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Gulliver's Travels and Controversy
Richard H. Rodino
Using Student Responses to Teach Gulliver's Travels
Frederik N. Smith
Big Men and Little Men, Houyhnhnms and Yahoos: Structural Parallels and Meaning in Gulliver's Travels
Peter J. Schakel
The Multiple Identities of Gulliver's "Reader"
Janet E. Aikins
Teaching Gulliver's Travels
John F. Sena
Introducing Swift's Satiric Themes and Techniques: Gulliver's Travels, Part 2, Chapter 7
Sidney Gottlieb
Teaching the Third Voyage
Michael DePorte
"In what ordure hast thou dipped thy pencil?": Problems in Teaching Part 4
Brian Corman
Sexuality and the Body
Christopher Fox
Gulliver the Dreamer
Dolores Palomo
Parody in Gulliver's Travels
Roger D. Lund
Swift's Letters in Teaching Tone and Technique in Gulliver's Travels
Charles Pullen
Gulliveriana: Ways of Reading Gulliver's Travels
Jeanne K. Welcher
"Wild" and "Circumstantial" Inventions: Interdisciplinary Possibilities for Teaching Gulliver's Travels
Melinda Alliker Rabb
The Use of Dramatic Readings of Gulliver's Travels to Foster Discussion
David J. Leigh
Gulliver and CAI: "A Project for improving . . . Knowledge by practical and mechanical Operations"
R B Reaves
Gulliver's Travels in a Utopias-Dystopias Course
Milton Voigt
A Survey of Writing Assignments on Gulliver's Travels
Edward J. Rielly
Teaching Gulliver's Travels in Freshman Composition
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Writing a Satire; or, Everyone His or Her Own Swift
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Michael Singletary. . .Bears' second-round draft pick, 1981. . .Finished as team's first or second leading tackler each of last 11 seasons. . . Career statistics: 1488 tackles (885 solo), 51 passes defensed, 12 fumble recoveries, 7 interceptions. . .All-Pro eight times, 1983-1989, 1991. . .All-NFC selection nine straight years, 1983-1991. . .Selected to ten consecutive Pro Bowls. . .Defensive Player of the Year, 1985, 1988. . . Born October 9, 1958, in Houston, Texas.
Mike Singletary, was a second-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears in the 1981 NFL Draft and the 38th player selected overall. The only college junior to be selected to the All-SWC Team of the 1970s, Singletary earned All-America honors in both his junior and senior years at Baylor, where he averaged 15 tackles per game and established a team record with 232 tackles in 1978.
Singletary became a starter in the Bears lineup in the seventh game of his rookie season. In a game against the Kansas City Chiefs, his third as a starter, Singletary put on a remarkable defensive performance recording 10 tackles and forcing a fumble. A nearly unanimous all-rookie selection, Singletary went on to start 172 games for the Bears during his 12-year career, which is the second most in club history.
An intense player, Mike finished as the Bears' first or second leading tackler each of his last 11 seasons. He amassed an impressive 1,488 career tackles, 885 of which were solo efforts. A constant force on defense, he missed playing just two games, both in 1986.
In a game against the Denver Broncos in 1990 he had a personal-best performance when he recorded 10 solo tackles and 10 assists. Selected to play in a team record 10 Pro Bowls, Singletary was All-Pro eight times, and All-NFC every year from 1983 until 1991.
The NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1985 and 1988, Mike was the cornerstone of the Bears' innovative 46-defense. In 1985, he led a Bears' defense that allowed fewer than 11 points per game, as the team posted an impressive 15-1 record. He had 13 tackles and a sack in the playoffs leading up to the Bears' 46-10 defeat of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX. The Bears' league-leading defense held the Patriots to a record low seven yards rushing, while the hard-charging Singletary contributed with two fumble recoveries.
Championship Games
1984 NFC – San Francisco 49ers 23, Chicago Bears 0
Singletary started at middle linebacker for the Bears. He recorded five solo tackles, three assists and two passes defensed.
1985 NFC – Chicago Bears 24, Los Angeles Rams 0
Singletary started at middle linebacker for the Bears. He recorded seven solo tackles, one assist and had one pass defensed.
1988 NFC – San Francisco 49ers 28, Chicago Bears 3
Singletary started at middle linebacker for the Bears. He recorded eight solo tackles, three assists and had one pass defensed.
Super Bowls
Super Bowl XX – Chicago Bears 46, New England Patriots 10
Singletary started at middle linebacker for the Bears. He recorded one solo tackle, one assist, had one pass defensed and recovered two fumbles.
All-League Teams
All-Pro: 1983 (NEA, PW) • 1984 (AP, PFWA, NEA, SN, PW) • 1985 (AP, PFWA, NEA, SN) • 1986 (AP, NEA, SN, PW) • 1987 (AP, PFWA, SN, PW) • 1988 (AP, PFWA, NEA, SN, PW) • 1989 (AP, PFWA, SN, PW) • 1991 (AP, SN)
All-Pro Second Team: 1987 (NEA) • 1990 (AP)
All-NFC: 1983 (UPI, PW) • 1984 (UPI, PW) • 1985 (UPI) • 1986 (UPI, PW) • 1987 (UPI, PW) • 1988 (UPI, PW) • 1989 (UPI, PW) • 1990 (UPI, PW) • 1991 (UPI)
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In the NFL Record Book
(at time of his retirement following 1992 season)
Super Bowl Records
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• [Tied for 1st] Most Fumbles Recovered, Game – 2 (Super Bowl XX)
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Awards and Honors
• 1985 Defensive MVP/Player of the Year (AP, UPI-NFC)
• 1988 Defensive MVP/Player of the Year (AP, NEA, PW, UPI-NFC)
• All-NFL Team of the 1980s
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The Chronicles of Downton Abbey
The Chronicles of Downton Abbey, carefully pieced together at the heart and hearth of the ancestral home of the Crawleys, takes us deeper into the story of every important member of the Downton estate.This lavish, entirely new book focuses on each character individually, examining their motivations, their actions, and the inspirations behind them. An evocative combination of story, history, and behind-the-scenes drama, it will bring fans even closer to the secret, beating heart of the house.
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This collection includes digital audio recorded interviews with 52 current and former employees of the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory located in Madison, Wisconsin. The interviews were conducted as part of an oral history project undertaken by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Oral History Program in cooperation with the Forest Products Laboratory, to document the Forest Products Laboratory's history in their work to promote healthy forest and forest-based economies through the efficient, sustainable use of our wood resources in Wisconsin and through the U.S. in preparation for the Laboratory's centennial anniversary in 2010.
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J.W. Salveson and Jerome Sangalli's Port St. Lucie "Christmas House" at 273 S.W. Starflower Ave. in Port St. Lucie has more than 35,000 outdoor lights and displays. Donations benefit the Love Doctor's charities annual toy drive and Dogs and Cats Forever, The No-Kill Animal Shelter in Port St. Lucie.
The Christmas House in Port St. Lucie has over 35,000 outdoor lights and displays.
Crowds line up to tour the Christmas House.
Salveson asks waiting guests to be patient. The tours are informative and entertaining and can take some time-but everyone exiting the house agrees that it is worth the wait.
40 fully decorated Christmas trees are just some of the decorations inside the 2012 "Christmas House".
Host, JW Salveson explains some of the displays in his "Christmas House".
The house includes 40 fully decorated indoor Christmas trees.
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JW Salveson explains to the crowd the importance of giving back to the community.
Guests listen attentively as Salveson explains the themes of the different trees.
For the 10th year, J.W. Salveson and Jerome Sangalli will open their Port St. Lucie "Christmas House" at 273 S.W. Starflower Ave., Port St. Lucie. This week the house will be open from 6 to 10 p.m., Dec. 16-18. Please bring a doantion for Dogs and Cats Forever, The No-Kill Animal Shelter here in Port St. Lucie.
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The 2012 Christmas House will be open for tours again this week. The private home at 273 S.W. Starflower Ave. in Port St. Lucie, features 51 decorated Christmas trees and more than 35,000 lights outside. Last week, more than 1,000 toys were collected on behalf of the Love Doctor's Charities annual toy drive. This week the 2012 Christmas House benefits Dogs and Cats Forever. Hours are: 6-8 p.m. Dec. 16, 6-10 p.m. Dec. 17-18.
A Disney themed tree is just one of the 40 fully decorated Christmas trees inside the 2012 "Christmas House".
Guests and toys gather at the front door of the Christmas House.
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Kenzie Mantz will be just one of several Carbon High swimmers heading on to the state meet after a good showing at the region competition.
The Carbon swim team had their regional championship meet on Jan. 23 and placed third out of six teams.
Coach Kamera Davis was pleased.
"This was our first region championship in the new region and we were ready. We did great," he said
In the Carbon girls medley, relay team finished third. It consisted of Jr. Megan Barnett (back), Sr Kenzie Mantz (breast), So. Aysha Black (fly) and So Jill Malone (free).
The boys medley relay consisted of Fr. Lance Riche (back), Sr. Nick Torres (breast),Sr. Dallen Garvin (fly), and Sr. Brett Davis (free). They took second.
In the 200 free relay, the team consisted of Jr. Kim Callaway, Jr. Jill Fincher, So. Heather Bone, and Fr. Paula Gibson. They ended in fourth.
In the 400 free relay, the same team dropped more than five seconds off previous best time and placed third. Also the boys 400 free relay was made up of Garvin, Jr. Brandon Gibson, Riche, and Brett Davis garnered third.
In the individual events, Chrissy Cox finished her high school swimming career with a 14th in the 200 free and 23rd in the 100 free. Brett Davis finished eight in the 200 I.M. and11th in the 100 free. Davis will be going to state in three relays. Garvin ended 15th in the 50 free and eighth in the 100 butterfly. He will be going to state in three relays and the100 fly.
Mantz placed 16th in the 100 free and eighth in the 100 breast. Jordan Pinedo ended 19th in the200 free and 12th in the 500 free.
Toby Prettyman also swam his last meet with a 14th place finish in the 200 free and 10th in the 500 free. Nick Torres ended ninth in the 200 I.M. and 15th in the 100 breast. He will be swimming in the medley relay at state.
"I will miss all the seniors thanks for a great year." added Davis.
Other top Carbon swimmers in individual events are Aysha Black with a seventh in the 200 I.M. and ninth in the 100 fly. Fincher ended in10th in the 200 free. Bone was 11th in the 200 free and 10th in the 100 fly. Malone grabbed ninth in the 500. Barnett finished up 11th in the100 fly and 10th in the 100 back. Jenae Wilhemi ended in 10th in the 500 free.
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Long before he reached U.S. Men's National Team and Roma fame, Michael Bradley was just a kid running around Fire training watching the likes of Piotr Nowak, Hristo Stoichkov and Ante Razov kick around.
On Friday night, MLS Insider told the story of Michael's young years around the teams his father managed before becoming a professional at age 16 with the MetroStars.
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The Fire head back to Toyota Park on Saturday evening after a disappointing display in Vancouver last weekend, giving up three second half goals to the Whitecaps. D.C. come to town (LIVE 7pm CT on My50) after last playing out a 0-0 draw in Colorado on July 7. With D.C. sitting last in the East and the Fire slipping back from the playoff positions in recent weeks, this game is extremely important.
Here are some things to look out for from a tactical perspective.
Team defense – be wary of quick transitions
In last weekend's match against Vancouver, individual errors were again to blame for the Fire not coming back with any points but the team's defending in transition also left something to be desired.
When the Fire turn the ball over, it is up to the team as a whole to defend, obviously not just the back four. D.C. will be looking to catch the Fire on the break as much as possible and when this happens, Fire players, most notably the outside defenders must turn attack into defense.
READ: Pause likely to be back for D.C.
Against Vancouver last weekend, the Whitecaps first goal came from a quick transition from a corner where the Fire were caught with too many players up the field. The Men in Red should be able to create multiple chances against D.C. and while getting forward and coming up with chances is important, the players must not neglect their defensive responsibilities.
DC getting back to full strength – DeLeon and Porter return
Athletico Coaching Corner on D.C.
Over the past few matches, D.C. United have been without two of their start players, Nick DeLeon and Kyle Porter due to injury and international duty respectively. Both look set to return to the team on Saturday night which will be a big boost to the Black and Red.
Though still raw, Porter's crossing and 1v1 abilities make him one of the best up-and-coming wingers in MLS, while DeLeon's creativity in the attack is also a major threat. D.C. have only scored eight goals this season but Porter and DeLeon have either scored or assisted in three of those.
That may sound like a small number but when you've only scored eight, contributing to three makes you responsible for almost half of the teams goals!
Because D.C. plays with one recognized striker, the emphasis is on players like DeLeon and Porter to get forward and support the lone striker whenever possible. The more the Fire can isolate both players and not allow them to link with the lone striker and withdrawn forward Chris Pontious, the better.
Targeting the middle two – getting past Kitchen and Thorrington
D.C. plays a system with two recognized defensive midfielders, presumed Saturday night to be John Thorrington and Perry Kitchen. Unlike Vancouver, whose three central midfielders often get forward to support the attacking three, D.C.'s pair are very much holding midfielders.
Both players sit in front of the back four to provide cover which makes D.C. a very difficult team to break down. There are times however when one of the central two is dragged wide, leaving space in the middle to exploit. When this happens, players like Alex must step forward and take advantage.
READ: Johnson keeping tabs on Fire from USMNT camp
Recognizing when these opportunities present themselves and quicker switches of the point of attack from the wing to the middle are things I am looking to see on Saturday night.
After the last home match against Kansas City, Mike Magee criticized his teammates for not getting forward in larger numbers in the second half when the team was down.
If the Fire can get more people forward and force Kitchen and Thorington into 2v1 situations, the team will create chances.
Prediction: 3-0 Fire with goals from Magee, Nyarko and Alex
And here the Fire go into the second half of the season, now suddenly in a losing streak, with as many questions swirling around everybody as there were in March. Last week I wrote about how the Fire have an opportunity to define their season, but it's games like Sunday's in Vancouver that show how this Fire team this year, for good or for bad, just refuses to be defined.
There are a million ways to look at games like Sunday's. I mean, the Fire lost. They didn't score when they had the chances, they gave up three goals, and they didn't get any points. Those are the facts that count, sure, but games are never completely comprehensible in a quantitative way, and, especially as we all try to figure out the true identity of this team, the mysteries are confounding.
Was Sunday's game as bad as the score line looked? Or did the Fire not get all they deserved? Was the lineup wrong? Or was the lineup fine but certain plays didn't go the Fire's way, that's life, etc.? Let's look a bit closer…
View 1: The Fire died in the second half, gave up three goals in 20 minutes, and couldn't muster a comeback.
View 2: The Fire stood up against a plastic pitch and hostile atmosphere, dominated the first half and were unlucky not to score, then broke down against Vancouver's momentum after Camillo's first goal (which was brilliant and would've come off against anyone.)
View 1: The Fire's defense is too exposed and the additions of Soumare and Francis, as well as moving Anibaba out wide, couldn't keep Vancouver at bay.
View 2: The Fire's defense has cut down the blatant mistakes we saw earlier this season, Segares was suspended, first choice goalie Sean Johnson is with the USMNT, defenses take time to gel, it's hardly the end of the world, none of Vancouver's goals were due to terrible defending or mistakes.
View 1: Sunday's result makes sense because the Fire haven't been strong away from Toyota Park.
View 2: One of the Fire's best results this year was a scrappy away draw at RSL in May.
View 1: Klopas' second half subs aren't making a difference the way they used to.
View 2: The gist of the substitutions - refreshing center midfielders and providing more options up front (see Lindpere, Quincy, and Maicon) - are exactly the same as they were when they changed games in the unbeaten run. Also, without Paladini and Pause in Vancouver, he had fewer options.
View 1: Magee's hot run is over.
View 2: Magee created multiple chances in the first half, just missed the back post twice in the second, had a shot blocked later, and was generally all over the place and annoying for Vancouver.
And so on...
So - was the Fire's unbeaten run a fluke? Were the losses against KC and Vancouver proof that the Fire can't convert against the best in MLS? Did the additions of Magee and Soumare, the resurgence of Duka-Rolfe-Nyarko trio, and the presence of Larentowicz all flame out?
OR: Did tough-fought results against Portland and RSL prove that the Fire can fight against anyone in the league? Maybe back-to-back losses against KC (the best team in the East) and at Vancouver (one of the hardest places to play in MLS) aren't totally surprising, even for top teams? Maybe the Fire lost to a brilliant goal and a tough atmosphere/pitch, were unlucky not to score a handful themselves, and should just wash themselves of this game and move on?
In other words, there are no answers. I don't think the Fire were dominated in Vancouver. But they lost. If the Fire had converted one of their first half chances, maybe Vancouver loses some confidence, and the Fire come away with some points. If not for Camillo's second goal, the ball didn't manage to squeeze past three Fire players, and the Fire equalize, who knows?
The "if" game is tough. One could say that the best way to address is that is to decisively remove all "if"s, convert the chances, not give up goals and be champions -- end of story. Fair, but maybe the best approach this year is to embrace what this team is. Maybe this year's Fire is defined by a transient identity, a team finding itself through wins, losses, and draws. Maybe that's what's best about them?
Select shots from the Fire's 3-1 loss to Vancouver.
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Select shots from the Fire's friendly with Club America.
Credit: Brian Kersey, Chicago Fire
A mistake is just a mistake, an error, a blip - the definition implies that it's somehow against what's expected, it's notable specifically because it's not in rhythm with everything else going on. Repeated mistakes, predictable mistakes, they're no longer mistakes. They're problems.
After yet another game marked by early concessions (and, at last, without the gritty comebacks that defined the Fire's breathtaking unbeaten streak) The Fire find themselves approaching halfway through the season with an opportunity to define their year.
Are all these frustrating early goals, the slow starts, the brief moments of futility - are they mistakes, errors, blips? Are they exceptions to the true Fire? Or will they define the Fire as a problem, and we'll look back sometime in the fall at a team that cost itself a playoff spot?
Pour some out for the exhilarating and dramatic nine-game unbeaten run. After Wednesday's game against San Jose, everything looked hunky dory. The Fire let in some goals, but they controlled the game, scored wonderfully, and showed just how much of a new team we were seeing compared to the disappointments of the spring. Now, the Fire will have to show whether Magic Mike Magee's impact is just makeup, MLS cover-all.
The best part of soccer seasons is that, eventually, your strengths and weaknesses are laid bare. There are deserved and deserved results, sure, but there's no such thing as a lucky season because there are enough games to balance out unlucky bounces, bad call, injuries, and so on. The points at the end of the season tell a complete story.
So, yes, Sunday was hot and humid. KC is stacked, with maybe the best back line in MLS. The Fire played on short rest. It was, in other words, the worst scenario to let in early goals.
But it also exposed the Fire's tendency to let in these goals that just feel wrong. The only word I can think of to describe the kinds of goals we've seen against the Fire is icky. They're icky. They're kind of gross. They feel wrong. They're not well worked, they don't really break the Fire down or come from great passing or individual brilliance. I'm thinking about Lindpere's own goal and Gordon's ridiculous crossbar assist to himself on Wednesday; Feilhaber's volley off the post and Zusi's wind-assisted Shross on Sunday. Going back, there are the Austin Berry gifts to Deshorn Brown of Colorado and Dominic Oduro of Columbus. You have to go all the way back to June 8th against Portland to see a really nice goal scored against the Fire in MLS.
That's a good sign, I think. I think it means that, once the Fire stop letting in these icky goals, Magee and the suddenly more clinical Duka - Nyarko - Rolfe supporting cast will continue to carry the Fire towards a playoff spot. It only seems right.
But with big road games in Vancouver and Houston coming up this month and the games starting to wear people down, the Fire are going to have to prove that their ascent is legitimate. They'll have to prove that June's run was no lie, that the early goals were a bunch of mistakes, errors, blips - not what defines them.
The Fire will host Sporting KC on Sunday afternoon at Toyota Park attempting to extend their unbeaten run to double digits after a dramatic five-goal thriller against San Jose midweek while KC comes to Chicago after a disappointing home draw against Vancouver.
Both teams are not on friendly terms and this looks set to be a thriller. Here are some tactical things to look out for.
Limiting the set pieces – Don't allow Zusi to work his magic
Sporting KC have a double threat on set pieces with a number of players who are very good in the air and they have Graham Zusi, one of the best strikers of a dead ball in MLS.
At the back, Frenchman Aurelien Collin is not only strong but always makes a nuisance of himself in the box. Up front, they've benefited from the return of striker Kei Kamara who spent some time with Norwich in the Premier League.
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In KC's last match against Vancouver, Kamara came very close to scoring from headers on multiple occasions not by outmuscling his opponent like Collin does but simply by out jumping them.
Like quite a few teams in MLS, Kansas City also possesses a modified set play – the long throw. Just as Jalil Anibaba deploys the it almost whenever possible for the Fire, SKC center back Matt Besler does the same.
The Fire gave away a silly goal from a set piece last week and better defending will be needed against a team that is well known for their set piece prowess.
Keeping SKC's attacking wide players at bay – neutralizing Saad and Kamara
Kansas City starts in a 4-3-3 formation with striker Claudio Bieler in the middle with Kei Kamara and Soony Saad supporting him wide. Many teams are so focused (and I don't blame them) on Bieler and attacking mid Graham Zusi that sometimes Saad and Kamara are overlooked and both players are good at finding space.
Coach Peter Vermes constantly orders the players to switch sides during play which makes picking them up even harder. In Kansas City's last win against Columbus, Kamara chipped in with two goals, the first coming from a fantastic switch of the field which found Kamara in space that he was able to control and finish.
The attacking nature of Sporting's outside defenders also gives Kamara and Saad an excuse to get into the middle and support Bieler. There will be some 1v1 battles between Saad and the Fire outside defenders but it will certainly take a team effort to keep the wide men at bay on Sunday afternoon.
Letting the Fire wingers create – creating room for Nyarko and Duka change the game
Anyone who has watched the Fire closely this season will tell you that winger Patrick Nyarko is playing the best the best soccer of his career and if he can overcome the tight hamstring that brought him out early against San Jose and start against KC the Fire have a great chance of winning.
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Nyarko has done it all for the team this year, be it tracking back to win the ball from his opponent, beating a man in a 1v1 situation or combining well with his teammates.
In the midweek win against San Jose, Nyarko did something many critics of the Fire often call out for more of, getting into the box to support the strikers. Nyarko not only got in but made a great near post run and finished superbly.
The cross provided for the Nyarko goal came from Dilly Duka who is starting to show his true potential. Duka had a goal and an assist in the win against San Jose and could've had a few more if not for narrowly missing a few rockets from outside the box.
READ: Will Nyarko be good to go Sunday?
In the past few weeks, Dilly has been a major threat from the wide positions, beating players at will and putting in numerous dangerous crosses. Duka has also got into the box to great effect, scoring two goals in as many matches.
The dual threat of attacking from wide areas as well as providing support in the box should cause the SKC back line some major issues on Sunday afternoon.
Prediction: Fire critics have claimed the club has yet to beat an elite team during the side's nine-game unbeaten streak but I think those critics will be silenced on Sunday afternoon. 2-1 Fire with goals from Magee and Alex.
Miss Mike Magee's segment on MLS Insider last night? No fears Fire fans, check out the rather awesome feature around Mike's homecoming to Chicago below, courtesy of MLSsoccer.com:
Check out the full episode with features on the Cascadia Cup and Vancouver's Kekuta Manneh here.
Soccer in America is still constructing its infrastructure, and we need engineers. People to build the institutions that will support the weight. One of those engineers is here, with us. If you've watched a game in a bar in Chicago you probably already know him.
Tall, beer in hand, iconic rockabilly hat - that's the ubiquitous German Cowboy. His name is Mike Knueppel, and he's been in Chicago since 2005. You'll find him often at the far side of the bar in Cleo's on Chicago, sometimes in the back room, rarely on the patio, but you can always pick him out by his trademark collection of kits, dozens and dozens of them, all with COWBOY 57 on the back.
We were driving to Toyota Park on Wednesday night talking about all those jerseys. I once saw him change from a German kit to an American one at halftime of their friendly in June. How can one support ALL the teams? What happened to loyalty?
"I wear the shirt of who's playing," he said. "But mostly if they have a German player."
This was hard to take. Aren't we supposed to live and die for a club? That means hating other clubs, wishing harm on strangers in other colors, "You ain't got no history," all of that.
But he was saying something different. You watch because, first of all, you want to watch the game. The game is primary. Then, you have your local allegiance. His is German and Hamburger SV (He founded Hamburger SV Supporters Chicago with a few others.) He cares most of all about the German national team and he's willing to wear shirts of teams he "can live nicely without," as he says, like Bayern Munich, because of some of their players.
"I even bought a Bayern Munich shirt recently," he told me. "I mean I really shocked their supporters, they know I don't like that team, but as a fellow German I support them internationally."
I said, "This is troubling. You support players as they come and go? They're moving around constantly. It's like rooting for mercenaries."
"I don't support only the players. That's why I have COWBOY (or VAQUERO for Real Madrid) on my shirts with my birth year. At least I know that won't change. But first you support your local club."
That's fine too, but the logic breaks down again because what about the organizations with detestable front offices or ownership groups? (I'm thinking about even some of our Chicago teams' history.) You can't just support a team willy-nilly.
"It's true," he said. "But you have to support your location."
And Americans supporting European teams in places they may have never even seen in person?
These to me are the tough questions of support and fandom. What exactly are we doing supporting these teams, all over the world? Thankfully, seated in Toyota Park to watch our shared, indisputable, actual home team, we could lay the question aside for 90 minutes or so.
Fun game, too, right? Nice how the rain broke and the night warmed up. Dilly Duka more than deserved the standing ovation he got as he came off in the 87th. The Cowboy and I enjoyed watching him absolutely terrorize Quakes right back Steven Beitashour.
The night was beautiful. Leaving the stadium, I was mumbling about how we fans deserve these nights. Those cold, grinding results early in the season were tough. You could feel the fans' relief at the result. No disappointment this time. Wednesday night was even better because of the challenge and drama; San Jose wouldn't die, but the Fire earned the three points with three beautifully worked goals. "They won, that's all that matters," the Cowboy said. "Fans love the win."
There's a long story for how the Cowboy got to Chicago, a story including four weeks at the Presidential towers in 1987, karaoke, his wife Sharon, the city of Seattle, software programming - it's a story that he might tell you if you see him at Cleo's. He's not afraid to share.
And in some ways, it's fitting that he's around. The Cowboy embodies the 21st century globalized soccer paradigm. He can watch his Bundesliga, follow die Mannschaft, and participate in the growth of soccer in America, all from a comfortable neighborhood bar in Chicago. His work developing Cleo's website and social presence has made it one of the primary soccer locations in Chicago and turned heads nationally. Maybe most importantly, his unofficial freelance soccer ambassadorship has brought people from all over the world together.
You'll see him meeting with local supporter clubs (some of which he founded himself) like those of Dortmund and Hamburg, as well as Section 8, the Fire, ESPN, and just last week, in the beer garden, you would've seen him watching Uruguay and Italy in the Confederations Cup with Hamburg's senator of the interior and highest ranking police officer.
Ever since he convinced Cleo's to let him fix up their site and control their Facebook page, and with the blessing and help of Stephen behind the bar, the Cowboy has been our handyman, fixing up games and posting schedules so we can watch American and European soccer at our ease. "I wanted a bar where I know them and they know me and I get there they put the drink on the bar," he said. "Where I can watch all the games and they'll open early."
In other words, it's not really about the fanaticism of watching games. Going back to our conversation about supporting clubs, it became clear to me that the whole "it's what's on the front of the jersey, not the back of the jersey" thing is cheesy and doesn't apply - just having a jersey is what matters. In this way, the Cowboy is critical in experience-making. He's not an owner of the bar, or even an employee - he's one of us. His work setting up games and events at Cleo's, with just watching the game as the goal, means that there's less pressure to know esoteric European stadium statistics, or to spew hatred for teams thousands of miles away.
Maybe that's the answer about why we support who and how. Maybe we just support the game. Watch the game for the game's sake. Love the game. Talk to people. Drink beer. Amen.
Ben Schuman-Stoler is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @bsto.


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The Carbon County Commission met on Aug. 21. One of the highlights of the meeting was a public hearing regarding what the lawmakers should do about changing the FM radio signals going through Carbon County owned translators.
In question was the practice the county has followed for years of relaying Wasatch Front radio signals on the translators.
The issue was brought to the commission about a month ago by David Smith, the new owner of the KUSA FM station in Price. At that time, Smith made a presentation suggesting that the county should change what they are doing.
Smith suggested that the commission either give his station one of the frequencies and unplug the Salt Lake station KISN or do away with it and put on another station with a different format in its place to provide more variety.
Currently, county citizens have access over the FM band to only a few formats with two stations carrying country music, two carrying young adult contemporary, one oldies station and a couple of educational stations. What any one individual can pick up also has to do with the location in the county and what kind of receiver the person may have. That is because FM radio waves don't pass well through cliffs and hills. So if a transmitter is direct line of sight ,there is a good chance it cannot be received in an area.
When the item on the agenda that concerned this issue came up commissioner Bill Krompel first asked Frank Brady, the counties communications specialist to explain the situation.
"Currently, the county holds four licenses for FM transmission and relay," stated Brady. "Many years ago, the county purchased them from the stations that originally installed the equipment because the Federal Communications Commission decided that the stations that broadcast on translators cannot own them."
Presently, the stations relayed through the translators from the Wasatch Front were KISN, KSFI, KODJ and KSOP, explained Brady. The two public radio stations in the area are not hosted on the translators because they have licenses and equipment.
Brady's technical rundown of the situation was followed by comments from Tom Anderson, owner of KARB, one of the country format stations.
"This situation that we are in is pretty unique," stated Anderson. "However, it is unique to Utah not just to Carbon County. There are a number of places in the state that have the same situation."
In the late 1960s, Anderson said the translators were set up by the various stations that wanted to relay from the Wasatch Front.
Anderson owned AM station KOAL at the time and the county commissioners asked if he would have a problem with the stations moving in. Anderson indicated that he had no intention of building an FM station and didn't see a problem as long as Carbon lawmakers would revisit the issue at a later date if local FM stations came into being.
"We put in FM stations in 1977. But by that time, the commission had changed and they never took it up again," he said. "I wonder now, after 35 years, if we should make changes. I just don't know."
Smith originally proposed that the county take two translators from metro stations and give one to him and one to Anderson or take two for other kinds of stations so there is more variety of music or talk radio in the area.
"In the case of our stations, we have shadows where people can't pick up our signals and they don't," explained Smith.
Smith introduced the results of a poll conducted on the Sun Advocate's website the week of July 23. Visitors to the site were able to vote on four different scenarios concerning the situation. With 198 votes cast, 42 percent of the respondents favored leaving the translators alone, 35 percent wanted to reconsider all frequencies and make changes with public input, 13 percent suggested unplugging KISN and giving the frequency to another station for more variety and 10 percent voted to unplug KISN and give the license to a local station.
Some of the commissioners had seen the poll. But the officials pointed out that it wasn't a scientific sampling, but simply a web poll. One lawmaker was upset by the advertising Smith's station had been putting out during the week before the meeting about the situation.
"Sometimes people listen to stations for more than just the music or format," stated Commissioner Tom Matthews. "They sometimes listen for the DJs or other things. Personally, I think your ads this past week were misleading."
"Well they may have been misleading to you," responded Smith. "But they were not meant to be. But if you aren't willing to let the local stations have the transmitters then let's get some variety. We could use a more liberal talk station or music for some of the young people around here. They are starving for their kind of music."
The Carbon commissioners wanted to know if a change in the county translators to stations in the area would add to local listenership.
"There are blank spots in the county for both types of transmissions," explained Brady. "In some areas the counties Star Point translators can't be picked up, in other areas it is the local transmitters. Giving the local stations access to the translators would not really increase coverage in Carbon as much as it would give them more reach into Emery and Grand Counties."
A disagreement ensued between Brady and Smith about what the change would accomplish. Smith maintained that it would allow the local stations to broadcast to the Helper area. However, Brady pointed out that the Star Point translators do not reach Helper.
The commissioners then opened up the matter for public comment.
Pam Juliano indicated that she thought things should not be changed.
"I don't want to see FM 100 (now KSFI) taken off the air, because I really enjoy their Christmas music during the holidays," she stated. "I also have to question the ads that KUSA ran about this meeting. I don't like being scared into change."
Resident Richard Dart, a member of the family recognized as one of the pioneers of FM transmission in the area, addressed the commissioners during the meeting as well.
"The original intent of the FCC in allowing these translators was wide area coverage where there was none," Dart stated. "That was the original intent. It was grown from the idea that areas that had no service should have some. They made these frequencies available for the rebroadcast of signals where no local stations existed. But they also wanted to protect local stations in areas where service was also available. So local stations had requirements that translators did not."
Another local citizen, Jim Brooks, also made some comments during the hearing.
"I came here from California in 1994," pointed out Brooks. "I think we need to keep business here in Carbon County. If a change like this would keep local businesses more competitive, then I think we should do it."
With no further comments from the public, Krompel brought the meeting back into the commissions hands.
"I have had many calls about KISN," explained commissioner Mike Milovich. "I personally don't think I should make a decision about what people listen to. Since it appears this change will not make a big difference about what can be picked up by receivers in the county, I'm not sure a change is in order. If we are to make a change we need some type of poll of citizens to make the decision; something scientific."
Smith offered to help sponsor a poll if the process was the direction the commission decided the county would go.
But the issue of format change moved into another area at that point during the last commission meeting.
"These stations are bought and sold a lot," cautioned Brady. "We could change the stations that are on to get different formats and three months later the station we change to could be sold and the format could revert back to what we are trying to change."
The county commissioners decided that a poll would be a good idea, but money to conduct a survey would have to be budgeted. The lawmakers subsequently decided to study the idea.
Brady also pointed out to the commission that there would be a cost for rechanneling the transmitters if and when it was done.
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Anyone who follows the news has heard of the devastating cholera outbreak that is currently spreading across Haiti. This, coupled with Hurricane Tomas which raged across the country one week ago, is causing more pain and suffering for Haitians in a year that has been filled with troubles.
The cholera outbreak began on October 15, just nine months after the earthquake caused so much death and destruction. 700 people have already lost their lives to the disease and 11,000 more are currently hospitalized. The hurricane has made the situation worse as ruptured water pipes in some areas, prevent access to clean drinking water. Hurricane Tomas destroyed over 1,000 homes and some areas lost 70-90 percent of their crops. Over 24,000 people are homeless.
There are currently nine Fairtrade certified producer organizations in Haiti. FLO's liaison officer for Haiti has been in contact with each of them to assess damage and determine steps forward. Fortunately none of the groups have experienced loss of life, but all report some damage to their crops and to local infrastructure such as roads and access to electricity. Some groups are also located in the area of the cholera outbreak. Thankfully there are no cases of infection within these organizations so far. But it is very difficult to move from place to place, meetings have to be cancelled, transport is restricted.
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ofahn wrote: If Jones and Davis make the adjustments to take the holes out of their swings they could both be All Stars, but, again, there's no guarantee they will.
Jordan Tuwiner wrote:Do you want the O's to go out and spend $$$ on these players?
Matt P wrote:Do you really think that they can just magically fix their inabilities to lay off the breaking ball in the dirt?
Matt P wrote:Also, Jones has already been an All Star twice.
Seafordeagles wrote:YES, Josh Hamilton would have made a HUGE difference in the Orioles lineup.
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YES, that insanely STUPID contract that the Angels gave him could have WRECKED this franchise. LA wasn't even smart enough to include any clauses about his substance abuse. I don't wish failure on any human being, but I won't cry if this contract becomes a BIG HONKING PILE OF DUNG.
Seafordeagles wrote:So you think Hamilton wouldn't make a huge difference in the lineup?
that insanely STUPID contract that the Angels gave him could have WRECKED this franchise.
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YES, I want the Orioles to SPEND money. YES, Josh Hamilton would have made a HUGE difference in the Orioles lineup. YES, the Orioles make tons of money and are ABLE to spend so much more then they are now. YES, the Orioles made money in 1996 and 1997 when the had one of the highest payrolls in baseball.
NO, they won't jump their payroll to be a consistently competitive team.
thezeroes wrote:So to answer the question proposed by the thread title the only move I see that needs to be made is the signing of Joe Saunders to an incentive laden one year deal with a mutual option for 2014 based on incentives gained. A $4.5 million Base with incentives for games started that could raise it to $6.5 Million and what ever the final salary for 2013 would be the salary for 2014. (Brings a whole new meaning to playing for next years contract)
birdwatcher55 wrote:By signing Hamilton, they would have elevated their lineup to a new level. Angelos just won't spend money and has no desire to hit the $100m mark payroll wise. With the obscene amounts of money he makes off MASN, it makes no sense to me. If I'm Dan Duquette, I'm totally frustrated by this situation
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NORWOOD Divers will take to Norwood Lake soon to try to eliminate the invasive plant species Eurasian watermilfoil.
U.S. Rep. William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, attended an informational meeting with Norwood residents Monday to discuss the problem.
Milfoil is an aquatic plant that, if left unchecked, can choke out life in a lake and make boating nearly impossible. Milfoil plants were found in Norwood Lake last year.
Mr. Owens said invasive species like milfoil are a problem throughout the state.
We need to find ways to eradicate it, and one way to do this is to get information out there, he said.
Norwood will hire Aquatic Invasive Management LLC, Au Sable Forks, to eliminate the problem.
Completely eradicating milfoil is often impossible, according to Aquatic Invasive Management co-founder Andrew S. Lewis. So far, the plants found in Norwood Lake have been sparse, and it may still be possible to completely eliminate the problem before it becomes permanent.
The idea of eradicating it is something that we really hope for, he said at Mondays meeting.
His team will survey the lake to find the plant, then divers will remove all of it by hand.
Milfoil plants reproduce by growing and dividing. A single plant can create 10 more within a month, and once they take over the lake, the plants can create a thick blanket, rendering it useless for boaters, anglers and swimmers.
Clearing a densely packed body of water by hand can cost nearly $4,000 per acre, according to Mr. Lewis. In Norwood, where the milfoil has not had time to spread, the cost will be much lower, from $70 to $235 per acre.
The lake is about 400 acres, but only a few areas are affected by milfoil. The village has not yet agreed on a cost with Aquatic Invasive Management.
Mr. Owens said he has worked with Mr. Lewis before and has seen results.
Ive seen firsthand what Andrews group has done, and it is very effective, he said. He told Mayor James H. McFadden that he would help the village if he could and would possibly find grants to help cover the cost of cleanup.
The Norwood Lake Association, the town of Potsdam and Brookfield Energy will also be asked to contribute to the cleanup.
Its quite an undertaking, but we want to do it, Mr. McFadden said.
The results of Norwoods cleanup efforts will be watched by other communities along the Raquette River, and if the milfoil removal is successful, others may attempt similar projects. This is important, according to Mr. McFadden, because milfoil upstream can drift down and spread down the entire river.
Its going to be done systemwide, otherwise it will fail, he said.
Those at the meeting were warned not to try to remove milfoil themselves. Small fragments of the plant left behind are capable of growing and spreading, and well-intentioned but untrained people who take matters into their own hands may accidentally end up spreading the plant faster.
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DANCs fiscal year runs from April 1 through March 31.
The budget includes increases in health insurance and state pension costs. Compared with fiscal year 2012-13, spending on benefits for the authoritys employees is projected to jump nearly 9 percent, from $2,047,882 to $2,229,743. That increase is largely because of a 14.2 percent rise in health insurance premiums and climbing state pension costs; the authority now has 67 employees in the state pension system.
DANC hiked tipping fees it charges municipalities and trash haulers at the authoritys solid waste management facility, 23400 Route 177, Rodman. Effective Jan. 1, tipping fees charged to haulers rose $5 per ton to make up for a consistent decline in trash.
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WASHINGTON (AP, USA TODAY) - HSBC, the British banking giant, says it will pay $1.9 billion to settle a money-laundering probe by authorities in the United States.
The probe of the bank -- Europe's largest by market value -- has focused on the transfer of funds through the U.S. financial system from Mexican drug cartels and on behalf of nations like Iran that are under international sanctions.
The settlement, formally known as a deferred prosecution agreement, means HSBC can avoid criminal money laundering and other charges - which could have been a financial death sentence for the bank.
A July report and hearing by the Senate permanent subcommittee in the U.S. alleged foreign HSBC banks "actively circumvented" safeguards at the bank's U.S. arm designed to block transactions involving alleged terrorism, drug trafficking and rogue nations.
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STEM Skills Lesson Plan: STEM to the Rescue!
Submitted by: Adina Popa and Dr. Kari Stubbs
In this STEM Skills lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP and other online resources to research a science, engineering, or technology topic, and create a digital public service announcement to raise awareness of the topic.
Students will:
- Study what makes a persuasive argument by critically analyzing different public service announcements (PSAs)
- Use a variety of technology resources to create Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to increase motivation and bring relevance to the STEM subjects
- Publish the finished product on YouTube
- Creating Effective Public Service Announcements, by Brad Clark, Video Production Teacher, Franklin High School, Elk Grove Unified School District
- Additional examples of PSA's
- Additional sample topic list
- Kids Vid
- PSA worksheet
- Sample PSA lesson plan
- PSA Brainstorm Chart
Preparation:Practice using applications such as MovieMaker, Finale Notepad, Audacity, Microsoft Paint, Music Composition in the math curriculum, as well as BrainPOP.
Lesson Procedure:
- Explore examples of PSAs pertaining to science topics.
- In small groups participants choose a science topic of interest for their project, brainstorm ideas for PSAs, and correlate the ideas to science standards using PSA worksheet. Sample topic list provided in materials to support this process.
- Research facts about the science topic using web-based content, including BrainPOP.
- Write the script using Kids Vid
- Film your students movie/s.
- Using mathematical formulas, students will create the musical accompaniment to their project.
- Use MovieMaker to compile all information, render it, and create a movie file.
- Publish the finished product on YouTube.
Extension Activity:Checkout the BrainPOP Educators blog post, STEM to the Rescue - An ISTE Pre-Conference Workshop, to learn more about the ISTE pre-conference workshop that featured this lesson plan!
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By Kevin R. Betts
I started reading a book this weekend titled, "The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life." Author Len Fisher's central idea is that understanding swarm intelligence can help us make better decisions. Swarm intelligence refers to the collective behavior of decentralized organisms, whether they be locusts, ants, humans or otherwise. The inside cover reads, "…we can use swarm intelligence to start a craze, to work better in committees and get more from our social networks, or even to know when we should change our minds." Stated simply, it is sometimes in our best interest to just follow the crowd.
As a student of social psychology, one particular question that Fisher asks caught my attention. When in an emergency situation, how can one best navigate a crowd to exit an area where others are also trying to exit? Real life examples of such situations include the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001 as well as the nightclub fires in Rhode Island in 2003 and Moscow in 2009. Fisher's recommendation is that potential victims head straight for the exits and continue onward until they are at a safe distance. He suggests that this ideal strategy is often impeded, however, by individuals who stop to seek out loved ones or secure their belongings and interfere with the flow of exiting traffic. What Fisher is suggesting is that we not try to be heroes. Rather, we should get the heck out while we can and expect that others are doing the same!
Fisher's solution to this problem caught my attention because it promotes safety by discouraging helping behavior. It is known that in emergency situations where many people are present, people often fail to provide assistance because they either do not notice the incident, fail to interpret it as an emergency, or fail to assume responsibility. In the case of the 2001 terrorist attacks or the nightclub fires, it is probably the failure to assume responsibility which discourages helping the most. Social psychologists refer to this phenomenon as the bystander effect and have focused much effort on techniques to overcome it. This is because in most cases, it is socially advantageous to help. For example, coming to the aid of an individual experiencing a heart attack on a crowded street might save a life. Yet, as Fisher makes apparent, other situations exist where the best way to help others is simply to help ourselves.
Few of us will ever find ourselves in situations like those experienced by victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks or Rhode Island and Moscow nightclub fires. If we are so unfortunate, however, we might wish to take Fisher's advice by at least considering whether our assistance would be of any value. What would you do in this situation? Do you expect that your loved ones would do the same?
Read more:
5 years after a nightclub fire, survivors struggle to remake their lives (New York Times)
Hoefnagels, C., & Zwikker, M. (2001). The bystander dilemma and child abuse: Extending the Latané and Darley Model to domestic violence. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31, 1158-1183


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Fourteen CSU campuses honored for Service Learning and Civic Engagement
14 CSU campuses honored for Service Learning and Civic Engagement
Judy Botelho, (562) 951-4749
President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
CSU Center for Community Engagement
(March 2, 2010) –Fourteen California State University campuses have received the highest federal honor that universities can receive for their commitment to service learning and civic engagement.
The CSU's 14 campuses are among more than 700 institutions of higher learning that were named this week to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service to America's communities from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Launched in 2006, the Honor Roll recognizes colleges and universities nationwide that support innovative and effective community service and service-learning programs.
Six CSU campuses received the "Honor Roll with Distinction" designation: Dominguez Hills, Fresno, Fullerton, Monterey Bay, Sacramento and San Bernardino. Eight CSU campuses were named "Honor Roll" members: Channel Islands, Humboldt, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pomona, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos and Stanislaus.
The CSU was the first higher education system in the country to establish a system office supporting service learning and community engagement. According to the CSU Center for Community Engagement data, the 23 CSU campuses had 5,794 partner sites for student placement in 2008, compared with 3,560 in 2007. Additionally, more than 170 new service learning courses were created in 2008, with the total number across the campuses reaching more than 2,570 courses.
Approximately 63,000 CSU students provided more than 1.2 million hours to their communities through their service-learning courses in 2008. The economic impact of this service totals $24.3 million (based on the accepted national volunteer rate). If service learning, community service and civic engagement hours were totaled for the nearly half of CSU's 450,000 students who provide some type of service, the total annual economic impact approaches $650 million.
"Together, CSU campuses and California's communities have shouldered numerous set-backs both in funding for education and social service programs. This national recognition honors the many individuals both within the CSU and across California whose contributions, perseverance and dedication continue to spark innovation and support the needs of Californians," said Judy Botelho, CSU director of the Center for Community Engagement.
About the Honor Roll
The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is presented during the annual conference of the American Council on Education. A full list is available at www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll. President Obama has pledged to make service a central cause of his administration and wishes to commemorate the significant role that higher institutions, their students, staff, and faculty play in helping to solve pressing social problems in the nation's communities.
About the California State University
The California State University is the largest system of senior higher education in the country, with 23 campuses, approximately 433,000 students and 44,000 faculty and staff. Since the system was created in 1961, it has awarded nearly 2.5 million degrees, about 90,000 annually. Its mission is to provide high-quality, affordable education to meet the ever-changing needs of the people of California. With its commitment to excellence, diversity and innovation, the CSU is the university system that is working for California.
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11/22/63by Stephen King
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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King's heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination — a tour de force.
Following his massively successful novel Under the Dome, King sweeps readers back in time to another moment — a real life moment — when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has the power to change the course of history.
Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students — a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night fifty years ago when Harry Dunning's father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.
Not much later, Jake's friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane — and insanely possible — mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake's new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life — a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.
A tribute to a simpler era and a devastating exercise in escalating suspense, 11/22/63 is Stephen King at his epic best.
"High school English teacher Jake Epping has his work cut out for him in King's entertaining SF romantic thriller. Al Templeton, the proprietor of Al's Diner in Lisbon Falls, Maine, has discovered a temporal 'rabbit hole' in the diner's storage room that leads to a point in the past — 11:58 a.m. September 9, 1958, to be precise. Each time you go through the rabbit hole, according to Al, only two minutes have elapsed when you return to 2011, no matter how long your stay; furthermore, history resets itself each time you return to that morning 53 years ago. Al persuades Jake to take a brief, exploratory trip through the rabbit hole into 1958 Lisbon Falls. After Jake's return, a suddenly older and sick-looking Al confesses that he spent several years in this bygone world, in an effort to prevent President Kennedy's assassination, but because he contracted lung cancer, he was unable to fulfill his history-changing mission. 'You can go back, and you can stop' the assassination, he tells Jake. Jake, with only an alcoholic ex-wife by way of family, is inclined to honor his dying friend's request to save JFK, but he also has a personal reason to venture into the past. A night school student of his, school janitor Harry Dunning, recently turned in an autobiographical essay describing how on Halloween night 1958 Dunning's father took a hammer to Dunning's mother and other family members with, in some cases, fatal results. An attempt to head off this smaller tragedy provides a test case for Jake, to see if he can alter the past for the better. Hundreds of pages later, once over the initial hurdles, Jake is working under a pseudonym as a high school teacher in Jodie, Tex., an idyllic community north of Dallas. Knowing who's going to win sporting events like the World Series comes in handy when he's short of funds, though this ability to foretell the future turns out to have a downside. Indeed, the past, as Jake discovers to his peril, has an uncanny, sometimes violent way of resisting change, of putting obstacles in the way of anyone who dares fiddle with it. The author of Carrie knows well how to spice the action with horrific shivers. In Jodie, Jake meets a fellow teacher, Sadie Dunhill, who's estranged from her husband, a religious fanatic with serious sexual hangups. Jake and Sadie fall in love, but their relationship has its difficulties, not least because Jake is reluctant to tell Sadie his real identity or reason for being in Texas. Clearly inspired by Jack Finney's classic Time and Again, King smoothly blends their romance into the main story line, setting up the bittersweet ending that's as apt as it is surprising. He also does a fine job evoking the sights, sounds, and smells of the late '50s and early '60s. The root beer even tastes better back then. By early 1963, Jake is zeroing in on a certain former U.S. Marine who defected to the Soviet Union and has recently returned to the U.S. with his Russian wife. Relying on Al's judgment, Jake is only about 75% sure that Lee Harvey Oswald alone shot JFK, so he spends much time trying to ascertain whether Oswald is part of a conspiracy. Jake admits to not having researched the Kennedy assassination while still in 2011 Maine. If he had, he might've given up after concluding that it would be hopeless to try to stop, say, the Mafia, or the CIA, or Vice President Johnson from killing Kennedy. On the other hand, the plot would've been a lot less interesting if Jake, convinced on entering the past that Oswald was the sole gunman, felt compelled to eliminate Oswald long before that pathetic loser settled into his sniper's nest in the Texas School Book Depository, toward which Jake winds up racing on the morning of November 22, 1963. In an afterword, King puts the probability that Oswald acted alone at 'ninety-eight percent, maybe even ninety-nine.' 'It is very, very difficult for a reasonable person to believe otherwise,' he adds. King cites several major books he consulted, but omits what I consider the definitive tome on the subject, Vincent Bugliosi's Edgar-winning Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Norton, 2007). Bugliosi, who makes an overwhelming case in my view that the Warren Commission essentially got it right, covers the same ground as a book King does mention, Gerald Posner's Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK (Random, 2003), then goes on to destroy the arguments of the conspiracy theorists, with wit and ridicule as weapons. Of course, there will always be intelligent and otherwise reasonable people, like PW's anonymous reviewer of Reclaiming History and King's wife, novelist Tabitha King (a life-long 'contrarian,' King tells us), who side with the host of cranks emotionally invested in believing Oswald was the patsy he claimed. Those folks may have a problem with this suspenseful time-travel epic, but the rest of us will happily follow well-meaning, good-hearted Jake Epping, the anti-Oswald if you will, on his quixotic quest. Peter Cannon is PW's Mystery/Thriller reviews editor." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"In King's...first full-length novel since 2009's Under the Dome, the horror master ventures into sf....King remains an excellent storyteller, and his evocation of mid-20th-century America is deft. Alternate-history buffs will especially enjoy the twist ending." David Rapp, Library Journal
"King's imagination, as always, yields a most satisfying yarn." Kirkus Reviews
"[O]ne of the best time-travel stories since H. G. Wells. King has captured something wonderful. Could it be the bottomlessness of reality? The closer you get to history, the more mysterious it becomes. He has written a deeply romantic and pessimistic book. It's romantic about the real possibility of love, and pessimistic about everything else." Errol Morris, The New York Times Book Review
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Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark No Stars, Blockade Billy, Under the Dome, Just After Sunset, the Dark Tower novels, Cell, From a Buick 8, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Lisey's Story and Bag of Bones. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, was recently re-released in a tenth anniversary edition. King was the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he was inducted as a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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I'm looking for a text editor that supports Markdown and has a spell check function. I would prefer a Windows program, although I can deal with a Linux solution. I don't own a Mac.
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I'm looking for a text editor that supports Markdown and has a spell check function. I would prefer a Windows program, although I can deal with a Linux solution. I don't own a Mac.
EDIT: Do any of these editors support live preview?
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MarkdownPad - This is a fully featured Markdown editor with live preview.
Also, you might want to try Sublime Editor. I read that it support Markdown.
TextMate can do this. Mac OS X only.
e ("TextMate for Windows") can as well.
The TextMate instructions for activating live preview of Markdown files also apply to e.
http://writemonkey.com/ supports Markdown and Spell check. It runs on Windows as well as a portable app. I really like it. My one gripe about it is it does not support syntax highlighting for Markdown.
Markie is wysiwyg markdown editor made with Python & wxPython.
Gonzo runs on Windows and is Open Source. Don't know if it has spell checking, but you could add that if you like!
There is http://code52.org/DownmarkerWPF/ which looks very Metro and has built in spell checker.
There seem to be a lot for Macs, but I have not seen any for Windows. There are also plenty of JavaScript markdown preview libraries, I am using one typing this funnily enough.
Emdee (Mac OSX) has just been out in the last few days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foE-dXgTHoU
There is also http://keshiki.net/markdown-editor/ another Mac only program.
This might work on Windows with a bit of effort: http://codeboje.de/wysiwyg-markdown-editor/
I use gVim. Does a pretty good job with Markdown, has a reasonable spell checker and is an excellent text editor. It is very difficult to learn to use.