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When the level begins, you'll be on a round landing platform with a squad of storm troopers. Kill them and a AT-MTs will emerge from a door on a platform opposite your starting position. It will shoot missiles at you from a distance. The game will instruct you how to deflect these back at the walker with timed blocks. If you find this too difficult, you can also catch the missiles with your force grip and shoot them back at the walker. When the walker is destroyed a bridge will extend between the two platforms allowing you to proceed. When you reach the next platform you'll be introduced to another new enemy, the Sith acolyte. This initial variety can hit you with force lightning and a weakened version of force push but no melee attacks. Conversely, your force powers are all but useless against them, so attack with your lightsabers. They can be a slippery bunch though and if you want to pin one down try combining a saber attack with force lightning.
Once you defeat the acolytes, enter the room they emerged from and ride the elevator down to the area below. You'll emerge into an outdoor area and immediately come up against another AT-MTs. Defeat it and the storm troopers that follow and then follow the walkway. It will shortly turn a right to a curved path. If you follow it to its end, you'll meet a dead end with another seemingly inaccessible walkway hanging above it. Luckily about halfway down this path a descending ramp branches off to the right, leading to a control panel. Activate it and three platforms will rise from the floor back up on the curved path. Return and use your force grip to raise them as high as they'll go and you'll then be able to use them to reach the walkway above.
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Once outside you'll come to another long walkway leading to a large support pillar. Advance toward this and about halfway across you'll meet some more Sith acolytes. Behind them a force field will also power up. Defeat the acolytes and use your force grip to bring down the force field. Advance toward the pillar and kill the storm troopers that attack you. Once they're dead circle around the pillar until you find another short walkway leading to a set of closed doors. Blast them open with a charged force push and head inside.
Once inside you'll come to another room with a hovering globe at its center. Defending it will be a mixed squad of troopers. Dispatch them all and continue down the adjoining hallway. You'll enter another round room, on the left side of which is a set of doors. Blast them open and head outside. You'll almost immediately come to another walkway. Follow it and about halfway down its length a force field will activate. Before you can deactivate it, some jump troopers will attack. Kill them and with their pestering you'll be able to bring down the force field with little trouble.
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Farming is not an easy occupation, but there are things that make it worth the while. Right at the top of my list is waking up listening to rain falling outside my bedroom window — ahhh, the sweet, sweet sound of it.
Of course, it really becomes a wonderful thing when one knows the first cutting of alfalfa is cut, dried, baled, and stored away in the barn. Now that is the best-ever feeling for small farmers such as my husband and self.
This year, we cut our hay supply down to the wire, feeding our last two square bales of alfalfa to the animals the same day we cut down our first crop of legume hay. For two days, we anxiously watched the sky during 30 percent forecast chances of rain, wondering if we would get it put up dry this time around.
For two days, I also went out to the field every morning and evening, rolling up segments of rows by hand and tossing them in the back of the pickup to cart to the barns and feed our dairy goats. The process made me very thankful for modern day machinery.
The goats loved the fresh hay, inhaled it in fact, but my allergy-prone arms are still suffering. Every year, when we cut alfalfa for the first time of the season, I break out in horrible skin rashes on my arms. It looks something like poison ivy, but I never see any poison ivy in the alfalfa field, I think I am just allergic to the hay itself.
The discomfort of it is not enough to keep me out of the field though. I love hay season. Maybe it is because I grew up with a custom hay-cutter as a father and thrilled to drive the tractor for him when he baled late at night or in the early morning hours.
I still have fond memories of the old Allis chugging along at 2 a.m. in the field, pulling the Massey baler that talked me as we went up and down the rows of dried hay, making and loading square bales of hay.
I always made up words for the machinery — "Let's get to work, let's get to work," or "One more row, one more row." I can still hear the clank and cadence behind me as I clutched the Allis into gear, always listening for my dad's "Whoa, whoa!" if a bale came through untied.
Back in those days, it seemed we stopped every five or so bales to fix the twine tier. It was just part of the job.
Last week, as I baled alfalfa with my husband, it went much easier. Knock on wood, but I do not think we broke a single bale. The timing was right for putting up hay and the equipment was in good shape.
It was wonderful to clip along on the big White tractor, the baler chomping up the hay rows directly behind me instead of off to the side as other get-ups we have used in the past. This made turning at the end of rows and planning where to go next so much easier.
A cool breeze lifted the hair on my head and I could see deer coming out from the yonder hedge to eat at dusk.
Nighthawks zipped around overhead relishing the bugs stirred up by our hay harvesting. It was dirty, it was grimy, but it was wonderful.
I love farming. It is not always easy, it pretty much always involves extremely hard and dirty work, but when things go right, there is just nothing better.
Of course, the next best part to having dry hay in the barn is listening to the rain when it comes and knowing the whole hay production process will start over again in a few weeks.

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And bless her, she did, having a chat with Anthony the Blue Wiggle between songs, and he even gave her a shout out. She was chuffed. But then that's what the Wiggles are all about - doing it for the kids.
This tour - including five shows at Vector Arena over the weekend before a jaunt around the country - is a special one for the colour-coded super star Australian band. Original members Murray (Red), Jeff (Purple) and Greg (Yellow) are calling it quits after 21 years, while Anthony (Blue) is staying on with three new recruits.
And all the Wiggles' loyal side-kicks were there to celebrate, like loony and loud Captain Feather Sword, demure and daffy Dorothy the Dinosaur, and even Muscle Man Murray (the beefcake alter ego of Murray) made an appearance.
It was a greatest hits set - because Mia and the hundreds of other kids wouldn't have settled for anything less - that took in Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car and Romp Bomp A Stomp to the lovely Rock-A-Bye Your Bear and a mash-up medley of the Wiggles' best songs as a finale.
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Why do some vulnerable children become radicalized while most others do not? National Post, May 19th, 2015.
Giving kids a head start: Fostering resilience early. National Clearinghouse on Family Violence E-Bulletin: May 2012.
Gap year: Why your kid shouldn't go to school in the fall. Globe and Mail, February 18, 2011.
Raising the Village: Raising socially responsible kids rasingthevillage.blogspot.com, June 11, 2010.
Me Me Me Me Me. Does this sound like your child? Sirius Doctor Radio, About Our Kids, January 31, 2010.
From 'me to we' thinking. Dal News, March 24, 2009.
Michael Ungar says 'marshmellow generation' too safe. Courier Mail, October 17, 2008.
Stop wrapping kids in cotton wool - expert. stuff.co.nz, October 11, 2008.
Le syndrome du parent. Psycho Enfants, Juillet-Aout, 2008. Psycho Enfants, Juillet-Aout, 2008.
Worth the Risk. May 2008.
Too safe schools, too safe families: Denying the risk-taker's advantage. Education Canada 48(1), Winter 2008.
Manageable Risk: Is there such a thing of keeping kids too safe? Dal News, March 28, 2007.
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Inoculation against terror: Backpacking through Egypt teaches children about global citizenship. Education Canada, 42(4), Summer 2002.
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Why Kids and Teens overreact to your questions. Canadian Living, n.d.
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Delinquent or simple resilient? How "problem" behaviour can be a child's hidden path to resilience. Voices for Children. August 2005.
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Resiliency is the heart of the matter. Dal News, June 27, 2011.
Overcoming odds. Dal News, June 10, 2010.
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Helping teens to find their way. Dal News, May 26, 2009.
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The Daily Mail, the British tabloid that everyone loves to hate, has had its newsprint-stained hand slapped for a major mistake it made back in October. After the Amanda Knox murder verdict was decided, its website reported incorrectly that her conviction had been upheld, when in fact it had been overturned. The article had been pre-written and was only online for about 90 seconds, but that was enough time for an alert blogger to notice the mistake.
This week, the British Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint against paper for the offending article. The problem was not just with the incorrect verdict, but also with some clearly fictional content within the article. The original piece contained reaction quotes from the prosecutors and reported that Knox, "sank into her chair sobbing uncontrollably while her family and friends hugged each other in tears" when the verdict was read. And my personal favorite, it reported victim Meredith Kercher's family "remained expressionless, staring straight ahead, glancing over just once at the distraught Knox family." I guess if you're going to make things up, they might as well be poetic.
The mistake led the Daily Mail to apologize to readers and change their policy on pre-writing articles, and now it will print the adjudication from the British Press Complaints Commission on its website. Meanwhile, we will continue to take all Daily Mail stories with a grain of salt the size of Greenland.
Daily Mail Censured For Fictional Story About Amanda Knox Verdict [Guardian]
Daily Mail Chastised For Erroneous Amanda Knox Story [HuffPo]


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Potpourri Warning
In a message dated 12/10/2008 6:25:17 P.M.
Central Standard Time, Karen Cantner writes:
We have suffered a terrible, terrible tragedy last Wednesday
two, beloved Cavaliers of mine, Haley and Zoe both ate potpourri from a decorative basket in my
Living room.
Within hours, they were vomiting it, convulsing and going into total body rigidity and shock. We took them to the after hours clinic, they had no idea what it could be and wouldn't listen to me about them vomiting potpourri at home and how I had such concerns about the
toxic effects of it. They treated symptoms.
We transferred them to our day vet. He also wouldn't listen to me
about the potpourri theory. He said they had "strychnine" poisoning
symptoms. I kept telling him that the potpourri was Made In
sold by a company in
California and sold at my local WalMart. My heart told me that it was the culprit of their condition.
They declined rapidly throughout the day and we transferred them back to the after hours clinic for a second night. At midnight, I made the
agonizing decision to put them to sleep. Haley was in constant
seizures that wouldn't stop, fluid was filling up in her lungs, body temp was dropping on both of them, Zoe was lying almost lifeless on
the table, struggling with every breath she took. Every muscle was
completely rigid, you couldn't even move her.
I have devoted the last couple of days (now that I can get out of bed
and function) to researching my concerns with the potpourri and have
since found out I was right; there is a lab in
England that has case studies on toxic potpourri from India!! The
toxin.... strychnine , which in it's commercial source, comes from a
certain tree grown in India. I am completely heart broken over this.
Please be aware of the potential toxins in any and all stuff like
this in our homes. I would've never guessed this could happen but
when I saw them both "playing" in the potpourri and then after about
two hours saw the symptoms of a poisoning, I just put two and two
together. Hug your babies, Love them and always take lots of photos
along the way...it helps later on, trust me.
Karen Cantner, Heartland Kennels,
Evansville , Indiana USA
Permission to cross post - should be unedited and sent in it's
entirety with her contact info.
I am not a licensed vet, nor am I trying to practice medicine
without a license, nor am I advising you on how to take care, treat,
or work/handle your animals. I'm simply sharing with you this email.
For reference source:
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or health related issues,
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diagnosis or treatment.


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Physicist Explains Cthulhu's "Non-Euclidean Geometry"
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An anonymous reader writes "Mathematician Benjamin K. Tippett has written a fascinating and deadpan paper (Pdf) giving insights into Cthulhu. A 'Bubble' of warped Space-Time makes alarmingly consistent sense of the dead God's cyclopean city under the sea. From the paper: 'We calculate the type of matter which would be required to generate such exotic spacetime curvature. Unfortunately, we determine that the required matter is quite unphysical, and possess a nature which is entirely alien to all of the experiences of human science. Indeed, any civilization with mastery over such matter would be able to construct warp drives, cloaking devices, and other exotic geometries required to conveniently travel through the cosmos.'"
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We have a tradition with Jacob that every year on his actual birthday, we go to a restaurant in Seattle called St. Clouds. Usually we sit outside in their lovely garden, but this year it was raining. We still had a great time, and loved spending time together as a family.
So excited that he is THREE years old.. he has been counting down the days.
He couldn't decide between flavors, so they brought him choices!
He couldn't decide between flavors, so they brought him choices!
We had a fun filled party for all of Jacob's friends at Fox Hollow Family Farm. It was SO fun, Jacob is still talking about it. I have a ton of photos, but wanted to post a few of his very special cake we get from Celebrity Cakes every year.
The farm lets you and your party have full access to their property. Lots of fun animals to pet, horses to ride, bouncy houses to play in, tractors to ride, hay bales to jump and more! The kids had a great time and


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This question already has an answer here:
There are lots of other APIs I need to use besides the Selenium test tool to be able to get tests working. Not using them for just one week and the mind has lost all of them.
How is it possible to remember zillions of APIs?


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My dad is an avid treasure hunter as well; a collector of bark cloth, mid century lamps, and wall art. We often travel together on weekends in search of items to add to his collection + my inventory. Two years ago we headed for Louisiana's oldest city (and former set of Steel Magnolias), Natchitoches.
Typical us, we had no prior knowledge of what the city had to offer. The charming downtown was your typical 'old town' – 3 or 4 square blocks of 2 story brick buildings and cobblestones. Only this downtown also had a waterfront. And a lot of greenery. Impressed with how green Natchitoches was, we opted to take a scenic drive.
What followed were miles upon miles of beautiful farmland, namely fields full of pecan trees. And when I least expected it, there it was. The most haunting sight I've ever seen, an old white home largely hidden behind a mess of trees and vines. I had to investigate.
The driveway was empty. The surrounding grounds could be toured during business hours, which were since over. With the exception of a massive black bumbling bee hovering by the porch we were alone. Or perhaps not. I'm very sensitive to presences and felt watched the entire time.
Moments after leaving my dad suffered a mysterious affliction which caused him to lose most of the sight in one eye. Naturally, I think malicious forces from beyond the grave were the culprit. It's as if they were saying 'that's what you get for snooping around'. Thankfully dad made a full recovery after wearing an eye patch for 3 months.
Upon my return home I researched this place of mystery. Magnolia Plantation was on the cutting edge in it's heyday. Established in 1830, it was well equipped with many cotton gins and hundreds of slaves; who built a great fortune for the Le Comte family. It also stood atop an Indian burial ground. If that doesn't set the tone for horror, I don't know what does.
As sensationalized as the Ghost Adventures episode on it was, they got a few things right. Magnolia Plantation is undoubtedly a very haunted place with a very brutal history.
The basement of the 2 1/2 story main home was used to cure meat, as well as discipline (aka shackle and torture) disobedient slaves. Escaped slaves were often hunted down, then returned and tortured. Once an overseer took slaves to the basement to torture them. Instead they tortured, killed, and cured him. The original ankle shackles used to detain slaves remain in the basement to this day.
The home has a designated 'dying room', where several residents and guests have died over the years. Including a Union soldier, who was slowly poisoned and went mad.
When Union soldiers overtook Natchitoches, they attempted to burn Magnolia plantation. The attempt failed, but they did succeed in shooting and killing an overseer at the doorstep. He's buried on the property, and reputedly haunts the home.
Atypical masonry buildings housed slaves. Each building is subdivided into 2 sections, and each section housed up to 20 slaves. The buildings also housed up to 25 confederate prisoners at a time during the civil war. Many died from suffocation.
Voodoo graffiti is found everywhere on the property. On the slave houses, the slave hospital, in the main home… even on Christian grave markers. Anthropologists studying the property found many voodoo related artifacts, much to the dismay of the local community – who'd rather downplay the negative parts of their history.
Hundreds of confederate soldiers are said to be buried on the property in unmarked shallow graves. The graves have yet to be found though.
With that said, Magnolia Plantation is considered one of the most haunted places in the south. I'd like to think the trees grow as they do because they hang in shame. Their concealment of the main home is their way of protecting us from the ugliest aspects of humanity.
I originally posted these photos on a personal blog, and had resized them to fit the dimensions of my layout. I regret not saving them in larger sizes and am sometimes tempted to go back and reshoot. But the little voice in my head tells me to steer clear. And little voices are never wrong.


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All the judges agreed that it was very difficult for them to decide on their Number One Sukkah. They said that all the entries were so beautiful. From communities all over the globe, people invited us into their beautiful sukkahs. Thank you for being such gracious hosts.A lot rests on the quality of the photo, and what it managed to capture," Pam Davidson says, explaining why it was so hard for her to choose a 'best sukkah'. "I looked at the structure, the schach [roof], the decorations, lights and finally the set table. I asked myself, did I want to have dinner there?"
Pam Davidson was the principal architect and project manager on many projects in Cape Town, South Africa before making Aliyah - such as the FIFA World Cup Stadium and the South African Heritage Storage Museum. She has also worked on residential and municipality projects in Cape Town, Ra'anana, Holon, and Rishon le Zion, and has opened her own studio in Ra'anana.
In first place, Davidson chose the sukkah at the Terrace in Queensbury, NY. Eleanor Levie submitted this photograph of the sukkah in the assisted-living facility where her mother-in-law lives.
"I loved the raw construction of the walls and the simplicity of the pumpkin decorations.
Second place goes to Suzanne Sheldon from Sydney, Australia. The family built their very first sukkah this year and enjoyed hosting family and friends every night. "Suzanne managed to mix busy festive lights with a feeling of quiet serenity," Davidson comments.
In third place is Elliot and Elaine Dreyfuss in New York City. Elliot built this kosher sukkah with the help of two other architects. "This structure is fabulous! This would probably have been first place if I could see the inside setting. Without that it unfortunately felt too impersonal," Davidson says.
Davidson had such a difficult time choosing that she also gave honorable mentions to Krakow's Jewish Community Center's sukkah - "decorations are fascinating" and Congregation Rodeph Shalom's recycled sukkah - "a beautiful way to reuse bottle caps." In both sukkahs, the entire community was involved in constructing and decorating.
Julia Weiner also loved the idea of the eco-friendly sukkah where nothing new was purchased. "I just love the colourful decorations made out of bottle tops and am going to suggest that my synagogue do the same next year." Weiner awarded the Congregation Rodeph Shalom second place.
Julia Weiner has served as the art critic of the Jewish Chronicle (JC) since 1993. She is also Lecturer in Art History at Regent's University London and works part-time in the Learning Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was Curator at the Ben Uri Art Gallery, London, from 1990-1996 and has also worked at the London Museum of Jewish Life. She currently advises London Jewish Cultural Centre on their exhibition programme.
Weiner placed Judy Kaufthal's Westhampton 'seashell sukkah' third. Judy lives in Riverdale, NY and is involved in the UJA and local Federation. She also chairs the Celebrate Israel Parade on Fifith Avenue in New York City. "I love entertaining in my Seashell Sukkah," Judy says. Julia liked how it made use of natural resources from nearby, and it's authentic 'seaside feel'.
"My favourite was the beautiful Harvest Sukkah from Pennsylvania," Weiner says. "I love the way the harvest theme has been incorporated into the structure, yet it is still very striking with its colourful garland of vibrant red, orange and yellow flowers providing a contrast to the green of the corn. I wish I could see the interior!"
David, Debbie, Josh, Michele and Brian Schachter are from Pennsylvania in the USA. "Our sukkah is by far the most harvest-like and best smelling sukkah there is!" Michele boasts. "It's surrounded by corn stalks weaved around a wooden frame my father put together when he and my mother were married. The wooden frames are mounted by cinder blocks and there are flowers and harvest fruit hung around the sukkah. Inside you'll find pictures of some great Jewish leaders and heros!"
As an olah herself, Betina Schnaid was inspired by the children from The Jewish Agency's Ye'elim Immigrant Absorption Center in Be'er Sheva in the absorption center sukkah, which they helped build and decorate. Maria (age 5) of Ukraine, Gavriel (age 5) of Yemen, Annamalai (age 5) of Peru, AJ (age 6) of South Africa, and Sofia (age 4) of Argentina are all celebrating their first Sukkot in Israel.
Betina Schnaid made Aliyah from Brazil in July 2011 and studied at Ulpan Etzion. She holds a BA in Fine Arts, and a Masters Degree in Graphic Design, and worked as an Art Director for over 10 years. Having studied in Brazil, Spain and Israel, she now makes a living as a fine artist. She represented Israel at the first London Art Biennale in 2013.
"We are starting a New Year and these olim children represent the real hope in this country," says Betina of her choice.
"The ceiling height shows that was made by them and for them! I wish for them to be happy in Israel for many years, and that each one give the best of themselves to improve this country and that the ceiling gets higher over the time and that they will have their own families in Israel... THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL OLIM!"
Pam, Julia, and Betina expressed how much they enjoyed visiting all your sukkahs and wish you a Chag Sameach.
You can view our album of some of our submissions, and make your own comments and choices, here.


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It's a good time to be one of America's largest banks. Actually, it's always a good time to be JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs Group, Bank of America, Citigroup or Morgan Stanley.
Whenever risky moves are taken that pay off, the rewards are handsome. And when risk leads to near failure, it matters not that the world economy goes into a tailspin and individual investors lose their shirts -- these too-big-to-fail institutions have their losses covered by taxpayers and go about their merry way.
The second quarter that just ended was very merry for the big banks. JPMorgan reported $6.1 billion in earnings. Bank of America had $3.6 billion. Citigroup was $3.9 billion, Goldman Sachs had $1.9 billion and Morgan Stanley eked out $980 million. The profits were as high as 70 percent more than the same period last year.
Still, banking analysts fear the second half of 2013 won't be as robust. Not with sluggish consumer borrowing, the end of the mortgage refinancing boom and pending new government regulations. While we concur with the first two concerns, we find the analysts' fear of the new rules' repercussions somewhat exaggerated.
It's been three years since the financial services industry's overhaul law went into effect. The law was intended to prevent another financial meltdown and federal bailout of banks.
Less than half of the regulations to be written have been adopted. Industry lobbyists have helped weaken many of them that have. And one of the law's centerpiece components, the Volcker Rule that would prohibit banks from trading for their own profit, might be finalized by the end of the year. Which means it might not, particularly since it's being fought by the large banks and members of Congress alike.
A companion component of the financial overhaul being fought by the industry was to have taken effect today. It would have given the Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight over the lucrative derivative market the aforementioned big five investment banks are so active in. Or at least those derivatives traded overseas.
The new rule would require banks to keep more money on hand to cover potential losses. It also would force derivatives to be traded in clearinghouses, which would make the pricing on these exotic investments more transparent.
Seems reasonable enough legislation. Bad bets on financial products whose worth is determined by the value of an underlying asset -- coupled with lack of regulation -- was one of the leading causes of the crisis in 2008.
The derivatives market is huge, valued in excess of $700 trillion. The five big banks account for more than 90 percent of the market, and about half of the transactions take place outside of the U.S.
Almost predictably, the CFTC voted to delay implementation of new regulations for the foreign sector. Domestic oversight remains equally non-existent.
Why? We theorize it's because there is not enough money even in these oversized behemoths to cover potential losses. And the less transparent the market is, the more profits go directly to the investment banks. That's why they're fighting tooth and nail against the Volcker rule and any oversight of the derivatives cash cow.
It also explains why donations to congressional re-election campaigns continue unabated. Does Congress possess the will to lasso these too-big-to-fail institutions? Or are these banks simply too big to be denied?
Time will tell if the happy days keep going.
Editorial by Patrick Lowry


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As Christians, we strive to bring honor and glory to our Lord. We want our entire lifetime to glorify Him and that lifetime starts with each new day. Whether we're spending time with friends and family, or doing mundane chores, or being studious in our studies we want God to be glorified in everything.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31
So what happens when things just don't measure up to the world's standards? What happens when I get a C on a paper instead of an A? Does that mean I didn't glorify God enough or maybe there were steps I could have taken that would've have glorified Him more? Would getting an A on a paper, or doing the chores to perfection, or being an "angel" among friends and family mean that I'm glorifying God?
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Psalm 105:3
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 9:23-24
Seeking the Lord and understanding Him brings glory to our Savior. He delights in lovingkindness and righteousness. This brings glory to God. Which makes it an issue of the heart. If my heart is in the right place, then no matter what I do, I will bring glory to God. If I try getting an A just to please my parents or to show how good of a student I am, then what does that do but glorify myself? Or what if I did my chores to a tee, yet my attitude is wrong, then what kind of glory have I brought Him? Or what about when I do good things just to please others and be accepted, where's the glory that belongs to Lord in that?
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 1 Peter 1:22
A pure heart. That brings Christ glory. It's not the things in and of themselves that necessarily bring glory to God, nor is it how we do them (though that can play a part), but it's what our hearts and minds are doing while we do them. There is no such thing as glorifying God the wrong way - you either are or you aren't.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24


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I spent most of the day looking at my great-grandmother Dovie C (Ruby) McBurnett Hall Stanley Epperson Priddy Bailey Copeland. Can you see my problem here? She wasn't born with all those names, folks!
"Everyone needs a hobby" and Dovie's hobby seems to have been collecting husbands! I have definitively documented the existence of 5 of these six husbands, and the order of these marriages. What I haven't totally figured out was how they all became unhusbands. Did they all die mysteriously? Was she a "Black Widow"? Wouldn't that be exciting! Now that would be a Black Sheep Sunday post!
But apparently that wasn't the case, at least for 2 of the husbands. I spent several hours yesterday searching the old Fort Worth Star-Telegrams issues that are available at GenealogyBank, and was rewarded for my efforts:
this on page 23 of the 26 May 1920 edition:
I also found a similar article from 19 Sep 1920 for 3rd husband LW Epperson. These articles are only 4 months apart!
Dovie was a busy lady and some lawyer was getting rich!
Interestingly, Dovie is still living with Epperson in the 1930 census, so I guess they musta made up.
Want something even better than that? In the 1920 census, LW Epperson was Ollie and Ruby Stanley's next-door neighbor! He is enumerated as the next person on the sheet after Ollie and Ruby…
Ok, by now all these name and dates are swirling around in my poor little Dr Pepper-nourished brain and I'm getting really confused! What I need is…
A timeline of Dovie's marriages! All the names and dates on one piece of paper (or computer screen) in front of me, all together.
My RootsMagic program can create a timeline, but I don't like it. I have also tried TimeToast and a couple of other online apps, but they're not quite right, either. Too fancy. I just need something simple to clarify names and dates.
Some time ago, I read an article online about creating a genealogy timeline using Microsoft Excel. As I recall, I tried that, but never could get it to work right. It wouldn't work with OpenOffice, which is what I use instead of Excel.
So last night I searched for a satisfactory timeline program, but still wasn't happy with what I found. Kinda picky, ya know?
Ok, maybe I'll try the Excel thing again. It's been awhile, maybe it'll work this time.
I got the directions from the Microsoft site, and tried it again with OpenOffice. And this time…it worked great!
(click on it for larger view, please)
Nothing fancy, but it does exactly what I want: a direct and simple view of Dovie and all her husbands! Much easier now to figure out when and where to look for records on all these ex's!


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"Odd Man Out": New York Times Review
Today's New York Times weighs in on the Matt McCarthy controversy. Click Here to read the article.
… Statistics from that season, transaction listings and interviews with his former teammates indicate that many portions of the book are incorrect, embellished or impossible … When presented with evidence of his book's wide-ranging errors and misquotations in an interview Monday morning, McCarthy said that he stood by the contents of "Odd Man Out." He said the book, which was published last month by Viking Press and was ranked No. 29 on the most recent New York Times nonfiction bestseller list, was drawn from detailed journals he kept during his year in the Angels' minor league system. He declined to show how those journals corroborated his stories.
There's also a lengthy sidebar documenting many of the discrepancies; Click Here to read the sidebar.
Alan Schwarz, who co-wrote the article, is a longtime sportswriter for The New York Times and Baseball America.
Click Here to read all blog posts on Odd Man Out.


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The Raiders reportedly have agreed to terms on a one-year, $1.25 million contract with veteran defensive end Jarvis Moss.
The news comes courtesy of The Sports Xchange. Teams and veteran players are allowed to negotiate contracts right now, but they can't make anything official until 3 p.m. on Friday.
Moss, who turns 27 on Aug. 3, appeared in five games for the Raiders last season. He recorded one sack for the Raiders during that time.
Moss played his first three full NFL seasons for the Denver Broncos, both as a linebacker and defensive end. He was released by the Broncos after nine games last season.
This is yet another sign of the Raiders master plan of re-signing most of their own free agents and then plugging in the holes with other free agents, while avoiding the costly signings of big-name, low-production players such as DeAngelo Hall, Kwame Harris, Gibril Wilson and Javon Walker from previous offseasons.


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To the editor: Your op-ed of 1/23/13 concerning veterans care in New Hampshire was a little misleading. Your opinion groups claim of not needing full medical center in New Hampshire due to the abundance of other first class medical facilities works well for veterans who have some type of medical insurance coverage. But if you are one of the many veterans who are dependent on the VA because they have no other health care provider and are required to spend a day on a bus being shipped to a VA hospital in another state for treatment I think they would strongly disagree with your ridiculous statement.
William Whitmore
To the editor: We are very fortunate to have such capable and honest public servants working for us in Dover. Superintendent Jean Briggs-Badger is no exception. Rather, she is an example of integrity, thoughtfulness and diligence in carrying out the people's business.
Recently, Superintendent Briggs-Badger's reputation has been unfairly impugned. Without dredging up the meritless accusations again, suffice it to say that the vast majority of Dover residents, whether liberal, conservative or independent, still support Ms. Briggs-Badger for her role as Superintendent.
On a personal note, I'd like to thank Jean publicly for always taking the time to speak with me about policy, even though I hold no elected office, and though we have different perspectives on a variety of issues. The mark of a great public servant is their willingness to listen. Jean exemplifies this quality. I encourage anyone who is concerned about Jean's performance as Superintendent to take the time to sit down and speak with her about their concerns.
Political reputations are difficult to build but easy to destroy. Briggs-Badger is an unfortunate victim of an all too ready willingness to call someone dishonest simply because they have a different point of view. This isn't limited to Dover politics of course; it's a disheartening trend for politics in general.
Those who unfairly attack the character of Dover's public servants would do well to remember a few things. First, an attack against someone else's reputation is more meaningful when it comes from a reputable source, from someone who has built up the political capital to be taken seriously in their allegations. Second, most Dover residents can remember a time when they had much less faith in their local government than they have today. In short, we've never had it so good.
Administrators, city councilors, teachers and first responders are working with their neighbors to make Dover a great place to live, and they are either underpaid or not paid at all. Though we may disagree on the issues, no one should question that our public servants get involved in local government out of genuine affection for their community. It's a shame that the reward for such dedication is political homicide. When it comes to reputations, I would implore my fellow residents to take a good accounting of their own before destroying someone else's. Jean Briggs-Badger deserves an apology.
Chris Buck
To the editor: What is it with Mr. Wayne Merritt's continuing desire to link former President George W. Bush to all the evils of the past decade? (Fosters 1/23) He lumps President Bush with Lance Armstrong, as though he two had anything common other than Texas. What, does he think the former President was administrating the steroids to Armstrong himself? Or maybe he thinks the former president was the (shush, quiet) supplier?
Mr. Merritt must think Lance Armstrong and the president conspired to cause 9/11? He lumps them together. Or no, wait, Armstrong ferreted the WMD out of Iraq on his bicycle! That's it! And then Bush declared war on Iraq to get Armstrong his supply of steroids so that the two of them could conspire to win the Tour de France and humiliate the French.
If Mr. Merritt actually thinks President Bush conspired to cause 9/11 then he must be imagining things. And of course, it never occurred to him that it's just possible there were WMDs in Iraq and that they were/are buried in the desert or smuggled in to Syria. Just supposition of course, but possible. Can't be proven one way or the other, but it's possible. But it makes a lot more sense than linking the former president with a former world champion bicyclist for the sole reason of ridicule.
Tom Seiler
To the editor: I am a 25-year veteran police officer who retired in 2009 as deputy chief of police for the Portsmouth Police Department. The first three years of my law enforcement career were with the Dover Police Department. I own several firearms that are secured in my home in a locked safe. When I was working, I usually carried a firearm off-duty because I felt it was my obligation to protect the public even when I wasn't officially on duty should the emergency arise. But since I have retired, I do not carry, even though I have a concealed weapon permit granted to me by the state. So I am not "anti-gun" by any stretch, even though I am a liberal Democrat.
I think the "Stand Your Ground" statute is misguided at best, and dangerous in the absolute. There would be a teenager in Florida who would still be alive today to pursue his dreams and live his life had it not been for the Florida statute that mirrors the NH Stand Your Ground. That law in Florida has failed miserably to make its citizens safer. If anything, research has shown that it has allowed the murder rate to increase, with a known criminal element using the law as a shield for murder. New Hampshire is not Florida, but the basis for the state legislatures passing this kind of law is not based in reality.
In truth, New Hampshire RSAs have always given its citizens the legal right to defend their lives using deadly force, no matter where they are, be it their homes or in a public place. The only stipulation is that when in a public place, if you can retreat safely, you must, but if you cannot, then you are justified to use whatever force is necessary, including deadly force, to protect either yourself or a third party from imminent harm. If you are in your house, there is no duty to retreat.
This law has been in effect for decades in New Hampshire and it has worked. Judges and juries have always used a "reasonableness" standard when hearing cases where deadly force was used in a public place. The Stand Your Ground law handcuffs the courts as well as the police. It must be repealed.
I have written to my state representatives to ask them to vote to repeal this law, and I commend Rep. Steve Shurtleff for having the courage to sponsor this bill.
Len DiSesa
To the editor: We are getting a bit of advice from Stanislav Mishin, a columnist in Pravda, Russia's largest newspaper: America, keep your guns.
"This will probably come as a total shock to most of my Western readers, but at one point, Russia was one of the most heavily armed societies on earth. This was, of course, when we were free under the tsar. Weapons, from swords and spears to pistols, rifles and shotguns were everywhere, common items. People carried them concealed, they carried them holstered."
However, the communists weren't stupid, he wrote, and when they took power, "One of the first things they did was to disarm the population."
"From that point, mass repression, mass arrests, mass deportations, mass murder, mass starvation were all a safe game for the powers," Mishin wrote. Around 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and killed.
The Pravda column noted that taking over territory holding "an extremely well armed and aggressive population determined to exterminate or driving out the aggressor" was no simple matter.
"To this day, with the Soviet Union now dead 21 years, we are still denied our basic and traditional rights to self-defense. Why? We are told that everyone would just start shooting each other and crime would be everywhere …. but criminals are still armed and still murdering and too often, especially in the far regions, those criminals wear the uniforms of the police."
Even today, the columnist wrote, authorities "do as they please, a tyrannical class who know they have absolutely nothing to fear from an unarmed population."
Mishin said America's Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, "is a rare light in an ever darkening room."
Just as Russia was taken over by the communists in the early 20th century, today America is in the process of being knocked to it's knees by an engineered collapse and taken over by an elitist imposed one-world government. It is now obvious what is going on here in the wake of Sandy Hook. The establishment is finally pulling out the last remaining stops in its long envisioned disarmament of the American people.
A well-armed and educated population prevents the tyrannical global elite from realizing their takeover of America. Now is the time to take the advice of our Russian friend, Stanislav Mishin. America, keep your guns and keep them all.
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Earlier this week, the FBI arrested 28-year-old Alexis Adams and co-conspirator Marcus Shaw in connection with a scheme to blackmail the former NBA star out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by threatening to go public with the affair and release graphic photographs of his genitalia to "the vultures in the media."
According to a sworn affidavit by FBI agent Beth Alvarez, Jackson and Adams had an affair six years ago while she was working at a gentleman's club in New York and he was an announcer for the New Jersey Nets. The affair lasted less than 12 months, ending when Jackson, a father of four, refused to leave his wife of 16 years.
In April, Jackson was approached by a man he did not know at a hotel in Memphis. The man showed Jackson a folder with the compromising photographs and a CD he said contained voice mail messages Jackson had left for Adams during their relationship. The man told Jackson he had discovered the items in a storage locker that he had recently purchased. Jackson paid $5,000 for materials, which he immediately destroyed.
Later that month, someone using the name "Mark Smith" (and the email account firstname.lastname@example.com) sent a message to Jackson's wife giving her the opportunity to buy the pictures or else they would be released to the media. Jackson responded himself and ultimately offered $200,000 to make the entire situation go away.
During this process, the extortion scheme was reported to the police, who traced the email account to Shaw through his IP address. Using a subpoena of Shaw's phone and text message records, authorities were able to determine Adams was also personally involved in the extortion plot.
Both Adams and Shaw have since been arrested.
Shaw was convicted of aggravated robbery in 1996 and then arrested in 2005 for murder, robbery, aggravated assault and kidnapping, although those charges were later dismissed.
"I recognize the extremely poor judgment that I used both in having an affair six years ago--including the embarrassing communication I exhibited during that time--and in attempting to deal with the extortion scheme at first by myself," Jackson said in a statement."I made some egregious errors. I apologize for any embarrassment I may have caused my family, friends and, of course, the Warriors."
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We live in a time when food is more plentiful and cheaper than at any other time in history. Never before have so many Americans been so overweight. Yet, because we fill up on all the wrong foods, we are woefully undernourished.
We eat too many processed foods that not only have almost no nutritional value – but they set up a cycle of cravings that keeps us coming back for more and more… and more.
It's a dangerous addiction! These so-called "foods" are loaded with chemicals, salt, simple (i.e. non-nutritious) starches and, worst of all, sugar. It's amazing that our bodies can glean even the most minimal nutritional requirements from this kind of diet. Often, they don't, and we become overweight and chronically ill. For example, depressed, tired, foggy-brained and overweight women are often told by their doctors that they need Prozac. What they really need is a steady supply of real food to get their brains and bodies back on track. This is what I (Dr. Cass) see in my office all day long.
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Prior to the 2008-09 academic year, Martin was promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics and Senior Women's Administrator. On Feb. 21, 2011, she received another promotion, taking over as Interim Director of Athletics before returning to her post as Assistant Director on July 1 of that year. A 1980 graduate of the College and on the coaching staff since, her success on the basketball court and beyond has been great.
She arrived at the Middle Atlantic Conference track championships in 1981 as a grad assistant, helping coach the team while studying for a master's in education at Western Maryland (now McDaniel College). She left with a second straight gold medal in the high jump – after winning in street clothes and sneakers. And without having trained for a solid year.
Martin's surprising, spur-of-the-moment entry – on orders from the head coach – is just a minor footnote in a career that has seen her become both the most prolific scorer and winningest coach in program history. In fact, her athletic career was so noteworthy, McDaniel inducted her into its Sports Hall of Fame in October of 2004, without the consideration of her numerous coaching accomplishments.
Martin, a multisport star at Westminster High School, became the Green Terror head coach in 1981, just a year after graduation. Entering her 37th season, she has compiled a 542-356 record. She has led the team to 18 league playoff berths, one Middle Atlantic Conference division title in 1985-86, its first-ever Centennial Conference (CC) crown and NCAA playoff berth in 2002, a feat she pulled again twice in the next three seasons. Her team posted 20-win campaigns in six straight seasons (2001-07) and advanced as far as the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament.
Despite the stretch of 20-win campaigns ending, Martin continued to add to her career accomplishments during the 2007-08 season. She joined the exclusive 400-win club, becoming the 26th Division III coach to hit that milestone.
In 2009-10, she continued another run, guiding the Green Terror to its ninth consecutive conference tournament and earned her fourth conference championship ring. After an 0-4 start, her team turned the corner and reeled off 17 consecutive victories – a stretch bettered only in 2006-07 when her team put together a program- and CC-record 19-game winning streak, capturing its first regular-season conference crown and first at-large NCAA tournament berth.
In 2013-14, Martin returned her squad to the 20-win club and once again made postseason appearances in the CC and ECAC tournaments.
A year later, Martin added a second regular-season conference crown and at-large NCAA tournament berth while joining the elite ranks of the 500-win club.
After launching her career with three losing years, Martin has endured only four more since. In 1988-89 she won the MAC Southern Division Coach of the Year award after leading then Western Maryland College to a 20-5 mark. Her 25 wins in 2003-04 and 2004-05 set a new program mark for wins in a season. The fifth win of that 2003-04 campaign made her just the 36th coach in Division III to reach the 300-win plateau. Her team also picked up the program's 500th win during the NCAA tournament that same season.
As a 5-9 center in a career spanning from 1976 to 1980, Martin became the team's first 1,000-point scorer (1,299), led Western Maryland College to its first conference title (1979-80) and won the division MVP award as a senior. Despite having fallen to ninth on the all-time scoring list and sixth in rebounds, Martin still holds program records for scoring average in a season (23.0 ppg in 1979-80) and career (19.1). She also still holds the mark for points in a game, scoring 39 against Ursinus in the final game of her career.
While a student-athlete, Martin helped Western Maryland win three straight conference titles in volleyball (1977-79) with records of 19-5, 30-5 and a program-record 36-3.
Martin's experience has landed her on several committees, including the ECAC Division III Women's Basketball Mid-Atlantic Championship Committee. She currently chairs of the CC Women's Basketball Committee and has served as the chair of the College's Sports Hall of Fame Committee, of which she still serves as master of ceremonies during the induction ceremony.
Life is not all coaching and committee work for Martin. She is an avid traveler and lifelong athlete. Always up for a round of golf, Martin enjoys the outdoors. She has scaled Mt. Rainier in Washington, rafted the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, biked the 180-mile C&O Canal Trail and snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef.
Her passion for travel and adventure is one that she passes on to her student-athletes. Martin has taken her basketball team and their families on a whirlwind tour of France for exhibition play and a heavy dose of sightseeing several times. Those trips included stops in Paris, Nice and Normandy.
However, Martin, a Westminster native, knows she does not need to travel overseas for exploration. Living just a short drive from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, or the bustling city of Baltimore, Martin needs little more than the keys to her car to enjoy life to its fullest.
And enjoying life means taking chances and making good on her promises, even when it involves punching holes into her body. Trying to convince their coach during the preseason that a tattoo would be appropriate if the team won the conference, Martin bargained her self-described self-mutilation down to a cartilage ring before agreeing to the deal.
When the team made good on its half of the deal, Martin, surrounded by her team, added a ring to the top of her ear, and a Centennial ring to her hand.


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Dirty, sloppy, loud, and fast are words that only scratch the murky surface of all that goes into the heavy horsepower beast that is mud bog racing.
Charlie Holub can tell you all about it. He has competed in various mud racing events for the past 15 years.
"Some think it just looks like rednecks playing in the mud," Holub said. "Mud racing is different than other sports. There is a kind of voodoo to it."
The best way to categorize what Holub does is as a drag race in the mud, and like any sport, there are some general rules. For instance, he said a typical track is about 175 feet long and each contestant generally gets one pass — chance to race — per event.
"You're running in a bog pit," Holub said. "Sometimes tracks are more water than mud."
No mud pit is the same, Holub said. Racers have to decide how to setup their trucks for maximum performance under conditions that always change.
"It's like racing on top of slop or a snow packed road," Holub said. "There is no traction."
Holub said if a pit is of a rough consistency, his truck generally does better. He uses a tire that isn't as wide as some, and if he goes fast enough he can glide across the top of the bog pit.
Like other racers, Holub uses modified tires, in which large portions of rubber is removed to achieve maximum traction.
Holub said he has cut his own tires in before using a power saw but it took him 40 hours of labor just to do two tires. So now he pays a person $200 per tire to do the modifications as needed.
"I like going fast, and speed costs money," Holub said. "But the fastest truck doesn't always win."
What really counts are consistent good passes, Holub said. However, most races are won or lost in first 10 feet of the initial launch.
"From a dead stop I've clocked a time of 3.01 seconds," Holub said. "Motors are high maintenance when you start pushing that kind of horsepower."
Holub said it is common for racers to build, rebuild, and modify their trucks.
"Trucks can get pretty exotic," Holub said, "Mine meets the outlaw pro-stock common setup."
Holub said his dad was a mechanic, so he learned many different mechanical skills that have helped him work on his vehicle.
By welding the chassis, running the wiring, and hand making metal parts such as the rotors, Holub transformed an Isuzu Pup into a dragster-style "rail" design with a supercharged engine he calls the mud puppy.
"I did all the fabrication except for the engine," Holub said. "Stan Williams from Williams Service in Florence built the engine. He plumbed the nitrous and tapped the heads."
Holub said for an added speed boost, some racers use blown alcohol, but he favors a nitrous oxide injection system.
With the combination of expensive modifications and the high amount of wear and tear mud racing puts on his truck, Holub has to perform standard system checks between every race. He uses a computer that logs data from his truck, looks at the RPM curve, and checks for anything that might have gone wrong.
Holub said he used to go to about 25 races a year, at events as far away as Nacogdoches, Texas, but since cut back to about seven a year to put more time into his construction company.
However, he recently experienced success at a mud race in Bunker Hill because of all the maintenance he performed on his truck.
"I beat the self-proclaimed fastest racer in the USA," Holub said. "Actually he beat himself."
Holub said the racer has a reputation for employing several mechanics, buying other peoples trucks, and transporting them around in a semi-truck.
"He's all about the money," Holub said.
Holub has won other events due to the speed of his truck, but this time he won because his opponent's truck broke down on the starting line.
As a result, Holub was awarded $1,400 in prize money and a trophy. He plans to put the money back into his truck to prepare for a national event in the badlands.
"I'm the underdog," Holub said. "People point their finger and laugh but paint doesn't make you go faster."