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We Were Right About the Costs of War
Listen to Rep. Paul deliver this address.
This month, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced the addition of some 1,900 mental health nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers to its existing workforce of 20,590 mental health staff in attempt to get a handle on the epidemic of suicides among combat veterans. Unfortunately, when presidents misuse our military on an unprecedented scale — and Congress lets them get away with it — the resulting stress causes military suicides to increase dramatically, both among active-duty and retired service members. In fact, military deaths from suicide far outnumber combat deaths. According to an article in the Air Force Times this month, suicides among airmen are up 40% over last year.
Considering the multiple deployments service members are forced to endure as the war in Afghanistan stretches into its second decade, these figures are sadly unsurprising.
Ironically, the same VA Secretary Eric Shinseki was forced to retire from the Army by President Bush for daring to suggest that an invasion and occupation of Iraq would not be the cakewalk that neoconservatives promised. Then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, who is not a military veteran, claimed that Gen. Shinseki was "wildly off the mark" for suggesting that several hundred thousand soldiers would be required to secure post-invasion Iraq. Now we see who was right on the costs of war.
In addition to the hidden human costs of our seemingly endless wars are the economic costs. In 2008, Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote, with Linda Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. Stiglitz illustrated that taking into account the total costs of the war, including replacing military equipment and caring for thousands of wounded veterans for the rest of their lives, the Iraq war will cost us orders of magnitude greater than the $50 billion promised by the White House before the invasion. Add all the costs of Afghanistan into the mix, wrote Stiglitz, and the bill tops $7 trillion.
Is it any wonder why our infrastructure at home crumbles, health care is more expensive and harder to come by, and unemployment together with inflation continue their steady rise? Imagine the productive power of that $7 trillion in our private sector. What could it have done were it in private hands? What may have been discovered, what diseases might have been cured, what might have been built, how many productive jobs created?
With the bills coming due for our decade of reckless military action, the cuts rarely come from the well-connected military-industrial complex with its lobbyists and powerful political allies. In President Obama's 2013 budget, troop strength is to be cut significantly while enormously expensive and largely superfluous weapons systems emerge essentially unscathed. As defense analyst Winslow Wheeler wrote this month, costs of the "next-generation" fighter, the F-35, will increase by another $289 million — this despite the fact that the fighter is badly designed and already outdated, a "virtual flying piano," wrote Wheeler.
The military contractors building monstrosities like the F-35 are politically connected and thus protected. Unfortunately, returning military veterans are less so. In the same 2013 budget, the White House proposes to increase medical and pharmaceutical costs paid by veterans while reducing their cost-of-living increases. And how many years of increasingly alarming mental illness and suicide statistics has it taken for the modest increase in resources to be made available?
Those who predicted the real costs of our decade of global military conquest were ridiculed, scoffed at, and fired. History has now shown us that much of what they warned was correct. America is clearly less secure after a decade of unnecessary wars. It is more vulnerable and closer to economic collapse. Its military is nearly broken from years of abuse. Will we come back to our senses?
Read more by Ron Paul
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13 Responses to "We Were Right About the Costs of War"
And Cheney, Wolfowitz, Frumm, Bush, Rumsfeld and many others are rolling around in six or seven digit income jobs while the rest of the country eats beans. Put them all on trial.
Forget the trial lets go straight to the necktie party.
Amen to both you guys and put Obama and Rahm Emmanuel in the long list.
We should be electing this man as our president and burying the rest of the zio treasonous bastards! Wake the F**k up, America!
Better yet, let's go to the polls and elect a third party libertarian-progressive alliance ticket.
I hate to sound like an a-hole; however, I perceive things 'may' be spiraling out of control.
On balance: I think "we" (the American people as an aggregate) have "come to our senses" on many of these 'issues'–if informed 'sense' was ever gone to begin with. The "argument" has been decisively 'won' from my perspective; be that as it may, just because the "argument" has be 'won' and "popular opinion" reflects this, "popular opinion" on foreign policy matters doesn't seem to translate into actual policy.
Some, perhaps many, may not agree with this conclusion (and this may not have been true in the past where a different dynamic was at work); be that as it may, let's consider the facts: the war in Libya wasn't popular, ever… Depending on how the issue is framed: the impending war in Iran isn't popular…and even when the "Iran" 'issue' is grossly misrepresented, a war with Iran doesn't seem to be overwhelmingly "popular", if at all for that matter, from the information I have (which may be inaccurate or outdated). The "war" in Afghanistan' is overwhelmingly 'unpopular' (although, I would say, this 'war', for all intents and purposes, "may" already be 'over' in reality).
Accurate information and "facts" are obviously essential. That being said: factual information, and an "informed public", doesn't inherently translate into 'solutions'. Just because I may "know" I'm getting screwed, it doesn't automatically mean I, as an individual, know what to do about it in order to change the dynamic.
Getting the "right" people into 'power' at the same time, if this could actually happen, if they are not already (which is a separate topic..) would only be a short term 'fix' anyway–as it would be dependent on the whim electorate–which may vote such "right" people into office for reasons completely unrelated to "foreign policy" in the first place.
The "wars" today don't seem to benefit anyone with the exception of an extremely limited few. A lot of, if not most, people seem to already know and recognize this.
So what now?
Maybe one approach, which would be different than the status-quo, would be to educate people about how the "system" really works and what tactics and activities are are actually effective. Obviously the "neocons" have figured this (the 'system') out…if not mastered it… Are the "neocons" simply smarter and superior human beings than "non-interventionists" (or anyone else for that matter)? I think not. Maybe it's just that the "neocons" have simply figured out the "game". Is there any reason the "neocons" can't be beat at the 'game' they've obviously figured out and mastered? I don't think so…although, some may disagree. What I'm sure of is that: the "neocons" can't be beat if no one figures out, and plays, the 'game' they're already playing and have mastered–I'm certain of this… You can't 'win' if you don't "play" and/or don't know the "rules"…that's a no-brainier.
Do "neocons" rely primarily on "popular opinion" for their influence and power, or does this come from other places? Objectively speaking: are "neocons" more "wealthy" than the aggregate of the US population; or are they simply more organized and connected (which Dr. Paul may have mentioned)?
I don't have all the "answers"…I'm just throwing out some questions because things don't seem to "add up" to me…. If the "neocons" could be beat at their own game, and popular opinion were against them as well (which it already seems to be), I simply don't see how they could continue to "win"…
And what are doing american citizens, they are submit and without réactions, trapped by their inept
patriotism maintaining excess.
No, peace and justice will be served by turning them over to the Taliban.
Remember that all this nonsense is all about freakin Israel,its security and expansion,we fall,they rise and we pay the price.Bottom line, people! And the MSM and every factor of our government is under their control,the people who can't play well with others.
[…] This month, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced the addition of some 1,900 mental health nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers to its existing workforce of 20,590 mental health staff in attempt to get a handle on the epidemic of suicides among combat veterans. Unfortunately, when presidents misuse our military on an unprecedented scale — and Congress lets them get away with it — the resulting stress causes military suicides to increase dramatically, both among active-duty and retired service members. In fact, military deaths from suicide far outnumber combat deaths. http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2012/04/30/we-were-right-about-the-costs-of-war/ […]
Dr Paul, running as third party candidate, will pull a lot of antiwar Democrats and many conservative Republicans, but he won't win.
The good news is that, in so doing, he may destroy the Republican party.
As usual. The only man who makes sense is the one who has been called "crazy" for months on end. If he's crazy then I'm certifiable.
[…] a warm up. .. on our way to 1000000 degrees Fahrenheit. We Were Right About the Costs of War . http://original.antiwar.com/paul/201…-costs-of-war/ . . In addition to the hidden human costs of our seemingly endless wars are the economic costs. In […]
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GOP threatens to subpoena EPA over pollution studies
Washington • House Republicans say they are tired of waiting for the Environmental Protection Agency to hand over research data behind the nation's clean-air regulations and on Monday threatened to issue a subpoena if they don't receive the information by the end of the month.
Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the agency, co-signed a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, who was confirmed Thursday after a five-month delay. Stewart, who joined forces with Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, accused the organization of "blatant disregard for administration policy and President [Barack] Obama's promise of transparency" by ignoring repeated requests for copies of the studies used to link air quality to health problems.
The subpoena threat came on the same day that the House GOP proposed slashing the EPA budget by a third.
"Given the central role of these publicly-funded analyses in providing justification for major, costly EPA regulations, it is imperative that this information be open and transparent," the letter read.
Americans, the letter said, "have a right to know whether EPA's new rules are based on sound science or a partisan agenda."
EPA spokeswoman Alisha Johnson said in a statement that the agency has provided Congress with all of the information it currently has available, and has requested additional data from outside researchers. Those researchers, including some at Harvard University, have declined to release the data collected 20 years ago citing legally binding confidentiality agreements with study participants.
Stewart and Smith counter that these claims "ring hollow" given that they have been asking the agency for this data for more than two years.
The committee's request sounds much like the challenges of climate skeptics aiming to discredit the science behind global warming. They hint at the possibility that faulty and "hidden" data has been used to justify regulations under the Clean Air Act that cover all types of air pollution, including summer smog, coal-plant emissions related to regional haze and the sooty pollution that plagues Wasatch Front valleys in the winter.
The letter comes weeks after the Obama administration ordered the EPA to propose limits on carbon dioxide emissions from coal- and gas-fired plants, angering those in the fossil-fuel industry and their Republican allies. It also comes up as the Obama administration scrutinizes scientific studies on the health impacts of ozone pollution, with an eye on possibly tightening allowable limits.
Restrictions on ozone levels, Stewart and Smith argue in the letter, "are expected to be some of the most costly regulations the federal government has ever issued."
These regulations will likely have a significant effect in Utah, a state which suffers from poor air quality. Stewart has argued previously that naturally occurring levels of ozone are much higher in Western states due to the area's topography and the frequency of wildfires.
The current acceptable ozone standard is 75 parts per billion, a level all 29 Utah counties are able to meet. The agency has yet to determine how strict the new regulation will be, but Utah lawmakers are concerned that it may set an impossible threshold. Counties that fail to comply with EPA standards encounter construction restrictions and reduced federal funding.
Smith and Stewart suggest that a reluctance to release the data, which support the health-benefit claims behind emission reduction, casts doubt on the legitimacy of the agency's research, writing: "If EPA has nothing to hide, why not provide this information to Congress and the American people?"
Johnson said that peer-reviewed science "consistently shows that particulate matter and ozone are linked to harmful health and environmental effects," adding that the EPA will continue to take into account relevant research in the field.

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Earnings, Schooling, and Ability Revisited
David Card
NBER Working Paper No. 4832
This paper presents a survey and interpretation of recent research on the return to education. The empirical findings in a series of current papers suggest that the causal effect of education on earnings is understated by standard estimation methods. Using a simple model of optimal schooling developed by Gary Becker (1967), I derive an explicit formula for the conventional estimate of the return to schooling and for alternative instrumental variables and fixed- effects estimators. The analysis suggests that instrumental variables estimates based on 'interventions' that affect the schooling choices of children from relatively disadvantaged family backgrounds will tend to exceed the corresponding OLS estimates.
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Join Kaplan and Cambanis as they chat about the book and policies of success and failure in post-invasion Iraq.
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LAHORE: The slain SSP Karachi Crime Investigation Department, Chaudhary Aslam Khan, is yet another high-ranking Pakistani Police official who embraced martyrdom in the line of duty during the last one decade or so., writes Sabir Shah.
SSP Aslam and his family had escaped a serious bid on life when a suicide bomber had rammed an explosives-laden car outside his house on September 19, 2011. It is worth recalling that this was the second life attempt on Chaudhary Aslam.The Hazara-born SSP's house was completely destroyed in the September 2011 blast, which had otherwise claimed eight lives.
Chaudhary Aslam Khan is among the nearly 150 police officers and constables who have laid down their lives in Karachi since September 7, 2013, when the ongoing operation against criminals had commenced.Overall, he perhaps is the highest-ranking and most celebrated police official to have been assassinated in the port city ever.
Prior to SSP Chaudhary Aslam, other top police officers killed in the country so far include: DIG Operations Fayyaz Sumbul (killed in Quetta on August 8, 2013), Chief of Peshawar City Police Malik Saad (killed on January 27, 2007), Commandant of the Frontier Constabulary Safwat Ghayur (martyred on August 4, 2010 in Peshawar), Police Surgeon Syed Baqir Shah (shot dead on December 29, 2011 in Quetta), Senior Superintendent of Police (Rural) Khurshid Khan (killed in an attack on a police check-post at Peshawar-Kohat Road on October 15, 2012), Superintendent of Police Hilal Haider Khan (killed by a suicide bomber in Peshawar on November 7, 2012), Senior Superintendent Police Hilal Ahmed ( killed on August 6, 2013 in Gilgit-Baltistan's Chilas town), SP Investigation Quetta Jamil Kakar (shot dead in Quetta on September 7, 2012), SP Shah Mohammad (killed in Karachi on May 28, 2012.
He was among the people nominated in the second FIR lodged at Karachi's Gulberg police station in connection with the killing of MQM Chief Altaf Hussain's brother, Nasir Hussain, and his nephew, Arif Hussain, in 1997. The complaint was filed by MQM's Shoaib Bukhari against SP Shah Muhammad, who was then an SHO, against Pakistan People's Party slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto, former chief minister of Sindh late Abdullah Shah, former Federal Interior Minister late Major General (R) Nasirullah Khan Babar, the then SHO Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan (now SP) and Sub Inspector Ahmed Shah).
Some top police officials, who have managed to survive terrorist attack in recent times, include Inspector General of Balochistan, Mushtaq Sukhera, who was unsuccessfully targeted by a suicide bomber on May 12, 2013 at Quetta's Zargoon Road.
The suicide bomber, riding a vehicle, had blown himself up immediately after IG Mushtaq Sukhera had entered his residence. The top Balochistan police official had escaped unhurt in this attack.
It is pertinent to note that CCPO Quetta Mir Zubair was also with him on the occasion. At least seven persons, including four policemen, were killed and more than 60 others were injured in this incident.
On November 17, 2009, a Police Deputy Inspector General, Nizam Shahid Durrani, was seriously wounded in a blast in Quetta. On September 18, 2013, SP Sariab area (Quetta) Basheer Ahmed Barohi's official vehicle was fired at by unknown gunmen. He had escaped unhurt too.
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The militants were equipped with RPG-7 rockets and they had targeted two vehicles in the convoy. During the May 2010 terrorist attack on an Ahmadi place of worship in Lahore's Garhi Shahu locality, SP Cantt Haider Ashraf and ASP Civil Lines Lahore Maroof Wahla were also wounded.


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Downton Abbey Spoilers, In Case You Just Can't Wait
As expected, the season will open with dark undertones. Mary is trying to cope with the loss of her husband, and according to Dockery, she's not ready to move on — and she's busy dealing with her now-fatherless children. "At the beginning, it's very difficult with the baby," Dockery told TV Line. "She looks at him and she sees Matthew. She's still adjusting."
You can expect Lady Mary to revert back to her colder, darker persona, but the series will also provide a few laughs. For starters, Paul Giamatti is coming on board to play the family's uncle with a, well, not-so-wholesome reputation. He'll arrive during the Christmas special, and Dockery assures us that this time around, we won't need to brace ourselves for heartbreak and tragedy. Here's to another season of Downton goodness ahead. (TV Line)


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Anne Hathaway has been forced to wear her arm in a sling after having a "minor accident".
The 29-year-old 'Devil Wears Prada' star stepped out in New York yesterday (30.05.12) wearing a see-through supportive rest which showed her limb in a bandage underneath.
Her representative told the Daily News: "She had a minor accident over the weekend and injured her wrist."
The spokesperson added that the damage is "nothing serious."
The actress - who was spotted going to meet a friend for lunch in the Brooklyn borough - has been filming her new movie 'Les Miserables' in London, England.
Last week her ex-boyfriend was deported from the United States of America.
Raffaello Follieri was taken from federal prison in Loretto, Pennsylvania and kicked immediately out of the country.
The convicted conman - who was Anne's partner between the years of 2004 and 2008 - pled guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering in October of the year their relationship ended.
He swindled millions of American dollars from investors in a church-buying scheme.
Raffaello was released after a four-and-a-half-year stint in jail and quickly sent back to his native country Italy. - Bang Showbiz
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When looking at the quests I've done since arriving in Pandaria, one of the things that interested me is the idea of stewardship, of responsibility to the land. The pandaren are a noble people in many ways, but I could easily imagine a tauren finding their stewardship of the land wanting. Save for the Shado-Pan none of them really seem invested in the land's welfare or its defense. Keeping in mind that tauren are the survivors of a generational war with the centaur, who stole their lands and murdered them wholesale, I looked at the lands of Pandaria with his eyes and I saw the yaungol invading and I shuddered. Here we have a clear cousin people to my own, and here they are, invading and destroying, tauren become centaur, and suddenly it was all too easy to justify following Garrosh and his orders. The pandaren clearly can't hold this land, can't defend it, and whatever else the Horde might be it cannot be said that it isn't strong. The rise of the Thunder King in patch 5.2 only serves as confirmation that it falls to the Horde to defend Pandaria.
It goes both ways. Sure, the Alliance tries to spin its presence on Pandaria as one of encirclement, of containing the Horde threat. But is that why you're there? Did your worgen get tired of fighting for Gilneas, seeing it as hopeless, and run away to a new land to start over only to get dragged into another war? Are you a night elf sick to death of hearing about nature, more comfortable with dispatching others dispassionately than thinking about big issues? Maybe you've come to Pandaria to get rich collecting and selling artifacts and could care less about the war, considering there's been three before this one and the fighting never seems to stop. Sure, the pandaren themselves seem nice enough, but it's been ten thousand years since they sealed themselves off from the world and all their greatest monuments and accomplishments seem to date back to before that, what have they been doing all this time? It's not that hard to imagine a justification (one you don't have to share in real life, by the way) for taking control of what could definitely seem to an outsider to be a stagnant land helpless to defend itself.
That's what interests me most about Pandaria and the storylines that have unfolded as the patches have dropped -- we've gotten to see how the Horde and Alliance change Pandaria as much as how it changes them. But the Horde and Alliance, as monolithic as they may seem, are in fact made up of individuals like your characters, and in a way however you choose to interact with these storylines is the microcosm for how they're changing, respectively. Don't close yourself off from experiencing that, like I almost did. Even a loyal orc warrior can start to have doubts, given enough cause.
Mists of Pandaria is here! The level cap has been raised to 90, many players have returned to Azeroth, and pet battles are taking the world by storm. Keep an eye out for all of the latest news, and check out our comprehensive guide to Mists of Pandaria for everything you'll ever need to know.


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|AIM: To investigate if absent or reversed end-diastolic flow in the umbilical artery (AREDF) is associated with neonatal mortality, morbidity or long-term neurocognitive outcome in extremely preterm infants exposed to preeclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction. METHODS: Prenatal Doppler data were retrospectively collected for liveborn infants with gestational age (GA) <28 weeks or birth weight (BW) <1000 g, born small for gestational age (SGA- BW <5(th) percentile for GA) or of mothers with preeclampsia at the four largest university hospitals in Norway during 1999-2000. Neonatal mortality and morbidities, cerebral palsy (CP) and IQ at 5 years of age were compared for infants with or without AREDF. RESULTS: Of 260 infants, 84 were eligible and 71 of them had sufficient Doppler data. Of these, 38 (54%) had AREDF. Of 33 infants born <28 weeks, 7/19 (37%) with AREDF and none of 14 without AREDF had severe cerebral haemorrhage (SCH) (p=0.01). AREDF was not significantly associated with mortality, other NICU morbidities, CP or reduced IQ. For the 38 infants with GA ≥28 weeks AREDF (19/38) was not associated with adverse outcomes. CONCLUSION: AREDF was associated with increased risk of SCH in extremely preterm infants (GA <28 weeks). ©2013 The Author(s)/Acta Paediatrica ©2013 Foundation Acta Paediatrica.
|Siw Helen W Eger; Kristian Sommerfelt; Torvid Kiserud; Trond Markestad
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This grandiose half-moon of buildings on the eastern edge of the Parque de María Luisa was Spain's centerpiece pavilion at the 1929 World's Fair. The brightly colored azulejo (painted tile) pictures represent the provinces of Spain, while the four bridges symbolize the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. In summer you can rent small boats to row along the arc-shaped canal.
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It's a very simple looking game, but has more stuff in it than any modern game I've ever played. You start out on an island with nothing but your hands. The island is randomly generated at the start of the game btw, and the map is never ending, the farther you explore, the more map is generated for you!! You can dig up dirt, and tear up trees for your first building materials, because you're going to have to find somewhere to hide before nightfall (zombies attack). Eventually you will have a good home/fortress and can start mining for diamonds, obsidion, iron, red stone (for the games electricity system), coal, gold, etc. Make a work bench out of some wood for crafting. Crafting is when you take the materials you mine or scavenge and put them together to make tools and other interesting things. I'd describe this as "Legos the Game", but it's so much more than that. Build whatever you want, where you want, as tall as you want. Underwater, floating islands, whatever.
One the coolest things about this game is that it's still in beta testing stages. The best part of that is Notch, the creator, actually takes people input from the beta, and includes it in the game! Some of the things that are in the game now from player recommendations are minecart and track systems, farming, domestication of animals, and electric system for powering doors, dynamite, etc and a weather system. Anybody has access to the beta for $20.
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Jesuit Encounters "Warm Heart of Africa" Through New Educational Efforts in Malawi
Serving in Zambia on sabbatical in 1989 had a life-changing affect on Jesuit Father Peter Henriot. "Working in a village development project with local people and doing simple tasks did almost more for my education than all the other learning I gathered while studying and working in the United States. And at the end of that year, the people there gave me the best gift – the desire to stay."
And for the next 21 years that's exactly what Fr. Henriot was able to do, having joined the Zambia-Malawi Province (transferring from the Oregon Province) while working with the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection in Zambia after having spent the previous 16 years with Center of Concern in Washington, D.C. And, then in 2010, he was assigned to another purpose – to help establish Loyola Jesuit Secondary School (LJSS) in Malawi.
Although it is a country rich in natural resources, Malawi, whose nickname is "The Warm Heart of Africa," continues to be one of the poorest countries in the world in terms of human development. It ranks a somber 153 out of 169 on the United Nations Human Development Index, which is largely caused by lack of educational opportunities for its youth.
"There simply is no future for Malawi without better education for the young people," Henriot states.
Jesuit Returns to His Alma Mater as President
Jesuit Father Timothy Lannon, who began his first official day as the 24th president of Creighton University on August 1, is the university's first alumnus to serve as president. He is happy to return to his roots.
"I have a sense of this place," said Fr. Lannon, who credits previous president Jesuit Father John Schlegel with being instrumental in his decision to become a Jesuit priest. "It's been a long time since I was here. But one thing that has not changed is that students' lives are changed here," he said.
Lannon said he plans to take the next few months to "listen and learn" before announcing any changes or plans for the university.
"I want to get a better feel and build upon those dreams for the university," he said.
One plan Lannon does have is to try to encourage more young men to join the Jesuit priesthood, something he actively pursued in his previous position as president of Saint Joseph's University.
Lannon said that as a kid, the priests at his home parish in Iowa "seemed almost too holy" while the Jesuits at Creighton appealed to him. "I am a Jesuit priest first," he said, "and a university president second."
Read more about Lannon in the Omaha World-Herald.
New School in the Sudan Offers Renewed Hope
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As 183,000 students return this fall to the campuses of the 28 Jesuit-affiliated colleges and universities, many will find themselves standing blurry-eyed in the campus coffee house ordering a triple shot, nonfat, no foam venti latte to help keep their eyes open during their first morning lecture hall class of the semester. For the students at Gonzaga University in Spokane, that latte not only helps them make it through their Statistical Analysis 101 class, it also helps students 7,600 miles away on the campus of the Catholic University of the Sudan.
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The pilot program, called the African Outreach Donate a Latte, was started last year and allows Gonzaga students to donate $2 from their dining program's funds to the Sudanese school in Juba that opened its doors last fall to its inaugural class of 35 students. Thousands of dollars were raised last year via the Donate a Latte program for the new Catholic university, providing much needed materials such as books and even building materials for the school. For Jesuit Father Mike Schultheis, vice chancellor of the Catholic University of the Sudan, Gonzaga's coffee for charity initiative also keeps him connected to his home province of Oregon, even though he's been working in educational apostolates in Africa for more than 30 years.
First Jesuit Cristo Rey School Opens in the South
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Fifty years after the founding of the first Jesuit school in the city of Houston, the Jesuits and their lay collaborators are poised to once again found another school in the same city with a focus on getting the poorest and most-at-risk children of Houston ready for college. Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston, the first co-educational school sponsored by the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province, will open its doors to 100 freshmen on August 10, 2009. Its inaugural class of young men and women will participate in one of the most exciting educational models in the country – the Cristo Rey Network that consists of 23 schools across the nation.
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The genesis of the Cristo Rey Network began more than a decade ago in Chicago's Little Pilsen neighborhood, a low-income area largely populated by Mexican immigrants. The Cristo Rey model, the brainchild of Fr. John Foley, SJ and his Jesuit and lay colleagues, emerged from the realization that the expense of a Jesuit college preparatory education was prohibitive to economically disadvantaged families living in this Chicago barrio.


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ALBANY, Ga. -- On Friday, traffic patterns on the 2700 block of Meredyth Drive are expected to change as a new entrance to One Meredyth Place will be opened and an existing entrance will be closed permanently.
Drivers will now turn onto Nancy Lopez Lane to enter the parking lot at the front of the building. Additional parking spaces will be opened as well to accommodate patients and patrons.
It will allow for a better flow of traffic in the area, officials with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital say. Hospital officials added that the public's safety is a main concern during these changes, and they are asking that drivers be aware of the new traffic patterns.
Beginning Oct. 1, the entire parking lot will be open, allowing for more parking in advance of the grand opening of the Phoebe Digestive Health Center, which is scheduled for Oct. 28.
Ground was broken for the facility in August 2011, with a "topping out" taking place four months later. The center reflects an investment to the tune of roughly $35 million.
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Training or exercise, simply put, is a stress placed on the body. Its short-term effects are catabolic, meaning that exercise, particularly in the form of resistance and endurance training, includes the breakdown of muscle fibers (micro-tears) and bone (micro-fractures). On the other hand the long-term effects, which typically occur during rest and nutrient intake or eating, are the repair and rebuilding of stronger and more efficient muscle and bone, as well as cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and in which effectiveness is dependent on the type of training. These longer term processes of repair and re-build responses is an evolutionary adaptation to the stress that results from training.
On a different yet related note, cortisol is a stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands, which sit right atop the kidneys. It is a hormone strongly associated with fat deposition especially around the belly area or the umbilical. This means that the higher the cortisol produced the higher the tendency is to deposit fat.
Stress on the body comes in different forms and may result from many different factors that include mental, physical and even spiritual. Stress, however, is not necessarily a bad or negative thing (distress). Positive or good stress (eustress) may come in the form of feeling joy and excitement. Physical training is a form of stress that may initially seem negative at a micro-scale but its long term adaptation response is a healthier stronger body that makes one feel better and more confident.
Taking in consideration the aforementioned, one can safely deduce that the chronic stress of overtraining or excess physical training, such that the body does not have enough time to recover and starts to predominantly produce cortisol, may very well result in undesired body composition profile changes that depict lower lean muscle and increasing body fat and visceral fat (fat around the gut and organs) levels. In essence, research supports the argument that elevated cortisol resulting from chronic excess physical training is a significant confounding factor in increased fat deposition especially around the belly area as well as lowered lean muscle mass levels especially in individuals attempting to "lose weight" by integrating caloric restriction.
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Carl L. "Banjo" Frank, age 83, passed away Mon., June 13, 2011 at his home.
The son of Martin and Agnes, he was born Feb. 18, 1928 in Toledo.
Carl was a Toledo firefighter for 33 years, retiring in 1981.
Carl was a member of the Zenobia Shrine Drum Corp and the Scottish Rite. He volunteered for many years as a driver for the Zenobia Shrine Children's Hospital and tirelessly delivered potatoes to many local charities for over 40 years.
Carl also volunteered at the Toledo Firefighter's Museum and was one the "cellar dwellers." He loved to attend the various single dances around town.
He is survived by his children: Diane (Jim) Johnson, Kim (Tony) Wolf, David Frank, Art (Pam) Garn; grandchildren John Wolf, Kelli Anne, Traci Sartor, Nicholas, Amanda, Tyler Garn; great-grandchild Aubrey; brother Howard (Carol) Frank; sister Sharon Greene, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Rita; second wife, Harriett; sons Tom and Jeff, and daughter Melanie.
Friends may visit the family from 6-9 p.m. Thursday and 2-9 p.m. Friday at the Walker Funeral Home, 5155 Sylvania Ave. (west of Corey Rd.), Toledo, Ohio where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday. A Last Alarm service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday.
Contributions may be made to the Toledo Firefighter Museum, 918 W. Sylvania Ave., Toledo, OH 43612, or the West Ida Immanuel Lutheran Church, 3879 Jackman Rd., Ida, MI 48140.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.
When I'm Gone
When I come to the end of my journey,
And I travel my last weary mile,
Just forget, if you can, that I ever frowned,
And remember only the smile.
Forget unkind words I have spoken;
Remember some good I have done.
Forget that I ever had heartache,
And remember I've had loads of fun.
Forget that I've stumbled and blundered
And sometimes fell by the way.
Remember I have fought some hard battles
And won, ere the close of the day.
Then forget to grieve for my going;
I would not have you sad for a day,
But in summer just gather some flowers,
And remember the place where I lay.
And come in the shade of the evening,
When the sun paints the sky in the west.
Stand for a few moments beside me,
And remember only my best.


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But Mirman and Gene share more than a common name. Mirman knows exactly where this little guy is, development-wise. And it's wiser than you might think.
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I know I said I was going to blog about Goodreads giveaways, the how-tos and my stats from my recent giveaway. I will, I promise – next post! But I'm bumping that post back because right now we authors have the opportunity to give Goodreads feedback on a program the site is currently developing. It's called the Premium Author Program. And I'm not sure how much longer we'll have the chance to offer Goodreads our take on this program.
So what is the Premium author program?
Goodreads tells us the program is "currently under development" and will offer authors "increased access to their readers as well as premium features to help promote and market their work." It may have a monthly fee attached to it, though.
Some of the proposed features I found most exciting were the ability to customize each of your books' profiles, choosing which testimonials to feature about each book, as well as choosing the top review to display for each book.
Also, the program will allow authors to customize their author pages, picking the order of books displayed, featuring certain content such as blog posts or video clips, and eliminating ads. The program promises to give authors detailed statistics on each of their books, as well as the ability to invite readers to events and to message readers when new books come out.
How you can give Goodreads your thoughts:
Go to your author dashboard on Goodreads. You'll see, on the right-hand side of your screen, text links to your profile, seller account, and now the "Premium author program." Click the link, which will bring you to a page that gives a bullet list of foreseen premium benefits. At the bottom of the page, you have the opportunity to vote on whether or not you're interested in the program. You also can tell Goodreads what monthly price you feel the premium program is worth. And then at the bottom of the form is a field for you to type in your thoughts about the program. Goodreads asks which features you'd like to see and which benefits you find most enticing. Remember to click the "submit" button at the bottom of the form when you're done.
What I said to Goodreads:
I responded in the form by saying I was interested in the premium program. As for benefits, I said I was interested in Goodreads listing e-book giveaways and in Goodreads possibly becoming an e-book retailer for all interested authors on all formats. But I didn't put in a monthly fee; I left that at $0. I think every author should have an equal opportunity to give away and sell e-books, especially if Goodreads is taking a cut of the sales and benefitting from increased use of its site. Also, allowing authors to order how their books are displayed ought to be a no-brainer that Goodreads allows every author to do, premium or not!
As for choosing which reviews and testimonials to feature and eliminating ads, these benefits would be nice, but I'm not going to pay for those services at the present time.
I believe this premium program would only enhance the Goodreads experience for members – why should Goodreads charge authors for that when it's a win-win for everyone involved?
What about you? What would you like to see in the Goodreads Premium Author Program?
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Too often good news about endangered species seems no where to be found. But recently, the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, the most endangered species of sea turtle, had one heck of a day.
Five of the turtles who were taken in for rehabilitation by the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in 2012 were released into the wild. Chipper, Sunshine, Garfield, Nicky and Diva all made their way back into the ocean. The Kemp's ridleys had another endangered friend who was released at the same time, a green sea turtle.
But the two species will probably split up quite quickly. Wildlife ecologist Jonathan Pitchford said, "I always like to tell people when you release a Kemp's Ridleys they kind of move away real slow, kind of easily, when you release a Green they kind of take off fast. So it's kind of fun to release both but the Greens are definitely faster."
One of the turtles was fitted with a tracking device. Not just scientists will be able to follow his path. Chipper, named after Pass Christian Mayor Chipper McDermott, will be trackable over the Institute's website, although he hasn't been added to the site just yet.
Topping out at about 100 pounds, Kemp's ridleys are the smallest sea turtle, and they were actually improving their population numbers before the BP oil spill which set the animal's back. But the real threat to this species? Being caught as by-catch in trawls, gill nets, longlines as well as other types of fishing gear.
About Ali BermanAli Berman is the author of Choosing a Good Life: Lessons from People Who Have Found Their Place in the World (Hazelden) and Misdirected (Seven Stories Press). She works as a humane educator for HEART teaching kids about issues affecting people, animals and the environment. Her published work can be found on her website at aliberman.com. In early 2012 Ali co-founded flipmeover, a production company with the mission to use media to raise awareness of social issues.
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To capitalize on the network's record-high viewership on the night of Thursday, August 23rd, GSN has scheduled an early preview episode of "The Pyramid" for Thursday, August 30th at 10pm Eastern and Pacific, airing after their new cooking competition, "Beat the Chefs".
"The Pyramid", hosted by Mike Richards ("Beauty and the Geek"), will premiere in its regular weekday time slot on Monday, September 3rd at 6pm Eastern and Pacific.
"The Pyramid" is a revival of the classic game show created by Bob Stewart. The show, then hosted by the legendary Dick Clark, was originally a staple of daytime television in the 1970's on ABC and in the 1980's on CBS and in syndication. A previous revival, hosted by Donny Osmond, had a short run in syndication from 2002 to 2004.
GSN hopes for yet another hit on their hands shortly following the success of "The American Bible Challenge", which delivered an average of 1.73 million total viewers on Thursday, August 23, 2012, according to Nielsen Media Research – an all-time high for viewership of a single telecast on the network.


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Kendra Wallace, Fossil Preparator and Research Aide
Preparator, Paleontology Division, MoTTU, 2014 - present
Departmental Intern, Exhibits Division, MoTTU, 2012 - 2013.
Master of Arts (CFAS Museum Science), 2012, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), 2008, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
Kendra Wallace began her Museum Science graduate degree at Texas Tech University with an interest in the natural sciences, but it was not until fulfilling a practicum in the Paleontology Division of the Museum of Texas Tech University (MoTTU) that she discovered her true interests. Since graduating with her BA degree in Museum Science, Wallace has completed another practicum focused on fossil preparation, in addition to learning survey-style field collecting.
Wallace spent JuneSeptember 2011 working with MoTTU Anthropology Curator Dr. Eileen Johnsons paleoanthropology field crew, focusing on Pleistocene paleontology. Later, Kendra interned as fossil preparator and field assistant at Mesalands Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari, NM, under the supervision of curator Dr. Axel Hungerbuehler. Afterwards, she spent the next year and a half working for the MoTTU Exhibits Division on numerous museum gallery remodels and redesigns. Now, Kendra is delighted to be back at her principal interest, fossil preparation, in the MoTTUs Paleontology Division, with Bill Mueller and Dr. Sankar Chatterjee.
|Wallace using consolidant to preserve a specimen.
|Preparing a fish fossil with a pin vice.
|Using picks and other hand tools to prepare a fossilized specimen.
|Wallace is using an air scribe to remove matrix from a micro-fossil.
Rebecca Millham, Meg Reel, Rachael Thomas, and Kendra Wallace. 2013. The Davies Gallery: An Interdivisional Approach to Exhibit Design. Mountain Plains Museum Association, Lincoln, Nebraska. Poster.


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- Adjust the beads so they lay inside the channels, then make a basic loop.
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Flirting is foreplay in street shoes. It can be done anywhere men and women meet. Great lovers practice flirting constantly. You can flirt with a woman in nearly every social situation.
Flirting is the indirect display of interest between a man and woman. The underlying message, ultimately, is sexual interest. The most adept flirts have learned what kind of flirting is appropriate for every social situation and never cross that invisible line of impropriety.
Flirting can also be done without an underlying sexual meaning, though. Genuine warmth and interest in a woman can often be read as flirting.
If you are a single man, flirting is an essential skill in dating. But don't stop flirting when you get into a committed relationship or marriage. Keep flirting with your lady. It's great fun and keeps the relationship spicy.
So, how does a single guy flirt successfully?
1. A relaxed smile conveys self-confidence. So, smile genuinely.
2. Make eye contact. Don't stare at her like a zombie, but use your eyes to express interest in her eyes, her hair, her lips, her neck, her nose.
3. Introduce yourself with a warm handshake. Make it firm, but not a vice grip. Hold it a second or two more while you're speaking.
4. When she tells you her name, ask her if you may call her by her first name. Once she agrees, use her name repeatedly in your conversation. Everyone likes to hear their name. It's bad form if you have to ask her to repeat her name.
5. Compliment her as the conversation moves along. Early compliments can be about her appearance in general, or specifically about her hair, clothing, shoes or jewelry. Ask creative questions about something about her.
6. Great Lovers are experts at appropriate touching. Learn touch techniques. It is seldom appropriate to grab a woman's body as a form of flirting. That's too overt. Part of the fun of flirting is that it is somewhat fleeting and subtly suggestive. Touch her on her hand, her forearm, her arm or shoulder while you're talking as a way to draw emphasis. Now, you've entered her personal space. Do it delicately. But you have another potent touch weapon. If you are moving through a crowd, you can either have her take your arm or hold your hand. You could also let her lead and place your hand in the small of her back. Nothing below the belt line, though.
7. Great lovers are great listeners. If there is a follow-up phone call, email or text message, mention something she told you that you remember. Shows interest.
8. Don't interrupt. Wait until she stops speaking to reply. Don't just step on her words or jump in when she takes a breath. That shows that you're more interested in talking than listening to what she's saying.
9. Be a gentleman. Open doors, hold a chair, buy a drink…you know what to do.
10. Leave the conversation with a message. Ask for her phone number, email, or just ask for a date. Remember that you are 100% certain NOT to get a date that you DON'T ask for.
Watch for part two of "Become an expert at flirting" next week.
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You should meet up with the guy who was trying to work out how to return a girls dresser /door/... you appear to have a lot in common.
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Were not alcoholics, were just impatient for fridays
It came up in court that I told the arresting officer my name was Thomas Jefferson, and I was born in 1776. I almost kept a straight face. Almost.
he asked me out through an event invitation on facebook, the title read Romantic Dinner For 2
Let's play a little game called "Chill the Fuck Out" - you're our first contestant
casually drinking alone with your cats. do they like sparks?
we turned his baptism video into a drinking game
Just realized I lost my social security card...maybe someone else will do something with my life
At what point during this road trip should I let them know I've been drinking in the backseat the whole time and can't take my turn driving?
Yeah we can't find him. He left a note saying he left and isn't that drunk with what appears to be an attempt at the quadratic formula for proof. He also wrote down his number and left his phone by the note
using no condom is gross. my vagina has a dress code.
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I just went in my fridge and said to my turkey "see you thursday". I seriously have issues
On a scale of one to america, how free are you this weekend?
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Just showed mom and dad the pics from San Francisco, while i played the Full House theme song in the background.
So I'm playing pool in my cowboy boots and some guy came up looks at my boots and goes, "you should've got the boots with the fur"
I think I reached optimum potential when I summersaulted straight into a kiddie pool.
Segways are the fanny packs of transportation. Useful in some situations, but you always look like a tool when using one.
fuck you guys, stop putting fake babies in my car the cops came again.
you left a note on your car that said " please dont tow, im to drunk to drive. safety first!"
wanna get hammered and throw tomatoes at the people standing in line for the midnight showing of harry potter and yell whichcraft is evil
Waldo just asked us for directions. Even he doesn't know where he is.
Talking to this girl is like playing minesweeper on hard. There's red flags everywhere.
Dude, I just saw a bird vs. squirrel fight. A car won.
So for two years my friend Mark has been building a catapult in his basement. Yesterday he realized it's too big to get it out.
Just got a event reminder on my phone to never party with you again.
FYI..good luck when you get back from work.. mom and dad know about the boy you brought home last night
we all know. he obviously didn't leave when you might have told him to.. he came down when we were eating because he coud smell mom's cooking. the dude ate with us and offered to say grace. so yeah, good luck.
hungover subway ride filled with german tourists and a mariachi band. too early. too fuckin early
last night this guy was hitting on me by showing me the famous people he had in his contacts on his cell... when he asked me if i knew lindsay lohan, i said "whose that? sounds asian"
I decided you couldn't drive after you asked where the time circuits were on your Altima
NEWS FLASH: A bottle of wine can fit into a taco bell cup.
There is an asian family here, I heard the mom call her son onyong
She said her hobbies include bangin guys on one night stands and then sending them facebook relationship requests the next morning just to freak em out
He came into the hospital yelling "HEY EVERYBODY! REMEMBER ME?"
He screamed "Hug me!" and dove into the bushes. How he gets laid every weekend is beyond me.
Stop. You don't mean that. Tequila might mean that. But you don't mean that.
I could've eaten a live cat and wouldn't remember it today. That level of drunk.
My 11 year old cousin is wearing a Jane Austen fan club t shirt. I'm trying not to tear into her, but I'm five coronas deep and losing control.
we thought you were sober enough for a movie but you took one look at emily blunt and screamed "aw this bitch?!" and passed out 30 seconds later
I have to decide between the hot young blond with no apparent gag reflex, and the brunette with a great ass and a trust fund.
After giving the pizza guy directions you told him to look for the big stupid looking kid outside in purple
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- 1 kg lamb/ mutton cut into 2″ pieces
- 1 cup yogurt
- 2 tbsps garlic paste
- 2 tbsps lemon juice
- 2 tsps garam masala (see link below for recipe to make your own)
- Salt to taste
- 3 tbsps vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil
- 4 green chillies slit lengthwise
- 2 tsps coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 2 medium tomatoes chopped fine
- Ginger julliennes to garnish
- Fresh chopped corainder to garnish
How do i make Kadhai Gosht Recipe:
- Mix the lamb/ mutton with the yogurt, garlic paste, lemon juice, garam masala and salt to taste, cover and allow to marinate for 3 hours.
- Heat the oil in a Kadhai (or any other wok-like pan) on a medium flame. Add the green chillies and fry till they stop spluttering.
- Add the lamb with its marinade and fry, stirring frequently, for 5-7 minutes.
- Now add the tomatoes, corainder and cumin powder and mix well. Sprinkle some water over the meat, cover, simmer the flame and cook till the meat is done. Check occassionally and add more water if needed to prevent sticking and burning. Ideally this dish has a minimal amount of thick gravy.
- Turn off fire, garnish with ginger and coriander leaves and serve with hot Chapatis (Indian flatbread) or Naans.
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Summit Country Day junior Bryce Hueber, Assistant Coach Keith Harring and senior Elizabeth Williams attend the OSSCA All-State banquet in January.
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Both Summit Country Day School soccer programs continue to make headlines across the state as three players and one coach were honored at the All-State banquet held by the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association in January.
Girls' varsity Assistant Coach Keith Harring, Fairfield, was awarded the Kim Mahoney Award, the highest honor that a coach can receive at the state level, according to USA Today High School Sports. The award is given to a girls' coach based upon ethics and sportsmanship. Coach Harring has been a member of The Summit coaching staff for three seasons, including the 2011 Division III State Championship season.
"When you are recognized by your coaching colleagues it's extra special," said Coach Harring. "When you are recognized for your commitment to teaching good sportsmanship, respect, character, and the development of the whole person, it means this award would not be possible without the girls on the team actually putting them into action. I believe it is the reason I came to Summit because (Head Coach) Mike Fee and his coaches always exemplified these qualities."
Coach Harring has coached multiple sports, including baseball, ice hockey, soccer and track and field, for 43 years. In his nine years as girls' soccer head coach at Badin, he coached one state championship team and finished runner-up twice. He has also won an ice hockey state championship and coached two individual state track and field champions. Coach Harring said that this is the top honor he has ever received, and that it ranks among the state championships he has won. He said that this group of girls has made it possible and that they have a lot to look forward to moving ahead.
"The girls at Summit are a great group of ladies that the entire school community can be proud of. They are very good athletes, but even better, they all represent the concepts of this award and will become successful in life," said Harring.
Also receiving recognition was senior Elizabeth Williams, Indian Hill, and junior Bryce Hueber, Newtown, who both received First Team All-State honors by the OSSCA. Elizabeth was a team captain and was also awarded MVC Player of the Year, SW Ohio Player of the Year, All-Ohio Academic and NSCAA All-Region IV among her multiple accolades for her senior season. Elizabeth will graduate holding nine Summit girls' soccer records, including goals scored (65), points scored (154) and game-winning goals (20).
Bryce was also named MVC First Team, All-Ohio and NSCAA All-Region IV. She currently holds two school records for multiple-assist games in a season (4) and points scored in consecutive games (9). Both Bryce and Elizabeth were members of the 2011 State Championship team.
In boys' soccer, senior Caelan Hueber, Newtown, was named to the OSSCA Second Team All-State for the second time. Caelan was a member of the 2012 Division III State Championship team and was named first team All-SW Ohio and first team All-MVC. Caelan will graduate from The Summit second all-time in assists.


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Everyone's had bad experiences in the past. The question is will we let them govern our futures.
She longed to say it, but she just couldn't. Holding herself back was just another one of her harmful pastimes. She knew that opportunities were passing her by, and all she had to do to grab them was stretch out her delicate fingers, but still, she couldn't do it. There wasn't something wrong with her; she wasn't born that way… It was just her past, she let it govern her. Lately she'd only been guided by her fears. That's how it'd been since the wedding incident. It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, she'd been dreaming about it ever since she was a little girl. But, her worst fears had been confirmed on that terrible disaster of a day. He fiancé was cheating on her. Wedding off. Self-esteem down the drain. Tears streaming down her face night and day for the next month. Couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. Everything she knew had changed. But now it's been a year, and she knows she's in for another big change. Really, it's all up to her: she could either make the change something positive, or try to ignore it and hurt him in the process. Of course she knew how he felt about her; all the hand-picked flowers and cards with meaningful gifts and sweet moments and murmurs under the stars made it obvious. She's always loved him and now… Now it was time to speak up. She looked deep into his eyes and knew he was sincere, but even still he had to admit saying yes would be taking a chance. Her eyes slipped down to her fingers. Oh God, how it was beautiful! It was silver, with three diamonds, a breathtaking yellow canary diamond in the middle that must have been worth thousands. He told her it was because she was his sunshine. She glanced back at his eyes thinking that he was waiting for an answer and must be getting more anxious by the second. It wasn't fair to do this to him especially when she'd had the answer looping over and over again in her head. But, when she got back to his face all she saw was confidence. Confidence, and his signature heart-warming smile. I couldn't help but smile back at him. He took my breath away… He took my fear away.
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