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The B-Keeper. See What I Did There?
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I have been assembling B-Sides like a fucking madman over the last couple of weeks. You know what the secret is? Torrenting. If you're going to download music illicitly, or go hunting for rarities, use torrents. You can almost always find what you're looking for, and if you're missing a specific song, you can do what I do and start checking mediafire and 4shared for individual audio files and comparing minute differences in starting time and audio quality to see which one is superior. I'm sort of an accidental audiophile.
Tori's Infamous List of Bee Sides
So, of the artists that I "collect," Tori Amos has unquestionably the most B-Sides (although Ke$ha wins for the most demos/unreleased songs, she has over 80, but I really didn't bother with them). So, for you Toriphiles out there, I thought I would show you my list of Tori B-Sides as a guide for anyone looking to assemble their own collection of B-Sides. My source for the majority of these files is a thread on a Spanish website called Taringa! where someone very kindly uploaded pretty much every single Tori B-Side, remix, and promo single ever released. Finding it is difficult, I still have to go on a mad hunt for this thread any time I need it, because I never bother bookmarking it, and I also think that it's been made private now so you have to make an account there to view it (which I did, earlier this year when I first compiled my B-Sides). Also, there are quite a few Tori Amos discography torrents that have a lot of these, and if you can find the torrent with a copy of the 4-disc bootleg called "The Lost Works," you're mostly set.
I have done my B-Side hunting for Tori on about 5 different occasions now, always on a different computer each time, and this time I'm getting some CD-R's and backing this stuff up. Of course I should mention that the best way to go about getting some of these songs is to just BUY the music properly, but some stuff, you're just not going to be able to find, and some stuff isn't actually available on CD (like the audio rips of the instrumental versions of tracks from Tales of a Librarian, or the audio rip of Garlands from the bonus DVD in the deluxe edition of The Beekeeper). And for those of you who ARE going to buy the music properly, I have some words of caution for you.
iTunes' Woefully Inaccurate 1996 Selection
Tori's third album (and incidentally, my favorite) is called Boys For Pele, released in 1996. If you want to get a copy of this album (and I highly suggest you should), you should know that iTunes has fucked the tracklisting all to hell. Your best bet is to do what I did and order a copy of the album from eBay. I believe I payed about 6 dollars altogether for the physical album, which gave me perfect rips of the tracks without improper audio or tracklisting, for less money than it would cost to purchase the album online. So, there are three editions of Boys For Pele: the original version is 18 tracks long, and has all of the original versions of the songs. The second edition of the album is my personal favorite, and the one you'd find if you were to order the album from any major retailer, like Amazon or Barnes & Noble: this version of the album has one difference from the original, in that the song Talula is replaced with "the Tornado Mix," which is a version of the song used on the Twister soundtrack. This version is just better than the original, it adds more percussion, makes the song a bit groovier, although it does omit a few little sections of lyrics. If you're hardcore and want to have everything Tori has ever released, I would suggest putting the original version of Talula in your list of Pele B-Sides, or putting the Tornado Mix in your list of B-Sides. Personally, I just use the Tornado Mix on my Boys For Pele and I'm done with it.
Finally, there is a third version of the album, and this is my least favorite version. The fourth track, Professional Widow, is followed up by the famous Armand Van Helden remix that granted Tori her biggest hit to date when his remix went to the top of the dance charts. Not only does throwing a remix right into the middle of the album mess up the flow of the whole thing, but it also caused one of the songs, In The Springtime of His Voodoo, to be cut completely from this version.
iTunes' version of Boys For Pele is the third edition of the album, which in itself is already a misrepresentation of the album, but to make things worse, they don't actually include Professional Widow. Both Professional Widow and the Armand Van Helden Remix are the exact same audio track. It's just the same track twice in a row. For this reason, I highly, highly suggest buying the original album on eBay or from any major retailer. Hell, if you go into a well-stocked Barnes & Noble, you just might find it.
Now, back to our original mission: B-Sides. The album is not the only thing iTunes has wrong, the Hey Jupiter EP is in even worse shape. The version of Hey Jupiter used here is NOT the Dakota Version (the remix used as the single version of the song, which is about 6 minutes long and includes some heartbreaking additional lyrics), though it's labelled as such, and the Merry Widow version of Professional Widow, which is an intense, emotional performance of the song live on harmonium, isn't here either, it's the original version of the song. Once again, my advice is to buy the physical EP from eBay or Amazon, it's not very expensive and it's worth it to get the real stuff.
There's one another album that iTunes has messed up: Tori's box set release, A Piano: The Collection. It has all the right audio files, but there are a lot of inexplicable silences at the beginning of the songs. Me and a Gun, for instance, has about 4 seconds of silence before the song begins. It's not done by the artist, it's a mistake that for some reasons happens to a lot of album uploaded to iTunes, and I can't quite explain it. If you really want to support Tori and buy her music, do what I did: purchase A Piano from iTunes, and then go and download a torrent of the album with the proper audio files. That way you've payed for it and you've got the proper songs.
Apart from the above mentioned releases, the rest of the Tori selection on iTunes seems to be perfectly accurate. The rest of the EP's are all in good order, I got Crucify, God, and Raspberry Swirl from the iTunes store and they're the right songs. The only thing is that beginning with Scarlet's Walk, iTunes has posted multiple versions of the same album, some with no differences from one another. It doesn't really make a lot of sense, for instance, there are 4 versions of American Doll Posse, one with 23 tracks, one with 23 tracks and a digital booklet, another that is identical to the second one I mentioned, and a third with the digital booklet and bonus videos. It would have much more prudent to either post one edition of the album, or at very least a regular edition and a deluxe edition. But who am I to tell the geniuses at iTunes what to do.
See that? That was a pun. I was being funny. See how funny I am?
On to the B-Sides Already!
So, without further adue, I present to you, my collection of Tori Amos B-Sides. And no, I'm not going to give you download links, because firstly I can't be bothered to upload them all, and also because collecting these songs isn't really all that challenging, it just requires a bit of digging around.
Note on my formatting: I include studio tracks first, then songs from soundtracks, and then live tracks. I do not include remixes or alternate versions of songs. Other than that, the songs are pretty much in chronological order of release. Also, for album art, I used some of the Polaroids from the special edition box set of Scarlet's Walk, just as a way to keep them all uniform, but it's fun to find different single covers to use as album artwork. All of my information on these songs, as well as the photos I used for album artwork, along with pretty much anything else you would ever need to know about Tori Amos, is from my friend Jason's very popular Tori Amos fansite, Yessaid.
Little Earthquakes: B-Sides
1 Upside Down [from Me and a Gun single]
2 Thoughts [from Me and a Gun single]
3 Sugar [from China single]
4 Flying Dutchman [from China single]
5 Humpty Dumpty [from China single]
6 The Pool [from Winter single]
7 Take To The Sky [from Winter single]
8 Sweet Dreams [from Winter single]
9 Angie [from Winter/Crucify singles]
10 Smells Like Teen Spirit [from Winter/Crucify singles]
11 Thank You [from Winter/Crucify singles]
12 Here. In My Head [from Crucify single]
13 Mary [from Crucify single]
14 Ode To The Banana King (Part One) [from Silent All These Years single]
15 Song For Eric [from Silent All These Years single]
16 Ring My Bell [Anita Ward cover – from Ruby Trax: The NME's Roaring Forty]
17 The Happy Worker [from Toys Soundtrack]
18 Little Earthquakes (Live) [from Crucify single]
19 Crucify (Live) [from Crucify single]
20 Precious Things (Live) [from Crucify single]
21 Mother (Live) [from Crucify single]
22 Happy Phantom (Live) [from Silent All These Years single]
23 Silent All These Years (Live) [from Silent All These Years RAINN re-release single]
What's missing: there is a single edit of China, as well as an edit of Flying Dutchman, both featured on the french China single, that I didn't include. There's also a remix of The Happy Worker called "Workers," I don't know if it's an official release, but I didn't include it. I also didn't include the single remix of Crucify, not because I don't like it but because it's on A Piano: The Collection. In fact, A Piano saves me the trouble of including any of the single mixes, because they're all featured in the box set.
Under the Pink: B-Sides
1 Sister Janet [from Cornflake Girl single]
2 All the Girls Hate Her [piano suite – from Cornflake Girl single]
3 Over It [piano suite – from Cornflake Girl single]
4 A Case Of You [Joni Mitchell cover – from Cornflake Girl single]
5 If 6 Was 9 [Jimi Hendrix cover – from Cornflake Girl single]
6 Strange Fruit [Billie Holiday cover – from Cornflake Girl single]
7 Home on the Range (Cherokee Edition) [traditional folk song with some added lyrics – from God single]
8 Daisy Dead Petals [from Pretty Good Year single]
9 Honey [from Pretty Good Year single]
10 Black Swan [from Pretty Good Year single]
11 Losing My Religion [R.E.M. cover – from Higher Learning Soundtrack]
12 Butterfly [from Higher Learning Soundtrack]
13 Famous Blue Raincoat [Leonard Cohen cover – from Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen]
14 Down By The Seaside [Led Zeppelin cover with Robert Plant – from Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin]
15 Upside Down (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
16 Past the Mission (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
17 Icicle (Live) [prefaced with a story from Tori – from Past the Mission single]
18 Flying Dutchman (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
19 Winter (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
20 The Waitress (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
21 Here. In My Head (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
What's missing: every remix of God, and a live performance of Little Drummer Boy that was included on You Sleigh Me: Alternate Christmas Hits as well as More Pink: The B-Sides, the second disc of Under the Pink's special Australian/New Zealand tour edition. I didn't include it because firstly, no recordings of it, not even the one featured on More Pink, are very good quality, secondly because I just don't like it, and thirdly because I haven't really bothered to hunt around for it. There's also a single edit of Cornflake Girl that I actually really like, which skips right ahead to the bridge after the second chorus, and I enjoy it as much as the original, they don't cut out any singing, just a bit of rhythm playing between the second verse and the bridge.
It helped with some of these that the photos are the same color scheme as the album.
Boys For Pele: B-Sides
1 This Old Man [traditional folk song – from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
2 Hungarian Wedding Song [from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
3 Toodles Mr. Jim [from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
4 London Girls [Chas & Dave cover – from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
5 That's What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song) [Chas & Dave cover – from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
6 Samurai [from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
7 Graveyard [from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
8 Amazing Grace – Til the Chicken [the first song is a traditional folk song – from Talula single]
9 Frog On My Toe [from Talula single]
10 Sister Named Desire [from Talula single]
11 Alamo [from Talula single]
12 Blue Skies [from Party of 5 Soundtrack]
13 I'm On Fire (Live) [Bruce Springsteen cover – from VH1 Crossroads]
14 Landslide (Live) [Fleetwood Mac cover – from Y-100 Sonic Sessions: Volume 1]
15 Sugar (Live) [from Hey Jupiter single]
16 Honey (Live) [from Hey Jupiter single]
17 Professional Widow (Merry Widow Version – Live) [A very different version of the song played on harmonium – from Hey Jupiter single]
18 Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Live) [Judy Garland cover – from Hey Jupiter single]
What's missing: Well the obvious missing links are the Armand Van Helden remix of Professional Widow, along with every other remix of the song. There are also remixes for Talula, In The Springtime of His Voodoo, and even some unreleased remixes of Horses that aren't included here. The Dakota Version of Hey Jupiter isn't included either, for the same reason a the Crufiy single remix: both the Professional Widow remix and the Dakota Version of Hey Jupiter are on A Piano: The Collection. I also didn't include the Tornado Mix of Talula because I have it filed under the album itself, and just omit the original version of Talula altogether. If you wanted to include it, I'd recommend putting it right between Graveyard and Amazing Grace, since that would be where you'd find it chronologically.
From the Choirgirl Hotel: B-Sides
(the amount of B-Sides drastically decrease after Boys For Pele, both because Tori started releasing remixes of her songs, and also I assume because CD singles were beginning to become obsolete. I personally enjoy a nice single EP)
1 Purple People (Christmas In Space) [from Spark single]
2 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [traditional folk song – from Spark single]
3 Bachelorette [from Spark single]
4 Do It Again [from Spark single]
5 Cooling [from Spark single]
6 Beulah Land [from Jackie's Strength single]
7 Never Seen Blue [from Jackie's Strength single]
8 Finn [from Great Expectations soundtrack]
9 Siren [from Great Expectations soundtrack]
10 Merman [from No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees]
What's missing: Every remix of Raspberry Swirl, Spark, Cruel, Jackie's Strength, and Father Lucifer. Although I do personally like some of those remixes, I just don't like including remixes in my B-Sides. There's also a track in the Great Expectations score called Paradiso Perduto that features some Tori vocals, but I didn't include it here either, both because I just didn't want to and because it's annoying to try and hunt down the score.
I used the garden because of Datura. Aren't I clever?
To Venus And Back: B-Sides
(Venus doesn't actually have any original B-Sides, they're all live performances that I assume were scrapped from Still Orbiting. It is interesting to note that all of the live performances featured as B-Sides are Tori playing solo without the band. The only thing that can be considered a B-Side from this album is Carnival, which is a song featured on the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack. I personally think it looks weird and throws off the way the Venus B-Sides look. You might want to tack it on to the end of the Choirgirl B-Sides, even though it'd be chronologically incorrect, since Venus was the album that was out when she did the song)
1 Carnival [from Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack]
2 Hey Jupiter (Live) [from 1000 Oceans single]
3 Upside Down (Live) [from 1000 Oceans single]
4 Baker Baker (Live) [from Glory of the 80's single]
5 Winter (Live) [from Glory of the 80's single]
6 Famous Blue Raincoat (Live) [from Concertina single]
7 Twinkle (Live) [from Concertina single]
What's missing: the single mix of Concertina. However, as with the other single mixes, it's included on A Piano: The Collection. I don't ever let songs repeat in my collection, because as you can clearly see, I am extremely organized. On that note, this is not technically organized chronologically, because Famous Blue Raincoat and Twinkle were released on the Glory of the 80's single first, but I prefer them in this order.
Strange Little Girls: B-Sides
1 After All [from Strange Little Girl single]
2 Only Women Bleed [from Strange Little Girl single]
What's missing: not much. There are only two B-Sides for this whole album, and they were included on the same single, which is the ONLY official single released for the album. There is a promo single of Strange Little Girl, which contains supposed "single edits" of Strange Little Girl, '97 Bonnie & Clyde, and Heart of Gold. I cannot find any difference between the "single edits" and the album versions, but I wouldn't have included them here regardless.
Scarlet's Walk: B-Sides
(some of the songs that I'm crediting as being released on Scarlet's Hidden Treasures, the bonus CD that comes with Welcome to Sunny Florida, were originally released on Scarlet's Web, a website that was accessible using the Scarlet's Walk CD, but not only are the versions released on Welcome to Sunny Florida of generally better audio quality, they're also just better in that order because it makes a very nice EP)
1 Ruby Through The Looking-Glass [from Scarlet's Hidden Treasures]
2 Seaside [from Scarlet's Hidden Treasures]
3 Bug A Martini [from Scarlet's Hidden Treasures]
4 Apollo's Frock [from Scarlet's Hidden Treasures]
5 Tombigbee [from Scarlet's Hidden Treasures]
6 Indian Summer [from Scarlet's Hidden Treasures]
7 Operation Peter Pan [from A Sorta Fairytale single]
8 Mountain [from Scarlet's Web]
What's missing: the single mix, and the 101 mix, of A Sorta Fairytale. Both of them are good mixes, though. Also it should be noted that there are no versions of Mountain of very high audio quality, as far as I've been able to find at least. There are also some remixes of Make Me Come To Vegas, and some radio versions of Taxi Ride and Strange, that I am completely not interested in.
To be honest, that's the end of the B-Sides as we know them, there have been singles or EPs released after Scarlet's Walk, and we now get our B-Sides from poorly put-together bonus DVDs, and deluxe editions of the albums. However, for your convenience, I'll include the remaining bonus tracks.
Tales of a Librarian: B-Sides
(there is one "reconditioned" [or "badly remastered"] version of Putting the Damage On that didn't make the physical album, but it is on the bonus DVD, as well as the iTunes release. The live performances are taken from the sound check of the performance that was used on Welcome to Sunny Florida. I personally don't have any of these in my library.)
1 Putting the Damage On [reconditioned version – bonus track on iTunes release of Tales of a Librarian]
2 Mr. Zebra (Instrumental) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
3 Putting the Damage On (Instrumental) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
4 Pretty Good Year (Live) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
5 Northern Lad (Live) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
6 Honey (Live) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
What's missing: There is a radio edit of Mary that was released on a promo single, but my rule for Tori B-Sides is that I don't include alternate versions, all the important ones, except for A Sorta Fairytale's single version, can be found on an official release somewhere.
The Beekeeper: B-Sides
1 Garlands [from The Beekeeper bonus DVD]
What's missing: there are some audio rips of Tori playing live on the DVD, but I'm not interested. In my iTunes, I have this filed as Garlands – Single, and I used the Sleeps With Butterflies artwork. Just a suggestion.
American Doll Posse: B-Sides
1 My Posse Can Do [from American Doll Posse bonus DVD]
2 Miracle [bonus track from iTunes release of American Doll Posse]
3 Drive All night [bonus track from Borders release of American Doll Posse]
What's missing: Not a thing. And in fact, the final three tracks on the album are apparently bonus tracks themselves, but there's no version that doesn't feature them, so I don't quite see how they're bonus tracks. Incidentally, Posse Bonus is an entire song dedicated to telling you that you're getting bonus tracks. Yeah, it's safe to say Tori's albums are a little less entertaining nowadays when you get an entire number about your bonus tracks… Also, My Posse Can Do is an audio rip from the bonus DVD on the deluxe edition of American Doll Posse, I don't know of anywhere you could properly buy the audio file, but the audio file is floating around, and can be found on some torrents.
Abnormally Attracted to Sin: B-Sides
1 Oscar's Theme [bonus track on iTunes release of Abnormally Attracted to Sin]
What's missing: That's it, it's just Oscar's Theme. It's track 18 on one of iTunes releases of the album.
Midwinter Graces: B-Sides
(All of these are covers of traditional folk songs. There are some original songs on the album, and Tori adds/changes some lyrics on all of the carols, but these tracks are still traditional folk songs)
1 Comfort and Joy [bonus track on deluxe version and iTunes release of Midwinter Graces]
2 Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! (Silent Night! Holy Night!) [bonus track on deluxe version and iTunes release of Midwinter Graces]
3 Good King Wenceslas [bonus track on iTunes release of Midwinter Graces]
What's missing: Unless you want to count the bonus interview on the DVD of the deluxe version and the iTunes release as a B-Sides, nothing's missing from here.
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At the request of prosecutors, District Judge Graham Quisenberry ordered Pope to serve the sentences consecutively, Swain said.
Pope abused the girls during a 20-month period that began in May 2006, prosecutors said. The abuse came to the attention of authorities in February 2008 after Pope made several "inappropriate comments" to a friend who notified Child Protective Service.
During the trial, the teens testified about the abuse and sexually explicit photographs of the victims were offered as evidence to corroborate their stories, Swain said.
At sentencing, a U.S. Secret Service agent testified that while examining Pope's home computer he found "hundreds of photographs of scantily clad children in suggestive poses."
The jury deliberated for about 90 minutes before returning the sentences.
The case was prosecuted by assistant district attorneys Robert DuBoise and Kathleen Catania.


If there's one thing people love to blame their problems on, it's social media. Social media makes us bad at holding conversations or paying attention to our partners. Social media makes us spill our dating drama and constantly compare ourselves to other couples. But the thing is, an app on its own – while arguably addicting – is neutral. It can't "make" you do anything.
Still, opening up Instagram all the time and being bombarded with positive images of everyone else's lives can make you feel like the app is designed solely to make you insecure about yourself and your own relationship. "Blaming it on the technology means you don't have to exercise self-control," says Dr. Pamela Rutledge, Director at the Media Psychology Research Center. The thing is, being on Instagram isn't too different from being at a high school reunion, where everyone mingles and boasts about their accomplishments, all attempting to do it tastefully. "We think with social media that there are all these new rules, but if you take out the word 'social media' and describe behaviors, it's much easier to see what's going on," says Rutledge.
1. Constantly posting about each other.
Everyone is annoyed by at least one couple who almost exclusively posts about their relationship and nothing else. "Instagram is not about person-to-person communication – it's about person-to-world communication," says Dr. Rutledge. "Evidence suggests that people who overshare romantic relationships end up with their friends feeling less friendly toward them." It comes off like you don't care about anything else but your partner, which can definitely alienate your friends.
If you just got a boyfriend, or engaged, or married, or traveled somewhere cool together, people will probably smash that like button. But couple selfie after couple selfie and nothing else will likely make your followers drop off, either from boredom or annoyance.
2. Writing long, gushy paragraphs under your #MCM post.
Publicly going on and on about how great your partner is and how in love you are can be a sign of anxious attachment, where you want the relationship to remain highly visible so that it feels extra solid and un-breakup-able. But also, again, it can be really irritating to the people who have to tune into a fresh #MCM essay every week.
3. Storying everything you ever do together.
Even if you're going out and doing fun things together, both of you whipping out your phones so you can put up your own 12-part stories of the same dinner can mean trouble down the line. Simply put: if you're both in the habit of being on Instagram the whole time you're on a date, you're not actually talking to each other or connecting in a real way.
"If you're in a one-on-one situation and you're using a device to avoid a one-on-one situation, that indicates a problem," says Dr. Rutledge. "It's like going to a bar and watching the game every time." It's chill to take out your phone for a quick gram, but if the next 45 minutes are you both trying to think of captions, you'll miss out on so much.
4. Only one of you being on Instagram during the date.
TBH, this is a normal problem – we've all been there where we realize our partner was saying something important when we were too entranced by hedgehog videos to notice. The key is to talk about it and set ground rules about when you actually put your phone away.
5. One of you never posts photos together.
I personally never trust a guy who has zero photos of him and his girlfriend together while she's tagged him in countless couple selfies. It's suss as hell for him to gram his grainy IPA bottle and never his partner – isn't he more proud to date her than eat nachos on his couch? But there might be a reason for that reluctance: "People with avoidant attachments styles are less likely to want to share their romantic relationships online," says Dr. Rutledge. "If intimacy and closeness are sometimes a challenge in a relationship, why would you want to post about it online?
Of course, labeling every man as an avoidant personality for not gramming you can be a bit much, especially if he could actually just be really shy. "A partner who doesn't want to post a relationship in spite of prolific posting of other things may be be an introvert and uncomfortable posting about intimate things," adds Dr. Rutledge. "The rule is this: if it bothers you, have a nonjudgmental and non-emotional conversation to understand why."
6. Never leaving each other cute comments or DMing each other.
Similarly, knowing your partner is *always* on Insta but never DMs you a funny meme or likes your photos can feel like you're being subtly rejected, though it feels silly to make a fuss over not getting any heart-eyes emojis under your selfie.
But you're entitled to feel a lil weird about it! "There's a conversation needing to happen there," advises Dr. Rutledge. "That's the same as going to a party with a bunch of other people around you and ignoring your partner. We view attention as value and regard, so if you're not giving that to someone who you say matters to you, then that's a problem." It just makes you wonder: what is your partner even doing on Insta if they never think to interact with you on it at all?
7. Leaving up photos of your ex.
If it was a mutual, we're-better-as-friends kind of breakup, that can always be explained to your partner. But still having photos together with an ex you don't like simply because you were embarrassed by the breakup at the time or didn't want to look hurt will ultimately haunt you.
8. Consistently lurking on your ex's stories.
For starters: this isn't shaming anyone who looks at their exes' stories or feeds. We've all been there, drunk at 1AM and wanting to know if the guy who dumped us three years ago might be broadcasting a lame Friday night that makes you even happier you broke up. "It's a natural instinct to support our own self-esteem – we don't want to feel that we were not good enough," says Dr. Rutledge. "So in some ways, people can be doing this to look for confirmation that they're not missing out on something.
Of course, most people only gram the brag-worthy things that happen to them, so it's easy to fall into resentment when you see your ex vacationing with someone new, even if you're digging your own relationship."It's important to remember that you're not looking at real life and if you start comparing yourself, other than just satisfying curiosity, and it's dampening your mood, that's when you pull the plug," says Rutledge.
9. Silently judging each other's Insta activity.
Sometimes, though, what seems like a "mistake" just boils down to a misunderstanding between two people. For instance, some people don't mind if their partner likes photos of bikini-clad Kardashian; others are put off by it. The problem starts when you each do things on Instagram that ruffle the other person but never address it.
"The real crux of this is that relationships take two people and therefore, being honest and upfront about posting styles in a relationship is important," says Dr. Rutledge. "If your boyfriend 'likes' a picture of an attractive girl, do you feel jealous? Does your boyfriend view your selfies as looking for other guys, intimating that he is 'not enough?' Is there a way to find out if your posting bugs your significant other? Yes. Ask."
Whether it's comforting or not, the truth is that social media alone can't ruin your relationship or make all your friends roll their eyes at your incessant humblebragging. Only you can do that.


The picture leading this blog is from our church bulletin last week. Don't those little folders have some of the prettiest pictures? Well this one is such a familiar scene that it got me to thinking about the memories of the season.
There's something heady about the harvest season. The air is cooling (cooling slowly this year), the leaves are hinting at the autumn-brilliance they'll soon wear and the work of summer is drawing to a close. Of course the work on a farm never ends and there are certainly hardships in winter. But we don't think about those things in the fall. Instead, we can look at clipped fields and barns bulging with winter stores. We see the garden turned and waiting for a little grass cover for the winter. The can house is filled, kids are back in school and it's simply time to take a deep breath. All of this is a beautiful picture of God's blessings. Even in droughts or floods, when it's too hot or too cool, when the bugs eat more than their share or disease hits the crops, God blesses us.
I think our forefathers more keenly felt this reliance on the land – and on God. Of course, from way back in Bible times people have been getting the idea that they can manage on their own and don't really need God. Every one of those ideas ended badly of course. It seems to me that it's getting easier to make that mistake these days. Now we think we can get a public job and buy our groceries from the store if the crops don't do too well. Food does seem to magically appear on the shelves, doesn't it?
In 1906 Alfred Henry Lewis said, "There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy." There's a whole prepper movement afoot today that would probably agree with him, citing that in most homes all the food they have in the house would maybe last nine meals. Can you imagine what your grandmothers would have said to that statistic? It would not have been kind!
Barring years of very severe weather and long economic hardship, most mountain farms could go months without a trip to the grocery store. In fact, many never expected to visit a store more than once a month. And those visits only brought home coffee, a little sugar and maybe a treat for the kids along with a few dry goods. Of course, you might have to take a turn of corn to the gristmill, otherwise you'd be eating gritted bread. And your menu might be a little limited, but don't most of us eat pretty much the same things all the time anyway?
For those hard working farmers, if the cow doesn't go dry, the root cellar doesn't flood and the barn isn't hit by lightning then there'll be something in the pot through the cold months of winter. Do you think that's why fall is such a beautiful season?


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A coroner last night called for tighter regulation of leisure zip-wires after a boy of 11 died in a fall at a children's adventure park.
Bailey Sumner died when he plunged 30ft from a 500ft-long ride at the Greenwood Forest Park near Caernarvon, Gwynedd, during Easter in April 2011.
The carabiner clip, normally used by climbers, was connected by mistake to a "false loop" in a rope lanyard dangling from the cable, an inquest jury sitting at Dolgellau magistrates court heard.
A figure of eight knot was tied in the lanyard but loose ends were taped up which created the false loop after the rope on the Swampflyer ride stretched.
When Bailey was attached by the carabiner to the false loop, the tape gave way and he plunged to his death just a week after the ride had opened. It has since been dismantled.
Bailey, of Blackpool, later died at Gwynedd Hospital, Bangor from his significant head injuries.
Police investigated but prosecutors decided to take no further action against the park. But Gwynedd council officials confirmed its inquiry into "possible regulatory breaches" was continuing.
Simon Hughes, the 23-year-old "ranger" who launched Bailey from the platform, suggested the schoolboy might have tampered with a triple-lock carabiner and fell.
But Health and Safety Executive Inspector Louise Robinson told the hearing : "I don't see how that would be possible. It is highly unlikely."
Coroner Nicola Jones also told the jury :"During his statement he made various comments about not feeling satisfied that the training was sufficient. But he didn't share that with either Mr Stephen Bristow or his supervisor or any of his colleagues."
Mr Hughes, who now lives in Australia, insisted the carabiner had not been clipped to the false loop and he made a final check.
The inquest heard that zip-wires did not require licenses.
Pathologist Dr Anthony Caslin said Bailey died after suffering a brain injury due to a fractured skull following a fall from a height.
The Swampflyer opened on April 17, 2011, a week before the tragedy. Following the tragedy it had been dismantled. The Crown Prosecution Service decided to take no action against the park.
After the jury forewoman returned a verdict of accidental death, the coroner urged regulation of permanent zip-wires and more guidance about their design and safety equipment.
Making a number of recommendations, she said the entertainment industry should also be made aware of the risk and potential of creating a false loop.
"The lack of guidance played a significant part in how Bailey has come to die," she said.
Outside court Philip Lonsdale, Bailey's grandfather, said: "There is no bitterness towards Greenwood. I intend to visit the park and suggested to Mr Bristow he should open a zip-wire in light of what he has learned. I would be the first to ride it."
He said there had been a lack of guidance from bodies such as the HSE.
He added : "Greenwood behaved impeccably throughout. They tried their best to get the advice and were let down.
"It is very important that the government should step in and make sure there are regulations that cover zip-wires."
Stephen Bristow, managing director of the popular playground, said the mistake should have been spotted by staff during the pre-launch checks.
"The training required them to be absolutely rigorous about what they were doing," he said.
"The safety of our visitors is our top priority. We have always had the highest safety standards which exceed the general safety guidelines laid out by the Health and Safety Executive.
"However, there is currently no specific guidance in place which relates to the circumstances which led to Bailey's death."
He added: "We welcome the coroner's move to urge the HSE to consider whether specific guidance should be drafted and made publicly available for permanent zip-wires to ensure a tragic accident like this does not happen again."


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Description: In our second DeSigning Praxis dialogue, Keith Murphy and Taylor Lowe will discuss the intersection of Design and Cosmology in their own research on Swedish and Thai politics, respectively. Their work on the place of design in political cosmologies (or cosmopolitics) will frame a discussion of the contemporary politics of cosmology.
Building upon our first dialogue where Orit Halpern and Robert Somol agreed that Design mediates the imagination of alternative worlds, DeSigning Cosmology moves to consider how imaginaries of political worlds achieve ideological order -- how they become political and social cosmologies -- through design. They ask whether there is a particular affinity between cosmology and designed discourse and things and examine the relationship between cosmology and other conceptual systems of power, like Gramsci's Hegemony and Deleuze's Diagram? Lastly, they will discuss whether this is the time, andDesign Anthropology the (sub)field, to "re-look" or "de-sign" the concept of cosmology.
Keith Murphy (Anthropology, UCI) is a Design Anthropologist and the author of Swedish Design.
Taylor Lowe is an Architectural Designer, Instructor and PhD Student in Anthropology at the University of Chicago.


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Printing & Manufacturing, Business Strategy
Best Practices in Global Book Sales
Different approaches for giving your U.S. titles an international reach.
By James Sturdivant
Think Global, But Go Local
If we've learned anything in this global business environment, it is that while we need to be internationally involved and focused, we also need to know when to call on those who are more locally savvy. Many managers let their desires to be "global" blind them to their misunderstandings of foreign markets. Their want and expectation to remain in control can often thwart their ability to properly leverage global publishing opportunities, when simply sharing these assets with localized experts would ultimately provide greater and more sustainable success in these markets.
The following six principles can help you maximize your success in foreign markets:
1. Publishing success depends on pull marketing, where customers request the products.
2. Pull marketing depends on local exposure. Customers in foreign markets won't buy the book if they don't know about it.
3. Local exposure depends on trusted sources. Customers in foreign markets rely on trusted sources (e.g., advertising and media sources they are familiar with).
4. Trusted sources come from understanding the foreign market in which you are trying to sell.
5. Understanding comes from cultural awareness.
6. Cultural awareness comes from being local.
Thus, publishing success comes from being local. Don't confuse printing with publishing, though. While the rights may be held by a U.S. publisher, and that publisher may use its might to get good (global) printing prices, it still should not expect to "get the books out" without the help of a local publisher of strength and repute, whether corporately tied or an independent entity. The local firm should call the shots. It needs to be in the position to use its local knowledge to choose titles, suggest print runs and to participate financially in the success or failure of its activities. It would be the near-sighted publisher that tries to direct operations from afar with limited local insight.
Seth D. Gershel is a publishing consultant. He holds an MBA in International Management from the top-ranked Thunderbird School of Global Management. He resides in New York City and can be reached at SethGershel@gmail.com.
When the "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" series decided to go global with its newest edition, "The Remarkable … Revealed," the company took a chance by tweaking the typical foreign publishing model. Rather than licensing full publishing rights, as many publishers do, Ripley chose to handle printing and work directly with foreign distributors.
"We're finding that, with licensing, [foreign publishers] don't [always] have the commitment we do," says Norm Deska, executive vice president of intellectual property, Ripley Entertainment. "We're looking to better establish our brand with a high-quality annual book, and the only way to do that was to do it ourselves."
Ripley, whose books––based on museum exhibits––feature flashy graphics and complex cover images, works with a single Chinese printer for nearly all worldwide editions, an arrangement worked out in partnership with Spokane, Wash.-based international sales and distribution firm Mint Publishers Group.
"We put through one print run, and we get the benefit of scale, and the publisher and distributor in other countries get the benefit of that scale in terms of the price we charge them," explains Morty Mint, president and CEO, Mint Publishers Group.
At the same time, Mint adds, Ripley controls its content and brand, which is important to a company looking to establish and increase its profile beyond the United States.
Despite such advantages, this approach is not common in publishing, given the logistical hurdles of managing multiple language editions and complex distribution arrangements.
"[As a foreign publisher, you typically] receive the rights and [handle printing and distribution]," says Jorge Pinto, publisher of international publishing house Jorge Pinto Books Inc., of the most common types of foreign publishing deals. "Some have clauses where [the foreign publisher] sends the [translated] manuscript back to the [U.S] publisher, but usually [the foreign publisher] handles everything, and gives the [U.S.] publisher and writer a copyright fee. It's a good source of income for [the U.S. publisher] and for the writer."
The Marketing Behind "The Remarkable … Revealed"
An article with more information about the marketing behind the August launch of "Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Remarkable … Revealed"—the fourth installment in the "Ripley's" series—appeared in the October issue of Book Business. If you missed it, you can check it out by visiting BookBusinessMag.com and typing "Ripley's" into the search box.
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5a. Argument
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Chapter 5 Section 1 Analysis of Argument
Analysis of Argument
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
These essays are not "perfect" answers, but represent what could be done in a 30-minute period to get a score of 5 or 6.
Analysis of Argument # 1: Olympia Foods
The author argues, using facts from the color-film processing industry's downward trend in cost over 24 years, that Olympic Foods will be able to cut costs and thus maximize profits in the future. The author bases his conclusion on the generalization that organizations learn to reduce costs over time and, since Olympic Foods has 25 years experience in the food processing industry, its costs should have declined considerably. There are two serious flaws in the argument.
First, the argument uses a faulty analogy between the color-film processing industry and the food processing industry. Analogies drawn between the two fields are highly suspect because there are many serious differences. While the film processing industry faces a relatively simple processing challenge, food producers must contend with contamination, transportation and farm production (much more serious challenges). Thus, it is likely much more difficult to wring efficiency improvements in the food industry.
Second, the author uses a sweeping generalization. The author's prediction of margin improvements relies on the optimistic assumption that Olympic Foods' 25 years of experience will automatically result in operational efficiencies. The problem with this is that improvements in processes do not occur automatically over time, they require tremendous effort at continuous improvement and they require potential room for improvement. It is possible Olympic Food has limited room for improvement or lacks the managerial will to improve its operations. Thus, there is no guarantee of improved operational efficiency over time.
The author's argument has two seriously flawed assumptions. The author could strengthen his or her conclusion by providing examples of how the company has learned how to improve its operations over 25 years and implemented those changes.
Analysis of Argument # 2: Centralization of Sales
The argument concludes that the Apogee Company should shut down its field offices and use a centralized location because the company was more profitable when it had a single central location. The argument has two serious flaws.
First, the author commits the "After This, Therefore, Because of This" fallacy where the author assumes that because a decline in profitability occurred after the field offices were created, the field offices were responsible for the decline. However, there may be other factors that could have caused the decline. Could an industry-wide decline, poor management, or poor marketing have caused the decline? Without ruling out other factors or presenting stronger evidence, the author cannot conclusively blame the field offices.
Second, the author assumes that eliminating the field offices would improve profitability by streamlining the management of employees and cutting costs. There is no evidence to support this assumption. Perhaps the field offices cut travel costs from the central office and allowed better management of sales to far-flung clients. The author could support his assumption with cost-cutting and or profit-enhancing strategies.
In summary, to strengthen the conclusion that Apogee should close field offices and centralize, this author must rule out factors other than decentralization that might be affecting current profits negatively and demonstrate how decentralization would cut costs.
Analysis of Argument # 3 : Funding of Arts
The author concludes in this argument that the city should shift some of its arts funding to public television for two reasons. The author argues that public television is being threatened by severe cuts in corporate funding and attendance at the city's art museum has increased proportionately with increases in visual arts program viewing on public television. There are a few problems with this argument.
First, the argument assumes that a correlation proves causality. Simply because there was an increase in television exposure to the visual arts, mainly through public television, the author assumes that this exposure caused a similar increase in local art museum attendance. The author uses the statistical relationship between increased art museum attendance and similar increases in television viewing of visual arts programs to establish causality. However, a statistical correlation does not mean causality, there may be other factors driving the increased art museum attendance, such as new shows, a new wing added to the museum, or a possible rise in the interest in art in society.
On the other hand, the author makes a fair assumption that television programs have an impact on behavior. This is a common sense assumption. After all, advertisers spend billions of dollars on television ad time because they trust this assumption as well.
In conclusion, the author's reasoning is somewhat persuasive. The author could strengthen his or her argument by eliminating other potential causes that could increase visits to the local art museum.
Analysis of Argument # 4: Declining Revenues and Delays
The report recommends replacing the manager of the purchasing department in response to a relationship between falling revenues and delays in manufacturing. The grounds for this action are that the delays are traced to poor planning in purchasing metals. The cause of the poor planning might be the purchasing manager's lack of knowledge of the properties of metals. The author suggests that the position of purchasing manager should be filled by a scientist from the research division and that the current purchasing manager should be reassigned to the sales department. The report supports this latter recommendation, pointing out that the purchasing manager's background in general business, psychology, and sociology equip him for this new assignment. The report's recommendations have two serious questionable assumptions.
The first problem is that the report fails to establish a causal connection between the falling revenues of the company and the delays in manufacturing. The fact that falling revenues coincide with delays in manufacturing does not necessarily prove that the delays caused the decline in revenue. The report's recommendations are not worthy of consideration if there is no compelling evidence to support the causal connection between these two events.
Second, the report assumes that knowledge of the properties of metals is necessary for planning in purchasing metals. No evidence is stated in the report to support this crucial assumption. Moreover, it is not obvious that such knowledge would be required to perform this task because planning is essentially a logistical function.
The author could strengthen the argument that the manager of the purchasing department be replaced by demonstrating that the falling revenues were a result of the delays in manufacturing. Additionally, the author would have to show that knowledge of the properties of metals would improve planning the purchasing of metals.
Analysis of Argument # 5: Increasing Circulation
The publisher of the Mercury newspaper is suggesting that the newspaper's price be reduced below the price of The Bugle, a competing newspaper. The circulation of the Mercury has declined during the 5-year period following The Bugle's introduction. The publisher believes that lowering the price of The Mercury will increase its readership, thereby increasing profits because a wider readership attracts more advertisers. The publisher's reasoning has two serious problems.
First, although it is obvious that increased circulation would make the paper more attractive to potential advertisers, it is not clear that lowering the subscription price is the most effective way to gain new readers. The publisher assumes that price is the only factor that caused the decline in readership. There is no evidence given to support this claim. In addition, given that The Mercury was the established local paper, it is doubtful that the large-scale drop in circulation would be explained by subscription price alone.
It is possible that other reasons exist for The Mercury's decline in readership. The Bugle could have much better writing and layout than the Mercury. It is also possible that readers may not be satisfied with the news reporting's accuracy, or the balance of local to national/statewide news coverage. Either way, it is unclear that lowering prices will drive up readership.
In conclusion, this argument depends on a simplified assumption about the price of the paper and its popularity. The author could strengthen the argument by discussing other factors beyond cost before concluding that lowering subscription prices will increase circulation and, thereby, increase advertising revenues.
Analysis of Argument # 6: City of Helios
This advertisement for the city of Helios makes several arguments for locating companies in Helios. The advertisement states that Helios is an industrial center and enjoys a lower than average unemployment rate. In addition, the advertisement states that the city is "attempting" to expand its base by attracting companies that focus on technologies. This argument is problematic for three reasons. Moreover, it is argued that efforts are currently underway to expand the economic base of the city by attracting companies that focus on research and development of innovative technologies. This argument is problematic for several reasons.
First, the argument presents no reason to believe that the city is equipped to handle non-manufacturing related businesses. The status of the city as a manufacturing center will likely mean that the city is equipped to handle manufacturing businesses. Its labor supply, energy resources, regulatory environment, support businesses, and infrastructure are likely well suited to manufacturing companies. However, there is no reason to believe, based on the argument, that Helios offers any attractive benefits to technology companies.
In addition, since the city lacks any specific benefit for technology companies, the use of the statement "Helios is attempting its economic base" is a non sequitur in the context of the overall argument. The statement offers no benefit to technology companies to move there other than an expressed interest in attracting those companies. This argument could be strengthened if they actually provided real benefits to technology companies
Another ineffective argument made is that of the city's low employment rate. The low unemployment rate during a recession suggests that the city has a labor shortage. This means that companies moving to the city probably have to pay above average labor rates to attract labor in a tight market.
The advertisement for the city of Helios fails to provide any compelling reason for non-manufacturing businesses in Helios. The low unemployment rate actually suggests that the city is a poor place to locate a business. Based on the advertisement, the only companies that could plausibly benefit from the city are manufacturing companies.
Analysis of Argument # 7: Aspartame or Sugar
The author in this argument is trying to establish that people are better off trying to lose weight with sugar rather than with the artificial sweetener aspartame. This conclusion is based on the assertion that aspartame can indirectly cause weight gain by triggering food cravings, while sugar benefits weight loss by enhancing the body's ability to burn fat. The details of the claim, however, prevent making an effective generalization about aspartame's weight-loss benefits.
The argument states that "high" dosages of aspartame are required to deplete the brain chemicals responsible for registering a sense of being sated, or full. The problem is that "high" dosage is not defined. Is this high dosage reached during normal consumption? Without the dosage defined, it is impossible to determine how often or how significant of a side effect the food craving is.
The second statement, that sugar burns fat, is also qualified and not universally applicable. In this instance, the benefits of sugar only arise after at least 45 minutes of continuous exercise. However, it is a fair assumption that many exercisers will not actually exercise for 45 minutes. Thus, the author cannot make the generalization that all exercisers should prefer aspartame over sugar after exercise.
In conclusion, each of the studies cited in the argument cannot be extended to make a generalization that aspartame is preferable to sugar. Instead, the exercise claim must be qualified by "after 45 minutes" and the dosage indicated by "high" must be defined.
Analysis of Argument # 8: Worker interest
This argument uses a survey of workers to show that workers are indeed interested in management issues. The argument is solely based on a survey of 1200 workers that showed that 79% of the workers surveyed expressed interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and the redesign of worker benefits. This argument has several flaws.
The first objection to this argument is the validity of the survey. The statement is incomplete because it does not adequately describe the conditions of the survey. One issue is the sample. Were the workers chosen for the survey chosen randomly or did they volunteer for the survey? This question is relevant here since apathetic workers would obviously not respond to a survey of worker apathy!
In addition, it is unclear whether the 1200 people used in the survey are representative of the company's employees and are an adequate sample size. Perhaps the 1200 workers are part of a major company with several hundred thousand employees. Or, the workers surveyed may not be representative of the company at large. For example, what if they were part of a management trainee program for workers who wanted to move into management positions?
Aside from any issues relating to the quality of the survey, the argument makes a false generalization about the results of the survey. The survey asks specifically about the worker's interest in corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs. These issues could be reasonably construed as worker's issues since they would directly impact worker benefits and job security (restructuring often implies layoffs). Thus, the survey cannot be extended to demonstrate an interest in management issues.
In sum, the conclusion about worker interest in management issues cannot be reasonably drawn from the survey's information. The survey's accuracy is not adequately explained and the survey's results are illogically extended to draw an unsupported generalization.
Analysis of Argument # 9: Consumer demographics
The author argues that department store sales will increase significantly over the next few years because their core market of middle-aged people will increase in size over the next decade. The author uses the statistic that 39 percent of the retail expenditures of middle-aged people are through department stores. The author additionally argues that stores should take advantage of this trend by carrying more products aimed at middle-aged customers. This argument has two serious flaws.
The argument falsely assumes that an increase in middle-aged people will automatically translate into an increase in sales. The argument errs because it does not acknowledge that the younger generation consists of a different population cohort, which may not favor department stores. Indeed, this generation may favor stores, such as the GAP, that became prominent in the 1980s. Thus, the younger generation's preference for non-department store retailers may be a generational phenomenon rather than an age-related issue.
The argument further suggests that department store's inventories should be changed to reflect the tastes of middle-aged Americans. This is problematic because the younger population, although preferring non-department stores, may be growing at a faster rate than the middle-aged Americans and therefore represents a more attractive market. In addition, it is possible, as stated in the prior paragraph, that the younger generation's tastes have indeed changed and that when they age, they will not shop at department stores.
In sum, this argument is not strong as it currently stands. The argument needs more information about the growth rates of the younger market and their tastes.
Analysis of Argument # 10: Funding cuts
The argument states that the state legislature does not have to consider the views of protesting students. The author supports this conclusion by pointing out that only 200 of the 12,000 students actually went to the state capitol to protest the cuts in college programs. The author concludes that since an overwhelming majority of the students did not take part in the survey, they must not be interested in the issue. This argument has two serious flaws.
The author attempts to make a statistical inference from the fact that only 200 out of 12,000 showed up for the rally. This is not a valid statistical survey. If, for example, the students had been randomly surveyed to get a fair sample of the overall population, this would have been a valid survey.
Second, the author uses the fact that 12,000 students stayed on campus or left for winter break to show that they were not concerned about education cuts. In fact, if the protest was during winter break, it suggests a large level of inconvenience for the students to protest the cuts (since many could return home to distant locations). A low turnout does not suggest a low level of interest, but instead implies a high level of organizational opposition since students could be recruited during their vacation time.
As it stands, the argument is not well reasoned. To make it logically acceptable, the author would have to demonstrate that the protesting students had some characteristic in common that biases their views, thereby nullifying their protest as representative of the entire college.
Chapter 5b: Additional Essays


Pastor Tim graduated from the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary in May 1998. Tim is a full member of the Wisconsin Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He was ordained a Deacon in 1997 and as an Elder in 2001. Tim served as a student pastor of the Bloomington and Cassville United Methodist Churches from 1996-1998. His first full-time appointment was at Balsam Lake and Centuria United Methodist Churches from 1998-2003. He served Kaukauna Peace United Methodist Church from 2003-2012. He was appointed by Bishop Linda Lee to Neenah Faith United Methodist Church on July 1, 2012. Pastor Tim is the 70th pastor to serve at Neenah Faith since there beginning in 1855.
Prior to becoming a pastor, Tim worked in sales and graduated from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1984 with a BBA, majoring in marketing. This is what Pastor Tim has to say about his career change..
"It was not that I woke up one day and said I was going into the ministry. I had periodically talked about ministry many times through the years prior to that, even as a small child. There were always other things to do. However, I will always remember what one of my pastor's said (it seemed like he said it every Sunday). He said if God is talking to you, you have to listen! Well he had been talking to me for a long time. I just had a listening problem. There was a peace that I did not have. But, God is still good! He prepared me with ten years of life experiences before entering seminary. Those experiences have been a blessing. Not only in talking, listening and helping others but also in understanding the scriptures. That is, how am I living that out? Also, trying to make the Bible relevant to the daily situations of life. God has given me that peace that I had long sought even when some days are tougher than others I know that I am not alone."
Come and listen to Pastor Tim sometime soon.


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Environmental conditions, plant uniformity, tillage systems.
Department of Plant Production and Experimentation, University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The emergence of plants is especially important for the winter crops that are grown in the challenging environmental conditions of many countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The emergence and initial growth of winter rapeseed were compared in field trials in a randomized block design with three replicates for plants sown in conventional tillage systems (CT) and strip-till (ST), which had different weather conditions and on soil with a non-uniform texture over a period of two years. Sowing in the CT was carried out using Horsch Pronto 4DC (Germany) at a row distance of 0.29 m. The ST operations were performed using a Pro-Til 4T drill manufactured by Mzuri Limited (Great Britain) - row spacing of 0.36 m. In favourable rainfall and thermal conditions, the density of winter rapeseed plants two weeks after sowing was found to be higher if it was sown after the CT than in the ST system. In the year that had a serious shortage of rainfall during the sowing period, a considerably higher density of plants was achieved using the ST system. The uniformity of plant growth using the ST technology in soil with a varied texture, especially in a year with an unfavourable distribution of rainfall, was proven by less variability in the number of leaves in the rosette, in the dry mass of the leaf rosette and in the root neck thickness of the winter rapeseed than in the CT system. The ST system can create good conditions for the initial development and preparation of rapeseed plants for wintering.


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James Street Swing Bridge Reopening
THUNDER BAY, Ontario, Nov. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) is pleased to announce that the repair work on the James Street Swing Bridge is complete and that the bridge will be reopened to pedestrian and vehicular traffic in both directions on Saturday, November 9th 2019 at 10:00 am local time.
"CN is pleased that the bridge is reopening and that this important road link in Thunder Bay is once again accessible to the public," said Olivier Chouc, vice-president of Law at CN. "The leadership of Chief Peter Collins was instrumental in getting to where we are today and we would like to thank him for his commitment to the greater good of his community.""I would like to thank CN for collaborating with our community to reopen the bridge," said Fort William First Nation Chief Peter Collins. "For our community, this bridge is an important link with Thunder Bay and having it reopened is key to economic benefits and access to services."The Bridge had been under repair following a fire on October 29th, 2013. The driveable lane width remains unchanged at 9.33'. The speed limit will be maintained at 20 km/hr with load carrying restriction of 15,000 kg across the bridge. The sidewalk has been widened to accommodate the lost width resulting from the addition of the protection barrier between the roadway and sidewalk to improve the safety for both vehicles and pedestrians using the bridge. The handrail has been modified to match railing height of 1.4m to meet current safety requirements.About CN
CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting more than C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network of approximately 20,000 route miles spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries – serves the cities and ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information about CN, visit the Company's website at www.cn.ca.


text:
Undesirable life-events and depression in young adolescents
Pamela A. Meyer, Carol Z. Garrison, Kirby L. Jackson, Cheryl L. Addy, Robert E. McKeown, Jennifer L. Waller
Biostats & Data Science
We compared the relationship between individual undesirable life-events and comprehensive life-event factors, as well as major depression in adolescents. Students in four public suburban middle schools were screened for depressive symptomatology and life-events by a self-administered questionnaire. Seven of 21 individual events (parents' divorce, parental job loss, problems between parents, problems between the adolescent and his/her parents, failing a grade in school, school suspension, death of a close friend) and three of six life-event factors (conflict/disappointment, marital discord, maladjustment) were significantly related to depression in univariate models. A multivariate examination of the individual events was difficult to interpret, but examination of the event factors found maladjustment and conflict/disappointment significant. Analyses using the undesirable life-event factors provided a clearer picture of the relationships investigated by grouping related events into a more manageable number of independent categories. Specific combinations of life-events suggest stronger associations with adolescent depression than others. Clinicians may identify youths at risk for depression when specific combinations of undesirable life-events occur.
Journal of Child and Family Studies
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Meyer, P. A., Garrison, C. Z., Jackson, K. L., Addy, C. L., McKeown, R. E., & Waller, J. L. (1993). Undesirable life-events and depression in young adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2(1), 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321300
Undesirable life-events and depression in young adolescents. / Meyer, Pamela A.; Garrison, Carol Z.; Jackson, Kirby L.; Addy, Cheryl L.; McKeown, Robert E.; Waller, Jennifer L.
In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 01.03.1993, p. 47-60.
Meyer, PA, Garrison, CZ, Jackson, KL, Addy, CL, McKeown, RE & Waller, JL 1993, 'Undesirable life-events and depression in young adolescents', Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321300
Meyer PA, Garrison CZ, Jackson KL, Addy CL, McKeown RE, Waller JL. Undesirable life-events and depression in young adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 1993 Mar 1;2(1):47-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321300
Meyer, Pamela A. ; Garrison, Carol Z. ; Jackson, Kirby L. ; Addy, Cheryl L. ; McKeown, Robert E. ; Waller, Jennifer L. / Undesirable life-events and depression in young adolescents. In: Journal of Child and Family Studies. 1993 ; Vol. 2, No. 1. pp. 47-60.
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Elaine and George have been together since 2010 while they were both students at Pitt. They currently reside in Philadelphia. After weeks of cold weather, Elaine and George had a beautiful Saturday for their wedding.
Elaine and George both got ready at the Mansions on Fifth Hotel. Elaine chose to do her own make-up and following George's greek heritage tradition, the best man presented Elaine's shoes to her stuffed with money on a tray.
Not only did Elaine and George share cards with each other on the morning of their wedding, but they both wrote letters to their parents – such a sweet sentiment!
The couple did a first look and took their portraits around the Pitt campus before meeting up with the rest of their bridal party. We loved photographing Elaine as she knew how to work all of her angles! The couple had their ceremony at Heinz Chapel followed by a bubble exit.
We headed back to the Mansions on Fifth Hotel for the reception. Introductions took place in the main lobby, which is where the dancing also took place. The guests dined in three separate rooms – with Elaine and George eating each part of the meal in a different room so they could spend time with all of their guests. The maid of honor Rachel put together a special popcorn bar for Elaine. During the cocktail hour there was cheddar cheese and garlic parmesan and after dinner it switched to chocolate caramel and kettlecorn. The guests not only got to have wedding cake, but a macaroon tower and greek desserts were also available. The guests started off the party with the traditional greek money dance. As with many of our Pitt couples, they ended the night with Sweet Caroline in a circle with their guests.
Elaine and George, it was a pleasure to work with the two of you! We thank you for choosing Kristen Wynn Photography and wish you a lifetime of love and happiness always. Congratulations!


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Posted in: Christian, Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, Uncategorized.	Tagged: Christ, Christianity, Gospel of Mark, Religion.
This post may become a two-part post as it has a large number of texts and really covers two section of scriptures that really should not be separated for they are all teaching the same spiritual lesson yet coming at it from two different angels to get to the same place and that place is, . . . well let's see where it leads us.
We often call this the story of the Rich Young Ruler based upon putting all three gospel accounts of his incident together. Matthew just called him as one running after him and then in verse 20 calls him young. Our New Testament Historian and Doctor, Luke call this young man a "Ruler" who was "very rich". There is evidence that He held an honored position on the council of the Jews which would have been the local Sanhedrin which all Judean towns seemed to have, but not part of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem.
The Ruler came to Jesus with eagerness and by kneeling he signified his sincerity in seeking Jesus and wishing to know what he must do to have eternal life.
There it is, Jesus is once again, by asking this man to take up his cross and follow him, He was asking him to do the most repulsive thing imaginable. That being to take up your cross and follow Jesus. We discovered previously that Jesus is asking this man and all his disciples to put away all selfish desires and to Follow Jesus with all his heart, and might I also add with all the talents that he had. Jesus asked him as He asks all of us and that is to serve our fellow mankind. To be a servant to others, by giving of self, to become one of the least that we gain greatness. Greatness without service is not what heaven is looking for heaven is looking for men, women, boys and girls that are willing to serve others in Christ's name.
But this request of Jesus to the Rich Young Ruler, only served to make him sad, for he had many possessions.
Many believe that Jesus statement about that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle was a reference to a small opening within a larger gate into the city that when the main gate was closed still allowed for a single camel, fully loaded with pack to enter. But this was not what Jesus was referring to. Instead Jesus is stating. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a sewing needle than for a rich man to be saved. Jesus is saying, it is impossible for a camel to pass through the eye of a sewing needle and it is equally impossible for a rich man to be saved.
I can hear some of you say, "Hey wait a minute! What about Abraham? He was a rich man and he was called a friend of God, yet he is saved, so see, a rich man can be saved. Right?
Yes, so let's look at Abraham for a moment. He was rich because God blessed him, so Abraham prospered. But did Abraham put his trust, and faith in his wealth? No, he was a friend of God because in all things he trusted God and served God. But Jesus is taking this a step further by discussing the possession of riches in and of themselves. It is not the possession of wealth that bars a man from heaven, but rather his inordinate love and misuse of wealth. There is nothing to prevent a relatively "poor" man from being covetous.
26 The disciples were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, Who can be saved? 27 But Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible. Jesus' parting words to the Rich Young Ruler were for "Him to take up the cross, and follow Me." In and of ourselves, it is impossible for us to lay down of self and all selfish desires, thus what Jesus is asking is impossible without us first accepting the atoning sacrifice of Christ. As Christ became a servant to us all, so through the power of Christ, we to must become servants to all. It is then and only then that we can do the impossible and that is to fit a camel through the eye of a sewing needle or for a rich man to enter heaven. Of our own it is impossible to gain heaven. But, when we place out trust in heaven, having the faith that through Christ all things are possible, then we can really truly take up our cross and follow heaven.
Nicodemus as he talked with Jesus was a rich man relying upon his own wisdom and his own wealth to achieve both greatness and salvation. But Christ told Nicodemus that he must be born again and as the children of Israel were healed by looking upon the bronze serpent that was lifted up on a pole for all to look upon, it is for disciple and Christian alike to look upon the lifted-up Son of Man as he hung upon the cross and to accept by faith the saving power. But upon accepting of this saving power, then we must as Christ did become a servant to others. Placing the things of heaven above the things of this earth and even our own selves.
This is what Jesus was telling his disciples as he finished speaking with them.
28 Then Peter began to say to Him, "see, we have left all and followed you." 29 So Jesus answered and said, Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's 30 who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time – houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions and in the age to come, eternal life.
As we become part of the family of God we may lose what we possess and hold dear, but we gain all these blessing by our association with our brothers, sisters and mothers and children, knowing that in them who live to serve others we will always have lands and a place to rest our head even through persecution on this world, and eventually the reward of which is eternal life.
Thank you I will not make it too long.
I am Press this and sharing on Social Media. Thank you.
I have a testimony I cannot share yet. Do you use testimonies in your Church or other Ministries?
Yes, I do use personal testimonies. They can be a powerful influence for good in ministry.
Thank you so much for sharing this with others. I Pray that others will be blessed too.