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On September 20, Katherine Dickson and her family gave 4th graders from Roscoe, Highland and Blackwell the opportunity to participate in the Kids on the Land (KOL) program at the 69 Ranch near Maryneal, in which Ms. Dickson owns the land. Peggy Maddox, former SISD SEEK teacher and now Director of Kids of the Land program for Holistic Management International developed the program which provides a day of hands-on activities to help students reconnect to the land where they live.The program at the 69 Ranch was called NCI--Nolan County Investigation. Students began the day by creating a timeline of historical events of Nolan County and the Rolling Plains eco-region. The timeline took the students from 10,000 years ago to the present. The rest of the day was spent in different activities that included learning about native plants on the walking trail along the head waters of Sweetwater Creek; making wildflower seed balls after learning how nature disperses seeds; creating Native American talking sticks; and doing the work of a naturalist by creating nature journals. The day ended with songs led by Charlie Davis.Volunteers had gathered the day before at the 69 Ranch to plan for the day. Volunteers included Mandi Ligon and Jaime Tankersly from NRCS, Burr Williams of Sibley Nature Center in Midland, Sandy Light, Regina McVey, Susan Dent and Kathy Hoskins of Maryneal, Dalton and Gretchen Maddox of Colorado City, Karen McGinnis from San Angelo, Charlie and Susie Davis from Mulberry Canyon, and Dr. Paul Martin from Seguin. Special participants from Dallas were Dickson's daughter and grandson, Maria and Anthony Parigi, friends Mimi and Meg Wilson, and Susan Delagarza."Kathy and her late husband, Temple, have created an oasis at the 69 Ranch headquarters. Through the years, they have given back to the community in many ways and this KOL day was just a continuation of that commitment," stated Peggy Maddox. "The KOL program began in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas where my husband, Joe, and I managed Holistic Management International's Learning Site in Crockett County. We have expanded the program for students in Schleicher County, Jack County and now to 69 Ranch in Nolan County.""KOL is unique among environmental programs because it is designed to teach children about their place where they live, using the property of local land stewards," stated Maddox, "and since children have an innate need to be in nature and nature needs a new generation who are reconnected to the land to take us to a more sustainable future, we hope to see the program continue to evolve as it adapts to meet new environments." Since its inception in 2003, over 2400 students have been participating in the program.Holistic Management International, based in Alberquerque, New Mexico, is a non-profit organization which was a mission to education people to manage land for a sustainable future. For more information on this organization and on the Kids on the Land program, visit their website at www.holisticmanagement.org.


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We're constantly hearing messages that we're eating too much and not moving around enough. Now researchers suggest that we're actually not eating more than we did 20 years ago, it's that we're much less active. And that includes not just middle-aged workers tied to their desks, but also young men and women who spend their days sitting in front of their laptops.
To try to figure out the impact of food versus activity, Dr. Uri Ladabaum, a professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, looked at federally collected health data from the NHANES program from 1988 and compared it to 2010.
He expected to find people eating more over the past two decades. But instead, he found that caloric intake remained about the same, "which may seem a little surprising given the trends in portion size and the popular belief that we're eating more and more," he said.
"It may well be that we're eating too much, but it doesn't seem that we are accelerating our caloric intake," Ladabaum added.
For example, it could well be that we were already eating too much back in 1988, compared with earlier decades. Even so, Ladabaum found the biggest changes were in the amount of physical activity.
Back in the 1980s, 80 to 90 percent of people reported doing at least some physical activity in their leisure time. But now, up to half of Americans say they are not active at all.
And that's likely an underestimate, Ladabaum says, because people tend to overestimate their activity.
All age groups became less active, but one of the biggest surprises was in men and women between the ages of 18 and 39. The number of white and African-American women getting no activity more than tripled; that number almost doubled for Mexican-American women.
For white and African-American men, the people who were inactive more than tripled. And among Mexican-American men, rates doubled.
This doesn't mean food is not to blame, Ladabaum says.
"This is something some of my colleagues have framed as 'Is it gluttony or is it sloth?' Those are not nice words, but those are the terms in which some people think about this debate," says Ladabaum. "So anybody looking for a simple explanation, either A or B, we're not going to find that; it's clearly both."
The problem of inactivity is exacerbated by a changing job market that's taken Americans from the physically demanding manufacturing floor to sitting behind a desk.
"In 1960, 1 out of 2 Americans had a job where they had lots of physical activity and actually exercised at work; by 2008, very few Americans do work that doesn't involve sitting around all day," according to Dr. Tim Church, a professor of preventative medicine at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University.
His research found that only 1 in 5 Americans move on the job, but Church says that's likely a "gross underestimate," adding that it's probably more like 1 in 10.
"We have these great old pictures seeing cars being built in the '60s, and these men were physically picking up a bumper and putting it onto a car," Church says. "Then you get pictures of cars being built now, and there's not even a human being in the room. These computers grab bumpers, put them on the car, and they are then bolted on by another big electronic arm."
Church took the findings one step further and calculated how many calories were no longer being burned. He found it was about 140 fewer calories burned a day for men and 120 fewer calories burned a day for women. "That doesn't sound like much, but when it's day after day after day, it adds up," he says.
So what's a modern cube rat to do? Church says given that the workplace has become so sedentary, it's critical for people to be more active off the job.
And there are concrete steps people can take to change our sedentary lifestyle. Do as federal guidelines recommend: 30 minutes of moderate exercise such as walking, biking or swimming, at least 5 days a week.
"If you think about 140 calories a day, that's 30 minutes of walking or so, not even a fast pace," Church says.
And that may be all you would need to get that calories in-calories out equation back in balance.
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And I'm Steve Inskeep. Today in Your Health, preventing weight gain. The usual suspects in America's obesity epidemic are eating too much and not getting enough exercise. Now a new study suggests that Americans actually are not eating more than we did 20 years ago. It's the amount of physical activity that's changed. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports.
PATTI NEIGHMOND, BYLINE: Dr. Uri Ladabaum wanted to understand more about the reasons for the obesity epidemic. He decided to dig through 20 years' worth of health information. Ladabaum's a gastroenterologist at Stanford University. He looked at government surveys that asked people how much they ate and how active they were. He compared what people said in 1988 to what they said in 2010.
URI LADABAUM: In the early time periods, approximately 10 to 20 percent of people reported no leisure time physical activity, meaning that 80 to 90 percent reported doing at least some physical activity in their leisure time, whereas in more recent time periods, it was up to half who said they weren't doing any leisure time physical activity.
NEIGHMOND: And he says that's likely an underestimate because people tend to overestimate how active they are. When it came to food, Ladabaum expected to find people eating more over the past two decades. Instead, he found the daily calorie counts stayed about the same.
LADABAUM: Which may seem a little surprising given the trends in portion size and so on and the popular belief that we're eating more and more. So it may well be that we're eating too much, but it doesn't seem that we are accelerating our caloric intake.
NEIGHMOND: Ladabaum says it's difficult to figure out how much of the epidemic comes from eating too much and how much from not getting enough exercise.
LADABAUM: This is something that some of my colleagues have framed as, is it gluttony or sloth? Those are not nice words, but those are the terms in which some people think about this debate. And I think it's clear that there are contributions to this both from the energy-intake side, how much we're eating, and the energy-expenditure side. So anyone looking for a simple explanation, it's either A or B; we're not going to find that. It's clearly both.
NEIGHMOND: And when it comes to activity, our lives have literally done a 180, not only during leisure time but also on the job. Dr. Tim Church is an obesity specialist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center
TIM CHURCH: In 1960, 1 of 2 Americans had a job which required a lot of physical activity. They essentially exercised at work. By the year 2008, very few Americans - actually we, you know, do work that doesn't involve sitting around all day.
NEIGHMOND: Church recently looked at federal job surveys over 40 years.
CHURCH: And we have these great old pictures of these cars being built in the '60s, and these men were physically picking up a bumper and putting it onto the car. And then you get these pictures of these cars being built, you know. Now there's not even a human being in the room. There's these computers that grab the bumpers and put it onto the car, and then it's bolted on by another big, electronic arm.
NEIGHMOND: Church wondered how today's lack of movement translates into fewer calories burned and more weight gained. He compared food and activity levels in the 1960s to today and calculated that men now burn 140 fewer calories a day and women 120.
CHURCH: That doesn't sound like much, but when it's day after day after day after day, it adds up.
NEIGHMOND: And often means weight gain over months and years. But Church says there are simple ways to combat this. It takes commitment, and - you probably know what it is - moderate exercise for 30 minutes at least five days a week. Patti Neighmond, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Helping children cope
Helping children adjust and cope when a family member has cancer, whether it's a sibling, a parent or grandparent, is challenging. It can be especially hard for kids if their routines have to change or if the person with cancer looks or acts differently or is in the hospitaI.
Having cancer can make being a parent even more demanding and challenging. The symptoms and side effects of cancer and its treatment can make it hard to care for young children, while the parents of teens may find things challenging because they have to ask their teens to take on more responsibility at home at a time when teens are trying to break away from and establish more independence from the family.
Many parents are tempted to try to hide a cancer diagnosis from children in order to prevent them from being scared or worrying. But even very young children can sense if something is wrong. If they hear the news from someone else, this can affect their trust in you, and they may also think that the situation is worse than it is. In general, an open and honest approach with your child about cancer, using language that is appropriate for their level of understanding, is best. Encourage your children to ask questions and do your best to answer them. Doing this can:
- help your child cope
- make them feel a part of the cancer journey
- strengthen your family bond
It can be hard to know how much information to share. Share enough about the situation that children are not caught unaware but don't say so much that children feel anxious for too long about things that may or may not happen in the future. Treatment centres may offer programs that can help your child cope.
Children react and cope differently to a parent having cancer depending on their age and maturity level.
Infants and very young children (0–3 years)
Infants and very young children cannot understand the disease of cancer. At best, they might understand that someone is sick, doesn't feel well or needs to have medicine. For children this age, their biggest fear is being separated from their parents, and any change in routine is very disruptive. To help children this age cope, you can:
- Comfort them with cuddles and hugs.
- If you'll be away from home, reassure them that you will be home as soon as you can.
- Arrange short visits to see a parent who has to be in the hospital.
- Maintain a normal daily routine as much as you can. Ask relatives, friends or daycare staff to help.
- Try to have a parent spend time with them every day. If you can't physically be with them, try to phone them. Read them their favourite story over the phone or sing them a lullaby, or leave a recorded message, story or lullaby that they can listen to.
- Tell them how much you miss them and love them.
Preschool children (3–5 years)
Preschool children understand cancer when explained in simple terms. They may look for a specific cause for your cancer, such as something they did or they thought, so it's important to reassure them that they did not cause your cancer.
- Explain your cancer using simple terms, and reassure them that people are helping you get better.
- Comfort them with cuddles and hugs.
- If you will be away from home, reassure them that you will be home as soon as you can.
- Maintain a normal daily routine as much as you can. Ask relatives, friends or daycare staff to help.
- Try to have one parent spend time with them every day. If you can't physically be with them, try to phone them. Tell them how much you miss and love them.
- Let them help with simple tasks such as picking out a toy or book to take to the hospital to make them feel more involved.
School-age children (6–12 years)
School-aged children understand a more detailed explanation of cancer. Some children this age may be concerned that cancer is contagious. They may also fear a parent will die or stay sick for a long time. They may worry about physical changes to you or separation from you. They may feel guilty about having fun when someone they love is sick. Children this age may hear lots about cancer through friends, school, television and the Internet.
- Give understandable explanations of the diagnosis and the treatment you are having in the hospital and how you are feeling.
- Reassure the child that cancer is not contagious and they will not catch it.
- Encourage your child to talk to you and ask questions. Answer the questions honestly – admit if you don't know the answer, and try to find the answer.
- Talk about normal feelings of fear, worry, sadness and anger. Explore acceptable ways those feelings can be expressed. Share how you are feeling and how you express your feelings.
- Encourage them to maintain contact with you in the hospital through letters, emails, telephone calls and messages, drawings, cards and visits when possible.
- Tell teachers and coaches so that they can help and support your child.
- Maintain a normal daily routine as much as you can. Ask neighbours, friends and other parents to take your child to after-school activities. Keeping children on their regular schedule keeps them busy and maintains a sense of normalcy.
- Reassure children that it's okay and healthy to have fun.
- When possible, let children help make decisions about things that affect them, such as whose house they can go to after school or which parent should come to their hockey game. This helps them maintain a sense of control and reassures them that their opinions count.
- Let them feel helpful by encouraging them to do small chores like washing dishes or dusting, or even drawing you a picture or keeping you company while you watch a movie.
- Try to have one parent spend time with them every day. If you can't physically be with them, phone or text them and focus solely on them – what their day was like, how a test went, how their soccer game was and so on.
- Tell them how much you miss and love them.
Teenagers (13–18 years)
Teenagers understand a complex explanation of cancer and may have many detailed questions. Teenagers will likely worry more than younger children about how your cancer will affect them and the entire family. They may worry about the financial impact that cancer will have on the family or they may worry about how younger siblings will cope. Teens may hear lots about cancer through friends, school, television and the Internet.
- Provide detailed explanations of the diagnosis, treatment and side effects, and how you are feeling. Tell them as much as they want to know about cancer and the situation. Ask for their opinions and, if possible, let them help you make decisions. Arrange conversations with the healthcare team if the teen feels that this would help.
- Encourage your teen to share any information they learn and discuss it together. Tell them it's okay for them to ask any questions. Answer all questions honestly – admit if you don't know the answer, and try to find the answer. They may need to hear that cancer treatment is very individual as sometimes reading information online or talking to friends can provide them with misinformation.
- Reassure teens that you will work through this crisis as a family.
- Encourage teens to talk about their fears and feelings of fear, worry, sadness and anger. Be patient. Teens may not have the words or the ability to express emotions like anger, guilt or grief – they may resort to moodiness or outbursts instead. Explore acceptable ways of expressing those feelings.
- Talk about how you're feeling and share how you work through your feelings.
- Let them help out at home because this helps them feel useful, but be careful not to overburden them with too much responsibility. Let them know how much you appreciate their help.
- Try to make sure the teenager gets a break from the situation at home. This might be spending time with friends or having a regular night out for movies or pizza.
- Encourage teens to stay involved at school and other activities they enjoy. They need to know that it's okay to have fun despite your illness.
- Encourage teens to maintain contact with you in the hospital through letters, cards, emails, telephone calls, recorded messages, pictures and visits.
- Ask your teen how much information they want shared with their school. Telling a trusted teacher or coach about the situation may help, and they can offer extra support to your child.
- Ask how their friends have reacted to the news of cancer in the family. Do your best to help them with any awkward situations that have happened. Friends can be a great source of support, especially those who have also dealt with serious illness.
- Maintain a normal daily routine as much as you can. Ask neighbours, friends and other parents to take your teen to after-school activities. Keeping children on their regular schedule keeps them busy and maintains a sense of normalcy.
- Try to have one parent spend time with them every day. If you can't physically be with them, phone or text them and focus solely on them – what their day was like, how a test went, how their soccer game was and so on.
- Ask a relative or friend to spend some special time with them.
- Maintain contact with them at home by phoning or texting. Teens are often more comfortable talking at home or in a private setting. When sharing information over a cellphone, make sure the teen is in a comfortable place, especially if sharing difficult news.
Despite your best efforts to help your child cope, teenagers may still struggle. Don't blame yourself. Other family members, teachers, coaches and spiritual leaders can also help teens through this time. Find out if there is a support program in the community for teens whose family members have cancer. Seek professional help through the psychosocial team at the hospital. These people are trained to help children going through these situations, and your children may feel more freedom to open up to someone who isn't directly involved in the family.
Great progress has been made
Some cancers, such as thyroid and testicular, have survival rates of over 90%. Other cancers, such as pancreatic, brain and esophageal, continue to have very low survival rates.


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Patch 6.13 Content
Patch 6.13 will hit live in the early hours of June 29th, assuming there are no delays. Here are its contents:
Store Content
New Game Mode
Unfortunately, I can't do skin previews at the moment. Here's the spotlight by SkinSpotlights:
Soulstealer Vayne – Available only through Hextech Crafting
Unfortunately I can't do skin previews at the moment, so here's a spotlight from SkinSpotlights:
- Channel time increased from 3.5 seconds to 4.5;
- Teleport will additionally ping allies when it's cast;
- The Teleport animation will now be visible to anyone who has vision within 500 units of the teleportation point (so no more invisible Brush Teleports).
Static Field [ R ]
- Cooldown changed from 30 seconds at all ranks to 60/40/20.
Rage Gene [ Passive ]
- Attack Range in mini form increased from 400-485 (scales with level) to 400-500.
Hyper [ W ]
- Base damage increased from 10/20/30/40/50 to 15/25/35/45/55.
Transcendent Blades [ R ]
- Cooldown increased from 70/60/50 seconds to 110/85/60.
Golden Aegis [ W ]
- Base Shield strength decreased from 50/90/130/170/210 to 50/80/110/140/170;
- Bonus shield per nearby ally increased from 20/30/40/50/60 to 20/40/60/80/100.
- Armor decreased from 27 [+3.25 per level] to 20 [+3.5 per level].
Wolf's Frenzy [ W ]
- No longer passively heals;
- New Passive: Wolf's attacks against jungle monsters now slow their Attack Speed and Movement Speed by 50% for 2 seconds.
- Base Movement Speed increased from 325 to 330;
- Base Mana increased from 292.4 to 350.
Glitterlance [ Q ]
- Slow duration increased from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds to 2 at all ranks;
- Targets beyond the first take 70% of Glitterlancer's damage.
Whimsy [ W ]
- Now additionally grants 15/20/25/30/35% bonus Attack Speed for the duration of the MS buff.
Ravenous Flock [ R ]
- Cooldown increased from 10 seconds at all ranks to 20.
An Acquired Taste [ Passive ]
- New Passive: Tahm Kench's basic attacks and spells now deal an additional 1/1.25/1.5% (values for levels 1/11/16) of his Maximum Health as bonus magic damage. This value stacks up 3 times (up to 3/3.75/4.5%) against enemy Champions.
Tongue Lash [ Q ]
- Base damage increased from 80/125/170/215/260 to 80/130/180/230/280.
- Cooldown decreased from 16/15/14/13/12 seconds to 6 seconds at all ranks;
- Passive now stores 70/75/80/85/90% of damage dealt as gray health, decreased from 100%;
- Gray health now returns 25/30/35/40/45% of its value back as normal health, increased from 20/26/32/38/44%;
- Duration of active shield decreased from 6 seconds at all ranks to 3, but the shield no longer degenerates over the duration.
Abyssal Voyage [ R ]
- Passive removed (replaced with a weaker version in the Acquired Taste changes);
- Cast range on active increased from 4000/5000/6000 to 4500/5500/6500;
- Maximum channel duration decreased from 15 seconds at all ranks to 6;
- Delay on recast and time for warning ping to appear are both decreased by 0.5 seconds.
Damnation [ Passive ]
- Dragon and Baron now drop 2 souls, up from 1.
Dark Passage [ W ]
- 0.5 AP ratio removed; instead, each soul grants Dark Passage one more point of shields.
- Health decreased from 1.89 [+0.17 per level] to 1.2 [+0.15 per level].
Crimson Pact [ Passive ]
- Vladimir now gains 1 AP per 40 points of bonus Health, decreased from 25;
- Vladimir now gains 1.4 bonus Health per 1 AP, increased from 1.
Transfusion [ Q ]
- Base damage changed from 80/100/120/140/160 [+0.45 AP] to 75/90/105/120/135 [+0.55 AP].
Frenzy [ W ]
- Base damage decreased from 80/125/170/215/260 to 60/110/160/210/260;
- Attack Speed-per-stack decreased from 8/11/14/17/20% to 4/8/12/16/20% (total AS down from 24/33/42/51/60% to 12/24/36/48/60%).
Rampant Growth [ W ]
- Cooldown for a new seed changed from 17/16/15/14/13 seconds to 20/18/16/14/12.
Ancient Coin
- Now additionally grants 5% Cooldown reduction.
Ardent Censer
- Recipe cost decreased from 800 to 700 (total cost up from 2200 Gold to 2400 due to the Forbidden Idol change);
- Ability Power increased from 40 to 60;
- Mana regeneration decreased from 100% to 50%;
- Now additionally grants 15% bonus to healing and shields.
Boots of Mobility
- The out-of-combat MS buff is no longer disabled when killing an enemy ward or trinket.
Eye of the Equinox
- Execute damage changed from 400 to 320 [+5 per level].
Face of the Mountain
- Execute damage changed from 400 to 320 [+20 per level].
Forbidden Idol
- Recipe cost increased from 300 to 600 (total cost up from 550 Gold to 850);
- Now additionally grants 10% bonus to healing and shields.
Mikael's Crucible
- Recipe cost decreased from 850 to 650 (total cost up from 2300 Gold to 2400 due to the Forbidden Idol change);
- Now additionally grants 10% bonus to healing and shields.
Nomad's Medallion
- Now additionally grants 10% Cooldown reduction;
- Health regeneration decreased from 50% to 25%;
- Mana regeneration increased from 25% to 75%.
Relic Shield
- Execute damage changed from 200 to 195 [+5 per level].
Ruby Sightstone
- Combine cost decreased from 600 Gold to 400 (total cost down from 1800 Gold to 1600);
- Cooldown reduction for actives on items increased from 10% to 20%.
Spellthief's Edge
- Killing certain adds like Malzahar's voidlings will no longer deactive the passive on Spellthief's Edge.
Talisman of Ascension
- Recipe Changed: Raptor's Cloak + Nomad's Medallion + 450 Gold Combine Cost = 2500 Gold Total (total cost up from 2300 to 2500);
- Now additionally grants 45 Armor;
- Health regeneration increased from 100% to 150%;
- Mana regeneration decreased from 100% to 75%;
- New Unique Passive – Point Runner: Builds up to 20% Movement speed over 2 seconds when near turrets, fallen turrets and void gates.
Targon's Brace
- Execute damage changed from 240 to 200 [+5 per level].
Heya everyone, it's been a lo~ong time since we've dropped a brand new mode, as we were busy building the RGM queue! To top it off, Nexus Siege is probably one of the biggest modes we've ever attempted making.
You came here to get details. ^_^ Let's go.
Nexus Siege
Nexus Siege is a round based attack & defense game mode, where teams take turns at sieging the enemy's Nexus using an arsenal of deadly new Siege Weapons. The team who destroys the enemy's Nexus in the fastest time wins!
Players: 5v5
Map: Modified Summoner's Rift
Mode type: Blind Draft pick type with Attack + Defend rounds.
General mechanics:
Round based:
Each team will take turns at sieging the enemy team's base. Team 1 will set a time for destroying the enemy Nexus, then teams will swap sides. The longer Team 2 can hold out and defend, the more time they give themselves to push when its their turn to attack! If they can destroy the enemy nexus faster than Team 1 did, they win!
Siege Warp trinket and teleporting:
Both team have a variety of teleport pads to warp out to from fountain. Use the Siege Warp trinket to get into battle faster!
Crystal Shards:
This currency is the fuel for your siege Attack or Defense. All new Siege Weapons are purchased using Crystal Shards. Earn them by:
Attack side:
— Kill enemy champions
— Passively earned over time
Defense side:
–Kill enemy champions
–When the 1st tower in each lane is destroyed
–For each minion escorted and pushed into the enemy fountain
–Passively earned over time
Normalised EXP & Gold:
Gold & EXP are normalised for Nexus Siege across both teams. This means don't worry about last-hitting, just push those minions as fast as you can!
Obliterator (Defense team only):
The Defense team is rewarded everytime they manage to safely escort and push a minion into one of the Attacking team's fountains. If they can push 15 total minions up there, they trigger the Obliterator laser.
The Obliterator will kill all enemies in all lanes. All of them. Dead.
Very dead.
No seriously, get out of the lane if you're not on the Defense team. :3
This is also a great lane reset for the Defending team, buying them precious extra minutes to stall.
Siege Weapons:
Both the Attack and Defense teams have 4 unique Siege Weapons they can purchase using Crystal Shards they earn during the game. All Siege Weapons use the Summoner Spell slot and are cast or deployed similar to Summoner Spells. You can carry up to 2 different Siege Weapons at once, and they do not stack in your Summoner Spell inventory (1 at a time). As you might have guessed, this also means there are NO Summoner Spells in Siege Mode. 🙂
Siege Ballista
A long ranged siege engine that will hammer away at enemy towers. These are excellent for applying pressure on defending teams who continually turtle and never come out from under their towers.
Vanguard Banner
Gives nearby allied minion significant combat stats for extra pushing power.
Shield Totem
Nearby allied Siege Weapons gain a recharging shield making them tougher to destroy.
Port Pad
Deploy additional teleport locations for your team, moving your forward point closer to the enemy base.
Tower Surge: Beam of Ruination
Attach to a nearby tower giving you control of 3 beam blasts from the tower. This does SERIOUS damage to enemy champions. 'Ruinate' your enemies. Do it. 🙂
Tower Surge: Firestorm Bulwark
An emergency Zhonya style shield for your tower that makes it invulnerable for a few seconds, then WRECKS all enemies that were around it in a rain of missiles. Great for clutch saves on a tower about to go down, buying you precious extra time.
Entropy Field
Freezes all enemy minions and slows all enemy champs within it's zone. Can completely change the balance of a team fight.
Flash Zone
Throw down a large area that gives all allied champions inside the zone unlimited Flash on a 1sec cooldown. Great for team engages or reaching hidden nests of Siege Ballistae.
We won't be immediately turning this mode on for PBE, but it will be coming soon. As you guys can see, there's A LOT we need to get through for testing, so once we flip it on all help is appreciated. <3
Let the siege begin. 🙂
EDIT: Nexus Siege is now live for testing on PBE.
Known Bugs:
— Placeholder icons. There are many icons around the shop, siege weapons, buff bar, etc that are clearly placeholder. These will be updated as we go.
— Placeholder or missing sounds. There are a variety of sound FX that are still WIP or missing, these will be updated as we go.
— Titan bar icon for Crystal Generator will be removed. Ignore this feature.
— Shopkeepers are missing after the round swap. We're still figuring out where they went (short vacation?)
— Siege Weapons in shop that you can't afford aren't correctly grey out, indicating that you can't currently afford them.
— General performance. Low spec machines might struggle somewhat as we continue to optimise the mode's visuals.
— End of Game screen has some new columns in it unique to Nexus Siege, but they are not yet hooked up and will look empty.
— Spectator. Various spectator bugs.


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As one of the top three annual New Orleans festivals and the largest free music fest in the South, French Quarter Fest remains a favorite in the hearts of many of the city's visitors and inhabitants. It's a weekend in which an entire section of the city is transformed, from street to sidewalk to green space, into a boisterous celebration of local culture: food, music, art and more. This upcoming four-day weekend, April 11th-14th, the French Quarter will open its doors to hundreds of thousands of attendees to celebrate its 30th annual festival this year.
If you've never had the chance to go to French Quarter Fest, you can expect to see, hear and taste some of the best that the city has to offer. With more than 800 musicians and food from 65+ local restaurants, you'll enjoy a heaping taste of local culture any day of the fest—and more if you visit for the whole weekend.
Beyond the entertainment, booths and special events, the first thing you can expect at French Quarter Fest is crowds. Last year, nearly 600,000 people converged on the Quarter throughout the festival weekend, which kept all parts of the festival areas packed fairly nonstop. Particularly at the busiest times of the afternoon, you will absolutely be wrangling with throngs of people waiting in line for food, standing in front of a stage, or weaving through crowds of people, chairs, blankets and strollers.
The music is a shining representation of all that NOLA has to offer. From jazz and blues to Cajun and brass bands, you'll find a hodgepodge of local talent across 21 stages on Saturday and Sunday, the two biggest days of the festival, 12 on Friday and five on Thursday. The stages are set up at various points around the French Quarter, from Woldenberg Riverfront Park and the Old U.S. Mint to Jackson Square and the French Market. Stages are also sprinkled about streets of the Quarter like Royal St, Bourbon, Decatur and North Peters.
The food is as varied and delectable as the booths at Jazz Fest and features a wide range of restaurants and catering companies throughout the city. Grab a prime rib debris po-boy from Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse, shrimp & alligator sausage cheesecake from Jacques-Imo's Café or a Satchmo Dog topped with red beans and rice from Dreamy Weenies. You can wash it down with a New Orleans Original Daiquiri, hurricane from Pat O'Brien's or a cold classic snoball. Food booths are set up in rows in different areas of the festival, such as Jackson Square, the Old U.S. Mint, the Riverfront and the New Food Area on Decatur near the Cajun-Zydeco Showcase.
There are also plenty of free events and activities and two children's areas for fun for the whole family. There will be a second-line kickoff on Friday morning, a crawfish eating contest, public forums and even a film festival. Children's activities include face painting, games, entertainment, technology and science stations and arts and crafts. There's something for everybody at this enormous festival.


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We did it! Thanks to all our backers for the amazing support. Android users: Check out our update for information on how you can help make an Android version of Dark Sky happen.
What Dark Sky is...
1) An accurate short-term weather predictor.
Dark Sky is an app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that predicts the weather.
Using your precise location, it tells you when it will precipitate and for how long. For example: It might tell you that it will start raining in 8 minutes, with the rain lasting for 15 minutes followed by a 25 minute break.
How is it possible predict the weather down to the minute? What's the catch?
Well, the catch is that it only works over a short period of time: a half hour to an hour in the future. But, as it turns out, this timespan is crucially important. Our lives are filled with short-term outdoor activities: Travelling to and from work, walking the dog, lunch with friends, outdoor sports, etc.
How many of us have left our homes at the most inopportune moment, getting stuck in the rain because we didn't have prior warning and without the knowledge of how long it would last?
Dark Sky gives you that knowledge. And after using the prototype ourselves, we can't imagine life without it. It seems so strange to us now, to look outside and watch people get stuck in the rain.
Here are a couple examples of what the future prediction looks like:
2) A stunning and beautiful high-resolution weather radar display.
One of our biggest beefs with existing weather radar animations (those found in iOS apps, online, and on the news) is that they're clunky, jerky and hard to follow. Doppler radar stations only take new images every five to ten minutes, so instead of a smooth animation you're presented with a slideshow of a handful of still images. This makes it hard to get a sense of where the storms are coming from and where they're headed.
Using the same techniques we've developed for predicting rain, we can show you what the storm looks like in between the individual radar snapshots. We replace the jerky slideshow with a beautifully smooth interactive animation. And it's not just pretty... it's easier for your brain to process and understand a smoothly flowing video than a series of images that jump from point to point. Check out the video above for a comparison!
Dark Sky also lets you explore hours of past radar data. Why do most weather animations only show you a handful of the latest radar images? We don't know, but it sure is frustrating! With Dark Sky you can drag the storms back and forth through time, exploring hours of data at a stretch. Or drag it into the future, to see what the storms will look like over the next 60 minutes.
What Dark Sky isn't...
Dark Sky isn't a general-purpose weather app. It doesn't give you the temperature, humidity, dew point, or windspeed. It doesn't provide a daily forecast, or tell you what it'll be like this weekend. There are already apps for that. Our personal favorite is the built-in Weather app made by Apple, but there are also other well-designed apps out there, including: Shine, Aelios, and Magical Weather.
Some apps try to give you everything — current conditions, ten day forecasts, and radar — all wrapped up in one. These are universally clunky, slow and a pain in the ass to use.
Our philosophy is to remain extremely focused on a single core idea: weather radar. It is our hope that you will use Dark Sky alongside one of the great apps mentioned above.
Who we are
We're two guys, Jack Turner and Adam Grossman. We work as mild-mannered web / mobile developers, operating our company (Jackadam) out of an office in beautiful downtown Troy, NY.
Visit our website, at http://jackadam.net
What we need funding for
We have a working prototype, but now it's time to turn it into an actual app that others can use and enjoy! This involves two main components:
- Finishing the app itself. The prototype you see in the video is just a proof-of-concept, not a feature complete app. It's going to take several months of work and countless revisions and refinements to get it just right.
- Turning the backend system that pulls in and processes the radar data into a distributed, stable platform that can handle an entire nation's worth of data. With our current infrastructure, we're only able to process a small handful of radar stations in real-time. We'll need to improve and expand it, which is going to take a lot of time and effort. We'll also need the funds to rent the servers necessary to accomplish this.
Where the radar data comes from
The National Weather Service operates an array of over 140 doppler radar stations throughout the United States, and generously provides the data free to the general public (For more information, check out their site).Our servers pull in this data, process it, clean it, extract velocity data, and convert it to the animations you see in the above video.
Currently, Dark Sky only incorporates NWS radar data from the continental United States, so unfortunately only US residents will initially have access to the app. If successful, we hope to expand to other regions.
Funding period
- (35 days)


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well it's me styledragon1 old time no see i guess,was wondering who's still active iguess,i cant get into my old account,dont remem pass and different email lol,anyways was dropping in to say hello and see whats up,most of ya'll in college i guess..life goes by in the army
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Uhh yep hallo again ITs style?Duh?
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Hey Style! Glad to hear you're doing well =)
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If I'm developing an Android app that uses TTS and Voice recognition, which libraries are used for the same voice recognition and speech on Ubuntu?
I'm assuming espeak for text to speech, but I'm unsure which voice recognition library and dictionary/learning/calibration system is used for voice recognition.
I'ld like to make the app available on Ubuntu Desktop.
as well as test it outside an emulator


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The Student Community Youth Coalition would like to recognize the winners from the Jingle Bell Dash on Saturday, Dec. 15.
The Lil' Rascals from the Early Childhood Development Center were the recipients of the pledge drive for the event.
Matt Keefauver, from Cortez Middle School won the drawing for favorite teacher. Teachers were in the drawing by nomination only. Keefauver won a weekend stay at Mesa Verde National Park that included a guided tour.
Julie Bell won first place for most money raised through pledges. She received a gift certificate to Kaleidescope spa in Mancos.
The first place winner of the 5K dash was Dave Matthews. The first place winners for the one mile were father and daughter team, Chuck and Gillian Story. The winners for the dash all received Osprey packs.


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Carolyn brauchte ein neues Anderes Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 126 Designs von 35 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We need a NAME that reflects living food and services (nutrition, detox and food preparation classes) we will offer in our new business.
We need a LOGO,
a WEB PAGE,
My daughter and I are renovating an old building as a restaurant, toseat approx 60-70 people. This concept is a first for this city. Wewill be serving fresh, raw and alive fruits and vegetables, organic inseason, sprouted seeds and nuts to enhance easy digestion, promotenutrition and health. LifeFOOD has its life force (enzymes, vitamins,minerals) intact,no food is heated above 45oC to diminish this. We will be offering prepared products(breads, crackers, pure chocolate bars, biscuits, ingredients, naturalskin products) on-line. We also work privately and in a classformat with people who want nutritional advice or who may wish to learnto recreate beautiful, nutritious food in their homes. We cater for parties and corporate clients.
We need an inspirational, intelligent name to reflect this and indicates/reflects what we do.
We need a logo to go with the name.
We need a web page.
We also need a business card design, a letterhead, a brochure and a label design to feature the name and logo.
If you need other info please send a question.
Other valuable info can be found on the net by researching raw food or lifeFOOD info.
Thank you.
- clean, uncomplicated
- fresh - romantic - usual colours - intelligent graphics and a message for all our clients that understand food and demand the best money can buy
- no primary colours
- not a hippy image


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LYNWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- It's back to the not-so-solitary-life for Paris Hilton, who walked out of jail early Tuesday into a gathering of cameras and reporters, flashing a beaming smile and waving to the frenzied crowd.
The 26-year-old celebutante wrapped up her three-week stay at the all-women's jail in Lynwood at about 12:15 a.m. She had checked into the Century Regional Detention Facility late June 3, largely avoiding the spotlight, after a surprise appearance at the MTV Movie Awards.
Hilton smiled and waved as she filed past sheriff's deputies and the media, her blond hair pulled back in a braided ponytail. Her parents, Kathy and Rick Hilton, waited in a black sport utility vehicle. Hilton hurried to the vehicle, where she hugged her mother through the SUV's window.
The heiress, who was wearing a sage jacket with white trim over a white shirt and skinny jeans, didn't respond to reporters' questions, but said "hi" to some of the spectators.
"She fulfilled her debt. She was obviously in good spirits. She thanked people as she left," said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Chased by photographers in the air and on the street, Hilton eventually made her way from the jail to her grandparents' home in Los Angeles' ritzy Holmby Hills area north of Sunset Boulevard.
The star of the TV reality series "The Simple Life" planned to appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Wednesday.
Hilton will complete her probation in March 2009 as long as she keeps her driver's license current and doesn't break any laws. She can reduce that time by 12 months if she does community service that could include a public-service announcement, the city attorney's office has said.
During her stay at the Lynwood facility, Hilton was mostly confined to a solitary cell in the special needs unit away from the other 2,200 inmates.
After spending only three days there, she was released to home confinement by Sheriff Lee Baca for an unspecified medical condition that he later said was psychological.
The following day, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer, who sentenced the hotel heiress, called her back into court and ordered her returned to jail, saying he had not condoned her release.
Hilton left the courtroom in tears calling for her mother and shouting, "It's not right!"
She was then taken to the downtown Twin Towers jail, which houses men and the county jail's medical treatment center, where she underwent medical and psychiatric exams to determine where she should be confined.
Hilton's stay there cost taxpayers $1,109.78 a day, more than 10 times the cost of housing inmates in the general population.
The move by Baca caused a firestorm of criticism over whether Hilton was getting special treatment. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has launched an investigation into whether she received special treatment because of her wealth and fame.
At least one person has filed a claim against the county alleging she "had serious medical issues" but was not treated as well as Hilton.
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors planned to meet with Baca regarding Hilton's early transfer to home confinement.
A few days into her stint at the Twin Towers medical ward, Hilton said in a phone call to ABC News' Barbara Walters that she had a new outlook.
"I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute," Hilton said during the call, according to an account posted June 11 by Walters on ABC's Web site.
"It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me," Hilton was quoted as saying.
Hilton's path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her car on what she said was a late-night run to a hamburger stand.
She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.
In the months that followed, she was stopped twice by officers who discovered her driving with a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom, where he sentenced her to 45-days in jail. She was released after three weeks for reasons including good behavior.
Hilton released from L.A. County jail
LYNWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- It's back to the not-so-solitary-life for Paris Hilton, who walked out of jail early Tuesday into a gathering of cameras and reporters, flashing a beaming smile and waving to the frenzied crowd.


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Just asking out of idle curiousity. There are some words that just always seem to be found together, such as
strong, silent type
cool, calm and collected
cheap and cheerful
Can you think of others? Does their alliterativeness doom them to the status of cliché?
Unrelated: How is it possible that 'cliché' and 'alliteration' do not yet exist as tags on the site? (As a new user I can't create tags.)


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(Poem #274) This Is Just To Say
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold.
I remember this as the first Imagist poem - indeed, the first 'modern' poem of any sort - that I ever read. Having been schooled on Wordsworth, de la Mare and Rossetti [1], it came as a bit of a shock to me when I stumbled upon Williams' laconic beauty in an anthology discovered at a relative's house, one summer vacation many years ago. This, poetry? Where were the rhymes? Where were the sunsets and flowers and cute furry animals? Where was the Good Advice for the Younger Generation [2]? And what was the poem about, anyway? As faithful readers of my posts have no doubt realized by now, it was the beginning of a lifelong affair. Recent excursions into the Romantics, the Beats, the Movement and the Elizabethans notwithstanding, Eliot, Pound, Williams and their ilk remain among my favourite poets... thomas. PS. Oh, you wanted commentary on the poem? I'm sorry, why didn't you say so? [1] Good poets all; don't get me wrong. [2] To use Martin's elegant phrase :-) [Minstrels Links] A Williams biography can be found at poem #83 along with the first poem of his to be run on the Minstrels, 'The Red Wheelbarrow'. Another typical Williams slice-of-life is 'The Artist', which you can read at poem #213 More on Imagism can be found in the essay accompanying Amy Lowell's 'Generations', Minstrels poem #102, at poem #102 One of my favourite poems by an Imagist poet is Ezra Pound's 'The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter', which you can read at poem #70 And of course, you can read all our other poems at http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/


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I support this push for new audiences in opera, but I think I may be coming at it from a slightly different angle. Implicit in all of the arguments about the need to lower the median age is the suggestion that all of those older people currently filing into the theater are engaged, tuned in, fully responsive to what's happening onstage — and that it's crucial to get younger audiences to function in the same way.
I would hope we could get the new audiences, wherever they may come from, to do much better than that. I do not believe for one second that most of the senior citizens I often find myself surrounded by in New York really have a profound connection to the music that the younger generations will have trouble matching. I think many older people, in New York especially, were brought up with the idea that attending live performances was crucial to being culturally well-rounded. They may be paying to fill the seats, all right. But I'm not sure they're filling them in a meaningful way.
One recent example, among many: in mid-June, I attended a concert of the New York Philharmonic, with Ludovic Morlot conducting. On the first half, the orchestra played the lovely Prelude to Khovanshchina, followed by William Walton's Violin Concerto, impressively performed by the wonderful Gil Shaham. The woman in front of me dozed off as soon as the Mussorgsky began. The man next to her waited until the Walton to start bagging his Zs, and he came to only when the audience broke into sustained applause at the end of the entire concerto. Behind me, a man wrestled with his hearing device, pitched at air-raid level. My favorite, though, was the lady to my left, who, before the music started, bitched endlessly at her husband about the jacket he was wearing. Later, she wondered aloud why it took so long to rearrange the stage for the Walton. Throughout the first half, she restlessly leafed through her large-print program notes without once looking up at the stage. In the middle of the concerto's exciting final movement, she said, to no one in particular, "You'd at least think the program could mention that Gil Shaham comes from Israel." What could any of these people really have taken away from the evening other than a hefty Visa bill for dinner and a parking garage?
As a journalist, I prize evenings such as this. It's wonderful to be able to look around and eavesdrop on the people sitting near you, because you can learn a great deal about where we're heading culturally. But my greatest hope for the succeeding generations of ticket holders is that they'll be more tuned in than those who came before them.


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Managing Human Resources (HR) is a key function in modern organisations. HR is everyone's responsibility with line managers playing a crucial role.
In this training, you will review and update core HR tools and skills such as HR planning, recruitment, staff performance management and development. Furthermore, you will enhance your skills to be a strategic partner to support the organisation in achieving its organisational objectives.
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By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand trends and challenges in HRM.
- Understand the roles HR plays in organisations, and relate this to your professional development.
- Have updated skills in HRM functions - competency management, recruitment, performance management & development, retention & outflow.
- Have updated skill as an HR champion and strategic partner - coaching, advising, negotiation, influencing.
- Have enhanced understanding and skill to facilitate change.
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Day 1: Introduction to strategic HRM
- HRM Trends and Challenges
- Roles of the HR Manager / Officer
- Strategic HR planning
Day 2: HR functions
- Competency management
- Steps and skills for recruitment
- Performance management
- Staff development
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- Staff motivation and engagement
- Retention and outflow
- Feedback and coaching skills for HR professionals
Day 4: Facilitating change
- Understanding organisational cultures
- Facilitating change in organisations
- HRM and Ethical challenges
- Personal reflection and action planning
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Course fee: €870 (excl tax)
Training Organizer: MDF Training and Consultancy - Vietnam Office
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Attorney: Church bylaws should define marriage
Updated with information about the Baptist Faith & Message 2000.
NASHVILLE (BP) -- With the U.S. Supreme Court set to take up gay marriage and potentially legalize it this summer, churches that host wedding ceremonies or other events for traditional couples should examine their bylaws and shield themselves from the impact of possible litigation, says an attorney who specializes in religious liberty issues.
A number of situations could place churches in legal trouble, such as congregations who would:
-- allow a traditional couple but not a same-sex couple to use their facility for a wedding ceremony.
-- allow a traditional couple but not a same-sex couple to take part in a marriage class or retreat.
-- terminate an employee involved in a same-sex wedding.
Bylaw language defining marriage in the biblical sense doesn't mean a church won't face a suit or a complaint, but it does mean the church would be in a much better situation legally, said Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for ADF.
"I think we're in a day where every church needs to have a statement in its bylaws of its doctrinal beliefs on marriage and sexuality," Stanley told Baptist Press. "This is a proactive approach that churches can take to head off any claims of discrimination in the future, should they occur. There's no magic language for such a bylaw statement, but it should be some form of a statement of the church's religious beliefs.
"What that does is it allows for a good defense of a church to any type of discrimination claim that may arise, by saying, 'Look, this is part of our religious beliefs.' When we fight on the ground of protecting a church's religious belief, then we have a lot of ammunition in our arsenal from a constitutional perspective."
Even without gay marriage legal nationwide, there have been lawsuits against churches.
In 1999 a woman who had worked as a youth minister at a Colorado Episcopal church was terminated after it was learned she was a lesbian living with another woman. She sued in federal court, but the lawsuit was dismissed, with the court ruling her suit was barred by the First Amendment. (The case was Bryce v. Episcopal Church in Diocese of Colorado.)
In 2001, a California church's worship minister, Bob Gunn, was let go when it was discovered he was gay. He sued the church, primarily because the pastor told the congregation why Gunn -- who was popular with members -- had been fired. The church won in court. (The case was Gunn v. Mariners Church.)
Some churches have affirmed the Baptist Faith & Message 2000, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman and calls homosexuality sinful. Asked whether the BF&M would be sufficient, Stanley replied, "That would be just fine for churches to adopt the BF&M 2000 in their bylaws on this issue. But the BF&M 2000 does not necessarily address the issue of human sexuality in depth, especially the issue of homosexual behavior. Churches may want to consider adopting a fuller statement regarding their biblical beliefs on human sexuality."
ADF has listed on its website suggested bylaw language for churches. (Read the two ADF articles on the subject -- http://www.alliancedefendingfreedom.org/content/docs/issues/church/Suggested-Lang-Church-bylaws.pdf and http://www.speakupmovement.org/Church/Content/userfiles/Resources/church_seven_bylaws.pdf. Also, read the suggested language at the end of this article.)
"What we tell churches is that the clearer and the more explicit you can make your religious beliefs about those issues, the better off you are going to be in defending yourself against a claim of discrimination," Stanley said. "Because then it becomes: You're not discriminating against an individual based upon their sexual orientation or marital status. You're making a decision to abide by your religious beliefs. And that's protected by the Constitution. The more that we can move this from the ground of a claim of discrimination based on sexual orientation or marital status to the ground of 'We are simply abiding by our deeply and sincerely held religious beliefs,' the better off a legal defense is going to be."
The legalization of gay marriage, Stanley said, will impact religious freedoms.
"Religious liberty is on the chopping block any time same-sex marriage is legalized or normalized in the culture," he said. "But we're not defenseless and we're not left hopeless. If same-sex marriage is legalized by the Supreme Court, these types of cases that we see pop up, they're just going to become more commonplace."
In January, Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, urged Southern Baptists and other Christians to pray for the Supreme Court as it takes up the issue of marriage. Read his column here.
Following is ADF's suggested language on marriage and sexuality for church bylaws:
"We believe that the term 'marriage' has only one meaning and that is marriage sanctioned by God which joins one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture.
"We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to only occur between a man and a woman who are married to each other. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.
"We believe that any form of sexual immorality, such as adultery, fornication, homosexuality, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, pornography or any attempt to change one's sex, or disagreement with one's biological sex, is sinful and offensive to God.
"We believe that in order to preserve the function and integrity of the church as the local Body of Christ, and to provide a biblical role model to the church members and the community, it is imperative that all persons employed by the church in any capacity, or who serve as volunteers, should abide by and agree to this Statement on Marriage and Sexuality and conduct themselves accordingly.
"We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
"We believe that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with scripture nor the doctrines of the church."
Michael Foust is associate editor of Baptist Press. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email ( baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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