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Champion Pulp and Paper Mill in Canton, NC, TimelineTweet Share
Located just west of Asheville, North Carolina, and within the headwaters of the Pigeon River, is the small town of Canton, home to the Evergreen Packaging mill, an employee-owned facility. Opened in 1908 as the Champion Fibre Company, the pulp and paper mill has played a significant role in the environmental and social history in this part of the Southern Appalachians. On the one hand, the mill has been an economic engine for Canton for more than a century. However, it has also been contributing to the contamination of the westward flowing Pigeon River and sending its sulfur-rich odor to its downwind neighbors since it began operating. Over the course of its lifetime, no matter who has owned it, the mill has had a major impact on area natural resources through activities including timber harvesting, paper production, and product conversion.
This chronology documents the mill in Canton and the major events relevant to the mill’s influence on the town and region. The links connect to more information or relevant historical material held at the Forest History Society in Durham, NC.
|1893||The town of Pigeon River, North Carolina, is reincorporated by the state’s General Assembly as Canton.
Peter G. Thomson of Hamilton, Ohio, incorporates the Champion Coated Paper Company.
|1905||Peter Thomson purchases thousands of acres of virgin timberland in and around the Pigeon River headwaters.
The chestnut blight is introduced to North America through nursery stock and first found on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo in New York. The fungus will spread quickly and eventually eradicate the American chestnut from North American forests in less than 50 years.
|1906||Construction of Champion Fibre Company in Canton begins. The location was chosen due to the large supply of timber for pulp fiber, access to water, and rail access to promising markets.
|1907||The new mill brings legislative change even before opening. Chapter 298 of the public laws of 1907 (“An Act to Encourage the Building of Pulp Mills and Paper-mills and Tanneries in the Counties of Haywood and Swain”) amends the 1901 classification of polluters of the Pigeon River. The new law holds that only new facilities below the forks of the Pigeon River are accountable for their pollution, moving the designated point down river, conveniently below the location of the new Champion Fiber mill.|
|1908||The Champion mill in Canton begins production in January. The mill is the first in the world to make white pulp from chestnut wood. The tanning material is separated from the fiber and sold to the leather industry.
The company also builds 60 small dwellings for some of the workers and their families, which came to be known as Fiberville.
Reuben B. Robertson Sr., Peter G. Thomson’s son-in-law, becomes general manager of Champion Fiber Company in Canton.
|1910||Spurred by the mill’s demand for workers, the population of Canton grows more than five-fold in just ten years. The population goes from just 230 residents in 1900 to 1,393 in 1910.|
|1911||President Taft signs The Weeks Act, which enables the U.S. government to purchase private land in order to protect the headwaters of navigable waterways. In the short term, it proves vital for conserving important environmental and ecological features of Appalachian forests. By protecting more than 20 million acres, mostly in the eastern U.S., the law will become one of the most influential pieces of legislation in the country.
Champion Fibre Company sells part of its timber holdings to Champion Lumber Company (they were separate companies). Champion Lumber Company begins operating a lumber mill at Sunburst, NC (the town of Sunburst was about 12 miles southwest of Canton).
||In the April 18 issue of Plain Talk, the weekly newspaper of Newport, Tennessee, the news of the Titanic’s sinking on April 15 is relegated to page two. But Champion Fibre’s announcement that new technology was being implemented to reduce pollution makes the front page. The company, however, continued to insist that the byproducts being discharged into the Pigeon River were harmless.|
|1916||The Pisgah National Forest is established in southwestern North Carolina, with nearly 86,000 acres of forestland purchased from the Vanderbilt family. Pisgah is the first national forest created under the Weeks Act. From 1898 to 1909, Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Estate was home to the Biltmore Forest School, the first forestry school in the country. When the school’s founder Carl Schenck was fired by Vanderbilt, he moved his school to Sunburst, NC, before the lumber mill opened there. Schenck initially failed to persuade Peter Thomson to initiate forest management on Champion Fibre’s lands.|
|1920||Reuben Robertson hires Walter Damtoft of the U.S. Forest Service as chief forester at Champion Fibre’s Canton mill. Damtoft is considered the first professional forester employed by a pulp and paper company in the U.S. Southeast.
On April 20, 1920 the Champion YMCA was dedicated by Mr. Peter G. Thomson, the organizer and first President of Champion Fibre Co. The cost of this building, $75,000, was his gift to the enrichment of the cultural, educational, recreational and spiritual life of the Canton community. From its beginning the facilities and activities of the YMCA were planned for men, women, boys and girls to provide entertainment, education and physical training for both Champion employees, their families and the citizens of the Canton area at a moderate membership rate. This program has enjoyed the support of Champion Papers Inc.
|1922||Paper production from southern pine begins at the Canton mill. The mill installs the first book paper mill in the U.S. South.|
|1924||Champion workers in Canton strike for a three-shift day and competitive wages. After a union attempted to organize the workers, mill management promised eight-hour shifts, an adequate pay scale for those who turned in their union cards, and no repercussions.|
|1925||The Champion Knight logo appears on a shipment of paper for the first time. The Canton mill also begins producing paper from the bleached sulfate pine pulp.
|1929||Champion Fibre Company buys the land around Sunburst to create a reservoir. When the dam was completed in 1932, the reservoir water flooded the area to form Lake Logan, named after Peter Thompson’s son, Logan.|
|1931||Peter G. Thomson, founder of Champion, dies.
Champion Fibre Company sells around 90,000 acres of private forestland to the U.S. government. The lumber had been used for harvesting timber used in producing fiber for the mill. This land eventually becomes part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The sale price of $3 million allows the Canton mill to purchase new plant equipment, and ultimately sustain production through the Great Depression.
|1933||The Canton mill installs the world’s largest book paper machine at that time.|
|1934||The Canton mill begins producing high-quality white pulp from southern pine, the first operation to do so. This was made possible by a multi-stage bleachery, and eventually led to Canton being the first U.S. mill to manufacture bleached hardwood pulp cooked by the sulfate process.|
|1935||The Hamilton, Ohio, and Canton operations are merged to form the Champion Paper and Fibre Company.|
|1937||Champion Fibre erects a new facility in Pasadena, Texas, that uses the sulphate bleaching technology originally developed at the Canton mill.|
|1940||Two of the largest floods on record hit Canton and the Champion mill within two weeks of one another. The mill is shut down for 100 hours and damage to the town is estimated at $303,000.
In the same year, a magazine coated paper machine is installed in Canton, followed by a board machine and a new paper machine.
|1946||Reuben B. Robertson Sr. succeeds Logan G. Thomson as Champion’s president.|
|1947||An even larger book paper machine is installed, increasing production from the machine installed in 1933.|
|1950||Reuben B. Robertson Jr. succeeds his father as the company’s president.|
|1951||The Canton Extract Plant, which separated tanning materials from the chestnut fibers, is abandoned due to the dropping supply of chestnut wood as a result of the blight introduced in 1905.|
|1960||Reuben B. Robertson Jr. is killed in a traffic accident in Cincinnati, Ohio. This sparks major changes in the Champion organization and marked the decline of the Thomson-Robertson family control over the company.|
|1965||The Robertson Memorial YMCA opens in Canton, a symbol of the Robertson family’s influence on the community as well as the paternalism the mill exerted over its employees.|
|1967||Champion merges with U.S. Plywood in an effort to restore profitable operations and consolidate timber resources. The new company is called U.S. Plywood–Champion Papers for the next 5 years.|
|1972||The company is renamed Champion International Corporation.
Congress passes the Clean Water Act. The law is amended in 1977 to better regulate “the discharge of untreated wastewater from municipalities, industries, and businesses into rivers, lakes and coastal waters.”
||First major litigation case against Champion’s Canton mill pollution is brought by the State of Tennessee.|
|1984||Champion International acquires St. Regis Corporation for $1.6 billion, which greatly increases their capacity for producing newsprint and magazine paper. With the acquisition, Champion International now owns 6.4 million acres in the U.S. and Canada, making it one of the largest private landowners in North America. Champion also has landholdings in Brazil at this time.|
|1990||Wall Street tycoons Warren Buffet, Laurence Tisch, and John Templeton purchase hundreds of thousands of shares in Champion Corporation, sparking fear in the town that the company would soon be acquired.|
|1992||There are 1,714 employees working at the Canton paper mill and an additional 251 workers at the Waynesville conversion facility. During this time the Canton mill is a major coated paper producer for Life magazine.|
||Champion announces that it will be implementing a new bleaching technology, costing around $30 million, that would be used to further clean the Pigeon River, which the Canton mill had been polluting for nearly a century.|
|1999||The employees of the Canton operation purchase the mill and rename the company Blue Ridge Paper, Inc. Champion sold the Canton mill and other operations to the employees in a $200 million buyout led by the workers’ union. Blue Ridge Paper was a large regional producer of envelope, writing, and printing papers, as well as packaging products.|
|2006||The mill transfers owners once again and is renamed Evergreen Packaging.|
||Evergreen Packaging and Pactiv, part of Reynolds Group Holdings Limited, come together to create a public offering under the name Pactiv Evergreen.|
||Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Fred bring deadly flash floods to the North Carolina Mountains. One of the hardest hit areas is Canton, with significant damage to homes and businesses.|
||Pactiv Evergreen announces closure of the mill in Canton as part of a restructuring plan.|
During the transition from Champion International to Blue Ridge Paper to Evergreen Packaging, the Canton mill remained in operation without interruption. The mill sold its timberland to West Fraser Timber Company soon after becoming Evergreen. Today the mill operates on about 200 acres in downtown Canton, with a conversion facility in nearby Waynesville. Evergreen employs around 1,000 people and produces liquid packaging, commercial paper, cupstock, and a variety of other papers and boards.
While driving alongside the Pigeon River west of Asheville on I-40, one can see the mill and smell the sulfur as well as the river, which is still used as the mill’s primary water supply, offering reminders of mill’s ongoing presence and impact. Canton continues to build on its legacy as one of the premier U.S. mill towns, and the mill at the town’s center continues its symbiotic relationship with the southern Appalachian forests of North Carolina.
Detailed art rendering of the paper-making process at the Champion mill in Canton.
Damtoft, W. J. “A Half Century of Forestry in a Democracy.” 1950 pamphlet from American Forest Products Industries.
Garrett, Ray. “In Less Than a Life Span.” American Forests 58 (October 1952): 23-25.
The Story of the Carolina Division. Canton, NC: The Champion Paper and Fibre Company. Circa 1956.
“Champion Started Its WNC Operations 51 Years Ago.” Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC (January 27, 1957): E9.
“The Story of Papermaking: How Champion Papers are Made.” from This is Champion, a 1958 promotional booklet by Champion Paper and Fibre Company: 47-57.
Oral history interview with Reuben B. Robertson and E. L. Demmon. Interview by Elwood Maunder in Asheville, NC, February 15, 1959.
Oral history interview with Walter J. Damtoft. Interview by Elwood Maunder in Asheville, NC, February 14-15, 1959.
Maunder, Elwood R. and Elwood L. Demmon. “Trailblazing in the Southern Paper Industry: An Interview with Reuben B. Robertson.” Forest History Newsletter 5 (Spring 1961): 6-12.
Bartlett, Richard. “The River and Time: Pigeon’s Toxic Past.” Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 11 (Winter 1996): 88-91.
Whitlock, Craig. “Upstream Friend, Downstream Foe.” News and Observer, Raleigh, NC (April 20, 1997): 1B, 4B.
Whitlock, Craig and Kyle Marshall. “River-Polluting Paper Plant Will Be Sold.” News and Observer, Raleigh, NC (October 9, 1997): 3A.
Walter J. Damtoft Papers, Forest History Society Archives.
Champion International Corporation Image Collection, Forest History Society Archives.
Additional Champion International Corporation historical material can be be found at the Forest History Society.
Other Historical Information Sources
Champion Paper and Fibre Company (NCpedia).
Champion and Blue Ridge Paper Timeline (Smoky Mountain News).
“Champion Paper.” Fortune (January 1949): 80-85.
Champion Paper, Inc., Canton Division. “From Forest to Finished Product.” 1953.
Bartlett, Richard A. Troubled Waters: Champion International and the Pigeon River Controversy. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1995.
Robertson, Peter Thomson. “Canton Mill Closure is a Devastating Blow.” The Mountaineer (March 7, 2023).


The line-up of acts set to perform as part of next month’s Retro Revival night at Sweeney’s bar in Dublin have been announced.
Taking place on Saturday September 13th, the next night in the Retro Revival series will once again see an exciting bill of artists take to the stage at Sweeney’s.
The September line-up includes London based garage-beat trio the Teamsters who will headline the show.
Support on the night comes from alternative-pop act Cave Ghosts, blues-rock influenced four-piece the Pacifics and indie-pop group Groom who recently released their brilliant new album Bread and Jam (read The Last Mixed Tape’s review here).
Tickets to Retro Revival in Sweeney’s Bar, Dublin with the Teamsters, Cave Ghosts, the Pacifics & Groom on September 13th are priced at €5. Doors at 9pm. For more information visit the event’s Facebook page.
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A noteworthy review of Eyewitness to World War II from School Library Connection on October 1, 2016
This comprehensive series does an excellent job of covering the very broad and popular topic of World War II. Each brief volume addresses a different aspect of the war, from important and well-known battles to the contributions and experiences of women and different ethnic groups. The text is informative and detailed and includes a lot of compelling first-person accounts and photographs on every page. The pictures are not graphic or gory, yet still convey the somberness and severity of these events. The inclusion of women and minorities throughout the series is noteworthy as well. Considering the high reading level and difficult subject matter of most World War II nonfiction, this set is a welcome addition for middle grade history buffs! Glossary. Index.
A noteworthy review of Eyewitness to World War II from Horn Book Guide on October 1, 2016
Eyewitness to World War II series. Each book in this series looks at a specific aspect of World War II with an emphasis on first-hand accounts. The age-appropriate prose is engaging but provides minimum background information, making the volumes better as supplementary texts for interested young readers. Relevant black-and-white photographs throughout enhance the presentations. There are four other spring 2016 books in this series. Reading list. Glos., ind.
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Its that time of year again when movie and fashion lovers alike rejoice!!! Awards season is upon us and we can’t wait to get our fashion fix, drown in all the gorgeousness and revel in the delicious train wrecks that never fail to delight. Tomorrow night marks the 68th Annual Golden Globes and you can be sure we’ll be waiting with bated breath to see who the Fashion Gods deem worthy of supernova style status. Although many will try to get it right, only few will truly dazzle, be rocketed into the fashionable stratosphere and be forever remembered as utterly amazing. Waxing nostalgic about the Globes of the past, we thought we’d get into the spirit by sharing some of our fave starlets in all of their other worldly style! These ladies are all so ridiculously stunning that we are equally awestruck and consumed by jealously! Thank goodness for the barage of “fashion don’ts” who never fail to burn our eyeballs with their drecktitude and make us feel a teensy bit better about ourselves. Enjoy!


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It’s a respectful and humble culture that leads to success on a variety of spectrums, but that doesn’t mean that we’re going to shy away from championing an individual who had a truly impressive performance within the week.
We’ve teamed up with the good people at Pettus Automotive to bring you a feature that will highlight one student athlete’s outstanding individual performance every week. Whether on the gridiron, golf course, diamond or hardwood, there is always someone doing something special. And we thought you’d all like to know about it.
This week the honor goes to Ste. Genevieve Dragons Quarterback, Luke Ferranto, who put the team on his back as a signal caller AND a rusher for a clutch 21-20 victory over the always tough Park Hills Central Rebels. The hairline victory gave the Dragons their fourth consecutive win and bumped them to 4-1 on the season.
Ferranto opened the scoring with a slick 17-yard pass to Aiden Meyer, who streaked into the endzone to give the Dragons a 7-0 lead. Then in the second quarter, the young QB hooked up with star wideout Wyatt Springkamper from 14 yards out for another score to double the lead.
The rest of the game for Ferranto was clock management and the use of his legs, as he led the team in rushing with 79 yards on 20 carries. The Dragons were clearly leaning on him to secure the victory, as the next closest ball carrier had just half of his total. He finished with 168 yards through the air on 11-of-17 passes and totaled 247 yards when it was all said and done. The defense bent at the end, but didn’t break, and held on for the always-exciting one-point victory.
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On Thursday, 5 September 2019, Al-Haq sent a joint submission to the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) ahead of Israel’s periodic review under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD or ‘the Convention’) along with partner organisations BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), and Habitat International Coalition (HIC) – Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN).
Submitted for the Committee’s list of themes on Israel’s report, the organisations highlighted Israel’s historic and institutionalised discrimination against the indigenous Palestinian people, resulting in Israel’s continued failure to respect, protect, and fulfil the human rights of all Palestinians throughout its territory and subject to its jurisdiction. This includes Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians subject to Israel’s effective control, as Occupying Power, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, constituting the occupied Palestinian territory.
In the submission, the organisations underlined the severe denial of Palestinians’ fundamental rights, and the continued deterioration in the human rights situation, reaffirming Israel’s obligation to fully implement the Convention in good faith. In particular, the groups argued that Israel has entrenched policies and practices of racial discrimination, racial segregation, and apartheid with respect of the Palestinian people as a whole, in violation of Article 3 of the Convention, giving rise to both State responsibility and individual criminal liability.
Further, the submission examined a series of Israeli violations of the Convention, which have neither been addressed nor effectively remedied despite previous recommendations by the Committee. Notably, the organisations stressed that Israel has not reconsidered its planning, construction, and zoning policies, which discriminate against the indigenous Palestinian people on both sides of the Green Line, including in relation to their rights to adequate housing, property, and access to land and natural resources, particularly affecting Palestinian Bedouin communities of the Palestinian people in the southern Naqab and in the West Bank. Israel has also failed to eliminate its policy of demographic manipulation and forced population transfer against Palestinian permanent residents in the city of Jerusalem.
Finally, the submission highlights Israel’s unlawful 12-year closure of the Gaza Strip, which has made Gaza uninhabitable according to UN reports, in violation of Israel’s obligations under international human rights law, including the Convention. Accordingly, the four organisations offered a number of recommendations for inclusion in the Committee’s list of themes ahead of its review of Israel’s seventeenth to nineteenth periodic reports at its upcoming 100th session in Geneva.
To read the full submission made by Al-Haq, BADIL, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, and Habitat International Coalition – Housing and Land Rights Network to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ahead of Israel’s review, click here.


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Quinta do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Visitação
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Quinta do Convento is located in Serra de Montejunto (Montejunto mountain) in the heart of the Lisbon appellation, just west of Quinta de Monte d’Oiro and Quinta de Pancas, and east of Óbidos. The 16-ectare estate is predominately planted with Touriga Nacional, the signature variety for the great wines of Portugal, namely from Douro and Dão region, where it’s believed it came from. This demanding grape variety is perfectly adapted to this region climate and soil. It produces full-bodied, well-structured, long-lived wines famous for their finesse and elegance. In keeping with a longstanding tradition, it is blended with Merlot and Syrah, which add a touch of smoothness and complexity. In certain vintages, Pinot Noir can also be counted on to contribute with the well-known charm of wines from Bourgogne. The introduction of white Portuguese grape varieties Arinto and Fernão Pires and French grape varieties Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, allowed to produce excellent quality white wines. Arinto confers a fresh and mineral acidity to Quinta do Convento white wine, while Sauvignon Blanc contributes with well ripen fruits and asparagus aromas. On the other end the grape variety Semillon adds complexity and a persistent buttering sensation as well as a full-body finishing. In years of special climacteric conditions some of that varieties are to be used in Late Harvest vintages.


Navajo Nation Speaker LoRenzo Bates with Navajo coal miners at the Arizona State Capitol building following a march in opposition to Proposition 127 in Phoenix, Ariz. on Oct. 9. 2018.
Published October 13, 2018
PHOENIX — On Tuesday, Speaker LoRenzo Bates (Nenahnezad, Newcomb, San Juan, Tiis Tsoh Sikaad, Tse’Daa’Kaan, Upper Fruitland) attended the “Vote No” rally on Proposition 127 at the Arizona State Capitol to support Kayenta and Navajo Mine workers, families, Navajo Transitional Energy Company, and supporters.
Speaker Bates is asking Arizona voters to join the Navajo Nation in voting “No” on Proposition 127, the “Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona” initiative, which would require utility companies to obtain 50-percent of their energy from renewable resources by 2030. Voters will decide the outcome during the upcoming Nov. 6 general election.
During the rally, Speaker Bates said while the Navajo Nation does support renewable energy development, the Navajo Nation does not support the way in which Proposition 127 would irresponsibly impose requirements and infringe on the sovereign status of tribes throughout the state of Arizona.
He added that if passed, the measure would negatively impact utility costs, employment, revenue, and other factors for all Arizona citizens, including members of the Navajo Nation.
“Recently, the Navajo Nation took important steps to promote and develop renewable energy, which is evident with the recent opening of the Kayenta Solar Facility – a two-phased project that provides over 55 megawatts of solar energy for homes and other uses. This is a prime example of the Navajo Nation’s responsible transition to renewable energy. The Navajo Nation has spoken and established our official position on this matter,” stated Speaker Bates.
In July, members of the Navajo Nation Council passed a resolution opposing Proposition 127 for several reasons including the fact that the proposed initiative would impose a dramatic increase in electricity bills, particularly for low-income and fixed-income Navajo families.
“The proposition would likely lead to the closure of the Four Corners Power Plant and the Navajo Mine, which combined have a $225 million impact on regional economies and provide more than $100 million in royalties, taxes, and fees to the Navajo Nation and other governmental entities and provides nearly 800 jobs, most of which are Native American workers,” said Speaker Bates.
Navajo Mine heavy equipment operator Arnold Hatathle stated that Proposition 127 would threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of families and further impact the unemployment rate of the Navajo Nation, which is already over 46-percent.
Speaker Bates said the people pushing this initiative did not take into account the sovereign status of the Navajo Nation and the impact that it would have on utility rates for Navajo families and the overall economy.
“We support renewable energy, however, we do not support the irresponsible process that this initiative is proposing. Once again, I respectfully ask all Arizonans to join the Navajo Nation on November 6th in voting “No” on Proposition 127,” said Speaker Bates.
To learn more about Proposition 127, please visit: www.savenativeamericanfamilies.com or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyW2ZeWAtU1m0pUik4symiA/videos?view_as=subscriber.


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Colorado Weather: Fresh Snow To Delight Skiers On MLK DayOn one of the busiest ski days of the season, most ski areas in Colorado have received fresh snow. Reports varied from 2 to 6 inches early Monday morning and light additional snow is possible through the day.
I-70 Reopens After Deadly Crash And Multi-Car Pileup In Windy Conditions FridayInterstate 70 has reopened in eastern Colorado, after a deadly crash and a multi-car pileup during high winds.
Colorado Dust Storm Could Be Seen From SpaceA dust storm along the border of Colorado and Kansas was big enough to be seen from space.
Spilled Box Of Screws Cause Flat Tires On I-70 Near Lookout MountainAt least 36 vehicles suffered flat tires while driving on Interstate 70 heading west near Lookout Mountain on Monday.
Runaway Semi: CSP Warns Drivers To Slow Down Through I-70 Mountain CorridorColorado State Patrol troopers warned semi-truck drivers to slow down through the Interstate 70 mountain corridor.
Work Resumes On Central 70 Project In DenverBe ready for closures, delays and lane restrictions on Interstate 70 in Denver.
Interstate 70 Reopens At Vail Pass After Amazon Truck Crash InvestigationInterstate 70 reopened Wednesday afternoon at Vail Pass after huge backups during a closure.
WB I-70 Reopens After Shooting Near I-270Westbound Interstate 70 was shut down at Interstate 270 Saturday night due to a shooting. Denver police are looking for the suspect.
I-70 Traffic: Two-Hour Delays Possible At Idaho Springs On TuesdayCrews are paving a section of the interstate and warn there could be delays as long as two hours in both directions.
I-70 Traffic: Expect 2 Hour Delays Near Idaho Springs This WeekThey will be closing one lane westbound starting Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., Monday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and then again on Tuesday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Denver Traffic Alert: Weekend Closure Of I-70 Planned From Brighton Boulevard To I-270Interstate 70 will close this weekend from Brighton Boulevard to Interstate 270.
Drivers Headed To Colorado High Country Should Be Aware Of I-70 Idaho Springs Lane ClosureDrivers heading to Colorado's high country should expect lengthy delays when traveling through Idaho Springs on Interstate 70 early next week.
Denver Weather: Snow Set To End Friday Afternoon, Cold Night AheadThe latest winter storm to hit Colorado has brought 2-6 inches of snow to most ski areas and under 1 inch to most of the Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins areas.
Denver Weather: Snow Ends, Brisk Wind Stays BehindA quick moving storm brought 1 to 3 inches of snow to most areas around Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins. The official snow total for Denver was just under 1 inch.
Traffic Alert: Westbound Lane Through I-70 Mountain Corridor To Be ClosedThe Colorado Department of Transportation will close one lane of Interstate 70 near Idaho Springs going west through the mountain corridor this week.


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The Sheltering Tree, Flagler County’s only–and at times embattled–cold-weather shelter, for the first time this year Monday and Tuesday night opened its doors to 15 guests at its new location on the outskirts of Bunnell as temperatures dipped below 40 both nights.
For the first time in 12 years, the shelter was no longer at Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church in Bunnell, but 2 miles north and oceans away from former neighbors’ exasperation and resentments. The cold-weather shelter moved to Church on the Rock, the 14,000-square foot facility that has tripled the space available, and that also makes another first possible: the sheltering of homeless individuals who are covid-positive, or suspected of being so, as they can be isolated in a room of their own. The set-up, devised in consultation with the Flagler County Health Department, is similar to that of hurricane shelters.
“I like it very much,” says Martin Collins, a Sheltering Tree board member and volunteer who helped manage both nights. “I think the space is big, and coincidentally perfect because of coronavirus. It’s a very good, secure location. We’re happy to have an off-duty officer available all the time in the car park. It works well in terms of the toilets, the bathrooms, the location of the kitchen, our ability to set up a little TV area with a coffee stand, we have a lot of space and it’s very well laid out, very comfortable. I think it’s fair to say everyone has reacted well to it.”
Martin says the new arrangement takes nothing away from “how grateful we were for the Methodist location over all those years,” especially since the Sheltering Tree still operates its weekly outreach for the homeless and the needy every Tuesday from the Methodist Church, at 205 North Pine Street. But the set-up there had been made untenable by recurring conflicts with residential neighbors, who did not fancy the sight of homeless people hanging about the church and sheltering there, and, finally, by Bunnell government.
A year and a half ago the city took a hard line against the sheltering operation. Legally or not–that question has not been answered yet–the city administration invoked regulations essentially to lead to the equivalent of an eviction for the Sheltering Tree, with the backing of the city commission. The non-profit found reason to question the legality of the city’s reasoning and drew a U.S. Justice Department investigation of Bunnell’s actions. That stayed the city’s prohibition against sheltering operation last winter, which continued at the Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall, if for just 12 nights: global warming has narrowed the span of colder nights.
It was then the county’s turn to hound the homeless: County Manager Jerry Cameron first clumsily and unsuccessfully attempted to ship the homeless off to an outlying camp, a plan that quickly fell apart after reporting illustrated the dismal and isolated conditions to which the county was fating the homeless. The administrator then devised a more cynical ploy to fence them off from the county’s land near the county library, where they had long been encamped, after declaring the land a construction zone that never was. Finally late last year, county government acknowledged what Bunnell had been pushing for since the shelter opened within its borders a dozen years ago: that homelessness is a shared responsibility.
A breakthrough occurred when Church on the Rock offered its facility as a potential site, at least on cold nights. By February, the Sheltering Tree had all but sealed that deal. County government, for its part, joined with Palm Coast, Bunnell and Flagler Beach in a co-equal agreement that would provide a modest sum of money to the Sheltering Tree–a non-profit that relies entirely on grants, donations and some 50 volunteers to run its operations. According to that agreement, The Sheltering Tree gets $1,000 per night for a maximum of 24 nights each winter season. The county and the cities will split the cost, each government paying up to $6,000–a dew drop in the bucket of government expenses that amounts to more of a symbolic gesture than a earnest aid, but still more than each government was willing to provide previously, which was nothing. For the shelter, the nightly $1,000 covers the rent of Church on the Rock and the steep cost of security for 12 hours, leaving little for the operation of the shelter itself. But no one is complaining.
The Church on the Rock provides three rooms for the shelter’s operations, allowing individuals to be spaced out. “We’re grateful for the fact that the county and the cities contribute toward the cost of running the shelter, and the rest is all done by volunteers,” Martin said. “So we have a welcoming team, we have a cooking team, we have an overnight team and we have a breakfast and cleanup team. Usually it’s about 15 to 20 volunteers, and the guests vary per night, because this is new and a new location.” There were five guests on Monday night, 10 on Tuesday night. “But we expect that to pick-up when the bus route is better known.”
The county is also providing a bus from its transportation fleet each night the shelter operates. The bus picks up homeless individuals at four locations in the county–Heroes Park in palm Coast, Veterans Park in Flagler Beach, and locations in the Hammock and Daytona North. The bus then drops off the same individuals the following morning. Each night the shelter operates, dinner is served at 6 p.m., a hot breakfast is served at 6 a.m., and guests are to be out of the shelter by 8 a.m.
Food preparation used to be done on-site when the shelter was at the United Methodist Church. Church on the Rock’s kitchen accommodations are not the commercial type, so preparation is done at volunteers’ homes and brought in, with meals taken within socially-distanced protocols. Masks are mandatory for all who are in the shelter–guests or volunteers. All volunteers were trained several times for their roles, Martin said. Every night, two Sheltering Tree board members walk through each team of volunteers through their assigned tasks. Sanitation is at a premium. Each evening’s set-up takes about three hours, each morning’s break-down takes about 90 minutes. It’s not a minor operation.
Bunnell City Manager Alvin Jackson stopped by the shelter on both nights, a gesture Martin saw as “reaching out the hand of friendship.”
“I think the Church on the Rock is a much better site,” Jackson said. “The way they have it laid out and the logistics, I think the facility just works so much better for them, I was very impressed. The security they have there, it’s not as cramped, I think the facility really works for them. They seem to be very satisfied from the first night. I did a walk-through before the first night before everyone started coming in.” For the city and its neighborhoods, “I think it’s a win-win, for our neighbors that basically were impacted they’re no longer being impacted. Then it’s a place where we can accommodate those that ended shelter during the cold weather time. So really, hats off to the county, Jerry, my other colleagues, the other cities and the attorneys, we worked through this, the Sheltering Tree and Church on the Rock, when you talk about a real collaborative relationship to address the need, this is the result.”
For the Sheltering Tree volunteers and the homeless, being at the outskirts of town, on a property that’s set back from U.S. 1, has been a boon of privacy, eliminating friction with neighbors and erasing the sense that the homeless were being imported into the city. Driving by, no one would know that the church was operating a cold weather shelter on those nights. And if homeless individuals used to be brought in from Volusia County previously, that’s no longer the case. Daytona Beach has its own homeless shelter.
But the Sheltering Tree isn’t lacking for challenges reflective of today’s hardships. “We have a case tonight,” Martin said late Tuesday evening, “where an individual has a home but they’re disconnected from electric and water, and they’re freezing. This is all going on because of the poor organization of unemployment in Florida, and people aren’t getting those grants for accommodations, people are being evicted.” (See: “Unemployment Payments Are Weeks Late in Florida and in Nearly Every State.”)
Martin continued, “We helped a person recently who called us Tuesday and who told us after nine years she was being evicted. The owners of the building knew she had two disabled children,” one with multiple sclerosis, one with Down Syndrome. “We were able to pay two months’ rent and thank goodness she got her job back. So it’s pretty tough out there, and we’re seeing a lot more people come in who can’t pay their bills. We’re very worried if Congress doesn’t get an agreement in by the end of December. That’s going to stop the prevention of unemployment and the prevention of evictions.”
The Sheltering Tree’s own fund-raising operations have taken a hit. The organization relies on an annual dinner for the lion’s share of its fund-raising, usually in March. It raised nearly $12,000 at its 2019 event. This year those efforts had to be curtailed because of Covid, making the cities’ and county’s contribution that much more valuable. But the shelter’s needs are still dire and ongoing, since the Sheltering Tree’s outreach goes well beyond its cold-night services. The organization provides clothes, rental assistance, transportation, and numerous other aid to the needy throughout the year: a list of services and needs can be accessed here.


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thus powerful the expression communicated to them by a judicious application of the different poetical feet. The nature of the poetical pauses, the caesural, demicaesural, and final having been already explained in lecture 6th, it cannot be necessary here to repeat them; suffice it to say, that to form lines of the first melody, the caesura must be at the end of the second, or of the third foot, or in the middle of the third; that the final and caesural pauses constitute in a great measure not only the melody but the harmony of verses, because the beauty of proportion in the members, according to these divisions, is founded in nature.
When men express their sentiments by words they naturally fall into that sort of movement of the voice which is consonant to that produced by the emotion in the mind; and the dactylic or anapaestic, the trochaic, iambic or spondaic prevails, even in common discourse, according to the different nature of the sentiments expressed. To imitate nature therefore the poet in arranging his words, in the artificial composition of verse, must take care to make the movement correspond to the sentiment, by the proper use of the several kinds of feet: and this is the first and most general source of expression in numbers. This is abundantly exemplified in the preceding ode of Dryden, in which the stanzas are composed in iambic, trochaic, or anapaestic verse, according to the subject expressed. As also in this line of Milton, in which the vast dimensions of Satan are shown by an uncommon succession of long syllables, which seem to detain us to survey the huge arch fiend, in his fixed posture.
"S5 stretch'd out huge In length the arch fiend lay."
The three great objects of poetical numbers, or the advantages to be obtained by restricting composition to the laws of versification, are melody, harmony, and expression. By the first is meant a pleasing effect produced on the ear by an apt arrangement of the constituent parts of verse according to the laws of measure and movement. Melody with respect to music is produced by a single instrument, and is always pleasing, if the notes sounded arc so judiciously arranged as to be expressive of the sentiment intended tobe conveyed. Thus notes judiciously arranged in aflat key are expressive of sorrowful and plaintive emotions. Those in a sharp, of gay and lively. By harmony is meant an effect produced by an action of the mind in comparing the different members of a verse with each other and perceiving a due and beautiful proportion between them. Melody may be produced by one instrument; but harmony implies a combination of agreeable sounds: and as this is the case in music, so it is in the construction and reading of verse, where the lines; whether in blank verse or rhyme, are discovered by the hearer to possess the same length or number of feet. By expression is meant such a choice and arrangement of the constituent parts of verse as serve to illustrate and enforce the thought or the sentiment of the writer. This is exemplified by Milton in the beginning of his Allegro.
Hence loathed Melancholy,
'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy,
In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
But come, thou goddess fair and free,
In heaven y'clept Euphrosyne,
And by men, heart-easing Mirth,
Whom lovely Venus at a birth ■
With two sister Graces more ^
To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore.
Haste thee, nymph! and bring with thee
Jest and youthful Jollity,
Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles,
Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles,
Such as hang on Hebe's cheek
And love to live in dimple sleek;
Sport, that wrinkled Care derides,
And Laughter holding both his sides."
Where these poetical pauses, and these essential principles of verse, viz. melody, harmony, and expression are attended to and produced, there the influence of poetic numbers must be irresistibly pleasing and powerful.
NATURALHISTORY—FOR THE PORT FOLIO.
.1 short account of the cataract of Tequendama, three degrees north of the line, near to the city of Santa Ft de Bogota, kingdom of . Yew Grenada.
Having conversed a considerable time with a Mexicaii(gcn-tleman relative to the Cataract of Niagara, which he visited in August of last year; he entirely agreed with me that it is an object truly worthy of being seen. That the fatigues of the journey were amply recompensed by a view of the romantic beauties of the shores of the Mohawk river; by the lively and cheering sight of numerous new towns, and villages, that have arisen, as if by magic, on grounds, that but a few years ago were scarcely pressed, but by the feet of the wandering aborigine; by the expanded lakesthat frequently meet the eye like mirrors beaming in the midday sun; bythe unexampled torrentofthe river Niagara itself, which rushes, whirls, and tumbles over the rocks for the space of half a mile, before it precipitates itself into the unfathomable gulf below; and, lastly, by the stupendous prospect of such an immense body of water rushing through the air the distance of one hundred and fifty feet; whose inexpressibly rapid motion carries the eye along in spite of every effort of resistance, and forms the most lively contrast with the immovable, and deeply rooted beds of stone that compose, on each side, the boundaries of the tremendous yawning chasm.
T a«ked him if the southern world contained any thing equal to those falls? He said it did; and that he would bring me written proofs of his assertion. He complied with his promise, and put into my hands the 6th and 8th vol. of a work entitled " Mercuric) Peruano," written in Spanish, and published in Lima. From No. 207 of the 6th vol. 27th December 1792,1 have translated the following account of the cataract of Tequendama, by a person who frequently visited it in his youth. I consider this wonderful work of nature in some manner unknown, although an account of it was published in the year 1771, the knowledge of it has not reached many. I attribute this circumstance to the nature of the work in which the description was written being more peculiarly adapted to the perusal of monks, than to any other profes
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sion, though even not to all of these. Such subjects belong to natural history, and I have no doubt that it will hold an honourable place in that of the kingdom of New Grenada about to be published in Madrid, written by the eminent scholar doctor Joseph Cclestino deMutis. "It ismost commonly known by the name of the Leap of Tequcndania, derived from the farm, or seat where it is found, which has become famous on account of this wonder, as scarcely any of the viceroys whom the sovereign has destined to the government of that kingdom, have failed to visit it. It may easily be supposed what numbers join in those excursions. Nature appears to have contributed to facilitate the examination of this her wonderful work; it being but a short distance from the capital, and the ground so favourable, that with all ease, and without risk, you may ride to the Farm in a carriage. There you find a spacious and handsome country house, capable of containing a great many people. Thence you go on horseback to the falls. After you have passed the river on a balsa,* and your horses by swimming, you enter on a mountain as umbrageous, as it is delightful. The whole road offers the most agreeable prospects. The exquisite perfume of plants, the harmonious and varied songs of numerous birds, the delightful temperature of the air; and finally, every thing unites to render the jaunt most agreeably amusing.
"The cataract is about six miles from the house. Before you arrive at the distance of one hundred steps from it, there is a plain, where the declivity of the road, which is of easy descent, terminates. It is less than a half a quarter of a league in circumference; of a circular from, and skirted with trees, whose elevated tops form natural umbrellas, that shelter you from the sun, and even from the rain. In this rural spot, itiscustomary to gratify the appetite by partaking of a repast; to which, every thing around seems to invite you. Hence you go down to the falls on foot, amidst trees as heretofore; when after a few steps you
* Balsa is a raft or float made of large rushes and gourds, which the Indians propel by paddling with their hands; their bodies being partly in the water.
arc suddenly struck with a dazzlinglightoccasioned by the small particles of water reduced to vapour by their concussion on the rocks. The father Alonzo de Zamora speaking of the river of Bogota, which forms the cataract, says, " With the impetus that the compressed waters of the river descend, they come dashing by innumerable cliffs covered with beautiful trees, and sweeping over rocks, flow rapidly on, until they are precipitated down the famous Leap of Tequendama, celebrated as one of the wonders of nature. Confined to a single channel, it is propelled as water poured out of a pitcher, forming a portion of a circle, which is said to be two hundred and twenty fathoms in height, with as frightful a noise as those of the Nile are said to make. It falls into a beautiful basin, that is more than a league in circumference. Generally it cannot be seen very late in the day, because the fall of such a vast body of water forms mists that embarrass the sight. But in the morning it is delightfully entertaining, for the fluid in passing through the air is divided into minute particles, on which the rays of the sun produce many rainbows. These, in the basin, add further to its beauty. Our admiration is augmented by the prodigious walls of stone, that art could not have rivalled in regularity. Their heights are every where covered by towering, and leafy trees, filled with beautiful flowers of various kinds. A natural Paradise inhabited by different species of birds, who mingle their songs to celebrate this wonderful work of nature."
The following more accurate account, and measurement of Tequendama, was made by the colonel-commandant of the royal corps of artillery, Don Domingo Esquiaqui, and sent with the plan of the falls, to the king of Spain, in 1790, from the same work No. 272, 11th August 1793, vol. 8th.
"From the surface of the river above, to the first shelf, five fathoms.* From the first, to the second shelf, thirty-nine fathoms. From the second, to the bottom of the basin, eighty-nine and a half fathoms. Total, 133 and a half fathoms. From which
• This must have been measured by the French foot, as it then agrees with the corollary.

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CHICAGO — Jason Pominville led the Wild in goals during the regular season with 30.
But as Pominville entered the Wild’s second-round playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks with just one playoff goal — an empty-netter in Game 6 against the Colorado Avalanche — Wild coach Mike Yeo shared a simple message about production.
“The only time stats in the playoffs matter is when you lose,” Yeo said.
Pominville also had four assists in the seven-game series against the Avs. But the Wild were hoping to get more than the one goal from him.
But as the second round was set to start Friday, Pominville said his production wasn’t worrying him.
“You just try to win games and do whatever it takes,” Pominville said. “It’s not about the stats at all.”
Yeo obviously agrees.
“I’ve seen it many times where a player can have a tough series and then the next series he can catch fire,” he said. “And vice versa. A player who’s been on fire (can go into a slump). That’s why it’s important that we’ve got everybody ready to move throughout the lineup, because different guys will find a way to be on top of their game and play well against these guys.”
Pominville has been a part of a top trio with Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise of late. In the opening round, Granlund had two goals and Parise had three.
Pominville has had some of his most productive games with the Wild against Chicago. In five games against the Blackhawks during the regular season, Pominville led the Wild in points with five.
“I would say with Pominville that he’s going to be an important player for us because of the success he had against these guys in the regular season,” Yeo said. “This is not a team that gives up an awful lot. They defend very well and attack very well.”
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The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328. It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button.
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The Arduino Leonardo is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega32u4 (datasheet). It has 20 digital input/output pins (of which 7 can be used as PWM outputs and 12 as analog inputs), a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a micro USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button. It contains everything needed to support the microcontroller; simply...
2.8" display with 320x240 16-bit color pixels and a resistive touch overlay. The plate uses the high speed SPI interface on the Pi and can use the mini display as a console, X window port, displaying images or video etc. Best of all it plugs right in on top!
This is the series 2 ZigBee protocol 1mW with wire antenna. Its good for point-to-point, multipoint and mesh networks. This module is a little more difficult to get going than the Series 1 - you must set up a "coordinator" module so they are not as plug-and-play.
This kit walks you through the basics of using the Arduino in a hands-on way. You'll learn through building several creative projects. The kit includes a selection of the most common and useful electronic.

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Disco Music fever and Philadelphia Sound were also present in the Rumba and Flamenco scene of Spain from the late ’70s to early ’80s. Here you got ten disco-rumba / flamenco-boogie dancefloor hits, a time machine to the boites and discotheques of the late 70s. Special reissue remastered with gatefold cover and liner notes by Txarly Brown (Achilifunk) Oct’2020. Limited edition 300 copies.
As Mark Speer, Khruangbin guitarist, stated in an interview for Mondo Sonoro magazine this summer, one of his influences was the “Ay, Corazón!” from Perlita: “What a great song! It should last about two minutes but we couldn’t stop listening to it.” Indeed, less than three minutes. Here you have the complete LP, practically impossible to find in the last forty years, in an expanded and revised version. We hope you like it as much as they do.


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The South Florida Chapter of the American Liszt Society and the FIU School of Music present an evening of original works and transcriptions by Franz Liszt and his contemporaries, featuring Artist-in-Residence/pianist Kemal Gekić, pianist José López, and Artist-in-Residence/violinist Robert Davidovici. TICKETING $15 General Admission; $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, & Alumni; $5 Students- BUY NOW!Find out more
The annual Liszt Festival, sponsored by the South Florida chapter of the American Liszt Society at FIU, is dedicated to advancing knowledge about the great Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt. For this evening, FIU Artist-in-Residence Kemal Gekic and pianist Jose Lopez perform works by Franz Liszt, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, Ferdinand Hiller, Charles-Valentin Alkan [...]Find out more
FIU guest concert organist, Raúl Prieto Ramírez, will dazzle audiences on the glorious Sydell Ida Wertheim Organ- the spotlight of the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center. The prestigious 125 year old Schantz Organ Company took nearly a year to build the 26-ton organ that is the largest in Miami-Dade County and one of the most [...]Find out more
Yun-Ling Hsu (許韻玲), a native of Taiwan, earned her Doctoral Degree of Music in Piano Performance from The Ohio State University. At Ohio State, she was privileged to have been one of the pupils of the legendary American pianist Earl Wild and the French-Canadian pianist André Laplante (silver medalist of Tchaikovsky Piano Competition). She received her Doctor [...]Find out more
The South Florida Chapter of the American Liszt Society and FIU Schoool of Music present a piano recital featuring FIU pianist Dr. José López with a program that highlights Cuban composers in the era of Franz Liszt. The recital features music by Ignacio Cervantes and rarely heard works from Gaspar Villate, a composer mostly associated [...]Find out more
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Biblical Interpretation from Someone with no Training in Biblical Interpretation
In a few places in the Bible, God tells various people not to return on the same path by which they arrived at their destination. For example, when God sent a prophet to warn Jeroboam about the idols he was making the people worship, the Lord told that prophet not to take the same path home. After being warned, the king asked the prophet to stay and eat, but the prophet could not. We read,
But the man of God answered the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here. For I was commanded by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’” So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel (1 Kings 13:8-10).
I had been chewing on this for months, literally months, considering what God was trying to say. I even tried applying this principle to my own life. Let me tell you, taking a circular path everywhere is extremely inconvenient. Why would God tell this prophet to take another road home?
As I was walking to get pizza one day, the Holy Spirit finally opened up the passage through another instance: the birth of Christ. Scripture records,
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him” (Matthew 2:1-2).
We all know the story (and the song “We Three Kings”), but keep in mind that the wise men weren’t Christians (heck, Christianity didn’t even exist yet). They also weren’t Jews, but for some reason they were drawn to our Lord and Savior’s birth. As they neared the baby Jesus we read,
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed (Matthew 2:9-10)
Even though they had no idea what they were approaching, the Magi were delighted just feeling the light of Christ radiating from the star. Finally, they reached the Lord in chibi form. Again, these men were not believers in the God of Abraham; there’s no evidence to suggest that they were and considering they came from the east they were more than likely followers of Zoroastrianism (or maybe Buddhism if they were from the Far East). Yet, upon reaching the Christ-child they gave him gifts and worshiped. We can find this in Matthew 2:11,
On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.
Now after this momentous (and prophetic) moment with the young Jesus we find an odd passage, “And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route” (Matthew 2:12). What’s this all about? Why can’t these guys go back the way they came either?
Now there is a practical message we need to take from these passages. When we meet Jesus, our lives completely change. Consider the Magi, they were pagan sorcerers and while they had to return to their old cities, they would be doing so forever changed by this event. This is proved in how they responded to meeting Jesus: they worshipped. Thus they gave up their old ways in order to follow the one true God and his son (even if they didn’t completely understand it). The Lord explains to us in Ezekiel that when we come to him our lives are changed forever. God tells us,
For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into you own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws (Ezekiel 36:24-27).
I mean, consider this, after declaring Jesus as a king and their Lord, would they really be able to go back to their old ways of living? The same is true for us, when we’re saved by Jesus’ atoning death on a cross we can’t go back to our old ways. Well, that’s not entirely true, we can, but the Holy Spirit that is given to all believers will certainly start speaking up if we try. This means that in our new lives with Christ we should strive not to sin anymore. James 2:26 tells believers, “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” If a person claims to be with Christ, they sort of need to back it up as proof of their salvation. I’m not saying that faith is brought about through righteous acts, but I am saying that faith (and the Holy Spirit) should spur us on to live rightly. From the moment you become a follower of Christ, the Holy Spirit repeats over and over,
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says (James 1:21-22).
And then as you read through the Bible the first time you hit James and say, “Holy crap, I’ve been hearing this in my head for months now and it’s been in here all along!” Both the Spirit and the Word are in agreement, when you come to Christ and accept his saving blood sacrifice, you should not double back into your old life. Actually, there’s a really cool piece of symbolism in the Old Testament that helps to illustrate this. In Ezekiel’s prophecy of the new Temple, he outlines some rules that go along with it and among them is this,
When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate (Ezekiel 46:9).
So when we come before Jesus, we’re to go forward onto our new path, instead of backtracking the way we came.
Alright, now onto the other part of this command to not go back the way we came (which is what I had been trying to understand for months). Not only had the Magi’s hearts been changed by their interaction with Jesus, but so had their status with Herod. Before Christ, the wise men were friendly with Herod. Remember, before seeing Jesus they met with Herod to talk about the strange event happening in Judea. Not only that, but while they were in Jerusalem we read,
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him” (Matthew 2:7-8).
Herod spoke privately with the Magi, and he spoke as though he was their friend and on the same side as them. However, after Jesus there is no way that the wise men could have been friendly with Herod because they understood that Jesus had been crowned by God as the King of the Jews- thus in their hearts Herod had been dethroned. Think about this logically, the Magi had been basking in the light of the Lord, had worshipped and given gifts to the young Christ. Likely they were gushing about the incident the whole way back. The Holy Spirit warned them not to go back the way they came because if they had Herod would likely have killed them. King Herod was already sensitive about the situation, and if the Magi weren’t careful in how they talked about their visit with Jesus he probably would have had them quickly executed. I mean, consider how he responded when he found out they took a new road home,
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi (Matthew 2:16).
Herod was insane. If he, in his rage and jealousy, could kill all the baby boys in a town, how much less would he have cared about killing some foreigners that switched to his infant rival’s side? This is true in our lives too; when Christ comes into our hearts our status with the devil changes. Paul reminds us in Ephesians 2:1-5,
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by grace you have been saved.
Before we were exposed to the Lord’s grace and mercy we were on Satan’s side. We liked sin and we didn’t really care about who this Jesus guy was. But now as Christians, everything has gotten flipped around. For the Word of God says, “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God” (James 4:4). Now as restored People of God, we have become enemies of the devil, much as how through their experience with baby Christ the Magi became the enemies of Herod.
Actually, while writing up the notes for this, the Holy Spirit opened up a passage in Revelation that I’d been chewing on for years as well. You see, Satan was actually behind Herod the whole time in Matthew 2 (so not only does he represent the devil, he actually was an agent thereof). John tells us,
Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born (Revelation 12:3-4).
If you’ve ever read Revelation 12, it’s pretty wild. Anyway, aside from the symbolism I may never understand we find this dragon waiting for a woman to give birth to a child. Herod had heard the prophecies and was waiting for Jesus to be born; and as we found out from Matthew 2, his goal of this was to kill the prophesized “King of Israel” before the infant had the chance to dethrone him. Who is this dragon that is acting exactly like Herod? None other than the devil himself; we read a few verses later, “The great dragon was hurled down- that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth and his angels with him” (Revelation 12:9). So through this we can learn that the actions of Herod were not just those some crazy old king, but in fact was the devil directly trying to interfere with his coming loss of power. Revelation 12 has more though. Because we can also see in this passage how Satan feels about those who have crossed over to salvation through Jesus Christ. We read, “Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring- those who obey God’s commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus” (Revelation 12:17). So, just like we already discussed, when you allow Christ into your heart, you’re automatically registered as an enemy in Satan’s database.
If the Magi had went back the way they came, Herod would have been waiting for them. So too if we go back to our old ways, we’ll find that the devil is waiting to drag us down and ruin our lives (and trick us into losing some of our heavenly rewards). Therefore, radical change is needed. Granted, you might have to stay in the same city or the same job after coming to Christ (the Magi didn’t stay in Bethlehem but went back home after meeting Jesus). However, your life needs to change. Taking a new path is inconvenient and uncomfortable (as I found out from walking); but when you avoid evil, God will protect you. John explains,
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach. Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth (Revelation 12:13-16).
Again, looking past the insane amount of symbolism, take note that Satan tries to hunt down the woman, but through God she was protected with awesome miracles (wings and the ground opening up). This is the same for believers today, the devil will come with his tricks, but if we trust in our Lord Jesus, he’ll deliver us from the serpent’s fangs. James explains it like this,
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up (James 4:7-10).
Now to clarify, James isn’t saying that as a follower of the Risen Lord that you’re supposed to be sad all the time. No, what he is saying is that the things that used to bring you joy (i.e. sin) should be considered seen as something to be ashamed of in your new life; and through obedience you are guarding yourself against the devil. This is why Peter tells us to avoid Satan in our new lives in Christ. He writes,
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings (1 Peter 5:8-9).
The devil will come with his temptations and his tribulations, but we’re called to not look back on our old lives, for the Lord has prepared something new for us as we take the new path. The Word of God says,
Forget the former things;
Do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
And streams in the wasteland (Isaiah 43:18-19).
Are you ready for your new adventure in Christ? Then don’t return on your old path!
Rock on God!


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Vegans, although they’re often accused of being a bit smug and self-righteous, are an interesting bunch. Firstly, they somehow don’t find bacon irresistible. And, during the few minutes that they’re not talking about kale, vegans will often use that time to let meat-eaters know how horrible they are.
Spiritual satirist, JP Sears, turns the tables on plant-eaters with If Meat Eaters Acted Like Vegans. Vegans, are now forced to listen to someone relentlessly opine about how they don’t agree with their lifestyle… often mid-bite.
Please don’t let this video ruin your opinion of all carnivores. Some are actually very nice.

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A prominent intellectual of the Weimar era, Heinrich Mann was a leading authority on Nietzsche. This volume consists of Mann's selections of highlights from the philosopher's works, along with an introduction that explains their significance to modern readers.
Key excerpts from Nietzsche's books include passages from The Birth of Tragedy, Thoughts Out of Season, The Dawn of the Day, The Joyful Wisdom, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, The Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, The Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Ecce Homo,
and The Will to Power.
For ease of reference, Mann has arranged the text in sections corresponding to Nietzsche's views on science, philosophy, and truth; his critiques of culture — the use and abuse of history, Europeans and Germans, Wagner, the genealogy of morals, and nihilism; his concept of the world without God, including the birth of tragedy out of the spirit of music, the true and the apparent world, and eternal recurrence; and his confessions.
Reprint of the David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1939 edition.
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About 200 volunteers will be needed to play a variety of simulated roles — from mortgage providers to veterinarians, and utility personnel to child care providers — for the 24th annual Reality Store.
In the Reality Store, local eighth-graders get a taste of what many 26-year-olds experience in real life. That includes earning a paycheck based on their skills and education, and how far their income stretches to cover expenses.
During the exercise, each student goes from one station to the next to discover how much of their income needs to be spent on housing, utilities, insurance, transportation, groceries, clothing, childcare, student loans and other expenses based on their lifestyle choices.
The educational events at Central and Northside middle schools are sponsored by the Bartholomew County Financial Literacy Coalition.
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“It’s a wake-up call,” said Lyn Morgan, a coalition member and Centra Foundation president.
Things get more interesting when the “Fickle Finger of Fate,” as Morgan calls it, gets thrown into the mix. That refers to the occasional unlucky or unfortunate event that costs money.
The only two qualifications necessary for being a Reality Store volunteer is enjoying being around young people and being able to devote a weekday morning or afternoon, said Harriet Armstrong, another coalition member and Purdue Extension educator in Bartholomew County.
“They’ll get a little scenario ahead of time so they’ll understand what they will be doing,” Armstrong said. “Everything they have to do is written out.”
Some adults who played the mock roles in the past likely have a better time than the kids, Morgan said.
For the first time, a follow-up survey will be taken of the young participants this year so organizers can gauge how students were impacted by their experience, Armstong said.
While it’s a simulation, Armstrong cited three examples of random responses received from Hauser eighth-graders last year that indicates the Reality Store does make many young minds think.
- “I’m broke! I had to sell my house and get a junkie car.”
- “So as an artist, I’m going to have to get a second job in order to live?”
- “I’m going to go home and tell my mom, who works two jobs, how much I love her.”
It’s not just youth and inexperience that often leads to young people into making bad financial decisions, Armstrong said. There’s also a hesitancy among many parents to discuss their personal finances with their children.
“If you don’t talk about money, valuable information that might be passed on from one generation to another may not occur,” Armstrong said. “The trial-and-error method of learning is not the most enjoyable.”
The Bartholomew County Financial Literacy Coalition is a volunteer group comprised of individuals from a variety of Columbus-based businesses and organizations that assist and instruct local people on making wise financial choices.
Volunteers are being sought for the 24th annual Reality Store, which will be held Nov. 10 at Central Middle School and Nov. 17 at Northside Middle School.
Those who can help may choose either a morning shift, from 7:45 to 11:45 a.m., or a later shift, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at either school.
Online volunteer registration can be made at:
Besides the Reality Store, Bartholomew County Financial Literacy Coalition members are urging older students to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) over the next few months.
The literacy organization will bring financial aid experts to three local high schools to provide information and answering questions during three FAFSA completion nights.
- Nov. 2 – Hauser
- Dec. 1 – Columbus East
- Dec. 14 – Columbus North
Each 90-minute event at all three schools will begin at 5:30 p.m.


Forrest Duane Pelletier has received a seven-year prison sentence for his role in a 2015 home invasion and assault in Regina.
The 32-year-old, a high-ranking member of the Native Syndicate gang, planned and executed an attack on a former member of the gang.
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The man’s wife and 10-year-old daughter were present.
Justice Lian Schwann considered Gladue factors to determine whether Pelletier’s life as an Aboriginal person might have led him to this point.
“There must be some context or explanation that assists me in understanding why he gratuitously beat up (the man) and part of his family; none was offered,” Schwann said Friday at Court of Queen’s Bench in Regina.
The victims’ names are not public to protect the girl’s identity.
Pelletier, Darren James Tawiyaka and Sydney Christy Starr entered the family’s home on Nov. 6, 2015.
Once inside, they restrained the mother and child and beat the man, who received broken ribs, among other injuries.


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This years Easter table was a little pink and mainly decorated with citrus fruits and daffodils.
I did not really want to make much fuss this year so I was not really planning to do anything for Easter. Of course that idea did not last very long, because suddenly i had invited a few people over for a small Easter dinner, I had enough food so I thought why not. The only thing missing was the lamb for the traditional dinner, so saturday during the few hours the stores were open I hurried out and hoped that there were some lamb left in the store. I was in luck and found a decent leg of lamb.
I must love stress or just never learn, instead of letting everything go smooth after prepping and putting the lamb in the oven to cook, I got the impulse to make a few napkins and decorate them with beads. These napkins are really easy to make.
I used some pink cotton and linen blend fabric and cut them in rectangular strips and sewed the beads on one edge.
I made six napkins and used:
Fabric 100 x 140 cm, cut into 70 cm X 33 cm
Crystal beads about 24 pc per napkin
Pull the thread through the needle so the thread is double layered. Tie the ends of the thread in a knot.
Pull the needle through the fabric so the knot is on the side you do not want to bead. Put a couple of stitches into the fabric to ensure the thread is secure, then start beading.
I made three different edges on my napkins, two of each.
The first one is a simple design, the crystal beads are spaced evenly along the edge.
The second one I added a glass bead on top of the crystal bead so the thread could be hidden inside the crystal bead, and I also added a bead between the crystals.
The third, I gave a scalloped edge


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Emma Donovan & The Putbacks return with their new album Under These Streets. Following on from their success with Crossover (Hopestreet Recordings, 2020) but also on the edge of lockdown, acclaimed Indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan returned to Melbourne with her two daughters to be closer to slick rhythm combo The Putbacks.
Into the studio they leapt, recording eight fresh tracks drawn from the mighty music vault of The Putbacks. Out The Door is the first of this selection, with the lyrics born from the band’s desire to create and make music together in the shadow of the global pandemic.