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LEWISTOWN - Walter Harpster will serve another year as president of the Mifflin County School District Board of directors following action taken at the board's annual reorganization meeting Thursday.
Harpster was unanimously elected by an 8-0 margin. Director Dr. Ruth Armstrong was not present at the meeting.
Kirk Rager was elected to serve as vice president after receiving five votes to Annemarie Swineford's three.
Also during the session, the board voted to continue holding committee-of-the-whole meetings on the third Thursday of each month, followed by the regular voting session on the fourth Thursday, with each beginning at 7:30 p.m. The exception to those dates are November and December when the meetings will take place the first and third Thursdays of the month due to holidays.
In other reorganization business, Swineford was re-elected to be the board's liaison to the Pennsylvania School Board Association and the following were elected to serve on the Joint Operating Committee of the Mifflin-Juniata Career and Technology Center: Rager, Parkes, Hurlburt and Harpster. Laughlin was elected alternate.
Following the reorganization, the board held a brief committee-of-the-whole meeting and discussed the following agenda items scheduled to be voted on during the Dec. 20 regular meeting:
Approval of Trudi Gearhart, Mitchell Jodon and Kirk Sheeder as custodial substitutes effective Dec. 10.
Approval of Beth White and Anita Ingram to serve as teacher mentors for the second semester of the current school year.
The addition of Rebecca Swann, Kimberly Clark, Steven McLaughlin and Devin Miller to the substitute teacher list.
Acceptance of the following resignations effective the end of the current school year due to retirement: Robinson Lauver and Timothy Reeder.
Approval of the following coaches for the spring season: Allan Hepner II, assistant track; Gregory Loht, assistant track; Jerold Schnell, junior high softball; and Travis Eckley, assistant junior high softball.
Approval of Francy Becker as a volunteer swim coach for the 2012-13 school year.
A recommendation to adjust the school calendar to reflect a change in the Act 80 half-day on Jan. 18 to a full Act 80 day.
A recommendation to approve three students from Mifflin County High School to attend the National Association of Music Educators Eastern Division Music Festival in Hartford, Conn. on April 4-7 at no cost to the district.

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If not fireworks again, then maybe there's still a little spark between on-again, off-again couple Katy Perry and John Mayer?
The pair were spotted out Friday night – along with their approximately 15-person-strong entourage – at West Hollywood's Chateau Marmont.
The group was ushered into the far back corner of the tented patio and took their place at a cluster of tables, with servers and security keeping a watchful eye.
Mayer, 35, wearing a dark shirt under a grey fitted blazer, shook hands with everyone, while Perry, 28, looked stunning in a short-sleeved white 50's style cashmere sweater and a fitted metallic patterned shirt as she chatted with their pals.
They then sat separately at their large table for an evening that stretched past midnight.
In March, Perry and Mayer called it quits after a second time around, with Mayer later saying, "I'm on the same journey as everyone else. Coupling is a tricky thing."
Katy Perry and John Mayer Step Out (with Friends)
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on July 12, 2013 - 10:17 PM
Dec. 16, 1935 – July 12, 2013
Sister Mary Innocent Pomarzynski, a teacher and health care administrator, died Friday in the Colette Hilbert Care Center. She was 77.
Born Theresa Sophie Pomarzynski in Buffalo, she entered the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph as an aspirant in August 1951, became a postulant in January 1955 and professed her final vows Aug. 2, 1959.
Sister Innocent received an associate degree from Hilbert College, a bachelor's from Elms College in Chicopee, Mass., and a master's from Marygrove College in Detroit.
Over a 29-year career in education, she taught at Immaculata High School in Hamburg as well as a number of parochial schools around the country, including St. Columba in Buffalo.
Upon completing a program in nursing home administration at Michigan State University, she became administrator at Marycrest Manor in Livonia, Mich., 1988.
Sister Innocent came to the Hilbert health center in May 2003.
Even after suffering a debilitating stroke, Sister Innocent continued to minister to others through her cheerful spirit and all-embracing smile.
She is survived by a sister, Rita Decsi.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the convent chapel, 5229 South Park Ave., Hamburg.


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on March 22, 2013 - 12:04 AM
March 20, 1915 – March 20, 2013
Florence Jankowski, of Snyder, whose talents included modeling, dancing and painting, died on her 98th birthday Wednesday in Wedgewood Health Care Facility, Amherst.
Born Florence Bialkowski in Buffalo, she attended School 11 and was a graduate of Kensington High School.
She was a model during the 1930s in several downtown department stores. Fond of elegant styles, she made most of her own clothes.
She enjoyed dancing and won several dance competitions with her husband.
She and her husband also traveled extensively, visiting the Caribbean and Europe. While traveling in Monte Carlo, they once met Princess Grace of Monaco.
She also was noted for her artistic skills and filled her home with her paintings.
She was a member of Lancaster Country Club and the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo.
Her husband of nearly 70 years, Chester J., a supermarket owner, died in 2008.
Surviving are a son, Chester A.; a daughter, Barbara Rivett; and a sister, Loretta Stachura.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Benedict Catholic Church, 1317 Eggert Road at Main St., Eggertsville.


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A spidey shot, by defintion, involves a male ejaculating semen onto a woman's body part, i.e. face, tits, ass, etc. The aftermath resembles a Peter Parker type attack, thus, the spidey shot.
Boy, Fluffy likes taking spidey shots at the gas station !
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10 Behind-the-Scenes Photos That Make the Movie Better
#5. Neo and Smith in The Matrix
In The Matrix, we learn that computers have taken over and replaced reality with a virtual reality that all humans, who are basically just sleeping brains in vats, are forced to live in via a series of tubes. The computers maintain this near-perfect illusion 24/7.
"We've made a perfect simulation of your world; are you sure you're not in the Matrix right now, Mr. Anderson?"
"No, I'm ... I'm definitely in the Matrix."
How It Helps the Movie
I really like the idea that we assume that the Matrix is this complicated and perfect computer simulation, but when one of the agents gets distracted, he can't focus on his program. It's like when I'm downloading a huge file and the rest of my computer stuff slows down as a result. When Agent Smith uses all his RAM to fly and fight Neo, this is what the rest of the world looks like.
#4. Maximus in Gladiator
Russell Crowe is the soldier who became a slave who became a gladiator who became a hero. He rises up from nothing to win over the people and slay the tyrant Joaquin Phoenix, who was still in the not-unbearably-crazy phase of his acting career.
How It Helps the Movie
Everything about this is wonderful and ridiculous. It's like the setup to the third Hangover movie, where everyone wakes up having no clue what happened at last night's party, they just know they need to get Crowe over to the church but the wedding's in five minutes!
And I love that there's a tiger and a severed leg, but that nothing will stop the guy whose job it is to idly rake sand. Total pro, that guy.
"It's not my job to pry, it's my job to rake. I've got my own thing going on."
#3. Freddy Krueger!
The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise follows a terrifying undead monster-type thing, Freddy Krueger, as he travels around the world murdering teenagers in their sleep.
How It Helps the Movie
AAAAHHHH! That's so much fucking scarier! I want him to visit children who find the Nightmare movies so terrifying dressed as Freddy and then peel it off, saying, "Don't worry, kids, it's just makeup. Underneath it all I'm far more frightening than you could ever imagine."
#2. John, Hans, and Friends in Die Hard
I think I've written about Die Hard for this website like 30 times. If you don't know what Die Hard is, just click the "Random Article" button, as you are statistically likely to find an article about it in 10 clicks.
How It Helps the Movie
Look at the expression on Bruce Willis' face. That is the face of a man who either learns he can freeze time or figures out that he's been having a drug-induced hallucination this entire time.
#1. The Predator from Predator
"I said not right now, OK?!
How It Helps the Movie
Watching this movie allows me to pretend that, after Predator 2, there's a third Predator movie about a Predator who learns how to sing and dance, leaves his family behind, and travels to Hollywood to become a star. His dreams come true, but once he's successful, he realizes that the life he left behind really was the life for him. That his new life may seem glamorous, but being hounded by paparazzi and overly familiar fans isn't all it's cracked up to be. That fame and fortune are no substitute for family and friends.
Daniel O'Brien is Cracked's senior writer (ladies), and he likes to take chances and do dances (space jams). Watch him do stand-up with Michael Swaim, Adam Brown, and Blaine Capatch on 3/5/13 (people who live in Los Angeles).


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A person who looks and acts depressed all the time in an attempt to be fashionable. Mostly found in the punk and goth scene.
18 year old kid with rich parents and a decent life who acts like they have nothing and are nothing and are sad and Fashionably Depressed for attention.
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Anyone catch the "kids" Jeopardy where the middle schooler in the middle was upset over having the right answer but having it misspelled? He would have lost anyway because the kid with spectacles on the left not only had it spelled correctly, he also had gotten more right answers than he had. I applaud the kid with glasses for being so intelligent.
But the one I feel for really is the girl on the left. She thought Lincoln had issued the 2nd amendment instead of the Emancipation Proclamation. That is really scary!
So who screwed up? Her? Parents? Teachers? School?
Does anyone find it as scary as me?
You know what is said: "Those that do not know history are DOOMED to REPEAT it." (emphasis mine)
I think somehow Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson OUGHT to concern themselves with how history is being taught to Blacks in public schools. I don't think the white kids fare too well, either. I met an upper grade high school girl who didn't understand the phrase "throw the book at" in our conversation--she thought it meant a literal throwing the book at, not a colloquium. She was really embarrassed when I told her the meaning. I thought she would know the meaning since it is a common colloquium. She got offended when I told her that any kid I found cheating in my English classes I would "throw the book at" and she thought I meant that I would literally do it.


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Founded by Hubert de Givenchy in the early '50s, the house of Givenchy is a French lifestyle brand whose name is synonymous with all things luxury. Following in the footsteps of Galliano, McQueen, and Givenchy himself, Riccardo Tisci currently oversees the women's collections, which are heralded for their conceptual beauty.
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This qualification is part of the Business Services Training Package. It reflects the role of individuals who take the first line of management in a wide range of organisational and industry contexts. They may have existing qualifications and technical skills in any given vocation or profession, yet require skills or recognition in supervisory functions. Typically they would report to a manager. At this level frontline managers provide leadership and guidance to others and take responsibility for the effective functioning and performance of the team and its work outcomes.
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Core: Show leadership in the workplace; Implement operational plan; Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements; Promote team effectiveness. Electives: Coordinate implementation of customer service strategies; Address customer needs; Implement customer service standards; Report on financial activity; Implement workplace information system; Promote innovation in a team environment; Make a presentation; Develop teams and individuals; Lead and facilitate off-site staff; Build client relationships and business networks; Analyse and present research information; plus more.
About Illawarra ITeC Ltd, TheEstablished in 1989, The Illawarra ITeC is a non-profit Registered Training Organisation that offers a wide range of courses in business, hospitality, retail, construction, screen and media, and information technology. RTO code: 90185
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OSERS would like to share with you the following message announcing a new publication promoting the employment of people with disabilities. OSERS is the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the United States Department of Education.
"In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2003, the U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, released a guidebook to acquaint business leaders with programs and resources available to assist them in hiring people with disabilities.
The jointly developed publication, "Disability Employment 101: Learn to Tap Your 'HIRE' Potential," includes information about how to find qualified workers with disabilities, how to put disability and employment research into practice and how to model what other businesses have done to successfully integrate individuals with disabilities into the workforce...."
"Disability Employment 101: Learn To Tap Your 'Hire' Potential" can be accessed at the Department of Education's Web site at www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/products/employmentguide/ .
To view the remainder of the U.S. Department of Education's Press Release, click (here) to view the PDF document.


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*** This chapter is officially inactive ***
For those who aren't part of the Facebook group, if you're interested in helping to start the chapter back up, please contact me at brian.hoffman at energycap dot com.
Welcome to the State College, PA chapter of the Interaction Design Association! We're a diverse group of people interested in interaction design, usabiilty, information architecture, and many of the related disciplines. If you're looking for a way to connect with other professionals in central PA, this is it!
We are currently doing an interaction design project for the ClearWater Conservancy. If you would like to follow along with or, better yet, help out, send your full name and email address to Scott Woods (firstname.lastname@example.com) and he'll add you to Basecamp. We need someone to create personas, help with the IA, and more.
Matt Hummel's presentation from the November meeting, Mobile X: Get It or Stay Put, is available online.


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November 5, 2013
Thank you! What a wonderful convention we have here today! As I look around Freedom Hall, I am so hopeful about our nation's future.
In this crowd of 15,000 strong are the future leaders of America. I see future farmers and ranchersand so much more.
November 1, 2013
Thank you, Dr. Ross, for that kind introduction and for being a great partner in reform.
I'm pleased to be here today to address the Rural Education National Forum because, too often, the challenges of rural education are neglected.
After nearly five years in Washington, I've learned that much of the public narrative surrounding education is wrong or badly exaggerated.
September 30, 2013
In what seems to have become an annual ritual, I'm here again today to report on the state of education in America. What I can tell you after nearly five years in Washington is that the public narrative that you hear inside the Beltway and online doesn't reflect the reality I see in classrooms and schools all across America.
September 30, 2013
Good morning everyone. It's great to be here and help kick off this important conference and critical conversation.
September 26, 2013
It is always important to me, and I always look forward to the opportunity to address the National HBCU Conference. This year in particular we are at a challenging, pivotal moment in supporting both the enduring and the evolving role of HBCUs.
Just four days from now, Republicans on Capitol Hill are threatening to shut down the government.
September 20, 2013
I will be brief today so we can get to an important discussion.
Last month, President Obama unveiled a landmark plan to address our country's "crisis of college affordability and student debt."
September 13, 2013
2013 "Strong Start, Bright Future" Bus Tour Closing Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Castle Park Middle School Town Hall, Chula Vista, CA
It's a treat to be here at Castle Park Middle School and to hear about Chula Vista's fantastic Promise Neighborhood program.
Today, we're wrapping up a five-day bus tour of the Southwest and West. I want to tell you about what I saw—and how the transformation of Castle Park Middle School is a beautiful example of what I learned.
August 27, 2013
Thank you & acknowledgements
Thank you, Hugh [Price]. It's a special honor to be introduced by someone who has been a leader and innovator in improving education and in tearing down the national shame of Jim Crow. I know how personal this anniversary is to you, since you served as a marshal in the March on Washington. It's an absolute privilege to be here with you, and so many other distinguished leaders this morning.
August 6, 2013
Good morning. Thank you, Christie, for the kind introduction, and for your tremendous work here at USAID. I also want to recognize Administrator Rajiv Shah and Assistant Administrator Eric Postel, for their leadership.
July 30, 2013
Thanks, Mike, for the kind introduction. It's a pleasure to join all of you.
The theme of this leadership conference—"building bridges"—is fitting.
Today, I'd like to talk with you about how the Administration and the Department of Education are continuing to support education reform and success for all students in the second term.


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"Without adventure you are not feeling real life."
- Sano Babu Sunuwar
February 28, 2012
With nearly 72,000 votes cast, we are thrilled to announce the 2012 People's Choice Adventurers of the Year: Nepalis Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa. Their dream to complete the Ultimate Descent—climbing Mount Everest, paragliding down, then kayaking to the sea—truly embodies the spirit of adventure.
Babu, 28, a kayaker and paraglider, and Lakpa, 39, a mountain guide, combined their skills to persevere in extreme conditions. Babu had never done a high-altitude mountaineering expedition like this before. Though he had three Everest summits to his name before the expedition, Lakpa didn't know how to swim, let alone kayak the Class V rapids they would encounter. Through teamwork and tenacity—and without the support of corporate sponsors or big budgets—they did something no one had ever done before.
Learn More: See expedition photos and read their story.
Video by Alex Treadway; expedition photos and video courtesy Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa
Meet the People's Choice
Your votes—nearly 72,000 of them—were counted. Presenting the 2012 Adventurers of the Year: Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa of the Ultimate Descent.
Photo Gallery
See photos of our Adventurers of the Year in action, from summiting an 8,000-meter peak in winter to biking industrial Scotland and more.
View Your Fellow Adventurers' Photos and Submit Your Own
See our fans best adventure photos, and share your own. Tag them #adventure and they could appear in an upcoming gallery.
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They are 2011's most exciting adventurers: a young surfer breaking boundaries; a snowboarder redefining big-mountain descents; and eight more incredible feats.


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Though Paul Wylie, 1992 Olympic silver medalist, is the son of two Penn State alumni, he has never been to Happy Valley. When he performs in the Musselman's Applesauce Family Skating Tribute on Nov. 3 at Penn State's new state-of-the-art Pegula Ice Arena, not only will he reunite with his skating family, he will be joined by his parents to visit the campus for the first time.
Wylie, a U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame member, has memories of growing up in a Penn State household.
"My parents were really rabid Penn State football fans when we lived in Dallas and Penn State competed in the Cotton Bowl (1972 & 1975)," said Wylie, who was born in Dallas and lived there until 1975.
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Paul Wylie is shown with his wife, Kate, and children Caleb, Emma and Hannah. Wylie, and his children will perform during the Musselman's Applesauce Family Skating Tribute.
Wylie is shown in this file photo of a skating performance.
Wylie's parents, Robert W. Wylie, class of 1954, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Betty Lou Bemus Wylie, class of 1956, College of Health and Human Development, are both natives of Pennsylvania, from Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia area, respectively.
"I'm sure we're going to have lots of nostalgic meanderings," Wylie said of his family's visit to Penn State. "I'm sure my parents will keep us quite busy!"
Wylie's two sisters, Dawn and Clare, as well as his wife, Kate, a former Division 1 hockey player at Brown University, and his three children, Hannah, 9, Emma,7, and Caleb, 5, will also be on hand for the family's first Penn State trip.
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If you go
What: Musselman's Applesauce Family Skating Tribute, with country singer Sara Evans
When: 5 p.m. Nov. 3
Where: Penn State's Pegula Ice Arena, University Park campus
Tickets: $49.50. $39.50, $32.50 and $20. VIP seating is also available. Lap children (under 24 months) are free. There is a $5.00 discount (except VIP) for children 2-12, seniors 65 and over, Penn State Figure Skating Club members, and groups of 10 or more. Available at www.ticketmaster.com; by phone at 800-745-3000; Bryce Jordan Center Box Office, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre and the Altoona Campus Ticket Office.
Featured performers: Award-winning country singer-songwriter Sara Evans, Olympic champions Ekaterina Gordeeva and Ilia Kulik, Olympic silver medalist Paul Wylie, and 4-time World Champion Kurt Browning.
Wylie's children will be performing with him in the show.
The Family Skating Tribute features world-class skaters and their children, who are incorporated into at least one of their mom and dad's numbers. Three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss and 1992 Olympic champion, Kristi Yamaguchi will be hosting the show.
Performers include two-time Olympic champion Ekaterina Gordeeva, 1998 Olympic champion Ilia Kulik, four-time World champion Kurt Browning, and six-time U.S. champion, Todd Eldredge. The featured musician is country music star Sara Evans. Evans is known for songs such as her No. 1 single, "Suds in the Bucket."
The show will be taped and is set to air from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 24 on NBC.
Wylie and his family also skated in the Family Tribute show last year in Arizona.
"We had a lot of fun doing it. My kids are not serious skaters, but that's not really the point of the show. The point of the show is that they are all on the ice with me and we're doing something together," he said.
Wylie said his family's skating program - and his own - are still under construction. "I am thinking about different pieces. I'd like to do something meaningful and not something old," he said.
Known throughout his career for his classic lines, fast footwork and masterful artistic interpretation, Wylie, 48, doesn't skate much anymore. He's still on the ice, but as a coach to 10 students in the Charlotte, N.C. area, where he and his family live. He's happy to have the opportunity to get back on the ice for shows such as the Family Skating Tribute.
"The show is a fun opportunity for skating fans to see skaters, who they might have enjoyed watching over the years, as parents. The interaction between parents and children comes through in the performances," Wylie said. "It's a really sweet show and all the skaters are still great."


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A New Experience
By Calum-Oracle on Sep 17, 2012
So a couple of weeks ago, after a fraction over 12 years, I bade farewell to the Solaris Desktop team to join the team whose blog you're reading now: Oracle's Systems Experience Design team, known internally as sxDesign, which has a wider but still largely Solaris-focused usability remit.1
There's been a good deal of overlap and collaboration between the two teams over the years anyway, so it's not exactly a step into the unknown. The elders among you might remember a GNOME 1.4 usability study I presented at GUADEC in 2001, for example, which was primarily the handiwork of a previous incarnation of sxDesign… I pretty much just turned up at the end to steal the glory for the Desktop team. In your face, people I'm going to be working with now!2
1 A move I was first approached about making in about 2003, I think… who says I'm rubbish at making snap decisions?
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LEWISTOWN - When area pupils recently got to talk with Catholic Bishop Joseph McFadden, they didn't bother with the "What's your favorite food?"-type questions.
Instead, the youth, including a group from Sacred Heart School in Lewistown, asked him about women serving as priests, school choice initiatives and God's will.
On Wednesday morning, the third, fourth and fifth graders at Sacred Heart participated in a seven-school video chat with the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg.
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Sacred Heart fifth grader Clara McCahren asks Bishop Joseph McFadden a question during a video conference Wednesday at the school in Lewistown.
"This is more like a day for ducks than for people," the bishop said with a chuckle as he greeted the pupils on the rainy weekday.
After a brief challenge to students to study hard and commit their lives to the Lord Jesus, the bishop answered one question from each school.
Sacred Heart fifth-grader Clara McCahren asked McFadden why women can't be priests.
The bishop responded that God calls every person to a different vocation. God has decided, not the church, who to call to his ministry, McFadden said.
The church does not have the authority to change what God has established, he said.
Still, women should not be perceived as any less of people because they cannot be priests, he said, referring to the Virgin Mary whom God chose to bear his son.
"Bishops, priests are no more important than any of you," McFadden said, emphasizing respect for every single person who God created.
He also told the children that the workings of God are a mystery - "what we see is not all there is."
Question: How is the diocese promoting school choice efforts in Pennsylvania?
The diocese supports giving Pennsylvania families better opportunities to choose a private education for their children, the bishop said.
Currently, parents who send their children to private school are penalized - they still have to pay public school taxes, McFadden said. School choice gives parents the freedom to decide where to send their child to be educated, he said.
He asked the children to go home and tell their parents to contact local legislators about supporting school choice. The diocese also plans to send letters to families asking them to support the movement in Pennsylvania, he said.
Question: What would you like to see happen with Catholic schools in the future?
"People who love life, have a heart for God's creation and reflect the values of Jesus," McFadden answered.
Catholic schools should be places of prayer and service, values that put faith into action, he said. That can mean praying for a grandparent who is sick, or helping a neighbor rake leaves, the bishop said.
Question: Is it right to pray to Our Lady of Victory before a sporting event?
The bishop chuckled a little and responded, "I always used to."
Athletes should pray that they will do their best before the game, and give thanks after the game whether they win or not, he said.
Victory should be about trying to do your best and enjoying the sport, he said.
"And remember, she can't help us if we don't practice," McFadden said.
Question: What is your favorite part of the Mass and why?
The bishop said he enjoys listening to God speak through Scripture readings. It shows how God worked in the past and intends to in the future, he said.
Though not a good singer himself, McFadden said he also finds joy listening to the worshippers sing.
"The Lord gives us a voice, and there is a joy in our hearts when we sing," he said.
Question: When you were in elementary school how did you listen to the call from the Lord?
McFadden said he had to learn to be quiet and listen, because the Lord speaks to the heart in a whisper.
After communion, during special services like Stations of the Cross or while saying the rosary, he learned to kneel and pray quietly, he said.
He challenged the students to build their relationship with God by praying for a family member who is sick or for a difficult school project. Sometimes, God speaks by giving us a peace, he said.
Question: What advice do you have for students taking confirmation or considering the priesthood?
Students should speak to their parents, teachers, coaches, and ask for advice, he said. Ask them, "What do you think I might be good at?" he said.
When McFadden was in eighth grade, he admired a priest at his school who was active and athletic, the bishop said.
"I thought I could be like him," he said.
McFadden told the youth to ask God for discernment before making a decision, and seek advice from trusted friends and relatives.
Questions to the bishop came from students at Catholic schools across the Harrisburg Diocese, which encompasses a 15-county area in south-central Pennsylvania.


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Uncanny X-Men First Class #6
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- DanielM - 18-04-2010
I have been looking through the topic for the past few days and trying to find a way to enter in but alread it seems you have hit it on the head there. It is one of those tragic moment in which the zeitgeist and the church collide.
Looking through some of the books by HH Pope Shenouda and some other sources from within the Orthodox Tradition it seems that the main reasons against the Ordination of women are scripture and Tradition, the two very things which the church itself is built on.
Scripturally, there are no female friests, there are prophetesses and women that minister to God, but they were never priests. If God had wanted women to be briests. Who can prevent God? Surely this works bith ways. When the Lord Jesus Christ chose the twelve Apostles to be the first priests or archpriests, or the first bishops or ecumenical bishops, they were all men. And the first bishops consecrated by them were also men. Again if this needed to be changed it would have been changed, if God would have willed a woman bishop there would have been woman bishops.
It is the same with church tradition, throughout history there is not one example of a female priest. Not one example in Bible, nor in Tradition, and we have to trace and follow the teaching of the Bible, because the Christian life is a life handed down from one generation to another generation. As paul Said to the Corinthians about the Eucharist "For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you" (1Cor. 11: 23).
The church we are given is the Church which God has given us, so why change it?
As was mentioned before, this is not a matter of men trampling down women, after all the highest honour any human has recieved was given to a woman, the ever Virgin Mary. There have also been women throughout history to have done great things, but they have not been not Priests. Women certainly do play a vital role in the church, yet it is not one of the priesthood.
As pope Shenouda has said in his second lecture on the Ordination of Women:
"The Body of our Lord has its dignity, its respect, its work, its
importance. We cannot say that all members may be heads, all
may be eyes, may be arms, may be hearts! We cannot say this.
If a woman is not called to be the head, perhaps she is
called to be the heart, and no difference."
To me, this has the same message to it as Saint Paul in his Epistles to the Corinthians by saying that Man is the head of the Woman. This does not mean man rules over woman, but that man and woman work together with man as the head and woman also working for God.
In my view it is not one of Sexism (which in todays society can mean anything and nothing) but one of classifying the gifts of God for what they are, not what you want them to be.
- John Charmley - 18-04-2010
Dear Daniel,
Yes, I think that like Antony-Paul you pretty well nail this one down: Tradition and Scripture. Of course, the Anglicans add 'Reason' to that to make a trilogy, and one would hardly wish to be seen to e rejecting that!
Yet to let it predominate is, effectively, to make one's own perspective king. I have seen few arguments for women priests that did not convince me they were right - terms of this western world and its norms. But who died and made us normative for everyone else?
It is, of course, easy for HH Pope Shenouda to say what he does about women, as the society within which he lives has in it little mementum for the ordination of women; that does not negate what he says, but if we said it here it would, rightly, get the bum's rush from most women and many men. Indeed, it can be difficult importing some of his arguments into the West. I was once upbraided by an Anglican friend who quoted some remarks from HH Pope Shenouda on the subject of homosexuals which, I have to admit, would have had him having his collar felt by the old Bill had they been made in the British press. Egyptian society operates on norms which our own has long abandoned.
But if we rest where you advise, Scripture and Tradition, then in the case of both this subject, and the other one, we have reasoned arguments to suggest that the employment of Western norms alone is not a reasonable solution to the perplexity.
In Christ,
ADDENDUM - John Charmley - 03-05-2010
As the Church of England comes nearer to allowing women bishops, no doubt this question will again be raised in the media, with the usual comments about those churches which do not allow for this being dominated by patriarchal notions. Well, whilst not denying that, as in many institutions headed by men there can be an element of mysogeny in the Church, it remains essential to state that the objection is not that we do not want women to be priests, but that Our Lord Himself did not make them so, and neither did His Apostles and their disciples.
It is not, therefore, about what we want, it is about what God has revealed He wants. We are not to place ourselves and our wishes above what has been revealed.
In Christ,
- vrc - 07-05-2010
May I offer my humble, female view?
Firstly, I disagree with the several remarks about females being mothers, nurturers and prone, when entrusted with priesthood, to lasciviousness.
As a female, i have never been the slightest bit interested in becoming a mother, giving birth or any of the other assigned 'female' attributes. I believe that some 33% of females never become mothers, so to link them perpetually to that role is false.
However, I do feel spiritual calling by Grace. My understanding is that God is Spirit. I do not believe that Spirit is either male or female, as it is not incarnate in a body - Spirit is beyond time, space and issues of gender (although God can definitely be with us, love us and interact with us here in our earthly sojourn). In Genesis, it states that God made us 'in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them'. It does not say 'men were made in His likeness and image and females - well, unfortunately, they just happened and were not in his image and besides, they're second-rate in everything'.
Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour came, as God, into a male body. It is easy for us to confuse the identity of gender of Spirit from this fact.
Why God chose a male incarnation is not for us to ponder, but I cannot imagine that in the contemporary Hebrew society, anything other than a male speaking about such matters would have been taken seriously.
I believe that the Romans were equally dismissive of women.
Obviously, everything in that Incarnation had a definite purpose. Even, for example, that Jesus revealed his risen Self firstly to a female, Mary Magdalene. She it was who was charged by Jesus to 'go to my brethren' to spread the message to others, to preach (if you like) that Christ was risen.
I accept that the Orthodox church considers women in some way to be unworthy of the priesthood as I wholeheartedly accept all its other teachings; however, I do not accept that Jesus also thought this.
I have no ambition to be a priest(ess), but I feel the communion between myself and the Holy Spirit to be of equal import to the communion between the Holy Spirit and any male. I do not believe that God would create me to belittle me, as He is Love.
Interested in feedback, and I hope I have not/am not offending anyone by anything I have written above.
It's an interesting discussion.
Female priests - kirk yacoub - 08-05-2010
Dear vrc,
No, it is not a question of women being unworthy, or of women having a less than equal relationship with God through His Spirit. I have been gathering together material regarding the priesthood, and when I have time I will write a lengthy post.
In the meantime, trust that anyone calling himself a Christian yet having a superior attitude towards women is not behaving in a Christian manner.
St Paul explained that we are all one in Christ because we all partake of His Holy and Lifegiving Body and Blood.
By the way, Christ showed His Resurrected Self not to Mary Magdalene, but to HIs Mother, Mary.
Kirk Yacoub
- John Charmley - 08-05-2010
Dear vrc,
You won't be surprised, given what I have written before, to know that I have a great deal of sympathy with your position.
My own view is that the only argument which carries weight is the one that Our Lord, whose attitude towards women was far from patriarchal, had no owmn as Apostles. The same was true of the early Church.
The best argument the other way is that there are many women who do feel called to the priesthood, and there is no earthly reason why they should not be able to realise that vocation. But, as both the Orthodox and Catholics read it, there is a non-earthly reason for this.
What there is neither heavenly nor earthly reason for is any attitude which fails to recognise the total equality between the sexes. As any one involved in any Church recognises, women play major roles in any Church, and without their talents our worshipping communities would be much the poorer.
Most men are not going to be priests, and no married man is going to be able to be a bishop, but the fact remains that young, or unmarried men who feel the call have a chance to realise their vocation; that is not true for women. The OC, like the RCC, hold this to be God's will. Until recently, and then only in the Western world, this was accepted uncritically, but with the advent of equality in other things for women, it is natural that there should have arisen a cry for equality here.
The obstacle here is that, for the OC and RCC, it is not about our ideas, or even 'equality', it is about the mandate inherited from Christ.
In Christ,
- DanielM - 25-05-2010
Hi vrc
I also understand your view, and cane how the whole thing may seem very Patriarchal and somewhat prone to inequality.
But as Kirk Yacoub has stated too, it is not a matter of unworthyness or inequality, it is a matter of how Christ saw his Church.
We indeed honour the mother of God, the ever Virgin st. Mary above all people. By all Christians she is revered, and far from being downtrodden, is the mindfull and blessed dove we remember in our prayers.
She is with all women is the heart of the Church. Whether a woman is a mother or a doctor or any role in the world they keep the church together as much as priests do.
I believe Christians can debate for eternity as to why Christ did not decide on women to be priests, or why St. Paul set rules for women in Church as he did, but if this is what God wanted for Church I whole heartedly support that. Who are we to go against God.
- Fr Simon - 26-05-2010
The way you have worded your posting, Daniel, about Saint Mary the Mother of God, reminds me of something I read to the effect that though she was not ordained by any bishop or even apostle or even our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ (Who did ordain the apostles, breathing the Holy Breath of the Spirit upon them) that she is at the very heart of the Church. Other than the Head of the Church Christ Himself of course, under Him who has the greatest status in the Church? Undoubtedly His Mother Saint Mary. And we see her rightly depicted in icons in the midst of the Apostles, right there at the centre and heart of the Church.
I know a woman who visited Egypt in one of our pilgrimages to the Mother Church. And when she writes or speaks of the esteem with which she was treated, the status she was held in by devout monks it near moves me to tears. She was as much at the heart and centre of the Church as was the priest also present in that pilgrimage. Somethings go beyond words and don't fit into neat boxed up theologies or sociologies or any other ologies and ultimately defy attemtps to explain, analyse and pin-down. I am thinking of that woman and of that situation and of the time I heard her speak of it - and I have rather lost the thread of my thoughts, so will leave it there and not spoil it by trying further... so will shift to other thoughts on this...
One of Sunday's Pentecost readings was 1Corinthians 12:1-31 including:
For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? â¦And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary.
I reminded the congregation that though they cannot celebrate the Liturgy without me (or another priest) neither can I celebrate the Liturgy without them - or at the very least one of them, for even as they must have a priest so must the preist have a congregation. (Where two or three are gathered together...)
Or again think of one of those vast aircraft carrier warships with a crew of five thousand or more. For sure the 'glamour' roles go to the captain, to the fighter pilots and such like - but the radar operators who detect incoming missiles are just as eesential - to say nothing of the chefs! And there's the computer programmers who made all the onboard software work in the first place. Now I have personally met some of those - and they were women. Unseen and unsung maybe but absolutely one hundred percent vital.
There is a verse, Hosea 14:5 - about growing as the lily with roots like Lebanon, those vast cedars of Lebanon with their massive deep roots unseen but supporting this tiny lily on the surface. You see the priest stood up the front in his vestments. You don't always see the women and men without whose prayers and support he wouldn't be standing there.
We are ALL vital. We are ALL Church.
- John Charmley - 29-05-2010
Excellent points Fr. Simon. We are all parts of the Body - and if we were all feet then the Body wouldn't work.
No one can say that women can never be priests, for the Church is a living Body and moved by the Paraclete, and so we can never rule out the possibility that we have failed to perfectly understand His promptings. That said, to claim that He speaks in the accents of twentieth century feminism is to mistake His voice for one's own, I suspect.
RE: Female Priests - Cerys Brangwyn - 24-03-2014
As someone of the female gender I do not myself feel called to the priesthood because I am at times a shrinking violet and at other times have a more dramatic and theatrical personality, called to explore the human condition via literature,art, and drama. I have also been involved in interfaith dialogue. I would question whether there is any vocation specific to any gender, though I accept that Orthodox priesthood like an old glacier flows in a male direction. I cannot accept arguments from Genesis about roles and vocations, though of course there are people of female gender and of male gender. The question of vocation and gender needs more exploration but there is a lot of crossover between genders in skills, qualities and general drive and abilities. Cerys.


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A prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm that recently hired former Seneca Nation President Robert Odawi Porter as a senior counsel received millions of dollars in fees from the Senecas while Porter held leadership posts with the tribe, The Buffalo News has learned.
Elliott I. Portnoy, a partner at the SNR Denton law firm, went to college with Porter, has been one of his closest friends for decades and was best man in Porter's wedding, Seneca Nation sources confirmed.
Critics of Porter in the Seneca Nation contend that Porter helped steer at least $6 million in Seneca Nation legal fees to his old friend's law firm. They question whether Porter's new job – announced in late January – is a reward for steering that business toward SNR Denton.
"To my knowledge, Rob Porter's close association with [Portnoy] was never disclosed to the Tribal Council," said a former Seneca Nation leader who is familiar with the situation but who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak by the current Seneca Nation government.
"I think the Tribal Council should have been given that information before they approved the hiring of this law firm," the source said.
Porter and his supporters say he had no involvement with the Senecas' decision to hire SNR Denton. They also say Porter was hired by the firm on the strength of his credentials, which include a Harvard Law School degree, years spent as a college professor and expertise in Indian law issues.
Any accusation that he steered millions of dollars toward his friend's law firm is "a bogus allegation," Porter responded. He said he believes he is the target of "personal vendettas" by Seneca Nation leaders in the administration of the current president, Barry E. Snyder Sr.
According to Seneca Nation records sent to The News, the Washington law firm earned more than $6.1 million in Seneca legal fees between November 2009 and the end of 2012.
Those records indicate that SNR Denton received at least 60 separate payments from the Senecas, ranging from $816 to $491,863.
During that time, SNR Denton represented the Senecas' Kinzua Dam Relicensing Commission, which is trying to get a federal license to operate a hydropower plant on the Kinzua Dam in northern Pennsylvania. Potentially, the Senecas could make hundreds of millions of dollars in profits if the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission selects them to run the hydropower operation.
Supporters of Porter said that the SNR Denton law firm was hired after a national search and that Porter stayed out of the search because of his friendship with Portnoy.
"Rob Porter did not choose the SNR Denton law firm," said Wendy Huff, former executive director of the Kinzua Dam panel. "We looked at about six or seven law firms, and I believe we interviewed two or three. … It was our commission that recommended [SNR Denton] and the Tribal Council that hired them."
Huff still sits on the commission but is no longer its executive director. The current executive director, David Bova, hung up his phone when asked about the Porter situation.
Repeated efforts to obtain comment from Snyder; his chief of staff, Maurice John; Seneca Nation Treasurer Rodney Pierce, and other leaders of the current Seneca government were unsuccessful. "They are not going to comment," said Susan Asquith, a spokeswoman.
The former Seneca official who spoke anonymously about the situation said he believes it was a "conflict of interest" for Porter to take a job with a law firm that earned more than $6 million from the Senecas.
"Porter was our nation's senior legal adviser, and then, our president. Under his leadership, we gave more than $6 million in business to the law firm where his best friend is a partner," the former Seneca official said. "To me, it isn't right."
Porter served as Seneca president for one two-year term, until November 2012. For several years before that, he was the Senecas' chief legal counsel.
After one of the most hard-fought election campaigns in Seneca history, Porter was defeated last November in his run for treasurer. Pierce, who is Porter's brother-in-law, defeated him.
Pierce ran on a ticket headed by Snyder, a former ally of Porter's who is now a rival. Snyder was elected president and is serving his fifth nonconsecutive term in that post. Tribal law bars anyone from serving two terms in a row.
A spokesman for SNR Denton said Porter was hired because of his "experience and legal knowledge." The law firm, which calls itself one of the nation's leading experts on Indian law, noted that Porter has a Harvard law degree.
"We are proud of our long-standing work for the Seneca Nation, which began in 2007 under President Maurice John, and involved a wide range of legal and public policy matters," the spokesman said. Porter "joined SNR Denton as a senior counsel this year as a first-tier addition to our nationally ranked Native American Law and Policy practice. This practice includes well-regarded practitioners in all aspects of Indian law, and includes several former officials from the Department of Interior, the National Indian Gaming Commission, and a range of specialists who are well-known in the field."
Porter issued this statement:
"SNR Denton was hired by the Seneca Nation during the administration of President Maurice John in 2007 following a competitive national search for firms qualified to work on hydropower relicensing projects. I was the Nation legal counsel at the time and recused myself from the law firm selection process due to my personal relationship with Mr. Portnoy. The search process was coordinated by Deputy Counsel Chris Karns at the direction of President John. Under Nation law, the Kinzua Dam Relicensing Commission is an independent agency and, as a result, I had no role in the workings of the Commission or its choice of law firms as either president or chief counsel.
"I am excited to be a part of the Firm's ongoing growth in its tribal practice. After leaving office and reviewing a number of options for my next steps in the legal profession that included going back to my tenured professorship, I am honored to be working for a global law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of indigenous peoples.
"This bogus allegation is simply the personal vendetta of a few of my political adversaries, something all too common in politics. Rather than focusing on the real issues facing the Seneca Nation, these bitter people would rather spend their time trying to make me a scapegoat for all of their problems."
SNR Denton stopped working for the Seneca Nation last year, the law firm said.
The tribe's last payment to the law firm was made in December, according to the ledger document obtained by The News. No explanation was given for the end of the law firm's service to the Senecas.
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Researchers have developed a new method to identify gene sets that could yield more significant prognostic value for cancer patients than before. Investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) developed SAPS (significance analysis of prognostic signatures), a new algorithm to identify prognostic signatures associated with patient survival.
"SAPS makes use of three specific criteria," explains study leader Andrew Beck, M.D., director of the molecular epidemiology research laboratory at BIDMC and assistant professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School. "First, the gene set must be enriched for genes that are associated with survival. In addition, the gene set must separate patients into groups that show survival differences. Lastly, it must also perform significantly better than sets of random genes at these tasks."
In the new study, the scientific team applied the SAPS algorithm to gene expression profiling data from the study's senior author Benjamin Haibe-Kains, Ph.D., director of the bioinformatics and computational genomics laboratory at IRCM and assistant research professor at the University of Montreal. The first collection of data was obtained from 19 published breast cancer studies (including approximately 3,800 patients), and the second included 12 published gene expression profiling studies in ovarian cancer (including data from approximately 1,700 patients).
When the investigators used SAPS to analyze these previously identified prognostic signatures in breast and ovarian cancer, they found that only a small subset of the signatures that were considered statistically significant by standard measurements also achieved statistical significance when evaluated by SAPS.
"Our work shows that when using prognostic associations to identify biological signatures that drive cancer progression, it is important to not rely solely on a gene set's association with patient survival," says Dr. Beck. "A gene set may appear to be important based on its survival association, when in reality it does not perform significantly better than random genes. This can be a serious problem, as it can lead to false conclusions regarding the biological and clinical significance of a gene set."
By using SAPS, Dr. Beck and his colleagues found that they could overcome this problem. "The SAPS procedure ensures that a significant prognostic gene set is not only associated with patient survival but also performs significantly better than random gene sets," he says. His team revealed new prognostic signatures in subtypes of breast cancer and ovarian cancer and demonstrated a striking similarity between signatures in estrogen receptor negative breast cancer and ovarian cancer, suggesting new shared therapeutic targets for these diseases. In fact, they found that prognostic signatures in ER negative breast cancer are more similar to prognostic signatures in ovarian cancer than to prognostic signatures in ER positive breast cancer.
"We hope that markers identified in our analysis will provide new insights into the biological pathways driving cancer progression in breast and ovarian cancer subtypes, and will one day lead to improvements in targeted diagnostics and therapeutics," says Dr. Beck.
Their results are reported in the January 24 online issue of the journal PLOS Computational Biology. The study is called "Significance Analysis of Prognostic Signatures".
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Atlético Nacional will pull throughViernes, marzo 6th, 2009
Administrators' and coaches' notes are full of suggestions for what hopefully constitutes the road to recovery for soccer team Nacional. The meeting suggested by EL COLOMBIANO proved productive as coaches, reporters, administrators and fans gathered to give ideas to fight the worst crisis in the team's 60 years.
As far as pressure from fans, Telemedellin reporter Juan Felipe Mejia asked to what point they've been allowed to guide the team's decisions and alluded to the boundaries that need to exist between both.
Strengthen youth divisions to contribute to the birth of true idols and leaders, like those so abundant in Nacional's history; recover the sense of belonging; get better counsel in the hiring process and lower pressure over negative results were some of the suggestions heard.
For former club president Silvio Mejia, the solution is in the leadership and in the "heads, hearts and spirit of the players". In reference to the players "the issue is not money, it's compromise", said Leon Fernando Villa, former player from one of the team's most successful eras.
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My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.
So begins the tale of a hero told from his own point of view-a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man's Fear, Day Two of The Kingkiller Chronicle, an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King's road.
All the while, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, is forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived…until Kvothe.
In The Wise Man's Fear, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.
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"The Wise Man's Fear is a beautiful book to read. Masterful prose, a sense of cohesion to the storytelling, a wonderful sense of pacing…. There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description." — Brandon Sanderson
"As seamless as a song…this breathtakingly epic story is heartrending in its intimacy and masterful in its narrative essence." — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Your first novel, The Name of the Wind introduces the hero (or some may say anti-hero) Kvothe as a larger-than-life living legend.
I don't know if I'd call him larger-than-life. His reputation is larger-than-life, certainly. The man himself is remarkably life-sized. I think that's part of the reason people like him.
How did you create him?
I got the idea for Kvothe after I finished reading Cyranno De Bergerac for the first time. I was completely knocked over by that character. He was passionate, arrogant, witty, clever, a fighter, a poet, a philosopher. He was compelling and interesting, and a bit of a bastard, but you loved him and felt sorry for him. I remember thinking, "Why haven't I ever read a fantasy novel with a character this good?"
Shortly after that I read Casanova's memoirs. That's when I realized that autobiography could be really compelling so long as the person's life is exciting, and their personality is interesting.
Those two things might not have been the seed for the book, they were certainly around when the seed was sprouting….
What contemporary superhero would you put Kvothe up against?
Who would win?
Ah hell. If we're talking about Kvothe as he appears in the second book. Batman would probably come out on top. I'd say Kvothe would only have about a 30% chance of pulling off the win there.
But even if Batman did win, he'd walk away with a limp.
Kvothe leads readers through the entire series—from the storytelling, to the action, to the inner monologue. Are there any similarities between Kvothe and yourself?
A few. But less than people typically think. People are always saying, "Why do you hate poets so much?" I have to remind them that Kvothe is the one with that particular grudge.
But yeah. There are a few similarities. We both have the bad habit of expressing ourselves freely and clearly when it would be better to keep our mouths shut.
Fans love the books and are fascinated by the characters, but you've also garnered a cult-like following. Can you tell us what that's like?
I've got a cult? That's awesome. Do they have robes and stuff? Do we have baccanals? We better have baccanals. If I have cult it better old-school. Dionysian. Orgiastic. If I find out they're just drinking tang and handing out pamphlets on streetcorners I'm going to be pissed.
When did you realize that you wanted to become a writer?
I've known I wanted to be a writer for a long time. Since forever. I started my first fantasy novel when I was 15 or so.
It wasn't very good, of course. In fact, it was horrible. Beyond horrible. It had cat-man samurai in it. I'm not even kidding.
But it was a good learning experience. The mistakes I made in that novel taught me a lot about writing. Generally speaking, our failures teach us more than our successes. Part of the reason The Name of the Wind turned out so good is because I made so many rookie mistakes in that first, horrible novel.
Did any of your experiences in college influence some of the scenes at the University?
No. Not really. You're making that whole Pat/Kvothe mistake again. He's the one with the red hair. I'm the one with the beard.
A lot of people assume that because I spent 11 years in college, I based the University off my experiences as a student. It's a reasonable thought, but it couldn't be further from the truth. It wouldn't have taken me nearly so long to write this book I was just stealing things out of the real world.
The truth is, I find stories that are thinly-veiled autobiography pretty tiresome. Authors inevitably put something of themselves into a book, but that doesn't mean you should turn your 3rd grad math teacher into a villain in a desperate attempt to get revenge. I've read books like that in the past. They're terrible.
What was the best class you took in all that time?
Basic Critical Thinking. This is usually taught as a philosophy class at most universities, but in my opinion it should be required for every college student.
You see, everyone assumes they know how to think rationally, but most people don't. We are emotional, messy-headed creatures. And even very clever, well-informed people can be very stupid when it comes to dealing with things in a rational, critical way.
I've had people try to have arguments with me. They say things like, "What you have to realize is that logically…" and then they spout off the most ridiculous bullshit. They don't know what logic is. They think that if they feel strongly about something, it's logic. They think if they grew up believing it, it's logic.
I had a guy try to convince me that ESP was real because he was thinking about his girlfriend before the phone rang. Not only was he sure he was right, but he was absolutely certain that he was providing a crushing argument. He felt unassailable in his reasoning.
All I could think was, 'Sweet baby Jesus. That's a post hoc fallacy. You're trying to convince me using faulty logic that Aristotle was making fun of over 2000 years ago.' Maybe that shit works in whatever N-sync chatroom you grew up in. But don't bring it round here. Here we have rational discourse. You want to sit at the grown-up table, you learn the rules.
The structure of your story is different than most fantasy novels. Why did you choose to write your book that way?
Everyone always seems so surprised by the framed story, but it isn't anything new. The Princess Bride is a framed tale. The Arabian Nights is a framed tale…. Taming of the Shrew is a… well… it's half a framed tale.
As for the first person, it's the most natural form of storytelling there is. When you tell your friend a story, you say, "I almost got hit by a truck today." You don't hide behind third person.
Yeah. Sure. Most novels are written a different way. Tradition. The Aristotelian unities. Three act structure. What do I care about that? I'm not doing a paint-by-numbers here. I'm not doing a connect-the-dots. I'm looking to tell a different type of story here. I'll do it my way.
The first edition of The Name of the Wind was released in 2007. What kinds of projects have you been involved with over the past 3 years, besides writing THE WISE MAN'S FEAR, the long-awaited and highly anticipated sequel?
Let's see….
I started a charity called Worldbuilders. Fantasy authors and publishers donate books that we use to encourage people to donate to Heifer International. In the last three years we've raised over half a million dollars for Heifer International.
I also wrote a not-for-children picture book illustrated by my friend Nate Taylor. It turned out amazing. I think of it as Calvin and Hobbes meets Coraline meets Edward Gorey.
Oh. And I had a baby. Does that count as a project? I think it counts as a project.
What's next for Kvothe and the Kingkiller Chronicle?
Explosions. Gunfights. Moonlit swordfights across rooftops. Johnny Depp. Naked supermodels. Kung-fu. Car chases. A thousand elephants.
Actually, that's all a lie. I don't believe in spoilers.
Still, I think it's safe to say that Kvothe grows up a bit in the second book. There's a big difference between the story of a young boy and the story of a young man. It wouldn't be realistic to have twelve-year-old Kvothe doing much swashbuckling. But sixteen-year-old Kvothe? Yeah. It's safe to say that he'll be buckling a little swash.


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Jessa Duggar of TLC's hit reality show 19 Kids & Counting agreed to marry Ben Seewald on Thursday night. The couple began courting last year, deciding together to save holding hands until their engagement and their first kiss until their wedding day.
"We are so blessed to be engaged! God has written an amazing story through our courtship, and another chapter has just begun!" the giddy couple said in a statement. "We are thrilled to see what the future holds – especially the wedding bells!"
Duggar, 21, is third daughter of Jim Bob, 48, and Michelle, 47. Their show starts its new season Sept. 2 (9 p.m. ET).
"We do have a lot in common," she told PEOPLE during her courtship with Seewald, 19. "He is a mellow personality, very romantic and very sweet. I am very cut and dried. And my sisters are coaching me on sweet romantic things to say."
Duggar's older sister, Jill Duggar, 23, married Derick Dillard, 25, on June 21 at a ceremony attended by more than 1,000 family and friends. The couple's rehearsal dinner included more than 100 family members and volunteers, who helped make and serve food at their reception.
"People always ask us when we are getting married," Seewald told PEOPLE at the wedding of his soon-to-be sister- and brother-in-law. "We don't feel pressure to get married. If there's any pressure, it's a good kind of pressure."
Now that they're planning a wedding of their own, how will the newest member of the Duggar family handle the spotlight of reality television?
"The Duggar family gets asked a lot of questions," he told PEOPLE. "A lot of times we take it as a lesson, and we ask other people who are older and wiser than us to share wisdom with us about relationships. It's an important thing."
Like Duggar's parents, she and her new fiancé say they want to have a big family, and leave the number of children they have "up to God." Seewald is the oldest of seven children.
"We are talking about our goals and even just like future, with family, we both talked about adoptions," Duggar told PEOPLE. "We are open to having children and both want to adopt, too."