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July 19, 2007
Are you happy with the appetizer?
“Do this because we live in
an important time..."
Romans 13:11 NCV
Oftentimes we go to vari
ous restaurants and if we are
hungry while they are prepar
ing our meal, we sometimes
get an appetizer. See | define
an appetizer as the snack
before the meal. We are so
hungry that we cannot wait
untif the meal is prepared.
Then others may partake in
an appetizer in an effort to
:lpcnd more time with their
inner companions. Either
way | believe that as believers
we sometimes get comfort
able with the appetizer and
no longer long for the meal.
God is always trying to ele
Temptation
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children yet. As they get older, she said, they
may dedide to diversify their investments.
Despite such success stories, advisers still
caution against putting everything into the
business —as Doyle put it, “just like they
wouldn't take money from a 401(k) to buy
a high-flying Internet startup.” He noted
— and, as many small business owners
lamed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror
attacks, any company can suddenly become
vulnerable.
Execution : ‘Refusing to hear evidence’
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to meet strict standards required by state
law.
Prosecutors had argued that most of the
witness affidavits, signed between 1996 and
2003, were induded in Davis' previous
appeals and should not be considered new
evidence.
Davis' lawyers say appeals courts never
considered any new evidence, instead
focusing on whether his constitutional
rights had been violated.
“Clearly, the defendant has brought these
vate us to another level.
While he is doing this, we
sometimes become impatient
with the process. Therefore,
to appease us he will some
times offer an appetizer. The
appetizer may be the job, the
comfianion. the finances, or
anything that you thought
was out of your reach.
Instead of you working to
achieve beyond your limits
you become full with the
appetizer and never partake
in the meal. God wants to
offer you steak and shrimp
and you are settling for some
wings. You must have a vision
and then look outside of the
vision. If you can see it then
you can have more than that.
Changes : ‘T want leaders who are capable to put in a strong infrastructure
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cent.
Four of the schools are getting
new leadership within a month,
and two of them face financial
scrutiny.
Stanley Battle became the new
chancellor at North Carolina A&T
after the interim chancellor uncov
ered financial abuse and adminis
trative chaos. At Fayetteville State,
chancellor T.J. Bryan abruptly
announced her resignation last
week amid a financial audit.
motions for the purpose of delay,” David
Lock, Chatham County chief assistant dis
trict attorney, wrote in a response filed
Tuesday.
The judge also rejected the affidavits by
people daiming they heard Coles confess to
the murder, say they “contain inadmissible
hearsay.”
Davis is also scheduled to have a demen
¢y hearing Monday before the Georgia
Board of Pardons and Paroles, and will have
one powerful supporter. U.S. Rep. John
Lewis, an Atdanta Democrat and il rights
icon, plans to testify to Davis' behalf out of
concem that the state is executing an inno-
AUGUSTA FOCUS
LEVERETT
I am telling you that God
wants to bless us beyond
measure. He is trying to offer
you Paris and you are settling
for Adanta. '
It is now time for you to
UNC President Erskine Bowles
vowed that problems unearthed at
North Carolina A&T and
Fayetteville State will be corrected,
and he called on the new chancel
lors to lead the way.
“l want leaders who are capable
to put in a strong infrastructure
and to manage these organizations
to allow them to grow and grow
successfully,” Bowles said.
New UNC system goals to
improve graduation rates may have
a greater effect on the historically
black universities, where half o
cent man, said Lewis spokeswoman,
Brenda Jones.
According to court records, Davis shot
MacPhail twice —in the face and chest —
after the officer went to help a homeless
man who cried out after someone struck
him in the head with a pistol. The shooting
took place in a parking lot next to the bus
station where MacPhail was a security
guard.
Davis' lawyers say seven of nine witnesses
who testified in 1991 — saying they saw
Davis shoot the officer, saw him assault the
homeless man before the shooting or heard
Davis later confess to the slaying — have
enjoy the main course. God is
trying to feed you until you
want no more and you are
saying not right now. Do not
allow complacency to dismiss
you from the dinner rtable.
Others are depending on you
to eat. Your decision not to
eat hinders so many people.
Your feeding will bless others.
Have you iccn sitting at a
restaurant and someone
asked you what is good here.
How can you testify on the
Eoodnss of God when you
ave not partaken in it? You
think our God wants you to
have just enough when he
constantly tells us that he
gives in abundance. You are
praying for enough to pay the
bills and he is trying to offer
you enough to live a life
time. You want him to fix.
something today that will
only last until tomorrow
and he is trying to give you
eternity. | am pleading with
you not to settle for the
appetizer. The best is yet to
come. Start living today as
if the chef is preparing a
meal just for you. Stop set
tling for what you can see
and feast on the meal. If you
feel too comfortable doing it
then it is time to do some
thing else.
AND THAT IS LIFE
ACCORDING TO AISHIA
LEVERETT.
two-thirds of undergraduates are
eligible for federal financial aid for
low-income students. The goals
may force schools to raise the bar
for student admission.
“You're going to have growing
pains,” said Donald Reaves, the
incoming chancellor at Winston-
Salem State. “The way 1 think
about this is, you have to give the
institution time to catch up to the
growth ... it all isn’t going to hap
‘pen overnight.” :
since recanted or contradicted their testi
mony.
Other affidavits from three people who
did not testify at Davis' trial say Coles
admitted killing the officer after Davis was
convicted. Coles testified against Davis in
1991
Donald E. Wilkes Jr., a University of
Georgia law professor who spedializes in the
death penalty, said Georgia is the only state
he’s aware of that allows death row inmates
to seck a new trial after their appeals have
been exhausted. However, state law also
requires defense lawyers to show evidence
that meets very strict standards.