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These inspiring stories are sure to delight our younger listeners, and help parents to teach the Faith.
The Virtue Chronicles Bundle (Paperback) - Book Bundle
THE SAINTLY OUTLAW
Andrew Perry likes history, but he never expected to experience it firsthand.
But that's what happens when he meets the unusual Eve Virtue, a direct descendant of the explorer and entrepreneur Alfred Virtue. Eve has uncovered Alfred Virtue's greatest secret: the mysterious Radiant Stone. Before Andrew knows it, the two of them are in twelfth-century England, caught up in the adventures of the saintly outlaw Robin Hood.
THE WARRIOR MAIDEN
In The Warrior Maiden, the second book of the series, Andrew and Eve have just returned from their time with the legendary Robin Hood in 13th century England (told in The Saintly Outlaw). But their return isn't easy. Through an accidental touch of the Radiant Stone, the two are transported to 15th century France. Without the Radiant Stone in their grasp, Andrew and Eve don't know how they'll ever return to the present. Yet they cling to the hope that they are in the past to serve a purpose. Circumstances bring them into the company of the young Joan of Arc as she seeks to fulfill God's mission to overthrow English domination and make France's volatile prince into the true king of France. Taken on as her "guardian angels," the two time-travelers experience first-hand the trials and victories of the "Warrior Maiden." At every step, they learn to trust God, even while hoping to find a way home again – and some unlikely characters may have the answer they need.
The Virtues Chronicles follows the adventures of 12 year-olds Andrew Perry and Eve Virtue as they contend with the mysterious Radiant Stone – an ancient jewel with the power to send them back in time. The legends of the Stone, and the remarkable history of its discoverer, Alfred Virtue, unfold from story to story in a series that explores the wonder of God's universe, but the many saints and sinners who have impacted it through time.
Paul McCusker is best known as a writer for the popular Adventures in Odyssey series and the Hope Springs series which include The Adventures of Nick and Sam and The Virtue Chronicles. He has created the Augustine Institute Radio Theatre Audio Dramas including Brother Francis: The Barefoot Saint of Assisi (2018 Audie Award winner), The Trials of Saint Patrick, Ode to Saint Cecilia and The Legends of Robin Hood.
Paul McCusker
The Best Advent Ever: Book #3 The Adventures of Nick & Sam (Case of 10)
Expected release date is October 23, 2020.
The Perry family's first Advent in Hope Springs is a mix of drama and comedy as Sam competes with her best friend to be in the Christmas pageant, Nick hopes to play an angel that actually flies, the search for a Christmas tree leads to danger, and family traditions take on a whole new meaning of joy.
It's a time of fun, learning, and wonder that might become the Perry family's best Advent ever.
Nicolas (Nick) and Samantha (Sam) Perry are twins in the Perry family. They moved with their parents, their brother Andrew, and their sister Lizzy, to Hope Springs in the summer. Hope Springs is a fictional town in the mountains of Colorado, the setting of the Hope Springs series. Hope Springs is a multi-faceted series of stories that explores living the Catholic faith in the modern world. This series presents the adventures of the twins, their family, their friends, and the people they encounter at school, church, and in town. This series presents Catholic culture easily and normally, and provides opportunities for readers to think about the consequences of words and actions. Centered around the Perry family, Hope Springs was introduced as short stories in the Signs Of Grace catechetical workbooks and now includes novels for First Readers (ages 7+) under the banner The Adventures Of Nick & Sam. The world of Hope Springs also appears in the grown-up novel Blue Christmas. The likeable and engaging characters reflect the sensibilities and struggles of being Catholic in the quirky small town of Hope Springs, playing out their faith at the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church and School, with their neighborhood friends and adversaries, and in the many adventures that makes the teachings of the Church come alive. This series is written similarly to the Adventures in Odyssey series and the Magic Tree House Series, and is recommended for readers ages seven and up, but can also be read by parents to younger children.
– Released 2018
The Best Advent Ever: Book #3 The Adventures of Nick & Sam (Case of 10) CANADA ONLY
Virtue Chronicles: Book #2: The Warrior Maiden - Book
Paul McCusker is an author, dramatist and novelist. Paul is known for his work with the popular Adventures In Odyssey series, the Hope Springs series, and award-winning audio dramas for the Augustine Institute and Focus on the Family.
The Virtue Chronicles – The Saintly Outlaw - Book
Andrew Perry likes history, but he never expected to experience it firsthand. But that's what happens when he meets the unusual Eve Virtue, a direct descendant of the explorer and entrepreneur Alfred Virtue. Eve has uncovered Alfred Virtue's greatest secret: the mysterious Radiant Stone. Before Andrew knows it, the two of them are in twelfth-century England, caught up in the adventures of the saintly outlaw Robin Hood.
The Virtue Chronicles follows the time-traveling adventures of Andrew Perry and Eve Virtue, as they use the ancient Radiant Stone to encounter the great people and events of history. Their adventures in the past also trigger mysteries in the present, as they learn more and more about the work of secretive explorer Alfred Virtue. Part of the world of Hope Springs, The Virtue Chronicles series is written for 10-to-12 year-olds (though readers of all ages will enjoy the stories).
Paul McCusker is an American writer most widely known for Adventures in Odyssey, but he has worked on many other types of writing projects: novels, plays, musicals, radio dramas, and movie scripts. Paul now writes for the Augustine Institute Radio Theatre productions and the Publishing Department. He is a convert to Catholicism, and he lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with his wife and children.
View from the Top: The Adventures of Nick and Sam
The End of One Thing–And the Start of Another
Introducing Book #6 in The Adventures of Nick & Sam!
In View from the Top, the sixth book of The Adventures of Nick and Sam series, the Perry twins are looking forward to summer. As the school year comes to an end, Nick and Sam are already caught up in new beginnings. Not only are they packing for a move, but Nick begins to wonder if he's good at anything and Sam struggles to help two people she loves through their troubles. Together, the twins discover that how they deal with inflatable castles, bad throws, and difficult decisions often depends on having the right point of view. It's a lesson for everyone in this exciting and fun-filled story.
Nicolas (Nick) and Samantha (Sam) Perry are twins in the Perry family. They moved with their parents, their brother Andrew, and their sister Lizzy, to Hope Springs in the summer. Hope Springs is a fictional town in the mountains of Colorado. This series presents the adventures of the twins, their family, their friends, and the people they encounter at school, church, and in town. This series presents Catholic culture easily and normally, and it provides opportunities for readers to think about the consequences of words and actions. Some of the chapters early in the series appear in the Signs of Grace curriculum, and the Hope Springs "universe" expands out to McCusker's Blue Christmas and will be featured in other stories to come. This series is written similarly to the Adventures in Odyssey series and the Magic Tree House series, and it is recommended for readers ages seven and up, but it can also be read by parents to younger children. Centered around the Perry family, Hope Springs was introduced as short stories in the Signs Of Grace catechetical workbooks and now includes novels for First Readers (ages 7+) under the banner The Adventures Of Nick & Sam. The world of Hope Springs also appears in the grown-up novel Blue Christmas. The likeable and engaging characters reflect the sensibilities and struggles of being Catholic in the quirky small town of Hope Springs, playing out their faith at the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church and School, with their neighborhood friends and adversaries, and in the many adventures that makes the teachings of the Church come alive. This series is written similarly to the Adventures in Odyssey series and the Magic Tree House Series. It is recommended for readers ages seven and up, but can also be read by parents to younger children.
Paul McCusker is an American writer most widely known for Adventures in Odyssey, but he has worked on many other types of writing projects: novels, plays, musicals, radio dramas, and movie scripts. Paul now writes for the Augustine Institute Radio Theatre productions and the Publishing Department. He is a convert to Catholicism, and lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with his wife and children.
A World of Wonder: The Adventures of Nick & Sam
Signs and Wonders Are Everywhere!
In A World of Wonder, the fifth book in the Adventures of Nick and Sam series, the Perry twins take part in the Great Easter Monday Snowball Battle, learn of an amazing mystery revealed in a church fire, and become the subject of a science project. These experiences teach Nick and Sam that God, like the world he created, is mysterious and wonderful.
Nicolas (Nick) and Samantha (Sam) Perry are twins in the Perry family. They moved with their parents, their brother Andrew, and their sister Lizzy, to Hope Springs in the summer. Hope Springs is a fictional town in the mountains of Colorado, the setting of the Hope Springs series. Hope Springs is a multi-faceted series of stories that explores living the Catholic faith in the modern world. This series presents the adventures of the twins, their family, their friends, and the people they encounter at school, church, and in town. This series presents Catholic culture easily and normally, and provides opportunities for readers to think about the consequences of words and actions. Centered around the Perry family, Hope Springs was introduced as short stories in the Signs Of Grace catechetical workbooks and now includes novels for First Readers (ages 7+) under the banner The Adventures Of Nick & Sam. The world of Hope Springs also appears in the grown-up novel Blue Christmas. The likable and engaging characters reflect the sensibilities and struggles of being Catholic in the quirky small town of Hope Springs, playing out their faith at the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church and School, with their neighborhood friends and adversaries, and in the many adventures that makes the teachings of the Church come alive. This series is written similarly to the Adventures in Odyssey series and the Magic Tree House Series, and is recommended for readers ages seven and up, but can also be read by parents to younger children.
Hope Springs Kids Book Bundle
This Lent, get this special bundle of four children's books in the series The Adventures of Nick & Sam!
Included in this bundle are the first four titles in this series:
#1: Perfect Gifts
#2: Hidden Treasures
#3: The Best Advent Ever
#4: Trouble with Lent
Nicolas (Nick) and Samantha (Sam) Perry are twins in the Perry family. They moved with their parents, their brother Andrew, and their sister Lizzy, to Hope Springs in the summer. Hope Springs is a fictional town in the mountains of Colorado, the setting of the Hope Springs series. Hope Springs is a multi-faceted series of stories that explores living the Catholic faith in the modern world. This series presents the adventures of the twins, their family, their friends, and the people they encounter at school, church, and in town. This series presents Catholic culture easily and normally, and provides opportunities for readers to think about the consequences of words and actions. The likeable and engaging characters reflect the sensibilities and struggles of being Catholic in the quirky small town of Hope Springs, playing out their faith at the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church and School, with their neighborhood friends and adversaries, and in the many adventures that makes the teachings of the Church come alive.
Trouble with Lent: The Adventures of Nick & Sam
Join the Perry Twins on Their Lenten Adventure!
In Trouble with Lent, the fourth book of "The Adventures of Nick and Sam," the Perry twins are celebrating Lent at school, at church, and with their family.
The family discusses what they will be giving up for Lent, and Nick and Sam experience some struggles with their choices throughout the Lenten season. A new boy, Riley, joins their class. He's obsessed with Big Foot, and he and Nick get into some strange adventures seeking the famous creature. Sam enters the school spelling bee, and she struggles with temptation when someone tries to help her cheat. The kids learn about temptations, sacrifices, poverty, and the love of Jesus along the way.
The chapters follow along the calendar for the season of Lent and lead right into the joy of Easter Sunday.
Nicolas (Nick) and Samantha (Sam) Perry are twins in the Perry family. They moved with their parents, their brother Andrew, and their sister Lizzy, to Hope Springs in the summer. Hope Springs is a fictional town in the mountains of Colorado, the setting of the Hope Springs series. Hope Springs is a multi-faceted series of stories that explores living the Catholic faith in the modern world.This series presents the adventures of the twins, their family, their friends, and the people they encounter at school, church, and in town. This series presents Catholic culture easily and normally, and provides opportunities for readers to think about the consequences of words and actions. Centered around the Perry family, Hope Springs was introduced as short stories in the Signs Of Grace catechetical workbooks and now includes novels for First Readers (ages 7+) under the banner The Adventures Of Nick & Sam. The world of Hope Springs also appears in the grown-up novel Blue Christmas. The likeable and engaging characters reflect the sensibilities and struggles of being Catholic in the quirky small town of Hope Springs, playing out their faith at the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church and School, with their neighborhood friends and adversaries, and in the many adventures that makes the teachings of the Church come alive. This series is written similarly to the Adventures in Odyssey series and the Magic Tree House Series. It is recommended for readers ages seven and up, but can also be read by parents to younger children.
You Are Forgiven & Forgiven - Kit with DVD Sets
Signs of Grace: You Are Forgiven prepares children to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time by revealing that God is indeed "rich in mercy." Parent sessions using award-winning Augustine Institute Studio's Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession help meet the crucial need for ongoing formation and catechesis for the entire family.
The kit includes the You Are Forgiven DVD set, You Are Forgiven Student Guide, You Are Forgiven Activity Book, You Are Forgiven Teacher Guide, prayer cards, confession cards, completion certificates, the Forgiven DVD set, and the Forgiven Leader Guide.
View a sample of the Student Guide.
View a sample of the Activity Book.
View a sample of the Teacher Guide.
About You Are Forgiven
You Are Forgiven includes seven sessions, each presenting the good news of salvation offered to us in Jesus Christ, with a focus on helping children understand that the Sacrament of Reconciliation is a real encounter with him, and that he desires to forgive and heal us at the deepest levels of our humanity.
And while the curriculum is focused on the child, it also recognizes that it is in the Christian family that the Faith is first learned and is most effectively understood and lived out. A Family Take Home Page is provided with each session in English and Spanish to engage parents and the entire family in this journey of Faith.
About Forgiven
Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession provides the Church's teaching about the sacrament of Confession, including a practical "walk through" of what happens in the confessional and how every moment connects to Scripture, Catholic Tradition, and God's passionate desire to be with you.
Augustine Institute
The Best Advent Ever: The Adventures of Nick & Sam
More than Candles and Calendars?
The Story of Saint Nicholas
A story of humble generosity.
The Story of Saint Nicholas is the story of a humble priest who showed God's love through giving. In this book written for children 10 and under, kids will have the chance to discover the magic of the generosity of Saint Nicholas.
– Copyright 2018
– Herald Entertainment: Brother Francis
Herald Entertainment
The Story of Saint Patrick
A story of unselfish devotion.
The Story of Saint Patrick is the story of a courageous priest who put his mission above his own comfort. In this book written for children 10 and under, kids will have the chance to discover more about courage and following God's call through the story of this great saint.
The Story of Saint Valentine
A story of courageous love.
The Story of Saint Valentine is the story of a young priest whose love for his people went well beyond his need for safety. In this book written for children 10 and under, kids will have the chance to discover the courageous love that Saint Valentine is a testament to.
I Love God Because
A Children's Reader
This book is a beautifully illustrated depiction of the many blessings God sends our way. I love God Because... offers a fun way for children to count their many blessings and fill their heart with gratitude and is great as a lead-in to bedtime prayer.
– Pages: 30
– Copyright: 2018
– Herald Entertainment
The Story of Christmas
An Audio Drama About the First Christmas
Children will enjoy this heart-warming dramatization that recounts the story of the first Christmas. With music, songs, and engaging story-telling, you will experience the wonderful events that led up to the birth of God's Son and the story of redemption.
– Approximate run time: 30 minutes
Let's Go to Mass!
A visual presentation of the Holy Mass
Let's go to Mass will help children celebrate the Eucharist with heart and soul. This book is a wonderful companion to Holy Mass, as it beautifully illustrates what takes place during Mass—what our eyes see and the things that are invisible to our physical eyes.
This book is created for children 7 or younger and is a perfect companion to Holy Mass!
The Christmas Pageant that Almost Wasn't
A Brother Francis Storybook.
Brother Francis and his friends are set to put together the Christmas pageant that everyone looks forward to. Everything is working smoothly until rivalry for one of the most important roles nearly topples the production. A last-minute answer to prayer saves the event and teaches its participants a wonderful lesson they will cherish forever.
In this storybook, beautifully illustrated in full color, kids will have the opportunity to enter into this beautiful story of the power of prayer!
The King is Born
A collection of Christmas praises in song! Christmas songs, old and new.
Bask in the warmth and joy of Christmas with a mixture of traditional and new songs that fill the heart with worship and praise. A wonderful way of remembering Who we celebrate during the holiday season.
– What is Christmas
– There's a Song in the Air
– What Child is this?
– O Come all ye Faithful
– Away in a Manger
– Joyous Christmas Day
– Angels we have Heard on High
– Silent Night
– Savior of All
– Ave Maria
Perfect Gifts: The Adventures of Nick & Sam
Double the Fun, Double the Trouble
The end of summer means two things for the twins Nicholas and Samantha. First, pack in a lot of fun before school starts. Second, get presents for their birthday.
But this year has its share of trouble when Nick and Sam get caught sneaking peeks at their hidden presents. And that's just the start! Later, Nick turns a family hike into a stinky event. Sam discovers just how dangerous disobedience can be. And an unwise buying spree leads to more problems than Nick could imagine.
Will the twins be able to celebrate their birthday this year?
You Are Loved - Student Guide
Each session of this full-color Student Guide includes a story from Scripture, a story of a saint relevant to the lesson, key word definitions, a fun activity, a story featuring fictional characters children can relate to, and a session recap.
About You Are Loved
Signs of Grace: You Are Loved prepares children to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion for the first time by revealing the intimate love that God has for us. It is most effective when used with The Augustine Institute's Presence: The Mystery of the Eucharist to catechise the parent's and help meet the crucial need for ongoing formation and catechesis for the entire family.
You Are Loved includes eight sessions, each presenting the teachings of the Church on the Sacrament of the Eucharist with a focus on helping the children understand that the Sacrament of First Holy Communion is a real encounter with Jesus Christ who desires to unite himself to us at the deepest levels of our humanity.
You Are Loved - Student Activity Book
Each session of this full color Student Activity Book includes sticker pages and engaging, lively activities including family take home pages in English and Spanish, word searches, songs, crossword puzzles, and flash cards.
You Are Loved - Saint Prayer Cards (20 Pack)
This pack includes 20 prayer cards of each saint highlighted throughout the program.
• Saint Catherine of Siena (Session 1)
• Saint: Saint Clare of Assisi (Session 2)
• Venerable Antonietta Meo (Session 3)
• Saint Tarcisius (Session 4)
• Saint Anthony of Padua (Session 5)
• Saint Dominic Savio (Session 6)
• Saint Justin Martyr (Session 7)
• Saint Pius X (Session 8)
You Are Loved - Mass Cards (20 Pack)
This pack includes 20 Mass prayer and response cards that walks through the whole Mass with all of the responses including gestures.
You Are Loved - First Communion Certificates (20 Pack)
These certificates are part of the series, Signs of Grace.
This pack includes Certificates of Completion to personalize for each participant.
Add Pamphlet | $14.95
You Are Forgiven - Student Guide
Each session of this full-color Student Guide includes a story from Scripture as well as a story of a saint relevant to the lesson, key word definitions, a fun activity, a story featuring fictional characters children can relate to, and a session recap.
Signs of Grace: You Are Forgiven prepares children to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time by revealing that God is indeed "rich in mercy." It is most effective when used with The Augustine Institute's Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession to catechise the parent's and help meet the crucial need for ongoing formation and catechesis for the entire family.
You Are Forgiven - Student Activity Book
You Are Forgiven - Saint Prayer Cards (20 Pack)
• Saint Francis of Assisi (Session 1)
• Saint Therese of Lisieux (Session 2)
• Saint Jose Sanchez de Rio (Session 3)
• Pope Saint John Paul II (Session 4)
• Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Session 5)
• Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (Session 7)
You Are Forgiven - Confession Cards (20 Pack)
This pack includes 20 Confession cards that include the Examination of Conscience based on the 10 Commandments, the 7 Steps to Make a Good Confession based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the Act of Contrition prayer.
You Are Forgiven - First Reconciliation Certificates (20 Pack)
St. Teresa of Avila
The Truth to Inspire Series offers children captivating dramatizations of the lives of saints and well-known Marian apparitions to teach them about the Catholic Faith. St. Teresa of Ávila had a fiery personality as a young girl and was often distracted by the world. Despite many temptations, she grew up to be a powerful influence on the Catholic Church. Her determination to follow God's will is an inspiring example for both the young and the old.
I loved it! I liked that she could give up her life to go to the monastery. And I liked that she wanted to be a saint when she was a kid, because I want to be one too!	 Mary (age 8) - Aurora, CO
St. Dominic Savio: The Schoolboy Saint
The Truth to Inspire Series offers children captivating dramatizations of the lives of saints and well-known Marian apparitions in order to teach them about the Catholic Faith. Through St. John Bosco's mentorship and God's grace, St. Dominic Savio was able to live a life of holiness, even as a young boy. Hear how St. Dominic blessed those around him with his numerous acts of charity and commitment to God.
"Born to be a Saint, wiser than most children, fulfilling his dream by the age of fifteen."	 Norm - Biloxi, MS
Brother Francis: He is Risen DVD
This episode reminds us of the powerful reality of the Resurrection in our present lives and the great price Jesus paid to bring us home to God.
• Runtime: 25 minutes
• Language: English or Spanish
• Subtitles: English or Spanish
• DVD format: NTSC
Brother Francis: The Bread of Life DVD
Join "Brother Francis" in this delightfully inspirational and instructive presentation that teaches children all about the Sacrament of the Eucharist!
Brother Francis: JoyToons DVD
Join the ever-joyful "Brother Francis" as he teaches children about the blessings that come when heart and mind are filled with praise to God and thoughts of His goodness. Children will learn what the Bible has to say about singing and music.
1. I am Loved by a Loving Father
2. I Love to Pray
3. Let's Pray!
4. Jesus' Love Is Very Wonderful
5. What More Can He Give
6. Jesus' Love Is the Light of the World
7. With a Heart of Praise
8. Praise God I'm Forgiven
9. You Are the Bread of Life
10. I've Got a Family
11. With God's Love
12. I will Do My Best for Jesus
The Truth to Inspire Series offers captivating dramatizations for children of the lives of saints and well-known Marian apparitions in order to teach them more about the Catholic Faith. In this presentation hear how the three shepherd children, Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco, were graced with visits from Our Lady of Fatima.
I enjoy these programs being recently converted to the Catholic faith-	 Sara - Connersville, IN
Meet Kids 4 Jesus
Children are made for faith! Children can reach great heights through a real relationship with Jesus and knowledge of their Catholic Faith. This CD features ten songs from the K4J programs that kids are sure to love, and which will help them build their character and teach lessons about the Faith. See how quickly your kids will learn the words and meaning of the songs!
really fun songs with Catholic teaching for little ones. My 3 year old kept saying "oh, I like this one!" he can learn about the faith while I fold laundry!	 Allison - Gilbert, AZ
Amazing Angels & Super Saints - Episode 1
Cat Chat is a Catholic Audio Show for kids ages 3-11 to help them learn and love their Faith like never before! Using prayer, great conversations, faith-filled stories, and catchy songs, each CD discusses the Catholic Faith while teaching kids powerful lessons for living out their Faith every day. Join Moses the Talking Cat, Papa, Josh, Hanna, and friends for an unforgettable experience!
My children (ages 4 and 10) loved this CD! As soon as it was over, my youngest said "I want to listen to it again"!	 Denise - Hiddenite, NC
Our kids loved this! They learned, and so did we. We have so much to learn, and this is a great way for us all to learn quickly and together, so we are encouraged to talk about our faith with each other as a family! Any chance of more CDs to entertain kids (along with their parents) while they learn?	 Jennifer - Nacogdoches, TX
The Mass Comes Alive - Episode 1
Cat.Chat is a Catholic Audio Show for kids ages 3-11 to help them learn and love their Faith like never before! Using prayer, great conversations, faith-filled stories, and catchy songs, each CD discusses the Catholic Faith while teaching kids powerful lessons for living out their Faith every day. Join Moses the Talking Cat, Papa, Josh, Hanna, and friends for an unforgettable experience!
My 2 kids, ages 7 and 3, really love this CD!!! Great content! Amber - Jacksonville, NC
My 6 and 9-year-old girls loved this CD and this series. When work going on in my bedroom precluded me from sleeping in my own bed, I slept with the girls and we all listened to the CD. I was impressed, too!	 Le - 98372, WA


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Focus on locking in those feet on the wrap gang! Stand all the way up in the rope before preparing for the next ascent!
Smooth, controlled movement through the lunges will pay off during this WOD. Keep engaged on your descent so as not to "switch off" in the bottom of your lunge! Keep those shoulders activated and arms in line with ears to ensure we are utilizing our entire shoulder girdle for support of the bumper plate overhead.
Stay long and lean in the hollow rocks gang! The feet should never rise above the hips! Short, tight and controlled will get you the best core activation during this movement!!!


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I have written several posts for my friend Yuri regarding the various roles that speech and words take in Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (so far parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6a, and 6b — together with a post on texts and another on oceanic models of causation in The Brothers Karamazov). This project has forced me to read Harry Y. Gamble's Books and Readers in the Early Church a bit more closely. Gamble deals with questions of orality and literacy in ways that bear directly upon the arguments I was making in response to questions I was asking; since he intervenes in a wide and deep stream of pivotal scholarly research on the relationship between orality and literacy, close attention to his work is very rewarding.
Therefore, here is an introduction to the book, to be followed by posts concerning each of the five chapters, each with some critical analysis from scholarly reviews, and my own impressions.
Harry Y. Gamble is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He joined the Religious Studies Department at the University of Virginia in 1970, was Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, chaired the Department from 1992 to 2006, and retired from full-time teaching in 2014. There was a conference in 2015 that celebrated the legacy of his Books and Readers in the Early Church, which had a readership beyond biblical studies (the 2015 conference included work on Islam and modern Tibetan literary culture). Books and Readers is not his first work; Gamble had already published two books before, the 1977 The Textual History of the Letter to the Romans and the 1985 The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning (Gamble suggests in the preface to Books and Readers that the seed for this book began during work on The New Testament Canon), with several book chapters in the meantime (I know of at least six ). The courses he taught at the University of Virginia must have been epic, judging from the quality of his writings and the hints of course materials one can find online (I've emailed him, but he hasn't responded, and for about five seconds I thought –wrongly– that this was because he died; if anyone has syllabi from courses they've taken with him, please do send them to me! I'd love to dig through the readings, and enjoy a class by proxy).
At the risk of redundancy, I'll note that Joseph Trigg writes that "[t]he questions [Gamble] asks, and to a large degree answers, are fundamental: What was an early Christian book? What did publication mean? Who read? What role did reading play?"  Before reading Gamble, I am not sure that I would have understood what was at stake in these questions.
Holmes also writes that "[this subject] had never received the attention it deserved until this work". This sentence is marvelously balanced in highlighting the singularity of Gamble's work for pulling together fields of scholarship that are not normally in frequent contact (and thus bringing an informed and coherent historical picture of the sociology of texts to our attention), while remaining silent about the degree to which Gamble's text makes an original contribution. The consensus seems to be that Gamble is not, on the whole, engaged in advancing new propositions, but synthesizing a large body of evidence, evidence that most scholars –even specialists– know little or nothing about. Thus, Robert Grant says that Gamble "does not emphasize novelties as such but carefully revises information taken from many sources, fully discussed, and not, I believe, available elsewhere." Timothy Teeter writes that "the book's value does not lie principally in original contributions to scholarship, but in the meticulous gathering of the results of hitherto disparate branches of classical scholarship into one place for students of the New Testament and patristic literature." Robin James Lane Fox , who, in his review, in turns praises and performs a kind of irritation, paints a rather sour picture of this feature of the book, and has a rather critical stance towards many of the non-synthetic proposals of Gamble; Fox judges that Books and Readers "is happiest when describing, not arguing for a new theory."  Interdisciplinary work has become an aim and even an aspiration for many scholars, and even Fox has to acknowledge that Gamble's work demonstrates it marvelously, not only in its integration of multiple disciplines, but from its range of historical precision: "[f]ew authors can move accurately between the scribal habits of Qumran and Cassiodorus".
I maintain that endnotes are Orcish things, and should not exist; footnotes are the only civilized and practical option. My feelings grow stronger in cases such as Gamble's work, because, as Dennis Trout writes, "[t]he endnotes are a treasure trove". Trigg and Holmes make similar claims. I've already written one post off of one section of one footnote from Gamble — and the footnotes run nearly one hundred pages, from 247-334. "Treasure trove" is almost a quaint understatement.
This is a very highly recommended read, and I look forward, over the coming months, to summarizing the chapters.
They can be found in essay collections here (Marcion and the canon of scripture), here (scholarly research on the state of the question of the New Testament canon), here ("Bible and Book"), here (the book trade in the Roman Empire), here ("scripture and canon"), and here ("Literacy, Liturgy, and the Shaping of the New Testament Canon").
This "closest relation" is the linked-to work of Frederic Kenyon, Books and Readers in Ancient Greece and Rome. Eldon Jay Epp wrote that Kenyon's book was "a remarkable book for the early 1930s", but that "Gamble's coverage of the topics is broader and deeper and, of course, benefits from sixty-five years of discoveries and analysis of data." See his "The Codex and Literacy in Early Christianity and at Oxyrhynchus: Issues Raised by Harry Y. Gamble's Books and Readers in the Early Church" (chapter 19 of Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism: Collected Essays, 1962-2004 (Leiden: Brill, 2005), 521-550), 521.
I have not (yet) read Kenyon's work, which seems to have aged for scholars already by 1952, judging by W. B. Sedgwick's review of it here.


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Q: String index out of range-python while using slice operator Here as we can see in the image when we slice the string from 0:len(s) we are getting the full string, but when I try to print s of len (s) instead of getting the last character it throws me n error.
I'm new to python so have some mercy! thanks!!
s='hello'
print(s[0:len(s)])
print(s[len(s)])

A: The string length is always 1 more than the max index since index is starting from 0 for single character while length starts with 1 for single character.
Please change your code to be like this:
s='hello'
print(s[0:len(s)-1])
print(s[len(s)-1])

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The following opinion is mine after reading newspaper articles about Congressman Forbes.
Forbes doesn't understand basic economics. An employer has to have demand to hire workers not just money. If an employer doesn't have demand for his product or services, the employer is not going to hire workers. The unemployed and the poor need more money in their pockets to spend and create demand. With more demand, then, employers will hire.
He says tax cuts are a symbol. What is the symbol for tax cuts?
Forbes says that we need health care reform. While in office, Forbes has created no health care initiatives.
Forbes doesn't understand basic politics. Dr. LeGrow is seeking election to the House of Representatives not the Senate: Forbes says Dr. LeGrow needs to debate two Democrat senators. Candidates in the same political party only debate during the primaries - like Obama and Clinton for the presidential primary.
Probably, the real reason Forbes doesn't want to debate Dr. LeGrow: Forbes could lose the debate. Why does Forbes mix up some trash about Dr. LeGrow debating two senators? Using Forbes' logic, Forbes should be debating the Republican senators and House members.
Forbes is an example of why we need a competency test for our governing officials.


I have never made beet chips before. I was so surprised how easy these turned out and so yummy! The natural salt in the beet greens came out when roasted so go easy on the salt. We gave the leaves a good massage with olive oil and found that 10 minutes was enough time for all but the largest leaves.


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Q: How to Insert Data into Two Tables Using VB.NET? I have a problem on how to insert data into two different table. So my requirements is this.

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*The user will fill out all the needed information under Employee Information then in order to save the data the user will click the SAVE button. Under Group Details, The user need to click all the needed information on the dropdown menu and input on the textbox of the table grid view before clicking the ADD Link, after this the page will load displaying the Added Job Title and business group details. The user is allowed to input as many Job title as the user want. Last is the Add New Employee to Headcount list, the user need to click the PROCEED button in order to add the headcount of the added Employee Information.
I already finished the table but I have problems in saving the data that I input.

So my first table looks like this Before and I edit it and now this is my table Now
So my problem is this, in my database i have two table.
EMP_MASTERTBL has these columns

 SEQID | MASTERID | firstname | lastname | Country | JOBTITLE

and EMPGROUP_TBL has these columns

MASTERID | business_unit | division | Sub_Division

Now everytime I click save the jobtitle will not be able to save in the EMP_MASTERTBL so I create a code in VB.Net that will update the EMP_MASTERTBL table when I click the add button under Group Details.
Here's my codes.
If UpdateInsDelRecord("INSERT INTO EMPGROUP_TBL (MASTERID, BUSINESS_UNIT, " & _
                  "DIVISION, SUB_DIVISION, CLASSIFICATION, SUB_CLASSIFICATION) VALUES " & _
                  "('" + HandleQuote(Me.lblval_Empid.Text) + "', " & _
                  "'" + Me.ddl_BusinessUnit.SelectedValue.ToString() + "' ," & _
                  "'" + val_division + "' ," & _
                  "'" + val_subdivision + "' ," & _
                  "'" + Me.ddl_Classification.SelectedValue.ToString() + "' ," & _
                  "'" + Me.ddl_SubClassification.SelectedValue.ToString() + "')" & _
                  ";" & _
                   "UPDATE EMP_MASTERTBL SET JOBTITLE = '" + Me.txtJobtitle.Text + "' " & _
                   "WHERE MASTERID = '" + Me.lblval_Empid.Text + "'") = True Then
    Return True
    Response.Redirect("eHR_EmpMaintenance.aspx")
Else
    Return False
End If

But the user must be able to add as many as Jobtitle as the user want. So I'm thinking that I'll just write another query for that? How can I add the Group Details and be able to add as many as Jobtitle as the user want? Help me with this please.
Thanks.

A: I am not very much sure with your UpdateInsDelRecord method. If it is simply executing the sql query with return type Boolean, you can write another insert/ update query with ; separator. And I belive you want to update the field Jobtitle in EMPMASTER_TBL table.
If UpdateInsDelRecord("INSERT INTO EMPGROUP_TBL (MASTERID, BUSINESS_UNIT, " & _
                          "DIVISION, SUB_DIVISION, CLASSIFICATION, SUB_CLASSIFICATION) VALUES " & _
                          "('" + HandleQuote(Me.lblval_Empid.Text) + "', " & _
                          "'" + Me.ddl_BusinessUnit.SelectedValue.ToString() + "' ," & _
                          "'" + val_division + "' ," & _
                          "'" + val_subdivision + "' ," & _
                          "'" + Me.ddl_Classification.SelectedValue.ToString() + "' ," & _
                          "'" + Me.ddl_SubClassification.SelectedValue.ToString() + "')" &_
                          ";" &_
                           "UPDATE EMPMASTER_TBL SET JOBTITLE = "Your value" WHERE empno = "YOur emp id"  " ) = True Then
        Return True
        Response.Redirect("eHR_EmpMaintenance.aspx")
    Else
        Return False
    End If


1926 The Kent Stater student newspaper is born.
1927 The first journalism courses are taught in the English Department.
1932 Department of Journalism and Publicity formed in the newly created College of Liberal Arts.
1936 William David Taylor named head of the Journalism Department.
1935 The first broadcast radio course, "Radio Speaking," is taught in the Speech Department.
1937 Journalism program becomes the first four-year, non-teacher education major at Kent State.
1937 News photography added to the journalism program.
1938 Northeast Ohio Scholastic Press Association (NOSPA) program established at Kent.
1939 JARGON, the School's alumni publication, is born.
1940 The departments of journalism, speech (future academic home of broadcasting), music and art are upgraded to school status in the College of Liberal Arts.
1947 Program for public relations practitioners begins in School of Journalism.
1948 Walton D. Clarke hired to teach radio courses and to head new Division of Radio in the School of Speech. Clarke is credited with building Kent State's broadcasting program.
1949 WKSU-AM, the first Kent State radio station goes on the air.
1949 Newspaper Management sequence moved from School of Business to the School of Journalism.
1950 WKSU-FM goes on the air.
1959 The school of speech (and division of radio), journalism, music, home economics and technology become part of the new College of Fine and Professional Arts.
1960 Division of Radio moves to the new Music and Speech Center building.
1965 School of Journalism accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism.
1966 School of Journalism moves into the new Taylor Hall building.
1968 WKSU-TV Channel 2 inaugurated on Kent campus.
1987 School of Journalism merged with Division of Telecommunication to become School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
1991 Center for Privacy and the First Amendment founded.
1996 Poynter Institute selects Kent JMC faculty to participate in a week-long seminar on the JMC curriculum of the future, leading to a new curriculum for the 21st century that focuses on multimedia courses designed to prepare students for careers on paper, on air and on line.
1997 TV2 seen on cable.
1997 Professional Advisory Board formed.
2001 Carl E. Hirsch Media Convergence Laboratory opens.
2002 College of Communication and Information formed.
2003 McGruder Lecture and Awards Program established.
2006 Public relations master's degree program begins.
2006 JMC receives the endowed Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism.
2007 JMC moves into renovated Franklin Hall.
2007 Journalism educators master's degree program begins.
2007 Center for Scholastic Journalism formed.
2007 Center for Privacy and the First Amendment becomes the Media Law Center.
2009 The Tannery (now IdeaBase) is formed.
2010 Study abroad program in Florence begins, largely with JMC students.
2011 PR Online master's degree formed.
2011 International Storytelling course begins in Shanghai; New Delhi (2012) and Curitiba, Brazil (2013) follow.
2013 JMC students and Student Media have record-breaking year in national collegiate award programs.
2014 JMC's photojournalism program receives the largest single gift ever made to Kent State University to fund only scholarships.
2015 JMC is re-accredited for the 50th consecutive year by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC), and is one of only three accredited programs in Ohio and the only accredited program in Northeast Ohio.


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Edda Művek 1. – pierwszy studyjny album węgierskiego zespołu Edda Művek, wydany w 1980 r. przez Hungaroton-Pepita na LP i MC. Dzięki temu albumowi grupa stała się bardzo popularna na Węgrzech, a pięć piosenek z tego albumu pojawiło się na liście przebojów IM. Sam album uzyskał natomiast na Węgrzech status diamentowej płyty. W 1995 r. album został wydany przez Hungaroton-Gong na CD.

Lista utworów

Wykonawcy
 Attila Pataky – wokal
 István Slamovits – gitara, wokal
 László Zselencz – gitara basowa
 Alfonz Barta – instrumenty klawiszowe
 György Csapó – perkusja

Przypisy

Albumy Eddy Művek
Albumy muzyczne wydane w roku 1980

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[ARCHIVED] updated info on covid vaccinations from the Governor's office- and new phone #
call 1833 697 4829 after 4 pm on 1/11
most up to date info about covid vaccines from Governor's office
The Covid vaccine process for many people has been frustrating and confusing But, I think things will get better in the coming days and weeks and it will gradually be easier to get the vaccines and more organized. This is the latest info I received from the Governor's office. I will continue to provide updates.
Greenburgh residents to go to: nys.gov/vaccine and click on " Check Eligibility" and fill out the form and follow the prompts.
My phones have been ringing non stop all day. Reminds me of early voting --long lines at first. As the days proceeded the lines became more manageable, less confusion. And, by the end of early voting and on election day some people didn't have long waits at all.
NEW PHONE NUMBER HOTLINE FOR VACCINES AVAILABLE AFTER 4 PM TODAY
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the New Yorkers within priority group 1b can now begin scheduling appointments with individual providers, including pharmacies, local health departments, and hospitals, to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Those now eligible to receive the vaccine include individuals 75 and older, first responders, public safety officers, teachers and other school staff; in-person college instructors, childcare workers, public-facing grocery store workers, transit workers and individuals living and working in homeless shelters. Eligibility determinations and a list of nearby providers where appointments can be scheduled can all be done through New York's new 'Am I Eligible " app. New Yorkers can begin calling the New York State Vaccination Hotline at 4PM on Monday, January 11: 1-833-NYS-4VAX (1-833-697-4829).
Since federal supply severely limits the ability to distribute vaccine, New Yorkers are encouraged to remain patient and are advised not to show up at vaccination sites without an appointment. New York's vast distribution network and large population of more than 4 million eligible individuals in this priority group dwarf the vaccine supply coming from the federal government, which is arriving at a rate of approximately 300,000 doses per week. As such, eligible New Yorkers should be prepared toreceive an appointment date as far as 14 weeks in the future.
Under New York's expanded eligibility, the following individuals will now be eligible to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment:
Individuals Age 75 and older
First Responders and Support Staff of First Responder Agencies
State Fire Service, including firefighters and investigators (professional and volunteer)
Local Fire Service, including firefighters and investigators (professional and volunteer)
Police and Investigators
State Police, including Troopers
State Park Police, DEC Police, Forest Rangers
SUNY Police
Sheriffs' Offices
County Police Departments and Police Districts
City, Town, and Village Police Departments
Transit of other Public Authority Police Departments
State Field Investigators, including Department of Motor Vehicles, State Commission of Correction, Justice Center, Department of Financial Service, Inspector General, Department of Tax and Finance, Office of Children and Family Services, and State Liquor Authority
Public Safety Communications
Emergency Communication and Public Safety Answering Point Personnel, including dispatchers and technicians
Other Sworn and Civilian Personnel
Other Police or Peace Officers
Support of Civilian Staff of any of the above services, agencies or facilities
State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Personnel, including correction and parole officers
Local Correctional Facilities, including correction officers
Local Probation Departments, including probation officers
State Juvenile Detention and Rehabilitation Facilities
Local Juvenile Detention and Rehabilitation Facilities
P-12 Schools
P-12 school or school district faculty or staff (includes all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, school administrators, paraprofessional staff, and support staff including bus drivers)
Contractors working in a P-12 school or school district (including contracted bus drivers)
In-Person College Instructors
Employees or Support Staff of Licensed, Registered, Approved or Legally Exempt Childcare Setting
Licensed, Registered, Approved or Legally Exempt Childcare Providers
Public-Facing Grocery Store Workers
Airline and airport employees
Passenger railroad employees
Subway and mass transit employees (i.e., MTA, LIRR, Metro North, NYC Transit, Upstate transit)
Ferry employees
Port Authority employees
Public bus employee
Individuals living in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared with individuals and families who are not part of your the same household
Individuals working (paid or unpaid) in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared by individuals and families who are not part of the same household, in a position where there is potential for interaction with shelter residents
This new network will utilize doctors' offices, Federally-Qualified Health Centers, county health departments, ambulatory centers and pharmacies to get doses in the arms of eligible New Yorkers. More than 1,200 pharmacies have already committed to participating in this network, with nearly 500 scheduled to come on-line this week. Providers across the state will begin accepting vaccination reservations on Monday, January 11 when a centralized state website goes online that lists nearby providers where appointments can be scheduled. Pharmacies will be provided vaccines for New Yorkers aged 75 and older, while hospitals will continue vaccinating 1a healthcare workers, and local health departments and union-organized efforts will serve essential workers in 1b.
Additionally, the Department of Health is setting up 20 mass distribution sites throughout the state over the next several weeks to support all categories of eligibility. Opening on Wednesday:
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (NYC)
Westchester County Convention Center (Westchester County - in partnership with County Health Dept. and Westchester Medical Center)
State Fairgrounds (Onondaga County - in partnership with County Health Dept.)
Additional sites will be launched in the days to come.
Under this expanded vaccination network, hospitals will continue to prioritize unvaccinated members of 1A: health care workers. Additionally, large union groups, including but not limited to police, firefighters and educators, have been asked to organize plans for vaccinating their members to the extent possible, incorporating coordination and partnership with local health departments. This will enable other providers in the network to focus on New Yorkers over the age of 75, which represents the largest group in 1B at approximately 1.4 million people.

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Goldcoin Core v0.14.4 has been Released!
Goldcoin Core v0.14.4 has been released which includes a very important security fix for a DoS vulnerability!
If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows).
All users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. Submit any issues you encounter here and one of the Goldcoin developers will assist you.


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5 May (Sat): Green Bay 34 @ Bloomington 21
5 May (Sat): Green Bay 34 @ Bloomington 21 May 5, 2012 18:52:35 GMT -5
Post by Banana Cat on May 5, 2012 18:52:35 GMT -5
Discuss the Green Bay Blizzard at Bloomington Edge Week 11 Matchup here!
Last Edit: May 6, 2012 0:16:01 GMT -5 by Banana Cat
5 May (Sat): Green Bay 34 @ Bloomington 21 May 6, 2012 0:16:18 GMT -5
Post by Banana Cat on May 6, 2012 0:16:18 GMT -5
Green Bay 34
If you can pick off Dusty Burke 6 times, then you know your defense was dominating.
www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4397283
Defense Fuels Sweep of Bloomington
One week ago the Bloomington Edge (7-3) came into the Resch Center to face the Green Bay Blizzard (7-2) holding a one game lead in the teams' race for home field advantage in the IFL playoffs. After Green Bay won a 69-56 shootout last week Saturday to pull into a virtual tie, the Blizzard relied heavily on their defense to beat the Edge again 34-21 on Saturday night at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington. With the big victory Green Bay now holds a half-game advantage over Bloomington and has captured the all-important tiebreaker should the teams have matching records after the regular season.
Both offenses were held well below their season scoring averages, but the Blizzard came out on top because of their ability to create turnovers. While the Edge were able to intercept just one Donovan Porterie pass in the first quarter, the Green Bay defense wreaked havoc on the Bloomington passing game by picking off Edge quarterback Dusty Burk six times. Both B.J. Hill and James Romain tallied two interceptions, while P.J. South returned his lone pick 15 yards to the end zone for Green Bay's first points of the night. Aaron Moore snatched his third pick of the season away from a receiver in the fourth quarter to help seal the victory. The number of interceptions was impressive considering the fact that coming into play Saturday night Burk had thrown just six interceptions all season.
Bloomington scored the only points of the first quarter when Burk hit Charles Dowdell for a 14 yard touchdown on their first drive. The teams traded stops and missed field goals to close the quarter. The Blizzard had a chance to score from inside the Edge 10-yard line early in the second quarter, but Porterie was picked off in the end zone by league interception leader James Temple.
Defensive lineman P.J. South returned the favor by stepping in front of a Burk pass at the Edge 15 and taking it to the house to tie the score at 7-7. Burk responded by leading the Bloomington offense down the field and reaching over the goal line from a yard away to regain a 14-7 lead. Porterie found an open Desmond Tardy in the end zone a few minutes later from 12-yards away to pull even at 14-14. The Edge's next possession went nowhere and a missed field goal from long range by kicker Pete Christofilakos was returned by Hill for 20 yards. That return set up a 42-yard blast through the uprights by Green Bay placekicker Adrian Trevino to send the Blizzard into the half with a narrow 17-14 lead.
B.J. Hill began the second half by running the kickoff back more than 50 yards for what appeared to be his third return touchdown of the season. However, a holding penalty on the return set the Blizzard offense back to their own three. From there Porterie orchestrated an impressive 10 play, 47 yard scoring drive, capped by his own 2-yard touchdown plunge. The Blizzard defense took over at that point as Hill, the team's career interceptions leader, notched both his eighth and ninth picks of the season in the third quarter. Romain grabbed his first of the night in the quarter. The Blizzard offense never could take advantage of those turnovers and eventually Bloomington got right back in the game courtesy of a 1-yard touchdown run by halfback Andre Raymond, immediately after Porterie was stopped on a fourth and one on his own 12. In response to the Edge score, Porterie hit a diving Bryan Pray for 28 yards down to the Bloomington 2-yard line. On 3rd and goal Tardy broke open and caught his second TD of the game to put the Blizzard in front 31-21. Tardy finished with three catches for 29 yards. From that point on the Green Bay defense never budged, getting a leaping interception from Moore and a game-clinching pick from James Romain, his second of the evening. The Blizzard tacked on a late 33-yard field goal from Trevino for the final margin of 34-21.
Blizzard running back La'Ron Council was held under the century mark and out of the end zone on Saturday, but not out of the Blizzard record book. For the third week in a row Council set a new franchise record. This week he rushed for 79 yards on 22 carries to push his season total on the ground to 620 yards. That number moves him past the previous single-season record of 597 yards accomplished by Randy Bell in 2010. With five games remaining in the regular season, Council remains just one rushing touchdown short of tying the single-season record in that category as well.


I've witnessed this in my own home. We are by nature a boisterous, crude bunch of folks, 'tis true! I've jokingly referred to our family table as more of a rowdy mead hall or rough hunting lodge than the orderly monastic atmosphere after which I try to pattern our days. However, I, like St. Margaret of Scotland who brought culture through the arts to a land of rough people, as queen of our castle, am tasked with "civilizing a rough and wild people," as it were. It seems that steeping our days in good, true, and beautiful things has a deep and lasting effect on the lives of those who dwell there and those we interact with in community.
I remember the wonder and awe I've witnessed over the past year as my children notice a flower with its petals unfolding in a numerical pattern or make connections themselves between the stars twinkling above and their wondrous order of the human atom with its mysterious orbits. Would I have even noticed had they not pointed it out to me as we lounged upon a family quilt?
you are his little star much longer.
I remember the sacred solemnness each morning time during Advent when we recited the words to "People Look East" while facing the rising sun with candles lit, incense burning, coffee brewing, and bagels toasting.
I remember a nine-year-old excitedly pointing out the similarities between the children's version of The Odyssey and a fable we read online—a connection I had to stop and look up, because he remembered it all so much better than I.
I remember watching in amazement of God's loving kindness as a fifteen-year-old transitioned from a secular, career-centered, public school system to a gentle, life-giving, classical, home-based program—amazed at the moment when she reflected back to the prior year and noted that she now felt content, loved, restful and full of plans for her future including travels overseas. Her recent decision to teach herself how to read, speak, and write Greek has been a success, because the environment of wonder allows her to dream and soak up the good things all around the home.
I remember from time to time to quietly point out that, when we now welcome friends in to share their loves and talents for art and music with our family on "fine arts Wednesdays," we are each becoming artists like God who created all things.
I remember most of all the gratitude that overwhelms my soul during Holy Mass when our eyes light up because the choir has chosen a Latin hymn we know well, so we get to "pray twice" with strength and love.
I remember the baskets that have a home on our bookshelves—baskets labeled Shakespeare, logos, mythos, wonder in nature, memory (history), and morning liturgy—categorized in a way that makes sense of all the many wonderful resources that we get to explore as a family.
Kim Devers is a seasoned homeschooling mom and the director of a Scholé Group in Kentucky. Last summer, Kim joined a group of homeschooling parents from across the country in Dr. Perrin's summer course, "Bringing Scholé to Your School and Homeschool," to discuss the philosophy and practice of classical education and the scholé approach. Since then, Kim has been seeking to cultivate deep, restful learning in her homeschool and homeschool co-op. Read more from Kim at her blog: www.juniperandwillows.com.
As a mother of five boys and one girl-with-five-brothers, this is my life. Thanks for the encouragement!