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VBC Statement of Faith
(Revised by congregational vote on April 27, 2014)
A. The Scriptures
1) We believe that God has given His complete written revelation (the Scriptures) to mankind by means of the ministry of the Holy Spirit. That He superintended both the transmission and the reception of the message of God to the human author (2 Pet 1:21). Although God's revelation reflects the characteristics of its human authors, it is God-breathed, that is inspired (2 Tim 3:16). As a result, it is completely without error in the original writings (Matt 5:18). This revelation is the only such communication from God and is the only authority for the believer's faith and practice (2 Tim 3:17).
2) We believe the correct interpretation of Scripture is one that is according to a normal, literary means. This would include interpreting Scripture according to the grammatical, historical and theological context of each passage. It must be understood, however, that all proper interpretation is dependent upon the illuminating work of the Holy Spirit, who enlightens the believer in harmony with the grammar, the historical setting and the total teaching of all Scripture (1 Cor 2:9-13; 2 Tim 2:15). This methodology leads to a dispensational view to Scripture. This is an approach that recognizes that God's revelation has been progressive, and He has dealt with man according to His sequential revelation to man (Heb 1:1, 2). In addition, it affirms that individual salvation has always been by faith in God's provision of grace (Heb 11).
B. God
1) We believe that the God of the Scriptures exists in three divine persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Each is eternal, identical in essence and possesses the same attributes (Gen 1:26; Exo 3:14; Matt 3:16, 17). The existence of God is stated throughout the Scripture, although it nowhere attempts to prove it (Gen 1:1). The distinctions between the persons in the Trinity are seen in their separate offices.
2) We believe that God is Spirit. He can only be known by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit (John 4:24).
3) We believe that God exercises each attribute in conjunction with all His attributes. In particular, God's holiness tempers and conditions the exercise of all the other attributes (Isa 6:3). The result is that He must demand holiness in His creatures (1 Pet 1:16).
4) We believe that God, in six solar days, created all that has ever existed, and that today He sustains His creation (Gen 1; Col 1:16, 17; Heb 1:3; 11:3).
C. God the Father
1) We believe that God the Father is the first person of the Godhead.
2) We believe that he is perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, measureless in power and matchless in love (1 Pet 1:15, 16; Rom 11:33-36; Eph 2:4,5).
D. Jesus Christ
1) We believe that Jesus Christ is the second person of the Godhead, eternally existent (John 1:1, 2; Heb 1:8) and equal in essence with the Father (John 5:23, 26; 14:9-11; Col 2:9).
2) We believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin (Matt 1:18-25) and as a result He became the God-man, a being consisting of both a perfect human and divine nature, yet only one person (1 Tim 2:5). He then lived a sinless life (Heb 4:15) and voluntarily died as a substitutionary sacrifice for all men (2 Cor 5:21). His death was followed by His literal, physical resurrection (1 Cor 15:3-4), after which He ascended bodily into heaven (Acts 1:9-11). Today Jesus ministers as a mediator on behalf of all believers (Heb 4:14; 1 Tim 2:5; 1 John 2:1-2).
E. The Holy Spirit
1) We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He possesses personality and is of the same essence as the Father and the Son (Acts 5:3, 4; Matt 28:18-20; 1 Cor 2:11).
2) We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the believer at the time of conversion includes regeneration (Titus 3:5), baptism into Christ's body (1 Cor 12:13), permanent indwelling (John 14:16) and sealing (Eph 1:13, 14). In yielded believers, the Holy Spirit controls the life (Eph 5:18), illumines the mind (1 Cor 2:12-14), guides (Rom 8:14), provides assurance of salvation (Rom 8:16) and makes intercession (Rom 8:26).
3) We believe that the Holy Spirit sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts upon the individual believers in this age (Rom 12:3-8). The gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10 were revelatory and sign gifts that functioned only until the completion of the New Testament canon. In light of the present day undue emphasis upon some of the gifts of the Spirit (that is, tongues and healing), we are against the charismatic movement.
F. The Church
1) We believe that all who are saved from the day of Pentecost to the Rapture are a part of the Body of Christ, the church in prospect (1 Cor 12:13). This body has the following characteristics: Christ is the head of the body (Eph 1:22-23; Col 1:18); Christ is the foundation of that body (1 Cor 3:11-12); membership in the body is by Spirit baptism (1 Cor 12:13); in God's prophetic plan, the church is separate from Israel (1 Cor 10:32).
2) We believe that the local church is God's chosen means to accomplish His purposes for this age and that all believers should be a member of a local assembly (Matt 28:19, 20; 1 Tim 3:15; Heb 10:25). As a result, Christian service must be performed in connection with the local assembly, otherwise it is invalid. We believe that there are only two offices in the local church found in Scripture: pastor and deacon (1 Tim 3:1-13). We believe that the local assembly has authority to practice two ordinances: immersion of believers (Rom 6:3; Acts 2:41; 8:37-39) and the Lord's supper (1 Cor 11:24-26).
3) We believe that the local church should maintain separation from the world (1 John 2:15-17; 2 Cor 6:17-18) and from doctrinal error (Gal 1:6-9; 2 John 10). Those who fail to practice sound doctrine or proper moral conduct should be disciplined to maintain the purity in the local assembly and to foster repentance in the heart of the one disciplined (Matt 18:15-20; 1 Cor 5; 2 Cor 2:1-11).
G. Man
1) We believe that the first man was Adam (Gen 2) and that he was created in the image of God (Gen 1:26, 27). This image included untested holiness and personality (Gen 2:16, 17).
2) We believe that Adam's act of disobedience (Gen 3) brought sin into the human race (Rom 5:12). Adam's sin brought immediate spiritual death to himself, his eventual physical death, the depravity of his nature (Rom 1:28-32; 1 Cor 2:14) and the sentence of eternal punishment. Further, all men suffer all the consequences of Adam's sin because he is the father of the human race (Rom 5:12).
3) We believe that all men are sinners by nature and by choice (Rom 3:10-13). Both by birth and by a deliberate act of the will, men fail to conform to God's moral law in act (Rom 3:23), disposition (1 John 3:4) and state (Psa 51:5). Men choose self rather than God and have no means to save themselves. As a result, all men are destined to physical death and eternal spiritual death because of sin (Rom 6:23; Ezek 18:4).
H. Salvation
1) We believe that God has provided a way of salvation (John 14:6) from the consequences of sin (Rom 6:23) through Christ's shed blood on the cross (1 Pet 1:18-19). This salvation was given because of the love of God and it is available to all mankind (John 3:16; 1 John 2:2).
2) We believe that the Word of God and the convicting work of the Holy Spirit are necessary in the salvation of the individual (Rom 10:17; John 16:8). The obtaining of salvation is impossible apart from a personal, voluntary choice of the sinner. At this time he must repent of his sin (Acts 17:30) and ask God to save him (Rom 10:9, 10, 13), while trusting only in Christ (Eph 2:8, 9).
3) We believe that all believers have their salvation forever guaranteed (John 10:28-29; Rom 8:38-39).
4) We believe that a continuing work of salvation, called sanctification, is present in the life of each believer. This sanctification is a process that is transforming the believer's mind and life into conformity with Christ (2 Cor 3:18; Rom 8:29; 12:1-2).
I. The Future
1) We believe that the next prophetic event to be fulfilled will be the coming of the Lord Jesus in the air to rapture all the believers of this age. It is an imminent, pretribulational, premillennial and personal return of Christ (Titus 2:13; Phil 3:20; 2 Thess 2:3-8; 1 Thess 4:13-18). At this time the body of each dead believer will be united with its spirit and living saints will be taken from the earth to meet the Lord in the air. Following this event, the reward/judgment of saints will occur at the bema seat (1 Cor 3:11-15). At some subsequent time, the believers will be gathered to participate in the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev 19:7-9).
2) We believe that the seven-year tribulation period follows the Rapture (Rev 4-19; Dan 7:24-27). After the tribulation, there will be the millennium or 1,000 year reign of Christ upon the earth (Rev 20:1-7). Succeeding the millennium will be a brief period of rebellion and then the Great White Throne Judgment will take place. After this, there will be the eternal state in which the wicked will be in the lake of fire and the Saints will be with the Lord forever (Rev 20:7-15; 21:1-4; 1 Cor 15:24).
J. Civil Government
We believe that God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic institutions: (1) the home, (2) the church, and (3) the state. Every person is subject to these authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves) are answerable to God and governed by His Word. God has given each institution specific Biblical responsibilities and balanced those responsibilities with the understanding that no institution has the right to infringe upon the other. The home, the church, and the state are equal and sovereign in their respective Biblically assigned spheres of responsibility under God. (Rom. 13:1-7; Eph. 5:22-24; Heb. 13:17; 1 Pet. 2:13-14)1
K. Human Sexuality
1) We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one man and one woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God's gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one's gender by surgery or appearance. (Gen. 2:24; Gen. 19:5, 13; Gen. 26:8-9; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1: 26-29; 1 Cor. 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4)
2) We believe that the only Scriptural marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Eph. 5:22-23)2
L. Family Relationships
1) We believe that men and women are spiritually equal in position before God but that God has ordained distinct and separate spiritual functions for men and women in the home and the church. The husband is to be the leader of the home, and men are to be the leaders (pastors and deacons) of the church. Accordingly, only men are eligible for licensure and ordination by the church. (Gal. 3:28; Col. 3:18; 1 Tim. 2:8-15; 3:4-5, 12)
2) We believe that God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. The husband is to love his wife as Christ loves the church. The wife is to submit herself to the Scriptural leadership of her husband as the church submits to the headship of Christ. Children are an heritage from the Lord. Parents are responsible for teaching their children spiritual and moral values and leading them, through consistent lifestyle example and appropriate discipline, including Scriptural corporal correction. (Gen. 1:26-28; Ex. 20:12; Deut. 6:4-9; Ps. 127:3-5; Prov. 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; Mk. 10:6-12; 1 Cor. 7:1-16; Eph. 5:21-33; 6:1-4, Col. 3:18-21; Heb. 13:4; 1 Pet. 3:1-7)3
M. Abortion
We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life. Abortion is murder. We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the physical or mental well being of the mother are acceptable. (Job 3:16; Ps. 51:5; 139:14-16; Isa. 44:24; 49:1, 5; Jer. 1:5; 20:15-18; Luke 1:44)4
N. Euthanasia
We believe that the direct taking of an innocent human life is a moral evil, regardless of the intention. Life is a gift of God and must be respected from conception until natural death. Thus we believe that an act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder contrary to the will of God. Discontinuing medical procedures that are extraordinary or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be a legitimate refusal of over-zealous treatment. (Ex. 20:13, 23:7; Matt. 5:21; Acts 17:28)5
O. Authority of Statement of Faith
The Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith. The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe. We do believe, however, that the foregoing Statement of Faith accurately represents the teaching of the Bible and, therefore, is binding upon all members. All literature used in the church shall be in complete agreement with the Statement of Faith.6
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Sisters Jessica and Sabrina Rinaudo - aged 19 and 22 - had been identified by DNA tests, Italian officials said.
Moscow earlier confirmed the death of one Russian woman and said nine other Russians who reportedly stayed in the hotel on the Red Sea were missing.
At least 32 people - mostly Israelis and Egyptians - died in the Taba blast and two smaller explosions in Nuweiba.
Israel suspects al-Qaeda involvement in the blast that injured more than 100.
Israeli rescue workers on Sunday ended their search for bodies in the rubble of the hotel.
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The parents of the two young Italian sisters visited the site of the powerful blast, after flying to Taba on an Italian government aircraft.
They placed a basket of pink and white flowers at the edge of a dusty hole to the basement shopping concourse. The sisters' father, Luigi, cried as he looked over the scene.
Meanwhile, a Russian diplomat in Cairo said on Sunday that "the search for evidence on the fate of nine Russian citizens" continued, according to the Interfax news agency.
The diplomat said the Russian Embassy was acting in co-operation with the local authorities.
Russia said earlier that several of its nationals were injured in the Taba blast.


text: Matthew A.S. Esworthy, partner with Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, of Baltimore, has been appointed to the American Bar Association's Cybersecurity Legal Task Force. His one-year term will begin in August. Established by ABA President Laura Bellows in 2012, the Cybersecurity Legal Task Force has 34 members, all of whom have been selected by the ABA because of their expertise in cybersecurity. Esworthy is also co-chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section's Cyber Crime Committee and co-chair of the Cyber Crime Subcommittee of the ABA Litigation Section's Criminal Committee.


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Filligar consists of Casey Gibson, Johnny, Pete, and Teddy Mathias. According to the Illinois Entertainer, \'Pop rock prodigies Filligar are scary good.\' Renowned national rock critic Jim DeRogatis gave a great review of their album "The City Tree" (recorded at Gravity Studios, 2007). In July of 2008, Filligar was asked by Roe Conn- one of Chicago's top rated radio personalities recognized by Talkers Magazine as one of the \'100 Most Influential Talk Show Hosts in America\'- to come on his show a one hour special about the band. Popular music blogs have come out strong for them: "Music like Filligar\'s just isn\'t made anymore - and it\'s a darn shame... Every song is packed with melodies and loops that hooks you immediately...Still being a very young band, Filligar should be the absolute soundtrack for many springs and summers to come" - Lemur Blog I\'m here to talk about a band that has captured a key spot in my playlist of life... I\'m talking about the band, Filligar... they play an incredibly infectious brand of folk-pop music with impeccable musicianship"-- Not That Young "Both "Succession, I Guess" and "The City Tree" flash with the developing maturity of a young band that threatens to grab the world by the throat and howl in it's face before long-just as soon as they register for Fall classes and submit their senior portfolios" - Culturespill "Too often today, musicians stick with the verse-chorus-verse format and never challenge themselves or their listeners to think outside the box. Filligar is a breath of fresh air, in a genre that is growing stale" -Consequence of Sound Last year they were awarded \'Youth Ensemble of the Year\' by the Madison Area Music Awards (MAMAs). This year their music has been featured on the season premiere of Real World: Hollywood and most recently on MTV's Buzzin'. Filligar is now a featured artist on MTV , VH1 , and Billboard. Filligar has performed at the following venues: Knitting Factory (NYC), Sullivan Hall (NYC), The Mint (LA), Middle East (Boston/Cambridge), Metro (Chicago), Schubas (Chicago), Subterranean (Chicago), Taste of Chicago Summer Festival, The Note (Chicago), Martyrs' (Chicago), Beat Kitchen (Chicago), Grog & Tankard (D.C.), High Noon Saloon (Madison, WI), Rose & Crown (Nantucket), Fuel (Dartmouth College), Middlebury College, Hamilton College.
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The first camping week for Scouts at Maple Dell Scout Camp in Payson Canyon has been cancelled. The camp will reopen on June 15. Scout units that were scheduled to attend Maple Dell Scout Camp on June 8 have been contacted and will be able to attend camp at one of the other council camps or move their registration to a later week at Maple Dell Scout Camp.
The closure was done as a precautionary event. One of the staff members became ill at camp on June 2 with flu-like symptoms. A few days later, it was confirmed that this youth staff member had the N1H1 virus (also known as Swine Flu). After discussions with the Health Department, the council decided to close the camp to eliminate the possibility of spreading the virus.
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Actually maybe ex-gay therapy isn't totally useless. One of the guys in this short documentary about ex-ex-gays says that his year at Love In Action, a self-proclaimed "Christian discipleship ministry to restore those trapped in sexual and relational sin through the power of Jesus Christ" just made him even more gay than before.
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Orphaned Grizzly Bear cubs "Suzy" and "Johnny" are returning to the Wild!
The International Fund for Animal Welfare's Kim Elmslie filed this report from Northern Canada.
For the past year IFAW has been working with the Northern Lights Wildlife Society (NLWS) on a pilot project that rehabilitates and releases orphaned grizzlies back to the wild in Northern British Columbia.
In June 2007 the NLWS received their first bear cub, affectionately named Suzy. Suzy was initially seen in the wild with her mother and sibling by a local conservationist and photographer. However, the cubs were seen later without their mother – which is unusual for grizzly bears, who normally spend two and half years with their mothers (black bears leave their mothers at one and a half years of age). We suspect that Suzy's mother was poached. To ensure that Suzy would survive she was captured and taken to NLWS to be cared for. Unfortunately her sibling was not found by rescuers.
A second orphaned grizzly bear cub, named Johnny, arrived at the NLWS in November 2007 after being rescued close to Purden Lake Province Park (outside of Prince George). Johnny's mother had been killed by a semi-truck. He was found at the side of the highway searching for food.
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In the middle of July Suzy and Johnny, will be released in Northern British Columbia. The bears will be fitted with satellite collars that will track their daily movements so that we will know what the bears are doing and how they are adapting to life back in the wild.
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You could read the article. The efficiency is 85% at 15cm, and much higher at closer distances, since the efficiency drops off with the cube of the distance.
Is it me, or are people having a hard time believing the technology actually exists?
Two Companies Already Have Products:
http://www.powercastco.com/ [powercastco.com]
http://www.witricity.com/ [witricity.com]
NY Times Covered this stuff in 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09wirelessenergy.html?_r=1&ref=magazine [nytimes.com]
Here's CNET demoing powercast's tech in 2007!
http://cnettv.cnet.com/powercast/9742-1_53-25606.html [cnet.com]
You can buy full blown evaluation boards online that powercast manufactures that implement wireless electricity:
http://www.futureelectronics.com/en/technologies/development-tools/rf-wireless/Pages/9660812-P1110-EVB.aspx [futureelectronics.com]
Why is everyone having such a hard time with this concept?
There definitely needs to be a set standard. I suspect IEEE or another such organization will eventually step up and figure out an agreeable standard.
However, the technology hasn't advanced to the point where it's exactly realistic for most people, or even truly usable. Unless there is a significant breakthrough in the near future, such standardization will probably not happen anytime soon.
Splashpower started in 2001: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splashpower [wikipedia.org]
I actually saw one of their demonstrations and it was cool. The pad was just a slightly thick mousepad like device, and you could put multiple phones of different types on it at the same time and at any orientation. They had modified battery modules to contain their own chip which did the inductive pick up and regulation. They said their goal was to get the chip built into devices by default, although unless the chip was very cheap, I suspect this would have been difficult to include in cost sensitive mobile phones and iPods.
> Worry about your HVAC, laundry machines, refrigerator, home server, incandescent lights, etc.
I did. So I replaced them all, and then added a 12-panel solar array.
My electronics trickle is indeed something that worries me, it's one whole panel.
This is a well-trodden area-- explored by many folks, starting with Tesla. Unfortunately there are several very basic phisical showbunglers if not showstoppers.
Issues that are fundamental to electromagnetic radiation:
(1) If you send out EM waves, the efficiency of the antennas is like 1% at low frequencies, wasting 99.99% of the power. If you use microwave frequencies, the antennas are much more efficient, but so is your body's ability to absorb the stuff, which is not a good thing.
(2) If you try this near-field coupled resonator thing (first tried in 1886), you son find out it has very limited range, and you need coils as large as the distance to be spanned, and the power drops off as the square of the distance when near, as the cube of the distance a little bit farther away.
These are basic Maxwell's equation impediments that are unlikely to ever be overcome.
I modded you up, then thought about it for a sec. I think they're talking about using evanescent waves [wikipedia.org] instead of classical mutual inductance. Evanescent waves separate the near field and far field [wikipedia.org] when modeling antennas, btw.
Here's an article [witricpower.com] that's heavy on buzzwords but may explain it.
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Unpaid Internships: Valuable Experience or Unpaid Labor?
Full-time jobs are hard to find in this economy, but one sector of workers that have thrived since the downturn are those willing to work for free. Unpaid internships, which promise to give college students or those just entering the job market experience and a foot in the door at their chosen company, have become more popular. But do these unpaid positions really benefit the workers who accept them — or are they a way for companies to save money by exploiting unpaid positions?
NPR delved into the world of unpaid interns with Alex Footman, who worked as an intern on the multi-million dollar film Black Swan. Footman was disappointed with the internship, stating, "It was not a learning experience and that was what I had expected. This really just seemed like I was just working and wasn't getting paid for it."
Footman and another unpaid intern are suing Fox Searchlight Pictures, the film's producer, for restitution for the hours they spent working on the film. They also want to make sure that the company will not be able to hire unpaid interns in the future.
Technically, many unpaid internships may be illegal. The Supreme Court ruled more than 50 years ago that only work done for training purposes could go unpaid. But many companies offer unpaid internships just as a chance for workers to gain experience in their chosen industry.
Is the time and effort involved in an unpaid internship worth it? It depends. Some industries that are more difficult to break into, such as film and publishing, view an internship as a nearly indispensable part of the career track. But to accept multiple unpaid internships instead of pursuing a paid position is one trap that many young people fall into, and that could hurt them in the long run.
I will start my first unpaid internship at a small publisher in Naperville, Illinois next week. Whether or not it will prove to be a worthwhile experience remains to be seen.
InternshipGate: Are Universities Letting Their Students Be Exploited?
Recent Graduates Head For Green Jobs
The Trials of the Twenty-Somethings?
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Flipping through vitamin catalogues most of us seem to find in our mail boxes, we've seen ads for ginseng - a traditional Chinese medicine adopted by many people in the U.S. Where do all the roots come from to make the tinctures, pills, and teas? At one time, from Southeast Alaska.
First let's look at what ginseng is. It comes from slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots. The name is a Chinese word meaning "man root" referring to the root's characteristic forked shape, resembling the legs of a man. What makes ginseng important is its medicinal uses, although over time scientists have found it difficult to verify the benefits. It was traditionally believed to increase the body's resistance to stress, have anti-carcinogenic and antioxidant properties, and provide many other benefits.
It likes to grow out of the sunshine in cool climates like northern China and Korea. The ginseng produced in the U.S. temperate regions is thought to promote Yin energy, cleans excess Yang, and calms the body, according to advertisements. Canada's Ontario and British Columbia currently grow most of the American ginseng.
"Will it grow in Alaska?" W. E. Parrott thought so and he set up a ginseng farm on Sergief Island, one of those islands at the mouth of the Stikine River near Wrangell. In February 1919, he sent 18 pounds of root to New York, netting him $10 per pound. I suppose $180 was quite a bit of money in 1919. Today his shipment on the consumer market would be worth six times as much: $60 per pound of roots.
Parrott started his farm in 1913, planting seeds in beds 190 feet long and 6 feet wide with drainage ditches between the rows. At the time that Parrott began his farm, the plant was becoming scarce in the U.S. The highest grade, he learned, was grown in a small area of China and was used by the royalty and upper circle of China's Four Hundred. The second grade came from Korea and Manchuria, the third grade came from the U.S., and the lowest grade grew in Japan. In 1913, China was said to be importing ginseng from the U.S. through the port of Hong Kong. It was used, as previously mentioned, by millions of Chinese who according to Parrott, praised high heaven for its benefits believing it renovated and reinvigorated failing forces.
Parrott's ginseng seeds took about 18 months to germinate, then four to six years to mature. Above ground it is a leafy plant with a red bloom. He told a Wrangell reporter he had no trouble getting his ginseng to grow on the loamy soil of the Stikine River delta.
Interestingly, no more is mentioned of his ginseng farm after 1919. He grew other vegetables and fruit. In fall 1918, he supplied Wrangellites with strawberries and swiss chard. J. L. MacKechnie, a Petersburg U.S. Forest Service ranger, wrote after his visit in 1922, that Parrott was raising root crops like carrots, potatoes, rutabagas, and parsnips. Parrott gave up his homestead on Sergief Island in 1926.
I wonder why Parrott stopped growing ginseng. Perhaps after planting his first seeds, he did not want to waste energy and money on a crop that he wasn't sure would produce. He did not plant the seeds each year to produce a sustained crop. The market may have changed in the years it took for his ginseng to mature. Perhaps $10 per pound was too little to pay for the transportation to the East Coast?
Could there still be plants growing on Sergief Island? I see on the Web that ginseng can go dormant for a time. Could they have matured and gone to seed, and some of the seed germinated?
Would anyone on Sergief Island be able to identify a ginseng plant? Wrangellites who frequent the Delta tell me it would be a big undertaking to sort through all the plants that live there today.
Nowhere in my research have I found any other mention of growing ginseng in Alaska.
Pat Roppel, a 50-year resident of Southeast Alaska, is the author of numerous books about mining, fishing, and man's use of the land. She lives in Wrangell. She may be reached at email@example.com.


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5/07/2007 3:18am, #1
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Cracked Ribs (renamed from Dangerous crushing...)
Is it possible to have your rib cage crack at the seam in the back? sometimes i feel like my sternum will collapse and all my ribs will jab into eachother when i'm being crushed from side mount while on my side, if the guy is like 230lbs or more. I'm 130.
Can a rib cage crack from pressure fairly easily?
5/07/2007 3:39am, #2
No, it isn't easy. The weight would have to all be focused on one rib, and you'd have to be very, very weak.Tough is not how you act, tough is how you train.
5/07/2007 7:08am, #3
Even so, get another training partner, you wont learn much being squashed all the time.
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and quit being a girly man, your rib cage is not gonna implode (welcome to Bullshido)
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Maybe if you are old with weak bones. I hear that when firemen/ambulance personnel perform CPR on old people, their ribs often snap like twigs.
Don Gwinn, you're an ambulance driver. True?
5/07/2007 8:10am, #6Originally Posted by Odacon
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One time a dude that weighed around 260 stacked me up, and my ribs made a really loud cracking noise.
It turns out that occasionally ribs can make a really loud cracking noise, without any actual damage.
Anyway, as long as you have a variety of people to train with, going against really big dudes is not a problem. When I started BJJ i weighed like 150, and was by far the smallest in my class. It made me work on defense and escapes, the very areas that new bjj guys need to focus on.
You will find that your guard is a good area to train when faced with monsters.
5/07/2007 8:35am, #8
Unless the guy is kneeing you while he's squishing you, no, they will almost certainly not break.
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once after grappling with a guy who had 50kgs on me it hurt to laugh for a week which sucked because i tend to laugh a lot...
5/07/2007 10:36pm, #10Originally Posted by MEGALEF
actionfad, I can relate slightly but I find the weak point is the front and side for me, fractured them doing ground work. But my bones aren't really that strong.


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Workplace Relations
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Avian Influenza
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Domestic Violence
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Welfare to Work
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Senator SANDY MACDONALD (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade) (10:10 PM) —I am pleased to make a contribution to the debate on the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005 and to follow my friend opposite, Senator Forshaw. I felt that his heart was not really in it tonight. Perhaps it was the same speech he made in 1995 and 1996. I am delighted to be reminded—I had forgotten—that Senator Forshaw was in the AWU. Perhaps he was secretary at the time of the wide-comb dispute. That was the time when the AWU created a situation where Australian shearers voted with their feet. The AWU told the shearing industry that they were not permitted to use the wide-comb. This was a method by which they could earn just as much or more with less effort. It was a tool of productivity. The AWU said that it was not available to them. These very hardworking Australians scratched their heads and said, 'You blokes want to be in the real world.'
The result of that action by the AWU in the early 1990s meant the end of the closed shop—which was a fantastic result. The traditional bullying aspects of the AWU organiser coming into the shed uninvited ceased to occur. The closed shop finished, which has resulted in the AWU having very few, if any, members in the shearing industry at this time. The shearers voted with their feet because they could see that the representation of their standards and their aims were not presented by their union.
The Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005 is another step in our economic infrastructure to set Australia and Australians up for the future in a globalised and competitive world. It is about fairness and choice in the workplace and it is about balancing the interests of both employers and employees. It is not anti-union and it is not pro-employer; it is very much pro-Australia. Australia, with its 20 million people, is the 12th biggest economy in the world. The economies of Australia and New Zealand combined are near equal to that of our 10 ASEAN neighbours in the north—one of them, of course, being Indonesia, with 223 million people. All Australians should be very proud of those statistics.
Australia is a regional superpower in many respects—be it in energy, in agriculture or in services. This is largely due to the productivity and ingenuity of Australian workers and employees. No government can invent the economic future. It takes partnerships between government and the workforce and between government and leadership right throughout the community. It is a journey together. Government can put in place the infrastructure and provide a tax system that works, an infrastructure that works, a waterfront that works and a welfare system that is fair to all but, at the end of day, it is the partnership between government and the community from which it can extract the very best effort for the great majority of its citizens.
I would like to see Australia in the top 10 economies of the world, and I think that can be done. It is not an unrealistic expectation, but what will it take? It will take a further strengthening of our economy through increased productivity, the creation of more jobs and the associated decrease in unemployment, and a continuation of low interest rates and low inflation. These things have not happened through chance; they have happened through cooperation in the workplace. The Australian government have been strengthening our economy for 10 years now and will continue to do so in the future. We are governing for all Australians, both employers and employees. The Labor Party claims to represent average wage-earners, but it only represents the ever-increasing irrelevancy of the Australian union movement.
It has already been pointed out tonight that union membership in this country was 51 per cent of the work force in 1976, in 1990 it was 40.5 per cent and in 2004 it was down to 22.7 per cent and only 17.4 per cent of the private sector were members. The union member movement has lost its relevance and part of its continuing decline is the position that their paid-up representatives in this place have taken on reforms in the Australia economy. Each time the ALP cries wolf and predicts doom and gloom or that the sun will not come up tomorrow, the more average Australian workers, and potential union members, realise that the ALP is no longer a captive of the real economic world that Australia finds itself in through prudent economic management.
This government's record is something of which we can be very proud. Not just the government but also the whole community can be proud of it. The government's previous workplace relations reforms have helped deliver higher wages, higher productivity, more jobs and lower interest rates. Ultimately, the best protection for workers, and the best guarantee of job security and higher wages, is a strong economy. A modern workplace relations system is an essential component. I think it is absolutely true what the Rt Hon. Tony Blair said—that fairness in the workplace begins with a job. The heavily regulated workplace relations systems in the 1980s failed to protect one million Australians from being thrown onto the unemployment scrap heap. We will always remember Mr Keating's unemployment record when it reached over 11 per cent.
In our time in government, we have created 1.7 million new jobs since March 1996. Incredibly, 900,000 of those have been full-time, there have also been 800,000 part-time. In contrast, between March 1989 and March 1996, there were only 188,000 new jobs created by our political opponents and 519,000 part-time jobs. Unemployment is presently at 5.1 per cent. In the past 12 months it has consistently been at a 30-year low. When Kim Beazley was employment minister, unemployment reached a post-war peak of 10.9 per cent.
Real wages have increased by 14.9 per cent since 1996, compared to 1.2 per cent under 13 years of Labor. During the period of the much heralded accord, the deliberate policy of the ALP and the ACTU was to suppress wage growth and reduce the minimum wage. Only this year Kim Beazley boasted that:
We achieved 13 years of wage restraint under the accord. The wage share of GDP came down from 60.1 per cent when we took office to the lowest it had been since 1968. We left office with the wage share of GDP at 55.3 per cent.
The minimum wage declined by around five per cent in real terms between 1983 and 1996 under Labor.
I will now turn to industrial disputes. Under the coalition government, industrial disputes have consistently remained at the lowest level of strikes since records were first kept in 1913. In 2004 the level of industrial disputes was 45.5 working days lost per 1,000 employees. The yearly average rate of disputes in the 13 years of Labor was 192 working days lost for every 1,000 employees—nearly five times as much. In 1993, at the height of the system of compulsory arbitration and unions power favoured by the Labor Party, and to which its policy would return us, the rate of industrial disputes was 1,273 working days lost per 1,000 employees. That is not a very good record to take to the Australian people, and I think the Australian people judge the Labor Party on those figures.
In 1996, in the first round of industrial reforms when the workplace relations system was last updated, the same predictions of doom and gloom were spouted by Labor and unions. I have to make the point that in question time over the last couple of weeks there have been more questions to Senator Abetz relating to Welfare to Work and on IR than there have been to the respective ministers in the House of Representatives. In the case of Welfare to Work, Minister Dutton in the House of Representatives has taken fewer questions than Senator Abetz and, certainly, Minister Andrews, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, has taken fewer questions than Senator Abetz. These questions from the ALP, and speeches to be sent to their union secretaries, are window dressing. It is a show of just how hard they are working and how diligent they are being on their behalf in the Senate. I can think of no other reason for it.
I want to turn to some of the comments and speeches that were made in 1996 in the first round of industrial relations reform. It is like deja vu. I will first mention my friend Senator Forshaw who preceded me tonight. This is why I thought that his speech was a rerun of 1996 when he said:
The Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 1996 is a draconian piece of legislation ... this legislation attacks the very core of a system of regulation of wages and working conditions and the settlement of industrial disputes that has underpinned our great democratic society for almost 100 years.
He could have said that tonight. He went on to say:
The government says that its legislation is designed to promote employment and reduce unemployment.
It has. He then said:
But there is simply no evidence that this type of legislation will achieve these objectives.
Acting Deputy President Forshaw, I know you are in the chair now, but you are wrong. He went on to say:
... once you remove the protections that exist in awards, as this legislation does, it will lead you very quickly to a position where employees will be worse off and will lose take-home pay.
I do not think that is right. Senator Bishop, another senator who I respect a great deal, said this in 1996:
The bill before the Senate today will result in lower wages and conditions in a range of industries.
That has not happened. He went on:
All this bill offers Australians is a 19th century industrial relations agenda in a 21st century world. The legislation should seek to provide security for the future, not turn the clock back to the insecurities of the past.
It did not.
I will finish with some of the comments of Senator Carr. He said:
... we see this bill as being obnoxious, insidious and fundamentally hostile to the interests of working people in this country. We see it as fundamentally opposed to the maintenance of living standards for working people in this country and as a device ...
Senator Boswell —Who is this?
Senator SANDY MACDONALD —This is Senator Carr. He went on:
... aimed at redistributing wealth and power towards people who are already extremely well positioned within our society.
The only think that I think would be obnoxious, insidious and fundamentally hostile to the interests of average Australian workers is having Senator Carr represent them. In fact, the thought of Senator Carr being in government and on this side of the house is a very grim thought. The Australians who I know out there would think exactly the same way as I do.
Senator Lundy —You have no argument so you resort to personal attacks.
Senator SANDY MACDONALD —None of these things have happened. In contrast, the coalition has helped create more than 1.7 million jobs. It has increased real wages by 15 per cent, Senator Lundy. It has achieved the lowest unemployment in three decades. It has also seen the lowest level of industrial disputes since the bargaining at the beginning of last century. Hearing these sorts of figures and this sort of record must be like eating crow for our political opponents. It must really stick in their craw. They are a party that says that they can represent the interests of average Australian workers, and we are the people who have delivered. That is because we had the right policies and because we are interested in governing for all Australians.
Labor has no alternative to bring the workplace relations system into the 21st century. In fact, all they have said is that they would rip the legislation up if they got into power. So what does Labor stand for? Mr Beazley is loath to say that he would roll back this particular legislation—he used that phrase terribly effectively with the GST. This is the first opposition to suffer from reform fatigue before ever getting into government. They are reform fatigued. They have been 10 years thinking about possible proposals and changes to make this country a better place and they have not got any. They have no ideas. They wonder why they are not in government—they have not earned the right to be in government. I am not saying that they may not in the future; I expect that they may at some stage, but it will be a little while. We have not seen any sign or any form—
Senator Boswell interjecting—
The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Senator Forshaw)—Order! Senator Boswell, you are interjecting and you are not in your seat. Cease interjecting, and bear in mind that you are not sitting in your own seat.
Senator SANDY MACDONALD —Thank you for your support, Mr Acting Deputy President. The interjections were worrying me greatly. I have in the past mentioned my time dealing with the AWU. I had a very good relationship with them, I have to say, as you might expect. I am an employer and like most other employers out there I want my employees to be happy, healthy and properly paid and as productive as they can be. Almost all business owners, employers and companies worth their salt would have the same views as I do. If they do not, in this time of record employment the employee will go down the road to another employer.
This is a time of very high employment. In my city of Tamworth, for the first time in my memory even people with very limited skills have jobs available to them. In fact, we have almost full employment in Tamworth. There are jobs on A-frames in Peel Street in Tamworth. Today, they are advertising for people with very limited skills to come and get a job. It is a very exciting time and an exciting opportunity. The Work Choices legislation allows for this mutual respect between an employer and an employee to be strengthened.
Unfortunately, the unions have attempted to scare people into thinking that as soon as this legislation passes Australian bosses will suddenly change and they will be systematically exploited. What an insult to the average Australian. The majority of voters believe that the Australian government has done a good job over the last 10 years. The Prime Minister and the Treasurer have looked after this economy. Our interest rates are down. Economic growth is strong. Exports hit a record last year of $162 billion.
Why, then, would the Prime Minister risk these tremendous outcomes for Australia? The answer is simply that he and the government would not. Our economy is strong and our work force is strong. Do people really believe that the government would put that in jeopardy and risk mass sackings and decreased working conditions and productivity? That is what the Labor Party predict will happen somehow. They predicted doom and gloom in 1996 and it has not happened, and it will not happen on this occasion. Actions always speak louder than words, and the government's record speaks for itself.
Work Choices will also move towards one simpler national workplace relations system, cutting back on the 130 different pieces of industrial legislation, the 4,000 awards and six different workplace relations systems operating in different states and territories across Australia. This will result in less confusion, less red tape and less complexity—something that I believe everybody would want. We have heard from the many coalition senators before me that Work Choices will protect the interests of working Australians. I want to reinforce that the minimum wages will be protected and set by the Australian Fair Pay Commission, which will make it impossible for minimum wages to fall below the rates determined by the 2005 safety net. Minimum wages will be adjusted upwards by the AFPC. Unions will still exist and will be allowed to become a bargaining agent for an employee in the Australian workplace agreement negotiations. Unions will also be allowed to access workplaces, but under Work Choices this must be at the request of the employee.
Let me also reinforce that the unlawful dismissal laws will still protect employees from unlawful termination. Workers will not be able to be sacked due to absence from work, illness or injury, because of union membership, for taking part in union activities, for refusing to sign an AWA, or for their race, colour, sexual preference, age, marital status, family responsibility or pregnancy. However, with regard to the unfair dismissal laws, the Australian government will provide a better balance for small business and employers. For too long small businesses have been put off employing more staff because of the costly and sometimes biased processes of unfair dismissal claims. These reforms will do much for small business caught up in the red tape associated with sometimes unreasonable unfair dismissal claims.
I believe in what the coalition government under the power of John Howard and John Anderson, and now of course Mark Vaile, have done for Australia. We are blessed to live and work in this lucky country. The government have contributed to that by increasing the work force, increasing wages, lowering taxes and stabilising interest rates at a much lower level than the Labor government before us. We ask the doubters and scaremongers to look at our record, which clearly speaks for itself. Let the government get on with job we were elected to do as recently as last year: improving the economy for the benefit of all Australians. (Time expired)


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Morehead Steals Bultaco Astro Cup Victory, Aldana a Runaway Victor in Vintage Over 60
AMA Vintage Dirt Track National Championship Series
Round 10: Night Before the Indy Mile Short Track
at Mid-America Speedway at the Marion County Fairgrounds
Story and Photos by Mike "Stu" Stuhler/Stu's Shots
Mid-America Speedway's inaugural hosting of the AMA Vintage Dirt Track National Championship Series also saw the track's hosting of the first Bultaco Astro Cup, and after the dust and two-stroke smoke had settled, former AMA Pro Flat Track veteran and Findlay, Ohio, resident Steve Morehead topped the victory podium, over runner-up Tom Morgan and third-place finisher Dave Atherton.
More than 30 riders had signed up on the pre-entry list to contest the race, a tribute to the popular marque that dictated AMA Pro Flat Track competition in the sport's heyday in the late '60s and throughout the '70s. Riders including Morehead, 2000 AMA Grand National Champion Joe Kopp, three-time AMA Grand National Champion Jay Springsteen, Garth Brow, David "Bones" Aldana, six-time VDTRA Champion "Wild Will" Kelley, and a host of others all arrived to do battle on Indy's southeast side.
The event, hosted by the Marion County Fairgrounds and sponsored by Harley-Davidson of Bloomington, was the first of its kind at this great little facility, and the riders who came from near and far all seemed to enjoy and even love their time on the track, as well as riding some of the Bultaco Astros that many had utilized in short-track racing throughout their careers.
However, it was Morehead who stole the show, in spite of the best efforts from many, including Springsteen, Aldana, Brow, Atherton and eventual runner-up Morgan.
In the Bultaco Astro Cup heat race, Brow got the jump off the start, but the 58-year-old Morehead stayed on his tail and made a daring but excellent move up the inside coming out of turn two on lap two, and he was never headed from there.
In the main, Morehead ran away after the first lap and never looked back on his way to taking the checkered flag in front of a big crowd at Mid-America and a big handful of adoring fans who obviously remembered the pressure the Ohio resident used to put on the competition in his days racing in Grand National Championship events.
Little known fact: Morehead still fits into the leathers that he wore in AMA Grand National competition up until his retirement after the 1999 season, and they still look almost-new. The AMA Hall of Famer spent 26 seasons contesting the AMA Grand National Championship Series, and when he retired, he was ranked 10th on the all-time-wins list of competitors.
White Pigeon, Michigan's Dave Atherton – the father of former AMA Grand National number 23, Kevin "Cupcake" Atherton, and Brad Baker's tuner on the Dodge Brothers Racing team in the AMA GNC Series – ended up in the third-place spot in the Bultaco Astro Cup main, on one of the pristine machines he brought to the track from his home. Atherton is known to have a barn full of vintage racers at home, and this one was a beauty!
Other than the textbook runaway put in by winner Morehead, Springer and Aldana had the crowd roaring over their battle for the fourth-place spot in the main. Springer got the nod, with "Bones" finishing in the fifth-place position. Three-time AMA Grand National Champion Jay Springsteen had one of the biggest crowds of people hovering around him wherever he went that evening, as did Aldana.
Although Joe Kopp had never ridden a two-stroke machine fitted with a compression release, the former AMA Grand National Champion had no problem adapting and won his heat race right off; however, Kopp ended up with an 11th-place finish in the main.
Aldana, who had made the trip to Indy via the Stockton, Kansas, fair races the weekend prior, showed up at the track with a rolling race shop in the form of a 20-foot V-nose trailer behind his Ford pickup, housing not only his four Honda 350cc singles flat-trackers but a well-organized shop complete with a bench vise, extra spares, welder and torches and everything needed to tear into a motor and weld and repair pretty much any damages that could be incurred while racing. This man has been doing this a long time, and ol' "Bones" had a shop of which some present-day young racers would be envious. Aldana stated he could do everything in this mobile shop, including rebuilding a bike's engine and honing a cylinder if necessary.
Aldana won his heat and main going away, each by just shy of a straightaway, masterfully taking the lead right off the bat in turn one and running away, never bothering to look back.
The crowd enjoyed seeing one of the all-time greats of the sport show up, including this fan, as I had the pleasure of hosting the Fayetteville, Georgia, resident over the weekend, and man, were there some stories to be told and heard! "Bones" spent time the next evening at the Indy Mile as the race's grand marshal, a race he won during the 1970 season while riding for the BSA factory, when the event was a 30-lap Mile event.
Art "The Dart" Randall, a longtime supporter of flat-track racing, made the trip to Indy from his home in St. Louis, along with close to a dozen of the Bultaco Astros from his collection, which he used to supply some of the riders with a ride for the event. Art owns a restaurant and pub in St. Louis, located close to Busch Stadium, called "Kilroy's," which houses several of his spotless machines that are on display. If you get the chance to make a Cardinals game (the only time that Kilroy's is open), make sure you stop by to check out part of his museum on display.
All in all, Mid-America Speedway's hosting of the 2013 "Night Before the Indy Mile" event was a big success for team operations head and track president Jim Terchila and his team. With a big crowd on hand for the large racing weekend in town for the sixth annual Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP event; round eight of the 2013 AMA Pro Flat Track, presented by J&P Cycles, Grand National Championship Series; the stunt show; and Motorcycles on Meridian being held each evening in the downtown area, fans had a lot of choices to make on how best to spend their hard-earned money and time over the weekend.
Those who chose to attend the "Night Before the Indy Mile" at Mid-America weren't disappointed: They saw some of the past, present and future stars of flat track put on a great show that won't soon be forgotten, and many should now be making plans to return for the 2014 version, to be held at Mid-America Speedway on Indy's southeast side.
Mid-America Speedway at the Marion County Fairgrounds
Indianapolis, Indiana
Results: August 16, 2013
OPEN: 1. Jared Mees; 2. Rob Pearson; 3. Steve Bonsey; 4. Mick Kirkness; 5. Brad Baker; 6. J.D. Beach; 7. Henry Wiles; 8. Jarod Vanderkooi; 9. Brandon Wilhelm; 10. Jake Constantine; 11. Doug Lawrence; 12. Tyler Porter; 13. Kevin Wilson; 14. Joey Westheider; 15. Nathan Wilson.
BULTACO ASTRO CUP: 1. Steve Morehead; 2. Tom Morgan; 3. David Atherton; 4. Jay Springsteen; 5. David Aldana; 6. John Skinner; 7. Brett Miller; 8. Bill Snyder; 9. Peter DeSantis; 10. Ken Saillant; 11. Joe Kopp; 12. Garth Brow; 13. Ricky Merlo; 14. David Rosin; 15. Denne Williams.
QUAD OPEN: 1. Josh Lane; 2. Tyler Deckard; 3. Jay Meinking; 4. Kevin Crawford; 5. Shay Krayniak.
SPEEDWAY: 1. Brandon Fesselmeyer; 2. Chris Thomas; 3. Daniel Weicht; 4. Chris Hathaway; 5. Heath Heston.
80-200 2-STROKE/4-STROKE (9-15): 1. Dallas Daniels; 2. Trent Lowe; 3. Drew Hart; 4. Kasey Sciscoe; 5. Casey Chisham.
0-250 2-STROKE/4-STROKE (12+): 1. Kevin Stollings; 2. Bri Hazen; 3. Landon Alberts; 4. Cameron Lang; 5. Chaz Meiman.
FACTORY WARS BRAKELESS: 1. Brent Johnson; 2. Doug Young; 3. Doc Batsleer.
HOT ROD SINGLES: 1. Kevin Wilson; 2. Thomas Englehart; 3. Mark Powell; 4. Ted Powell; 5. Rodd Kaller.
HOT ROD MULTI: 1. Lonnie Vanderpool; 2. Mark Powell.
250 IRON MAN BRAKELESS: 1. Tim Hurley; 2. Randy Hassler.
250 HOTSHOE: 1. Rob Criswell; 2. John Tejchma; 3. Charles Winegar; 4. Dave Hayes; 5. Bryan McGuire.
360 HOTSHOE: 1. Bill Snyder; 2. Peter DeSantis; 3. Charles Winegar; 4. John Frazier; 5. Tim Hurley.
750 HOTSHOE: 1. John Skinner.
250 MASTERS: 1. Kyle Long; 2. Ron Lewis; 3. John Bova; 4. Scott Raine.
500 MASTERS: 1. Lonnie Vanderpool; 2. Kurt Emerick; 3. Leslie Campbell.
750 MASTERS: 1. Ted Powell; 2. Leslie Campbell.
50+ VINTAGE OPEN: 1. Mark Hawk; 2. Joe Baggott; 3. Pascal Laheurte; 4. Art Randall.
60+ VINTAGE OPEN: 1. David Aldana; 2. David Atherton; 3. Bill Snyder; 4. Alan Niles; 5. Joe Baggott.
[For more from the Night Before the Indy Mile, please see "Mees' Record Unblemished at the Night Before the Indy Mile," also by Mike Stuhler… Editor]
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Hollywood's golden couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fell head over heels for one another on the set of "Mr And Mrs Smith" in 2005. Their love survived Brad's divorce from Jennifer Aniston, the arrival of Angelina Jolie's and Brad Pitt's three biological children and Angelina's preventive mastectomy. If anything, it seemed to have grown stronger over time.
On the weekend when Hollywood was preoccupied with Emmy Awards, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tied the knot at Chateau Miraval in France. The ceremony took place on Saturday August 23rd 2014. All six of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's children participated in the wedding ceremony. The wedding was attended by family and friends of the couple.
It seems that in the wilderness of Hollywood, these two remarkable people have found each other and built a relationship that lasts. Good for them! They're both successful and creative (they're collaborating on several projects together as we speak); their family is strong; in short, they succeeded at creating a real-life Hollywood Happy Ending. Congratulations to the Newlyweds: may your happiness last a lifetime!


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Draft Bill expected to be agreed before next Tuesday's Cabinet meeting
Minister of State for Health Alex White: "We are progressing very well."
There is growing confidence among the two Coalition parties that they can resolve deep differences on abortion legislation ahead of next Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.
A number of Government figures with knowledge of the process said that at a meeting yesterday between the key Ministers involved in the process, good progress was made on the problematic issue of how a suicide threat can be accommodated in the draft Bill.
No further meetings have been scheduled but further work will now take place on refining the heads of the Protection of Maternal Life Bill. Several sources expressed confidence that the draft would be agreed before next Tuesday's Cabinet meeting with at least one further meeting taking place.
The difficulties between Fine Gael and Labour have arisen over the nature of the assessment of a suicide threat.
While it is likely that neither party will disagree with a panel of three medical specialists – two psychiatrists and one obstetrician – making the initial assessment, there has been disagreement over the inclusion in drafts of the legislation of a second phase where a further three doctors certified the assessment of the panel.
"That is the space we are in at the moment. It will take a little time to consider proposals and changes," said one source.
Minister of State for Health Alex White, who attended yesterday's meeting, said there was a determination to agree to the heads of the Protection of Maternal Life Bill quickly.
Mr White said the legislation would still leave a "very restrictive regime" in Ireland with regard to abortion.
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Speaking in Dublin yesterday at a conference on "What We Owe Christianity" organised by the Iona Institute, former Fianna Fáil minister Dr Martin Mansergh said where the abortion debate was concerned, he felt "suicide is a complete side issue".
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Thursday clarified a lot of things, right?
Or not.
It was a baffling day to open the Pac-10 season. Oregon won at Washington State. Arizona State lost at UCLA, which is playing better defense according to Lorenzo Romar.
At this point, the conference is as clear as the Gilbert Arenas gun story. On to today's games (picks against the spread):
Arizona at UCLA (-5), 10 a.m.
Pick: Arizona
Oregon at No. 17 Washington (-11.5), 2 p.m.
Pick: Washington
Oregon State at Washington State (-7), 4 p.m.
Pick: Oregon State
Stanford at Cal (-13), 4 p.m.
Pick: Stanford
Arizona State at USC (-1.5), 7:30 p.m.
Pick: USC
— A look at Arizona State guard Demetrius Walker who was blessed with the unfortunate moniker of "the next LeBron" when he was very young.
— George Dohrmann of SI.com writes about USC's Mike Gerrity and the jolt he's provided the Trojans after an odd college career thus far.


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At least nine people were killed and 30 injured at a wedding reception in Cambodia when a man threw a grenade into the party, authorities said Sunday.
The incident took place in Kampong Thom province, 170 km north of Phnom Penh, Xinhua quoted Gen. Horm Thul, chief of the provincial military police, as saying.
"While people were enjoying and dancing at the wedding reception, an unidentified attacker threw the grenade into the ceremony," he said. "It exploded and killed nine people and injured 30."
Police suspect a love triangle behind the attack.
"It was not a terrorism act. We preliminarily concluded that love triangle motivated the attack," he said.


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Entrepreneurs are a unique bunch. We've made a conscious and deliberate decision to repudiate so-called job security for a more challenging expedition into the unknown. It takes an individual with steely resolve, and in some cases, a lack of aversion to risk, to brave the jungle that is entrepreneurship. As I close in on 10 years of business development, which includes building three unique corporations from scratch – a car dealership, a finance company, and now a multimedia marketing firm – I reflect on some of the books I've read that not only inspired me, but reconstructed my understanding of business strategies and tactics. Here are three of the most enlightening books I've read so far. I hope they'll inspire you, my fellow entrepreneurs, the way they did me.
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie. This book was first published in 1936; however, the lessons in people management and relationships are timeless.
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Paul Gaynor, the CEO of UPC Wind in Newton
Roaring with the constant din of traffic and enveloped in fossil-fuel exhaust, the Massachusetts Turnpike corridor seems an unlikely path to a future of clean, renewable energy.
Yet Boston's western suburbs have quietly become home to companies that are national and even world leaders in developing clean, renewable power sources, staff writer Ralph Ranalli reports in today's Globe West.
Although they specialize in different areas - wind energy, solar power, fuel cells, batteries - top executives at four of the companies say they share an appreciation of the deep well of brainpower and technical talent in the region and a commitment to a sustainable energy future.
"The biggest advantage is access to the talent pool here," UPC Wind's chief executive officer, Paul Gaynor, said last week. "There are a lot of folks with great energy backgrounds, and the current state administration is being very proactive in terms of helping us out."
Read more about four companies - A123 Systems in Watertown, Evergreen Solar Inc. in Marlborough, Protonex Corp. in Southborough, and the Newton-based UPC Wind - at the forefront in the search for alternative sources of energy.
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