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The students at my church, whom I love dearly, whom I would gladly do just about anything for (except for the typical stupid-youth-pastor stuff), have organized multiple benefit events to help my family with medical expenses. No one in my family is deathly ill, as one might think whenever the terms "benefit" and "medical expenses" are used. Rather, we're just like a lot of American families who are besieged by medical costs in the 21st century: we make it, but just barely.
I've not talked about this much at all with anyone other than my wife and couple of close friends, mainly because I am ashamed that the kids believe my family is worthy of such lavish love.
Hello, my name is Jason, and I am a Christian who absolutely struggles with grace.
I am much more comfortable sacrificing. I don't believe in a salvation that comes from works, but when it comes down to practical things, I'm quicker to work and suffer than I am to bask in unearned favor. Up until a few weeks ago, I wouldn't have been able to articulate that truth; but now, thanks to the extravagant and beautiful love of a few teenagers, I'm forced to admit that I have a problem with the essential truth of the Gospel.
I'm not good enough, and yet God saved me anyway. And not just saved me, but fills me, indwells me, uses me, and loves me as His own.
To be honest, I like suffering and sacrifice because it makes a good shield against those people who aren't gracious at all. That sounds stupid, I suppose, but there are people who constantly remind you that they don't think you're special, that they don't see any reason why you should be treated better than they. In reality, their attitude has more to do with their own inherent selfishness than with my undeservedness, but the subtle slings and barbs sting all the same.
Often, people on the road to hell want nothing more than to take you with them. And so I like being able to point to my life and use my works as a defense against those who would want to remind me of my unworthiness.
But when people come alongside you and overwhelm you with love that simply cannot be justified by your life...well, that strips away those defenses. It lays you bare before God and everyone else, and it exposes you for what you are: unworthy. Imperfect. Flawed.
The human response is to either recoil from such love, or to lamely attempt to justify it. I know that's certainly been the case for me. Before my students put their plan into motion, one of their parents came to me and asked for my permission, told me that if I didn't offer my blessing, the kids probably wouldn't go through with it.
I hesitated. The large part of me, the part that knows my flaws and sins and unworthiness, wanted to put and end to it right then. A simple no, and I could go on living my life comfortably uncomfortable. The justifications were plentiful: it's a down economy; we're not that bad off; I don't want the kids getting hurt if people don't respond the way they might imagine; I don't want them to feel like they have to do this.
But at my core, in my soul, I felt a conviction that told me I couldn't say no. That I was going to have to, as my friend Polly Sage put it, suffer in a different way: receiving a love I could never earn or repay. So I gave my blessing. And thus began one of the most powerful struggles of my soul, a statement I don't make lightly. The only other time I have felt this conflicted was after my daughter, Ruthanne, was stillborn.
In death, most people retreat from you. There is an instinctive notion within the human heart that a person who is grieving needs space, and so people withdraw, leave you alone; they don't look at your life or question what you do. You are anonymous in grief, and even though your soul and mind might be melting from the white-hot pain and confusion, you learn to find a desirable peace in the solitude. Your foibles and internal flaws remain yours and yours alone.
Life - love - is the opposite. It doesn't leave you alone, it drags you onstage, warts and all, and proclaims from the top of its lungs that you are special, beloved, worthy. And it's there, in the spotlight, that you as the object realize fully just how flawed and ugly and worthless you really are. And you feel acutely that the audience can see - if not all, at least some of - those same flaws. You can feel the eyes of judgment on you, even if those eyes are far fewer than your mind tells you. You know the truth, and yet you're spoken of with such loving terms that you want to believe and run away all at the same time.
Folks, that's the Gospel in a nutshell. And I'm struggling with it.
I am so blessed to have students who have listened to my incessant cries for the church to be more compassionate, less judgmental, more others-focused, more willing to help the poor and unfortunate. Not just because they are a beautiful picture of the ability of the youth of our world to shine brightly the Light of Christ, but because they are showing me that God's love is greater, deeper, truer "than tongue or pen could ever tell; it goes beyond the farthest star and reaches to the lowest hell." I just never expected that they would then turn that love on me.
But no one does. That's why the persistent cry from the lips of Christ was that "God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever would believe in Him would not die, but gain everlasting life."
Today, I understand in an entirely different way, not just that God loves me, but that inside of that love are things I cannot comprehend, much less make my peace with. I am stripped naked, shown undone, and yet He still says, "Beloved." Not because of me, but because that's just who He is.
The same is true for you.
May you be so blessed as to discover the terror and wonder of that love so deep.


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Her big screen credits include domestic and international hits "Bend it Like Beckham," "Yasmin," "The Constant Daughter," "A Good Year," and "A Mighty Heart." Her international film accolades include the Best Actress Award at the Reims Festival (2005), the Shooting Star Award at the Berlin International Film Festival (2005), The Best Actress Award at the Mons International Festival (2005), and the Chopard Trophy at The Cannes Film Festival (2007). She was named one of the Top 10 Faces on TV to Watch by Variety (2009), celebrated as one of the Breakout TV Stars of the Year by Entertainment Weekly (2010) and named as one of the Top Young Power Women Under 40 by Verve Magazine (2011).
In addition to her work as an actress, Archie has dedicated herself to several philanthropic endeavors globally. Highlights include: Rotary International in partnership with UNICEF, The Gates Foundation, The CDC and WHO for the "We Are This Close" international campaign to eradiate the last 1% of polio left in the world, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and partner organizations for their national campaign, The Heart Truth, where the campaign's goal is to increase awareness of the danger of heart disease, the 31 killer of women. In support of women's rights, Archie has partnered with Amnesty International to head their Stop Violence Against Women campaign to change the "no recourse to public funds" rule that traps women in a cycle of violence. In 2011, she accepted an invitation to participate in Harvard University's prestigious Artist in Residence Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts and received an honorary doctorate from her alma mater Brunel University in England.
Born in the United Kingdom (Edgware, Middlesex, England), Panjabi spent a portion of her childhood in Mumbai (Bombay), India and considers herself "part Bombayite, part British". With a great love of travel, she enjoys exploring new countries and cultures identifying causes and issues to which she can lend her support.
A graduate from Brunel University in England, with a degree in Management Studies, Archie had always wanted to become an actress. She wrote a letter to actor Nick Berry of EastEnders, hired an agent, and her career began. Her first film, "East is East," received the Evening Standard Best Film Award and the prestigious Alexander Korda Bafta Award for Best British Film in 2000. Ms. Panjabi currently resides in New York and London.

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COLUMBIA, SC — The University of South Carolina cancelled classes Friday and told many faculty and staff members to not come to work after an early-morning power outage darkened the central core of the Columbia campus.
Power began being restored around 11 a.m. and continued throughout the day until it was all back by the afternoon, said USC spokesman Wes Hickman.
The extended, widespread outage was weather-related, but details were not immediately available and staff was working on a more detailed report, he said.
The outage affected about 6,300 students in 240 classes, and the majority of employees at the Columbia campus either did not go to work or had a change in schedule or location, Hickman said.
Dorms where summer students are living were not affected by the power outage, he said.
But the Russell House student union and Thomas Cooper Library were closed.
The university's food truck, The Coop, was parked on Greene Street in front of the Russell House to provide food for students.
About a dozen people had gotten food in the few hours the food truck had been there by Friday afternoon, said Lottie Jeffcoat, a head cook for the Russell House.
Donald Boyd, who works with stock in the Russell House said the majority of the food that had been kept in the cooler had to be thrown away, including cheese, eggs, butter and some prepared food, such as macaroni and cheese.
He said the food kept in the freezer was still frozen and fine.
Patterson Hall, a residence hall that is home to offices for the university's housing department, was running on a generator, said Joe Fortune, who works in housing .
Summer tour groups still visited the residence hall, but Fortune said they were cautious about not putting people on elevators.
Katie Webber, one of the school's tour guides, said when the guides arrived Friday everything was pitch black.
But guides were instructed to give prospective students the best visit possible.
"We kind of just went to Plan B," Webber said.
They set up the check-in for the groups in front of the visitor center and then gave what Webber called mystery tours because the guides did not know which buildings they were showing would have power.
Anne Bilinski, a rising high school senior, went on one of the morning tours.
"We were impressed with how they improvised," said Anne's mother, Kathleen Bilinski.
The Cooper Library had a handwritten sign in the window saying it would be closed for the day because of the power outage.
Esmael Alyami has two exams coming up on Monday and needed to print a paper on Friday at the library to study.
He said his professor for one of the classes with a Monday exam told the students to show up so they could review, even though classes were cancelled. The class met outside in front of the library for a few minutes, Alyami said.


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FAIRFIELD — No one knows just why, but some pet treats are making dogs and cats sick. The Noah's Ark Foundation in Fairfield wants pet owners to help figure out the cause.
The foundation sent out an email Wednesday asking pet owners to be careful about giving their animals jerky-style pet treats. The treats have caused illness in about 3,600 dogs and 10 cats over the past several years. Of those, approximately 580 animals have died.
Scientists are stumped. The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine has worked with manufacturers, visited plants in China and teamed up with academic and governmental experts in other countries and still can't figure out what's happening.
"This is one of the most elusive and mysterious outbreaks we've encountered," said CVM Director Bernadette Dunham. "Our beloved four-legged companions deserve our best effort, and we are giving it."
An FDA fact sheet said tests for bacteria, metals, pesticides, antibiotics and other compounds have all failed to show a cause for the illnesses. The CVM is reaching out to animal advocates, and that led Noah's Ark to reach out to area pet owners.
Experts say the treats can be eliminated from a pet's diet without risk (they're treats, not meals after all), but stops short of recommending pet owners quit buying jerky treats.
Symptoms of the illness can show up within hours of eating the treat, or it can take days. Decreased appetite and activity, vomiting, diarrhea, increased water consumption and/or urination are all symptoms. Severe cases can include internal bleeding and kidney failure.
If your pet shows these symptoms after eating jerky treats, seek treatment from your veterinarian. The FDA may collect treat samples, so keep the portion of the treats you haven't used. Pet owners are advised to keep the treats in the original container and place the container in a sealed plastic bag.
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Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the White House has released a new, consumer-themed volley in its fight to extend tax cuts for the middle class.
Today, the Council of Economic Advisors and National Economic Council released a report detailing how failing to address expiring tax provisions would hurt both consumers and retailers. They estimate allowing rates to rise on households that earn less than $250,000 per year and failing to patch the Alternative Minimum Tax would slow GDP growth by 1.4 percentage points—a significant hit, given the most recent reported GDP growth rate of 2.0 percent. The CEA and NEC also estimate that allowing those tax provisions to expire would cut 2013 consumer spending by $200 billion. Put into context, the report adds, that's more than four times the amount shoppers spent on Black Friday weekend in 2011.
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"If Congress does not act on the President's plan to extend tax cuts for the middle-class, it will be risking one of the key contributors to growth and jobs in our economy at the most important time of the year for retail stores," says the report.
Broken down on a household-by-household basis, the expiration could be a hit to families at a time when the economy is already fragile. The report estimates a typical middle-class family of four will see their taxes go up by $2,200 if Congress does not act.
The tax cuts are part of the Bush-era tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year, making them a large part of the "fiscal cliff" of expiring tax provisions and spending cuts scheduled for January 1. The White House would like to extend the tax cuts for the 98 percent of families making $250,000 or less per year. This is a key point of disagreement between the White House and congressional Republicans. The president has repeatedly spoken of making sure the wealthy pay their "fair share" in taxes. However, many congressional Republicans have signed a pledge from Americans for Tax Reform, a group backed by activist Grover Norquist, saying they will not vote for any tax increase.
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There are a few signs agreement might be possible. Some Republicans are softening on their refusal to raise revenues, including senators like Tennessee's Bob Corker, South Carolina's Lindsay Graham, and Georgia's Saxby Chambliss. Graham said this weekend that while he is not open to raising rates, he believes that capping deductions could help to raise revenue.
For their part, retailers today responded to the report by reiterating their hopes for a bipartisan agreement on avoiding the fiscal cliff.
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Lambiel lost bronze to Takahashi by less than a point even with about 6 mistakes, and gold by only about 10 points. Skating cleanly not only would he have crushed Takahashi, but would have easily won gold over Lysacek and Plushenko too.
Lambiel lost bronze to Takahashi by less than a point even with about 6 mistakes, and gold by only about 10 points. Skating cleanly not only would he have crushed Takahashi, but would have easily won gold over Lysacek and Plushenko too.
Either way that doesnt matter since the post I posted after I thought meant was saying even if Lambiel skated cleanly and the rest of the event was skated exactly as it is he would have still been 4th behind Takahashi and that is proposterous. I might have been misinterpreting though.
Lambiel wasnt even attempting the triple axel. He didnt even need it to win over quadless Evan either however.
As for Takahashi not beating a clean Plushenko, keep dreaming. Lysacek even beat a clean Plushenko. Takahashi with a quad and much better artistry than both would have cakewalked to the Vancouver gold. His PCS even with the big fall and other mistakes was higher than Lysacek and Plushenko, and his base value with a clean skate was higher. A judge was interviewed after the event and stated had Takahashi skated cleanly he definitely would have won in Vancouver as he was everything the judges were looking for in a mens champion.
There are probably tons of guys who would have beaten Lysacek and Plushenko in Vancouver had they skated cleanly, not just Lambiel and Takahashi. Some Plushenko fans seem to be living in a time warp and thinking 2010 was still 2006, which in the aftermath of the actual result (which I disagreed with in Evan winning btw, but that is aside the point) is quite unbelievable. Either way the fact a quadless Lysacek won the gold, when even Lysacek with quads is easily beatable by a horde of potentially superior skaters (Lambiel, Takahashi, Chan, Abbott at this best, a few others) proves a ton of guys could have won the gold in Vancouver skating cleanly. Lambiel and Takahahi most likely the top 2 in either order in that case however.
Those are pretty good. Just a couple changes to yours I made for myself in bold.
Slutskaya would have won gold at the 2002 Olympics if everyone skated cleanly, not Kwan. Kwan would have taken silver. Anyone who followed the early 2000s realized that the only times Kwan could beat Irina are when she was clean and Irina made mistakes. If they made comparable mistakes or sometimes if Irina had more, Irina always came out ahead. One short program result doesnt change that. The 98 Olympic ladies event should already be enough proof not too read too much into short program results, and Kwan won the short program very easily in 98 as opposed to barely winning it and controversially so in 2002. Irina skated last, no matter how well Kwan skated her marks would have peaked at 5.7s and 5.8s technically and 5.8s and 5.9s in presentation as they would have had to save room for Irina, just like the 2000 and 2001 Worlds. Irina would have had every opportunity to beat that regardless, whether she would have delivered or not is another matter.
I have no idea what the 94 ladies results would have been if everyone skated cleanly. The one thing I am pretty sure of though is Chen wouldnt have even medalled, let alone won, so I simply bumped her off completely and moved everyone else you posted up a spot, unable to really decide on a order. It could have been any combination of Sato, Bonaly, Baiul, Kerrigan, and maybe (but less likely) Josee in that case, but probably Baiul would never be pushed off the podium in that case being the only certainty.
Stojko did skate cleanly at the 98 Olympics but chose to not attempt his quad. Skating cleanly without a quad as he did he would have lost silver to Eldredge skating cleanly, and also been pushed right off the podium by young Yagudin skating cleanly with a quad. Candelero beat him in the free program which shows how he was a bit lucky to still salvage silver.
Honda had 2 quads planned in his 2002 Olympic LP. Had he even done one he beats Goebel, no question.
At the 94 Olympics Stojko did skate cleanly and did lose to Urmanov, so if one assumes Petrenko and Browning go 1-2 just like 92 going clean, then it is pretty certain Stojko doesnt medal if everyone else skated cleanly too.
Great effort, museksk8r.
Though, I would put Kwan ahead of Lipinski in 1998 and Slutskaya in 2002- skating with attack, speed and a well-landed 3lip would've been enough for Kwan to get the Gold in 1998. It also depends on what you mean by clean for Slutskaya in 2002; two 3-3s? Probably, but I don't think that 2 well-rotated 3-3s were within Slutskaya's grasp in 2002. They would be on the road to Torino, when she fixed her jumps which were getting more scrutiny under CoP
IDK about 2006 pairs - a healthy S/Z would've been a huge obstacle to T/M, because they underwent their artistic transformation in 2003 and T/M were not necessarily the most aesthetically pleasing Russian / Soviet Pair
Irina would not have needed two different 3-3s to beat a clean Kwan. What kind of craziness is that. I could see someone thinking Irina needed one clean 3-3 to beat a clean Michelle, although I would totally disagree even then, but thinking she needed two, ROTFL!!! Tara beat a clean Kwan in 98 with only one 3-3 and Irina >>>>>>>>>>>> Tara as far as who they preferred in competition with Michelle goes. Lets look at some of the Kwan vs Slutskaya events from 2000 to 2002:
2000 Grand Prix Final- Irina skates amazing. Michelle skates so so. Irina wins easily with a 6.0 for technical merit, and almost all 5.9s on both marks. Not even really significant as this was pretty straightforward except when the reverse happens as later examples will show Michelle doesnt win as easily.
2000 Worlds- Michelle skating her best performance ever probably with amazing speed, 7 triples, a clean 3-3 combo wins in a split decision over Slutskaya with only 6 triples (one maybe two footed), a big mistake, no 3-3, and Irina had higher technical marks overall and higher presentation marks from some of the judges. It was very clear by the scores Irina would have won for sure simply skating a clean 7 triple program with no rearrangements, and she wouldnt even had to include the triple-triple toe Kwan did or any type of triple-triple either (Irina always did a harder one than that when she attempted one anyway).
2001 Grand Prix final- Both skate sort of sort so so with only 5 or 6 clean triples. Irina wins easily, losing only 1 judge.
2000 Skate Canada- Both skate kind of so so with only 5 or 6 clean triples. Irina wins easily, losing only 1 judge.
2001 Worlds- Michelle's skates an amazing performance, on par with her 2000 Worlds performance. Irina skates a sloppy program with one clear mistake, a step out of a jump, her own triple-triple is badly underrotated and program not even credited by the judges, and several other shaky moments/landings. Still a split decision, and Irina still has the higher technical mark.
2002 Grand Prix final- Irina with 4 triples in both her long programs wins over Michelle who lands 5 and 6 respectively.
2002 Worlds- Both Irina and Michelle skate cleanly in the final free skate with 6 triples and Irina wins that phase with slightly higher technical scores and comparable or higher presentation scores.
It is clear it is Michelle who had to be exceptional and Irina less than so for Michelle to win their confrontations in this rivalry, not vice versa, or not like it was in the reverse in the Tara vs Michelle rivalry. So how one concludes from that Irina needs two 3-3s, which Tara who would have never beaten Michelle or even been competitive with her in the above scenarios of other Irina vs Michelle competitions, didnt even need in 98, I have no idea whatsoever. Not to be rude but what are you smoking exactly.
Based on the above examples of how they were scored against each other in the early 2000s the only way I see Kwan having beat a clean Irina at all is if Michelle skated like the 2000 and 2001 Worlds lights out with a 3-3 and all and Irina skated super cautious with only 5 or 6 triples and no 3-3, basically something just a bit better than her Olympic performance (now already enough to win over Hughes) and on par or a bit less than her Worlds performance.
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As for the 2006 pairs events, had Shen & Zhao been at their absolute best it probably would have been a virtual tie with Totmianina & Marinin. Their scores from the 2005 GPF and T&M's from Turin are virtually the same. As it was Shen & Zhao coming off an injury wouldnt have been at that level of skating even had they gone "clean". By the scores from Turin it seem Shen & Zhao were unlikely to even beat the Zhangs for the silver if both went clean, especialy if the Zhangs landed their quad throw. The Chinese fed. were probably wisely backing the Zhangs as their #1 for Turin with S&Z in an uncertain state, and that would have played a part in the scores even had they skated unexpectedly cleanly. T&M had the full weight of a strong Russian fed. behind them and with S&Z not even the undisputed Chinese #1 at that point, this would have ended any battle at that particular competition.
The people saying Lambiel going clean wins in 2006 over clean Plushenko must be playing a game of "I am the judge" and putting how they would have had it. There is no way the judges were going that way, especialy with Lambiel not planning a triple axel in either program at the Turin Olympics, and wasting his spinning ability by mostly having only having level 2 spins. Lambiel was the best spinner in the World at the time and should have been gaining the most points in spins. He didnt though since he chose some level 2 and 1 spins, and some of his competitors were doing 3 or 4. With all that I wonder if he would have even won the silver if everyone had skated great in Turin, or if he could have been threatened even by clean Buttle or clean Joubert. Unless he did do a triple axel, then the silver would be a lock but I dont think he ever meant to do one there.
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As for SLC I agree Slutskaya had developed such a repertoire that she would have won. Kwan had the advantage of skating at home though, so a perfect skate from her might have done it in that case. In all other competitions outside the US though I do think a clean Slutskaya was winning (as evidenced by their head to head meetings in the early 2000s).
Had Tonya skated cleanly with the triple axel in 92 I think Kristi would have needed both the triple lutz-triple toe and triple salchow clean to beat her, and she never did that. The only time she landed the triple salchow was the 92 Nationals but she didnt do the triple lutz-triple toe there (she had a step in between).
I am kind of surprised nobody has Bowman even medalling in 92, or even possibly the gold or silver. I only say that since people on this forum I have seen often calling him the most talented skater, and wouldnt the most talented skater translate to something skating their best, even if all others also did? I know I didnt pick him for a medal but that is because I was never one of those who considered him the most talented skater.
Since this thread goes to 2014 I might as well do what I think will happen in 2014 if all go clean:
Gold- Chan. Gold not only if clean, but if he has no more than 4 falls worth of mistakes he will be gif...err I mean given gold even if Fernandez, Takahashi, and Hanyu, his 3 main competitors are all perfect and spectacular. I still predict him to be 3rd or 4th with even more than 4 falls worth of mistakes however, then retiring (thank goodness).
Silver- Hanyu. His GOEs and inflated PCS would carry him to silver.
Bronze- Takahashi. Judges still like him as the Grand Prix final showed. Might even be able to do better in this scenario, hard to say. Fernandez also might win silver or bronze in an all clean competition, it would be very close, apart form Chan's 40 point margin of victory.
Gold- Kim. I dont think this would be the runaway as the men in that case though. Kim, Kostner, and Asada would all end up fairly close in points if all went clean.
Silver- Asada. She will lose to Kostner if both make a similar number of mistakes, as I think she will, but will beat her if both go clean due to base value.
Bronze- Kostner. Read above.
Gold- Volosozhar & Trankov. Would need 2 falls to be in any serious danger at this point.
Silver- Savchenko & Szolkowy.
Bronze- Barazova & Larionov. This is if they go clean remember, not neccessarily a prediction of the result.
Whatever the judges feel that day, but obviously either Davis & White or Virtue & Moir for gold.
Lysacek received only a judges warning for a wrong-edged takeoff on his 3F, plus Lysa's first 3A was prerotated.
and as I wrote:
Plush's Interp-8,75 Perf/ex- 8,8
Dai Int-8,65 Perf-8,5
Evan's Int-8,4 Perf-8,5
Last edited by lala; 09-29-2013 at 03:56 PM.
I think your rationale may work, but it relies too heavily on past examples. Every competition is new, we have no idea what that particular judging panel on that particular night in the U.S. would have done between Slutskaya and Kwan. We never really saw a competition in which both skaters skated lights out to the best of the abilities against one another. Usually one would win when the other would falter (even if it was slightly). I mean look at S/P v. B/S. S/P won over B/S as many times as Slutskaya beat Kwan over the season prior to SLC (if not more). Then look at what initially happened in SLC.
Maybe this is me misremembering the attitudes going into SLC, but wasn't it a popular conception (or misconception) that the Olympics were Kwan's to lose since the Nagano narrative was so strong and that the judges were going to give Irina the World title as a consolation. Some said the GPF was also a consolation ala Bourne and Kraatz's win.
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"Nobody can get by her. She just wins all the balls out of the air for us on set pieces and makes key slide tackles," Butterbaugh said. "Her work rate is amazing and she just knows exactly what to do. She is such a smart player."
Buena senior striker Macey Herrera has played with Tewes since the seventh grade, and is not the least bit surprised by her perserverence.
"She has always been a very determined player and person, so I think even if she broke her leg a third time, it wouldn't stop her. She would be back on the field as soon as she could," Herrera said. "She is definitely a player that wouldn't give up ever. I am just so glad she's on my team."
Although Tewes is often asked, she has never set off an alarm going through a security checkpoint.
The only time she really notices the rod in her leg is when it's really cold outside or she's done an intense training session.
The two screws in her leg can be felt by touching her surgical scars, but Tewes doesn't go out of her way to mention it to others.
"I mean if comes up in conversation I will talk about it," she said. "But I don't just walk up to people and be like, 'Hey, touch my screws.' That would be weird."
Through her actions and words, Tewes has become an inspiration to her Buena teammates.
While they haven't gone as far as having objects found in a hardware store inserted in their legs, they try to emulate Tewes in every other way.
"She sets the tone for our team," Butterbaugh said. "The kids want to be like her, which is good because you need somebody who they can look up to. They all want to head the ball like AJ and play like AJ. It's really incredible how things have worked out."
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How to Choose a Charity for Holiday Giving
Being generous is great, but being smart can make those dollars go further.
'Tis the season for giving: Soup kitchen volunteers, Toys for Tots, and bell-ringing Santas abound. Goodwill toward humanity is widespread during the holidays, but before emptying their change jars and drawers of used clothing, donors might want to do some cost-benefit analysis. Below, experts explain six ways to make holiday donations more cost effective.
1. Donate like an investor: "Can you imagine if you were an investor in Apple, and you said, 'Well, look, I'm going to invest in your company, but only if you use my funds for the next iPad release'?" says Katherina Rosqueta, executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. That would mean that if Tim Cook woke up tomorrow with the next big idea, the investor's money would be walled off for use in a potentially less profitable project.
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Likewise, donors' restrictions on how their money can be used create inefficiency for charitable organizations. Rosqueta explains that a donor might, for example, tell an organization that his or her donation can only be used for fighting illiteracy in North Philadelphia.
"What happens if another program is serving those kids better in North Philadelphia, and the real need happens to be in Southwest Philadelphia?" The lesson is that donating to a charitable organization may best be done like a small stock transaction (albeit without the personal gain aspect): The donor buys into a trusted company hoping for a good return on investment, but the organization does as it chooses with the money.
2. Consider cash instead of used goods (or at least call ahead): Often, money can go farther than donations of goods, particularly when a donor doesn't know exactly what a charity organization needs.
"You certainly want to check with the charity first," says Sandra Miniutti, vice president of Charity Navigator, an organization that evaluates charities. While organizations sometimes do ask for donated goods, she says, people often want to give used items, such as furniture and clothing, for which the charity has little use. That can mean extra time and money spent finding a place for those items (or getting rid of them).
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"We get clothing donations that we can't use at that time," says Kristin Valentine, chief development officer at Bread for the City, a nonprofit that serves the poor in the Washington, D.C. "It's December and folks are donating their shorts and T-shirts, and it would be really great to get winter coats and sweaters. We have a small room and nowhere to put this, and it actually costs us money to figure out what we then can do with this."
Many organizations have lists on their websites of the types of items they are seeking. And for people who simply prefer giving goods over cash, some charities have wish lists on sites like Amazon, allowing donors to purchase entire cases of needed supplies. And, Valentine points out, her organization has received many useful donations, such as subway farecards with value still on them, but those gifts have been especially welcome when donors asked first if Bread for the City could use them.
3. Don't purge your pantry: The money-versus-goods conundrum is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the area of food donations.
"We can just purchase so much more food, and healthy food, at the time when we need that food, if someone gives us a dollar versus if they go to Giant [or another grocery store] and spend a dollar," Valentine says.
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Food pantries often can buy surplus goods from the food industry for pennies on the dollar, meaning that a $10 donation can buy 20 times that amount of food.
In addition, food pantries are often looking for donations that cater to their clients' health needs; high-sodium or high-sugar offerings may not fit that bill. Valentine stresses that her organization is pleased at people's generosity, but donations are often the kind that the pantry cannot accept.


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Ice cream in January? Yes!
On Saturday, Jan. 19 from noon to 4 p.m. the Washington County Historical Society will hold an old-fashioned ice cream social at Mulberry Point in downtown Stillwater.
The public is invited and encouraged to wear historic garb appropriate for the occasion.
"We might see some interesting lumberjack outfits that have been in the attic for decades," Brent Peterson, executive director of the WCHS said. "We don't expect too many vintage swimsuits, but you just never know."
Peterson came up with the idea when he discovered some old photographs of past winter ice cream socials from the 1950s.
"When you see these old photos, everyone looks like they were having so much fun, despite the cold," he said. "It was a true celebration of Minnesota winter, so we just decided to try it ourselves in the 21st century."
Past to Present
Back in 1950, Stillwater businessman Gib Larson of Snowland Foods—as well as other business people—held the first winter ice cream social at the St. Croix Boom Site. Even though the temperatures were well below zero, more than 1,000 people came out and enjoyed the ice cream and the season.
The event was moved to Lowell Park the next year and later it moved to Lily Lake. It was sponsored at that time by the Jaycees and eventually faded away like winter into springtime.
"This event brings together our history and the community," Peterson said. "What a great way to celebrate the place where we live, enjoy our neighbors, have fun with all the snow and eat ice cream to boot."
The ice cream, cones and chili will be provided by Leo's Grill & Malt Shop and the coffee from River Moon Coffee. This event is also sponsored by the Stillwater Convention & Visitors' Bureau.
The ice cream and coffee is free; there will be a nominal charge for the chili.
There will be a bonfire going to keep the family warm; and if the weather is favorable, Aamodts will bring a hot air balloon and have it tethered for all to sneak a peek at the balloon.
The event is free to the public and donations to the Washington County Historical Society will be accepted. For more information please call the Historical Society at 651-439-5956 or visit www.wchsmn.org.


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Susan Sue Webb Guess, 56, passed away suddenly at her home on April 28, 2013.
Sue was born in Nash County on February 21, 1957 to the late Melvin Thomas Webb and Maxine Benton Webb. She worked as an administrative assistant in the NC Department of Revenue as well as the attorney generals office. Sue retired after 27 years of faithful and dedicated service to the state. Sue was a faithful member of Wendell United Methodist Church and was very involved in their music program.
A celebration of Susans life will be held at 12:00 noon, Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Wendell United Methodist Church, 129 N. Main Street, Wendell, NC 27591 with Dr. Richard Stone officiating.
The family will receive relatives and friends prior to the service from 11:00am to 12:00 noon at the church.
Surviving: son, Jacob Newton Guess and fiancé, Holly of Raleigh; husband, Ronald Lynn Guess of Wake Forest; granddaughter, Kennedy Jade Guess; brother, Mike Webb of Wake Forest; and sister, Beth W. Cummings of Pine Tops.
In addition to her parents, Sue was preceded in death by a son, Roger Mattox Guess.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wendell United Methodist Church Music Ministry, P.O. Box 1925, Wendell, NC 27591.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.poolefuneral.com under Obituaries.


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Over $100,000 was raised for the families of wounded and fallen soldiers at the State Elks Association's at the Lacey Elks Lodge.
"The event was held to pay tribute and show support for our Fallen Heroes, our Wounded Warriors and their families, and the brave members of the armed forces from New Jersey for their dedication and sacrifice in defending our freedoms," spokesperson Jeffrey Hein said.
The event typically raises approximately $100,000 annually but Rich Tabachuck, Chairman of the State Elks was hoping to raise enough to donate $1,000 to the 128 families of fallen New Jersey soldiers.
With more than 1,200 people from across the state, including 150 military family members, attending the Army of Hope picnic, over $120,000 was raised.
The Elks most recently donated $1,800 to families of fallen soldiers so they can prepare for the new school year, Tabachuck said.
"We wanted them to go back to school with everything they needed," he said.
The numbers keep growing, he said. Twenty-two wounded soldiers and 10 families of soldiers who were killed in the line of duty recently approached the organization.
When the Elks began providing for these families they hoped to offer some financial assistance and relief but they have been able to help pay off mortgages, Tabachuck said.
"Every penny goes to the troops," he said.
To date, the Army of Hope committee has raised over one million dollars.
For more information on the Elks, visit the website.


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Kernel Korner - Network Programming in the Kernel
All Linux distributions provide a wide range of network applications—from dæmons that provide a variety of services such as WWW, mail and SSH to client programs that access one or more of these services. These programs are written in user mode and use the system calls provided by the kernel to perform various operations like network read and write. Although this is the traditional method of writing programs, there is another interesting way to develop these applications by implementing them in the kernel. The TUX Web server is a good example of an application that runs inside the kernel and serves static content. In this article, we explain the basics of writing network applications within the kernel and their advantages and disadvantages. As an example, we explain the implementation of an in-kernel FTP client.
Why would one want to implement applications within the kernel? Here are a few advantages:
When a user-space program makes a system call, there is some overhead associated in the user-space/kernel-space transition. By programming all functionality in the kernel, we can make gains in performance.
The data corresponding to any application that sends or receives packets is copied from user mode to kernel mode and vice versa. By implementing network applications within the kernel, it is possible to reduce such overhead and increase efficiency by not copying data to user mode.
In specific research and high-performance computing environments, there is a need for achieving data transfers at great speeds. Kernel applications find use in such situations.
On the other hand, in-kernel implementations have certain disadvantages:
Security is a primary concern within the kernel, and a large class of user-mode applications are not suitable to be run directly in the kernel. Consequently, special care needs to be taken while designing in-kernel applications. For example, reading and writing to files within the kernel is usually a bad idea, but most applications require some kind of file I/O.
Large applications cannot be implemented in the kernel due to memory constraints.
Network programming is usually done with sockets. A socket serves as a communication end point between two processes. In this article, we describe network programming with TCP/IP sockets.
Server programs create sockets, bind to well-known ports, listen and accept connections from clients. Servers are usually designed to accept multiple connections from clients—they either fork a new process to serve each client request (concurrent servers) or completely serve one request before accepting more connections (iterative servers). Client programs, on the other hand, create sockets to connect to servers and exchange information.
Let's take a quick look at how an FTP client and server are implemented in user mode. We discuss only active FTP in this article. The differences between active and passive FTP are not relevant to our discussion of network programming here.
Here is a brief explanation of the design of an FTP client and server. The server program creates a socket using the socket() system call. It then binds on a well-known port using bind() and waits for connections from clients using the listen() system call. The server then accepts incoming requests from clients using accept() and forks a new process (or thread) to serve each incoming client request.
The client program creates a control socket using socket() and next calls connect() to establish a connection with the server. It then creates a separate socket for data transfer using socket() and binds to an unprivileged port (>1024) using bind(). The client now listen()s on this port for data transfer from the server. The server now has enough knowledge to honor a data transfer request from the client. Finally, the client uses accept() to accept connections from the server to send and receive data. For sending and receiving data, the client and server use the write() and read() or sendmsg() and recvmsg() system calls. The client issues close() on all open sockets to tear down its connection to the server. Figure 1 sums it up.
Fail to create dynamic system call
Hi everyone,
Has anyone tried this code themselves? I failed to insert that system call dynamically (but succeeded to compile and insmod the module).
I am wondering if anyone know what's going on there.
PS: I am using Linux 2.6.29 in Ubuntu.
Thanks in advance,
kernel raw sockets
I am new to linux kernel development. so if any mistakes you find, pls
frgive it and correct me.
I wanted to send raw packets through ethernet, from kernel level.
So i use PF_PACKET family. & SOCK_RAW.And i used sock_create()
function to create socket.
But I found that when i create socket with
sock_create(PF_PACKET,SOCK_RAW,.....) the program always fails in
bind. (when i do sock->ops->bind(.....))
why is it so ? but when I use PF_INET & SOCK_PACKET to create socket.
bind happens successfully.
Can any one help me to come out of this issue?? OR direct me to create
raw packets and send from kernel??
thanks in advance
create_address doesn't exist
The function create_address doesn't exist in my kernel header (2.6.17). Where should I get the definition?
It's true.Create_address is
It's true.Create_address is not in Kernel Header.
Has anyone found how to get it?
Please reply
insmod 'ing the module
In your example you don't actually use insmod after building the module, does that mean its not necessary? If not then how does the userland program see the system call. If so then do you know why it insmod'ing it would freeze my system? Cause it does. I did fiddle with the code a bit, mostly stripped it down to just connect, send a message, and close.
Problem was redefining the
Problem was redefining the system call. Seems linux doesn't appreciate it none too much and freezes. I've read its not really done anymore anyway.
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By Michele Tallarita '12
Aside from some viola lessons in middle school, Tracy McFarlan '13 (Yardley, Pa.) hasn't had much experience with music—but that hasn't stopped her from racking up achievements in music research.
This summer, McFarlan, a history major, worked with Jorge Torres, associate professor of music, on his upcoming book, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music, a 200,000-word volume that will hit the presses sometime this year.
"Latin American popular music was something I knew nothing about going into this summer," says McFarlan, "so what I enjoy most about this project is the exposure I am getting to a new field."
McFarlan worked under Torres as an EXCEL Scholar, making edits to entries in the encyclopedia, managing information about its contributors, and even using her skills as a chronologist to contribute a few entries herself.
"There's actually a lot of crossover between history and the arts," she says. "The underlying historical environment helps to make sense of why artistic movements happened when they did, why styles caught on, what kinds of art appealed to the people. The great part about Lafayette is that it not only recognizes that all fields are inherently interdisciplinary, but emphasizes it as you take classes both within and outside of your major."
This wasn't the first time McFarlan put her efforts toward a project with a musical bent. Last fall, she presented a paper at the College Music Society national conference, a three-day meeting in which performers, composers, musicologists, and music educators present on a wide range of topics from all musical disciplines. Most speakers are graduate students or faculty; it is very rare that a second-year undergraduate is invited to read a paper, especially one who applied as a first-year student.
The paper, "Identity Crisis: Music, Art and Literature from 1900 to 1914," was derived from her final project in her First-Year Seminar, taught by Kirk O'Riordan, assistant professor of music, who also supervised her preparation for the conference.
She was inspired to write the paper, she says, when she noticed connections between artistic movements of the time period, like abstract art, futurism, and isolationism, with trends in society, like women's rights, industrialization, and urbanization. The topic made use of both her musical interests and her penchant for history.
McFarlan is thinking about continuing her historical studies in graduate school. In the meantime, she makes a point of bridging the gap not only between music and history, but also between Lafayette and Easton. She works for the Landis Community Outreach Center coordinating service projects and was the co-chair for Lafapalooza: Lafayette's Annual Day of Service this spring. She's also a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and will study abroad in France this year.


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