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WESSINGTON SPRINGS Wessington Springs native Lennis Fagerhaug said competing in rodeo events in his hometown brings added pressure.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-- It's time once again for the annual Houby Days Celebration in Cedar Rapids' Czech Village. Houby is Czech for mushrooms, and while there will be plenty of them, the festival is really a celebration of Czech history and culture.
Houby Days kicks off Friday night at 5pm along 16th Ave SW in the heart of the village and continues through Sunday. The street will be filled with vendors, carnival rides, live music, and food. There will special events all weekend including a car show on Saturday, the Houby and Egg Breakfast at Smuggler's Wharf Saturday and Sunday mornings, and the annual Cabbage Roll on Sunday.
The event is free. Commemorative buttons are on sale now for $2 at Czech Village area businesses.
A complete event schedule can be found at www.czechvillagecedarrapids.com.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated events would be taking place on 16th Street SW. We apologize for the error.
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Episode 147, "Lucy Gets a Paris Gown™", originally aired on March 19, 1956. The Ricardos and the Mertzes are thrilled to be in Paris. As a special treat for Lucy and Ethel, Ricky snags coveted tickets for a Jacques Marcel fashion show. Of course, after seeing the designer's clothes, Lucy vows that she will have a Jacques Marcel dress. When pleading fails, Lucy goes on a hunger strike. Ricky breaks down and buys the dress, but then discovers that Ethel is sneaking food to Lucy. As revenge, Ricky and Fred design potato sack dresses, complete with Jacques Marcel labels and a horse's feedbag hat for Lucy. The French designer sees the women wearing the dresses at a café and Ricky confesses. In a hilarious final twist, Jacques Marcel steals the designs — after Lucy and Ethel destroyed their originals!
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Sprint Says LTE Live in Los Angeles and Other Markets
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Its been up here for about a month now, but maybe its better this way, right now I can pull 24Mbps near work and 12Mbps near home, on Sprint!!! Once they announce it, im sure they'll throttle it down to 6-8Mbps, The lamest speeds of all LTE networks.
Nah, they don't throttle. The 6-8 Mbps figures are their estimates based upon a fully loaded network. Under promise, over deliver. Besides, what can't you do on a smartphone with 6-8 Mbps?
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When selecting mates, men place greater importance on attractiveness than do women, whereas women favor status and resources more so than men. The reasons behind these differences can be rationalized from both evolutionary and sociocultural perspectives. Cloutier et al use fMRI to examine the possibility that attractive faces of the opposite sex simply have different reward value for men and women. They show that brain reward circuits (nucleus accumbens [NAcc], orbito-frontal cortex [OFC]) exhibit a linear increase in activation with increased judgments of attractiveness. Their analysis further reveals sex differences in the recruitment of OFC, which distinguished attractive and unattractive faces only for male participants. In short, brain regions involved in identifying the potential reward value of a stimulus are more active when men view attractive women than when women view attractive men.
Figure - Axial sections display the left NAcc (top) and right NAcc (middle) and a sagittal section displays mOFC (bottom) spherical regions of interest superimposed on normalized anatomic images. Graphs to the right of each image display signal change (parameter estimates) for attractive and unattractive faces across female and male participants relative to the baseline fixation. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean. Activity in the left and right NAcc was greater for attractive than unattractive faces irrespective or the participants' sex. Activity in the mOFC exhibited an interaction between facial attractiveness and participant sex displaying greater activity for attractive than unattractive faces only for male participants.


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The only thing I dislike about the XT is you cannot hear the sending of a call alert. You hear one coming in, but not going out...just a wimpy little "beep."
I was also disappointed that the DC still ties up the phone line and vice-versa. One small plus the Powersource phones had was the ability to beep in while on a regular call. I really wish Sprint had perfected that instead. The ic phones that worked did so very well. My ic602 was very good at everything except photos. Had Sprint added cellular band roaming, those phones would've flown off the shelves.
By the way, were you aware that the gateway between Southernlinc PTT was opened? I can DC a friend who lives in Georgia now with my old i90. Unfortunately, you can't do that with SDC.
I don't know anyone on Southernlinc. I do recall that Southernlinc & Sprint forged a nationwide iDEN roaming agreement between the two networks about a year ago, is that what you mean by "opening the gateway"?
I'd think a software/firmware update would fix the lack of beep signifying an outgoing call alert on the XT, but I notice that so far Sprint does not seem to be in a hurry to fix the remaining bugs in either the Kyocera hardware or the 3G network & PTT switching. I guess the PTT market has shrunk to the point now that it's not economically worthwhile to cater to the PTT crowd any longer.
SDC on our Torques frequently misses beeps indicating release of PTT button on sender's end, kind of leaves one hanging when one is accustomed to the Nextel beeps telling you know exactly what's going on at any given instant in a PTT call. Also, after a regular CDMA voice call, during which DC is disabled automatically, when the regular call is finished, the DC speaker remains turned off, even though it was turned on before the voice call came in. Very annoying, and unnecessary. It should restore the phone to whatever state the DC settings were in prior to the call.
I'm with you, I think Sprint should have kept enough iDEN stuff in each tower to handle strictly PTT calls, everything else handled by CDMA or LTE, as appropriate. Then everyone would still be happy and they would not have lost 15,000,000+ customers.
Regarding simultaneously handling PTT in addition to other functions, I was pleased to find out that when I was watching something on YouTube on one of our Torques (via our home WiFi, not the 3G network), the incoming PTT call put the YouTube video on pause and let the PTT call come through. After PTT call was finished, I pressed the built-in back button, which brought the display back to YouTube, pressed the play arrow and it picked up right where the video paused when the PTT call began. I thought that was pretty cool, so an atta-boy to Sprint/Kyocera/Qualcomm for working out that feature.
BTW, do you happen to know if Sprint's Airave signal booster does anything for SDC?
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Big Dot, Small DotWhen the C4 was first introduced for '64, it was called the "Dual Range" automatic because it offered two driving ranges-normal 1-2-3 upshift with the selector at the large dot (Drive 1) or strictly second gear while at the small dot (Drive 2). Drive 2 doesn't have a detent like Drive 1 for the flexibility of slipping the shifter down into Drive 1, which does have a detent to prevent accidentally going into First gear unless the T-handle detent release button is depressed. The same can be said for reverse, which is locked out with a detent unless you press the button and move the shifter into Reverse or Park.
Ford did away with the Dual Range feature beginning in '67, which made the C4 easier to understand. Along with a new name for '67-Select-Shift-the later version switched to the more normal P-R-N-D-2-1 pattern.
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Throttle and Downshift Cable AdjustmentWe get this question a lot. How do you adjust the throttle and downshift (also known as kick-down) cable on Mustangs with the C4 transmission? Ford, per the Shop Manual, offers the following procedure, reworded here so it's easier to understand.
- Set parking brake.
- Adjust engine idle speed to factory specifications at operating temperature in Drive. Make sure someone is behind the wheel with foot on the brake.
- Throttle must be at idle/stop without choke involvement (warm idle).
- With the engine turned off, check accelerator pedal height from the floor, which should be 4-1/2-inches.
- Again with engine off, disconnect the kick-down cable at the accelerator linkage, which is the adjustable end.
- Have someone depress the accelerator to the floor.
- Adjust cable end so it lines up with the throttle linkage.
- Test drive and check upshifts and downshifts at normal throttle.
- If upshifts occur late or not at all at wide-open throttle, the kick-down cable is too tight. If upshifts occur too early at wide-open throttle, the kickdown cable is too loose.
The kick-down linkage, vacuum modulator, and output shaft governor work together to control upshift and downshift points. Throttle position is what controls both kick-down and vacuum modulation, a fancy term for the amount of intake manifold vacuum and its effect on transmission upshift timing. When there's more throttle, we have less manifold vacuum. When your foot is off the gas, we have high manifold vacuum. The kick-down cable is strictly for aggressive acceleration where a downshift is needed into what many people call "passing gear" (actually Second or First gear, depending on vehicle speed).
Under normal acceleration, 1-2 upshifts in Drive should happen at 17-30 mph; 2-3 upshifts should occur at 32-50 mph.
During deceleration, 3-2 downshift should happen at 33-37 mph, then 2-1 downshift at 19-21 mph. These are broad speed ranges based on the Ford Shop Manual, along with tire size and axle ratio.
At wide-open throttle, 1-2 upshift should occur at 27-41 mph, then 2-3 upshift at 52-74 mph, again based on the Ford Shop Manual, tire size, and axle ratio.


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I chose it because they had degree programs that were completely online. I did look around at other schools in the area, and some of them had hybrid programs, but I didn't find anything that was completely online. Since I work full-time, I didn't want to go to classes at night.
I also decided on Post because of the accelerated degree program. Â It was much more appealing because I would be done in half the time compared to a traditional program. Having lived in Waterbury, I also knew that Post was a good school.
You know, I went to school right out of high school. I was a communications major and it just wasn't what I could see myself doing. It seemed like a waste of time and a waste of money, so I stopped going. It just took me a long time to realize what I wanted to do. I also knew that I wasn't going to get anywhere without a degree. I think a bachelor's is just a given and you just have to have it now. So, I went back to school.
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I think that's priceless. At a lot of universities, the professors are just professors. All the teachers I've had are all still working and active in their fields and I think that gives them a whole different perspective on their teaching. It's so valuable.
Having everything online was a big help. My admissions counselor really helped me plan and get signed up for the right courses. We planned to whole program right on the phone. Post was really good with allowing me to use some of my work experience toward college credit. They also were flexible about course selection.
I am a good planner. I will map out for the week what I'm going to do every night. With the online classes you get the whole schedule at the beginning of the week, so you can plan. It doesn't always work out that you stick to it, but most of the time I would be able to.
I highly recommend it, and I have told a lot of people about the flexibility that it gives you. Without this program, I don't know that I would have gone back to school. The idea of working all day and then having to sit in a class for three hours – well, I knew it wouldn't work for me. I'm not the type of person who would do well in that setting. This was a great option for me.
The hardest thing was giving up my free time. I didn't have as much time to go out with my friends. It is a lot of work, so you have to make that commitment to it. You've got to be willing to give up some of your time. But it's definitely worth it.
I'm hoping to start my Masters in Human Services at Post in September.
I would. What I really enjoyed at Post is that the classes have been really small and you really do get personal attention. You're held more accountable because they know who they are, and you're not just a number.
Also, during my entire experience at Post, I have been so impressed by how quickly you get a response to questions -- from professors or financial aid or wherever. I have never waited more than a day to get a response. I always hear back the same day. That makes you feel like you're not going through this alone, and that they really care about what's happening to you.
I have friends in other online schools, and that is not the case. They have such a hard time getting a hold of somebody. I've never had that problem.


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Rain, freezing conditions hamper west-central Minn. sugar beet harvestA wet autumn and freezing conditions have taken a toll on this year's sugar beet harvest.
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RENVILLE, Minn. — A wet autumn and freezing conditions have taken a toll on this year's sugar beet harvest.
Sugar beet growers in west-central Minnesota will not harvest an estimated 25,000 acres, or about 21 percent of the 118,000 acres planted for the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, according to the cooperative.
The cooperative's shareholders were notified this week that the cooperative would not accept any additional beets starting at 3 a.m. Tuesday.
In a news release issued Thursday, the cooperative said its 500 shareholder-farmers had worked extremely hard to harvest this year's crop, but rain and freezing conditions adversely affected the work.
During the past 14 days, the 17-county growing area experienced four freeze events, with the fourth hard freeze occurring Monday. It resulted in damage that precluded the cooperative from accepting the beets for storage and processing, the cooperative reported.
"I strongly believe that this decision is in the best interests of the cooperative," said CEO Kelvin Thompsen. "We have done what we can to accept as many beets as possible, but accepting additional beets would put the cooperative at an unacceptable risk."
The cooperative had tried to mitigate the financial impact of the freeze events. It received about 800,000 tons of the damaged beets through a combination of aggressive scalping — cutting off the exposed portion of the beet while the beet is still in the ground — to remove as much of the damage as possible. Also, the damaged beets were segregated from the other beets at the pile sites in the growing region.
Damaged beets do not store well. It is not possible for the cooperative to process more than the 800,000 tons of damaged beets, which represents about 60 processing days at the facility in Renville, Minn.
Although the cooperative can process a limited amount of sugar beets that have been subjected to frost damage or do not comply with the delivery standards, the cooperative said receiving any more damaged beets posed a risk beyond that which can be managed within the operating parameters of the factory, the environmental permits issued to the cooperative, and applicable laws and regulations.
The cooperative advised growers with undelivered beets that they should notify their crop insurance company.
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According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN (committing a little ESPN-on-ESPN crime), the Eagles quarterbacks coach has been hired by the Dolphins.
He was one of the early interviews with the Dolphins, along with just-hired Giants offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo, and just-fired Redskins coordinator Kyle Shanahan.
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AT&T's HTC First gets a price cut, now available for $0.99
HTC First is a mid-ranger exclusive to the AT&T network that launched just under a month ago. It's the only phone where the recently announced Facebook Home launcher is available by default and integrates deeper into the Android OS.
HTC First premiered in April, costing $99.99 with a two-year contract or $350 SIM-free. However it appears that sales have not been exactly stellar as today AT&T cut the on-contract price down to just under a single dollar. It's a pretty decent offer for an LTE-capable smartphone, with an exclusive launcher (or vanilla Android Jelly Bean if you that what you prefer).
There is no info if this is a limited time promotion, but we'd bet against it. If you want to take advantage of the price cut, you can order the HTC First from here.
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Thank God this is Android. Which means there will be custom roms and custom launchers. If this was some other OS (non-open source), it may not have sold at even 99 cents.
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WASHINGTON Loose ends and thorny partisan issues that have long dogged attempts to move forward on education await the next Congress as President Barack Obama's second term begins.
Soaring campaign-year aspirations to close the achievement gap and boost college graduation rates to the highest in the world may have to fall back to earth - at least temporarily - as lawmakers and Obama tackle a number of gritty funding-related issues that just can't wait.
First up is sequestration, the automatic, government-wide spending cuts set to knock out 8.2 percent of the funding to almost all of the Education Department's programs - unless Congress acts before the end of the year to avert the cuts.
Programs intended to reduce educational inequities will take a hit of $1.3 billion, according to the White House's Office of Management and Budget. Special education, already funded far below the levels Congress originally promised, will be slashed by more than $1 billion. Most of the reductions won't take effect until next fall, when the 2013-14 school year starts, but Impact Aid, which helps districts that lose revenue due to local tax-exempt federal property, would be cut immediately.
Education advocates are optimistic a plan will be hashed out that will leave most major education programs relatively unscathed.
"Even Republicans understand that cutting education spending is not something that is popular with voters," said Michael Petrilli, a former Education Department official and executive vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative education think tank.
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Pre-kindergarten was a major focus for Obama in his first term, when he strengthened Head Start's accountability rules and expanded his Race to the Top program to include pre-K.
In Congress, both parties agree that college costs are spiraling out of control, but there's not much government can do to control that. What it can control is student aid, and the debate about federal loans raises a familiar disagreement about the role of government. In 2010, when Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress, the federal government cut banks out of the process and started administering all loans directly. Many Republicans favor restoring the private sector's role in issuing federally backed and subsidized loans.
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Christian Spirituality > Worship > being a worshiper
The most important thing for you to do in worship services is to be a worshiper. That is, to be someone who is there to worship God, whatever anyone else does. Here are some hints as to how to do that :
"Loving God means rejoicing in God, being eager to think of and pray to God. It means being glad to be in God's presence and to be with God alone. It means not grieving God, but rejoicing in God simply because it is God who is involved, and because we are permitted to know and have God, and to speak with and live with God."
In worship there is prayer, repentance, forgiveness, education, sacrament, and sharing. But there is also "Holy, Holy, Holy", "Amen!", "Hallelujah!" and "Maranatha!". There is sorrow for sin and for the plight of others, but there is also celebration for what God has done and is doing. A congregation that doesn't rejoice in praise is simply not in worship.
The Christian faith is not just the cross, but the empty tomb. The power and presence of the Spirit can be found during worship with God's people: song, prayer, confession, celebration, praising, thanking, and hearing. It is in the act of celebrating and praising that it is easiest to sense the Holy Spirit.
Sometimes, the Spirit acts while you're worshipping to reveal that which is holding out, blocking the Spirit from bringing about spiritual growth. When you direct yourself away from yourself and toward another who is greater than you, you can quickly find out what you've been trying to hold on to. Praise becomes a call to let it go. In letting it go, the feeling can be like a fresh, cool stream flowing over you, as if bathing in God's love.
Sometimes, the simple act of cutting loose in joy over God does wonders to strengthen one's faith. It does the same kind of thing that the shared good times do for lovers -- clearing away the weeds they let grow in the relationship, which later tides them over when times get rough. Cutting loose can refresh us, re-stoking the fires of our commitment and healing our exhaustion.
Sometimes, getting lost in worship opens the door for the Spirit to break down certain fears. Like, the fear of being seen by others. Am I doing it right? Are they laughing at me? Or are they figuring out how to squash me for not keeping in place? Or maybe I'm afraid of other people knowing that I'm no longer content to be a pew sitter, that this Christ has my commitment for life. Christ says, "Fear not!" The Spirit is working on the others, too. While some of them may be thinking what you think they're thinking, others are really thinking what you're thinking. In any event, you're there for God, and God's bigger than they are, so let them think whatever they think! Praise God!
The Spirit gives gifts. The Spirit leads us to worship. Yet we dare use the concern for "right order" as a way to stop gifts as they show up when we gather. The key here is what the gift at hand does. If it is in use for building up another person or all of those gathered, or it addresses someone else's practical needs, the wisest response is to give it room and handle the more stuck-up members after the service. If it's a 'just-me' thing that disrupts, sows dissention, and draws attention away from God. Well, this is what ushers are for; take them out of the sanctuary, into a hallway or chapel or room, and let it take place there. And let there be no shame on people who find they have to do so - what is happening to them may well be one of the high points of their life and a big step forward in following Christ.
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One of the things that immediately makes an impact about worship among charismatics is that there's a sense that God's there, in you, with you, and around you. So much so that even writers with little or no religious interest take note of charismatic worship.
Charismatics see themselves as a sharp reminder to the rest of the church. When they look at most congregations, they see a dedicated handful of pray-ers and worshippers, while everyone else either does not pray or limits themselves to polite formal prayer at tightly specified times. This chokes off the power of not just each member, but of the congregation, and of the denomination, and of the Body of Christ (the Church as a whole).
Mainline and evangelical Christians use much of their worship services to inform and teach. This is in line with the earliest tradition of the Church and with the need to make sure that the Gospel is heard among us, lest we forget what it is. The main Charismatic critiques of this are:
This critique is often taken to an extreme, but its point is well-taken. Sometimes (especially in some parts of the Reformed and Baptist traditions), the lecture... er, sermon overwhelms worship, and the worship service becomes a gussied-up classroom session. The members try to make up for this by having more private devotional time, but by itself that leads to a private and self-oriented view of God, and the community-ness of the faith fades away. In other traditions, the problem becomes how culture and congregational activities overwhelm worship. Announcements or special music become the centerpiece, the preaching is for reinforcing old social verities rather than speaking the Gospel message, and the whole enterprise suffers from a detached, isolated niceness. The liturgical churches have known about their form of the problem for a thousand years: the worship service becomes a museum for symbols they didn't bother teaching people about, symbols which often have no direct connection to what they symbolize, with actions run and done by the clergy in ways that only clergy understand, while everyone else sits as an audience - often falling asleep as they would at a boring movie.
This is not the way of the Bride in love with Christ. Luther knew this: that's why he put the traditional worship service in the common language of the people, stripped the absurdly long prayers down to their core purpose, and introduced vigorous hymns that everyone could sing with the kind of abandon they used to reserve for their local pub. Charismatics get their bodies involved, through lifting hands, bowing heads, swaying, linking hands, dancing, kneeling, and even lying prostrate at the altar (try it in most churches and see what happens!), And they often get caught up in singing, immersing themselves in chorus after chorus of what one critic called a 'praise-dump'. So be it; the church gathers to heap praises on God, knowing the pile can't get big enough to match what God is worth.
Right from its beginnings at Azusa, the Pentecostalist movement has stressed freedom from form, in the belief that any human planning would just get in the way of the Spirit. Yet, there's a growing awareness among Pentecostalist and Charismatic churches that being 'new' or 'now' is no good without being Godly. They are fast becoming more aware of why the liturgy developed the way it did. It was not just culture, theology, or happenstance, but it was also the Spirit working through those developments. They are discovering that the liturgy really can teach and reinforce, and that liturgical symbols really can bear great meaning and power and give hope to the hope-starved. They're also discovering that when the form of the liturgy is treated as worship and not Law, there's much room for movement, change, and difference of emphasis. When done with a whole heart, the liturgical forms can (and sometimes should) go off in an unexpected direction, not in lockstep accord with the bulletin or Missal or tradition, swimming in the current of the Spirit. The freedom is needed, but so is the structure.
Some pastors aren't aware of how much thinking and planning it takes to worship charismatically through the liturgical tradition. It does no good to just drop a charismatic element into a worship service willy-nilly to jolt the pews; it wouldn't fit right, and it may counter-act whatever else is going on in the worship service. The liturgical service is one whole thing, and to do it right the planners and worshippers need to understand each thing they are doing and why they are doing it. When the parts of worship are in meaningless clash or are trivialized, it takes away from the worshipful-ness of the service, and thus defeats the purpose. The congregation's leaders will have to lead the way, by learning about worship, both in their own tradition and in others. Then, they will have to teach the congregation -- a very slow process -- before making changes and as the changes are being made. And they have to pay attention when the congregation as a whole is telling them 'NO'; it may be a message from Beyond.
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"A radically personal vision of life flows from this [African-American] liturgical sensibility. Contrary to the depersonalizing pressures of slavery and racial oppression, the person is of ultimate value because [they are] an image of the divine. Anything, then, that defaces that image is sacrilegious."
There is cause to be concerned about some of today's trends in worship. The concern is sometimes expressed as 'high' versus 'low' liturgical styles, or emotional/energetic versus orderly/intelligent, or oral versus written versus visual. But these distinctions only cut across the real lines of the problem. Perhaps it's better to speak of manipulative versus expressive, or show versus substance, or self-oriented versus God-oriented. By 'manipulative', it is meant that the worship service is engineered to evoke certain kinds of emotions at certain times by playing on psychological needs. Instead of being led to come out of themselves to give God the praise, those at such events are being urged to look into themselves, get in touch with feelings, and find ways to meet their own needs -- as reframed by those who run the event. When this is happening, 'happiness' and 'joy' are shallow and false, with no real roots in one's life. That kind of worship is for religion that is used, as Marx in a rare moment of wisdom pointed out, as an opiate or drug. This puts a lot of power into the hands of its supplier.
It is not manipulation when you are being led to do with others what you came there to do. In any gathering-event, religious or not, things are done to bring about greater focus, express solidarity and joy, or dedication to the expressed purpose of the event. That's good. That makes the gathering more effective, memorable, enjoyable, and impactful. It's when you're being coaxed or drawn in a different or an additional direction, especially regarding money or power, that it becomes manipulation.
The examples of some of the high-powered Pentecostalist revival meeting/shows comes to mind immediately. Yet the same thing is being done through the use of symbols, solemnity, mysticism, order, and force of personality, or by calling on the power of dormant memories that are mis-remembered as 'tradition' in order to contrive a sense of awe. Such things are harder to do it with, but when used, create a much more frozen mind.
What's the best thing to do when you notice you're being manipulated? Simply decide to keep your focus on Christ. You can say something about it afterwards, especially if it's your own church or if asked. If visiting, you might send a letter or email afterward, but be very specific about what the manipulation was. (Some churches never get feedback, and pay attention to what they get; others gather lots of feedback and don't care what it says.) You can also say nothing and choose not to go there again. That helps no one else, but at least takes you out of it before you start getting used to it.
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Deliverance In Worship
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What would happen if you and other believers just go together at whatever time or place, at short notice, without a pre-set plan, and then just worshipped, sang, and prayed?
Think of a time you actually, eagerly gave thanks and praise to someone or something.
These sites can help you see worship from a different angle. If you're a worship leader, a tour through these links should give you plenty of ideas for actual use. Remember that not all of the ideas are good ones; some are experimental or risky and may not work as intended.
Other pages that might interest worshippers :
"In nothing do the words of Christian liturgy strike the ears of contemporary men and women as 'empty ritual' so much as when they speak of a loving, Spirit-filled community where none is visible."
-------- Leonel Mitchell, in *The Meaning Of Ritual* (Paulist, 1977), p. 123
"As the Orthodox Christian stands in church, hour by hour, during the vigil for some great feast or at the services on an ordinary day, he has the same necessary and saving truths continually underlined, now in one way, now in another."
-------- Timothy (Kallistos) Ware, in *The Orthodox Way*
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One very ancient act of worship for Christians is to make the sign of the cross. To cross yourself :
(Or at least, that's the Catholic direction.) The shape that you trace out with your hand is that of the cross. If we are to cross, it is because He first crossed us. This action is traditionally done during worship when the Triune name is used and when a person approaches the altar. To give someone a blessing, move just the hand with the pointer and middle fingers stretched out up, then down, then left, then right.
Crossing yourself is a great way to remind yourself of what Christ did on the cross, and a great way for a lay person to bless someone in a way that can be seen and linked to Christ's blessing on humanity. Roman Catholics are best known for crossing themselves, since in their tradition it is common to cross oneself many times throughout the day. Orthodox, Anglicans, and many Lutherans cross themselves too. When done with a knee-bow and/or head-bow in the direction of an altar, cross, or other holy object, it is the classic Roman Catholic action of genuflection.
Many people get carried away with crossing. It becomes a reflex action that has lost all real meaning or effect. It becomes a superstition, a trigger for a longing for miracles, a blessing that can be taken back by doing it backwards as a double-cross, or a way to summon divine protection. Some people never pass an altar or a cross without bowing and crossing themselves, even when there isn't a worship service being done on it. Many people know someone who does it a lot, and they think the person is superstitious or is brainwashed into their faith. I cross myself sometimes in the morning when I get up, also when I arise for holy communion in a worship service, and I cross on others sometimes when I give goodbye blessings on relatives. You may find it helpful or right to do it more often, or not at all. It is not something Christians have to do. If it is not helping with your walk of faith, don't do it. If you do it, keep it focused on its purpose.
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If you enjoyed the original belly-destruction epic Hard Punchers from director Steve Noir, then I've got some great news for you—the original cast returns for 40 more minutes of stomach punching action in Hard Punchers 2. The bad guys just won't leave poor Star's stomach alone…
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For the rest of us, I would have liked to have seen the hits mixed up a bit. You can't tell me there is no room for an upper cut or a low blow in a 40min clip, lol.
I suppose the low lighting was to create a dark sinister atmosphere.
I for one loved this video from beginning to end, and don't particularly care for low blows. I just liked all the belly related punishment/caressing (what little of the caressing is actually there).
Still, with all that focus on her stomach, I'm surprised the client didn't suggest anything about the villainess licking it.
Yo, some kind of Ninja, it's funny that you mentioned that the client ( That's ME! ) didn't suggested anything about the villainess licking it. I thought about that at the last moment, but the producer already started the filming, so it was a little too late, too little to add that little scenerio to the video. I think it would have been hot! But…… maybe I could add that missing scene/footage for any future videos. What do ya think about that? Heh heh!
Ah yes, that would be awesome! If that were to happen of course…
Love those stockings/garters the villainess is wearing.
Any guess on when we may have a trailer for this?
So, do the baddies break her in the end, or is it open for a sequel?


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Gilbert Castellanos: San Diego's nurturing jazz professor
Ace trumpeter is a welcoming mentor to San Diego's young musicians
The 21st annual San Diego Music Awards
Featuring the Gilbert Castellanos New Latin Jazz Quintet, Candye Kane & Sue Palmer, The Penetrators, Wavves, The Silent Comedy and others
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When multiple San Diego Music Award-winner Gilbert Castellanos performs with his band at Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay during Monday night's 21st edition of the annual awards fete, he'll be one of more than 30 artists in eight groups to take the stage. But that number represents just a fraction of the young musicians, and fans, this nationally noted trumpeter has nurtured since moving here from Los Angeles in 1995.
"To me, the stage is like the altar of joy where you get to share this music," he noted. "There's nowhere else you can do that."
As a band leader, teacher and the leader of countless jam sessions here over the past 16 years, Castellanos is almost unrivaled as San Diego's most significant jazz musician-cum-mentor.
The fact that he turned just 39 on July 28 makes his achievements all the more impressive. Castellanos is also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, tours the world as a member of the acclaimed Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and has played on albums by Diana Krall, Willie Nelson, Queen Latifah and dozens more.
"He's a treasure," said Pacific Beach violinist Jamie Shadowlight, 36, who began playing with Castellanos 10 years ago. "He's such an integral part of the community and he's brought so many people together."
"Gilbert is the heart and soul of jazz in San Diego," agreed Chuck Perrin, the manager of Dizzy's, the downtown jazz club where Castellanos has long been a mainstay and will perform with his newest band, Jazz On Tap, on Aug. 26.
"He is the biggest proponent here for jam sessions, which is the first chance most young musicians get to play with quality professional artists. He's helped almost every young jazz player here."
Young jazz players like trumpeter Julian Davis, 17.
A senior at the San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts, Davis had his first lesson with Castellanos in late July. But he sits in as often as he can in the free, all-ages jam sessions Castellanos leads every Wednesday night at El Camino in Little Italy.
"I honestly can't think of anyone else like Gilbert. He's an amazing teacher and an amazing person," Davis said. "He knows how hard it is to go through the struggles some of us teens go through, and he wants to help us. I really appreciate that somebody who is that talented and accomplished wants to give back like Gilbert does. That's what separates him from all the other musicians in San Diego."
There are, of course, some exceptions.
The most notable is saxophonist-pianist Daniel Jackson, the San Diego jazz patriarch who, since the 1970s, has mentored a significant number of musicians who went on to achieve national prominence. But Castellanos is the most prominent jazz artist here to provide a public stage — as well as a helping hand — to young musicians.


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Kristen Bell on the Responsibility of Being Pregnant: "I'm Just Very Aware of What I'm Putting in My Body"
House of Lies Actress Kristen Bell isn't what we'd call a neurotic mom-to-be, but she does admit to being very mindful of what she's putting in and on her body.
"I've been hyper-aware of everything…not only just in food," she told E!Online. "I'm not strict, but I'm just very aware of what I'm putting in my body because it's affecting someone else. And that's kind of my responsibility."
If only we had the same mentality during our pregnancies instead of using them as an excuse to go on that Taco Bell and pizza diet!
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The Israeli Jewish settlers of the Palestinian territory, which was occupied by Israel in 1967, are dictating unilaterally the demarcation of the borders with any future Palestinian state, thus rendering its creation impossible; holding the Israeli decision-making process hostage, they have become the real killers of peace, who brought the twenty–year-old Palestinian–Israeli peace process to its current stalemate.
As early as the summer of 1995, the Iraqi born Israeli–British "new historian" Avi Shlaim wrote in the Journal of Palestine Studies: "The settlers now are the ones who determine Israel's internal political agenda."
Their numbers then were in the tens of thousands; now there are three quarters of a million settlers. The Head of the "Samaria Regional Council" of the Israeli illegal settlements in the Israeli–occupied Palestinian West Bank (WB) of River Jordan, Gershon Mesika, on this August 6 boasted there will be one million settlers there "in just three years time," telling "Arutz Sheva" online that "the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria (i.e. the Palestinian WB) has passed the point of no return."
padding:0in"> the U.S./Middle East Project, Henry Siegman, agreed that "Israel's colonial… settlement project has achieved its intended irreversibility, not only because of its breadth and depth but also because of the political clout of the settlers and their supporters within Israel
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett was the chairman of the council of the illegal settlements in the WB and Gaza Strip and is still an advocate of imposing Israeli sovereignty unilaterally on "Area C" in the WB.
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During the interval between the first and the second rounds of the recently resumed negotiations, Israel approved a "new" settlement and 1700 settlement units in eastern Jerusalem; the government included 90 settlements in a new list of "national priority development areas" eligible for special benefits; the list included also the three formerly dubbed by the Israeli government as "illegal outposts," namely Bruchin, Rachelim and Sansana.
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On May 18 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Netanyahu must choose between settlements and peace. Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation organization (PLO), Yasser Abed Rabbo, and the PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erakat said they were considering not to participate in the second round of the talks, scheduled in Jerusalem on August 14. Member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Hanan Ashrawi, condemned Israel's latest settlement plans as "confidence-destruction measures." Her co – member, Wasel Abu Yusuf, concluded that the PLO committed a "big mistake" by joining the Kerry – sponsored talks. Spokesman for the Palestinian presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that Israel's latest plans "aim at obstructing the peace efforts."
However, the PLO is too weak to translate its words into deeds and challenge Kerry's statement that the issue of settlements should not derail the resumed peace talks.
Americans for Peace Now, in a report titled "Settlements & the Netanyahu Government: A Deliberate Policy of Undermining the Two-State Solution," said that in "its policies and actions" this government "disclose a clear intention to use settlements to systematically undermine and render impossible a realistic, viable two-state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict."
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make clear the direction they want their country to pursue," "separate Israel from the Palestinians," and "avoid being ensnared in a bi – national state."
However, Lifton's appeal sounds like a cry in the settlers' wilderness. Israelis have yet to liberate themselves from being hostage to these killers of peace. Until then, Israelis will continue to navigate without compass, rejecting the one – state solution, the two – state solution, the bi – national state solution and every other proposed solution for peace, except their peace – killing colonial settlement project, which Henry Siegman, referred to by The Forward on October 5, 2012 as a "Jewish elder statesman," believes is "suicidal."
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Artemis Racing, the Alameda-based team competing in the recent 45-foot America's Cup World Series in San Francisco, issued its take on the latest competition.
Artemis Racing is the official Challenger of Record for the 34th America's Cup. It represents the Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS) and now calls a hangar near the Bladium Sports Club on Alameda Point its Bay Area home.
In the fleet race of Aug. 26, Skipper Terry Hutchinson "had a brilliant start and led the fleet for the first three legs before catching an anchor rode on the downwind near Fort Mason, which cost Artemis Racing–White valuable places. Luna Rossa–Piranha moved into the lead and stretched to win, with ORACLE Team USA–Spithill just a split second behind. Artemis Racing–White wrapped up the event 3rd overall in the Match Racing and 6th in the Fleet Racing, while Artemis Racing–Red was 9th in the fleet racing," according to the team's website.
"Some highlights followed by some low lights, unfortunately. So, we have to continue to trust in ourselves and trust that we have the right process in place. We put a lot of effort into getting off the start line leading up to this event, but all in all a bit disappointed having the start we had today. There's a lot of work to do and I can't say enough about the effort on board. We have some more technique development to work on," said Hutchinson after the fleet race.
The sailing team returned to the Island after the Aug. 26 races, and now design and shore teams are putting the finishing touches on the AC72, the 72-foot catamarans.
AC45 action will return to Marina Green from Oct. 2-6 for the next Ameria's Cup World Series event, which takes place during Fleet Week.
During the recent series, plenty of boats left their berths in Alameda's many marinas to head across San Francisco Bay and enjoy the races. On Aug. 25, some local sailors at Marina Village complained about fog. But the fog cleared on Aug. 26, which prompted many Island-based yachts to leave the docks in search of good viewing spots to watch Sunday's competition.


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By: Mary Ann Pekara
If you have been arrested for DUI, you need a good defense strategy. Claiming to be a country probably isn't one.
Scott Allan Witmer, 44, was arrested for DUI in Pennsylvania this week. From jail, he
decided to declare sovereignty and become his own country. Without the help of a lawyer, he managed to
file paperwork - claiming sovereignty - with the court in Northampton County.
Witmer's bold move is an attempt to deny Pennsylvania
courts' jurisdiction over him. However,
this cunning plan may have backfired. The judge who examined the sovereignty claim has decided Witmer cannot
be released from jail until he undergoes a mental exam.
At a hearing on the matter, Witmer represented himself. He cleverly explained to the court that there
was no victim of his alleged crime, and furthermore, he lives inside himself
and not in Pennsylvania, therefore the state's laws do not apply to him. He then asked to go to trial, apparently with
full belief in his sturdy defense. The judge's decision to order a psychiatric evaluation comes as no surprise.
James Connell, a local defense attorney, is on standby to
defend Witmer. At the moment, Witmer
does not wish to be represented by a lawyer. However, he could change his mind before going to trial.
lawyers may find many ways to defend their clients. Declaring sovereignty is generally not one of
After a person has been arrested for DUI, a defense lawyer
can question the constitutionality of the traffic stop based on probable
cause. If an officer did not have
probable cause to stop a vehicle, in some instances the DUI case may be
dismissed. Drivers who were stopped by
police based on race or ethnicity or on some other whim may have a strong case
for dismissal.
If a DUI defendant was not read the Miranda warning before
being questioned by the police, certain evidence may be inadmissible. Without strong evidence, prosecutors may
decide not to pursue the case.
When breath test evidence or blood evidence is present and
indicates the driver was above the legal blood alcohol content limit, a DUI
lawyer may challenge the breath
test equipment or collection, handling and testing of the blood
sample. Medical or scientific expert
witnesses may also be used at trial to refute the evidence and challenge the
results of the blood alcohol content testing.
The reputation and record of the arresting officer may also
be challenged at a DUI trial. If an
officer has a disciplinary record or some other questionable history, a DUI
lawyer may use this to cast doubt on the officer's account of the incident on
the arrest report.
In any event, declaring sovereignty is a radical move and
not likely to be an effective DUI defense.
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The Mississippi Department of Education has released data showing percentages of students who earned proficient or advanced scores on the Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition (MCT2), showing minor but consistent growth across all grades tested in the Starkville School District.
SSD Superintendent Lewis Holloway said he is glad to see gains, and he is grateful for principals and teachers who worked hard to make the gains happen. However, he said wants to see more growth, and he wants to see that growth accelerate.
"It's a long way away from where I want to be," Holloway said. "There's a pretty good gap between our top-performing students and our bottom-performing students."
Holloway said he believes teachers need more precise data from their preparatory tests to identify students' weaknesses, address those weaknesses and raise scores.
"That's why the district is moving to the MAP assessment, which in my opinion is a far better testing instrument that's given online," Holloway said. "You get your test results back in 48 hours. The students get their tests back in seconds, and it's just going to provide the teachers and parents a wealth of information on what they need to be learning to make a year's progress."
The MCT2 is given at the end of each academic year to students in grades 3-8 in language arts and mathematics. It designates students' scores, from lowest to highest, as "minimal," "basic," "proficient" and "advanced."
SSD Public Information Officer Nicole Thomas said the district's highest scores were in the third, fourth and fifth grades. Thomas said the state measures growth by measuring a single class's changes as it passes through multiple grades.
Thomas said every class had more students scoring proficient and above in language arts in 2012 than in 2011, and growth shows in math in all but two classes — grades 4 and 6, down two and three percentage points respectively. Math results for fifth and seventh grade students from 2012 show the largest growth, with each gaining nine percentage points.
Little deviation from the median was evident among 2012 percentages. The highest percentage across all grades and subjects was 67 percent for third grade math, and the lowest was 48 percent for seventh grade language arts.
Thomas said she agrees with Holloway that the MAP's more precise, immediate feedback can help students improve. The MCT scores alone are not enough, she said.
"It can be disappointing when you get your child's MCT results, and it's just a score, and you don't know how to help," Thomas said. "With MAP, you can."
Holloway said the MCT2 is due for replacement in 2015 with a new online assessment under development which will be more analogous to the MAP. Changes are constant at the federal and state level in education, Holloway said, but he believes the MAP will be a constant.
"Quite frankly, the MAP is a much higher-standard test than (the MCT2) is, and we know the content on it, and it's very closely in line with the core standards we've signed on with," Holloway said.
In the meantime, Julie Fancher, SSD test coordinator, said in a press release that SSD faculty are already busy using MCT2 data to adjust their teaching strategies.
"Upon receipt of the assessment data, schools immediately began the process of analyzing data to determine the areas that need growth and improvement," Fancher said in the release. "Our principals, teachers, and students work very hard, and we know that. We have already established a plan of action."
In the same press release, Thomas said the SSD has also met state growth requirements at all schools except Armstrong and improved its graduation rate, even though the state does not use the latter to determine state accountability levels.
(The) SSD's graduation rate improved to 71.8 percent, compared to 68.4 percent last year," Thomas said. "The graduation rate has improved almost 12 percent in two years."
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