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Probably everything I've ever done has been done by someone else, but the combination of it all makes me unique.
My genetics and my experience are both unique to me.
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joy...lol

Everything about me! Only I can be what I can be and there is no other human being exactly like me.

The mountains and the valleys they are fashioned by his hand..and he feeds each little sparrow, numbers every grain of sand..he made each snowflake different...different just like you and me!
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The inner workings of my mind.
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Nothing. I never claimed I was unique.
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Entsminger clutch in playoffs again for Warriors
By Brad Fauber
STEPHENS CITY -- There's just something about the playoffs that brings out the best in Sherando senior Reid Entsminger.
When the regular season ends and the proverbial "second season" begins, he wants to be the guy who makes the play, the one who becomes the centerpiece of that defining, game-changing moment.
It's been that way for Entsminger over the last few years of his high school career at Sherando, and he flashed that rare trait one final time for the Warriors' baseball team this past spring. When the time came, Entsminger put the Warriors -- who were self-proclaimed underdogs this season -- on his shoulders and carried them all the way back to the state tournament for the second straight season.
"I'm one of those guys where I don't like to lose, and when it counts I want to prove that I'm the best player on the field," Entsminger said on Monday. "I want to be the best player. I want people to remember my name for a while. ... I go 100 percent through the regular season, but something about the playoffs, you know, it's your last time playing. Especially with it being my senior year, this is going to be my last time playing baseball ever again, so I just wanted to go out with a bang. I just played nice and loose and had fun with it."
Entsminger, who played a crucial role in Sherando's run to a Group AA state championship last season, was one of just four returning starters for the Warriors this spring and seemed determined to put his team in position to repeat that feat in the new Group 4A classification this spring.
Entsminger, The Northern Virginia Daily's 2014 Baseball Player of the Year for the second straight year, was efficient at the plate all season in the cleanup spot for the Warriors, as he batted .408 with four home runs, nine doubles, three triples, 24 RBIs, 26 runs scored and 10 stolen bases. But it was in the playoffs when the Warriors felt the true impact of Entsminger's bat.
In seven playoff games this spring, Entsminger batted .400 with three homers, three doubles, a triple, seven RBIs and eight runs scored before the Warriors finally fell to eventual state champion Hanover, 6-2, in the Group 4A state semifinals on June 13 at Liberty University.
"I don't know what's been up with me lately. In the playoffs I tend to just kick it to another gear and just play at a different level," said Entsminger, who was also the starting quarterback and safety on Sherando's state runner-up football team in the fall. "I think it's just like the hype of the moment and just living in the moment, and just trying to win the game because it could be your last."
Entsminger ensured the Warriors wouldn't be making an early postseason exit this spring.
In the Conference 21 quarterfinals against Woodgrove, the senior went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in Sherando's 6-0 win. Entsminger hit another home run in the Warriors' 4-3 win over Heritage (Leesburg) in the conference semifinals, and he was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored in a 5-4 loss to Millbrook in the conference championship game on May 29.
The senior delivered one of his biggest hits of the playoffs in the Region 4A North semifinals, as his walk-off triple gave Sherando a 2-1 win over Louisa County and qualified the Warriors for the state tournament.
"It seemed like Reid, throughout the playoffs, was the hitter coming up in a pressure situation where the game was on the line, and more often than not he came through for us," Warriors coach Pepper Martin said. "Had it not been for the performance that he had offensively, we would've been packing up the gear early in the playoffs."
Martin said that Entsminger -- who hit his third homer of the playoffs in a loss to Millbrook in the regional championship -- exudes a strong sense of self-confidence, which allows him to be successful in pressure situations.
"The thing about him is he's so talented, but when you describe that young man, never once does the word 'cockiness' or 'arrogance' come into the sentence. He's about as far from that as you can get. But by the same token, he brims with confidence," said Martin, who has coached the Warriors for 21 seasons. "He believes in his ability and he thrives in those situations. He wants to have the opportunity to be the one to get it done, for not only himself, but his teammates."
"Through my entire coaching career, he has to be one of the most clutch players that I've ever coached," Martin added.
Entsminger, a solid center fielder with a knack for chasing down any ball hit in his vicinity, also entered the 2014 season as the Warriors' undisputed No. 1 starting pitcher. His role on the mound this season took a huge hit, however, when he developed a bad case of tendonitis in his right elbow in the season-opening loss to Broadway, which forced him to abandon his customary pitching duties for most of the season. Entsminger, who was 8-0 with a 0.53 ERA on the mound for Sherando in 2013, suddenly had to focus on maximizing his impact in other ways.
"I knew I had to be a key hitter for the team this year and make plays in the outfield," said Entsminger, who made two brief appearances on the mound in the playoffs and allowed a run on two hits and four walks in 2 2/3 innings. "I think I did that. I think I hit pretty well this year. Everyone could always count on me. That's what I wanted, people don't have to worry. I would get up to bat and I just wanted to hit for everybody. That was my job. I couldn't pitch, so I was going to hit and be the best hitter on the team."
Entsminger will play college football in the fall for Lamar University, a Division I Football Championship Subdivision school located in Beaumont, Texas, and he doesn't currently plan to continue his baseball career. But he wouldn't rule out walking on to the Cardinals' baseball team if he feels up to it next spring.
"I don't think I can just leave baseball behind," Entsminger said.
Contact sports writer Brad Fauber at 540-465-5137 ext. 184, or email@example.com
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Attorney Erin Farley did a wonderful initial job until my spouse's attorney got involved. I would instruct Ms. Farley to send communication to opposing counsel and after she agreed, it was forgotten about. The opposing counsel would simply ignore her communication and then Ms. Farley would never follow up on each matter. After months of this behavior, I was helpless due to the backlog of items I wanted addressed and then I felt stuck with her. The same mentality existed during hearings. The judge never seemed to be listening to her. For example, Erin would argue situations based on CA Family Code. However, known of her Family Code citations went in my favor. The judge would simply turn to my spouse's attorney for any merit. Furthermore, Erin then failed to have any follow-up comments or rebuttals.
It was always difficult to get a hold of Ms. Farley. She does not have an assistant or any other person available to answer phones.
I will conclude my review with a comparison with other attorneys. Once I hired another attorney, I realized the items Ms. Farley failed to follow through with and follow up with were important. These items were taken seriously by my new attorney and were later solved. It seems that Ms. Farley has a lack of understanding how the family law system "actually" works because I always felt confused and I lost track of what was truly important during my dissolution. My new attorney helped me get back on track by simply solving my needs. When my new attorney was retained, my case was solved in less than 30 days. There is no telling how long my case would have lasted if I kept Ms. Farley.
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Jodie Sweetin is carrying a bun in the oven. The former child actress is pregnant with set designer husband Cody Herpin's child.
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Roche Jumps into Medicines Patent Pool with Pricing and Licensing Deal
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Roche this week has announced a partnership with the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to provide its drug valganciclovir, better known in the developed world as Valcyte, in 138 countries for a reduced price. In addition to making the drug available in these markets for up to 90% cheaper than current price, Roche has decided […]
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Speakers at the 2nd annual Financial Times US Healthcare and Life Sciences conference in New York last week discussed the cost of health, and the implications of an increasingly vocal and influential stakeholder group: the local populace. After opening remarks from Andrew Jack, FT's prolific pharmaceuticals correspondent, Pfizer CEO Ian Read took the stage at […]
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How can the emerging field of data science help to fruitfully translate research and discovery into successful drug development? Academics and pharmaceutical executives at Mount Sinai's School of Medicine discussed ways to build a bridge across the valley of death, and the growing importance of data across all business areas.
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5) Quigley had a great day but the rest of the special teams unit did not – Ryan Quigley had three punts inside the 20 with two of them pinning Miami inside their own 11 yard line. The one that was returned was a good return because of a missed tackle. Quigley actually outputted Pro Bowl punter Brian Fields of the Dolphins. The coverage team missed tackle after tackle allowing a 30+ yard kickoff return and a 12 yard punt return that could have been prevented. Nick Folk missed a key 35 yard field goal that would have given the Jets a two score lead in the 4th quarter. He then redeemed himself by hitting from the exact same spot on the next drive.
6) Rex Ryan's job status reports – According to reports it is looking more and more like Rex Ryan will return as head coach of the Jets. The remaining snags are that John Idzik wants coaching changes on the defensive staff and Rex Ryan wants an extension. The Jets haven't reached out to candidates or hired a search firm so all signs point to Rex being back. Unless Ryan is too stubborn to let some of his trusted staff members go this should happen.


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How do you define success? A common reply is "achieving predetermined goals." Scripture's definition is different. For success in the biblical sense, God sets the goals.
If you haven't dealt with faith in Jesus/God, you are probably passing similar ideas to your children and so forth. Reading the Bible can give you insight that will break this cycle and you will begin a new one that will benefit future generations.
Ask yourself, What kind of life do I want to live?
The Bible led us to believe everyone has a Holy Spirit inside their body. Let the Holy Spirit speak to you about your choices — past, present and future and God's plans for you.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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23 comments:
- Coastal Cottage Dreams said...
Love the coffee table, especially made from old barn door and original hinge! Looks wonderful!
I am having a giveaway at my blog....
Have a wonderful day!
- January 10, 2012 at 7:37 AM
- Sarah (my yellow house) said...
can I borrow him for a little while? :)
It's awesome! I love the dark color...it makes your room so cozy. You're so lucky to have all those beautiful pieces made specially for you ~ xo
- January 10, 2012 at 7:51 AM
- High Street Cottage said...
It's Beautiful, Chrissy, and so is your room. I love the Earthy tones and Old World feel, very pretty. And a very talented Hubby.
- January 10, 2012 at 7:53 AM
- Auntie Bliss said...
Love it! You are a lucky girl
Whole room is nice.
- January 10, 2012 at 7:59 AM
- Kate said...
Chrissy what a beautiful masterpiece!!! It looks so perfect in your room.
Have a wonderful week!!!
- January 10, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- MARY PERNULA said...
Beautiful work, your hubby is gifted. Hugs Mary
- January 10, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Blondie's Journal said...
The coffee table is just lovely! I love the dark wood and that it is made from a barn door...very original. I really love your pedestal table, too. How talented your hubby is!
- January 10, 2012 at 9:11 AM
- Jacqueline~Cabin and Cottage said...
Days "off" can be the busiest days of the week!! Your new table is wonderful, and your room photos just dreamy!
- January 10, 2012 at 9:35 AM
- Lisa ~ A Cottage to Me said...
Lucky girl!
- January 10, 2012 at 11:24 AM
- WhiteWhispers2u said...
Very Nice! Lucky Lady to have a Mr. Who is talented. Cheers Kim
- January 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- Rachel Pallas said...
Love it Chrissy! He is very talented! xoxo
- January 10, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- chateau chic said...
Fabulous coffee table. Love the old barn wood top.
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- January 10, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- Ceekay- Thinkin of Home said...
Oh you are so fortunate to have a hubby that can build furniture! I love the coffee table...
Have a great week!
- January 10, 2012 at 4:04 PM
- Laura @ 52 FLEA said...
Once again...such a smart move to marry a carpenter!! Love the coffee table...your guy is so talented! Together with your decorating skills its a winning team with a gorgeous home! :)
- January 10, 2012 at 4:34 PM
- Anne Marie said...
it's perfect Chrissy...love it! there is talk of shelves in our kitchen - oh please oh please!!
- January 10, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- Shug said...
Wow..he is really an artist..this is a great piece...not only for use, but for conversation as well...I know you are so proud of it..LOOKS GREAT!
- January 10, 2012 at 4:59 PM
- Fågel Blå said...
Love Love your room!!!
So nice and lovely!
Have a nice day!
- January 10, 2012 at 9:43 PM
- Sue (Someone's Mom) said...
Such bliss to have the carpenter right there in the house! I love the table, the drawers would be wonderful and love, love that the handle is still on it! It looks perfect!
- January 11, 2012 at 2:31 PM
- A Cottage Muse said...
What a beautiful piece made with love!!
- January 12, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- Amy Kinser said...
Love that table! How wonderful having a carpenter hubby.
- January 12, 2012 at 5:30 PM
- Becky C said...
It is a fabulous coffee table, Chrissy! Looks gorgeous in your home :) So nice to have a great piece like that
- January 13, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- Shannon said...
Great table!
- January 18, 2012 at 12:48 PM
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This week, the Post reported about a dynamic collabo between badass women of color who are producing a film on the dating lives of young, successful Black women. Shonda Rhimes, the sista behind Grey's Anatomy is producing the film and Helena Andrews is writing the screenplay based on her memoir. It is good news that a project is underway where woman of color are at the helm. But, this project does raise some feminist caution flags.
In a nutshell, this is the project:
In a series of essays, Andrews documents the lives of so many young black women who appear to have everything: looks, charm, Ivy League degrees, great jobs. Closets packed full of fabulous clothes; fabulous condos in fabulous gentrified neighborhoods; fabulous vacations, fabulous friends. And yet they are lonely: Their lives are repetitive, desperate and empty. They are post-racial feminists who have come of age reaping the benefits of both the civil rights movement and the women's movement, then asking quietly: What next?
For starters, the title of Andrews' memoir is Bitch is the New Black. Many feminists know that when it comes to portrayals of Black women in the media, Bitch is, in fact, the old Black — complete with stereotypes about often unexplained anger and hostility. Further, I was apprehensive about the idea that another project is underway that has the pursuit of partnership as its focus. Even when films and books portray women as powerhouses in their professions, it often seems secondary to what the viewer is led to believe is their main goal: getting a man. Very few films have been made in recent years on young, professional Black women that grapple with complex topics. After doing a straw poll of some women in my feminist posse, Something New is the only one that comes to mind. Yet, Something New seems to be lacking because partnership pursuit is the main focus.
But, then I watched this.
I was happy to learn that Helena Andrews questions the notion that any young professional woman should have a marital mandate and that she interrogates the partnership values embedded in representations of the Huxtable variety. Another point that is not included in the video is that she was raised by her lesbian mom. That, off the bat, might add a layer of complexity to her analysis on partnership. This is not to say that the previous problems I mentioned aren't still there.
However, this project has the potential to make visible the narratives of Black women who may have Ivy League degrees but also have other parts of their identity that complicate partnership pursuit. I hope her project represents diverse Black women: queer Black women, Black single moms, ethnic Black women, religious Black women and Black women living with STIs to name a few. Some of these women are organizers, diplomats and Hill staffers and some even have congressional ambitions. These are the types of young, successful, Black professional women in DC I encountered during my 2-year stint living there. It was clear to me that their hybrid identities had an impact on the business of mate selection. And their story deserves to be told.
My expectations may be high, but suffice it to say that there is definitely room in the Post-Girlfriends era to produce a film about young women of color pursuing partnership that could subvert the run-of-the-mill romantic comedy while opening up a meaningful dialogue on relationships. Rhimes does have some artistic license to fill in the blanks if some of these complexities aren't apparent in Andrews' rendering. If Grey's Anatomy's diverse cast and fusion of the professional and personal is any indication, I have faith that Shonda Rhimes' new flick can tell the story of Black women's dating lives with a refreshing perspective.


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Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
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No. Let's examine what the Scriptures teach on this issue:
First, it is quite clear from such passages as Acts 15 and Romans 4 that no external act is necessary for salvation. Salvation is by divine grace through faith alone (Romans 3:22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 4:5; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians 3:9, etc.).
If water baptism were necessary for salvation, we would expect to find it stressed whenever the gospel is presented in Scripture. That is not the case, however. Peter mentioned baptism in his sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38). However, in his sermon from Solomon's portico in the Temple (Acts 3:12-26), Peter makes no reference to baptism, but links forgiveness of sin to repentance (3:19). If baptism is necessary for the forgiveness of sin, why didn't Peter say so in Acts 3?
Paul never made water baptism any part of his gospel presentations. In 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Paul gives a concise summary of the gospel message he preached. There is no mention of baptism. In 1 Corinthians 1:17, Paul states that "Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel," thus clearly differentiating the gospel from baptism.
Those passages are difficult to understand if water baptism is necessary for salvation. If baptism were part of the gospel itself, necessary for salvation, what good would it have done Paul to preach the gospel, but not baptize? No one would have been saved. Paul clearly understood water baptism to be separate from the gospel, and hence in no way efficacious for salvation.
Perhaps the most convincing refutation of the view that baptism is necessary for salvation are those who were saved apart from baptism. The penitent woman (Luke 7:37-50), the paralytic man (Matthew 9:2), the publican (Luke 18:13-14), and the thief on the cross (Luke 23:39-43) all experienced forgiveness of sins apart from baptism. For that matter, we have no record of the apostles' being baptized, yet Jesus pronounced them clean of their sins (John 15:3—note that the Word of God, not baptism, is what cleansed them).
The Bible also gives us an example of people who were saved before being baptized. In Acts 10:44-48, Cornelius and those with him were converted through Peter's message. That they were saved before being baptized is evident from their reception of the Holy Spirit (v. 44) and the gifts of the Spirit (v. 46) before their baptism. Indeed, it is the fact that they had received the Holy Spirit (and hence were saved) that led Peter to baptize them (cf. v. 47).
One of the basic principles of biblical interpretation is the analogia scriptura, the analogy of Scripture—we must compare Scripture with Scripture in order to understand its full and proper sense. Since the Bible doesn't contradict itself, any interpretation of a specific passage that contradicts the general teaching of the Bible is to be rejected.
Since the general teaching of the Bible is, as we have seen, that baptism and other forms of ritual are not necessary for salvation, no individual passage could teach otherwise. Thus we must look for interpretations of those passages that will be in harmony with the general teaching of Scripture.
With that in mind, let's look briefly at some passages that appear to teach that baptism is required for salvation.
In Acts 2:38, Peter appears to link forgiveness of sins to baptism. But there are several plausible interpretations of this verse that do not connect forgiveness of sin with baptism. It is possible to translate the Greek preposition eis—"because of," or "on the basis of," instead of "for." It is used in that sense in Matthew 3:11; 12:41; and Luke 11:32.
It is also possible to take the clause "and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ" as parenthetical. Support for that interpretation comes from that fact that "repent" and "your" are plural, while "be baptized" is singular, thus setting it off from the rest of the sentence. If that interpretation is correct, the verse would read "Repent (and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ) for the forgiveness of your sins." Forgiveness is thus connected with repentance, not baptism, in keeping with the consistent teaching of the New Testament (cf. Luke 24:47; John 3:18; Acts 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18; Ephesians 5:26).
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Here is a set of analogy problems. Analogies test your ability to see relationships between words, objects, or concepts. There are many different types of analogy relationships: use or function, part-to-whole, classification, proportion or degree, cause and effect, similarity or difference. For each item, you will be presented with a set of two pictures that are related to each other in the same way. Along with this pair, you'll be given a third picture and four answer choices, which are also pictures. Of the four choices, choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two are related. A good way to figure out the relationship in a given question is to make up a sentence that describes the relationship between the first two words. Then, try to use the same sentence to find out which of the answer choices completes the same relationship with the third word.
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- d. A can of paint is to a paintbrush as a spool of thread is to a sewing needle. This is a relationship of function. Both show the tool needed to perform a task.
- a. Grapes are to a pear as cheese is to butter. This relationship shows the grouping or category to which something belongs. Grapes and pears are fruit; cheese and butter are both dairy products.
- d. An oar is to a canoe as a steering wheel is to a car. This is a functional relationship. The oar helps steer the canoe in the way that the steering wheel steers the car.
- a. Cup is to bowl as vacuum cleaner is to broom. This is another relationship about function. The cup and bowl are both used for eating. The vacuum cleaner and broom are both used for cleaning.
- d. Sheep are to sweater as pine trees are to log cabin. Wool comes from the sheep to make a sweater; wood comes from the trees to make the log cabin.
- a. Hand is to ring as head is to cap. A ring is worn on a person's hand; a cap is worn on a person's head.
- b. A palm tree is to a pine tree as a bathing suit is to a parka. This relationship shows an opposite— warm to cold. Palm trees grow in warm climates and pine trees grow in cold climates. Bathing suits are worn in warm weather; parkas are worn in cold weather.
- d. Batteries are to a flashlight as telephone wires are to a telephone. The batteries provide power to the flashlight; the wires send power to the telephone.
- d. A fish is to a dragonfly as a chicken is to corn. Fish eat insects; chickens eat corn.
- a. A telephone is to a stamped letter as an airplane is to a bus. A telephone and letter are both forms of communication. An airplane and bus are both forms of transportation.
- c. A trapeze performer is to a clown as swings are to a sliding board. This relationship shows a classification. Trapeze performers and clowns are found at circuses; swings and sliding boards are found on playgrounds.
- c. Camera is to photograph as teakettle is to a cup of tea. The camera is used to make the photo; the teakettle is used to make the tea.
- b. Hat and mittens are to desert as snorkel and flippers are to snow. This relationship shows an opposition. The hat and mittens are NOT worn in the desert; the snorkel and flippers are NOT worn in the snow.
- d. Car is to horse and buggy as computer is to pen and ink. This relationship shows the difference between modern times and times past.
- c. Leather boots are to cow as pearl necklace is to oyster. The leather to make the boots comes from a cow; the pearls to make the necklace come from oysters.
- b. A toddler is to an adult as a caterpillar is to a butterfly. This relationship shows the young and the adult. The caterpillar is an early stage of the adult butterfly.
- b. Towel is to bathtub as chest of drawers is to bed. The towel and bathtub are both found in a bathroom; the chest and the bed are both found in a bedroom.
- a. A snow-capped mountain is to a crocodile as a cactus is to a starfish. This relationship shows an opposition. The crocodile does NOT belong on the mountain; the starfish does NOT belong in the desert.
- c. A shirt is to a button as a belt is to a belt buckle. A button is used to close a shirt; a belt buckle is used to close a belt.
- c. A penny is to a dollar as a small house is to a skyscraper. This relationship shows smaller to larger. A penny is much smaller than a dollar; a house is much smaller than a skyscraper.
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Commuters in the southeast portion of the Twin Cities metropolitan area could get some relief a little sooner.
That was the message Department of Transportation officials shared with the House Commerce and Labor Committee.
The eastbound span of the delayed Wakota Bridge project should now open in July 2010, three months earlier than originally planned.
Scott McBride, the department's Metro District engineer, said a couple of milestones are upcoming in the construction. A pier in the river should be complete in the next few weeks, meaning the year-long construction of the superstructure could begin in February. An overlay will then occur. He said once the eastbound span opens, there may still be occasional lane closures to finish some work, such as removing bypasses and completing median approaches.
As a bonus to commuters, a project to finish expanding Interstate 494 to three lanes from the Wakota Bridge to Interstate 94 has been accelerated to coincide with the eastbound span's opening. It was initially planned for Fall 2011.
The bridge project, which began in 2002, was supposed to be finished about a year ago. Construction was halted in 2004 when stress cracks developed in the westbound span thanks to a design error. Working with a mediation board, a settlement was announced Nov. 18 whereby the design firm will pay MnDOT $20 million.
While the figure is about $300,000 more than it cost to retrofit the westbound span, it will not cover the approximately $56 million increase for the overall project. That disappoints Committee Chairman Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL-Inver Grove Heights), who noted that former Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau told the committee that MnDOT would seek the full cost differential. Commissioner Tom Sorel said the settlement was signed after consultation with the governor's office.
Deputy Commissioner Khani Sahebjam noted that increased steel costs tied to a stronger design and inflation would have driven up costs anyway, but couldn't say how much more.
The settlement money is to be received by the end of the year and put into the state's Trunk Highway Fund. Sahebjam hopes it will be used on projects in the east metropolitan area.
In hopes of not repeating the situation, Sahebjam said MnDOT has instituted a policy whereby a third-party engineering consulting firm will be required to look at plans submitted by outside engineers for major projects.
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In this video originally featured in March of 2012, Dr. David Finch, a biologist at New York University, discusses his thoughts on both Creationism and the effects of "new atheists" like Richard Dawkins.
So what is BioLogos? Well it all began with a scientist and a book.
God could have created a fertile planet miraculously in an instant, but when we look carefully at the physical evidence, it appears that the earth has a longer history as part of the universe.
What we do learn from scripture is that there is only one Creator and that there's a clear distinction between God and the created world. And that we who are created in the image of God are able to investigate a creation that is remarkably tuned for our discovery.
"There are clues in a text as to how the text should be written, so with Genesis, the rhythmic nature of Genesis 1 and 2, the almost poetic, and hymnic, function that it would have played in the liturgy of the earliest Jewish lives… it seems to me that there are clues here that it should be read in a theological way."
Does BioLogos believe that God is the creator? Yes, all Christians believe this; the question is, how did God create?
All of you who do science, all of you who teach or research or you're involved in engineering or medicine or education, or biology or chemistry or physics—you are doing a noble thing. You are thinking God's thoughts after him. … You are obeying God's command given way back in Genesis to exercise dominion, to learn about, to be curious and discover and steward the earth.
In this series, Ryan Pettey offers several clips from his powerful documentary "From the Dust". This feature-length film is divided up into various sections, each of which wrestles with the difficult problems that arise when reconciling Scripture with the theory of evolution. A light of hope dawns on the science-faith conversation, however, as scientists and theologians engage in honest dialogue about tough issues such as the interpretation of Genesis, the nature of the Fall, and the idea of random design. Their profound insights are sure to enlighten all minds, raise deeper questions, and provoke new thought.
What's the evidence for the idea that God exists or doesn't exist? I think anyone who's looked at that would conclude that the strong atheist position of saying, "I know there is not God" is not an easy one to sustain.
This entry was originally posted on February 11, 2010. In this brief video, Professor Schloss addresses what he sees as the two primary reasons that evangelical Christians oppose evolutionary theory.
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By Eve Ensler
My short skirt is not an invitation
a provocation
an indication
that I want it
or give it
or that I hook.
My short skirt
is not begging for it
it does not want you
to rip it off me
or pull it down.
My short skirt
is not a legal reason
for raping me
although it has been before
it will not hold up
in the new court.
My short skirt, believe it or not
has nothing to do with you.
My short skirt
is about discovering
the power of my lower calves
about cool autumn air traveling
up my inner thighs
about allowing everything I see
or pass or feel to live inside.
My short skirt is not proof
that I am stupid
or undecided
or a malleable little girl.
My short skirt is my defiance
I will not let you make me afraid
My short skirt is not showing off
this is who I am
before you made me cover it
or tone it down.
Get used to it.
My short skirt is happiness
I can feel myself on the ground.
I am here. I am hot.
My short skirt is a liberation
flag in the women's army
I declare these streets, any streets
my vagina's country.
My short skirt
is turquoise water
with swimming colored fish
a summer festival
in the starry dark
a bird calling
a train arriving in a foreign town
my short skirt is a wild spin
a full breath
a tango dip
my short skirt is
But mainly my short skirt
and everything under it
is Mine.
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On August 31, 2009 James Hornik was raped by another male in Hollywood, California. Mr. Hornik found himself in great need of police assistance and called on the LAPD, trusting that they would help him in his sudden predicament. When asked if he could press charges against his attacker, the LAPD officers simply responded, "A gay man can't be raped". Mr. Hornik was treated at Cedars Sinai Hospital but was denied a forensic rape collection kit by the LAPD, whose job it is to issue such kits through their forensic team.
James Hornik has been fighting for more understanding and recognition that men (gay or straight) can be raped ever since that muggy night in August of 2009 with very little help at all. He has contacted organizations such as LAMBDA Legal, GLAAD, the ACLU, the NoH8 Campaign and various others only to be denied help and led in circles. Mr. Hornik even filed the proper complaints with the city, county and the LAPD internal investigation team. The LAPD was exonerated from any wrong doing or neglect by the mayor.
The goal of this petition is to demand that the LAPD make a formal apology to Mr. Hornik and the citizens of Los Angeles County in general for their failure to recognize what was and is a very serious situation and a growing problem within the gay community and society as a whole.
Pause for one moment and ask yourself, what if it happened to you and no one heard your cries?
Getting drunk to the point of not being able to make informed decisions, and then having sex IS RAPE
Getting high for the first time and having no idea what the fuck is going on, and then having sex IS RAPE
Going on a date and being coerced into having sex IS RAPE
Being forced to have sexual contact that you don't want, be that sex without a condom, sex on your period, public sex, him insisting on a blowjob IS RAPE
Wanting to stay a virgin until marriage and having someone convince you and convince you and convince you for months that sex is okay, and then having sex IS RAPE
Saying NO, then having sex IS RAPE
Changing your mind during sex and not having that decision obeyed IS RAPE
Having one Smirnoff ice, dozing by a campfire with a female friend and her fiance, then waking up to the fiance having sex with you while you're unconscious, sober, but don't have a clue if you're dreaming or not, and in any case certainly couldn't consent to sex while sleeping, IS RAPE.
Being so scared that you're shocked into submission, scared into submission, or just don't feel like you have the energy to fight, IS RAPE.
Trying to file rape charges against someone, and being told that police are "unable to" IS STILL RAPE.
Having your safeword ignored IS RAPE.
Bottom line: If you're a woman or a man, and you feel sex was against your will or that it caused personal trauma or that it was rape…YOU DEFINE RAPE, AND YOU DEFINE HOW YOU HEAL.
Okay so people who aren't women or men and have "sex" without their consent aren't being raped?
And saying no during something like consensual non-consent and still having sex is rape?
NO. OP learn a little bit first. Your intentions are good, but you're ignoring people who aren't binary-identified and/or people within the BDSM community who may or may not use feigned defiance as part of their play.
Or that it somehow justifies shutting down women who are writing about men who do rape, and how they do it with impunity.
Or that this makes it so that women cannot make (accurate) statements about the kind of men who rape (hint: they're…
(via sluteverxxx)
We can create more and more situations and ask, "Was that rape?" What if one of them only spoken a little english? what is they were both high? what if there were four people?
I am not going to go through every sexual experience and deem it rape/not rape. This is not my place.
It is up to the survivor to say whether or not it was sexual assault.
not the aggressor. not their friends. not their family. not the police. not the court system. not their partner. and for sure not some random people on tumblr.
(via raggedyanndy)
A navy sailor jailed for raping a sleeping female colleague while filming the assault on his mobile phone treated her like a prop, a judge says.
RAN sailor Keith Eric Calvert, 24, turned the camera on himself and gave the thumbs-up signal after digitally raping the woman, who was lying face down and unconscious on a bed after a night out drinking.
Victorian County Court Judge Michael Tinney said the footage, played during the navy trainee's trial, was disturbing.
He said the victim "lay inert, silent and motionless, out to the world … she was entirely unconscious", either from alcohol or sleep.
"You did as you pleased with her," Judge Tinney said.
He said Calvert held his phone in one hand while penetrating the 18-year-old with the other, treating her "as no more than an object or a prop".
"This was disgraceful conduct by you, both in penetrating her in those circumstances and filming it, and became more disgraceful still when you showed this material to other men," Judge Tinney said.
"You should be ashamed of yourself."
Calvert's lawyer David Sexton had argued during his client's pre-sentence hearing that bragging about sexual exploits and capturing them on video was part of the culture at the HMAS Cerberus training base south of Melbourne, where Calvert was stationed.
Judge Tinney said Calvert, who had been a loner growing up, was attracted to the camaraderie promoted by the defence forces and had joined the navy to make friends.
Calvert was found guilty last month of digitally raping the woman in a Melbourne home after a drunken night out at Crown Casino with five male colleagues in January 2009.
The trial was told the woman stripped to her underwear during a game of truth or dare before the assaults.
When Calvert tried to film her in this state of undress, she attempted to cover up and told him to stop. Judge Tinney said this should have alerted Calvert to her attitude towards being filmed.
The woman was unaware she had been raped until three months later, when another HMAS Cerberus colleague revealed he had seen sexually explicit images of her with Calvert.
In a victim impact statement, the victim said she felt angry and violated.
"I will never forgive and forget," she said.
Calvert, who was suspended with pay following the charges, was sacked by the navy three days after the jury's guilty verdict.
Judge Tinney said in sentencing he took into account Calvert's youth, lack of prior convictions and the fact he would be behind bars when his first child is born, his partner being four months' pregnant.
Calvert, of Thomastown, pleaded not guilty to one count of indecent assault and four counts of rape.
The jury found Calvert guilty of two counts of digital rape but not guilty of the other charges.
Judge Tinney ordered Calvert to serve three-and-a-half years' jail before being eligible for parole.
Nice to see a judge who gets it.
It's incredibly disturbing that events like this are becoming more common as the rates of rape in the military has been steadily rising as more women start to join.
(via homunculilith)
We the undersigned women of African descent and anti-violence advocates, activists, scholars, organizational and spiritual leaders wish to address the SlutWalk. First, we commend the organizers on their bold and vast mobilization to end the shaming and blaming of sexual assault victims for violence committed against them by other members of society. We are proud to be living in this moment in time where girls and boys have the opportunity to witness the acts of extraordinary women resisting oppression and challenging the myths that feed rape culture everywhere.This is the best - most thorough- critique that I have read about the SlutWalk. It fully addresses the concerns that I have been struggling to verbalize. Should be read in its entirety.
The police officer's comments in Toronto that ignited the organizing of the first SlutWalk and served to trivialize, omit and dismiss women's continuous experiences of sexual exploitation, assault, and oppression are an attack upon our collective spirits. Whether the dismissal of rape and other violations of a woman's body be driven by her mode of dress, line of work, level of intoxication, her class, and in cases of Black and brown bodies—her race, we are in full agreement that no one deserves to be raped.
The Issue At Hand
We are deeply concerned. As Black women and girls we find no space in SlutWalk, no space for participation and to unequivocally denounce rape and sexual assault as we have experienced it. We are perplexed by the use of the term "slut" and by any implication that this word, much like the word "Ho" or the "N" word should be re-appropriated. The way in which we are perceived and what happens to us before, during and after sexual assault crosses the boundaries of our mode of dress. Much of this is tied to our particular history. In the United States, where slavery constructed Black female sexualities, Jim Crow kidnappings, rape and lynchings, gender misrepresentations, and more recently, where the Black female immigrant struggle combine, "slut" has different associations for Black women. We do not recognize ourselves nor do we see our lived experiences reflected within SlutWalk and especially not in its brand and its label. [READ MORE]
(via homunculilith)
Philadelphia Magazine: "The New Rules of College Sex" [TW sexual assault, victim blaming]
Last night I innocently glanced through this magazine and was confronted with possibly the most disgusting and alarmist, "But what about the men?!" article about rape I've ever read. Things like this make me unable to think rationally so here are a few thoughts:
- Few things disgust me like the bizarre fantasy of this world in which false rape allegations are common. How many men do you know who have been falsely accused of rape? Because I know zero, and I know MANY women who have been raped. And by the way, as far as I know, none of those women ever pressed charges.
- To the woman who said: "If I were sending off a son to college right now, I'd be very concerned." If you think you raised the type of man to have sex in shady as hell circumstances and/or with incapacitated women, you should be concerned. Also, I hope for her hypothetical sake that you do not have a daughter, so that you are not more afraid about a son's trip to the dean's office than a daughter's you know… actual rape.
- "Those Clery Act reports contradict Joe Biden's claim of an epidemic. Take Temple University. There are 30,000 students at its main campus on North Broad Street. The student body is 55 percent female, so if the one-in-five DOJ figure for sexual assaults is correct, 3,180 of the current female students would have been sexually assaulted while at the school. And yet Temple's Clery Act report shows five sexual assaults in 2007, two in 2008, and two in 2009." Wow, I guess I can't argue with this. No woman in history has ever chosen not to report a rape and subject herself to the character assassination that goes along with it! Wait, what about all the friends I just mentioned?! I guess my experience is an anomaly!
- "Deborah Nolan says that in 25 years at Ursinus, she's heard a ton of sexual assault stories, and only one didn't involve alcohol. Drinking lowers inhibitions: "Sometimes we want to be coaxed into things. But it makes people irate when you say that." I…..
Just read it yourself. Every single bit is horrible. The editor of Philadelphia magazine can be reached here.
Rape apologists need to STFU and go away now, thanks.
I feel ill whenever anybody says "But what about the men?!" in a mocking tone, as if it is ridiculous to care about men, an entire gender. That's misandry right there. Feminism is centred around some people calling out injustices and saying "what about the women", so rather than laughing at men sticking up for themselves, you would do better to show some respect.
For false rape accusations, see here and here and here. They exist, and treating them like the problem that they are is not misogyny. It is not oppression. It is not rape apologism. It is fair and equal justice. So you're acting as if the fact that you've never seen one means that they don't exist, then calling everybody else 'bizarre' and 'disgusting' for having seen one? Yeah, that's not cool. Do some research beyond your own experience, maybe.
Mostly I'm offended by the continuation of your misandry, supporting the 'men are potential rapists' idea this article opposes whilst treating all women as potential rape victims, with no overlap. Those stereotypes and prejudices are dangerous, and they aren't true. See more here and here.
I'll also add to the point about the alcohol. It is not a man's responsibility to give women a breathalyser test. If they seem sober and act willingly, you would be extremely harsh to convict him of rape. See here and here. This position is anti-man, and I doubt that you'd give the same judgement if their positions were reversed: if Jack was drunk, went over to Diane and grabbed her crotch whilst pushing against her, then started kissing and embracing her, and things went further, would you call him a rape victim? In all seriousness? If people said 'well he was willing', would you attack them for being rape-apologists? If people said 'well it was his fault for getting drunk if he knows that's how he'll behave', would you attack them for being victim-blamers? Would there be such an outrage?
I don't think so, because your misandry is on plain display in this post. Feel free to prove me wrong. Otherwise, please read up on the facts in these links, and then see where that takes you. This has been a calling-out. Thank you for your time.
I think just-smith's got it here. Nothing I really need to add.
Ooh, I have something!
Few things disgust me like the bizarre fantasy of this world in which false rape allegations are common.
It didn't take very long to compile that.
And to answer:
How many men do you know who have been falsely accused of rape?
Four. All of which have had their lives ruined. On my biological father's side, even though all charges were dropped against him, most of the family still wont talk to my cousin. He was fired. Lost his fiancee. And he's still fighting with depression.
If you'll allow me some self-righteous anger, how dare you. How dare you for ignoring the innocent men and boys who's entire lives are shattered by false rape accusations. How dare you act like their suffering doesn't mean anything. And how dare you try and use anecdotes as evidence. That's just unsavory, and the grown ups like to call that "If I don't see it it doesn't happen" bullshit of a logical fallacy: Confabulation fallacy.
Let me spell that out for you,
"Attempts to establish a proposition as fact or as a universal principle based solely on anecdotes, personal experience, and testimony, where no other evidence for the assertion or way to test it exists."
i.e. I've never met a dead child soldier in the slums of south Africa, therefore there are none!
Please use logic when you talk about issues like these. I honestly think some people should put Trigger Warnings for being a complete idiot.
Ruined as much as rape victims? Not really. Which is the whole point of this. The fact that plenty of dudes act as if being accused of rape is /worse/ than actually being raped. That is the outrage at false rape accusations, that they are used to deflect and minimalize rape, and frame female rape victims in general as manipulative schemers. Aka, victim blaming (not to mention many MRA types constantly misrepresent the actual statistics and the rate of false rape accusations). As long as people continue comparing the suffering of boys and men falsely accused as the same scale of suffering of a rape victim, someone will always be there to criticize that. So maybe you should be criticizing the men who do /that/, if you really want things to be better.
(via homunculilith)
"Rape culture is people objecting to the detritus of the rape culture being called oversensitive, rather than people who perpetuate the rape culture being regarded as not sensitive enough.
Rape culture is the myriad ways in which rape is tacitly and overtly abetted and encouraged having saturated every corner of our culture so thoroughly that people can't easily wrap their heads around what the rape culture actually is."
http://fugitivus.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/a-woman-walks-into-a-rape-uh-bar/ (via counttheposies)
Seriously. Stop it. The damage is devastating.
(via feministsuperpowers)
Agreed 100% with everything, great piece. Just change "ask every woman in your life if she has been sexually assaulted. Ask her to tell you her story" to every person in your life. Seriously, in my personal group of friends I know 8 men who have been sexually assaulted in their life and the erasure of men who are sexually assaulted is devastating to them and their recovery.
1:6 women are sexually assaulted at some point in their life but 1:4 people are sexually assaulted at some point in their life because it happens to men too, very often to trans-men and trans-women. I honestly feel like we can't have a real discussion about sexual assault without including men in the discussion. I think we can successfully include males and men without derailing from the misogyny, power inequities and issues of privilege inherent in all discussions of sexual assault because, well, the root cause of most abuses including misandry is still misogyny. All we need is an inclusive discussion that deals with all abuses of a sexual nature.
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