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Terri Clark Releases "Roots and Wings"
For those of you who've been wondering what[lastfm link_type=""] Terri Clark[/lastfm] has been up to lately, well she just released her eighth studio album "Roots & Wings" last month and has been dealing with the loss of her mother.
Terri produced and compiled the music for her album under her own independent label and co-wrote all of the tracks except one, including the heart-tugging song 'Smile.' The song is in honor of her late mother who lost her battle with cancer last year. Terri talks about her personal struggles: "I think that any personal struggles that an artist goes through, especially if you write your own music, is going to come through in what you do. It's a way a lot of us will express ourselves. A lot of the past five years has been a real eye-opening kind of growth experience. I don't think you really grow through all the easy things in life … it's through the hard part. My mom and I were extremely close, so watching her suffer like that shows you how short life is. We're only here for a minute. There were a lot of things I started to do differently, watching my mother go through that. I realized that certain things were non-negotiable anymore. When she passed away, I lost my best friend. My singing and my songwriting and my career was always so important to her. She was always such a big part of it, that I knew I couldn't just curl up in a ball and die and quit making music. That would have been not true to her or me. It would kind of have been spitting in the face of the dream she believed in. I'm not selling millions of records anymore, but I feel like I'm making the best music of my life because it's the most honest music I've ever made. A lot of this stuff I'm writing is very personal now. I'm drawing from a lot of my own experiences and things I've gone through."


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On November 6th, 2014, I delivered the Canada Research Chair public inaugural lecture entitled: "Roots, Routes & Routers: Social Media and Urban Activism from the Arab Spring to Hong Kong".
I managed to merge the actual recording of my lecture and the slideshow I prepared for and had shown during the lecture. So, here it is (the prezi is accessible through this link, but it's also embedded below). Click "start prezi" button and then click the button on the left corner to listen to the audio.
Unlike this light 10 minutes speech of …
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A special issue on "Insurgencies, social media and the public city in Asia" (January 2014) from the International Development Planning Review is just out. It features six fascinating articles from Douglass (on insurgencies & public city in East and Southeast Asia), Padawangi (on Jakarta's grassroot movement), Pandi (on Hindraf movement), Weiss (on new media activism in Southeast Asia), Zhang & Nyiri (on 'walled' activism in China), and myself (on theorization/conceptualization of online-offline spaces in social movement); with an intro from Douglass, Padawangi, & Marolt.
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Just out, the newest publication of the Online Collective Action Lab at ASU.
Agarwal, N., Lim, M., Wigand, R. Raising and Rising Voices: Cyber-Collective Movements in the Female Muslim Blogosphere, Business & Information Systems Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/s12599-012-0210-z [Download]
It is also available in German
Agarwal, N., Lim, M., Wigand, R. Meinungsäußerung und-bildung in sozialen Medien: Ein neuer methodischer Ansatz zur Untersuchung cybersozialer Bewegungen,Wirtschaftsinformatik, DOI: 10.1007/s11576-012-0317-3. [Download]
A preliminary (and much shorter) version of this article was presented at the ECIS conference last year.
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My article on social media and 2011 Egypt revolt has been published. It is published as:
Lim, M. (2012), Clicks, Cabs, and Coffee Houses: Social Media and Oppositional Movements in Egypt, 2004–2011. Journal of Communication, 62: 231–248. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01628.x
Due to copyright issue, however, I cannot share the published version for download from my own server, you thus should download from its original source.
For those who're interested to read but don't have access to the journal, I can email you the file. Just post me your email address (send to my email or leave …
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Slate Magazine asked me to provide a short essay on the social media and Egypt revolt as part of my forthcoming talk in DC, so I did, here it is: http://www.slate.com/id/2298948/.
Meanwhile, please find below the longer version — unedited one.
The emergence of online collective actions has driven much attention and recently made headlines based on what has transpired politically in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. However, there is very little research devoted to deepen our understanding of this phenomenon. Our knowledge on …
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"A woman living in one of the Indonesian capital's poorest neighbourhoods incites her neighbours to recycle their garbage, save energy and grow plants to fight pollution. The area has turned into Jakarta's cleanest neighbourhood, and is even becoming a tourist attraction."
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XL Group plc (XL - 20.09) announced the appointment of Alvaro Salamanca as CEO of its insurance operations in Mexico this morning, but the news has done little to sway bears from the stock today. More than 1,700 puts have been exchanged so far, which is quadruple the equity's expected intraday volume. Close to 1,400 of these puts were traded at the out-of-the-money February 19 strike -- over half of them at the ask price, suggesting they were bought. This option is currently home to peak put open interest of just 420 contracts, pointing to a fresh batch of new positions at this strike.
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Examining XL's technical performance, the equity has gained 1.7% year-to-date, but has shed 14% over the past 52 weeks. On the charts, the stock appears to be testing resistance at its 10-week and 32-week moving averages. In the final hour of the session, XL is down about 0.8% to trade at $20.09.
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Taylor Black selected to the GNAC All-Conference Third Team April 28, 2014 Sophomore Taylor Black batted .371 and was named to the GNAC's All-Conference Third Team. [read more]
Baseball battles but falls twice to Johnson & Wales April 19, 2014 Sophomore Jon Chotkowski pitched a brilliant game two for the Raiders this afternoon (7 IP, 2 ER) against Johnson and Wales [read more]
Carlberg, Raiders blank Maine-Presque Isle April 18, 2014 Steven Carlberg tossed his first career shut out as he struck out seven in the Raiders' 3-0 win over Maine-Presque Isle [read more]
Gouthier tabbed GNAC Baseball Rookie of the Week April 15, 2014 Freshman George Gouthier has been selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week after hitting .583 and leading the Raiders to two wins. [read more]
Baseball rallies back twice but only able to split GNAC twinbill with Norwich April 13, 2014 Freshman George Gouthier is called safe after beating the tag at the plate in the thrilling game one win. [read more]
Keefe pitches Baseball to first victory of the season April 10, 2014 Sophomore Matthew Keefe tossed 8 scoreless innings as the Raiders earn win #1 of 2014 with a 4-0 decision over visiting Newbury College on Thursday evening. [read more]
Neely shines in debut but Baseball falls to Fisher, 2-0 April 7, 2014 Freshman Drew Neely tossed 6.1 innings allowing just two runs against Fisher College this evening. [read more]
Baseball gets doubled up by Anna Maria, 9-0 & 5-0 April 6, 2014 Sophomore Taylor Black collected three hits in the two losses this afternoon to Anna Maria College. [read more]
Keefe, Raiders battle hard but fall to Fisher 11-2 April 2, 2014 Sophomore Matthew Keefe held Fisher to just three runs over five innings but Fisher was able to outlast the Raiders on Wednesday night. [read more]
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This post is me having fun. It is inspired by doses of Dustin Penner delicious pancake issues, rumors Craig Anderson's "food related injury" were also pancake related, and a Ralph Nader letter which has already been discussed here. Smile. It's almost the weekend.
Dear Mr. Bettman:
It's time to act. The National Hockey League must take immediate steps to ban all NHL players from preparing and consuming pancakes over the duration of their career.
Pancakes, while fluffy and delicious, can no longer be simply debated in the realm of hockey while we watch the heroes of our children fall to our favorite breakfast treat. The research surrounding the effects of pancakes on the body is nothing short of staggering and must bring action from the NHL. The injuries which are being inflicted on the backs, limbs and fingers of high performance athletes cannot be ignored. Let's not forget that uncomfortable groaning feeling which accompanies a particularly hearty stack.
Commissioner Bettman, it's very possible that pancakes and pancake related injuries will drastically shift the dynamic of sports injury evaluation in the coming century. While medicine has advanced, pancakes have stayed the same, evading treatment and flexing their unwavering might.
Science has not given us the answers to our pancake problems, but are we to simply dismiss the research we conduct internally? A full tummy is an equally inquisitive scientist in spite of our cries to "chew slower," "use more syrup," or "settle down with that knife."
Pancake related trauma has drastically altered the careers of Dustin Penner and (allegedly) Craig Anderson. There are NHLers all over North America tomorrow who will rise from their beds and prepare to devour mounds of pancakes as many as three or SIX HIGH! How can the NHL turn a blind eye to such recklessness? It is entirely possible that pancakes could exacerbate concussions. There is no proof against this and therefore it must be true.
Your league has created a department of player safety. That's well and good. But a quick question: How can you continue to allow pancakes, in which the primary aim of consumption is to fill your stomach with hearty goodness as rapidly as possible? The starch and sugar involved are only capable of damage to the stomach and should be treated as a threat to the athlete. They cannot be trusted to know any better. It is impossible to resist such deliciousness.
You don't have to be a pioneer in this area Mr. Bettman. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) already bans pancakes and encourages the lighter, calorie-wise crepe. So does the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and NCAA by providing billet homes with recipe books filled with hockey optimal, pancake-free recipes.
While there are certainly many potential rule changes that need to be carefully examined to make sure they result in a safer game, banning pancakes isn't one of them. It's clear that allowing pancakes at all is of a detriment to those who call themselves part of the NHL family.
Mr. Bettman, you're the leader of the most influential hockey organization in the world. As such, you have the responsibility to make hockey as safe as possible for the players in the NHL. You also have the moral responsibility to be a good sports citizen that has confessed to sources that you are, in fact, a foodie. Eradication and education are the answer to preventing hockey players and their families from unknowingly consuming pancakes.
According to an analysis of hockey-related pancake injuries written by Jo Innes of Backhand Shelf, "Pancake injuries are a real thing."
"While it's truly hilarious that Penner hurt himself eating pancakes, it's a completely legit injury," said Innes. "A ridiculous, hilarious, legit injury."
That may be true, but nobody is laughing until it happens again.
Mr. Bettman, your position as commissioner of the NHL demands that you confront this issue with the evidence provided by your stomach, like the one time it hurt real bad after having pancakes, and not your love of syrup, butter and goodness. This is the foremost step that you can take to ensure the long term health of NHL athletes and their loved ones is brought into the minds of fans worldwide.
On behalf of hockey players everywhere – and their families — here's hoping you have the strength and courage to take this decisive step.
Pancakes are destroying careers. Don't let them take our league. Please Mr. Bettman, ban pancakes.


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Updated: July 22, 2013 6:56PM
Here are events worth getting out of the house for on June 21.
Suggestions include Tinley Park, Oak Lawn and Chicago Heights.
RUMMAGE SALE: Eiche Turners, a nonprofit organization, continues this event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 16767 S. 80th Ave., Tinley Park. Toys, costumes, tools, lamps and light fixtures, craft items, household items, decorative items, pictures, furniture, garden items, gym mats, Halloween and Christmas items and more are for sale. Information: (708) 429-2206.
"WRECK-IT RALPH": Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave., will screen this 2012 family flick at noon. Attendees can bring their lunches. The animated adventure comedy features the voices of Dolton native Jane Lynch and John C. Reilly, a native of Chicago's South Side. Rated PG, the movie runs for 1 hour and 41 minutes. Information: (708) 422-4990, www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us.
"INSIDER ART": Union Street Gallery, 1527 Otto Blvd., Chicago Heights, will host the opening reception for this exhibit from 6 to 9 p.m. The annual exhibit of art by Union Street Gallery Studio and Guild artists will continue to July 20. Information: (708) 754-2601, unionstreetgallery.org.


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From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
LECKEN, or LACKEN, a parish, in the barony of CORKAREE, county of WESTMEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 7 ½ miles (N. N.W.) from Mullingar, and between Lough Derevaragh and Lough Hoyle; containing 934 inhabitants. An abbey existed here in the early part of the 7th century, under the superintendence of St. Crumin.
The parish comprises 2883 ½ statute acres, of which 2529 are applotted under the tithe act, and contains some limestone and a small quantity of moory land. Lacken is the seat of Mrs. Delamere. It is a curacy, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the union of Leney; the rectory is impropriate in Sir J. B. Piers, Bart.
The tithes amount to £133. 13.
In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Multifernam, and has a chapel. On the summit of a hill is Wilson's Hospital, founded and endowed by A. Wilson, Esq., of Piercefield, for the support and education of 160 Protestant boys, with whom an apprentice fee of £10 is given on their leaving the school; and for 20 old male Protestants. The inhabitants of Westmeath have the preference, but those of the adjacent counties are also eligible. The house is a handsome building in the form of a square, adorned with a cupola and two receding wings connected by a corridor, one of which includes the school-room and a dormitory, the other, the dining-hall and a dormitory, and there is a chapel handsomely fitted up. The trustees are the Archbishops of Armagh, Dublin, and Tuam, and the bishops of Meath and Kilmore. A body of insurgents posted themselves at this hospital in the night of Sept. 5th, 1798, but were almost all killed the following day by part of Lord Cornwallis's army. Besides the school connected with Wilson's Hospital, there is a private school in which about 40 children are educated. There are vestiges of an old fort at Carrick, and on a hill near the church is a large rath, with two others in its vicinity.
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Charlotte Milligan Fox, sister of the poet Alice Milligan, was a founding member of the Irish Folk Song Society and an indefatigable field collector of Irish traditional music. Her singularly important work on Irish haprers is here presented for the twenty-first century reader. This edition of Annals offers a much greater number of illustrations than were included in the original 1911 publication, a full biographical introduction, an extensive bibliography of the writings of Milligan Fox and an appendix discussing the variant texts of Arthur O'Neills Memoirs.
Annals of the Famine in Ireland
Annals of the Famine in Ireland, by Asenath Nicholson, still has the power to shock and sadden even though the events described are ever-receding further into the past. When you read, for example, of the poor widowed mother who was caught trying to salvage a few potatoes from her landlord's field, and what the magistrate discovered in the pot in her cabin, you cannot help but be appalled and distressed.
The ebook is available for download in .mobi (Kindle), .epub (iBooks, etc.) and .pdf formats. For further information on the book and author see details ».
Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger
This book, the prequel to Annals of the Famine in Ireland cannot be recommended highly enough to those interested in Irish social history. The author, Mrs Asenath Nicholson, travelled from her native America to assess the condition of the poor in Ireland during the mid 1840s. Refusing the luxury of hotels and first class travel, she stayed at a variety of lodging-houses, and even in the crude cabins of the very poorest. Not to be missed!
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Henry Ford Jones' book, first published in 1915 by Princeton University, is a classic in its field. It covers the history of the Scotch-Irish from the first settlement in Ulster to the American Revolutionary period and the foundation of the country.
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2014 Top 10 Irish Pubs in the U.S.
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If you can't make it to the Emerald Isle, do the next best thing by stopping in at one of the Top 10 Irish Pubs in the U.S. These selections range from a home-away-from-home for Irish ex-pats in Georgia to a Philadelphia tavern that opened the year Lincoln was elected president. One is even constructed from a pub that was meticulously restored in Ireland before being shipped to Las Vegas!
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No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.Rachel Carson
The so called unconscious inferences can be traced back to the all-preserving memory, which presents us with parallel experiences and hence already knows the consequences of an action. It is not anticipation of the effects; rather, it is the feeling: identical causes, identical effects .Friedrich Nietzsche
Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression.Marshall McLuhan
When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.Paul Wellstone
Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.W. H. Auden
Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it.Maria Jeritza
A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.David Seabury
When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.Sylvester Stallone
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.Edwin Hubbel Chapin
A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerally of everything human. It is only this awareness that can breathe any greatness into an action.Vaclav Havel
No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people.Joe Slovo
Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments.Jeffrey Sachs
The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.Albert Einstein
It is not acceptable that we continue to see thousands of acres burn because of forest fires, because of poor management on our forests, big kill, and we have these catastrophic situations take place when we are not able to take action.Cathy Mcmorris
The preservation of a few samples of undeveloped territory is one of the most clamant issues before us today. Just a few more years of hesitation and the only trace of that wilderness which has exerted such a fundamental influence in molding American character will lie in the musty pages of pioneer books ... To avoid this catastrophe demands immediate action.Bob Marshall
Each day comes to me with both hands full of possibilities, and in its brief course I discern all the verities and realities of my existence; the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the spirit of beauty.Helen Keller
I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.Arthur Rimbaud
worrying can lead to stress. What do we accomplish when we worry? Focus your mind on actions rather than on worrying! Action brings less stressCatherine Pulsifer
The first principal of nonviolent action is that of noncooperation with everything humiliating.Cesar Chavez
For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.Mary Kay Ash
An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.Lion Feuchtwanger
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death.Jacques Lipchitz
There can be no richer man or woman than the individual who has found his or her labor of love. Personal fulfillment through the virtue of work is the highest form of desire. Work is the conduit between the supply and the demand of all human needs, the forerunner of human progress, and the medium by which the imagination is given the wings of action. A labor of love is exalted because it provides joy and self-expression to those who perform it.Dennis Kimbro


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SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its strategy of establishing output agreements with leading distributors around the world, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, has established an output deal with Metropolitan Filmexport for distribution of Lionsgate titles in France, the two companies announced today.
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"We're pleased to continue our longstanding relationship with Metropolitan by creating an output agreement in this key territory," said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Patrick Wachsberger and Rob Friedman. "Lionsgate has collaborated successfully with Metropolitan in France in releasing all of our major titles in recent years, including the first film in the blockbuster HUNGER GAMES franchise. We look forward to continuing that partnership with the entire Lionsgate slate, increasing the longterm visibility of our international theatrical business."
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The Michelob Ultra #13 Katy Trail 5K was a Winner!
Thanks to the more than 5,000 people who participated in the Michelob Ultra No. 13 Katy 5K on May 12. Not only did you have a great time, but you helped to raise money to maintain and improve the Katy Trail. Although it's a city park, the Katy Trail relies on private donations for 95 percent of its annual operating budget.
Logan Sherman was the men's winner again this year with a time of 15:23, while D'Ann Arthur won the women's title.
Co-chairs Becky Frey, Matt Lucas and Paige Nash lined up a fantastic list of sponsors to help underwrite the event. Leading the way at the $50,000 level was title sponsor Ben E. Keith, local distributor of Michelob Ultra. Trailblazer sponsors included Luke's Locker at the $25,000 level and Ralston Outdoor at $20,000. Others were American National Bank, Bicycles Plus, Cityville Katy Trail, Rose Walker LLP, Swoon (The Studio) and Travis Walk/Terrace House.
Trailkeeper sponsors were Becky Frey Real Estate/Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty, Bulldog Mobile Billboards, MetroPCS, Nike, Turtle Creek News and the Warwick Melrose Hotel.
Patrons and Friends included Aqua Medical Spa, Barefoot Wines, Camp Gladiator, Katy Trail Animal Hospital, the Naked Grape, Redwood Creek Wines of California, Southwest Sports and Spine/Katy Trail, Team in Training/Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Windsor Communities.
Special thanks to KSCS, Jack FM, 105.3 The Fan, Millet the Printer and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.
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Katy's Picnic continued its tradition of the best post-race party around. Live80 got people into the groove by playing 1980s pop hits. Ben E. Keith provided the Michelob Ultra, and a stellar roster of local restaurants and food vendors supplied things to eat and drink.
Thanks to these companies for participating: Michelob Ultra, Barley House, Brackets, Bryan Street Tavern, Buli, Chili's, Clif Bar, Cyclone Anaya's, Dick's Last Resort, Dragonfly, Eatzi's, Einstein Bros. Bagels, La Fiorentina, Fish City Grill, I Fratelli Pizza, Genghis Grill, Great One Cookie Company, Greenz, Holy Ravioli, Jaime's Tamales, Jamba Juice, Jersey Mike's, Katy Trail Ice House, Kozy Kitchen.
Also, the Landmark Restaurant, Lemon Bar, Mattito's, Medina Oven and Bar, Mr. Goodcents Subs and Pasta, My Fit Foods, the Nodding Donkey, Nosh Euro Bistro, On the Border, Parigi, Powerade Zero, Potbelly, Queso-D-Ya's, Rocco's, Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Rusty Taco, Salata, Salum, Sambuca, Sangria, Snappy Salads, State and Allen Lounge, Suze, Taverna, Tiff's Treats, Tom Thumb, Toulouse, Urban Taco, Zaguan and Zoe's Kitchen.
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International Qudus Day observed in Balkh (Video)By Zabihullah Ehsas Aug 28, 2011 - 11:27
BALKH, August 26, 2011: A number of religious scholars and government officials on Friday vowed their support for Palestine during a ceremony to observe World Qudus Day by the Islamic Fraternity Council in northern Balkh province.
The participants chanted slogans and hung banners denouncing Zionism and calling for a continuous struggle against what they called Israel's attempts to deface Jerusalem Al-Quds, Islam's second Holy City.
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Last January 31, Onondaga County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Andrews, fishing for revenue, stopped a woman named Audra Harmon near Salina, New York. Andrews claimed to have seen Harmon talking on her cell phone while driving; Mrs. Harmon, who had two of her children in the back of her mini-van, responded that she hadn't been doing so and could prove it.
Undeterred, Andrews then accused Harmon of speeding. Again, Harmon politely insisted that she hadn't been. She handed over her license and registration. As Andrews turned away, Harmon — under the impression that she was going to review the dashcam video, began to exit the car.
Andrews ordered Harmon back into the van; she hesitates briefly, apparently arguing, and then got into the vehicle. Andrews then ordered her out, saying that she was under arrest. When Harmon hesitated, Andrews seized her by the arm and violently yanked her out, ordering her to the ground. Seconds later he assaulted her with the first of two blasts from his Portable Electro-Shock Torture device (PEST, more commonly called a Taser).
He then dragged the mother — whose physical resistance amounted to a single attempt to pull away from the deranged, armed stranger when he dragged her from the car — toward the side of the road. He then knelt on her back, using his bulk to pin down the traumatized woman while handcuffing her. Andrews falsified an arrest report by claiming that Harmon had "obstructed traffic" by stepping out of the van. The video of the incident clearly shows that Harmon was well away from traffic until she had been tased and dragged in the direction of the road by Andrews.
The victim of this assault under the color of state "authority" was charged with speeding (50 MPH in a 45 MPH zone), "disorderly conduct," and resisting arrest. Those charges were dropped after prosecutors viewed the dashcam video.
Audra Harmon plans to sue the station. Andrews was re-assigned to office duty while internal affairs seeks some pretext to justify his criminal actions.
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BOSTON - A Michigan man was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court for his role in obtaining tax refunds after falsely claiming the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit.
U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV sentenced Christopher Proe, 27, to 92 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Proe, who pleaded guilty in October 2011, was ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution and a $1,700 special assessment.
During the course of his scheme, Proe and a coconspirator filed dozens of false tax returns after obtaining identity information from third parties under false pretenses and creating false W-2 forms for a fictitious company called Lawn Brothers Landscaping. For the tax year 2008 alone, Proe filed over 50 fraudulent tax returns and obtained over $500,000 in tax refunds which were directed to bank accounts which he controlled.
As a part of the investigation, 14 individuals were previously charged and convicted with committing various crimes arising from their abuse of the federal government's stimulus program by filing false claims with IRS in which they fraudulently claimed the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit.
"The filing of false tax returns and the abuse of the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit program are serious crimes. It is critically important that taxpayers who play by the rules do not end up paying for refunds to people who commit fraud and blatantly lie on the forms submitted to the IRS," stated United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz.
U.S. Attorney Ortiz; William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Boston Field Division; Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Cortez Richardson, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of the Inspector General, made the announcement today. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred M. Wyshak of Ortiz's Public Corruption Unit.
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Below are instructions for installing the OfficeScan client from the
Web install page. You must have local administrator privileges to
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click the 'Start' button, click 'Control Panel', click 'User Accounts'.
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text: Following Wesleyan's 7-8 final overall record during the 2007 season, one which featured a six-game win steak, two Cardinals were honored by the NESCAC coaches with a spot on the all-NESCAC second-team. Team co-captain Tory Whitney '08 (#5, main photo), a three-year starter on defense who started all 15 games in 2007, and goaltender Breen McDonald '10 (#65, photo insert upper right) were Wesleyan's honorees. Whitney also found a spot on the Longstreth/NFHCA New England West Division III second team along with attacker Amanda Nickels '08 (#20, photo insert lower right). McDonald, who played every minute in net for the Cards this season, fashioned a .831 save percentage, which ranked third in the league, and a 1.49 goals-against average, which put her sixth in the NESCAC. Her 7.53 saves per contest placed her fourth in the conference. She posted three shutouts in 2007. After a 1-4 start to the year, Wesleyan went on a six-game win streak to raise its mark to 7-4 before dropping four in a row at season's end. Three of those four defeats came against NCAA Division III tournament qualifiers from the NESCAC Bowdoin and Tufts. Wesleyan fell to the Jumbos twice with the second coming during the opening round of the NESCAC tournament by a narrow 1-0 count thanks to seven saves by McDonald. She also had 14 vs. Bowdoin in a 2-0 setback to the undefeated, top-ranked Polar Bears.


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Woke up to the remains of Chase's famous brownies — evidence of a good Sunday afternoon.
And the rest of the weekend was equally wonderful. Friday night was the homecoming football game at Central Valley High School; it rained ALL day long. Clark and Chase braved the weather, but the rest of us stayed home and watched Monsters vs. Aliens. I had planned to sit and "watch" while working on my FBLA presentation, but I wrapped myself in a down throw and was WAY too comfortable to do anything but watch, and drift into and out of sleep.
Saturday was an absolutely perfect fall day. The little boys and I cleaned off the front porch and redecorated. I am a bit behind on the Halloween thing this year, so we put up some minimal decorations inside. Geoff and Clark cleaned out the garage, took a trip to The Goodwill and winterized the yard — I love the feeling of working together as a family. It generally takes some serious effort to get everyone on board, but then you can just feel the energy and everyone ends up feeling great. I ran errands in the afternoon and then dove right into preparations for a short, but intense party that was the first stop of a progressive Homecoming dinner. We had 10 couples at our house from 6:00 to 6:45 for appetizers and pictures. Several of the parents showed up with cameras too, so it was CRAZY!
I took only a handful of not-so-good pics with my flash as I had arranged for my friend and photographer Keri to come and be the official "photographer." And trust me when I say she worked it. She was out on the deck with diminishing light attempting to capture individual couples and all the various "groups." There is no way I could have kept the flow of things (parents + 20 couples + appetizers) while attempting to take pictures too — I'm so glad she was there!
I can't wait to see her pictures — I'm going to set up a Shutterfly share site for sharing the photos Keri took. This way all the girls and parents can share too.
Near the end, as Keri was finishing up inside, I overheard one of the boys comment, "my date started getting ready at 10:00 am this morning–I didn't even get up until 11:30. She looks a lot better than I do though!" It really was a delight to see everyone all dolled up and excited for the big event.
I waited up for Clark to come home and enjoyed as many details as he could muster.
Yesterday, I taught the Relief Society lesson, the topic was unselfish service — so good and needed in today's "me" world. I got up early to make final preparations. I had good intentions for a Sunday post, which I would have written on Saturday night, but I chose to work on my FBLA presentation instead (It finally started coming together). I thought about posting after church, but opted for a nice long "selfish" nap instead!
Allison will check in soon with the WINNER of the i-Top Brad Maker. If you by chance did NOT win and have convinced yourself that you in fact need one of these cool tools, my friends over at Scrapbook Pal can help you out. They offer free shipping on orders over $25 and they have all the i-Top essentials. Click here to check it out.
If you haven't peeked yet, there is a new *sprinkle* posted on the sprinkles page. Last night as I was snuggling on the daybed in Addie's room with Addie, Trey and Taft piled on top and around me, I suddenly remembered a song my mother used to sing to me — I honestly don't think I've sung it since (maybe) Chase was a baby. Anyway … I did pretty well remembering most of the words, but I came downstairs and looked it up on You Tube.
Here's Natalie Cole singing Paper Moon.
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INTO GUS' GIANT EAR, AND OTHER ODDITES IN THE WORLD OF SWEET TOOTHWed, 12/08/2010 - 10:00am |
By Jeff Lemire
Issue 10 of SWEET TOOTH is my favorite so far. Well, maybe issue 18 is now, but you haven't seen that one yet, so I'll stick with 10 for the time being. In that issue, featured in SWEET TOOTH Vol.2: IN CAPTIVITY (Out Dec.8), we take a break from the ongoing storyline as the mysterious, possibly evil Dr Singh hypnotizes Gus, the antlered protagonist of the series, and enters his mind…literally.


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Stack Overflowへようこそ
Hi English-language readers! This blog post is not for you; perhaps you'd like a hat instead? No? Well, when last we spoke of creating non-English versions of Stack Overflow, some of you were certain we should've gone the easy route and just leveraged a machine translation service instead of creating real sites for real people to use. I humbly invite you to read the rest of this post using the mechanical babelfish of your choice, and see if you think such tools can be relied on for important work…
2008年にStack Overflowが設立された目的は、プログラミングに関する質
現在、Stack Overflowは700万個以上の質問をまとめている事で、毎
Stack Overflow日本語版へようこそ
Stack Overflow日本語版の誕生により今後は、
2014年12月2日にStack Overflow日本語版のプライベートベータを開始し、
Stack Overflowは皆様のサイトです
Stack Overflowはコミュニティのものです。
2013 Stack Overflow User Survey Results
In 2013, our Stack Overflow community grew from 21.5 million to 26.9 million monthly visitors from 242 countries around the world. We're doing a lot to keep growing with the community — we now have localized versions of Careers 2.0 for French and German audiences, we're developing iOS and Android mobile apps for our entire network, and our first ever localized version of Stack Overflow with the Portuguese site currently in beta. As a way for us to make sure we're doing the most for our users and community on Stack Overflow, we conduct a survey every year to see what you're up to, how you're using our site and what else is on your mind. This year, we analyzed a survey sample of 7,500 responses from 96 countries. As a thank you for the time you spent filling it out, we donated an additional $12,000 to our Stack Exchange Charities.
This is the second year we're calling out mobile, and yes mobile is still growing.
While only 7.9% of you classified your occupation as a Mobile Application Developer, the majority of respondents (51.5%!) said that their company has a native mobile app. This is an increase from 2012 when 48.2% of respondents had a mobile app.
Android continues to climb while iPhone declines
Not only is the Android Phone the most popular mobile device with 63.8% of respondents saying they have one, the most popular native mobile platform supported is an Android Phone app with 39.5%. The iPhone lost more traction with developers this year with 30.7% of respondents saying they own an iPhone compared to 35.2% in 2012.
Working Remotely
As our Stack Exchange team is growing and we have more employees working remote, we added a number of questions about remote work. While only 10.6% of respondents said they are full-time remote, 63.9% of total respondents say they work remotely at least occasionally.
Here's a special infographic to sum up our survey findings. If you'd like to do your own analysis you can download the survey results.
Can't We All be Reasonable and Speak English?
Two weeks ago, we announced the public launch of Stack Overflow in Portuguese, our first-ever non-English Stack Overflow community. Which raises one very obvious question:
Have we lost our minds?
Wasn't the whole point of Stack Overflow to aggregate as much developer knowledge as possible in one place? To get all the potential solutions together, and provide one canonical set of answers?
Yup. When we set out to "collectively increase the sum total of good programming knowledge in the world," a big part of the plan was de-fragmenting information previously spread across myriad books, sites, and your brains. It's why we mark things as duplicates – we want all the precious gems of knowledge stored in the same cave of wonders.
So know this: we are at least as worried about fragmentation as you are. And we have a plan:
Eventually, all of you are going to have to learn Portuguese.
Okay, not really. But, given that one of our core goals was knowledge aggregation, it does seem just a little bit crazypants to start launching sites in new languages, assuming that one very important fact is true:
Assumption: All of the serious developers in the world are highly proficient in English.
Which… actually sounds plausible. But it's wrong.
- Not every developer in the world speaks English. Just reading the comments from our announcement, you'll see multiple readers sharing that they or their colleagues (and one dad) couldn't participate on SO due to language constraints. But data beat anecdotes. We don't have recent numbers for Brazil and Portugal, but we do for China, and they illustrate the same point:
- 10% of the world's programmers are in China
- 1.4% of our visits come from China
- Only 4.8% of our visits come from China, Japan and Korea combined
So, if the data tell us that we're getting roughly 80% less activity from Asia than we should in the absence of language constraints, why does it feel so obvious that all serious programmers speak English? This may help:
Quick – name any famous developer who doesn't write well in English.
I couldn't. I can name over a dozen famous English-speaking coders. But even if you frequent all the hacker sites and conferences, how many devs have you met who aren't solid in English? Roughly none, right?
There's just one problem. Try this:
Without Googling, name any famous developer from Japan. Or China. Or Russia.
Again, I couldn't. Well, I came up with Shigeru Miyamoto. But he's apparently a designer. I couldn't name even one. Not like I can name Carmack or Stallman, or Hopper, or even "DHH." (Does DHH have an actual name? I personally imagine him as a very handsome, talented, fast-driving set of initials. But I digress.)
Is it plausible that there aren't any devs good enough to be famous from those countries? Nope. Here's what's happening:
It's easy to assume that there aren't any devs who can't speak English because I never see any. But I never see any because I'm hanging around places where devs go to talk to each other in English.
The startling truth is this:
On the internet, If you don't speak English, you're completely invisible to me.
I also assumed that since developers have to learn English-like syntax, they must speak English. Which is a bit like assuming that because I can order Uni, Hamachi, and Aji by their Japanese names, I could probably toss back some sake with Morimoto and discuss knife techniques in Japanese. Even when programming languages use words like "if" or "function," they're just terms to memorize, and don't always even mean the same thing in English that they do in programming.
- It's almost impossible to feel like part of a community if you're not highly proficient in the language. Even non-native speakers who are fluent enough to read posts in their second or third languages often aren't comfortable enough to write in them.
I imagine myself at a professional meetup where everyone is speaking French (which I studied through college). How many jokes would I tell? How many would I even understand? Sure, I can function, and understand all the words, but I don't feel like I belong to the group.
Don't get me wrong – some of our best users aren't native English speakers, but they're in that rare group who have achieved a far higher mastery of a language than their peers. When I hear,
"Well, I didn't need a site like this – English is my third language, and I'm in the top 1% on Stack Overflow!"
I think:
"Yes, that makes sense. You are insanely good at two difficult, language-based things. Most people will find both of them to be a lot more challenging than you did."
The truth is, by requiring fluency in English, we're shutting out of a lot of developers who may know enough English to read it but not enough to feel comfortable participating.
- Requiring that all aspiring devs "just go learn English" first isn't who we want to be.
Even if I believed that every programmer must eventually master English, it still wouldn't make any sense to make them do it first. I believe that everyone – everyone – who can really fall in love with programming should get a chance to. So pre-filtering for the ones willing to learn a foreign freaking language before they first sit down with a code editor to see if it lights some spark in them just feels wrong.Think of the children. The children!! Okay, last quiz, just for the native English speakers:
How old were you when you first realized you could type things on a keyboard and control machines? Great. Now, at that age, were you proficient enough in another language to have learned to code without any English?
When I tell someone I work at Stack Exchange, my absolute favorite response is:
"I basically learned to code from posts I found on Stack Overflow"
We want that for every young programmer. Not just the ones lucky enough to be born somewhere that English gets taught in grammar school.
Okay, that all makes some sense. But why Portuguese?
To be clear, we still don't think there needs to be a Stack Overflow in every language. We do want as much centralization as possible, and we know that devs who have mastered English will mostly keep going to the English site, since it has the most critical mass. Just like we want them to. So, you won't need to learn new languages to find good answers – we expect almost every question asked on the Portuguese site to also be asked (and answered) on the English site.
We're really only considering launching sites in languages that:
- Have large, strong communities of high-talent developers, where
- A meaningful percent of them aren't comfortable enough to participate in an English-only community
That probably limits the list of potential candidates to Mandarin, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Spanish. From there, Portuguese was a no-brainer. The developer community in Brazil is awesome, and growing fast. And we wanted to start with a language with a similar alphabet, to minimize the localization work.
And it's worth a shot. We've learned that it's easier to just watch the future than to try to predict it. So we're big on just trying stuff out (assuming it can't break our other stuff). And we're huge on getting stuff crazy-wrong,
refusing to admit it, and instead doubling down on our wrong-minded idea, while nodding crazily er… admitting we made a mistake, and reversing course. So, given the number of user requests, we figured, "why not give it a it a try?" We're committed to supporting one or two languages and seeing how they develop before we push any further.
And so far, it's an incredible success. Despite an audience limited to portuguese-speaking devs, the site's activity in its first week was higher than all but 4 out of 120 sites we've launched to date, including the original trilogy.
More importantly, people who couldn't ask questions are asking them, and getting great answers. When in doubt, we want to err on the side of helping more people. If just one little girl in Brazil sticks with programming because an answer on this site helped her finish her first project, well… that's not good enough! I want to help thousands of them. And the boys, too.
Still, it's a good start.
Olá, Mundo! Announcing Stack Overflow in Portuguese.
If you can't read the rest of this post, it's because I'm not talking to you. Which is a little weird, since I can't even read this without help from our Brazilian Community Manager, Gabe, who's been kind enough to help me write this in Portuguese.
Depois de semanas em beta privado, nós temos o prazer de anunciar que hoje vai ao ar o nosso primeiro Stack Overflow internacional. E não se trata de um clone em português do site original, mas sim de uma comunidade completamente nova. Uma comunidade que vai poder decidir como ela quer ser, e como vai poder ajudar os desenvolvedores de língua portuguesa.
Tá esperando o que pra criar sua conta?
Sempre quisemos ajudar o máximo possível de pessoas
Quando lançamos o StackOverflow.com (em inglês), a ideia era ter um lugar onde todos os programadores pudessem resolver problemas juntos.
Queríamos um lugar onde desenvolvedores pudessem compartilhar seu conhecimento, num formato melhor do que os fóruns tradicionais. Queríamos que a melhor resposta tivesse destaque e que fosse fácil encontrá-la, tanto para quem perguntou quanto para alguém que pesquisasse sobre o mesmo assunto no futuro.
Construímos um lugar onde a comunidade pode editar e melhorar os posts, votar na melhor solução e trabalhar em conjunto para chegar na melhor resposta. Nosso objetivo era dar à toda comunidade as ferramentas certas e o poder de colaborar e ajudar uns aos outros.
E deu certo.
O Stack Overflow em Inglês tem hoje mais de 6,5 milhões de perguntas, e mais 8 mil delas são criadas todos os dias. Praticamente todas recebem uma resposta correta, que vem logo abaixo da pergunta.
E é a comunidade quem faz tudo isso acontecer. O conteúdo, a edição e até a moderação é feita pelos próprios usuários. Gratuitamente. Porque eles querem ajudar uns aos outros. Ou mostrar uma solução elegante. Ou retribuir a ajuda que receberam.
Mas é preciso saber falar inglês.
Nós não achávamos que o site em uma só língua seria um problema, afinal a maior parte dos programadores fala inglês, né? As próprias linguagens de programação são em inglês, não é mesmo? Mas nos esquecemos de algo muito importante:
Não estávamos escrevendo um manual técnico. Estávamos construindo uma comunidade.
Demorou um tempo, mas nós finalmente percebemos o que muitos de vocês já sabiam. É muito difícil fazer parte de uma comunidade que, literalmente, não fala sua língua.
Hoje o dia é dos programadores de língua portuguesa!
Agora vocês tem um lugar só seu, para construir do seu jeito. A melhor parte de participar de um site novo é que há um mundo de possibilidades pela frente:
Se você é jovem ainda, amanhã velho será… Então aproveite!
As perguntas básicas – aquelas que um dia atormentaram todo programador – ainda não foram feitas. Você pode escrever a pergunta ou resposta definitiva, que vai ajudar dezenas de milhares de programadores no futuro. (Ah, e não se preocupe se a sua pergunta já está no site em inglês. Vocês vão construir um site justamente para que os desenvolvedores que falam português não precisem mais recorrer ao inglês para aprender coisas novas!)
Você pode ser o que quiser quando crescer.
Apesar do site ser dedicado à problemas de programação, você pode decidir que sua comunidade realmente precisa, assim como aconteceu com o Stack Overflow. Durante o começo do site, sejam mais liberais quanto a perguntas de recomendação de ferramentas ou bibliotecas, perguntas relevantes à administração de sistemas ou outras áreas de TI.
Por enquanto, se tem a ver com programação, pergunte à vontade.
Por que começar com português?
[Nota do tradutor: Porque português é a melhor língua, o Brasil é o melhor país e o Jay não consegue ler o que a gente escreve ;)]
Queríamos começar com uma comunidade que atendesse a dois requisitos:
- Um grande número de desenvolvedores talentosos, em que
- Grande parte deles se sentisse muito mais confortável em falar sua própria língua do que o inglês
Então a escolha foi muito simples. O Brasil conta com uma das maiores e mais fortes comunidades de programação do mundo, e isso sem contar Portugal, Moçambique, Angola e outros países menores que acrescentam ainda mais desenvolvedores talentos a esse grupo.
Esse site é de todos vocês. Vamos construí-lo juntos!
Crie sua conta. Ou faça o tour (e ganhe sua primeira medalha!)
Who are you? Take the 2013 survey!
Hi folks, just a quick note here to remind y'all that the yearly Stack Overflow User Survey is live!
We've edited the questions/answers based on your feedback from last year's survey and suggestions posted on Meta.
As a small token of our appreciation, we'll be donating $1 for each completed survey to your choice of one of this year's Stack Exchange Gives Back charities (on top of what we're already donating on behalf of each site).
As always, we'll be posting the results here on the blog once the survey is completed.


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Random hyperbolic surfaces of large genus.
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Maryam Mirzakhani obtained her B.Sc. in mathematics (1999) from the Sharif University of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University (2004), where her advisor was Curtis McMullen. From 2004 to 2008 she was a Clay Mathematics Institute Research Fellow and an assistant Professor at Princeton University. She is a professor at Stanford University. Her research interests include Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, and ergodic theory.
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Comic-Con: UNDER THE DOME Cast and Producer Tease Julia and Barbie's Relationship Troubles, Escaping the Dome, and the Difficulty of Sticking to the Show's Timeline
by Elena Butler Posted 149 days ago
The cast of CBS's highest rated summer drama, Under the Dome, made their appearance Thursday morning in Ballroom 20 to talk about the upcoming episodes of the show's second season. Following the panel, I had a chance to participate in a round table interview with the cast: Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Alexander Koch, Colin Ford, and Eddie Cahill as well as executive producer Neal Baer, where they discussed what's to be expected in Chester's Mill for the remainder of Season 2.
During the interviews, Baer and Vogel teased the possibility of escaping the dome and Lefevre told us what is happening with Julia's status as the monarch. The cast also discussed the difficulty of keeping up with the show's timeline and remaining true to character. Hit the jump for more.


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Outstanding junior year – and then diabetes!
While eating dinner with family and friends at Olive Garden last November, Eastern High quarterback Tanner Evans sensed something was wrong.
He had downed several Sprites in a span of ninety minutes, but his thirst was unquenched.
The next morning Evans was too weak to attend school and instead visited his pediatrician. He tested positive for both strep throat and mononucleosis, but even more alarming was a blood sugar level too high to be measured on a standard meter.
After being rushed to Kosair Children's Hospital, Evans – who had recently completed an outstanding junior year in which he threw for 1,439 yards and scored 12 TDs – was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
"It was devastating," said Evans. "I didn't know if I would ever play football again."
Type 1 diabetes, a disease in which a body's immune system destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, afflicts more than 3 million Americans.
The disease takes an especially hard toll on athletes, who must monitor their carbohydrate intake and blood sugar levels before, during and after vigorous exercise, correcting with insulin injections when necessary.
After meeting regularly with an endocrinologist and learning to monitor his blood sugar level, Evans was cleared to play his senior season.
Now he is out to prove that not even a life-altering disease can keep him from excelling at the game he loves.
The Eagles are undefeated through two games, cruising past Jeffersonville 26-3 to open the season then topping Bryan Station 30-21 last Saturday as part of the Fayette County iHigh Football Frenzy.
Evans threw for two TDs and ran for another score against Bryan Station. He has a total of 476 yards passing through the first two games and admits that not all of the implications of his diagnosis were negative.
"I gained 25 pounds in only two weeks after I started treatment," he said. "The last three years I had been lifting and nothing seemed to work…now I understand."
"When I was working out this past summer, I felt like a freak athlete compared to where I was before," Evans said. "I don't go down on first contact anymore and I don't get bounced around."
Standing 6-foot-3 and weighing 180 pounds, the three-year-starter has become an irreplaceable part of the Eagles' full-spread, no-huddle offense that requires a keen ability to read defenses and adjust on the fly.
"He's stronger, quicker and is making better decisions," said coach Ken Whalen. "He's asked to make a lot of reads and progressions. If we had to put someone else in, we wouldn't be able to run our playbook."
"He knows everyone's position on offense, so even though we've got younger guys he can get them in position and get us going at the same time," said Whalen.
According to Evans, the inexperienced offensive line is starting to gel. "We're getting on the same page now and they protect me like I'm their brother," he said.
With Evans leading the offense, Whalen has been able to designate more experienced players to the defensive side of the ball. Senior linebackers Beau Biller (6-2, 240) and Caleb McMahon (6-0, 265) are three-year starters and junior defensive back Shane Fields returns after grabbing five interceptions last season.
"We decided we were going to put our experienced guys on defense and hope that our young playmakers can step up on offense. It's worked out so far," said Whalen.
Evans' attention is now focused on a 7:30 p.m. tilt at Butler on Friday, but whatever the rest of the season holds, his journey has already garnered him much support from family and friends.
"I get 10 to 15 text messages on game days and it means a lot that people are there for me," said Evans.
Holly Evans, Tanner's mom, said everyone is pitching in at home. "We've made some lifestyle changes and now even his younger brothers (Jake, 10, and Brady, 13) know how many carbs are in foods and how many units of insulin he needs to take," she said.
"It's made him a better person physically and emotionally," Holly said. "A lot of people just give up, but Tanner has a great attitude and is committed to managing it."
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Three comments:
This article brought tears to my eyes. I always read and enjoy your articles.
Are you reporting on football now? Or was this a one=time article?
When I clicked on Author's Profile, I thought it would be a bio of the author?