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Former world number one Tiger Woods has officially entered next week's Safeway Open as he edges nearer to competing in his first PGA Tour event since August 2015.
Woods, who has been sidelined by serious back problems, said last month he planned to play four events before the end of the year, starting with the Tiger Woods Invitational on the Monterey Peninsula, California, on October 10.
The 40-year-old will then head north to Napa for the Safeway Open from October 13-16 and, if all goes to plan, Woods will play on the European Tour in the Turkish Airlines Open in November and the Hero World Challenge, which is hosted by his own foundation, in the Bahamas.
Woods has undergone three back operations in the space of 19 months and has not won on the PGA Tour since the Bridgestone Invitational in 2013.
The 14-time major winner served as a vice-captain to Davis Love as the United States won the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine last week and will perform the same role for Steve Stricker at the 2017 Presidents Cup, if he fails to make the team.
His participation in the Safeway Open was announced in a statement from the PGA Tour, several hours ahead of the 5pm EST deadline for entries.
Meanwhile, England's Ross Fisher has already set his sights on helping Europe regain the Ryder Cup after being a frustrated spectator for last week's defeat at Hazeltine.
Fisher, who carded a second round of 68 to claim a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, was part of the winning team at Celtic Manor in 2010, but failed to qualify for any of the last three biennial contests.
"The juices were definitely flowing," Fisher said.
"I'm sure all the Europeans will be fighting to make the team for Paris National in 2018, including myself. I would love to be there."
At 11 under par he enjoyed a one-shot lead over Sweden's Joakim Lagergren, whose 68 came at Kingsbarns, where first-round leader Alex Noren shot a 71 to finish nine under.
Ryder Cup star Thomas Pieters is five shots off the pace after a 68 at Kingsbarns.
Masters champion Danny Willett and compatriot Matt Fitzpatrick face a battle to make the 54-hole cut after rounds of 73 left them two and six over par respectively.
Shane Lowry is on four under par while Graeme McDowell is a shot further back and Michael Hoey is one over par.
Belfast Telegraph


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In 1884, this was the venue for the banquet in honor of Luna and Hidalgo. The place retains its 19th century ambience and has at the lobby a marker indicating the year of its construction, the representative menu then, and the events celebrated there such as zarzuelas, musical presentations and plays. On its walls are paintings showing the hotel's original look.
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In 1884, this was the venue for the banquet in honor of Luna and Hidalgo. The place retains its 19th century ambience and has at the lobby a marker indicating the year of its construction, the representative menu then, and the events celebrated there such as zarzuelas, musical presentations and plays. On its walls are paintings showing the hotel's original look.
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It might have been the toughest decision Ted Schelmay has made in his life.
Schelmay, who had been Toms River High School North's successful head baseball coach the last 20 seasons, said the decision whether to retire was so tough it had kept him awake the last 3-4 nights. He said his wife woke up in the middle of the night the last two nights thinking about the decision her husband was about to make.
On Wednesday, Schelmay, 61 years young, decided it was time to end his coaching career as he submitted his letter of resignation to the Toms River Regional Schools administration and told the Toms River North players and assistant coaches in a meeting.
"I will miss coaching. It's in my blood,'' said Schelmay, fighting back tears.
Schelmay, who underwent hip replacement surgery last July and said he is currently in better shape physically than he has been in the last 10 years, said he has been spending a lot of time recently with his wife, his grandchildren his daughter and his son.
"It (retirement) felt right. Now is the time to be with my family and jump on those times,'' said Schelmay, who said the Toms River Regional Schools administration told him he could continue as coach if he wanted to.
Schelmay has been one of the major personalities in scholastic baseball in the Shore Conference since 1975, when he began as a junior varsity coach at Toms River South. The late Al Fantuzzi was the Indians' head coach at that time.
Legendary Toms River South coach Ken Frank, the state's all-time winningiest coach with 791, Toms River East coach Bill Frank, who is Ken Frank's younger brother and has 503 career wins, and Schelmay have all been major reasons Toms River has long been regarded as the best baseball town in the Shore. The Frank brothers and Schelmay have been long-time friends and will forever be linked. For seven years from 1978-84 they were on the same staff at Toms River South, with Ken Frank as the head coach.
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Schelmay spent 16 seasons as an assistant at Toms River South before he became Toms River North's head coach in 1994.
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The Mariners went 346-181-2 under Schelmay with three NJSIAA South Group IV sectional championships Toms River North advanced to the Group IV state championship in 1997, when the team was led by standout pitcher and eventual Milwaukee Brewers' first-round draft choice and current Jackson Memorial assistant coach J.M. Gold.
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The 2013 Toms River North team enabled Schelmay to go out on top as it overcame a slow start to win both the SCT and OCT and finish ranked No. 1 in the Asbury Park Press Top 10 Poll for the first time.
"I never did this to win championships and baseball games,'' said Schelmay, who was the principal at Hooper Avenue Elementary School for many years before retiring from that job after the 2010 school year. "I wanted to be there for the kids and to be a role model for them. I never took my responsibility lightly.''
Toms River Regional Schools athletic director Joe Arminio said Andy Pagano, a standout outfielder at Toms River North on the 1997 Group IV state finalist team and a long-time assistant coach to Schelmay, will be the Mariners' interim head coach while the Toms River Regional Schools conduct job application and interview process.


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By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Former President George W. Bush has done something no other president has done before.
Bush became the first living president to sign for Topps when 200 autographs were included in 2011 Allen & Ginter, released this week.
Presidents' autographs have been in baseball cards as cut autographs, but this is the first time a former president has actually signed a card for the company, according to Topps.
Ten short-print red autograph versions are also available, some even have an inscription of "#43" or "USA."
"Our 2011 Allen & Ginter product will continue Topps' historic tradition of chronicling heroes both on and off the playing field," Topps vice president Mark Sapir said in a release. "We're thrilled to announce that this year's set will include limited edition autographs of our country's 43rd President, George W. Bush – marking the first time ever that a living President has made their autographs available in a trading card product."
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Led by Bee Heroic founder and director Nikki Florio, a "Buds and Bees" event was held June 7 at Venus Moon Farm in Hesperus, which offered information about geoengineering.
Florio said Bee Heroic's events provide information from scientific sources to educate people about geoengineering. The GeoEngineering Watch website says geoengineering is the artificial modification of the Earth's climate systems through solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal.
For its second event this summer in Durango, the organization will offer a free mixer and presentations about geoengineering from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Living Tree, 680 Main Ave.
Anyone interested in geoengineering or who wants to learn more is encouraged to attend Sunday's event. It will feature presentations about the scope of geoengineering, with highlights focused on how climate modification projects affect the environment, plants, pollinators, human health and economies; who executes, governs and profits from them; why communities in Colorado know so little about them; and what people can do to take action.
A documentary about geoengineering – "Why in the World Are They Spraying?" – can be viewed for free online at https://bit.ly/1fgodxM. Florio also recommends a 2007 United Nations agriculture and geoengineering conference with a statement from Rosalind Peterson of California's Agriculture Defense Coalition, which is available online at https://bit.ly/2twaHiP.
For more information about Bee Heroic, visit www.beeheroic.com.


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Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Doctor In The Ascendancy...
In the ever-changing (fickle?) cycle of my fandoms, this time of year is traditionally when Doctor Who comes to fore once more - usually spurred on my build-up in promotional material for the Christmas special.
Having been seriously underwhelmed by last year's Christmas story - The Return of Doctor Mysterio - my enthusiasm stumbled for a while, until Season 10 (of nuWho) began and we met The Doctor's new companion, the bubbly Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie).
My overall love for the show had been in the doldrums as I'd found myself increasingly at odds with showrunner Steven Moffat's vision for the Whoniverse, but somehow the knowledge that this was his last season guiding Doctor Who and the arrival of Bill in the TARDIS (a character too good to last, a beautifully tragic companion like Donna Noble) lured me back.
I really enjoyed the series, its highs and lows, more Missy, the heavy hints about what was to come, the redemption of Nardole (Matt Lucas) as a character.
It wasn't so much about the individual stories as the overarching sense of inevitable change that permeated the season, that made it work so well for me.
Which brings us to now.
Twice Upon A Time, the Christmas Day episode, is next month (with a preview this Friday on Children In Need), and then it's all change.
The Doctor is not only regenerating, but regenerating into a woman.
Something, I'll admit, for the longest time, I thought would never - should never - happen and I just couldn't get my head around.
But then it did... and I couldn't be more excited. I'm quite often proved wrong in my rambling commentary of geeky matters, and there are times when I'm delighted to be shown the error of my ways.
And I'm hoping this is one such occasion.
Beyond her outward appearance and choice of travelling companions, we know nothing about Jodie Whittaker's Doctor.
So I'm optimistic; genuinely excited to see what changes, what stays the same.
Change is an integral part of the DNA of both The Doctor (the character) and Doctor Who (the show), and, as averse as I am to change in 'real life', I always welcome it in my fandoms.
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The only thing I don't like about the new doctor is the clothing. I really liked the reveal outfit and wish they would have tweaked that instead.ReplyDeleteReplies
I strongly suspect that her wardrobe, as with most Doctors', will evolve as the series progresses. But, yes, I really liked the outfit from the short 'reveal' teaser.Delete
Maybe it will make a comeback, but then hoodies were quite a feature with Capaldi's Doctor and Simm's Master, so maybe this initial braces-and-coulots look is a pushback against that, to differentiate 13's style from her predecessors' (while still acknowledging some of the wackiness of costume choices in the Classic Era).
I am cautiously optimistic bordering on enthusiastic. Then again, the new outfit made me more optimistic than the reveal outlet.ReplyDelete
I would love the 13th Doctor to have thrown that together in the TARDIS wardrobe, have no idea that it isn't what women are wearing now, and then complain that her trousers have no pockets.Replies
The Doctor's pockets are an essential tool in his equipment list ;-)Delete
Yeah, Stephen Moffat was running the show for way too long. He should have left when Matt Smith did and let someone else head the Twelfth Doctor's adventures. I think I only watched a few of those eps, then quit. Hopefully Thirteen will bring me back as a fan.ReplyDeleteReplies
I think a large portion of fandom is holding its breath, hoping to see a marked improvement in the show post-MoffatDelete
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Nashville's holiday chariot of happiness!
For years and years, Phoebe Price has been the queen of bringing festiveness to the world (insert MariahCareySideEyeDotGif here) by dressing up in festive ho shit for every major holiday imaginable. PP's now got some competition from Tennessee, and her competition is a Toyota Camry. NewsChannel5 did a bit on Margie Felts, a Southern ray of peppy sunshine in flannel pajamas, who does her Toyota up in festive drag for holidays like Valentine's Day, Halloween, Fourth of July and Christmas. Margie tapes and Saran Wraps homemade decorations and stuff from the dollar store and drugstores to her Toyota to bring joy to the streets.
Margie's husband died last year, but she says she's not wrapped in a cocoon of depression and has stayed happy and positive enough to spread goodness to Nashville. (The part of me that falls into doom and gloom over any little stupid thing can't relate.)
Many people ask Margie if they can take a picture with her car, but not everyone farts out hearts of love over it. The airport police gave her a ticket for riding through the terminal with a car that looks like the Christmas decorations section of a Walmart on December 26. So she doesn't drive through the airport anymore. She's also got people in her life who refuse to get into her car.
"There's some people embarrassed of my car. They said, 'I wouldn't be caught dead in that car!' But most people in the world love it, so I'm excited. They get behind me and they take videos. And if I pull over, they'll get behind me and say, 'Can I take a picture?!' They'll get excited and say, 'Ooo I love it!'"
Those people are dumb. First of all, Margie's Toyota has 400,000 miles on it, so it's going to run forever. Second of all, nobody would ever fuck with you while you're riding in her car, because they'd take one look at those teddy bears taped to the roof and think that a serial killer owned it. Third of all, you'd get to listen to human rainbow Margie talk as she drove you in her festive chariot.
Now that Margie's car is a local STAR, I'm sure all her snobby friends and relatives are begging to take a ride in it. Whatever The Louvre charges for admission, Margie should charge double that to ride in her car, because it's a more priceless work of art than the Mona Lisa.
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Although the function of this module may initially seem simple it can be used in a wide number of ways and really allows you to get creative with your patching.
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- Use it to process a sine or other audio wave into a pulse wave with the ability to add PWM by altering the limit level.
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On Thursday afternoon, Feb. 22, Option Line answered a live chat from "Jennifer," a 19-year-old in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
As God would have it, Jennifer is the 3 millionth person to cry out for help since Option Line first answered the call in 2003.
We want to tell you a bit about Jennifer, and invite you to join us in praying for Jennifer, her baby and family in this time of great need. And one more thing: We want to ask you to check your listing on OptionLine.org to make sure we have the latest information, so we can connect women just like Jennifer to life-saving help.
Now, to Jennifer's story:
Realizing she was pregnant, Jennifer had found Option Line—our 24-7, 365 helpline (1-800-712-HELP and OptionLine.org)—by searching online for help.
Even though it was well into the evening by the time Jennifer reached out, Option Line was ready to help her. In seconds, she was chatting with "Melinda," one of our professionally trained consultants who's answered over 45,000 cries for help.
Melinda has two goals with each woman she helps:
First, she prayerfully works to calm the woman's initial fears, as well as ask and answer any questions she can.
Second, she does everything in her power to encourage that woman to get help at a local pregnancy center.
As they chatted, Jennifer said she felt caught between the "right" thing to do and the "easy" thing to do. She just wanted to get this whole thing behind her.
Melinda prayed, listened, and asked questions to help Jennifer feel empowered to make a decision for life.
Before they ended the chat, Melinda offered to connect Jennifer directly with A Hope Center—a Heartbeat International affiliate—in Fort Wayne. As she so often does, Melinda also offered to pray for Jennifer and reassured her that she's not alone.
Will you join us in praying for Jennifer this week?
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Current affiliates of Heartbeat International can forward calls to Option Line after hours as a complimentary benefit of affiliation.
In order to take advantage of this benefit, just set your call forwarding to 1-800-712-4357. If you don't currently use call forwarding, you'll need to contact your telephone company to get that set up. Be sure to ask your telephone service provider whether setting up an auto-attendant is an option; an auto-attendant makes it possible to direct crisis calls to Option Line, while leaving callers who are not in crisis with the option of leaving a message on your center's voicemail system.
There is no additional paperwork or permission needed on our end. But, we do ask you to simply call Option Line on our business line (614-802-2808) to let us know when you're ready to start.
We also welcome call forwarding as needed during your regular hours (for example, during staff meetings or if you are short staffed), but we ask that you call to notify us know when you'll be available again, so we can pass that information on to your clients.
Option Line is available 24/7, including all holidays, so we can take your calls for extended periods of time as well. Once again, we ask that you notify us as to how long you'll be gone, so we can best serve your clients.
We recommend you train all staff (who are on the phones) to turn call forwarding on/off to make sure your calls always get to the right place at the right time.
Tiffany and her son, Jonathen, in 2016.
by Carrie Beliles, International Program Specialist
Last week, I received a Facebook message in the middle of the night. Most Facebook messages in the middle of the night are no big deal, but for me, this specific message was.
Why? Because God knew this message was exactly what I needed to hear at that specific moment.
I needed to wake up, to be shaken out of where I was mentally and reminded of a principle God taught me four years ago.
It is not about me. It is all about Him.
Let's go back to four years ago, when I found myself the newly appointed executive director of a pregnancy help center in Germany. While I didn't speak German, the center actually served a unique, English-speaking clientele. Our abortion-vulnerable clients consisted entirely of women connected to the largest U.S. military base outside of the United States.
And, I took on this role by accident. No kidding, by "accident." Totally under-qualified, I had never worked in the pro-life world. I'd never been trained or even so much as volunteered at a pregnancy center.
I did however, have a background in the fight against human trafficking, where I worked directly with victims, so I understood there are hurting people all over the world who needed to be shown compassion. My only real qualification was God had been teaching me to love others and meet them where they were.
More importantly, I was also hurting. Having just walked through a recent trial in my own life, my marriage had weathered several years as a military wife, complete with constant separations that are part of the job description. Add to that, I was pregnant with my fourth of now five children.
Because of these—what I considered—disqualifying factors, I assumed I wasn't ready to minister to others. After all, shouldn't I fix myself first, then move on to help others? That's how I was thinking, but of course, I was wrong.
Learning to Handle the "Tough Questions"
As the newly installed executive director, my board sent me to the 2012 Heartbeat International Annual Conference in Los Angeles, hopeful that a one-week training would help start me on the right foot.
In a city famous for its movie stars, dreams and miracles, I was slightly overwhelmed with the actual size of the conference. Heartbeat, I learned, is an international organization uniting over 2,000 affiliates working toward a common life-saving goal. Just walking the halls and meeting others who were doing this amazing work all over the world was an inspiration.
Though I was encouraged, I felt out of my league. Every one else at the conference seemed to be a much better director, board member or volunteer than I could hope to be. All week long, I kept thinking they all must know what they are doing. It was a humbling experience, to say the least.
The last day of conference, I attended a session titled "Answering Tough Calls" with Bri Laycock, the director of Heartbeat's 24-7 pregnancy helpline, Option Line. Having served with Option Line since shortly after its formation in 2003, Bri was confident and it seemed she was able to answer everything thrown her way. She was professional, ready and prepared—everything I felt I wasn't.
At the end of the workshop, there was a Q-and-A session. An attendee raised her hand and posed a situation she recently faced. I sat back and listened, thinking, "I have no clue what I would do in that situation."
The client, it turned out, was pregnant in the midst of a marriage that was falling apart due to infidelity. Multiple families were involved, and the baby this woman was carrying would be of a different race from the client's husband and her other children. There was no hiding the breech of trust.
I was overwhelmed just picturing the scenario. The consensus approach from the class, and from Bri, was, "Keep her on the phone, keep the connection open, and take it one day at a time." I remember thinking how glad I was to not be dealing with that situation.
Two weeks later. Tiffany called the hotline.
I had just closed up the center, picked up my daughter from kindergarten and was on the autobahn heading home after a long day when the phone rang.
One Day at a Time
Tiffany's first question was whether we perform abortions and, if so, when could she make the earliest appointment. As I listened, mother-to-mother to someone desperate with fear, I offered to meet up and talk. When someone, like Tiffany, needs to talk, they just need someone to listen. I could do that.
A mother of three young boys, a married family friend had taken advantage of Tiffany while her husband was deployed in the Middle East. Now, she was pregnant. My heart sank as I realized I knew the wife whose husband was the father of Tiffany's baby.
My thoughts went back to that session at the Heartbeat International Annual Conference. I'd only been back a couple of weeks, so the conversation—and that fleeting sense of relief that, at least I wasn't dealing with this situation—was still fresh in my mind.
I asked myself, "What would Bri do in this situation? How would she handle this 'Tough Question?" How on earth could I help to "fix" this?
That's when Bri's answer at the workshop crystalized in my mind: Keep her on the phone. Keep the connection open. Take it one day at a time.
As I got to know Tiffany and listened to her story, God began to teach me to take one step at a time, one day at a time. I wasn't going to "fix" Tiffany's situation. There was no formula. There were very few words of wisdom I could offer.
I only had the love of Christ, which I have seen and experienced in my own life, and which I could draw upon to share with someone who was hurting, alone and scared. Extending love was all Tiffany needed at that moment. Looking back, I'm sure that, had I tried to impart counseling methods or a fixed scenario, I may have missed an opportunity to actually love her.
The Miracle of Love
This life of love starts right where we are. I didn't have years of training or relevant experience; it was a core principle that came to light in the "Tough Questions" workshop that set me on course. Stay on the line. Keep the connection open. Take it a day at a time.
Often, we count ourselves out even before we give ourselves the chance to see how God works through us. Whether it's our perceived gap in our qualifications, preparation or "life-togetherness," we need to remember that it's God who works through us, and He's the one who qualifies the unqualified.
Hitting my Facebook message folder four years after we first met, Tiffany's note jarred me out of the same thought pattern to which I—and I'm guessing, you—tend to default.
Tiffany is now a homeschooling mother of five young boys. She's going back to school to pursue a degree in crisis counseling. She reached out to let me know that, because of the way God worked through our relationship, she wants to do the same for others.
What a powerful reminder of the God who supplies our every need "according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." I know He has supplied mine. What a blessing to know He's done the same for Tiffany.
You can read Tiffany's story here.
by Jennifer Minor, Editor/Writer
If you've visited our job registry lately, you know that Heartbeat International is looking for an Office Assistant right now. (By the way, please share this link with anyone who might be interested in serving the administrative needs of Heartbeat.)
We hope you've had the pleasure of speaking with our soon-to-be former office assistant, Hannah Sapp. While we're sad to see Hannah move on, we are thrilled to tell you that Hannah's move will be no further than down the hall—to our 24-7 contact center, Option Line.
"It's all an adventure," Hannah says. "While I'm leaving a team I love, I'm also joining a team I love."
Hannah has been a light at Heartbeat Central. Coming with a heart for teen girls and sexual integrity, she was excited to learn more about what serving young women looks like from a nonprofit perspective when she first joined our team in early 2014.
With an eventual hope of starting a transitional housing project for vulnerable young women, Hannah has had a front-row seat to Heartbeat International's burgeoning partnership with the National Maternity Housing Coalition, which started in April of 2013.
Hannah certainly has learned a lot on the Ministry Services team. Besides being one of the first to answer phone calls, she never misses a chance to ask a question and find out more about what our affiliates face, from client issues to legal issues, offering prayer and passing along prayer requests to the rest of our team.
From day one, Hannah has shown a learner's mentality, gaining a grasp on a wide variety of issues our affiliates face every day.
But something was missing.
Hannah's heart for teen girls inspired her to pick up a few hours a week at Option Line to serve that community with a message of hope, love, and compassion. Very quickly, it became clear that Option Line is where Hannah is being called full-time for the next season in her life.
The job of an Option Line consultant is unique and challenging. The 650 women (and sometimes men!) who reach out to Option Line every day via phone, email, text and live chat are in desperate need of another person. That's why Hannah and her fellow consultants direct each caller to your pregnancy help organization, where they can get the in-person help they don't always know they need.
It's Hannah's position at Heartbeat International—passing on encouragement and feedback, equipping pregnancy help leaders, and praying with staff and affiliates—that has brought her to a place where she can serve women at Option Line well.
"I can send callers to our affiliates because I have seen the value of their centers," Hannah says. "I have confidence that when they go there, they will receive hope."
So as Hannah moves down the hall, take the chance the next time you call in to say hi and thank her for all the work she's done—and will do—for you and for the women we're serving together.
COLUMBUS, OH - Less than two months into the calendar year, 2016 is shaping up to be a major marker in Heartbeat International's history. The network is welcoming its 2,000th affiliated pregnancy help organization and celebrating the 13th anniversary of its 24-7 pregnancy helpline, Option Line.
Called into existence by local pregnancy centers in 1971 as the first-ever network of pregnancy help, Heartbeat International's 2,000th affiliate is First Choice Pregnancy Center, a medical center offering free ultrasound scanning, STI testing, pregnancy testing and more in Weatherford, Oklahoma, home of Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
The center's executive director, Kathy Gibson, whose journey to pro-life work began shortly after she experienced an abortion, attended Heartbeat International's Pregnancy Help Institute in Dec. 2015, along with her executive assistant.
"In 20 years in this work, I have never experienced anything like it," Gibson said of the Institute. "From there, joining Heartbeat International was a no-brainer. I feel like Heartbeat is in touch with who we are and where we are, and we love the personal touch that Heartbeat offers."
Option Line (1-800-712-HELP; OptionLine.org) represents one of the central visions of Heartbeat International's founding generation—comprised of pro-life ob-gyns and an unsung hero of the Holocaust—of a hotline connecting callers with help near them.
Since answering its first call in 2003, Option Line has responded to over 2.35 million contacts, including phone calls, live chats, texts and emails. The helpline answered over 243,000 contacts—650 every day—in 2015. Option Line also increased its web traffic in 2015 by launching a new iteration of OptionLine.org, and has expanded its capability of connecting contacts directly to local pregnancy help to over 500 locations.
Overall, Option Line refers to 2,250 pregnancy help organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
"It's incredible to think of the children who are becoming teenagers this year who may never have been if not for Option Line," Bri Laycock, director of operations for Option Line, said. "We are convinced now more than ever that local pregnancy help is what makes the difference between life and abortion for so many mothers. That's why our energies have always been—and will always remain—focused on connecting callers and website visitors to pregnancy help people near them."
At 2,000 affiliate locations worldwide, including a presence on every inhabited continent, Heartbeat International continues to be the largest network of pregnancy help.
Hosting its 45th Annual Conference March 29-31 in Atlanta, Heartbeat International announced a leadership transition in early January, as Peggy Hartshorn, Ph.D., the organization's president of 22 years, took on new responsibilities as Chairman of the Board, promoting longtime vice president Jor-El Godsey as only the second president in the 45-year history of the network.
A high school senior just weeks away from graduation, Jana was on top of the world. She had just been accepted into her dream college and had one more carefree summer before packing up and leaving for her new adventure.
Everything was on track. That is, until Jana began to suspect that maybe, just maybe, her path had suddenly changed directions.
Jana's friend bought her a pregnancy test, and the pair took it to her friend's house, so that Jana's parents wouldn't suspect anything was up. The strategy had a short shelf life, however, as the pregnancy test showed positive… she was pregnant.
Even though she felt pressured to abort her baby, Jana was terrified that some day she would regret it.
Jana cried all afternoon and well into the night. Finally, in desperation, she typed in"abortion stories" to her search engine, hoping to find stories of post-abortion women who had gone on to live happy, fulfilled lives.
What she found was StandUpGirl.com. Jana read story after story about young women just like her who had submitted to an abortion and later shared their experience on the online forum. Story after story was shared as encouragement to not make the same mistake as the writer.
Moved by what she read, Jana clicked a box on the sidebar, opening up a live chat program.
The chat link connected Jana to an Option Line® consultant, who answered her immediately. Jana poured out her heart, sharing her fears, and what she'd read on StandUpGirl. She shared that, while she wanted to protect and care for her baby, she felt it would be selfish to bring a child into the world without a good job, house, or stability.
On the other end of the live chat, the Option Line consultant helped Jana understand that giving her child life was the most unselfish thing she could do. She explained to Jana that, in addition to single parenting or married parenting, Jana could also choose to parent through adoption, entrusting her child into the hands of an adoptive family.
She also let Jana know that help was available to her. A pregnancy center would be able to work with her for everything from diapers and wipes to maternity clothes and community referrals for help with food and medical care.
As the early morning conversation came to a close, Jana agreed to visit a center in her area, and told the Option Line consultant she finally felt ready to sleep, knowing that a brighter day lay ahead.
While Heartbeat's Option Line® gains most of its traffic from its own advertising and web presence, the 24-7 pregnancy helpline also partners with several national organizations like StandUpGirl.com and TeenBreaks.com to reach over 1,000 contacts per month—just like Jana—via live chat and text.
As a Heartbeat International affiliate, your pregnancy help organization is automatically listed on Heartbeat's Option Line® (1-800-712-HELP), a 24-7 pregnancy helpline that answers over 1,100 calls, emails, text messages and live chats every day in English and Spanish, sending callers to local help organizations like yours. Our job is to help you care for her.
Here are a few of the ways we do that.
Every contact Heartbeat's Option Line® makes costs about $4.25. We refer an average of 42 contacts a year to each of our more than 2,700 listed pregnancy help organizations. That's a value of $178.50 per year for your organization alone!
On OptionLine.org, a client can search for a center near her. Each month in the past year, an average of over 200 searches on OptionLine.org have turned up your center. Our top-10 centers all averaged over 7,000 views in the last year, bringing women in desperate need of help face-to-face with your center's information.
Does your center struggle to cover the phones overnight? Option Line is your answer for overnight help. You can also forward your calls to Option Line when you can't cover a shift. Rather than hearing a recording, a woman will speak to a real human being, who will answer her initial questions and connect her to help right in her area—that is, you!
Bonus! When you take advantage—at no cost—of Option Line's Appointment Scheduling, a consultant can schedule an appointment at your center right on the spot. Click here to learn more.
As a Heartbeat affiliate, changes can be made to your Option Line listing in real-time so that women searching for you have up-to-date information about your organization at any hour of the day.
Option Line lists pregnancy help organizations affiliated with either Heartbeat International or Care Net. If your organization prefers to not become a Heartbeat affiliate, that's okay! Care Net provides us with a list of their affiliates on a quarterly basis. We update our Option Line database based on that list. Please communicate any changes to your information with Care Net and the changes will be made with the next quarterly update.
As the phone center manager for Pregnancy Resource Center of Gwinnett, Georgia, Lana Duffell has very little time to call her own.
Without the persistent effort put forth by Lana and her co-laborers, the call from a local woman or girl facing the desperate circumstance of an unexpected pregnancy might fall through the cracks, and cause her to choose abortion as the only option she can see at the moment.
So most days, Lana keeps her nose to the grindstone and her ear to the phone.
But when Lana and her staff decided to take time off during this Christmas season, she had no concerns about the calls and contacts that were sure to come in. Lana and her staff had full confidence that, even if they wouldn't be there to answer the phone, Heartbeat International's Option Line® would.
While Lana and her staff rested and reenergized for the coming year, the staff at Option Line routed a total of 39 calls and contacts to Pregnancy Resource Center, ensuring that not one woman seeking help fell through the cracks.
"Option Line has been there for us on a 24/7 basis, when we are in meetings and also when our phone lines are overwhelming," Lana says. "With Option Line, we are at peace, knowing that our callers will get a live person who can offer them information about abortion alternatives or set an appointment so that we can do further counseling.
"Option Line answers our calls when we are not available, making the difference between losing a life and saving it."
Since it opened shop in 2003, Option Line has answered the call more than 1.5 million times, in addition to 2.5 million unique visitors to its website, www.OptionLine.org.
That translates to a staggering amount of birthdays, which otherwise would never have been. For now, we'll celebrate just one: Happy 10th Birthday, Option Line!
Since answerering its first phone call in early 2003, Heartbeat International's Option Line® has responded to over 1.5 million calls, text messages, emails and instant chats from women and familes facing unexpected pregnancies. Option Line staff are available 24/7, 365 days per year to answer callers' questions and connect them to pregnancy help organizations within their local communities, utlizing Heartbeat's Worldwide Directory of Pregnancy Help.
In their own words...
"I worked at Option Line for five years, and during that time, I watched it grow to become a premiere resource for women and men in pregnancy crisis. It was a great pleasure for me to work for an organization that believed in the strength and courage of women."
~April, Heartbeat International Ministry Services Specialist, former Option Line employee
"I love being a part of Option Line, and I feel honored to be in a position to reach so many young girls, women, and men from all over the world. I truly enjoy talking with callers and being able to help and support them by showing Jesus' love. Hearing that I've helped someone makes my day!"
~Julie, Option Line employee for 4 years
"Working at Option Line is an adventure! The job is never the same one day to the next, and knowing that what we do here reaches people in more than 100 countries every month never stops amazing me. Sometimes the calls are funny, and sometimes they're heart-breaking, but my favorite kind of call is when we hear back from someone who wants to tell us about their new baby and thank us for being there when they needed help."
~Bri, Director of Option Line Operations, Option Line employee for 10 years
~Chris, Option Line employee for 3 years
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Cynthia, I did not know this about sepsis, (don't really even know what that is), but find this very interesting. The one horse on the PCT I helped rescue above Snow Creek a couple summers ago, got that, plus renal failure, from severe dehydration. Even with an amazing hoist lift, helo rescue, the poor thing didn't make it because of this. The vet said this horse was 30+ liters under what it should be!
Was RMRU not involved with this one? They don't seem to post their mission anymore, (since May)? I took a boyscout group up many years ago, for their Eagle Scout badge, and the 3 scout masters assured me they were trained, (which they were), but I still reserved the right to turn anyone around at 3.5K, as I know at that point, if it's safe to continue, (to avoid a long, tough down climb. These were 14-16 yr. olds, and one was really struggling at one point, all had to dig deep, but made it. Much younger, and you'd need to have been a serious athlete, like the 14 yr old? female teen, who one the Baldy race, (Zip, who is she?), an endurance athlete already, or plain tough as nails, (like kids that grow up in 3rd world countries, (if their not malnourished).
It seems, as Ed touched on, that many people just don't want to listen, or take any advice, call it rebellious, (disrespectful), arrogant, so The Land of Hard Knocks isn't going away, (not saying this family did this). I've offered directions & advise many times, some accepted, much not. Doreen, Cy, Andy, Halhiker, and many like Cynthia here, have warned people, (till were just frustrated and tired of sounding like nannies), on the trail, especially in winter, and watch the horror on some of their faces, if they even make it to the traverse. Or finding their just about out of water at Flat Rock. Self reliance & responsibility seems less common in many of the folks I've encounters, or read about, than a few decades ago.
Even with much info on the web, hiking clubs, mags etc., many figure they'll do it on guts & glory and deal with the consequences, (not implying this family did that, it seems they did train for it, but to what extent). If your training for a marathon, a few 10k's and some gym work isn't going to be enough.


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5 dining deals you want to know about this week
Well, I'm back from vacationing in New York City, which of course means one thing: I'm broke!
It also means I'm jonesing for great eats more than ever. What's a girl to do? Good thing our city has two things: great eats and good deals. See you later, NYC. I can't afford to love you.
Five great dining deals for you, and for me:
Every food has its celebration on the calendar these days: National Macaroni and Cheese Day, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, National Fiddlehead Fern Day. But National Oyster Day is a concept we can really get down with, especially when it means $1 oysters from the usually tony with attendant tony price tags Oceanaire Seafood Room. And there's no catch, except the fresh catch of the oysters themselves. Just visit the restaurant on Wednesday, August 5, from 5 p.m. to close, and enjoy $1 chef's choice oysters all night long. Now pass the mignonette.
50 S. Sixth St., Minneapolis
Lovely little East Side bistro Tongue in Cheek is celebrating its one-year anniversary (congrats!), and because they're good, solid, sincere St. Paul stock like that, they're extending a little gift to you. Visit the restaurant through the end of July, fill out a raffle ticket, and enter to win a 10-course tasting menu valued at $180.
989 Payne Ave., St. Paul
It's been a pretty big story in food circles around here that chef Tommy Begnaud, on the heels of starting a big gig at Coup d'Etat, was T-boned in in his car by a drunk driver and suffered some pretty major injuries. He was confined to a wheelchair for quite some time, then a walker, but now he's up and at it and ready to get back into the food-slinging game. Coup d'Etat is throwing a bash in his honor, and for $25 you're gonna get a pretty sweet deal: a crawfish boil, all-you-can-eat jambalaya, all-you-can-drink beer, and live entertainment from the Jack Brass Band. It takes place Sunday, August 2. Register here. And here's to Tommy back on his feet, and his French Louisiana influence on the new menu.
Sunday, August 2
3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
2923 Girard Ave. S., Minneapolis
Complimentary pastries by John Kraus of Patisserie 46? Is it Christmas and my birthday all wrapped into one? No, it's Gather at the Walker, and our town's (and one of the world's) best pastry chefs is going to be presenting sous vide apricots with tarragon ice cream and pecan crumble; and roasted plums with yogurt ice cream for the low, low price of nothing at all on Thursday, August 6, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. And, a head's up: Next month the presenting chef is Thomas Boemer of Corner Table, the reigning king of all things pork and chicken.
750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis
Chipotle's Cultivate Festival is approaching: On August 22, revel in all things Chipotle, including guacamole demos; a tasting hall offering sneak peeks of not yet available locally Chipotle items including Shophouse rice bowls from the company's Asian concept; cooking demonstrations by Andrew Zimmern, Jim Christiansen of Heyday, Jaime Malone and Erik Anderson of upcoming Brut; live music by a bunch of cool bands including Hippo Campus, and a shit ton of beer. Get the full lineup here. The best part? The event is free, fabulously free.
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|DragonVale World Wiki's Rules & Policies
Wiki Rules and Policies | Chat Guidelines and Policies | Voting Policies and Procedures
This guide is meant to help people looking for a way to help around the wiki by editing. There is a difference between a quality edit, a bad edit made in good faith, and a malignant bad edit. Let's look at them separately:
- Quality Edit: An edit made to improve the encyclopedic value of a page. It adds information that helps players figure out the game or learn about its history. Those are the important edits this wiki needs the most and will be explained in detail on this page.
- Good Faith Edit: An edit made by someone with the intention of helping the wiki but somehow not being quite par with the purpose of wiki pages or simply not made in the correct place. While no negative consequences would ever befall someone for making this sort of edit, they are nevertheless undesirable and should be avoided by carefully learning what a quality edit is about.
- Malignant Edit: Or a "Bad Edit", this is trolling, spamming, inserting false information, creating pages about things unrelated to this wiki (PAGES, not blogs. While there should still be some correlation to Dragonvale, these are judged far more leniently). Bad Edits are to be deleted right away and the perpetrator is subject to a warning or even a block.
New Page
The creation of a new page is considered a quality edit when a page is needed. New dragons or decorations are the best examples of this, but sometimes some general classification or rules explanation requires a new page, as well. Good examples of this would be the Eggs page or the Dragons page. Anything unrelated to the direct content of the game on the other hand should be made a blog.
Reverting Vandalism or Bad Edits
While Rollbacks have a quick button to undo these, ANYONE can undo vandalism and bad edits. The process is really simple:
- Press the arrow next to the Edit button at the upper left top of a page and select history.
- Look at the Edits history and identify all the Bad Edits. Press (undo) at the end of the line on the oldest Bad Edit to revert to what the page was like before the bad edit.
PS: If you wish to practice this, do NOT do it on a page. Use your profile page, a blog you made or create a Sandbox. Page edits for the fun of it shall be considered Malignant Edits.
Encyclopedic Edit
An Encyclopedic Edit is the most obvious one. Anything that pertains directly to the game's content. DragonVale World is a game of relatively little content and this type of edit is rarely needed except when new content is released or an error has been made on any of the articles.
Probably the most complicated and "risky" edit to make for new users. Coding is a way to edit that can change the face of a wiki, or simply add a little something that really helps. Big changes are to be discussed by the community and will require Forum discussion while small task can be implemented right away, but always make sure to check with someone who knows what's happening around first. Some basic coding help can be found on the following blogs:
Potentially the most contested Edit on the wiki, Notes are to be considered carefully. Notes on pages are meant for historic purposes about the game and game related trivia.
Adding pictures to pages can be a good way to improve its quality but again, one has to be careful about the quality of the picture. Do not replace an existing rendered picture with another one unless the quality of the new one CLEARLY shows an improvement. And while it's good to have a promotional poster from a Facebook announcement on a dragon's page, there is very little need to show a dragon in its habitat, then the same dragon flying solo, and that same dragon again flying with a friend...


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"The iron never lies to you. The iron will always kick you the real deal" – Henry Rollins. The rock musician, writer, and fitness coach preaches about iron. The same can be said about iron dumbbells. Find out three best workouts to do with iron dumbbells here.
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3 Workouts you can do with iron dumbbells
When we think of iron dumbbells we think of upper body workouts. We imagine buff, ripped dudes with a huge chest and bulging biceps. Our perception of dumbbells is definitely skewed thanks to the media and how it portrays dumbbell workouts.
Dumbbells are some of the most versatile workout equipment. Thanks to a unique design and a wide variety of weight range, the dumbbell allows for a plethora exercises. From resistance training to cardio, you can use dumbbells in each. Dumbbells are so useful, trainers tend to get you started on them as part of your introductory exercises. Out of all the dumbbells in the gym, iron dumbbells are the best. Let's look at three workouts you can do with iron dumbbells.
Side note: Always remember to stretch thoroughly before doing any of these workouts.
Bicep curls
As you may have guessed, we will start with the most basic of the dumbbell workouts – the Bicep Curl. Bicep curls are simple exercises that workout your biceps and possibly triceps and chest with variations. Start by holding the individual dumbbells with palms facing outward. Keep your hands flush with the sides of your shoulders. Now bring your dumbbells up to your chest, all the while aligned to your shoulder width. Do 8-10 reps for each set. The quicker you do each set, the faster you burn fat. If you're looking to build muscle, go slower and feel the pull. Bicep curls should be done standing.
Weighted lunges
Here you will get some lower body movement. Once again, hold your dumbbells by your side. Be sure your posture is straight, feet together. Now step forward with your right leg until you make a 90o angle with your knee. Then bend while keeping your upper body in an upright posture. Now go back to your original position and repeat the process with your left leg. Do sets of 8 reps each. It is vital to keep your form in terms of posture, how far your lunge, and how deep you bend. This awesome combination of movements works out your thighs, glutes, calves, and arms.
Weighted calve-raises
Much like lunges, weighted calve raises require you to keep your hands by your side while grasping the dumbbells. Be sure to choose a weight that is not too heavy. For a start, go with a weight of 2.5-5kg. This will allow your weight to be balanced out while you conduct this workout.
Find a raised area (you can use a step/stairs or a brick). Plant the front of your feet on the raised area, keep your feet leveled. Now dip your heel all the way down, hold for 3 seconds, and come back up. If you find yourself losing balance, try to look forward and focus on something stagnant. This will keep your posture straight and weight balanced.
A variation to this incredible exercise would be to use one leg instead of two. Calve-raises are particularly useful for those who want bigger and stronger calve muscles. Stronger calve muscles reduce strain on the ankle, heel, and knee.


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This study examines the perceived usefulness of alternative spatial and tree-based similarity scaling techniques in a market analysis task. These techniques are typically evaluated on their ability to fit or explain customer input data. The psychological reaction of individuals who use these techniques to analyze markets has been largely ignored. The study reveals that spatial representations are perceived as more useful than tree-based clustering techniques, even though the latter provide a better fit to customer perceptions. The results have implications for both the use and development of scaling techniques in psychology and marketing.
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© Wiley. Final version published as: Johnson, M. D., & Hudson, E. J. (1998). On the perceived usefulness of scaling techniques in market analysis. Psychology & Marketing, 13(7), 653-675. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6793(199610)13:73.0.CO;2-G Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
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Injuries have hit both camps following Australia's 10-point win in the first International Rules Test at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
Collingwood skipper Scott Pendlebury suffered what he described as a "minor" finger injury during the win, with his availability for the next match yet to be confirmed.
Only minor little injury tonight! Great to get the result tonight, loved pulling on the Aus jumper.
— Scott Pendlebury (@SP_10) November 12, 2017
While Gold Coast's Pearce Hanley will miss the second Test with a broken hand.
"Pearce is out, unfortunately," Ireland coach Joe Kernan said confirmed yesterday.
"Disappointing for Pearce and disappointing for us, so hopefully we get somebody out in the next day or two.
"The doctor thinks at the moment it's a broken hand, so that's him gone unfortunately."
Meanwhile Australian coach Chris Scott said the extent of Pendlebury's injury will most likely be known later today.
"He has been sent for X-rays, but I'm not sure of the outcome just yet," Scott said.
"I think it's probably a tomorrow thing before we can confirm it.
"As soon as there was any possibility of an injury there, we pulled him from the game.
"My understanding is it's at the top of his finger, (hopefully) it's not a serious one, but you never know.
"He finished last (season) with a finger injury that was a little complicated, expected to miss a game, ended up missing four or five. It's on his other hand."


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HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – The legal costs surrounding the hospitality fee battle are climbing.
Horry County and municipalities have been fighting over the 1.5% hospitality tax since the beginning of the year. Myrtle Beach filed a lawsuit in March, accusing the county of illegally collecting the fee without the city's consent.
The legal battle has brought on a number of injunctions and appeals from both parties.
WMBF News first started looking into how much this legal fight is costing the municipalities back in October.
On October 1, the dispute cost Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach and Horry County more than $900,000. But now the total is more than $1.2 million.
Here's the breakdown of the legal costs:
- Myrtle Beach: $757,983
- North Myrtle Beach: $108,583
- Surfside Beach: $19,600
- Horry County: $326,374
It's important to note that Horry County has spent more than $326,000 to the law firm Burr and Forman, but it's unclear if this is the only case the firm is working on for the county.
Horry County leaders and attorneys for the municipalities reached a tentative agreement in the legal battle during their third mediation last week. But that proposed resolution must be presented to both city and county leaders.
If there is an agreement on both sides, then they will take it to court.
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Some of the coolest shows that happen at First Avenue every year are events celebrating the life of artists past and present. For the 12th year Janis Joplin will be honored with a posthumus birthday bash. And it so happens to take place on the 12th so the organizers encourage everyone to shine with gold all night. Tickets are available HERE
This year Reed Grimm and Mae Simpson will help us travel back in time.
Born to a musical family, Reed Grimm has been performing on the stage since the remarkable age of 2 years old. Reed studied music and philosophy at UW-La Crosse where he co-founded the band Shoeless Revolution in which he is both lead singer and drummer. Through Shoeless Revolution, as well as performing with family members, friends and others, Reed has toured extensively around the country. Reed continues to pursue any and all musical adventures that come his way.
Mae Simpson is a singer/songwriter born In Beaufort South Carolina. From a very early age she would find herself singing songs she never heard, because they were her's. Through the years she found love in the music she writes. Passion, soul, and a rawness of real emotions showing through. Today she works with an array of talented musicians in the Twin Cities hoping to bring back some soul and female power.