Monday, August 5, 2013

Christian HS Football Coach Reportedly Fired for Refusing to Attend a Church the School Required

In some high schools, football is a religion.

But for one very successful head coach, practicing that religion exceedingly well wasn?t good enough apparently.

You see, Scott Phillips, who led East Memorial Christian Academy?s football program to its first state playoff berth in years, got fired because of practicing actual religion.

Christian HS Football Coach Scott Phillips Reportedly Fired for Refusing to Attend a Church the School Required

Scott Phillips with his wife, Teri (Credit: Facebook)

He allegedly refused to attend a church of the Prattville, Ala. school?s liking?East Memorial Baptist Church?in favor of his family?s home church, and that spelled his end, according to Yahoo Sports and first reported in the Montgomery Advertiser.

Here?s more from Yahoo Sports:

While Phillips had never been forced to attend the school?s affiliated church when he was only a coach, that changed when he became the school?s athletic director. As confirmed by the Advertiser, East Memorial Christian Academy?s athletic director was expected to attend the East Memorial Baptist Church, even though?there was allegedly not an official clause in the contract requiring such attendance.

Phillips tried to make that work, getting his family to start each Sunday at a 9 a.m. service at East Memorial before attending an 11 a.m. service at his family?s church of choice, Church of the Highlands. Eventually that routine began to make Phillips feel dishonest, leading to a conversation with East Memorial officials where?the coach and AD told them he didn?t feel comfortable attending Sunday services at East Memorial Baptist.

That was the last conversation he would have as the school?s AD.

?I was 30 seconds from turning the job down because of the church issue,? Phillips told the Advertiser. ?They wanted me to transition from the Church of the Highlands to East Memorial. I never really liked that, so I went back in my administrator?s office and told them I was willing to give this a try, but I don?t know how this will work out?

?That was the last thing said.?

(H/T: Fark)

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Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/03/christian-hs-football-coach-reportedly-fired-for-refusing-to-attend-a-church-the-school-required/

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Handbag maker Vera Bradley plans to expand near Fort Wayne, add up to 128 jobs by 2017


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FORT WAYNE, Indiana ? Handbag and luggage maker Vera Bradley Inc. plans to expand its design and distribution centers near Fort Wayne and plans to add up to 128 new jobs over the next four years.

The company announced Friday it plans to invest about $26.6 million to expand both its 40,000 square-foot design center by 149,000 square feet and its 420,000 square foot distribution center in Roanoke, 14 miles southwest of Fort Wayne, by 10,000 square feet.

The Journal Gazette reports the Indiana Economic Development Corp. has offered the company up to $1.75 million in conditional tax credits. The tax credits are performance-based, meaning the company is not eligible to claim incentives until people are hired.

The company announced a $22.5 million expansion for its distribution center two years ago, adding 124 jobs.

Source: http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/c8651b1726544a3ea305d7550bd3c067/IN--Vera-Bradley

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Samsung Galaxy Golden is an Android clamshell with old looks but new specs

Phone Arena writes, A new clamshell flip phone is apparently coming from Samsung; this seems to be a completely different model than the Samsung Hennessy (SCH-W789) that we told you about on Friday. Where that model will allegedly have 3.5 inch dual screens, the SHV-400EK, known as the Samsung Galaxy Golden, will have 3.75 inch dual-screens. The phone will have a numerical dial pad with triple tap letter entry...

Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Golden is an Android clamshell with old looks but new specs at Phone Arena

Source: http://mobilitybeat.com/phone-arena/125931/samsung-galaxy-golden-is-an-android-clamshell-with-old-looks-but-new-specs/

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'Love Potion No. 9' singer sues over Clovers' name

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Harold Winley sang "Love Potion No. 9" and other hits with the R&B group The Clovers in the 1950s, but now the 80-year-old says another group is trying to keep him from performing using the band's name.

Winley says he was in his teens when he and four other singers started performing as The Clovers in the Washington area. The R&B group played at New York's Apollo Theater, eventually signed with Atlantic Records and celebrated when "Love Potion No. 9" became their biggest hit in 1959.

"It was great," said Winley, who now lives in Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. "We didn't make no money but we had a lot of fun."

The group's success fell off in the 1960s, however. And that's when things got more complicated, leading to a lawsuit filed earlier this year in federal court in Washington.

Winley and another band mate, Harold Lucas, went on to perform with separate musical groups that called themselves The Clovers, and Harold Lucas' group eventually trademarked the name in the 1980s. Lucas died in 1994, but two of the men he trademarked the group's name with continue to use it when performing.

Winley says the group has threatened venues who have booked him when he's used The Clovers' name, forcing organizers to cancel his shows at least twice. That's why he filed his lawsuit.

"It is our position that when people come to see The Clovers they expect that they are going to see Harold Winley or another original member of The Clovers," said Winley's lawyer, Brad Newberg.

Winley says his bass voice is still strong and he'd like to perform as much as possible. But if he goes on stage, he said, "I want to go on stage as The Clovers." He recently tried filing a trademark application for "The Original Clovers featuring Harold Winley" but was denied.

A lawyer representing the two men who hold The Clovers trademark did not return several telephone calls and an e-mail requesting comment. The attorney previously filed a court document asking that the lawsuit be dismissed.

The song "Love Potion No. 9" was written and composed by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber, the duo behind many of Elvis Presley's biggest hits. The lighthearted song is about a man looking for love who visits a gypsy, who says "what you need is Love Potion Number Nine." He starts "kissing everything in sight" until he kisses a police officer, who the singer explains "broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine."

After The Clovers' version rocketed up the charts in 1959, the song was covered by various groups and singers, most notably England's The Searchers, who had a hit version of it a few years later. The Clovers' version was later featured in George Lucas' iconic 1973 film "American Graffiti." It was later the title of a 1992 Sandra Bullock romantic comedy.

Charles Stevens, one of the group members from Lucas' Clovers, called the lawsuit "frivolous." Stevens, who lives in Washington, said Winley is not an "original Clover" because he didn't start with the group until the late 1940s. Lucas and three others were performing as the Four Clovers before Winley joined.

"All of a sudden he wants to come back and be The Clovers again," Stevens said, adding that his group has had the trademark for decades and now performs two or three times a year.

He says he doesn't mind if Winley uses the name "The Clovers," but he has a problem with the word "original." Stevens says his group had a former agent who may have called venues that booked Winley, but Stevens says he never personally blocked Winley from booking shows.

Both sides have agreed to mediation and will meet Monday to see if they can work things out.

Said Stevens: "We really do want to get this behind us."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/love-potion-no-9-singer-sues-over-clovers-214229643.html

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Health Tip: Check for Skin Cancer

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Longtime NBC news correspondent John Palmer dies

WASHINGTON (AP) ? John Palmer, a veteran reporter for NBC News who covered wars and Washington over a career that spanned 40 years, died Saturday after a brief illness at a Washington hospital.

Palmer's wife Nancy confirmed he died at George Washington University Hospital of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 77.

The gentlemanly Palmer worked for NBC from 1962 to 1990, and then returned to the network from 1994 until 2002.

"John was a brilliant, brave, and tireless journalist who guided viewers through many of the most significant events of the past half-century - from the early days of the civil rights movement through the tragedy of 9/11," NBC News said in a statement. "He covered five presidents and traveled to every corner of the world, always showing the empathy and compassion that helped set him apart. His kindness is remembered by all of us, and it built lasting bonds throughout our news division. "

He served as a correspondent in Chicago, Paris and Beirut, as well as at the White House. In 1980 he landed one of his biggest scoops, breaking the news of the Carter administration's failed attempt to rescue the American hostages being held in Iran. His reporting on the story brought him the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for excellence in presidential news coverage, making him the first broadcast journalist to receive that honor.

"John Palmer brought to the White House beat his foreign policy experience and a steady reassuring voice, in good times and in bad," NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell said in describing Palmer for a report aired Saturday evening.

It was also at NBC's Washington news bureau that Palmer met his wife, Nancy, a Nightly News producer.

In 1982 he became news anchor on the "Today" show during a highly successful period when Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley co-hosted, bringing a seriousness and calm to the program while often being the first newsman that millions of viewers heard from each morning. He remained there until 1989, when he was abruptly replaced by Deborah Norville, who was being groomed for a co-host role, and handed her old job on the show that preceded it, "NBC News at Sunrise." Norville succeeded Pauley shortly afterward but was herself replaced after the show's ratings suddenly dropped.

In 1986, Palmer anchored the first hours of NBC's coverage of the Challenger space shuttle disaster, as well as other special reports.

Palmer left the network in 1990 to anchor a syndicated news program, hosted the weekly "Discovery Journal" on The Discovery Channel, and anchored a daily newscast on the TV channel of the Christian Science Monitor. His interview subjects ranged from Carter and Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan to Anwar Sadat, Jonas Salk and Chuck Yeager.

In 1994, he was invited back to NBC as a Washington correspondent.

Speaking to anchor Brian Williams on NBC sister network MSNBC upon his retirement in 2002, Palmer looked back on his tenure with satisfaction, including the access it gave him to a succession of the nation's chief executives.

"I was enriched as a kid from the East Tennessee mountains," said the Kingsport, Tenn., native, "to be able to go fishing with Jimmy Carter, to go to the movies with Ronald Reagan, and to play golf with Bill Clinton."

After exiting NBC, he continued to work in journalism, including through hosting roles on Retirement Living TV, a network dedicated to seniors.

Several of Palmer's colleagues praised him on Twitter on Saturday evening.

Major Garrett, chief White House correspondent for CBS News, described Palmer as "a brilliant, competitive, ethical and gentle man."

Susan Page, Washington bureau chief of USA Today, said she first met Palmer at the Reagan White House and described him as "one of the kindest/most joyful reporters on the beat."

NBC News reporter Chuck Todd said Palmer "epitomized professionalism at NBC News. And he was always generous with advice and counsel. A great news man."

Palmer was a graduate of Northwestern University and held a master's degree from Columbia University.

"John loved Sinatra, golf and fishing," Mitchell reported Saturday night, but she said he most treasured being a husband and father.

He and his wife Nancy have three grown daughters, one of whom is a producer for the Today show, one who works in the entertainment industry and one who is pursuing a journalism career in Washington.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/longtime-nbc-news-correspondent-john-palmer-dies-235139885.html

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Apps of the Week: GyroSpace 3D, Flashify, Rymdkapsel and more!

Apps of the Week

The best apps the Android Central writers have been using this week

It's a new month, but we're going to keep moving along with our Apps of the Week column just like nothing changed. As we do each Saturday, we've asked the Android Central writers to each submit an app that they have been using on their devices and tell us a little bit about why it works for them. We round them up in hopes that you'll find them just as useful as we do.

This week we have an interesting live wallpaper, a game you can get hooked on and a few tools as well. Stick around after the break and see how this week's picks stack up.

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