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But the possibility has to be acknowledged. Just not by Johnson.
"My sole focus right now is on this team and what we're trying to accomplish this season," Johnson said. "I have some goals set for this season for my team and I have some individual goals set for myself as well. I really feel like I can be one of the elite players in this league and it's going to be an exciting year."
The Hawks extended a four-year, $60-plus million contract offer to Johnson this summer. But Johnson decided not to sign the extension after mulling it over during the offseason. Yet he insists that his loyalty this season remains with the Hawks and no one else.
"Like every other man in that locker room, I'm all in for my team," Johnson said. "I don't have any doubts that we're set for a big year and that's all I care about. We've all worked hard to get to this point and we're trying to get over that hump this season."
Johnson applauded the franchise's offseason moves, the re-signing of starters Marvin Williams and Mike Bibby and backup center Zaza Pachulia as well as the adding of veterans Joe Smith, Jamal Crawford and Jason Collins and the drafting of rookie point guard Jeff Teague.
"I think with the young nucleus we have with Josh (Smith), Al (Horford) and Marvin and Mike running the show, the sky is the limit for us," Johnson said. "Each year we've gotten better. And I look forward to those guys continuing to improve and our team making more strides as time goes on."
Hawks coach Mike Woodson is also in the final year of his contract, said Johnson is the least of his worries.
"You can't worry about it," Woodson said. "It is what it is. He had an option to sign or not sign. Just about every other guy on this roster has been in a similar situation in his career before, and you still have to play no matter what you contract situation is."
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BMC's shallow excuses won't work
Yesterday, this paper documented 10 of Mumbai's bad roads. The report was accompanied with pictures of potholes the size of craters and spoke about the bumpy rides that citizens have to endure especially in this season
Visual images spoke eloquently about the mess that the roads are in. At specific locations, reporters who worked on the story actually measured the length and width of the potholes to illustrate the point.
While the report was detailed, one has to admit that the scenario is depressingly familiar for the Mumbaikars by now. Their famous resilience and patience have become inured to listening to exactly how much has been earmarked for road repairs prior to every monsoon. The pattern usually goes something like this: the civic authorities earmark some crores for road repairs, which the public learns via the media in May or April before the monsoon. Periodically, officials give statements of some new machine or cutting-edge technology, which they plan to put to use.
Sure enough, once the monsoon starts, the roads start going from bad to worse. We are not even taking into account the other problems that occur during this season — flooding, clogged drains, open manholes and traffic snarls which turn commuting into a living hell.
Officials have been using the excuse that the rains arrived very early, but why do we have to wait until monsoons to be ready? Authorities must start much in advance, given the amount of traffic in the city and the particularly challenging commuterscape. When you think of how the taxpayers' money is wasted on ineffective and incomplete repairs, the only thing that comes to mind is that these excuses and explanations are as shallow as the potholes are deep.

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We hope that you will find useful information, deadlines, links to documents and sites that will help you teach ELA this year. If you have any suggestions for additions or ideas you would like to see on this site, please contact Shelly Marougi or Ellen Wiland-Harkenrider, your friendly ELA chairs - find their emails below.
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Grant Heaps' Stag (2012)
Nationalistic survey shows are a problem in this country, and definitely in this city. No matter how they're done, there is inevitably a chorus of griping, some of it legitimate (how many women? how many native artists? how much diversity of media?) and some of it nitpicky poppycock (why this one and not that one?). Every survey show of a nationalist order actually mounted ourselves involves a procession of fretting so epic, it's almost like a ritual cleansing before the preparation of a meal — and most of the time the meal doesn't even get served. And every survey show done by an outsider involves raised eyebrows so severe, it's a wonder our collective foreheads aren't sprained. Just witness the critical reception to MASS MOCA's Oh Canada: so much excited buzz leading up to the opening, followed by a directly proportional amount of whining once people had actually seen the damned thing.
It's some kind of minor miracle, then, that the Textile Museum of Canada's newest show, Dreamland: Textiles and the Canadian Landscape, is not only such a success, but such a refreshingly graceful one. The work hangs together seamlessly, and the didactics — precise, engaged, clear — illuminate rather than wasting time with condescending hype-laced jargon. Curators Shauna McCabe, Natalia Nekrassova, Sarah Quinton and Roxane Shaughnessy mine the permanent collection of the Textile Museum, and mix and match their holdings of quilts, blankets, hook-rugs and handmade clothing with pieces by contemporary Canadian artists. This effortless-seeming combination produces a clear, broad-ranging picture of Canadiana. The works cover the country from coast-to-coast, from its settler days to now, and are certainly not free of troublesome political implication. But not only is the latter acknowledged, the didactic material actually raises the meatiest point in the whole show: that such political troubles are woven into the warp and weft of Canadian history.
The central narrative of the show seems to be survival — or to be more specific, how necessity is the mother of invention and the grandmother of ornamentation. Most of the archival material is rugs and blankets; we begin with utilitarian things, objects crafted by early settlers and farmers to make the most of meagre means and keep the wolf (and the bitter cold) from the door. These various coverings were initially made from scraps: rags and worn sweaters efficiently repurposed. This haphazard construction created patchwork patterns, and as the show wears on, and industrialism introduces things like electrical heating, the (largely) women who craft these blankets become more adept at exploiting pattern, refining technique, and turning a survival skill into an astoundingly dexterous craft.
As patterns are introduced, so too are images: where the ornamentation of a rug was once determined by the kinds of fabric scraps that were available, soon these hook rugs became a means for (largely) rural folk to tell their stories: fishing, hunting, plowing; the dream of life in the new world, the slow narrative of the emergence of civilization on a new frontier. The climax of this textile narrative is the Hudson's Bay Blanket, and the curators, who thus far have attentively let every inch of cloth speak for itself, allow the wool blanket to tell its own vastly complex tale: of discovery, industry, mechanization, efficiency; and exploitation, colonization, murder.
The contemporary artwork augments the narrative by providing tangential commentary. In Amelie Atkins' Embrace, twin Ukranian sisters meet and embrace on a prairie road after a series of false starts and missed marks, to a clumsy piano version of Edelweiss. The video is a paean to immigration and the idea of home that, in its sweetness, misses none of either concept's complexities. John Henry Fine Day's stuffed animals (a rabbit and a dog), made of sinew and hide, seem like eerily cuddly familiars. Michael Snow's hour-long Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids) documents the movement of curtains against a window in his Newfoundland cottage. The drapes begin to anthropomorphize: one billows and shudders, neurotically plastering itself against the window, seemingly wanting to free itself into the wind; the other wafts calmy and gently. Grant Heaps' epic Stag, a wall-sized fabric mosaic of the titular animal, neatly echoes the wildlife narratives of the hook-rugs and Haida mats that surround it. And Graeme Patterson's stop-motion Monkey and Deer — a loose fable set in the isolated dark of Woodrow, Saskatchewan — captures a kind of distinctly Canadian weirdness.
Ultimately, the show's resounding success lies with the materials themselves. This is absolutely not to discount the significant curatorial efforts that went into arranging it. The curators have an eminent luxury that's particular to the way the Textile Museum works; they are able to deal with primary sources. They include artist's commentary, but they are always cognizant of how loudly and eloquently these two-hundred-year-old textiles can speak. There is a beautiful harmony achieved in Dreamland, where, across centuries and cities and the whole breadth of a landmass, two modes of artmaking enrich and deepen each other's songs.
Dreamland: Textiles and the Canadian Landscape continues at the Textile Museum of Canada until September 30.
Sholem Krishtalka is the Toronto Standard's art critic.
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Welcome to the York County Public Defender's Office. At present, the office is staffed by one Chief Public Defender, one First Assistant Public Defender, two (2) Chief Deputy Public Defenders, two (2) Senior Assistant Public Defenders and 16 Assistant Public Defenders.
Chief Public Defender Bruce P. Blocher has worked for the Public Defender's Office for 24 years spanning 4 decades. Appointed to the post of Chief Public Defender by the York County Commissioners in 1996, Attorney Blocher has spent the last 14 years tirelessly working to provide representation to indigent defendants. Chief Public Defender Blocher received his undergraduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University and his law degree from Oklahoma City University.
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In my Writing for New Technologies course, Professor Francie Bolter showed us a past campaign slogan from a student at UCA running for SGA. The posters, which were hung on bathroom stall doors, read, "When you're sitting on the potty, think to vote for Scotty."
Our class discussed what worked about this slogan and what didn't. Obviously, many people thought it was crude and not appropriate for someone running for an SGA office. It seemed he wanted more of a laugh rather than to be taken seriously.
SGA just completed its elections for this year's offices. Many signs were strewn about campus, and ads were flooding our Facebook pages with student politicians vying for our votes. I've realized after talking in class and seeing everyone's campaign slogans, how crucial a campaign slogan can be. Many times, students only hear about a person running for office by a sign hung up with goals listed that are important to him or her. "Yes, We Can" is instantly recognizable as President Barack Obama's campaign slogan. Junior David Saterfield, who ran for and was elected as executive vice president, played off of this by creating his own slogan: "The Man Who Thinks He Can." This was an interesting choice because although he aligned himself with the president, his slogan with the word "thinks" also shows doubt in what he can accomplish. Students want someone who "knows."
Junior Shay Clark kept it simple: "A More Eco Friendly UCA? Shay Clark Senator-at-Large." It is plain, but at least it emphasizes right away that her goal is to make UCA more eco-friendly. Sophomore Tyler Bittle, running for sophomore class representative, didn't have a catchy slogan, but had a unique graphic on his posters of the "T" making a shape of a tie, representing his name.
One of the more controversial slogans was senior Amber Kaufman's, who ran for and won senator-at-large. Her campaign slogan was: "Catch the Pandemic! Cough for Kaufman!" Though I understand the play on words, this seems to be a bad choice, even though she was elected, for Kaufman, who served as a dedicated member of SGA in the spring. This slogan does not highlight what she is capable of accomplishing as a senator-at-large, nor is it appropriate for a time when our campus is plagued with a deadly virus. I'm sure, just as the "Potty-Scotty" slogan did, this garnered some votes and disgusted others. I'm sure those that have caught swine flu didn't find it humorous.
If I were not aware of the positive strides that Kaufman made serving on SGA in the spring, such as her work for a better recycling program and being one of the key SGA members who organized "Green Week," I would be disgusted by the slogan. It is extremely important for anyone running for office that they clearly think about the image they want to present of themselves to the public. This could mean the difference in being taken seriously and looking like a fool.
It's also up to student voters to know who is just trying to get a laugh and who is seriously trying to better our campus. Who would you rather have handling your finances: A funny accountant with little experience or a serious one with a lot of experience? It's no different with SGA.
My hope is that students will realize when they cast a vote (next semester), they are not supporting someone who will just disappear from their minds like back in high school. When fees are raised, when a popular event is sponsored on campus or even when you find your club in need of extra money for a trip, SGA is most likely there.
Campaign slogans speak volumes and sometimes witty isn't best – just ask Scotty.


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Kicking the Health Care Habit
Stanton Peele makes a compelling case that our obsession with being "treated" for every minor malady reflects our abject terror in the face of clinically based recommendations to cut back on testing.
American health care costs are driving America into the ground. These costs stand at from 2-3:1 compared with other nations (like the UK), […]
The Stem Cell Hope and Our Indefinitely Delayed Future
Alice Park's new book The Stem Cell Hope, convinced me it is time to retire, "Where is my jetpack!?" once and for all. After reading her new book, Park will have you screaming, "Where are my stem cells?" from every rooftop.
Jetpacks are a puerile toy that we all know would be impractical, deadly, […]
Forcing Patients Into the Hands of Fools
A reader commenting on a home birthing thread on Andrew Sullivan's the Dish sums up how medical regulations can fail better than I've heard before:
The tragedy to me in this whole story is that once again a medical debate is being left to the extremes. Screams of "death panels!" drowned out any fair […]
Sex-Selective Abortion Still Not Illegal
Ah yes, another law drafted by the "the government is evil and should be small except for when legislating about sex, drugs, and procreation" GOP has failed.
And did they really want it to pass? No – it's a wedge issue designed to give them something to point to during the election cycle. "See, […]
The Butler Will See You Now
The best hospitals are now competing not only to have the best medical teams, but the best amenities:
The younger Mr. Frehse contrasted the unit's mouth-watering menu with the "inedible food" his father faced when he was treated on the non-elite second floor. "Here he has mushroom risotto with heirloom tomatoes," he said.
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Pills That Tell Your Doctor If You've Taken Them
Data driven health care gets a new input source:
For the system, Proteus has designed sensors called 'ingestible event markers', which can be taken with pills or incorporated directly into medicines as part of the manufacturing process. In this system, the sensors will be embedded in a placebo to be taken alongside a medicine. […]
The Power of Placebo
Fertility, depression, Parkinson's, fitness, hunger levels, pain, and asthma are a few of the things the inert wonder drug can help treat.
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Beware the Nocebo
The placebo effect is well known. Tell someone, "Hey, this pill will make your headache go away" and, though the pill is just a sugar pill and has no pain mediating qualities, will indeed make the headache go away in some small percentage of the population. The placebo effect is the power of suggestion […]
A New Way to Determine Vegetative States
Doctors have found what is potentially a new way to determine if a patient who appears to be in a permanent vegetative state is actually conscious:
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I am an advocate of pursuing anti-aging medicine. What does that mean? It means I support research that would create medical techniques and pharmaceuticals that would prevent age-related health issues, like muscle wasting, mental decay, lowered immune response, and heart disease. It also means I support the right of someone to refuse certain medical treatments based […]
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His number unretired, Jay Gruden plays for 1st time against the Storm.
By FRANK PASTOR
© St. Petersburg Times, published June 9, 2002
It won't be the first thing on Jay Gruden's mind as he prepares to face his former team for the first time as a player in a regular-season game.
But it will be there, feeding an already competitive fire.
Gruden gave the Storm everything he had for six seasons. Led the team to four ArenaBowl titles. Stood proudly as the team retired his number.
Then he watched with clenched teeth as it was given to another player.
Gruden's No. 7 will be on the field when Orlando hosts Tampa Bay today in the resumption of the Arena Football League's top rivalry. But it will be worn by Tampa Bay offensive specialist Calvin Schexnayder.
Four years after retiring Gruden's number in a pregame ceremony, the Storm unretired it.
"I don't think it's right, but I don't make those decisions there," said Gruden, who is making a comeback as a player with the Predators this season. "I put a lot of work into making that team successful. What I did in the past shouldn't affect what I do now."
Tampa Bay coach Tim Marcum said it didn't make sense to keep a jersey retired for a player competing for another team. The Storm unretired No. 24 after Tracey Perkins returned to play for San Jose last season.
"I like Jay," Marcum said. "I liked him in '96. I wish I could have had him in '97, but he made that decision (to retire). Jay Gruden is as good a quarterback as there is in this league."
The return of Gruden's number adds intrigue to a game already rife with meaning.
After slow starts, Orlando (3-4) and Tampa Bay (2-5) are separated by one game in the Southern Division. A Predators win would put them two games ahead of the Storm, while a Tampa Bay victory would create a tie for second place.
"From a personal standpoint, it means a lot from playing there and playing against Coach Marcum again," the 35-year-old Gruden said. "Since they unretired my jersey, there's a little bit of ill will there. But the big picture is, we're just trying to get this team going."
Gruden capped his Storm career in 1996 when he led it to a 42-38 victory against the Kurt Warner-led Iowa Barnstormers in ArenaBowl X, Tampa Bay's fourth title in six seasons. With a banged-up ankle and little financial incentive to stay, Gruden retired after the season and became an assistant with Nashville.
He was named coach at Orlando in 1998 and became a thorn in Tampa Bay's side. The Predators beat the heavily-favored Storm in ArenaBowl XII, then knocked Tampa Bay out of the playoffs the next two seasons.
Still, the desire to play remained strong. An opportunity presented itself when Orlando quarterback Craig Whelihan blew out his knee in a first-round playoff loss last season.
"Had he not blown out his knee, we would have had a different ending to last season and wouldn't have needed a quarterback," Gruden said.
Gruden resigned as coach and returned to the field. He also put off a chance to join his brother's Bucs staff.
"He was offered a job," Jon Gruden said. "He also made a commitment with the Predators to come back and be their quarterback. He's a loyal guy, intensely loyal. He was not about to retire or suddenly change his mind, given the circumstances and timing."
Jay has completed 151 of 243 passes for 1,661 yards and 34 touchdowns with 11 interceptions in seven games.
Jon, an avid AFL fan, said he has enjoyed watching his brother's comeback.
"I think he's playing better," Jon said. "The timing of the game, the speed of the game, takes any quarterback time to get used to."
Jay said he never worried about tarnishing his legacy as one of the Arena League's top quarterbacks.
"The only guys I really cared about were my teammates and my immediate family," he said. "Everybody else, I didn't really care what they thought."
Jon still thinks his brother would make a great NFL coach.
"I'm going to continue to be persistent," Jon said. "If he signs another five-year contract to keep playing, I'll be a Predators fan as long as he keeps playing."
WHEN/WHERE: 4:30; TD Waterhouse Centre.
RECORDS: Tampa Bay 2-5, Orlando 3-4.
COACHES: Tampa Bay -- Tim Marcum (138-47, 14th season); Orlando -- Fran Papasedero (first season).
SERIES: Predators lead 15-13.


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If You're Not Converting Visitors to Customers, Blame These Common Landing Page Copywriting Mistakes.
The time and effort you spend on site design and marketing is mostly wasted if you don't get your landing page right.
The time and effort you spend on site design and marketing is mostly wasted if you don't get your landing page right.
90 percent of businesses say social media is crucial to their marketing. But the point is, are you doing yours right?
Reddit? Outbrain? Taboola? Have you considered these yet?
Note: Amazon Prime's two-day shipping turnaround is especially popular with customers.
Swimming? Sailing? S'mores? Who the heck wants to work in the summer? Answer: You do.
These key figures can help you measure your reach and make smart moves that engage audiences to interact with your brand.
You could fix your company's problems simply by taking a closer look at what you're doing, and figuring out where it's lacking.
Are sponsored posts disclosed? You work with deceptive influencers at your risk.
It's hard to find a good balance between asking leads the right questions and being creepy; still, you've got to try.
If your video can evoke a positive emotion that can be tied back to your brand, you're on the right path.
Most of the time, the art of exceptional copywriting boils down to understanding how to trigger action and emotion in your readers.
The culture you establish should be different from the perks and benefits you offer as part of compensation.
Marketing strategies that don't make us feel anything are boring and forgettable — two things that you never want your brand to be.
Improve customer relationship and your brand's relationship with them by using these three tips.
Don't just show your product pictured against a white background. Get into the wild!
For starters, post more and make sure you understand the network's algorithm.
An Entrepreneur contributor gives the low-down on what works and what doesn't on this new advertising channel.


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After a week in Moscow, we took a night train to Saint Petersburg! I have never slept on a train so that was a neat experience! I felt like I was on the train to Hogwarts! We woke up on the train and headed out straight to explore the city! I heard Saint Petersburg was the Venice of Russia, and it was true!
I wore these pink Cole Haan Grand Pro sneakers all over Russia and loved wearing them! Not only were they comfy, I love the soft blush pink color! I had brought them to go with a few outfits, and after wearing them around the first day, I ended up wearing them almost every day because they went with all my outfits and were a great sneaker to wear all day! These sneakers come in a ton of fun colors, so make sure to check them out here! Or get pink ones too and we can be twins 🙂 They are the perfect summer sneaker!
If you want to see more of Russia (I will not be posting about everyday) here is a link to all the Russia Vlogs in order from day 1 to day 13! Here is our first day in Saint Petersburg below! We did a walking tour of the city and had fun exploring some cute shops!
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The Twentieth Century Club sponsored a Christmas Lighting Contest within the town limits of Ackerman. The selections were made by out of town judges on Monday night, Dec. 17. The two categories were Best Door/Entrance and Best Overall Display.
Twentieth Century Club secured the judges and helped during the judging process by driving them around town to see the displays between 6 and 8 p.m.
The Best Door/Entrance Award was given to Kerry and Maisie Lee on Cherry Street. They used a large stocking on the door, outlined door with colored lights and then displayed large packages on each side of the door. The entire display was spotlighted to give enhancement.
Fay Ward's House on Quinn Street was aglow with lots of lights. This was the winner of the overall Best Decorated House. Candles in each window, lighted packages on the porch, lighted greenery around the door and spotlights on everything! Trees outside and inside were lighted. This is one of the older houses; it is beautifully done.


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Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter—
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Obert Mpofu yesterday left the High Court without giving evidence in the US$2 billion fraud case after the judge told the prosecution to first put its house in order. Minister Mpofu had been subpoenaed to court as a State witness in the case in which Core Mining director Lovemore Kurotwi and former Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation chief executive Dominic Mubaiwa are accused of defrauding the Government.
Kurotwi and Mubaiwa are facing allegations of misrepresenting to the Government that Core Mining was a special purpose vehicle of an internationally recognised mining giant, BSGR, before duping the Government into entering a joint-venture diamond mining agreement.
A joint venture company, Canadile Miners, was formed to extract diamonds in Marange.
The State contends that investigations later revealed that Core Mining had nothing to do with BSGR and that the company had no capacity to fund the mining operations.
To that end, the State claims it was prejudiced of US$2 billion.
In their defence, the two denied making any misrepresentations, indicating that Minister Mpofu was aware of the status of the company.
Kurotwi alleged that Minister Mpofu wanted a kick-back from him and that his prosecution was punishment for his refusal to pay him a bribe.
To bolster the State's case, Chief Law Officer, Mr Chris Mutangadura, summoned Minister Mpofu to give evidence.
Minister Mpofu came to court yesterday, but defence lawyer, Ms Beatrice Mtetwa, submitted that the State had adopted the wrong procedure by calling the minister to testify when it had not formally placed before the court observations made in an inspection-in-loco conducted in South Africa two months ago.
Ms Mtetwa argued that before the State's last witness was called, the prosecution should have wound up the inspection-in-loco process.
Justice Chinembiri Bhunu agreed with the defence and ordered the prosecution to follow the correct procedure before leading evidence from Minister Mpofu.
The matter was deferred to Monday to allow the State to subpoena witnesses who attended the inspection-in-loco to come and confirm the observations before they are formally attached to the court record.


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"No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise other."
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. + Amen
In the landmark work, "Rediscovering the Parables," Scripture scholar Joachim Jeremias wrote that the parables of Jesus take us to the core of the mind, the vision, of Jesus, as to what life in the Reign of God is like. Some parables and actions of Jesus are quite consoling and comforting, like the parable of the Prodigal Son, which reveals God's great mercy. But other instances of Jesus' parabolic ministry are quite disturbing, calling us to radical life change and repentance, warning us that we may be missing the point of life; warning us that in the eyes of God, opportunities for us to get on the right course of life might be running out. In the 16th and 17th chapters of St. Luke's Gospel we have examples of some of Jesus' hard sayings, sometimes hard to understand, sometimes hard to live.
Our Gospel Lesson for today tells the story of the rich man's dishonest steward, who is dismissed for squandering the rich man's money. This shrewd steward contemplates his fate on how he will survive after he is let go. He decides to create friends for himself among his master's debtors by lessening the debt that they owe the master. When the rich man notices how shrewd the manager has been, he commends him for his shrewdness. Jesus concludes the story by observing that the children of this age are shrewder dealing with this generation than are the children of the light.
Jesus wants us to be children of the light, but He seems to be saying that He wants us to develop some of the shrewdness of the children of this age!
Translated for today, I think Jesus would like to see us take some of the skill, effort, time, and determination that we give to our normal everyday concerns and apply it to our life in the Reign of God, or living a spiritual life. He is not encouraging us to become dishonest like the steward, rather to become entrepreneurial about what really matters in life. Shrewd in understanding the relationships of money and power, in seeing how oil, wheat, gasoline, and bread are all related to the coming Kingdom of God. Another way of putting it might be: "Get your head on right about the relationships to people as of more value than your relationships to things."
In addition to our Gospel Lesson from Luke, the epistle for today from I Timothy suggests the way in which Christians are to realign their relationships to God. We are urged to pray. Why? Because when we pray we are giving voice to the relationship we have with our Maker and Redeemer. Relationships require communication, and prayer is the principal form we use to signify our relationship with God. As St. Augustine so aptly put it: "Our hearts are restless until they rest in God." Our restless hearts find focus in prayer.
The Disciples implored Jesus: "Lord, teach us to pray… teach us to pray!" The avenues available to us are innumerable. Many people are delighted with the rich offering of prayers in the Book of Common Prayer, or in other devotional material, such as "A Manual of Anglo-Catholic Devotion." Others find a spontaneous prayer experience to be rewarding, or personal devotions focused on the Blessed Sacrament. Like any relationship, we grow in depth with God as we begin to explore and use the language of prayer. Corporate prayer as the family of God is especially necessary in the Body of Christ. There are many opportunities for that here: like Evensong and Benediction once a month or the Rosary Prayer Group every week. But attending Mass together is the greatest expression of our corporate prayer and everyday of the week we gather at the altar here at St. Thomas Parish to receive our Lord.
We learn about prayer from doing it… by living it. It's like if one decides to devote even a small amount of time each morning to conscious prayer; instead of reading the comics in the L.A. Times, having another cup of coffee, or watching the Today Show; one prays. That small amount of time barely matters in the whole 24 hour hectic-ness of our lives; but by giving such a small part, we have in essence consecrated our whole day to God and can feel the difference! Learning about prayer deepens our relationship with God and lays a foundation for our response to God in giving from what God has given to us. Or to put it another way, to quote I John 4:19: "We love because He first loved us."
How can we quantify what we return to God in the face of so much generosity to us? We cannot; for anything we give is trivial in the face of such extreme generosity… all He asks for is one thing… our hearts. Learning to pray is really about realigning our lives… all of our lives, including… (dare I mention it?) even our personal finances and the Parish budget.. Whoops… well there I went and said it… but you know, Jesus never minced His words and He talks a lot about one's relationship to God and possessions.
Like our parable today, the crafty steward uses his cleverness to assure himself a place when the bottom falls out. Jesus encourages that same cleverness, though of course not the dishonest behavior, and He says you cannot serve God and possessions. That is because He knows how hard we struggle with our limited resources, how we wish we could have more, and how we say, "If ever I win the lottery, I'm going to give a bundle to the church!" Well, to tell you the truth, Jesus doesn't really want to hear that. He wants us to feel freedom and joy to give from what we have, right now! He knows how bound we are by our feeling of scarcity. He wants us to claim abundance.
How do we get there? It's back to that simple but profound fact of consciously being seekers, deepening our relationship to God by prayer, through our worship together as the family of God, by asking God's help and then expecting it, by trusting in God and really meaning it. It's really like a relationship with a friend. remember when you first called them because you needed a favor and you were hesitant? "I hate to ask you, but could you…?" And the friend said, "No problem, I would be glad to help." That was when you discovered a new level of friendship. That is the way it is with God.
It is really all about relationship, a relationship that growers deeper and more vital with trust and, admittedly some risk. Some people who are worth millions feel poor because in the post 9/11 declining stock market, they are only worth half of what they were before; some people who are financially very challenged feel rich because they are focused on the blessings they have. During the Great Depression, one of my father's aunts was married to a clergyman who died at 37 leaving her with five children and no money. They were very poor. One day her children came home and told their mother there was a food drive for the "poor" at school. They wanted to bring something. Aunt Maggie went to her cupboard and found some cans of soup, ones she could hardly afford to give away, and sent them to school. Her children never knew they were poor, because they had never had much to begin with and because Aunt Maggie always focused on the things they had, rather than what they did not have.
Our Discipleship calls us into relationship, into a realignment, into a stewardship of what we have been given guardianship over. An honest spiritual journey leads us in the ways of personal integrity and conscience; brings us more love in our personal relationships; motivates us to think outside the box to be more shrewd stewards of God's resources entrusted to us, and shrewd about dispensing mercy, compassion, and justice.
This is a spiritual journey all of us make, each of us at a different place in that journey. Bill W. touched the essence of resistance to such a challenge in the Fifth Chapter of the Big Book immediately after listing the Twelve Steps: "Many of us exclaimed, "what an order! I can't go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection."
So, we are all fellow seekers of God's purpose for us. We are called together to be shrewd stewards of how we manage the many gifts and resources with which we are entrusted. We are building a spiritual legacy that will nurture us and bring us to know God as our lover and our friend, who will one day bring us to our true home.
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Gossip Girl S04S18
Skip this one may contain spoilers!
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Reader's Opinion:
Everyday we are receiving emails from our readers explaining their appreciation for each of the episodes that we are posting. So from this point, we will be picking a random email coming from you and it will be featured on each of our post.
Chelsey Michelle Sullivan from NY, USA.
"It's infuriating how many people seems to doesn't care the person who you really are, no matter how good it may be. I know some of you may oppose to this type of thinking but believe me, when you happened to be on a place where material things seem to consume everything, you'll become a believer. Hence, this is the reason why I watch Gossip Girl. You see, not only does the tv-series shows you the different types of people living in an upscale part of New York, it even depicts that all of them, no matter how good looking they are, have some skeletons on their closet and the only thing you can do is to accept them for what they are and if you can't change them, then just leave, and find a compatible person in the end. By the way, thank you guys for keeping us updated with Gossip Girl, I have already subscribed too "
You can send us an email and tell us your opinion why you like watching Gossip Girl. Is it because of the sexy characters? How they live luxuriously in New York? Or perhaps because of the scandal involve in each of its episodes. Show us your appreciation!
After two months of waiting, this episode is already available today (April 18 — USA time). You can download it now and get all the episodes. Or, you can take a peek with its previous episode (gossip girl season 4 episode 17). Stay tuned!
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Lough Key Cycle in Boyle
The inaugural Curlieu Wheelers "Lough Key Classic" cycling sportive will take place on Saturday, May 17th
Starting and finishing in the picturesque town of Boyle the event will feature 120k and 60k routes.
The 120k route takes the cyclists into three counties as they travel from Boyle town centre to Frenchpark, Ballinameen, Elphin, Drumsna, Leitrim Village, Keadue, Ballyfarnon, Geevagh, Highwood, Doon and then the sting in the tail - the ascent of the Curlew Mountain, across Garrow and onto the Ballymote road for the descent into Boyle.
Those who partake in the 60k route will leave Boyle and head to Knockvicar joining the 120k route at Keadue and also take in the Highwood and Curlew climbs.
The "Moone Boy Family Cycle" for younger cyclists takes place in the town.
There will be full catering at the food stops and after the event with showers available at the Sportive HQ in the Abbey Park.
Entry will be €20 for Cycling Ireland members and €25 for non- members and registration will be open in the sportive HQ on Friday evening 16th and Saturday morning 18th.
Further details from Carmel 086 1598232 or Brian 086 2575032 of Curlieu Wheelers facebook page.
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WWE posted the above video chronicling 30 years of WrestleMania entrances, and it's amazing.
WrestleMania entrances haven't always been big-budget, eye-popping spectacles. From the humble beginnings of WrestleMania I to the grandeur of last year's edition, watch entrances transform in this era-spanning video. Leave a comment with your favorite WrestleMania entrance.
– Not only is it fun to see entrances get bigger and more elaborate, but it's fun to follow guys who've been in the company for decades from their first appearances up through their most recent. Like, how great is it to see Triple H go from a curtseying guy in a robe to entering from Castle Greyskull and commanding an army of Terminators?
– The Undertaker has been making dope WrestleMania entrances for longer than a lot of you have been born, but we already knew that.
– Rusev's tank entrance from WrestleMania 31 is still the greatest single WrestleMania entrance ever. You can fight me on it, but you're wrong.
– I miss the spectacle John Cena Mania entrances. He had an army of clones, crashed into the arena in a car and entered via gospel choir. I think I care more about John Cena entrances at WrestleMania than John Cena at WrestleMania.
Like the description says, tell us what your favorite Mania entrance is. Well, second favorite. Because Rusev.


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Update April 18-22: Many Today.com Exiles have set up blogrolls listing the former Today-ers, along with links to their new blogs.
You can see who is on the blogrolls here: Just Flitting, 30 Something and Searching, Books and Movies, TV News and Reviews, Self Reliance, Bookishgal, All About Bipolar, Nonfiction Book Review, Hospitalera's blog, Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver and the Today.com Exiles group blog.
If you have an Exile blogroll, and you're not listed above, please let me know, and I'll add you.
I received this letter — it's a form letter that other people have been receiving as well:
Subject: Close Account
We understand that you are unhappy blogging with Today.com. As such we will be closing out your account for you. Your blog earnings to date will be sent to you in the next pay cycle.
We want to thank you for trying out Today.com and are sorry the program has not lived up to your expectations. We certainly wish you the best in your future endeavors.
Today.com Support
If you were a reader of my Today.com blog — Lostfan.today.com — please change your bookmarks from there to here — and thank you so much for following me around cyberspace!
If you are a fellow Today.com writer, please get in touch, if you feel like it. Now that I have nothing left to lose (except for my last payment, which I'm not sure I will see anyway), I have no more hesitations about speaking publicly. So you can leave a comment below, or if you prefer, email me at eeekablog (at) gmail (dot) com.


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Testosterone and Physical Function in HIV+ Men
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00260143
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 1, 2005
Last Update Posted : January 15, 2010
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|HIV Associate Weight Loss
|Drug: testosterone enanthate
|Phase 2
Show Detailed Description
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|100 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Official Title:
|Testosterone and Physical Function in HIV Associate Weight Loss
|Study Start Date :
|May 2003
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive men, 18-60 years of age, with objective evidence of HIV-infection with low to low-normal testosterone levels (<400 ng/dL). In boys before the age of 18, the hormonal and body composition changes of puberty can confound the data. We will exclude men over 60 because of age-related changes in testosterone levels and body composition, and increased risk of prostate disease.
- Documented weight loss within the previous 6 months of between 5-15% of body weight, or an actual body mass index (BMI) at screening of between 17 and 20 (= 85-95% of the lower limit of ideal weight).
- An energy intake of at least 80% of the estimated requirements. On stable and potent antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 weeks, and in whom, in the opinion of the primary care provider, a change in antiretroviral therapy is unlikely in the next 4 months. Stable therapy may include those not on any antiretroviral therapies and whom, in the opinion of the primary care provider, will not be starting antiretroviral therapy in the next 4 months CD4 cell count >50 /mm3, and HIV-copy number less than 10,000 copies/ml Testosterone levels <400ng/dL Able and willing to provide informed consent and comply with the protocol
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concurrent severe lipodystrophy* according to the patient and the investigator, defined as "the new appearance of thin extremities due to loss of subcutaneous fat (especially the medial compartment of the thigh) along with the new appearance of prominent veins. Loss of tissue in the buccal fat pad and subgluteal region provides further evidence that thin extremities may be in large part due to loss of fat and not just muscles."
- History of prostatic or mammary cancer
- Significant diarrhea defined as 6 or more stools per day with recent change in bowel habits towards more frequent stools, especially if associated with weight loss and fever
- Use of any androgen, growth hormone, or other anabolic or orexigenic agents within the past 6 months
- Use of systemic corticosteroids, except for topical application
- Significant cardiac, renal, hepatic or other diseases that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may put the subject at risk if entered onto the trial or prevent successful completion of the trial.
- AIDS defining illness (CDC HIV Classification, 1993: Clinical Category C) within the previous 3 months (except HIV wasting syndrome)
- Malignancy, other than Kaposi's Sarcoma localized to the skin
- Involvement in (vigorous) resistance exercise training programs (body building) in the past 3 months
- Diabetes mellitus Limiting neuromuscular, joint or bone disease, or history of stroke with residual neurological defect that would preclude measurements of muscle strength or physical function
- Severe symptoms of BPH (American Urological Association [AUA] symptom index score of >14), prostate nodule or induration on digital rectal examination (DRE) unless there has been a negative transrectal biopsy within 3 months, and prostate specific antigen (PSA) > 4
- Untreated severe obstructive sleep apnea, as assessed by Berlin's symptom score.
- Current alcohol or drug dependence which would interfere with compliance for the study
- Subject receive investigational treatment except stable antiretroviral investigational drug in the last 12 weeks
- Subject have a history of hypersensitivity to anabolic steroids or to growth hormone
Any of the following blood test results:
- Liver function test (ALT, AST) 5x the upper limit of the normal range (ULN)
- Alkaline Phosphotase > 5x ULN or > 3x ULN if bilirubin is above normal
- Cholesterol total (> 5 x ULN) or triglycerides 700 mg/dL
- Serum Creatinine 2x ULN
- Hemoglobin 8.0 g/dl or >18 g/dL
- Platelet count < 50x109/L
- PSA 4 ng/ml.
- Concomitant Medications: Men who have received in the preceding 6 months or are currently using androgenic steroids, rhGH, IGF-I or other anabolic agents or appetite stimulants will be excluded. Also, excluded are drugs that affect testosterone secretion or metabolism such as ketoconazole, dilantin, and phenobarbital. Patients who have been on a stable dose of erythropoietin for at least 3 months will be allowed to continue the drug. The changes in antiretroviral therapy except for changes within the same class of drugs are not allowed. The use of corticosteroids, except for topical application, is not allowed. The food supplements that might affect body composition such as creatine, high dose amino-acid supplements, whey protein supplements, androstenedione, DHEA, and marinol, are also not allowed.
- On the Exclusion of Women. Women are not being included in this study because testosterone administration in these doses will inevitably cause virilization, and is ethically unacceptable.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00260143
|United States, California
|Charles R. Drew University
|Los Angeles, California, United States
|Principal Investigator:
|Shalender Bhasin, MD
|Charles R. Drew University and Boston University Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00260143 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
DK49296 (completed)
|First Posted:
|December 1, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 15, 2010
|Last Verified:
|January 2010
Keywords provided by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK):
HIV+ men
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Weight Loss
Body Weight Changes
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Testosterone enanthate
Testosterone undecanoate
Testosterone 17 beta-cypionate
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Antineoplastic Agents
Anabolic Agents


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The Rochester Civic Garden Center has lots of volunteer opportunities. We can use volunteer help with special events, like our annual garden tour and symposium. We also have opportunities for gardeners on the grounds of Warner Castle. The Garden Center is a fun and friendly place to volunteer.
If you are interested in volunteering at RCGC, please contact Carrie Remis either by telephone at 585-473-5130 or e-mail: email@example.com
Library: We're looking for help in the Garden Center library. Tasks would include helping with book preparation and cataloging, organizing historical materials, helping patrons as needed, and collecting books for classes. Training is available; all we require is an interest in gardening and garden literature, and a basic knowledge of computers. Times available are Tuesday either morning or afternoon, Wednesday morning or Thursday afternoon. If interested, please call the Garden Center and leave a message for the library, or send us an e-mail to email@example.com.


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Square Dance Party DVDs and CDs
August 2, 2009
A Review of the Square Dance Party CD and DVD
The Traveling Hoedowners have a well deserved reputation for the high quality Square Dance training videos they have produced in the past. Their latest production is a 4 disc DVD/CD combo set designed to provide music for square dance parties.
Once again, as with their previous productions, "Square Dance Party!" has been professionally filmed and produced to a very high standard, with Paul Place and Gene McCullough as the Callers. Sadly Paul Place died just after the videoing and taping was completed. There is both a Mainstream DVD/CD and a Plus DVD/CD so there's something for everybody. The DVD contains music, calls and video while the CD is only music with calls.
The advantage of having both CD's and DVD's in the set is that it shouldn't be a problem finding the right equipment to play them - most bases are covered. It doesn't matter whether you have a PC or Hi-Fi equipment, one of the discs will work. I tested both types of discs on my laptop using Real Player (free PC software) without any problems and also on my Hi-Fi system.
The DVD's have an easy to use menu system for selecting a dance and the CD's use standard retail track listings. There is a mixture of singing calls and patters, with 16 Mainstream and 14 Plus dances. Most users will probably only be interested in the music and calling but the DVD's also include video, so if you have a large screen tv or digital projector you can certainly liven up the party with videos.
If you're looking for some Mainstream or Plus square dance music then put "Square Dance Party!" at the top of your list. You won't be disappointed by this very professional production! The Traveling Hoedowners set a standard that is almost impossible for anyone else to exceed, such is the quality of their productions.
Samples from The Traveling Hoedowners Square Dance DVDs can be viewed here.


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Yesterday, Davido called out his old friend and producer that produced his hit single "Owo Ni Koko" on twitter, claiming he didn't make #TheList NotJustOk released on Top 10 Nigerian Music Producers because Karma is busy dealing with the Producer, Jfem.
Some fans reacted to this as no one seem to know why Davido had to tweet this, What could have gone down with the two of them.
JFem also took to twitter to throw his own shots at Davido calling him INGRATE, SMELLO AND SAYING HE IS CRUEL!… See His tweet below…
Is this a beef or what?


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Rush leads Jayhawks past North Carolina, into national title game
Published 7:00 pm, Friday, April 4, 2008
AP Sports Writer
As Kansas' 84-66 victory over North Carolina wound down, Brandon Rush looked into the Alamodome stands and smiled.
"I was looking at my mama," Rush said. "She was so proud of me. She was just smiling back at me."
This was the ultimate "Hi, Mom" moment for Glenda Rush.
Rush scored 25 points, three fewer than his career high, as the Jayhawks stunned the Tar Heels in the national semifinals Saturday night. No other Jayhawk had more than 12.
Rush's mother will have another chance to see Rush play Monday night, when Kansas goes for its third NCAA title and first since 1988 against Memphis. The Jayhawks have a shot if Rush plays the way he did early against the Tar Heels.
With five minutes to go in the first half, the score was even.
Brandon Rush 12, North Carolina 12.
Kansas needed Rush to come out hot against the mighty Tar Heels, the top-seeded team in the NCAA tournament, and did he ever.
He hit five of his first six shots from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers. Rush isn't the most vocal leader, but with each bucket he seemed to be telling his teammates, "We can do this."
Rush's fast start helped the Jayhawks build an early 28-point lead.
"He knocked shots down for us," teammate Russell Robinson said. "We got out in transition and got easy baskets. We got him going early."
Rush finished 11-for-17 from the floor, a career high for field goals.
Rush also had seven rebounds, which put him among Kansas' leaders on a night the Jayhawks hammered North Carolina 42-33 on the boards.
"He was very aggressive and played one of his best games," teammate Sasha Kaun said.
All in all, it was a big night for the junior from Kansas City _ and what he envisioned when he endured the long recovery from knee surgery last summer.
"It definitely means the world to me," Rush said. "This is one of my goals since I've been back at Kansas and during my whole rehabbing thing."
There's been heavy speculation that Rush will declare himself eligible for the NBA draft after the season. After all, he appeared headed for the NBA last year. But those plans changed abruptly when Rush tore his right anterior cruciate ligament, and he returned to the Jayhawks.
His recovery from June surgery was difficult at times, but Rush said he felt "100 percent" as he entered the postseason.
He looked it Saturday, though he wasn't nearly as dominant down the stretch as he was in the first half. As Carolina edged within 10 points midway through the second half, Rush badly missed on a pair of 3-pointers.
The player who had vowed one day earlier to attack the basket was suddenly content to launch jumpers _ exactly what coach Bill Self didn't want Rush to do.
But Rush turned aggressive again as the Jayhawks recovered from a midgame swoon and put the Tar Heels away.
With Kansas clinging to a 67-61 lead with about 5 minutes remaining, Rush dribbled past a defender and sliced into the lane for a left-handed layup.
North Carolina never came within eight points the rest of the way.
"Brandon played great today," teammate Darnell Jackson said. "He was unbelievable."


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Podiatric Surgery Residency: Faculty
National Leaders with a Passion for Teaching
About Our Faculty
A sizable faculty lead the Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency at HCMC. Many hold leadership positions at local and national levels, and all are active in teaching, patient care, and research. These experienced surgeons bring a long-term commitment to education that enables us to offer a consistently strong program.
Program Leadership
- Dr. Mindy Benton, Program Director, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency, HCMC
- Dr. Nicole A. Bauerly, Assistant Program Director, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, HCMC
- Dr. Kimberly Bobbitt, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery faculty, HCMC
- Dr. Dennis Oeltjenbruns, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery faculty, HCMC
Affiliated Staff
- Dr. Stephen Powless
- Dr. Maren Elze
- Dr. Heather Jenson
- Dr. Sharilyn Kramer Moore
- Dr. Timothy Szopa
- Dr. Troy Vargas
Professional Leadership
Faculty members have served in state and national organizations at all levels. These include:
- Past president, National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
- Board director, American Board of Podiatric Surgery
- President, Minnesota State Board of Podiatric Medicine
- Chair, ABPS Board Certification Content Development Committee
- Team representative, Joint Residency Review Committee
- Member, Minnesota State Board of Podiatric Medicine
- Co-chair, Twin Cities Foot and Ankle Scientific Conference


text: Wondering about the end times and the rapture can cause confusion, worry and fear for a lot of people, even Christians! For ages people have tried to figure out the exact time that the prophecy of Jesus's return will happen. The best place to turn for answers about the rapture is Scripture! God tells us everything we need to know in the Bible. There are some things that God has left a mystery for us, but has given us enough information in His Word that we should have complete confidence and hope in the Hope of our Salvation. The above verses speak of a time when those who are found in Jesus Christ will stand before Him and receive what has been done in our body, either for Him, or for ourselves.


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California isn't short on amazing places to visit or explore, and for my money it's hard to beat a good trip through California Gold Country! While San Diego, San Francisco, and even Los Angeles certainly have their charms, there's just something about getting away from the stress of heavy traffic and being surrounded by city noise that hits home. There's nothing like finding an RV hire to get that perfect recreational vehicle and take your time visiting the amazing sights of the Gold Country.
Image BY Anthony Easton via flickr.com under a Creative Commons License CC BY 2.0
A bit east of the San Jose and San Francisco area, heading towards the capital you run into some of the most beautiful territory in all of California. Parts of those Sierras are among some of the most incredible and remarkable natural areas in all of the United States. While it can be tempting to try and do a "marathon sprint" of traveling in the area, there's way too much to see and enjoy. Traveling with an RV gives the freedom to choose where you're going to meander and expands where you can stay, so don't try to cram in 10 counties' worth of experiences – do a little bit of up front research and decide how you want to explore the Gold Country!
Travel Scenic Highway 49
Image BY Ken Ludd via flickr.com under a Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0
The aptly and appropriately named historic Highway 49 offers plenty of scenery to enjoy away from the city as well as plenty of interesting sites and tourist worthy spots right off the road. This road always has plenty to offer and is a great travel route when you're not set on one particular destination but love the idea of an easy road trip with plenty to do and the ability to drive on by, or stop and dwell, based on whatever mood hits (one of my favorite benefits of traveling via RV).
Not only does this highway offer plenty in and of itself, especially in spring when the wild flowers bloom, but it also helps connect you to the many other roads and highways that go through all ten regions/counties that are commonly referred to as Gold Country in the state of California.
What Counties Excite You Most?
The experiences offered by each county will differ greatly. Sacramento County blends the urban of the city with many great historical sites, while Mariposa County is known by many as the Mother of All Counties. Sierra County focuses heavily on the natural beauty, and of course there are many mines, historically preserved gold rush towns, and caves that are scattered throughout each of these counties.
Do a little digging to see which ones appear most interesting. If you only have a day or two out of Sacramento that can help narrow it down, or if there are a couple open weeks choose two or three main attractions that really jump out and enjoy the rest of your time going from one spot to another.
Image BY Kirt Edblom via flickr.com under a Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0
Catch the Gold Fever!
What's the point of visiting Gold Country if you're not going to do some panning or take a look at one of the historic sites? The Marshall Gold Discovery brings visitors to the spot that started it all over a century and a half ago. If you want to try your luck now there is still some popular gold panning sites in Jamestown, and you don't want to miss the Gold Bug Park & Mine if you haven't been there before.
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There were massive deposits of gold found throughout the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains, meaning even today there are many places where a traveler can try their hand and panning for some nuggets or getting guided tours through the historic sites that were so important in California's state history.
Whatever part of California's Gold Country you decide to visit, by taking the time to enjoy what the area has to offer you are sure to have a great, dare I say golden, time!
Third party writer Jai started writing poetry and short stories at age 7 – her grandmother being her very first editor and number one fan (until today). Now in her early thirties, she writes travel blogs and yes – still dreams to travel to every country in the world before she's 40.


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While more and more colleges are questioning the use of the SAT, the use of standardized tests for law and medical school admissions is much more widely accepted. The American Bar Association, [1] for example, views the use of admission tests as a key way to measure the suitability of law schools for accreditation. And as a result, the Law School Admission Test [2] is routinely required by law schools.
As a result, more than a few eyebrows have been raised in the past few days by word that the University of Michigan's law school will start admitting a small share of its class without LSAT scores. Michigan says that the goal of its Wolverine Scholars program is to attract more students from its home state. But because Michigan's law school is considered to be among the best in the country and because the LSAT is so routinely a major part of law school admissions, the move is attracting scrutiny in the legal blogosphere. [3]
By no means is Michigan abandoning the LSAT. The program is open only to Michigan undergraduates with a grade point average of at least 3.8. Sarah C. Zearfoss, assistant dean of the law school and its director of admissions, said that only about 5-10 students will be admitted this way, out of a class of 360, and that the primary goal is to attract more Michigan students. Michigan's law school is unusual among public law schools in its relatively low proportion of in-state residents -- 22 percent. (By comparison 70 percent of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law school are from the state; at the University of California at Los Angeles, the figure is 60 percent.)
Michigan's description of its new programs gives this explanation for why it is not requiring the LSAT: "The law school's in-depth familiarity with Michigan undergrad curricula and faculty, coupled with significant historic data for assessing the potential performance of Michigan undergrads at the Law School, will allow us to perform an intensive review of the undergraduate curriculum of applicants, even beyond the typical close scrutiny we devote, and have confidence in our ability to assess an applicant's academic strengths and the likelihood of outstanding engagement with the law school. For this select group of qualified applicants, therefore, we will omit our usual requirement that applicants submit an LSAT score."
Many law school bloggers have jumped to the conclusion that the law school is trying to improve its rankings in U.S. News by attracting students with very high grades but perhaps those students who wouldn't score well on the LSAT. In this scenario, Michigan gets more points for a higher GPA and its LSAT average could rise, too. (Both grade and LSAT medians are part of the magazine's methodology [4] for law schools.) Michigan's move is being called "a new low in 'gaming' the U.S. News rankings," [5] and there is much speculation [6] that this is all about the magazine.
Zearfoss said there is no such strategy at work. The number of students who will be admitted this way is such a "fractional sliver" of the class that "this couldn't be a successful route for manipulating the rankings, even if we were so inclined," she said. Michigan has "well considered policy objectives" for the program, she said, adding that the law school has never made decisions based on "blind obeisance to rankings."
She said it was surprising to find so much skepticism at "one very small outside-the-box" move by a law school, especially when "many organizations are examining the appropriate use of standardized tests."
In fact some experts on standardized tests agree that what's significant here isn't the rankings, but the idea that a top law school would go on record saying that it's possible to make informed admissions decisions, even in a minority of cases, without the LSAT.
Robert Schaeffer, public education director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, called the move "a step in the right direction." He said he believes Michigan and other law schools don't even need such a high GPA to make such a shift, but that the principle involved is what's important. "Top-notch performance in a rigorous undergraduate curriculum is a better predictor of readiness for graduate school than any multiple-choice exam," he said.
He also said that, for all the concern among educators about the hysteria over SAT scores and the growth of the test-prep industry, things are even worse for professional school testing, which he said "makes the pre-SAT frenzy look mild -- nearly every person who sits for the LSAT, MCAT or GMAT has paid for some form of coaching."
Law schools that don't use the LSAT are shunned by the ABA. The refusal of the Massachusetts School of Law to require the LSAT was among several disputes that led to years of fighting with the ABA over its refusal to accredit the non-traditional law school. (Having lost in court, at this point the law school says it no longer wants ABA recognition and can operate without it.) The Massachusetts School of Law requires all applicants to have interviews and to take an essay test it has developed, [7] and argues that its method helps to identify talented students who might not have earned great LSAT scores.
Lawrence R. Velvel, the dean of the school, said that the LSAT "is all about elitism -- it's about saying your law school is better than another law school because you have better LSAT scores." While Velvel said his law school does not track students' race and ethnicity, he said that well more than one fourth of students are from minority groups and that many students come from relatively modest economic backgrounds. The "interests of the public at large," he said, demand that law schools not rely on tests on which wealthy students have advantages.
Asked about Michigan's new program, he said, "I don't care what Michigan does because we've known for 20 years that we are right. I simply consider that Michigan is the first very small inroad in the rest of law schools to doing what we know is right, and what is increasingly taking place in fields other than law."
Michael A. Olivas, a professor of law at the University of Houston who has served on many national committees on legal education, said it was important not to overstate the significance of Michigan's move. He noted that Bowdoin College went SAT-optional decades ago and for a long time, not many colleges followed, and even today, SAT-optional isn't the norm for highly competitive colleges. So Olivas predicted a "modest" impact.
Still, he said that just as Bowdoin "got people thinking," Michigan will also prompt other law schools to think about their approaches. "It's a good idea to have alternatives floating around," he said.
One person who thinks that Michigan is making a mistake is Ellen Rutt, associate dean for admissions at the University of Connecticut's law school and chair of the Law School Admissions Council, which runs the LSAT. She noted that the ABA requires a test and said that LSAT was "the gold standard."
In addition, Rutt questioned how Michigan would respond if many students with high grades applied, as could be possible at an institution as large as that university. "You have to discriminate among them somehow," she said. "I think they are losing something very crucial to the admissions process" for "comparability" and providing "greater precision in predicting first-year performance," she said.


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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Jamie Moyer is poised to rewrite major-league history.
Thursday night at Salt River Fields, Moyer took a quantum leap toward making the Rockies' rotation by throwing four perfect innings against the Giants in a 7-0 Rockies victory.
Should Moyer make the rotation, and should he win a regular-season game, he would become the oldest pitcher to ever win a big-league game, erasing a mark that's stood for nearly 80 years.
It was on Sept. 13, 1932, in the first game of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field, that Jack Quinn threw five shutout innings to beat the St. Louis Cardinals. Quinn was 49 years, 74 days old.
Moyer is two months older than Quinn was then.
But Moyer, a 24-year veteran who has won 267 major league games with seven teams, isn't concerning himself with milestones and baseball trivia. He's too consumed with his pitching.
Thursday night, he crafted a mini-masterpiece.
"Was I quick enough for you tonight?" Moyer joked after needing just 45 pitches (30 strikes) to befuddle the Giants.
Moyer spent last season as an analyst for ESPN while recovering from Tommy John surgery. He signed with Colorado as a minor-league free agent in January. He might have looked like a longshot to make the team back then, but not anymore.
Against the Giants, Moyer mixed his sub-80 mph fastball, sleight-of-hand change-up, nasty cutter and slow curve to keep hitters guessing. He went to a three-ball count only twice and struck out four.
Angel Pagan was the only Giants player to make solid contact against him, lining out to center field to open the game.
"That's why we have outfielders," Moyer quipped.
Moyer won't predict if he's making the rotation as the Rockies' fifth starter, but he was obviously pleased with his outing.
"You've got to ask the guy down the hall (manager Jim Tracy) about that," he said. "But I have always looked at spring training as a place where you work to win a job. … At this stage it's all about progress, making a little bit each time. I feel I moved forward tonight."
Tracy said the Rockies want to see how Moyer finishes spring, and make sure his body can withstand the rigors of pitching every fifth day before committing to Moyer. But Tracy certainly was encouraged by Thursday's performance.
"As I have said many times this spring, he looks like Jamie Moyer," Tracy said. "It certainly doesn't look like he missed any time last year. It's the same Jamie Moyer stuff. His velocity hasn't changed, his repertoire hasn't changed, his energy hasn't changed. His love for the game hasn't changed. He's out there competing and he's doing a wonderful job of it."
On Monday, as he returned from a strained left leg that forced him to miss a Cactus League start, Moyer pitched on a back field against Arizona Diamondbacks minor leaguers. He got hammered, giving up six hits and four runs in less than two innings. The performance included home runs on consecutive pitches.
Yet Moyer came away feeling healthy and confident he could regain his rhythm. He did Thursday night.
"I didn't really look at this as a test," he said. "I just came into tonight's game looking to pitch and do as well as I could."
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HomeBoundUpdated March 19, 2010
|Marilyn M OReilly
|"The world is a much smaller place when we discover how far our ancestrial kinship takes us. Homeward Bound is dedicated to those in name that have passed on before and those that have yet to discover from whom they came."
"A recognition of ourselves and how this world of people relates to everything we are in it as we move onward and it's reward that we adventurers cherish. A linking to the past tied to memories for some, and to others the comforting peace that we hold,not to be forgotten with priding ourselves in sharing the journeys of those that led us here."
God speed our steps to retracing the hearts that belong to our families, and may we rejoice in all that we find connecting us with an irreplacable belonging to one another."
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Pricey, but already available
One of the best things about ATI's HD4600 series is the low power consumption and the fact that these mainstream cards don't need external power. The resulting low TDP allows vendors to easily make passive versions of the card, but most have limited their efforts to the cheaper HD4650.
However, HIS has launched the first passive HD4670, and it uses the same iSilence 4 heatsink as HIS's passive HD4650. It's reference clocked, 750/873MHz for the core and memory. The only downside is the price. At €110,- it's €40 more expensive than HIS's passive HD4650. What's even more troubling, an HD4830 sells for €100, while an HD4850 costs €125.
Unfortunately, with such a high price tag we don't see many takers. Hopefully, the price will drop soon; for the moment, if you want to go passive, an HD4650 seems like a more reasonable choice.


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Atlanta's legendary Fox Theatre today announced a yearlong celebration to thank its hometown in honor of the 40th anniversary of the "Save the Fox" campaign, a city-wide effort rescuing the landmark from demolition.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed joined Allan C. Vella, Fox Theatre's president and chief executive officer, entertainer Jeff Foxworthy, Valerie Jackson, philanthropist and widow of the late Mayor Maynard Jackson, Woody White, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Fox Theatre, Inc., and Jay Myers, Board of Trustees, Fox Theatre, Inc. for today's press conference announcement in the Egyptian Ballroom at the Fox Theatre.
The campaign, called "The Legend Lives On," includes a block party, gala celebration event, "Fox in the Box" educational partnership with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), a national contest to find the theatre's biggest fan, a special Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival event, and a lineup of performances including memory-making shows from Atlanta-native Jeff Foxworthy and "One More For The Fans," a musical tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band was instrumental in the "Save the Fox" campaign, performing a 1976 benefit concert, which turned into the classic live album "One More From The Road."
By 1974, the Fox Theatre had fallen into a state of disrepair far from its Shriners mosque beginnings and movie palace glory days. When news of impending demolition came to light, the mayor's office, citizens, students, and local businesses fought to save the legendary landmark, and the "Save the Fox" campaign was born.
The turnaround was monumental. Over the next several years, the Fox Theatre transformed into a living museum and began steps toward the non-profit that it is today. The venue now hosts more than 300 events and welcomes upwards of 600,000 fans through its doors each year.
The Fox Theatre's Vella said, "First and foremost, the Fox wants to thank Atlanta for their efforts in saving this landmark. Without your efforts in our rebirth 40 years ago, we wouldn't be where we are today. In fact, we wouldn't be here period."
Mayor Reed touched on the city's support for the Fox, saying, "The City of Atlanta continues to be a strong supporter of the arts, and the Fox Theatre is central to our city's arts community. There's something truly special about a show at the Fox. We are so thankful that 40 years ago, Mayor Maynard Jackson and Save the Fox fought to preserve this magnificent landmark for future generations."
As a non-profit, the Fox Theatre's mission is to achieve long-term sustainability so that it can be shared with generations to come. Financial contributions from current sponsors like Coca-Cola, Lexus, Delta, The Georgian Terrance, and Livingston as well as individual donations support maintenance of the theatre, which averages approximately $1 million annually.
In 2008, the Fox launched the Fox Theatre Institute (FTI), a non-profit providing essential technical, historical and organizational support and education to theatres across the country. The broader goal is to inspire leaders, encourage involvement in the arts, and positively impact the cultural landscape of Georgia. Recently, the FTI launched a new Facebook page at fb.com/foxtheatreinstitute.
Special Initiatives For The 40th Anniversary Of "Save the Fox"
A special gala celebration on March 14, 2015 will honor the efforts of the original Atlanta Landmarks, Inc. board. Board members will be recognized during a brief presentation at the event.
On June 7, 2015, the 40th Anniversary celebration will culminate with a Fox Theatre block party to provide Atlanta the opportunity to experience the magic of the theatre through concerts, special tours, activities, and prize drawings. The event will be free and open to the public.
The reemergence of the "Friends of the Fox" membership program is a way for people to support the Fox Theatre and FTI. Benefits range from advance notice of show announcements and special ticket offers to Coca-Cola Film Festival tickets, backstage tours, and exclusive members-only access and events. "Friends of the Fox" members will also receive an invitation to the gala celebration.
For "Fox in the Box," SCAD students collaborated to create a box that generates an interactive experience focused on the theatre as a venue and its history. The "Fox in the Box" will serve as an introduction for those who are unable to experience the building firsthand. In an effort to preserve and share the Fox Theatre, the boxes will be a vehicle to deliver information throughout Georgia.
The Facebook contest search for the Fox Theatre's Biggest Fan will prove competitive as the winner
will receive an abundance of prizes. Submissions are accepted for 40 days (Sep. 23, 2014 – Nov. 1, 2014). Go to fb.com/foxtheatreinstitute or fb.com/thefoxtheatreatlanta to enter.
In addition, the 2015 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival will have a day-long showing of 40th anniversary movies with throwback pricing.
Vella said, "With these initiatives, the Fox Theatre will invest in the city that invested in us by bringing one-of-a-kind arts and entertainment as well as education to the community that cared enough to preserve this beloved institution."
For continued up-to-date information on the campaign (including press releases, history, event timeline, images, and more), please visitwww.foxtheatre.org/thelegend


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Protecting the Sewer System
Sewer systems are essential to protecting public health and the environment, and we're all responsible for keeping them in working order. Here are some tips to keep your home's drains—and the regional sewer system—flowing smoothly:
Don't Pour FOG (fat, oil, and grease) Down the Drain
FOG is the primary cause of most sanitary sewer blockages. Cooking grease, along with butter, milk, ice cream and other oily, fatty substances build up along pipe walls, restricting the flow of wastewater. When a blockage forms, wastewater (i.e. sewage) can back up into your house or onto your street. These backups can cause costly property damage and threaten public health and the environment.
Instead of pouring FOG down the drain, you should:
- Pour used cooking grease into a heat-safe container, such as an empty coffee can, and store it in the refrigerator. Once the grease has hardened, seal the top and place the can in the trash.
- Wipe greasy pots, dishes and utensils with a paper towel before washing.
- Keep food scraps OUT of the garbage disposal. Instead, catch them in the sink with a strainer and place them in the trash or compost bin.
- Mix used cooking grease with an absorbent material such as cat litter or coffee grounds, place it in a sealed container and dispose of it in the trash.
Note: Homeowners are required to maintain the lateral from their home to the main sewer line, which is typically located in the street or nearby easement. More information.
Tips for Businesses Managing FOG
Sewer overflows are an emergency. If you ever see sewage bubbling out of a manhole cover or see evidence of a sewer line problem, call us immediately at (818) 251-2100; don't assume someone else has reported the incident.
Beware of Garbage Disposals
Many sewer problems begin at your garbage disposal. Always remove plastic stickers from fruits and vegetables and place them in the trash. These stickers are notorious for causing clogs in home drains. Also avoid grinding hard materials such as egg shells, coffee grounds and bones, as they can collect and block your drain. Any hard materials that do make it to the wastewater treatment plant can damage costly equipment. Instead, place them in the trash or use them in your garden compost project if you have one.
Don't Use the Toilet as a Trashcan
Sewer pipes and treatment plants are designed to handle biological wastes and toilet paper. So, avoid flushing cigarette butts, plastics, metals, bandages, dental floss, baby wipes or other personal hygiene items; they can cause clogs and they all belong in the trash. Never pour gasoline, paint, pool chemicals, acetone (found in nail polish remover) or similar items down the drain. They pose hazards to the sewer system and could impede the biological treatment processes at the wastewater treatment plant.
Don't Flush Drugs Down the Toilet
Prescription or over-the-counter drugs flushed down the drain eventually enter our local water bodies, endangering aquatic life and water quality. Medications contain chemicals that cannot be removed during the water treatment process. In order to minimize the potential negative and irreversible impacts, unused or expired medications should be:
- Taken to Lost Hills Sheriff's station, 27050 Agoura Rd, for proper disposal. Search additional drug take-back locations near you.
- Placed in a sealable container or bag and then placed in the trash.
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From New York Times best-selling author Lisa Unger comes the second of three e-novellas about a psychic medium and the strange secrets she begins to uncover - for better or for worse.
Ten years after Eloise Montgomery discovers her psychic abilities, she is a full-fledged working psychic, with a partner and a business. Now, in The Burning Girl, she's discovering some disturbing things: secrets about her genealogy that are, perhaps, best left in the past; that her granddaughter Finley has powers of her own; and that not all of Eloise's visitors actually want to be helped. Some of them are just looking for trouble…
Writing with the same taut prose that earned her critical acclaim for her explosive thriller Beautiful Lies, Lisa Unger delivers a spellbinding story that will leave you wanting more.
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Siebel Professional Services Automation Guide > Resource Management > End-User Procedures for Resource Management >
The Candidate History view is used to keep track of employees who are possible candidates for filling the resource request.
NOTE: The Candidate History view is static, unlike the Potential Resources view which is dynamic and refreshes each time the Find Resources button is clicked.
End users can track the status and disposition of each candidate in the list; thus, the Candidate History view maintains a record of candidates who were considered for this role.
To add an employee to the candidate history
NOTE: Status and Disposition are not required fields, but you can use them to track each candidate's history on the resource request.


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Induction Year: 1983
When Louis Clark Brock was growing up in the rural North Louisiana community of Mer Rouge, he didn't dream of reaching the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown , N. Y.
He didn't know it existed.
Brock didn't take baseball seriously until he was caught throwing a spitball at a girl in the fourth grade class at his all-black school.
The missile was off-target, hitting the teacher. Lou's punishment was to write a research paper on the lives of Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial and Jackie Robinson, who had just broken the color barrier in major league baseball.
References to the money they made playing baseball puzzled the fourth grader. He couldn't comprehend numbers like $30,000 and $100,000. What's this number? he asked his teacher.
When she explained, the youngster started taking baseball seriously.
After high school, college talent scouts weren't exactly camped on the Brocks' doorstep. He wrote to several schools and only one respondedSouthern University, in Baton Rouge . Lou hitchhiked to Baton Rouge , working as a janitor and mowing lawns while he waited for the baseball season to arrive.
When it did, Brock spent a month trying to impress coach Emory Hines. But Hines didn't pay any attention to Brock until he collapsed in the outfield shagging flies. Bending over the prone figure, the Jaguars' coach asked, What happened?
I want to make the team, Brock murmured.
Okay, Hines replied. Swing a bat.
He took five swings, and hit four of them over the fence.
Despite that impressive introduction, Brock hit only .186 as a freshman. But hew was over .500 the next year, and Jaguars won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship.
Brock wasn't stealing bases then. He was a power hitter, going 10-for-11 in a doubleheader at Jackson State . When pro scouts showed up to check out Wiley College pitcher Johnny Berry, Brock tied the game with a night inning homer and won it, 2-1, with another homer in the 11th.
He passed up his senior year to accept a $30,000 bonus from the Chicago Cubs. After leading the Northern League in hitting with .361 and stealing 38 bases for St. Cloud , Minn. , Brock went to the parent club at the end of the 1961 season and cracked the starting lineup the next year.
In 1964, the cubs made a trade that ranks among the worst in baseball history. They sent Brock to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitcher Ernie Broglio. Brock broke all of the base-stealing records en route to the Hall of Fame, while Broglio won 10 games in three seasons before bowing out of baseball.
The trade paid immediate dividends for the Cardinals as Brock hit .315 and stole 43 bases to help St. Louis win its first world title since 1946. One day after Bob Gibson pitched the Cards to a 7-5 victory over the Yankees in the final game of the World Series, Johnny Keane resigned as the St. Louis manager and the Yankees fired Yogi Berraand eventually hired keane.
That was the first of three World Series appearances for Brock, as the Cardinals beat the Red Sox in 1967 and lost to the Tigers one year later. Brock's .391 batting average in three World Series is the record for a player appearing in 20 or more games, surpassing marks of .363 by Frank Home Run Baker and .361 by Lou Gehrig.
The record that put Brock in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame were for stealing bases. He broke Ty Cobb's single season and career records, becoming the first player to break the 900 barrier in career stolen bases and the only player to steal more than 50 bases in 12 consecutive seasons (the previous record was eight, by Cobb).
In 1977, when he was 35 years old, Brock set the modern record with 118 stolen bases. He hit .306 that year and was selected Player of the Year by The Sporting News.
Brock's success on the basepaths was no accident. He literally became a student of the art of stealing bases, taking movies of pitchers and other base-stealing champs. He kept charts and statistics, and used computers near the end of his career. He talked with Louis Aparicio and Maury Willis, but got some of his best tips from Cool Papa Bell , the legendary Negro League star.
In stealing bases, Brock said, it's not how fast you can run, but whether or not you can read the pitchers and understand the movable parts of the body. The pitcher is the only man who can stop a base-runner. It's so simple, yet so complicated. By 1966, I figured the sky was the limit. By that time, I had taken all the guesswork out of stealing bases.
On the negative side, he was often among the league leaders in strikeouts, and ranked fifth all-time major league career list in that category. He also set major league records by (1) being caught stealing 295 times in his career and (2) leading National League outfielders in errors seven times.
Brock, who played in five All-Star Games, hit over .300 eight times, includeing his final season (hitting .304 at the age of 40). Getting my 3,000th hit was the crowning point of my career, he said. It was the star on the crown, and I enjoyed that better than any other milestone.
Except for the day in 1985 when he was inducted into the Cooperstown Hall of Fame.
When you stand at that podium, he said, the history begins to hit you. Standing up there and being able to take my place among the greatest players who ever played major league baseballall of a sudden, it hits you, and your knees just turn to jelly. It was the proudest moment of my life.


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ROBERT I. JONES (Deceased)
Inducted: July 27, 1973 in Bloomington, IN
Date of Birth: March 28, 1912 in Wabash, IN
High School Attended: Wabash Graduated: 1930
High School Honors: All-State Fullback and All-State Tackle; Heavyweight Wrestling Champion; State Champion Shot Put.
College Attended: Indiana University Graduated: 1934
College Honors: Big Ten All-Conference Guard 1933; played in Shrine East-West All-Star Game; Big Ten All-Conference Heavyweight Wrestling Champion 1931; runner-up in NCAA Wrestling Championship 1932 and 1933.
Professional Athletic Background: Played one year with the Green Bay Packers as a right guard and occasional punter.
Coaching Experience: South Bend Central head football coach 28 years, 1935-1963, with a record of 123-57-12; also, served 15 years as wrestling coach.
Coaching Honors: Had 3 undefeated seasons 1958, 1959, 1960; 5 Northern Indiana Eastern Division Conference Championships; 3 overall Northern Indiana Conference Championships; 2 State Championships; also, 7 Northern Indiana Conference Wrestling Championships; 1 State Wrestling Championship.
Special Recognition: Retired Air Force Reserves Colonel with over 31 years of active service; spent 7 years in active military service during WW II and the Korean conflict; Director of Athletics and Physical Education, South Bend School Corporaion 1963-1972.
Family: Wife, Velma (Deceased); children, Nancy and Christopher; 7 grandchildren.
Coach Jones passed away March 25, 1999.


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I hope that cycles are discouraged, rather than encouraged. I agree that the specification allows them (the RDFMS says "directed labeled graph", not "directed labeled acyclic graph"), but I'm not sure it should be recommended best practice. All of us poor implementors trying to persist our models in RDBMS and similar cycle unfriendly systems have to deal with cycles, but the assumption I've been making is that cycles will be uncommon. It's hard to optimize lookups otherwise. PerryReceived on Thursday, 23 March 2000 15:27:03 UTC
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