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Norwegian Cruise Line named its two new Breakaway Plus-class ships Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Bliss. These names received the highest number of fan votes in the "Norwegians Name Their Ships" contest.
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Nearly one‐half of patients with newly diagnosed cancer will undergo radiotherapy, a form of treatment that has been available for more than 100 years. Most of these patients receive external‐beam radiotherapy using photons. Over the past 10 years, there has been increased interest in proton‐beam RT and this technology is now available in the NHS in Manchester and London.
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|Impacts of model-data uncertainties on biogeophysical-biogeochemical interactions in a land surface model (with an emphasis on the northern high-latitude regions)
|Barman, Rahul
|Director of Research:
|Jain, Atul K.
|Doctoral Committee Chair(s):
|Jain, Atul K.
|Doctoral Committee Member(s):
|Post, Wilfred M.; Nesbitt, Stephen W.; Roy, Somnath B.; Bala, Govindswamy
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|Atmospheric Sciences
|Atmospheric Sciences
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|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
|Global carbon cycle
Global energy cycle
Global water cycle
Global Climate Change
Land surface model
Northern high-latitudes
|In this dissertation, I systematically investigated the impacts of current model-data uncertainties on biogeophysical-biogeochemical interactions in a terrestrial modeling framework. To achieve this objective, I applied a land surface model, specifically the Integrated Science Assessment Model (ISAM), at spatial scales ranging from flux tower sites to the global land surface in order to explore how the modeling uncertainties translate from site to regional to global scales. I studied the impacts from three key factors that can largely contribute of modeling uncertainties in terrestrial processes, such as differences due to: (1) meteorological forcing datasets, (2) boundary conditions such as land-cover and land-use change datasets, and (3) representation of biogeophysical/biogeochemical processes in land surface models. A brief introduction containing the overall objectives and content of this dissertation has been provided in Chapter 1. For the current body of work, extensive model development was carried out to extend the capabilities of ISAM to be a coupled biogeophysical-biogeochemical land surface model (LSM). Therefore, in Chapters 2 and 3 I have first described in detail the completed model development and evaluation aspects. Subsequently In Chapter 2, I used the ISAM to quantify the causes and extents of biases in terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) due to the use of meteorological reanalysis datasets. I first calibrated the model using meteorology and eddy covariance data from 25 flux tower sites ranging from the tropics to the northern high-latitudes, and thereafter repeated the site simulations using two reanalysis datasets: NCEP/NCAR and CRUNCEP. The results show that at most sites, the reanalysis-driven GPP bias is significantly positive with respect to the observed meteorology driven simulations. Notably, the absolute GPP bias is highest at the tropical evergreen tree sites, averaging up to ~0.45 kgC/m2/yr across sites (~15% of site-level GPP). At the northern mid/high-latitude broadleaf deciduous and the needleleaf evergreen tree sites, the corresponding annual GPP biases are up to 20%. For the non-tree sites, average annual biases of up to ~20—30% occur within savanna, grassland and shrubland vegetation types. At the tree sites the biases in shortwave radiation and humidity strongly influence the GPP biases, while the non-tree sites are more affected by biases in factors controlling water stress (precipitation, humidity, air temperature). In this chapter, I also discussed the influence of seasonal patterns of meteorological biases on GPP, and finally the impacts of the results on GPP simulations for the entire global land surface. In a broader context, my results can have important consequences on other terrestrial ecosystem fluxes (e.g., net primary production, net ecosystem production, energy/water fluxes) and reservoirs (e.g., soil carbon stocks). In continuation from Chapter 2, I used the ISAM in Chapter 3 to extend the analysis for biases in ecosystem energy and water fluxes arising due to the use of the meteorological reanalysis of the NCEP/NCAR and the CRUNCEP. In comparison with the model simulations using observed meteorology from sites, the reanalysis-driven simulations produced several systematic biases in net radiation (Rn), latent heat (LE) and sensible heat (H) fluxes. These include: (1) persistently positive tropical/subtropical biases in Rn using the NCEP/NCAR, and gradually transitioning to negative Rn biases in the higher latitudes; (2) large positive H biases in the tropics/subtropics using the NCEP/NCAR; (3) negative LE biases using the NCEP/NCAR above 40oN; (4) high tropical LE using the CRUNCEP in comparison with observationally derived global estimates; and (5) flux-partitioning biases from canopy and ground components. Across vegetation types, I investigated the role of the meteorological drivers (shortwave and longwave radiation, atmospheric humidity, temperature, precipitation) and their seasonal biases in controlling these reanalysis-driven uncertainties. At the global scale, my site-level analysis explains several model-data differences in the LE and H fluxes when compared with observationally derived global estimates of these fluxes. Using these results, I discussed the implications of site-level model calibration on subsequent regional/global applications to study energy and hydrological processes. The flux partitioning biases presented in this study have potential implications on the couplings amongst terrestrial carbon, energy and water fluxes, and for the calibration of land-atmosphere parameterizations that are dependent on LE/H partitioning. Previous studies demonstrated that land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) can substantially influence terrestrial energy and water fluxes in climate models through the modification of land surface albedo, roughness, and the biosphere-atmosphere coupling of moisture, heat and carbon. However, current datasets and model representation of LULCC remain notably uncertain, thereby impacting the simulation of these fluxes. In addition, these fluxes are also strongly coupled to input meteorology (i.e., climate) to the land surface – the differences in which can introduce another component of uncertainty in models. In Chapter 4, I decomposed their relative impacts in a land surface model using multiple LULCC and climate datasets. My results show that uncertainties in model-derived annual-scale energy/water fluxes (latent heat, sensible heat, runoff) can be dominated by existing disagreements amongst climate datasets, with much smaller impacts from current LULCC uncertainties. These results appear to be robust for global and latitudinally averaged flux budgets, as well as in many regions that contain the largest differences amongst the used LULCC datasets. I also show that relatively small uncertainties in meteorology can produce large differences in terrestrial energy/water fluxes. Henceforth I argue that, in coupled climate models the accuracy of computed meteorology can potentially be a limiting factor in successfully assessing future changes in soil hydrology and water availability. Improving the LULCC datasets themselves remain important for multitude of terrestrial modeling applications, such as – biogeochemistry, ecosystems' goods/services and regional socioeconomics. In Chapter 5, I used the ISAM to: (1) evaluate the influence of recent improvements in modeling soil/snow physics on historical permafrost area, temperature, and degradation rates in the northern high-latitudes (45—90oN), and (2) compare the relative impact of these improvements with modeling uncertainties due to climate, and land-use and land-cover change datasets. Specifically, by incorporating deep soils, soil organic carbon (SOC) driven soil properties, wind compaction of snow density, and depth-hoar formation in snow, the simulated near-surface permafrost area increased by 9.2 million-km2 (from 2.9 to 12.3) for current atmospheric conditions. In comparison, permafrost area using two reanalysis datasets (CRUNCEP and NCEP/NCAR) differed by up to 2.3 million-km2 in response to their mean annual air temperatures differing by ~0.5oC, and with lower impacts from current land cover uncertainties (up to 0.7 million-km2). Further, I show that incorporating all these soil/snow processes can lead to strongly increased (net) stability in permafrost temperatures, highlighting the importance of including them in future modeling studies of permafrost degradation. Analyses of relative contributions from soil/snow processes show that inclusion of deep soils lead to the largest increases in permafrost area, followed by contributions due to SOC and wind compaction of snow, while inclusion of depth hoar lead to slight decreases in permafrost. However, in the context of assessing the impacts of these processes on permafrost soil biogeochemistry, the results show the dominating influence of near-surface soil/snow processes (such as wind compaction of snow) on vegetation root zone temperatures with minimal impacts from deep soils. Finally, given that only a few of the currently available land surface models include the representation of the specific soil/snow processes considered in this study, I discussed their importance in modeling future permafrost physical characteristics, and for permafrost SOC stocks. In Chapter 6, I continued the analysis of Chapter 5 to study the impacts of the aforementioned four important soil/snow related thermal processes on permafrost SOC stocks. By including these processes, the modeled northern high-latitude permafrost carbon stocks increased from 313 to 445 gigatonnes of carbon (GtC = 1015 gC) in the top 1 m of soil, in better agreement with observational estimates of 495 GtC from the Northern Circumpolar Soil Carbon Database (NCSCD). In the model, net impact of these processes reduced the root zone soil temperature and liquid water content, and generally increased the litter input to the soil. Consequently, driven by stronger temperature and water stresses on soil/litter decomposition processes, the modeled SOC density increased throughout the circumpolar permafrost soils. In comparison to the NCSCD, these represent improvements at regional as well as for biome-aggregated (e.g., tundra, boreal, other grass/shrub) scales. However, given current uncertainties in SOC datasets, I also evaluated their implications in assessing modeling improvements by comparison with data from two other global sources: the Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD) and the Global Soil Data Task (GSDT), and an Alaskan SOC dataset. My analysis highlights the need for evaluation using multiple datasets, and at site scales, to robustly delineate model estimation of SOC across various regions. Nonetheless, while continued improvements are required in the treatment of model biogeochemistry and in datasets, my study quantifies the importance of key soil/snow biogeophysical processes as drivers of soil biogeochemical processes. Hence, many earth system models that underestimate permafrost SOC and do not represent the processes may also similarly benefit by including them in their land surface schemes. Finally, in Chapter 7, I provided an overall summary and the future direction of research presented in this dissertation.
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Alexander Crummell's sermons and addresses are classic illustrations of
the Christian Afrocentrism that later characterized the Garvey Movement.
He was a solid advocate of African American political rights.
Books by Wilson Jeremiah Moses
Golden Age of Black Nationalism, 1850-1925 (1988) / The Wings of Ethiopia (1990)
Alexander Crummell: A Study of Civilization and Discontent (1992) / Destiny & Race: Selected Writings, 1840-1898 (1992)
Black Messiahs and Uncle Toms: Social and Literary Manipulations of a Religious Myth (1993)
Liberian Dreams: Back-to-Africa Narratives from the 1850s / Afrotopia: The Roots of African American Popular History (2002)
Creative Conflict in African American Thought (2004)
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Basic Background Reading on Afrocentrism
By Wilson J. Moses Ph. D.
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford
Everyone deserving of the name, African American intellectual, should try to become familiar with the thought and writings of Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford (18661930), member of the Fante ethnic group, editor of the Gold Coast Leader, lawyer, educator, and ethnologist. He was a supporter of Pan-African nationalism, and a bridge between Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, both of whom respected him very highly. He was Du Boiss exact contemporary and his intellectual equal, a point that Du Bois readily acknowledged. Du Bois knew that Hayford was the first to offer a critical assessment and rejection of Du Boiss two souls paradigm, on intellectual grounds, and with a reasoned argument. Every Negro intellectual, wither Francophone, Anglophone, or Lusophone, should read Hayfords Ethiopia Unbound, which is of parallel importance to Du Boiss The Souls of Black Folk, which used to be the backbone of any program in African Studies.
Edward Wilmot Blyden
The other most neglected figure among American Negro intellectuals is Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832 – 1912). Born in the West Indies to people, putatively of the Igbo ethnic origin, he became a leading figure in the histories of Liberia and Sierra Leone. His contemporary, William J. Simmons, says he knew 32 West African languages, in addition to Arabic, Latin, Hebrew. He taught Classical Greek at Liberia College in the 1860s, despite the fact that his fellow faculty member Alexander Crummell had studied those languages at the University of Cambridge. (Crummell taught mathematics). The great Afrocentrist pioneer, Dusé Mohamed Ali, instructed Marcus Garvey to study Blydens writings and arranged for Garvey to have access to the library of the British Museum for that purpose. Shortly before Blydens death, Du Bois asked Blyden to be on the Board of his planned Encyclopedia Africana. Francis J. Grimke hosted a dinner for Blyden during his farewell tour of the United States. He was supported by Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, and thousands of humble working Negroes celebrated his name, acknowledging him as their world leader.
Alexander Crummell
The third, and most egregiously neglected Pan African intellectual black nationalist is Alexander Crummell (1819-1898). Born in New York, brought up as an Episcopalian, as a youth he was introduced to Greek, Latin, and biblical languages thanks to the support of his father, who was born in Africa, a member of the Temne ethnic group. He received his bachelors degree, and passed his examination in classical Greek at the University of Cambridge in England. In 1853, he took up missionary work in Liberia. His sermons and addresses are classic illustrations of the Christian Afrocentrism that later characterized the Garvey Movement. He was a solid advocate of African American political rights. Gravitating towards high church ritual, he anticipated Elijah Muhammads hostility to grass roots black religion, which he viewed as a plantation survival and part of a slaveholders conspiracy to undermine the moral and intellectual development of African Americans.
Crummells prolific writings include three books:
* Africa and America: Addresses and Discourses. Springfield, Massachusetts: Willey, 1891.
* The Future of Africa: Being Addresses, Sermons, Etc., Delivered in the Republic of Liberia. New York: Charles Scribner, 1862.
* The Greatness of Christ and other Sermons. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1882.
* There are ten reels of microfilm containing the bulk of his unpublished writings
Also see Wilson J. Moses. Alexander Crummell: A Study of Civilization and Discontent . New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
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In 1951 Magnus J. Sampson edited some of Hayfords writings under the title, West African Leadership: Public speeches delivered by the Honourable J. E. Casely Hayford.
Among Hayfords many publications, the following are most readily available at major university libraries:
* The Truth About The West African Land Question (1898. Reprinted, 1913. Reprinted London: Cass, 1971)
* Gold Coast Native Institutions: With Thoughts Upon A Healthy Imperial Policy for the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1903. Reprinted London: Cass, 1970, ISBN 0-7146-1754-7)
* Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation (1911. Reprinted London: Cass, 1969, ISBN 0-7146-1753-9)
* Gold Coast Land Tenure and the Forest Bill (1911)
* William Waddy Harris, the West African reformer (1915)
* United West Africa (1919)
There are articles on Casely Hayford, Edward Wilmot Blyden, and Dusé Mohamed Ali, at http://wikipedia.org/
The standard work on Blyden is by Hollis R. Lynch. Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan-Negro Patriot, 1832-1912 (London: Oxford University Press, 1967; repr. 1970).
For connections between Blyden and Bishop Turner, read Edwin Redkey, Black Exodus: Black Nationalism and Back to Africa Movements, 1890-1919 (New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1969).
Blydens works include:
* Africa for the Africans
* West Africa Before Europe
* The Call of Providence to the Descendants of Africa in America
* Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race, London,
* The Elements of Permanent Influence
* Liberia as a Means, Not an End. Liberian Independence Oration
* The Negro in Ancient History, Liberia: Past, Present, and Future, Washington
* The Origin and Purpose of African Colonization
* A Vindication of the African Race; Being a Brief Examination of the Arguments in Favor of African Inferiority
* Report on the Falaba Expedition 1872
* Liberia at the American Centennial
* America in Africa, Christian Advocate
* The Negro in the United States
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Wilson Jeremiah Moses (Ph. D., Brown, 1975) is Ferree Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University. He has been Director of Africana Studies programs at Brown University, Southern Methodist University, and Boston University. He has taught at the Free University of Berlin, the University of Vienna, and Harvard University, and has lectured widely at other American, European, and African Academies and Universities.
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners are Subjects of Prominent PBS BroadcastsThree womenLiberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee, and pro-democracy campaigner Tawakul Karman of Yemen have been named co-recipients of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for their nonviolent role in promoting peace, democracy, and gender equality. Their remarkable stories are part of public medias Women and Girls Lead pipeline of documentaries. Public media leaders from ITVS, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting joined the rising chorus of voices congratulating Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her co-patriot Leymah Gbowee, and pro-democracy campaigner Tawakul Karman of Yemen, the three women named co-recipients of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for womens rights to full participation in peace-building work. Pray the Devil Back to Hell / Leymah Gbowee Wins 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
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A film directed by Gini Reticker
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a captivating new film by director Gini Reticker. It exposes a different story angle for the largely forgotten recent events of the women of Liberia uniting to bring the end to their nation's civil war. This film is amazing in the way it captivates your attention from the earliest frames. It doesn't shy away from showing footage of the violent events that took place during the Liberian civil war. But the main story of the film is that of Leymah Gbowee and the other women uniting, despite their religious differences, to force action on the stalled peace talks in their country. Using entirely nonviolent methods, not only are the peace talks successful, but Charles Taylor, the president of Liberia, is forced into exile leading to the first election of a female head of state in Africa. The women of this film are truly an inspiration and no one can fail to be moved by the message of hope that comes through clearly in this film. These are heroes that deserve to be remembered and with Pray the Devil we are able to do that, gaining both a knowledge of the history we are ignorant of through archival footage and an understanding of the leaders of this movement through close-up interviews with the many women who lead it. The film also offers a great soundtrack & inspirational song- "Djoyigbe" by Angelique Kidjo & Blake Leyh.Amazon Reviewer
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How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. Years of fighting destroyed her countryand shattered Gbowees girlhood hopes and dreams. As a young mother trapped in a nightmare of domestic abuse, she found the courage to turn her bitterness into action, propelled by her realization that it is women who suffer most during conflictsand that the power of women working together can create an unstoppable force. In 2003, the passionate and charismatic Gbowee helped organize and then led the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women who sat in public protest, confronting Liberias ruthless president and rebel warlords, and even held a sex strike. With an army of women, Gbowee helped lead her nation to peacein the process emerging as an international leader who changed history. Mighty Be Our Powers is the gripping chronicle of a journey from hopelessness to empowerment that will touch all who dream of a better world.Beast Books / Pray the Devil Back to Hell
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EDINBURG — Angel Mario Garza's plea agreement went through a few last minute changes Tuesday, before he publicly accepted guilt for his role in the murder of an elderly man for money.
Garza, 40, pleaded guilty to murder, the lesser included offense on the indicted charge of capital murder, and was sentenced to 45 years in prison. He will be eligible for parole upon completion of at least half the sentence.
He previously accepted a plea offer of 50 years.
Garza is accused of helping his co-defendant, Monica Melissa Patterson, fatally suffocate Martin Knell Sr. in January 2015.
A jury convicted Patterson, 50, of capital murder in November and witness testimony during her exhaustive trial revealed she had befriended 96-year-old Knell in the wake of his wife's death to gain access to his substantial estate. At the time of Knell's death, Patterson — who is now serving a life sentence — was executrix and a beneficiary of his will.
Garza, who was arrested in August 2015, confessed to authorities that Patterson had promised to pay him if he helped her kill Knell, and said he suffocated the victim with a plastic bag while Patterson stood by. Patterson, however, did not keep her end of the deal, and Garza only received a couple hundred dollars.
Garza was brought into the picture because, like Knell's wife, his own father was a patient at Comfort House, the nonprofit hospice center where Patterson worked. According to witness testimony during Patterson's trial, she agreed to let Garza's father receive care at the facility if he did odd jobs at Comfort House.
"Martin Knell didn't deserve to die; no one deserves to die," District Judge Noe Gonzalez told Garza after accepting the plea agreement. "What has occurred in this case probably cannot be understood by many people. Because most people would never think that they're capable of doing something like this…"
Knell's only son, Martin Knell Jr., was in the courtroom Tuesday as were Garza's sisters.
Garza told the judge that he made a mistake and accepts his punishment.
"I think I deserve it and I ask for forgiveness from the family that I've hurt," he said in Spanish.
The judge also reminded Garza that even though he was being sent to prison, he still has choices.
"[Prison] is a violent place, and you will have a choice to be part of that violence or not be part of that violence…" Gonzalez said. "Or you may think that you're being forced to commit more violence, like maybe you thought you were doing in this case, but you still have choices."
The judge was alluding to Garza's belief that he had no choice but to go along with Patterson's plan.
Because Garza is not a U.S. citizen, he will be deported to his native Mexico upon his release from prison.


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Texas' 74-64 loss to No. 6 Baylor on Tuesday night was a showcase of two teams going in opposite directions. The Longhorns were unable to break out of their conference play slump, while the Bears continued to look among the Big 12's elite.
Texas started the first half strong, jumping out to a quick 12-4 lead. The team managed to stay a step ahead of the Bears for much of the frame, thanks to its early success in the paint.
Texas would score its first 16 points in the paint. Senior center Shaquille Cleare paced the Longhorns offensively by inspiring low-post play. Cleare scored 10 points in the first half on perfect 4-of-4 shooting and left defenders scratching their heads with multiple baby hooks.
But Cleare's effort wasn't enough to stave off a high-powered Baylor squad. Trailing 27-22 with 5:17 remaining in the first half, the Bears closed the period on a 16–4 run to claim a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
Baylor's run was fueled by back-to-back threes that helped ignite the crowd at Waco's Ferrell Center. Texas also helped aid the Bear's burst by turning the ball over four times during the half's last five minutes.
While the Longhorns were competitive in the first half, the game's final 20 minutes were a different story. Baylor showed why it's one of the premier teams in the nation by outmatching the Longhorns.
The Bears established a 42-31 lead early in the half, managing to hold a double-digit advantage down the stretch.
Head coach Shaka Smart was critical of his team's second-half effort.
"We didn't do a good job getting back to the level of energy and fight we had to start the game," Smart said. "I think some of that had to do with some plays on offense not going our way, but you go on the road and try to beat the No. 6 team in the country and you're leading for the majority of the first half, you can't worry about that stuff."
Baylor hounded the Longhorns defensively, consistently forcing the team into difficult shots. On the other end, Baylor bullied Texas into submission. The Bears made a living in the paint and were a force on the offensive boards.
Texas allowed 42 points in the paint and was completely decimated on the offensive glass — it lost that battle 17-7.
The Longhorns' struggles in those departments can be traced to one source: Baylor's junior forward Johnathan Motley. The forward was unstoppable all night and put on a show in front of the
Baylor faithful.
Motley scored 32 points on 12-of-19 shooting and pulled down 20 boards. He also swatted away three Longhorn field goal attempts.
Even Motley was speechless by his performance.
"It's kind of hard to explain, like you don't really remember what you do — you're just kind of out there," Motley said. "I can't tell you the moves I make, like I literally can't. It's just a crazy rhythm you get as a basketball player. Just one of those things you can't explain."
Cleare anchored the Longhorn front court and finished the game with 14 points. He fouled out midway through the second half. Freshman forward Jarrett Allen scored 17 points and had 10 rebounds, good for his sixth double-double of the season.
Texas stays on the road and squares off against another daunting foe in No. 2 Kansas on Saturday. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. in Lawrence, Kansas.


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Athlete stays on track despite injuries
May 4, 2004
IF DEGREES WERE given for perseverance, J.D. Martin would have a doctorate.
The University of Northern Colorado senior has endured in and out of the classroom for more than five years, never once willing to give up.
When others have quit, Martin has stayed the course.
If he's at fault, it could be for not knowing when to stop.
"I want to get done with school," said Martin, a 6-foot-4, 280-pounder. "That's my main goal right now."
In the past, Martin viewed school as an opportunity to showcase his athleticism.
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Heavily recruited out of Madera (Calif.) High School, he landed at Fresno State University, where football was the main focus of his future.
Playing time as a true freshman was a commodity, but Martin earned it.
"I had a pretty good season as a freshman, but then I had knee problems," he said.
A knee injury against Auburn put his football career on hold.
When his mother and sister relocated to Colorado Springs, Martin soon followed.
"I worked as a child-care counselor," he said. "It was pretty cool."
Martin took the advice of somebody else and figured he'd try his luck again in football, joining the Bears in the spring of 2000.
"I knew I needed to get back into school, and people in Colorado Springs told me that UNC was the best Division II football program in the state," Martin said. "That's why I came here."
That's not why he stayed, however.
Knee problems continued to plague Martin, who also competed in track and field for the Bears.
"I've been competing in track since I was in about third grade, and it's actually my first love," Martin said. "I really think I lost my love for football after I came here."
Martin's affinity for track helped him stay put for the first time in several years, although he envisions himself eventually returning to California.
UNC head coach Kay Dalton was excited when Martin showed up, but Martin never quite lived up to his billing, even after trying both sides of the line.
"Things really didn't click for me in football, and I started to get injured a lot," he said.
Throwing the shot and discus proved to be Martin's niche, especially after exercising the right to take a medical redshirt year to get away from football altogether.
Last spring, he earned Division II All-American honors in the shot put, adding to a pair of North Central Conference titles. He holds the UNC record in the shot put at 56 feet, 7.25 inches; and is fourth all-time in the discus with a heave of 158-11.
Martin's senior season ended last weekend, leaving him to only pursue his final exams as a sociology/criminal justice major.
"I would have liked a chance for a national title," he said. "It's really frustrating."
UNC's provisional period of making the move to Division I doesn't allow Martin to compete in the postseason.
"I won't get my degree until next December, so what I think I'm going to do is still train and help coach track next fall," Martin said. "I know I may have been even better if I would have had a weight coach. I'd have to say that it really held me back."
A limited budget doesn't allow for the Bears to have specialty coaches, which Martin said would be beneficial.
"I think I had one of my best seasons, but now it's over. I still have the urge to compete."
At 26, Martin is a bit older than most of his colleagues, an attribute he said he's constantly reminded by his teammates.
"I think when you hit 25, you really make a change and don't feel like most college kids," he said.
"I'm going to stay here until I get my degree, and then I'll see what happens. I'm not sure exactly what I'll do, but right now, I've even thought about looking into the job market as a border control officer.
"I've always seen myself in law enforcement. In junior high, I knew I wanted to be a police officer of some kind."
Martin still hasn't ruled out the chance of competing in the open division of track meets.
"I'm still planning on competing somehow, somewhere," he said. "I've stuck it out this long, there's no reason to stop."
* Patrick Perry and Whitney Platten have been named as Student-Athletes of the Month for April by UNC.
Platten, a transfer from Florida Community College started 15 games in April for the UNC women's softball team, totaling 19 hits, two runs, five doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI.
She was 5-for-5 in the first game of a doubleheader against Regis University, setting a school record for hits in a game. Platten is a catcher for the Bears.
She was also 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Bears' 6-3 victory over Utah Valley State University, then followed it with a 3-for-4 performance, including a double and an RBI.
Perry, a transfer from Lamar Community College, hit .400 for the month with 10 runs, six doubles, two homes, 12 RBI and a .743 slugging percentage.
Perry also walked a team-high 10 times in April, and compiled a .553 on-base percentage.
He has reached base in all 40 games he's played in. Perry had a career day on April 23, going 3-for-4 with three runs, two doubles, a home run and a season-high five RBI in an 8-4 victory over Texas A&M Corpus-Christi.
Perry, a catcher/designated hitter, did not commit an error in 68 chances, recording 61 putouts, and threw out 4-of-7 baserunners trying to steal.
* While taking an 11-day break before playing host to Hawaii-Hilo (noon, May 18), the Bears are still making news.
This week, Perry was named as the Division I-Independent Newcomer of the Week after hitting. 545 in games against Nebraska and Utah Valley State, recording an team-high eight RBI and a .909 slugging percentage.
Perry us just one double away from the school single-season record of 24.
He leads every single Division I Independent offensive category, hitting .437, averaging 0.55 doubles per game and 1.36 RBI per game.
The Bears' .334 batting average is also tops among Division I Independent teams, including the University of Miami.
Their average would rank them sixth nationally amongst Division I teams.
Samuel G. Mustari covers UNCsports for the Tribune. Reach him at (970) 352-0211, Ext. 220, or at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Until recently, Alabama courts were unable to force parties to divide retirement benefits in a divorce unless the parties had been married for at least 10 years. However, under a new Alabama law, courts will now be allowed to use discretion in awarding the division of retirement accounts in all divorces.
Why Limit to 10-Year Marriages?
There is good reason for the old restriction. Under the old theory, a person who is working to earn retirement benefits, such as pensions and 401(k) plans, is doing all the work to earn the money. Since forcing a withdrawal can trigger steep penalties and unintended taxes that could eliminate much of the benefit and value of such plans, the old law allowed the parties to postpone actual payment until the person began receiving the retirement checks. So, if a husband had a 401(k), the court can award up to 50% of that retirement account to his ex-spouse. But he would not be required to start distributing his ex's share until he actually retired and began drawing on the account.
The problem, of course, is that this manner of property division keeps a divorced couple potentially connected for decades, even until death. This does not favor finality or swift resolution and separation of marital bonds. Although the old law did allow the parties to agree upon a lump sum, this essentially forced the difficult compromise of losing money to penalties and taxes in exchange for finality. By limiting these types of divisions to longer marriages, courts generally would offset the difference by requiring larger awards from other sources, thereby protecting the benefits of retirement accounts.
How Does the New Law Change Things?
Under HB 208, Alabama lawmakers decided it made more sense to allow judges the discretion to award retirement divisions in all marriages. This does not mean judges will be required to divide retirement accounts in short marriages. It simply means that it is open to debate in divorce cases. This is long overdue, because income has changed significantly since the original law was enacted decades ago.
Intuit suggests that about 34% of Americans currently are employed by the 'gig economy,' meaning they are freelancing or working at jobs that are temporary and usually carry no retirement or benefits, according to CNN Money. Furthermore, with income equality steadily rising, and women making more than at any time in the past, it makes sense to start looking at retirement distributions differently and with a more modern view that allows for a case-by-case analysis. Divorce lawyers have been negotiating retirement distributions for years, as part of settlements; this law just gives judges the ability to do the same.
Hiring a Birmingham Divorce Lawyer
Family courts are among those with the greatest number of pro se (self-represented) individuals. Unfortunately, this often results in a lot of long-term problems, such as endless disputes, unresolved tax and financial complications, and repeated, unnecessary court appearances. The Birmingham family law attorneys of 5 Points Law Group can help you efficiently resolve your divorce without as many surprises. Laws change frequently, so what works today may not work tomorrow. Call (205) 263-0743 or visit us online today to get timely advice to your divorce questions.


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As countdowns for the World Cup go, neither England nor India can claim to have started in the best shape. While the rain tippled down in Bristol, washing out the first of five contests, there was enough aggravation off the field to occupy both sides.
It will not matter how gloomy the weather gets, Duncan Fletcher will be reluctant to remove his shades as he contends with a reshuffle which has seen Ravi Shastri imposed as team director with, it seems, a brief to assess Fletcher's performance ahead of the World Cup. MS Dhoni's assertion that Fletcher will definitely coach India in that World Cup is not universally shared, and with Joe Dawes and Trevor Penney on gardening leave, confusion abounds.
England have their own issues. Their squad for the ODI series was more conservative than many expected, influenced perhaps by the 3-1 Test series victory against India which removed their appetite for change. They seem determination to plan for the challenge ahead in Australia and New Zealand with the same captain, Alastair Cook, not known for rapid scoring at the top of the order, and a phalanx of fast bowlers to utilise the two white balls.
That has brought cries of protest from Graeme Swann, a celebrated England player of recent vintage, and Michael Vaughan, a former captain who is treading the path of another former Yorkshire and England batsman, Geoffrey Boycott, in his appetite for straight talking. Both chimed that Cook should have stood down in favour of younger batsmen with a greater capacity for power hitting.
England's ODI summer has become increasingly dogged by bad weather. The Bristol washout meant that the first ODI of the latter part of the summer was washed out for the third successive year. Headingley and Cardiff have also suffered.


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The multiple award-winning Nigerian musician and Reggae Dance hall legend Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie, who is popularly known as Patoranking has released another trending music track which he titled "Black Girl Magic mp3". He released a new album today after announcing it via his official social media handles, Instagram precisely.
"Patoranking – Black Girl Magic mp3" was released just about three days after he featured the talented Nigerian music legend Victor ADin the new song that they tagged "Prayer Request" They released the song and the videos same day. The song is still trending but he decided to bless us with this new hit.
Patoranking is a 30 Year old successful Nigerian musician. He is from Ebonyi State, Nigeria. But he grew up in Ijegun Agba in Lagos State. He began his music career in the early 2000's, then he collaborates with less popular Nigerian musicians. Download and enjoy "Black Girl Magic by Patoranking"


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Kody comes to the office feeling like a Super Hero!
Kody is a veteran patient at KVet.
He is a long time Chiropractic and Acupuncture patient here. He's gotten to a place where his regular visits with Dr. Konegger (for Acupuncture) and Dr. Halden (for Chiropractic) keep him spry, active, and young at heart.
Last spring, Kody had a bad spell of low back pain that was keeping him off of his game. After a couple of Chiropractic and Acupuncture visits were added to his regular schedule, Kody was still not quite himself. Dr. Konegger and Dr. Halden worked together with Kody's person and developed a plan to get Kody back on track. That plan included a series of Rehab visits. Those Rehab visits helped Kody build up low back stability and core strength that he needed. Kody completely rocked at Rehab, and he quickly got back to being himself again.
Kody is back to his routine of Chiropractic and Acupuncture, and doing all of the things that he would normally do at home. He and his person are definitely enjoying his great response to the coordinated care that we offer him at KVet.


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"The temperature of the race, let's put it that way, has ratcheted up 300 degrees," Bill smirks. I can only hope it gets hot enough to cook him to a nice char.
Executive producer? Jerry Bruckheimer.
Next week: Bad things are happening. People look unhappy, and lost, and it's crowded. Brennan's still got the visor on. There is some Rob arm footage, though, so there's that to look forward to. Nancy and Emily are crying, while Nancy asks her not to cuss. Aww. That looks bad. In other news, Karyn gets even nastier. I knew their happy moment wouldn't last.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monte Sano Mountain State Park
I took bridal pictures for my cousin at Monte Sano State Park this week. (I'll post those after the wedding cause I'd hate to ruin the reveal on her big day) It was so gorgeous up there, and while we were waiting I just had to snap a few pictures of these precious kids. I love ever single moment that I get to spend with these two. I love that Maddi is obsessed with all things princess. I love that Drew wants to ice skate every second of the day. I love that we all love mexican food, watching movies, and hanging out in Barnes & Noble together. I love that we sing in the car, eat lunch by the pool, and read stories at bedtime. I really am the luckiest girl in the world.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
We have five new little puppies! They came as quite a suprise. The mommy-daddy union occured while we were out of town, so we were rather awe-struck when our little lady dog had four beautiful little pups. Watching the birthing process was such a learning experience. We watched the birth, mommy pup eat the amniotic sac from around the babies, chew the little umbilical cords off, and then lick the little ones until they took their first breath. I know it sounds disgusting but it was such a miracle to witness. Here are a few pics of the precious little pups.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
a TEN year old
My baby boy turned TEN this year. These precious years have flown by.
At age 10 Drew:
loves to play hockey
loves to ride his bike
hates Math
loves reading about animals
loves Science
has started collecting currency from foreign countries
loves his puppies
loves music
hates potatoes
is more courageous about trying new things
loves watching cop shows on TV
loves playing video games
was knife certified at scout camp & now carries his pocket knife around like a badge of honor
is kind, compassionate, and one of my best friends
I thank God every single day for choosing me to be Drew's mother. Drew has taught me love, sacrafice, humility, joy, patience, humor, strength, and peace. Happy birthday kiddo!
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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The Parable of the Sower
4:1 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2 And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3 "Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6 And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold." 9 And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
The Purpose of the Parables
10 And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, 12 so that
"'they may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they should turn and be forgiven.'"
13 And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.1 18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
A Lamp Under a Basket
21 And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." 24 And he said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. 25 For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."
The Parable of the Seed Growing
26 And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. 34 He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Jesus Calms a Storm
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" 39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?" 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
[1] 4:17 Or stumble
Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon
5:1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.1 2 And when Jesus2 had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. 3 He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, 4 for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him. 7 And crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me." 8 For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" 9 And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 10 And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. 11 Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, 12 and they begged him, saying, "Send us to the pigs; let us enter them." 13 So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.
14 The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. 15 And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed3 man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 16 And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs. 17 And they began to beg Jesus4 to depart from their region. 18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19 And he did not permit him but said to him, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter
21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet 23 and implored him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live." 24 And he went with him.
And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 25 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26 and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28 For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well." 29 And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?" 31 And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'" 32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."
35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?" 36 But overhearing5 what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe." 37 And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus6 saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping." 40 And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was. 41 Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Talitha cumi," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise." 42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. 43 And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
[1] 5:1 Some manuscripts Gergesenes; some Gadarenes
[2] 5:2 Greek he; also verse 9
[3] 5:15 Greek daimonizomai (demonized); also verses 16, 18; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons
[4] 5:17 Greek him
[5] 5:36 Or ignoring; some manuscripts hearing
[6] 5:38 Greek he
I sometimes hear people say that they received Jesus as Savior but did not make Him Lord. The assumption is that we can somehow separate the Savior from the Lord—that we can have faith without repentance, blessings without commands, and the forgiveness of sins without the pursuit of holiness.
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the gospel. We cannot receive what Jesus offers and at the same time resist what He commands. God calls us to give up our resistance to the lordship of Christ and receive His salvation. "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" (Romans 10:13). Submit yourself to Christ as Lord and you will find that He is a mighty Savior.
When I was around five years old, my father took me to a junkyard outside Edinburgh. The place was filled with scrap cars and trucks, and it was a marvelous place for a child with a vivid imagination to play.
Dad used to go there to get spare parts that he needed for our car. The system was simple: You could strip pieces that you needed off the cars, and then pay for them at the gate as you left. The problem was that some people were in the habit of throwing parts over the perimeter fence, walking past the gate without paying, and then picking up the stuff in the wasteland outside.
So the owners cleared a "no go" area inside the perimeter and brought in guard dogs leashed to a railing. As long as you did not go close to the fence, you were perfectly safe.
One day when my father was working on a wrecked car, I found a truck and climbed up into the cab. I was lost in an imaginary world of truck driving, when suddenly one of the dogs broke free from its chain and came bounding toward me.
I don't think that I have ever been more terrified in my life. I screamed as any small child would. My father rushed over, grabbed a stick, and after a struggle, overpowered the dog. My father saved me by subduing the dog. If he had not been able to subdue the dog, he would not have been able to save his boy.
Christ is able to save us from our enemies because He is sovereign over them and is able to subdue them. It is the fact that He is Lord that qualifies Him to act as our Savior. That is why Scripture says, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" (Romans 10:13).
So what are the enemies that we need saving from?
The Dogs of Human Darkness
Our world is filled with what we sometimes call "natural disasters": earthquakes, mud slides, volcanoes, storms, fires, and floods.
We are also plagued by human evil—school shootings, gang murders, acts of terror, human trafficking—the list goes on and on. Every time another atrocity happens, we ask, "How could we have stopped it, and how can we make sure it never happens again?"
For all the wonders of medical science, for which we are profoundly grateful, we still face the blight of cancer, stroke, and heart disease. And death remains the last enemy of us all.
Which brings us to what the Bible describes as our last enemy—death. Anyone who has been near it with a loved one knows what a terrible enemy it is.
Our news is dominated by these four dimensions of darkness: natural disasters, human evil, illness, and death. For all the joys of this life, we find ourselves asking, "Who shall deliver us? Who has the authority to subdue the destructive powers that bring such darkness?"
Lord over Natural Disasters
Mark records four stories that illustrate the sovereignty of Jesus over the dogs of human darkness. Each story shows us that Jesus is Lord, and for this reason we can trust Him as Savior.
It all began one evening when the disciples found themselves caught in a storm as they were crossing the Sea of Galilee in a boat. Storms of this sort were not unusual, and the disciples would have seen a few in their time. They knew how to handle a boat, but on this occasion they were absolutely terrified. "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" (Mark 4:38).
This was a life-threatening natural disaster, and the disciples must have been astonished at what happened next: Jesus "rebuked the wind and said to the sea, 'Peace! Be still!' And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm" (4:39).
Think of the possibilities! If Jesus can subdue a storm, what about a volcano, a mudslide, a tornado, or a hurricane? If He is sovereign over nature, surely He can save us from its destructive power.
Lord over the Demons
When Jesus and His disciples reached the other side of the lake, they were immediately confronted by a man who was out of his mind. He lived among the tombs, and night and day he would cry out and cut himself with stones (5:5).
This man was clearly public enemy number one, and when the local authorities threw him in jail, he "wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him" (5:4). So the whole community lived in fear. Every night they would hear this man crying out on the hills. It couldn't have been easy to sleep.
It is clear from Scripture that evil spirits (or demons) were behind these great outbreaks of violence (5:8, 13). This is not the case with every violent or self-destructive person, but it was the case with this man. Jesus described the devil as a thief who comes "to steal and kill and destroy" (John 10:10), and where stealing, killing, and destroying are most rampant, there his activity is most directly to be discerned.
When Jesus came to this community, He commanded the evil spirits to leave the man and enter a herd of pigs. As soon as the people in the town heard, they came out to see what had happened, and they found the man who had been possessed by the demons "sitting there, clothed and in his right mind" (Mark 5:15).
Think of the possibilities! If Christ can pacify the man who brought terror to a community, what about the deranged gunman or the suicide bomber? If Jesus is sovereign over the demons, surely He can deliver us from their destructive power.
Lord over Disease
When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, a large crowd was waiting. Among them was a woman who had been subject to "a discharge of blood for twelve years" (5:24–25). She had spent all that she had in consulting various doctors, but in spite of their efforts, her condition was no better.
This woman felt that if she could just reach Jesus, she would be healed. When she managed to touch Him, she was immediately aware of a change in her body: "the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease" (5:29).
Think of the possibilities! If Jesus can cure a chronic and disabling illness, what about cancer, Alzheimer's, or heart disease? If Jesus is sovereign over disease, surely He can deliver us from its destructive power.
Lord over Death
Then Jesus came to a home where there had been a great tragedy. A twelve-year-old girl had died, and the wake was already in process.
Jesus sent the mourners out of the house. Only the girl's father and mother, along with Peter, James, and John, remained. Jesus took the girl's hands and said, "Talitha cumi!" (which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!"). To the absolute amazement of everyone in the room, "the girl got up and began walking" (5:41-42).
Think of the possibilities! If Jesus can raise a twelve-year-old-girl from the dead, what about our loved ones? If Jesus is sovereign over death, surely He can deliver us from its destructive power.
Why Doesn't He Do It?
Jesus is sovereign over all the dimensions of human darkness. He is able to subdue disaster, demons, disease, and even death. As Lord over these enemies of the human race, He is able to save us from their destructive power.
So why doesn't He do it?
Mark gives us the answer. When Jesus delivered the demon-possessed man, "they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region" (5:17). You would think that when Jesus had delivered the town from public enemy number one, the people would ask Him to stay. But they asked Him to leave.
So Jesus left. But if the one who is able to subdue the dog leaves the junkyard, what will happen to the boy?
Reigning and Waiting
We live in a Christ-rejecting world: "This is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil" (John 3:19).
The rejection of Jesus led to the cross, which was the ultimate expression of our world's contempt for God. With mocking, spitting, and nailing, we said to Jesus, "Go away."
But this is not the end of the Bible story. On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead. When He ascended into heaven, the Father said to Him, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet" (Hebrews 1:13).
Jesus is reigning, but He is also waiting. The reigning and waiting are not in conflict. "He must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death" (1 Corinthians 15:25–26).
So we continue to live in a dangerous world that suffers under the curse of disasters, demons, disease, and death. But those who belong to the kingdom of Jesus Christ wait for the day when He will put all these enemies under His feet. When that day comes, demons will be consigned to the lake of fire, disasters and disease will be a distant memory, and death will be no more.
- What qualifies Jesus to be your Savior? Is there anyone else who qualifies?
- The Bible talks about 4 of our greatest enemies. What are they? Which of these enemies are you most concerned about right now? Why?
- How does it feel when you think about Jesus being Lord over that enemy? Why?
- In your own words, why doesn't Jesus defeat all our enemies now?
- How do ordinary people come to experience Jesus' saving power?


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Say your prayers for Jessica Biel. The minister's daughter from 7th Heaven really needs 'em in New Line's bloody Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake (opening Friday). But we're curious: How does an actress find herself on the wrong end of a chainsaw? Let's ask her, shall we?
"It is so weird," the 21-year-old tells TV Guide Online. "I just think, 'Okay, now it is time that I do an acting piece that is going to be Oscar-worthy.' I have all these ideas about what is going to come out next, and then something like this falls in my lap!
"Initially, I was very intimidated and very concerned about remaking this classic," Biel continues. "Then I read it, and it was great. And I met with [director] Marcus Nispel and he's great. Nothing like I ever expected. And it just happened. I never think, 'Oh, I've got to do a horror film,' or 'I've got to do an action movie' to get completely out of what I've done before."
Horror flicks have a very demanding pace for scream queens. Biel had to psyche herself up to keep on riding Chainsaw's physical and emotional roller coaster. "Every day," Biel says, "I would hit the set and I would freak out. I'd be in my trailer saying, 'Oh my god, I can do this.'"
Ironically, one of the film's freakiest scenes which finds Biel hiding in a rat-infested closet was the easiest for her to shoot. "I had no problem with the rats," she laughs. "I was actually the rat wrangler that day! They would go everywhere, and I was grabbing them by their tails and picking them up and bringing them back to the actual rat guys."


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What are Green Salads?
A plate of mixed greens is a dish comprising of a blend of little bits of sustenance, for the most part overwhelmingly vegetables. They are ordinarily served at room temperature or chilled
Garden plates of mixed greens utilize a base of verdant greens like lettuce, arugula, kale or spinach; they are sufficiently regular that the word serving of mixed greens alone frequently alludes particularly to plant servings of mixed greens. Different composers incorporate bean plate of mixed greens, the fish serving of mixed greens, fattoush, Greek plate of mixed greens, and Japanese sōmen plate of mixed greens (a noodle-based plate of mixed greens). The sauce used to season a plate of mixed greens is normally called a serving of mixed greens dressing; most plates of mixed greens dressings depend on either a blend of oil and vinegar or an aged drain item.
How can We serve Green Salad:
We all serve salads in following ways:
- Servings of mixed greens might be served anytime amid a supper:
- Tidbit servings of mixed greens – light, littler part plates of mixed greens filled in as the main course of the feast.
- Side servings of mixed greens – to go with the principle course as a side dish.
- Primary course plates of mixed greens – normally containing a part of a high-protein nourishment, for example, chicken, salmon, hamburger, vegetables, or cheddar.
- Treat plates of mixed greens – sweet forms containing a natural product, gelatin, sweeteners or whipped cream.
What are Different types Of Salads:
There are many styles of serving salads.i have capture few of them:
Bound salads:
Bound Salads will be servings of mixed greens that are by and large made of generous, non-plate of mixed greens verdant fixings bound together by a thick dressing. More often than not, the dressing is mayonnaise, a bubbled dressing or Miracle Whip
The plates of mixed greens are chilled before serving to create and merge seasons and to keep at a protected temperature.
They are gathered with thick sauces, for example, mayonnaise. One bit of a genuine bound serving of mixed greens will hold its shape when set on a plate with a frozen yogurt scoop.
Recipe of Bound Salad:
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp cup cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp of brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup dry macaroni (elbow)
- pieces of 2 chicken breast
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 cups seedless grapes halved
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup fresh chopped pineapple
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1 large red apple diced
Cook macaroni in hot water by adding salt and oil. Drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
In a small bowl mix together mayonnaise, cider vinegar, sugar, and salt. Stir well to combine to make its mixture.
In a large mixing bowl add remaining ingredients, including cooked macaroni elbow shaped Pour sauce over top and toss to combine.
put in refrigerator for an hour.
This is best to be used in sandwiches.people usually take them on the picnic.
Green Vegetable Salad:
This salad is the most common salad of all.We Asian usually make this salad with our meals.this is also to make the meal special.A green plate of mixed greens or garden serving of mixed greens is frequently made out of verdant vegetables, for example, lettuce assortments, spinach, or rocket (arugula). In the event that non-greens make up an extensive segment of the serving of mixed greens, it might be known as a vegetable plate of mixed greens rather than a green serving of mixed greens. Normal crude vegetables (in the culinary sense) utilized as a part of a serving of mixed greens incorporate cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, onions, carrots, celery, radishes, mushrooms, avocado, olives, artichoke hearts, a heart of palm, watercress, parsley, cultivate beets, and green beans. Nuts, berries, seeds, and blooms are less normal segments. Hard-bubbled eggs, bacon, shrimp, cheeses, and bread garnishes might be utilized as enhancements, however, a lot of creature based nourishments would be more probable in a supper plate of mixed greens.
Recipe for making Green Salad:
For the green dressing:
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 1/4 cup (60ml) buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
For the salad:
- chicken breast sliced and cooked with black pepper
- 1/3 cup (45g) roasted hazelnuts, skins removed and chopped
- carrot 3 to 4
- radish 3 to 4
- lettuce 2 cups
- leaves of salad
First off all cooked chicken and finely cut salad leaves and lettuce .cut carrot and radish in fine strips and mix with chicken.now make a dressing by adding yogurt buttermilk garlic clack pepper.add lemon and mix it with salad.now the green salad is ready to be served.
for all types of the meal whether that is lunch or dinner.
Fruits Salad:
Fruits salad is a combination of different fruits with some culinary fruit such as cucumber and tomatoes.fruit salad is the plate of mixed greens is a dish comprising of different sorts of natural product, in some cases served in a fluid, either in their own particular juices or a syrup. when filled as a sweet, a natural product plate of mixed greens is now and then known as fruit cocktail .plate of mixed greens can be filled in as a starter, a side-serving of mixed greens, or a sweet dish after your main meal.
Recipe of Fruit Salad:
cut down all the fruits .combine them together and add lemon and orange juice afterward add vanilla essence to it.
What are the Possible benefits of Green Salads?
Package of Vitamins :
Plates of mixed greens are known to be rich in Vitamins. Fat solvent vitamins A, D, E and K can't be assimilated and utilized by the body without consuming any fat. So go for the unsaturated (great fats) olive oil or canola oil. add some oil with vinegar which prevents glucose spikes after dinners.
Fight many Health Issues:
Salad's other contributors to heart health include the ever-useful antioxidants, like vitamin C in broccoli, strawberries and bell peppers; vitamin E in sunflower seeds and spinach; folate in romaine lettuce and asparagus; and beta-carotene in orange veggies like carrots and sweet potatoes. Antioxidants may also play a role in preventing cancer.
The Best diet for Weight Loss:
In case you're going for weight reduction, a serving of mixed greens can be a standout amongst the most fulfilling approaches to spend two or three hundred calories. It'll cost you about as much as one vast cut of bread, won't cause a glucose spike, will help forestall stoutness and its wellbeing difficulties and will be a mess all the more filling.
It's filling mostly in light of the fact that vegetables contain a ton of water, yet additionally on the grounds that servings of mixed greens have a tendency to be high in fiber, which influences you to feel full. Some especially high-fiber serving of mixed greens fixings incorporate beans, peas, artichoke, broccoli, and apples.
Best for Eyesight:
Toss together a plate of mixed greens of spinach, romaine, and red leaf lettuce: They all contain heaps of the carotenoids vitamin A, lutein and zeaxanthin key to seeing better. Vitamin An enables eyes to adjust from splendid light to dimness. Lutein and zeaxanthin can enable sift through high-vitality to light that may cause eye harm from free radicals.
Prevents Breast Cancer:
A little report was done at the University of Southampton, U.K., demonstrated that phen-ethyl isothiocyanate in watercress disturbs the signs from tumors that reason ordinary tissues to develop fresh recruits vessels to encourage growth cells. Members, who had all been dealt with for bosom malignancy, ate an oat bowl-measure bit of watercress. The examination demonstrated a key protein in the flagging procedure was influenced. Albeit more research is required, the examination states: 'Dietary admission of watercress might be adequate to adjust this potential hostile to growth pathway.
Make Digestion Easier:
Lettuce is a standout amongst the most well known green and verdant vegetables today, generally utilized for servings of mixed greens. Their wholesome esteem may shift contingent upon the particular sort of lettuce being referred to. What's important, however, is the capacity of lettuce to influence a man's absorption. For the individuals who are at present experiencing stomach related issues, the accompanying is a portion of the known connections between this vegetable and the stomach related tract.
Lettuce is a decent wellspring of dietary fiber which is best known for its capacity to help with assimilation. The fiber substance of lettuce assists with blockage, giving moment alleviation to the individuals who are experiencing stomach torments. At the point when expended all the time, people will have the solid bowel movement. The substance of this vegetable even furnishes help with corrosive heartburn and other dietary inconveniences.


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I'm happy that she's my mom,
She'll stand with me when there's storm
She have always been the best
She cheers me up, and makes me rest.
You are the sunshine in my day,
You are the tree to give shade all way
You are the words in all my talk
You are my love, my Mom.
You are my shadow when I'm in doubt
You are beside me when I'm lout,
You'll travel the road with me to the end.
You'll always be my Best Friend!
Your hands held me when the tears would fall
and you dressed me, like a doll.
You are the guide for all my day,
You are the moon I see everyday.
Your hands would shape and mould me
in all that you knew I could be.
Whenever I fell, you've pampered me
Your hands are the reason "I AM ME".


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In the previous article in the series, we discussed the master's 1989 letter and got to know his views on growth rates in a finite world and the mischief being played by investment bankers and promoters in order to justify a rather 'difficult to service' fund raising. As the years have gone by, we have noticed that the master's letters have become lengthier and have come packed with even more investment wisdom. This has however, made it difficult to incorporate all the wisdom from one particular year in a single article. Thus henceforth, in cases where we feel necessary, we might divide the letter from the same year into two or maybe even three different articles. The letter for the year 1989 is we feel, one of such letters and hence, the following few paragraphs contain some additional investment wisdom from the 1989 letter.
In a section titled 'Mistakes of the First Twenty-five Years', the master has reviewed some of the major investment related mistakes that he has made in the twenty-five years preceding the year 1989. Let us go through those and try our best to avoid them if similar situations play themselves out before us:
"It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. Charlie (Buffett's business partner) understood this early; I was a slow learner. But now, when buying companies or common stocks, we look for first-class businesses accompanied by first-class managements."
"Good jockeys will do well on good horses, but not on broken-down nags. The same managers employed in a business with good economic characteristics would have achieved fine records. But they were never going to make any progress while running in quicksand."
It should be worth pointing out that in the early years of his career, the master bought into businesses based on statistical cheapness rather than qualitative cheapness. While he experienced success using this approach, the difficult time faced by the textile business made him realize the virtue of a good business i.e. businesses with worthwhile returns and profit margins and run by exceptional people. According to him, while one may make decent profits in an ordinary business purchased at very low prices, lot of time may elapse before such profits can be made. Hence, he feels that it is always better to stick with wonderful company at a fair price, as according to him, time is the friend of a good business and an enemy of a bad business.
"Easy does it. After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them. To the extent we have been successful, it is because we concentrated on identifying one-foot hurdles that we could step over rather than because we acquired any ability to clear seven-footers."
The master's reluctance to invest in tech stocks during the tech boom is legendary and perfectly sums up what he intends to convey from the above paragraph. Invest in companies whose businesses are within your circle of competence and keep it easy and simple. According to him, human beings have this perverse tendency of making easy things difficult and one must not fall into such a trap.
The list of mistakes has a few more important points, which we would discuss in the next article in the series.
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Please find the updated diary dates below:
|11th July
|3:30pm – 5:30pm: Optional parents' evening to discuss progress and end of year report.
|13th July
|Year 6 trip – More information to follow.
|13th July
|9:15am: Foundation Phase open-morning linked to current theme – 'Carnival of the Animals'.
|14th July
|Rudry Music Festival.
|16th July
|3:30pm: Gold and Silver Class showcasing their Artwork.
|17th July
|Special Event for whole school.
|18th July
|1pm: Bedwas and Rhydri Swimming Gala in Bedwas swimming pool.
|19th July
|1:30pm – Year 6 Leavers' concert and performance from instrumentalists in Rudry Village Hall.
|20th July
|Last day of school for pupils.
|Monday 23rd July – Friday 31st August: End of school year
|3rd September
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Elizabeth Rimmer
Queen of the Meadows
Much I do not envy them – the cold houses,
the meat-heavy banquets and bread like stone,
haphazard medicine, and tolerance of fleas,
mice, dogs under the table, and violent men
drunk by bedtime. But meadowsweet,
gathered in the summer and strewn
among the rushes when floors were swept –
this I love. The curds and cream handfuls
of blossom, the flossy stamens, like flecks
of ripening butter, and sunlight burning crimson
in the stems against the hedgerow's deep green,
its scent of honey, freshness in stale air,
comfort in the aches of winter – this I would choose
for my house. A herb for the merry of heart.
Elizabeth Rimmer is the author of two poetry collections, Wherever We Live Now and The Territory of Rain, published by Red Squirrel Press. Her third collection, Haggards, will be published in 2018. She blogs at www.burnedthumb.co.uk.


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Racing Safety Development Fund open for applications
The second round of Racing Safety Development Fund applications is open, Minister for Racing Winston Peters announced today.
The Racing Safety Development Fund has been operating for ten years and has two funding rounds per year. The second funding round for 2017/18 has $340,045 available for allocation.
"New Zealand has about 150 active racing clubs and 70 racecourses so it's important we help ensure health and safety standards for the animals, riders, officials and spectators," Mr Peters says.
"Past projects have included improvements for irrigation and drainage, lighting upgrades, safety running rails and grandstand repair."
On-line applications must be submitted by 28 March 2018.
Further information is available from: www.communitymatters.govt.nz
Contact: Stephen Parker, Chief Press Secretary, 021 195 3528


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Kayakers, Anglers Cited for Trespassing in Expensive Neighborhoods' Man-Made Water Features
Written by Kanu Canoe Wednesday, 18 July 2012
With the early summer ban of recreational activity on the Yampa River, trespassing calls to police dispatch have doubled.
"Due to the June close of C-hole and the low water level, kayakers are poaching water features in Dakota Ridge and other luxury communities," reports Sergeant Sal Silly.
One Dakota Ridge resident told the pilot, "I've had to call the police department at least once a week to remove trespassers. We have a beautifully constructed stream running through our property. I guess it's equivalent to a class II river experience."
It's not only kayakers who are angering residents of these private communities, but fishing enthusiasts as well. Said one irate resident of Storm Mountain Ranch, "Koi are not fish that respond well to catch and release."


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Sky has announced that the BBc's popular iPlayer service is now available to Sky+ subscribers in the UK, and this will allow users of the service to watch BBC iPlayer on demand video direct from their Sky+ Box.
Luke Bradley-Jones, Director of TV Products, Sky said "We're delighted to have partnered with the BBC to bring the best of the BBC on demand to Sky customers. Providing customers with the flexibility to enjoy their favourite TV on demand, our comprehensive catch-up TV service perfectly complements the genius of Sky+, which already helps millions of our customers take charge of their viewing. We continue to put Sky customers in control, with the addition of BBC iPlayer to Sky+ sitting alongside a range of innovations including remote record, series link and now even being able to use your iPad as a remote control."
Daniel Danker, General Manager, BBC Programmes and On-Demand, said "BBC iPlayer has had a record-breaking year, with 2 billion requests for programmes in 2011, and nearly 200 million requests in September 2012 alone. Available on over 650 platforms and devices across PC, mobile, tablet and internet-connected TVs, we are delighted that iPlayer is now also available to millions of Sky+ homes. 20% of all iPlayer use is already on the living room TV. By partnering with Sky, BBC iPlayer is available on all major UK TV platforms at no extra charge, making sure our audiences can access the best of the BBC's content at home and on the go, whenever and wherever they choose."
The service is now available from today to users of Sky's Sky+ service, you can find out more details over at Sky.