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Fired Now.
Fired at season's end, no matter what.
Fired at season's end if we don't win the North.
Allowed at least one more season, if not more.
Kept here for as long as he'll stay.
Express your opinion on McCarney's job status. Some things to think about.
1. We were bad before McCarney. Really bad.
2. A lot of the bowls we've been to did not even exist until recently.
3. He has been Big XII coach of the year. (twice???)
4. The team seems to have plateaued under his leadership.
5. We could have clinched the Big 12 North for the past two years if he had been able to beat an inferior oppenent, and failed.
6. We have an uncanny ability to throw away games late. (see #5)
We were awful before McCarney. He may not be the best coach in the NCAA, but he's consistent. We hadn't had that in years.
as much as I am upset about this season so far, I am loyal and I still say 'buy' at this point. However, if we dont' become a 8-9 win team soon, I will sell. I mean, seriously, how many years are me going to ride the 6-7 win season. Hell, K-State went from ***** to awesome to ***** in the time it has taken us to 'plateau' at 7 wins.
at this point if any needs to go I would say Defensive Coordinator.
we need a defense that can play all quarters especially the 4th.
If you look at the records from the coaches prior to Mac, Duncan would have taken us to two bowls under the current system, Criner would have taken us to a bowl, and even Walden would have taken us to a bowl.
The guy will never get this program to another level, if it hasn't happened in 12 (that's twelve) years, it ain't gonna happen.
I was never a fan, but I really thought that he could see what all of us see, open up the offense, get the ball to Blythe, etc. But he hasn't, so now we must, for the good of the program, wish Dan well and send him back to a coordinators job, which really is his strength.
Jeffrey A Crawford
Our defense hasn't been too horrible. Remember our D is young and inexperienced, though talented. I think nobody here can say they expected anything better at this point. I do agree as though it seems they tend to break in the 2nd half.
I think the less than stellar start to the season has fallen on coaching style and the inability of our offense to execute (see coaching).
Sell McCarney if he doesnt win 7 games this season. If he does get 7 wins this season, but doesn't win more than 7 next year, then sell. So basically if he can finish this season out to be decent, keep him. If he can't do anything after next year, give him the boot.
Originally Posted by cyrocksmypants
CG. No one knows what you're talking about.
Originally Posted by cowgirl836
I am a buy, but with a caveat: He must consistently get to 8 wins w/in a couple years. What is interesting to me is that as a kid growing up as a Squawkeye (I saw the light at 19 when I transferred from CSU to ISU) nobody gave a rat's arse about ISU. Sure, we had some die-hard kids and teachers in my high school, but honestly, realistically, nobody cared.
Now look at us. Sure, we have seemingly plateaued for a while. That is inevitable. But people CARE. We have our own wall at Jordan Creek Mall. Lead singers of 80's rock bands are wearing our starting QB's jersey out on stage for an encore. Our AD is pushing us all as alumni and students to do something about our college sports programs. We are disappointed at 7 win seasons.
Nobody, unless they are a storied program (of which Iowa is not one, no matter what people say) gets to rise, and keep on rising. Everybody platueaus - its just that ours is a win or two less than the "storied" college football programs. But that can come, and change as we get better.
So what this rambling is all about is look how far we have come, and can go. What I would love to know is how much influence DMac has on the game - realistically. So if somebody does know, please fill me in! O and D coordinators for the most part call those aspects of the game, with the head coach (I think) sometimes stepping in. I know that DMac has the final say, and he has a game plan, but wouldnt' it be better if we kept the great motivator that DMac is and get some "young minds" in here? I mean if Chuck Long and Bret B at Wisky can get head coaching gigs, there has to be a slew of assistant coaches who are somewhat of a dreamer when it comes to play calling, who are just jonesin' for a chance to be an O or D coordinator at a Big Twelve school.
So there you have it - fix it by getting rid of the old guard, namely the O, get a Frank Beamer-esque special teams coach - and bring in some young minds. As a roommate of a former ISU college hoops walk-on who has great stories of how DMac would approach him before and during the season about playing hard and working hard, my roommate felt like he was ready to suit up and play football for DMac, thats how good of a motivator he is. So for all of those reasons mentioned above, and for the potential our school has, I am buying DMac.
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I agree. Lets take a knee when we are ahead with 1:30 in any half. If we are losing, don't worry we will take a knee.
The coordinators make the play calls, however the philosophy comes from the man in charge. That philosophy is what has become the problem. If we are going to keep this coach, then we have to bring in new coordinators. New blood with a fresh approach, and have Dan just stay the hell out of the way.
Sell, Sell, Sell.
The team that played to win...won. Period.
Game was over when we started sitting on it at the end of the first half.
Mac brought us to the gates of greatness...its obvious that we need someone to get us to the next level. Furthermore if you are happy with our 6-5 seasons I hope you like being the assitant manager at subway for the rest of your life. I would rather be 1-11 than watch this nonsense every year. Don't tell me we didn't have the talent to win today, last year vs. KU or the year before vs. Mizzou.
Jamie... pull the trigger my friend, pull the trigger.
Hey! It's all ball bearings nowadays.
I want to ask all of the fans two questions:
1)Do you feel that you deserve to have a winning football program (not 6-5, but 8-9 wins consistently)???
2)With what we know of Mac, and we have plenty of evidence after 12 years, do you feel he is the coach to take this program to the next level???
I would appreciate feedback, with solid reasoning, not just yes/no.
Thank you for your taking time to consider these questions.
Originally Posted by Angie
We were awful before McCarney. He may not be the best coach in the NCAA, but he's consistent. We hadn't had that in years.
True, but let's not settle for mediocrity. Do you want to watch ISU win, or just be somewhat better than awful???
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."- President Ronald Reagan, 1985
Originally Posted by darts180
I want to ask all of the fans two questions:
1)Do you feel that you deserve to have a winning football program (not 6-5, but 8-9 wins consistently)???
2)With what we know of Mac, and we have plenty of evidence after 12 years, do you feel he is the coach to take this program to the next level???
I would appreciate feedback, with solid reasoning, not just yes/no.
Thank you for your taking time to consider these questions.
Good questions. I definitely feel that we deserve 8-9+ wins consistently! And I don't think that DMAC is the guy to get us to the next level. I love the guy & admire his determination & enthusiasm, but let's just thank him for getting us this far (competing consistently in nearly every game but not consistenly WINNING). He's done a lot for ISU, but we'd be better served at this point with new blood. BTW, these were my thoughts BEFORE the Iowa game today...
Originally Posted by Fletch
The team that played to win...won. Period. I hope you like being the assitant manager at subway for the rest of your life.
Hilarious way to put it! I for one do not want to be the asst manager at Subway my whole life. Let's set higher standards JP!
Originally Posted by St8Grad
True, but let's not settle for mediocrity. Do you want to watch ISU win, or just be somewhat better than awful???
I understand completely what you're saying, St8Grad. I truly don't want to watch us just pass by. There are just so many glimmers of hope - granted, some of them are wasted, but the hope is still there...
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Special achievement award winner Richard W. Lemm graduated from BH in 1969 and went on to flight school at Lewistown, Mont. Lemm's love of flying began when he worked for Clyde Ice, the "father" of aviation in South Dakota. Since then, Lemm has worked outdoors for much of his life, including time with the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
From 1970 through 1977, Lemm was flight instructor and program administrator for Sky Ranch for Boys as well as a charter pilot and various other aviation positions. In 1977 he began a 25-year career with Mini Mart Inc. During that time Mini Mart grew from 25 to 120 stores. He retired as regional vice-president from Mini Mart in July 2002. Lemm's love of the outdoors has not diminished.
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I'm no geologist (or Teutonic expert... ), but something about the movement(s) of your plates doesn't seem right to me. They all seem to be 'chasing' each other, moving in the same direction. There's hardly any spots where they are either separating, colliding, or sliding against each other, so how, for example, is that massive island chain in the west being created?
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He is pursuing something he's dreamed about for years.
Chavis was hired as a head coach for the San Antonio Defenders team in the National Spring Football League.
"It's solely dedicated to being a developmental football league for guys who slipped between the cracks in the National Football League. It's professional football. It's just not the Major League," Chavis said.
"Our league will operate around $7 million for the year for all eight teams," he said.
The teams include Boston, Rhode Island, Virginia Beach and Atlanta in the East Conference, and Houston, San Antonio, Los Angeles and San Jose in the West Conference.
Chavis said one combine (tryout) on Jan. 26, which included 40-yard dash, agility shuttles, one-on-one drills and seven-on-seven drills.
Chavis had a second combine on Feb. 16.
"Both were held at Wheatley Heights Sports Complex, 1023 Upland Road.
"We have yet to lock down our home field, but it looks like it might be the Dub Farris Stadium," he said.
Season tickets for the games go on sale in a little more than a week.
"We'll have to get it locked down before sales," Chavis said.
So, how did Chavis land the job as head coach?
"I played in Europe back in spring 2006 – over in Scotland, actually. I have a bio on Europlayers.com, and I've kept the bio up," he said.
Chavis was offered six coaching jobs in four days.
"I interviewed for the head coaching job for the Houston team on Dec. 15. They were going to bring me on as an assistant, but two days later, they said they were putting together a team in San Antonio," he said.
"They asked if I wanted the head coach job there, and I said yes."
Chavis is a Three Rivers High School graduate. He joined the U.S. Navy and was attached to Marine infantry units as a hospital corpsman. He served overseas and all over.
He was hired on at Blinn College in Brenham and coached in 2006 at East Central College at Decatur, Miss.
He has coached in semi-pros since 1999.
In 2010, he was named "Coach of the Year" in the South Texas Amateur Football League.
His first law enforcement job was with the Live Oak County Sheriff's Office in 2008 for six months.
He spent two-and-a-half years in Dilley where he was a corporal investigator for about nine months before a lieutenant was hired.
He has been with the George West Police Department since April 2012.
In addition to Chavis, the National Spring Football League has hired a general manager: Everett Hernandez, and a director of marketing: Merissa Love.
Chavis said he will commute to San Antonio for now.
Chavis is married to Amanda and has a 2-year-old daughter, MacKenna Rae.
"Amanda is excited about it. The season is only five months out of the year."
The first game is April 20. Chavis said the San Antonio Defenders will be playing the Boston Freedom Fighters.
"The head coach of the Boston team – Patrick Pass – has three Super Bowl rings.
Chavis wasn't sure, but he said tickets will be between $10 and $20.
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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- The Rockford Area Arts Council's Community Arts Access Grants are available for individual artists, arts organizations, and non-profit organizations wishing to apply for grant funding for projects in 2013.
This program partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. Additional funds come from the City of Rockford and our memberships. Grants are awarded to individual artists, arts organizations as well as other non-profit organizations, and schools within our four-county service area of Boone, DeKalb, Ogle and Winnebago Counties. Fundamental to the mission of the Arts Council is its goal to nurture artists and arts organizations; grants are one of several ways to address this goal. Grants are reviewed by arts professionals and community members committed to the arts. Reviewers carefully evaluate each application according to guidelines and criteria.
The grant application deadline for projects taking place in 2013 is November 16, 2012.
Community Arts Access Grants, for individual artists, arts organizations, and non-profit
organizations. Grant maximum is $2,500.
Open Admission: Action Grants, for Rockford area individual artists or arts organizations for new projects. Grant maximum is $350.
The Rockford Area Arts Council will offer a Grant Seekers Workshop for individuals, arts
organizations, and non-profit organizations wishing to apply for grant funding for projects in
2013. First time applicants are encouraged to attend. The workshop will be held Monday, November 5 at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Rockford Area Arts Council office, 713 E. State Street, Shumway Market Building, Rockford, IL.
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Our Community Forest
FUNdamental to Lincoln's "Green Infrastructure"
One of the hallmarks of Lincoln's quality of life is its community forest, which is a prominent feature of its landscape. A canopy of thousands of trees is showcased in many shades of green in the summer and vivid reds, oranges and yellows of autumn.
It is also an important resource for the health and well-being of our environment and society. Trees lower heating and air conditioning costs, prevent erosion, provide wildlife habitats, reduce storm water runoff, increase property values and make our neighborhoods more livable.
Doing its part to maintain and preserve our priceless community forest, the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department's Community Forestry Section is responsible for all City-owned trees. It monitors the planting, pruning and removal of trees on public property, which includes street trees, park and golf course trees and trees along our trails.
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- Since 1976, Lincoln has been nationally recognized as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The four criteria that must be met to qualify for this status include:
- Annual Arbor Day Proclamation and Celebration
- Legally constituted tree body
- Ordinance which pertains to trees
- At least $2 per resident spent on trees
- The 2009-2010 budget is just over $1 million
- Currently, the number of full-time personnel is 16
- Forestry maintains over 125,000 public trees, of which 87,000 are located on 1,217 miles of streets
- Since 1998, Forestry has trimmed over 126,000 trees, supervised the planting of over 9,300 trees and removed over 37,700 volunteer, diseased, dead, dying and/or hazardous trees
- Tree City USA (33 years)
- Tree City USA Growth Award (19 consecutive years )
- Named Sterling Tree City USA in 2000
- Tree Line USA Utility – Lincoln Electric System (5 consecutive years)
- Tree Campus USA - University Nebraska Lincoln & Nebraska Wesleyan University (2 years)
Of the 3,400 Tree City USA communities nationwide, Lincoln, Nebraska is currently the only one to have all of the above designations!


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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Enes Kanter had 14 points and 14 rebounds
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Marvin Williams scored 14 points while Jamaal Tinsley added 11 points and five
assists for the Jazz, who got 10 points each from Al Jefferson and Gordon
Kobe Bryant posted 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Lakers,
who fell to 0-3 on the preseason. Metta World Peace posted 13 points in the
The Lakers held a 46-35 lead after the first two quarters, but Utah posted a
34-point third quarter and continued to pour it on in the final quarter to
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I have the CVS build nearly working on CentOS 4.2. It's pretty straight forward, and can be done one of two ways. You'd use one of the two procedures that follows, then just follow the typical CVS build instructions as found in ZimbraServer/docs. I should have a build script available soon though :-)
The long way is:
1) Add Build Platform
Edit: ZimbraBuild/rpmconf/Build/get_plat_tag.sh, and add:
To the 'if' statement section at the top labeled "if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ];".Code:grep "CentOS release 4" /etc/redhat-release > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? = 0 ]; then echo "CentOS4" exit 0 fi
2) Add dir in WebClient
cd ZimbraWebClient/bin
cp -ra RHEL4 CentOS4
3) Add PCRE Target
Edit: ZimbraBuild/defs/coretargets.def
Add a line which reads:
4) Create the CentOS4.def fileCode:pcre_CentOS4: ;
In same dir as step 3:
cp RHEL4.def CentOS4.def
5) Use 'CentOS4' when building
When following the CVS build instructions, whenever it calls for you to create a dir for the platform you're on, such as RHEL4, FC3, or whatever, you'd just use CentOS4.
The easier way to do all the above is simply to edit:
And add this to the top (just like above):
Except that with this, you're identifying as RHEL4, not CentOS4. So when building, you'd just use RHEL4 for the dir names.Code:grep "CentOS release 4" /etc/redhat-release > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? = 0 ]; then echo "RHEL4" exit 0 fi
Theoretically, RHEL4 and CentOS4 are quite similar, if not identical. The difference should be in support, and availability of non-free packages. Being that the build uses only freely available packages, there may not be a difference between RHEL4 and CentOS4 for build purposes.
Which of the above is used would depend on whether one can see any current or potential future differences in the distros. The first is safer, but creates more maintenance. The second is *probably* safe, and requires no additional maintenance. But, there's always that chance :-)
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July 26, 2012: The luminous blue variable (LBV) HDE 269006 = R71 in the Large Magellanic Cloud is brightening and is currently at V magnitude 8.3.
Observations in the AAVSO International Database going back to 1987 show HDE 269006 at visual magnitude ~10.8 until 2006, when it began to brighten, reaching magnitude ~8.5 in late 2009. It then declined to ~magnitude 9 by late 2012, where it has been since then.
|24 July
|Special Notice #290: Blazar BL Lac bright
July 24, 2012: The blazar BL Lac, the prototype of this class of variable objects, has brightened in the optical and radio wavelengths. ATel #4271 (Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev et al., http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=4271) on July 23 announced this brightening. The ATel team reported that "the source brightness has recently increased from R = 13.66 +/- 0.01 on July 19.82 to R = 12.60 +/- 0.01 on July 22.97.
|20 July
|Alert Notice 465: Nova Sagittarii 2012 No. 5 = PSN J18193700-1907400
July 20, 2012
|13 July
|AAVSO Newsletter 53 is now online
AAVSO Newsletter 53, July 2012, is now online.
|12 July
|Solar Bulletin - Volume 68, Number 6
The June 2012 Solar Bulletin is now available!
|11 July
|New eJAAVSO preprint: "A Century of Supernovae"
(ej207): "A Century of Supernovae" by P. Garnavich
|07 July
|Special Notice #289: Bright possible nova in Sagittarius = PNV J18202726-2744263
July 7, 2012: A new, bright (V and unfiltered magnitudes 7-8) object has been independently discovered in Sagittarius by at least four observers. The IAU CBAT TOCP page identifies the object as PNV J18202726-2744263 and gives the earliest report (Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima) date and time of 2012 July 07.4986 UT and their magnitude 7.8 unfiltered CCD.
|06 July
|Alert Notice 464: Observers requested for Jovian Extinction Events (JEE2012)
July 5, 2012: Scotty Degenhardt (Santa Fe, NM), a pioneer in the use of video for timing eclipses of solar system and stellar objects and a research member of the International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA), has informed the AAVSO of a research project he and colleagues are working on: modeling the Jovian dust field, moon atmospheres, and Io's Torus through Jovian Extinction Events (JEE). He has invited AAVSO observers to participate by observing these Jovian extinction events and reporting their observations.
|03 July
|Alert Notice 463: Nova Sagittarii 2012 No. 3 = PNV J17522579-2126215
July 3, 2012:
|29 June
|New eJAAVSO preprint: "Classical and Recurrent Novae" by U. Munari
(ej206): "Classical and Recurrent Novae" by U. Munari
|28 June
|Special Notice #288: Supernova 2012db in ESO 139-G28 = PSN J17484870-6042193
June 28, 2012: IAU Central Bureau Electronic Telegram 3155 (Daniel W. E. Green, ed.) announces the discovery (reported by A. Klotz on behalf of the TAROT collaboration) of a supernova in ESO 139-G28 on 2012 June 24.27 UT at R magnitude 14.6 +/- 0.1, using public images of the 0.25-m TAROT robotic telescope at La Silla, Chile.
|28 June
|Special Notice #287: Request to observe X-ray transient Swift J1910.2-0546
June 28, 2012: The recently discovered gamma-ray source Swift J1910.2-0546 (Krimm et al., ATel #4139; Barthelmy et al., GCNC #13369; T. Ohshima., vsnet-alert 14674) is optically bright, reaching magnitude CR = 15.7 on 2012 June 14 (R. Pickard, BAAVSS, using the Faulkes Telescope South). The object was also observed by A. Odasso, using the Sierra Stars Observatory Network (A.
|28 June
|New eJAAVSO preprint: "28 years of CV results with the AAVSO" by P. Szkody et al.
(ej205): "Twenty-Eight Years of CV Results With the AAVSO"
|27 June
|Two new eJAAVSO preprints: EBs in the 21st century; Transiting Exoplanets
(ej203): "Eclipsing Binaries in the 21st Century—Opportunities for Amateur Astronomers" by E. F. Guinan, S. G. Engle, E. J. Devinney
(ej204): "How Amateurs Can Contribute to the Field of Transiting Exoplanets" by B. Croll
|25 June
|Alert Notice 462: Monitoring of J1407 for next extrasolar ring system transit
June 25, 2012: Dr. Eric Mamajek (Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory and University of Rochester) has requested AAVSO observers' assistance in monitoring the young star 1SWASP J140747.93-394542.6 to help determine the eclipse behavior related to a transiting ringed substellar companion.
|22 June
|New eJAAVSO preprint: Amateur Observing Patterns and Their Potential Impact on Variable Star Science
(ej202): "Amateur Observing Patterns and Their Potential Impact on Variable Star Science" by M. R. Templeton
|20 June
|New eJAAVSO preprint: "What Are the RCB Stars?"
(ej201): "What Are the R Coronae Borealis Stars?" by G. C. Clayton
|19 June
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|13 June
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Topic: Debian Dovecot Error
I installed the latest version of iRedMail on a Debian Lenny server.
I hope I am posting this in the correct folder, but when dovecot restarts, there is an error about mail_uid && mail_gid not being a know configuration variable.
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Clinical Evaluation of Antioxidant Effects of REVALESKIN
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A six-week, double-blind study was designed to assess the effects of REVALESKIN Day Cream applied once daily in the morning, the Night Cream applied once daily in the evening and the Facial Cleanser applied once in the morning and once in the evening prior to application of the Day Cream and Night Cream. The study group consisted of 30 subjects ages 30-70, of which a randomized selection of 10 subjects participated in a split-face protocol. The study subjects included a variety of skin types.
REVALESKIN demonstrated benefits when compared with vehicle that were four times greater at improving overall skin appearance. Specifically, REVALESKIN was ten times better at improving the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and was three times better at improving the appearance of skin pigmentation resulting in a more even skin tone.
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Greensboro, NC-- It's common for bank robbers to pass a note during a bank robbery, but probably not during a robbery of a pharmacy.
Police in Greensboro said a man did just that on Wednesday when he robbed a CVS. Officers were dispatched to the pharmacy located on College Road around 4:51pm on a robbery.
Employees told police a man came to the pharmacy counter and passed a note demanding a particular prescription. After getting the requested merchandise the man ran off.
The suspect didn't get very far. Officers from Greensboro Police Western division were in the area during the robbery. They noticed a car driving away from the area of the CVS at high rate of speed. Officers stopped the car in the parking lot of an apartment complex on W. Friendly Ave and talked to the driver.
The suspect Douglas Marshall Costello was taken into custody without incident. Costello was charged with Common Law Robbery.
Police found property taken during the robbery in his car.
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North Central College's new minor in film and screen studies is designed to complement numerous majors and prepare students for a variety of careers.
"Film and screen studies will help students build transferable critical-thinking skills," says Lisa Long, professor of English and chair of the College's Division of Arts and Letters. "It will draw upon traditional theory but help students develop the visual literacy needed in today's world."


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Play Like a Child — Again
**Guest post by Demian Farnworth at Fallen and Flawed.**
My son owns a red tricycle. Behind that tricycle he likes to pull a red wagon. He likes to haul stuff around in that little wagon.
One day he lugged a large, faded plastic Joseph (from an old nativity set) around. I asked my son, "Who's in your wagon?"
"Jesus' father," I said.
He looked back at the faded Joseph. Then back at me. "Yeah, God's dad."
I chuckled. But then it struck me–that's exactly what we do with God…that's exactly what I did with God. Let me explain.
Destroying My Family
Not long ago there was a time in my life when, as a Christian, I toyed with God. Yes, I said the prayer, bought the Bible, spent a lot of time at church.
But something was wrong. Very wrong.
See, throughout the first ten years of my so called Christian walk, I obsessed about one thing and one thing only: Becoming a world famous writer.
Much to the disappointment of my wife, this ambition took first place to everything else–my marriage, children, work–and even church.
In fact, I believed it was a very natural thing to neglect your wife, children and God for the sake of art. But you want to know the really sad part? I was miserable.
I lived that way for ten years until I finally crashed and burned. And it's no surprise that when we are bent on our own way that we eventually crash and burn. The Bible teaches that pride comes before the fall.
So true.
The Happy Ending
In the end, I wasn't pulling God around in my little wagon. I pulled around a resin coated image of God. The real God was waiting for me to surrender.
Listen: God is not a toy. Nor someone who tags along. He's not our "co-pilot." He's the Creator. The guide who blazes the path. The pilot who's behind the divine rescue mission called salvation.
In essence: He's in control. And usually we're out of control.
So let me challenge you with this: How's your spiritual life? Is it full of joy? Peace? Or is it dominated by frustration and anxiety?
If the latter, there's good news: You don't have to live like that. A full, complete surrender to God means incomprehensible joy and peace.
It means you get to play like a child again. Which sounds like a lot of fun, don't you think?
Author Bio: Demian Farnworth is keynote blogger for Fallen and Flawed.
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Peoria, Ill.- A slew of outstanding individual performances highlighted an excellent day for the University of Illinois at Chicago cross country team at the 19th Annual Bradley Open in Peoria's Detweiller Park on Friday afternoon.
Senior Mikhail Davidyan led the men's squad for the second week in a row with an 18th-place time of 25:47.92 in the 8,000-meter race, setting Bradley Open personal bests in both time and finish. Davidyan, who led UIC at last year's Bradley Open by finishing in 46th place, shaved almost 28 seconds off his previous high in the annual event.
Susie Martinez was the leading runner for the women's team, finishing the 5,000-meter competition in 22nd place with a 19:12 mark. The sophomore from Chicago cut her previous-best final ranking in half after completing last season's Open in 44th place.
The outstanding performances for the Flames didn't end there. Jim Sulzberger continues to shine as the second-year standout finished 23rd after running a 25:52.84, crushing his previous UIC 8K personal-best of 27:02. Teammate Sam Watson wasn't far behind, as Sulzberger's fellow sophomore placed 28th with a 26:09.08, setting a new career-best time as a Flame.
Bob Dron (26:16.89/33rd) and Jorge Flores (26:35.06/49th) gave UIC five competitors in the Top 50 for the 126-entrant event, while Jose Macias wasn't far behind at 65th with a 26:58.67, helping the men finish fifth out of seven teams.
For the UIC women, who sent an incomplete squad, Lisa Petty continued to look solid by repeating her 2003 Bradley Open time of 19:31 at this year's event to come in at 33rd. Rachel Covert finished 50th with a 20:02, and newcomer Renee Koziol made her Flames debut by finishing in 23:33.
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Teachers Accomplish So Much, Get So Little
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Appears that this guy started something, when all he did was try to tell us how great his wife [teacher] is. Now stories are coming out about how qyestionable the education really is and who pockets what. They are doing something to kaap WV #47 in quality.
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2616, You completely missed the point.
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oldmansvan, for starters how about the electric lineperson who keeps our lights lit, how about the gas line repair people who keep our furnaces fueled and stoves cooking, how about the water dept people without whom we'd have nothing to drink and smell like a landfill. I'm not totally anit-teacher otherwise I would'nt have held K thru 12 teaching certificates for WV, OH, PA, and AZ; it's the use of the word "more" and the failing marks our education system receives that leads me to believe we're not getting our money worth when it comes to the entire education system.
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Who among us has contributed more to society than those who teach our young?
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Here's one to study on; a person (in WV) gets hired as a school bus driver, gets a decent wage, life ins., health ins., and a retirement plan. Driver decides to attend college, completes x number of semester hours and gets a raise. Driver completes more hours and gets another raise until a degree is earned and a final raise for the degree is given. Now suppose the driver chooses to stick around and drive a school bus for 20 to 30 years (I personally know of two drivers in this situation) and retire, first, how did college aid in driving a school bus so why the raise in the first place, second, driver's retirement base income is spiked and thus a bigger pension at taxpayer's expense.
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Should have been a cowgirl. Learned to rope and ride
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Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. There is a disheartening general decrease in respecting knowledge, teachers and the learning process. There is also a decline in the percentage of students and parents shouldering any personal responsibility in learning, too. As a society and democracy, this is a frightening trend. P.S. - Eastern Ohio, please pass a school levy and show you care about the future. (WV, especially Marshall County, sure does.) Think of your school days and take a moment to mentally thank one of your favorite teachers who did care about you and made a difference in your young life.
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An acquaintance of mine who's a teacher in the Marshall County system was telling me by "working" a number of school dances over the next few years, that she could "spike" her income so the higher number would be locked into her retirement. And after "retirement" she could actually still get paid hours in the system, in effect "double dipping" on her income. At no point did the subject of taxpayers come up!!
Certainly lots of great teachers around, but I'm sure this scenario is not isolated.
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oandsvalley resident, perhaps you should bone up on your reading comprehension skills before you call anyone "ignorant".
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Not often will I bash people but most of those who have responded here are ignorant. This article was about how he appreciates his wife because she has chosen to take a teaching job over going out and making much more elsewhere. Although I believe the public education system is far from perfect I have to say that a majority of the teachers are great at what they do and that includes babysitting the kids. Some who reflect the disrespect and ignorance I see from many of those who have commented here. Now I see why a lot of kids these days don't have any respect for their elders. They live by example.
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Wheel- Are you a member of the teachers union or just plain hypnotized???
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To the author, thank you. You are obviously and deservedly proud of your wife. Your description describes the dedication and sacrifices of many teachers who work hard to give their students their best.
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Mr. Wallace: How dare you write an article for the Intelligencer praising public school teachers! What were you thinking? Thankfully, the all-wise readers of the paper (who have posted below) have skillfully and articulately refuted your arguments. Next time you write an article for the paper, Mr. Wallace, please keep in mind that you are writing for the Intelligencer. It was founded to protect the innocent populace from the evil machinations of men like you. May you and all the dedicated public education professionals who teach the youth of this area take warning! We will not abide with your malevolent, schemes to earn a decent living wage and to be treated with the respect that your profession deserves! We will not put-up with your devious plots to lift our children from poverty! Go get a real job! Be a coal miner or a steel worker at one of the many steel mills or coal mines that are left in our area! Make millions of dollars throwing a ball through a hoop like the humbl
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Teachers unions have fought merit pay, charter schools and the firing of incompetent teachers. They continue to demand more and more money for pathetic results. They have a guaranteed number of customers and they can fail and fail and fail because there is always another group of customers (students) coming up.
They get nights, weekends, holidays and summers off. They can stay home when it snows too badly. They are not required to keep their skills current, to stay on top of recent developments or go back to school. They don't risk criminal or civil lawsuits for mistakes.
In short, when teachers behave like "professionals" maybe they will be treated like "professionals."
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"She Is a Teacher" "She Is a Teacher" Do you think we are so dumb that we have to be reminded in every paragraph? If she makes so itttle money, why doesn; she quit and let you suport her?
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Writer should'nt compare apples (teaching) to oranges (private sector). Normal work year for private sector = 2080 hours or 260 days; employment term for teachers in WV = 200 days or 1600 hours and teaching days (days actually in front of a class) = 180 days or 1440 hours. So a $40,000 salary for private sector boils down to $19.23 per hour while teaching equals $31.75 an hour. On top of this show me a fireman, police officer, nurse, doctor who can say "I'm on a 2 hour delay because of snow, pay me for 8 hours anyway". Using the same group above, show me one of them that can tell their spouse "I'll be home every night, every weekend, every holiday, will be home with you for a week at spring break time and two weeks at xmas". Come on author, your background items show you have no idea of the real world, give me a break. Noone held a gun to your wife's head and said " you will be a teacher or else".
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and bad administration at the federal,state and local levels attempt to ruin good teachers.the teachers hands are now tied by our governments dumb ideas.are the students any smarter than they were 30 years ago?good teachers need to able to direct their classrooms with what they know that works.they know the difference between how things are supposed to work in theory vs. reality.big government knows nothing about kids.we see that everyday.a politician can't even change a flat tire.
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If you haven't got tickets to the live Sydney shows, second prize will have to be the movie, One Direction: This Is Us. The documentary is now playing at Majestic Cinemas in Port Macquarie. In a nutshell – it is slick, fun and rewarding for the fans. The lads have heaps of energy, enthusiasm, charm, warmth and, dare I say, talent. Non-fans will stay away in their droves and there won't be any Oscars up for grabs but the loyal fan base alone will ensure a commercial success.
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Incredible that NL pitchers have not figured out Hairston after all these years. They keep pitching to his strength in long ball situations. Goes to show how expansion has watered down mound talent. That said, he's not in the Mets future and is still here because they have no true right handed power on the field or on the bench. He could be right now a valuable sub and pinch-hitter to an AL team and must be dealt for futures.
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Either Jelena Jankovic has split personalities (very possible), is a good actress (questionable) or the WTA Tour's PR people got hold of the stuttering Serb (likely) because she's singing a different tune about her rise to the top ranking next Monday.
JJ has been vocal all season about her belief that the top ranking is essentially meaningless without a Grand Slam title and she repeated these thoughts after her defeat to Montreal finalist Dominika Cibulkova last week:
It doesn't matter, the first ranking. I want to be healthy. I don't really think about number one. If it's going to happen, it will happen but at the moment I don't deserve that spot. I am not in the best shape.But according to her recent blog post JJ couldn't be happier and is looking forward to her stint in the penthouse:
Let's start with good news. A press release went out today that when the next rankings come out on August 11th I will be the world�s next number one! For me this is a childhood dream come true. In fact I think I am still living the dream � it is difficult to believe that it is a reality and I think the news is still sinking in. To have my name added along side a select few of tennis greats who have achieved a number 1 ranking status is a real honor and I will do my very best to represent the position well to do those who have come before me proud.
I have been pretty consistent over the last 12 months and finally, a lot of my hard work is paying off. Although I am really happy, I hope to continue business as usual and I want to continue to be a good ambassador for the sport. Of course, I want to share this victory with you, my fans, because I truly could not have reached this level without you � so thank you!I think JJ's been playing it down because she knows there'll be a big, nasty asterisk next to her name which means even more pressure - and we know how well she deals with that monster.
But the Tour's flacks performed damage control and got to her once it became inevitable she would get the top ranking. Either way, she'll be world no. 1 - whether she likes it or not.
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For years Iran has been hostile to the West and Arab neighbors. Now with election results in question and unrest lingering, the fight for the future of the Islamic republic resides with its own
In a long narrow conference room in Qom, the religious center for Iran's Shiite Muslims, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sits surrounded by about a dozen of Iran's ruling ayatollahs who make up the Council of Guardians. It is the day after June 12 elections, and he is preparing to mobilize the plainclothes paramilitary group known as basiji to counter rapidly multiplying street demonstrations.
Yet all the while, the 52-year-old, a former mayor of Tehran, civil engineering academic, and son of a blacksmith, is talking into his shirt. He mumbles, his face barely moving, looking downcast, tired, and not at all like someone who just won an election.
This is not the fiery Ahmadinejad, who in April prompted delegates from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Italy to walk out of a UN conference on racism. The boycott erupted when he spoke of the Holocaust as "the pretext of Jewish sufferings" used by the UN Security Council to create "a totally racist government in the occupied Palestine."
Nor is this the jocular Ahmadinejad (though it looks like he is wearing the same jacket) who parried questions about his vow to wipe Israel off the map from 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace in 2006 with a smile and "I will get to that."
Nor is this the hectoring Ahmadinejad who once said of former President George W. Bush: "You shouldn't sit in a room, a dark room, and hatch plots. And because of your plots, many thousands of people are killed."
The Ahmadinejad who is sitting in this dark room hatching plots is on this day an abject man. When he looks up, it is usually to his right, where Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini Khamenei is seated, as if for approval.
Ahmadinejad to many may look like a ruthless dictator who just voted himself back into office. He may have defeated the street favorite, 67-year-old Mir Hossein Mousavi, who is billed an Islamic reformer. But in the conference room at Qom, Ahmadinejad is a man insiders say recognizes that his political future is tied to the ruling Shiite clerics, particularly Khamenei. And as confrontation with the Iranian people has widened and deepened, the Council of Guardians knows its legitimacy as much as election balloting is in doubt.
Tehran since mid-June saw a million-plus demonstrators pouring into its streets to protest Ahmadinejad's June 12 victory. Clashes with police and paramilitary units culminated on June 20 in the deaths of at least 20 civilians and the disappearances of hundreds more. Ahmadinejad drew his tens of thousands, but then Mousavi drew his hundreds of thousands.
As the opposition gathered force, authorities wobbled: Khamenei's June 13 "divine assessment" of Ahmadinejad as the winner was followed by Khamenei's call for an election probe two days later. That turned into a stern ruling June 19 that election results will stand, and Khamenei held that ground even after the Council of Guardians discovered that votes exceeded the number of voters in 50 districts. On June 29 after a very partial recount, the council declared Ahmadinejad the official winner.
But while Tehran has been where the action is, Qom is the nerve center in the Islamic republic's biggest internal crisis since the revolution that brought it to power 30 years ago. Guardian Council meetings like the one June 13-captured on videotape and broadcast via YouTube-have been frequent.
But they are not the only clerical sessions in Qom. As demonstrations spread following the election, senior ayatollahs met separately to discuss changes to the structure of the Iranian state. News network Al Arabiya reported that a foreigner has attended too: Jawad al-Shahristana, supreme representative of Iraq's Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Sistani, 79, is the preeminent Shiite cleric in Iraq and some say around the world. Born in Iran but of Arab descent, he has ties to the Qom clerics but rarely if ever intervenes in affairs of state.
"Arabs are Arabs and Persians are Persians," said Sasan Tavassoli, a former Iranian Shiite who became a Christian in 1985. "For the average Iranian he has no role." But these are not average times, and the presence of Sistani's attaché in Qom indicates that lingering unrest at bottom is less about the legitimacy of Iran's vote and more about the future of its theocracy.
"This is an intra-Islamic fight," said Tavassoli, who now serves as a pastor in the Iranian Presbyterian Church. "How can this country be both Islamic and republic? How can it be ruled both by divine law and the votes of the people?"
At least five of Qom's 14 senior ayatollahs appear to have sided with protesters and Mousavi. The most prominent among them is Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, 85, once presumed heir to revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Considered by followers to be the greatest living authority of Shiite Islam in Iran, Montazeri-who was once placed under house arrest after he questioned Khamenei's theological credentials-called for a three-day mourning period after violent street clashes began June 15. And on June 25 he faxed a statement to reporters: "If Iranians cannot talk about their legitimate rights at peaceful gatherings and are instead suppressed, frustrations will build up which could possibly uproot the foundations of the government, no matter how powerful."
Montazeri wants an "impartial" committee to solve the crisis, presumably paving the way for a restructuring of Iran theocratic structures-perhaps as much to favor him as Mousavi. He said, "No one in their right mind can believe" the election results were fairly counted.
Significantly, Montazeri has called Ahmadinejad's nuclear energy posture "aggressive" and underscores clerical concerns about nuclear armament,contrary to assertions by the Obama administration that no current political alternatives will alter Iran's nuclear posture.
Other clerics who support Mousavi and the protesters include Ayatollah Yousef Sanei, once an ally of Khamenei, and Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat Zanjani, who posted a statement on his website saying, "Now is the time to stand firm against those who oppose the law and who, out of selfishness, disrespect the law and the will of the majority of the people."
On June 22 Ayatollah Hossein Boroujerdi came out in favor of "the brave people of the oppressed and under religious despotism."
In addition, Ayatollahs Amjad, Mousavi Ardebili, Makarem Shirazi, and Bayat Sanjani have been rumored to be under house arrest for statements favoring the protesters and opposition candidate Mousavi. Coming days could bring further crackdowns against the dissident ayatollahs.
In all, 50 of Qom's ayatollahs and other clerics in Qom have sent messages to Khamenei urging him to look into the complaints of the reformist candidates and examine reports of election fraud, according to the Arabic daily Asharq Alawsat.
Mousavi foremost has had support from Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president and current head of the Assembly of Experts. According to unconfirmed reports via Al Arabiya, he has led the renegade meetings in Qom and may have enough votes among the assembly to force the removal of Khamenei.
Mousavi appeared also to gain parliamentary support June 25 when parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a longtime ally of Khamenei, and more than 100 other parliamentarians boycotted a victory dinner in Ahmadinejad's honor.
Growing clerical and popular dissent are more surprising, considering that Khamenei, with Ahmadinejad's election in 2005, has been consolidating power more thoroughly under the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Qom is where the government's formidable Intelligence Ministry has trained terrorists and where Ahmadinejad-with Khamenei's blessing-moved to pack former Revolu-tionary Guard cronies in parliament.
The Revolutionary Guards now control the regular army and paramilitary groups, such as basijis who patrol streets, universities, and shopping centers for women violating the dress code and other miscellany of Islamic law.
Khamenei has placed civilian infrastructure and natural resources under the Revolutionary Guards' military control and appointed a brigadier general-an ally of Ahmadinejad-as head of police in Tehran.
Farhad Nasseri, an Iranian analyst in Dubai told Iran Focus in 2005, "Ayatollah Khamenei is taking no chances. He wants his own men in control everywhere."
The restructuring was not widely noted in the West but would prove game-changing-not only in subsequent domestic crackdowns but when elections rolled around again in 2009.
With Khamenei at the helm, the Council of Guardians approved candidates to stand for election. With Ahmadinejad in control of the Interior Ministry, which oversees elections, the president maintained direct authority over balloting. And Revolutionary Guards controlled all security forces responding to the uprising.
Despite the strong-arm tactics at its disposal, the government has been slow to win back the street. When authorities shut down the internet and other services to block mass organization, Iranian protesters accessed overseas internet servers to communicate with one another and to beam out images of street confrontations (see sidebar).
Even after the bloody confrontations of June 20, protesters organized rallies to mourn the dead. At night loud cries of "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great," rang from rooftops. Remnant protesters took to Tehran intersections, confronted the basijis, pulled them off their motorcycles and set fire to the vehicles. In Tabriz, Iran's fourth largest city, shopkeepers refused to open despite threats from police in a weeklong strike to honor those killed in the protests.
Even as the protest movement gains support among Iran's ruling class and around the world, it's not certain that everyone wants the same thing. Some demonstrators carried signs reading, "Where is my vote?" Others taped their mouths shut with green tape to signify the repression of the regime. They aren't looking for more theocracy, yet neither opposition candidates Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, nor the dissidents among the ayatollahs, favor dismantling the regime. If Khamenei is removed, he would likely be replaced by collective leadership of similarly unelected mullahs.
"They may disarm one and put the power in the hands of five, which is the same and against freedom," said Daniel Shayesteh, a former Shiite and member of Khomeini's Islamic Fundamentalist Revolutionary Movement. Shayesteh converted to Christianity 20 years ago and now is a Missionary Alliance evangelist who lives in Australia. Shayesteh believes that real change will occur only when the supreme leader, or leaders, no longer can confirm and control the president.
When Khamenei was selected to succeed Khomeini, many senior clerics did not accept him, citing a lack of religious credentials and theological training to become a grand ayatollah. Tavassoli: "It's like somebody having a B.A. from a no-name college and overnight becoming a Ph.D. from Harvard."
Twenty years later, Khamenei has broadened his power base-and nursed an inferiority complex-by isolating clerics who are not his absolute allies and gathering acolytes like Ahmadinejad, who, according to Tavassoli, "could not say the things he says unless they were approved by the supreme leader."
And while Ahmadinejad may lack theological training, he is driven by ideology and believes he has his own divine calling: to hasten the coming of the 12th Imam, the so-called "hidden imam." According to legend, this imam, known as the Mahdi, disappeared in the ninth century in Qom. Many Shiites believe his return is imminent-a kind of messiah figure who will lead an apocalyptic battle between good and evil to establish global Islamic rule. The Iranian president is resolute enough to have spent millions on building projects for the Mahdi,including a widened major boulevard in Tehran to prepare the way.
The Mahdi's return is also a reason Ahmadinejad has increased persecution of Christians since taking office in 2005. The 12th Imam is supposed to bring Jesus from heaven, as a follower who will pray to him and convert all Christians to Islam. During Ahmadinejad's first term the Islamic center at Qom formed a Committee on Minorities to "culturally oppose"religious minorities. They include Zoroastrians, Christians, Baha'is, Sufis, Wahabbis, and New Mystics.
Estimates of Iran's Christian population range from 700,000 to 1 million out of a country of 70 million mostly Shiite Muslims. According to Open Doors, more than 100,000 Iranian Christians are so-called "secret believers" who meet in rapidly growing numbers of house churches. Most generally avoid political engagement.
"As long as the sovereignty is in the hand of the supreme leader, no matter who comes [to power] Christians will always be under threat," said Shayesteh. "The country is ruled by Islamic [Sharia] law, and therefore non-Muslims, including Christians, must be dealt according to the Islamic law."
Despite Mousavi's sudden popularity, he is remembered as anti-Jew and anti-Christian when he served as prime minister in the 1980s. Shayesteh told WORLD by email that it's not clear to most Christians whether Mousavi now favors "a softer approach" toward non-Muslims. And Christians have reason to be wary of exposing themselves to further action: In 2008, at least 50 Christians, mostly Muslim converts, were arrested, interrogated, tortured, intimidated, and some even killed, according to Open Doors.
Tavassoli said he believes, "Every Christian should speak up in defense of human rights and stopping the violence." And several Iranian pastors I interviewed said they believe whatever the outcome of the current crisis it can be a win-win situation for Christians: More freedom means more freedom to worship, and more oppression leads more Iranians to Christ. The number of Iranians with interest in the gospel "clearly jumped" 10 years ago after university protests, said Hormoz Shariat, who broadcasts a daily show to Tehran and pastors the Iranian Christian Church in San Jose, Calif., the largest Iranian Christian church outside of Tehran.
For existing protesters, the demonstrations are akin to sacred experiences. A man named Alireza from a Tehran suburb told a Wall Street Journal reporter he and his family went to downtown Tehran to join the throngs marching on Azadi [Freedom] Square. As they arrived, "cars were blowing their horns and people were flashing the victory sign," and about 20 militia men with long beards and batons waited on motorbikes. One of them told Alireza to throw away his green ribbon, a sign of support for Mousavi. When Alireza refused he was attacked by the militia and beaten before his wife and daughter pulled him away.
Arriving at the square, "what I saw there was the most magnificent scene I have ever witnessed in my life," said Alireza. The square can accommodate half a million people and was full. As smoke rose in the distance and gunshots could be heard, "the huge numbers of people were marching hand-in-hand peacefully. There were no slogans being shouted. Hands were held up in victory signs with green ribbons. People carried placards that read, 'Silence.' Young and old, men and women, rich and poor were marching cheerfully. It was an amazing show of solidarity. I was so proud."
For many Iranians that scene won't go away even as Ahmadinejad is sworn in July 26, as planned. Said Tavassoli: "It may look like things are calming, but Iran is a changed country."
Tear down that cyberwall
Iron fists are no match for handful of techies who kept Iranian activists wired
By Mindy Belz
What kept the Iranians Twittering, YouTubing, and Facebooking after government officials shut down internet servers and blocked cell phones? Among those outside the country who set up proxies to allow Iranians access to unfiltered web servers, many were supplied by Chinese dissidents who know what it means to be cut off from the World Wide Web.
Global Internet Freedom (GIF) is a consortium formed to circumvent political censorship on the internet. When the Chinese government announced in June it would require all PCs sold in China to be equipped with a chip known as "Green Dam," which both censors and monitors web content, GIF fought back two days later with "Green Tsunami" software that can disable "Green Dam."
Using similar skills and its anti-censorship network, GIF's computer experts deployed servers to keep Iranians wired to the outside world after June 12 elections. At its climax, Iranian traffic for June 20 skyrocketed to more than 390 million hits-or an estimated 1-million-plus users-up from 200 million before the election, nearly double.
"No iron fist is strong enough to shut off the world from bearing witness to the peaceful pursuit of justice," noted President Barack Obama at a June 23 press conference.
Months ago GIF technicians determined to support internet freedom in Iran. They went to work 24/7 after the election, when it became clear that social network sites were providing the backbone for street organization in the midst of a state-run media blackout.
Most GIF workers live in the United States but are affiliated with China's Falun Gong movement, whose members are monitored and frequently arrested.
"The drastic traffic increase from Iran overloaded and crashed our logging server at one time," said a GIF technician who could not be identified for security reasons. "GIF has been scrambling to cope with the skyrocketing traffic from Iran," he wrote in an email. "We are not sure how long we can sustain this kind of overload and the incurred cost, and will have to cut down the traffic if the situation lasts."
GIF patched in new servers to overcome mostly a state-run censoring mechanism the Iranian government has contracted out with electronics powerhouse Siemens AG. With its sophisticated technology, Google searches of "breast cancer," for instance, are blocked in Tehran because they are deemed offensive. But with cyberwalls now broken by GIF and others, that is likely to change-and a world of information technology freedom could open not only in Iran but also Burma, Vietnam, Cuba, and elsewhere.
"This handful of Davids is slaying the Goliaths of the world, even though they are without resources and operate using a handful of patched-up servers," said Hudson Institute fellow Michael Horowitz, who is championing the Internet Freedom Initiative in Washington.
Horowitz believes the United States can be more effective to support what he calls "lifelines" for Iranians and others living in closed societies. A 2008 State Department appropriation of $15 million to support increased server capacity for groups like GIF remains unspent. Rather than view it as meddling, Horowitz says Americans should see it as the 21st century equivalent of underwriting Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.
"It will take the U.S. government to tear down cyberwalls," Horowitz believes, and a small bipartisan coalition of Senate and House members-led by Sens. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan.-show growing support for the cause.
Thirty years' war
A timeline of Iran's theocracy
By Kristin Chapman
Jan. 16, 1979: The Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini topples pro-Western Shah of Iran and speeds Khomeini's return to Iran after a 14-year exile.
April 1, 1979: The Islamic Republic of Iran is established.
Nov. 4, 1979: Iranian militants besiege the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage.
Sept. 22, 1980: Iraq invades Iran and Iran-Iraq war begins.
Jan. 20, 1981: After 444 days in captivity, the American hostages are released.
August 1988: Ceasefire reached in Iran-Iraq war.
June 4, 1989: Ali Khamenei becomes Iran's supreme leader after Khomeini dies June 3.
Jan. 19, 1994: Bishop Haik Hovsepian, Iranian Christian leader who spearheaded an international campaign to pressure authorities to release from prison Christian convert Mehdi Dibaj, disappears. His body is found days later.
June 8, 1995: The United States imposes oil and trade sanctions against Iran for its alleged sponsorship of terrorism.
May 23, 1997: Mohammad Khatami, a moderate, wins the presidential election, defeating the ruling conservative Islamists by a landslide.
July 1999: Pro-democracy students at Tehran University demonstrate after the closure of the opposition newspaper Salam. Clashes with security forces lead to six days of rioting and the arrest of more than 1,000 students.
February 2000: Khatami supporters wrest control from conservatives in parliamentary elections.
April 2000: The judiciary bans publication of 16 reformist newspapers.
Jan. 29, 2002: President George W. Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an "axis of evil."
Sept. 10, 2002: Construction begins on Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr.
Nov. 14, 2004: Iran agrees to suspend most of its uranium enrichment.
February 2005: Authorities sentence Pastor Hamid Pourmand to three years in prison on charges of apostasy.
June 25, 2005: Tehran's ultra-conservative mayor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wins the presidential election and vows to restore "Islamic government."
August 2005: Ahmadinejad packs parliament with former Revolutionary Guards (RG) and consolidates all law enforcement and regular army under the RG. The Iranian government intensifies its campaign against non-Muslim religious minorities.
September 2005: The International Atomic Energy Agency finds Iran in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
November 2005: Ghorban Tourani, a Christian pastor who converted from Islam, is murdered.
Feb. 14, 2006: Iran resumes uranium enrichment at Natanz.
May 2006: Authorities arrest and later release Ali Kaboli, a Muslim convert to Christianity.
September 2006: Authorities arrest and later release a Christian couple for leading a house church.
December 2006: Authorities arrest at least eight house church leaders and charge them with evangelization and "acts against the national security of the Islamic Republic."
Dec. 11, 2006: Iran hosts a Holocaust conference that features several Holocaust deniers.
March 28, 2007: Iran detains 15 British sailors for 13 days after they allegedly strayed into Iranian waters.
Oct. 25, 2007: The United States imposes new sanctions against Iran.
March 2, 2008: Ahmadinejad visits Iraq, calling on foreign troops to leave while expressing Iran's desire to help rebuild.
July 9, 2008: Iran test fires a long-range missile it says is capable of hitting Israel.
Feb. 10, 2009: Ahmadinejad says he welcomes talks with the United States if they are based on "mutual respect."
April 18, 2009: An Iranian court sentences Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi to eight years in prison for allegedly spying. She is later released.
April 20, 2009: Western delegates to a UN conference on racism walk out after Ahmadinejad accuses the UN Security Council of creating "a totally racist government in the occupied Palestine."
June 2009: Disputed results following the June 12 presidential election spark protests and unrest.
July 26, 2009: Scheduled swearing-in of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.