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THE HAPPY FACE SMILE Fonts
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weknow (weknow.deviantart.com). 2012. All Rights Reserved
This font was created using FontCreator 5.5 from High-Logic.com
weknow Trademark of (http://www.dafont.com/wino-s-kadir.d2209).
Elan ITC W01 Book
International Typeface CorporationTrademark
ITC Elan is a trademark of International Typeface Corporation Registered in U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.Copyright
Copyright 2002, 2007 International Typeface Corporation. All rights reserved.License
NOTIFICATION OF LICENSE AGREEMENTThis typeface is the property of International Typeface Corporation (ITC) and its use by you is covered under the terms of a license agreement. You have obtained this typeface software either directly from ITC or together with software distributed by one of the licencees of ITC.This software is a valuable asset of ITC. Unless you have entered into a specific license agreement granting you additional rights, your use of this software is limited to use on up to five (5) workstation for your own publishing use. You may not copy or distribute this software.If you have any questions concerning your rights you should review the license agreement you received with the software or contact ITC for a copy of the license agreement.General information:www.itcfonts.comFor license terms and usage rights, please visit our web site at:www.itcfonts.com/license
Bodoni MT W01 Black Italic
Monotype Imaging Inc.Author
Monotype Design StudioTrademark
Bodoni is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Monotype is a trademark of Monotype Imaging, Inc. Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictCopyright
Font software Copyright 1990 Adobe Systems Incorporated. Typeface designs Copyright 1990 The Monotype Corporation. All rights reserved.License
NOTIFICATION OF LICENSE AGREEMENTThis typeface is the property of Monotype Imaging Inc. and its use by you is covered under the terms of a license agreement. You have obtained this typeface software either directly from Monotype Imaging or together with software distributed by one of the licencees of Monotype Imaging.This software is a valuable asset of Monotype Imaging. Unless you have entered into a specific license agreement granting you additional rights, your use of this software is limited to use on up to five (5) workstation for your own publishing use. You may not copy or distribute this software.If you have any questions concerning your rights you should review the license agreement you received with the software or contact Monotype Imaging for a copy of the license agreement.General information:www.fonts.comFor license terms and usage rights, please visit our web site at:www.monotypeimaging.com/html/type/license.htmlLizenzbedingungen und Nutzungsrechte finden Sie auf unserer Webseite:www.monotypeimaging.com/html/type/license.htmlPour plus d'informations concernant les droits d'utilisation et les questions contractuelles, veuillez consultez notre site:www.monotypeimaging.com/html/type/license.htmlPara obtener informacin acerca de los trminos de licencia y los derechos de uso, visite nuestro sitio en el Web en:www.monotypeimaging.com/html/type/license.htmlPer le condizioni contrattuali ed i diritti d'uso, visitate il nostro sito web all'indirizzo:www.monotypeimaging.com/html/type/license.html
Umbilical Noose W00 Regular
David KerkhoffAuthor
David KerkhoffTrademark
Umbilical Noose is a trademark of David Kerkhoff.Copyright
Copyright (c) 2014 by David Kerkhoff. All rights reserved.License
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENTBy installing, copying, or otherwise using fonts by David Kerkhoff, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. This license agreement represents the entire agreement, concerning the font, between you and David Kerkhoff (a.k.a. Hanoded Fonts), (referred to as licenser), and it supersedes any prior proposal, representation, or understanding between the parties. If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA, do not install or use fonts by David Kerkhoff. Any font by David Kerkhoff is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. The fonts are licensed, not sold.1. GRANT OF LICENSE.The font is licensed as follows:(a) Installation and Use.David Kerkhoff grants you the right to install and use the font(s) for any purpose you see fit (except those mentioned in (d) exceptions), commercial or non-commercial, on websites or in print, as long as you do not sell or resell the font(s) on their own, or claim them as your own. You can install the font(s) on up to five (5) computers only.(b) Backup Copies.You may make copies of the font(s) as may be necessary for backup and archival purposes.(c) EmbeddingFonts by David Kerkhoff may not be embedded in software, games, computer programs or the like. For this a special license is required. Embedding in PDF or print, in graphics, images or vectors is granted and no special license is required.(d) Exceptions Fonts by David Kerkhoff may NOT be used for pornographic, derogatory, defamatory or racist material (in any form, printed or virtual); fonts by David Kerkhoff may NOT be used by individuals or companies involved in child abuse, child pornography or child labour; fonts by David Kerkhoff may NOT be used by individuals or companies involved in destruction of natural resources and/or habitat, logging (even legal), palm oil exploitation/harvesting, tuna fishing, whaling, animal trafficking, oil and/or gas drilling or transporting and mining. Fonts by David Kerkhoff may NOT be used by individuals or companies promoting an unhealthy lifestyle (fast food, energy drinks, foods containing GM ingredients). Fonts by David Kerkhoff may NOT be used by companies or individuals involved in Genetic Modification / Genetic Alteration of organisms. Fonts by David Kerkhoff may NOT be used by individuals or companies involved in fur trade, or making use of fur. Fonts by David Kerkhoff may NOT be used by missionaries, individuals or institutions of any creed or faith for the purpose of converting others to their creed or faith. Fonts by David Kerkhoff may NOT be used to instigate terror, hate, intolerance, fear or racism.2. DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS. (a) Maintenance of Copyright Notices. You must not remove or alter any copyright notices on any and all copies of fonts by David Kerkhoff and you may not alter any information contained within the font itself. (b) Distribution. You may not distribute registered copies of fonts by David Kerkhoff to third parties in any way; not for free/as a gift, nor for money/exchange of goods. (c) Prohibition on Modifications, Enhancements, Alterations. You may not alter, modify, enhance or decompose any fonts made by David Kerkhoff, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation.3. TERMINATIONWithout prejudice to any other rights, David Kerkhoff may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA. In such event, you must destroy all copies of David Kerkhoff's fonts in your possession.4. COPYRIGHTAll title, including but not limited to copyrights, in and to fonts by David Kerkhoff and any copies thereof are owned by David Kerkhoff or his suppliers. All title and intellectual property rights in and to the content which may be accessed through use of fonts by David Kerkhoff is the property of the respective content owner and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties. This EULA grants you no rights to use such content. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by David Kerkhoff.5. NO WARRANTIESDavid Kerkhoff expressly disclaims any warranty for the font(s). Fonts by David Kerkhoff are provided 'As Is' without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, or fitness of a particular purpose. David Kerkhoff does not warrant or assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any glyph, character, picture or accent within the fonts. David Kerkhoff further expressly disclaims any warranty or representation to Authorized Users or to any third party.6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITYIn no event shall David Kerkhoff be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, lost profits, business interruption, or lost information) rising out of 'Authorized Users' use of or inability to use fonts by David Kerkhoff. David Kerkhoff shall have no liability with respect to the content of any fonts by David Kerkhoff, or any part thereof, including but not limited to errors or omissions contained therein, libel, infringements of rights of publicity, privacy, trademark rights, business interruption, personal injury, loss of privacy, moral rights or the disclosure of confidential information. 2010/2014 David Kerkhoff / Hanoded Fontswww.hanodedfonts.com
Windpower W00 Regular
Ray LarabieAuthor
Ray LarabieTrademark
Windpower is a trademark of Typodermic FontsCopyright
Copyright (c) 2005 Typodermic Fonts. This font is not freely distributable. Visit typodermic.com for more info.Description
Please read the current Typodermic Fonts license agreement at http://www.typodermic.com/license.html
Credit Valley V3
Credit ValleyStyle
2.000 2004Company
Ray LarabieAuthor
Ray LarabieCopyright
2000 Ray Larabie. This font is freeware. Read attached text file for details. Info & updates visit www.larabiefonts.com. Donations gratefully accepted at www.larabiefonts.com/donation.html. Also visit my commercial type foundry at www.typodermic.com. This font was updated in 2004.Description
If you would like to help support Larabie Fonts please consider making a donation. It costs a lot to keep the site running and free from irritating pop-up or banner ads. Any amount is appreciated and goes right back into making maintaining the site and developing more free fonts. Visit www.larabiefonts.com for details.
Oliver's BarneyStyle
OTF 3.000;PS 001.001;Core 1.0.29Company
Ray LarabieAuthor
Ray LarabieTrademark
Oliver's Barney is a trademark of Ray Larabie.Copyright
(c) 1997 Ray Larabie. See attached license agreement for more information. If EULA is missing, visit www.larabiefonts.com for an updated version of this font.Description
To see more fonts by Ray Larabie, visit Typodermic.com and LarabieFonts.comLicense
LUELLA W04 Regular
Cultivated MindAuthor
Cindy KinashTrademark
LUELLA is a trademark of Cultivated Mind.Copyright
Copyright (c) 2013 by Cultivated Mind. All rights reserved.License
By downloading this font package, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement, in conjunction with the receipt that accompanies each purchase from MyFonts.com (MyFonts), constitutes the complete agreement between you and the respective Foundry.1. Allowed usesYou may use the licensed fonts to create images on any surface such as computer screens, paper, web pages, photographs, movie credits, printed material, T-shirts, and other surfaces where the image is a fixed size.You may use the licensed fonts to create EPS files or other scalable drawings provided that such files are only used by the household or company licensing the font.2. Number of usersThe maximum number of simultaneous users is specified in the applicable receipt. All users must belong to the same company or household purchasing the font.3. Third partiesYou may provide the font to a graphic designer, printer or other service bureau that is working on your behalf only if they agree to use the font exclusively for your work, agree to the terms of this license, and retain no copies of the font on completion of the work.You may not provide the font or make it accessible to any other third parties.4. EmbeddingYou may embed the licensed fonts into any document you send to third parties. Such documents may be viewed and printed (but not edited) by the recipients.You may not under any circumstances embed the licensed fonts into software or hardware products in which the fonts will be used by the purchasers of such products. Such use requires a different license which may be offered by the Foundry through MyFonts. Please contact email@example.com for further information.5. ModificationsYou may import characters from the font as graphical objects into a drawing program and modify such graphical objects.You may not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works based on the licensed font itself without Foundry's prior written consent. 6. Copyright The font and the accompanying materials are copyrighted and contain proprietary information and trade secrets belonging to the foundry owning the font. Unauthorized copying of the Product even if modified, merged, or included with other software, or of the written materials, is expressly forbidden. You may be held legally responsible for any infringement of the foundry's intellectual property rights that is caused or encouraged by your failure to abide by the terms of this Agreement. 7. Termination This Agreement is effective until terminated. This Agreement will terminate automatically without notice from MyFonts or the Foundry if you fail to comply with any provision contained herein. Upon termination, you must destroy the written materials, the Product, and all copies of them, in part and in whole, including modified copies, if any.8. Product UpgradesMyFonts may, from time to time, update the Product. Product upgrade pricing may apply. 9. Disclaimer and Limited Warranty MyFonts warrants the Product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of twenty one (21) days from the date of delivery as shown on your receipt. MyFonts' entire liability and your exclusive remedy as to a defective product shall be, at MyFonts' option, either return of purchase price or replacement of any such product that is returned to MyFonts with a copy of the invoice. MyFonts shall have no responsibility to replace the product or refund the purchase price if failure results from accident, abuse or misapplication, or if any product is lost or damaged due to theft, fire, or negligence. Any replacement product will be warranted for twenty one (21) days. This warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may have other rights, which vary from state to state. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED ABOVE, THE PRODUCT, IS PROVIDED AS IS. NEITHER MYFONTS NOR THE FOUNDRY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Product rests upon you. Neither MyFonts nor the Foundry warrants that the functions contained in the Product will meet your requirements or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error free. NEITHER MYFONTS NOR THE FOUNDRY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FROM LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT EVEN IF MYFONTS OR THE FOUNDRY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. 10. Governing Law This agreement is governed by the laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1499 Alde Manuce W00 Normal
Gilles Le CorreAuthor
Gilles Le CorreCopyright
Copyright (c) 2010 by Gilles Le Corre. All rights reserved.Description
Printable and Editable embedding allowed
1.00 December 7, 2013, initial releaseCompany
www.dafont.com wino-s-kadir.d2209Trademark
weknow Trademark of (http://www.dafont.com/wino-s-kadir.d2209).Copyright
weknow (weknow.deviantart.com). 2012. All Rights ReservedDescription
This font was created using FontCreator 5.5 from High-Logic.comLicense


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Bridal Gowns - Sophia Tolli By Mon Cheri
* The Bridal Sophia Tolli By Mon Cheri gowns shown here represent just samples of the selection available.
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Best for Bride invites you to browse thoroughly the finest selection of different styles and colors of Sophia Tolli By Mon Cheri Bridal Collection. These dresses are stylish gowns you will want to wear again and again to any event or special occasion. Whether you are looking for for a Formal Bridal gown, Bridesmaids dresses, Mother of the Bride / Mother of the Groom gowns or Prom dress, SophiaTolliByMonCheri's unique collection is for you! Enjoy this stunning, ultra-modern collection which features beautiful designs, luxurious fabrics and finest quality.
No one understands how to dress a woman better than another woman, and that's why brides-to-be all over the world embrace the unparalleled fit and beauty of Sophia Tolli by Mon Cheri wedding gowns. Designed to provide ultimate fit for an affordable price, these bridal dresses are truly second to none. Dazzle your wedding guests and your handsome groom-to-be by wearing one of these sophisticated frocks as you walk down the aisle.
Wedding Dresses - Style and fashion guide
- Types of wedding dress silhouettes
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Math Requirements
How do you Know Which Math Courses to Take Your First Semester?
Your major determines which math course you must take, and your ACT score determines your readiness to take the course your major requires. Therefore, you should look at the major you're planning to pursue at UTC to see which course you need. Because some courses require a certain ACT math subscore for course registration, you must know your math score before proceeding.
At any point that you decide to change your major, please be aware you may be required to take additional math courses in order to fulfill the requirements for that major. If you have any questions about which math course you should register for, contact the Center for Academic Support and Advisement at 423-425-4573 to speak with an Academic Advisor.
If your major requires MATH 1130 or 1710 and your Math ACT is 18 or lower, click here to discover your options.


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We value your privacy.
This is our Notice of Privacy Policy, and we'll provide it the first time we do business with you and upon request or as required by law thereafter.
This Notice describes how we protect, collect, use, and share customer information. Customer information means all nonpublic information related to an identified individual, which is sometimes called personally identifiable information. Customer information does not include anonymized data or de-identified data, which do not identify an individual.
A Good Neighbor is a Green NeighborTM
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect customer information and to comply with federal and state laws. In addition, we review our policies and practices, monitor our computer networks, and test the strength of our security.
We retain customer information for legal, auditing, regulatory, and business purposes.
We collect customer information in different ways. For example, we gather information from:
We use customer information, sometimes including consumer report information, to do things such as:
We share customer information, including information about our transactions with you (such as payments) and experiences with you (such as an auto claim), within our State Farm family of companies and with State Farm agents to help meet your product and service needs. We share customer information inside or outside our family of companies:
We share customer information within our State Farm family of companies so, for example, we do not have to ask you for the same information again. If you prefer to limit sharing information such as your driving record, claim history with other companies, and credit information, call your State Farm agent or 800-865-6035. Please note, your choice:
If you are an existing customer and have already told us your customer information sharing preference, no action is needed unless you want to change your preference.
Residents of Vermont: State Farm will not share certain customer information across our State Farm family of companies unless authorized by you. This does not limit State Farm from sharing information about your transactions with us (such as your payment history) or your experience with us (such as your claim history) as permitted by law.
This Notice applies to the companies, except as noted below*, that make up the State Farm family that independently provide insurance and financial services and various types of support to those insurance and financial services providers. The State Farm family of companies includes, but is not limited to, the companies listed below. This list is subject to change.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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State Farm Indemnity Company
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State Farm Florida Insurance Company
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State Farm Lloyds
State Farm Life Insurance Company
State Farm Life and Accident Assurance Company
State Farm Bank, FSB
Plaza One Realty Co.
State Farm International Services, Inc.
State Farm Investment Management Corp.
State Farm VP Management Corp.
State Farm Associates' Funds Trust
State Farm Mutual Fund Trust
State Farm Variable Product Trust
Insurance Placement Services, Inc.
State Farm Realty Mortgage, LLC.
*This Notice does not apply to HiRoad Assurance Company which has its own privacy notice.
In addition to the information collection and sharing practices described above, State Farm website properties and mobile applications may use common tracking technologies like browser cookies, "Local Shared Objects" (such as "Flash" cookies), analytical tools, device IDs, or other technologies. We also collect certain technical information about the device you use to access our site or services, such as user-agent, time stamp, hardware type, language and time zone settings, IP address, OS type and version, and installed fonts. Our mobile and social media applications will contain a statement describing what information is collected from your use of that particular application. Currently, we do not support the necessary technology to respond to Web browser "do not track" signals or other, comparable mechanisms. Learn more about our ads and tracking activities.
If you click on links to a third party sites, you will be taken to websites we do not control. This Notice does not apply to the privacy practices of those websites. Read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for these third party sites.
Please contact your agent for name/address changes or policy/coverage questions.
If you have questions about this Notice, please refer to the Notice of Privacy Policy FAQs. You may contact us with questions about this Notice by:
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Attention: Enterprise Compliance & Ethics - Office of Privacy, C-2
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If a material change is made to this Notice, a revised version of the Notice of Privacy Policy will be made available to you.
Residents of California: We may collect customer information from persons other than the individual or individuals applying for coverage. Such customer information as well as other personal or privileged information subsequently collected may, in certain circumstances, be disclosed to third parties without your authorization as permitted by law. If you would like additional information about the collection and disclosure of customer information, please contact your State Farm agent. You may also act upon your right to see and correct any customer information in your State Farm files by writing your State Farm agent to request this access.
Residents of Nevada: Nevada law requires us to disclose that you may elect to be placed on our internal "do not call" list should you wish not to receive marketing calls from State Farm. If you have already been placed on our internal "do not call" list please disregard this notice. You may request to be placed on State Farm's internal "do not call" list by:
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Please provide us with your name, address and all telephone numbers you wish to be placed on our list. If you have questions about Nevada law regarding "do not call", please contact us at the address listed above, or you may contact the Nevada Attorney General at:
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The cornerstone of a representative government is the informed participation of the electorate.
So what has taken place over the past week and a half is good news.
The cornerstone of a representative government is the informed participation of the electorate.
So what has taken place over the past week and a half is good news.
Louisiana this year saw more people than ever before taking the chance to cast early ballots.
Statewide, the numbers were impressive. Nearly one in every 10 registered voters cast early ballots during the week-long early-voting period that ended on Tuesday.
"We look at it as an indication of how many people will vote on Election Day," said Meg Casper, spokeswoman for the secretary of state.
Louisiana has made great strides in recent years in making early voting available and accessible to anyone who wants to take advantage of it.
The state stopped calling the practice absentee voting and dropped the requirement that voters promise they would be unable to vote at their regular polling places to take part in the early voting.
By offering early voters an entire week to go, at their leisure, to the registrar of voters offices, the state is doing all it can to encourage people to vote early rather than waiting until the election.
It might not seem like a huge difference, but allowing anyone who wants to do so to vote early is a great change.
Particularly on the presidential election days, which are held on Tuesday, people can get caught at work and might find it difficult to get to the polls at the regular times.
The numbers suggest that the changes are working.
When it comes to voting, the more the merrier.
The idea of making voting as easy as possible is one whose time has come, and Louisiana has embraced the sensible change.
With about 10 percent of our registered voters already having taken part in the election, there is every reason to believe this will be an excellent year for voter turnout.
Let's hope so.
People who don't vote lose any credibility they might have in complaining about the outcome or what the winners do once they are in office.
On the other hand, those who do vote are fulfilling one of their most-serious duties as American citizens. With people all over the world fighting and dying for the right to have a say in their governments, Americans should take advantage at every opportunity of one of our blessings of freedom.
The early numbers say we're doing just that.
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Cryptocoryne Usteriana Red
Common Name: Cryptocoryne Usteriana
Crypt Usteriana Red is a large variant of Crypt that's not commonly found in the aquarium trade. The leaves develop an interesting wrinkled texture with a reddish purple underside. Like other Crypts, this is an easy plant to grow and can tolerate a wide range of water parameters.
Crypts propagate through runners, which can be cut and replanted into the substrate if desired. For good coverage, plant individual stems about one inch apart. Water trumpets can also be planted in bunches as long as all the roots have exposure to nutrients from the substrate.
- Cryptocoryne prefer not to be moved once planted. If possible, do not move them!
- Do not make drastic changes to the aquarium. Unstable parameters will result in melt and rotting of the aquarium plant.
- Please be sure to remove this plant from its pot. Remove the cotton surrounding the roots and plant into a quality substrate. For instructions on how to properly plant "potted" aquarium plants, click here.
- CO2 injection and quality aquarium soil will yield better growth.
- Please research appropriately to ensure your plant thrives.
Family Name: Araceae
Origin: Central and South America
Height: 6-12"
pH: 5.5-8.0
Care: Medium
Light: Moderate
Co2: Recommended
Propagation: Runners
Growth rate: Slow
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For the safety of these magical plants, we only ship Monday through Wednesday, and Friday. Orders placed after 1pm Pacific Time will be shipped the following day.
Rimless aquariums and other hard goods will be shipped Monday through Friday via UPS Ground or freight. When purchasing plants/livestock with any hard goods, they will sometimes be shipped separately; but don't worry, we'll be sure to keep you updated with your purchase!
Please make sure your shipping address is correct as we will not be held responsible for DOA due to an undeliverable addresses.
Hard goods can be returned up to 30 days after purchase for a full refund as long as the product is unused and new in box. We offer store credit for items that have been opened and used. Customer will have to pay for return shipping freight.
We are unable to accept returns for perishable items such as plants or livestock. However, feel free to reach out to us if you are unsatisfied in any way! We do provide 100% DOA (Dead On Arrival) protection.
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During winter (under 50°F at your location), please remember to add a heat pack to your order to receive our DOA guarantee. Orders without the purchase of a heat pack will not qualify for DOA replacements, refunds or credits.
Don't worry, we'll take care of your order as long as it fits within the guidelines above!
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Utility Contractor Magazine
Utility Contractor is the official magazine of the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA). As the largest trade association working solely for the underground utility construction industry, NUCA represents contractors, suppliers and manufacturers involved in water, sewer, gas, electric, telecommunications, site work and other segments of the industry across the United States. Utility Contractor presents the latest and most current information affecting every aspect of the utility construction industry, including technological advancements, safety issues, important legislative developments and instructional advice. Benefiting from the NUCA's vast network of industry experts, the magazine is able to serve not only as a pulse of the utility construction industry, but also a vehicle to promote the success of its members and the industry as a whole.


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Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris State University softball senior first baseman Chelsea Morris (Jenison) has been named to the 2012 Capital One Division II Academic All-District 4 First Team.
The 2012 Capital One Academic All-District Softball Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. The teams are nominated and chosen by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
As a first-team all-district honoree, Morris is now eligible to receive Academic All-Americaaccolades, which will be announced later this month.
The 5-9 Morris led the Bulldog softball team to a 31-24 overall mark during the 2012 campaign and a runner-up finish in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Postseason Tournament. The Bulldogs closed the year by winning 15 of their final 21 contests, including 10 of the last 13 outings.
A 2012 GLIAC Honorable Mention choice, Morris previously was named the 2011 GLIAC Player of the Year and was a Daktronics All-Midwest Region First Team honoree as a junior. She concluded her career ranked among the school's all-time leaders in home runs, RBI's, batting average and doubles.
Morris started all 55 games in 2012 and tallied a team second-best 31 RBI's. She posted 51 hits with a .295 batting average in 173 at-bats. Additionally, she recorded nine doubles and six home runs this campaign with 414 putouts in the field.
The 2011 GLIAC Commissioner's Award recipient had 13 multiple-hit contests this season. In her junior campaign, Morris tallied a team-leading 51 hits while batting .331 in claiming GLIAC First Team recognition.
Overall, Morris was among six GLIAC student-athletes to earn Academic All-District First Team status this year. The District 4 team includes schools from the GLIAC and the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).
Capital One became the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA's Academic All-America teams program in 2011.
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Morris Named To Academic All-District Team
Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris State University softball senior first baseman Chelsea Morris (Jenison) has been named to the 2012 Capital One Division II Academic All-District 4 First Team.


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Open your Bible, if you will, to 2 Corinthians chapter 12, back to this most notable, most wonderful, most rich portion of Scripture that we began last Sunday. We've entitled this section, "Power in weakness," 2 Corinthians 12:5 to 10, "Power in Weakness."
As we learned last time, life is painful. Some years ago a rabbi wrote a book called When Bad Things Happen To Good People. And he asked the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people." A better question is, "Why do bad things happen to everybody?" Because that's how it is in life. Fallen people in a fallen world have to deal with difficulty.
We talked about the fact that life is painful and it's painful in many ways on many fronts. But we also suggested that the greatest pain that we feel is that inflicted on us by other people. And the closer they are to us and the more we love them, the greater their ability to inflict pain on us. And we're made for relationships by God. We're made to enter in to intimate relationships and therefore we have a high degree of vulnerability.
That is precisely where we find the apostle Paul when he wrote 2 Corinthians, he is hurt and he is hurt profoundly and he is hurt deeply, deeply enough to describe himself in chapter 7 of this epistle as depressed. I really believe that it was the...it was the point of Paul's deepest, personal disappointment. It was his deepest personal pain. He was being betrayed by the Corinthian church where he had spent nearly two years in which he loved so dearly. He was being betrayed by them because they had fallen under the influence of false teachers who had lied about Paul and taught a false gospel and other lies and these Corinthians had betrayed Paul, turned from him, were beginning to embrace the false teachers and Paul was crushed.
In fact, he describes this in verse 7 of our text in these words, "There was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me." And I told you last time that this assault by the false teachers on the Corinthian church which resulted in their betrayal of Paul is here described as a "thorn in the flesh." He further describes it as a messenger of Satan. The messenger is the word angelos in the Greek, it means angel, and an angel from Satan is a demon and so he's telling us here that this terrible, terrible betrayal by the Corinthians, this defection from the true gospel and the truth that he had taught them, this was all being orchestrated by a demon. Demon-inspired false teachers had come into that church and perpetrated this terrible, terrible mutiny. And the effect of it was to buffet me, he said, and that's the word torment. Paul was personally tormented by the problems in the Corinthian church. Because he loved God so much he didn't want to see God dishonored, because he loved the gospel so much he didn't want to see it misunderstood, because he loved the church so much he didn't want to see it torn up and divided, because he loved those people so much he didn't want to see them fall victim to lying false teachers.
So as we saw last time, this was like a stake just driven right through Paul, it was just impaling him, the pain and the suffering were so profound. And I suppose in his own mind he looked at Corinth as one of his crowning achievements, having spent, as I said, nearly two years there and had such tremendous effect and blessing and impact. And here it all seems to be falling prey to this demon-inspired group of false teachers and has resulted in a betrayal of him by his own beloved people whom he himself had led to Christ. He can't get any lower than this. No physical pain can match this. No economic deprivation can match this. No travel difficulty can match this. No shipwreck can match this...no whipping, no stoning, no lashing by the Jews can match this pain.
So here we find Paul at his deepest hour of suffering. And therefore we would expect to learn the most about how to handle suffering. If we can find a man in his most profound time of suffering, that's the place to learn the lessons because they'll be more clearly indicated in that environment, and that's exactly what happens.
Now Paul knew that God had allowed this to happen. And that was the amazing part. Sometimes bad things happen to God's people because God allows them to happen. He has a purpose in them and that purpose is to bring them to some spiritual level beyond where they are.
Verse 7 says, "There was given me a thorn in the flesh." This, by the way, was a gift...however an unsolicited one, it was a gift, then it was really from God. We know that because in verse 8 he asks the Lord to remove it. God had allowed this to happen, as we saw God allowed Satan to assault Job, God allowed Satan to assault Peter. For His own purposes God will allow the devil to do His work. And in the end it will effect the divine purpose.
Now the question is...what does God accomplish in the life of His own through suffering? Why did God allow this? Why would God allow a demon-inspired group of false teachers to go in and tear up a church? Why would God allow that? We would assume today that if that ever happens that's the devil, that's Satan, that's demons operating on their own and against the will of God. But not in this case and not always. God is allowing this to happen. Why? Well, I'm going to give you five reasons why God allows suffering in your life and mine. Five reasons, and they are formidable, practical, powerful reasons. And I really believe they will become an anchor for your soul in trouble. I'm going to give you some of them this morning, and the remaining ones next week.
Number one, God uses suffering to reveal our spiritual condition...our spiritual character. God uses suffering to reveal our spiritual character. You really do not know the truth about someone spiritually when everything is going well, right? It doesn't surface because basically they appear to be at peace and happy and with a measure of joy and satisfaction and fulfillment in life because superficially and on the surface everything is okay. Then when things begin to go wrong, reality begins to surface as to their spiritual condition. And the worse things get, the more their spiritual character is un-bared. When you strip away the blessings, and you strip away the successes and you strip away the prosperity and you strip away the health and you begin to peel it all back, then you're going to find out what somebody is really made of spiritually.
God wanted to accomplish that in the life of Paul because the truest crucible for testing one's genuine spiritual character is the severest trouble. And it was very important to God that the character of Paul be manifest. Paul himself, you remember, wanted to establish his integrity, he wanted to establish his credibility. He wanted the Corinthians to know he was faithful, he was godly, he was not sinful as they were accusing him of being. He wanted them to know the real quality of his spiritual life and there was no better way for that to surface than in the midst of this deep, deep suffering.
Now I need to take you back to the beginning of the chapter to get into the flow where this point is made. Go back to verse 1 for a moment. You remember that Paul has been forced into a boasting mode because he is forced to demonstrate his superiority over the false teachers, or false apostles, as we've called them. He has to demonstrate that he is their superior in every way. And so he's been forced to boast and he doesn't like it. He's given long, long disclaimers about how distasteful it is to him, but he's forced to have to do it. It is foolish to do it, it is fleshly to do it and he has to do it. So he says boasting is necessary though it's not profitable, but I'll go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. That's the most notable verse, as I've pointed out to you earlier, he says...Look, I don't like this, I don't like boasting, I don't like comparing myself with somebody else, you've forced me into it, I don't like to talk about visions and revelations because it's not profitable, it's not helpful is literally what the Greek says, it's not useful, but you have forced me to this. And then in verse 2 he recites this incredible vision referring to himself in the third person because of his humility, he says, "I know a man...meaning himself...in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up into the third heaven." Verse 4 says caught up into paradise, same thing. Paul says...All right, you want to talk about visions, I went to heaven...that's right, I had my own personal trip to heaven, it happened 14 years ago and I've never referred to it, never written about it in all these 14 years, never brought it up until now and you've forced me to do that. I don't know whether I was in the body or out of the body, I don't know the nature of the whole thing, God knows. I heard inexpressible words, I heard what I heard and saw what I saw but I can't translate it into an earthly language, and even if I could, verse 4 says, I wouldn't be allowed to.
Now why does he bring this in? He's in the middle of talking about all his suffering and all of his pain, and in chapter 11, you know, starting in verse 23 clear to verse 33 it's all about suffering and suffering and suffering. And starting here in chapter 12 and verse 5 it's all about weakness and suffering again. And why does he throw that thing in? Well because that was a big deal to the Greeks and the false teachers had no doubt come in and claimed visions and claimed revelations because the Greeks believed that those who were truly representatives of the gods had experienced mystic visions, they had had transcendental experiences...like many people today. The Corinthians and the Greeks were enamored by folks who said they had a vision of God. Some of the people even tried to induced those visions through drunken orgies and the idea of being drunk was somehow that in your drunkenness you could...you could get outside yourself and be elevated to this great vision of God. Not long ago Timothy Leary was advocating the same thing through drugs, that you can get high and discover God. That was exactly what the Greeks thought...mystic visions, mystic revelations, transcendental spiritual experiences were what set apart the great religions leaders from the crowd. The Corinthians were swept away by these claims, and there they were groveling before these lying braggarts.
Paul says...Okay, so I had that kind of vision, a real one, not a false one, not a fabrication, not a figment of imagination, not a satanic counterfeit, I had the real thing, I went to heaven and came back. Now I told you, what good did that do? I don't even know what condition I was in when I went and came. I don't know if I was in the body or out of the body. I don't know. It's indescribable and it's incomprehensible. I can't say anymore then I went and came back and that's all I know. And it was personal, it was only me and nobody else. It's not repeatable, it's not reproducible. It was 14 years ago, it happened once, God allowed it to happen to give me a vision of heaven to sustain me in my suffering.
The Lord knew that Paul was going to suffer more than any man in redemptive history and other than the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and as a result he needed to be sustained with a hope for glory and so God gave him a glimpse of glory to show him what was waiting him. So that when he said, "For me to depart and be with Christ is far better," he knew exactly what he was talking about cause he had been there. God gave him that vision to sustain him in his suffering, but it was for that moment and that moment alone and only for him and it was indescribable, incomprehensible, inexpressible, personal, not repeatable, not reproducible and not even permissible. He couldn't even talk about it. Furthermore, it wasn't verifiable, it wasn't...there was no way to verify it. So what are you going to do? He's going to say...Well I went to heaven and such and such, and this is my experience. And all the false teachers are going to line up and say...Well, we went there too. How you going to verify anything? Can't verify anything.
And then what it does personally is it tends to produce pride. And Paul knew that. It tends to produce pride. You've been to heaven and back? That could make the best of men proud. So Paul in verse 1 says this isn't helpful. It's not helpful to you for all the reasons I've just given. It's not helpful for me because it just feeds my pride. So let's get off the subject.
Verse 5, and that gets us in to our text. "On behalf of such a man will I boast," I'll talk about the man who went to heaven. I'll talk about him. He's referring again to himself in the third person as he has, expressing his humility. I just want you to know this. "On my own behalf I will not boast except in regard to my weaknesses." What are you saying, Paul? I'm saying...Look, it is true, I went to heaven, I have a right to say it, it happened, it can be acknowledged, it was amazing, it was spectacular, it was incredible, it was a one-of-a-kind experience, it was a great privilege that I was allowed to go. But you need to know this, I was passive in the entire thing. I was passive. I don't even know what state I was in. I didn't seek it, I didn't make it happen. I didn't deserve it. I didn't produce the effort. It wasn't some honor. It wasn't by virtue of my merit. It was something God did and that's it. And it really doesn't say anything about my life at all. I can speak of it but not on my behalf...that is to say not as if my power or my will or my merit or my work contributed to it. All I can speak about is my weakness. I mean, all I've ever contributed to is weakness. I'm just an ordinary man. That's all I have to bring before you is my weakness. That's it.
And, you see, that was such a powerful thing because it was true, he was weak, he was human. He said his speaking was unimpressive, and his presence was unimpressive, his...he was no orator, he was simplistic and all he ever talked about was this crude message of the cross and he didn't come in the wisdom of man and so forth and so on. He was just...he was just a plain, ordinary, weak man. But, you see, therein was the real explanation because how else then could you explain his immense impact except for the fact that it was God through him? It couldn't be explained by Paul. You couldn't say...Well, no wonder he's had the effect he's had, he's a...he's a powerful presence. No...no wonder he's had the effect he's had, he's a profoundly gifted thinker and speaker, he's an articulate orator, his rhetoric is without equal. No wonder he sways the masses.
But all of that just wasn't how it was. He was just a weak and simple man and there was no explanation for him except God coming through him. Verse 6 he says, "If I do wish to boast I shall not be foolish, for I shall be speaking the truth." Am I going to be a fool like them and lie? If I do speak I'm going to tell you the truth and the truth is I did go to heaven, that is the truth, I'm not denying it. That would be false humility. I'm not going to stand here and be falsely humble like some fool. I will speak the truth but I restrain myself. And here's why...the end of verse 6, here's the key..."So that no one may credit me with more...here it is, folks...than he sees in me or hears from me." Boy, that is so critical...so critical. His enemies have claimed to have visions. His enemies have claimed to have revelations. And Paul just says, "I will not build my apostolic defense on that stuff, it is not repeatable, it is not reproducible, it is not explicable, it is not verifiable, it is not helpful. And anybody and everybody can claim to have all kinds of visions and who is going to know? If I have to base my defense on an unarticulated, unexplainable, unrepeatable, unverifiable, spiritual experience, I'm in bad trouble. I'm no better than all the charlatans and all the fakes who do that all the time."
For him to establish his apostleship on something that nobody could know really happened would be to open the door to every deceiver to do the same, claiming similar mystical experiences and authority therefore to speak for God. So Paul just placed no value on that at all. Boy, that is really important to hear, isn't it? It's not the proof of anything. It's not the proof of anything. Furthermore, Paul doesn't say it made me closer to God. He doesn't say it made me more spiritual, to go to heaven and come back, or it made me more knowledgeable of theology. He doesn't say it made me more godly. He says what it tends to do is make me more...what?...more proud.
So, end of verse 6, here it is, "I don't want you to credit me with anything other than what you see in me and hear from me." Boy, I'm telling you, folks, there is the acid test. You say you're a spokesman for God, you say you're a man of God, you say you represent God, you say you come with the authority of God, don't tell me about your visions, let me see your life and hear your words. That's the criteria. Nothing ambiguous about that. That's verifiable. What can be seen in his life and heard in his words was the proof of who he was. When these supposed men of God, these supposed prophets and seers of our day come along and tell us all about their visions, the right response is fine, there's no way to verify any of that, let me follow you around and watch your life and let me hear you speak, let me hear the words that comes from your lips and let me measure them against the Word of the living God. That's the issue.
Visions...not helpful. Spiritual experiences that are unrepeatable and unverifiable...not helpful. And they're not worth the least simple righteous act and word. So Paul is trying to show them who he is by his life and the Lord is then saying...Okay, if you want your life to really manifest your true spiritual character, I've got to put you through some suffering cause then the truth will really come out. Nothing in life is more effective in revealing what a person really is spiritually before God than trouble...trouble. The greater the trouble, the truer the test of character. Paul then is plunged into the deepest trouble, the deepest sorrow, the severest pain and is therefore seen to be the man of God in the most clear sense.
You see, what you really are shows up when everything goes wrong, doesn't it...when Satan has just driven a stake right through your heart, torn up your most precious treasures, wounded you in the area of what is most important to you. And what was most important to Paul was the truth in the church and the people he loved. And when Satan was ripping that to shreds, that was his deepest pain. And it was the perfect environment to find out his spiritual character...how did he act and how did he speak in the midst of that? You see, modern false teachers, they want people to believe they're spiritual and they want people to believe they come from God and they speak for God and they have divine authority and they teach the truth because they have had visions and revelations and because they're prosperous and powerful and popular and draw big crowds. Let me tell you, be suspicious of those people. Real spiritual power and real spiritual authority and genuine spiritual integrity looks ordinary, looks weak, looks unimpressive but when you look closely, what you see and hear is the evidence of genuine spirituality. Be suspicious of the people on parade. The real spiritual power comes in very ordinary packages and you scratch your head and say...I don't know how God works through him, he's so ordinary.
So Paul's crushing thorn was exactly the right circumstance to demonstrate his true character and he simply calls on the Corinthians and says...Just look at my life and listen to my words and make your judgment. Are these the words of a godly man?" They would have heard many of them. The first epistle, 1 Corinthians, and even before that a letter he wrote them, and after 1 Corinthians he wrote them another letter called the severe letter, and now he wrote them 2 Corinthians, that's four letters. And nearly two years of dialogue and a visit in between in which he personally spoke with them, they had plenty to see and plenty to hear.
Trouble will test your character. And that was good for Paul because he was trying to demonstrate to them how pure his life really was and nothing would show it better than the immense suffering the man was under even when he wrote 2 Corinthians. And it wasn't just the suffering from the Corinthians, as we've learned going through the whole epistle, there was all kinds of other stuff in his life that threatened his very life as he woke up every day realizing he could be killed by his enemies. So God allows suffering to manifest our character, our spiritual character.
I realize in my own life that God has those purposes. I realize that I can't expect you to trust me just because you see me preach, you need a closer look, you need to see my life and the life of any shepherd or leader or pastor. You need to hear my words when I preach, but you need to hear my words when I'm not preaching. And you need to see what happens in my life when I face suffering and difficulty and trial and tribulation and disappointment. That's all part of the revelation that builds trust. Your trouble will manifest your spiritual condition. And that's not only good for everybody to see cause they can see the reality of your character, but it's good for you to see cause you can see the weaknesses there and know where you need to be strong.
Number two, God allows our deep pain as His way to reveal our spiritual character or our spiritual condition...secondly, God uses suffering to humble us. God uses suffering to humble us. And that's what was happening to Paul. He...Paul's greatest success was the building of these churches. I mean, this was sort of like his life work. This was his monument to his faithfulness and the excellence of his ministry. He had built the Corinthian church and now the whole thing is just starting to collapse. This is a very humbling experience.
But Paul needed it. Verse 7, and this is explicit, "And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason explicitly, to keep me from exalting myself there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me...and in case you missed it...to keep me from exalting myself." He says it twice.
Sometimes when you think about the apostle Paul we think about a man who would seemingly be impervious to our normal struggles with the things like pride, right? Not so. I mean, you can just imagine the scenario, can't you? Paul is talking to one of his co-workers and he says to him..."How were you converted, brother?"
"Oh it was wonderful. I heard you preach, Paul, one day and you preached the gospel and the Lord turned my heart and I believed."
"Really. Well, you know how I was converted? I was on my way to Damascus one day and heaven opened up and a great light blinded me and I fell to the ground and the Lord Jesus Himself, the risen exalted Lord came down and stood by me and spoke to me."
"Really?" Make the guy feel a little shabby, right? I mean....
"Yes, and then I was blind and then the Lord spoke to me again and told me He called me to be a light to the Gentiles and it was quite a thing. And then He took me off to the Nabatean Arabia for three years and He was sole teacher. No man taught me my gospel, the Lord Himself taught me. How about you? Who taught you?"
It's a little intimidating. And you can imagine there's a little dialogue about missionary strategy and Silas is there and maybe Timothy is there and they're saying...We need to go into this town and here is the strategy we need. And Paul says, "Well, here's the strategy I think we ought to employ." And Silas says, "Paul, I disagree, I think there's a better strategy than that, I'd like to suggest we do this." And the other one says, "Yeah, I agree with him, Paul."
"How many times have you fellows been to heaven? None? Good, we'll do my plan." I mean, just the humblest of men would be exalted with that kind of experience. Paul had not only had a trip to heaven, but he had a revelation of Christ on the Damascus road and he had a further revelation of Christ when He came to him when he was in jail in the land of Israel. He had a further revelation that God gave him when an angel joined him on a ship, the Holy Spirit came to him and testified to him about chains and imprisonment. I mean, there was just this constant flow and we're not talking about the thirteen epistles that he received by inspiration, we're talking about direct contact with heaven. And that's enough to make the best of men proud. And because of all these great revelations, he says, to keep me from exalting myself there was given me a thorn in the flesh.
You mean to tell me that this whole mess in the Corinthian church, this whole deal over there was to humble Paul? That's right. You mean to say that God would allow one of Satan's demons to go in and tear up a church for nothing more than the humiliation of its pastor? That's what happened. God's ways are not our ways, are they?
You see, Paul was a very formidable person and his humility was very important to the redemptive plan. God wanted him humble and God did what needed to be done. "For this reason to keep me from exalting myself, to bring me to brokenness, meekness, humility...which is the highest virtue...the Lord allowed this demon to send those false teachers and tear up the church and produce that betrayal." You begin to ask yourself...Do I know what I'm doing? I put my best effort into that and look, it's all just kind of falling down and they're turning on me...and that's a very, very humbling experience. But that's the purpose of God, He wants His servants humble.
Spurgeon said, "You have two choices. You can either be humble or humbled." Trouble is a humbling, humbling thing. Job was like that. Boy, Job was just humbled to ashes, wasn't he? Just humbled to ashes. Spent the first part of his life building up this fortune, the Lord just wipes it all out, kills everybody in his family but his wife and then humbles him...just unbelievable humiliation.
Why did all that...I mean, all that had to happen because God wanted to make His point, that His servant would be humbled and never lose his faith. And then, of course, in his humility Job says, "I repent in dust and ashes." He was sitting in an ash pile full of repentance, right where God wants us, isn't it? No trust in his flesh, no confidence in himself, helpless, hopeless, clinging to the mercy and grace and power of God. He was at the end of all his resources and then God opened up the floodgates and greater blessing fell on him then he ever knew even before. So God uses suffering to humble us.
And listen, folks. If need be He'll use Satan to do it. That's why it's so foolish for these people running around chasing demons, they're under the illusion that the demons respond, that somehow they have authority over demons, Christ did and the apostles did. Nothing in the Bible indicates that we do. But even if you did, you might be chasing away the demons the Lord sent. You don't understand Kingdom purposes. People running around binding Satan here and binding Satan there, unsuccessfully, I might add, it's an illusion and it might well be that if they could do that they would be interrupting the work of God. But for His own purposes allowed Satan access to His own, such as Job and Peter and in the case of Paul, too. A messenger from Satan to do what he did in that Corinthian church to bring that kind of pain and sorrow and brokenness to Paul in order that that man would be humbled.
Let me tell you something, folks. God blesses us but while you're in there praying for blessing and blessing and blessing and blessing, you better realize that the more you're blessed, the more likely you are to need to be...what?...humbled. So the backside of all this blessing you're pleading for may be painful. Now if I was Paul and I had any choice I would have said...Lord, can You do me a favor? Forget the trip to heaven and forget the thorn in the flesh, I'll just stay right where I am. The price is a little too high.
You go rushing into ministry...Oh I want success, success, success. Get ready. I look at my own life and I don't make these personal illustrations but as I look at my own life and I see God's blessing on my life, I just always walk in anticipation of a disaster, I do...I'm never surprised. I'm...you know what? I'm almost relieved when it happens because then it will get over. You know, the Lord blesses and blesses and He blesses the teaching of the Word and He blesses the church and He blesses the ministry and there are lots of things that people don't understand. People sometimes question you about this and question you about that and some things you can tell them and some things you can't. And...and so you get attacks and you can't ever answer without betraying a confidence or undermining someone else or whatever and you just hope and pray that you can stay on an even keel and continue to be used and God blesses and blesses. And you know somewhere down the road your flesh is going to say...Look at all this success, look at all this blessing. And the Lord is going to have to send a messenger from Satan to drive a stake through your otherwise proud flesh, right? So you expect it. And it comes and it's necessary and it's sort of a sweet experience because humility is a sweet grace to taste.
Trouble does reveal our spiritual character and trouble does humble us. When the best and most beloved of our accomplishments start to fall apart and we can't do anything about it, that's very humbling and it's painful, but it's purposeful.
One more point for this morning, God uses suffering to draw us to Himself...God uses suffering to draw us to Himself. Verse 8, "Concerning this, I entreated the Lord three times that it might depart from me." Where did he go? To the Lord. Don't you think that might have been the purpose or one of the purposes? That's the right response. He didn't go to Timothy or Titus. He didn't go to some of his buddies. He didn't go to his friends. He didn't go to somebody with an earthly formula. He didn't find a therapy to fix his pain. He didn't look for a technique. He wasn't after human wisdom. He didn't try to find the path of comfort. When the delight of his life was gone, the joy of his service was lost, he didn't go to any human resources.
Furthermore, it's notable he didn't start messing with the demons. He didn't run over there to Corinth and start chasing that demon. He didn't bind Satan, quote/unquote, or try to cast that demon out. He just went to God, directly to God who controls men and demons. "I entreated," the word "entreated" is used frequently in the gospels for the appeals of the sick. He sees himself as a man in deep sickness here and he's crying out to God. This is a pleading, begging, crying out to God. This is too painful, Lord, please. It may well have been that he prayed some imprecatory Psalms, like, you know, kill those guys over there in Corinth...kill them, they're tearing up Your church.
He did it three times on three separate occasions. He prayed to his Lord and he asked Him to remove it, he said, "I can't take it, it's too painful, it hurts too much, I love them so greatly, I love the church, I love the truth, I love the gospel, I hate false doctrine, I hate the kingdom of darkness, I hate the demons and all their evil deception, I can't endure this, it's depressing, I can't bear this, Lord, take it away."
And he prayed that it might depart, "it" being that thorn, it was just a constant thing. But the Lord didn't answer yes and we'll see that next time.
You know, I think this is the...this is the very special thing that happens in suffering. He was immediately forced into the presence of God, and that's the best place you could ever be, isn't it? And have you noticed how good times don't do that? And the severer the trouble, the more likely you are to have an increase in your prayer life, is that not true? When they take your little baby into the hospital and they tell you it could die, you get real serious about your prayer life. When you find out your teen-ager's on drugs, you get real serious about your prayer life. When you find out your life partner has cancer, you get real serious about your prayers. When you find out you're on the brink of your business going down the proverbial drain, and everything you've put into it, your life savings, is potentially to be lost, your prayer life takes another level. Well, I think sometimes that's what God has in mind.
There's not...some few years ago now that I...and I told you about this at the time...that Mark was having headaches, our son Mark was having headaches and we took him to get an MRI to find out what it was and they discovered a tumor down near the pineal gland near the optic nerve, deep inside the brain area. They sent me down to Cedars Sinai to a neurosurgeon to talk with him, Mark and I went down, and we walked in the office, really didn't know what to expect and walked in, sat down. And this was a crusty old doctor, I mean, he had poked a lot of brains, it was no big thing to him. And he had long since forgone any bedside manner. So he dismissed...he dismissed Mark from the room under the pretense of filling out some papers and he said, "I didn't want him in here to hear this, but this is probably fatal." And I was very stunned. You know, you spend so many years pouring all the best of what you have to give into the life of your young person so they can live a life honoring to Christ and that's your whole goal, and then all of a sudden you find out he's not going to have a life of any kind. And, you know, your first thought is...Lord, You want to check that list again, You sure You got the right name on this one?
And he said but in the next eight days you're going to be going over to the Frank Norris Cancer Center over at the L.A. County Hospital, USC Medical Center, you're going to go over there every day, going to be a series of tests, we're going to try to determine the nature of this tumor and we're going to put the best guys on this. And you take him over every day and at the end of that time we're going to tell you about the results.
Boy, that catapulted me immediately into intense prayer. This is my son. This is my heart. And also into fasting and prayer...I had nothing to eat for those eight days, I had no appetite. It was no sacrifice. I was just lost in importunity before the Lord and I was praying on behalf of Mark. I didn't tell him this, I just said, "Ah, they're going to test for these headaches. That's all, we're going to find out what it is." He's not dumb, he knew it was fairly serious to be going down there eight days in a row and the kind of stuff they were sticking in him and poking around and putting him under and...but nonetheless, we had these conversations back and forth, but never said what the situation was. We were very guarded and yet we enjoyed the fellowship. I thought this is probably the last I'll have with my son, so just poured all the richness I could into it and prayed and fasted through those days.
And you start out sort of praying...Lord, save him, spare him, spare him. And then a few days in you're saying...Lord, do whatever You want, do whatever You want. You're in the presence of the Lord incessantly, unbroken. Even sleep is interrupted by this. And finally at the end you're saying...Take him to heaven, Lord, get him out of here, why should he have to endure this world anyway? Take him into Your presence, heaven is a better place. And by the way, take me with him, will You? I mean, there's just this big transition that takes place. Just a shift. And you just spend all that time in the presence of the Lord. And it's just...
So on the eighth day, it was like a Wednesday evening and I was supposed to get a report on Monday, they were going to bring all the guys together and they had a whole team of experts that were involved in this. And they were going to give me this call and let me know the next day Thursday morning. So I was in my office up there and church had...closed down the office and it was just before the 7:30 events started around campus and so it was dark and I was just sitting up there. I began to feel a peace in my heart that I hadn't felt in this whole process, and actually welled up into a joy in my heart and I had released him to heaven and I had actually tried to visualize him there in the presence of the Lord. And I was at complete peace and there was joy in my heart. And I remember it was a tearful time but I was...found myself singing.
Then I started to feel hungry. And I wasn't sure how to break the fast. You know, I mean, you just can't go down to In and Out or something, it's just too...you know, too crass. So I was just sitting there thinking, you know, I could probably eat something and then I heard a knock at my door which really surprised me because it was about...let's see, there's about one, two, three, four sets of double doors you'd have to go through to get to where I am. The place was locked at that time and the knock at my door I'm thinking...Who is that? And I opened the door and there's a lady there and she said to me, she said, "Oh, Pastor, I hope I'm not disturbing you." I said, "No, how did you get in?" She said, "Oh, I don't know, the door was open, I just came in...I hope I'm not bothering you." I said no. She said, "Well, you know, I was just thinking about you and I saw your light on and thought...well, maybe you're hungry so I made you a sandwich." She handed me a bologna and cheese sandwich and I don't know what I said, probably something like...Ahhhhhhh...you know, just sort of a shock reaction. And I think I said thank you. That lady had never been in my office, she never made me anything, never given me anything...she's never given me anything since, to be honest with you. So I don't know what was going on on that one moment but I'm standing there looking at a bologna sandwich thinking to myself...God is so intimately involved with my prayers that when the fast is over He delivers the sandwich...that's a pretty heavy thing. And I'm not mystical, but I was overwhelmed and I thought I was eating manna from heaven.
In fact, since then bologna has a special place in my life. Man...I went back to my desk rejoicing, and ate that little sandwich. And the next morning the doctors called and said, "Well, he has a benign epidermoid," which is some kind of skin down there that's inconsequential, has nothing to do with his headaches, probably having headaches just because he's growing and because he's out in the sun and he's working out, playing baseball and whatever. "Don't worry about it, we think he's going to be fine. The report is all good."
And all of a sudden everything changes because I've already sent him to heaven and now I get him back, you know. But I was so thrilled. I went out to school, he was out at the college and threw my arms around him and I said, told him this great news and he said, "Why do you think the Lord put me through that?" Put you through that, you didn't even know what was going on, He put me through that.
Well, he probably knew more than he said. And while we embraced there and rejoiced in the Lord, you know, I realized why the Lord put me through that because it drove me to Him. And it taught me how to intimately God is involved in answering my prayers. There's nothing more wonderful than that. It was just five years ago that I got a phone call that Patricia had a terrible car accident. The car had been going, I don't know, 55 miles an hour or so and spun and flipped and landed on its top, a little Honda, in a deep eight-foot culvert and crushed it. And she was severely injured is all I heard and she's being helicoptered to the trauma center. And I'm like an hour and a half away. And I jump in the car, and, of course, this is my love, my life, my partner, everything to me and I'm going along and I'm realizing that she could be dying and I'm praying passionately that the Lord would be gracious and spare her life and at the same time I have the thought that she might be in heaven. And I again found myself through my tears singing a hymn cause I couldn't help but rejoice if she was with the Lord, at the same time wanting to hold on.
And then, of course, when I found her, she had had all those C2 and C3 cervical fractures and broken collar bone and broken hand and all this paralysis and things like that. They said, you know, she would normally have had a less than five percent chance to live and all this. And this has amazing impact on your prayer life, doesn't it? You just...not only your prayer life but your praise life because now all of a sudden you realize what heaven means to you. Some times the Lord takes folks in those circumstances, the Lord gave me back my two. But going to the brink is great for your spiritual life, isn't it?
And I think that's what Paul wants...God wants Paul to discover. What happens to Paul in the midst of this? He goes to the Lord. And isn't that where you ought to be? You can't find a human counselor who can fix it. He went to the Lord.
When you go through the sufferings of life God has a purpose. His purpose is to manifest the character of your spiritual life to everybody around you and to you as well. His purpose is to humble you because of His multitude of blessings poured out upon you and His purpose is to draw you into the intimacy of His glorious presence. We'll save the rest for next time. Let's pray.
Father, it is with a great amount of joy and gratitude that we have looked into this passage, how instructive it is for our lives. How blessed it is to know that You have a purpose in our pain and our difficulty that could never be achieved any other way, and thus we can agree with James who said, "Count it all joy when you fall into various trials." We should joyfully embrace the suffering because it has such great spiritual impact, it puts Your true saving work on display. It breaks our pride. It drives us into Your presence. What great benedictions those are. And we pray now that You'll confirm these great truths to our heart and may we live them out to Your honor and glory in our Savior's name. Amen.
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-Two members of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's outdoor track and field team have been honored by the Little East Conference.
Freshman Jessica Masse (Somerville, MA/Somerville HS) has been named Little East Conference Women's Rookie Field Athlete of the Week, while sophomore Kyle Costa (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS/Vermont) has been named LEC Men's Rookie Track Athlete of the Week.
At Saturday's LEC and New England Alliance Championships, Masse finished first overall with w throw of 40 feet, 7 1/2 inches. Her throw was both a school and New England Alliance record.
Costa finished first in the LEC and third in the Alliance in the 400 meter hurdles in 57.23 seconds.
"It was great to see Jessica set a school and an Alliance record," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "She came up big on Saturday, throwing as well as she has all year in the biggest meet of the season. She's won this award every week that she has competed. It's the third time Kyle has won this award this spring. He's been a very consistent performer for us both indoors and outdoors. Saturday, he punctuated his season with a Little East championship."
The Corsairs will return to action when they travel to MIT for the New England Division III Championships this weekend.


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Crocuses Lily (Bulbs)
Planting & Care
Snow Crocus grow best in Cool to Mediterranean climates where they look best in rockeries, beds and pots. Plant in a sunny spot into well drained soil. Snow Crocus will tolerate light shade, such as under deciduous trees, especially in more temperate zones.
Snow Crocus bulbs don t need to be lifted every year, so you can allow them to naturalise and only dig and divide after four or five years. It is a good idea to protect new growth from slugs and snails. Fertilise your Snow Crocus annually in spring. They are suitable for planting in pots, rockeries and towards the front of garden beds.
Sunlight: Full sun to light shade
Soil: Average medium moistured, well drained soil.
Water: Give water after planting. If the weather is particularly dry, give water when the shoots start to appear.
Fertilizer: Apply fertilizer after bulbs flower if your spring is long and temperate; bulbs will have a chance to use the extra nutrients to produce bigger carbohydrate stores.
- Apply a balanced fertilizer in early autumn if your spring is short and the days heat up fast; or, apply fertilizer after bulbs flower if your spring is long and temperate; bulbs will have a chance to use the extra nutrients to produce bigger carbohydrate stores.
- Through the autumn, keep crocus beds watered if weather gets dry but do not water log.
- Cover the beds with mulch before the winter.
- In late February, remove mulches from snowdrops and crocuses so the shoots can come through.
- In February and March, keep plastic milk jugs or other coverings on hand to protect the flowers of crocuses and other early bloomers against the return of severe weather.
- If you have crocuses growing in your lawn in mid-Spring, don t mow until their leaves have died down.
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Crocuses are among one of the most popular of the early spring bloomers.
Crocus refers to a genus of several dozen species of small clump-forming perennials that have their origins in many different Zone 3 regions from southern Europe to China. They are most noted for being some of the very earliest spring flowers. Crocus have since been cultivated into a wide variety of hybrids, most developed in Holland.
Bulbs are ideal for anyone who rates themselves as keen-but-clueless because they are one of the easiest plants to grow. Provided you plant them at the right time of year at more or less the right depth, they will reward you year after year with a reliable display of blooms.
Mass plantings of colourful crocuses herald the start of spring, sometimes poking their flowers right up through the snow. Because the plants flower so early, crocuses adapt well to planting in lawns and will multiply over time to cover large areas.
Flower colours include blue, violet, striped, yellow, and white, and height ranges from 3 to 6 inches.
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First test for Automated Transfer Vehicle
Acoustic testing of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was successfully completed on 12 December 2001 at ESA's test facilities in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
This 16.3 tonne test configuration of the ATV Structural Thermal Model (the actual flight launch mass is 20,5 tonnes) was transferred to the Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF) with the help of the air cushion transfer pad.
After final preparations, four acoustic test runs were performed to a qualification level of 147 dB – which is like being directly in the exhaust jet behind a powerful aircraft engine.
Noise during launch
The ATV, an unmanned vehicle that will deliver supplies to the International Space Station, will be put into orbit by the European Ariane-5 launcher. Acoustic testing is vital to ensure the ATV can withstand the vibrations caused by the extreme noise levels generated during launch.
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The ATV STM was returned to the HYDRA preparation area on Monday 17 December, where it will be prepared for the next major test of the campaign, the Modal Survey, which is planned to begin at the end of January 2002.


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Most cities and towns monitor their air quality, but it's usually only in a few spots and doesn't alert us to dangerous locations where pollution may be higher. Wanting to have a better understanding of air quality and health, the National Institute of Health along with other government institutes awarded a $100,000 grand prize through the My Air, My Health Challenge to a new wearable air pollution and health monitoring device. The Conscious Clothing system tracks particulate matter, measures breaths and can transmit the data via Bluetooth. With more data on air quality in specific locations, we can gain a better understanding of pollution, its effect on health and how to improve our environment.
Monitoring air quality and pollution is becoming ever more important as our cities get bigger and more people live in urban environments. Often, unbeknownst to us, we are breathing in lungfuls of bad air, which affects allergies, asthma and much more. The My Air, My Health Challenge sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed to find new technology to help improve air quality and health.
The Conscious Clothing system designed by David Kuller, Gabrielle Dockterman, and Dot Kelly is the grand prize winner of the competition. Strapped to the wearer's chest, the wearable device measures particulate matter, while stretchy strips of knitted silver material wrapped around the ribcage measure breath volume. This data – breaths in vs air quality gives an indication of how much pollution we are really exposed to.
"With people wearing these new data-collecting devices, researchers will be able to see and understand the relationships between varying levels of air pollutants and individual health responses in real time. This is a big step toward treating and, more importantly, preventing disease and illness," said Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of NIH. "This is an exciting time in research."
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SciCafe: The Whole Life Catalog: Why and How We Should Map and Understand the Biosphere
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What do we really know about the diversity of life on Earth? Biologists have named 1.8 million species out of an estimated 10 million, according to Museum Provost of Science Michael J. Novacek.
In this podcast from a recent SciCafe, Dr. Novacek discusses how researchers are using cyber-technology to explore the evolution and organization of life as never before.
The SciCafe, "The Whole-Life Catalog," took place at the Museum on October 3, 2012.


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This story had a very good ending. The state championship game gets cancelled but the next day when it is rescheduled the whole team get surprised by something. The characters in this book are interesting because they love to play outside and that makes them better athletes. There is a book called Speed Receiver that reminds me of this book because Ronde and the boy from Speed Receiver have the same personality. There are probably a lot of books like this where a team makes it to the state championship then something happens either for the good or the bad.
Tiki and Ronde were two interesting kids. This book has two other books in the series about Tiki and Ronde Barber, who grew up to play professional football. If you are a person that likes football then you will love this book about them. If you read this book I guarantee you will love the ending.


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This Is So Wrong: Helpless Asian Boy Attacked & Jumped By 7 Others Behind Chicago School!
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In a tangible sign that the Healdsburg roundabout is closer to becoming reality, the city is planning a series of workshops to help explain how the traffic feature will work at one of the its major intersections.
The roundabout at the gateway to downtown is not expected to break ground until the spring of 2016. But beginning in early October and stretching over nine months the city will hold a half-dozen meetings to both answer questions and solicit input on the associated improvements to Healdsburg Avenue.
Unlike some other cities where roundabouts have been opposed, the one planned in Healdsburg is less controversial.
"There was an extensive public process and strong support for doing it," said Jim Heid, whose Urban Green consulting firm is conducting the public outreach for the project.
"It wasn't us force-feeding it to anyone. People came to the conclusion it was a good option for that intersection," Councilman Tom Chambers said Friday.
The roundabout is expected to help traffic flow at the city's tricky, five-way intersection where Healdsburg Avenue, Mill and Vine streets closely converge with the railroad tracks.
The intersection can confuse motorists, especially those who are unfamiliar with it, and can challenge pedestrians and bicyclists.
The roundabout "will be a dramatic improvement," Chambers said. "This will move traffic through there a lot better and a lot more safely."
Heid said roundabouts can handle more cars without the backups of traditional intersections. Vehicles move slowly, but continually, and as a result there are lower rates of fatalities and damage, he said.
Chambers said people worry about how the roundabout will work with the tracks when commuter train service is eventually restored. But he said there will be gate arms to stop traffic when a train rolls by.
"The arms go down, people stop. The arms go up, and life resumes," he said.
The roundabout has been under consideration for more than a dozen years, but gained momentum more recently when the city embarked on a public outreach process to come up with a development plan for the central Healdsburg area.
The first three workshops to help explain the roundabout are tentatively set for Oct.1, Oct. 29 and Dec. 2. They also are intended to gather public input on design elements, from lighting to landscape, paving and even public art that will stretch along Healdsburg Avenue to Exchange Street.
The City Council earlier this year authorized a $997,000 expenditure to pay for the roundabout's engineering design elements, including roadway, rail, hydrology, utilities, landscape architecture, preparation of construction documents and community outreach.
The actual cost of construction is estimated to be at least $2.5 million.
A significant source of funding for the project was approved and set aside by the city's Redevelopment Agency before the state dissolved those programs in 2012.
You can reach Staff Writer Clark Mason at 521-5214 or clark.mason@press democrat.com


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Due to unforeseen circumstances, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion will be unable to attend the opening.
The Museum is pleased to announce the first exhibition in more than 50 years of a lost masterpiece, an extraordinary set of Orthodox liturgical implements made in 1877 as part of the imperial dowry of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna Romanova (1853-1920), the only surviving daughter of Russian Emperor Alexander II. She married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1874, and used this opulent silver set in her private chapel in the Clarence House British Royal Residence in London.
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