a defendant cannot argue that their breach of duty did not cause the harm because they would also have committed some other breach. So, if failure to intubate had been negligent, the defendant could not have claimed that their failure to attend did not cause the child's death because they would have negligently allowed the child to die even if they had attended. However, on the facts, it was not negligent to fail to intubate the child.


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W: Clayton Richard (6-3)
L: Braden Looper (10-6)
MVP: Claudio Vargas (+.043)
LVP: Braden Looper (-.301)
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Well, I can't really say much about the game, since I was at work. We lost though, so it couldn't have been that exciting wasn't that good. Jesus Colome got struck on the hand and left the game with a bruised pinky finger. For a play-by-play recap of what happened at Miller Park tonight, go visit the STATS site.


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We have been spending a lot of time out on the water this winter. Winter Trips have been pretty epic so far this year and in between we have been exploring some new water we found (more on that coming soon). After many discussions and tons of feedback I decided we are going to commit to 1 fishing report a week. Simple, Short, and to the point. Hopefully we will be able to do 6-8 a month, but I am committing to 1 a week and that should get you the information you need for your upcoming trips, and fishing.
So here you go!
Puget Sound Fishing Report:
With the great weather we have had recently the fish have been looking towards the surface. Most of the week was spent with the floating line and smaller baitfish imitations getting hit just under the surface. We had awesome action on fast moving Polychete worms for the first part of last week. However, As the week carried on we found them more focused on Sculpin and Smelt patterns. The Majority of the fish are hitting in the shallows and flats (1-5′ of water). I suspect a lot of the surface action we had throughout the week was due to the fish keying in on small shrimp buzzing the shallows, but we were able to nab them on baitfish and never switched over to the shrimp patterns. The fish we are catching were aggressive, fat, happy, and covered in sea lice still!
Up Coming Forecast:
After Tomorrow's (Tuesday) Mega Wind we should be "Mostly Sunny" through Christmas! With Great weather on the forecast and solid fishing I think we should close out 2017 with some great trips!
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Beatrix Potter finally presents her paper
Beatrix Potter is , of course, best known for her collection of childrens books and array of memorable characters such as Peter Rabbit and Squirrel Nutkin. But she was also a scientist, a mycologist to be precise, which meant her area of speciality was the study of fungi. In 1897 she wrote a technical paper called 'on the germination of the spores of agaricineae'. She gave it to The Linnean Society in London, which is the world's oldest active biological society .Founded in 1788 , the Society takes its name from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus. When Helen B Potter (as she was known then) published her work in 1897, she was not allowed to present it to the Society as only men were allowed to do so at the time.. Now that historic wrong has been put right, thanks to a collaboration between the Linnean Society and the Ambleside based Armitt Museum. The latter is home to many of Beatrix Potter's works. A young scientist Ali Murfitt, dressed in period costume, read out extracts from Helen B Potter's scientific paper to a specially invited audience in central London. Gerry Foley sent ITV Border this report:ALI MURFITT is a scientist who plays Beatrix Potter she explains why this is important.
ELIZABETH ROLLINSON is from the Linean Society she explains how the paper was presented.
CLARE BROCKBANK is from Ambleside's Armitt museum who helped co-ordinated the event and hold many of Beatrix Potters, drawings and scientific works.
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By road: ExCeL is just a 10 minute drive from Tower Bridge and a 25 minute drive from Junction 30 on the M25. The venue is also easily reached from Central London via the Limehouse Link and via the M25, A13, M11, A406 (North Circular), the Blackwall Tunnel and Rotherhithe Tunnel from other parts of the country.
Full details @ this link: ExCeL by road
By rail: ExCeL is connected to the Jubilee line at Canning Town via a 3-minute DLR journey (Docklands Light Railway) to ExCeL's dedicated station Custom House for ExCeL for the west entrance. (Prince Regent station for the east entrance). ExCeL is also connected directly to the Central, Northern, Circle, District and Waterloo & City lines at Bank and the Circle and District lines at Tower Hill via the DLR.
Full details @ this link: ExCeL by rail
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A Preacher Boy's Story
Let us begin with a few disclaimers. First, and perhaps most importantly, I do not hold to a view that philosophy has any value to save anyone in the docrtinal sense. The title is intentionally provocative to attract readers. Call it click bait if you like. I'm totally ok with that. Let the curious and curmudgeonly alike have at it!
Secondly, this is not a rip on the body of Christ or some lame apology for Christianity. Jesus is my hope, he has my allegiance, and I am part of his bride. There has been way too much of that "we're-sorry-we're-Christians" literature recently.
If you want a taste of this, may I suggest you read Preacher Boy: A Liberty University Graduate Bids Farewell to Falwell and Hello to Atheism.
It is a book you will want to throw across the room. Warning: there is significantly saucy language on just about every page.
The relaunch of this blog and this multi-part series is going to tell my story. I am often asked how I wound up teaching philosophy and theology to unchurched college students. That IS a great question! This was nothing I ever planned or dreamed. The road was long and so is the story. I will do my best to protect anonymity and reputation. But I will be honest as to how I had an Asaph, Psalm 73 crisis and how God rescued me from the edge and redeemed me for further ministry. And so it begins.
A Great Childhood
My story is not all that dissimilar from many, many others. You could say that I am what one might call a G.U.B.A. Grown up born again. I have never not known church life. In fact, there are two things that I cannot remember ever learning. They are my most distant of memories. The first is that I am adopted. My parents were very wise to decide to talk to me about this before I could even comprehend it. This made my childhood normal. They didn't wait to until we were at a family reunion to sit me down and talk about it. The second is that I have always known that God loves me. I was adopted at three weeks old and my parents had me in church the first Sunday possible. This was the same Bible-believing church, in upstate NY, that I attended until I left home at 21.
I am a Christian. I gave my life to Jesus when I was five years old. At the time of this post, I have been a Christian for 40 years. I told you it was typical. There are no tales to tell of long stretches of open rebellion, a life of crime, or substance abuse. There were indeed rough patches, but they were relatively short and intermittent. Typical.
My parents loved me and sacrificed for me. I never felt abused, unwanted, or unloved. I never went without anything needed and I had more than I deserved. I had friends and activities. It was all good.
Learning What to Think
In my current role as a professor, I have come to learn that just about every student is conditioned to think a certain way. We tend to like to use the word "taught" and students certainly are, but I think it has more to do with being in environments that think certain ways. My childhood was no different.
One of the sacrifices my parents made was to enroll me in the Christian school my church owned. It was hard to draw a line between the school world and the church world. My high school classes met in the church, the youth group used the school van and gymnasium, my Bible teacher was my youth pastor, and I saw the same kids six days a week. Seven, if we had a soccer game on Saturday. Everybody in my youth group went to the school. We hardly ever had an outsider. They tended to visit a few times and that was about it. It was not intentional, but the wagons were circled rather tightly.
If this were one of those "how-Christianity-ruined-me" stories, this would be the place where the author would tear his childhood and its authorities a new one. I won't do that. This environment protected me from a lot of nonsense that would probably have otherwise done me in early on. I fully realize the reality of debating what is best for our children's education. That is the parent's decision. I went to a Christian school and my kids go to the local public school. I am simply saying that God, in his providence, saw fit to have me in that particular environment from Pre-K through 12th grade. If my math serves me, that is fourteen years.
Because I am reaching the 800 word mark, I need to finish this off. Next week's post will explore the particular way my community thought and how that shaped me for years to come.
My childhood was great, my environment was good, but my mind was prone to small thinking. I was on the road to becoming my church's next preacher boy.


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Ukip leadership-favourite Steven Woolfe is recovering in hospital after he was treated for severe injuries following an altercation with a fellow party MEP.
It is understood that Woolfe, 49 and a British MEP for the North West, had said he was heading off to vote in the European Parliament, but within minutes he collapsed in front of journalists.
Sources said Woolfe had a stand-up row with fellow MEP Mike Hookem. Hookem is a former soldier and Ukip's defence spokesman.
When asked if Hookem was involved in the row, a senior Ukip source told HuffPost UK: "I will not deny [that]."
The source also told HuffPost UK that Woolfe was being treated in hospital in Strasbourg for a "suspected bleed on the brain".
Nigel Farage, former Ukip leader, said: "I deeply regret that following an altercation that took place at a meeting of Ukip MEPs this morning that Steven Woolfe subsequently collapsed and was taken to hospital. His condition is serious."
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The Times' Lucy Fisher suggested MEPs were angry Woolfe was considering a defection from Ukip. While Ukip MEP Jonathan Arnott added to LBC that the meeting where the altercation took place was "about the future of the party".
Raheem Kassam, a fellow Ukip leadership contender and editor of news website Breitbart London, had described Woolfe's condition as "life-threatening".
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Ukip's leader in the Welsh Assembly, Neil Hamilton, said Woolfe had "picked a fight and came off worse".
Suzanne Evans, the party's interim leader when Farage temporarily resigned in May last year, said she was shocked by the news and wished Woolfe a "speedy recovery".
A Ukip spokesperson confirmed: "Steven Woolfe MEP was taken suddenly ill in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg this morning. He has been taken to hospital in the city and he is undergoing tests."
Ukip announced separately it had launched a party investigation into the matter.
Politicians of all persuasions paid tribute to Woolfe, calling the news of his injury "awful" and hailing him as the "sweetest-natured of men".
Woolfe announced yesterday he would seek to replace Diane James as leader after her shock resignation just 18 days into the job.
The North West MEP failed earlier this summer to take over as party leader after he submitted his application forms too late to be entered into the contest to replace Farage.
However, Woolfe yesterday also admitted he had considered switching to the Conservatives in recent weeks as he was "enthused" by Theresa May's leadership.
That revelation was met with fury by many in Ukip, with one senior member of his previous leadership campaign team particularly angry.
They told The Huffington Post UK's Owen Bennett yesterday: "How can people who slated Suzanne Evans and Douglas Carswell for being 'Tory-lite' now trust someone who was in talks about defecting to the Tories just days ago, and only thought against it because the leadership became free again?"
In the statement announcing his leadership bid, Woolfe said:
"In the last few weeks I have thought long and hard about my political future and how I can best help build the Brexit Britain we voted for in June - a meritocratic, independent and prosperous country that stands up for the millions of people who have been ignored for too long.
"I have been enthused by the start to Theresa May's premiership. Her support of new grammar schools, her words on social mobility and the growing evidence that she is committed to a clean Brexit prompted me, as it did many of my friends and colleagues, to wonder whether our future was within her new Conservative Party.
"However, having watched the Prime Minister's speech on Sunday I came to the conclusion that only a strong UKIP can guarantee Brexit is delivered in full and only our party can stand up for the communities of the midlands and the north."
Woolfe's failed leadership campaign was also marred after he admitted forgetting to declare a drink-driving conviction when he stood for election in 2012.
HuffPost UK revealed in August that Woolfe had failed to declare a conviction for drink-driving from 2002 when he stood to be Greater Manchester's Police and Crime Commissioner in 2012 – a potential breach of electoral law.
Woolfe, a qualified barrister, came last in the PPC election, with just 8.55 per cent of the vote.
With files from Owen Bennett