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The Word On Lisa Stockton
As with most coaches in the realm of college basketball, hoops have been a big part of Lisa Stockton's life. Unlike most, however, Stockton's life can be traced to its origin through interaction on the hardwood.
Stockton's parents, Richard and Betty, met while playing for the Chatham Textile League in Elkin, N.C. A native of Greensboro, N.C., Stockton grew up with the legend of basketball along Tobacco Road. She lived in the heart of ACC country where several conference tournaments were held and was actually on hand the night North Carolina State defeated UCLA in the NCAA Final Four on March 23, 1974.
With a background as ingrained in basketball as the hardwood she strolls several times during the season, Stockton enters her 22nd season at the helm of the Tulane women's basketball program, where she is fresh off of achieving her 500th career win. In fact, Stockton became the 32nd active Division-I women's basketball coach to reach the prestigious 500-win club. Stockton and the Green Wave are coming off of a successful debut year in the American Athletic Conference, which culminated in the program's 11th trip to the NCAA Tournament. Furthermore, the 2015-16 season will see Stockton serve as the American Athletic Conference captain.
"Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to be a basketball coach," Stockton said. "Growing up in North Carolina with its rich tradition of college basketball, I remember going to games and really enjoying being a part of the whole experience. I was fortunate enough to earn an athletic scholarship and that just solidified my decision on the direction I wanted my professional career to go.
"It took a few steps before I got to Tulane, but since I've been here, I've truly found a home. Tulane has everything you look for in a college experience - great academics, a successful tradition of women's basketball and a city with a unique culture and history. Each season that I've been at Tulane has truly been special."
Stockton's career record of 501-242 as a collegiate head coach is good for a 67.4 winning percentage and she is 438-215 during her time at Tulane, including a 199-123 mark in conference play. With 438 wins at Tulane, Stockton has more than twice as many wins as each of the previous Green Wave coaches earned in 19 combined years.
Along the way, Stockton has led the Green Wave to the postseason 16 times (11 NCAAs, 5 WNITs) and claimed conference Coach of the Year honors three times (Metro in 1995, C-USA in 2007 and 2010). In addition, Tulane has won four C-USA regular-season championships (1996-97, 1998-99, 2006-07, 2009-10) and the tournament title on five occasions (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010).
Stockton is one of four active coaches to take a Top 60 academic institution as listed in U.S. and World Report to at least 11 NCAA Tournaments - joining Tara Vanderveer of Stanford, Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame and Sylvia Hatchell of North Carolina. In addition, 18 of her players have become members of Tulane's 1,000-Point Club.
Taking the reins of a program that had never been to the NCAA Tournament and whose only postseason appearance came via the WNIT the year prior to her arrival, Stockton made her presence at Tulane felt right away. Her 1994-95 club went 19-10 overall and 9-3 in the now-defunct Metro Conference. The Green Wave's league record was good for second-place in the final Metro standings - a high-water mark for the program - and Stockton's team earned an at-large bid to the NCAAs.
Tulane's trip to "The Big Dance" was the first of nine consecutive NCAA bids for Stockton-coached teams and the first of nine straight winning seasons. A year later, a 21-10 record in 1995-96 was the first of what has now become 14 20-plus win seasons with the Green Wave - including a school-record 27 wins in 1996-97 and again in 1999-2000.
While the postseason streak was snapped in 2004, Stockton reloaded her team for success with the addition of four freshmen to an already young-but-talented squad that did not feature a senior on the active roster for the 2005-06 season. As the Tulane student-body began the move-in process for the school year, however, the Tulane community, the New Orleans area and the Gulf Coast region was rocked to its core as Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, and the subsequent floodwaters consumed the area.
Relocated to Lubbock, Texas, and the campus of Texas Tech University for the semester, Stockton's leadership and ability to keep her student-athletes focused on the task at hand, the Green Wave finished what has become known as the "Katrina Season" 15-12 and spark a run of 10-straight winning seasons that remains alive entering the upcoming 2015-16 campaign.
The following year, Stockton's troops went 26-7, won the C-USA regular-season title with a 13-3 league mark and returned to the postseason for the first time since 2003 as Tulane advanced to the second round of the 2007 WNIT. Three years later, the Green Wave won another C-USA regular-season crown with a 12-4 conference record, finished the year 26-7 overall and returned to the NCAA Tournament. In each of the next two seasons, Stockton guided the Green Wave to 23-11 overall record, advanced to the C-USA Championship games and a trip to the second round of the 2011 and 2012 WNIT. In 2013, the Green Wave finished 24-9 and accomplished a program first when they advanced to the round of 16 in the WNIT.
In Tulane's last season in C-USA in 2014, the Green Wave recorded its 13th 20+ win season under Coach Stockton's tutelage and fifth straight trip to the postseason. Her 397 total victories while in the league was a C-USA best. At the conclusion of the season, Director of Athletics Rick Dickson signed Stockton to a contract extension through the 2018-19 campaign.
The 2014-15 season issued in a new era for Stockton and the Green Wave, competing in the American Athletic Conference for the first time. Tulane responded with its sixth straight 20+ win season with a 22-11 overall record, a run to the semifinals in the conference tournament, and ended the program's five year NCAA Tournament drought, traveling to Durham for a first round match-up vs. Mississippi State.
While team success has been the ultimate goal of Stockton and the Green Wave since the 1994-95 season, individual recognition has been a mainstay at Tulane during that time as well. In 21 years under its current head coach, Tulane has seen 23 student-athletes earn all-conference honors 35 times (nine first-team, 14 second-team and 12 third-team), 10 receive All-Freshman recognition, and four claim a spot on the All-Defensive Team.
In addition, Stockton's players have earned conference Defensive Player of the Year (Janell Burse/C-USA/1999,2000,2001), Sixth Player of the Year (Burse/C-USA/1999, Grace Daley/C-USA/1997, Teana McKiver/C-USA/2001) and Freshman of the Year (Barbara Farris/Metro/1995, Daley/C-USA/1997, Danielle Blagg/C-USA/2012) on three occasions each, as well as Player of the Year (Burses/C-USA/2000) and Newcomer of the Year (Indira Kaljo/C-USA/2009) once apiece. At the 10th anniversary of Conference USA in 2005, Burse and Daley were named to C-USA Team of the Decade, making Tulane one of two schools to have multiple players on the prestigious list.
Tulane student-athletes have also garnered national honors under Stockton's watch as well as Farris (1987), Daley (1998-2000), Burse (2000-01), McKiver (2002-03) and Jamie Kaplan (2013-14) all earned All-America recognition. Ashley Langford was a Freshman All-American in 2006 and Chassity Brown was named to the WBCA All-Region IV Team in 2010. In addition, four of Stockton's former student-athletes - Burse, Daley, Farris, and McKiver - have been elected into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame.
For some of Stockton's prized pupils, success on the court did not end once their collegiate eligibility expired. Five former Green Wave standouts have gone on to play in the WNBA - including Farris and Burse who won WNBA Championships with the Detroit Shock in 2003 and Seattle Storm in 2004, respectively - and many more have enjoyed pro playing careers overseas.
But what Stockton may be most proud of is her student-athletes' collective accomplishments in the classroom as every four-year player has completed their degrees under her watch.
Forty-three women's basketball players have earned C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition 93 times for holding GPAs of 3.2 or higher since the 1995-96 season. Six student-athletes - Brooke Blankenship (10-11, 11-12, 13-14), Kiki Cizmar (96-97), Jamie Kaplan (12-13, 13-14), Courtnie Latham (2013-14), Gwen Slaughter (02-03), Britt Themann (99-00, 00-01, 01-02, 02-03), Christy Thomaskutty (95-96) and Leslie Vorpahl (2013-14) - claimed C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal honors for maintaining at least a 3.75 GPA. Ashley Langford (08-09) and Jami Montagnino (06-07) were named C-USA Scholar Athletes, and Themann earned a C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2003. Furthermore, in her senior season, Kaplan was named American Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year and a Senior CLASS First Team All-American for her body of work both on and off the court.
Stockton's impact has not been limited to her players, however, as four former assistant coaches at Tulane went on to become collegiate head coaches: Katie Meier (Charlotte and Miami [Fla.]), Kellie Kennedy (Loyola-New Orleans), Michele Savage (Davidson) and Jenny Yopp (Portland State and Illinois State).
While Stockton's teams and student-athletes have achieved success both on the court and in the classroom, these accomplishments are nothing that the head coach herself did not earn while she was a collegiate player.
Following a standout prep career at Western Guilford High School, Stockton packed her bags for Wake Forest University. During her four-year career with the Demon Deacons from 1983-86, she set the school's career records in scoring (1,347), scoring average (12.1 ppg), field goals made (592), field goals attempted (1,262), field goal percentage (.462), assists (330), steals (206) and minutes played (3,385).
Stockton still holds the Wake Forest record for consecutive games started with 97 and ranks in the top 10 in nearly every statistical category previously mentioned. As a senior during the 1985-86 season, Stockton was named honorable-mention Fast Break All-American after scoring 473 points and hitting 204-of-415 shots (.491), pulling down 94 rebounds, dishing out 97 assists and tallying 58 steals.
She was named ACC Player of the Week and claimed MVP honors of the Dartmouth Tournament as a junior, and was named MVP of the James Madison Invitational and of the Demon Deacon team as a senior.
Stockton earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll following each of her final two seasons at Wake Forest and graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in health and sports science in 1986.
She was drafted by the National Women's Basketball Association following her senior season, but chose instead to begin her coaching career as a volunteer assistant at the University of North Carolina for the 1986-87 season where she helped the Tar Heels go 19-10 overall, finish third in the ACC with a 9-5 league record and advance to the second-round of the NCAA Tournament. Stockton also enveloped herself in post-graduate studies and completed her master's degree in 1987.
From there, Stockton accepted her first collegiate head coaching position at Division III Greensboro College. In three seasons there, she helped guide the Pride to a combined 63-27 record. Along the way, six players earned all-conference honors, including first-team selections Lorraine Orr and Susan Gasperson in 1987-88, Gasperson in 1988-89, and Tara Thompson in 1989-90.
Inheriting a team that had never enjoyed a winning record, Stockton's 1987-88 Greensboro team went 20-7 and finished tied for second in the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a 10-4 league record. The performance earned her the first of two DIAC Coach of the Year honors as Stockton earned the title again following the 1989-90 season after the Pride went 18-8 overall and finished tied for the league title at 9-3.
She returned to the Division I level the following year when she accepted the top assistant position at Georgia Tech where she was responsible for coordinating recruiting efforts, monitoring academic progress, supervise scheduling and coaching the offense. In four years with Stockton on the staff in Atlanta, the Ramblin' Wreck combined to go 63-52, including a 20-13 mark in 1991-92 when North Carolina won the WNIT. The following season, Georgia Tech went 16-11, finished tied for fourth in the ACC with an 8-8 league record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.
Two years later, Stockton accepted her current position at Tulane.
Along with her Coach of the Year accolades, Stockton was named one of CitiBusiness' Women of the Year in 2007. She is a member of the NCAA Women's Basketball Issues Committee and also serves on the Academic Subcommittee for the issues committee. Stockton has also served two terms on the Kodak All-American Committee, twice chaired the C-USA Women's Basketball Coaches and served two terms as the WBCA Conference Captain.
From the beginning, Stockton and Tulane have been a perfect fit; in part, the coach believes, because her educational experience at Wake Forest was similar to the ones her current players face at Tulane. Stockton appreciates the value of putting academic priorities first, and at Tulane the coach doesn't just say it, she has lived it.
"A school like Tulane is absolutely the best environment for student-athletes, and for a coach," Stockton said. "We attract people who are goal-oriented and who are achievers. Student-athletes don't come here unless they're serious about basketball and academics. That's the kind of school I chose, and I'm so glad I did."
In her 21 seasons, Stockton has built Tulane into a winning program with victories over ranked programs, tournament championships and a succession of All-Americans and future professional players piling wins on top of wins. "I'm proud of our run of NCAA tournaments and conference championships," Stockton said.
"I'm proud of the tradition we've built and look forward to expanding the level of expectation and achievement here at Tulane University."
Stockton As A Head Coach
Year School Overall Pct Conf/Finish Pct Postseason 1987-88 Greensboro 20-7 .741 10-4/T2nd DIAC .714 ---------- 1988-89 Greensboro 25-12 .676 9-3/T2nd DIAC .667 ---------- 1989-90 Greensboro 18-8 .692 8-2/T1st DIAC .800 ---------- 1994-95 Tulane 19-10 .655 9-3/2nd Metro .750 NCAA (1st Round) 1995-96 Tulane 21-10 .677 9-5/T2nd C-USA Red .643 NCAA (1st Round) 1996-97 Tulane 27-5 .844 12-2/1st C-USA Red .857 NCAA (2nd Round) 1997-98 Tulane 21-7 .750 12-4/2nd C-USA National .750 NCAA (1st Round) 1998-99 Tulane 24-6 .800 12-4/1st C-USA National .750 NCAA (1st Round) 1999-2000 Tulane 27-5 .844 12-4/1st C-USA National .750 NCAA (2nd Round) 2000-01 Tulane 22-10 .688 12-4/1st C-USA National .750 NCAA (1st Round) 2001-02 Tulane 24-11 .686 8-6/T4th C-USA .571 NCAA (2nd Round) 2002-03 Tulane 19-10 .655 8-6/T3rd C-USA .571 NCAA (1st Round) 2003-04 Tulane 10-18 .357 3-11/T11th C-USA .214 ---------- 2004-05 Tulane 11-16 .407 3-11/T12th C-USA .214 ---------- 2005-06 Tulane 15-12 .556 8-8/T6th C-USA .500 ---------- 2006-07 Tulane 26-7 .788 13-3/1st C-USA .813 WNIT (2nd Round) 2007-08 Tulane 16-14 .533 6-10/T 9th C-USA .375 ---------- 2008-09 Tulane 18-14 .563 9-7/6th C-USA .563 ---------- 2009-10 Tulane 26-7 .788 12-4/1st C-USA .750 NCAA (1st Round) 2010-11 Tulane 23-11 .676 9-7/T4th C-USA .563 WNIT (2nd Round) 2011-12 Tulane 23-11 .676 9-7/T3rd C-USA .563 WNIT (2nd Round) 2012-13 Tulane 24-9 .727 11-5/2nd C-USA .688 WNIT (3rd Round) 2013-14 Tulane 20-11 .645 11-5/4th C-USA .688 WNIT (1st Round)
2014-15 Tulane 22-11 .667 11-7/T5th American .611 NCAA (1st Round)
Greensboro Record (3 years) 63-27 .700 27-9 .750 ---------- Tulane Record (21 years) 438-215 (.671) overall // 199-123 (.618) in conference // 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, 5 WNIT trips // Career Record (24 years) 501-242 (.674) overall // 217-123 (.638) in conference
Stockton As An Assistant Coach
Year School Overall Pct Conf/Finish Pct Postseason 1986-87 North Carolina 19-10 .655 9-5/3rd ACC .643 NCAA (2nd Round) 1990-91 Georgia Tech 15-13 .546 3-11/7th ACC .214 ---------- 1991-92 Georgia Tech 20-13 .606 6-10/7th ACC .375 WNIT Champions 1992-93 Georgia Tech 16-11 .594 8-8/T4th ACC .500 NCAA (1st Round) 1993-94 Georgia Tech 12-15 .444 5-11/7th ACC .313 ----------


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Immunohistochemical localization of inflammatory cells and cell cycle proteins in the gills of Loma salmonae infected rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Microsporidial gill diseases particularly those caused by Loma salmonae incur significant economic losses to the salmonid aquaculture industry. The gill responses to infection include the formation of xenomas and the acute hyperplastic inflammatory responses once the xenomas rupture releasing infect...
A preliminary investigation of alternatives to fumagillin for the treatment of Loma salmonae infection in rainbow trout
The effects of the following six treatments against Loma salmonae, a microsporidian gill pathogen, were examined in rainbow trout: fumagillin (high dose), pyrimethamine + sulphaquinoxaline, albendazole, amprolium, fumagillin (low dose), and metronidazole. The fish were infected by mouth and the trea...
Resistance to reinfection in chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to Loma salmonae (Microsporidia)
Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha were experimentally infected per os with Loma salmonae and held in flow-through seawater tanks at 12 to 14 degrees C. The fish exhibited 100% infection when first examined at 7 wk post initial exposure (p.e.), and by 20 wk p.e. they had completely recovered fr...
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The effects of formalin and chloramine-T on oxygen consumption of juvenile brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) at low water temperature (2 degrees C) were studied with a flow-through respirometer. No changes were found in the oxygen consumption of these fish after exposure to formalin at 200 and 400...
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Review of the sequential development of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia) based on experimental infections of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha)
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Consumer and environmental groups this week blasted the Environmental Protection Agency for larding its proposed acrylamide review panel with scientists with close ties to industries with a stake in the outcome of the committee's deliberations. The August 13 letter from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Environmental Law Foundation, and seven scientists warned the EPA that the final panel will likely violate both the conflict-of-interest and balance provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act since at least six of the 21 scientists being considered for slots on the panel have either worked or consulted for companies or trade groups that produce or use the compound. Moreover, one nominee, a Harvard-based epidemiologist, has already written that acrylamide poses little or no cancer risk to humans. "The EPA needs to do a lot more work before the public will be assured that the final roster is balanced and free from conflicts of interest," the letter noted. "EPA's failure to do so will cast a permanent cloud over the integrity and reliability of the committee's work."
Acrylamide, a commonly used industrial compound that is also produced by frying starchy food, is already listed as a neurotoxin and probable human carcinogen. The update to the EPA's risk assessment, which is due out September 15 and will be peer-reviewed by the panel, may impact a 2005 lawsuit by the California Attorney General, which is seeking cancer warning labels on acrylamide-containing foods. Food processors are looking forward to the review since they believe recent science would downgrade the chemical's danger thresholds and thus void the lawsuit, according to a May 8 Risk Policy Report published by Inside Washington Publishers (subscription required). "I suspect that the calculation of risk will be less than the existing [EPA] assessment," said Robert Fensterheim, president of RegNet Environmental Services, which provides consulting services to the chemical industry.
The panel's 21 candidates include Harvey Clewell and Timothy Fennel, who are current and former employees of CIIT Centers for Health Research, a group that conducts research for the chemical industry. Ernest McConnell, current president of ToxPath, Inc., is a former consultant to the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association; acrylamide is a component of some fiberglass insulation materials. Abby Li, a former Monsanto science fellow, is now with Exponent, Inc., which provided expert testimony for Procter & Gamble Company, one of the defendants in the California lawsuit. And Jeffrey Fisher and Penelope Fenner-Crisp have worked with the International Life Sciences Institute, a research foundation whose board is dominated by food and beverage corporations.
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The chairman of the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel that voted last month to allow Avandia (rosiglitazone) to stay on the market with stricter heart risk warnings did not receive a conflict-of-interest waiver despite having recently earned a $2,000 speaking fee from the drug's manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline. Clifford Rosen, an endocrinologist and professor of nutrition at the University of Maine, told the agency about that relationship as well as his clinical trial work for Glaxo competitors Eli Lilly, Merck and Novartis, which was revealed on the New England Journal of Medicine website last week in an essay
entitled "The Rosiglitazone Story – Lessons from an FDA Advisory Committee Meeting." "I listed it all on the FDA sheet, and they never saw it," Rosen said. "They told me, 'I'm sorry. We missed it.'" An FDA spokeswoman, contacted by email about the oversight, claimed that "Dr. Rosen did not have any interests relevant to the meeting topic that rose to the level that would require a waiver."
OMB Casts Cloud of Confusion on Ozone Risks
Using its own interpretation of the science, the White House's Office of Management and Budget downgraded the health effects of ground level ozone in the Environmental Protection Agency's economic impact analysis of proposed new air quality regulations, an OMB Watch investigation revealed. The move served to increase the costs of the health benefits of the new standard and may undermine the agency's ability to enforce the tighter rules when they go into effect. The EPA's original economic analysis assumed that ozone concentrations above the proposed standard of 0.07 ppm led to increased human mortality, a conclusion unanimously backed by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee in March. OMB rewrote the analysis to downplay the association between ozone and premature mortality.
Scientists Challenge NIH Findings on Bisphenol A
Ignoring challenges that it overly relied on industry-funded research, the 12-member expert panel set up by the National Institute of Health's Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction last week downplayed the health risks of bisphenol A, a widely used component of plastics. The panel's finding that the health risks of BPA were "negligible" was in sharp contrast to a consensus statement published by the journal Reproductive Toxicology on August 2, where 38 scientists warned that the compound may be responsible for serious human reproductive disorders. The scientists' statement was accompanied by a study showing reproductive damage in newborn animals exposed to the compound.
The government report has a checkered history. The Los Angeles Times revealed that the original 2006 draft had been written by a consulting group with ties to companies that manufacture the chemical. Though this consulting group was subsequently fired from the panel, independent scientists who have reviewed the most recent version of the draft contend that the report still relies heavily on industry-funded studies, USA Today reports. The Environmental Working Group also charges that there are hundreds of inaccuracies in the panel's report, which the nonprofit contends call into question the objectivity of the report's findings.
House Panel Presses White House on Global Warming Science
Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Tom Davis (R-VA) of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform have asked the White House Council on Environmental Quality to turn over 56 documents as part of its ongoing investigation into political interference with government climate science. The latest request came after the CEQ withheld the documents by claiming in a letter that their release would violate "core confidentiality interests of the Executive Branch."
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The Boston Globe has editorialized on the need for FDA reform legislation currently being considered by Congress to limit the number of conflict-of-interest waivers allowed for FDA advisory committees to one. While the FDA objects by claiming that tighter rules would limit the pool of experts from whom it forms committees, the Hartford Courant points out that there are hundreds of thousands of unconflicted experts at university medical centers and government agencies within the U.S.
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"Healthy communities promote physical activity such as walking, jogging, cycling and recreational classes. They also encourage healthy foods and portions, discourage tobacco use, and promote other healthy behaviors while integrating the needs of persons with limited mobility and disabilities," Markell said.
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Page 108 has an issue where a Resources object is called though has not been instantiated yet. Just move the Resources instantiation further up the chain in the initCompassView() method.
protecteded void initCompassView() { setFocusable(true); Resources r = this.getResources(); // Removed for brevity }
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For the computer user, Suburban Acres has 20 computers.
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The walls of the library are accented with Kente and Adinkra fabrics and groupings of traditional carved masks and artifacts from several African countries.
Suburban Acres Library is an After-School Homework Club location. The After-School Homework Club is provided with funding support through OK Serves AmeriCorps.
Suburban Acres Library has introducted a new concept in library services to Tulsa County library users and are now one of three Seed Libraries in the city. There are seed packets available for check at these library service desks with a limit being 5 seeds per check out. Seed packets will rotate bi-annually to accomodate the season. Seed packets can be requested and routed to any library in the system for pick up. More information is available via the link below:
As one of the most recognized buildings in the area, the Suburban Acres Library remains a premier neighborhood attraction for its residents. With just 4,200 square feet to house its collection and a 99-year lease with Tulsa Public Schools, the Suburban Acres Library opened its doors in 1963. Adjacent to the newly established McLain 7th Grade Center (previously Alcott Elementary School), the library is viewed as a safe place for neighborhood residents both young and old. The library became a hub for the neighborhood by serving its many families, schools, and businesses. In the early years of operation the Suburban Acres Library was one of the locations that was headquarters for the Bookmobile. Librarians at Suburban Acres Library include Helen Norvell, Juanita Bryden, Ina Lee Weathers Mullings, Beverly Hogan Joyce, Angeline Welch, Linda Bayley, Ruby Duckett, Marilou Marler, Mark Goetz, Ava Nurse, and Sherrie Wallace (current manager).
In 1998, after 35 years of valued service, the library received a much needed renovation and expansion thanks to the successful passing of a countywide bond. During construction, the library served customers from a temporary site in the old Gibb's Shopping Center. After nine months of construction work, the newly renovated building re-opened to an excited community. With an additional 2,500 sq. ft., bright paint colors, and African inspired art and wall hangings, the library makes a bold statement to the customers that use the building. A new meeting room, fireplace, main entrance, additional computers, parking and restrooms made the Suburban Acres Library a jewel in a very appreciative community. In 2008-2009, additional improvements introduced a new lobby, an additional restroom, renovated restrooms and an updated look to the paint scheme inside the building. The new colors brought more warmth and a more inviting atmosphere to the building which is the feel that the Suburban Acres Library wants to continue to offer its valued community. The spring of 2012 was the perfect time for an addition of outdoor seating with a bench installed for customers to enjoy. The 2012 year saw the library take a step towards saving the planet with a new recycling bin for the community to utilize. The addition of new equipment introduced library user's to self–checking (2012) that allows for no wait service as well as an individual AWE PC Station specifically for the young techie (ages 1-5). In November 2013, Suburban Acres Library celebrated fifty (50) years of service to their North Tulsa community (specifically) with special programs and events held in honor of the momentus occassion. The future looks bright for the Suburban Acres Library and those served with a sincere invitiation to all to stop by and visit.


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Published: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 9:14 a.m.
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A Huntersville man was arrested Saturday after Davidson County sheriff's deputies allege he impersonated a law enforcement officer.
Franklin Louis Comer Jr., 42, of 12025 Moonshadow Lane, was charged with misdemeanor impersonation of a law enforcement officer. He was given a $2,000 secured bond and a court date of March 7.
Deputies conducted a traffic stop in the 1300 block of Tyro Road on a suspect vehicle involved in a disturbance at a house on Mount Caramel Church Road, according to a sheriff's office press release. During the traffic stop, Comer was identified as the suspect who had initiated a verbal disturbance with the residents of the house.
Corner had proclaimed himself to be a law enforcement officer and displayed badges from two separate agencies, deputies allege. Both agencies after being contacted advised that Corner was not an employee of theirs.
Corner was arrested for DWI by Highway Patrol troopers and taken to the Davidson County Detention Center. Deputies drew warrants on him for impersonating a law enforcement officer.
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What Is the Difference Between Right Risk and Wrong Risk?
Right Risk, Wrong Risk
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Pastor John you have a new book out, a little 50-page book, titled Risk is Right: Better to Lose Your Life Than to Waste It. In light of our dreams and aspirations, how do we determine which risks would be right or wrong, and which risks God is actually calling us to?
The Church, those who love us and care for us, should be playing a role in the choices we make regarding risks both corporately and individually. Individually, we should seek the counsel of those who have gifts of wisdom and experience, for advice on jobs, marriages, and life patterns.. They can help us avoid stupid mistakes in our lives that would create unwarranted and unnecessary risks. None of us should live in a bubble where we are making all these decisions by ourselves. God ordained that we would be helped by those around us.
A foolish risk would be one taken for something small, or being unwilling to take no risk for something big. The principle is proportionality. The bigger the hoped for outcome for the glory of God, the wiser it is to take a great risk. Likewise, the more insignificant and selfish the outcome, the more unwise it would be for you to take such a big risk for such a small payoff.
Christians should use biblical criteria to discern what the hoped for outcome is that God calls me to pursue, and what the nature of the risk is. Within that balance, only the Holy Spirit can make plain when it is right to risk or not.
Here is a concrete example. Many times, missionaries are told, "You need to get out now because situations are developing in this culture that are going to be very dangerous for you." They always face a difficult choice at that time. Some will say, "You are right. I should go." And others will say, "No, we have identified with this people for 20 years. We stand with them. We die with them. We are staying."
I think both of those choices can be right because the Bible clearly says, as John Bunyan pointed out, there is a time to fly and a time to stand. Paul sometimes stood and was stoned, and sometimes he got in a basket and escaped. Only the Holy Spirit can make plain when we should do one or the other.
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Didier Reynders hopes for a new relationship between Iran and the international community following the election of Hassan Rohani
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders has taken note of the election of Mr Hassan Rohani as the new President of Iran after the first round of elections. He is pleased with the turnout by Iranians at the polls and the fact that the election process went well, despite the fact that various potential candidates were not authorised to participate.
Like EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, Minister Reynders is of the opinion that Mr Hassan Rohani has received a strong mandate. He hopes that his election as President will lead to an improvement in the social-economic situation and human rights in Iran. The Minister also expressed his hope that tensions in the region will decrease and that a diplomatic solution will quickly be found for the Iranian nuclear issue.


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Tale of the TAPE: The Numbers That Make A Difference In Tucson – WUT – Inside Tucson Business Opinion
Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:00 am | Updated: 10:13 am, Thu Jul 14, 2011.
Tale of the tape: tracking the numbers that make a difference in Tucson By Joe Higgins and Chris DeSimone – Inside Tucson Business
The tale of the tape, here are numbers we're watching and so should you:
200,000 – the number of residents in Pima County, or one out of five, who try to get by on incomes below the federal poverty rate, according to a report in the June 23 Tucson Weekly that starts out: "If poverty were a disease, Pima County officials would have declared an epidemic by now." It amounts to less than $10,890 annually for an individual or $22,350 for a family of four.
$4.68 per $100 of assessed valuation – Pima County's combined primary and secondary property tax rate for this year, which was up an average 2 percent despite declining property values. Your neighbors in Maricopa County paid $1.05 per $100 of assessed valuation. What do we in Pima County get for the four times more we pay?
95 out of 101 – Tucson's ranking as a place to business by the Dow Jones news service MarketWatch. Detroit surpassed Tucson.
165 out of 200 – Forbes ranking of Tucson as a market for business and careers.
2 – Tucson's ranking on the list of cities with declining average home values, down 18.2 percent, since the second quarter of 2010. Only Columbus, Ohio, dropped more, 19.2 percent. Detroit was down 12.6 percent.
$4,000 per day – the estimated cost to subsidize a planned four-mile trolley from University Medical Center through downtown to some dirt lots on the west side of Interstate 10, according to Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik.
$13 million – the amount of money moved from the city's pothole fund to build a bridge over the Santa Cruz River for the new trolley's rail. The cost to resurface a road is about $500,000 per mile and more than 60 percent of city roads are in poor condition.
$87.50 – the cost of a case of duct tape to patch railing at the Tucson Convention Center. Despite collecting facilities fees on every event at the center, the fund those monies went into was swept by city officials to be spent on operations, including $187,000 salary and a car for the previous director. And to think some were pushing to spend $200 million on a hotel to support the decrepit convention center.
$475,000 – the base salary for Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University. Under Crow's leadership, ASU has not only eclipsed the University of Arizona in size but its ability to raise money by convincing donors it is a top tier university and valuable resource to the state.
0 – the number of Republican candidates names on the ballot for Tucson mayor this year.
$29.1 billion – the total gross domestic product for the Tucson region. It's $187 billion in Phoenix.
40 percent – the expected increase in Pima County wastewater fees over the next four years to bring processing fees into compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards county officials have known about for more than a decade.
$8 million – the increase to the Sun Tran budget from the City of Tucson, raising the total subsidy to $39 million. Meanwhile, police, fire and street maintenance were cut by a combined $25 million.
21.8 percent – the increase in tourism revenues in the Tucson region since 2000. Statewide, tourism revenues are up 41.4 percent and the Phoenix area was up 49.7 percent. Tucson can't keep up with its place in the sun.
Top 25 – A list in the March issue of Travel + Leisure magazine that includes Tucson as one of the "World's Most Underrated Travel Destinations."
5 years – the length of time Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities has been promoting economic development for our region.
62 – the number of dignitaries who showed up last month at ribbon cutting ceremonies at Raytheon Missile Systems' new production facility at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Ala. The list included U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., who could wield some influence in Raytheon's way as a member of the defense subcommittee of the Senate's powerful Appropriations Committee.
300 – the number of jobs Raytheon Missile Systems is adding in Alabama at the new $70 million, 70,000-square-foot missile intergration facility. Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon Missile Systems, was quoted at the ribbon cutting, saying the plant there "was the best business decision for us because of all the incentives and the integrated approach that the state brought to supporting this facility." He also said, "We see it being part of our integration facilities for many, many, many years in the future, and to support next generations" of missiles
7 months – the time it took Joe Higgins (one of the two writers of this column) to lease a 1,200 square foot retail space to Goodwill in a building inside the Tucson city limits. The use required a neighborhood meeting, zoning commission approval and a vote by mayor and council. (Aside from Joe: Guess how many more retail developments I want to do in Tucson in the future?)
$600,000 – the original contract for the Scott Avenue improvements near downtown. Costs jumped to more than $9 million as a result of change orders that included lighted sidewalks and an orange phoenix or griffin piece of art. One of the original four Rio Nuevo board members was the owner of a bed and breakfast on Scott Avenue.
$1 – the amount of rent paid to the city for the old downtown fire station by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), which is in the Rio Nuevo redevelopment district. One of the original four Rio Nuevo board members is MOCA's executive director.
$5 billion – the investment Intel is making in Chandler to build a new chip manufacturing plant, adding 1,000 new jobs. The same week that announcment was made, Tucson's announced was the arrival of 400 new call center jobs.
300 and 500 – the number of new jobs Sargent Controls is bringing to Marana and Roche is adding at Ventana Medical Systems in Oro Valley. Between Roche and Sanofi Aventis, Oro Valley now has the No. 3 and No. 6 ranked largest biotech firms in the world.
390 – The combined number of employees earning $100,000 or more working for the City of Tucson (200) and Pima County (190). There are 122 staffers in the White House who make more than $100,000.
$340,000 – the per-unit cost to rebuild the $23 million Martin Luther King low income housing project in downtown Tucson. Upon completion the building appraised at $10.5 million. Studio and one-bedroom apartments will rent for $167. A three-bedroom apartment in Oro Valley rents for $1,500 a month.
$820,000 – the price paid by Rio Nuevo to make a 15-minute video that was to be played at the Heritage Museum which never got built.
2.4 – the number of police officers per 1,000 population in Oro Valley. In Marana the figure is 2.05, Tucson is 2.0 and unincorporated Pima County is 1.28.
$17.53 – the bed tax paid on an average hotel room in Tucson. It's the highest in Arizona and higher such cities as Austin, Texas, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Honolulu.
4.1 percent – the increase from 2000 to 2010 in passengers served at Tucson International Airport. The region's population grew by 20.1 percent over the same period. In the two previous decades, 1990-2000 and 1980-1990, Tucson airport passenger traffic grew by 74.4 percent and 66.3 percent, respectively.
60 percent – the number of students in Tucson Unified School District who identify themselves as Hispanic. Those identifying themselves as Anglo represent 25 percent.
93,699 – average daily circulation of the Arizona Daily Star, down from 113,296 in 2005.
21.8 percent – the percentage of Tucson's workforce in the government sector. It ranks No. 5 among the highest percentage of government workers in a non-state capital city and 11th among all cities.
$4.8 million – the price land speculator Yoram Levy paid by buy 2,760 acres in the Santa Rita Mountains in 2004. A year later he offered to sell it to Pima County for $11.5 million, which turned it down, and by June 2005 it was sold to Rosemont Copper for $20.8 million. As a copper mine it is projected to produce annual revenues of $3.8 billion.
Contact Joe Higgins and Chris DeSimone at firstname.lastname@example.com. They host "Wake Up Tucson," 6-8 a.m. weekdays on The Voice KVOI 1030-AM. Their blog is at www.TucsonChoices.com.
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Mayor Williams Highlights Progress on Fighting Crime in Wilmington
Posted on 07/08/2013 2:41 pm
Today, Wilmington Chief of Police Chief Christine R. Dunning released a comprehensive statistical report showing that the overall crime rate in the city is down 24 percent for the first six months of 2013 (January 8th – June 30th), when compared to the same period for 2012. Most importantly, the statistics reveal that the number of homicides in Wilmington has been cut in half.
Read the Wilmington Police Department's Six Month Crime Statistics
According to the data maintained by the State of Delaware, Wilmington saw a drop in each of the three areas that cover all of the major criminal offenses. More specifically, the city experienced a 12 percent decrease in Part I Offenses, which includes violent crimes such as murder/manslaughter, rape, and aggravated assault. Part II Offenses, which are made up of other assaults, receiving stolen property, and sex offenses, saw an overall 28 percent decrease, while Part III Offenses dropped by 44 percent. Every measured category of Part II and Part III Offenses show a decline when compared to the first six months of 2012.
"Public safety is my top priority, and while there is still plenty of work to do, we are making real progress," said Mayor Williams. "As much as reducing crime in Wilmington is about aggressive policing tactics, it is equally about building up our neighborhoods and creating more opportunities for young people. I am committed to attacking this problem from all angles."
In February of 2013, the Williams Administration introduced a public safety plan aimed at creating safe and strong neighborhoods. Part of the plan called for building strategic relationships with other local, state and federal criminal justice agencies.
"We are aggressively addressing crime through a coordinated multi-jurisdictional approach that includes law enforcement involvement from local, state and federal levels," said Chief Dunning.
The policing plan also called for greater visibility of uniformed police officers in city neighborhoods. In order to achieve this goal, officers were reassigned into the Patrol Division from specialized units and high crime areas were saturated with patrol units. This increased presence of officers in communities is already fostering better relationships between the police and city residents.
"Mayor Williams' team is serious about partnering with Wilmington residents to elevate the safety level for all," said Tom Reis of the 8th District. "The added police presence displays an 'unwelcome' sign to those contemplating criminal behavior, and that is a good thing."
Cooperation from the community with the police department resulted in multiple arrests throughout the City, including one incident where residents in Browntown reported neighborhood drug activity to the police. Another example of community engagement occurred in West Center City where residents reported open-air drug sales. Both incidents resulted in arrests and confiscation of drugs. Community residents notice the cooperation and increased police presence.
"We are more effective in what we do when have the community working with us," added Dunning.
Building strong neighborhoods and the development of young people are at the center of Mayor Williams' vision for a clean, safe and smart city. The Administration launched its effort to engage and empower residents through a series of Town Hall Meetings held in neighborhoods across the city. As follow up, the Administration held a Housing Summit to encourage collaboration among developers, non-profits and other housing agencies to address vacant housing, homeownership and neighborhood revitalization; and organized a Citywide Community Projects Day to foster a sense of neighborhood pride and ownership.
The investment in Wilmington's youth is being addressed through a variety of targeted initiatives that include youth employment aimed at providing job opportunities based on academic achievement and financial need; the Summer in the Parks initiative aimed at providing artistic and culturally enriching activities in City parks; and the scholarship and internship opportunities aimed a recognizing academic achievement and promoting career development, to name a few.
Mayor Williams believes that these, along with other educational initiatives, will engage youth in a way that not only deters them from criminal activity, but also encourages them to value achievement.
"In six months, the systems are in place and beginning to show results. We are on the right track," said Mayor Williams.


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ORANGE – Hair messy, eyes red and blinking at the morning sun, more than 50 die-hard movie fans started shambling out of the auditorium in small groups about 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
A full 24 hours after they entered the theater, the bleary-eyed group, shuffling to their cars like zombies clutching pillows and blankets, is what remained of about 200 people who paid $60 to watch nine of the year's best movies back-to-back.
Beginning in 2009, the number of movies nominated for the annual best picture Academy Award jumped to at least nine from five, making the annual showcase of nominated movies at AMC's Orange 30 an event found at only a handful of places nationwide – the 24-hour best-picture nominees marathon.
Some of those attending planned for the movie binge months ahead of time, coming from as far away as Arizona and avoiding Oscar contenders at the box office all year long.
That's how Anaheim resident Lisa Sienkiewicz approached her fourth marathon, waiting to view all of the nominated movies together. Halfway through the night her eyes grew tired, though, and she snoozed through portions of the last five movies.
"This year that didn't work out," said Sienkiewicz, whose favorite was "Lincoln" but who suspected Ben Affleck's "Argo" would win the best picture Oscar.
Monica O'Malley, 29, woke up her younger sister after the credits rolled on the last film, "Beasts of the Southern Wild." Emily O'Malley, 22, came out from Arizona State University for an Oscar weekend with her sister, an actress living in Los Angeles. Sunday usually means church for the two of them, but this week they doubted they could make it.
"I have this ... suspicion we're not going to make it to church. Hopefully, God will forgive us," said Monica O'Malley. "It's research."
They cooked chocolate-covered espresso beans on a pair of cookie sheets and stuffed the goodies in a bag as a secret weapon to get through the marathon. But the bite-sized caffeine injections couldn't keep the younger O'Malley awake through the last two movies.
Usually a morning person, Emily O'Malley wasn't happy to wake up and plotted how she could see the last two movies online before the start of the Oscar presentations. The elder sister wanted "Amour" to win, but both sisters expected "Argo" to take the top prize.
John Haller and his wife had planned ahead, keeping a copy of the "Beasts of the Southern Wild" DVD in Stephanie Haller's purse all along and skipping out on the last showing. They headed to the car with John Haller clutching the same cup of soda he had had all night, snagging free refills to help him make it through a 3:20 a.m. showing of "Life of Pi" in 3D that had his eyelids hanging heavy.
They headed home to Yorba Linda, planning some sleep before getting up at 3 p.m. to host at least a dozen people for an Oscars party.
They, too, bet on an "Argo" win.
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Height: 6-5 Weight: 238 lbs.
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High School: Benton
College: Missouri (school history) (Rucker college stats)
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The association elevated the role of construction inspection when, in September, it announced its newest professional-development program: the Certified Public Infrastructure Inspector (CPII).
ASCE has addressed unethical behavior head-on and without apology. The organization's recently revised ethics code (the first such revamping in a century) replaced a tame injunction to act honorably with one that requires "zero tolerance for bribery, fraud, and corruption."
As an intern working for 16,000-resident Vienna, Va., Apelberg was directed to construct a visitors information Web page, but he took it upon himself to go home at the end of the day and tackle other town information technology issues on his own personal time. After the ambitious intern was hired full-time, he created the public works department's Tracker system, which monitors trash collection, mulch processing, and complaints. Developing the system necessitated working with department officials to assess their needs and modernizing an outdated, DOS-based system.
This perennial Trendsetter nominee, alas, often earns a berth for less-than-desirable reasons. Last year, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's chief executive resigned in the wake of a tunnel collapse that killed a rider. This year, the National Transportation Safety Board placed some of the blame on the authority's inspection program. Bechtel Co. and Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc.—which managed the $15 billion project—avoided charges of criminal negligence by settling out of court for more than $300 million.
In July, the EPA okayed the company's request to dump partially treated wastewater from its Whiting, Ind., refinery into Lake Michigan, forgoing current discharge limitations. Indiana officials also exempted the corporation's refinery from state environmental laws to let the company move forward on a planned $3.8 billion expansion. Protestors claim the measures threaten wildlife and humans dependent on the body of water for their health and recreation; the company maintains that the move will have negligible impact on man and beast.
The CEO of SWA Group, an AEC firm, is spearheading the revitalization of Vallejo, Calif.'s Mare Island. The former naval base has been transformed into an ecological and economic wonderland, with commercial uses, housing, university, and wildlife refuge.
After 17 years of dormancy, the impending invasion of the cacophonous critters had the Midwest in a tizzy this summer. However, the insects proved to be less of a threat than an amusement. While they inspired enterprising bug fans to create t-shirts and concoct unappetizing cicada recipes in celebration of their arrival, the visitation did not live up to the hype. They did only minimal damage to trees, and the dessicated exoskeletons littering sidewalks were simply swept up. In a few weeks, the noise died down, and the "CICADIA MANIA!" t-shirts went into storage.
The City of Angels added Styrofoam to the list of items residents throw in their blue recycling bins—and managed to make money in the process. After compacting the material, the city sells it to a local manufacturer that makes crown molding for homes.
As the 2008 presidential campaign heats up for his wife, the former president is seeking to cool global warming. With billions in donations from large corporations, the Clinton Global Initiative announced a plan to help government buildings in cities across the globe reduce waste and increase energy efficiency.
The agencies have given rubberized asphalt a second chance, thereby adding Illinois to the list of states—Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas—working to make old tires into cost-effective resurfacing material. Cook County's comparing its standard bituminous resurfacing mix to a concoction developed by Seneca Petroleum, which sells rubberized asphalt cement, and S.T.A.T.E. Testing, a materials testing and spec-builder, on two sites; the tollway is testing ground tire rubber in three places.
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Anniversary reminds county of power of Mother Nature
Published: Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 16, 2012 at 2:18 p.m.
Davidson County residents marked an anniversary Friday they would rather not observe. One year prior, a deadly tornado swept through the county, starting near Central Davidson High School and traveling northeast toward the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 East and N.C. Highway 109. The storm killed two people, damaged 170 properties and left a price tag of $10 million. It caused many people to take storms more seriously having seen firsthand the devastation that can occur.
Those directly affected by the storm continue on with their lives. Steve Shaw, whose wife and granddaughter died, lives with his daughter and her husband and marked the anniversary Friday with a private candlelight vigil. Most people whose houses were damaged have seen repairs completed and have moved back in or to new homes. Emergency personnel learned lessons to apply the next time a storm causes widespread damage in Davidson County. Some anniversaries bring joy, but the prevailing emotions Friday were much more somber.
Even in a conservative county where low taxes and limited government are expected, government employees must have sufficient space to perform their jobs. So the decision by the county commissioners to relocate the Davidson County Clerk of Courts office to the former Lexcom/Windstream building on North State Street will alleviate a major overcrowding situation. The clerk of courts office will double its space, and the relocation will free up room in the Davidson County Courthouse for other departments. In a positive customer service move, a small cashiering office for the clerk of courts office will remain in the courthouse.
The amount of money requested by the receiver handling the Zeek Rewards case probably raised some eyebrows of those following the ongoing saga. Court-appointed receiver Kenneth Bell requested almost $770,000 for him and his firm along with more than $85,000 for a forensic accountant and database consultant for an approximate six-week period. That distribution could reduce the amount available to those who invested in a company the government alleges operated a massive Ponzi scheme. No question the legal aspect of the case is complex, and Bell said he's billing at a discount, but the figure definitely seems high to the average person.
As the year winds to a close, many organizations will seek last-minute donations from contributors. Don't forget the United Way of Davidson County during the holiday season. The final official report meeting revealed the agency has reached 55 percent of a $1.82 million goal; the campaign continues through Dec. 31. The United Way supports 29 county agencies that provide an array of services. Consider a donation rather a present for that person you find hard to shop for during the Christmas season.
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(D is seen walking down the sidewalk only to stop to light a cigarette. After several failed attempts a man appears.)
Man 1: Is something troubling you, my child?
D: Yeah, this thing does not seem to be working. Do you have a light?
Man 1: As a matter of fact I do, but whether you accept it is up to you.
D: Well then just give it to me then, I am dying over here.
Man 1: Indeed, you are dying; it shows to your very core.
D: (Looking a bit perplexed.) Yeah I guess. So can you give me your light now, I need it more than you could ever imagine.
Man 1: I seriously doubt that.
D: Doubt what?
Man 1: That I could not ever imagine how much you need my light, my child.
D: (Getting annoyed.) Are you going to give me your light or what?
Man 1: Will you accept my light if I give it to you?
D: Yes already!
Man 1: Then believe in Me, Jesus, the Son of God, as your Savior and you will never be without a light again.
D: (More confused than angry.) What are you talking about?
Jesus: It says in the Holy Scriptures that, Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. So, While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." I will make you become reborn, my beloved one, no longer will you walk in darkness. I will bring meaning into your life.
D: (Uses cigarette as a pointer.) There is no meaning to life and the meaning you want to give me is a prime example of bad faith, something I do not wish to have any part of. Now get the hell out of my face, your light is not the light I want or need.
Jesus: What do you believe you need then?
(D ignores Jesuss question and shakes his head while trying again to light his cigarette.)
Jesus: (Jesus begins to walk past D.) This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. (Exits Jesus)
(As D is still trying to light his cigarette a hand can be seen tapping his shoulder.)
D: (Angrily) I told you to get the hell out of my face! Do you want to get hurt?
Man 2: Pardon me, but I believe you have me mistaken for someone else.
D: (Turning around.) Oh, I thought you were this one guy, God, Jesus, or whatever.
Man 2: And you told this Jesus to get the hell out of your face?
D: Yes.
Man 2: Why did you become so angry with him?
D:Because he wouldnt give me the light I needed. (D points to his cigarette.)
Man 2: I see. Even so, I do not think getting that angry or staying that angry for that matter is the best course of action.
D: (Looking annoyed.) You werent here; you dont even know what really happened.
Man 2: Perhaps not, but I do know that, Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up. My friend, Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
D: (With a sigh.) Again you werent here.
Man 2: And again, that may be so, but even if I was not here when you met Jesus, do you really think that I, Gandhi, would not know of Him? Jesus occupies in my heart [His] suffering is a factor in the composition of my un-dying faith in non-violence. What then does Jesus mean to me? To me, He was one of the greatest teachers humanity has ever had."
D: Wait, you are telling me that you believe in all that tripe about Him being the One true light of the world?
Gandhi: What I believe in, my friend, [Is] the fundamental Truth of all the great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God given. I came to the conclusion long ago... that all religions were true and also that all had some error in them.
D: Oh you are full of crap too; religion is the opiate of all civilizations and societies, a delusion to quell the anxiety of living. You are just making it worse by vindicating them all one way or another. Life has no meaning, there is no such thing as absolute truth, Jesus does not have the light I need and you are living in a dream world. Just go, Gandhi, you are as annoying as Jesus. (D starts to light his cigarette again.)
Gandhi: (As he walks past D he points to Ds cigarette.) If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. (Exits Gandhi.)
(D is seen trying to light the cigarette, gets frustrated, and throws both the cigarette and the lighter to the ground. Exits D.)