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DeFeet Headquarters, Hildebran, NC USA., December 13, 2011 – DeFeet International has been voted "Business of the Year" for 2012 by the publication Business North Carolina. The award represents a milestone for DeFeet, a company that was brought to it's knees by a devastating fire in 2001. DeFeet was chosen from a long list of great North Carolina businesses in many different business categories. Shane Cooper, DeFeet's founder, President, and "Chief Sockologist", received the award in person.
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TOKYO, Japan (Nov. 17, 2013) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team closed out the FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup by defeating Dominican Republic 25-14, 25-16, 21-25, 25-18 on Sunday afternoon in Tokyo and finished with the silver medal.
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Already assured of at least the bronze medal heading into today's final match, the U.S. (4-1, 10 points) ended the tournament with four consecutive wins over No. 3 Japan, No. 6 Russia, No. 12 Thailand and No. 8 Dominican Republic. Team USA started the tournament with a tough 26-24, 26-24, 25-20 loss to gold-medalist and No. 1 Brazil (5-0).
The U.S. concludes the 2013 season with a 25-6 overall record.
The U.S. used three blocks and three aces in a 13-2 run in the first set to overcome an early 3-0 deficit to win 25-14. The Americans out-blocked Dominican 7-2 in the set. Team USA built an early 5-1 in the second set and reached a 17-9 advantage in cruising to a 25-16 victory. Dominican Republic rallied from a 9-4 deficit in the third set to come back and win 25-21. The U.S. scored 10 of the final 14 points of the fourth set to win 25-18.
"First, congratulations to the Dominican Republic," U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly said. "We've had many battles. We get to play each other a number of times each year and it's always difficult. For our team, we have a lot to be proud of. We played against the world's best in 2013 and got four wins out of five. All 14 of our athletes here made a real contribution to this team effort."
Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) led the Americans with 19 points on 13 kills via 25 attacks, four blocks and two aces. Kelly Murphy (Wilmington, Ill.) contributed 16 points with 13 kills on 32 attacks, one block and two aces. Jordan Larson-Burbach (Hooper, Neb.) added 16 points on 12 kills via 38 swings, three blocks and an ace. Cursty Jackson (Los Angeles) tacked on 10 points with five kills, three blocks and two aces. Kristin Hildebrand (Orem, Utah) pocketed eight points with seven kills on 19 attacks and a block. Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) added four blocks and an ace, Kim Hill (Portland, Ore.) rounded out the scoring with an ace.
Glass was credited with 22 running sets leading to a 37.2 kill percent and .263 hitting efficiency (51-15-137). Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa) chipped in seven digs and a team-leading 17 excellent receptions on 25 attempts. Larson-Burbach added 14 excellent receptions on 18 errorless attempts.
Kiraly started Larson-Burbach and Kristin Hildebrand (Orem, Utah) at outside hitter, Jackson and Paolini at middle blocker, Murphy at opposite and Glass at setter. Banwarth was the libero for the match. Lichtman started the second and third sets and subbed in the other two sets for Hildebrand. Hill was a sub in all four sets.
The U.S. held a dominating block advantage 16-8, in addition to an 8-2 ace margin. As a team, the U.S. converted 63.5 percent of its reception attempts into excellent passes, while Dominican Republic was held to a 40.0 percent.
"Congratulations to the Dominican team," Hildebrand said. "We've had a lot of chances to play them and they are a great team and we always battle back and forth. In the third set, they started to play very well and I'm happy with the way we came back in the fourth and battled to win the match. I'm happy with our result here – 4-1 for USA. We played some great matches and great teams and we look forward to an even stronger 2014".
The U.S. has now ended three tournaments in 2013 versus Dominican Republic. The Americans defeated the Dominicans in straight sets in the Pan American Cup gold-medal match in June, then captured the NORCECA Continental Championship with a four-set win over Dominican in the title match.
Gina Mambru led Dominican Republic with 17 points, while Elizabeth Martinez came off the bench to score 10 points.
Dominican Republic scored the first three points of the opening set, but the Americans pushed back with kills from Jackson and Murphy to close to 5-4. The U.S. went on a 4-0 run with a Larson-Burbach ace, Jackson block and kill from Murphy to take an 8-6 lead into the first technical timeout. Hildebrand pounded three consecutive kills to extend the lead to 11-7. Out of a Dominican timeout, Jackson served two aces and Larson-Burbach put up a block to increase the advantage to 14-7. Team USA reached the second technical timeout leading 16-8 with a Hildebrand kill and Paolini block. Paolini added another block out of the break to push the American lead to 17-8. Paolini slammed a kill and Dominican Republic hit long to create a 19-9 double-digit lead for the Americans. Dominican Republic sliced three points off the deficit at 19-12. Paolini answered with a block and Larson-Burbach followed with a kill to prompt Dominican Republic to call timeout down 21-12. The U.S. increased its lead to 22-12 with a Dominican Republic error. Dominican Republic scored consecutive points to whittle the gap to 22-14. Larson-Burbach two kills around a Jackson block to give the Americans a 25-14 victory.
The U.S. bolted to a 5-1 lead in the second set with two blocks and kill from Glass and a Paolini and kill. Team USA stretched its advantage to 8-2 at the first technical timeout with a Larson-Burbach block after two Dominican Republic errors. Dominican Republic chopped three points off the deficit at 9-6 with a 4-1 run. Hildebrand and Murphy answered with kills to rebuild the lead to 11-6. Team USA reached the second technical timeout leading 16-9 with a Hill ace capping a 3-0 run that included a Murphy kill. Out of the break Jackson put up a block to extend the American lead to 17-9. Dominican Republic cut the gap to 18-12 with back-to-back points. Jackson upped the American lead to 20-12 with a kill, while consecutive Dominican Republic errors pushed the U.S. lead to 22-13. Murphy and Paolini tallied consecutive kills to extend the lead to 24-14. After Dominican Republic saved two set points, Paolini ended the frame with a kill at 25-16.
Paolini scored two kills around a Dominican Republic error to create a 3-0 advantage for the U.S. to start the third set. Paolini and Larson-Burbach extended the advantage to 5-1 with back-to-back kills. Dominican Republic battled back to knot the score at 9-all. Larson-Burbach slammed two kills around a Murphy attack to yield a 13-10 American lead at a Dominican Republic timeout. Dominican Republic rallied to take a 16-15 advantage into the second technical timeout, but Murphy scored back-to-back points to lift the Americans back in front 17-16. Dominican Republic reversed the momentum to its side with a 4-0 run to take a 20-17 advantage. Murphy downed a kill and ace to close the deficit to 20-19.
Team USA gained the first two-point cushion of the fourth set at 6-4 with a kill and block by Murphy. The U.S. increased its lead to 10-7 with a Paolini kill and Glass block. Dominican Republic chipped two points off the deficit at 11-10. Team USA increased its advantage to 15-12 with a Murphy kill and Paolini block heading into a Dominican Republic timeout. Dominican Republic fought back with two quick points to close to 15-14. After a Dominican Republic service error, Paolini hit a kill off the block and Murphy served an ace off the net to rebuild the American lead to 18-14. Paolini and Larson-Burbach each collected kills to extend the U.S. lead to 20-15 at a Dominican Republic timeout. Dominican Republic clipped three points off the deficit at 20-18. Larson-Burbach ended the run with a kill and block, followed by a Paolini ace at 23-18. Team USA reached set point at 24-18 on a Dominican Republic error, then Glass pounded an overpass for a kill and 25-18 victory.
U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team for FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Spike, Block, Hometown, College)
1 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, 10-0, 9-10, Leland, Mich., Penn State University)
4 - Cursty Jackson (MB, 6-2, 10-6, 10-2, Los Angeles, Calif., University of Arizona)
5 - Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, 9-4, 8-9, Kaneohe, Hawaii, University of Washington)
7 - Cassidy Lichtman (OH, 6-1, 9-10, 9-2, Poway, Calif., Stanford University)
8 - Lauren Gibbemeyer (MB, 6-2, 10-1, 9-7, St. Paul, Minn., University of Minnesota)
9 - Kristin Hildebrand – Captain (OH, 6-1, 9-10, 9-4, Orem, Utah, Stanford University)
10 - Jordan Larson-Burbach (OH, 6-2, 9-11, 9-8, Hooper, Neb., University of Nebraska)
12 - Kayla Banwarth (L, 5-10, 9-8, 9-3, Dubuque, Iowa, University of Nebraska)
13 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, 10-7, 9-10, Hopewell Township, Pa., Penn State University)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (OPP, 6-4, 10-2, 9-7, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State University)
15 - Kelly Murphy (OPP, 6-2, 10-4, 10-1, Wilmington, Ill., University of Florida)
16 - Kim Hill (OH, 6-4, 10-6, 10-2, Portland, Ore., Pepperdine University)
17 - Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-4, 10-5, 9-10, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Texas)
20 - Jenna Hagglund (S, 5-10, 9-7, 9-6, West Chester, Ohio, University of Washington)
Head Coach: Karch Kiraly
Assistant Coaches: Reed Sunahara, Mike Hebert
Technical Coordinator: Joe Trinsey
Athletic Trainer: Jill Wosmek
Team Leader: Kenny Sullivan
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup Schedule
Nov. 12 - Nagoya, Japan
Dominican Republic def. Thailand 25-23, 25-21, 25-23
Brazil def. USA 26-24, 26-24, 25-20
Japan def. Russia 25-20, 26-28, 25-16, 26-24
Nov. 13 - Nagoya, Japan
Brazil def. Thailand 25-18, 25-17, 25-17
Russia def. Dominican Republic 25-14, 22-25, 25-23, 25-15
United States def. Japan 25-19, 25-19, 19-25, 25-21
Nov. 15 - Tokyo, Japan
Brazil def. Dominican Republic 25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 25-19
United States def. Russia 16-25, 25-22, 25-19, 24-26, 15-13
Japan def. Thailand 25-20, 29-27, 25-22
Nov. 16 - Tokyo, Japan
United States def. Thailand 13-25, 27-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-13
Brazil def. Russia 18-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-19
Japan def. Dominican Republic 25-17, 25-19, 29-27
Nov. 17 - Tokyo, Japan
United States def. Dominican Republic 25-14, 25-16, 21-25, 25-18
Thailand def. Russia 18-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23
Brazil def. Japan 29-27, 25-14, 25-18


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Highlighting one of the Peabody Museum's most important archaeological expeditions--the excavation of the Swarts Ranch Ruin in southwestern New Mexico by Harriet and Burton Cosgrove in the mid-1920s--the show features more than 100 rare, never-before-exhibited examples of Mimbres painted pottery. Painted by a Distant Hand traces the origins of the Mimbres people and what became of them. The exhibit also considers the meaning of the images, who among the Mimbres painted them, and what scholars have learned about the Mimbres in the 75 years since the Cosgroves' seminal expedition.
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Location: Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality ResearchTitle: Rhizoctonia spp. dynamics and optimal timing of glyphosate application to cereal cover crops to manage onion stunting in Washington and Oregon
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Citation: Sharma, P.D., Paulitz, T.C., Porter, L., Eggers, J., Hamm, P.B., Du Toit, L. 2013. Rhizoctonia spp. dynamics and optimal timing of glyphosate application to cereal cover crops to manage onion stunting in Washington and Oregon. Phytopathology. 103:S 2.131.
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Technical Abstract: Onion stunting or bare patch caused by Rhizoctonia spp. is an economically important disease in sandy soils of the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington. Patches of stunted onions develop where cover crops of wheat or barley are killed with a herbicide spray prior to spring planting of onion seed. Onion bulb yield and concentration of DNA of R. solani AG groups in soil were compared within patches vs. adjacent healthy areas. Onion stunting reduced bulb yields 25 to 77% within patches. Severe stunting reduced total and marketable bulb weights. DNA of R. solani AG8 was detected at medium to high risk levels from a majority (57%) of patched areas compared to AG4 (21%), AG3 (10%), and AG2-1 (7%). To determine the optimum timing of cover crop kill with herbicide to reduce disease pressure, the winter wheat cover crop was sprayed with glyphosate 3, 17, or 27 days prior to onion seeding in a large-scale field trial. Glyphosate sprayed 17 and 27 days prior to onion seeding reduced the number of patches, total patched area, severity of stunting, and patch severity index (severity of stunting x patch area) compared to plots sprayed 3 days prior to planting. Less DNA of R. solani AG8 was detected in plots with the earlier sprays, and AG8 DNA level was positively correlated with patch severity index. Although different R. solani AG groups were detected from stunted patches, R. solani AG8 was associated most consistently with stunting.


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Twenty-five years after its thrilling and historic opening, the National Black Arts Festival (NBAF) is in a dark place, with its board members forced to consider closing it down for good.
In 1988 the Festival launched with more than 108 events in music, dance, visual arts, performance arts, film, theater and literary arts strewn across the city like jewels. Harry Belafonte and Cicely Tyson were spokespersons who touted the event from New York to Los Angeles. Arts aficionados came in from all over the U.S., filling airplanes and local hotels with excited fans.
That was then. Today the Festival is without a leader – the one year contract of its executive director, Dr. Michael Simanga, was not renewed. It is more than $500,000 in debt. And the public is questioning the Festival's relevancy and structure.
"When the board gathered recently," NBAF board chairman Evern Cooper Epps, former head of the UPS Foundation, told the Atlanta Daily World, "we asked ourselves, 'Do we shut it down? Or do we usher it in to a new era?' Thank goodness the decision was overwhelming for the latter.
"Then, we all breathed a sigh of relief and began the difficult process of trying to determine how to proceed," she continued.
The board realized that for the NBAF to continue, they would have to "break it down to build it up," said Cooper Epps. "That meant reducing the budget and staffing right away."
Not renewing Simanga's contract was a painful step one. "While Michael had the passion and extraordinary creativity, he could not help us turn the corner on a new business model that would sustain the Festival," she said. "Artistic leadership cannot outtalk money."
Simanga feels that he was in the same place that Obama was when the U.S. president was inaugurated. "I came in with a huge financial deficit not of my making and was asked to turn it around in one year," he said.
"We need to re-establish credibility, adapt to new economic realities, and create a new generation of art-loving audiences," he said. "That can't be done in a year."
He believed that the answer to the Festival's challenges lay in developing partnerships with educational institutions and service organizations to expose young people to the arts. He also felt that there was a need for the Festival to demonstrate a relationship between the arts and humanities.
He noted, for example, that he created a "Millennial Task Force" made up of new generation young people who could have input into planning the Festival.
"Ultimately," he said, "you have to have a product that is saleable to a mosaic of audiences."
Kathy Keeley of The Keeley Group agrees. Recently hired by the Festival board to help with restructuring, her organization has years of experience helping non-profits deal with the fallout of what she called "lingering economic challenges."
"You have to remobilize, reinvent, restructure and pay attention to relevancy and – most important – to money," she said.
The Festival is at a crossroads, Keeley noted, and needs to find a way to be financially viable. The steps are similar for most non-profit organizations struggling for survival, she said:
• Set up a strong internal structure and process
• Get your finances in order
• Engage the community leaders
• Get into a learning mode
• Pilot test new products
"We must ask: 'What is the fabric of Atlanta? Is the community support for the Festival there? What should the Festival be
offering 25 years later? What will the public spend money on?'" Keeley said. "And in the meantime, we need to put in the fiscal controls that are needed to sustain the existing structure."
"After 25 years, we believe the Festival still stands as one of the city's cornerstones of artistic excellence and creativity," said Cooper Epps. "It can transform and adapt to continue in this new age and we are prepared to do what needs to be done."


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I honestly don't understand why people who support PauloxLucy/AugustusxLucy want Mike to come crawling back to Lucy after Sandy dumps him or dies or whatever. It honestly doesn't make sense to me..
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I know we're not quite to the mid-way point yet, but we're 7 games in and in the middle of our bye, so I figured this is as good a time as any to get your thoughts on the Texans' performance thus far.
Below is a breakdown of each position group and a poll so you can vote and let us know what you think of how each particular group has performed through the first 7 games.
Be sure to leave a comment with any thoughts, opinions, kudos or gripes!
With the exception a brief garbage time appearance by back-up quarterback TJ Yates, Matt Schaub has been the man. His 93.3 QB rating after 7 games ranks him 9th in the league among QB's with at least 7 games. He's tossed 10 touchdowns and only 4 INT's. While he's not on pace to break any passing records this season, you have to consider that the Texans rank 6th in rushing and have played all but two of their seven games with a comfortable lead, meaning he hasn't had to pass as much (he's currently 21st in attempts per game). But when he does, he's been very effective, completing just over 55% of his passes. Overall, Schaub has led his team to an AFC best 6-1 record.
Running Backs & Fullbacks
Arian Foster has carried the brunt of the load on offense, and particularly on the ground, leading the league with an average of 24 carries per game (168 carries total). Marshawn Lynch comes in at #2 with just under 20 carries per game, if that tells you anything. Foster ranks 5th in the league in total yards, with 659, and is averaging 3.9 yards per carry and just over 94 yards per game. He's scored a league best 9 touchdowns. the only player with more than 5 other than Foster, Robert Griffin III, isn't even a running back.
Ben Tate has played in only 6 games and has been suspiciously limited with only 43 carries. I'm not sure what the reasoning is for that other than I know he's had a sore toe. He's averaging 5.4 yards per carry when he does touch the rock and has scored 2 TD's.
We've seen a little of 3rd stringer Justin Forsett (23 carries for 120 yards) who is averaging an impressive 5.2 yards per carry himself.
James Casey has done a pretty solid job blocking in front of #23 and has pitched in with a few nice catches.
Wide Receivers & Tight Ends
Just as the comfy leads and powerful ground game has affected Matt Schaub's passing stats, it has had the same effect on our receiving and tight end corps. You have to scroll pretty far down the list of league leaders to find a Texan, but Andre Johnson (34 catches, 444 yards, 2 TD's) and tight end Owen Daniels (33 catches, 416 yards, 4 TD's) still lead the team as usual. Surprisingly, after Kevin Walter (19 catches, 279 yards, 2 TD's), the #4, 5, and 6 receivers on the team are Casey, Foster and Tate, respectively, followed by Garrett Graham. Only Lestar Jean and Keshawn Martin have any catches amongst the receivers, with a grand total of 8 combined, and both bring up the bottom of the list behind Graham, who has 8 catches for 111 yards.
Offensive Line
Unlike the skill positions, it's tough to rank offensive linemen except on the performance of the skill guys. While center Chris Myers and left tackle Duane Brown are considered amongst the best at their positions, the rest of the line doesn't get mentioned much unless yellow flags are being tossed around. Left guard Wade Smith has done a good job holding his own, but the right side of the line, with new starters in Antione Caldwell, Rashad Butler and Ben Jones, and Derrick Newton has seen their share of struggles.
One website, www.footballoutsiders.com has the Texans offensive line ranked 6th overall in run blocking and 4th overall in pass protection. Not too shabby.
Defensive Line
Watt can I say about this group? Officially, there's only three starters on the defensive line, but with Wade Phillips' scheme, it looks like a lot more. But let's focus on our official line. JJ Watt, or JJ sWatt, or MegaWatt (his preferred moniker) or whatever you wish to call him, is playing better than any defensive linemen in the league. He leads the league with 9.5 sacks, even after he had one swiped from him. Toss in Antonio Smith's 4 and Tim Jamison's 1 and overall the three have combined for, well heck you can count. If that isn't impressive enough, he is #2 on the team with 34 combined tackles, which is 9 less than all the other defensive linemen combined. (Smith, Cody, Crick, Mitchell and Jamison.) Still not impressed? Watt is tied for SIXTH in the league in passes defended with 10. The three guys tied at #3 have 11, the guy at #2 has 12 and the league leader, Tim Jennings with Chicago has a whopping 3 more than JJ. The closest Texan in that category is Glover Quin, who is tied at #23 with 7. To find a player that is not a defensive back on that list, you have to scroll all the way down to #37, where you'll find linebackers Lance Briggs and Patrick Willis. Before you find another defensive lineman on the list you have to scroll all the way down to #52. Figure that half of JJ's defended passes have resulted in interceptions, and you'd have to figure he leads the league in that category. Wow.
Overall, the same footballoutsiders bunch ranks the Texans defensive line 12th against the run and 8th against the pass. Not bad, not bad at all.
Linebackers in the Texans defensive scheme play two completely opposite roles. You have outside linebackers, and inside linebackers. The two are not easily interchanged. Outside linebackers in a typical 3-4 defense (not that Wade's defense is typical) are smallish defensive linemen that are quick and athletic. For instance, our OLB's would almost all play defensive end on any other 4-3 team in the league, or be considered too small to play DE. As Wade Phillips describes them, "3–4 linebackers are a little bit cheaper, and you can find more of them, while it's harder to find defensive linemen to play a 4–3 and pay for all of them."
You then have inside linebackers, which are must be solid against the run and decent in coverage. The Texans started the year with Brian Cushing and Bradie James at inside linebacker, with Mister Alexander and Barrett Ruud as back-ups. The Texans should be getting Darryl Sharpton back soon, which should bolster the unit. Once Cushing was lost for the season, Tim Dobbins stepped up into the starting role. Our starting outside linebackers are Connor Barwin and Brooks Reed, with Whitney Mercilus, Jesse Nading and Bryan Braman backing them up.
As a unit, the linebackers have 5 sacks combined, which is low considering Connor Barwin led the team last season. The linebackers combine for 138 tackles, with Cushing leading (39) and Bradie James coming up with the second most (30). Dobbins has played very well in the preseason and has played pretty well thus far in relief of Cushing. What Dobbins doesn't possess is the leadership and tenacity that Cushing brings to the game. He also isn't the pass rusher Cushing has shown to be in the past, so I'm thinking Wade will have to make adjustments to compensate for that. I'd like to see him use Mercilus more on obvious passing downs along with Barwin and Reed.
If I had told you when the season started that the Texans defensive back who ranked 5th in the league wouldn't be Jonathan Joseph, you'd have laughed me out of town. Okay maybe not all the way out of town, but if I had told you it'd be Kareem Jackson, you'd have at least laughed me out of the 610 Loop. Now granted, Kareem only has one more interception (3) than Jospeh (2), but there's 14 players tied at #5, which makes Joseph tied at #17 (with 23 other players.) Thanks to the outstanding play of Jackson and safeties Glover Quin and Danieal Manning, the Texans rank 5th in the league in passing, allowing 200 yards per game. Joseph has been nursing a sprained groin muscle, which while he and the team will tell you isn't an issue, everyone watching the games would argue otherwise. Joseph was picked on by both Mark Sanchez of the Jets and relentlessly by Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers.
Personally, I'd rank this group pretty high despite the meltdown against Green Bay where Rodgers torched the team for a career high 6 touchdowns. They seem to be covering and tackling much better and as a group they account for 8 of the teams 9 INT's.
Special Teams
If I was going to grade any group hard this season, Joe Marciano's group would get the brunt of it. It wouldn't be fair, however to lump them all together. While the coverage and return teams have had their obvious struggles, the kicker and the punter have not. So when you rank the unit as a whole, you have to remember those two guys.
So far in 7 games, the coverage team has allowed two touchdowns, one each on a kickoff and punt return. The Texans unofficially have one punt return for a TD, by DeVier Posey on a blocked punt near the endzone. The coverage teams have allowed our opponents to start at about the 26 yard line on average, while our return team has put us inside the 20 yard line 8 times with an average starting point at about the 18.5 yard line. That puts both the offense and the defense at a disadvantage before they even take the field on every drive.
Conversely, punter Donnie Jones and kicker Shayne Graham have been outstanding. Jones is averaging 46.9 yards per punt with a net of 40.6, with 13 of his 37 punts landing inside the 20. Graham is 13 for 14 on field goals, with his lone miss coming outside of 50+ yards. He's 8 of 8 between 30-49 yards. So it wouldn't be fair to grade these two low based on the coverage and return units. Take that into consideration when making your vote.
I know, I know, the coaches don't pass, punt, kick or tackle. But if we're going to rate the Texans' team as a whole, we have to include the coaching staff. You know what the Texans' record is. The offense ranks 9th overall, 6th in rushing and 18th in passing. The defense ranks 3rd overall, 4th in rushing and 5th in pass defense. While the team has started off slowly on offense a few times, they seem to get it together at some point. Except for the Green Bay game, the defense has been solid from start to finish.
Kubiak, in my opinion, and my opinion alone, has seemingly evolved into a legit head coach. His clock management has improved, and he doesn't seem to lose as many challenges. The challenge thingy might be a result of the league's rule of reviewing all scoring plays, which seems to have resulted in fewer coaches challenges.
I've got no beef with either coordinator, especially that defensive one. As stated above, it seems a few times the offense has either started slow and finished strong, or started strong and finished slow. The defense not only appears to have picked up where they left off, but they appear even more dominant than they were last season.
While I know a lot of people are calling for Marciano's head on a silver platter, he's still one of the best in the business. I don't know what the issue is on coverage and return teams, whether it's sub-par talent at the 2nd and 3rd levels or what, but I'd like to see how they come out of the bye. Kubiak has hinted at playing starters on special teams, which I really don't want to see, but if that's what it takes, I guess that's what it takes.
So there you have it. The votes are in. As stated before, feel free to drop some comments and let everyone know what you think of the grades.
Don't forget to join in tomorrow at 11 am for our live, interactive chat!!
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OMG! It's so intense! A double rainbow!!!
What does this mean?!
Haha... you guys have all seen the Double Rainbow video right? It is so funny!
Anyway, when I set out to do my mantle display for St. Patrick's Day I was actually inspired by Landee's cute rainbow display. But I wanted to do it in a banner. I made mine a double rainbow. :)
It was simple. I just cut the little flags out of card-stock and strung them up with some yarn.
I added my shamrock garden from last year and some greenery.
And the other side has some of the same stuff from my last two displays.
And that's it. I love how happy it is. Spring, please come quickly!!!
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This is an excerpt from Abs Revealed by Jonathan Ross.
Cardio commonly refers to any activity that uses your cardiorespiratory system (heart, lungs, arteries, veins, and blood) to produce and deliver the energy for movement. In general, any activity you sustain beyond three minutes must be primarily aerobic in nature. Aerobic training is the term commonly used to describe activity that uses oxygen as the primary source of fuel. A broader definition of aerobic training is activity that improves the body's oxygen consumption, essentially making the cardiorespiratory system better at its job. Conversely, anaerobic training is the term commonly used to describe activity that does not use oxygen as the primary source of energy. In this case, the primary fuel source is carbohydrate.
Although the distinction between these two terms seems simple enough, nothing in them implies exclusivity. Aerobic training does not mean only with oxygen, just as anaerobic training does not mean only with carbohydrate. With a few extreme exceptions, you always use a mix of both. The terms simply define which source of energy provides the majority (51 percent or more) of fuel for activity. Too often, a given form of activity is presented as either aerobic or anaerobic. However, this either-or categorization of exercise may not accurately reflect what is happening in your body.
Most problems with our understanding of cardio, and exercise in general, stem from our curious tendency to oversimplify concepts with extreme terms. Given the wonder and complexity of the human body, just how simple can we really expect things to be? The two main misunderstandings are the fat-burning zone and intensity for effective workouts.
When you step onto any common piece of cardio equipment, you're also stepping into a misleading concept—the existence of the fat-burning zone. The charts adorning the consoles of cardio equipment exist to provide some guidance on intensity during exercise. They typically show a graph with age labeled along the bottom and percent of max heart rate running up the vertical axis, and two colored bands. One is labeled the fat-burning zone and the other is called the cardio zone.
The design of these charts implies that you will only burn fat while working in the fat-burning zone. Likewise, you will only make your heart and lungs stronger while working in the cardio zone. As strange as it may seem, this ridiculous premise is based on truth. At lower intensities, you use more fat than carbohydrate for fuel. As intensity increases, your body continually adjusts the fuel mixture. Eventually, if intensity continues to rise, you will reach a point where your body uses more carbohydrate than fat for fuel. But what exactly does more mean?
If the premise that low-intensity activity burns more fat is carried out to its logical conclusion, the problems with this concept become glaring. According to this idea, you can burn a lot of fat by sitting on the couch all day. After all, sitting on the couch is the lowest form of activity. Your body uses calories even at rest, and in this case, most of the calories burned will come from fat. Of course, the problem is that you burn very few calories while at rest.
Here's another way to look at this problem. Suppose you received a gift of 80 percent of a friend's savings account. You'd be excited, right? If you then found out that your friend has only $100 in the bank, you might be disappointed. On the other hand, suppose you received a gift of 1 percent of a friend's savings account. You'd hardly be impressed. However, if you found out a million dollars are stored in the account, you'd be thrilled with your cut of $10,000! The same logic applies to your body. If most of your calories come from fat and you only burn a small number of them, you won't get anywhere in terms of fitness. To shore up your defenses against the folly of the fat-burning zone, remember that a big percentage of small number is still a small number.
A kernel of truth does exist in the myth of the fat-burning zone, and it involves how your body uses the energy it has. Energy use in your body occurs on a spectrum. When you are less active, your body burns more fuel from fat than from carbohydrate, but it burns less fuel overall. As you increase the intensity of your activity, your body adjusts the fuel mixture, first by upping the fat use, and then by lowering it. This process gives rise to the misconception that activity at lower intensities burns more fat.
Instead of doing more cardio, do better cardio. If your cardio workout is more challenging, your results will be better. The solution for stripping away unwanted body fat lies in interval training, which has gained popularity in recent years because it works. When you alternate bouts of higher and lower effort, you can continuously work harder within a given span of time. You can work out harder for shorter periods of time and get better results than you would with long workouts.
Every move you make draws energy from one of three sources: the phosphagen system (think of this as your rocket fuel), the fast glycolytic system (think of this as automobile fuel), and the oxidative system (similar to battery power). The first two systems are anaerobic in nature and the third is aerobic. Let's take a closer look at each of these systems to understand how they provide the fuel for various types of activity.
This information should demystify the idea of the exclusive fat-burning zone. Now you know what's really going on. Your body uses carbohydrate and fat (with oxygen) through three energy systems to supply the fuel for activity. It simply adjusts the mixture, moment to moment, based on the physical demands of your activity. Your body is very smart.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2011 News Releases > November 2011 > Franklin leading virtual campus
Franklin leading virtual campus
November 29, 2011
PLAINVIEW – Dr. Scott Franklin is enjoying his new job, a position that allows him to maintain a classroom presence, continue to oversee summer research projects in mathematics and put his technical skills to work in the computing arena.
Franklin, who has served as a professor of mathematics since 2000, was recently named the new director of Wayland Baptist University's Virtual Campus, taking the place of Jay Sample who moved to a similar position at Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, Calif. Franklin has served as the associate dean of the School of Math and Sciences in Plainview for the past several years.
Franklins' mathematics background is heavily technical, dealing with computer programming and modeling. He has used this background to help troubleshoot problems with Blackboard, the system used for delivering Wayland's online classes, in the past. Franklin was also instrumental in developing the math department's online curriculum. He plans to build on this background and hopes to maintain a seamless system through which Wayland delivers its online product.
"The VC at Wayland is primarily a service department in that we facilitate online coursework that is supervised and run by the individual schools themselves," Franklin said. "The individual schools are the ones who evaluate the professors and find instructors for courses. We need to be able to provide the schools with tools they need to offer a wide range of courses."
Franklin said academic standards will be a main priority for him in his new job.
"My primary goal is that we maintain high academic quality in our courses. We can't have courses that are just fluff courses with very little work," Franklin said. "We need to take what we are doing in the classrooms and make sure we are providing that same quality experience online – integrating faith and learning. That is part of our identity and who we are."
While Franklin will move out of his office in the math department, he will continue to teach on a limited basis and he will still be involved in undergraduate research projects in mathematics. As part of this research, Franklin oversaw the construction of a super computer cluster in the math department. He holds a bachelor of science degree in math and a bachelor of arts degree in religion from Wayland. He earned his master's degree in applied mathematics, with a minor in computer science, from Texas Tech University 2000, and completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at Tech in 2005.
Franklins' wife, Lori, earned a B.S. in math and a master's in instructional technology from Wayland. She teaches mathematics at Plainview High School. They have three children, Emily, age 11, Timothy, 8, and Zachary, 6.


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James Holmes, Colorado Shooting Suspect, Shows Orange Hair, Strange Behavior at Court Appearance
James Eagan Holmes, the Colorado shooting suspect, appeared dazed and emotionless during his first court appearance on Monday morning.
The 24-year-old wore orange and red hair, a prison jumpsuit, white socks with brown flip flops, and sat silently before the judge with shackled feet. Holmes displayed bizarre behavior throughout the appearance, according to CBS.com.
Holmes is accused of opening fire at a Colorado movie theater on Thursday that left 12 people dead and 59 others injured. He appeared to be out of touch and unresponsive during his brief court appearance, often closing his eyes with his head bopping back and forth.
Holmes, who was seated alongside his attorney Tamara Brady, was not arraigned on Monday and was ordered to return to court on July 30 where he will be formally charged before entering a plea.
Colorado's rule 5 advisement law allows prosecutors to continue an investigation for at least 72 hours before formally charging a suspect and Chief Judge William Sylvester granted their request for additional time due to evidence that was provided prior to Holmes' court appearance.
18th Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers said that her office is considering pursuing the death penalty against Holmes and a decision is expected to be made in consultation with the shooting victims' families.
Holmes, an Aurora resident originally from California, is being held in solitary confinement in a county facility where he has reportedly been since his arrest on Friday morning.
Police say that Holmes entered an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater during a midnight premiere screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" on Friday and set off canisters containing an unknown gas before firing into the packed crowd, killing a dozen movie goers.
He allegedly used a semiautomatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol during the deadly rampage and investigators are still trying to establish his motives for the deadly shooting.
Some critics believe that Holmes, who has been described as "normal" by neighbors, may suffer from mental health issues and a mental health investigation is reportedly already underway.
If it is established that Holmes suffers from any mental health issues, prosecutors legally cannot seek the death penalty under Colorado law.
"He seemed to be a normal kid, I don't know what triggered it. This makes me very sad," Tom Mai, a retired electrical engineer and Holmes' neighbor, told The Los Angeles Times.
"I saw him as a normal guy, an everyday guy, doing every day things," said Mai's 16-year-old son, Anthony.
Colorado reinstated the death penalty in 1975 and since 1977 the state has only executed one prisoner. Holmes could face a capital punishment sentence depending on what charges are brought against him.
He is expected back in court on July 30.


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Calvary Chapel Enters HistoryPosted by Calvary Chapel, Nov 6 2006, 12:08 PM
Chuck Smith - Calvary Chapel Revival
These short excerpts have been taken from HARVEST to best describe the Calvary Chapel Revival. HARVEST is written by Chuck Smith and Tal Brooke. For a complete description of this awesome revival of the church of God in our modern times be sure to order HARVEST for yourself. You can order online at: http://www.thewordfortoday.org , then click on "Pastor Chuck Smith's Materials", then "Books", then "General books and pamphlets" and scroll down until you come to the title of "HARVEST."]
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Chapter 1
Calvary Chapel Enters History
As I describe to you the explosion of church growth that happened in the Calvary Chapel movement, I speak as a spectator. If there is any credit to be given, it belongs to God alone. If you understand this perspective, then when I describe to you my difficult years, my desert years, you will know why I stand in awe at what God has done. And you will celebrate with me the awesome symmetry of God's design. It leaves us all stunned and amazed.
Those pictures in Look, Life, Time, and Newsweek magazines of our massive Calvary Chapel baptisms in the Pacific Ocean resemble a human harvest field. Literally thousands of people can be seen crowding the shores waiting to be baptized. Images like these illustrate that this is a colossal phenomenon as far as churches go. Professors such as Peter Wagner at Fuller Seminary and Ron Enroth at Westmount College state in their books that there may be nothing like it in American history.
It has been estimated that in a two-year period in the mid-70's, Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa had performed well over eight thousand baptisms. During that same period, we were instrumental in 20,000 conversions to the Christian faith. Our decadal growth rate had been calculated by church growth experts to be near the ten thousand percent level.
Perhaps more staggering still is that when we first came to Calvary Chapel church in Costa Mesa in 1965, we had twenty five people our first Sunday morning.
Now put this in perspective. Not only has that church of twenty-five members established more than five hundred affiliate Calvary Chapels across the world, but that one fellowship in Costa Mesa has growth until the number of people who consider it their home church is more than thirty-five thousand!...I have heard critics try to dismiss the impact of Calvary Chapel by calling it "production line religion."...Other critics, who belong to churches that have not grown in years (which was exactly my situation for well over a decade) often adopt a stance of spiritual elitism. To them, smallness proves spirituality, faithfulness, or an unwillingness to compromise. Perhaps they feel that "quantity" diminishes the "quality" of spirituality.
Christ talked about the man who buried his talents and wound up with nothing, because even what he had was taken away. But He also spoke positively about the servant who magnified his talents a thousandfold. So to say that Christ purposefully limits the size and impact of a ministry is unfounded. The explosive force of a ministry can equally be taken as a sign that God is genuinely at work. Who can forget the day of Pentecost when three thousand turned to Christ on the streets of Jerusalem? "And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved" (Acts 2:47).
Just as the Jews soon discovered that they were not to keep the Good News among themselves, but were to include the "despised" Gentiles, so there was an interesting shifting of gears at Calvary Chapel. Our fellowship began with twenty-five members who represented mainline, traditional America. Yet God called us to share with the youth from the counterculture. This outreach took a miracle of love and acceptance. But as each group accepted the other, both sides grew in number. There was a vital sense of God stepping into the picture and as lives changed before our eyes. The sense of being in the middle of a miracle kept feeding itself like a bonfire. When some hopeless heroin addict throws away the needle and goes to the beach to convert three people to Christ in an afternoon, it's a pretty strong boost to the faith of everyone involved!
Another remarkable pattern kept repeating itself. As soon as we moved into a new building, our fellowship would already be too big for the facilities. We seemed to grow like a Chinese checker jumping across the board. In two years we moved from our original building (one of the first church buildings in Costa Mesa) to a rented Lutheran church overlooking the Pacific. Soon thereafter we decided to do something unprecedented at the time and move the church to a school that we had bought. The building did not match up to code so we tore it down and built another, hippies and straights working and smiling side by side. It was such a sight that cars on the highway would slow down and gawk at us.
I had always felt that the ideal church size was about 275 and so we built accordingly. But by the time the sanctuary of 330 seats was completed in 1969, we were already forced to go to two services, and eventually had to use the outside courtyard for 500 more seats. This was all fine in good weather.
But by 1971 the large crowds and the winter rains forced us to move again. We bought a ten-acre tract of land on the Costa Mesa/Santa Ana border. Orange County was quickly changing and the once-famous orange orchards were making way for the exploding population of Los Angeles. Soon after buying the land, we again did the unprecedented and erected a giant circus tent that could seat 1,600 at a stretch. This was soon enlarged to hold 2,000 seats. Meanwhile we began building an enormous sanctuary adjacent to this site.
This was all amazing to me and a bit frightening. I would sit at the signal across the street looking at the bare lot that we had obligated ourselves to purchase, and start to panic. It would take a tremendous amount of money to develop the property. Was I being foolish to obligate these people to that kind of project? Why not be satisfied where you are? The bills are all paid. You've got money in the bank. This is going to take such a great outlay. But then, as I sat there, the Lord spoke to my heart: Whose church is it? I replied out loud, "It's Your church, Lord." Then why are you worried about bankruptcy?
When an incredible relief. A sense of frantic worry just rolled off my shoulders. The finances were not my responsibility. They were His. This was an extremely important lesson for me to learn. It is not my church. It's His church. And God was the one who had created the problem! He was the one who brought so many people in that we couldn't house them.
God continued to bring people in. By the time Calvary Chapel fellowship had celebrated opening day in 1973 moving into the vast new sanctuary of 2,200 seats, the building was already too small to contain the numbers turning out. We held three Sunday morning services and had more than 4,000 people at each one. Many had to sit on the carpeted floor. A large portion of floor space was left without pews so as to provide that option...
Calvary Chapel also ministers over the airwaves, and this must account for many of those who travel long distances to fellowship here. A Nielsen survey indicated that our Sunday morning Calvary Chapel service is the most listened-to program in the area during the entire week. As of 1987, Calvary's outreach has included numerous radio programs, television broadcasts, and the production and distribution of tapes and records. The missions outreach is considerable. Calvary Chapel not only supports Wycliffe Bible Translators, Campus Crusade [For Christ International], Missionary Aviation Fellowship, and other groups, but we donate to Third World needs. At what I felt was a leading from the Lord, we built a radio station in San Salvador and gave it to the local pastors there. We also gave money to Open Doors to purchase the ship that, in tandem with a barge, delivered one million Bibles to mainland China. Our financial commitment to missions exceeds the local expense budget by over 50%.
Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa often averages two hundred conversions a week...As part of the course new believers can attend numerous evening Bible studies and classes taught during the week. Along with the Sunday morning and evening services, I also teach an in-depth midweek Bible study. On other nights of the week, thousands attend the wide variety of Bible studies and fellowship groups.
Calvary Chapel never asks for money. We avoid pressuring our members for "faith pledges" and no appeal for funds is ever made over our radio or television outreaches. Our feeling is that begging for money would bring discredit to God. Financial integrity is central to this ministry. So much so that all of the staff salaries are considered low by usual standards. I limit myself and my family to a simple lifestyle while my ministry has enabled me to oversee millions of dollars. I want to be responsible to God for this money, for it is His money, not mine. I am merely a steward. This is important to me because I know that nonbelievers will be watching, and we are responsible for the way we witness to them...
I believe God has blessed us at Calvary Chapel with an exceptionally loving and open fellowship. Christ told us that the world will know we are His by our love for one another. This is our predominant emphasis. And how I pray that we can consistently show the world this standard. Certainly our Lord told us that our identification marks as Christians should not only involve love, but also purity and integrity of character of the highest order...
Let me say that in the Calvary Chapel phenomenon, I did not just walk into a church the size of an aircraft carrier and become an admiral. The church was not handed over to me, like an industrial magnate bequeathing an unworthy son some multinational enterprise. Instead, as I will share with you, I had to work from scratch and obey every new call that came from God, even when those calls seemed irrational. Behind it was blood, sweat and tears, as well as a number of unforgettable lessons.
One of the secrets of my preparation for this work, I am convinced, was my desert years, those years of struggle. It was in this crucible that God prepared my character for the coming work. God so often makes mockery of outward circumstances. He repudiates the impossible if we will only but believe. And believe me, my situation looked absolutely impossible at times!
Chapter 2
The Drought Before The Harvest
"I am not your hireling. God has called me to be a shepherd of His Church. You had better find a replacement for me."
These thoughts marked the major turning point in my life. I felt God clearly speaking to my heart. And after more than seventeen years of personal drought, seventeen years of failure in the traditional forms of Christian ministry, I knew that this era of confinement was coming to an end. I had come to a place where I could no longer digest the stifling restrictive role I was required to play. Where was the room for the Holy Spirit to work creatively among us? In my heart, I resigned, then and there, though I held my silence for the moment as I sat before the board of elders of the church.
That very night the Sunday evening church service had been unusually joyous and positive. I stepped out and took a chance. I departed from traditional procedure and tried something that involved everyone.
We decided to change the format from the traditional song service, announcements, prayer, and sermon to a more informal kind of a gathering. We were holding services in the local American Legion Hall. So having arrived early, my wife and I gathered the chairs in a circle rather than in a row. Rather than using a hymnal, we worshipped the Lord in singing choruses. Then we went into a time of prayer. And many people who had been bound were able to open up and pray. It was a very special experience for them. And then of course I shared in a more informal way from the Word of God, sitting there and teaching, more as I would within an intimate home fellowship rather than the traditional church setting.
It was electric. A lot of people got excited. But the board members had difficulty with the change of format. They were so upset they called a board meeting immediately after the service. The irony was that I had started this church. Yet the incorporating officers had not even made me an officer on the board. I was put more in the role of a hireling. Since they all had strong denominational backgrounds, they made sure that the church constitution and rules of order were virtually the same as those of a denominational church. So after seeing God move in this exciting service, they informed me that they did not want this to continue.
It seemed that our church, like so many churches, was artificially bound by extra-biblical rules and formalities, and run by men who acted as employers rather than brethren bonded together in the love of Christ. Elders were often voted into their positions because they were successful in the secular world. They had prestige or money. And so the leadership of the church was chosen by worldly standards. If they had succeeded pragmatically in business then why couldn't they help the church? It was a worldly formulation of success and had little to do with the standards of eternity. In fact, these very people can be the most inept when it comes to spiritual values and commitment because they have rooted their lives in outward success. If asked to sacrifice some of their affluence for the sake of Christ, I imagine that, like the rich young ruler, many of them would shake their heads and walk away. In our day, the Madison Avenue approach to church procedure has been sanctified.
Thus, the elders on the board used their rules of procedure to shape and confine the church to their own image. Little wonder it lacked the explosive dynamism, relevance, and love of the early Church as reported in the New Testament. It seemed that we had lost something on the way as these past twenty centuries went by. This, unfortunately, even applies to doctrinally conservative and "safe" churches. They so often follow a codified form of godliness but do not evidence the true power thereof.
As I sat before the church board that evening I kept my composure and, rather than stir up dissent, acquiesced to their request, not even seeking to defend what I had done. But in my heart burned a quiet certainty that God had called me to be a shepherd, not a hireling, or a ministerial employee on the payroll of businessmen.
I realized at that moment that this was not going to be my permanent place of ministry. It was the final move that solidified my decision to leave that rapidly growing fellowship and start all over again with the Bible study class I had in the Newport area. And the tiny fellowship at Calvary Chapel was already pressing me to come down and start my ministry with them. What was attractive in this was the opportunity to establish bylaws and articles allowing me freedom to be the shepherd responsible before God that I was called to be. I vowed in my heart that I would never again be a hireling of men.
Still, I faced uncertainty. If leaving this church was my decision alone, this costly choice would not have been nearly so nerve wracking. But naturally it involved my wife as well. I knew my decision would jolt her like an earthquake. Seventeen times she had to follow me and move to a different location. For seventeen years she had seen me work to supplement my ministry income. I had anything but a track record that would bring confidence and hope into the heart of a wife. Finally, I had worked up to a respectably sized church that was growing monthly. Only recently had we been able to purchase a beautiful new home that she loved. Now, after seventeen years of wilderness wandering, this brief oasis would once again be snatched away from her and replaced with an uncertain future. It was almost cruel. But the critical factor for me was that I was certain that God had ordained my decision to move. I had no choice but to tell her.
As usual in the churches I pastored, including the most recent, Kay formed deep emotional bonds with the people. She could not understand how I could consider leaving this blossoming fellowship that we had started, that loved us so deeply, in order to go to a small struggling church that was floundering and considering closing up shop. Not only that but officially I would be associate pastor. I wouldn't even be the senior pastor.
"Are you sure this is the will of the Lord?" she asked me in emotional disbelief. Finally after a great deal of prayer, Kay looked me in the face. Her eyes shone like Abraham's Sarah, for she was willing to follow me anywhere [What a woman of faith! Praise her!!!]. God used her to break my heart before him. This had to work. I pleaded before God with passion, though I knew God's leading was too strong for something not to be in the wind. By outward standards my move was insanity. How true that is when faith is required.
Chip Rohlke, Jul 1 2009, 10:33 AM
However, this blog is dead-on. Having been fortunate to be in Peter Lords church- Park Ave Baptist in Titusville 81 to 96 I was used to churches that were open in their finances and balanced in their view of the pastor & the laity with the issue of power & authority.
However, Ive found that though the teaching at Calvary is generally pretty solid the issue of control, coercion and intimidation Calvarys can use on the church body is scary and something I experienced recently.
Heres a letter I wrote Pastor Mark Balmer(and forwarded to Chuck Smith,Bob Coy, & others in the church):
Dear Pastor Mark:
Ive been involved in Christian Ministry for 28 years and only once was I called before the elders of a church for discipline. The sad thing is that it wasnt for a moral failure like fornication, or stealing, or lieing, or being abusive. It was for asking a simple question within a church body- Are the churches finances open to examination. Now thats an amazing thing for no where in scripture did I see church authority to impose intimidation and coercion in an area of non Biblical areas of procedure and preference like financial transparency. Funny how pagan companies and government are required to be totally transparent but the church of Christ isnt?
Ive struggled with writing you about this for many months for when your elders called me to meet with them I was subjected to something that I can only describe as a form of spiritual abuse. Never in my life have I been so humiliated, character and motives questioned, intimidated and coerced into accepting what is generally described by numerous pastors Ive met with as a very bad policy and borderline abusive reaction. I talked this over with the Pastor of the Church at Viera, 1st Baptist Eau Gallie, Larry Booth(Our Fathers House), Jack Taylor, Dr. Francis Schaeffers staff at LAbri, and Billy Grahams ministry.
All without exception were not surprised by what happened to me but sad that any church would behave in such an unbiblical and un Christlike manner-not to mention they all thought financial disclosure was essential to a healthy church.. Reminds me of Martin Luther at Wurm where the church wanted to kill the messenger rather than hear the message.
Personally I was offended when the elders at this meeting impuned my character and also rejected the idea that I could be speaking for God. What arrogance! When I wanted to meet with you to discuss this you told me in the commons Im not interested. In my 15 years with Peter Lords church he would have never said such a rude thing to any of his flock..no matter how he felt about them. But I guess youre not Peter.
I hope you take this in the right light. Whether you change your policy or not is between you, the church and God. In any case I certainly think a public apology is warranted. Otherwise Im planning on going public with this experience that the body might be aware that the church is entering an area of control that I have only experienced in religious cults.
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