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State equity aid, a competitive market and low interest rates were the advantages for a new school building, said Moose Lake Community Schools Superintendent Robert Indihar to the community members on the task force that attended a meeting on Thursday, January 10.
The task force reviewed the plans for a new school and came up with the recommendation to the school board to build a prekindergarten-12 school on the school district property located along County Road 10 on the south end of town.
The school board also favors a complete prekindergarten-12 school on that property.
Supt. Indihar explained to the task force that state aid in the amount of $7.7 million is available for the $33 million cost of the school.
"That wasn't available for past bond issues," he said.
He explained that the school board was considering building in two phases: first building a high school, and then building an elementary school at a later date. The current elementary wing is the newest part of the school, having been built in 1988. However, the elementary wing was damaged when floodwaters surrounded it last June.
The city's flood manager, Tom Paull, explained that the school is not officially located on a flood plain, and the U. S. Geological Service may not declare it a flood plain for many years. Flood plains are changed every 10 years, he said. The last one was updated in 1985.
Community members have asked that the Moose Lake School District consolidate with either the Barnum School District or the Willow River School District.
Supt. Indihar explained that letters had been sent to both school boards to ask if consolidation could be discussed.
Both boards declined any discussion, said Supt. Indihar.
"There seems to be confusion about what consolidation would entail," he added. "The districts want to share services, and we do share athletics with Willow River and share psychologists. If we consolidate, we would legally be one school district."
Partnering with another entity has been discussed. Supt. Indihar suggested that the school district could partner with the city in the relocation of the arena on the school district property. He suggested a common mechanical and bus garage also.
Supt. Indihar said that the school board has agreed to partner with the Rushford-Peterson School District, another district located in southern Minnesota that had experienced a flood, in hiring a lobbyist to encourage state assistance be granted to the school districts in the legislative session. The school in that community is similar to the Moose Lake School in that it had several additions, and the oldest portion needs to be replaced.
The Moose Lake School District has the advantage of land that can be sold for development. The proceeds from the sale of the land can be used to pay on the mortgage for a new school.
The school district plans to sell 24 acres of land to the city, who will, in turn, sell it to a developer who plans on constructing facilities for new businesses this construction season. More land is available for future development.
"We have a poor tax base in this area," said Supt. Indihar. "New commercial development will also create a higher tax base. We think that we are at the crux of something big. There is nowhere to go but up. There can be many lots there."
Pat Overom of ICS Consulting reported that the bond rates are low, running around 2.6 percent.
That would cut 10 years of payments off, he said.
For a 20-year bond, a $100,000 property would pay $332 a year on the new school, which is $60 a year lower than three previous bond proposals, which failed in referendum elections.
This referendum proposal is planned to be brought to the school district voters in May.
Gary Benson of ICS Consulting reported that the new school would not be an oversized facility but it would have spaces that the current school does not have. The school could be designed so that classrooms could be added if there was a need.
"This school was designed in an era that was not this era," added Supt. Indihar. "Security has become an issue. The new school would be built to the size of the classes that we have right now."
Supt. Indihar also reported that new families that move into the area do not often look at what is inside of the building, they just look at the outside, and, as a result, send their students to a school district with more modern buildings. A new school may attract more open enrollment students.
Deferred maintenance costs are also a consideration.
Supt. Indihar reported that the school board has been reluctant to put money into rehabilitation of the old building, such as a new roof, tuck pointing, or replacing the windows and installing a new ventilation system in the elementary wing.
"For us it is a real cost," he said. "We would prefer to put that money into a new building. It has to be spent somewhere."
Benson said that the cost to demolish the old portion of the school would be included in the $33 million for a new school.
"The old portion of school would be vacant and become an eyesore if it is left standing," said Supt. Indihar.
Task Force members advised the school officials to include cost comparisons of rebuilding a new high school wing on the current site with the cost of a complete new school when information is presented to the public.
Paull added that a new school would have to be raised six feet if built on the current site because of possible flooding.
The most important reason for a new school was for the benefit of the kids, it was said.
"It's on our minds now, $33 million is nothing to pay for the life of a child," said elementary teacher Joann Unzen.
The recommendation of the task force for a complete new school, with cost comparisons for building a new high school on the current site, was set to be brought to the school board at the working meeting on Monday, January 14.


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PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins returned to form on Friday.
After managing one goal in each of the past three games and spotting the Nashville Predators an early 1-0 lead, the Penguins scored four unanswered goals and rolled to a 4-1 win at Consol Energy Center.
James Neal put the Penguins ahead to stay when he scored his first goal of the season at 15:56 of the opening period. On the Penguins' second power play of the game, Neal deflected Evgeni Malkin's slap shot past Marek Mazanec to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead. Neal, a 40-goal scorer in 2011-12, has two points in four games after missing 15 games due to an upper-body injury suffered in Pittsburgh's season-opener against the New Jersey Devils.
"Geno [Malkin] made a good play on the power play there to shoot for my stick," Neal said. "Ever since I've got back, I've felt really good. We're just going to continue to get better here and Geno had some great chances again tonight and he had some great passes. We had some good looks."
The Predators finished 2-4-1 on a seven-game, 17-day road trip. They started 2-0-1 but lost the last four games by a combined score of 17-2.
"We're doing it to ourselves," said Predators coach Barry Trotz, whose team returns home to host the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. "We're probably not the most confident group right now and that shows, but that's tough. Sometime you're going to go through a little bit of hell in regular life or in sports. We've only scored two goals in four games, and I can't ask Pekka Rinne, I can't ask Martin Brodeur, to throw a shutout every night.
"There's a group of guys in there that have to give us more, plain and simple. We have too many guys that when it gets tough, they're feeling sorry for themselves. Well, I don't feel sorry for anybody right now."
Malkin nearly connected with Neal for a second goal 5:43 into the second when he brought the puck out from behind the net and flicked a pass across the crease onto Neal's tape. Neal redirected the puck on goal, but Mazanec stretched to make a glove save that maintained the Predators' one-goal deficit.
But the deficit was stretched to three by the end of the period.
Kris Letang, who did not participate in Pittsburgh's morning skate Friday due to an illness, made it 3-1 with his fourth goal of the season off a setup by Malkin and Neal at 7:58. Malkin, who has not scored a goal in his past 12 games, is on a six-game assist streak (seven assists).
"I thought the second, we really took over the game shift after shift and played in the offensive zone," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "I think maybe just getting surprised by the goalie's save on James Neal there, but you hold a team to 18 shots or below 20 shots in a game, you're not giving up much either."
Brandon Sutter scored Pittsburgh's fourth goal by snapping a shot past Patric Hornqvist and over Mazanec's left shoulder with 1:23left in the period. Carter Hutton replaced Mazanec, who allowed four goals on 25 shots, to start the third period.
The Penguins outshot Nashville 23-9 over a 30:20 stretch from midway through the first period and through the end of the second. Eric Nystrom attempted to spark the Predators by fighting Tanner Glass, but Nystrom needed to be escorted down the runway following the fight and did not return with an upper-body injury.
Nystrom will be reevaluated on Saturday.
Marc-Andre Fleury, who had lost three consecutive starts despite surrendering two goals to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday and the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, made 17 saves for his 11th win of the season.
Pittsburgh's evening didn't get off to a good start.
Gabriel Bourque's second goal of the season gave Nashville a 1-0 lead 2:28 into the game. Kevin Klein's slap shot grazed Bourque after deflecting off Malkin's stick and defenseman Olli Maatta's skate and went past Fleury.
The Predators shut down the Penguins in the first half of the period. Nashville held a 6-2 shot advantage through the first 10:20, but could not maintain their play through the rest of the period.
"We started the way we wanted," Nashville captain Shea Weber said. "We came out and got a goal, but we weren't good enough. Our special teams weren't good enough. We're still giving up too many chances and we keep doing it to ourselves."
Pittsburgh pressured Nashville's forwards during the period's final nine minutes and finished with a 10-9 advantage in shots. Pascal Dupuis ended his 12-game goal drought with a one-time shot directly off of Sutter's faceoff win to tie the game at 12:36. Dupuis hadn't scored a goal since the first period of Pittsburgh's 3-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Oct. 15.
"They [pucks] were going in," Dupuis said. "Every practice, the faceoff is one of those things we go through and sometimes they don't work out the way you plan them and this one happened to go in."

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Peter Schmuck's Orioles midseason report card
Yes, we know that the 2014 season is well past its mathematical halfway point. The Orioles have played 94 games, but the All-Star break still is considered the traditional midpoint in the season, so if you want to project anyone's midseason stats over a full 162-game season, you'll just have to multiply that player's quantitative stats by a factor of 1.72. While you try to do that in your head, here's The Baltimore Sun's 2014 Orioles midseason report card. Keep in mind that players are judged in the context of their own talent level and role on the team. (players arranged alphabetically within each position group) -- Peter Schmuck, The Baltimore Sun
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"Kill the kid!"
Dermot Mulroney, in character as ex-CIA analyst Thomas Gibson, is barking orders to a group of people, some standing, some hunched over computers, in a small green- and yellow-tiled kitchen set on a soundstage in the West Side's Cinespace Chicago Film Studios. From Mulroney's frenzied tone, one can deduce that something has gone very wrong for Gibson.
"Wait, his parents did as I asked," he says, letting a cooler head prevail. "We got in that room. They did what I asked."
Mulroney and his fellow actors rehearsed this scene, a pivotal moment in the second episode of NBC's upcoming thriller series...


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Hidradenitis suppurativa, or acne inversa, is a condition that causes deep, painful boils or pockets of infection (abscesses) in your skin. It affects about 1 in 100 people. The abscesses grow when the deep roots of hair follicles get blocked and, in turn, clog up a nearby sweat gland, called an apocrine gland. These sweat glands are found in areas of skin such as under the arms and in the genital and anal areas. But they may also be found on the neck, scalp, and elsewhere.
When these glands become blocked, they fill with fluid and can become infected. They then burst, and the infection spreads. This causes larger areas of swelling, infection, and abscesses that can spread through the layers of skin.
Despite also being known as acne inversa, this condition is not a form of acne. It's actually a chronic, debilitating, inflammatory skin disease. However, the patches of inflammation and infection may look or feel like deep acne cysts.
The boils and abscesses of hidradenitis suppurativa may also be confused with MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). MRSA is the bacterial skin infection resistant to many first-line antibiotics. It is not a MRSA infection, even though some people do find relief from a flare-up through antibiotic treatment. Unlike MRSA, it is not contagious. Rather, this is an ongoing condition that flares up, goes away for a while, and then comes back. Over time, you may find that the flare-ups do not go away and the skin can become significantly scarred.
Although hidradenitis suppurativa usually develops after puberty, it can still affect young adults while they are growing. Women may find that these areas of pain and swelling get worse before their period and then go away within 7 to 10 days. Sometimes pregnant women have an outbreak, which goes away after the pregnancy. This timing suggests that hormones are involved, but researchers have not yet found such a link. Occasionally children may also develop this condition before their teen years, but usually only if they are entering puberty early as well.
Not surprisingly, the condition can be hard to live with. It tends to affect young people at a time when many are very sensitive about how they look. Not only is it painful, but its appearance and even the smell of the affected areas may also make you want to avoid socializing with friends and family or participating in activities such as group sports. Avoiding this kind of isolation is one of the important reasons to get treatment.
Painful boils in areas of skin that have apocrine glands, such as under your arms or around the groin
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Females are 3 times more likely than males to develop the skin disease. About a third of all cases appear to be genetic, linked to other family members with the condition. Other risk factors include smoking and being overweight.
Your healthcare provider may do 1 or more of these to make a diagnosis:
Do a physical exam, assessing the number and location of sores and inflamed areas
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Culture some fluid from the lesions
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Many people find some relief by using antibiotics either spread on the skin or taken by mouth.
Try to avoid doing any cutting on the lesions unless absolutely necessary, because this can lead to chronic scarring and more complicated cysts.
If you are overweight, losing weight may help improve your symptoms.
Other medicines for flare-ups include immune-suppressing medicines, tumor necrosis factor-targeting medicines, retinoids, and anti-androgen therapy.
Your healthcare provider may recommend removing the lesions through surgery or with a laser if other treatments don't work. Afterward, you may need reconstruction surgery. This might include skin grafting and flaps to repair the affected area.
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Squamous cell carcinoma can develop in areas that are often affected; this is rare
You might not be able to prevent hidradenitis suppurativa because the cause isn't fully understood. But you can take steps to reduce your risk of a flare-up:
Lose weight or maintain a healthy weight.
Don't smoke.
Take good care of your skin and maintain proper hygiene.
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We've been following Corey Arnold's career for many years now. Somewhere on the internet we saw his images of men crab fishing on the Bearing Sea many years before the show Deadliest Catch was on the air. In fact, Corey was on the 1st and 2nd seasons of the show (Rollo). Corey's photos illustrated a sight few had witnessed. With a Fecal Face like minded sensibility (we later learned that Corey grew up skateboarding), Corey captured the harsh life of fishing in the Bearing Sea but his stunning images also incorporate a subtle whimsical edge that separates his work from so many others who might dare to endure the grueling fishing lifestyle. His photos are sincere where his love of the sea is quiet and respectful while skirting a witty edge.
Corey Arnold was nominated for the Aperture West Book Prize, the Santa Fe Prize for Photography, and named one of PDN's 30 for 2009. In 2010, Corey has been commissioned by the PEW charitable trust to photograph the state of the EU fishing industry.
I was broke after 5 years of school, living in SF. Parking cars for a living. Then I took off for Europe wearing a backpack. I traveled from the North Cape of Norway down to Sicily. That trip transformed my perception of the world forever. Then I came back to SF and parked more cars.
10 years ago I was mostly a black and white picture taker. I was obsessed with darkness, grainy film, night animals, empty landscapes. I was still searching for a niche to run with and experimenting a lot. I used to spend one night a week wandering around the Presidio Park (near Golden Gate Bridge) photographing raccoons and empty buildings. At some point, things lightened up and I started shooting color. I moved to Norway in 2002 and at the same time started crab fishing seasonally in Alaska. Maybe I got inspired by all the darkness to seek a lighter existence. The past 3 years, I've had non stop travel assignments and exhibitions. Have barely had time to update my website... but sitting on a ton of unseen work. Pictures are growing larger too.
I think that I would have thought that I (that's confusing) I'd be a carpenter or doing something for money other then photography. It never really occurred to me that I could do this for a living.
I was living in Norway at the time, and suddenly discovered this little window into my old life in San Francisco via fecal face. I didn't really know too many folks in the "Fecal Community" at the time. I pretty much kept up with the art scene and skateboarding in the U.S. via the fecal.
The Fecal reach is kind of surprising/amazing. People all over the world have contacted me for various whatever, assignments, hellos, exhibitions, favors and I'd say the number one place one the web that people discovered my pictures first was on Fecal Face. I secretly only check Fecal Face to catch a glimpse of what Poo the super cat has been up to.
Saw Captured! by Robots not long ago.
It's tragic that I'm going to miss it. I'll be in Greece living with commercial fishermen. Eating olives and gyros... you know, Greek stuff.
I've got a book coming out with Nazraeli Press in the fall that I'm pretty excited about. Also, last year, I bought a commercial salmon fishing operation in Bristol Bay, Alaska in a remote abandoned cannery called Graveyard Point. It's a lawless squatter community of commercial fishermen from everywhere scooping up an absurd amount of salmon in a mosquito and grizzly bear ridden swamp. I'll be showing that new work at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art in Portland this December. And this year, I've been commissioned by the PEW Charitable Trust to spend three months in 9 EU countries photographing the state of commercial fishing in Europe. The fishing work is still going strong and I'm enjoying it... as long as I am still fishing and not always behind the lens. Maybe Marty Machado and I will do a blog post about our little salmon world soon.
FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- Opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) featuring live musical performances by Kelley Stoltz, Sonny Smith, and Ty Segall - w/DJ Ted Shred.
Fecal Face Dot Com, the San Francisco based content-rich, multidisciplinary art and culture website, is pleased to announce the opening of its 10 Year Anniversary Show on Friday September 10, 2010 at The Luggage Store Gallery (1007 Market St, San Francisco, CA) with a reception running 6-8pm. Original paintings from 25 mid career artists based out of San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and London. A live music event and party will immediately follow a block away at Mezzanine (44 Jessie St) 9pm-2am.
Displaying paintings, illustrations, photographs and mixed media works, artists whose work will be exhibited include Corey Arnold (Portland), Tiffany Bozic (San Francisco), Kelsey Brookes (San Diego), David Choe (Los Angeles), Richard Colman ( Los Angeles), FAILE (New York), Jeremy Fish (San Francisco), Ian Francis (London), Matt Furie (San Francisco) , Mike Giant (San Francisco), Henry Gunderson (San Francisco), Maya Hayuk (New York), Jim Houser (Philadelphia), Jay Howell (San Francisco), Sylvia Ji (Los Angeles), Mel Kadel (Los Angeles), Anthony Lister (New York), Mars-1 (San Francisco), Travis Millard (Los Angeles), Ferris Plock (San Francisco), Albert Reyes (Los Angeles), Jeff Soto (Los Angeles), Damon Soule (New York), Kelly Tunstall (San Francisco), Aiyana Udesen (San Francisco), Oliver Vernon (San Francisco), and Megan Whitmarsh (Los Angeles)
In the 10 years since its conception, Fecal Face has occupied a unique niche online and in the "real world," by documenting and shaping the contemporary arts scene in the San Francisco and beyond. The first website of its kind, Fecal Face has launched the careers of many a creative and catalyzed a community of artists and personalities working in various mediums from around the globe. The 10 Year Anniversary Show will feature the works of 25 of these artists, chronicling a community and style that has been the backbone of Fecal Faces' content for the last decade. The exhibit will be on display from September 10th to October 9th at San Francisco's famous Luggage Store Gallery, with an opening reception for the public on Friday September 10th from 6-8pm. Many of the artists will be in attendance and complimentary wine served.
"Together these artists represent a visual history of what we've been doing here at Fecal Face for the last ten years," says John Trippe, the website's founder, "And we're honored that Luggage Store Gallery is hosting the event. Their 23 year history and influence in the San Francisco art scene is a huge inspiration."
The after party at Mezzanine (444 Jessie St) beginning at 9pm is a short one block walk from The Luggage Store and will feature live music from Kelley Stoltz, Sonny Smith, and Ty Segall with DJ Ted Shred spinning records.. A suggested donation $8 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) will get you a raffle ticket with a chance to win original artwork from artists such as Jeremy Fish and David Choe along with clothing donated by Upper Playground and other art related prizes. Slideshows of Fecal Face's 10 yrs online will be displayed and patrons will be invited to participate in video and photo documentaries focused on Fecal Face's 10 influential years.
More about Fecal Face
Friday, September 10, 2010, 6:00-8:00pm
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1007 Market Street @ 6th street, San Francisco
Gallery hours: Wed-Sat 12-5pm
After Party
Friday, September 10, 2010, 9pm-2am
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444 Jessie St.
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Rachel Gives an Answer to Finn's Proposal in 'Glee's 'Michael' Ep
With less than half a season left, and with most of the original cast graduating, it seems like 'Glee' is building toward an emotional climax.
To follow up on last week's big news, Rachel said yes to Finn's proposal, but now that both she and Kurt are finalists for NYADA, did she make the right choice? Finn was super anxious about her answer, and after they sang 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' together, she realized that no matter what happens, Finn's love can be a constant in her life. Now, after getting accepted as a finalist fro NYADA, she might not feel the same way.
We've seen these two weather plenty of storms together, but this is the choppiest of them all. It seemed like maybe Quinn's advice that Rachel should break out on her own was going to stick, but now that Rachel and Finn have decided to tie the knot, anything could happen.
Will Finn follow Rachel to New York City? Will they go through with the marriage but stay in Ohio? Only time, and probably an epic season finale, will tell.


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Most economists on Wall Street and at the Federal Reserve think the economy is going to be much improved this year. But this view may be just another case of wishful thinking, said Stephen Roach, one of the most prominent market economists who is now at Yale University.
"My advice is to keep the champagne on ice," Roach, the former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia wrote in an op-ed entitled "America's False Dawn" posted on Project Syndicate.
Roach argues that American consumers are still grappling with high debt burdens.
The debt/income ratio for American households is now down to 109% – well below the peak of 135% reached in late 2007, but still 35 percentage points above the average of the final three decades of the twentieth century, Roach said.
The personal savings rate also remains below past levels.
"By these measures, American consumers' balance-sheet repair is, at best, only about half-finished," Roach said.
"Notwithstanding the Fed's claims that its unconventional policies have been the elixir of economic renewal in the U.S., the healing process still has years to go," he concluded.
There have been similar bouts of optimism that the economy would shake off its funk, in the summer of 2010 and in the first few months of 2012.
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As long as I have known her my wife has talked about her frustration with what she calls Sunday school answers. For example, statements such as "God loves you," or "All things work for the good of those who love God," or "God sees," or "Jesus suffered and died for us, or "there won't be any more pain in heaven," and so on. All these statements are true, but when a person has just lost their child, or is in the throes of a horrible divorce (is there any other kind?), or has been without work for a year, these truths don't seem to carry the day. They can be in many situations like pouring gasoline on an already raging fire. At one level I have sort of understood what she has been talking about, but it wasn't until yesterday that I read something that made it click for me.
In his recent blog, Dr. Roger Olson, of Baylor University, has been reviewing a book on The Gospel Center. In this particular post his discussion centered on how Evangelical Christians have traditionally come to know and understand what they confess and believe. In short, Evangelicalism has approached knowledge deductively—that is, they start with concepts, and then make sure their interpretations and decisions conform to those concepts. As with the so-called Sunday school answers mentioned above, these concepts might be absolutely true, yet by themselves they tend to be ineffective for us during times of real crisis.
For example, my physics professor in college told us that he knew all there was to know about the theory of sailing—and he did. He told us he had decided to rent a sail boat and take his girlfriend sailing. She asked him if he had ever sailed before. He replied proudly, "I know everything there is to know about the theory of sailing." Well, after several hours of floundering around in the bay, he ended up walking the sail boat along the shoreline, with his girlfriend steaming at his other side. Apparently, she never went out with him again.
If concepts primarily determine how we understand our Christianity, then we will more than likely find ourselves bereft during the troubles of life.
It wasn't Dr. Olson's analysis that led me to this epiphany, rather a comment to his blog by someone who addressed him/herself as Chris. The following is an excerpt from Chris' comment:
"Kant, borrowing from Hume, wrote that "Concepts without percepts [those things we perceive through our senses and experience] are empty…..I can only speak for myself, but I suspect that most honest people, at least unconsciously, come to realize that propositions and "truth claims" fail to have real import if they are not adequately perceived. After all, it's one thing to have someone say "Jesus loves you," but another thing entirely to have your feet washed by him. Because of this, I have severe misgivings about the presuppositionalist [those who start from concepts] evangelical epistemology [how we come to know what we know] (which you've identified as mainstream); I think it leads to the kind of pedagogical [how we teach each other—in this context, about our faith] problems that I've pointed to as a source of dissonance that almost drove me away from Christianity (or at least from the church). Unfortunately, I don't see many pastors, authors, and teachers addressing these kinds of pedagogical problems. Maybe they don't recognize them? Or maybe they haven't faced their own struggles with dissonance, or keep them to themselves? I don't know, but I wish someone would speak up!
"Of course, Kant was quick to add that "Percepts without concepts are blind." That, I'm convinced, is also true; it is, I think, the reason for Scripture. Still, though, I'm convinced that perception necessarily precedes concept in the building and imparting of knowledge. After all, don't we love because "he first loved us?" That's why now, as often as I remember to bring about my Christian witness—to believer and unbeliever alike—I think in the back of my mind: help them perceive first. Explain later. Give them reasons to believe." [bracketed comments are mine].
Chris hit the nail on the head. The only way we can sail a boat is by experiencing the process with an experienced guide. Only then will the theory be of complete value to us. We do need the theory and other practical concepts to ultimately be a successful sailor, but we must start by perceiving the process—by actually practicing it.
Contrary to the belief of some, Christianity is not a religion of the Book, but of the risen Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. We must begin and end with Christ. God first loved us, but we will only begin to understand what that means by loving Him back by obeying Him, which is to love others as He has loved us; we follow Christ in real, objective ways, and through these acts in perception we learn firsthand of God's faithfulness, the cost and glory of love, and what it means to depend on Him. Then all the concepts we stand on such as grace, faith, resurrection, atonement, and on and on become real and comprehensible to us—not just ropes of abstractions we desperately cling to over the abysses of life.
As Chris so adeptly pointed out we need the concepts to complete this knowledge: we need God's revelation to us that is the Bible. And in this holistic education of perception and concept, we truly understand how to live as dwellers of God's kingdom in a dark and treacherous world, and are equipped to help others in their struggles, without resorting to Sunday school answers.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Sunday School Answers
As long as I have known her my wife has talked about her frustration with what she calls Sunday school answers. For example, statements such as "God loves you," or "All things work for the good of those who love God," or "God sees," or "Jesus suffered and died for us, or "there won't be any more pain in heaven," and so on. All these statements are true, but when a person has just lost their child, or is in the throes of a horrible divorce (is there any other kind?), or has been without work for a year, these truths don't seem to carry the day. They can be in many situations like pouring gasoline on an already raging fire. At one level I have sort of understood what she has been talking about, but it wasn't until yesterday that I read something that made it click for me.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Frodo's Epiphany
I have been enjoying the extended version of the film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Ring trilogy. It's been a little over thirty years since I read the books, so I don't know how true the movies are to the originals. Friends tell me there are differences—a few especially irritating to the Lord of the Ring connoisseur. Regardless, I'm enthralled with each viewing, and find my eyes tearing up frequently at the rich Christian allegory prevalent in these tales.
At one point early on in the story, Frodo expressed his distain at the tragic character, Gollum, who was following Frodo and his company in the shadows. Frodo told Gandalf that he wished he could kill Gollum and finish the job Bilbo should had done years earlier. Gandalf admonished Frodo to not be so quick to pass judgment, and to realize that Gollum would yet play a significant role in the ultimate destruction of the evil in Middle earth; Gandalf told Frodo that Bilbo had been right to extend mercy to Gollum. The implication was Gollum might have appeared to be a hopeless case, but it wasn't for Frodo or any of them to make such a judgment.
Why is it so easy for us to pass judgment on others? There are several reasons. For one, in can be a way of dealing with our own guilt. A friend once suggested—accurately, I think—that we often despise traits in others that we ourselves practice. The evil of the ring oppressed Frodo more and more as he bore it. Frodo didn't like seeing what the same ring had done to Gollum; consequently, Frodo wanted to destroy Gollum because in so doing he thought it might save himself of the same end. The logic is certainly false and twisted, but guilt often works that way: we think by stamping out the guilt in others our own guilt will disappear. However, Jesus teaches us otherwise.
Jesus tells us that before dealing with the speck in the other person's eye, we need to take out the plank from our own eye. When we see how faulty we are and struggle against these imperfections, suddenly we have a great deal more compassion with the other person and his faults. We first have to be made right before we can even know what that means and then dare attempt to lead others right.
This happened to Frodo later in the story. The ring's effects became unbearable to Frodo. And in this state of suffering, Frodo changed his attitude toward Gollum and began extending grace to Gollum. Why? Frodo explained that if Gollum could be redeemed in the end, maybe he could, too. Frodo saw his own salvation in the salvation of Gollum.
Notice in this how Frodo's reaction to the speck in Gollum's eye moved from one of total selfish-ambition on Frodo's part to one seeking Gollum's good. Frodo certainly hadn't become totally altruistic, but as he started to truly understand his own weakness, Frodo became less selfish and more compassionate toward the tormented Gollum.
The point Jesus makes is when we remove the plank from our own eye—and we can only do this through grace that God provides—we no longer seek to extract the speck from the other person's eye for our own benefit—whether it be for reasons of guilt, or domination, or prejudice, or revenge, or whatever—rather out of a genuine love for that person and therefore the person's ultimate good.
Jesus actually begins this discussion on judgment by warning us not to judge others: "Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive." [NET] The judgment He means is that which proceeds from selfish-ambition—the kind easily generated by a self-righteous conceit.
What Jesus doesn't mean is turning a blind eye to the sins of others so that we place ourselves or others at risk of falling into the same sin or its consequences; by not judging, Jesus doesn't mean we are not to discern the disposition and situation of others. He also doesn't mean that we shouldn't at any time point out to the other person his/her faults.
For example, the best parent instructs his/her child in the way that is right, and this necessarily involves pointing out the child's faults. Yet the best parent does this by first considering when he/she was a child, and then attempts to correct his/her child through that lens of understanding. The best parent first remembers his/her own old plank and responds by instructing his/her child by extending mercy; the best parent is fully concerned with the child's present and future well being, not the parent's exercise of power and control or need to look good to his/her peers.
Jesus' concern is, of course, the same as the Father's: to bring justice to a fallen world. We have discussed this in earlier blogs. Justice is a course adjustment from the wrong order of things to the right order of things. And justice is accomplished by mercy not judgment; we won't justify (i.e., move them to a just state) people by condemning them, rather by extending them mercy.
Jesus finished His lesson on judging with the following: "Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces." To be honest, this has always baffled me; what does this have to do with judging others?
The answer is bad judging—the kind that Jesus tells is to avoid—is bad because it seeks the judge's benefit and not the benefit of the defendant, and so seeks to condemn. But good judgment seeks to restore, so it necessarily first considers the disposition of the defendant. Here the evangelical has been wrong for years because he has attempted to bring unbelievers into belief by telling them they are sinners burning in hell instead of leading them to Jesus. And what happens nine-point-nine times out of ten? The sinners turn on the evangelical—sometimes violently. And of course they would because they don't know what justice looks like any more than the evangelical in question did before he entered the kingdom of God because such understanding comes from God; all the sinner sees in such a confrontation is someone attempting to demean or subjugate him.
When we approach others by extending to them the hand of mercy instead of judging them, the light of that love will instruct the recipient of the recipient's lack of love and consequently, his sin; he will turn to God for forgiveness, and God will begin to restore him—justice will be worked out. For a time, Frodo's mercy--exemplified by Frodo calling Gollum by his original name, Smeagol--succeeded in restoring Gollum back to his former self—that is, who he had been prior to seeking the evil of the ring. This is powerfully portrayed by Smeagol confronting his evil self and demanding he leave and never return.
The character, Gollum, represents all of us. We are all in the torment brought on by our own selfish-ambition and conceit. If we are being restored out of this condition, it is only because God, in His great love, extended the hand of mercy to us through His son Jesus the Christ. We must be like minded as we reach out to the other Gollums in the world. We need to learn from Frodo who saw himself in Gollum and therefore had compassion for him.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Why don't I get what I want?
What do you want? Are you getting it? Do you have a secret frustration because you ain't getting what you want? I truly hope that you are content—that within you lies the peace that comes with knowing your name and living it.
To be honest I struggle a lot with an inner dissatisfaction. Some friends have told me that I'm just experiencing a mid-life crisis. My answer to that well intentioned insight is I was born in a mid-life crisis. I secretly want to be a participant in everything, and never only remain on the sidelines. This can be a positive trait because it definitely helps breed a broad base of knowledge that, for one thing, helps one effectively socialize with a large cross-section of people. My problem is I'm not satisfied to be a participant; I have to be the best participant. And that kind of ambition will turn the sunny climes of opportunity into the stormy gloom of discontentment, every time.
Unless you're James Bond, you simply are not going to be remarkable at everything, or let's face it, even good at everything. My problem has been I have convinced myself that isn't true. Consequently, I have wasted a great deal of time trying to overcome my weaknesses, pursue impossible dreams (yes, despite what my dear friend Don Quixote might sing, some dreams are impossible), while overlooking or qualifying the successes that have rewarded my few strengths.
As I've aged, the Lord has patiently taught me things to grow me out of this immaturity. For example, I learned I don't have to be the best, average is okay. More importantly, I recently learned the need to focus on my strengths instead of weaknesses—to take advantage of the community God has established around me, and willingly delegate my weaknesses; why should I feel rotten because a plumber can do a job that he is an expert at in fifteen minutes, that I might, if I'm lucky and can afford the gas for the seventeen trips to the hardware store, take a whole day to finish. Good grief, Bruce, call the plumber in to do the job, and you go pursue your strengths.
Yesterday, the Lord got me thinking about all this at a slightly different angle. The fact that I don't get some things I want isn't because A) God is raining on my parade, or B) I don't deserve them, or C) they aren't actually good things; the problem is what I want is not what I should want.
I started this off giving a clue to one side of what I mean. If you don't know who you really are—that is, what God created you to be—then you don't know our name, and you're trying to live under an assumed name. That's bad for a lot of reasons, but it most certainly means you will want those things your alias wants, not what you want. And guess what? You'll never be content.
But that's still not exactly what I learned yesterday. As a Christian, you are first and last a kingdom dweller—Jesus is your King. Consequently, if you desire what your King desires--if you want what He wants--you will always get what you want—you will be content--because that is the way it is meant to be.
One should immediately see by this that seeking the King's wants and knowing our true name and then wanting what that name desires are all inextricably intertwined. God has not created you to be a mindless robot, but a being who ultimately lives intimately with Him. This is what Jesus meant when He said, "I tell you the solemn truth,the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing,and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified [praised] in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it."[NET]
If we really believed this, should hell and high waters rise, or others violently oppose us, or people crap on our good reputation, or other's get the limelight or rewards or accolades we might genuinely deserve, or others seemingly experience a better life (an illusion 99.999999999% of the time)than us, we would remain satisfied and at peace within ourselves.
Why don't we believe this? Primarily because even though we who love King Jesus are truly dwellers of God's eternal kingdom—like, right now--that kingdom has not yet fully come; we remain also in an opposing kingdom that has been defeated but not completely destroyed. And that dark kingdom constantly bombards us with quite reasonable and palatable sales pitches; some of these come-ons are so close to the truth that it is difficult to discern the counterfeit from the real McCoy, and we often succumb, and yes, end up dissatisfied. I for one remain pretty gullible in my immaturity, and that results in the majority of discontentment I experience.
The first thing we must do is understand that it isn't first about us but about the kingdom. The second thing we need to know is that walking in God's kingdom is about faith: God created a unique us for a unique and eternal purpose in His kingdom, and God is faithful to achieve that purpose; therefore He will see to our purpose, our good conscience, our needs, and our wants as we live it all out in trust of His faithfulness.
How was Saint Paul able to honestly confess, "I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing."? Because Paul wanted what God wanted. How do I know this? Because of what Paul said next: "I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me." [NET]
Living by faith with God in His kingdom is a safe and satisfying place to be; in fact, it is our eternal salvation. And if our intent remains on God's kingdom intent, then what we want will be what we should want, and we will never be wanting.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Stuck in the Quicksand Again
Lately I've felt like a lion pacing back and forth in a cage. Frustration seems to meet me at every corner. The more I try, the worse the outcome. It appears as if I have been cursed with a kind of inverse Midis touch. Some have told me to quit my whining; they are my real friends. After all, despair is a sin because it means one has turned ones back on God; despair is the absence of faith.
Perhaps you have felt this way; maybe you haven't but will in the future. I hope you can avoid falling in this quicksand. But if you do—hmmm, is that your silhouette I see across the murky marsh from me?—let me offer some advice to help us back to forward momentum.
My wife and I recently listened to our friend who heads the Navigator's ministry at the University of Illinois as he recapped the Lord's recent work there. He said a couple of things germane to this present discussion.
First, he spoke of a Muslim student who had come to some of their meetings and later asked one of the student members why Christians believe Christ to be God. Wouldn't that mean there are two gods? The student came to my friend for advice of what to say to the Muslim. My friend's answer surprised me. He said something to the effect of, "Good grief, don't waste your time explaining Christianity to him. Have him read one of the Gospels. Let him meet Jesus face to face."
This was the second time I heard this advice. The first came by way of Alister McGrath through his recent book, Mere Apologetics, where he observed that when Andrew told his brother Nathanial that Andrew had found the Messiah who had come from Nazareth, Nathanial replied, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" And instead of going into a long dissertation on the Messiah and prophecies, complete with theological proofs, Andrew simply responded, "Come and see for yourself!"
Sometimes we get stuck in the quicksand because we think we are responsible to convince people of the truth. We approach each situation as if it were a chess game that we must win. But only God can change hearts. It's our responsibility to introduce people to Him and let Him speak for Himself.
Our friend also reminded us that Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry." It's a favorite passage of mine, but our friend pointed out something I have missed. He explained that we are yoked to Christ; and even though His yoke is light and easy, we can tire ourselves out when we try to lag behind or run ahead of Christ. We need to go at Christ's pace, not our own. Whenever we fight against Christ's momentum, we actually stop, and despair soon comes creeping 'round our door.
The common denominator of these two points is the person who sees himself as needing to take matters in his own hands—a person who no longer walks by faith. Before long exhaustion will overwhelm him and despair will set in. This had been Elijah's situation.
The exhausted Elijah had run for his life in to the desert away from a vindictive Jezebel. Once there beneath a shrub, Elijah cried out that he was good for nothing and wanted God to take his life. Instead, God rested and fed Elijah. Energized, Elijah traveled a long way and entered a cave. God asked Elijah, "What are you doing here?" Elijah explained that he was the only faithful one left in all of Israel; they killed all the others and they intended to kill him, too. In other words, Elijah was hiding out. God told Elijah to go stand on the mountain, and God would pass before him there. Elijah did what he was told. Finally in a very still, calm voice, God again asked, "What are you doing here?", and Elijah repeated what he had said before. God then assured Elijah that he wasn't the only faithful person in Israel, and told Elijah what to do next.
Elijah had fallen into the quicksand of despair because he had turned his eyes from God to himself. In his fatigue, Elijah's self-interest manifested itself in a self-deprecation that sought suicide. In his renewed vigor, Elijah's self-interest morphed into a self-importance that attempted to protect itself through the inaction of hiding. Only after waiting on God and then listening to God did Elijah regain a proper perspective of his self, which was a servant of God, and start moving again. Putting it another way, only when Elijah moved from the egoism of self-deprecation and self-importance to a self defined by God, did Elijah start moving again.
Man, it's so easy to fall into the quicksand of despair because we so readily take matters into our own hands by believing it's up to us, and so run ahead of God or lag behind. And what's really amazing about this is it most often happens after God has used us powerfully for His kingdom. Remember, all I related concerning Elijah happened right after God had used Elijah to silence the Baal worshippers, which was why Jezebel wanted to kill Elijah.
We shouldn't miss that last observation. A sure sign of despair is when we interpret resistance as ineffectiveness, or failure, or time to quit. Because when we are depending on ourselves, which always leads to despair, we tend to judge our performance on the basis of other people's approval or disapproval, rather than God's good pleasure.
Okay, if that's you I see with me in this quicksand, here's what we need to do to get out and get going: Stop thrashing around, wait, and listen for that still, calm voice of God to tell us what to do next. Saint Paul was so right when he said, "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God."
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Despenalization of drugs: Realities and Perspectives in Guatemala
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The drug policy reform agenda in the Americas
Latin America has emerged at the vanguard of efforts to promote debate on drug policy reform. For decades, Latin American governments largely followed the drug control policies and programs of Washington's so-called war on drugs. Yet two parallel trends have resulted in a dramatic change in course: the emergence of left-wing governments that have challenged Washington's historic patterns of unilateralism and interventionism and growing frustration with the failure of the prohibitionist drug control model put forward by the US government.
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After wandering though Despondos for several centuries and unable to return to Eternia. Hordak, and his ageless army eventually claimed Etheria as a new throne world. Deposing the local monarchs and ruling the people through fear. A nobleman in Queen Angela's court, Kyle was one of many brave warriors who took up the arms against the Horde invaders and joined the Great Rebellion. Nicknamed "Bow" due to his natural ability as an archer, each of his arrows possesses different powers and he has a magical heart that beats frantically when She-Ra is in danger. Bow, is secretly in love with Princess Adora, unaware that she and She-Ra are one in the same!
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The Girl with the Golden Bouffant: An Original Jane Bond Parody (Paperback)Mabel Maney (author)
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Another hilarious Bond parody in the shape of THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN BOUFFANT. James Bond's out of commission and his sister Jane must step once more into his shoes, his smoking jacket, and his girlfriend's bedroom...
When James Bond lands in hospital as the result of a nasty facial burn - while lighting a bird's cigarette, his hair pomade explodes -- Jane Bond, his lesbian twin sister and occasional impersonator, once again dons suit and scars to masquerade as her infamous brother. Her destination: the annual spy convention in the glamorous Las Vegas of the Rat Pack era. Her assignment: to keep her brother's reputation intact through a carefully plotted program of gambling, boozing, and womanising.
Along for the ride are British Secret Service Agent Cedric Pumpernickel, Jane's only ally in the male spy world, and glamorous girlfriend, and G.E.O.R.G.I.E. agent, Bridget St Claire, who finds herself the unwilling love interest of a scrawny lounge singer who, along with his pack of friends, begins a campaign to bed her.The relatively ordinary convention - featuring the latest in jet pack transportation and stylish decoder rings - becomes the scene for murder when someone tosses an Estonian secret agent off the observation deck of Hoover Dam. Days spent at the blackjack table - and nights in the arms of her beautiful girlfriend - come to an abrupt end as Jane uncovers a nefarious plot to eliminate all the best spies of the western world.
Complicating the plot is a romance gone sour: an affair between Agent Pumpernickel and musical sensation Liberace has ended badly, and when Pumpernickel takes to his bed with a box of chocolates and a copy of Queen magazine, Jane must become England's top-action man and stop the killer before he stops her.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 345 g
Dimensions: 203 x 135 x 21 mm
"A comedy of errors...keeps the hilarity cooking. Sure to please Maney fans and earn her many more." -- Booklist
"[A] smart, outrageous, laugh-out-loud spoof...Brilliantly funny...As much entertainment as one can squeeze between two covers." -- East Bay Express
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This '77 Chevy Stepside Was Built Smart and Good Looking
Inspiration can grow over time and then be ignited in a moment. For Sammy Trout of Whittier, California, the moment came when he was on the way to work. He saw an old stepside, lowered and rolling on 20s, and immediately started thinking how cool his grandfather's '77 Chevy would look with a similar setup.
The truck had been a daily driver for Sammy's grandfather since the day he bought it from the original owner until he passed away. He rebuilt it once—by necessity after it had been stolen, stripped, and recovered with a bunch of rusty and different color body panels piled into a completely different bed. The incentive that motivated him to put the truck back together and drive it for the rest of his life must have been passed on to Sammy. "I tried to do everything myself and with a couple of friends. I tried not to throw excess money at it, but redo what was there. My wife Lori encouraged the build and fed me dinner in the garage every night I worked on it."
Cleaning up 30 years worth of wear and tear was the first job. Picture the pickup on jackstands, suspension components removed, and Sammy underneath it in motorcycle goggles and a beanie, grinding the rust off the stock framerails with a drill motor and wire wheel. When that glamorous chore was over, the frame was painted black with POR-15 to make sure the rust stays gone, and many of those components were replaced with parts collected on Craigslist to keep the budget down.
Sammy wanted the truck low. Belltech 3-inch lowering spindles and McGaughy's 1-inch lowering coils in front and a DJM flip kit on the rear leafs lower the truck's ride height. Doetsch shocks and Belltech antisway bars mounted at both ends improve the ride. Front disc bakes with CPP drilled and slotted rotors with new GM calipers, stock Chevy drums in back, and a CPP master cylinder stop the truck better than ever.
The bodywork started the same as the chassis work, by removing and repairing. Taking off the camper shell, bed interior, and storage cabinets revealed about 100 screws to be pulled and an equal number of holes to be welded. Every rust hole was replaced with good used sheetmetal. The front and rear fenders were scrapped, and a pair of N.O.S. front fenders and good-condition original rear were found on Craigslist to take their place. A replacement hood turned up at a local salvage yard. The driprails were shaved and smoothed and (except for the Chevy bowtie on the grille) exterior trim and badges were eliminated. The bed was stripped to bare metal, and spring-loaded tailgate pins were installed to take the place of the chains.
Sammy says his friend Richard "Roll Fast" Rojas stepped up to "keep me straight and on track when doing the bodywork, and gave me a much needed hand." Josh Dawson did all the detailed welding and hole filling, and added the rear steel rollpan.
Body and bed were disassembled for painting to make sure the finished product looked as clean as possible. Sammy kept the paint design clean too, shooting the whole truck with Kalahari Beige basecoat from De Beer Refinish, covered with Diamont clear. The bed wood is hard maple, cut, routed, and fitted, then sealed with a couple coats of waterproof epoxy sealer and five coats of marine UV clear.
This whole build was inspired in part by 20-inch wheels and now the 20s on this Chevy may inspire someone else. These are style 338 model five-spokes from Boss Motorsports' truck line. With 295/45R20 and 245/45R20 Toyo Proxes ST tires, the proportions are appropriate for the truck.
The Chevy is powered by the 250ci inline-six engine it's always had. It runs great, so Sammy kept the underhood upgrades simple: a tune-up, an overhaul of the single GM Rochester carburetor, and some new fuel lines. He told us he's thinking about some I-6 hop up parts in the near future. Flowmaster exhaust was bolted up and La Habra Radiator supplied a fresh radiator. The transmission had been converted to a floor-shifted three-speed, but now runs a Borg-Warner T5 with a homemade short-shift kit. A shortened and balanced driveshaft from Cannon Engineering ties the transmission to the stock rearend with 3.41:1 gears.
Even pro builders won't tackle interior work, but Sammy learned custom auto upholstery during high school and has done professional upholstery. It had been a few years since his last interior, but we'd say he remembered pretty well. After reshaping the stock bench with new foam, he recovered them in cigar-toned leather. The molded headliner, kick panels, and sculpted door panels are also leather bound, with a little left over for the boot on the Hurst Indy pickup shifter, sunvisors, the trim on the Mercedes carpet, the Grant Formula GT steering wheel, and the handmade vent gaskets. The factory replacement dash was dyed to match. The original gauges were disassembled and restored, and a new retro-style radio was added, with an iPod and flashdrive hook-up inside the ashtray.
As the truck neared completion, Sammy started searching the Internet for local shows to attend. The Brothers Classic Chevy & GMC Truck Show was scheduled for the next day. The truck still needed wheels, a bumper, a radio, and a few other non-essential parts, but Sammy couldn't wait. Even with the missing pieces, his '77 Stepside won the First Place trophy for best interior in the 1973-1987 class. "My grandpa would have loved it!"


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Take two slices of cherry pie and call me in the morning.
OK. That's not quite the advice doctors are wont to give. But it might make at least a sliver of sense.
Cherry pie contains the same sort of anti-inflammatory compounds as aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs — at least the cherries do. They're tart, or sour, cherries, which, as far as is known, contain more of these anti-inflammatory compounds than any other food, says Dr. Kerry Kuehl, assistant director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
Kuehl is a coauthor of a new study suggesting that tart cherries could someday provide an alternative treatment for patients with inflammatory osteoarthritis who can't tolerate the standard drug therapy.
Participants in the study — presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Conference in San Francisco in May —- were 20 women, 40 to 70 years old, who had all been diagnosed with inflammatory osteoarthritis and had experienced joint swelling at least once in the last year. Twice a day, half of the women drank 10.5 fluid ounces of tart cherry juice. The other half drank that much fake cherry juice with the same calorie content, flavor and consistency.
After three weeks, the women who got the real stuff had significantly less inflammation, as measured by C-reactive protein in their blood, than those who had been drinking the counterfeit.
The anti-inflammatory powers of tart cherries can make them a smart choice for healthy people too. In a number of studies, athletes who drank tart cherry juice before running a race or doing intensive strength exercises felt less pain afterward and bounced back faster than those who didn't.
But tart cherries aren't just loaded with wham-bam anti-inflammatories. They're chockablock with antioxidants. And a 2011 study in the European Journal of Nutrition suggests that drinking tart cherry juice during the day may pay off in better snoozing at night, thanks to high levels of the sleep-regulating antioxidant melatonin.
These studies have been done with people, but other promising research has only been done with lab animals so far. In one 2009 study in the Journal of Medicinal Food, tart cherries helped fat rats. Not our favorite role models perhaps, but the obese beasties' risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease were reduced significantly, and parallel studies are now in the works with members of our own species, says lead author E. Mitchell Seymour: "There are some interesting and potentially exciting results on the horizon. Stay tuned."
So, what's not to like about tart cherries? Not much ... except for maybe the "tart" part. Let's just say, the cherry topping off your hot fudge sundae is not a tart cherry. The alluring cherries in the produce aisle are not tart cherries. And those cherries that a happy life is supposedly just a bowl of? They're not tart cherries either.
"Tart cherries are extremely bitter raw," Kuehl admits. "Unpalatable."
But hey! There is a solution: Don't eat tart cherries raw. Eat them dried or frozen (in smoothies) or drink them in juice. Even unsweetened, something about juicing makes them taste better, Kuehl says. "Some people really like it."
And, of course, you can always bake a pie.


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Government payments total $28 billion in last fiscal year Despite a farm bill that was designed to help remove the government from agriculture, the federal government paid a record $28 billion to farmers in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
The figure, which was announced by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, included two years' worth of supplemental Agricultural Market Transition Act or AMTA payments in one year. Congress appropriated the latter, which totaled $11 billion, to help farmers overcome droughts and two years of low commodity prices.
In making the announcement, Glickman once again criticized the 1996 Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act or Freedom to Farm, saying the record payments "underscore the failure" of the legislation.
He also said the payments probably kept farmers from "storming the gates" in Washington because of dissatisfaction with the government's farm policy.
"I have no doubt that USDA assistance has meant the difference between small family farmers surviving or going out of business," said Glickman. In recent months, the administration has continually tried to delineate between small and large farmers in farm program benefits.
Glickman called a proposal raising the $75,000 limit on marketing loan gains to $150,000 per person "bad agricultural policy," although the measure was introduced by a member of his own party, Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark. (Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., was the other primary co-sponsor of the legislation.
The Fiscal Year 2000 subsidies accounted for about half of farmers' incomes. Without them, U.S. farms would have seen incomes fall to their lowest levels since 1984 at the height of the last agricultural recession, the secretary said.
Glickman recently told a House Agriculture Committee that farmers would need $2.2 billion to $2.4 billion to overcome weather losses and continued low prices in the 2000 crop year.
Shortly after he testified, a House-Senate conference committee added about $1.6 billion in crop loss assistance funding to the Fiscal Year 2001 agricultural appropriations bill. The bill included another $490 million for livestock losses and $500 million for dairy farmers.
At press time, the bill was expected to pass both Houses and be sent to the president, who has indicated he would sign it.
Nearly $8 billion of the Fiscal Year 2000 payments came from marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments. Marketing loan gains occur when farmers repay CCC loans at below the loan rate. Farmers may receive loan deficiency payments in lieu of putting their crops in the loan.
Loan deficiency payments, which totaled $6.28 billion in FY 2000, encourage farmers to market their crops rather than place them in the Commodity Credit Corp. loan where they might be forfeited to the government.
The market loss assistance or supplemental AMTA payments totaled $11.04 billion because they were based on the 1999 AMTA payment allocation of $5.5 billion rather than the lower 2000 figure of $4.8 billion.
The $28 billion figure also included $1.47 billion in payments for the conservation reserve program or CRP, $1.23 billion for crop disaster loss assistance, $459.96 million for oilseed assistance payments, $328 million for the tobacco disaster assistance program and $100 million for the cottonseed assistance program.
The total also included relatively small amounts for such items as the agricultural conservation program ($3.7 million), the emergency conservation program ($55.9 million), the peanut marketing assistance program ($55 million) and the noninsured assistance program ($24.2 million).


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Geocaching.com Refer a Friend Challenge – 2012
You Refer a Friend, Groundspeak Donates $1 to Charity
A letter to Geocaching.com from a boy named Bryce is signed, "With Sincerity and Joy." Bryce's letter is really written to the entire geocaching community. Geocachers combined last year to raise nearly $10,000 USD for a charity that supports students in the classroom. The charity is called DonorsChoose.org. Donations went to support classrooms using geocaching to enhance learning.
Bryce's classroom was one of several classrooms to receive new GPS devices.
Bryce wrote, "Dear Groundspeak Employees,Wow! What a super generous donation! In my short eleven years on this planet I don't know anyone who has been so generous to donate so much money to a single project. Now we can explore the rest of the planet with our new and fantastic GPS. You have made an absolute difference in our classroom! With Sincerity and Joy, Bryce"
You can help more like Bryce. By sharing your love of geocaching in July you'll help two worthy causes. This year, all funds raised will be split evenly between DonorsChoose.org and the Special Olympics. From July 1- 30, 2012, for each new member that you refer to Geocaching.com, we'll donate $1 to charity. You can take your friends out on the trail with you, send them the "tell a friend" email, share geocaching on Facebook, or simply shout about it from the rooftops. The more people you refer, the more those in need receive, up to a total of $10,000 USD!
Please note that your friends need to create an account (Basic or Premium) via this Geocaching.com membership page, (not Facebook Connect) and fill in the "referred by" field on the account creation page, and log at least one cache between July 1 and July 30 to count as a referral!
During the month of July, we will provide regular updates on the number of referrals here on the blog and on the official Geocaching.com Facebook page. Thank you for spreading the word about geocaching, and helping others in the process!