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The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History
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The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History
Columbia University Press
The first guide to American religious history from colonial times to the present, this anthology features twenty-two leading scholars speaking on major themes and topics in the development of the diverse religious traditions of the United States. These include the growth and spread of evangelical culture, the mutual influence of religion and politics, the rise of fundamentalism, the role of gender and popular culture, and the problems and possibilities of pluralism. Geared toward general readers, students, researchers, and scholars, The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History provides concise yet broad surveys of specific fields, with an extensive glossary and bibliographies listing relevant books, films, articles, music, and media resources for navigating different streams of religious thought and culture.
The collection opens with a thematic exploration of American religious history and culture and follows with twenty topical chapters, each of which illuminates the dominant questions and lines of inquiry that have determined scholarship within that chapter's chosen theme. Contributors also outline areas in need of further, more sophisticated study and identify critical resources for additional research. The glossary, "American Religious History, A–Z," lists crucial people, movements, groups, concepts, and historical events, enhanced by extensive statistical data.
The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History serves scholars, students, and general readers who search for reliable narratives and resource texts on American religious history in an environment where older, guiding narratives have been complicated and occasionally rendered suspect by more recent research. Harvey and Blum's compilation seeks to offer basic information as well as a synthetic and interpretive set of guidelines, and succeeds in both aims.
Tracy Fessenden, author of Culture and Redemption: Religion, the Secular, and American Literature
As Maimonides did for theology, this book offers a guide that deepens understanding of the perplexities of American religious history while orienting readers to its terrain. Employing a sophisticated approach to historical studies of religion, the essays are organized around dialectical tensions within American religion rather than one-sided themes. Reflecting the deep engagement with historiography that both Harvey and Blum are known for, this volume will be much appreciated by readers seeking a comprehensive map of the territory.
Dr. Amanda Porterfield, Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion and History, Florida State University
Paul Harvey and Edward J. Blum, both distinguished and well published scholars, have brought together a stellar group of established and younger scholars of American religion to produce a rich and rewarding guide through the thickets of American religious history. The volume highlights in a unique way the tensions, conflicts, and creativity of American religions. Harvey and Blum open the book with a probing introduction, an extended essay that lucidly and compellingly captures in ten themes the paradoxes of religion in American history. Innovative approaches, new areas of inquiry, up-to-date scholarship, and profound insights are to be found in twenty essays ranging from topics such as "Colonial Encounters" to "Religion and the Environment." I highly recommend this profound contribution to the field of religion in American history.
Curtis J. Evans, Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Chicago Divinity School
Harvey and Blum have done a great service in creating this readable, accessible overview of so many important topics.
Matthew Avery Sutton, Christian Century
...an important reference work, welcome for its breadth and portability. Highly Recommended.
The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History will be a beneficial addition to the reference section of any university library.
Brian C. Wilson, Journal of Church and State
Introduction: Major Themes in American Religious History
1. Colonial Encounters
2. Native American Religions
3. Civil Religion and National Identity
4. Theology
5. Evangelicals in American History
6. Religion and Politics
7. Religion and the Law in American History
8. Religion, War, and Peace
9. Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
10. Religion, Race, and African American Life
11. Religion, Ethnicity, and the Immigrant Experience
12. Asian American Religions
13. Alternative Religious Movements in American History
14. Religion and the Environment
15. Religion and Popular Culture
16. Religious Conservatism and Fundamentalism
17. Catholicism in America
18. American Judaism
19. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons")
20. Islam in America
American Religious History, A–Z
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William T. "Bill" Templeton passed away March 20, 2013, at his home with his family at his bedside. He was born October 12, 1935, in LaGrange, Illinois, the son of the late William and Lucille (Taggart) Templeton. Bill is a graduate of Michigan State University, where he was active in the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He worked for nearly 30 years for the First of America Bank Corporation, and retired as a Vice President and department head of the Real Estate section of the Trust Division of the former First of America Bank-Michigan. Over the years, Bill was active in a variety of community organizations, and served as president of the Downtown Kalamazoo Association. He was also an avid and accomplished golfer, playing several times in the Kalamazoo Country Club Invitational and winning a club championship at the Elks. Bill is survived by his wife of 56 years, Linda (Turney) Templeton, whom he married on December 22, 1956; a son, William; a daughter, Martha (Steve) McMurry; four grandchildren: Emily and Mindy Dunn and Logan and Haley Templeton; two step-grandchildren, Graham and Sheila McMurry; and a step great-grandson, Jaylen Jno-Pierre. In addition to his parents, Bill was preceded in death by a sister Elizabeth. Private family services will be held and there will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan. Arrangements by Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th Street. Please visit Bill's personalized webpage for his online guestbook or to leave a condolence to Bill's family at www.langelands.com
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OpenPaths Spiritual Retreat
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We are inclusive of age and you are welcome to attend our OpenPaths Retreat in Hawaii. With OpenPaths, you will journey through mid-life and empower the change you need for sustainable meaning, belonging, and pursuit of possibility.
Our retreat participants experience a mid-life crisis related more to life events than age and midlife occurring more than once in a lifetime. Men also tend to experience mid-life for years longer than women. However, with OpenPaths, you can ease your journey at the threshold of mid-life (or in the midst of a midlife crisis), heal your heart, rejuvenate your body and mind, and begin your world again.
The average age of our retreat participants is 42. The age range of 30 to 55 is typical of first-time encounters with mid-life as defined by our retreat participants. Together, we co-create a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment for spiritual healing and spiritual direction (vision quests) regardless of age, mid-life crisis (like job loss, divorce and coming out), or gender.
I invite your presence into our circle. My holistic retreat in October 2009 is coed. Law of Attraction: Our intention is to attract retreat participants who resonate with a deepening experience of wholeness, wellness, and well-being.
Begin a new journey with OpenPaths.
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Cordelle, the Founder and Director of OpenPaths™, brings his expertise from neuroscience and psychology to your OpenPaths Program. He is the former Research Director of Behavioral Neuroscience for a biotechnology company. Cordelle specialized in preclinical drug trials for recovery cures of stroke. He also coordinated professional development for graduate students at Canada's third largest university.Cordelle Neufeld is an authority on midlife wellness and well-being, an expert on adult transitions, and a spiritual man who is recognized for his leading-edge hybrid of secular and spiritual practices for holistic identity creation. He facilitates transformational learning that is integrative, imaginative, and sustainable.
An OpenPaths Retreat is an experiential learning opportunity for your personal vision quest. Our retreat in October is a holistic mix of group round circles (or talking circles), bodywork with certified massage therapists, a sweat lodge, rites of passage ceremonies, daily yoga, and elemental adventures. Cordelle's role as leader of this inclusive retreat for women and retreat for men is to encourage the exploration of your inner wisdom in a gathering that supports wholeness, wellness & well-being.
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text: Descent 2 Trailer Goes Back In The Cave, Leaves Logic Far BehindMeredith Woerner8/31/09 10:00amFiled to: Descent 2Moviesthe descentDescentTrailerVideo42EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThe woman-versus-cave-monster movie The Descent now has a sequel. Which appears to have characters from the original venturing back into danger, because well, they had to get them back in there somehow. So, before I really get into it, just read the synopsis:AdvertisementDistraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.As the rescue party drives deeper into uncharted caverns, nightmarish visions of the recent past begin to haunt Sarah and she starts to realize the full horror and futility of the mission. Subjected to the suspicion and mistrust of the group and confronted once more by the inbred, feral and savagely ruthless Crawlers, Sarah must draw on all her inner reserves of strength and courage in a desperate final struggle for deliverance and redemption.Any excuse for a rematch with the Crawlers seems like a good idea, but the premise pushes logic beyond its breaking point. Basically, if the local authorities suspected Sarah of murdering all her (very active and healthy) besties in a cave, there is no way in hell they'd take her down there again. Plus let's not even touch on the subject that she's on a verge of a mental collapse — so let's plunge her in darkness again... Like this won't backfire.AdvertisementThe logic-defying film comes out the 14th of October.Reply42 repliesLeave a reply


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Southern California's mega tattoo and music festival reveals all, announcing a lineup featuring Bad Religion, Pennywise and Reverend Horton Heat plus more than 300 tattoo artists. Tickets for this weekend of ink and rock go on sale later this week.
Sunset Strip Music Festival, Outdoor Street Fest, West Hollywood, Calif.August 18, 2012
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Locked in for March 8-10 at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., the sixth-annual MusInk will also feature performances by The Vandals, Guttermouth, Lagwagon, TSOL, Lucero, The Headcat and Jonny Two Bags.
But even if you come strictly for the music, it's a sure bet you'll stay for the art. This year MusInk has lined more than 300 tattoo artists, including Jack Rudy, Robert Atkinson, Small Paul, Tomas Garcia and many others.
Here's the music schedule:
March 8 – Bad Religion, The Vandals, Guttermouth March 9 – Pennywise, Lagwagon, TSOL March 10 – Reverend Horton Heat, Lucero, The Headcat, Jonny Two Bags
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Tickets go on sale Jan. 11. Choices include $25 single day tickets and $50 three-day passes. VIP packages range from $75-$150 and include backstage and sidestage access to VIP areas, discounted food and free mixed drinks. Visit MusInk.org for all you need to know.
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People who like airplanes can find a lot to like when they visit Southern California, where they'll find plenty of opportunity to see historic aircraft up-close and personal. In some cases, they'll see a lot more than just aircraft but if you have someone in your family who is fascinated by the world of flight, here are some great places to visit.
San Diego Air and Space Museum
The San Diego Zoo gets all the press but in the same general area – Balboa Park – this museum excels at displaying an excellent variety of flying machines that run the gamut from the earliest days of flight to the Space Shuttle. Throw in a 4-D theater, flight simulators and fascinating special exhibits and the San Diego Air and Space Museum is definitely worth a visit when you're in the area.
The museum usually has a traveling exhibit that offers local residents plenty of reasons to revisit the museum. It also has an impressive collection of vintage aircraft on display, all well organized in chronological order taking you through the early days of flight, then through the world wars and post-war period right up to the space program. From bi-planes to jet aircraft, the airplanes are all in mint condition – a few are reproductions – and visitors can really get a sense of what it was like to fly in these old machines.
If you want to know what it's like to fly in a jet fighter, try out the motion simulator that, for $8 a passenger, allows you to take the controls of your own jet fighter and fly it around San Diego. The elaborate simulator will turn you and tilt you and re-create the sensations of flying much better than sitting in front of your computer at home. We found the gravitational forces you experience to be amazing.
Another fun part of the museum is the 4-D Zable Theater that features various movies that put you right into the action through 3-D glasses and seats that rumble and tilt and spray you with air and water. It's not exactly on a par with amusement rides at Universal Studios or Disneyland, but it's pretty close – and an unexpected treat.
For more information on the San Diego Air and Space Museum, phone 619-234-8291 or visit www.sandiegoairandspace.org.
USS Midway
Also in San Diego, visitors have a chane to see a Naval Museum rivaling anything you would see on the East Coast. The U.S.S. Midway is a must-see for any airplane lover – and anyone who wants to tour a historic aircraft carrier. The museum is an impressive visual and historical experience that appeals to all ages.
We found the Midway to offer just the right balance between a structured, orderly display and one that is more individualized to fit each visitor's particular interests and time available to tour the museum. As part of the admission price, each visitor is loaned a "Walkman"-like audio device and headphones to hear pre-recorded explanations of 29 different points of interest in various locations around the ship. But you're totally on your own – you can see these points of interest in any order or even skip some if you like.
So why is it worth visiting the U.S.S. Midway? Just visiting an aircraft carrier, for one thing, is a treat unto itself. But in the Midway's case, there is a 47-year history that is good to keep in the back of your mind as you get a real sense of what it's like to live and work on an aircraft carrier.
The Midway was the world's largest warship when it was launched in 1945 and remained so for more than a decade. Named for the famous Battle of Midway, the carrier did not actually see service in that battle, but did serve in combat during the Vietnam War and was one of six carriers sent to fight Iraq during Desert Storm.
Visitors get a good up-close look at the living and working conditions on board the Midway. Entering on the massive Hangar Deck, they are first treated to several exhibits offering history on the ship and its aircraft. Then doorways open here and there to allow visitors to step into the galley and mess deck area – where 13,000 meals were served each day – and into such work areas as the weapons control station, metal shop and post office.
Originally designed to carry propeller-driven fighter aircraft, the Midway soon adapted to the new jet aircraft that became the mainstay of American naval airpower. The deck was reconfigured and catapults and electronics were upgraded to handle the ship's F/A-18 Hornets, A-6 Intruders and A-7 Corsair II's – up to 68 jet airplanes on any given mission.
Today visitors will find examples of those aircraft on the flight deck as well as an E-2C Hawkeye and an F-4 Phantom II, one of the workhorses in the Vietnam War. Helicopters and historic propeller-driven aircraft also are on display.
For more information about the U.S.S. Midway San Diego Aircraft Museum, visit www.midway.org or phone 619-544-9600.
March Air Force Base
There's no doubt that travelers along Interstate 215 just south of Riverside have noticed the collection of military and vintage aircraft a short distance from the freeway, but those who have not bothered to stop are truly missing something. The March Field Air Museum is a remarkably detailed look at the history of aviation and, in particular, the use of aviation in modern warfare.
Sprawling alongside the runway at March Air Force Base are more than 60 aircraft of all sizes and shapes, from little single-engine prop planes to the mammoth B-52 bomber. And then, just a few steps away is the indoor museum that tells the story of how aircraft were first used in warfare and how they have become a vital part of our nation's military power. Thousands of artifacts are on display to bring it all to life.
Upon entering the museum visitors are given a map of the museum floor as well as the aircraft displayed outdoors on the flightline. Rather than just displaying airplanes, the museum has organized a sequential series of exhibits that take visitors through the 20th Century beginning with World War I and the creation of March Field in 1918.
Exhibits depict the base's early history and then move onto the stories of World War II and how March was used extensively during the war for training. Various battles are explained and visitors learn the different types of aircraft and missions undertaken during the war. One exhibit, for example, focuses on the famed Tuskegee Airmen who were a group of African-American pilots that played a vital role in the war.
The progression of exhibits takes the visitor forward to the Korea War, the Vietnam War and, finally, Desert Storm, offering photos, diagrams and artifacts from each period to convey these experiences and the role that air power played in each.
Throughout the museum, the staff has assembled a treasure trove of authentic equipment from each of these eras. Several aircraft are on display in the museum itself, including vintage fighters from both world wars and some of the first jet aircraft ever built. But then step outside and, there on the flightline, is a fleet of airplanes probably larger than most third-world countries' air forces.
Many of the aircraft at the March Air Museum are not all that easy to find nowadays. For example, the museum has one of only four combat B-17's that exist in the United States today.
For more information, call 951-697-6600 or visit www.marchfield.org
Photos, from top: family visiting March AFB with B-17 in the background; USS Midway features many vintage fighter jets on its deck; the museum at March AFB
Photos by Cary and Sandi Ordway
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I was wondering if there is a link of prior drug use such as cocaine (light user) and marijuana (heavy user) and secondary erectile dysfunction which I am experiencing now? Since the first time my problem occured, it has taken over me everytime I am about to have sex. I get erect, but loose it when it is time to perform. Could this be more of a psychological effect or is my history in substance usage and actual cigarette usage affecting my problem?
We know that substance use and abuse affect both fertility and sexual dysfunction in men. Probably smoking is one of the most common causes of erectile dysfunction. Marijuana affects fertility and cocaine abuse has similar effect.Psychological causes, especially performance anxiety, also plays a role in people who have addictions.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst. University Relations
The Vice Chancellor for University Advancement oversees the campus's Development and Alumni Relations areas and is responsible for operation of the UMass Amherst Foundation and of Advancement Communications, the group that produces the University's website, UMass Amherst Magazine, and a variety of other print and online publications. Beginning in September 1983, the unit was administered by the Vice-Chancellor for University Relations and Development, which was renamed Vice Chancellor for University Advancement in 1993.
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Olyphant is surrounded by a terrific supporting cast, including Dirty Sexy Money's Natalie Zea as Raylan's ex-wife and Nick Searcy (Deke Slayton in From the Earth to the Moon) as his deceptively cornpone boss. But in the end, it comes down to hard stares and that combination of drawled amusement and sudden violence that make him so cool yet exciting.
The best news of all is that Olyphant backs it up with an incredibly riveting performance. Better yet, Justified as a whole really delivers, from the explosive pilot to a couple of other, less adrenaline-filled but no less superb episodes that add humor and nuanced storytelling to the mix.
This is the best new series, network or cable, of the midseason. An immediately addictive brew of action, suspense and wry humor, the show is grounded in Olyphant's low-key but high-impact star-making performance, the work of a confident and cunning leading man who's always good company.
Finishing each episode is like closing up a really great, gritty, little crime novel.
Justified doesn't have the bite of "Fire in the Hole," from which the first episode was adapted, but it gets much of the tone--droll, a little weary, frequently tense, sometimes conflicted--never forgetting that at the core, good is challenging evil.
Justified is one of those programs where, when you get done with the three review episodes FX sends you, you're angry because you know FX could've sent more episodes if it wanted to.
On screen the show has a soaked-in mood, courtesy of pilot director Michael Dinner, and terrific performances that mark Justified as the best new series premiere so far in 2010.
Justified itself stays on target all the time, too, an instant entrant in the best-new-show sweepstakes in a TV season that already has several solid candidates.
FX's Justified translates the intense interactions of author Elmore Leonard's characters into dialogue that's unpredictable, dynamic and positively riveting.
Justified is well-written and well-produced, so it would be good with any decent actor in its lead role. But the show got Timothy Olyphant for the role, and the match could not be any more perfect.
It is not very often that a TV series invents a new look, or even a new genre. After only two weeks on the air, it may be too soon to gush that way about FX's new drama Justified, but this is one cool show.
Olyphant plays this laconic, loping lawman with a smiling minimalism that makes Givens both iconic and contemporary.
The shaggily delightful dialogue, the deft pacing, the authentic sense of place, the rock-solid supporting cast and the feeling that you are in the hands of writers, actors and directors who really know what they're doing--all of these are worthy reasons to watch Justified.
Olyphant's devilish looks balance his white-cowboy-hat principles.
To be sure, the show is like any other crime drama in that it contains darkness and violence--some of it erupting in unexpected ways. But there are enough new wrinkles here to make anyone who takes a chance on it feel thoroughly justified.
The result is a new-style western that's both entertaining and as mesmerizing as Givens' cold-blooded speech to the crook with the scattergun.
Justified will not stretch the dramatic envelope the way many FX shows have. Still, with its white knight of a hero, fine guest stars and intriguing relationships, one can rely on the show to deliver 13 hours of entertaining and occasionally taut crime drama.
Justified has a clear sense of its strengths and shrewdly plays to them. For FX, that savvy combined with Olyphant's charisma has all the makings of a series destined to nail its target.
Olyphant creates a sense of suspended time whenever Raylan comes into contact with thugs--as if a gun standoff isn't so far from standing at a bar with a drink in hand. His Raylan is the kind of guy who doesn't say much, but gives us plenty to talk about.
Less brutal than "Sons of Anarchy" or "The Shield," it's nonetheless a true male fantasy show complete with broads, bad guys, blow-ups, bullets and buckets of blood.
Fine character actors abound, playing people on the rural edges, but it's the main character and Olyphant's performance that lift the sometimes labored plot lines and carry them over the finish line.
The pilot, in which Yost liberally borrows Leonard's trademark lean dialogue from "Fire in the Hole," has a swagger to it, and also a sly sense of humor....Without Leonard's writing to directly adapt, the later episodes are a mixed bag.
Watch for any length of time and you may--as I did--have the eerie if not unpleasant feeling that you've been teleported to a decent network cop show from the 1970s.
It does tend to love its sublimely self-confident hero, a quick draw and a smartass who nonetheless walks a sort of moral line that baffles his mostly rube-ish opponents. But the show offers other, pleasures that help to make up for what's predictable.
It feels as if the attention that should have gone to the storytelling all went to the atmosphere and the repartee.
There are too many instances of people conveniently running into each other. In short, common sense is missing from Justified.
Although Justified qualifies as cryptic, and its mouth is plenty potty, it definitely lacks edge, the most important quality of the three. In fact, it can get downright sleepy between killings. It moseys. It meanders.
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In a special editorial to the Sunday, 8/26/12, Tampa Bay Times, Charlie Crist, former Republican Governor of Florida, spells out why he is backing Barack Obama for President.
Crist states:
I've studied, admired and gotten to know a lot of leaders in my life. Across Florida, in Washington and around the country, I've watched the failure of those who favor extreme rhetoric over sensible compromise, and I've seen how those who never lose sight of solutions sow the greatest successes.
As America prepares to pick our president for the next four years — and as Florida prepares once again to play a decisive role — I'm confident that President Barack Obama is the right leader for our state and the nation. I applaud and share his vision of a future built by a strong and confident middle class in an economy that gives us the opportunity to reap prosperity through hard work and personal responsibility. It is a vision of the future proven right by our history.
We often remind ourselves to learn the lessons of the past, lest we risk repeating its mistakes. Yet nearly as often, our short-term memory fails us. Many have already forgotten how deep and daunting our shared crisis was in the winter of 2009, as President Obama was inaugurated. It was no ordinary challenge, and the president served as the nation's calm through a historically turbulent storm.
The president's response was swift, smart and farsighted. He kept his compass pointed due north and relentlessly focused on saving jobs, creating more and helping the many who felt trapped beneath the house of cards that had collapsed upon them.
He knew we had to get people back to work as quickly as possible — but he also knew that the value of a recovery lies in its durability. Short-term healing had to be paired with an economy that would stay healthy over the long run. And he knew that happens best by investing in the right places.
President Obama invested in our children's schools because he believes a good education is a necessity, not a luxury, if we're going to create an economy built to last. He supported more than 400,000 K-12 teachers' jobs, and he is making college more affordable and making student loans, like the ones he took out, easier to pay back.
He invested in our runways, railways and roads. President Obama knows a reliable infrastructure that helps move people to work and helps businesses move goods to market is a foundation of growth.
And the president invested in our retirement security by strengthening Medicare. The $716 billion in savings his opponents decry today extended the life of the program by nearly a decade and are making sure taxpayer dollars aren't wasted in excessive payments to insurance companies or fraud and abuse. His opponents would end the Medicare guarantee by creating a voucher that would raise seniors' costs by thousands of dollars and bankrupt the program.
We have more work to do, more investments to make and more waste to cut. But only one candidate in this race has proven a willingness to navigate a realistic path to prosperity.
As Republicans gather in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney, Americans can expect to hear tales of how President Obama has failed to work with their party or turn the economy around.
But an element of their party has pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they've proven incapable of governing for the people. Look no further than the inclusion of the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims.
The truth is that the party has failed to demonstrate the kind of leadership or seriousness voters deserve.
Pundits looking to reduce something as big as a statewide election to a single photograph have blamed the result of my 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate on my greeting of President Obama. I didn't stand with our president because of what it could mean politically; I did it because uniting to recover from the worst financial crisis of our lifetimes was more important than party affiliation. I stood with our nation's leader because it was right for my state.
President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes. That's what makes him the right leader for our times, and that's why I'm proud to stand with him today.
I see quite a few hungover Republicans in Tampa opening their morning paper and choking on their coffee.
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The question is improperly worded as those opposing cuts could vote either yes, assuming those cuts would have been greater or NO, as in failing to make cuts is good not bad.
The automatic cuts are OK, since the alternative would probably have been no cuts - or a spending increase - which would have triggered an immediate credit downgrade to the US from the big ratings agencies, followed by a stock market crash that would have led to layoffs and 401K evaporation like the world has never seen. Frankly, you should all thank the Tea Party for at least getting the US to think seriously about fed deficit reduction. It would not have happened without their influence, because Obama finds any type of cost cutting politically inconvenient considering his liberal (and vanishing) base of support. He's a one term president, if we are lucky.
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Renowned painter Sharon Sprung imparts incomparable lessons in creating the illusion of life. Working with a light box, she explains how light illumines form; she defines basic terms like mid-tone, highlight, cast shadow, etc, as well as chroma, value, temperature, and hue. Showing you how to see in values, she imparts helpful tips so that you can readily translate value into color. Setting out her palette, Sprung then describes the properties of each color. Finally, she shows you exactly how she mixes colors in order to create a vast range of lifelike flesh tones.
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Granddaughter`s heavy bleeding and headaches.09/04/2008 |
My granddaughter is 14. She has very very heavy periods. She has been having highs and lows in her Blood Pressure. But worse her pulse rate is very very very high. She is having headaches which seem to be centered in the back of her head. Can hormone inbalances be the cause of this. Or could it be a Thyroid problem which runs in our family.
It could be related to the thyroid, but if her bleeding is as heavy as you state, she would have significant anemia which can cause all of these symptoms. She should be seen by a physician to determine her blood count and cause of the heavy bleeding. Female hormone imbalances can cause heavy bleeding which would lead to this too.
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INDIANAPOLIS and INGELHEIM, Germany, March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Embrace Award, a global initiative which recognises accurate, responsible and sensitive reporting of urinary incontinence (UI), is open for entries from journalists around the world. UI is described by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a widespread global disease and one of the last medical taboos,(1) affecting one in every three women at some time in their lives.(2,3) This debilitating medical condition imposes a significant emotional and physical burden on women who suffer from it,(4) making them afraid to undertake everyday activities such as playing with their children, laughing with their friends or simply leaving their home for fear of an accidental leak. The Embrace Award is open to consumer and medical journalists from print, on-line and broadcast media outlets from around the world. Entries will be accepted on all topics relating to the causes, types, prevalence, management and impact of urinary incontinence. An independent panel of leading journalists and incontinence experts will be judging the entries: * Professor Philip van Kerrebroeck (NL), University Hospital, Maastricht * Jeanette Haslam (UK), Physiotherapist, Association for Continence Advice & Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women's Health * Dr Ulrike Hennemann (Germany), Chief Editor and CEO, Medical Tribune * Dr Thomas Stuttaford (UK), Medical Correspondent, The Times * Adriana Hammeken (Mexico), Broadcast Journalist, TV program 'What Women Keep in Secret' Jeanette Haslam, member of the Embrace Award judging panel, comments: "The award is an excellent opportunity for journalists to be recognised for their efforts to help increase understanding and awareness of UI. Coverage in the media will encourage sufferers to seek help from healthcare professionals and break down the taboo that still surrounds UI." The winning journalists will be rewarded with an opportunity to visit places where some of the female Nobel Prize Laureates have lived: Washington D.C., USA (Toni Morrison); Paris, France (Marie Curie) and Oxford, UK (Aung San Suu Kyi). These three outstanding women excelled in their fields; inspired others through their words, discoveries, determination and compassion, and challenged people with their ideas. Much in the same way, the winning journalists will have helped to challenge perceptions about UI. For more information please visit www.embrace-award.org or contact the Embrace Award Secretariat at email@example.com. The closing date for entries is 01 June 2006. 1. Voelker R, International group seeks to dispel incontinence "taboo", JAMA 1998, Sep 16;280(11):951-953. 2. Hunskaar S, Lose G, Sykes D, Voss S. The prevalence of urinary incontinence in women in four European countries. BJU Int. 2004 Feb;93(3):324-30. 3. Minassian VA, Drutz HP, Al-Badr A. Urinary incontinence as a worldwide problem. Int J Gynecol Obstet 2003;82:327-38. 4. Fultz NH, Burgio K, Diokno AC, et al. Burden of stress urinary incontinence for community-dwelling women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003;189:1275-82.
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Use Perl to do math
Performing math within PERL is pretty easy. There are just a few rules to follow to get the correct display, but other than that I've never had any trouble. I don't think you will either.
The HTML and PERL
Here you go. Give this a shot: Do Some Math
The interface is fairly straightforward HTML. It looks like this: The Math HTML Code
The text box that accepts the single digit is named "singledgt", the box that accepts the doublt digit number is named "doubledgt" and finally the box that accepts the amount you'd pay for dinner is named "dinner". Now the PERL Script. I'll open it in a new window so you can refer to it during the discussion.
How It All Works
You should recognize the first module of code. It's the exact same module we've been using to gather the information the user put into the form. The module then uses the command "&thank_you;" to trigger the thank-you page to display. Of course it's not even really a thank you page here, but what the hey. Why change more code than you have to?
Alright, let's get into some math! First off we'll simply display the numbers the user put in. There's nothing new here. Notice that the line is well-formed with the three scalar variables representing the three inputted items from the form. The line has the text to be printed in double quotes and it ends with a semicolon.
Add Them Together
You've probably seen this before but the basic math operators are:
- (+) Addition
- (-) Subtraction
- (*) Multiplication
- (/) Division
You should learn this rule too: Text to be printed AS IS is placed within double quotes. Variables that are to be manipulated in some way are not in quotes.
That's why if I use $FORM{singledgt} within quotes, the number it represents just displays. If I don't, the number can be played with.
But, no matter what you're doing, quotes or no quotes, the line must end with a semicolon.
Let's add it. I set it up so there's some beginning text that reads, "Did you know that # plus ## equals:". Then I get the answer by adding the two scalar variables together:
print $FORM{singledgt} + $FORM{doubledgt};
I want that amount to display, so I make it a print command.
There's no reason why I needed to print the results like I did. I could very well have said:
$added = $FORM{singledgt} + $FORM{doubledgt};
Then I could have printed that new scalar variable or held it for use later on in the script. The way I did it, I felt, was just easier.
Square It
Once again, some introductory text and then we take the single digit and times it by itself:
print $FORM{singledgt}*$FORM{singledgt};
How Much Bigger?
This is done the same way except I have some introductory and post text surround the smaller number being taken away from the bigger number:
This is done the same way except I have some introductory and post text surround the smaller number being taken away from the bigger number:
print $FORM{doubledgt} - $FORM{singledgt};
The Tip
Allow me to point out a concern that I learned through getting error after error until a light bulb went off in my head. I am working with a dollar figure here, right?
Well, the last thing you want is a user putting in a dollar sign and you certainly cannot ask a print line to print a dollar sign. Why? Because that dollar sign means a scalar variable. Error!
There are other methods of getting around the dollar sign problem, but my favorite is the ASCII command. When you need a dollar sign in the text, use this: $. It solved all my problems. Notice also that I put a dollar sign outside of the text box where the user is to put in a dollar amount. I'm hoping that stops him or her from putting in their own dollar sign.
Tips are figured by multiplying the amount by 15% or .15. If you want the total, take the amount paid plus the tip. Remember algebra class? Put smaller equations in a larger equation inside (parentheses). It looks like this. Notice the use of the ASCII dollar sign:
print $FORM{dinner}*.15;
print " for total of $";
print $FORM{dinner}+($FORM{dinner}*.15);
Easy enough...
Check That Dinner Amount
I want to know if a person is willing to spend $100 of more on dinner, so I set up a little branch that tests if the dinner amount is less than 100:
if ($FORM{dinner} < 100)
I print one line if it is and another if it isn't.
We wrap up the script by finishing out the well-formed HTML page. That's about all. You should be able to put together just about any math equation with just what you got here.
Primer Nine Assignment
Up above I used addition, subtraction and multiplication. Let's get you to use division.
Set up a text box that asks the user to put in a number of feet. Then, using PERL, convert that number of feet into centimeters.
By the way, there are around 2.2 centimeters per inch. I said per inch, not foot. Can you do it?


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Where can I find steps to contribute to ISPConfig? Actually I have a patch for a problem. Can anyone tell me in simple steps, how to submit a patch. Note: I am using git version control system and I am familiar with that only.
Hi aneeshnl, I think it depends on the patch size. If it is just a small patch you could either post it here or create a feature request in the bugtracker and attach it there. If you plan to become a frequent contributor you might try to get in touch with falko or till.


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Cars > Challenges > "Debauchery" Vs "cuda"
1969 Plymouth Roadrunner
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About "Debauchery"
This is my baby, a 69 plymouth roadrunner, well right know its a satellite but with a few part swaps it will be a roadrunner. my dad and I picked her up in indiana and brought her home to restor her, right now we are in the prosses
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I just bought it and starting restoration as a daily driver.
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Fanny the Elephant
For more than 30 years (and at least three generations of visitors), Fanny the Elephant was a fixture at the Slater Park Zoo in Pawtucket. When her plight (overweight, too small a structure) was brought to light in 1993, she was moved to a Texas sanctuary for her remaining years (she died in 2003). But like the proverbial elephant, the people of Pawtucket never forget. In tribute to their beloved Fanny, a fiberglass, not-quite-life-sized statue was installed at the children's playground in Slater Park last fall. This FANNY THE ELEPHANT (by sculptor Chris Kane) won't be overfed by children (she's feeding herself an apple), but she will welcome children clambering up her trunk and across her back. And she will be a reminder of a long-faithful animal whom many Pawtucketers claimed as their own. | 401 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket | 401.728.0500 x 252


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A couple of magazines have asked me for Christmas stories recently. I guess it is that time of year. One magazine expressed an interest in a story I shot 3 years ago. The Noel kids, above, were part of the story. We shot it at the home of Robin and Chris, owners of a fantastic shop called Stepback. It did get me thinking about the Christmas cards I do every year. Do you have to say Happy Holidays now? I celebrate Christmas, so I'm going with that.
I documented this Christmas tree farm, then popped a deer into the picture (thanks Rob!)


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Cool Joe, what city do you have Alura at? I will stop by and visit sometime.
Is anyone else getting bored with this game? I need some new challenges, I feel stuck in a rut.
I hope more that the 2 of us are in for the hunt GG. Maybe we can hit the Geno caves if it is just the two of us.


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Final: Predators 3, Ducks 2
December 10th, 2011, 7:32 pm by Eric Stephens, Staff writerRoman Josi's first NHL goal helped make the difference for Nashville on Saturday night as the Predators continued their mastery of the visiting Ducks with a 3-2 victory at Bridgestone Arena.
Playing in just his eighth game since being recalled from the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League, Josi got a pass from Shea Weber and ripped a shot past screened Ducks goalie Dan Ellis at 2:33 of the third period to make it 2-1.
The Predators gained the man advantage when winger Jordin Tootoo drew a slashing penalty on the Ducks' Brandon McMillan. Tootoo, who also had an assist earlier in the game, would come back less than three minutes later and give Nashville a two-goal lead with a wrist shot past Ellis off a rush.
Francois Beauchemin gave the Ducks a chance to come back as he got a pass from Teemu Selanne and cut the lead to one with 6:36 remaining in regulation.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Playing Catch Up!
So where I have I been the past couple days since my last post? I spent a couple days with the quilters in Clarkston Michigan! We had two workshops, and a lecture....and never let it be said that quilters don't persevere...
Remember a few months back when I made the decision to put off taking the trunk show across Canadian borders until they get something better worked out? Well.....there are a handful of quilters from Ontario who made the jaunt to come see ME instead! We had an absolute ball. They even brought show and tell for ME to see!
And here is where I feel really old and blond and all the other adjectives I can think of, because tho it has only been a few days since Monday/Tuesday when I was with these gals, I've got their names all mixed up in my head! But just LOOK at her beautiful Star Struck! She used black as her accent fabric, and look at that border!!
The half square triangles used in the friendship star border are all the BONUS half squares she got from double seaming the larger triangle units....WHOOOT! Isn't it fabulous!?
And this one....her Carolina Christmas Mystery.....she actually made two smaller quilts instead of the one bigger one:
And the back...so totally fun!!
These gals are so prolific, even a Blue Ridge Beauty top was brought across the border for show and tell! :cD
The only thing that was NOT wonderful about Michigan was LEAVING! My flight was delayed just enough that I missed my connection in Washington/Dulles. Then what was supposed to be a 5 hour layover turned into an 8 hour layover due to weather. I didn't get to my hotel here in Jacksonville until after 11pm. Yesterday I felt like a zombie for most of the day, but I did learn to navigate the sky rail system from the hotel to the convention center and back. The weather has been sunshiney gorgeous....just like Florida should!
I've got at least ONE trunk show to do today at the show. If it fills, we'll simply do another one so no one will miss out!
For those of you coming, I can't wait to meet you! For those who WERE coming (ahem! You know who you are!) and life got in the way.....I miss you, and we'll do it again another time!
My flight home is tomorrow...we might get one more update before then if I can get my ducks in a row. I want to tell you about my wonderful experience with the thimble lady people yesterday, the painted featherweight I drooled over, and all the other wonderful things about the show. I'll get some pics and if I don't post them tonight, I will over the weekend.....
Have a super Friday, ya'll!
11 comments:
- Mary Lou Casada said...
You are such fun!!!! LOVE, LOVE the quilts and tops -- and the fact that you can see fruits of your labor in such an encouraging way! Wonderful!!
Mary Lou
www.cheaperthantherapyquilting.blogspot.com - 10:47 AM EDT
- Laurel H. said...
Bonnie, you are SO busy! But it is fun to read about your travels.
The quilts you have shown us here in this blog post are incredible; you have to include that starstruck at your Quiltville site where you have links for other Star Struck quilts. It is just gorgeous.
And you are the inspiration for it! - 11:32 AM EDT
- Cheryl said...
Love the quilts that came across the border. Safe travels.
- Pat said...
LOVE the quilts, especially the friendship star!!!!!!!!!!
- Kim said...
Look at the quilts and quilters you inspire!
Safe travels and Happy Sewing - 5:34 PM EDT
- Mama Pea said...
That's cool! I love that first quilt so much!
- YankeeQuilter said...
How fun...next time you in Augusta you are going to see a forest of crabapple tree quilts!
- Tonya R said...
ooh, beautiful quilts and I love that Star. definitely sad to have missed you!!!! hope the trunk shows went well and better luck on the flights home!
- Quiltin' Jenny said...
Awesome! Love love love that starstruck quilt. It is a stunner!
I have one question: how come those ladies were able to bring their quilts to you without a big headache, but you can't bring yours there? I do not get it!
Just another joy of big brother, I presume.
Glad you had such a successful journey. - 3:24 PM EDT
- Nancy quiltin' momma said...
Bonnie, I was at the Clarkston Guild last week for your trunk show! I absolutely loved it!! I can't wait for you to come up here for the Rochester guild "Oakland County Quilt Guild". I brought 3 of my friends to the trunk, one of them had never heard of you and I insisted that she come. She was sooo glad that she came! I had to leave abruptly when you finished, bummer, I had a sick teenage boy at home...long story....anyway, You are fantastic!! Can't wait to see you again! and I LOVE THE new sewing machine!!!
Nancy in Clarkston - 8:53 PM EDT
- KaHolly said...
Their quilts are gorgeous!!


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I just love this - so incredibly powerful & really puts things into perspective... Thanks for sharing!
In other words ~ Count your blessings!
Wow, what a powerful statement.
oh wow that made an impact!
This was shared in young women today when we were talking about how blessed we are to live in america. I love it!
This is so good, I always try and think of things like this when I'm feeling ratty with things I have. I love to say 'things could be worse' because they always could be ! xo
I ought to remind myself about this more often. I tend to forget that there are people in far worse situations than I am. It so easy to lose perspective, no?Thank you!xx
Gives me goosebumps, we have a lot to be thankful for.
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- Mestiko: a world on the brink of interstellar space travel – and under covert Federation observation. When the Payav, Mestiko's dominant nation, learns of a rogue pulsar sweeping through their star system and threatening to destroy all life on their planet, the Federation is faced with a daunting choice: stand by and witness the extinction of a thriving civilization, or violate the Prime Directive and mount a desperate effort to protect the planet from total devastation.
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October 1956 | Volume 7, Issue 6
Eight days after it had left Atlanta the army reached Milledgeville, then the capital of Georgia, and one man recorded that "the army had lived high on the products of Georgia and were growing fatter and stronger every day." Perhaps unnecessarily, he added that "they had come to look on the trip as a grand picnic, and were not getting tired but more anxious to prolong it if anything." Plantations were looted outright, men who had set out to take no more than hams and chickens began carrying away heirlooms, silver, watches—anything that struck their fancy. Here and there, Southern patriots felled trees to obstruct roads, or burned bridges; there was never enough of this to delay the army seriously, but there was just enough to provoke reprisals, and barns and houses went up in smoke as a result. A general remarked that "as the habit of measuring right by might goes on, pillage becomes wanton."
Day after day, crowds of fugitive slaves fell in on the roads to follow the army. Sherman did his utmost to keep these fugitives from following, but there was no way to keep them from trailing after the soldiers if they chose, and many of them did choose. What became of most of them, no one ever knew.
It was believed that some of the fugitives met death by starvation, yet those who were able to stay with the troops usually got enough to eat. Foragers brought in vast wagonloads of material that was abandoned to rot. Usually, the surplus was given to the Negroes.
So much food was taken, indeed, that the soldiers themselves were almost appalled when they stopped to think about it. In one regiment, the men made a rough rule-of-thumb estimate of the requisitions that had been made and concluded that the army must have accounted for 100,000 hogs, 20,000 head of cattle, 15,000 horses and mules, 500,000 bushels of corn, and 100,000 bushels of sweet potatoes. Sherman himself later estimated that his army had caused one hundred million dollars' worth of damage in Georgia. Of this, he believed, perhaps twenty million dollars represented material that the army actually used; the rest was "simple waste and destruction."
The effect of all this was prodigious. The fact that any army of 60,000 men could march straight through the Southern heartland, moving leisurely and taking all the time it needed to destroy the land's resources, without meeting enough resistance to cause even a day's delay, was an unmistakable portent of the approaching end. No one could remain in much doubt about how the war was going to result when this could be done. Furthermore, the march was both revealing and contributing to the Confederacy's inability to use the resources that remained to it. Around Richmond, Lee's army was underfed, short of animals, perceptibly losing strength from simple lack of food and forage; yet here in Georgia there was a prodigious wealth of the things it needed, and it could not get them—primarily because the land's transportation and distribution system was all but in a state of total collapse, but also because this invading army was smashing straight through the source of supply. The morale of Confederate soldiers in Virginia and in Tennessee sank lower and lower as letters from home told how this army was wrecking everything and putting wives and children in danger of starvation.
Sherman came out where he had intended to, at Savannah, on December 10. Sherman led his army around to the right, striking for the Ogeechee River and Ossabaw Sound, where he could get in touch with the navy, receive supplies, and regain contact with Grant and with Washington. The Union soldiers found Savannah unlike any town they had ever been in before. They entered the place on December 21, marching formally for a change, with bands playing and flags flying, Sherman himself taking a salute as they marched past. Savannah had a tropical air; the yards were filled with blooming flowers; palm trees and orange trees were to be seen; the houses looked old and inviting; and war seemed not to have touched the city. The men looked about them, reflecting that they had finished one of the great marches of history, and they suddenly went on their good behavior; Savannah was spared the devastation and pillage so many other places in Georgia had endured.
Sherman sent off a whimsical wire to Abraham Lincoln, offering him the city of Savannah, with much war equipment and 25,000 bales of priceless cotton, as a Christmas gift. To Grant and Halleck he wrote urging that as soon as his army had caught its breath it should be allowed to march straight north across the Carolina country. To Halleck he wrote: "I think our campaign of the last month, as well as every step I take from this point northward, is as much a direct attack upon Lee's army as though we were operating within the sound of his artillery."
Everything was working. Lee's lines at Petersburg still held, but now his rear was unsafe. Sherman's army was nearer to Richmond now than it was to Vicksburg, and there was no conceivable way to keep it from coming up. As the year came to an end, the Confederacy had just under four months to live.
It is possible that the Confederate General Hood made a very serious error in judgment.
When Sherman stopped chasing him in the middle of October and took his men back to Atlanta to prepare to march to the sea, Hood concluded that his own cue was to invade Tennessee from northern Alabama. Hood let Sherman go, pulled his army together below the southernmost loop of the Tennessee River, and at last—late in November, heavy rains and a scarcity of supplies having imposed delay—he took off, crossing the river and moving up toward Nashville.


text: Seattle's Special Teamers Need To Stop Trying To TackleSamer Kalaf10/13/13 6:01pmFiled to: seattle seahawksnflsteven hauschkajon ryan18EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Last week, Seahawks punter Jon Ryan got annihilated trying to tackle someone. Today, kicker Steven Hauschka was taken out of the game with a possible concussion after trying to stop Darius Reynaud. Stop trying to help, Seattle's special teamers.GIF The dumb tackle attempt ended up costing the Seahawks dearly. Hauschka's absence meant Ryan had to attempt a field goal before halftime. New holder Chris Maragos flubbed the snap and everything fell apart, ending with the Titans up three as the clock expired.GIF Photo: Bob Levey/Getty ImagesReply18 repliesLeave a reply


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FutureFuel Corp (NYSE:FF) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street's expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company. Shares are up 3.06%.
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Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased 94.12% to $0.33 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.17 in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Rose 7.55% to $92.2 million from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: reported adjusted EPS income of $0.33 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $0.19. It beat the average revenue estimate of $82.25 million.
Quoting Management: "Our reported results from operations for the first three months of 2013 saw a strong improvement from those in the first three months of 2012. A meaningful proportion of this improvement, however, was attributable to non-recurring items, such as approximately $2.5 million of pre-tax income we recognized in the first three months of 2013 related to the retroactive reinstatement of the 2012 $1.00 biodiesel blenders tax credit and reduced income tax expense of $1.5 million on a pretax basis resulting from the retroactive reinstatement of the 2012 small agri-biodiesel production tax credit," said Lee Mikles, FutureFuel president. "Even after adjusting for these items, however, the results from our first quarter were encouraging. With the support of the blenders credit, biodiesel margins improved over the fourth quarter of 2012 and our chemicals segment delivered a solid performance. We are thankful that our legislators in early 2013 demonstrated their support for biodiesel through the retroactive reinstatement of the tax credits which play an important role in the biodiesel industry, our nation's energy supply, and in our national employment."
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Easter is this Sunday – are you ready? For those of you who aren't, I've put together a fun little post full of Easter ideas I've shared in the past. You still have plenty of time to put most of them together. These are all ideas I've enjoyed doing with my family and friends over the years and I hope you'll enjoy them too!! Easter Scripture Eggs are something we do at the Easter dinner/brunch table every year. Resurrection Cookies are yummy and a wonderful way to share the Easter [Continue Reading…]
Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
Naturally dyed Easter Eggs is a fun and different way to dye your Easter eggs this year. Do you follow me on Instagram? I hope so! If not, click here. I originally shared this fun activity last year but it was so fun and has been so popular I'm sharing it again! For Activity Day Girls this week we dyed Easter eggs except we didn't use store bought dye. A few years ago I experimented with natural dyes using fruits, vegetables and spices. I loved the results and the beautiful [Continue Reading…]
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Youth gone wild in Lake Placid
by Staff Writer / Ottawa SenatorsJames vanRiemsdyk is among a crop of young players that is among the strongest in recent memory for Team USA. |
For that reason, it should not be a shock that all seven NHL entry draft-eligible players invited to the 2008 United States national junior evaluation camp remain here as the week-long affair enters it home stretch. Other older players have been sent home for various reasons, but all of the youngsters are still going strong.
By contrast, Team Canada had just two draft-eligible players on its roster at its recent summer development camp at the University of Ottawa. Finland did not bring a draft-eligible player to Lake Placid and Sweden brought just one underage player, defenceman Victor Hedman, who could be the No. 1 pick in next year's draft in Montreal.
So why are the Americans going with such a youth movement? The answer is two-fold, it appears. Ron Rolston, who will coach the U.S. team at the 2009 World Junior Championship at Scotiabank Place and the Ottawa Civic Centre, says it is about scouting future stars.
"We have some younger kids we think are going to be future players for us and we want to get them involved and see how they do in the camp," Rolston said. "It allows more players to have the experience and really gives us the opportunity to look at a wider variety of players. There are a lot of players that we may not have a lot of information on that we would like to see at that level."
Jimmy Johannson, the assistant executive director of hockey operations for USA Hockey, says it is also about competition. He argues the Americans have a crop of young players that is among the strongest in recent memory.
"It's always intriguing to see how (younger players) play here when they are 'playing up,' " Johannson said. "What we have found is that most players, if you put them in a setting and give them an opportunity, they are going to excel. Now, this is pretty stiff competition and so many capable players, but certainly, these guys are all deserving of being here."
Each has rewarded that faith with their performance in this camp.
Jeremy Morin is playing first-line minutes, sharing the ice with veterans James vanRiemsdyk and Mitch Wahl on Team White.
Kyle Palmieri has generated several scoring chances as a second-line right wing for Team White. He has displayed world-class speed against both the Finns and Swedes.
Goalie Brandon Maxwell allowed just one goal in Wednesday night's Team White win against Finland. He also had a shutout in the intra-squad scrimmages earlier in this camp.
Ryan Bourque had two goals in Tuesday's Team Blue win against Finland and added an assist Wednesday against Sweden.
Those four players will play for the United States National Team Developmental Program.
Jordan Schroeder, a NTDP grad now at the University of Minnesota, played as an underage player at the 2008 World Junior Championship and has been dominant this week as the top-line centre on Team Blue. He had two beautiful goals Wednesday night.
Goalie Mike Lee, who will play for Fargo in the United States Hockey League this fall after a great high-school career in Minnesota, has not played in any of the tournament games here, but has impressed the staff with his work ethic and fundamentals.
All six of those players are eligible for the 2009 entry draft in Montreal.
Then, there is defenceman Cam Fowler, who will play for the NTDP U-17 team. He is not eligible for the draft until 2010, but has played like he has already been drafted.
This youth movement has been exciting to watch for Team USA officials and the scouts that have crammed every nook of the cramped USA Rink. It has also been an eye-opening experience for the players, who all have learned that they can compete with any of the more established players on the team.
Bourque admits to being surprised at some of the success he has had here in his first go-round at the evaluation camp.
"You have to go as hard as you can every shift. It was an incredible experience and definitely something I will learn from." - Cam Fowler
"I came in here not expecting much," said Bourque, the son of Hall of Fame defenceman Ray Bourque. "I just wanted to go out there and play and enjoy the experience. Yeah, I've been a little impressed, but there are still three more days and we'll see what happens."The confidence that has come for acing this rigorous test will only help the players, even if they aren't on the final roster for the World Junior Championship that runs Dec. 26-Jan. 5.
"To be honest with you, that was one of the funnest games I have ever played," Fowler said after Tuesday's loss to Sweden. "You have to go as hard as you can every shift. It was an incredible experience and definitely something I will learn from."
Learned lessons aside, though, these are competitive hockey players that want to play at the highest possible level. They want to make this team, even if all but a few believe they are too young to handle the pressure inherent in a big-time international event.
They have seen players like Schroeder and vanRiemsdyk make a mark as underagers. Now, after earning passing grades throughout camp, each of these players believes it is their time to shine.
"I can't say that I wouldn't be disappointed if I didn't make the team this year," Fowler said. "But, there is no way that I would look down on myself because of all the guys that you have here – it's tough to beat those guys out. It's first-round draft picks I am playing with here."
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There's an old saying in real estate development that the "raised nail gets hammered" and perhaps that saying also applies to commercial real estate service firms.
This week that became apparent with the bankruptcy filing of the once iconic Grubb & Ellis (GRBE) brand. At one time the Santa Ana-based commercial real estate service firm towered above all of the other leading commercial real estate brands and today the global giant has been reduced to a debtor in possession worth a mere $30 million.
The once dominant brand was considered the McDonald's of commercial real estate services (with a similar highly visible yellow and black logo) and the globally recognized leader grew over five decades into a stalwart transactional service firm.
Founded in 1958 by Bill Grubb and Hal A. Ellis, Jr., the Oakland brokers establish an innovative, growth-oriented company with a penchant for providing clients with best-in-class service. Throughout the 1960's and 1970's the company grew into a full-scale firm providing services including brokerage, property management, development, and insurance.
During the 1980's it grew ten-fold by acquiring nationwide offices with a goal of integrating and consolidating services. In 1983 Grubb & Ellis listed on the New York Stock Exchange and in 1984 the company acquired Henry S. Miller Companies, a firm that was at that time the largest real estate company in Texas.
After that acquisition, Grubb & Ellis became the third largest commercial real estate firm in the U.S.
It was during the 1990's that Grubb & Ellis grew to global supremacy. This worldwide expansion resulted in strategically located offices in England, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and Mexico.
Of course the four decades of growth also resulted in heavy borrowing and extraordinary risk. At the peak in 1997, Grubb & Ellis was trading for around $17 a share and the largest individual shareholder, Michael Kojaian, was on the way up. The Bloomfield Hills real estate investor had made his first investment in 1996 and he continued filling up his holdings for more than fifteen years.
That fifteen year journey was a wild ride for Kojaian (and ownership by his family and affiliated companies) as his GRBE holdings have expanded from 2.5 million shares to 22.9 million, now representing roughly 30 percent ownership in Grubb & Ellis. During that period Kojaian has taken various management positions (chairman 2002-2007 and chairman 2009-last week).
In the Jim Collins book, How the Mighty Falls, the author writes:
"Every institution, no matter how great, is vulnerable to decline. Anyone can fall, and most eventually do. But decline, it turns out, is largely self-inflicted, and the path to recovery lies largely within our own hands. We are not imprisoned by our circumstances, our history, or even our staggering defeats along the way. As long as we never get entirely knocked out of the game, hope always remains. The mighty can fall, but they can often rise again."
On December 10, 2007, Grubb & Ellis announced that it had completed a merger with NNN Realty Advisors and that the combined companies would be "better positioned to more effectively compete in an increasingly global commercial real estate industry."


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Johnny Depp steps out in Amber Heard's engagement ring.
Earlier this morning we learned that Johnny Depp is walking around wearing the engagement ring he bought for Amber Heard. Apparently the ring was too big for her. Rather than have it sized to fit her, he bought her a new one – and is wearing her engagement ring himself.
Here are some new pictures of Johnny sporting that glittery ring. Quite a look, isn't it? That's her engagement ring he's wearing on his ring finger.
These are some new pictures of Johnny at the 'Transcendence' press conference at Grand Hyatt Hotel on March 31, 2014 in Beijing. 'Transcendence' is his new movie. I don't know much about it, but here's what we do know: "A terminally ill scientist downloads his mind into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable."
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In the past hour, rapper and voice of a generation Kanye West took to Twitter to address his feelings on a media-concocted battle placing he and Jay-Z against Britney Spears for the top spot on iTunes' most popular downloads chart.
Currently, Britney Spears' newest single "Hold it Against Me" holds the number one position on the chart, while West's collaboration with Jay-Z "H.A.M." rounds out the top 10. After hearing MSNBC allegedly accused him of trying to start a Twitter battle with Spears on the day of "H.A.M."'s release, West responded via Twitter saying, "If the media wants to make a story ... just say I have atrocious spelling and terrible grammar..."
We thought we'd appease West by fulfilling his request.
We'll give West the benefit of the doubt for his Twitter typos, as most people tend to fall into grammatical missteps when held to a 140 word limit online. Also, we'll forgive West for misspelling Spears' first name as "Brittany" and "Britteny," as it's an understandable mistake. We will not, however, excuse West (the son of an English professor and Chicago State University alumnus) for the following affronts to the English language:
Jan. 4, 2011
"It's all in God's plan... I never lost the faith and he brought me through the darkness. Positive energy from here on!"
- It's never good to end a sentence with a preposition.
Nov. 4, 2010:
"Never do coke with an intern ... they may not be 21 LOL"
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"I know that last tweet made no since hahaaa:
- No, Mr. West, it indeed made no "since."
Oct. 24, 2010
"Sometimes I get the usage of puns and double en- tundras mixed up. I know sometimes one thing can be both. Rap God issues!!! LOL!!!!"
- I cannot decipher what you are trying to imply here.
Oct. 16, 2010
"yes a dentist can take my teeth out but I don't see one here soooo just start with the fucking wonding for christ sake lol!!!!!"
-Either he means "wounding" as Jesus Christ endured on the cross, or "wanding" meaning he expects some sort of magic to pull out his teeth.
Oct. 14, 2010
"I don't ever watch dramas on a plane... I don't be wanting to reflect"
-There's an issue with subject and verb agreement.
Of course, other instances of West's incorrect grammar usage or spelling errors are encouraged from readers.
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"It's never good to end a sentence with a preposition." FALSE. Only idiots follow that bizarre rule and come up with sentences like "Bad grammar is something up with which I will not put." (Via Winston Churchill, no less.)
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Eveline M. Battles
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Eveline M. Battles, 76, of Cuero passed away Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.
She was born on May 20, 1937 in DeWitt County to Will Edwards and Susie Arkadie. She was a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daughters Lashon Battles of Victoria, LeaAnn Battles of Victoria; sons Robert P. Battles of Cuero, Lionel Battles of Victoria, Charles Battles of Waco, and Michael Battles of Wharton; sisters Lucille Myles of Pensacola, Fla., and Orgenia Patterson of Milwaukee, Wisc.
She is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, three sisters, and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will include Jermaine Battles, Terrel Robinson, Kahli Robinson, Bryson Archangel, Britten Battles, and Fredrick Mims.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16 at Freund Funeral Home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in Cuero. The Rev. Lawrence Roy officiating. Interment will follow at Lockhart Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Bethel Baptist Church.
You may sign the guestbook or send condolences at www.freundfuneralhome.com. Freund Funeral Home, 361-275-2343.
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Dehumidification Unit Restores Lasik Surgery Facility's Vision for Accuracy
A newly constructed medical facility intended to provide corneal refractive (Lasik) surgery to patients to reduce their dependency on glasses or contact lens by reshaping the cornea with state-of-the-art equipment. But shortly after the facility was completed, surgical procedures had to be abruptly suspended. The existing HVAC system serving the surgical procedure room could not deliver the required temperature and humidity necessary for optimal surgical outcomes.
The project was a resounding success, with surgical procedures commencing immediately and continuing on schedule without interruption since the system started up. Medical personnel report that the system is maintaining humidity with a deviation of only +/- 0.6% RH most of the time – a tolerance they believe is virtually unprecedented in other Lasik surgery facilities in the country.
"We're very proud of the outcome of this high profile project," said Steve Cooper. "The Munters dehumidifier provided a straight forward, affordable solution for a facility with extraordinary requirements. This tells us the product has application possibilities wherever original chilled water design misses the mark in terms of latent load."
Surgical procedures, which take less than 10 minutes to perform, take place one day a week at the Lasik surgery center. At present, the facility performs approximately twelve surgeries per week.
mechanical dehumidification would be needed
According to Steve Cooper, PE, of Kroeschell, an investigation determined that the existing chilled water coil temperature did not allow for the discharge air temperature to be any lower than 10 °C. This would not allow the space to be much below 50% RH, which was unacceptable since the required optimal conditions are 20-21°C, 40-45% RH. There was an existing supplemental fan coil installed above the ceiling in the room, but even this unit could not effectively lower the relative humidity to acceptable levels.
"The conclusion was drawn that mechanical dehumidification would be needed to achieve the temperature and humidity criteria requested," said Mr. Cooper. "The original installed equipment did not include dehumidification. In addition, highly accurate sensing instruments would need to be included in the design."
A Stand-alone Dehumidification Solution
Kroeschell, Inc. recommended a Munters Desiccant Dehumidifier as a standalone solution to the problem that incorporates Munters' desiccant wheel (rotor), which is capable of collecting and releasing water six times every hour, 24/7. In addition to the desiccant wheel, the unit includes filtration, a supply fan, and a reactivation heater and discharge fan for wheel.
Fresh outdoor air comes into the dehumidification unit, which is controlled to maintain 43% RH discharge air humidity, and then enters the air handling unit serving the room. Room temperature and humidity sensors control the chilled water coil valve, the electric duct heater and the humidifier to maintain the design parameters. Leaving air temperature and humidity sensors are incorporated into the programming logic of the existing direct digital control (DDC) system.
Though not ideal, the original air handler above the ceiling was abandoned in place because its removal would create dust in the surgical room, which could cause problems with sensitive laser equipment already in the room. Constant Volume (CV) boxes were added to assure a positive pressure in the room.