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It's time to celebrate our big blue ocean!
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, will mark World Oceans Day with special activities on Friday, June 8 (World Oceans Day) and Saturday, June 9 to honor our connection to the ocean and raise awareness about the need to protect it.
Celebrate this year's "Oceans of Inspiration" theme featuring Dr. Seuss' classic One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish with special activities from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Explore the aquarium in Seussian style as you spot fish with zany names and odd shapes. Learn about fish diversity as you peer through microscopes, touch shark skin and observe swimming fish. Enjoy a fishy scavenger hunt and story times throughout the day.
All activities are included with paid aquarium admission.
"Oceans of Inspiration" Pinterest Drawing
May 1 - June 8
What inspires your love of our oceans? In celebration of World Oceans Day, we're asking our Birch Aquarium Pinterest followers to help us create a collection of all things "Ocean Inspired" for a chance to win prizes. Beginning May 1 through June 8 (World Oceans Day), pin your favorite ocean inspiration, tag us (#birchaquarium) and we will add your pin to our Ocean Inspirations board. Pinned items could be a favorite ocean hobby, craft, photograph or animal - get creative! Winners will be randomly selected on June 8. Limit five pins per user. View complete contest rules online.
Still feel like celebrating? Honor the ocean all month long with a series of special activities and events at Birch Aquarium at Scripps designed to raise awareness of our ocean.
Wednesday, June 6
Grunion Run
10:45 p.m.-12:45 a.m.
Observe hundreds of small silver fish called grunion ride the waves onto La Jolla beaches to spawn. Before hitting the beach, see grunion hatch before your eyes during a special presentation about this mysterious fish. Prepare for cool, wet conditions and bring a flashlight. Ages 6-13 must attend with a paid adult.
RSVP required: 858-534-7336 or online.
Public: $12
Monday, June 11
Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture
6-8:30 p.m.
135 Years of Global Ocean Warming
Dean Roemmich, Scripps physical oceanographer
A new study comparing past and present ocean temperatures reveals the global ocean has been warming for more than a century. Join Dean Roemmich, Scripps physical oceanographer and study co-author, as he describes how warm our oceans are getting, where all that heat is going, and how this knowledge will help scientists better understand the earth's climate. Learn how scientists measured ocean temperature during the historic voyage of the HMS Challenger (1872-76) and how today's network of ocean-probing robots is changing the way scientists study the seas.
RSVP: 858-534-5771 or online.
Public: $8
Saturday, June 16
SEA Days: Boundless Energy
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Get charged up about the future of energy at Birch Aquarium at Scripps! Explore renewable energy sources and decide how you would choose to power the future. Meet our friends from the California Center for Sustainable Energy as they reveal easy energy solutions. Young adventurers can explore hands-on exhibits, make a craft and listen to story time. Included with admission.
Sunday, June 17
Free Admission for Dads on Father's Day
Dads receive FREE admission to Birch Aquarium with a paying guest (either a child or adult) on June 17, 2012.
Wednesday, June 20
20th Anniversary Offer for San Diego Residents
Birch Aquarium at Scripps celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2012 with a special gift for San Diego County residents: Half-off admission on the 20th of every month through our anniversary month in September. Valid for residents living in zip codes 91901-92199. Visitors must show a valid ID with the zip code to receive the offer. Limit two children per valid adult. Cannot be combined with other offers.
Monday, June 25
Summer Learning Adventure Camps
Camps begin June 25
From the classroom to the seashore, our accredited camps merge scientific exploration with hands-on fun and learning. Campers ages 4-15 investigate marine habitats, create ocean art projects, learn about careers in oceanography, combine the science and sports of surfing and snorkeling and more, all while making new friends and memories. Camps run through August 24. View programs and register online.
About Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Birch Aquarium at Scripps is the public exploration center for the world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the aquarium features more than 60 habitats of fish and invertebrates from the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest to the tropical waters of Mexico and the Caribbean. An interactive museum showcases research discoveries by Scripps scientists on climate, earth and ocean science. Accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Birch Aquarium has an annual attendance of more than 400,000, including 42,000 school children.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. Now in its second century of discovery, the scientific scope of the institution has grown to include biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical, and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Hundreds of research programs covering a wide range of scientific areas are under way today on every continent and in every ocean. The institution has a staff of more than 1,400 and annual expenditures of approximately $195 million from federal, state, and private sources. Scripps operates oceanographic research vessels recognized worldwide for their outstanding capabilities. Equipped with innovative instruments for ocean exploration, these ships constitute mobile laboratories and observatories that serve students and researchers from institutions throughout the world. Birch Aquarium at Scripps serves as the interpretive center of the institution and showcases Scripps research and a diverse array of marine life through exhibits and programming for more than 430,000 visitors each year. Learn more at scripps.ucsd.edu and follow us at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About UC San Diego
At the University of California San Diego, we constantly push boundaries and challenge expectations. Established in 1960, UC San Diego has been shaped by exceptional scholars who aren't afraid to take risks and redefine conventional wisdom. Today, as one of the top 15 research universities in the world, we are driving innovation and change to advance society, propel economic growth, and make our world a better place. Learn more at www.ucsd.edu.


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PK History
PK History
"Way back before Promise Keepers had a name, we looked up the word integrity in Webster's Dictionary. He gave six definitions: 'utter sincerity, honesty, candor, not artificial, not shallow, no empty promises.'"
— Bill McCartney
The name "Promise Keepers" also derives from the covenant that God fulfilled through Jesus Christ. In Christ, God kept all the promises that he made to mankind and we rely upon God as the original Promise Keeper to keep our promises.
March 20, 1990: The Birth of an Idea
Bill McCartney, then football coach for the University of Colorado, and Dave Wardell, Ph.D. traveled to a Fellowship of Christian Athletes banquet in Pueblo, Colorado. In the context of praying and worshipping together, Coach asked Dave, "What do you feel is the most important factor in changing a man spiritually, from immaturity to maturity?"
Dave immediately replied, "Discipleship."
Coach then shared how there is a special dynamic when men come together to honor Jesus Christ. He envisioned a gathering of 50,000 men at the University of Colorado's Folsom Field for training and teaching on what it means to be godly men. He was imagining a revival among Christian men who were willing to take a stand for God in their marriages, families, churches, and communities. Revival and discipleship are the two elements that became the foundation and focus of Promise Keepers.
Spring/Summer 1990: The Core Group
Dave and Coach met weekly in March and April of 1990 to pray and petition God for direction concerning these large gatherings of men. Chuck Lane, who was working with Campus Crusade, and Dan Schaffer, who had discipled men for years, later joined Bill and Dave for these prayer meetings. Dave, Dan, and Chuck each brought to this initial core group experience and gifts in discipling men one-on-one. They began to model one of Promise Keepers' core values—the men's accountability group.
In July 1990 seventy-two friends and associates of the core group gathered at Boulder Valley Christian Church to discuss a conference for the men of Colorado. The name Promise Keepers evolved out of Coach Mac's messages given to a number of churches along the Front Range of Colorado. His theme was "personal integrity." Additionally, those men committed to pray and fast on Wednesdays for a men's conference to be held in July 1991.
A board of directors was developed, and Promise Keepers was incorporated in the state of Colorado in December of 1990. Promise Keepers first employee was Randy Phillips.
Promise Keepers '91: "Where are the Men?"
The first arena conference drew 4,200 men to the University of Colorado Events Center. This conference was conducted entirely by volunteers. The men who attended were each challenged to bring 12 others to the next year's conference.
Field Ministry Developed
Following Promise Keepers '91, a Field Ministry team was developed to strategically reach out to churches throughout Colorado. Two ministries were developed: the Point Man and Ambassador. The Point Man ministry (later called "Key Man") grew the first year to approximately 1,000 participating churches. The Key Man served his local pastor as the main organizer. The Ambassador volunteered to present the concept of Promise Keepers and men's ministry to churches in a particular geographic or cultural area.
Promise Keepers '92: "What Makes a Man?"
Promise Keepers' board and staff planned for a two-day men's conference and a three-day leadership conference for July 1992. In June 1992, Dr. James Dobson's "Focus on the Family" aired a radio program on the ministry and Promise Keepers witnessed extraordinary constituent growth.
Fifteen-hundred pastors and lay leaders gathered for the first National Leadership Conference, and 22,000 men from every state in the nation convened at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado for the first National Men's Conference, made possible by a staff of five people and hundreds of volunteers. During this conference, the mandate was issued for men to pursue reconciliation across racial and denominational lines.
Promise Keepers first hardback book (and companion study guide), also named "What Makes A Man?", was published by NavPress and distributed to every conference attendee.
Promise Keepers '93: Face to Face
The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.
Ex: 33:11a NIV
The initial goal of Promise Keepers to fill C.U.'s Folsom Field with 50,000 men was realized at Promise Keepers '93. Men from every state in the nation and 16 foreign countries came to Boulder to honor Jesus Christ and to learn more about becoming godly men. In addition, over 3,000 pastors and lay leaders gathered for the second National Leadership Conference.
The landmark meeting concluded dramatically, as a single candle's flame lit by Bill McCartney and passed to Dave Wardell eventually was passed on to every man in the stadium. A photograph of this event remains one of the most stirring in the Promise Keepers archives.
God subsequently expanded our vision to gather men in stadiums throughout the nation. More than events, we believe that God wants the ministry of Promise Keepers to be a spark in His hand, igniting a nationwide movement that calls men to reconciliation, discipleship, and godliness.
Promise Keepers' first music project, also titled Face to Face, was produced and distributed in association with Maranatha! Music, as a way to help men prepare their hearts for worship, and learn some new choruses. Songs and sound bites from speakers were recorded and produced on a CD called "Promise Keepers '93 – Live."
Resources for Men
Promise Keepers developed its first resources for men and men's ministry in 1993. Focusing Your Men's Ministry by Pete Richardson was a case study of several successful men's ministry models around the United States.
Promise Keepers' foundational Bible study on men's accountability was published by NavPress, Brothers: Calling Men into Vital Relationships by Geoff Gorsuch and Dan Schaffer.
Also published in 1993 were two Bible studies for men: What God Does When Men Pray by William Carr Peel, and Daily Disciplines for the Godly Man by Bob Beltz (both by NavPress). Men attending the 1993 men's conference also received a copy of The Masculine Journey by Robert Hicks (NavPress).
Promise Keepers '94: Seize The Moment
Men of Issachar, who understood the times and
knew what Israel should do.
1 Chronicles 12:32a NIV
This year brought an increase in our conference schedule to include six stadiums nationwide (Anaheim, Boise, Indianapolis, Denton, Portland, Irving) in addition to the regular Boulder conference. More then 278,000 men were able to attend these events, bringing honor to Jesus Christ and reaching out through teaching and worship to encourage the men of our world to make a decision now to become godly influences.
In 1994, Promise Keepers' manifesto was published by Focus on the Family Publishing of Colorado Springs. The book, Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper, outlined the message of Promise Keepers, seven commitments to God, friends, purity, family, church, community, and world that frame a life of Christian integrity. Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper was translated into ten languages and published around the world (Arabic, Chinese-Cantonese – Mandarin, Danish, Dutch, German, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish).
Promise Keepers published a Bible study book for married men called Strategies for a Successful Marriage by E. Glenn Wagner and Dietrich Gruen (NavPress). Also in 1994, Promise Keepers launched New Man Magazine with Strang Publishing of Lake Mary, Florida.
Promise Keepers '95: Raise The Standard
The total attendance for 1995 was 738,000 men at 13 conferences (Detroit, Los Angeles, Boise, Washington, D.C., Houston, Denver, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Seattle, Minneapolis, St. Petersburg, Oakland, Irving). Promise Keepers also conducted 13 training seminars for pastors and worship leaders. Some 280,000 men were recruited to be "committed promise keepers." The response to the conference altar calls was approximately 50,000 men.
At five breakout sessions for youth, 3,500 young men and boys responded to the altar call invitations to the Christian faith. The practical expression of the mission of Promise Keepers is to encourage, equip, and motivate the men of all nations to raise the standard of Jesus Christ in their own lives, families, churches, and communities.
The impact of God's grace upon men's ministry was felt worldwide, as independent Promise Keepers organizations were founded in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada in 1995. Promise Keepers' manifesto was published in Spanish (Siete Promesas) by Editorial Unilit and Enfoque a La Familia (Focus on the Family's outreach to Latin America). Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper has since been published in a number of other languages.
The Power of a Promise Kept by Gregg Lewis was published by Focus on the Family. The book documented 12 true-life stories of men impacted by the ministry of Promise Keepers. Promise Keepers also produced a multi-media package (videotape, audio cassette and Bible study book) called the "Next Step Kit," which included the first book in the "Promise Builders" Bible study series.
A Dove award was earned by the single "Godly Men," from the 1995 music production Raise the Standard, a two-CD set co-produced with Maranatha! Music.
Promise Keepers '96: Break Down the Walls
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility.
Eph. 2:14 NIV
In February 1996, Promise Keepers hosted more than 39,000 Christian clergy for a worship and teaching conference in Atlanta. "Fan into Flame" was reported to be the largest gathering of Christian clergy in modern history.
The summer conference theme was "Break Down the Walls," focusing men's attention on God's heart for reconciliation. The attendance at 22 stadium conferences was 1.1 million men nationwide (Los Angeles, Kansas City, Seattle, Detroit, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Boise, Syracuse, Charlotte, Denver, Chicago, Oakland, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Eugene, Queens, Memphis, Jacksonville, Irving). Also in 1996, Promise Keepers produced a one-hour television special entitled, "The Power of a Promise Kept." The special aired during Easter week on major television stations across the country.
Two radio programs were launched in 1996. "Promise Keepers Radio Highlights," a 90-second feature of highlights from conference messages, and "Promise Keepers This Week," a one-hour weekly magazine program that chronicled the impact of Promise Keepers on the lives of every day American men.
Promise Keepers' official website was launched in June 1996 at www.promisekeepers.org.
The third in a "trilogy" of publications with Focus on the Family Publishing was released, Go the Distance by John Trent. Two more books were published in the "Promise Builders" Bible study series, Applying the Seven Promises and Promise Keeper at Work.
Promise Keepers '97: The Making of a Godly Man
If you love me, you will obey what I command.
John 14:15 NIV
Nineteen (19) conferences were held in 1997 (Honolulu, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Houston, Tampa, Chicago, Seattle, Birmingham, Kansas City, Knoxville, Washington, D.C., Buffalo, Miami, Fresno, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Irving). Some 639,000 men attended nationwide. The issues addressed included servant leadership in the home, moral purity, small group involvement, character and competency in the workplace, reconciliation and for the first time, financial integrity. In addition to the gospel, men were confronted with the daily disciplines of the Christian life and called to practice confession and repentance throughout the year.
On the Friday before the Washington, D.C. summer men's conference, more than one thousand men were mobilized to paint up, clean up, and fix up 20 school buildings in the District of Columbia school district.
In addition to the annual worship CD Break Down the Walls, an all-Spanish language CD was produced, Canticos de Adoracion y Alabanza para Cumplidores de Promesas ("songs of worship and praise for promise keepers").
In 1997, Promise Keepers and Moody Press published a workbook, Break Down the Walls: Experiencing Biblical Reconciliation and Unity in the Body of Christ, by Raleigh Washington and Glen Kehrein, and Claude V. King. John Trent authored the Making of a Godly Man workbook, published by Focus on the Family. Also in 1997, Promise Keepers and Zondervan collaborated on the publication of the Promise Keepers Men's Study Bible.
I looked for a man among them who would
build up the wall and stand before me in the gap.
Ezekiel 22:30a NIV
On October 4, 1997, Promise Keepers hosted "Stand in the Gap: A Sacred Assembly of Men" on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The day opened as Jewish shofars sounded to commence the program. An estimated one million men participated in "Stand in the Gap", a day of personal repentance and prayer. The event gathered men from every race, nationality, and most Christian denominations as well as from many countries around the world. The program was six hours of standing and kneeling in prayer, worship, confession, repentance, and declarations.
The event was carried live and in its entirety by C-SPAN, and was covered by international media as the lead story of that weekend. Photos and stories of the remarkable prayer meeting were run on front pages from Hong Kong's South China Morning Post to the New York Times to the Washington Post and virtually every major newspaper in the nation.
Resources produced in support of the sacred assembly include the 16-track compact disc, Stand in the Gap, a prayer journal by Bill McCartney (with Word Publishing), a commemorative edition New Testament (Contemporary English Version) produced with the American Bible Society, and A Revival Primer, an overview of historical and contemporary revival by Dale Schlafer.
Promise Keepers '98: Live a Legacy: Make a difference in your lifetime
At the "Stand in the Gap" prayer meeting, Promise Keepers founder and President Bill McCartney announced that conferences in 1998 and 1999 would be offered at no charge. Chairman of the Board Bishop Porter said, "There should be nothing to hinder men from coming to hear the real-life applications of the gospel of Jesus Christ from some of the most dynamic speakers in America."
More than 30,000 priests, pastors and ministers attended nine regional clergy conferences around the U.S. (Philadelphia, Denver, Portland, San Diego, Nashville, Charlotte, Dallas, St. Petersburg, Indianapolis).
A severe cash crunch in the first quarter forced the ministry to furlough its entire staff for two weeks in April, and a dramatic outpouring of contributions and volunteer effort restored the ministry to financial health.
More than 450,000 men attended 19 stadium and arena conferences around the United States free of charge (Detroit, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Fresno, St. Petersburg, Knoxville, Columbia, MO., Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Eugene, Omaha, Grand Rapids, Houston, Tucson, Milwaukee, Columbia, S.C., Sacramento and Colorado Springs). More than 17,000 men responded to the invitation to Christian faith.
The compact disc for the 1998 conference season, Live a Legacy, had 11 tracks, including a conference favorite, "Knowing You (All I Once Held Dear)" written by Graham Kendrick. Also in 1998, Promise Keepers began producing a daily devotional magazine with the editors of Christianity Today, called Men of Integrity.
Promise Keepers '99: Choose This Day
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you,
then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.
Joshua 24:15a NIV
Throughout 1999, Promise Keepers hosted its first international events in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Pretoria, South Africa; and Monterrey, Mexico, drawing in excess of 20,000 men. Also, 306,700 men attended Promise Keepers' 15 free conferences in the U.S. (Memphis, Detroit, Indianapolis, Denver, Philadelphia, Tacoma, San Antonio, Charlotte, Hartford, Des Moines, Stockton, Kansas City, East Rutherford, St. Petersburg, Phoenix). More than 10,000 commitments to Christ, including 3,000 first time declarations of faith, were received. Bill McCartney, founder and president, said, "Given the crisis conditions facing the church of Jesus Christ in the United States and around the world, godly men are essential to accomplishing this mission of love, unity and righteousness called Christianity."
Word Publishing published a revised and expanded second edition of Promise Keepers' manifesto volume, Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper. Word also published the first year's worth of Men of Integrity devotionals in book form in 1999. Bible studies published in 1999 were Character Under Construction (Word), and Seven Promises Practiced curriculum (Nelson – Word Multimedia).
Promise Keepers 2000: Go the Distance
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Promise Keepers celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2000. Since 1990, PK has reached five million men through more than 100 conferences. Countless others have been reached through our radio, television and Internet broadcasts and printed materials.
A total of 16 conferences were held across the United States including seven cities new to Promise Keepers (Lynchburg, Va., Pittsburgh, Dallas, Baton Rouge, La., Portland, Ore., Louisville, Ky., Milwaukee, Albuquerque, Worcester, Denver, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Orlando, and Atlanta). The theme for 2000 Promise Keepers conferences was "Go The Distance." The conference fee was reinstated after two years of no-charge. Training for 195,000 men included side-by-side training for fathers and sons. More than 7,700 men and boys responded to invitations to the Christian faith.
Another radio outreach debuted in 2000, a three-minute social commentary by Bill McCartney called "4th & Goal – Coaching for Life's Tough Calls." By the end of 2000 the program cleared on nearly 500 outlets. In 2001, a 90-second version of the commentary began airing on mainstream (secular) news talk and sports talk stations.
In 2000, Promise Keepers published Face to Face: An Encounter with Christ (Nelson – Word Multimedia), a print/audio/video kit designed for church-based men's retreats. The kit included two video tapes including footage from presentations by Tony Evans, Jack Hayford, Crawford Loritts, Max Lucado and Joe Stowell. Also included in the kit were the 1993 worship CD Face to Face and a facilitator's guide.
Promise Keepers 2001: Turn the Tide – Living Out An Extreme Faith
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will."
Romans 12:2
Eighteen conferences were held in Promise Keepers' 12th season of men's events, including two single-day conferences in Grand Forks, N.D. and Rapid City, S.D. (Other cities included Jacksonville, Fla., Baltimore, Chicago, Columbus, Ohio, Auburn Hills, Mich., Providence, R.I., Nashville, Indianapolis, San Jose, Calif., Kansas City, Mo., Charlotte, N.C., Houston, Tacoma, Anaheim, Nampa, Idaho, and Oklahoma City.) Attendance was more than 194,000. The theme for 2001 Promise Keepers conferences was "Turn the Tide: Living Out An Extreme Faith." Promise Keepers founder and president Bill McCartney said the current culture is pulling men away from faith in God. Instead, McCartney said, an extreme faith is required to represent Christ to families and communities.
At 15 of the 16 two-day conferences, Missouri-based Christian camp director Joe White portrayed a Roman cross-builder, constructing a 12-foot cross on stage. Thousands responded by tacking handwritten confessions to the cross. Many of the confessors received Christ's sacrifice and began their Christian walk at 2001 Promise Keepers conferences.
In December 2001, 14,000 teens, dads, and youth pastors took part in Promise Keepers' first-ever conference designed specifically for youth age 13-17. The young men's gathering, dubbed "The Passage," filled Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and featured music by Cross Movement, Jars of Clay, John Reuben and Michael W. Smith. Speakers included Reggie Dabbs, Erwin McManus, Josh McDowell, and Bill McCartney.
Some 250 youth and adults in churches around the Midwest participated in a 12-week Promise Keepers mentoring program.
Promise Keepers 2002: Storm the Gates
"Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' Jesus replied, 'Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.'"
As told by Matthew, chapter 16, verses 16 and 17
In 2002, Promise Keepers' 13th year of ministry, 16 cities hosted men's conferences (Tampa, Atlanta, Rochester, N.Y., Knoxville, Miami, Washington, D.C., Raleigh, N.C., Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Dallas, St. Louis, St. Paul, Denver, Los Angeles, Stockton, Phoenix) for more than 176,000 men.
Promise Keepers' youth event, Passage, took place in Anaheim on Nov. 1-2 to an estimated 10,000 teens, dads, mentors, and youth pastors.
Promise Keepers published a 12-week study guide for conference attendees titled The Vision, Passion, Discipline & Risk of a Noble Man by James Ryle. Promise Keepers also published a companion volume, A Pastor's Guide to Leading Men by Pete Richardson.
Highlights from the Bill McCartney's radio commentary program "4th & Goal – Coaching for life's tough calls" were published in a gift book by Tyndale.
The Promise Keepers/Maranatha! CD music project for 2002 "Live" featured four new songs, and several favorites recorded on March 16, 2002 at Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Promise Keepers 2003: The Challenge: A Call to Action
"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 15:5-6
PK held 18 arena conferences this year (Lubbock, Texas, Baltimore, Jackson, Miss., Peoria, Ill., Albany, N.Y., Orlando, Fla., Pittsburgh, Louisville, Ky., Portland, Ore., Columbus, Ohio, St. Paul, Minn., Raleigh, N.C., Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City, Mo., Denver, San Jose, Calif., Las Vegas, Nev.) attracting more than 172,000 men. The 2003 theme was "The Challenge: A Call to Action," and reclaiming the culture and servant leadership were regular topics throughout each two-day event.
In addition to arena conferences, Promise Keepers held two special events this year including "Come Near to Me," a pastor's conference in Arizona, February 18-20. Come Near To Me gave more than 9,000 pastors an opportunity for renewal and encouragement as they gathered in Phoenix for a three-day confab. A first-ever prison conference was held in Ohio, August 12, called "Redeem the Time." About 1,000 men at the medium-security Marion Correctional Institute in Marion, Ohio, attended the four-hour event, and 10,000 more in 70 other prisons participated via the free Web cast.
Bill McCartney published his fourth book, Blind Spots: What You Don't See May Be Keeping Your Church From Greatness (Wheaton: Tyndale House, 2003). Maranatha! Music produced a CD for "The Challenge" featuring 12 tracks, including up-tempo contemporary songs, Latin salsa, new worship anthems and previously released songs from Plus One, Salvador, Take 6 and Chris Tomlin.
Also this year, Promise Keepers founder Coach Bill McCartney resigned as president of Promise Keepers. Thomas S. Fortson Jr., Ph.D., was named Promise Keepers' third president and CEO on October 1.
Promise Keepers 2004: "Uprising – The Revolution of a Man's Soul"
"I have run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free."
Psalm 119:32
Based on the book by Erwin McManus, Uprising – A Revolution of the Soul, Promise Keepers' 15th season drew more than 179,000 men and boys to 18 conferences (Albany, N.Y., Baltimore, Greensboro, N.C., Dallas, Charleston, W.V., Detroit, Memphis, Tenn., Indianapolis, Atlanta, Ga., St. Louis, Mo., San Antonio, Texas, Oklahoma City, Des Moines, Iowa, Tucson, Ariz. San Diego, Calif., San Jose, Calif., Orlando, Fla., Seattle, Wash.) Nearly 1000 men signed up for the revived "Ambassador" program.
Almost 47,000 pounds of food were collected for local ministries in nine conference cities. Inmates at two West Virginia prisons enjoyed the Charleston, W.V. men's conference, and active military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq watched conferences from Charleston and Orlando via the Internet.
"Haiti at the Cross," a collaborative effort with New Directions International, drew thousands of Haitians for 4 days of prayer and praise events in December.
Promise Keepers 2005: "The Awakening – An Unpredictable Adventure"
"And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed." – Paul's Letter to the Church at Rome, chapter 13, verse 11 (NIV)
Promise Keepers marked its 16th year of conference ministry with a 20 conference schedule from coast to coast, running from May through October. It's the most ambitious schedule for Promise Keepers since 1999, and included a gathering at Reynolds Razorback Stadium, a 70,000 seat open-air facility in Fayetteville, Ark., plus visits to five other "first-time" cities.
It was a crowning achievement to an incredible year as over 3,300 gave their hearts to Jesus for the first time, while thousands of others came forward to rededicate their lives. On November 6-12, PK traveled into international waters as we took the "The Awakening" event to Nassau, Bahamas. Prime Minister Perry G. Christie invited PK to join our Bahamian brothers for a week of strategic ministry initiatives and a Day of Prayer to awaken the men in the region.
Promise Keepers 2006: "Unleashed – Releasing the Raw Power of Your Heart"
"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe." Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus 1:18-19a (NIV)
More than 132,000 men were reached at conferences in 18 U.S. cities. Community impact in PK's 17th year of ministry included collecting more than 170,000 pounds of non-perishable food for local faith-based charities, donating 213 units of blood in four cities (with the American Red Cross), and producing a two-hour conference for inmates at the Sanders Estes Unit prison facility in Venus, Texas (with the Christian Men's Alliance). Promise Keepers also provided technical assistance to the ongoing prison ministry at Marion Correctional Facility in Marion, Ohio, including their September 2006 event, held under rainy skies out in the open yard.
Exhibiting at Promise Keepers events throughout 2006 was Operation Noah Rebuild, a non-sectarian, long-term construction project for the New Orleans area, coordinated by the North American Mission Board – Southern Baptist Convention.
Guest musicians at 2006 conferences included Dove-award winning Israel and New Breed, jam band Big Daddy Weave, Samoan soulsters The Katinas, Mark Harris (of 4Him), storyteller Mark Schultz, guitar whiz Lincoln Brewster and composer Paul Baloche.
At the Atlanta men's conference in August, S. Truett Cathy, founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A Restaurants, was presented Promise Keepers' first "Transformation Award" for a "lifetime of transforming family, community, workplace, and most importantly, the lives of the next generation."
Motorcyclists increased their involvement at 2006 Unleashed events, with 750 bikers participating in special rallies in five cities. PK's first-ever custom bike "Unleashed" (built by Carl Brouhard, www.brouharddesigns.com) was displayed at each event. In some cities, California minister Richard Wilkins (www.awakeninginhimministry.com) gave his testimony of triumph over near suicide and community service.
Close to 4000 volunteer "Ambassadors" signed up to help churches communicate with Promise Keepers year round since the program was re-established in 2004. Resources were developed and distributed, including a six-week Bible study Band of Brothers, co-produced with Man in the Mirror, and a music CD with Integrity Music, Unleashed. More than 3000 copies of All About Jesus, co published by the International Bible Society, were distributed free of charge.
Promise Keepers 2007: Flood – Energizing Men of Integrity
"Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love." (Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 16:13-14)
Promise Keepers (PK) marked its 18th year of ministry with events aimed at community service, and a range of Internet-based tools to help men grow spiritually. An estimated 50,000 men attended seven Promise Keepers national conferences (Mobile, Ala., San Antonio, Nashville, Orlando, Columbia, S.C., Cincinnati, Fresno). More than 2,200 men made spiritual commitments to faith and life in Jesus Christ in 2007. More than 1,000 of that group declared their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ for the very first time.
Demonstrating "integrity in action," attendees contributed back to their local communities in some significant ways. Men donated 210 units of blood, coordinated by local blood charities, including the American Red Cross and Florida's Blood Centers. For the fourth straight year, Promise Keepers promoted a local food drives, gathering up more than 41,000 pounds of non-perishable food items. Local charities received the cases of food for distribution through church and community networks.
New online content, new resources from Promise Keepers
The Internet-based scripture memorization tool VerseMinder was launched in June, drawing more than 7,000 subscribers in its first six months. A new series of classic PK videos are now downloadable from the website, under the banner "PKOnDemand." A Promise Keepers channel was set up on the popular video website YouTube. Released in sync with the feature film in February '08, a classic Promise Keepers musical presentation of the story behind the hymn "Amazing Grace" by Wintley Phipps gained more than 80,000 views.
PK's national daily radio show was revamped. The "Family Night Guy" was picked up by more than 1,300 radio outlets world wide, and was available by podcast.
The San Antonio and Orlando men's conferences were streamed to subscribers as a live "webcast," reaching viewers in 22 states and Latin America. The archived video streams were also viewed later by churches coast-to-coast. Promise Keepers also distributed a 13-track compilation CD produced by Integrity Music, Energizing Men of Integrity. Todd Burkhalter's volume Risking It All (Xulon Press) was a featured book for 2007 conferences.
On November 10, 2007, nearly 2000 men attended the premiere of PKAdventure digital cinema events at a dozen movie theaters around the continental United States. The 90-minute video presentation featured an exclusive interview with champion pro football coach and author Tony Dungy, a drama from L.A.-based Awaken, praise and worship performances by the PK7 conference band, and Reggie Dabbs. Attendees at all PKAdventure theater locations participated in a wide range of local community service projects, including food drives, building repair, landscaping and light construction, clothing drives, medical missions projects and blood drives.
Promise Keepers 2008: "Manhood '08 – Let the Truth Be Told"
""Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong". 1 Corinthians 16:13 (New International Version)
Promise Keepers' 19th year of ministry service included church-based men's conferences for nearly 25,000 men in seven cities (Fresno, Calif., Atlanta, Peoria, Ill., Dallas, Cleveland, Ohio, Charleston, W.V., and Tacoma, Wash.).
The theme of the 2008 conferences was "Manhood '08: Let the Truth Be Told."
Clergy training workshops ("Grow Your Men – Grow Your Church") were held in each conference city and were attended by nearly 1,200 ministers. One thousand nine (1,009) need-based scholarships were provided to conference and workshop attendees.
An estimated 1,300 local volunteers helped produce the various events. Two hundred seventy (270) volunteer specialists called "Ambassadors" received ministry training at 15 events nationwide. A national Saturday church/community outreach event called "PKAdventure" was distributed in the spring and fall through theater and church satellite networks. Related community service projects in 13 communities from coast to coast included building a youth camp, a barn-raising, park clean up, community barbecues and block parties, house painting and building renovation, food drives, blood drives, and clothing drives.
Resources developed for men included president/CEO Tom Fortson's second book Manhood – Let the Truth Be Told (Moody Publishers), an Internet portal "PK Edge," an on line educational tool "PK Verseminder" used by 7,000 subscribers, a webcast of a men's conference to churches, military and correctional institutions, a radio feature "Family Night Guy" heard on 1,200 stations nationwide, PK's 20th CD project "Manhood," and electronically-distributed newsletters.
In September, Promise Keepers founder Coach Bill McCartney was elected Chairman of the Board. The Rev. Raleigh Washington, D.D. was named President/CEO.


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PARK ACOUSTICS IN ASSOCIATION WITH JACK DANIEL'S PRESENTS: Park Acoustics - 28 February 2016
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Date: Sunday, 28 February 2016
Venue: Voortrekker Monument, PTA
Entrance: R150 online at parkacoustics.co.za, R150 at the gate
(Free for children under the age of 6, R15 per vehicle at entrance of nature reserve.)
Time: Gates open 10am
Line-Up: DJ Invizable, AKING, Tidal Waves, Lost & Found, Late Night Fox, James Tuft and More!
Welcome to our 2nd Park Acoustics of 2016.
Music line-up includes the legendary AKING, reggae originals TIDAL WAVES new kids on the block LOST & FOUND, Pretoria's very own LATE NIGHT FOX and HOLIDAY MURRAY, front man JAMES TUFT. DJ INVIZABLE will close the day with a signature African/House set.
Please note: No under 18's will be allowed except small children accompanied by their parents. Proof of identification required - no copies, photo's or temporary documents.
Park Acoustics Program:
Jack Daniel's Music Stage
Hosted by Africa's Most Hilarious Host - Nqoba King
11:00 James Tuft (Holiday Murray)
12:00 Late Night Fox
13:00 Lost & Found
14:00 Tidal Waves
15:00 Aking
16:00 DJ Invizable
Sunset Comedy Stage 16:30 – 18:00
Deep Fried Man
Alfred Adriaan
Allyn Adams
R150.00 online at parkacoustics.co.za
R150.00 at the door
Free for children under the age of 6 (six)
R15 per vehicle (paid at the main entrance to the nature reserve).
Please note this event is up in the Fort, we only have 2000 tickets available.
Prohibited items:
Illegal substances
Domestic animals
Bad vibes
Facilities available:
Two stages
Food stalls
Market at Park
Soft green grass
360° view of Pretoria
Nature trails for hiking and mountain biking
Voortrekker Monument (pay separately)
Art expo
Comedy stage
Braai facilities
BraaiBoy Corner
Due to space constraints and health and safety to, others we have to stop people from bringing in their own braai, gas and potjie equipment. Park Acoustics and BraaiBoy joined forces and will now provide you with a professional braai facility all under the watchful eye of BraaiBoy. He will make sure that the fire is always hot, offer braaing tips and some braai recipes.
So bring some meat along and have some fun in the sun with BraaiBoy or bring some cash along and buy the chow he has already prepared.
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Even though I have no more teaching money left, I am willing to purchase a CD if I need to.
In fact, I would prefer a CD so I can play it while they work (but chants are good, too).
The only thing I have come across that might work is from the Math Learning Center.
However, I hesitate to buy it without hearing it first. Does anyone use it? Do you like it?
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3 Makeup Looks Inspired by My Favorite Albums of 2016
Since I'm a visual person I hardly ever remember the album title but I just remember what the album art looks like.
Fall is my favorite time of year--turning leaves, crisp breezes, what's not to like? One of the best parts of fall, though, is transitioning into my fall makeup routine, because I tend to dress things up a bit more, even for day. Here are two looks I'll be wearing starting Tuesday, September 23rd, on the dot, AKA, the first official day of fall:
Look 1: Purple Smoke
I started with my usual base, concealer, and berry blush already applied; and set my eyebrows with tinted brow gel.
Step 1: I mixed two colors from my Lorac Pro Palette (Gold and Lt. Bronze) for a brow-bone highlight.
Step 2: Using my finger, I applied Maybelline Color Tattoo in Pomegranate Punk to my lid and smudged it out to just above the crease.
Step 3: I patted MAC Eye Shadow in Beauty Marked just over my lower lid.
Step 4: Using Taupe from the Lorac Pro Palette, I blended the shadows out above the crease with a fluffy blending brush.
Step 5: I lined my upper lash line with Jordana 12hr Made to Last Liquid Liner Pencil in Purple Fix.
Step 6: I tightlined my upper lid with the same Jordana pencil but in Black Point, then lined my waterline with that, as well.
Step 7: For a bit more color, I added a little Pomegranate Punk underneath the waterline and smudged Beauty Mark over that.
Step 8: I brushed on a two coats of my CK One Mascara, line, filled in my lips with a Jordana Lip Liner in Tawny and topped it with MAC Lipstick in Twig.
I started with the same base, eyebrow, and cheek prep as look 1, but I added a little E.L.F. Primer to my lids.
Step 1. I swept Nooner from the Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette across my lower lid.
Step 2. With my fluffy blending brush, I blended Sable from the Lorac Pro Palette into my crease to just below my brow bone.
Step 3. I added a little bit of Cream (also from the Lorac Pro Palette, the palette that keeps on giving) to highlight my brow bone and inner corner of my eye.
Step 4. Usually, I love to wear a standard cat eye, but for fall, I like to mix it up with a more dramatic wing. To get it, I positioned my Jordana Fabuliner Liquid Liner Pen in Black at the angle I want to draw my wing (I use the outer edge of my lower lid as a guide)--starting with one line on the outer corner of my lid, then drawing another line from the tip of the wing angling to about the center of the lid.
Step 5. I filled in this shape with the liner and lined the rest of my lash line, from inner corner to where I drew the wing (getting gradually wider the further I get from my inner eye).
Step 6. I finished off my eyes with a couple of coats of mascara. For the lips, I skipped liner and added a layer of the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Copenhagen, blotted, and then added another layer for maximum staying power.
What's your favorite part of fall? Pumpkin Spice Lattes? Sweaters?


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Founded in 1961, Burgerville is a chain of more than 35 quick-service restaurants in Washington and Oregon. The chain is a part of The Holland Incorporated, a privately owned company. Its restaurants serve fish, burgers, salads and desserts. The chain s restaurants provide special menus for children. Its restaurants also offer grilled chicken sandwich, hash browns and YoCream sundaes. The chain...
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It's OK.....still just a chain store. They do have a club sandwich that is really quite tasty. The milkshakes are to die for and made from real ice cream. Can't say that about most fast food places.
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November 10, 2009
Peacenik Ramblings
You know what I mean. I study hard, I write the best, most persuasive antiwar articles I can—and yet the wars continue. When you get down to it, nothing I say, nothing you say, seems to make any difference.
Mental masturbation, I tell you—mental masturbation!
Not that I plan on stopping.
First of all, I've always been a big fan of masturbation—mental and otherwise.
Secondly, who the hell knows, maybe we can actually make a difference. Little by little, one seed planted here, another one there.
I'm not sure where it comes from, but I've always been somewhat of an optimist. Perhaps this is just what Ernest Becker would call my "denial of death." By forcing myself to believe that change is possible, that the future will be better than the past, I'm able to go on living, to endure what I fear is an ultimately purposeless and meaningless existence.
Whatever the case, I can't help but hope.
I can't help but believe that, by writing this blog, by reading your blogs, by educating myself, by living the best life I know how, I'm helping to make this world a better place. And even if I'm not, at least I know that I'm trying.
And with that I'd like to end this rambling little inspirational speech.
Good night, and good luck.
9 comments:
- nina said...
What a great rambling post! I have to say that I feel the same way sometime. Not the masturbation part, but must-stay-positive part :)
Always glad to know that we're not the only one.
G'nite and g'luck to you too.
- November 10, 2009 at 3:41 AM
- Don Emmerich Jr. said...
Thanks for your comments, Nina. You're definitely not alone. And I hope you get back to blogging soon -- October 31 since your last post -- that's too long! :-)
- November 10, 2009 at 3:58 AM
You are not alone!
Even the Palestinian in the Middle East want peace even though the media doesn't show it!!
A Palestinian kid created this flash game which the media in Palestine ignores because he wants peace and has a hope for a better future...
We need to do the media's work and publish it around the world to bring hope and create a better future for tomorrow in a peaceful world!
- November 10, 2009 at 4:37 AM
- Don Emmerich Jr. said...
Thank you for your comments.
Yes, I know that most Palestinians want peace. Look at all the brave people in Ni'lin.
What a wonderful game. So sad that it hasn't received attention from the media. You're right -- we can't depend on them. If we want peace, we need to make it happen ourselves!
Hope to talk to you again!
- November 10, 2009 at 4:43 AM
- Young Activist said...
The important thing is to create a movement that will temper the actions of the government. It's a slow and frustrating process, but things are changing, albeit slowly. Just compare the wars today, as atrocious as they are, to the Vietnam war, American actions in the World Wars, Korea, etc. In our own small way we are part of that movement, part of that backlash against crimes against humanity, a movement of millions of people making their own small contributions.
- November 10, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- Don Emmerich Jr. said...
Young Activist: Good points. As bad as our current governments might be, I feel that, in some ways at least, people have generally become more aware and more humane. As Chomsky points out, people in the 1960s only began protesting Vietnam when large numbers of Americans started dying. By contrasting, there were massive protests against the Iraq War before the US even invaded. I definitely think that's progress.
- November 11, 2009 at 12:41 AM
- john said...
keep on with your mental masturbation. your goodness will infect other people, whether they like it or not. as far as your "otherwise" masturbation, don't point it at me!
- November 12, 2009 at 1:12 PM
- Don Emmerich Jr. said...
Ha! -- fair enough, John! :-)
- November 12, 2009 at 7:21 PM
- David Z said...
"maybe we can actually make a difference. Little by little, one seed planted here, another one there."
That's what keeps me going, when nothing else does.
- November 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM


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Matt Ford aka DJ Format is back with his third album 'Statement of Intent' on Project Blue Book Records. There's no doubt Format is a true DJ talent, dropping hip hop beats and break beat styles that has earned him deserved recognition from the industry through his previous work and respect with emcees in America. Dj Format's third album continues on with his love for hip hop, continuing his reputation as a real stalwart in the game.
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Fatherhood Raises Men's Social Capital
Wednesday Mar 26, 2008
Living with children and being married has a beneficial effect on men's social networks, according to a new study by FIRA researcher, Zenaida Ravanera. Dr. Ravanera, a research associate at the Population Studies Centre at the University of Western Ontario, analyzed data from the Statistics Canada's 2003 General Social Survey (GSS) on Social Engagement to assess possible effects of fatherhood on men's social capital.
Social capital refers to the relationships and connections between and within the social networks that enhance the health, well-being and productivity of individuals in society. "Researchers have often looked at social capital as a factor in child development," Ravanera explains. "For example, reduced social capital is often cited as one of the reasons that children from non-intact families are at increased risk for developmental problems. I wanted to look at the possible link between fatherhood status and men's social capital."
Ravanera's analysis, the first attempt to use GSS data tp gauge the affect of fatherhood on men's social capital, shows that a fatherhood and marriage do have beneficial effects on men's social networks.
The General Social Survey on Social Engagement gathered information on social networks such as the number of people the respondent felt close to, how many people they knew in their neighborhoods and their level of trust in family and friends. Ravanera analyzed the data and compared married, cohabiting, step and lone fathers living with children to married, cohabiting, never married, divorced/separated and widowed men who did not live with children.
Overall, men living with children had higher levels of social capital from informal networks than men not living with children. That is, on average, they reported having more friends and neighbours they felt connected to and higher levels of trust in their family and friends. The differences were statistically significant. However, closer scrutiny revealed that the largest differences were between certain subgroups of fathers.
Married men living with children had the highest social capital of all groups. However, when other factors such education, religiosity and place of residence were factored in, the social capital of married fathers living with children did not differ significantly from that of married stepfathers, co-habiting men living with children and also married men without children and widowers. The subgroups of men with the lowest levels of social capital were men who had never married, divorced/separated fathers not living with children, cohabiting stepfathers and lone parent fathers. Ravanera suggests that future research should perhaps look at how reduced social capital in lone fathers and non-resident divorced fathers might affect their well-being and that of their children.
"It seems likely that children would help parents reach out to and connect with people in their neighbourhood," says Ravanera. "And the differences in social capital between cohabiting and married men, suggest that the stability of marriage may be a positive factor as well. But we cannot say for sure, from this type of study, that being married and having children is what causes men's social capital to improve. All we know is that married men with children tend to have somewhat better social networks than other groups of men. We need to look more closely at other indicators of social capital as they affect men, such as the nature and quality of relationships within the family and also men's connections to community institutions and to people outside of family and friend networks."
Source: Ravanera, Z. (2007). Informal networks social capital of fathers: What does the social engagement survey tell us?. Social Indicators Research, 83(2), 351-373.
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Certain animals, especially dogs, have long been used as animal services to help people with physical disabilities and are specially trained to offer emergency assistance. Currently, the ability of certain animals is used to help people who suffer from certain mental states, so it gets solid support. So there are some relevance between pets and mental health. There is increasing evidence that pets can improve mental health, and not only provide assistance to people with physical disabilities. Hospitals around the world are turning to an improved animal therapy program to help patients cope with various psychological problems including depression, anxiety and more.
First pets and mental health is dog. Some smaller breeds, such as Scottish Terrier and Maltese Dogs, are often used in hospitals to entertain patients undergoing challenging treatment regimens, such as children with cancer. Dogs are also sent as an animal therapy for those suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and are often seen walking with a human partner.Ideal dogs are used to appease depressed people and they are naturally accepting and very loyal. They have a special ability to make you feel special and great in improving your self-esteem.
Cats are great for people and related between pets and mental health. This may include religious or allergic requirements for dogs. Cats are a bit more aloof than dogs but they are a bit easier to treat because they do not need to be taken on long journeys. Cats are ideal pets for parents because they tend to be more than dogs. Another animal which is good for human mental health is bunny. A study in 2010 found that subjects who were given rabbits to hold them less anxious than subjects who were given toys or turtles. These people are exposed to stressful situations with the tarantula spider, and the rabbit parent group is the best in keeping their cool.


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This post is brought to you by Dave's Killer Bread
Recipe At-A-Glance
Roasting the peppers helps mellow the spice and make this Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese the perfect (slightly spicy) comfort food!
Quick & Easy
Ready in 15 minutes
We have an ongoing debate in our house about grilled cheese. That's normal right? Other families debate totally asinine things like this? Reassure me, please.
Anywho, I am a purist. I believe that for a grilled cheese to truly be considered a grilled cheese, it has to be in its simplest form. Bread. Cheese. Butter. Done.
My husband, on the other hand, thinks that any sandwich that happens to have melty cheese on it is considered a "grilled cheese." No matter how much doctoring you do to it, it's still a grilled cheese. I argue that it's a slippery slope when you start calling any old sandwich with melted cheese a "grilled cheese." I mean, what's to stop people from calling a cheeseburger a "grilled cheese with beef." Chaos. CHAOS, I SAY. Words mean something, people!
(For what it's worth, I also consider chili a soup, and my husband thinks I'm crazy—he says it's its own "thing.")
I have been a simple grilled cheese evangelical for a few years now, and honestly, I'll spew my rhetoric to anyone who will listen (which, really, isn't many). I can be quite stubborn, actually.
And then I started working on this little recipe here, and something changed. I got a few loaves of the amazing White Bread Done Right from my friends at Dave's Killer Bread (more on them in a sec), and the first thing I wanted to make with it was grilled cheese—so I did. A "me" grilled cheese. Bread. Cheese. Butter. And it was Awe. Some.
White Bread Done Right is like everything I've ever wanted in a bread. It's fluffy, light, and airy like white bread, but all the whole grains and nutrition of one of the whole grain cardboard-like breads from the grocery store. It's perfect for grilled cheese (and French toast, too). This is whole grain bread that even whole grain bread haters will love.
This bread is so good that it actually made me want to doctor up my classic grilled cheese. Like I owed it to this bread to bring my A-game.
Man, I'm really showing you guys just how strange I am today, aren't I?
So I started thinking about what bugged me about fancy/doctored/not-pure grilled cheeses, and I realized it was all about the focus of the sandwich. I believe the focus of a grilled cheese should be, you guessed it, the gooey, melty cheese (and good bread, of course). If that's still the focus of your sandwich, even if you doctor it up, then I think I can get on board with calling your sandwich a "grilled cheese." And so that's why I'm calling this totally doctored up, totally fancy, totally not pure sandwich a grilled cheese. Because even though it's full of jalapeños and bacon, it's still all about the cheese.
Did you see me just rationalize away my principles? Boom.
Now I've taken you on the enchanted voyage through my thought process, let's talk about this sandwich. Take the best jalapeño popper you've ever had and combine it with the best grilled cheese sandwich you've ever had, and you get this jalapeño popper grilled cheese. It's super gooey, it's a tiny bit spicy, it's salty from the bacon, it's crispy from a secret ingredient, and the whole thing is cooked in bacon grease. It's, truthfully, incredible.
I know you're probably thinking it is also spicy as all get out—after all, I call for a whole jalapeño for each grilled cheese sandwich. But actually, it's pretty tame. To mellow the spice in jalapeños, the recipe has you roast them in a hot oven first. The heat brings out the sweetness of the peppers and milds the spice. If you like it a bit spicier, just keep the seeds and membranes intact in your jalapeños, or even skip the roasting step completely if you really like the heat.
This jalapeño popper grilled cheese is the first of a whole bunch of recipes I'll be teaming up with Dave's Killer Bread to bring you over the rest of the year. I am so excited to bring them on board to the Wholefully family! They are an incredible company with an awesome mission, and they make some seriously amazing products.
All of their bread is organic, non-GMO, packed with whole grains, and tasty as all get out. And their company is committed to Second Chance Employment—one-third of their employees have a criminal background. You can learn more about their Second Chance Employment program in this video.
I am just so proud to be partnering with Dave's Killer Bread this year. If you want to track down your own loaf of White Bread Done Right (or any of their varieties), you can check out their store locator to find a retailer near you. Enjoy!
Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 1 sandwich
Roasting the peppers helps mellow the spice and make this Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese the perfect (slightly spicy) comfort food!
- 1 jalapeño pepper, stem, seeds, and membrane removed
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 slices bacon
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 slices Dave's Killer Bread White Bread Done Right
- 2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
- 2 tablespoons crushed tortilla chips (about 5 chips)
- Preheat the oven to 450° (you can also do this in a toaster oven). Place the pepper, cut side up, on a small baking sheet, drizzle on the olive oil, and roast for 5-7 minutes, or until the pepper is softened and beginning to brown. Set aside to cool. Then dice into small pieces
- Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a heavy-bottom skillet (I recommend a cast iron skillet) over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove from pan, reserving the bacon grease in the pan. Crumble bacon and set aside.
- Melt the butter in the skillet with the bacon grease.
- Spread half of the cream cheese over one side of one slice of the bread. Place in the skillet, cream cheese side up. Then sprinkle with half of the Monterey jack cheese. Sprinkle on the roasted jalapeño, the bacon, and the tortilla chips. Then top with the remaining Monterey jack cheese.
- Spread the remaining half of the cream cheese over one side of the second slice of bread. Place it, cream cheese side down, on top of the sandwich. Press sandwich firmly with a spatula.
- Cook for 6-7 minutes, or until the cheese begins to melt and the bread is brown and crunchy, then flip and cook an additional 4-5 minutes. Serve immediately.
Always use gloves when handling hot peppers.
Jalapeños can vary greatly in heat level. Fresh jalapeños are milder than older ones. Peppers with smooth, uniform skin will be milder. If you see a pepper that is bumpy, lumpy, or has variations in the skin, it will probably be spicier. Roasting the peppers will balance out some of this heat variation, but not all of it. I'd recommend tasting the pepper before putting it on the sandwich just to make sure you didn't pick up a scorcher!
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Teammate Michelle looking at all that Colorado beauty.
200 miles. Elevation topping 9000 feet. Rabbit Ears Pass. 94 degrees during the day. 38 degrees at night. Port-a-Potties and minivans.
Relays are awesome.
A relay is one of the few opportunities a runner has to genuinely share what is innately a solitary experience.
I flew into Denver on August 1st with my friend and teammate Theresa to run the Wild West Relay. The race started in Fort Collins, Colorado and ended the next day in Steamboat Springs. As we boarded the plane in Portland, we left behind ideal running conditions. While the rest of the country endured the hottest July on record, the Pacific Northwest idled at most in the low-80s and in the evenings required a light sweater. I often ran at noon on my lunch hour and didn't have to tell people I was training for the Badwater Ultramarathon.
Colorado, not so much. Multiple 100+ degree days, dry thunderstorms, the stunningly destructive High Park and Waldo Canyon Fires, folks in Colorado had taken a beatdown in the last 3 months. In fact, it wasn't until 2 weeks prior to the relay that the race director confirmed the WWR would happen as the conditions were so adverse. Hey - that's the chance one takes racing in the West in the summertime.
Regardless, our team made it. We were comprised of several members from last year's Hood to Coast team. There was Theresa and myself from Oregon, Morgan, our gracious van captain, who had just recently moved from Oregon to Colorado, her brother Mike and sister-in-law Michelle from Golden, Colorado, and Jeff, also from Colorado. Van 2 was entirely made up of folks living in Arizona, lead by fearless van leader Karl, survivor of 6 prior relays.
Mike & Michelle were gracious enough to sacrifice their minivan for our team.
It's difficult to determine what makes a good team. After all, you're about to be stuck in a van for an extended period of time without basic comforts, exhausted, and physical taxed. Karl has certain rules (no couples. If they fall apart, they take the team down with them) which work for him. But sometimes a team's only requirement is that the folks agree to show up on a short notice. Life gets in the way. People commit to a relay team months in advance and then all sorts of things happen: pregnancy, illness, injury. Alternates are required.
So, here's a simple rule if you're going to be on a relay team, and it has nothing to do with running: it is your job to get along with other team members. It is not optional. Support everybody. Get out of the van at every exchange and cheer on every runner. Don't clique up. Tell riddles. Be silly. Include everyone - and I don't mean by endlessly cycling through your relationship problems at 3:00 a.m. Talk about port-a-potties. Seriously, every runner has a port-a-potty story. Find common ground, people. Because if you have a bad run, your teammates would and should support you. If you act like an asshole, you can ruin the entire experience for five other people in your van.
Our team was called Save Your Ass. It is a tongue-in-cheek (heehee) name for an organization that raises awareness about colectoral cancer. Our tee-shirts rocked. As did every member of our van. I have lucked out two races in a row and I am grateful for my teammates.
Let me fill you in real quick on how relays work: 36 legs divided by 12 people. Each person runs 3 legs over the course of the race. The team is divided into two vans, with one always "active." The race is self-supported, with all water, food, cold towels, etc. supplied by the team. There are volunteers and port-a-potties at each designated exchange where the teams change runners. The major exchanges, those where van 1 hands off to van 2, are usually the only time the vans see each other until the end of the race. Oh, and you're out there. Remote. We had walkie talkies. We seldom had cell phone service. And we slept maybe 2 hours.
A ton of running. Little sleep. And Red Vines. A lot of Red Vines.
Let me tell you about my legs:
I was in van 1 and I chose to run leg 5. Leg 5 was 7.3 miles long, slightly longer than my daily run. I was excited to get my race under way, as I had now cheered on four of my teammates and I had butterflies in my stomach.
Morgan at exchange 2 with Mike. Some relays have arm bands you have to pass. WWR it was just a slap of the hand.
Relays are interesting in that, in my experience, they are not particularly competitive. Or, the teams I've been on are not. I am running to make my time, but it doesn't have the same feel as a half-marathon or a marathon. Mostly, I understand that if I blast out my first leg with everything I have, I may not physically be able to run my third leg. Relays are lessons in patience and endurance.
There are ultra teams - those 6-person wunderkins. They scream past the 12-person teams powered by fairy dust and vampire blood (I'm watching True Blood). I would bet they're pretty competitive. But I doubt their team takes the time to take pictures like this:
When you see a sign like this, it is morally wrong not to take advantage of it.
Me, Michelle, Morgan, and Theresa
Colorado has long been a place of twisted interest for me. I've spent quite a bit of time within its borders as my sister and her family live in Denver. I recognize its appeal, but I've been unwilling to accept its challenge. Its weather, its elevation, its athletes, and its politics all seemed too extreme. My first introduction to Colorado was when I drove across country from Maine to Oregon with my best friend and her boyfriend. We were recently graduated from Sarah Lawrence and most likely looked it - piercings, thrift store clothes, optimism. We entered a small town in the mountains outside of Denver and stopped for gas. When I went into the station to pay, the man behind the counter looked me up and down and said, "Make sure you don't stay long." I had been threatened so few times in my life I thanked him when he gave me my change.
That was the past. This visit, this Colorado announced itself to me. Or maybe I was simply ready, having lived in another western state for many years, for its magnitude.
Michelle ran her leg after Mike, then Jeff. With each runner the temperature increased, as did the wind. To quote a teammate from Arizona, the wind was like being blasted with a hairdryer. It did little in the way of refreshment and a lot in terms of sucking every ounce of moisture from my mouth. The mileage I would be running didn't concern me. The 94 degree reading on the minivan temp gauge did.
My turn came. I smacked Jeff's hand and off I went.
And then my brain melted.
I feel the need to state my credentials here. I have run two marathons, two 1/2 marathons and a 10 K in the last 10 months. This is not me bragging. This is what I had to tell myself to get my legs moving as they apparently forgot how to function, my lips attached themselves to my teeth, and the synapses in my brain stopped working properly. How. Could. It. Possibly. Be. This. Hard?
Not a terribly flattering picture of me, but I want to prove that my brains had turned to liquid and were flowing out of the side of my head. Or the wind was blowing really hard.
The elevation was 5823 feet. Not awfully high, but for this flatlander it obviously had an effect. More important was my lack of training in the heat. It was shocking how difficult I found those 7.3 miles. When I ran Hood to Coast the year before, it was August. Oregon August. The first day of WWR was like running on the sun.
I gratefully finished, slapped Theresa's hand and watched her shoot off like the rocket she is (girl is FAST), and hoped/prayed/secretly begged whatever entity would listen to me that the next round would be easier.
And what did we do while waiting?
We ate at a local establishment called the Pot Belly Deli absolutely lousy with runners eating salad with their hands and trying not to sleep at the tables.
We stared at the scenery and thought, "How did anybody do this in a wagon train and without a hotel at the end?".
We vaguely realized we should be sleeping as we'd be running all night. Then we gave up and ate cookies given to us by a volunteer.
I'm not changing these running shorts and I'm not sleeping.
And we drove to the next major exchange and got ready to run again.
The whole van was concerned about the second set of legs as the elevation gain was considerably steeper than the first. Legs are rated easy, moderate, hard, and very hard. This round, ours went very hard, very hard, hard, moderate, moderate, moderate. All were long. Morgan had an elevation gain of 1273 feet on dirt road; Jeff 1180. And for those who think, "Oh, I've done that!" those elevation gains started when they were already at 9494 (Morgan) and 9936 (Mike) feet. Whoo-hoo! And, of course, what goes up must come down. Jeff would be descending several miles in the pitch darkness, alone. Michelle was worried about all her legs as she had a vicious cold that had held on to her for two weeks prior to the relay and now ripped apart her lungs when she inhaled. And Theresa? Day or night, it didn't matter - Theresa still had more road kill than our entire van combined.
For me, my second leg could not have been more different than my first. Unlike the elevated temperatures and daylight , this time I ran in the middle of the night. Temperatures had dropped deep into the low 50s and the elevation topped out at 8048 feet. When the road turned from dirt to pavement, I crossed from Colorado into Larimar County, Wyoming under a full moon. It was so bright I thought there were cars on the road. There weren't - the sky was lit with a kaleidescope of stars. I was happy to have my head lamp, but I didn't need it. I was at a higher elevation than previously but my acclimation, however brutal, was complete. I ran as I knew I could. I ran becauseI loved running. It was brilliant.
Somewhere on a mountain top, team SYA lost their minds.
It is here I should briefly mention a somewhat awkward situation that caused us to readjust our planned running of the race. Due to a miscommunication about our average mile time, we soon realized the start time our team had been given would not allow us to finish the race as a timed team. Midway through the race, we spoke to the race director and were switched to the helter skelter class, which meant we jumped three legs in order to catch up to the rest of the pack. (Other teams did this, as well.) We elected to run two runners at a time in order for everyone to still run three legs. I could get really technical in explaining this; I won't. Our average mile, where we included the 10K pace of every person on our team, should have been 10.5 minutes per mile; instead, it was listed as 8.5 minutes per mile. Let's look at this picture to give you an example:
There's Morgan in blue. And the rest of those fine young things are teenage cross-country runners. Or seemed to be in the milliseconds I saw them before they sprinted past all of us. 11 out of 12 members of our team are firmly rooted in the decades that knew George Michael as a closeted pop star and not as the son on Arrested Development. *(And Morgan, I am in no way saying you are anything other than a youngin'. But those others are toddlers.)
Such is life. Miscommunications happen. The race director, Paul Vanderheiden, was extremely friendly and obviously very committed to this relay. He sent several personal emails to me in response to this issue. It bummed us out initially. And then we moved on.
When Theresa finished running, we met up with van 2. We saw them off and then drove to the tiny town of Walden. There the high school was opened for the night to anyone in the race. The athletic teams were charging $2 for a shower, plus they had free coffee and food. All available floor space and their gym was covered in unconcious runners. We parked in a field next to the school with 100 other vans and glady used real restrooms. No one took a shower, as we had less than 3 hours before our third leg began and sleep beats stench every time. Morgan, Michael, Michelle and Jeff went into the school with their sleeping bags while Theresa and I passed out in the van. I have a vague recollection of the passenger side door sliding open. Theresa, asleep in the reclining passenger seat, was unconciously opening and shutting the side door to let runners in and out. Such is a relay.
A very, very short time later, it was time to run. Third legs are loose cannons. No one has any idea how their going to feel. Euphoria? Ill? Extreme grumpiness? All of the above?
It was cold and dark when Morgan and Mike left their exchange - the temperature gauge read 40 degrees.
Morgan and Mike gritted their teeth and headed out. They didn't want water, or food, or to talk. They just wanted to finish. And then the sun came up.
Everyone ran on pavement for their third legs, which differed from our previous mountain/dirt road stages. The cars were few as were still so remote. It was beautiful. We'd seen all stages of the day - sun, sunset, full moon, sunrise. I felt oddly refreshed, although I knew I was exhausted as I everything out of my mouth I repeated twice. I am thankful no one asked me to drive. Their lives are safer for it.
Fist pump. And can I point out he had the energy to do this after running nearly 20 miles in 28hours?
My last leg was my easiest, a moderate 4.2 miles with a top elevation of 8529 feet. I got a little competitive as I passed a few people, vexing my exhaustion with small spikes of adrenaline. I could see my final exchange through most of my run, a small dot around a large curve of asphalt and up a small hill. The temperature cooperated. I flowed.
I slapped Theresa's hand and I was done, left only to be team support.
The race finished at Steamboat Springs Middle School. The day was, once again, hot. The advantage of being in van 1 was that we were able to collapse at our motel for a few hours prior to crossing the finish line with the van 2 runners. I took a 30-minute shower and washed three solid layers of dust and sweat off me, then passed out flat. My phone was inches away from my head. My husband called and texted four times to see how I did. I didn't wake up once.
We met up with van 2 at the finishing area. It was nice to spend time with the members of van 2, friends we hadn't seen throughout the relay other than in passing. We'd experienced much of the same thing - exhaustion, hilarity, frustration, pain, wonder.
Morgan and Crystal, an actual van 2 member!
Somehow the only team shot I have is this one:
All of us calmly strolling to meet Bart, the final runner of van 2.
We spent the evening as a team eating and drinking heartily at Mahogany Brewery, talking mostly about our shared experience. As a group, we saw moose, elk, countless deer and rabbits, and sections of Colorado we most likely wouldn't have witnessed on our own. And, dammit, we ran 200 miles as a team and we were still speaking. We ordered more beer at elevation. Every one of us was asleep by 8:00 that evening, accomplished.
"Crap, that's a big freaking hill."
*Props to Theresa Hailey for taking so many of these pictures!


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Dantes passed through all the stages of torture natural to prisoners in suspense. He was sustained at first by that pride of conscious innocence which is the sequence to hope; then he began to doubt his own innocence, which justified in some measure the governor's belief in his mental alienation; and then, relaxing his sentiment of pride, he addressed his supplications, not to God, but to man. God is always the last resource. Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle to power. Like all persons of real genius, her ladyship well knew what accorded with her nature and her means. Poverty disgusted her -subjection deprived her of two-thirds of her greatness. Her ladyship was only a queen amongst queens: the enjoyment of satisfied pride was essential to her sway. To command beings of an inferior nature, was, to her, rather a humiliation than a pleasure.
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- Born: July 24, 1802
- Died: December 5, 1870
- Occupation: Writer
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Dallas, Texas, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that its iPhone 3G customers can set up accounts online before heading to the nearest store to activate and complete the purchase, reducing in-store wait times as the busy holiday shopping season approaches.
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The General Assembly of the United Nations needs to be reformed. By giving each member one vote in the Assembly there is a huge distortion in the democratic process. George Monbiot points out that:
in the UN General Assembly, the 10,000 people of the Pacific Island of Tuvalu possess the same representation as the one billion people of India. Their per capita vote in other words is weighted 100,000-fold.
Complicated though it might be, the best solution would be for all the members of the UN General Assembly to be elected by the people from within each country. This solution was favoured by the Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein.
The citizens of each country should elect members of the United Nations General Assembly. There should be one member for each 6 million population. Those countries with less than 6 million population should join together with others in an alliance to achieve the 6 million.
With such radical reforms the United Nations would then be able to regulate legitimately global corporations and it should also have the powers to control the WTO the IMF. This would be a major step forward.
By the beginning of the new century, by the United Nations' count, 140 countries of the world, out of 190 in all and with two thirds of the world's population, had multi-party electoral systems. The number of authoritarian regimes was down to 26, from 67 in 1985. For all who believe in democracy, this is a magnificent triumph – but for all its glory, still less of a triumph than it may appear if we look more closely.
Most countries are now full or partial democracies, but their citizens are turning away from democracy and becoming disenchanted. They care less for democracy, believe less in it, participate less in it and have less trust in those that govern them, because in most cases democracy is distorted.
For too long the politicians have ignored the impact of globalisation on democracy. Globalisation is here to stay. There is no turning back, but ways must be found to ensure that multi-national corporations are accountable, that nations recognise the effect their policies have on other nations, that force or the fear of force is not the way to conduct our affairs. The obvious institution to handle these matters is the United nations, but we have seen that without radical reform the task would be too great for it. Should that be the case then a new institution consisting of the democratic nations of the world must be created. Such a body would have to be democratic but would draw its strength from the votes of the peoples of the world. Perhaps in time it would develop into a World Parliament. It would be a federation of nations, leading to World government. Its time will come.


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Redlands takes two from Willamette
Beeman went 4 of 4 with three RBI in nightcap to pace Bulldogs
REDLANDS, CALIF. -- Redlands, ranked No. 6 in NCAA Division III by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), swept a doubleheader with Willamette on Saturday. The Bulldogs won 9-1 on the run rule in five innings in the opener and were victorious in the second game 8-3.
Redlands improved to 21-1 on the season. Willamette fell to 3-9 overall.
The Bulldogs started the doubleheader by scoring three runs on four hits in the top of the first inning. Amanda Clark was hit by a pitch to open the stanza and Janelle Carrasco followed with an infield hit to third base. After a double-steal and a strikeout, Amanda Lievanos drove in the game's first run with another infield hit.
Lievanos stole second and Carrasco scored on the throw for a 2-0 lead. Aleisha Martinez added an RBI single with two outs to bring in the third run.
WU got one run back in the top of the third. Suzannah Von Trapp reached base on an error by third baseman Kirsten Milliner and then stole second. Jessica Barry drove in Von Trapp with a single up the middle.
Redlands tacked on one run in the bottom of the third and added two runs in the fourth to take a 6-1 lead. Both of the runs in the fourth inning scored on a home run by Sarah Beeman.
The Bulldogs tallied three runs in the fifth to end the game on the run rule. All three runs scored with two outs, after the first two batters in the inning grounded out.
Carrasco walked and Milliner singled. Lievanos sent a base hit through the right side to bring in Carrasco with the first run. Later in the stanza, Lizett Casillas achieved a two-RBI single.
Lievanos was 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBI for the Bulldogs in the opener. Redlands pitcher Kayla Uphold improved to 10-0 and combined with Gabrielle Sciuto to limit WU to just two hits during the game. Barry and Susie Krewer each went 1 for 2 for the Bearcats.
In the second game, Redlands again took an early lead with three runs in the first inning. Lievanos, Beeman and Rikki Scates each provided an RBI single.
Willamette cut into the lead by scoring once in the top of the third. Kiley Herrick singled with one out. She moved to second on a ground out by Yvonne Drabin. Barry walked and Herrick advanced to third on an error by the catcher. Barry stole second base and Herrick scored on the throw.
The score remained 3-1 until Redlands pushed four runs across the plate in the bottom of the fifth. Beeman and Casillas each drove in one run, while Molly Duran hit a two-RBI single to center field.
In the top of the sixth, Mica Romero walked with one out and eventually scored for Willamette. Nichole Robertson was hit by a pitch with two outs and later reached home on a single by Hope Kloczko.
Lievanos walked with one out in the bottom of the inning and scored on a double by Beeman to complete the scoring.
Three Redlands pitchers combined to record the win. Sciuto received the pitching decision and improved to 7-1. The Bulldogs achieved 11 hits during the game, led by Beeman, who went 4 for 4 with two runs and three RBI. Herrick and Kloczko each registered one of WU's two hits.


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