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Flight Attendant
Slayers of natural terrain, take this board and set your eye to the sky: the final frontier for freeride glory.
Designed to be a terrain-slaying alternative to more traditional twin shapes, the Burton Flight Attendant is a freethinker that dissects both pow and hard-pack with equal precision. Balanced Freeride Geometry is the secret with setback camber and sidecut that are centered on your stance to create a twin freestyle feel when riding flat base. On edge the board turns tight and quick, with entry rocker and taper for added float and flow. Less big mountain than the Landlord but more aggressive and directional than the Custom, the Flight Attendant finds the sweet spot for everything from steep lines and spontaneous slashes to wind-lips and pillows. Now available in both wider and smaller sizes than ever.
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In Spanish! Your students will go WILD over this unit! Meet wild animals from each continent: lions, tigers, bears and more! Begin by stapling the reproducible animal cover (4 to choose from!) to sheets of blank paper and cut out to create a shape writing book. Have the students write and illustrate a page each day they learn about a new animal! The students can also color, cut and create their very own paper bag puppets: a kangaroo, panda, fox or rhino. We include a mini-storybook about mammals that the students can read themselves! Then have them make an art figure of their favorite animal, with legs that actually move. They can choose from a camel, an elephant, a lion, a coyote, and many others. There are flip booklets to teach which animals are mammals, birds or reptiles! Other amazing animal activities include a paper plate tortoise, a lion number line, animal bookmarks, word search, and favorite animal graph. We also include picture and vocabulary flash cards, certificates, and much more. Animals that are introduced in this unit include: bear, big horn sheep, camel, coyote, deer, elephant, giraffe, gorilla, hawk, hippo, kangaroo, lion, panda, polar bear, rabbit, rhinoceros, skunk, snake, squirrel, tiger, tortoise, zebra and more.In Spanish!
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What Is God's Name?
from R.C. Sproul Aug 20, 2018 Category: ArticlesMoses had a momentary encounter with the Holy, and the closer he got, the more afraid he became. He heard the voice of God sending him on a mission, and his fear turned to doubt. "Who am I, that I should go on this mission?" And God responded, "I will... Keep Reading
Ligonier Sinfonia | Music of the High Baroque 1700-1750
from Deborah Finnamore Mar 30, 2009 Category: Ligonier ResourcesThis unique audio offering from the newly formed Ligonier Sinfonia, led by Dr. Terry Yount, is a treat both historically and musically. Samples from Baroque concerto literature like Bach's Violin and Oboe Concerto in d minor, plus a variety of instrumental works by Telemann, Handel, Vivaldi, and Couperin will delight Baroque fans. These high Baroque pieces feature recorder and harpsichord, organ and strings, flute, oboe, gamba, and harpsichord solo. Enjoy a taste of the popular music from the courts of Weimar, Paris, Venice and London. Fourteen tracks altogether. Keep Reading
Hedonism: "Grabbing for All the Gusto!" (pt. 1)
from R.C. Sproul Mar 30, 2009 Category: ArticlesSome Americans have never heard the word hedonism but few have not experienced the impact of the philosophy of hedonism on their lives. As a world view, hedonism has as its basic principle the belief that the good and the evil are defined in terms of pleasure and pain. Man's ultimate purpose for living is to be found in enjoying pleasure and avoiding pain. The hedonist's constant goal in life is to pursue those things which increase pleasure and decrease pain. Keep Reading
Watch the 2009 National Conference Webcast for a Limited Time
from Karisa Schlehr Mar 29, 2009 Category: EventsOn March 19-21, 2009, more than 4,700 people attended the national conference with thousands more from over 45 countries joining via the live webcast. We give thanks to God for a wonderful weekend of teaching and fellowship. Our prayer is that people will continue to be awakened to the holiness of God through the proclaiming, teaching, and defending of His holiness in all its fullness. Keep Reading
Top 5 Commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles
from Keith Mathison Mar 28, 2009 Category: ArticlesThe three letters commonly referred to as the "pastoral epistles" (1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus) are labeled as such because they are the only letters Paul addressed to fellow workers with pastoral responsibilities. There are a number of helpful commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles, and the following are five of the best. Keep Reading
Who Says?
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Mar 27, 2009 Category: ArticlesIt is a rather tedious and tiresome thing to pull the legs out from under our national confession. Our creed is not just internally inconsistent, it is not just incomprehensible, it is both these things rather quickly. That is, you do not start out with the fundamental premise, build a string of thirty or so syllogisms and come to a conclusion that contradicts the premise. You start with A, blink, and non-A is staring you right in the face. Our national creed is this- There is no such thing as true and false. The refutation is this- is it true or false that there's no such thing as true or false? It's over already. As I already noted, this devastating critique is by this point both tedious and tiresome. Potent and compelling, yes, but still boring as soggy graham crackers. Keep Reading
From Age to Age: The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology
from Keith Mathison Mar 26, 2009 Category: Ligonier ResourcesBooks on eschatology often focus solely on topics such as the Second Coming of Christ and the millennium. However, because the first advent of Christ inaugurated the last days, a complete study of biblical eschatology must include a study of Christ's first advent as well as his second. It must also include a study of God's preparations in redemptive history for the eschatological first advent of Christ. Keep Reading
Authority in Vocation
from Gene Edward Veith Mar 25, 2009 Category: ArticlesDo you want to know how Christians can influence the culture? How to have a strong family? Do you want to know the meaning of your life? Do you want to know how authority works? Then attend to the Reformation doctrine of vocation. This strangely neglected doctrine has to do with how God providentially governs the world of human beings. It also constitutes the theology of the Christian life. Keep Reading
The Final Word
from Keith Mathison Mar 24, 2009 Category: ArticlesIn the early part of the twentieth century, one would have been hard pressed to find a greater theological mind than that of Benjamin B. Warfield (1851-1921). Sadly, both he and his work are virtually unknown today outside of certain circles in the Reformed churches. During his lifetime, however, his scholarship was world-renowned. Although a great theologian, Warfield never wrote a complete systematic theology text. He did, however, write extensively on a wide range of topics, at both the popular and academic levels. His collected works fill ten volumes, and his breadth and depth of knowledge remain something to behold. One subject to which Warfield made a lasting contribution is the doctrine of Scripture. The various essays on this doctrine found in The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible (P&R Publishing, 1948) are of such quality that they have made this volume a modern-day classic. Keep Reading
Watch the Introduction to Handout Apologetics, Now Available on DVD
from David Theriault Mar 23, 2009 Category: ArticlesI'd like to begin this with a preface, which really amounts to a disclaimer. I came to Ligonier over two years ago from Los Angeles to be their 'video guy.' I have no formal theological training, but have been a believer for over twenty years. I knew that working here would have its perks, whether it was the weekly devotional for employees led by Rev. Burk Parsons, the kindred nature of working with like minded colleagues, or the recognition that my family was rightly prioritized over career ambitions, and more. What I hadn't given too much thought to was that I would be exposed to such tremendous theological instruction and wisdom on a daily basis, just by doing my job as the 'video guy.' Keep Reading
Ligonier National Conference - Q&A Session III
from Various Mar 21, 2009 Category: EventsThe panel consisted of D.A. Carson, Derek Thomas, Robert Godfrey, and Thabiti Anyabwile. John Duncan moderated. Keep Reading


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From the brand founded in Pennsylvania 1898 who over the years have produced performance trainers, the Saucony Jazz is one of the brands most recognised trainers and is a true old skool classic.
The Saucony Jazz 80s running shoe is made from a fine suede material with a breathable nylon upper with the all important Saucony wave logo, this time in Yellow. A durable double foam mid sole and vulcanised rubber outsole help to offer the foot support for the wearer.
One of the most popular, best selling colourways is this version in Yellow suede with Navy Saucony branding on the side and the off white sole unit. A great colourway.
Also comes with a second pair of off white laces to match the sole.
Saucony are an American sports company founded in 1898 in Pennsylvania on the banks of Saucony Creek.
Saucony have produced many performance running shoes over the years for track, road and cross country as well as specialist footwear for field events which has given the brand the recognition as one of the best brands in the running market.
What were performance running shoes from years gone by are now classics and have become part of the Saucony Originals collection favoured by sneakerheads and sharp dressers.
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Aimee Semple McSanford
Gov. Mark Sanford's disappearance echoes a notorious 1926 incident.
Mark Sanford's sudden disappearance and subsequent confession to an extramarital affair is so deeply odd that at first it would seem an episode without precedent in American history. In fact, though, it is a less-brazen replay of Aimee Semple McPherson's faked kidnapping in May 1926.
Sister Aimee is poorly remembered today, but in her time she was infinitely more famous than the South Carolina governor. A Pentecostal minister and proprietress of the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood (seating capacity: 5,000), McPherson was the first evangelist to build a massive broadcast audience—the broadcast medium in this instance being radio. In a 1977 American Heritage article, William B. Hamilton described her method:
The cause of Aimee's success was not her so-called Foursquare Gospel: biblical infallibility, conversion, religious healing, and the imminent return of Christ. It was her vibrant personality, unconventional preaching, and, especially, her flair for drama and publicity that won her the loyalty—and money—of her people. Aimee gave them a show, and they were willing to pay for it. Angelus Temple was fitted out with a stage on which Sister enacted sacred operas and religious tableaux. Dancing devils complete with hellfire and pitchforks were routed before the eyes of the assembly by the godly gunfire of Aimee's Army.
On May 18, 1926, Sister Aimee disappeared while swimming near Venice Beach. Many believed she'd drowned, but McPherson's mother received a ransom note from a group called "the Avengers." If she did not pay $500,000, the note threatened, the Avengers would sell Sister Aimee into white slavery! The mystery of McPherson's disappearance became a huge national story—much bigger than Sanford's—and after 32 days, McPherson surfaced on the Mexico-Arizona border. She claimed she'd been kidnapped, tortured, and drugged by two baddies named Steve and "Mexicali Rose" and that she'd finally escaped by sawing through her ropes with the sharp edge of a tin can and walking 13 hours across the desert. (Sanford's purported quiet hike along the Appalachian Trail is a poor substitute.) Hollywood filmmakers instantly dramatized her story.
The trouble was, her story was deeply suspicious from the start. Her shoes were unscuffed, the Mexican shack where she claimed she'd been held could not be located, and although she'd disappeared from sight wearing a bathing suit, she reappeared fully clothed. Prosecutors became so frustrated with McPherson that they went after her for perjury. The investigation that followed uncovered considerable evidence that Sister Aimee had in fact run off with her lover, an employee and radio engineer named Kenneth Ormiston. But this was never proven, in part because McPherson, unlike Sanford, never, ever flinched from repeating her quite obviously untrue story. Although the press thereafter viewed her as a fraud, McPherson returned to her ministry, which she continued until she died (from an overdose of sleeping pills) in 1944. After her death, her son Rolf became pastor of the Angelus Temple. When Rolf died earlier this month at age 96, it was observed, "He didn't have the charisma that she did."
That, Gov. Sanford, is what we call panache.
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Who Are You Calling Disobedient? Mini-Research Project (Day 2 of 3)
Lesson 2 of 7
Objective: SWBAT develop an argumentative outline into a Google Presentation which logically sequences the claim, counterclaim, reasons, and evidence, while using visual elements and conventions of slideshows to enhance effectiveness and clarity.
Big Idea: So if 65% of the population learns visually, we should probably create a pretty awesome presentation to support our argument, right?
Today we're continuing on our mini-research project based on the essays of the Transcendentalists. Students will arrive with complete argumentative outlines and partially-complete Powerpoint presentations that we worked on last time.
The first few minutes of class, students will have the opportunity to ask me questions about the presentation or outline that they have encountered since the last class period. I like to build in time to gather student feedback in order to plan and account for common student issues, but I also feel that it is important that students know they have an opportunity in a group forum to ask questions and help one another as where they can to solve their problems. This environment feels more like a workshop than class, and students seem to thrive in this environment, especially on writing projects.
After any outstanding questions are answered, students will open their presentations and outlines and give their "pod" a 30-second "tour" of their project so far. My classroom is set up so that desks are grouped in three's, which I usually refer to as a "pod," so that when I need group work done quickly, I can use these pre-formatted groups. They still occasionally get to choose their own groups, but they generally work with their "pod" groups the most. The groups are changed each quarter, using learning preference information (gathered from the Canfield Inventory and Multiple Intelligence Survey given at the beginning of the year) to group students with similar or complimentary learning preferences. While students are giving their tours, I will be able to quickly ascertain students who have not done much on their projects and who may need extra attention to remediate skills today. It also reinforces the idea of regular "progress checks" in class to keep students accountable for completing their work outside of class and gives students the opportunity to gather informal feedback and encouragement from peers.
When students have completed their tours, I will open up the class discussion for students to offer one thing they learned or enjoyed about a group member's presentation or topic. All students will be required to say at least one thing positive about a peer's work.
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Next, we will complete our discussion of the Elements of Argument Terms & Resources notes. Over the course of the last two class periods, we have discussed the first fifteen terms. Today we'll take a closer look at the final six terms, from "primary source" through "syntax." Students will review the definitions for primary and secondary sources, then come up with a list of three primary sources and three secondary sources that they might use for a research project about the Civil War. A sample of what I would expect to see from this discussion would look like:
Primary Sources: journals from soldiers, pictures from battle, speech from Lincoln
Secondary Sources: history textbook, program on History Channel, reproduction of uniform
Next, we will discuss plagiarism, focusing on ways to avoid plagiarism and common misconceptions. I am building out a larger plagiarism lesson for early next semester, so I am really trying to do two things with this discussion: 1) prevent outright plagiarism, and 2) gather weaknesses and questions here that I can address in my later module.
To discuss infographics, which many students interact with but few know the term, we will view and evaluate an infographic, "Is Your Bachelor's Degree Worth It?" Before viewing for content, students will be instructed to determine the credibility of the infographic (which is credible, but often they forget that just because something looks fancy doesn't mean it's credible!) using the sources at the bottom of the page. During this section of lesson, I will ask students the following questions:
- How can you determine if this source is credible? Students will likely say it is incredible because the information seems so contrary to what they have heard previously until a student points out the citation of graph's information as the Department of Education.
- What stands out most within this infographic? How have the creators achieved this? Students are typically drawn to the figure in the center first and the "Starting Pay by Degrees" balloons on the right of the picture.
- What is the overall message of the infographic? Students will point out that the message appears to be that students need to weigh the potential financial benefits of college with the growing expense of college in the coming future.
- Does this infographic demonstrate bias? Why or why not? Students may say that it is biased or unbiased, but either way I will typically lead them to question what information did NOT appear on the graph and what may have been omitted (and if that matters to them as viewers!).
- Why is this information format more appealing than an article or typical graph? Students usually report enjoying infographics since they are not as dry as other forms of information.
- Are there any parts of this infographic that are unclear to you? What may clear those places up? Some students may say that the sections with more text are harder to understand unless the viewer also critically reads the statements in each section. Other sections, like the percentage of tuition increase, are clear even without reading anything extra.
- How effective would this be in getting your attention as a casual reader? Most would say this would be more attention-grabbing than a regular article, but also that it would depend on how interested or motivated you were to go to college as well.
- Why do you suppose the use of infographics has increased exponentially in the past few years? Students will have the opportunity to discuss how their reading habits have changed over the past few years, how the internet and other technology is involved with the transformation, and what may happen in the future. I can never really predict entirely what any class will say, as this is probably the most unique section of discussion. It always amazes me how many students long for the "old days," even when they have never really known them firsthand. (English geek sidebar: It reminds me of the Naomi Shihab Nye story "The Mint Snowball"!)
Finally, we will address transitions and syntax. For transitions, I will distribute the Transitional Words and Phrases handout for students to begin incorporating transitions into their presentations. To address syntax today, we will return our focus to the 6x6 requirement for the PowerPoint presentation, which requires students to play with the syntax of phrases to adhere to the length requirement while following conventions like parallelism. This limitation makes our syntax discussion even more relevant, and we will practice using student work "translating" longer phrases into shorter ones.
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In the remainder of the class period, students will work to complete their argumentative presentations. Before turning them loose to work on these projects, I will distribute the Argumentative Presentation Project Rubric and review each of the six categories for scoring, allowing students to ask questions after each category to clarify their understanding of the evaluation tool.
Just like yesterday, I will circulate around the room to help students while they work. Most students will have a good chunk of the presentation completed, but they will be moving on to the "Notes" section of the presentation today. This section is very important to making the next step of recording the presentation a smooth one. As noted in the presentation template, students will be using the "Notes" section of the PowerPoint to transcribe exactly what they will say during the 3-5 minute presentation. Students will use myBrainshark to narrate and record the slideshow, and this platform will simultaneously display the slides that the viewer will see with the "Notes" section of the presentation that is only visible to the creator while recording. As a result, students will have a complete script to read with their presentation while recording slide movements as if they were presenting it in person! It might take students a few attempts to understand this concept, but I will emphasize that the presentation they are making will be like the visual aid for their speech, which will be written in the "Notes" section and recorded with myBrainshark. Eventually, I am confident the "lightbulbs" will go on! To help speed this process along and connect this task to a real-world application, I will play the tutorial from myBrainshark entitled "Writing a Compelling Script." After we watch the video, students will get to work on crafting this section of their presentation.
While writing the "Notes" section for each slide, students will be reminded to include relevant transitions to walk their listeners through their arguments and to avoid reading slides directly to the listener.
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In the final minutes of class today, we will connect as a group to answer any last-minute questions and outline expectations for students before the next class period. Students have had plenty of time to work on this project in class, so by next class period they must have a complete presentation within Google Presentation. This presentation should be something students are proud of and would be willing to turn in for a grade, but we will not be turning these in next class period. At the start of next hour, students will share their projects with a partner and complete a peer evaluation of their partner's work using the rubric with which I will also be grading them. We will then prepare for our final step, recording the project within myBrainshark, and revise and edit our work.
I will emphasize to students that peer review is most helpful when it is completed on work that is finished, so they should absolutely push to get these done to a point that they would be comfortable handing it in. Ultimately, students who arrive with incomplete work will be hurting themselves since they will lose the opportunity to have a peer review their work.
Before students arrive to class next hour, I will scroll through their shared folders to ensure that they have completed all or most of their project. Students that are markedly behind will be emailed to inquire if they need more assistance with the project during my "Extra Help" hours after school to get them back on track for this major assignment. They have been allowed plenty of time to work on this in class and outside of class, so there is really no excuse to have incomplete projects.


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On this week's show, Scott and I welcome Jamie Ewing, a 5th grade Google Certified teacher from Washington. Jamie shares ideas to innovate in the classroom: coding, Common Core, and integrating science. You will be inspired and ready to try something innovative after watching this engaging interview with Jamie Ewing.
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Chili Recipe
Chili Recipe
1 pound ground beef
Half yellow onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic
1 tbsp. chili powder
1 tbsp. cumin
½ tbsp. salt
½ tbsp. pepper
(You can add more or less of the spices depending on your preferences. You can also buy a chili seasoning packet at the store.)
1 can kidney beans
1 can diced tomatoes
2 cans tomato sauce
Brown the onion in 8 quart sauce pan. Add the ground beef and cook until brown. Drain the fat and put the ground beef and onions back into the sauce pan. Add garlic and spices and mix thoroughly. Add kidney bean, diced tomatoes and tomato sauce and stir well. Heat to a boil and then turn on low and let the chili simmer until you're ready to eat! You can top the chili with cheese and sour cream.


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This episode is sponsored by Blue Collar Distro.
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Roughly 24 hours after AT&T announced that its 32GB HTC One would be priced at $199.99 with a two year contract, the company has released an update regarding the pricing of the Samsung Galaxy S 4. While AT&T said that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 would be available to pre-order on April 16 for $249.99, an update to the page now shows that the original price was in reference to the 32GB model.
AT&T will also be offering a 16GB Samsung Galaxy S 4 which will be priced at $199.99 with a two year contract. It was also revealed that the Galaxy S 4 should hit AT&T stores on April 19th.
The lower priced 16GB Samsung Galaxy S 4 will go head-to head with the 32GB HTC One. Out of the box, the HTC one definitely delivers more bang for your buck, but the consumers who go with Samsung's flagship do have the option of expanding the phone's storage with a microSd card.
Since these details were not made available last week, there are two possible assumptions which can be made:
- After seeing AT&T's price for the HTC One, Samsung made a quick pricing adjustment with AT&T to that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 would carry the same $199.99 price tag as the HTC One
- AT&T was planning only to offer the 32GB model up for pre-order on April 16th, a scheme which would add some extra padding to AT&T's corporate wallet due to high consumer demand for the Samsung Galaxy S 4.
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My RedBlok have come in and I'm ready for a game. It has been a long long time since i've played, but pretty sure I remember the rules.
If anyone is still around who plays, I'd love to get a game in sometime.
I'm currently looking for a good way to transport everything. Any suggestions? I was thinking a tackle box, but I can't find one that would hold everything appropriately. If anyone knows of a brand/model/style, I'd love to hear back about it.
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Network Operation Control Center Gets an Overhaul in the "Three M's" -- Machinery, Manpower and Money -- the Areas Where ERF Wireless Is Making Investment to Support the Largest Terrestrial Network in North America
Network Operation Control Center Gets an Overhaul in the "Three M's" -- Machinery, Manpower and Money -- the Areas Where ERF Wireless Is Making Investment to Support the Largest Terrestrial Network in North America
LEAGUE CITY, TX--(Marketwired - Feb 7, 2014) - ERF Wireless (OTCQB: ERFB), the operator of the nation's largest terrestrial wireless broadband network servicing the domestic oil and gas sector, announced today that its Network Operations Control Center or NOCC has recently been relocated and undergone a complete overhaul inside its corporate facility in League City, Texas.
Jay Bilden, Sr. Vice President of Engineering, stated, "We anticipated a need for a higher degree of operational efficiency in our NOCC over a year ago. We then began developing transition plans and upgrades in conjunction with supporting our day-to-day business. As our business continues to grow, we continue to see higher demands placed on our infrastructure and personnel. This new NOCC is now in place to support that future demand. I'm pleased with the improvement in response times, the professional staff in the NOCC and the facilities. It actually reminds you of something right out of a Sci-Fi movie."
Taking cues and examples of how to design and keep critical communications successful from entities such as NASA is just one reason why ERF Wireless continues to lead the industry in critical, remote wireless communications. "We have drastically upgraded our entire approach to staffing, response metrics and infrastructure hardware to provide our customer base with real-time information on critical events," said Chief Operating Officer, Tim Maxson. Maxson went on to say, "The investments we made over the last half of 2013 have enabled us to respond 57% faster to critical issues inside our oil and gas and banking sectors. This is a huge improvement to an already extremely responsive system. I am proud of the engineering team and the IT department's efforts in pulling this multi-million dollar effort together on time and on budget."
The team at ERF Wireless has invested significant working capital into this project as well as consulted with some of the country's leading NASA resources to design and implement a Network Operations Control Center that resembles a Mission Control Center from the Space Shuttle era. Along with the infrastructure improvements, a team of highly skilled Network Engineers, designers and provisioning experts have been assembled to form a preventative iron curtain approach to critical elements of the network as well as become responsive to any unforeseen issues that may arise. It truly is a lesson in how to effectively apply the three "M's" when solving business problems and should lead to increased efficiencies and improved cash flow as ERF Wireless expands its business in 2014.
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ERF Wireless Inc. is a fully reporting public corporation located in League City, Texas, and is the parent company of Energy Broadband Inc., ERF Enterprise Network Services, ERF Wireless Bundled Services, ERF Wireless Messaging Services and ERF Network Operations. The company specializes in providing wireless and broadband product and service solutions to enterprise, commercial and residential clients on a regional, national and international basis. Its principals have been in the wireless broadband, network integration, triple-play FTTH, IPTV and content delivery business for more than 40 years. For more information, please visit our websites at http://www.erfwireless.com/ and http://www.energybroadband.com/ or call 281-538-2101. (ERFBG)
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It's not exactly daring to hate Ray Lewis. Facebook data show that most people are rooting for the 49ers to win the Super Bowl, and I'm sure "FUCK RAY LEWIS" has a lot to do with that. No one disputes that Lewis should be a Hall of Famer, and I guess we can all agree that he's a good leader. He sure shouts a lot. What is in dispute is whether he's an overrated, self-aggrandizing sack of shit who throws God in your face any time you accuse him of being anything less than a saint. So let's take a moment to break down Ray Lewis's loathsomeness piece by awful piece in a very special hater's guide. It's our little trick of the devil.
Ray Lewis is a backstabber, at the very least. One of the easiest ways to hate on Ray Lewis is to bring up the 2000 stabbings. I do this all the time. STABBY STABBY STAB. Of course, no Ray Lewis hater has clear evidence that the Ravens linebacker actually stabbed anyone that night in Atlanta, and the prosecution's case was generally held to be a mess. Lewis's sworn testimony from the murder trial of Joseph Sweeting and Reginald Oakley is a matter of public record. In it, Lewis says that he never saw anyone pull a knife that night, and he never saw anyone stab anyone. He essentially says a group of guys started shit with his crew, and when shit got out of control and a fight broke out, Lewis fled.
Lewis said, after the fight was over, defendant Sweeting told him, he'd thrown punches with a knife in his hand.
Of course, Lewis gave this testimony as part of a plea to a reduced charge, so any seasoned hater like me can easily spin this into a story about Ray Lewis being both a stabby stabber and a rat. You can also take his testimony as the truth, but the problem with that is ...
Ray Lewis loves selling his own victimhood. Here's a man who has been shown praying on the cover of Sports Illustrated TWICE now. He should just start his own magazine featuring a new prayer shot every month. Here's Ray Lewis praying on an airplane! Here's Ray Lewis praying at a cemetery! Here's Ray Lewis praying next to a bowl of onion dip! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HE IS A MAN LOOKING TO GOD FOR ANSWERS?! He's been through the FIRE, dammit!
Lewis has been pushing this narrative on the American public since 2000, when he basically nailed himself to a cross for Dan Le Batard:
Those 15 days in jail after the Super Bowl were the worst, longest days of my life. I was bored, lonely, suffering, sad, frustrated, bitter, helpless ... and angry as all hell. It has been almost a year, and I'm still angry. At the politicians, because they played with my life, using my name just to make themselves more famous. And at the NFL, for hitting me with one of the biggest fines in sports history for a misdemeanor while the league's drug users, drunken drivers and wife beaters never get hit half as hard. I'd like to know when I get to stop paying for a crime I didn't commit.
I feel like what I'm most guilty of is being successful.
Six years later, he did the same thing in Sports Illustrated:
"God has done something in my life—and not just for me to see it," Lewis says softly. Then his eyes flash, and he starts shouting, pointing. "God has done something in my life for ev-ery hat-er, ev-ery enemy.... "
A noise—"whooooaaa!"—rises out of the rows at the Empowerment Temple in northwest Baltimore, like the roar of an ocean wave gathering itself to crest.
"... every person who said I wouldn't walk or ever play again!"
I think he means "walk" in the sense of an acquittal, but Ray's been martyring himself for so long that it's entirely possible he thinks of himself now as a mix of Rudy and Brian Piccolo. The worst part is that people in the media are still lapping up all this warm shit:
I asked the future Hall of Famer: What did he remember about that media day in Tampa a dozen years ago, and was he indeed having a lot more fun this time around?
Yes, that's a great question. Ray, are you having more FUN at this media day? Because it's way important to us that you smile and enjoy your time in the spotlight here. YOU DESERVE SOME POSITIVE ATTENTION FOR ONCE!
You can see how this grates on people. You don't have to believe Ray Lewis is guilty of stabbing two men to hate his guts and want him to fall down a well. All you have to do is see him take an unfortunate situation and use it to contrive his own phony redemption story. Your white-hot hatred is set to go!
Ray Lewis loves only a certain type of attention. Here's Lewis lecturing the media this week for daring to ask him about the Sweeting/Oakley case:
Nobody here is really qualified to ask those questions. [...] I just truly feel that this is God's time, and whatever his time is, you know, let it be his will.
You understand that, media? None of you know anything NOW LET ME USE GOD AS A HUMAN SHIELD PEW PEW PEW GOD CAN ABSORB YOUR TRUTH BULLETS.
Because I live with that every day. You maybe can take a break from it. I don't. I live with it every day of my life and I would rather not talk about it today.
Again with the victim complex. Poor Ray Lewis. Can't you see how it eats at him every single day? How dare you bring up such a painful subject? HE DIDN'T ASK FOR ALL THIS ATTENTION, YOU GUYS. Why don't you just all shut your faceholes and leave the camera on Ray while he dances ...
This is why people fucking loathe Ray Lewis. Ask him about that fateful night in Atlanta, and he'll tell you the media are out to get him. But put a camera near him on the field and he sucks that thing up like it's Earth's last bubble of oxygen. LOOK AT ME CRYING TO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. ARE YOU NOT TOUCHED?
Ray Lewis is a cheap televangelist. People who flaunt their faith the loudest are very often the biggest phonies. This is why I'm convinced that Tim Tebow murdered six drifters in the spring of '03 and never told a soul about it. And this is why Ray Lewis comes across as nothing so much as a muscular Jim Bakker with an arm brace. He uses his faith to wrap himself in unearned virtue. Don't you people see that he's in the Super Bowl this year because it's GOD'S TIME? And didn't you know that Ray's magic God hands are the reason Joe Flacco completed that miracle pass to Jacoby Jones? Ray Lewis's success is proof that God loves all of you. And by "God," I mean Ray Lewis. And by "all of you," I mean Ray Lewis, too.
Ray Lewis makes Ravens fans 50 times worse. Oh, do you hate Ray Lewis? Well, Ravens fans would just like you to know that you are BUTTHURT (link via Mike Tunison):
So why such a disconnect between how Ravens fans feel and the rest of the country? It all goes back to something that happened 13 years ago. Non-Ravens fans won't let it go… I call it jealousy.
A Ravens fan is the kind of fan who loves his team the more everyone else hates it. "It's us against the world!" says the 400-pound asshole in purple camos. I hate that kind of fan.
Ray Lewis wasn't that great. It's a whole lot easier making tackles when either Tony Siragusa, Sam Adams, or Haloti Ngata are tying up three linemen at a time, and every scorekeeper credits you with a tackle if your pinky finger happens to touch the pile, and you're hopped up on Bambi's antlers. Let's not suck Ray-Ray's dick too hard. There are other human beings on the Ravens defense, you know. That asshole isn't doing it all by himself. Oh, but I'm sure he lent them his God Powerups.
So there you have it: the full case against Ray Lewis. Maybe you think he's a reformed man. Maybe you think he's a criminal. Maybe you think he's some kind of fascinating, complex antihero. All I know is that he's annoying in any form and I hope he loses by a thousand points on Sunday. And I hope there's no space left on the field for him to lead a goddamn one-man prayer ring.


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Cities charge more for services
Despite a crowd of 35 to 40 people, the city of Claremont passed a budget Monday without any public comments or complaints.
After Claremont City Council members opened a required public hearing to the larger-than-usual audience, no one decided to speak, said Claremont City Manager Doug Barrick.
"The commissioners held the public hearing, and nobody came up to speak," Barrick said. "The commissioners closed it, made a few comments and approved the budget."
The new Claremont budget included increases in water and sewer rates for citizens. Increased rates will help pay for long-term infrastructure needs to the city, which include Claremont's water treatment facilities, Barrick said.
The rate hikes will also cover increased operational costs to the city and will cost the average customer $3 to $4 more on their monthly utility bill, Barrick said.
Despite the increased water and sewer rates, Claremont's property tax will remain at 46 cents per $100 of valuation for the sixth year in a row.
Barrick said he didn't know if the lack of public comment was a good or bad thing.
"I don't really know to take it as good or bad," Barrick said. "I'm not sure if they are OK with the budget or not now."
Barrick added that he was surprised at the amount of media attention given to the rate increases this year, but thought the publicity would prompt more citizens to speak. The city also placed informational "water bill inserts" in the mail this month notifying citizens about the increases.
"We felt like we had gone over and above at notifying the citizens, but we still didn't have anyone come sign up to speak for or against it," Barrick said.
Claremont's Fiscal Year 2011-12 budget is mainly aimed at planning for the future, Barrick said.
"We looked at the budget from year to year, but wanted to take a holistic approach and say, 'What does the city need over the next five years?'" Barrick told the O-N-E on May 27.
Catawba increases garbage rates
The Town of Catawba passed its budget Monday after hearing several comments from citizens that did not affect the budget the council presented, said Catawba Town Manager Brian Barnett.
"The big things are that the overall budget only increased by $68 from the time I presented it in May and the time it was approved."
Catawba is increasing its sanitation fee, which will go from $4.50 to $11 a month. Barnett said the hike partly stems from a study completed by the N.C. League of Municipalities that found Catawba's sanitation fee as the lowest for communities under 5,000 that conducted "in-house" sanitation.
"The council and I both agreed that we have an aging garbage truck, and the increased fee will hopefully replace that truck within the next five years," Barnett said. "We have a 15-year-old truck, and before we had a 20-year-old truck."
Barnett said the money from the increased sanitation fee would go completely toward a new truck.
Maiden sets hearing on budget plan
Maiden Town Manager Todd Herms updated the Town Council on its Fiscal Year 2011-12 budget Monday, including informing them about additional funding for tasers for the Maiden Police Department.
The council recommended that funding be added for tasers in May.
Maiden currently has no tasers within the department, Herms said. Herms added that Maiden Town Council also entered into an agreement with Catawba County Emergency Services on Monday to conduct fire inspections for the town.
Maiden will hold a public hearing about its proposed FY 2011-12 budget June 20.


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OGDEN — The 25th season of Ogden Raptors baseball will begin with the second installment of FanFest, a kickoff event at Lindquist Field allowing fans to mingle and try to hit home runs for season tickets.
Admission is free for FanFest, which is at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 14.
A key difference from last year's inaugural FanFest is a live team practice and post-practice availability of players. Raptors players will conclude a workout during the first hour of the event, which means fans can get their first taste of pro baseball while enjoying food and music.
The players will then join interested fans at about 7:30 p.m. for a meet-and-greet at the Hardball Cafe area on the upper third-baseline concourse.
More things to know about FanFest:
Admission is free for all. Concession and souvenir stands will be open. A free meal will be given to verified season-ticket holders.
Ogden-based rock-hop group Bass Mint Pros will perform live music for the crowd.
The Raptors will give a free whiffle bat to the first 300 kids 10 and under who attend.
The FanFest derby also returns.
Up to 25 participants can pay $25 to take 10 swings off a pitching machine, with a home run earning a pair of season tickets. Contestants must bring their own bats, but helmets will be provided.
Participants are first come, first served. Interested hitters can call 801-393-2400 to reserve a spot. If any spots are open when FanFest begins, hitters can register at the park.
In 2017, 52 participants tried their hand with four batters hitting home runs to earn season tickets.
The Ogden Raptors return as defending Pioneer League champions. The 2017 season saw a franchise-best 47 regular-season wins and the first pro baseball league championship in Ogden since 1969.
It was the best-attended season since 2011 with an average of 3,378 fans per home game. Ogden was the league-leader in attendance for the 21st straight season.
The Raptors begin the 2018 campaign Friday, June 15, with a four-game road trip to Idaho Falls.
Ogden's first home game is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, against the Orem Owlz. That game will include postgame fireworks.
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Annual Address 2013
David C. Hodge
September 3, 2013
Most of you probably know that I am a big fan of the book Good to Great. In this book, Jim Collins compares companies that are truly exceptional with those that are "merely" very good. As I have reflected on this past year, and look forward excitedly to this year, I have been thinking a lot about a part of this book that focuses on the concept of the flywheel. Collins writes:
"Picture a huge, heavy flywheel … Now imagine that your task is to get the flywheel turning as fast and long as possible. Pushing with great effort, you get the flywheel to inch forward. … You keep pushing, and the flywheel begins to move a bit faster. You keep pushing in a consistent direction. Three turns … five … ten … twenty … a hundred. Then at some point—breakthrough! The momentum of the thing kicks in in your favor … its own heavy weight working for you. You're pushing no harder than during the first rotation, but the flywheel goes faster and faster. Each turn of the flywheel builds upon work done earlier, compounding your investment of effort. … The huge disk flies forward with almost unstoppable momentum.
Now suppose someone came along and asked, 'What was the one big push that caused this thing to go so fast?' … Was it the first push? ... The hundredth? No! It was all of them added together in the overall accumulation of effort applied in a consistent direction (emphasis added). Some pushes may have been bigger than others, but any single heave—no matter how large—reflects a small fraction of the entire cumulative effect on the flywheel."
Everywhere I go on our campuses I am struck by the sense of momentum that Miami has going, a momentum like that described by Collins which is produced by the overall accumulation of effort applied in a consistent direction. Our common vision, our deep commitment, our hard work, and our spirit are building momentum and a better university. So I would like to take my time today to describe some of those "pushes," those activities and actions that stood out this past year and that we look forward to this year.
The Year Past
Last year certainly started out on a note of excitement as Paul Ryan, Class of 1992, was announced as the vice-presidential candidate for the Republican Party. The very first campaign rally involving Rep. Ryan was held on the Oxford campus. With very little notice, our staff and students created an exceptional event. Throughout the election cycle, it was most gratifying to see the positive attention that Miami received. The bookend to the Presidential campaign occurred when First Lady Michelle Obama visited campus three days before the election. Again, our staff and students outdid themselves in organizing an outstanding event.
The success of these events is a tribute to our staff and students who rallied (no pun intended) to the cause with very little notice. The political diversity of these events reflects well on our efforts to have our students engage alternative points of view. One of our newest efforts, the Janus Forum, was launched last spring. The Janus Forum is a donor-funded, student-run seminar that brings in individuals with sharply contrasting views on important topics. Each speaker makes a 25-minute presentation followed by an hour of questioning from the students. This past spring the students invited Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for President George W. Bush, and Ezra Klein, columnist for the Washington Post and Bloomberg to debate the question, "Is democracy in America working?" This fall the students have invited Bill Richardson, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, governor of New Mexico, U.S. energy secretary, and U.S. representative, and William Kristol, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard and panelist on FOX "News Sunday," to debate "America's Role in the World" on October 30. I most enthusiastically encourage you to attend.


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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's prime minister has increased the amount of occupied territory he wants to keep after any peace deal with the Palestinians, Israeli radio reported on Thursday, a move that could complicate U.S.-backed efforts to reach an accord.
Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman declined to comment on the report that he had added a bloc of Israeli-settled land near the Palestinian governmental seat in the occupied West Bank to a list of enclaves Israel intends to retain.
That would leave 13 percent of the West Bank in Israeli hands, Israel's Army Radio said, a prospect likely to dismay Palestinians who want the area for a future state.
There was no immediate comment from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. But a Palestinian official, who asked not to be identified, rejected the notion of Israel keeping large clusters of settlements.
"We are saying that once we agree on the withdrawal to 1967 borders, we can accept minor exchanges of land on a case-by-case basis," the official said, referring to lines - described by Israel as indefensible - predating the war in which it captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
According to the report, Netanyahu told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Israel intends to hold on to the Beit El settlement enclave in addition to the Etzion, Maale Adumim and Ariel blocs it has long said it would keep.
Beit El, north of Jerusalem, is next to the city of Ramallah, where Abbas's Palestinian Authority is headquartered.
Army Radio said Netanyahu had also departed from past peace blueprints that had envisaged an equal trade of land inside Israel for any West Bank areas it retained.
Instead, the station reported, Netanyahu has offered to buy some of the settlement land from the Palestinians, but that they had rejected such a deal.
The radio attributed its information to an anonymous source familiar with the details of five-month-old, U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Army Radio said Netanyahu spoke to Kerry about a biblical connection to Beit El, and its depiction in the Book of Genesis as the place where Jacob dreamt about a ladder to heaven.
The future of settlements is a core issue in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinians fear Israeli enclaves will deny them contiguous terrain they see as crucial to a viable country.
Israel, along with the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of the talks, has stoked Palestinian anger by announcing settlement housing in areas it hopes to retain.
Netanyahu's demands for an Israeli troop presence in the West Bank's Jordan Valley, the likely eastern border of a future Palestinian state, have also rankled the Palestinians.
Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Israel Radio on Thursday that keeping settlers in the valley was also vital to Israel's security interests.
Palestinians seek a state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital. In 2005, Israel pulled its troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip, now run by Hamas Islamists whom are opposed to the peace talks.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live among 2.4 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Most countries consider the settlements illegal.
Netanyahu visited Amman on Thursday to discuss the peace process with Jordan's King Abdullah. An Israeli statement said Netanyahu "emphasized that Israel places a premium on security arrangements, including Jordan's interest in any future agreement" with the Palestinians.
Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
(Writing by Jeffrey Heller, Additional reporting by Crispian Balmer and Ali Sawafta)