Various members and small groups in our church have been reading through the book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From The American Dream by David Platt. If haven't read it, yet, I would encourage you to do so. This book has really begun to alter my thinking in a number of different areas, especially when it comes to missions and making disciples of all nations.
I will pray for the entire world.
I will read through the entire Word.
I will sacrifice my money for a specific purpose.
I will spend my time in another context.
I will commit my life to a multiplying community.
David encourages believers to take on the five parts of this challenge for just one year. His contention, though, is that after a year's time, you will be radically transformed by the experiment and you will never live the American Christian life the same way, again. I think this is an awesome, incredible challenge, and I encourage all of us who name the name of Christ to take on this challenge. This isn't exactly the point of this post, though.
I mention the Radical Experiment, because I like the concept of trying stuff out in life, even in our Christian walk. In fact, this is the premise of this blog as mentioned in the subtitle, "Experiments in stewardship." The posts on this blog are mostly the result of my life experience of just working through stewardship problems and trying various approaches, primarily those approaches based on God's Word.
"Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How are we robbing you?' "In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe," says the LORD Almighty. "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty (Malachi 3:8-12).
God says to Israel, "Test me in this…and see…" He tells them to try this tithe thing out and see how much you will be blessed as a result.
Some Christians want to argue that the tithe was Old Testament Law and that the Church is now under a state of grace. While that may be true, I could make the point though, through various Scripture passages, that A) Christ never abolished the tithe and B) the giving demonstrated by the New Testament Church was far beyond the tithe! In my humble opinion, I think the tithe with its corresponding blessings is a universal principle that He established from the foundations of the world. It stands as a universal truth outside of the confines of Old Testament Law and New Testament grace. On principle, God will bless anyone who gives a tenth of their income back to Him.
So where are you at on this whole tithe deal? Do you think it is just a legal requirement of Mosaic Law that the Church does not need to practice? Do you think in this Age of Grace, we are free to give a much smaller amount as the Spirit moves and call it good?
Are you even a tither? Or, maybe you give beyond the tithe?!
Wherever you're at on this hot button issue, what if you were to take the Malachi 3:10 challenge for an entire year as a grand experiment, kind of like David Platt's Radical Challenge? I can tell you from first hand knowledge and experience that there are incredible spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial blessings that come through living a life of generous giving. Try it for a year and see what happens. I know that once you have taken that challenge for a full year, there's no going back to the old way ever again. It's that awesome. Try it for yourself and see.


FAIRFAX, Va. (February 26, 2013) – There has been a lot of recent chatter about how the winter weather will affect pest populations in the coming months. Last year, much of the country experienced one of the mildest winters on record, which resulted in an early influx of pesky insects. However, this year, fluctuating temperatures across different regions of the United States have caused pests to become confused.
For example, the Washington Post reported that higher-than-normal temperatures in late January caused stink bugs to emerge prematurely from their overwintering locations and buzz around homes. Then, cold air rushed back into the Washington area in the beginning of February, forcing this pest to quickly move back into its hibernation-like state for protection from the sudden cold and snow.
To guard against the possible early emergence of pests, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) recommends properly landscaping, screening windows and doors, and sealing cracks along the bottom of the house.


That didn't take long! ABC's General Hospital premiered the first official promo featuring new cast addition and three-time Daytime Emmy winner Billy Miller as Jason Morgan!
It's a whole new side of Jason Morgan touts the promo. "What if your missing husband, father, enforcer suddenly came back? Would you care what he looked like," asks the voiceover. Billy Miller is featured in standard Jason attire — jeans and a t-shirt, but it's not exactly the same. Instead of a black t-shirt, it's a white one! A whole new side of Jason, and I for one can't wait to see it! You know, a Jason that emotes with more than just blinking and the occasional smile.
Miller's only had a handful of episodes air, but he has a captivating on-screen presence. Even wrapped in bandages, he managed to convey the pain, fear and confusion of a man who has no idea who he is. It can only get better from here!
I don't know about Billy Miller, but he's just not the "Jason" we-all-know-and-love. I'd rather they had not recast him at all. Those are truly big shoes to fill. He'd have to go all warm and cuddley, indeed, to make many of us forget the "real" Jason Morgan". Good Luck, Billy Miller!
I agree w/ you Katie w/ Monica dating now with a judge who give a crap about Maxie not seeing her daughter; Monica needs Jason and I would love to see Alan come back to reunite w/ Monica and Jason for a while too.
What I wouldn't give for Jason to wake up and ask for his mom or dad.


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KINGSPORT, TN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 6, 2005 -- Bad Toys Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: BTYH) announced today that its Southland Division (The Company) has been awarded the renewal contracts to be the sole provider ambulance service to six counties in Mississippi and one county in Alabama. These Contract renewals represent for the Company approximately $10.0 million in unadjusted annual gross revenues and approximately $6.0 million in annual net revenues, adjusted for uncompensated care and contractual payment agreements. The Company currently provides ambulatory services to 31 Counties in Mississippi and 6 Counties in Alabama as well as providing services to counties in Florida, Louisiana, Kansas, Tennessee and Virginia.
The Company believes it is uniquely positioned to become one of the leaders in the ambulance and medical transportation industry. The Company anticipates opportunities to grow through acquisitions of existing independent rural service providers where synergies and economies of scale will contribute to increased margins, as well as continuing to expand its current contractual relationships as a low-cost quality service and care provider.
For further information, contact Bad Toys Holdings, Inc., Larry N. Lunan, President and Chief Executive Officer, (423) 247-9560 or Al Kau, Investor Relations in California at (888) 795-3166. Further information about the Company may be obtained on its website at www.badtoys.net.
Certain statements in this release and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and our future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. The forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including market acceptance of the Company's services and projects and the Company's continued access to capital and other risks and uncertainties outlined in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are incorporated herein by reference. The actual results the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on our current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.
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Researchers Behind High-Speed EHLA 3D Printing and Coating Process Receive Prestigious Award
July 25, 2018 by Sarah Saunders 3D Printing3D Printing MaterialsBusinessMetal 3D Printing
Last summer, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and the RWTH Aachen University developed a new 3D printing process that offers eco-friendly, economical corrosion and wear protection, without having to deal with any of the drawbacks associated with other methods like chrome plating, laser metal deposition (LMD), and thermal spraying. The Extreme High-Speed Laser Metal Deposition process, known by its German acronym of EHLA, is based on LMD, which can be used to repair turbine blades but is too slow to coat large components.
During the EHLA process, metal powder particles are melted directly in the laser beam, which increases the process speed from only a few meters per minute to 500 meters per minute; it also lowers layer thickness from over 500 down to a range of 10 to 250 microns. This means that EHLA can be used as a good coating alternative to typical, more problematic methods, and can also cost-effectively 3D print and repair components.
[Image: Fraunhofer ILT]
The team behind the patented EHLA process received the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize last year, and the Steel Innovation Prize this year, and now it's been awarded a new accolade. Dr. Andres Gasser and Thomas Schopphoven of Fraunhofer ILT and Gerhard Backes, the Chair for Digital Additive Production DAP, RWTH Aachen University, have won the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2018 for the development of EHLA.
Timing is everything – the team found out that it had been invited as a finalist to the jury session in Ditzingen by the private foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung on May 16th, which was the first International Day of Light. On July 13th, which just so happened to fall on a Friday, Schopphoven, representing the rest of the team, presented the EHLA process, competing against seven other finalist teams. The Innovationspreis has been awarded every other year since 2000 for outstanding research and development in the generation, or application, of laser light.
The finalists of the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2018 at the jury session on July 13th in Ditzingen.
Schopphoven, the Head of the Productivity and Systems Engineering team in the Laser Material Deposition Group at Fraunhofer ILT, said, "In the laser industry, this is one of the world's top-class awards. We are extremely pleased about the recognition of our work on energy- and resource-efficient production with laser light."
The international jury was so impressed by the team's EHLA process that it decided to award the researchers with the prestigious prize. On September 21st at the Ditzingen headquarters of the TRUMPF Group, the Fraunhofer ILT and RWTH Aachen University team will receive the award, which is endowed with €50,000. Project group DELPHI took second place for its industrial application of femtosecond laser lithography in integrated optics, while third place was awarded to Prof. Jürgen Popp and Prof. Ute Neugebauer for their work in developing a laser-based method for rapid antibiotic resistance determination.
L-R: Juror Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich, and Thomas Schopphoven, Fraunhofer ILT, at the announcement of the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2018 winners.
The EHLA concept has already seen some commercial success – Dutch company IHC Vremac Cylinders B.V. has been using the process to coat its hydraulic cylinders, with diameters up to 500 mm and lengths up to 10 m, for offshore use around the world; these cylinders are also already coated with wear- and corrosion-resistant alloys. Fraunhofer ILT spin-off ACunity GmbH is circling China's offshore market, and recently delivered three large EHLA systems to Hebei Jingye Additive Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd., which will be used to coat offshore hydraulic cylinders.
But Schopphoven is certain that the offshore market is only the beginning, and believes that even more industry applications for the EHLA process will emerge.
"The EHLA process is particularly suitable for the automotive industry, such as for the coating of brake discs, which were previously difficult to coat because of the high loads and high demands on efficiency and environmental friendliness."
Discuss this story and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com or share your thoughts in the comments below.
[Source: Fraunhofer ILT / Images: Berthold Leibinger Stiftung, unless otherwise noted]
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Twin Valley South's Madison Wright returns a shot from a Riverside player during the Panthers second round sectional contest, Wednesday, Oct. 21. South saw its season end with a straight set loss.
TIPP CITY – Just two days after posting its biggest win of the season, Twin Valley South's volleyball team saw its season come to an end in the second round of the Division IV sectional tournament.
The No. 15 seed Panthers swept fifth-seeded Franklin-Monroe (25-21, 25-20, 25-21) Monday, Oct. 19, to avenge an earlier loss to the Jets.
On Wednesday, No. 8 Riverside, behind the play of sophomore Marissa Davis, put an end to South's season with a straight set win, 25-16, 25-16, 25-18.
Davis, a 5 foot, 10 inch outside hitter collected 20 kills on the night, seven more than the entire South team had for the match.
Junior Abby Beneke finished with six kills to lead South.
In the upset win of F-M, Beneke lead the way with 16 kills, two blocks and eight assists. Sophomore Mylan Crews has 21 assists and seven kills. Junior Emma Fergus added six kills and sophomore Audrey Chesney chipped in with five kills and a pair of blocks.
South, which finished its season with a 14-10, will return its entire roster next year.
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2015/11/web1_tvsvb6.jpgTwin Valley South's Madison Wright returns a shot from a Riverside player during the Panthers second round sectional contest, Wednesday, Oct. 21. South saw its season end with a straight set loss.
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Darren McFadden on Perception That He's Just "Collecting a Check"
Darren McFadden talked about starting anew with the Dallas Cowboys, but those lingering injuries have surfaced as the team starts training camp in Oxnard.
Fans and Cowboys supporters just shook their heads in disbelief when it was revealed that McFadden would start training camp on the physically unable to perform list with a hamstring injury.
McFadden has missed 29 games and has suffered 15 injuries in his NFL career, yet he wants his critics to know that he's not just collecting a check.
McFadden signed with Dallas in March after DeMarco Murray accepted a huge contract from the Philadelphia Eagles.


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Morning Links: UCLA cyclist screwed by insurance company needs your help; team track cycling league comes to LA
March 10, 2016 / bikinginla / 14 comments
If you've got a few extra dollars lying around looking for a good cause, here it is.
A UCLA grad student and member of the school's triathlon team has established a gofundme account to raise enough money to repay her mother for legal expenses after being sued by the driver that hit her.
That's right. She was run down from behind while riding her bike, yet she's being sued for damaging the car that smashed into her.
On Sunday April 6, 2014 while I was riding on my road bike from work, I was rear-ended by a speeding car with such force that the car's front bumper was damaged. It is almost two years since the collision and I am still in great debt from the medical bills, property damage and lawyer fees.
Instead of paying for my medical bills, the driver's auto insurance company had sent me four consecutive letters and invoices claiming thousands of dollars of damages and threatening to sue me for the broken front bumper. First, the company claimed that I backed into the car, although I was on a road bike that does not go backwards. Then, they accused me of smashing into the car from the side – even though my bike was run over by both the front and back wheels of the car. In fact, my bike was still underneath the back tire of the car when the ambulance and police arrived.
Sounds like the same insurance company that represented the road raging driver that ran me down several years ago. Or maybe they're all like that.
And that's the Catch-22.
Bike riders often need a good lawyer after a collision, but unless there are significant damages, most lawyers can't afford to take the case. So there's no one to hold the insurance companies accountable for their outrageous behavior.
And it's the people on bikes end up getting screwed.
Thanks to Alex de Cordoba for the heads-up.
Break out your cow bells.
A new team track cycling league will hold its inaugural races at Carson's Velo Center on the 18th and 19th. The World Cycling League will host six mixed-gender teams with a hometown format; our local heroes will be known as the California Wave.
The Times says candidates to replace termed out County Supervisor Michael Antonovich were asked questions about "bike trails in Santa Clarita that taper off when they cross into the surrounding unincorporated county area" at a candidate forum. But then fails to mention how any of them responded.
Richard Risemberg notes that humanity, and in particular, humanity on bicycles, has returned to DTLA.
CiclaValley discusses what Strava heat maps reveal about cycling in the City of Angels.
Even if you missed Sunday's CicLAvia, there's still a long list of open streets events coming up in the coming months.
You're invited to the official unveiling of Long Beach's bikeshare program at 10 am today; the first ten stations and 100 bikes will be available to try out during the city's Beach Streets Downtown ciclovía on the 19th.
A tiny park in Orange was originally built as a rest stop for cyclists riding on a pair of long gone bike lanes. Which pretty much sums up the state of bicycling for the past several decades; hopefully that's changing now.
Nothing like mischaracterizing the story. San Diego Magazine positions the city's new bike plan as nine miles of bike lanes versus the loss of 500 parking spaces. Then explains that as few as 233 on-street parking spaces might be removed, and those will be mitigated by the addition of 200 underground parking spaces. So it's really bike lanes versus no big deal.
San Francisco cyclists are forced to ride in a center lane in front of car traffic because of a local law banning bikes from the city's expanding network of transit-only lanes.
Plans to complete a nine-figure bikeway across San Francisco's 80-year old Bay Bridge include an elevator to allow disabled riders — and anyone who doesn't want to accept the challenge of a long, steep ride up the ramp — to access the bridge. Meanwhile, plans to improve bike access to the other side of the Bay Bridge could fall victim to falling gas tax revenue.
New graphene-infused bicycle tires are more resilient than standard rubber tires, while remaining firm on straightaways for lower rolling resistance, yet softening while braking or cornering for added traction.
Why settle for a dumb bell when you can have a new 95-decibel smart bike bell with built-in microphone, and accelerometer to alert you if it's being moved without your knowledge?
Singletrack Magazine disavows its own article offering ten reasons why a fat bike should be your only bike.
Modern entrepreneurs often talk about blowing up existing business models; blowing up an actual Seattle bike shop, not so much.
Police in my hometown have located the thoughtful driver who got out of his car to move a cyclist's bike and backpack over to the curb, but left the victim he'd just run over lying in the street with long list of broken bones. Yet oddly, they still haven't made an arrest.
So much for political promises. Missouri cyclists plan to circle the capital building next month to protest the ridiculous proposal to require cyclists to attach a 15-foot high fluorescent flag to their bikes; the bill's author promised to withdraw it weeks ago, but hasn't kept his word.
As if drunk drivers weren't bad enough, a Wisconsin bike rider was the victim of a speeding, drunk bicyclist.
The bike-riding mayor of Victoria, British Columbia wants to make bicycling the norm in the city.
Tragically, a London woman has died after being struck by a bicyclist. Which is just another reminder to always ride safely around pedestrians; they're the only people more vulnerable on the streets than we are, and even more unpredictable.
London parents say the city's streets are too dangerous for children to ride their bikes.
British women hold a Suffragette Ride and Tea Party to call attention to the continuing gender imbalance in bicycling; male riders outnumber women three to one in the UK.
Norway's plan to build ten bicycle superhighways at a cost of nearly $1 billion will be funded by the country's oil revenue. Now that's putting it to good use.
The third stage of the Paris-Nice cycling classic was cancelled mid-race due to snow; riders complained about the lack of a plan B.
Plug-in e-bikes are just so old school. A new Dutch model uses solar power to recharge while you ride.
German discount retailer Aldi is starting to carry bike equipment, just in time for its planned expansion into Southern California.
The bikelash rears its ugly head in New Zealand, as community members rise up against a bike lane that isn't even finished yet.
If you're riding your bike while high, put a light on it — and don't attack the cop who tries to stop you because you don't have one. If you've ever wanted to own a Penny Farthing for pennies on the dollar, here's your chance.
And I henceforth and for all time claim authorship of the term "areobam."
Category: Legal Cases, Morning Links / Tags: bicycling, Los Angeles, stupid insurance company tricks, track cycling, World Cycling League


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with special guest Marsha Ambrosius
Maxwell has artfully managed to transfix music lovers for more than two decades, releasing 4 studio albums, all in his own time - all duly anointed as classics. Now, the Brooklyn-born soul legend returns with his 5th album, BlackSUMMERS'night, the long-awaited second installment of his trailblazing trilogy, a powerful reminder that great music really is about more than moving the twitter needle.
Maxwell's reentry into the pop orbit straddles but never strains the fertile groundwork he's already laid as an R&B/soul pioneer. His seminal 1996 debut album, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, which the New York Times credited for 'turning away gangsta' machismo to reclaim the utopian spirit of 70s soul…'has been enthusiastically re-celebrated recently in an avalanche of commemorative articles marking the 20th anniversary of the genre spawning debut. His last album, 2009's #1 debuting, Grammy-winning BLACKsummers'night and its signature single "Pretty Wings," (which owned the top spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Chart for 4 and a half months) tamped down Chapter 1 of the sensual, pathfinding trilogy. The album landed on most critics' Year's Best lists and snared 2 Grammys, with Rolling Stone praising it as an 'album about love, not sex, for grown-ups who know the difference.'
The ambitious follow-up reaffirms Maxwell's commitment to further the musical crossroads, even as he acknowledges his own reluctance to willingly let go of his own creations: "I knew the new album was good, that it was done – but they still had to tear it from my hands to get it out," he says. Most revealingly, he admits to arriving at a 'good place' at 43 years of age, equipped with a keener sense of proportion about the seductive mystique he has come to represent. "I think what messes up a lot of pop artists after they've been down the road a bit is that the record becomes much more about their personal drama instead of the music. I'm not going to disrespect anyone's hustle, but I'm not interested in being a celebrity. Today, you have people purposely marketing their personal life into their music. With me, you're looking at a mom and pop store," he laughs. "I need that spark that drives the music, but within that life I always want to create something that affects people emotionally and spiritually. At the end of the day that's what enables me to become secondary to the experience of the music."
With sonic aspirations and priorities intact, and gathering many of the contributors on board for his previous albums, Maxwell says the 'operative' driving theme on the new album is 'summer.' The first single, the stunning "Lake By The Ocean" kick-crosses diced-up drum grooves to the singer's undulating sensuality. His legendary vocal nuances are even richer now, commanding our attention with less on blackSUMMERS'night, seductively shifting intonation and meaning as he reaches for more than just a reprise on the sequel; a master fully in charge of his instrument.
It's all there on songs such as the album's boogie blast of an opener, "All The Ways Love Can Feel," and the intensely brewed confessional "The Fall"; on the hopeful "Fingers Crossed," and bright funk of "III," where he furtively name-checks Michelle Obama. The free-floating blues-driven "Lost" and "Listen Hear" are also standouts, two songs that Maxwell says simply "flowed through" him in one take.
He credits vigorous recording sessions with his longtime co-producer Hod David as bringing shape to the album. "The times change and the stakes get bigger, but when you've worked with the same guy since you were 17 there's no faking it," he jokes.
He once famously told Rolling Stone after the release of his debut that everyone he's ever admired possessed a public vulnerability – 'where the sensitivity is right there for you,' confessing, even then, that it's not always easy to come by – that 'sacrificing side,' as he coined it. It is here where the boundary crossing, inspirational Maxwell has always been the most prescientand approachable; open 24/7 to his long-held notion that the music is in the atmosphere, and that his best work has always channeled him. "Maybe that's what taking your time is really about," he ponders nearly 20 years later. "Being available. Ready."
Nailing it on the riveting "Lost" on the initial try - singing the song for the very first time - is ample evidence of being in tune to life's full effects.
He likens the song in spirit, at least, to BLACKsummers'night touchstone single "Pretty Wings" – "if "'Pretty Wings' ended up having children and going on," he laughs, marveling at how the former song is now played at weddings. "That song as intended is about breaking up and letting someone go and people now celebrate it at the most important gathering of their lives. But that's OK with me too," he says. Maxwell cites another nod to the inaugural album of the trilogy, "Fingers Crossed." "In some ways it's straight-up "Fistful Of Tears" Part 2 – that feeling of wanting someone to feel good about being involved with you. But I want all my songs to have a life of their own. To be interpreted how people hear and feel them in the normal course of their lives."
That unmediated connection to his audience has always been the lynchpin of Maxwell's career. Known for stoking libidinal fires long after his records and concerts subside, the LA Times once shrewdly observed he's also 'stayed true to his own internal clock, timing his (musical) pleas as they might unfold in real time,' rejecting the impulse to falsely heighten any moment.
His 1996 debut masterpiece, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, was the rarest of gems, new and cognizant of the soul-standard bearers who came before. Groundbreaking permutations came in the form of iconic singles such as "Til The Cops Come Knockin'," and "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)," among others.
The then-23-year-old achieved universal praise and double platinum status for his debut, garnering a Grammy nomination. Maxwell's MTV; Unplugged came next, cementing his 'auteur' reputation and attracting universal acclaim for his diverse choice of material, including covers of indie breakthrough artists' Kate Bush and Nine Inch Nails.
He went on to acclaimed platinum-plus successes with 1998's Embrya, and 2001's Now, enjoying sold-out tours and an ever-expanding loyal audience more than willing to grow with him.
And they never mind the 'wait,' which has only deepened the mutual appreciation between Maxwell and his fans. His tight, communal bond with his listeners fuels blackSUMMERS'night, revealing new surprises and aching links to a musical canon that peels back the curtain on love and heartbreak like only Maxwell can.
When asked if there's any final litmus-test he conducts personally before letting his able team snatch the new songs from his clutches, Maxwell smiles. "The music has to 'bump.' I'm always asking – is the music bumping enough. And it really has to work in the car. If it's not bumping in the car, it's not coming out."


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Camping in the Bush can be fun. With the increasing affordability of solar systems, bringing some of the comforts, and additional safety measures, of home to the wilderness is more affordable.
When going camping out in the Bush or anywhere else in your caravan, you need to be prepared. Solar panels have made this a lot easier since you can now enjoy the outdoors without leaving all the comforts of home, such as electricity and refrigeration behind. It has also allowed us ways to get in contact with the outside world should anything serious come up. However, like any tool you bring to the Bush, you need to know how to use it properly so you can get the most out of it.
For starters, you need to know how much power you plan on using before buying your system. This means taking into account the appliances you will be bringing such as refrigerators, light bulbs, and any communications devices (and chargers that go with them). You should also take into account how long you intend to be out in the wilderness. A person who goes camping for a weekend every once in awhile will not need as powerful of a system as someone who goes out in the Bush for weeks or months at a time. By knowing what you will need, you can get the right system that will not be overextended by your appliances.
Next, you need to make sure they are properly installed. While you can set up some systems by yourself, things like rooftop solar systems may require a professional installer as the panels there have to contend with both the elements and the hazards of driving. Either way, properly setting up your system will ensure it works.
Your system should also include a solar regulator to take care of your battery. If your system constantly spikes in power, it could become a problem. Your battery will most likely short circuit, which would be a big problem if you are away from the grid. Furthermore, an overcharged battery can leak acid or explode, Plus, the battery can be expensive to replace. So it is best to maintain your battery by getting a regulator.
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In order to get the most out of your solar panels, you should make sure they are in a place with optimum sunlight. You should also position them in a place that gets the most sunlight during the afternoon. In the summer, they should be placed directly overhead. Lower them toward the southern part of the sky during the rest of the year. You should tilt the panels at a 45 degree angle for best results. If one panel is in the shade or otherwise covered up, the electrical output of all the other panels is diminished. If the weather is stormy or there's a dust storm, you should bring in your solar panels if you can. There is no point to having them out there since they cannot generate electricity. Plus, in some conditions, the weather can damage your panels.
You should also make sure to be as efficient as possible. This means not having lights or other appliances on when you are not using them. You should also use LED bulbs instead of old fashioned halogen ones. The halogen bulbs use more power than their LED counterparts.
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Thank you to all our friends that make it possible for us to help these wonderful dogs. Without your support, it would be impossible for us to keep these dogs healthy and find loving homes for them all!
A special thank you goes out to "Chomper's Family" for their beyond generous donation. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts and promise to continue the fight to rescue as many dogs as possible. With support like theirs we are sure to succeed for MANY dogs!
as you rest in my embrace.
to stroke your shiny hair.
in all your favorite places.
glimpses of you around every turn.
will ever take your place.
Those generous supporters who have given the rescue the foundation it greatly needs to continue with our work. Without these supporters, the rescue would be hard- pressed to make it through the "lean" months when adoptions are slow and intake is high. They have helped us help the most "needy" dogs by allowing us the financial stability we need to provide costly veterinarian services to treat conditions in our dogs such as cancer, hip dysplasia, and gunshot wounds.
Those generous supporters who believe in our work and trust in the rescue enough to give more than we could ever expect. They always seem to do so in those times when we wonder how we are going to make it keep working for our dogs.
Those extra caring donors who give above and beyond. These donors usually have been touched in one way or another by one or many of our dogs, our volunteers, or our stories - or they simply appreciate the rescue's dedication.
Those generous, constant and faithful supporters throughout the entire calendar year.
Our supporters, volunteers, sponsors, fosters, adopters and just plain well-wishers for all their care and support for our wonderful dogs!
Our fellow rescue groups across the country who are working to save our beloved breed and other deserving animals. Our donors and repeat donors . . . we wouldn't be here without your support. Our sponsors who sometimes sponsor one dog for one month but often who sponsor one or multiple dogs for many months. The shelters who trust us with their dogs and work with us to save as many as possible. Our foster families who invest so much financially and emotionally and still have the heart to let the dog go to a new home - each time. Our adopters who care enough to give a "throw away" a chance and upon learning the value of that dog usually come back for a second, third, fourth . . .
Our volunteers who give endless time, energy, and devotion to these wonderful animals who ALL eventually find their forever homes...thanks in the biggest way to them!
Please email bookkeeper@magsr.org for more information on how to become a "leash supporter" today!


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Mar, Leila told to explain role in GCTA mess
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The Ombudsman has asked former Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II and former Justice secretary and now Senator Leila de Lima why they failed to exclude persons convicted of heinous crimes when they drafted the rules for the early release of prisoners under the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law.
READ: 3 senators move to repeal GCTA amid uproar
In a letter dated Sept. 6, Ombudsman Samuel Martires asked Roxas and De Lima to submit their written explanations within three days on why the implementing rules and regulations they drafted did not include the exclusions in Section 1 of Republic Act 10592 or the GCTA Law.
At least 1,914 heinous crime convicts have been granted early freedom since 2014—and the government is now trying to round them up.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice said it welcomed any aggrieved party to sue the government before any competent court for its interpretation and implementation of the GCTA Law.
"The government will welcome any challenge by an interested party in a court of law, so that a definitive and final interpretation of RA 10592 could be promulgated for everyone's guidance," Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said, in a text message to reporters.
Guevarra noted that since the controversy erupted following reports of the planned and later aborted early release of convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez, there has been no report of anyone challenging the government's interpretation of the law, or the Supreme Court decision that it be applied retroactively.
"The government has taken its legal position on the issue. This position will be reflected in the new implementing rules and regulation [IRR] of RA 10592," he said.
The DOJ and the Department of the Interior and Local Government issued a joint department order on Aug. 29 to temporarily suspend the implementation of the GCTA until their joint committee has completed a review of the IRR and guidelines.
The joint committee is expected to issue a report on Sept. 12.
The Philippine National Police said 130 convicts released under the GCTA law have surrendered to various police offices while two others surrendered to the Special Action Forces (SAF) in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, as of Monday afternoon.
PNP spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, said 25 of the surrenderers have been turned over to the Bureau of Corrections while they are still processing the documents of the others.
Banac said a total of 1,914 heinous crime convicts were released through the GCTA but said they have yet to receive an official copy of the list from BuCor.
Banac said they are hoping that all of the 1,914 convicts will surrender within the 15-day grace period set by President Rodrigo Duterte.
"We already know their last addresses and these will be looked into by our tracker teams," Banac said in Filipino.
"Don't wait for the 15-day grace period, surrender now to the nearest police station in your area," he urged the convicts.
As soon as 15-day period lapses, police tracker teams will be deployed across the country to start the manhunt on Sept. 19.
PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde said the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group will lead the hunt for the convicts.
Those who already fled the country will be tracked down through the help of Interpol, he added. With PNA
READ: 27 BuCor execs sacked over GCTA racket
READ: 76 'good conduct' felons yield; PH taps Interpol
READ: 2 Chiong killers give up
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The Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act of 2017, which...


Each of us is so very unique. You've heard it said in different ways, probably many times. It is a piece of truth that exists on many levels of who we are in this lifetime.
Although they tell us that each of us has a double somewhere in the world, even if we weren't born a twin, – and this may be true – we are still unique when you take into account our individual genetics, fingerprints, etc.
It really goes far beyond this though. Even the energies that surrounded us on the date and time and in the place we were born make up a specific piece of that uniqueness. The energies of ALL the planets are unique to each one of us and the journey we have come into this lifetime to make.
While Mercury will both challenge us and aid us in our methods of communication, Venus will do the same in the area of love and the arts while Mars will both help and hinder us in our assertive abilities and even in our expression of anger. This is true of each planet and the area that it governs of our life.
The importance of knowing, studying and understanding the planetary placements and energies that are unique to your particular birth into this incarnation is more revealing and helpful than most people realize. It's all part and parcel of knowing yourself and helping yourself to enjoy and accomplish what you came into do this time around.
We've moved beyond the party chatter of the 70s that asked, "What's your sign?" into a real energy work tool that can assist us in understanding ourselves, the work we came to do on our own spiritual evolution (including karma), and what service we meant to render to others and the world.
We are in a time that has left many people sad, angry, confused and wanting something different for themselves and their lives. Many are in therapy. Many more just feel hopeless.
As a natal astrologer of some 40 years, I can tell you there is a tool available to you, if you really are willing to take the time to study and understand it: your natal astrology chart. There is a revelation available to each one of us by just having our birth chart cast, with a good interpretation, and then taking the time to understand what is being told to us about the energies we have chosen to work with this time around. Even more than what it reveals is what it can do for us – help us to heal the conditions of body and mind as we learn what our spirits want of us.
Yes, we are each truly unique. And now you know there is a way to know and understand just how unique you are. From that understanding it is possible to make changes that will change how we respond to life, thus creating the much wanted changes we so desire in our lives.
There's a Full Moon in Virgo happening on Monday, February 25th at 3:26 p.m. EST.
Virgo is ruled by Mercury and right now Mercury is retrograde (appearing to move backward) in Pisces which is Virgo's opposite sign.
All this brings to the foreground issues of illusion and confusion. Some will feel lost but be unable to determine why. The conscious mind now must learn to differentiate between mental energies and intuition. Thinking may take on a note of desperation through all this.
Because keeping the mind healthy through intellectual pursuits is so important under the influence of Moon in Virgo, it can cause an obsession with details, perfection and even criticism of others.
This Full Moon, in combination with the energies of the retrograde Mercury, can cause thoughts and feelings that make people withdraw from reality and escape into imagination and fantasy in order to cope.
To avoid the heavy influence of these energies, it is important to deeply breathe, ground and center on a daily basis and maybe even multiple times during the day.
Venus goes into Pisces on Monday, February 25th at 9:03 p.m. EST.
The energies of this placement make love pure, and people more romantic, charming and delicate in love's expression.
Pisces, being a sign of the spiritual, is highly sensitive to the suffering of others and intuitively knows how to please people. This can be a double-edged sword depending on the person feeling the influence of these energies. On one hand, they can be very comforting and healing for others, but should the person have ulterior motives, they can use these tools to take advantage of others.
For others, disappointment in love can lead to feelings of martyrdom, neurosis or mental illness. This can all come from a fear of rejection.
As I look at the possibilities that these energies can present for people, I find it can be an opportunity to learn about oneself in both how we give and receive love and reveal what our motives are behind these actions.
Well, Spring is just around that proverbial corner so we've arrived at that time once more…Daylight Savings Time! That will be happening on Sunday, March 10th at 2:00 a.m. EST (which becomes 3:00 a.m. EDT).
The days are getting longer and warmer. For this we should be grateful!!!
That wraps it up for this issue. If any of you find yourself interested in having that natal chart done, click on "Market Place" and then "Services" to check out my services in this area. You can also contact me at my email address, Durga1974@aol.com , with any questions you may have.
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From punks and Mod clashes to petrol-bombs at Toxteth riots | Daily Mail Online
Leave a Comment / UK History / By Jody R
Source: From punks and Mod clashes to petrol-bombs at Toxteth riots | Daily Mail Online
How Highlanders Came to Wear Kilts
Leave a Comment / Scotland, UK History, Uncategorized / By Jody R
Kilts are traditional garb from Scotland, right? Well, that's not quite the whole story. In an article from 1858, William Pinkerton noted that ancient Highlanders and Irishmen, both Celts, generally went bare-legged and wore a long, baggy shirt dyed yellow with autumnal saffron. Over this, they wore an untailored woollen cloth which also served as a sleeping blanket. The cloth wrapped around and gathered into folds which stopped somewhere below the knee. Sometimes they also wore animal skin, especially deerskin. So how did the tailored, pleated kilt come to signify Scotland? And why do so many men, Highlanders or not, wear it these days—either to formal events like Christmas and New Year parties, or even daily?
Source: How Highlanders Came to Wear Kilts | JSTOR Daily
Bones found at prison may belong to real-life Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Leave a Comment / UK History, Writers / By Jody R
Archaeologists' discovery could be remains of Martha Brown, whose public hanging in 1856 was watched by Thomas Hardy
THEGUARDIAN.COM|BY STEVEN MORRIS
Cardiff mining disaster is being made into a film
Leave a Comment / Costume Dramas, UK History / By Jody R
I love Welsh mining stories. (I've watched How Green was my Valley a few too many times.)
(via A grandmother's story about Cardiff's mining disaster is being made into a film – and Catherine Zeta Jones has been approached to star in it – Wales Online)
Lan Colliery then and now
Bones under school playground could be pirate, say experts
Leave a Comment / Scotland, UK History / By Jody R
I love this. (And how adorable are these children?!) How appropriate their response is, as well, to take advantage of this as a learning experience. In the U.S., our children are completely losing touch with history, thanks to the Common Core, which has effectively cut history in favor of teaching only ELA and Math, with other subjects (in theory but not practice) embedded within the two core subjects. Not to mention the likelihood that if this had happened in a New York area school yard, hundreds of parents would be instructing the nannies to rush their special snowflakes to therapists for counseling. 😉
Laura Thomson, John Lawson and Victoria Primary pupils with a picture of the mystery man. Picture: Lisa Ferguson
(via The Scotsman)
"This new discovery is a really good learning opportunity for the children. It's very interesting that things have had to be re-examined based on the new evidence.
"We are the oldest still-working primary school in Edinburgh and the children are all very proud of the history and heritage in Newhaven. They have a sense of the history all around them. This is another chapter in that."
Read more: http://www.scotsman.com
Yew sets ancient tone of burial ground
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Yews in churchyards may point to pre-Christian beliefs in the sacred. Photograph: Matthew L. Tagney
It might be thought that when Thomas Hardy stepped aside from his narrative in Jude The Obscure to describe Shaston, or Shaftesbury, "on the summit of a steep and imposing scarp, rising … out of the deep alluvial vale of Blackmoor" as "one of the queerest and quaintest spots in England", he was being unduly fanciful.
But if, today, you turn aside from St John's Hill, close to that summit, in to a small enclosed space beside the road and take in the sight of the ancient yew before you, its limbs spreading out wide and close to the ground above scattered headstones, then look ahead towards the sheer drop into the expanse of the vale, you do catch a sense of the local magic and feel you are indeed in a special place.
Via The Guardian: http://gu.com/p/4fe4d/stw
Comic tells forgotten William Wallace story
via The Scotsman
A scene from the forthcoming comic book on Sir William Wallace
A NEW Scottish comic will tell the forgotten story of Sir William Wallace and his right-hand man Andrew de Moray at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Read more: The Scotsman
John Knox and the Monstrous Regiment of Women
Leave a Comment / Research, Scotland, UK History / By Jody R
Hmm…So John Knox had some issues.
Before John Knox returned home from exile to become a hero of the Scottish Reformation, he penned a shocking polemic against women in roles of authority: The First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. The diatribe, which he planned to follow with a second and third blast, set the stage for a tumultuous relationship with four ruling queens: Mary of Guise (1515-1560), Mary Tudor (1516-1558), Mary Stuart (1542-1587), and Elizabeth Tudor (1533-1603).
Knox used "monstrous" and "regiment" in an archaic sense to mean "unnatural" and "rule," arguing that female dominion over men was against God and nature. He lamented that the future of the Protestant faith lay solely in the hands of a female monarchy largely hostile to its precepts. Echoing the era's widespread assumption that women were inferior to men, capable only of domestic acts such as bearing children, Knox placed blame on the "abominable empire of wicked women" for the trials and tribulations of the Reformation.
John Knox and the Monstrous Regiment of Women | Presbyterian Historical Society.


Hugh Jackman was the last interview of our day at the Real Steel press junket, and everyone who had come in before him had the nicest things to say about him. This was the moment I had been looking forward to for weeks, and it had finally arrived.
When Hugh walked into the room, he had a huge grin on his face, was very relaxed, and settled in with ease to chat with us about Real Steel.
First up, we asked him what it was like working with this particular film crew, and how important his reputation is to him . "I think your job is to bring people together. Like it's a team — acting, filmmaking is definitel a tyeam effort…you become like an instant family. It's really amazing how quickly you bond, you know… Shawn has become one of my closest friends," Hugh said of his experience working with Shawn Levy and the film crew.
Hugh also made a huge impact on Levy's youngest daughter, who has a small speaking role at the beginning of Real Steel. Levy's daughter wrote Jackman a love letter, and Hugh even called her on her 4th birthday to wish her a happy birthday.
Hugh also took other members of his family, all different age ranges, and was pleased at their reaction to Real Steel. " I saw the movie with my mother-in-law, who's 75, and my wife…And all of them were cheering and they were like crying and they just — they just loved it. It was a really great moment for me, you know, to genuinely have all those three generations loving it." Real Steel is marketed as a family film, and there truly is something for everyone to enjoy in it.
It's important to Jackman that his kids not be exposed to movies and media that they are not ready for. His 11-year-old still has not seen the X-Men films, and is actually afraid of the Harry Potter films. Hugh's father was actually very strict about the films that Hugh and his siblings would see as children. "I was the only kid not to see Star Wars…that movie came out when I was seven. I saw that movie like six years later." Jackman's father adhered strictly to the ratings; if it was rated PG-13, Jackman would be allowed to see it when he turned 13.
Real Steel is currently playing in theatres everywhere. If you haven't had the chance yet, go and see it! It's a film that your whole family can enjoy.
To get the latest updates on Real Steel, follow @realsteelmovie on Twitter, and keep up with Hugh Jackman on Twitter as well @RealHughJackman.
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Joanne joined Morrisons as Head of Employment in February 2011, bringing to the employment team expertise in advising across a wide range of employment law issues. She became a partner in November 2012 and the team is ranked in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 for Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Joanne advises directors of local companies as well as nationally recognised businesses, and also provides advice to private clients.
Her specialisms include drafting contracts, Director's service agreements and Company handbooks, advising on the employee implications of business sales/purchases and on employment tribunal proceedings.
Joanne advises on day-to-day issues relating to disciplinary and grievance proceedings, discrimination, bullying and boardroom disputes; she regularly negotiates termination/severance packages, and advises on the content of settlement agreements.
Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, Joanne worked as an HR manager in the NHS and other public and private sectors. This background gives a commercial edge to the advice she provides to HR managers, company directors and employees.
Joanne holds popular seminars and workshops for businesses, and has taken part in radio interviews on specific employment issues.
Joanne is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and is ranked as a 'leading individual' by Chambers & Partners.
The employment team has advised a PLC client on threatened legal action, on a number of occasions, by competitors whose employees left and began working for our client. The competitors alleged their employees were in breach of restrictive covenants / obligations of confidentiality. We advised our client on the enforceability of these post termination obligations and after our responding to various threatening pre action correspondence, no legal action has been instigated by any of the competitors against its ex-employees or our client.
We regularly act for respondents and claimants in tribunal proceedings. Joanne acted for a claimant guiding him through internal grievance proceedings and filing tribunal claims for race and disability discrimination, detrimental treatment because of 'blowing the whistle' and constructive dismissal. A number of respondents were involved. Joanne secured a high level settlement to the satisfaction of her client following protracted and acrimonious negotiations.
This is an area in which the employment team has specialist expertise and on which we are frequently instructed. Joanne and Emma McLoughlin acted for a PLC client advising on the TUPE aspects of our client winning a large outsourced contract from an outgoing service provider. Around 60 employees would be transferring to its employment. We advised on and steered our client through its TUPE obligations to inform and consult affected employees and were able to save our client considerable time and salary and legal costs, by obtaining agreement from the outgoing provider to our client undergoing collective redundancy consultation with its incoming employees prior to the transfer.


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Clearswift's SECURE Email Gateway wins gold at Golden Bridge Awards
2019/10/10 - 8:35am
The winners of this year's Golden Bridge Awards were announced last week, and we are delighted that Clearswift's SECURE Email Gateway was recognized in the 'Email Security Innovation' category.
The coveted annual awards program celebrates global, cross-industry business achievements and honors the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, innovations, executives and management teams.
Winning gold reaffirms Clearswift's position as a leading provider of cyber security and data loss prevention solutions, providing customers with advanced technology to mitigate against today's cyber threats.
More than 160 judges from a broad range of industries determined this year's winners, with their combined average scores ultimately placing Clearswift and the SECURE Email Gateway as the gold award winner.
The Clearswift solution
With email at the core of business collaboration, it's important that email security solutions provide an effective safety net without preventing a company from conducting its 'business as usual' activities. Traditional data loss prevention methods 'stop and block' emails that contain sensitive information, which can frustrate employees and lead to them finding a workaround – presenting yet another risk to the organization.
Clearswift's SECURE Email Gateway (SEG) differentiates itself from other email security solutions with its unique adaptive redaction technology. Rather than stopping the email altogether, SEG ensures that the information – deemed sensitive by the organization's defined policy – is simply removed and the rest of the communication flow continues, minimizing the operational impact on the business.
Incorporating a robust Deep Content Inspection (DCI) engine, all information flowing through an organization's email system is inspected, risks identified, and the appropriate level of security applied. For example, where an employee sends an email with a zip file attached, the file contains documents that contain links to further documents or embedded images. The Clearswift SEG deconstructs the email and attachment, analyzes its contents to determine which component breaks company policy, removes it, then allows the remaining 'safe' email and attachments to be delivered.
SEG's advanced features help protect against new/little known threats – very few security solutions scan digital image files for threats, but Clearswift's SEG does. Clearswift's anti-steganography, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and redaction technologies protect organizations from today's lesser known threats in images. Clearswift's SEG scans and analyses all information flowing into and out of the network – email messages, attachments, images – in real-time, detecting and mitigating risks and threats, without affecting communication flow.
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I can't make people understand. The indictment of former Alabama Rep. Oliver Robinson - and his agreement to plead to conspiracy and bribery and cooperate with the feds - is bigger than him.
It's not just that some House member took cash to betray his poorest constituents. Sure, that's gross, but it's just the tip. In the grand scheme of this potential political unraveling, Robinson is the equivalent of the Watergate burglars.
Who were those guys again?
This - this is far bigger that Robinson. Or it could be. In his indictment, the feds point to Balch & Bingham and Drummond Co. as bribers. If proven, it'll be a body check to the very systems that run Alabama politics and fund the ugliest parts of them.
It just depends on what Robinson will spill to keep his sentence to a minimum.
It depends on what the unnamed co-conspirators at Drummond and Balch are willing to say, and whether the actions outlined in the federal documents can be quarantined.
Because these players - and those they associate with - provide the grease that makes Alabama run.
Drummond did not respond to questions about its involvement. Balch & Bingham says it is taking the Robinson allegations seriously, and is cooperating with authorities.
"Honesty and integrity are core values at Balch & Bingham, and they will guide us as we evaluate these allegations," firm spokeswoman Julie Wall said.
Balch & Bingham is one of Alabama's most powerful firms. You can't follow a political story - as the recent drama at the state board of education shows -- without tripping on a Balch lawyer or lobbyist.
Gov. Kay Ivey just appointed Balch lawyer Will Sellers - a longtime confidante - to the Alabama Supreme Court. And several Balch lawyers sit in positions to advise U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Balch and Drummond both contribute heavily to political campaigns inside and out of Alabama. Each gave more than $215,000 in last year's federal election cycle, which was enough to put them in the state's top 10 donors, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
But this is not just about those tainted by the Oliver Robinson scandal. This is about the way political money is spent.
Both Balch and Drummond have substantial ties to another Top 10 giver -- Southern Company, parent to Alabama Power.
Alabama Power owns the building that houses part of Balch & Bingham's Birmingham office, and partner Eason Balch is a registered lobbyist for Alabama Power.
Years ago, when federal reporting rules required utility companies to tell exactly how they spent money on politics and lobbying, Alabama Power paid Balch hundreds of thousands a year for political work. In 1999, for instance, it paid Balch $829,601 for political work, along with $922,054 to Perkins Communications, run by strategist Joe Perkins of the political dark arts group Matrix.
Federal rules have changed, so Alabama Power no longer must report that. Political spending is now filed under the umbrella "Certain Civic, Political & Related Activities," which the company has said includes money for "a wide range of community and nonprofit organizations" as well as for politics and lobbying.
Still, Alabama Power spreads that money around in a volume that dwarfs many utilities. In the last six years the company spent $126 million on civic and political activities, or more than $21 million a year, according to data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Pacific Gas & Electric, the largest power company in the U.S., spent $11.4 million in that category last year.
Alabama Power has been adamant that the money comes out of shareholder pockets, and not that of customers.
It is unknown how much Alabama Power money continues to go to Balch & Bingham.
What is clear is that money from entities supportive of coal and power - and other interests - have flowed through Balch and into the hands of those who change opinions. Balch has employed Perkins' Matrix group, which worked with entities such as the Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy (PACE), which lobbied hard in 2013 to prevent the Public Service Commission from holding formal utility rate hearings - which Alabama Power opposed.
Understand, Alabama. What happened in north Birmingham is not about Birmingham. What happened to Robinson is not just about Robinson.
Alabama's political status quo is at risk. For the first time in a long time.


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A Sacramento research company has gotten an okay to grow genetically modified rice in Kansas.
This year's Quill Award nonimees include Maya Angelou, Garrison Keillor, and Auburn-resident William O'Daly. "Still Another Day" is the title of O'Daly's translation of poems by famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.