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To recap a little bit, Ruth had an overwhelming task before her when Abner died. She had the responsibility of raising 4 of her own children and 4 or 5 more stepchildren from Abner. And then a son was born from Ruth and Abner's union after Abner's death. That child was Simeon went to sea as a boy; became a ship's captain; returned home starting a saltworks and began a Baptist church where he served as it's first minister. Although that's a really nice ending to a sad tale, like I said, that's not THE story I wanted to tell.
Ruth's first husband, Thomas Nickerson IV, died at sea before their son Thomas the V was born. So Ruth had two different sons from two different husbands who would never know their fathers because they both died at sea. These two were but 6 years apart in age. But,as sad as that is, and as tough a life as Ruth and the children had after losing Abner, and despite the fact that Ruth is central to each of these separate stories, hers is not really THE story I wanted to tell you either, hence the disclaimer in the title of this two-parter.
These stories are each interesting on their own. However, when trying to find out a little more about Ruth, her story led me to the story of her first husband, Thomas Nickerson IV. That, my friends, is where I found the most interesting of all the stories surrounding poor Ruth.
Thomas Nickerson was a member of a very prolific Cape Cod family. There were Nickersons in virtually every town on the Cape in the earliest of settlements. Thomas IV was the son of Thomas III and Dorcas Sparrow, both from Chatham, MA just a couple of towns south of Yarmouth where Ruth lived with Abner Crowell after remarrying as a widow. Thomas the III was a farmer in Chatham, but his father had been a mariner. Thomas IV took after his grandfather and became the captain of the fishing schooner Abigail.
From all accounts, Ruth and Thomas IV were happy young newlyweds in Chatham in 1765. He was 22 and she was 21. Soon after they married they started a family, first Myrick was born, then David and Isaac. All these sons further added to the already large numbers of those with that surname on Cape Cod. Life was no doubt hard, given the times and the climate, but it was probably as good as it got back then on salty old Cape Cod.
Thomas IV, as I mentioned, was a sea captain and the master of the schooner Abigail out of Chatham by the time he was 28. He made a living as a fisherman, bringing his catch to Boston and other ports along the coast and up and down the Cape. Thomas, his brother Sparrow Nickerson and their sister Phebe's husband Elisha Newcomb made up the fishing vessel's small crew. Another crewmember, new to the sea, was 13 year old William Kent, and although I haven't been able to verify it, I suspect he was also a relative as the name Kent appears often in the Nickerson genealogy I have seen.
The crew of Abigail would fish the Massachusetts waters at a time when the Sons of Liberty were just coming into their own all over the Colonies. Rumblings by the Colonials over British taxation on tea and the Stamp Act which taxed every piece of paper used in the Colonies from ship's records to newspapers to playing cards. The King, imposing his will on these independent souls was wearing thin throughout the Massachusetts Bay Colony after enduring it for so many years. The Cape was no exception, indeed, the inhabitants of Cape Cod included some of he oldest immigrant families in the Colonies, and they had independence in their blood and in their bones.
One practice in particular that set the pre-revolutionary Cape Codders' blood to boiling was 'impressment'. This was the law of the land at the time and it allowed the King to send out "press gangs" to kidnap British and Americans of sea-going age and force them on to a ship and at the threat of death, coerce them into serving as part of the British Navy. Whenever there was war brewing or a need to build up their navy, these press gangs would become active and go after the townsmen from all over the Colonies. In addition to many thousands of Americans, the British also commandeered American vessels. They did this at sea or on shore, wherever they could find able-bodied men, preferably experienced seamen. The Cape, with its many sailors and vessels was of particular interest to the British and these press gangs.
Thomas IV and his crew, braved the rough waters and tricky tides off the coast of New England, but also were on the lookout for the pirates and press gangs that were just as much of a threat to their lives and livelihood as any storm that might blow across the bay.
One November day, Ruth's husband Thomas and his crew set sail from Boston Harbor on his schooner Abigail returning to Chatham. This particular day, a cousin, Ansel Nickerson, was on board needing transportation from Boston back to Chatham to get "his cloathes". In the wee hours of the next morning a Topsail Schooner was spotted not far from Abigail. A boat was launched from this unidentified ship containing a few men who rowed along side and boarded Abigail. The men questioned its crew and passenger. The boat left, but soon 3 more boats returned, this time full of armed men.
Before the men could board her, fearing this was a press gang about to kidnap him, Ansel swung himself with rope over the 'traffarill' (the stern of the boat) and hung there, listening to the exchange between his cousins and the gang who had boarded the ship. Immediately following the boarding of the Abigail, a violent struggle broke out. Ansel could hear the sounds of Thomas and his crew being slaughtered as steel struck bone and their screams were audible over the rest of the crashing sounds. He heard them fling them over the side into the sea, one after the other, food for the fishes.
Ansel hung there, in the ropes, terrified, keeping his eyes on the railing above for fear he would be discovered. He heard loud laughter and angry retorts and the crashing of the chests that held cargo being transported from Boston to the Cape and other property belonging to the crew. After smashing the barrel of rum that had been aboard and the subsequent arguing over the drink as the pirates partook of it, Ansel heard young William shouting for help, as he was being carried away into one of the waiting boats, as one of the scoundrels proclaimed they were taking him "to make punch" for them.
After a while, the commotion subsided as all but one of the boats left Abigail and returned to their own ship. A few of the men, the leaders of the expedition, remained aboard, discussing whether or not to set fire to the Abigail and sink her. But, instead of burning her, to Ansel's relief, they decided to leave her sails up, scuttle her and let her sail out to sea on her own.
About 10 o'clock the next morning, Sunday November 15, 1722, Captain Doane from Chatham spotted Abigail sailing between Chatham and Nantucket, flying a distress flag. When Captain Doane boarded Abigail, he found a terrified Ansel, who described the events of the earlier hours as I have just related them.
Captain Doane and his crew brought the Abigail and Ansel to Chatham and then told the story he'd heard to Justice of the Peace Bacon, from Barnstable, who then sent a report to Governor Hutchinson in Boston. A ship was sent to find the "pirates" but nothing was found. There were many inconsistencies in Ansel's story, and the Governor found it all incredible. A warrant for his arrest was issued, and Ansel, who was found to have been wandering in parts unknown, was hunted down and sent to jail on the charge of murder on the high seas and piracy.
Ansel was questioned by the Governor and a panel of justices after which a trial was ordered for June. Some of the inconsistencies in Ansel's story were that there was a substantial sum of money on board as the crew had collected it's pay for the preceding year while in Boston and it was contained in the chests, while Ansel claimed there had been a small amount of money. Although the rum was smashed and broken into, there were stores of beef and other food these pirates did not take. The panel thought it would be impossible for Ansel to hang there on the ropes over the stern as long as he did and why hadn't the men searched for him, having first boarded the ship and undoubtedly counted the passenger and crew? Other suspicious elements of the story were that nobody else had seen this mystery ship, nor had any other ships been boarded. And in none of Captain Doane's testimony, had he described any blood smeared decks.
Even his defense attorney made some notes of the inconsistencies of his story. Ansel was the only one spared. He as alone on board, covered with blood. On the other hand, the flying of the distress signal was inconsistent with criminal behavior. Ansel said his reason to be on board was because he needed to get his clothes in Chatham and that it would be too costly to travel by land seemed hard to believe. Ansel said the money box was missing from the hold, yet he also said he hadn't been in the hold.
More notes from his own lawyer's records: Incredibility that there should have been a Pirate Vessell. The boats could not board. The rum hadn't been carried off, and still in the stores were fresh Meat, Butter, Cyder, Roots. The Pirates must have trod in the blood, and left the Marks in Cabin, hold, but none were found. Where was the Prisoner for fear of Impress. Hanging on the Stern. Is it possible he should have hung there a Minute? Why did not they discover him, when on the deck and when they came under the Stern. The Paint clean, not bruised nor broke.
If the Prisoner guilty would not every appearance have been as they were.
Liquor, Cyder and Rum in the Pail, and the [Cantien?] he gave, shews they were made drunk and then butch[ere]d.
Conduct after he came ashore—wandering God knows where. No Account can be given of him. An opportunity to bring <it> ashore, the Money.
Confident he should be discharged.
Went a little Way, felt poorly, when he came back. The Witnesses say he could not go on board the Vessell then, but he might go where the Money was hid.
All Night absent going to his Grandfathers. He pretended he was lost.
Went to the Hay Yard to the End of the Stack, to get hay for his Horse.Yet, after all of these notes his lawyer writes:
Altogether presumptive.
A trial was held after several delays, in August of 1773, and despite the court's accusations and defense counsel's questions, Ansel was acquitted.
His lawyer admitted that he did "not know the basis of the acquittal" but thought it was due to the lack of direct evidence. According to his defense counsel, "Nickerson lived many years, and behaved well." He didn't seem very grateful to his lawyer. "His comments before and after the trial were less than gracious." Defense counsel later reported that "He had nothing to give me, but his promissory Note, for a very moderate Fee. But I have heard nothing from him, nor received any Thing for his note, which has been lost with many other Notes and Accounts to a large Amount, in the distraction of the times and my Absence from my Business."
Some say Ansel went on to live in the area and fought against the British in the Revolutionary war. He died in the West Indies. Some say he was convicted of murder and hanged in the Antilles. Others say that while he lay dying on the Island of Martinique he confessed to the murders aboard Abigail.
The IOU that Ansel wrote to his lawyer was found. It was dated 30 July 1773, for £6 13s. 4d. It was found too late to enforce payment, and still remains, unreceipted, in the files of Ansel's attorney,
John Adams.
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So, that's the incredible story I found while looking for Ruth Hinckley Nickerson Crowell Phinney's roots. Her first husband, Thomas Nickerson IV, killed at sea either by a band of French pirates or by his own cousin for the contents of a ship's chest. Ruth nor Thomas are in Ed's direct line. But, this is where I was led. For me, it's not always the story from my own tree that tugs at me and grabs my curiosity, although it is fun when that happens. The wonderful thing is that there are fabulous, intriguing stories in the trees surrounding our own. And it's a very large forest!


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- Website: folkfibers.com
Store History
- Founded: January 2012
- Founded by: Maura Ambrose
- Headquarters: Austin, Texas
She grows, harvests, and forages for natural, organic dyes around Austin, and uses them to dye some of the fabrics used in the making of her quilts. She then patchworks her dyed fabric with other fabrics, both vintage and new, to create one-of-a-kind heirloom treasures.
Name/Title: Maura Ambrose, Owner/Founder of Folk Fibers
Open/launch date: January 2012
Inspiration for opening: Making things I love and sharing them.
Merchandise source: My own two hands.
Best selling item: Most items are one-of-a-kind, but people seem to be enjoying my series of wholecloth quilts.
Your favorite item: I know it's cliche, but I'm so excited about the next item I'm working on. Right now that's the Hawaii quilt that will be online for sale soon.
Favorite store (other than your own): I'm obsessed with the office supplies at Muji.
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Mark Sanchez likes the way his quarterback competition with Geno Smith is playing out at Jets camp.
Sanchez said after Friday's practice that he believes he has done what he needs to do to show he can be the man for the Jets this season.
"I feel like I'm having a great camp," Sanchez said. "My arms feel good, my legs feel good, I feel strong, I feel accurate, I feel like I'm in command."
For his part, Smith didn't want to get into evaluating the status of the quarterback competition.
"It's up to the coaches," Smith said. "I just evaluate myself. I don't worry about any of that other stuff. I feel like, at this point, I'm at least close to where I should be. Am I perfect? No. But am I making good strides? Yes. As long as I stay on that track, I'll be fine."
Smith and Sanchez will get a chance to show what they can do in game-like situations on Saturday night, when the Jets have their Green & White scrimmage.


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Helen Gurley Brown, who as the author of "Sex and the Single Girl" shocked early-1960s America with the news that unmarried women not only had sex but also thoroughly enjoyed it — and who as the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine spent the next three decades telling those women precisely how to enjoy it even more — died on August 13, 2012 in Manhattan.
She was 90, though parts of her were considerably younger. Read the complete obituary here.
As Cosmopolitan's editor from 1965 until 1997, Ms. Brown was widely credited with being the first to introduce frank discussions of sex into magazines for women. The look of women's magazines on the newsstand today — a sea of voluptuous models and titillating cover lines — is due in no small part to her influence.
Before she arrived at Cosmopolitan, Ms. Brown had already shaken the collective consciousness with her best-selling book "Sex and the Single Girl." Published in 1962, the year before Betty Friedan ignited the modern women's movement with "The Feminine Mystique," it taught unmarried women how to look their best, have delicious affairs and ultimately bag a man for keeps, all in breathless, aphoristic prose. (Ms. Brown was a former advertising copywriter.)
By turns celebrated and castigated, Ms. Brown was for decades a highly visible, though barely visible, public presence. A tiny, fragile-looking woman who favored big jewelry, fishnet stockings and minidresses till she was well into her 80s, she was a regular guest at society soirees and appeared often on television. At 5 feet 4, she remained a wraithlike hundred pounds throughout her adult life. That weight, she often said, was five pounds above her ideal.
Ms. Brown routinely described herself as a feminist, but whether her work helped or hindered the cause of women's liberation has been publicly debated for decades. It will doubtless be debated long after her death. What is safe to say is that she was a Janus-headed figure in women's history, simultaneously progressive and retrogressive in her approach to women's social roles.
Few magazines have been identified so closely with a single editor as Cosmopolitan was with Ms. Brown. Before she took over, Cosmopolitan, like its competitors, was every inch a postwar product. Its target reader was a married suburbanite, preoccupied with maintaining the perfect figure, raising the perfect child and making the perfect Jell-O salad.
Ms. Brown tossed the children and the Jell-O, though she kept the diet advice with a vengeance. Yes, readers would need to land Mr. Right someday — the magazine left little doubt that he was still every woman's grail. But in an era in which an unmarried woman was called an old maid at 23, the new Cosmopolitan gave readers license not to settle for settling down with just anyone, and to enjoy the search with blissful abandon for however long it took. Sex as an end in itself was perfectly fine, the magazine assured them. As a means to an end — the right husband, the right career, the right designer labels — it was better still.
In Ms. Brown's hands, Cosmopolitan anticipated "Sex and the City" by three decades. Gone was the housewife, apron in tow. In her place was That Cosmopolitan Girl, the idealized reader on whom Ms. Brown and her advertisers firmly trained their sights. She looked great, wore fabulous clothes and had an unabashedly good time when those clothes came off.
Forty-three when she took the magazine's helm, Ms. Brown often described the Cosmo Girl as the young woman she had been — or dreamed of being — 20 years before.
A child of the Ozarks, Helen Marie Gurley was born on Feb. 18, 1922, in Green Forest, Ark., the younger of two daughters of a family of modest means. Her father, Ira, was a schoolteacher, as her mother, the former Cleo Sisco, had been before her marriage.
When Helen was a baby, Ira Gurley was elected to the state legislature, and the family moved to Little Rock. In 1932, when she was 10, Ira was killed in an elevator accident, leaving her mother depressed and impoverished. In 1937, Mrs. Gurley moved with her daughters to Los Angeles. There, Helen's older sister, Mary, contracted polio; she spent the rest of her life paralyzed from the waist down.
Though Helen graduated as valedictorian of her high school class, she feared she could never transcend her family circumstances. At a time when a young woman's main chance was to marry well, she felt ill equipped for the task. She did not consider herself pretty, she wrote years afterward, and had rampant, intractable acne. In "Having It All," she coined the word "mouseburger" to describe young women like her.
Still, Helen Gurley persevered. She studied briefly at Texas State College for Women (it is now Texas Women's University), but with no money to continue, she returned to Los Angeles and enrolled in secretarial school, from which she graduated in 1941.
She went on to hold a string of secretarial jobs — 17 by her own count — and discovered the measure of security that sex could bring. At every office, or so it seemed, there were bosses eager to fondle and dandle. In exchange, there might be a fur or an apartment or the wherewithal to keep her family going a little longer.
Helen Gurley eventually became an advertising copywriter in Los Angeles. In 1959, she married David Brown, a former managing editor of Cosmopolitan who had become a Hollywood producer. Mr. Brown, who produced "Jaws" and other well-known films, died in 2010; the couple had no children.
In the early 1960s, Ms. Brown found herself at loose ends and cast about for a project. Her husband, who had recently stumbled on a cache of letters she had written in her 20s to a married man who was smitten with her, persuaded her to write "Sex and the Single Girl."
Though the book seems almost quaint today ("An affair can last from one night to forever"), it caused a sensation when it was published in 1962 by Bernard Geis Associates. It sold millions of copies, turned Ms. Brown into a household name and inspired a movie of the same title starring Natalie Wood, released in 1964.
The Years at Cosmopolitan
In 1963, the Browns moved to New York. Two years later, the Hearst Corporation asked Ms. Brown to take over Cosmopolitan, one of its less prepossessing magazines. Becalmed in the doldrums, Cosmopolitan favored articles on home and hearth, along with uplifting discussions of current affairs ("The Lyndon Johnson Only His Family Knows").
Ms. Brown had never held an editing job, but her influence on Cosmopolitan was swift and certain: she did not so much revamp the magazine as vamp it.
Where just months earlier Cosmo's covers had featured photos of demure, high-collared girl-next-door types like Mary Tyler Moore, Ms. Brown's first issue, July 1965, showed a voluptuous blond model whose deep cleavage was barely contained by her plunging neckline.
What Cosmopolitan's previous cover lines had lacked in pith and punch ("Diabetes: Will Your Children Inherit It?"), Ms. Brown's more than made up for. "World's Greatest Lover — What it was like to be wooed by him!," her inaugural cover proclaimed. Ms. Brown was not shy about disclosing the fact that in her 32 years with the magazine, her husband wrote all the cover lines.
Readers and advertisers flocked to the new Cosmo. When Ms. Brown took over, the magazine had a circulation of less than 800,000; at its height, in the 1980s, circulation approached three million.
Ms. Brown's magazine did not find favor with everyone. In 1970, a group of feminists led by Kate Millett staged a sit-in at Ms. Brown's office, protesting what they saw as her retrograde vision of womanhood. Even several nude male centerfolds (Burt Reynolds, April 1972; Arnold Schwarzenegger, August 1977) were for many of Cosmopolitan's critics insufficient counterweights.
But in retrospect, Ms. Brown's work seems strikingly apolitical, beholden mostly to the politics of personal advancement. (In "Having It All," she compares herself, favorably, to Eva Peron.) The advice she offered Cosmopolitan's readers on winning the right friends and influencing the right people was squarely in the tradition of Dale Carnegie, if less vertically inclined.
In 1996, with circulation declining and the public perception that Ms. Brown had lost touch with her readers growing, Hearst announced that she would step down the next year as Cosmopolitan's editor in chief. Ms. Brown stayed on as the editor of Cosmopolitan's international editions, continuing to work from an office appointed with pink silk walls, leopard-print carpet and a cushion embroidered with the maxim "Good Girls Go to Heaven/Bad Girls Go Everywhere." "


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Casey Anthony resurfaced Friday, Jan. 25, to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in Florida more than one year after she first reemerged into the spotlight donning a blonde wig. And this times, things aren't quite "looking up" the way she'd hoped in the January 2012 online video.
According to the Associated Press, the 26-year-old's debt includes $500,000 of attorney fees for her defense lawyer Jose Baez, who won her acquittal in the case of her daughter Caylee's 2008 death. Anthony also owes $68,540 to the IRS for unpaid taxes and $61,505 for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for court costs, court papers show.
Anthony, who went into hiding shortly after her acquittal, was also listed as unemployed and currently without any income, The Associated Press reports. Applying for bankruptcy protection is essentially asking for a clean slate and fresh financial start.
Aside from an online video that she posted last January, in which she called her circumstances "surreal," but explained that "things are starting to change in a good way," Anthony has largely kept out of the public eye.
She did, however, do a phone interview with Piers Morgan last June that the talk show host then summarized and shared with his TV audience.
"Obviously, I did not kill my daughter," Anthony reportedly said. "If anything, there's nothing in this world I've ever been more proud of, and there's no one I loved more than my daughter. She's my greatest accomplishment."
The Florida native is currently acting as the defendant in multiple civil suits, the Associated Press reports, including one in which a nanny named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez is suing Anthony for defamation after she was fired for being mistaken as the nanny Anthony named in the death of her daughter.
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Tech Ruggers 2-1 in High Desert ClassicALBUQUERQUE, N.M. October 18, 2011 – A young and improving New Mexico Tech's men's rugby club reveled in two comfortable wins Saturday at the 40th annual High Desert Classic tournament in Albuquerque. Yet Sunday morning's match against New Mexico State University reminded them in equally certain terms they still have work to do.
| New Mexico Tech forwards (right) scrum against New Mexico State University in Sunday's High Desert Rugby Classic semifinal in Albuquerque. Tech flanker Tyler Fletcher pushes while Jerod Aragon awaits the emergence of the ball. The Chiles won the match and eliminated NMT from the championship
In Albuquerque, Freshman wing Ben Long opened Tech's scoring with a try five minutes into in a 9:30 a.m. matchup against Fort Lewis College of Durango, Colo. Scrum half Jerod Aragon followed with a touchdown five minutes later and it was one-way traffic for the Pygmies after that with lock Tyler Augster, center Jason Lee, and Ben Long's twin brother, Aaron, playing the opposite wing, chipping in five-pointers. The match was a breakthrough for the muscular and hard-running Lee, a first-season player seeing his first action in the back line. Veteran fly half Brock Romero connected with six out of seven conversion kicks, some from difficult angles, to complete Tech's 47-0 whitewash.
Tech swamped a second string side from New Mexico Highlands University 39-0 in an early afternoon match. Jason Lee, a 2010 graduate of Albuquerque Valley High, showed speed as well as power in scoring a hat trick of three five-point tries, one after Aragon charged down an attempted kick. Captain Isaiah Sanchez scored two blazing tries from his fullback position. Romero was good with four conversion kicks and two penalty goals for a 14-point haul, all while coolly dissecting the Vatos' defense with well-timed passes to Lee.
On Sunday the Pygmies reunited bright and early at U.S.S. Bullhead Park, but youthful enthusiasm only lasted so long against the superior technical skills of a tested NMSU squad. The Chiles parlayed an advantage in scrums and lineouts into a 5-0 halftime lead on the strength of flank forward Khan Muhammad's breakaway try, and then added two more converted tries (7 points each) and a penalty goal (3 points) for a final 22-0 shutout.
NMHU's first-team Vatos beat the Chiles in the 12:30 collegiate division title match. The Atomic Sisters won the 12-team women's division, and the Provo, Utah, Steelers wore down the Denver Highlanders to claim the men's club side championship.
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'DWTS' Finale: Katherine Jenkins Should Win Mirror Ball Trophy
After two seasons of male winners, it's time for a girl to win the Mirror Ball Trophy on 'Dancing with the Stars'!
We're down to the final three on Dancing with the Stars — Katherine Jenkins, William Levy and Donald Driver — and even though they're essentially all just as talented as each other, I'm pulling for Katherine to win the prize.
Not only is she charming, graceful and gorgeous, but the Welsh opera singer would be the first girl to win in three season. Last season J.R. Martinez took the trophy and Hines Ward won before that.
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This is totally a girl's season. Plus, I'm hoping Donald and William's votes cancel each other out.
That said, the winner is certainly no slam dunk. All three of the remaining contestants have been neck and neck all season. Their final performances tonight will truly be the deciding factor on who wins.
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Wild seventh inning does in Keuchel, Astros
Dallas Keuchel could hardly believe what happened in the seventh inning. In control for six strong innings, he suddenly and utterly lost his command. A finesse lefthander who doesn't overpower hitters, he had not walked more than two batters in a game all year.
And until the seventh, he had not walked a single batter Saturday afternoon at Minute Maid Park. Keuchel then walked the first three Mariners in the seventh, setting the foundation for the eight-run rally that propelled Seattle to a 9-8 victory over the Astros.
The Astros countered with four runs in the bottom of the seventh and two more in the eighth, but their largest scoring output of the season wasn't enough.
"It kind of feels like a train hit me in the seventh," Keuchel said. "It's not like me to walk three guys in a row. I felt a couple of those pitches were pretty close. Obviously the umpire has the final say."
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Saturday: Mariners 9, Astros 8.
Record: 10-20.
Today: Seattle at Minute Maid Park, 1:10 p.m.
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The Astros rallied late to make it interesting and reward the crowd of 15,798 with an exciting finish, but Jose Altuve flied out to right field to strand the bases loaded in the eighth with the potential tying run 90 feet away from home plate.
'Lost command'
Keuchel's command issues were nothing short of shocking as the Mariners tied the three-game series heading into the finale.
"He had a great performance going and for whatever reason he got to the seventh inning and the walks really hurt us," manager Bo Porter said. "Lost command and wasn't able to minimize the damage, and they were able to get big hit after big hit. Obviously the walks really hurt us.
"Dallas Keuchel is a pitch-to-contact, control-and-command guy. If someone was to ever ask me, 'Do you think Dallas Keuchel would walk three people in a row?' the answer would be no 100 out of a 100 times."
Keuchel gave up four runs on six hits with three walks and three strikeouts over six innings. Jose Cisnero then gave up three hits and three runs with one walk over two-thirds of an inning, and lefthander Raul Valdes gave up two more runs in one-third of an inning.
Leading 2-1, Keuchel walked Justin Smoak and Cole Gillespie on eight pitches to start the seventh. Brad Miller also walked to load the bases. Jason Castro then went out to visit Keuchel on the mound, prompting Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon to charge angrily out of the dugout to complain that the Astros were stalling to give the bullpen more time to warm up.
"I wasn't pressing at all," Keuchel said. "It was just one of those things the ball had some late movement more than the first six innings. I don't know whether that was a mechanical issue or something like that. It's one of those things. I just have to throw strikes."
Mike Zunino greeted Cisnero with a five-pitch walk to plate the tying run. Michael Saunders followed with a two-run double to right, and Stefen Romero made it 5-2 with a single through the left side. After Robinson Cano gave the Mariners a 6-2 lead with a single through the right side, the Astros recorded their first out when right fielder Alex Presley threw out Romero at third.
One out later, Kyle Seager greeted Valdes with an RBI double to left and Smoak followed with a two-run home run to left field to cap the eight-run rally.
Rally falls short
The Astros' offensive surge that followed was perhaps more surprising than Keuchel's command issues. Chris Carter hit a solo home run off Hisashi Iwakuma and Jonathan Villar hit a two-run homer off Dominic Leone to cut the deficit to 9-5 in the bottom of the seventh. Altuve followed with a walk. He stole second and then scored when Brad Miller booted the ball after Dexter Fowler sent a chopper for an infield single to short.
The Astros mounted another rally in the eighth against Yoervis Medina. Matt Dominguez hit a one-out double. Then Carter ripped a 430-foot, RBI triple to the top of Tal's Hill in center field. Alex Presley added an RBI single through the right side to get within 9-8. After Medina hit Gonzalez with a pitch and walked Villar to load the bases, closer Fernando Rodney came out and induced Altuve's fly out to right.
"Great response," Porter said of the offense. "Those guys, it's a credit to them. They keep plugging away. We talk about it all the time. Regardless of what happens, every at-bat counts. Grind your at-bats out and today was a prime example of that, and we put ourselves in position to make a huge comeback."


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Do you do anything fun for St. Patrick's Day? We were invited for a green supper last night at the Grandparent's. Irish stew, soda bread, and green food such as broccoli, pickles, olives, jello and green watergate cake too! See a photo in my Instagram here.
Donna Downey shows her recent art journal collaged page here.
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Misty Mawn's "Face to Face" workshop is over, but class participants are doing a postcard swap. You can see all mine here (and one at left). If you're looking for a good class to take, this one is wonderful and you can still join in as content will be up for a year.
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Over at ImTanked, a blog written by a Social Media Expert (the word "expert" is appended to Social Media in exactly the same way "star" is appended to Porn), a recent post listed the "Nine Most Important Wine Bloggers in the US." Must be nice to be the President of Wine and get to appoint the whole Supreme Court. The post resembles nothing so much as a fourth-grader choosing up sides for a game of kickball. "So I'll take Alder because he's my best friend, and 1WineDoody cuz he's so cool and recommends wines to boys who like tits, and Tommy Wark—he uses such big words… But no girls! We don't want girls on our team. Girl bloggers have cooties." I'm also pretty sure the list was chosen by height, or lack of it. The nine bloggers standing on each others' shoulders might not be able to unscrew a light bulb. Or a porn star.
|W. Blinky Gray
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text: Hello all, Ecasound 2.5.0 has been released! Releases notes follow: 1. Summary of changes in this release ------------------------------------- A set of new input types, including a tone generator, audio looper, selector and sequencer ("playat"), have been added. Ecasound EWF file support has gone through a major refactoring. Threshold gate functionality has been extended. The Ecasound Emacs mode has been updated with more ECI commands. The usual set of bugs have been fixed. 2. What is Ecasound? -------------------- Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling. Ecasound supports a wide range of audio inputs, outputs and effect algorithms. Effects and audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their parameters can be controlled by operator objects like oscillators and MIDI-CCs. A versatile console mode user-interface is included in the package. Primary platform for running Ecasound is GNU/Linux. Ecasound can also be run on many UNIX-derived systems such as FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Solaris. Limited support for Windows is available through Cygwin. Ecasound is licensed under the GPL. The Ecasound Control Interface (ECI) is licensed under the LGPL. 3. Changes since in 2.5.x series -------------------------------- v2.5.0: * Added a new audio looper object. For instance "-i:audioloop,foo.wav" will play "foo.wav" and loop it indefinitely. See http://eca.cx/examples and ecasound(1) man page for more information. * Added a new audio selector object. Specifying "-i:select,5,15.2,foo.wav" will play out 15.2sec of "foo.wav", starting at position 5sec (i.e. selects range 5.0-20.2sec). See http://eca.cx/examples and ecasound(1) man page for more information. * Added a new sequencer object that allows to play audio clips at a given position. Specifying "-i:playat,25.0,foo.wav" will play out "foo.wav" starting at position 25.0sec (i.e. the first 25.0secs will be silent and then "foo.wav" is played from the beginning). See http://eca.cx/examples and ecasound(1) man page for more information. * Ability to stack audio objects. For instance "-i audioloop,reverse,select,10,15,foo.wav" will loop a reversed 15sec segment taken from 10sec onwards from 'file.wav'. * Code for Ecasound Wave Files (EWF) has been mostly rewritten to fix longstanding bugs and design issues. This release also marks the ability to write to EWF files as a deprecated feature that will be removed in a later release. One new feature is the ability to specify parameters in terms of samples instead of seconds. * Added a simple tone generator object. For example '-i:tone,sine,440,10.3' will produce a 440Hz sine tone with duration of 10.3 seconds. This input type will be especially useful for reproducing bugs in complicated chainsetups, without the need to exchange complete session data (which usually are composed of large amounts of audio files). * Added 'reopen-count' parameter to threshold gate (-ge) operator. For instance when recording vinyl/tapes, this allows to automatically restart recording when a new track is started. When the gate is closed, no audio is passed through to the output file, but otherwise recording is kept running. Patch from Andrew Lees. * Major update to the "Ecasound Examples": http://eca.cx/examples * Updates to ecasound.el (ecasound emacs mode): new ECI commands exported. * Various bugs (in runtime functionality, documentation as well as build issues) have been fixed. Full list of changes is available at: - http://www.eca.cx/ecasound/history.php 4. Interface and configuration file changes ------------------------------------------- The interactive mode commands 'cop-add' and 'ctrl-add' now allow aternate syntax: both "-<id_string>:par1,...,parN" and "<id_string>:par1,...,parN" are now accepted. So while previously only "cop-add -efl:400" was recognized, now programs can also use the more sane looking "cop-add efl:400" variant. Output of "cs-status" (aka "status", "st") command has changed. More details are now printed about active chainsetups, while inactive setups are just listed. Previously one had to use multiple separate status commands ("cs-status", "aio-status" and "cop-status") to get a good overview of what is happening. The intent is to now print all essential information with just one command, while more detailed information is still available through the separate commands. 5. Contributors to 2.5.x series ------------------------------- Patches - Accepted code, documentation and build system changes v2.5.0: * Cyril Brulebois (1) [cyrilbrulebois] Compilation error with GCC-4.3. Reported as Debian bug #454890. * Fabian Groffen (1) [grobian] Fixed Mac OS X 10.5 build error. * Andrew Lees (1) [andrewl] Added 'reopen-count' parameter to '-ge'. Bug Hunting - Reports that led to bugfixes (items closed) v2.5.0: * Julien Claassen (2) Traced down a severe error in the development builds related to parsing and handling JACK connection parameters. Bugs in the refactored EWF code. * Rocco (2) Bugs in the new 'audioloop' object. Bug in JACK server connection management. * Duphil (1) Bug in 'cs-save/cs-save-as'. * Jan Weil (1) Bug in 'cs-status' output. * Sergei Steshenko (1) Sloppy parsing of "loop" device arguments Feature suggestions - Ideas that led to new features (items) v2.5.0: * Sergei Steshenko (1) Ability to use string tags as loop device identifiers Participants of the Last Minute Test Release Effort v2.5.0: * Brad Bowman * Julien Claassen * Dubphil * Rocco 6. Links and files ------------------ Web site (and mirrors): http://eca.cx (fi) http://ecasound.seul.org (us) http://ecasound.sourceforge.net (us) Source packages: http://ecasound.seul.org/download/ecasound-2.5.0.tar.gz md5sum: abec6ab833d9322ba102fa563bc3e258 List of distributions with maintained Ecasound support: See http://eca.cx/ecasound/download.php --


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We've learned the "24" star and members of the show's crew popped into The Spot in San Pedro, California last week after wrapping up a shoot nearby -- and they were ready to get their drink on.
According to an employee at the bar, Kiefer was throwing back scotch & Cokes and bought drinks for everybody in the joint -- roughly 30 people. The total damage: $500. No food ... all booze.
The drinks may have been stiff, but Kiefer wasn't -- we're told he tipped $200.
FYI: We're told Sutherland -- who has a few DUIs under his belt -- was responsible this time and used a designated driver when he left the bar.


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Your opinions are correct, and worth more than the opinions of others. True or false?
True, of course. Unless there's something DSM-IV at play, your opinions are all about what works for you. While you might not always know what's best for you, you think you know what's best for you, and there's nothing wrong with standing behind that.
It's impossible to live life without making decisions, without making choices. And hopefully, you have experience or logic to back up these choices, because it's important to examine and attempt to understand why you do the things you do.
People write for many different reasons. Some want to express themselves, to be proponents of art and culture, to share their ideas and philosophies. Some want the acceptance, the exposure, the accolades, the fame, the notoriety. Some want the money, the job, the income. Some want to entertain, enthrall, delight. Some want to provoke. Some write for a combination of reasons, or for other reasons entirely.
And each reason is valid, for the writer.
The mistake that a lot of writers make is believing their reasons are the best reasons, or the only reasons, or the right reasons.
The reasons you write are the right reasons---for you. They might not be right for other writers. And they certainly aren't universally important, nor should you expect them to be.
But some things are universal.
I write because I love it. But once I try to sell my writing, my personal reasons for writing come into conflict with the business of writing.
In publishing, compromises will be made. Always. Once money comes into play, the reason you write becomes twofold---your original reason, and your obligation to your publisher.
Your publisher is buying your work because they believe they can make money from it. This is capitalism. Your publisher will expect things from you, to help them in their efforts. Contracts, deadlines, editing, rewriting, publicity, promotion, marketing, advances, subsidiary rights---all of these suddenly come into play.
My writing philosophy is simple: Make money for your publisher.
I do this by not only doing a lot of self-promotion, but by also considering my audience even before I sit down to write a single word.
This means compromises. This means understanding the system writing exists in (the publishing business) and weighing it against the many reasons I wanted to become a writer.
Successful writers seem to understand this balance, and the trade-offs required. They realize that their books are products as well as art.
By 'successful' I mean that they are making money for their publisher. You don't have to be an NYT bestseller to do this. All you have to do is earn out your advance.
You can earn out your advance by doing a lot of self-promotion, by working closely with your publisher, by spending a lot of your advance money on marketing, and by writing good books.
The definition of 'good' is subjective, and opinions vary. My definition of good is simple: A good book is something that a complete stranger will pay money for---enough complete strangers to earn out your advance.
What makes a book 'good' has nothing to do with anything inherent in the book. If you think you've just written a masterpiece, someone somewhere will disagree with you.
Many writers scream about how terrible certain NYT bestsellers are. How their books are crap, and how they are much better writers than Danielle Steel or Clive Cussler or Dan Brown.
Many writers scream that popular culture is a cesspool, appealing only to the lowest common denominator.
Many writers talk of art, and standards, and culture.
Many writers blame their publishers for their failures.
Many writers insist that talent alone will ensure success, and the unwashed masses need to accept them for what they are.
Many writers need to get a clue.
Dismissing successful authors serves no purpose. Though your opinion of their writing might differ from the public's opinion, it might help to try and understand why certain authors become successful.
This isn't a competition. No writer is better than any other writer. And your opinion, though valid, is subjective.
If you want to believe you're better than Stephen King, you're entitled to that belief.
But publishers won't believe that, until you sell more books than King. And all of King's fans will think you're an idiot.
The higher the horse, the bigger the fall. The reasons you write, and your books, are not more important or better than anyone else's reasons for writing, or their books.
Write for whatever reason you want to write. But disregard the business, and it's successes, at your own peril.
Opinions may vary, but numbers don't lie.
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Minka Kelly didn't celebrate her 32nd birthday with an over-the-top party.
Instead, The Roommate actress feted the occasion with a low-key bash at The Spare Room in Hollywood June 23. "Minka had rented out the bowling alley for her birthday," a source tells Us Weekly. The actress' pal, Rebecca Feferman, tweeted that she had the "loveliest night" celebrating with Kelly. "Bowling and punch bowls for the win!"
Topher Grace, 33, was also in attendance. "She was always smiling," an eyewitness says of Kelly. "It looked like she was having a lot if fun."
Coincidentally, Scarlett Johansson, 27, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 31, were both at The Spare Room, albeit with separate parties. "When Minka left around 12 a.m., she walked by Scarlett and Joseph but they didn't say anything to each other," the eyewitness says. "Topher said bye to Joseph when he left, though."
PHOTOS: Minka and other stars who've romanced athletes
Earlier that day, Kelly tweeted that she had "the best birthday morning ever" at a Soul Cycle class; she uploaded an Instagram photo of herself on one of the bikes while being presented with a cupcake.
Prior to Saturday's events, Mindy Kaling, 32, jokingly tweeted Kelly, asking: "So, birthday plans: Are we partying with the Miami Heat or the One Direction guys? Your choice."
Kelly's response? "One Direction for sure!"
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Thursday, December 03, 2009
The Cost of Following Jesus: Brad the Unmarried Father of Three
And to think about that a little, I want to sketch a series of scenarios and ask you all to share thoughts about how to care for people in these cases. With each case, I'll do two posts. The first post will offer the scenario and the main questions. The second post will, quite frankly, steal from your good suggestions and comments and a few of my own to attempt an answer of sorts. I really want to learn from others in all of this. So, "bring da Book!" Bring your experience. Bring other resources. Let's think together about this issue.
Scenario 1: "Brad," the Unmarried Father of Three
Imagine a single man in his mid-thirties, let's call him "Brad". He's been attending your church for several weeks now, listening attentively and showing interest in spiritual things. You have opportunity to get to know Brad a little bit. He works at a construction site nearby. He received his GED after dropping out of high school in the 10th grade. His father left the family when Brad was about 13 and he hasn't seen him since.
Today, Brad tells you he thinks he has been born again. He trusts the Lord Jesus and wants to follow him. You ask a few questions, and it seems Brad understands the gospel clearly. He gives you a pretty good God-man-Christ-response outline. You ask him about repentance and faith. He speaks to some particular ways he is repentant and joyfully speaks of giving himself over to Christ in trust.
Next week, Brad comes to church and takes up an entire pew with a young woman and three children. After the service, he excitedly introduces the woman to you as his girlfriend, "Jill," and the three children as his sons and daughter, "Brad, Jr.", "Thomas," and "Zoe."
They've been living together for 13 years. The oldest child is 14, about Brad's age when his father left. The youngest child is 3. The mother works as a waitress. The family primarily depends on Brad's income, which sometimes has seasonal ups and downs. Brad is the only believer in the family.
Neither Brad nor Jill really value marriage, since they've seen a lot of heartache in abuse, abandonment, infidelity, and divorce. They've lived together 13 years and they've worked it out okay; they're happy. Because they love one another and are committed to one another, they don't think their relationship is sinful nor do they think "a piece of paper" matters that much.
Brad wants to be baptized and join the church.
The Questions:
How do you counsel Brad? Do you baptize him and admit him to membership?
What specifically are the costs you think he may have to pay to follow Jesus? And how do you and the church help him to pay those costs?
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- Anonymous said...
This is tough. I'm not a pastor, nor is that my gifting. But if Brad believes Jesus Christ is the son of the living God, and wants to give his life to him, I'd baptize him. I don't think I have any right to refuse his entry into the kingdom. I'm not the savior, nor the gatekeeper. No man can come to the Father, but by being drawn by the Father.
I would have to trust that the Holy Spirit living in Brad will continue to convict and teach him from the Bible concerning what it means to be a follower of Jesus -- and what he may have to give up in the process. I don't think it's wise for me just to tell him, "these are the things you have to change." That's God's work AND his timing. I do think I can mention some areas where he might want to begin study -- though I myself wouldn't start him with marriage...
I do, however, believe it's my responsibility to hold Brad accountable to the commitment he's made to learn from, and act like, Jesus Christ. I would make sure he's got some kind of Bible study partner or group, and hold him accountable to his own personal study of the word. I would challenge him often to share with me how he is being more obedient to God, and how his life is changing as a result. I would encourage him to share everything he learns and experiences with his girlfriend and kids. And above all, I would pray -- with him and for him.
- Casey Hough said...
Wonderful questions! These tensions are common in the urban area in which I am ministering.
As I am sure you will agree, we must first acknowledge that we are under the authority of the Word of God. Scripture teaches us that an unbeliever and a believer should not marry one another. For Brad, he must count the cost and choose to move out with their children. This shows that there has been a decisive break with sin and that his life is marked with repentance.
The difficulty that this will present must be met by the church. Whether it is in the form of free childcare or financial support, the church cannot allow for Brad to HAVE to remain in a sinful situation. It must also count the cost.
Those these costs can be great, they can also serve as a testimony to Jill as she watches the church care for Brad and the children. This corporate testimony of the goodness and love of Christ is one of the reasons that the church exists.
There is MUCH more that should and can be said regarding these questions, but these are some (not all) initial thoughts.
- David Kjos said...
I'm going to resist the urge to blurt out my (obviously correct, duh) opinion because I know you're asking pastors, which I'm not. But I do hope you're going to give yours.
- Dan Sudfeld said...
Hmmm. I'll take a stab at the first question, so as to not take up too much space.
I guess the initial question with which to grapple is, does discipleship come before baptism, or vice versa? I would lean toward baptizing the brother. It seems to me that the biblical evidence in Acts points to a "Repent and be baptized" pattern, both prescriptively (2:37-38) and descriptively (16:14-15, 33, etc.).
I'm also wondering whether the order of the participles in the Great Commission is important to this question. "Baptizing" comes before "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded."
- FellowElder said...
Hi David,
No, I didn't mean for only pastors to comment. You're welcome to share your thoughts. I think the congregation's understanding has a lot to do with how we respond to situations like "Brad's". So, please, join in!
- TM said...
In answer to the first question, I would not baptize him... yet. This really has less to do with his family per se, as it does with his understanding of the gospel. Per your outline, it sounds like he comprehends the gospel. However, that he is not somewhat ashamed of his living conditions, that he excuses them, makes me wonder if he truly has counted the cost.
I would NOT say something to the effect of, "You're not born again until you rectify this situation." However, I would try to explain to him the severity of this sin and help (see below) him rectify it. Once I saw some repentance in that area -- at a minimum, an interest in dealing with it (after all, this is not an overnight "fix") -- then I'd consider baptizing. But not so fast. This requires sensitivity.
Answering the second question... I'm assuming Jill is the mother here. The cost in this situation is that they may have to stop living together, unless Jill becomes a Christian and they take their vows the day after tomorrow. It may cost him his relationships (Matt 10:34) with his family. It may cost him financially.
But the church can help with this, primarily by building relationships with his family. They could help with the living situation by providing living space for someone, since his family is so dependent on Brad's income.
My short thoughts.
- David Kjos said...
Well then, my unlettered opinion is that Tom nails it pretty well.
I see it like this:
1. Brad's profession might be quite convincing, and he may be able to articulate the Gospel perfectly -- I know I could, long before I was saved -- but if he refuses to obey the commands of Scripture, even at great personal cost (Luke 9:62), that ought to make us question the genuineness of his conversion enough to hold off on baptism. Let's apply the Word and see what happens.
2. If a professing Christian is living in sin, we apply Matthew 18:15, with hope that we don't end up in v17. I'd sure hate to see a man baptized one week, only to excommunicate him the next.
3. What's with all the urgency to baptize? What are we, Lutherans?
- chuck said...
Asking him to get his life in order before conversion is against the gospel. Since "he trusts the Lord Jesus and wants to follow him," he must be baptized as an act of faith to profess before his family and the church that his life is now dedicated to the Lord.
The cost this man will face will no doubt be immense. He must lead his family to Christ with encouragement and discipleship from the elders. "then immediately he and all his family were baptized." (Acts 16:33) They must marry as this is the Lord's will. If his girlfriend is unwilling to submit to Christ, he must cut off the right hand.
The offer to provide child care or a place to live will be helpful, but do little to aid his decision. It would be similar to promising gauze after you cut off your hand.
- The Student said...
When we read through the recorded baptisms in Scripture, the pattern that emerges is that a person is baptized when she / he believes the message. We also read in 1 Peter 3 that baptism is a response / pledge of a good conscience toward God. So if you are convinced that he believes (he has a good conscience), he should be baptized. I am wondering about something though: how does preaching today compare to the preaching of the first church? Is it possible that the preaching of the first church was more inclusive of the cost of being a disciple than the postmodern church, i.e. the listeners knew what they were getting into? If the church today wants to be authentic and credible, our teaching should include the whole truth and not what we think people would like to hear. God is the one that will do the convincing through the Holy Spirit when we speak the truth in love.
The costs are immense, but I am convinced that if the Holy Spirit has convicted someone, the Spirit will also enable the person to bear the cost. The Spirit will give you as pastor the wisdom to know what action to take. This of course implies that if some sin is preventing us (believers in the church) from knowing what the Spirit is trying to tell us, we might mess up big time in this situation . . .
My wife and I recently befriended a European couple who were on holiday in the same place as us. They are not married, and in worldview products of postmodern Europe. They just had a child, because they 'decided it would be good to have a child together'. It was interesting to us as we talked to them to see how the truth of Scripture stirred their hearts. We also realized the value of having non-judgmental, candid conversations about what the Scripture teaches on everything from church to marriage. They were willing to have these conversations because it was obvious that the Holy Spirit is doing a work in their life. In retrospect, we were actually having a conversation about the costs of being a disciple but they were not seeing the costs in a negative way. They were able to see that despite it being a 'cost / challenge', i.e. something that would demand them to change their lives and defend their decisions to family and neighbors, it was as a better way. Only the Holy Spirit can accomplish something like that!
The highest cost he could pay is the rejection of his girlfriend and, connected with that, the possible rejection of his children. It would require a lot of prayer and Godly wisdom to counsel him if that should happen . . . as you quoted before, "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple." Our prayers should be that God will do the big work we cannot do.
On a side note, I was reminded of teaching I recently heard on the parable of the sower. The teacher said that we should instead call it the parable of the soils. He was saying that we have an influence on the condition of our heart's soil. Knowing this, we should keep this in mind when we talk to someone about their decision to follow Christ beforehand, and afterward as we start walking a road of discipleship with them.
- John said...
Would we baptize a drug dealer still dealing drugs? Would we baptize a man or women still living in a homosexual relationship? I've faced this issue a couple of times...I took the new believer and taught him what the Word said about marriage and encouraged him to either get married or live seperately. One refused and didn't get baptized--one got married and got baptized...
I would not baptize a man who claims to have repented, but still lives in open sin.
- Hayden said...
It all comes down to what we think the word 'believe' means, doesn't it?
I am preaching through John now which has a lot to say about belief.
Does being able to recite the Gospel = belief? (read 1 John as well)
Do you baptize someone that can recite the Gospel to you, or is there more to it?
Would you baptize someone that came to your church once and then said, "I think I need to be baptized"?
I would challenge the brother on belief, and show him that belief in the Lord requires obedience to His Word. Only after I looked at his response to such challenge would I even begin talking about baptism.
- maureen said...
imagine the impact to Brads children and his defacto wife of 13years if he were to up and leave them because 'the church said he had to because he's living in sin' Isnt this a time where the church should be embracing Brad and his family and helping Brad to give Jill and the family a reason to want to follow Jesus and His teachings? Maybe witnessing his decision to be baptized will have a profound effect on Jill as they both are lovingly stepped through the process. I think its the church that needs to count the cost here and instead of pointing the finger at Brads state of open sin(baptized church members sin secretly with their arrogance and pride)they need to be supporting Brad and patiently guiding, teaching and loving on this family helping them to understand Christian principles and practices and praying that the Holy Spirit would brood over their lives as they did so.


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Th report touts small improvements but bigger problems are revealed.
EPIC the Electronic Privacy Information Center reports;
The Department of Homeland Security has released its 2012 Privacy
Office Annual Report to Congress. The report details the expansion of
the National Counterterrorism Center's five-year retention policy for
records on US Persons, the agency's social media-monitoring initiatives,
and privacy training for fusion centers personnel; however, it does not
discuss several new DHS-funded initiatives, including the Future
Attribute Screening Technology, or FAST, a "Minority-Report"-like
proposal for "pre-crime" detection. Also, according to the report the
Transportation Security Administration has still failed to adopt
privacy safeguards for airport body scanners.
Two DHS Privacy Office investigations led to the finding of agency non-
compliance. One of those investigations involved DHS's use of social
media monitoring. EPIC filed a FOIA request on DHS' social media
monitoring program in April 2011, then filed suit against DHS in
December 2011 in order to force the disclosure of documents related
to the monitoring program, which searched for both suspicious
"keywords" and dissent against government programs. Earlier in 2012,
Congress held an oversight hearing on the DHS social media monitoring
program, and cited the documents obtained by EPIC.
While the report acknowledges agency shortcomings, it also touts DHS
privacy and transparency training as well public engagement through
speaker series, a redesigned FOIA site, and quarterly privacy advocacy
meetings. Significantly, the report fails to address the lack of timely
notice-and-comment rulemakings, particularly the TSA's lack of
rulemaking on body scanners, ordered by a court in 2011 in response to
a suit brought by EPIC.
The report discusses DHS' increased use of Privacy Compliance Reviews
(PCRs), which cover programs including cybersecurity, information
sharing, and the use of social media. The DHS Privacy Office used these
reviews to fail eight of its own agency programs for their lack of
privacy compliance documentation. None of the eight programs are
identified in the report, nor are any details of their lack of privacy
The DHS Chief Privacy Office must present annual reports to Congress
and is also required by law to ensure that new agency programs do not
diminish privacy in the US.
DHS Privacy Office: 2012 Annual Report to Congress (Sept. 2012)
EPIC: DHS Privacy Office
EPIC: Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST)
EPIC: Fusion Centers
EPIC: EPIC v. DHS (Social Media Monitoring)
EPIC: EPIC v. DHS (Suspension of Body Scanner Program)
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Dr. William Pannapacker, professor of English and director of the Mellon Scholars Program at Hope College, has been named faculty director of a major new collaborative project of the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA).
In conjunction with his work at Hope, Pannapacker will serve as faculty director of the GLCA Digital Liberal Arts Initiative, a component of the GLCA Expanding Collaboration Initiative, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He will work with the GLCA to encourage and support participation in digital liberal arts projects involving faculty members and key professional staff from across GLCA's 13 member colleges.
The Digital Liberal Arts Initiative is a collaborative project designed to help GLCA faculty in non-quantitative fields to understand and make use of digital resources in teaching and research. A broader purpose is to encourage faculty members in these academic disciplines to explore new possibilities for engaging their students in faculty-student research.
"Bill Pannapacker has emerged as a national presence in advancing the use of digital tools to enhance scholarly work in the humanities and social sciences," said Gregory Wegner, director of program development at GLCA. "His conference presentations and writings in such national venues as 'The Chronicle of Higher Education' and 'The New York Times' are among the most thoughtful statements anywhere of the possibilities for using digital technologies to enhance liberal arts education in the non-quantitative fields. We will all benefit from his knowledge and skill in helping to advance this consortial program."
A member of the Hope faculty since 2000, Pannapacker is the founding director of the college's Mellon Scholars Program, established in 2010. The program is a Mellon-funded initiative that provides opportunities for promising Hope students to pursue individual research with faculty mentorship, while also allowing faculty and students to explore the capacities of technology to enhance research and learning. The GLCA Digital Liberal Arts Initiative will allow him to work with an expanded range of faculty members among GLCA's member institutions, and to foster communities of shared interest and practice across the liberal arts colleges.
"This program will provide Bill Pannapacker with opportunities to advance both the acceptance and the practice of employing digital technologies in liberal arts teaching and research across our GLCA member colleges," said Richard Detweiler, president of GLCA. "We believe his work will help this consortial initiative become a national exemplar of a project that links faculty members and students together in ways that expand the horizons for liberal arts learning. We are very excited to be working with Bill in this important project."
Founded in 1962, the GLCA is a non-profit organization governed by 13 selective liberal arts colleges in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Its purpose is to strengthen and extend education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences. GLCA often works conjointly with similar associations of liberal arts colleges to enhance the strength and vitality of member institutions. In addition to Hope, the members of GLCA are Albion, Allegheny, Antioch, DePauw, Denison, Earlham, Kalamazoo, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Wabash and Wooster.


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Graduation To Be Broadcast LiveSOCORRO, N.M. May 9, 2012 – The trees are being trimmed; the lawn manicured; the flowers planted and the bleachers are in place.
The Class of 2012 takes center stage during commencement ceremonies at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 12, in Socorro.
| The Class of 2012 will officially note the completions of their degrees at 9 a.m. Saturday.
For those unable to attend, the ceremony will be broadcast live over the Internet by the Distance Education division. Click here for live broadcast.
Tech is providing other perks for graduates. Videographers from Distance Education will be on hand to record messages from the members of the Class of 2012. Students are welcome to send greetings to family member who couldn't attend the event, "thank you"s to instructors, farewells or other messages. This video will be seen live and will be available later online along with the commencement recording. Graduates wanting to record video seek out the videographers after the ceremony.
Also, the Alumni Office is sponsoring free photo sessions for graduates and their families both before and after the ceremony. Photographers will be set up on the quad near the gymnasium. Students can get free prints beginning at 7:30 a.m. and again after the ceremony
The event is open to the public and will be on the lawn between Brown Hall and the Skeen Library.
The top four student awards will be announced at commencement. The Brown and Cramer awards are for the top undergraduates. The Langmuir and Founders Award are for the top graduate students.
Two faculty members will receive awards. Dr. Phil Kyle of the Earth and Environmental Science Department will receive the Distinguished Researcher Award. Dr. Frank Huang of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department will receive the Distinguished Teaching Award.
The Student Association, the Graduate Student Association and the Alumni Association will each present their annual awards as well.
The public is welcome to join an informal reception for the Class of 2012 on the south side of Brown Hall immediately following the ceremony.
|George Green (right) of Facilities Management directs the crew that assembled the bleachers Wednesday.
All those who attend -- both graduates and guests -- will receive special sun-viewing glasses intended to be used during the annular eclipse that will happen the following weekend, at about 7 p.m. Sunday, May 20.
Graduation weekend includes several other special events for alumni, the Class of 2012 and the community.Alumni and the Class of 2012 are invited to a special reception at the golf course pavilion from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday.
The Class of 2012 is invited to blow up their memorabilia that they'd rather forget. (Alarm clocks and text books have proven to be popular items in recent years.) The Advancement Office and Vice President of Research Dr. Van Romero are organizing this event for 2 p.m. Friday. Any graduate interested in participating should call (575) 835-5616.
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The Membership Relations Committee is happy to showcase some ArkGeo Geocachers through the "Geocacher Profile". The committee thought Clark and Deb Gray aka CFD29 should be the next cachers to be in the spotlight.
1. What is your geocaching name?
2. How did you choose your handle?
I am on the Clarksville Fire Dept and my call sign is CFD29. when I first signed up on geocaching.com that is the first thing that came to mind, so that is what I put, Probably should have put more thought into it, but at least it is quick to sign logs!!
3. How Long have you been geocaching?
First signed up on the site on 7/22/2003 but didn't find our first cache until Sept of 2003.
4. How did you find your first Geocache, and which one was it?
We were on vacation in Navarre, Florida and at the time I had an old Garmin III GPSr, looked on the site while we were there and there was a cache less than 1/2 mile from where we were staying GCD005 Adventure Clubs Sugar White Sand Treasure. (archived now) I didn't have a clue how to put coords in the GPS so I just wandered around trying to get the coords to line up when Deb said, have you looked over here? She was right, and most of the time she is, guess I might still be wandering around trying to get the coords correct if she hadn't looked at the hint and put it all together. From then on, we were hooked. We went back to the same site this summer, ten years later.
5. Who usually goes with you when you go caching?
Usually it is just Deb and I. I make quick runs sometimes close by myself, but it is usually us, we have made trips with others, mostly RKLMBL on some long trips across country or to some events, great times.
6. How long will you work on puzzle caches before you give up?
Depending on the puzzle, I have worked for days before and on some, and on others after an hour so just couldn't get it and gave up. Depends on just how bad we want to find it.
7. What town/areas have you most enjoyed caching in?
At first it was right here close to home in Clarksville, usually waited for Nonnipoppy or Golfnutz to come up with a new crazy hide, but since we have enjoyed the Russellville/ Pope county area Fayetteville area, and since our oldest Daughter moved to Louisville, KY really like the hides there.
8. Do you do paperless caching?
Yes, we do now, when we first started, I don't know how many times we would have to wait and print out the cache pages before going out. If we found 8 to 10 caches in one day we thought we had hit the jackpot!!
9. What kind of geocaching rig do you use?
I have a Garmin GPS 62s and Deb uses a Garmin Oregon 550t I usually navigate to the cache area while she reads what the cache description is. As far as the vehicle, Jeep Rubicon Unlimited.
10. Why would you recommend anyone else to take up geocaching?
It gets you out to places you would not otherwise go to and see, and the people, because of geocaching we can say we have friends from just about all 4 corners of the State and a lot from out of State that we would have never had the chance to meet. We have met so many people and seen so many hidden places we would have never seen without geocaching.
11. Where are you originally from?
Deb and I were both born and raised right here in Clarksville, Arkansas. In fact growing up just lived within 1/4 mile of each other.
12. In what states have you geocached?
Well it would be easier just to say the two we have NOT cached in, Alaska and Hawaii, we have cached in all the lower 48 and Washington DC, and over in Canada
13. What was Your First Event ever Attended?
GCHF58- First Ever Ark River Valley Geo Meet and Great, hosted by Nonnipoppy and Golfnutz and others just north of Clarksville on Jan 24, 2004
14. How many caches have you found?
So far we are at 5028
15.Which type cache container do you prefer over the rest?
Really like ammo cans, but I guess some of the caches we have enjoyed finding the most don't have a container, the old Virtual. They have taken us to places we would have never known they existed.
16. What was the most famous cache that you have found?
Mingo comes to mind but finding the only APE cache in the US was pretty special.
17. Do you use disposable batteries or rechargeable batteries?
We have both, try to use the rechargeable, but always carry disposable as a back up or if I forget to get several charged up.
18. Do you enjoy hiding or finding more as your part of the hobby?
I would have to say finding, but really like to see new ideas and make new hides, which we have not done in a while.
19. Do you have a personal goal in mind when you make a hide?
No, not really, just so others can have some fun..
20. What is your favorite type cache hide?
21. Out of all your hides, what are your personal favorites that you take pride in?
Cara's Easter Puzzle cache and Union Made
22. What do you think the proper hide to find ratio should be to keep the sport fresh?
I don't know of a set ratio, of course without new hides no one can find them, I will admit we are lacking in the hide dept, hope to improve on that.
23. How did you end up getting into this wacky hobby?
Saw it on one of the morning news shows one morning and went to the site, at that time, the nearest cache was Gorilla Stash , the oldest cache in Arkansas, and just never thought about it again until we went to Florida, which If I would have joined then,, would have been a charter member. Oh well..
24. What's you favorite geocache?
That is a hard one, but I guess the original Tool Time multi that Cachmates put out in Glenwood was a blast.
25. If money was no object, where would you like to go geocaching?
We would go to Alaska and Hawaii, and then go all over the western US on so many of the trails out there
26. Do you like geocaching by yourself or in a group?
In a group
27. How many first to finds to you have?
I think 55, really tried hard when we first started but haven't put much effort into it lately.
28. Are you a first to find person who is always set on go and if so, how many miles out do you have your settings on to get notifications?
Settings are on 50 miles, but we don't make a run for a FTF much anymore.
29. Do you have any other hobbies besides geocaching?
All the Shooting sports, skeet, target etc, for me, reading and photography for Deb.


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