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Eugene Albert Abplanalp, age 78, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012.He remained positive and kept his sense of humor until the end, true to his character. Gene was an inspiration to his family, friends, and colleagues.He was born in Ridgway in April of 1934 to the late Albert and Mabel Abplanalp. Gene graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree in Social Studies and Economics. Gene was inducted into the IUP Hall of Fame in 2000 and also received the IUP Volunteer of the Year Award. He taught at Dillsburg and Ridgway Area High School. He coached football and wrestling, and developed the wrestling program for the Ridgway Area School District. Gene left teaching in 1968 and had a successful career with Reader's Digest, where he achieved numerous recognitions and awards. He was an avid sports fan, and an integral participant including president of the Property Owners Association of Treasure Lake, DuBois.Gene is survived by his wife Jane (Logan) Abplanalp; daughters Ann Lennox, Debbie Marting (Bill); grandchildren Stacy and Robbie Lennox, and Billy and Rachel Marting; two sisters, Kathryn Zilcosky (David) and Dorothy Weichman (David); and four nephews and several great-nieces and great-nephews and cousins.Funeral services for Eugene A. Abplanalp will be held at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ridgway on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 at 11 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Bruce Burkness, Pastor of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in St. Marys. Burial with committal services will follow at Ott Cemetery in Ridgway. Friends will be received from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday at the Thompson Funeral Home, 136 Center St., in Ridgway.In lieu of flowers, Gene requested memorials be made to the IUP football program, the Lions Club of Treasure Lake, or to the Hahne Cancer Center at DuBois Regional Medical Center.


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Wine Options for People Who Think Wine Is Too Sweet, Dry, Bitter, Bland, or Costly
Maybe you think wine is too bland or simply too expensive. That's OK, because some of it is. But Tracy Kellner, co-owner of Chicago's Provenance Food & Wine, knows that's only some wine. "There's a lot of really good wine out there," she said.
You may have found wine that is too bitter or too sweet, but there are plenty of other bottles out there, including wine for people who don't like wine. Kellner was happy to suggest a few. (Tip: if any of your foodie friends complain that their wine-pairing knowledge isn't up to par, these recommendations would make a great precursor to the gift of wine-tasting.)
Too Sweet
If left unchecked, sugars left over from the fermentation process can make wines cloying; however, very ripe grapes' bold fruit flavors can also create a jammy taste and mouthfeel.
For those averse to overly fruit-forward wines, Kellner recommended trying bottles from cooler climates, such as northern France or Oregon, or asking for an Old World–style wine. The latter generally features more pronounced acidity and earthy notes as opposed to juice-like fruitiness.
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Bracing acidity and hints of tobacco or leather aren't always appealing, though. In that case, moscato d'asti and sweeter rieslings are solid standby whites for everyday sipping.
Kellner also suggested trying wines from warmer regions, such as Sicilian nero d'avola, Australian shiraz, and certain Californian reds. Expect to taste dark berries, plums, and maybe even a bit of sweetness from the relatively high alcohol content in these bottles.
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During the red-winemaking process in particular, juice can remain in extended contact with grape skins and oak barrels—both sources of tannins. A tannic wine can possess a distinctly bitter flavor, which may be unmistakable but is far from universally loved.
Kellner had a few suggestions for sidestepping the bitter taste. First, try red wines made from thin-skinned grapes, such as grenache or pinot noir.
Additionally, tannins' harsh taste softens with time, and oxygen smoothes wines' rough edges. Uncork a bottle 60 minutes before you drink it and observe the difference.
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Before writing them off entirely, try thin-tasting wines with food. The same subtle flavors that can seem bland on their own often complement meals. Kellner suggested thinking of these varieties as "the salt and pepper of wine."
Wines with enough heft and substance to stand alone are often made from grapes grown in warmer regions.
Look for reds from Portugal or the southern Rhône valley. And, despite the seemingly ubiquitousness of light white wines, there are also full-bodied options. For example, oak-aged chardonnay can have buttery, toasty qualities, and grapes such as viognier and roussanne lend white wines fleshy peach or apricot flavors rather than tart, citrus ones.
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"You can find value wherever you look," Kellner said.
So don't be afraid to be upfront about how much you're willing to spend. When chatting with wine-store employees, tell them your price limit and what you've enjoyed in the past. Most importantly, let them know what you haven't enjoyed.
"Form a friendship with someone who works there," Kellner said. "Find someone who knows what you like and will remember what you bought last time."
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I think it should have been longer just to put more depth into Ayase's part of the story. I felt bad for her at the end because I liked her as a favorite character, not because her story was deeply emotional. It could have been if they tried, though.
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Now, basically, I think the story's main flaw is actually in Seiji. He's too... impressionable. And he's a fool. Normally the fool character in these kinds of stories works because he's an honest fool or a fool who's faithful to his one true love. But Seiji isn't that character. He's just... blind to everything. The situation defines Seiji's actions. If he's with a hot chick walking down the street doing nothing special and the hot chick is hitting on him with all her might, he doesn't think twice about it, but if the hot chick is sleeping on his couch with her shirt hiked up, then she's the most gorgeous thing he's ever seen in his whole life. When he first sees Midori, he acts normal (runs around screaming "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?" Like any normal guy would), then when she confesses he gets all googly-eyed and shits himself, and from that point on you knew he had totally lost it. It's just plain wrong. It fits the character, but the character doesn't fit anything else. And as my main complaint is that he falls for Midori over Ayase, I believe he is the reason I started to stop liking this series.
Also, I'm a firm believer that Ayase was designed specifically to be the best choice for Seiji (ie, the perfect match personality-wise), yet she was to be thrown aside for his 'faited partner'. If you search through the SC forums, you'll see that I made this big rant about it around volume 3 of the manga like 8 months ago.
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I agree about the length, I think 26 episodes of Midori saying "Seiji-kun, Seiji-kun" over and over would have killed me. Midori is just way too single-minded, it makes her character two-dimensional. She reminds me of Aoi-chan from Ai Yori Aoshi, another character I don't like. It was also painful watching Midori's mom suffer knowing that Midori's perfectly happy as Seiji's right hand and wishing things could stay that way forever--it just made her character much less likeable to me. In the end, I think the anime could have been better, but at least it wrapped everything up at the end.
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#1) I'm happy that there's a finality. I think the Manga has been stretching it out too much.
#2) The ending was destined to happen. We all knew it would be Midori and Seichi.
Those two points aside, I really preferred Ayase/Seichi I think they're a much better match.
If there is a season two it could be Kouta No Hibi since the dude is totally in love with Seichi
|2004-06-28, 16:54
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although midori is his destined partner as it was mentioned before, hayase deserves more part in the ending. imo midori is obsessed with seiji but hayase truly loves him. and another point hayase will be a useful comrade against big sister for seiji and they could be perfect couple. too bad for hayase.
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|2004-06-28, 19:10
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I thought it was good enough, any longer it woulda gotten stretched and spoiled.
Yea, i thought seiji shoulda said i love u back, but then again, seiji is a stubborn SOB, but i think it ended on a good note. I like that type of ending a lot, shows everything short and sweet.
|2004-06-28, 21:47
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Yeah, a couple more episodes would be nice, but you can't do that with a television series. There are time slots to be filled. One can always hope they release a few OVA later, but otherwise they would have to drag it out to 26 episodes and you know that would be a whole different series.
You think Seiji-kun should have said "I love you too" instead of "I know"? I am not sure. He said all she needed to hear. He may not even have known his own feelings for her, except that he kinda missed her. Was that love or just habit? He may not even have known himself at that time.
As for the LOVE scarf, if he had been wearing it that day, Midori would still not remember and she would think he had gotten it from someone else. This could have made her lose hope; she had a hard enough time confessing as it was. Not to mention there would be a lot of explaining to all he met. There is no way he could wear that scarf. Mad dogs don't wear LOVE scarves!
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I loved the ending! I mean, it would have been a bad taste if Seiji ended up with Ayase. ...haha.... ooops
Yeah, she only noticed him after he saved her; she played the role of damsel in distress, and what she might have caught after that, was just nothing but a serious doze of infatuation.
I mean, they were classmates, and all she ever did was bitchslapped him with her preachings about being [a] egotistic/bully. Yeah, talk about judging a person basing solely on their reputation. Is to me, a sign of a weak character.
And quite frankly, compared to Midori, who has only glanced him from afar & has loved him for ages, rightfully deserved the grand prize.
Plus, I like Midori. She reminds me of Hinata from Naruto.
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Now I finally understand what that fat cat is all about...the cat symbolizes Seiji! The cat is horribly unlucky with females, just like Seiji. Ahh...how did I miss that?
Apparently Anime Empire is "selling" fanart (by an artist in A-E) of Midori. I want to see Rin artwork instead...
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Free Beer and Hot Wings Talk About The Cult Of CrossFit [FBHW]
Free Beer, Hot Wings and Zane talked about an article on Gawker that bashes CrossFit. Everyone seemed to be pretty familiar with the new fitness phenomenon; Zane even said that he did it on a regular basis these days. But no one actually defended CrossFit against any of the attacks leveled by Gawker writer Hamilton Nolan.
Zane in particular admitted that most of what Nolan said in the article was on point, not to mention really funny. The part in the article that makes fun of the pull-ups being fake really got everyone going. "I can dunk a basketball if I jump off a trampoline," said Zane, making fun of the accomplishment-slanted training that CrossFit is becoming known for.
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Hamilton Nolan – your a [expletive] idiot. go [expletive] yourself. you can do crossfit in a 10×10 room for free and alone. the "Cult" aspect is actually not a "Cult" but a motivational tool that pushes for teamwork and mental toughness. You idiot face will probably get injured because , well, your a [expletive] [expletive] that doesnt know what he/she is doing. Your girlfriend / boyfriend will like you more when you can keep your baby [expletive] erection longer than 30 sec after getting in shape via 1 month of 100 burpees / day in a row alone (with no cult), for free in your little apartment.
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I'd go for the Micallefs
I'm curious if anyone has tried these. I've looked up the notes and they seem nice, but reviews are lacking and at the only place I know that sells them they're going for around $100 for 60mls, they also have the Lace Editions of Organza, Very Irresistable and Ange ou Demon. One thing I will say is that the bottles look fantastic.
Still, how many of you think these worth picking up? At the same place I could go niche for roughly the same price. They have a few M. Micallef scents I'm interested in, namely, and these are 100ml bottles for only $10-15 dollars more.
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I've sampled Play and Pi but not the others. I found the leather note most prominent in the early stages, growing weaker over time. I liked them both well enough, but decided in the end that they weren't sufficiently different from the originals to warrant purchasing.
Given the choice, I'd go for the Micallefs without hesitation.
Thanks for the advice guys. I think a part of me knew these would be a bad choice all along, but... the bottles... they're so nice! I mean I'm not even all that fond of Play or Pi. I think I'll go for the Oud and Rose and the wood one by Micallef instead, or maybe Anteus, ahh there's a lot to choose from.


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How many times have you noticed a child, surrounded by toys, select a discarded cardboard box to play in? Quite amazing but if you give it some thought you will realize that the child is using the right side of his brain. That's where creativity and imagination lie. It's truly important to encourage this type of play in children. This is how artists and true scientists are born ... by using experimentation and imagination.
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A wonderful Coffee Shop that Tracy Yau created for her young daughter who has an affection for coffee. Be sure to read her post on her website 45WallDesign . The coffee machine, display cases and cupboard are all made from cardboard. How inventive!
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A Dozen Gift Wrapping Ideas You Can Do With the Kids
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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 23 Mar 2012
Roger Lee from the Diving Organisation of University of Technology Sydney (DOUTS) captured this terrific footage of Coffin Rays mating.
The fish were filmed at depth of 10 m, Latitude Rocks, Foster, New South Wales on 17 March 2012.
Gilled leeches are visible on both fish near the eyes. The same fish are shown in the top two images to the right.
View the factsheet. View a movie of a Coffin Ray swimming.
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The Angela Adams line of home goods is known for its color and pattern. The line of hand-tufted wool rugs has grown over the years to include pillows, fine art prints, stationery, doormats, totes, decorative accessories and even glassware.
Based in Portland, Maine, the Angela Adams line also includes the Angela Adams Collection — a line of exquisite tapestries and rugs and furniture from Angela's husband designer Sherwood Hamill.
Angela Adams has licensed her name to a range of products available from Bed Bath & Beyond.
Adiitionally, Angela Adams has lines of contract furniture, carpeting, textiles and tile through industry leaders Ann Sacks,Shaw Contract, Architex and MDC Wallcovering.


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Betting Line favors Sox over Tigers tonight
The betting line slightly favors the White Sox over the Tigers tonight, with Fister (8-8) scheduled to pitch versus Peavy (10-10.) Dunn is still out with a strained oblique.
I could see this going either way, but the mood in Chicago is to go for the kill by winning tonight.
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'Honey Badger' looks at McNeese St.
Tyrann Mathieu visited McNeese State hours after he was kicked off the team at LSU and is considering transferring to the Southland Conference school located about 200 miles from his hometown of New Orleans.
McNeese State coach Matt Viator said in a statement released by the school Saturday that he met with Mathieu on Friday.
"I received a call from Tyrann after practice on Friday that he wanted to come and meet with us," said Viator. "We contacted LSU to get permission to talk to him and he arrived on campus later that night. We visited for an hour-and-a-half and then he went back home to New Orleans."
LSU dismissed Mathieu and revoked the 20-year-old cornerback's scholarship for a violation of athletic department rules.
To McNeese State's knowledge, according to the statement, Mathieu has not made a decision on where he plans to resume his college career.
McNeese State competes in FCS, the second tier of major college football, and is a traditionally one of the stronger programs in the Southland Conference. The Cowboys have never had a losing season in six seasons under Viator, reaching the FCS playoffs three times.
Mathieu can play this season if he transfers down a level from FBS to FCS. If Mathieu was to transfer to another FBS school, he would have to sit out a year to comply with NCAA rules.
Lake Charles is west of New Orleans, along the Gulf Coast.
Mathieu was a Heisman Trophy finalist last season and the Bednarik Award winner as the top defensive player in the country. Nicknamed Honey Badger, Mathieu became one of college football's biggest stars last season by making a bevy of big plays in his sophomore season at LSU.
He returned two punts for touchdowns, had two fumble returns for scores, forced six fumbles and intercepted two passes.
Mathieu will be eligible to enter the NFL Draft after this season.


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Motorola just announced three new RAZR phones for Verizon, and today the handset maker teamed up with Intel to reveal the RAZR i. This new smartphone looks almost exactly like the Motorola RAZR M we saw earlier this month, but it now features a 2.0 GHz Intel Atom chip.
Highlights of the RAZR M include Android 4.0 (upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean), 4.3-inch "edge-to-edge" 960×540 Super AMOLED display, 2.0 GHz Intel Atom Z2460 (base clock speed 1.3 GHz), 8-megapixel rear shooter, a front-facing VGA camera, NFC, a 2000 mAh battery, and support for HSPA+ networks.
Motorola RAZR i will be available in black beginning in October in select European and Latin American markets including the U.K., France, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico with more to be announced. A stand out white version will also be coming to select markets. Pricing and availability will vary by country, so Motorola suggests you visit www.motorola.com/razri for the latest information.
New features of the RAZR i, not found in the RAZR M, include instant-launch camera and multi-shot mode that lets you snap 10 pictures in less than a second. Motorola has been traditionally weak in the camera department when compared with others, so it's nice to see them include these features.
"Together with Intel, we're redefining what people can expect from a mobile device. A camera that launches in an instant, Web pages that load blazingly fast and a device that's the perfect balance of screen size and fit in hand," said Jim Wicks, senior vice president, Consumer Experience Design, Motorola Mobility. "RAZR i delivers just that when you put an Intel-fast processor in a beautifully designed phone and add in extra long battery life."
This is Intel's most high profile smartphone launch ever, but this device is not currently slated for the US and Motorola is still using Qualcomm to power their flagship devices. Hopefully next year we will see a hero device with Intel inside come to the US and give the ARM-based chip producers a better challenge.


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Whole Grains for Lunch: 15 Hearty, Satisfying Lunch Salads
It's a new year, and we're all back to the races — school, work, the daily routine. So, what's for lunch? Lunch has become important again, now that leisurely holiday brunches and Christmas cookies are behind us. Are you freshly resolved to pack a homemade lunch every day? Are you trying to eat more vegetables and whole grains? Let us help you.
A hearty, satisfying lunch salad is one of the best make-ahead meals — a big bowl of farro and roasted vegetables can carry you through a week of lunches. Legumes like chickpeas and lentils also make delicious, protein-rich salads that satisfy. Read on for 15 of our favorite hearty lunch salads. There's a salad of brown rice and sweet apples, another of couscous and butternut squash, and plenty of bean inspiration, including a delicious mix of white beans and roasted vegetables. Is it time for lunch yet?
• 1 Brown Rice Salad with Apples, Walnuts, and Cherries
• 2 Black Rice Salad with Avocado and Grapefruit
• 3 Chicken (or Tofu!) and Wild Rice Salad
• 4 Sweet and Savory Wild Rice Salad
• 5 Winter Wheat Berry Salad with Figs & Red Onion
• 6 Couscous Salad with Butternut Squash and Cranberries
• 7 Whole Wheat Pearl Couscous with Cherries & Arugula
• 8 Wheat Berry Salad with Blood Oranges, Feta, and Red Onion Vinaigrette
• 9 Golden Quinoa Salad with Radish, Dill & Avocado
• 10 Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Fontina
• 11 Grilled Halloumi and Quinoa Salad
• 12 Colorful Lentil Salad with Walnuts & Herbs
• 13 One Bowl Mung Bean Meal
• 14 White Bean & Roasted Vegetable Salad
• 15 Adzuki Bean Salad
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It has been a year since trading firm MF Global — run by ex-Goldman Sachs CEO and Democratic New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine — collapsed, taking $1.6 billion in client funds with it.
Which raises interesting questions:
* Why has there been so little movement in the criminal probe of the collapse? Even Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana says, "People need to go to jail" — yet no one's been charged or appears likely to be.
* How is it that Corzine seems to have gotten away with personally lobbying regulators to permit a strategy that led to the collapse — i.e., borrowing money from customer accounts to fund trading?
The lack of oversight — and the subsequent slow investigation — couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Corzine has so many friends in high places, could it?
Or that he was a top campaign donation "bundler" for President Obama's re-election effort, even after his own personal contributions were returned.
* Speaking of Corzine's friends, is it any wonder the Obama administration turned out so clueless with respect to the economy, considering whom they trusted for counsel?
That's right: Campaigning for then-Gov. Corzine's re-election in 2009, Vice President Joe Biden boasted that, upon winning the White House the year before, he and President-elect Obama sought key advice from the Garden State gov.
Said Biden: "I literally picked up the phone and called Jon Corzine, and said, 'Jon, what do you think we should do' " to deal with the financial crisis?"
Whatever Corzine's answer, it seems to have worked about as well as MF Global.
How lucky New Jersey residents are that they didn't listen to Biden. Instead, voters booted Corzine in favor of Chris Christie, who's now doing his darnedest to restore fiscal soundness to the state.
Indeed, considering how the former governor ran the state, and then MF Global, into the ground, does anyone wonder how well Corzine might have handled the Sandy aftermath. Better Jersey never finds out.


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A local development and hospitality management company announced Thursday it plans to bring a new 100-room branded hotel to the west side.
A local development and hospitality management company announced Thursday it plans to bring a new 100-room branded hotel to the west side.
Spartanburg-based Pinnacle Hospitality said it intends to build the hotel beside two of its existing inns at the 50-acre Westgate Towncenter behind WestGate Mall.
The property is currently home to a 126-room Hampton Inn & Suites, an 88-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites and the 37,000-square-foot Summit Pointe conference and events center. Pinnacle said it is still in negotiations over its franchise agreement and expects to make that announcement very soon.
"The infrastructure is in place, but we're waiting on a final design," said Phil Simmons, spokesman for Pinnacle. "We do know that it will be an upscale, limited-service brand."
Simmons said the company's founder and chief executive Sam Shanbhag acquired the property in four different tracts in 2001. A few years later the company built the Hampton Inn & Suites and the stadium-style Spartan 16 movie theater, and sold a piece of the property for the City Range restaurant.
Pinnacle later converted the old Spartan Mill building into a conference center and completed the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in 2009.
The company's efforts to grow the center were delayed by recessionary headwinds that hit the hospitality industry with fury. But over the past few years, Pinnacle said its hotel business has come roaring back, prompting it to revisit its expansion plans.
"The performance of our existing hotels really helped in pointing the direction of the need to build another hotel," Simmons said. "Our (hotel business) has returned with a vengeance… and it seems like the ideal location."
In addition to the Westgate Towncenter, the company's retail portfolio includes the 20-acre Prime Square and mixed-use Parkway West shopping centers in Greenville, and the 2-acre Prime Square center on the west side of Spartanburg.
Its hotels also encompass the 155-room Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites and the three-story Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndam off Woodruff Road in Greenville, as well as the Holiday Inn Express at Interstate 85 and Highway 221 in Spartanburg County.
Pinnacle's collection of office spaces consists of The Reidville office building at 1425 John B. White Sr. Boulevard, and Greenville offices Parkway Plaza near I-85 and Pelham Road, the East Beacon office building.
Simmons said the design of the hotel is still in the works, but the company hopes to raise the bar for Spartanburg visitors and capitalize on county's growing tourism sector.
"Pinnacle Hospitality is been a proud partner of the Spartanburg CVB and South Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association; and sees this as a great time to introduce a new lodging option to the Westgate Mall and I-26/I-85 market," the company said in a statement.
The company said it expects to begin construction on the hotel later this year.
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Andrew Richter met a man in Guatemala who is an amputee, can't walk and at age 25 had to be carried by his family. As a volunteer occupational therapy student from the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., Richter helped to fit him with a wheelchair provided by Hope Haven International Wheelchair Ministry.
"The look on his parents' face, and his face, when they were able to push him was priceless," he said. "He's able to go to church with his family and go on errands. Before, they left him at home because there was too much stress to take him anywhere."
Richter, 23, of Bismarck, is in the third year of his master's program in occupational therapy and participated in the University of Mary's Service Oriented Learning Experience (SOLE). In one project, 20 to 25 physical therapy students and 10 to 15 occupational therapy students and faculty travel to Guatemala annually to serve people with disabilities and other needs.
"Students do anything from building homes, working in a malnutrition center or homeless shelter, fitting and distributing wheelchairs, and doing outreach service in villages," said Dr. Mary Dockter, director of the physical therapy program. "The children especially have a lot of disabilities from birth defects. Students see a lot of cerebral palsy and genetic abnormalities from poor or no prenatal care.
"In adults, there are traumatic injuries, whether it's amputations or strokes," she added. "They are things that you see in the United States, but [in the U.S.], they would be treated surgically or with advanced techniques."
Third-year physical therapy major Carley Reed, 25, of Spokane, Wash., helped to build wheelchairs for 30 children.
"It was an incredible day watching them receive their first means of independent mobility," she said. "Many of the families have been carrying their children from the time they were born.
"Many tears of happiness were shed watching their children move their new wheelchairs," she added. "This experience taught me to be creative."
One 4-year-old child had such severe hydrocephalus that he could no longer sit vertically. So the team built his chair to be more like a stroller, allowing him to maintain horizontal positioning.
"The service really teaches students to think on their feet," said Dr. Janeene Sibla, associate professor and director of the occupational therapy program. "They have to apply all that they learned in situations where language is a barrier."
SOLE experiences also teach students the importance of giving and volunteering their time to those in need, she added.
It was a rewarding experience for occupational therapy graduate student Chelsea Munson, 23, of Bismarck, to work at a malnutrition center run by The God's Child Project.
"It was really sad to see 2-year-old kids who couldn't walk, and could barely crawl, from malnutrition and failure to thrive," she said. "We tried to get them to reach their developmental milestones."
Many of the children were left at the center because their parents could no longer care for them. They craved attention and physical touch.
"We instantly formed attachments," Munson said. "We created fun atmospheres for them, and just allowing them to play made a huge difference."
Physical therapy student Ben Saunders, 23, of Bismarck, also worked at the center, served dinner to the homeless, partnered with professional physical therapy volunteers to serve children and adults and built five houses with The God's Child Project.
"It was awesome to see fellow members of our profession holding true to the beliefs and morals of serving others in need," he said. "The experience really emphasized that love and compassion do not have any borders."
His most emotionally charged experience was when the team turned over a 12x16-foot home to a family, and the father collapsed in their arms as he thanked them.
"These people have not placed their treasures here on earth, but rather their treasures lie in their relationships, their family and their faith in God," Saunders said. "It was incredible to see this and be in this presence."
Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller writes from Pennsylvania.
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The global financial crisis has clearly illustrated that there is a serious vacuum of ideas on what to do next as a civilization. Majority of the public senses (on various levels) that key leaderships of many Western states do not offer much more beyond printing more money, socially brutal austerity, etc. Playing for time and looting are not solid ideas and everybody knows it. This inevitably opens up society to ideas from below which will eventually result in part of the elite siding with these ideas to co-opt them and ride them to power.
In United States, we saw the libertarian critique meme and the reactionary "going back to FDR policies" meme rapidly become dominant online over the last 2 years. Collapsist and neofeudalism memes are also about to become dominant. Collapsism in particular forces future oriented thought. The non-Internet world is quickly following behind since it took researchers a year or so to educate themselves about the fraud that caused the crisis, to put their books out, and then another few months for people to read the books. Various socially visible pundits can now defer to books as authoritative sources in speaking up. The market for new type of demagogy (talk radio being the old type) is nowhere near to being saturated.
This awakening resembles a sort of a popular front in the making since people from diverse ideological backgrounds are creating a consensus of what they are against (federal reserve corruption, military eating most resources, financial oligarchy and its personal lawyer/butler [US congress]). A marriage of convenience of this sort is usually created when all other options are exhausted and it will split into petty infighting once the current regime is changed.
All the accelerating muck racking and massive corruption exposures going on currently will begin to create a dissident critical mass in the near future. This is due to the gently exponential curve that is word of mouth communication and most importantly due to some elites sensing that popular sentiment now allows certain things to be safely discussed on a national level. Like in a jury herd dynamic, a minority of consistent and tireless individuals can swing the entire group whether at elite level, the level of a bar or church, or national level. The vacuum of workable ideas in leadership allows such informational waves to spread and take hold rapidly. It may have taken Christianity 300 years to become a dominant meme but with present communication technology, informational "viruses" can do the trick in just years.
In interesting times like these, small but very narrative consistent groups have disproportionate amount of influence. Notice how quickly Ron Paul's faction went from being an ignored laughing stock to being a respected dissident movement (the mere fact that some oligarchs partially co-opted it with funding demonstrates level of genuine popular support). The great budding coalition of groups who usually don't want anything to do with one another (but who realize they got a common enemy) is gaining strength by the week. The awakening process does not even need to take hold of most people. A society historically needs maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of people to substantially switch their world view in order for real transition to start happening. 1/3 of the population can always be counted on to defend status quo to the last while 1/3 can be counted on to be an apathetic mushy middle that joins whoever seems to be winning or is more popular.
How will ideas be judged, what determines which will win out?
Market of ideas is limited by two things.
1) Practicality of an idea. This means the degree to which an idea is compatible with unfolding social and physical dynamics of human civilization (can't have genuine feudalism, monarchies, or theocracies in 21st century with hundreds of millions of educated people). In a way, the strongest idea is one which is predictive of where we're pretty much headed anyway. This criteria can be said to be desirability of the good (functionality determining desirability).
2) How quickly it can be internalized by the public at large. If one needs to read too many books to understand and accept an idea, then it really is not that great. An idea having been popular previously at some point in history greatly helps with this. This criteria can be said to be the knowledgeableness of the buyer to determine which good is desirable.
So what's on the market presently?
I am going to focus on United States since in many ways the problems of United States show to the world the problems that they themselves will face very soon. The ideas that the American people adapt to resurrect themselves will eventually (if not immediately) be influential on a planetary scale after a couple of decades. The following are listed in no particular order of importance.
a) Reactionary "going back to FDR style" Keynesian monetarism, sound money, and rapid infrastructural development
b) Reactionary "going back to the John Quincy Adams style" American credit system, sound money, and rapid infrastructural development
c) Reactionary "going back to industrial robber baron style" brief and unstable period of something resembling what the libertarian faction wants. Some haphazard and rapid ego driven infrastructural development.
d) American version of Leninist New Economic Policy and very rapid infrastructural development
e) Emulation of Chinese style oligarchic dictatorship and rapid infrastructural development
f) Post-monetarist energy accounting Technocracy and very rapid infrastructural development
It'll end up being f) eventually but not before one or more of the others are torturously tried, muddled through, combined, and recombined. In effect, a)-e) are a connecting bridge of experimentation that will make f) possible in due time. Some areas of the country and the world may experience de facto libertarian c) environment due to only the local oligarchs having developmental resources (see Abramovich in his post as governor of Chukotka). Such frightful old school oligarchy should not really spread too quickly before rapid backlash into other choices. There is also the matter of deflation stifling its development. Therefore the libertarian faction is primarily useful as a vibrant "rural power" part of the popular front. They will quickly fade as America's socioeconomic failure discredits capitalism (fairly or unfairly) in the eyes of humanity at large.
Emulation of Chinese police state e) and industrial worker exploitation may be preferred by one wing of American oligarchy (while the other wing seems to want perpetual banana republic style oligarchic military dictatorship with sprinkles of c)). This is due to China already combining various structural characteristics of a)-d) in one package. American version of Putinism is the other "softer" alternative to this. Neither are sustainable long term since they do not address the problem of exponential progress of technology consistently increasing planetary unemployment. There will also be the issue of China entering it's "America in the 1930s" period of industrial depression and crisis of overproduction (which in turn stands to discredit that country briefly in the eyes of the world).
We can begin to see how process of elimination reduces the extent to which the current ideas on the market will be utilized. For the older generation, some elements of a) can be used to provide them peace of mind, continuity towards the end of life, and as marketing to politically sell rapid increase in state intervention. Then, for the younger generations, the mythical elements of b) combined with the edginess of d) may follow to demonstrate that rapid infrastructural progress really is occurring and to provide the future American regime with legitimacy (it'll definitely be needing it). Transition period of the next 30 years will definitely be turbulent and interesting for all involved. We must consistently remain vigilant throughout the process to make sure the rich do not derail the experimentation into something truly frightening (which would make us wish for the old USA back).


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Are all Waldorf teachers asked to describe Waldorf education "in a nutshell" as often as I am? I suspect so. One of my esteemed colleagues, Nancy Foster, a veteran teacher who taught at Acorn Hill Waldorf Kindergarten in Silver Spring, MD even wrote a book entitled In a Nutshell, answering parents questions about Waldorf education.
Even though it's a nearly impossible task, given the muti-faceted nature of Waldorf education and the almost-too-many-to-name aspects that differentiate a Waldorf classroom from the educational mainstream, I did my best to give a "nutshell" picture of a Waldorf early childhood program recently for the wonderful crafting blog, Wee Folk Art. Here it is, reprinted in its entirety, with thanks to Kimara for asking such great questions that were a pleasure to answer!
Interview with Sarah Baldwin of Bella Luna Toys
By Kimara – Originally posted at Wee Folk Art on 14 February 2010
Kimara: In a nutshell, what distinguishes a Waldorf classroom from a more traditional educational environment?
Sarah: There are so many facets and layers to Waldorf education that it is nearly impossible to describe it in a neat, tidy package, even though I am frequently asked to do so! Since I am an early childhood teacher, I will highlight three of the key elements that distinguish a Waldorf early childhood classroom from that of a more mainstream preschool.
A homelike environment with an emphasis on natural materials
A Waldorf kindergarten is typically furnished to look much like a home, with silk curtains, wool rugs, a rocking chair and wooden tables and chairs. Teachers consciously choose playthings for the classroom that will nourish a young child's senses, and sheathe them in beauty. Toys found in the classroom are made from natural fiber and materials to nourish a young child's senses.
Real work for a real purpose
Waldorf teachers model meaningful, purposeful work in the classroom by engaging in activities such as cooking, cleaning, baking, sewing or knitting. Outdoors, teachers may be found raking, gardening, filling birdfeeders or shoveling snow. Out of imitation, children engage in, and help with, all these activities. The children are learning real life skills, as they become confident and capable helpers.
Imagination and Play
Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Waldorf education, emphasized the importance of the imagination in childhood, and Waldorf educators believe that imaginative play is the key to creative thinking later in life. In a Waldorf early childhood classroom, ample time is allowed each day for unstructured, imaginative play without a lot of adult interference. This is when an observer might see children becoming cats and mice; witness tea parties in the play kitchen; boys and girls building large structures out of Waldorf wooden playstands draped with large silks; building with stumps and natural tree blocks; and other children donning capes and crowns to become princesses and princes. One might say that free play is the heart of a Waldorf kindergarten morning.
Kimara: How can parents bring the Waldorf philosophy into their homes?
Sarah: Waldorf teachers work consciously with the idea of "rhythm." We talk about the rhythm of the day, the rhythm of the week and the rhythm of the year. The daily rhythm is a regular, predictable schedule. An example would be a morning that starts with free play, which is then followed by cleanup, circle time, rest time, snack time, outdoor time, story time and lunch. This daily rhythm would be the same all year long without variation. Once the children become familiar with the rhythm, they relax into it and benefit from the predictability of the day. They feel confident and secure, knowing exactly what to expect. Children can be become quite anxious when their days are irregular and unpredictable. So one important thing parents can do is to bring more rhythm into their home. Have regular times for meals, bath and bed, and add little rituals to each of these activities.
Another thing parents can do is to bring reverence and ritual to the family meal table. Even if you are not religious, take a moment to light a candle and say a verse of gratitude for the food you are about to eat. One can thank God, or simply thank the sun and the rain for producing the food. What's important is to cultivate a sense of reverence and gratitude in your children. And, of course, eating meals together as a family!
Kimara: Before the birth of your first child, you were pursuing a career as an actress. How were you able to utilize that training in the Waldorf classroom?
Sarah: Before my son Harper was born, I was working as an actress, but even then I had been thinking about going to back to school to become a teacher. At the time, I thought of this as a career change. However, after I discovered Waldorf education, with its emphasis on storytelling, puppetry, singing and reciting verses, I came to think of it as a career progression. Not only did those artistic skills lend themselves to my work as an early childhood teacher, but it also allowed me to be quite comfortable "performing" in front of parents when I taught Parent/Toddler classes. I felt like I was still performing, but now for a higher purpose and for a much more appreciative audience!
Kimara: I know I'm asking for a very condensed explanation, but implementing the Waldorf philosophy, what are the attributes parents should look for when crafting or purchasing playthings for their children?
Sarah: One exercise I used to do with parents in my classes during a parent evening on "toys and play" was to blindfold them*. Then I would hand them different toys. Some were typical toys from a modern child's toy box, such as Barbie dolls, action figures, metal trucks, plastic baby dolls and so forth; alternating with toys from our Waldorf classroom, such as shells, stones, sanded pieces of wood or dolls made from cotton and wool. I would ask each parent to feel the toys, smell them, and even taste them, if they dared! (Because all babies WILL put toys into their mouth.) I urge you to try it. Even when blindfolded, this exercise will really "open your eyes" as to how children experience toys with all their senses. The experience of touching cold metal vs. warm wood, or the different qualities between a plastic doll and one made of natural fibers can really be appreciated when not relying on one's sense of sight.
Rudolf Steiner once described the young child as a "wholly sense organ." That is, a child's senses are much more sensitive than an adult's, and her experience of the world relies less on sight alone. A child takes in the whole world through all of her senses, so we want to choose toys that are going to nourish and feed the senses in a healthy way. Furthermore, toys made from natural fibers and materials seem to have a calming quality, which can be observed in children's play.
Another thing parents should look for are toys that will inspire and ignite the imagination, and toys that are open-ended (that is, toys that can be played with in a variety of ways). They should look for playthings that are not too formed and fixed, that leave some room for the imagination. For example, Waldorf dolls usually have minimal features, and Waldorf puppets typically have no face at all. This allows a child to imagine the face happy, sad or angry, and to develop his inner picturing abilities.
Kimara: What role do you think parents should play in their children's creative expression and play?
Sarah: In general, Waldorf early childhood teachers do not directly engage in play with the children. Children, left to their own devices, are usually so much freer in their imaginations and richer in their play than we are as adults! As teachers, we work alongside the children as they play — sewing, preparing food, or the like. We work, we hum, and we watch. A parent can stimulate a child's imagination by providing the kinds of playthings that invite creative play, and even nudging a child's imagination if she seems stuck. For instance, a child may start throwing blocks. We can take the blocks and pretend now that they're teacups, inviting the child to have a tea party with us, thereby guiding the play into a new direction.
Kimara: Given the fact that most of us are dealing with limited resources, what do you think are the basic toys or supplies we should have available for children, and when creating a "Wish List", what items in your shop would have to be on the list?
Sarah: A parent needn't spend much to provide a rich array of playthings for a child. At least half the playthings in my classroom were either gathered from nature or handmade. A basket of shells, a basket of smooth river stones, and branches cut up and sanded into natural blocks were among the toys I considered essential.
That said, what comes to mind as other essential items, which can be bought or handmade, are:
Play Silks. A basket of brightly colored silk squares can be used in an endless variety of ways. They become scarves, capes and skirts; they can swaddle a baby; they become tablecloths; a blue silk becomes a river; a green one, a meadow. They are also lovely for decorating a "nature table," or draping a puppet play. The quality of the silk makes the colors shimmer, and feels heavenly next to a young child's skin.
A Waldorf Doll. Both boys and girls would take turns caring for the "babies" in our classroom. The Waldorf 16″ dress-up doll is often what's most readily recognizable as a Waldorf toy. These dolls are best for 4- to 6-year olds who have the fine motor skills to be able to dress them and comb their hair. For younger children, a bunting doll, such as our Cuddle Doll, is soft and huggable, perfect for toddlers; and a Blanket Doll is a wonderful first doll for a baby, with a human face that babies respond to, but with a soft blanket body, which often becomes a special "lovey." All these dolls are made with natural fibers and materials with cotton knit skin and stuffed with wool.
Playstands and Play Clips. These are also classic Waldorf toys that are found in virtually every Waldorf kindergarten classroom. With two playstands, long pieces of silk or cloth, and a couple pairs of play clips, children can build houses and forts. They use the shelves to play "store," or as a stage for puppet plays. They have an endless variety of uses, and are used heavily by the children every day.
A Play Kitchen Corner. The most popular spot in my classroom, year after year, was the play kitchen–a corner blocked off by two playstands. In the cozy corner was a wooden play stove, a small table set with wooden dishes, chairs, and doll cradles. During free play, this area was always bustling with tea parties, cooking, caring for babies, setting the table and washing. Here, the children would imitate the work of the adults in their company.
Kimara: On a rainy afternoon, what is your favorite way to while away the hours with children?
Sarah: My favorite rainy day activity is one we ONLY did on rainy days. (That is to say, torrentially rainy days, otherwise we'd be outside!) I have an electric hot plate with a glass top that I got at a yard sale — the kind that is meant to keep food warm and doesn't get too hot. I'd take a sheet of drawing paper and tape it to the hot plate, then invite the children, one at a time, to color with our beeswax crayons on the hot plate. The warmth would melt the beeswax, producing beautiful wax "paintings" that looked like stained glass. Afterwards, we would hang them in the windows and, once the rain ended, we would admire the way the sun would shine through them!
Kimara: Finally, what prompted you to leave the classroom and run Bella Luna Toys?
Sarah: After more than ten years of teaching full-time in a Waldorf school, I was discovering that my two teenage boys needed me as much (if not more) than they did when they were toddlers. While I've always felt that Waldorf teaching was my life's calling and absolutely loved my time in the classroom, I was looking for a way to put my expertise and love for Waldorf education to use in a new way—one that would allow me to continue working to promote Waldorf education in the world, but also give me more time at home. Just as I was pondering what new direction my life might take, a newsletter arrived in my mailbox, announcing that Bella Luna Toys was for sale. Bella Luna was a well-established Waldorf toy company of which I had long been aware, and I knew its founder, Miaja (prounounced "Maya") Rocciola through Waldorf homeschooling circles. After many conversations with Miaja, I became the new owner of Bella Luna Toys in September 2009, and the company moved from the beautiful coast of California, to the equally beautiful midcoast of Maine. I'm learning a lot, and having a ball!
EDIT: The following question was asked by one of our readers and I wanted to make sure that the question and Sarah's answer were included for posterity in the interview.
Ashlie: This truly was an enjoyable article, but I really would love to hear more about children crafting and artistic expression. Are there "typical" Waldorf crafts and can you recommend books or websites to foster intrinsic artistic expression?
Sarah: Wee Folk Art is a great resource for parents who are drawn to Waldorf education and interested in crafting. The crafts offered here by Kimara are the kinds of things typically made by teachers and students in a Waldorf School. As I said, there are many facets to Waldorf education, and I failed to mention them all. But not mentioning the importance of handwork in a Waldorf classroom was a big omission!
All children in a Waldorf school learn handwork beginning in early childhood. Children in my kindergarten class would learn to "fingerknit" (creating a crocheted chain with their fingers) and to sew. Craft projects were created all year long connected to the seasons and festivals of the year. When children at a Waldorf school get to first grade, they learn to knit with needles, and as the years go on, they learn to crochet, embroider, make dolls and more. Much research in recent years has documented the benefits of developing fine motor skills through handwork to brain development, so the goal in teaching handwork to children is not just about the finished product!
Bella Luna Toys also happens to carry a wide variety of craft kits that come with all the materials needed and instructions to create animals, gnomes, angels, fairies and more. In addition, I highly recommend the book Crafts Through the Year that has beautiful photographs and instructions for making many seasonal Waldorf crafts connected to the seasons and holidays.
So there you have it, in a nutshell. (Albeit from a pretty big nut!)


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I just saw Thornton Wilder's play Our Town. I trust most of you red-blooded Americans are familiar with it.
There is something about this play that bothers me. It is a beautiful, powerful, thought-provoking, moving play about life and how often we take it for granted and fail to really live it. But Wilder chooses to make this point by looking at life from the point of view of fully aware dead people. The Narrator makes a little speech in the third act about how "we know it in our bones that there si something about us that's eternal." Later one of the dead people says to her newly dead daughter-in-law that she just not look back at her time on earth, but look forward to what's ahead. What's ahead for a dead person? This was clearly a reference to the Resurrection of the dead, wasn't it? The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised and all that…
The same point could have easily been made without resorting to Christian dogma. And it has been made - by Lynn Redgrave in her one-woman play (whose name I forget). In it she recounts the life of her grandmother, how she was a little girl, grew up, married a man she did not love, never had an orgasm, was not close to her children and suddenly she found herself to be an old woman, thinking "There was so much I wanted to do; I thought I had more time, I thought I had more time!"
And frankly, that is a more powerful message. If there is something in us that's eternal, that lives on, that what's the big deal about living? If there is something to come, if eternity awaits us, what's the big deal about wasting our lives? Life is a mere Augenblick in comparison with "whats' to come", eternity.
So, is this religious worldview really that deeply ingrained in the American mentality? Do most Americans really see life through the lens of Christian dogma? And if so, could this be an indicator that the de-Christianization of America is going to take much longer than it did in Western Europe?
"De-Christianization"? This may take a while in the US. I recently visited France and noticed how many abandoned churches there were, so I asked why, and the answer was during the French Revolution many churches were destroyed because they represented the power that, along with the nobility, held down the peasants. The US has no comparison. And as long as religion is specifically excluded from state sponsorship and is optional then Americans will be free to indulge to their hearts' content.
"De-Christianization"? This may take a while in the US. I recently visited France and noticed how many abandoned churches there were, so I asked why, and the answer was during the French Revolution many churches were destroyed because they represented the power that, along with the nobility, held down the peasants. The US has no comparison. And as long as religion is specifically excluded from state sponsorship and is optional then Americans will be free to indulge to their hearts' content.
That's interesting. So you think France's turning away from religion was largely a reaction to the Church's (perceived) oppression? And so, if I understand you correctly, in the USA where no religion is imposed on anyone or used by the government to control the masses, Americans will not have a reason to rebel against religion - as they do not perceived it as being an oppressive regime.
Hm. So, are you saying that France's abandonment of religion is really a reaction against religion, rather than a triumph of reason vs faith? Does that mean that the French have largely turned away from God because they are mad at the church? Does that mean that it isn't reason that defeated faith? Are the French faithless simply because they were brought up in a secular atmosphere?
I have never been to Western Europe, so I don't know what it's like. I hear that the Western Europeans have largely turned away from their traditional religion and that the churches are empty. But I also hear that Catholicism is a big part of the culture. How is the Western European psyche different from the American one? Both cultures appear to have deep roots within Christianity. Why are they so different then?
Please know that none of the above were meant as challenges to what you said, but are honest questions. Please ellucidate
Forgive me for giving the impression that my answer was authoritative, the intent was to offer another reason for greater secularization of Western Europe, yet the reasons must be more complex than what I offered. The explanation for the abandoned churches was news to me and put another piece of the puzzle together. I'm sure that reason is a part of the equation, especially since it's homegrown enlightenment and not imposed by outsiders. Perhaps Europeans in tossing off the religious yoke have found that the religious threats of certain decline and anarchy have failed to materialize, begging the question, "What use is religion?"
As for religion in America, I offer that the old religious tactics for believing (all morality is based on it, without religion anarchy would prevail, prevent encroachment of foreigners and their strange ways, defend our way of life, it's the way we've always done it and if it works for me then it must work for everyone, the thinking is done for you, don't step out of line if you know what's good for you, peer pressure, etc.) are still effective since religion hasn't taken a role in the power structure, and, as power structures are wont to fail from time to time, religion hasn't been caught up in the failure. Also, since religion is not state sponsored and protected then it falls in with a capitalist mindset of self-correction, meaning if a religion is wrong in some way or one doesn't agree with it (pedophile priests, celibacy, too strict, too liberal, etc.) then one is free to search for a religion which is tailored more to one's taste. Thus, for the most part, Americans view religion as mandatory since there's no excuse for not finding a church in the religious marketplace.
Note in posts by believers on this forum they don't understand why an atheist would say no to all religion. They would rather an atheist believe in any kind of higher being than nothing. I don't watch much TV and so I don't see a reason to pay for it in the form of cable or satellite, and many friends wonder why I would cut myself off from its glories - some have even offered to pay for a year's worth of cable just so I could see the light.


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BRENHAM, Texas – The Blinn College baseball team won both games of a Region XIV Conference double-header against the Wharton County Pioneers Saturday at Leroy Dreyer Field.
The Buccaneers defeated Wharton County 8-1 and 13-6 on "Turn Back the Clock Day," in which the Bucs wore uniforms replicating those worn by Blinn College teams in the 1920s and '30s. Proceeds from the event benefitted Adam's Angels Ministry, a non-profit organization that reaches out to families that have been affected by childhood cancer.
Blinn began hosting Turn Back the Clock Days in 2009 as a fundraiser for local charities. In previous years, the event has raised money for community organizations such as Boys & Girls Club of Washington County, the Brazos Valley Hospice and Washington County Little League.
The Buccaneers won the opening game behind a dominant performance from left-hander Weston Wick, who allowed just three hits in a complete-game effort. Wick allowed one earned run while walking three and striking out three.
He got three runs of quick support from the Buccaneers in the opening inning, including an RBI single from Kevin Santana. Blinn broke the game open in the fifth as Taylor Cobb hit a two-run single and Cullen Gassaway added an RBI single in a five-run rally.
Cobb finished 2-for-2 and Scott Jones was 2-for-4.
Blinn fell behind 4-0 in the nightcap before rallying for five runs in the fifth. From there, the Bucs scored three in the sixth, two in the seventh and three more in the eighth. In all, nine different Buccaneers drove in runs.
Gassaway and Hayden Vesely each had three hits and a pair of RBIs on the day, and Tyler Coker was 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Colin Fry, Brandon Montalvo and Santana each went 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Jones was 2-for-5 with a run driven in.
Kyle Mueller pitched the first 2 1/3 innings for Blinn, allowing three runs – two earned – on five hits and two walks. He struck out two.
Robert Dickey earned the win in relief, throwing 3 2/3 innings. Dickey allowed three runs – one earned – on four hits while striking out seven. J.C. Neighbors threw the final three innings, holding Wharton County scoreless on three hits. He struck out three.
The Buccaneers host McLennan for a 3 p.m. double-header Tuesday at Leroy Dreyer Field.


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