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fetish preference towards youth, it's a bit of a surprise that Nathan Karns made the cut for Baseball America's 2012 Carolina League Top 20 Prospects.
It's the latest accolade for the 24-year-old Texan drafted in the 12th round in 2009, who was named the Nationals' Minor-League Pitcher of the year last month and was a GBI regular all season long. Sean Hogan has the backstory today on his journey from sleeper to mystery man to the 2012 MiLBY Starting Pitcher Year Candidate.
Here's the skinny from the BA Scouting Report:
Karns works in the low 90s and touches 95 mph with his fastball. He throws his heater on a downhill plane, and it can jump on hitters coming out of his retooled delivery. His sharp downer curveball can be a plus pitch when he locates it consistently. Karns'[sic] changeup has the makings of becoming an average pitch after he worked hard on it this year. The development of his third pitch and how he handles the workload of another full season will help determine if he sticks in the rotation or moves to the bullpen.
It's a bit mystifying to me why Karns is not getting the credit for his slider, which is his strikeout pitch when he's locating his fastball. I put that in italics because late in the season, when he showing signs of fatigue, batters began holding off on the pitch. My gut still says he'll eventually become a reliever, but like all pitchers, I'd prefer to see them start for as long as they can until the batters tell them it's time to try a new role.
As always, if I spot something in the BA chat, I'll update this post.
8 Responses to "Nathan Karns, BA's #15 Carolina League Prospect"
Guess AA ball with tell the tale of starter versus closer/back end reliever. It was a big adjustment for Danny Rosenbaum but not so much for Tommy Milone. As did Bradley Meyers to an extent.
Strasburg just ran right through it. Seems like Ryan Perry did the same.
Have to see how Meyer and Karns and perhaps Solis do with it next season.
Karns does not throw a slider it's a spike curve…….
Nice write up and link. Sean does a good job of talking of his absence all that time, when we all in the dark. He also makes the common mistake of thinking a pitchers age is very relevant, when it's not.
BA harps of how his delivery is too high effort to make it as a starter long term. I'll defer to the scouts here on that one.
Let's be honest, a starters value is 10X that of a reliever at this level, projection-wise.


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Once upon a time, Karen Barton dreamed of owning a bed and breakfast. That was nearly 26 years ago. The dream never got past the fairytale phase until now. "I had given up on the dream because God wanted me to be a missionary," says Karen, "and missionaries are supposed to live a life of sacrifice, not own a B&B."
But in 2007, Karen, a single mom at the time, was flipping through a real estate guide looking for a home to buy. That's when she saw that a bed and breakfast in a small, sleepy southern town near Table Rock Mountain, South Carolina was up for sale. "When I saw the B&B in the guide, my dreams came back."
But they quickly began evaporating as her eyes moved down the page to the price. It was much more than she could afford. "I knew it was impossible to buy it. The inn was just too expensive. Plus, it would be too much for me to run the B&B and do my new job (as a hotel consultant)." Still, deep down inside, Karen was not really ready to let it go.
Then, circumstances changed dramatically in the span of a few weeks, breathing life back into her dream. This made Karen wonder if she was being drawn into a bigger picture than just operating a bed and breakfast. "I found the inn because I was looking for a house to buy, but I felt God was directing my search," explains Karen.
She spoke with a friend at church about her dream of becoming a B&B owner. After their conversation, Karen began to see the inn as an opportunity to fulfill her call to be a missionary. So she and her friend decided to visit the bed and breakfast. There, she met the owner and explained her situation and the dream she had. He responded by saying he had a similar goal and explained how he operated the inn. Karen listened, mentally taking notes.
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Again, her dream began to rise from the ashes. This time Karen knew the inn was going to have to take priority in her life. As she feverishly tried to work out her schedule to fit in everything, the situation began shifting in her favor in ways she now believes only God could have orchestrated.
A new position, more suited to her situation, became available within the corporation where she worked. Though she had only been employed at the company for a short time, she decided to apply for the position. To her amazement, she got it, which meant she could do all her work from home.
Soon after that, Karen got a reprieve from her hectic schedule. "I got a week off from work," she says, "because my company lost my computer." But that wasn't all. With excitement in her voice Karen tells what happened next. "My landlord called and told me he had a buyer for the house I was renting from him." This meant that she could begin moving into the B&B at her leisure as manager. Meanwhile, she checked her messages for any word from the mortgage company regarding her bid.
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College Hockey:2006-07 ECAC East Preview
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Better late than never as the ECAC East and NESCAC schools are last to officially step on to the ice for real practices and the start of games in mid-November. I actually prefer to think of the late start as a good thing coming to those who can wait. Without question the level of play in the ECAC East is as competitive as any conference in the country and there are truly some elite teams that year-in and year-out have challenged for league and national recognition. So what's up with this season?
The big difference looks like the improvement of the teams at the bottom half of the league that will strengthen the overall conference and make it extremely difficult for any team to take any night off.
"You know that Norwich, New England, St. A's and Southern Maine are going to be up there," said Babson head coach Jamie Rice. "What's going to be interesting is the level of improvement we see at Skidmore and Castleton as those new coaches bring in new and talented players to help their program. And now with Peter Belisle coming in at UMass-Boston, there will be some improvement there that will make them more competitive. The gap between the top and the bottom continues to close which will make for some great hockey during the season."
By consensus among the league's coaches, Norwich will be the team that everyone will be gunning for at the top of the standings. But behind the Cadets is where things get interesting. Lots of teams will be introducing a lot of new players into their system and playing younger less experienced squads.
"We know we are going to be younger," said New England College head coach Tom Carroll. "That's going to make the first weeks of practice and our first semester games important in terms of coming together as a team and determining how we can best utilize the players we have on this year's roster."
In the past the pre-season prognostications have seen some mixed results. But that will not deter this writer from once again reaching out to challenge the conventional wisdom and "coach speak" so prevalent at this time of the season when everyone is 0-0 and boundless enthusiasm prevails at each school regarding their chances for success in the upcoming season. So without further ado — here's my ranking for the ECAC East in the 2006-07 season which includes some interesting schedule notes as well as a look into special teams play which is quickly becoming a difference maker in the outcomes of college hockey games:
ECAC East (in order of predicted finish)
Click on the team name at the top of each section to see that team's individual preview
1. Norwich Cadets
2005-2006 Overall Record: 22-5-2
2005-2006 League Record: 15-2-2
2005-2006 League Finish: First
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: First
Summary: Look for the Cadets to get off to a good start and compete on the national stage come spring time.
2. Babson Beavers
2005-2006 Overall Record: 17-10-0
2005-2006 League Record: 14-5-0
2005-2006 League Finish: Second
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: Second
Summary: Babson will be right in the thick of the race and if the Beavers can improve their offensive output may reach the 20-win mark.
3. St. Anselm Hawks
2005-2006 Overall Record: 17-8-2
2005-2006 League Record: 14-7-2
2005-2006 League Finish: Fourth
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: Third
Summary: The Hawks are seasoned and hungry to prove themselves in the ECAC East. Strong senior leadership will help them showcase how good they are against the rest of the league.
4. New England College Pilgrims
2005-2006 Overall Record: 19-6-3
2005-2006 League Record: 11-5-3
2005-2006 League Finish: Third
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: Fourth
Summary: As coach Tom Carroll says, "the opening games will be important — it will be important to have a good first semester." How quickly this team comes together will impact where they will end up in the conference.
5. Southern Maine Huskies
2005-2006 Overall Record: 12-13-2
2005-2006 League Record: 9-8-2
2005-2006 League Finish: Fifth
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: Fifth
Summary: Get out of the blocks well and play like they have in the second half during the past two seasons and Southern Maine may challenge for a higher home-ice seed in the playoffs.
6. Salem State Vikings
2005-2006 Overall Record: 11-11-4
2005-2006 League Record: 7-8-4
2005-2006 League Finish: Sixth
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: Sixth
Summary: Like most teams that look to be short on experience, the early season schedule and how quickly things come together will greatly impact the Vikings' chances for success in the league. Improved specialty teams and solid goaltending will be important against several quality opponents to start the season.
7. Skidmore Thoroughbreds
2005-2006 Overall Record: 6-18-1
2005-2006 League Record: 5-13-1
2005-2006 League Finish: Eighth
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: Seventh
Summary: It's year two of building a program so the building blocks are being put in place. Look for heavy contributions from the freshman class and if the goaltending is solid, significant improvement ove last years six win total.
8. St. Michael's Purple Knights
2005-2006 Overall Record: 9-14-4
2005-2006 League Record: 3-12-4
2005-2006 League Finish: Seventh
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: Eighth
Summary: St. Michael's opens the season with a number of key D-II match-ups that should help them get out of the gates quickly. The Purple Knights host their own tournament this year which includes Assumption, Hamline and Johnson & Wales. A good start is really needed to set the tone for league play coming out of the holiday break.
9. Castleton State Spartans
2005-2006 Overall Record: 4-19-3
2005-2006 League Record: 1-15-3
2005-2006 League Finish: Tenth
2006-2007 USCHO Prediction: Ninth
Summary: For sure the Spartans will continue to improve and earn the respect of their opponents as they move through the season. Added scoring and balance in the line-up will help them to compete every game and with some improved team defense, they might move into the top eight.
10. UMass-Boston Beacons
2004-2005 Overall Record: 0-23-3
2004-2005 League Record: 0-17-2
2004-2005 League Finish: Ninth
2005-2006 USCHO Prediction: Ninth
Summary: A new start with a promising young coach will have this team playing consistently hard every night. Expect to see some wins for the Beacons this season especially with their non-league schedule.
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TUCSON--The University of Arizona opened its fall football camp with a no-nonsense, swift-paced practice Thursday that exhibited a businesslike demeanor for head coach Mike Stoops and staff in the second year on the job.
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"False starts, mental mistakes, those kinds of things can wreck a day. But we got a lot in, and we're asking a lot of the guys. You'll have some mistakes -- it was the first day," Stoops said.
The three quarterbacks, sophomore Richard Kovalcheck, junior Adam Austin and freshman Willie Tuitama each had moments, Stoops said. "Richard is rusty, and maybe pressing a bit. You can tell the reps in spring ball really helped Adam. Willie has to get comfortable with the speed and the way things happen," he said.
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Senior strong safety Lamong Means was limited to sideline conditioning in some parts of practice by a sore hamstring. "We're taking it easy with Lamon. He'll be okay," Stoops said.
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Former UMass men's lacrosse standouts represented their alma mater through out the summer
Leveille Helps Team USA To Second Place At FIL Championship
Former Minuteman tallied 15 points on 14 goals, one assist over six appearances
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Leveille In Major League Lacrosse: Owns 365 points via 281 goals and 82 assists in 117 games played entering the 2014 MLL postseason ... Served as a co-captain of the Rochester Rattlers in 2014, helping the team finish the regular season at 10-4 overall for the No. 1 seed in the playoffs ... Broke the previous record for career goals in MLL (270) with a hat trick, including the double-overtime game-winning tally for his 271st career goal, against Chesapeake on Thursday, June 5, 2014 ... Set a single-season personal best with 51 points on 39 goals and 12 assists for Boston in 2005 ... Has produced at least 20 points in nine of his 11 Major League Lacrosse seasons and 30 or more points in seven campaigns ... Notched at least 20 goals during the 2004-10 seasons ... Also owns 174 groundballs ... Holds the MLL record for most consecutive games played with at least one goal (59) ... Has played for Boston (2003-05), Chicago (2006-10) and Rochester (2012-present).
UMass Career Highlights: Ranked eighth all-time in goals (105) and 11th for points scored (159) in UMass men's lacrosse history upon his graduation in 2003 ... Three-time United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-America selection as he earned second team laurels in 2002 and 2003 after he totaled honorable mention recognition in 2001 ... Also a three-time NEILA All-Region and All-ECAC pick ... Was named the ECAC Offensive Player of the Week on three occasions ... Competed in the 2003 North/South All-Star Game ... Totaled 60 appearances with the Minutemen ... Also scooped up 99 groundballs and took 274 shots during his career.
2003 - Senior: USILA All-America Second Team ... Tewaaraton Award Finalist ... All-ECAC First Team ... NEILA All-Region First Team ... NEILA Player of the Year ... ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (3/3 & 4/28) ... ECAC Preseason Player of the Year ... USILA Preseason All-America ... UMass Athlete of the Week (4/16 & 5/14) ... Ranked second among Minutemen in points (51), goals (34) and assists (17) ... Started the season with two goals against Sacred Heart ... Notched 10 points via seven goals and three assists against Stony Brook ... Had six assists versus Albany ... Notched a hat trick against Penn State ... Provided four points when the Minutemen faced Yale and added hat tricks versus Rutgers and Syracuse.
2002 - Junior: USILA All-America Second Team ... All-ECAC First Team ... NEILA All-Region First Team ... ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (4/22) ... Started all 16 games and played in every game since joining the Minutemen, a string of 44 consecutive appearances ... Key component of an offense that led the ECAC in scoring ... Was a member of an offensive unit that was fourth in the nation, outscoring its opponents by 4.29 goals per game, as well as 10th in the nation converting 38 percent of man-up opportunities ... Second on the team with 36 goals, 12 assists and 48 points ... Led the team shooting .468 (36-for-77) ... Goals and points ranked fourth in the conference ... Scooped up 27 ground balls ... Recorded at least two points in all but one game ... Scored two goals in NCAA quarterfinals against Johns Hopkins ... Netted two goals in the Minutemen's 17-4 win over Fairfield in the NCAA Tournament ... Tied a career-high with four goals against UMBC and Georgetown ... Tallied five points on three goals and two assists in wins over Navy and Harvard ... Netted three goals and added an assist versus Hartford ... Had a hat trick in games against Hofstra and Syracuse ... Ended the regular season with a four-point performance on two goals and two assists against Rutgers ... Tallied two goals and an assist in the win over Brown ... Posted a goal and assist against Stony Brook, Vermont, Albany and Penn State ... Scored a pair of EMO goals in the games against Hofstra and Harvard, tying the team season-high for a single-game ... Scooped up an individual season-high four ground balls against Fairfield, Harvard and Syracuse ... Started off the season with three ground balls against Hofstra ... Scooped up two ground balls against Stony Brook.
2001 - Sophomore: All-ECAC Second Team... NEILA All-Region Second Team ... USILA All-America Honorable Mention ... UMass Athlete of the Week (2/28) ... Selected to try out for the 2002 United States Men's Lacrosse Team ...Finished second on the team with 43 points through 25 goals and 18 assists ... Had at least one point in 13 of the 14 games ... Ended the season with six goals and three assists in the last two games ... Opened the year with a six-point outburst against Hofstra, recording four goals and adding two assists ... Totaled three goals and added two assists in the win over Rutgers ... Posted a hat trick and added an assist in the victories over Brown, Boston College and UMBC ... Recorded two goals and two assists against Albany ... Scored once and chipped in three assists in the league victory over Penn State ... Recorded two goals and an assist against Georgetown ... Tallied a goal and an assist against Harvard, Vermont and Yale ... Chipped in a pair of assists in the win over Stony Brook ... Scored a single goal in the win against Navy.
2000 - Freshman Played in all 14 games... Finished with 10 goals and seven assists for 17 points... Scooped up 23 ground balls... Ended the season with a six-game goal scoring steak ... Netted two goals and an assist against Loyola and Syracuse ... Scored a pair of goals against Georgetown ... Had a goal and an assist in the victory over Boston College ... Tallied single goals against Harvard and Brown ... Recorded two assists in the victory over Stony Brook.
Before UMass: Played for Gary DiNola at Albany Academy... Scored 103 points as a senior (78 goals, 25 assists) and 396 points during his high school career ... All-America selection as a senior ... Three-time all-league choice ... Also played hockey and soccer at Albany Academy ... Posted 69 points as a senior in hockey and 222 career points ... Hockey team was 1998 New England Prep School Division II Champions ... Captain of the lacrosse and hockey teams as a senior.
Personal: Full name is Kevin Anthony Leveille... Son of Nancy and George Leveille ... Born on Aug. 18, 1981.
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Book Review: C. Hope Clark, Lowcountry Bribe
Author, C. Hope Clark's first mystery novel, Lowcountry Bribe, was surprisingly good. A mystery buff, I usually read an author's work from the start of a series, and usually notice the writing style improving. I was not sure what to expect, but after a marathon read, I was pleasantly surprised. I found I could not put the book down once I began reading it. Lowcountry Bribe, Clark's first novel, has all the elements of a very good and captivating novel. Clark weaves the story beautifully from start to finish. I was kept in suspense until the end.
While characters are being introduced and are still developing, the initial book gives readers a solid idea of who the characters are. Clark weaves setting seamlessly into the dialogue. I read Lowcountry Bribe in one marathon setting, and look forward to reading the next two books in the series. Tidewater Murder, and Palmetto Poison. Clark's writing reminds me of J.A.Jance, a Northwest mystery writer who captures the feel of place in her two series--one set in the Southwest, the other in Seattle, Washington.
Clark's first novel, Lowcountry Bribe, creates a set of characters, including the protagonist, Carolina Slade, a strong, no-nonsense Southern woman who though reluctant at first, is discovering her power and gifts for sleuthing. Lowcountry Bribe offers the reader a feel for the Southeast that may make you longing for more, as it did me. I am looking forward to seeing how the characters develop, and to follow the suspenseful and intricate plots that C. Hope Clark creates. For those of you who love to curl up with a good page-turner, I highly recommend Lowcountry Bribe. C. Hope Clark promises to be one of those mystery authors you just can't wait to read.
Lowcountry Bribe is available on Kindle and audible versions as well as in paperback.
Lowcountry Bribe by C. Hope Clark. Bell Bridge Books. 2012. ISBN 9781611940909 (paperback),


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Where Demons Dwell
By: Rev. Mark T. Blachley
There has been interest in this area of paranormal phenomena, but also much ignorance as well. In this article, I want to convey the message of where demons have their abode or dwelling place. In many cases, a graveyard is a good place to start. Also, any places where a tragedy has occurred. The more horrific the tragedy, the higher the probability that there is a demonic element involved. If a horrific crime or murder has occurred on a property or building, it gives demons a right to hang around until they are driven out.
In many cases that I have encountered, the demonic entity was either asked or invited in by simply asking, or some occult practice was done on the premises to allow it in. But, they can also inhabit people, animals, places, and things such as occult emblems, books, pagan deities, idols, movies, music and of course games such as dungeons and dragons etc. Ouija boards are dangerous to use as it has the potential of opening a demonic portal into the place it is used in. I would strongly advise against using such things in any situation.
The earth plane in which we live here on the earth, is the main place you will find demonic entities. But, they have another abode in which many do not consider, which is in the heavens. The sphere of space or our atmosphere. This is where many principalities (High ranking entities) have set up their thrones and establish their rule. It is in this sphere that they make their plans and give instruction to lower ranking demons. The place where demonic entities have the most activity is in our realm on the earth. Not above it. It is on the earth that power can be exercised over them. Not in the heavenly realms. They do not belong here in this plane. This is where we have dominion. Not the other way around.
There are many places around the world where demonic entities have set up their thrones and rule with an iron fist. Most are in the eastern nations. In Calcutta India, they have many millions of gods that they worship. Many have come out of this type of worship to have demons exorcised from them only to reveal that the god they thought was a deity was actually a demon. In Singapore, worshippers there must pay respect to a powerful dignitary that is the spiritual ruler of the area before they can go to a temple and pray and worship another god. Demonic entities are jealous for power and control, and most of all, worship. There are many demonically inhabited nations and America is becoming this way more and more.
Not only do demons dwell over countries and nations but they dwell over cities as well. In places such as New York and L.A. where crime is very heavy it is easy to see the rule of darkness over a given area. In places where churches have less and less influence, crime, murder, theft, corruption, and evil will be most active. If you look at statistics of types of crimes that occur in different cities, for example, murder may be more common in New York than in San Francisco. By checking these statistics out, one can figure out just what kind of entities are most powerful in any given area. In some circles this is called spiritual mapping. You can actually find out what kind of spiritual forces are at work by what kind of activity takes place in a given area. Political corruption can also be evident in a demonically influenced city and we see this kind of thing all the time on the news. It is my belief that demons are behind many of the scandals we see today in government.
Throughout history, a story has been painted of how a demonic entity can control a nation and thus strike fear throughout the entire world. Hitler and Nazi Germany are one of many. In some places in Germany, Berlin and various other locations in its vicinity, you can hear what sounds like soldiers marching and giving orders. But no one is there. Places of tragedy give demons a right to hang around. Another example of nations that were used by demons was Napoleon. It was said of him that he had a madness like a dog. It can also be said of Hitler as well. The list goes on of course with Alexander the great, the Romans, The Egyptians and many, many others. In every case, the leaders seemed to have a type of madness or wicked obsession about taking over the planet. And not just take over the planet, but by the worst means necessary. Such behavior is not normal and is not of God. If it is an insane notion, then it has a high probability of being demonically inspired. Today, nations are still demonically controlled. Especially in the east. Many deities are very good at masquerading as genuine deities, but it is all a ploy to establish control. After all, that is why they do what they do.


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On the tenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, Revealer editor Jeff Sharlet looks at the memorials and morality tales on offer from the Western press.
At this juncture I'd like to tell you a joke. There's a Jew, a Cambodian, and a Bosnian. Or maybe it should be a Jew, a Kosovar, and a Tutsi. An Armenian, a Lakota Indian, and an African-American. It's hard choosing victims, there are so many of them. How do you decide who's suffered most? Say the Jews lost six million in the Holocaust, which puts them ahead numerically, but 800,000 Tutsi were slaughtered by more time-consuming methods, knife and machete, mostly. Doesn't that sort of even things out? Is it more or less horrible that under the Khmer Rouge a million Cambodians were killed by other Cambodians? Does that count as genocide or fratricide? You see my difficulty.
— Peter Trachtenberg, "The Book of Job"
The press is marking the 10th "anniversary" of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda with a well-intentioned collage of vicarious suffering, voyeuristic horror, and awkward piety. A conflict originally written off as "tribal" has been complicated in the Western mind, raised in status to a "legacy of colonialism." Not many words are spared on explication of those two loaded terms.
Nor, for that matter, on the complexities of Rwanda's religious life, despite the fact that one of the legacies of colonialism — as reported in Philip Gourevitch's journalistic account, We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families You Will Be Killed, Mahmood Mamdani's more thorough exploration, When Victims Become Killers, and Alison Des Forges' painful masterwork, Leave None to Tell the Story — results from bad biblical scholarship.
Beginning in the late 19th century, German and Belgian ethnographers sharpened the vague line of division between Tutsis and the array of smaller ethnic and regional groups grouped under the term "Hutu." In search of real world proof for the Bible's stories — and a local administrative class — the scholars decreed that Tutsis were a superior race born of Ham, the biblical figure who for the sin of seeing his father, Noah, naked was sent into exile. The Hutu, they further "discovered," had no biblical antecedents at all — making them subhuman.
Thus were the seeds planted. But it took a century of politics, bad theology, and even linguistics (the conflict was in no small part related to Francophone anxiety over continued dominance of the region) to result in the hundreds of thousands killed and the hundreds of thousands of killers now awaiting — what? Justice? Forgiveness? "Reconciliation?"
Christianity Today does a better job than most in hinting at the difficulty of saying what's needed now in Rwanda, with a set of articles focusing on "restorative justice" — currently being put in practice, if CT is to be believed, through a revived tradition of communal "Gacaca" courts.CT writer Timothy C. Morgan astutely remarks on the Hebrew Bible parallels to the tradition of Gacaca, casting it in terms of the punishment meted out in Joshua 7.
Of course, the Israelites who execute justice in Joshua do so at the behest of and within sentencing parameters laid down by God; unless Rwanda is ready to embrace theocracy, no such certainty is available.
Maybe it's time for another joke. This one's culled from Morgan's report:
Missionary Guillebaud shared with me Deborah Niyakabirika's story, chronicled in aWorld Vision Australia video. Her son was murdered, in an isolated act of ethnic vengeance, three years after the genocide.
Months after the killing, a young man visited Deborah. "I killed your son," he said. "Take me to the authorities and let them deal with me as they will. I have not slept since I shot him. Every time I lie down I see you praying, and I know you are praying for me."
Deborah answered, "You are no longer an animal but a man taking responsibility for your actions. I do not want to add death to death." Then Deborah did the extraordinary. "But I want you to restore justice by replacing the son you killed," she continued. "I am asking you to become my son. When you visit me, I will care for you."
Today, that young man is an adopted member of her household.
To quote Peter Trachtenberg again: "I know what you're going to say. 'Wait! That's not funny!'"
No, it's not — but regardless of its particular truth, it is indicative of a sitcom-style narrative embraced by much of the press reporting on Rwanda today, a storyline made all the more grotesque by its irony (awful or inspiring, depending on your perspective). It's just as visible in secular journalism, even in reporting that's smart enough to notice the overlooked victims of the genocide, such as this Washington Post piece by Emily Wax, which begins —
Hands covering her eyes, her thin legs crossed to try to stop what she could not, Eugenia Muhayimana screamed out to God as the baby pushed through her birth canal. She said she yelled and kicked during two hours of labor, hoping her heart would stop, her soul would drift away and she and her infant would pass to a world where they could live in peace.
"We are already dead," Muhayimana recalled thinking. "I wished we could just disappear."
–and continues on to tell the redemptive tale of how Muhayimana comes to love her children, the result of a rape during the genocide. Wax wraps it up neatly with a quote from Muhayimana: "…everything I went through was worth it in order to have them."
Which leads one to wonder: Is this really reporting, or resolution? Does it offer closure, a "restoration" with or without justice? And to what end do such stories appear in the American and European press?
Bob Smietana, another Christianity Today journalist who also maintains a thoughtful weblog called god-of-small-things, has suggested that affluent Western Christian readers' fascination with genocidal scenarios of another variety — those featured in Left Behind — as well as accounts of persecution in developing nations constitutes a kind of "vicarious Christianity." If that's so, much of the coverage of Rwanda coming even from the secular press might be said to be partaking of the same emotional release, such as Mary Kimani's 2003Time feature story, "Killers Come Home."
" 'To be honest, I did not even know the people we went to kill,' says Gerard Uwize, clutching a Bible and songbook," the piece begins. Kimani moves on to an exploration of the seemingly hopeless moral situation men like Uwize — and those around him — face before concluding with an account of a Rwandan Catholic nun whose family was murdered, and who now runs a program through which killers meet survivors and help rebuild their homes.
More recently, Laurie Goering writes in The Chicago Tribune of Louise Mushikiwabo, who lost 12 immediate relatives and now wants to make a book about what happened. Goering concludes:
Mushikiwabo, a graduate student in Washington at the time of the genocide, recently ran into the brother of one of her family's killers in Kigali.
"I said hello in an awkward way, and I think he thought I wouldn't shake his hand, but I did," she remembers.
"Ten years after such a horrendous genocide, the fact that people are living together peacefully is very important," she added.
Indeed. And so are such stories. But to whom? When served up in the Western press — accompanied by Dantesque dips into hell such as this BBC oral history, "Taken Over By Satan" — they function almost as morality plays, binding Rwandan killers and survivors together with American and European readers as the "everyman" who has passed through sin to a hard-won redemption.
And then along comes Paul Kagame, the former rebel leader and current president. Journalists and scholars are generally divided over Kagame, most of the former embracing him as a compromised but ultimately heroic figure, and many of the latter judging him as not all that better than the genocidaires. The most recent press presents a media character who is both and neither.
"It is clear that the world had the capacity to stop the genocide but deliberately chose to turn a blind eye on Rwanda," Kagame announced at one recent memorial event, rebuking those who'd find solace in Rwanda's tentative recovery while whitewashing their nations' complicity in its devastation. It was also a rhetorical move that made good copy not long after Le Mondepublished a leaked report (variously attributed to to the French government and to the CIA)accusing Kagame of masterminding the 1994 assassination of Rwanda's president, an event which was spark that lit the tinder — and, so the theory goes, led Kagame and his army of exiles to their current control of the country.
Such contradictions defy the master narrative employed by the Western press to make sense of the killing — that is, to extract something useful from it, whether it's a Christian-tinged, secular morality play in the mainstream media, or an update of holocaust theology in the religious press. Christianity Today's Timothy Morgan expresses this ideology explicitly when he writes that "the price in lost lives and lost opportunities has been extraordinarily high for this nation, but a new space for healing is being created in a uniquely biblical and African way."
That kind of commercial metaphor may seem crass, but ostensibly objective reports from BBCand New York Times are no less utilitarian when they deploy a vague vision of Rwandan Islam — modest, moderate, and, in 1994, a refuge from genocide — as a metaphor for a sort of univeralism, a generic human drive to rise above tragedy by staying down to earth:
The Rwandan Muslim community is "an inward-looking group," writes the Times' Marc Lacey, "and not a likely candidate for harboring cells of Al Qaeda. While Rwanda's Muslims say they follow the travails of Islamic adherents in other parts of the world — the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, for instance, and the conflict in the Middle East — their primary focus is on their own struggle to put their lives back together."
A hopeful story, even if its celebration of Rwanda's "fastest growing religion" ignores the fact that its growth leveled off in 1997. But then, these stories aren't really presented as news. Ten years out, what the Western press wants from Rwanda are parables. Stories of the killers who now build houses for survivors, a mother who has learned to love the child of rape, a young woman who shook the hand of a former enemy. Stories of good Muslims, sad killers, and the "triumph of of the human spirit." Stories shaped for readers who require lessons from the past; healing after history; meaning redeemed from murder, and preferably sooner rather than later.
From Peter Trachtenberg's "Book of Job":
So say you've got a Jew, a Lakota, and a Tutsi. And they're hanging out comparing their tribulations. The Jew says, "I saw my whole family exterminated at Belsen. Mama, papa, aunts, my sisters, two tiny girls. They were taken away to the gas chambers; they were burned in ovens and their soot fell on me."
The Lakota says: "I saw many dead men, women, and children lying in the ravine. When I went a little way up, I heard singing, and going a little way farther, I came upon my mother. She was moving slowly, and I could see that she was very badly wounded. A strange thing: She had a soldier's revolver in her hand, swinging it as she went. I do not know how she got it. When I caught up to her, she said, 'My son, pass by me; I am going to fall down now.' As she went up, the bluecoats shot at her and killed her."
The Tutsi says: "The militia had the people line up in the churchyard, in rows. Then they would walk among the rows and cut us with their pangas, swish, swish, swish, like they are chopping down maize. There is blood everywhere. At mid-day they get tired, they want to rest for a while. But they don't want any of the people to get away. So they find the ones who are still alive and sever the tendons behind their knees. This way they cannot run, and the militia can finish them later. Then they go off and eat lunch in the shade of the rectory."
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The New Orleans Saints have one final day of practice before they leave for Indianapolis to face the Colts. This week, they've been getting many of their players fully back from injury, including Drew Brees, Jairus Byrd, Champ Bailey and Kenny Stills.
All are expected to play against the Colts on Saturday.
What do you think Saints fans? Would you rather see those players get a few series to prepare for the regular season, or do you think the injury risk isn't worth it in the preseason?
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IMF Managing Director de Rato Names Sean Hagan as General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department
Mr. Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today his decision to inform the 24-member Executive Board of his intention to name Mr. Sean Hagan as General Counsel and Director of the IMF's Legal Department. Mr. Hagan, a U.S. national, will succeed Mr. Francois Gianviti, who is retiring after serving as the IMF's General Counsel for 18 years.
Mr. Hagan holds an M.Sc. in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. After four years as an Associate in two private law firms, Mr. Hagan joined the staff of the Fund's Legal Department in July 1990 and has been Deputy General Counsel since February 2003.
"Throughout his Fund career, Sean Hagan has demonstrated outstanding intellectual qualities and analytical skills. He combines first rate organizational skills with the ability to grasp complex and dynamic legal areas and a sound understanding of the economic and financial context of legal issues," Mr. de Rato stated.
Mr. Hagan coordinated the Legal Department's work on the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism and on collective action clauses, and has been managing the department's contribution to technical assistance policy and delivery. In addition to expanded administrative responsibilities, he has worked in a number of areas of particular importance to the Fund, including trade-related issues, anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, the IMF's relations with Iraq, and in the development of standards and codes of best practices in monetary and financial policy areas.


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No. 23 Iowa faces Illinois in first round on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. (CT) on BTN
Hawkeyes, Illini tip at 3 p.m. (CT) on Sunday on BTN
Hawkeyes, Buckeyes tip at 6 p.m. (CT) on Thursday on the Big Ten Network
Iowa, Michigan tip at 12:30 p.m. (CT) from Ann Arbor on Saturday; watch live on BTN
Hawkeyes, Boilermakers to meet Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT) in West Lafayette
1989-90 as a Senior-- moved to off-guard this season after two years as Iowa's starting point guard...continues to see time at the point position...owns a 22-game double figure scoring streak...is Iowa's second-leading scorer with a 17.3 average...leads the team in assists per game, 5.6...scored a career-high 30 points to lead the Hawkeyes to an 88-65 win over DePaul...hit 10 of 14 (77%) field goals against the Blue Demons...a unanimous choice to both the Amana-Hawkeye Classic and the Dial Soap Classic all-tournament teams...did not start Iowa's first two games (Amana-Hawkeye Classic) due to a deep thigh bruise, but played for 25 and 25 minutes in those contests...chosen by the Big Ten Conference coaches as a 1989-90 preseason all-league choice...a 1989 all-Big Ten first team player...an honorable mention choice in 1988 ...played on the 1988 medal-winning U.S. entry to the Jones Cup Games in Taiwan...is on line to graduate in August 1990 and plans to pursue a career in corporate fitness.
1988-89 as a Junior-- Iowa's second-leading scorer with a 14.4 average...averaged 15.6 points against Big Ten foes...reached double-figure scoring in 29 of 31 games, including the last 15...scored 20 or more points six times...24-point performance against Minnesota marked a career-best...collected a career-high 10 rebounds against Wisconsin...led Iowa in assists, averaging 3.7 per outing, was seond in steals, 2.2 per game...snagged six steals against Illinois to tie her career-best established last season...handed out a career-best eight assists against Iowa State and in Iowa's Amana-Hawkeye Classic championship win over Wake Forest...averaged more playing time than any other Hawkeye, 36.2minutes....shot 53% (187-354) from the field and 62 % (66-106) from the line...led Iowa's scoring in four games and rebounds in one...Dec. 7 against Iowa State, Law hit a 54-foot shot at the halftime buzzer.
1987-1988 as a Sophomore-- took over the starting point guard role after averaging only 3.3 minutes per game as a rookie...started every game for Iowa as a sophomore...Iowa's fourth-highest scorer with an 8.4 average...reached double figure scoring in 11 contests...scored a career-high 18 points against Auburn in the first round of the Burger King/Orange Bowl Classic, Deb. 28...scored 17 points to join Michelle Edwards as Iowa's top scorers against then No. 1-ranked Texas in the championship game of the Burger King/Orange Bowl Classic...grabbed a season-best seven rebounds in Iowa's 58-54 loss at Ohio State...also dished out five assists against the Buckeyes...was Iowa's assists leader during its three-time NCAA postseason bid...was credited with four assists against Stephen F. Austin, 10 against Long Beach State, and a career-high 11 versus USC...snatched a career-best six steals against Indiana.
1986-87 as a Freshman-- extremely quick point guard saw action in 17 games...top game came against Michigan State when she hit two of two shots from the field, grabbed a steal and handed out an assist in only six minutes of play...recorded season-bests in rebounding against Minnesota (2), assists at Wisconsin (2), steals at Drake (2), and blocks against Purdue (1).
High School-- a four-year letter winner in basketball, she received honorable mention all-America honors from USA Today following her senior year at Wilson High School...also was named on Street & Smith's pre-season high school all-America list...earned all-state honors from The Greenville News and South Carolina Coaches Association in bother her upper-class years...a four-time all-conference pick, she earned conference most valuable player honors as a senior...averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals and 4 assists per game her final prep year...graduated with Wilson High School career records in points scored (1,812) and assists (552)...an excellent track athlete-a four-year letterwinner and former state champion in the long jump--she owned conference records in the long jump (19 feet, ½ inches) and triple jump (38 feet, 5 ¾ inches) upon graduation.
Personal-- Born 12-7-67...one of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Law of Florence, S.C...nickname is Jazzy.
Law's Career Bests: Points 30 vs. DePaul FGM 11 vs. Minnesota FGA 20 vs. Indiana FG% 1.000 vs. Michigan St. FTM 8 vs. Michigan St. FTA 12 vs. DePaul FT% 1.000 Eight times Rebounds 10 vs. Wisconsin Assists 8 vs. Iowa St; Howard; St. Joseph's Steals 6 vs. Indiana


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Dying to Live: Urgent Need to Increase Organ Donation Awareness in India
by Thilaka Ravi on January 23, 2012 at 11:53 AM India Special - G J E 4
Thousands of people die every year waiting for someone to donate an organ that is so vitally important and could have kept them alive. Very few seem to care. Frequent campaigns are needed to sensitize the Indian public on urgent need to step up organ donations and save precious lives. In the case of deceased organ donation, organs and tissues harvested from a person declared 'brain dead' can be used to save as many as nine lives or more.
One such initiative was the Organ donation rally organized at the Marina Beach, Chennai, South India on Sunday by MOHAN Foundation (Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network), a not-for-profit organization promoting deceased organ donation. The rally which was flagged off by Mr. Saidai S. Duraisamy, Mayor, Corporation of Chennai, at the Triumph of Labour statue and reached the Gandhi statue where a unique sand sculpture depicting organs that can be donated to save lives was etched on the sands of Marina beach.
AdvertisementSpeaking on the occasion, the Mayor observed, "Organ donation is one donation that doesn't require a person to have material wealth in order to be able to give away something to another. It just requires the willingness to pledge one's organs after death for another's use, getting a donor card and informing the nearest kith and kin about the intention to donate." The Mayor said he would explore ways to step up infrastructure to speed up availability of organs for transplant and assured the gathering that the Corporation of Chennai would help facilitate venues for awareness campaigns and rallies to take the organ donation movement forward.
Mr. Sharad Sharma, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India was pained to note that even 17 years after the Transplantation of Human Organ Act was passed in India, there was severe lack of awareness on organ donation among the Indian population and there were very few NGOs promoting organ donation awareness in India. Mr. Sharma informed the audience that SBI had donated a public education van to MOHAN Foundation in order to spread the message of organ donation to a wide spectrum of people.
Mr. Anantha Padmanabhan, NAC Jewellers said that the best way to take the movement forward was for every person to pledge to donate his or her organs and be a role model to others. He said, following his example about 60 or more of his family and friends had signed a Donor Card.
Welcoming the gathering, Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee of MOHAN Foundation said, "Tamil Nadu is at the forefront of the deceased organ donation programme in India. The latest statistics show that there have been 230 organ donors in the state from October 2008 till date. As a result 1318 organs and tissues have been donated saving many lives. Events such as this help people realize the importance of this cause and build positive public will about organ donation."
Dr. V. Kanagasabai, Dean, MMC & RGGGH, Dr. M. Panchanathan, JD (MEDL), DMRHS, Dr. N. Muthurajan, Dy. Director of Medical Education, and Dr. V. Palani, Medical Superintendent, participated in the rally which also had enthusiastic corporate people and students from colleges like Loyola College, Agrasen College, Quaid-e-Milleth, Sindhi College, and SDNB Vaishnav College marching to promote awareness on organ donation carrying banners with slogans such as, "Give Life a Second Chance", "Don't take your organs to heaven. God knows it's needed here." MCC students effectively presented the theme of organ donation through a vibrant street theatre performance. The Mayor distributed medals to the sand sculptors from Government College of Fine Arts.
MOHAN Foundation a not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation was started to promote deceased organ donation. It is a registered NGO with Income Tax exemption under Section 80G and 35AC and has offices in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Delhi, Visakhapatnam and USA.
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Does a Dividend Deduct From Retained Earning?
Original post by Geri Terzo of Demand Media
A company's retained earnings are displayed as a line item on a balance sheet. The item represents income that a company decides to save. If a business instead decides to distribute those profits, retained earnings decrease. Once the income is earned, a company decides whether to distribute the proceeds to investors in the form of a dividend, or retain the money to reinvest in the company's ongoing operations.
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Companies are taxed for profits earned. The tax rules vary depending on the way that a corporation is structured and the region in which the business is located. In 2011, Taiwan-based electronics giant Hon Hai Precision, which makes mainstream mobile devices used around the world, suffered a steep decline in profits in its second quarter. The company blamed taxes that were applied to its retained earnings. The taxes would not have been as severe if the company instead opted to pay dividends to investors.
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In the U.S., corporate dividends are essentially taxed twice. Corporations are taxed on profits and investors are taxed on dividends. A dividend tax can be prevented if a company opts to hold onto profits as part of retained earnings and gain access to capital in other ways. An unintended consequence of allowing retained earnings to escalate is that investors could become restless and decide to instead direct assets toward companies that are using capital to promote expansion.
- American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers: Why Owners Love Their Retained Earnings Account - How To Handle It
- "The Wall Street Journal;" Hon Hai Precision Second-quarter Net Profit Falls 23% On Higher Taxes; Lorraine Luk; August 2011
- BalancedPolitics.org: Should The Individual Tax On Dividends Be Eliminated?
- AFP; Taiwan's Hon Hai 2Q profit down 23%; August 2011
- "The Wall Street Journal"; Warren Buffett On Dividends: Possible But Unwelcome; Erik Holm; April 2011
- "The New York Times"; On Dividend Taxes, It's A Post-Partisan Race; N. Gregory Mankiw; September 2008
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Universal Chord Theorem
I am having a problem with this exercise. Could someone help?
Suppose $a \in (0,1)$ is a real number which is not of the form $\frac{1}{n}$ for any natural number n n. Find a function f which is continuous on $[0, 1]$ and such that $f (0) = f (1)$ but which does not satisfy $f (x) = f (x + a)$ for any x with $x$, $x + a \in [0, 1]$.
I noticed that this condition is satisfied if and only if $f(x) \geq f(0)$
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The Rexall Centre in Toronto, Canada, will be the site for a Rogers Cup 2014 semifinal clash between Roger Federer and Feliciano Lopez, a tennis match that will be streaming live on ESPN3 (English live stream & Spanish en vivo audio) free of charge, and broadcast on ESPN2 (TV schedule start time: 8 p.m. Eastern Time). According to an NDTV Sports report on Aug. 8, the 17-time Grand Slam champion celebrated his 33rd birthday with a win over David Ferrer.
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