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Fourth Year at Arizona
22 Years in Coaching
*Boosted Arizona's attendance by 7,500 per game*
*15 Bowl Games as a coach*
*4 Bowl Games as a player*
*2000 National Championship*
*Overall record as an assistant was 168-48-2*
In Norman, Stoops helped rebuild a program that followed four seasons of 17-27-1 football with a swiftly crafted 7-5 bowl team, and a national championship club a year later at 13-0. The pace of that improvement was appealing to UA athletics director Jim Livengood, albeit in the hands of the elder Stoops. It was clear in Arizona's camp that it had no less a coach than OU found when they hired Bob Stoops from the coordinator ranks.
?'He's worked hard and deserves this. He's more than prepared for it. I say this in a humble way: There's nobody more like me than him.'
?- Bob Stoops, Head Coach, University of Oklahoma
Arizona couldn't be more pleased with the direction of its football program, and the credit goes to Mike Stoops.
UA finished spring ball in 2005 with considerably improved expectations for the second season under Stoops. After the sessions, Stoops told an assembly of state sports editors, "I think we have a chance to be a much improved football team. The first year is always a good learning experience. I learned a lot, and we understand our strengths and weaknesses a whole lot better. The team has more hope."
A 3-8 season in 2004 fell short of his expectations, less than what he'd come to know at the highest levels of the game. But the year gave him a thorough appreciation of where Arizona's program needed improvement. And he and his staff attacked those needs with relish.
Recruiting was a top priority and the program has achieved some noted classes in Stoops' first two tries ?- the first an exercise that began late in the process. Last spring's incoming group more closely resembled the type of young players and need-filling transfers he'll bring to satisfy UA's football hunger. The 2005 class was rated among the nation's top 20. Those recruiting classes point at Stoops' national credibility, and his appeal to talented young football players, a key that will help Arizona step back into Pac-10 contention sooner than later. Better still, the class of 2006 has been identified by the staff and early returns show Arizona off and running for top-level players at all positions.
Overall, Arizona's camp is unequivocal in its belief that it has the right guy in Mike Stoops.
Arizona gave its first real glimpse of the Mike Stoops era when it played its best football last November, winning two of its final three games ?- and losing the other on the road at the eventual national champion. The resilience the Cats showed after earlier near misses in a seven-game losing streak was laudable. Moreover, Arizona dominated in its final game and came away with a refreshed attitude and eagerness to start again.
Stoops' penchant for dominating defenses has already begun to pay dividends for Arizona. Dead last in the Pac-10 in total defense, rushing defense, scoring defense and pass efficiency defense the season prior to his arrival, the Wildcats improved nearly across the board in Stoops' first year while using nearly the same talent as 2003.
Stoops' self-described ?'violent' defensive scheme led the Wildcats to an NCAA Division I-best 19 fumbles recovered in 2004 and the belief that he will accept no substitute for less than full-throttle play has already helped recharge a unit that once spawned nationally known nicknames.
Mike Stoops made me the player I am."?- Derrick Strait, 2003 Thorpe and Nagurski Awards winner as the nation's best defensive back and best defender.
Stoops, who will turn 45 on Dec. 13, is the 28th head football coach in Arizona's 104-year football history, including the two-month tenure held last year by interim coach Mike Hankwitz. He is the youngest Arizona head football coach since Larry Smith was hired in April 1980 at the age of 40.
"Mike's been to the Rose Bowl three times ?- once as a player and twice as a coach. When we looked for a new man to lead Arizona's program, one theme that most attracted me was finding someone whose background involved a winning tradition. Mike's been involved with three major-college programs, and combined, they've nearly won 80 percent of their games in his 18 years in the profession," Jim Livengood noted upon Stoops' hiring.
Stoops had been with the Oklahoma staff as coordinator since 1999. He worked directly with the defensive secondary and put together the Sooners' highly rated defensive package with co-coordinator Brent Venables.
"Mike shows up in shorts and a t-shirt looking for someone to coach. He is no-nonsense. I've been around some enormously passionate coaches, but none any more so than Mike Stoops."
?- Football broadcaster Dean Blevins
* Stoops' 2005 recruiting class at Arizona was rated among the nation's top 25
* Stoops helped boost Arizona football attendance by nearly a full stadium's worth ?- almost 8,000 per game more. The Cats topped 50,000 per game for the first time in five years and set a record for 7-game home seasons with 350,000 total fans
* Helped develop four 2005 NFL draft picks ?- safeties Brodney Poole, Mike Hawkins and Donte Nicholson, and cornerback Antonio Perkins
* Arizona improved nearly 100 yards in per-game total defense its first year under Stoops, and cut 10 points off its opponents scoring rate
* The 2004 Wildcats beat the experts and moved up two spots in the conference final standings, playing what the NCAA rated as one of the toughest schedules in America
* Freshmen cornerback Antoine Cason earned frosh All-America honors in 2004, clearly outlining the future of UA's defense
?* During Stoops' tenure as OU's defensive coordinator, the Sooners put together a 55-11 record, including the perfect 13-0 mark in 2000 when Oklahoma won its seventh national championship.
?* OU appeared in five consecutive bowl games after a four-year drought. In 2002, the Sooners became the first Big 12 team to win the Rose Bowl, dispatching Washington State, 34-14.
?* The Sooners finished in the Top 10 in the national rankings four times in Stoops' five years on the staff. The 2001 club finished No. 6 in the polls and the 2002 team was No. 5.
?* Cornerback Derrick Strait won the Jim Thorpe and Bronko Nagurski awards, and defensive tackle Tommie Harris won the Lombardi Trophy in 2003.
?* In 2003, Stoops' secondary helped the club record 22 interceptions to rate fourth nationally.
?* The 2003 OU defense forced 34 turnovers to rate eighth in that category and fifth in turnover margin.
?* Six Oklahoma players were named All-America in 2003, including three on Stoops' defensive units ?- Strait, Harris and linebacker Teddy Lehman.
?* Teddy Lehman was a finalist for the Butkus Award in 2002, and he won the Butkus Award in 2003.
?* Oklahoma netted a dozen Big 12 Conference All-Academic honors as well, including eight first-team selections and six by defensive players.
?* Stoops was a finalist for the 2001 American Football Coaches Association assistant coach of the year award. That year's Oklahoma club was fourth nationally in scoring defense and total defense, fifth in pass efficiency defense, seventh in rushing defense, 11th in passing defense and sixth in turnovers gained.
?* The 2001 Oklahoma defense ranked fourth in scoring defense and total defense, fifth in pass efficiency defense, seventh in rushing defense and 11th in passing defense.
?* In 2000 and 2001, the Sooner defense had 33 takeaways in each season to rank in the nation's Top 10 in turnovers gained.
?* Stoops has helped put a number of OU players into the National Football League in recent years, including 2000 linebacker Torrence Marshall (Packers), 2001 linebacker Rocky Calmus (Titans), 2001 linebacker Brandon Moore (Chargers), 2001 safety Roy Williams (Cowboys), 2002 defensive end Jimmy Wilkerson (Chiefs) and 2002 cornerback Andre Woolfolk. Williams won the Jim Thorpe and the Bronko Nagurski Awards in 2001.
?* In April 2004 three of Stoops players were selected in the NFL Draft, Tommie Harris in the first round, Teddy Lehman in the second round, and Derrick Strait in the third round.
?* Stoops has coached in 15 bowl games and competed in four others as a player.
?* Iowa went to five bowls in six years and won 10 games three times during Stoops' stint in Iowa City, including a 10-2 mark and Holiday Bowl victory over San Diego State in 1986, a 10-2 mark and Holiday Bowl victory over Wyoming in 1987, and a 10-2 mark and Holiday Bowl loss to Brigham Young in 1991.
?* Stoops coached on Kansas State teams that finished 9-2-1 in 1993, 9-3 in 1994, 10-2 in 1995, 9-3 in 1996, 11-1 in 1997 and 11-2 in his final year in 1998 when KSU won the Big 12 North Division title.
?* KSU put together a string of five consecutive bowl appearances in Stoops' final years on the staff.
?* Kansas State was one of only four schools to rank among the Division I-A top 10 in every major defensive category during 1998.
?* In 1997, the KSU defense also stood fourth and fifth in total defense and pass efficiency defense.
?* The 1990 Iowa Hawkeyes were Big Ten champions and finished with an 8-4 record after a Rose Bowl loss to Washington.
?* The three programs he has served combined to post a sparkling record of 168-50-2 during Mike Stoops' 18 seasons on collegiate coaching staffs, a winning percentage of .768.
?* As a player at Iowa, Stoops earned United Press International first-team All-America honors as a defensive back in 1984
?* He was a two-time, first-team All-Big Ten selection in 1983-84.
?* He led the Big Ten Conference in interceptions in 1983 as a junior with six in nine games.
?* Stoops played with the Chicago Bears and the Arena Football League's Pittsburgh Gladiators for a year after college graduation.
Stoops' All-Americans & NFL Athletes
CB Chris Canty (KSU) - New England '97
LB DeShawn Fogle (KSU) - Philadelphia ?'97
LB Jeff Kelly (KSU) - Atlanta '99
DE Darren Howard (KSU) - New Orleans '00
DT Damion McIntosh (KSU) - San Diego '00
CB William Bartee (OU) - Kansas City '00
LB Torrance Marshall (OU) - Green Bay ?'01
LB Rocky Calmus (OU) - Tennessee ?'02
LB Brandon Moore (OU) - San Diego ?'02
FS Roy Williams (OU) - Dallas '02
DE Jimmy Wilkerson (OU) - Kansas City '03
CB Andre Woolfolk (OU) - Tennessee '03
Stoop's Defensive Players in the 2004 NFL Draft:
DT Tommie Harris (All-American 2002, 2003, Lombardi Award 2003), 1st Round, Chicago
LB Tedy Lehman (All-American 2002, 2003, Butkus and Bednarik Awards 2003), 2nd Round, Detroit
CD Derrick Strait (All-American 2003, Thorpe Award and Nagurski Award 2003), 3rd Round, NY Jets
Mike Stoops' Coaching History
1986 Graduate assistant coach Iowa
1987 Graduate assistant coach Iowa
1988 Volunteer assistant (linebackers/DB) Iowa
1989 Volunteer assistant (linebackers/DB) Iowa
1990 Volunteer assistant (linebackers/DB) Iowa
1991 Volunteer assistant (linebackers/DE Iowa
1992 Defensive ends coach Kansas State
1993 Defensive ends coach Kansas State
1994 Defensive ends coach Kansas State
1995 Defensive ends coach Kansas State
1996 Co-defensive coordinator/DE Kansas State
1997 Co-defensive coordinator/DB Kansas State
1998 Assistant head coach; DC/DB Kansas State
1999 Associate head coach; DC/DB Oklahoma
2000 Associate head coach; DC/DB Oklahoma
2001 Associate head coach; DC/DB Oklahoma
2002 Associate head coach; DC/DB Oklahoma
2003 Associate head coach; DC/DB Oklahoma
2004 Head Coach Arizona, 3-8, 2-6 tie 8th
2005 Head Coach Arizona, 3-8, 2-6 - 8th place
2006 Head Coach Arizona, 6-6, 4-5 - 5th place
Mike Stoops in Bowl Games
1982 Rose Bowl Iowa player
1982 Peach Bowl Iowa player
1983 Gator Bowl Iowa player
1984 Freedom Bowl Iowa player
1987 Holiday Bowl Iowa graduate assistant
1988 Peach Bowl Iowa volunteer assistant
1990 Rose Bowl Iowa volunteer assistant
1991 Holiday Bowl Iowa volunteer assistant
1993 Copper Bowl Kansas State assistant
1994 Aloha Bowl Kansas State assistant
1995 Holiday Bowl Kansas State assistant
1996 Cotton Bowl Kansas State co coordinator
1997 Fiesta Bowl Kansas State co-coordinator
1998 Alamo Bowl Kansas State coordinator
1999 Independence Bowl Oklahoma coordinator
2000 Orange Bowl Oklahoma coordinator
2001 Cotton Bowl Oklahoma coordinator
2002 Rose Bowl Oklahoma coordinator
2003 Sugar Bowl Oklahoma coordinator
The Stoops File
Birthdate: Dec. 13, 1961, Youngstown, Ohio
Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio
High School: Cardinal Mooney, Youngstown, Ohio
College: University of Iowa, 1986
Playing Experience: University of Iowa, safety, 1981-84
Family: Wife Nicole; daughter Payton; son Colton


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STANFORD, Calif. - Senior TE Zach Ertz and junior OT/OG David Yankey have been named today to the 2012 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America Team. This is the first All-America honor for both.
The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945, currently selected in all five of its divisions. These teams are unique in that they are chosen by the coaches. The AFCA's squad announced today is the first of the five football All-America teams officially recognized by the NCAA.
Ertz leads the FBS with 818 receiving yards and is tied for first with 63 receptions, both school records among tight ends. The 6-foot-6 senior leads Stanford in receiving and has paced the offense in seven of 12 games. His impact in the Cardinal's biggest games this year has been profound, catching the game-winning touchdowns against No. 2 USC and No. 13 Oregon State, while leading the game-tying drive and hauling in the score to push Stanford into overtime at No. 1 Oregon. Ertz is a Mackey Award finalist for the nation's top collegiate tight end.
Not only talented and productive, Yankey has been the nation's most versatile lineman this season, playing four out of the five offensive line positions plus tight end. The 6-foot-5 junior has started all 12 games at left tackle for a Stanford offensive line that leads the Pac-12 in fewest sacks allowed, despite coming into the season with 37 combined career starts. Yankey has graded at 86 percent this season and allowed one sack.
Stanford is the only team in the country to land two players on the AFCA FBS Coaches' All-America Team each of the last three years. OG David DeCastro and QB Andrew Luck were selected in 2011, while C Chase Beeler and FB/ILB Owen Marecic were tabbed in 2010.
2012 AFCA FBS Coaches' All-America Team
WR Marqise Lee (So.) USC
WR Terrance Williams (Sr.) Baylor
TE Zach Ertz (Sr.) Stanford
OL Chance Warmack (Sr.) Alabama
OL Luke Joeckel (Jr.) Texas A&M
C Dalton Freeman (Sr.) Clemson
OL Jonathan Cooper (Sr.) North Carolina
OL David Yankey (Jr.) Stanford
QB Tajh Boyd (Jr.) Clemson
RB Kenjon Barner (Sr.) Oregon
RB Montee Ball (Sr.) Wisconsin
DL Jadeveon Clowney (So.) South Carolina
DL Bjoern Werner (Jr.) Florida State
DL Damontre Moore (Jr.) Texas A&M
DL Will Sutton (Jr.) Arizona State
LB Manti Te'o (Sr.) Notre Dame
LB Jarvis Jones (Jr.) Georgia
LB C.J. Mosley (Jr.) Alabama
DB Eric Reid (Jr.) LSU
DB Dee Milliner (Jr.) Alabama
DB Jordan Poyer (Sr.) Oregon State
DB Phillip Thomas (Sr.) Fresno State
P Ryan Allen (Sr.) Louisiana Tech
PK Quinn Sharp (Sr.) Oklahoma State
AP Tavon Austin (Sr.) West Virginia
Ertz, Yankey and their Cardinal teammates will take the field one final time at Stanford Stadium on Friday as No. 8 Stanford plays host to No. 17 UCLA in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. Kickoff is 5 p.m. PT with a national broadcast on FOX. Tickets are available for sale now for Cardinal fans to pack the house one final time in 2012, for Stanford to win a Pac-12 Championship.


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The people of Attawapiskat live 500 kilometres north of Timmins, even farther north than their Mushkego Cree kinfolk in Moose Factory. (Photo: Liam Sharp)
If Shannen Koostachin were alive, she would tell you this story herself. She would describe every corner of Attawapiskat with precision, answer every question with patience and watch your eyes carefully as you listened.
She feared nothing, that girl. Not strangers, not defeat. Travelling far from her home, she appealed to Canadian teenagers for help in the fight for a decent elementary school for the kids of the Attawapiskat First Nation on the western coast of James Bay. Two years ago, at the age of 13, Shannen stood beside a pair of grade-eight friends at a news conference on Parliament Hill. In clear voices, they made their case to the country. Then they marched off to confront the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC).
Surrender was not in Shannen's vocabulary. Impressed with her leadership ability, her admirers nominated her for the International Children's Peace Prize, an award presented by Nobel laureates. Shannen wanted to become a lawyer and a traditional jingle dress dancer. When it was time for her to enter high school, her parents, Jenny and Andrew Koostachin, decided that she and her older sister Serena would find better educational opportunities if they left their northern fly-in reserve. The girls travelled south to study at Temiskaming District Secondary School in Temiskaming Shores, Ont.
Shannen called it her first real school. It had hallways, you see. It had a gym and a library. It had no black mould, no mice scurrying over lunch bags, no cracks in the walls begging the winter wind to curl around the feet of shivering kids. This school hadn't been contaminated and condemned like the old J. R. Nakogee Elementary School in Attawapiskat. It didn't stink of leaked diesel fuel.
Shannen was happy here; she hardly ever missed a day. Last May, she asked her parents whether she could go south for a holiday with their long-time family friend Rose Thornton, 56, and two pals. Her parents agreed. The trip to Ottawa would reward their daughter's efforts in grade 10. "I will regret it to my last day," says Andrew Koostachin. "I have to live with that." At 10:45 p.m. on May 31, homeward bound on a dark stretch of Highway 11 south of Rabbit Lake Road, the travellers collided with a truck. Shannen and Thornton were killed, and two passengers in the minivan were injured. Shannen was 15 years old.
Four weeks before Shannen's death, I flew north to Attawapiskat. I was hoping to find her and to speak to other children and teenagers about their aspirations. For the fourth time, Canada had promised a safe and adequate elementary school to a community that had been denied this simple decency for two decades. Did the kids believe it would happen? Were they excited?
Canada's north country is the territory of the young. More than a third of the 1,929 members of the Attawapiskat First Nation who still live on their home reserve are under the age of 19. Three-quarters of them are under the age of 35. Kids are everywhere: riding bikes up and down dusty roads, spilling out of tiny, overcrowded houses to jump on old trampolines, racing to the Northern Store in muddy rubber boots.
The spring of 2010 brought raw pain to the young people of Attawapiskat, but it also revealed their strength. On April 11, Ian Kamalatisit was returning home from the spring goose hunt when his snow machine plunged through the soft ice on the Attawapiskat River. He was 21 and had a one-year-old son named Ethan. Every day after Ian's disappearance, young searchers pulled on their warmest clothing and went out on the river in small boats to search in the icy wind. Volunteers in mud-streaked overalls and high winter boots walked through rough, tangled bush along the riverbanks. Each morning began with a prayer at the bush camp and a smudging ceremony at a rough shrine made from an upturned boat. Each evening, the exhausted searchers returned to the church hall to report on the territory covered and the deep frustrations of the day.
"I would like to thank each and every one of you for coming out to try and find our young hero Ian," search coordinator Chris Kataquapit told the crowd. "I am speechless tonight. This is the twenty-fifth day of our search. I know you are tired."
Each searcher had a turn to speak, sometimes in Cree, sometimes in English. The group talked until almost midnight. A young searcher named Shane had dreamt the night before that he'd found Ian's body. Today, a bird had come close to his ear, flapping its wings and flying ahead of the boat. Shane and his partner thought they saw Ian's body but whatever they grabbed for under the ice had slipped away. They were devastated. Two other searchers reported that a bird had circled their heads when they were praying in the woods.
Regardless of extreme hardships, most people on this Reserve and many others in the North of Canada are decent loving, amazing, resourceful people who know how to make the best of it. Yes there is just as much corruption in these Communities as there is in all Canadian Communities, but it is not Grandma's fault, or the baby who just wants to be loved, fed and kept warm. I am so sorry for the desperate way these unforgettable beautiful people are suffering. Let us do what we can to help, while respecting their culture and understand their dignity. Even if we don't have much to give, lets at least be compassionate, kind and do what we can to encourage help for our Neighbours. I don't have the Governing body's answers, I am just one simple common Grandmother who cares about the other Grandmothers, mothers and children who are the Victims of all of this.
These are children for God sake, I pray that the people in charge of decisions make remember that and make the right decisions for the children. It matter not what colour their skin, It matters that they are allowed to learn just like any other child in Canada.
Will Indian and Northern Affairs Canada fail the next generation?
Truth is yes they will, INAC is destined or set up to fail First Nations, Metis, and Inuit. Born under the Indian Act and under the Canadian constitution, of course it will not only fail Indians, but also the taxpayer, Canadian federalist agencies can only inquire what politicians call slush money, and employ third class rich kids to human resources to look after a polygamizing or co-opting system of government just so their kids can survive the clinching hand of the oppressive system, a system that in the end discriminates even the founders who gave then governing structure, and gave the beast its power of rule.
I know it to be true even at First Nation level, such example of my home community of Cat Lake First Nation, receiving a new school over Attawapiska, who really needed their right from the beginning. Excuse of poor excuse I say, is to use poor the Geographical or term used now is demographics, ask this question also, to whos benefit, demographically speaking, the slush money we fight over each other about every single day as First Nations, Inuit and Metis, yes of course, before we know realize what is happening, yes thats what they want us to do, fight for it, just as everything else, politicians, consultants, lawyers make tons of money on raw human enterprise, why? Because we produce it, we are not anyone liability or a going concern, we are a going concern for ourselves instead without even realizing it.
I think we all need to get educated to the real reality of why we exist or coexist in this Canadian society.
Like with the right common sense I a member of Cat Lake would have given the new school to Attawapiska, we are closer to road accessable and cost or dollarwise would have waited another year or so, but just to play a role in party politics, just makes me sick at times. But what can one man do, in this age of politics?
Canadians have a right to be outraged at how the federal government has abandoned the children of Attawapiskat to substandard education. Children have only one childhood and Indian Affairs has been consistently ignored its fundamental obligation to protect the childhood hopes of First Nation students. Young Shannen Koostachin of Attawapiskat had a dream that all children deserved the right to attend "comfy" schools that give them hope. We were devastated by her death this past May and yet, out of the tragedy of this loss, national education, labour and First Nation leaders are coming together to push a national campaign to end this systemic underfunding of First Nation students. If you want information on how your school or community group can help the children of Attawapiskat and other First Nation reserve schools, contact my office at:Charlie Angus firstname.lastname@example.com take the time to sign your name to the online campaign to fight for equitable education opportunities for First Nation students:www.shannensdream.ca
First and foremost, I highly respect Canadian Geographic for taking the time and effort to bring this story, and the plight of these people, to the attention of the rest of the country, and the world.
Unfortunately, this is a story that rings true in many of the remote First Nations communities3rd World communities in a 1st World country. The reason for this is a debate that I am learning a little more each day to be more complicated than can be described, or in many cases, even understood.
Having lived and worked as a professional in the communities on the west side of James Bay for a number of years, I have encountered such issues as this time and time again. Thank you to the author for portraying the harshness of living in a community such as Attawapiskatthe terrible living conditions of these people have been shown time and time again by so many. More importantly, thank you for discussing not only the lack of action from the Canadian government and all it entails, but also the responsibility of the community itself to take action and control. For example, bringing into question what the council did with the $1.4 million given to them last year to support their elementary education. While these points were few and far between, at least they were there. I understand the delicacy and grace with which such points need to be brought forward, and only wish there could have been more.
I wish the best to the community of Attiwapiskat in their plight for a new school. And I hope that when it is built, they will remember how hard they worked for it and respect and use it to its fullest for many years to come.
There are three sides to every story: yours, mine, and somewhere in the middle, the truth.
We should all take action! Write letters, sign Motion 571 in support of Shannen's dream (http://www.fncfcs.com/shannensdream/motion-571), encourage others to do the same... get your communities, schools, churches involved.....each take the necessary steps to put an end to this shame.
Lisa WilsonOttawa
Here is my letter to the Prime Minister:
Dear Prime Minister of Canada,
It is with respect as well as outrage, that I write to you.
I am a Canadian citizen, living in Gresham, Oregon, and a teacher of 31 students in the 4th and 5th grades. I am usually extremely proud to be Canadian, and I have continually promoted what a wonderful country Canada is. Until now. My enthusiasm is dampened and I am quite embarrassed.
I recently read the article by Linda Goyette, a high school friend of mine from Kingsville, Ontario, about the current appalling state of education for the Attawapiskat children. Here it is: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/dec10/attawapiskat.asp.
As an educator, I am outraged that this situation has been allowed to continue for so many years, without resolve.
I strongly encourage, and respectfully request, a personal commitment from you, with a public expression of such commitment, that plans for the new school be made an immediate priority, and that immediate action is taken to break ground on a state-of-the-art building.
I am sure you will agree that the Attawapiskat deserve as good an education as your own children, or any child, anywhere in Canada, or the world.
Please summon your compassion for these children, and for this community, and take action now!
Enough is enough.
With sincere appreciation,
Colleen Hallas


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13 Outstanding Student Athletes Honored at OPSU
- by Scott Puryear of OPSU Sports on 05-04-07
Goodwell, Okla. - Each year at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, one performer is named Student Athlete of the Year in each athletic activity. The award is much more that a "Most Valuable Player" honor in the fact that it is based upon a combination of academics, leadership, and academic performance.
This year's honorees are:
Football: NICK CURRY
Curry (Tolono, Illinois) is a senior majoring in HPER. He was a two year starter at center, joining the Aggies after an honored junior college career. He was one of the hardest workers on the team and demonstrated senior leadership throughout the season, both on and off the field.
Men's Cross Country: ERIC KAISER
Kaiser (Tulsa, OK) is a sophomore General Studies major. He is a dedicated runner who performs with excellence in the classroom as well as on the track. A tough competitor, he is also well liked by fellow students and faculty, and a fine citizen and student who works hard in anything he does.
Men's Basketball: CHUCK SALISBURY
Salisbury (Beaver, Oklahoma) is a freshman General Studies major. He is a superior all-around athlete, and though small in size, played basketball with a very big heart and provided on and off court leadership through his work ethic. He also is a very dedicated student.
Men's Golf: CAMERON SPECK
Speck (Guymon, Oklahoma) is a senior majoring in Business Administration. He proved to be one of the hardest working golfers on the team, OPSU's lowest scorer in the Heartland Conference Tournament, and he conducts himself very well in class and on the golf course.
Baseball: MIKE ROCHE
Roche (Sterling, CO) is a junior majoring in Business Administration and is one of the hardest working players who has ever been on the OPSU baseball team. The talented center fielder batted over .300 for most of the season and conducts himself in a manner in which Student-Athletes are expected to.
Men's Rodeo: TRELL ETBAUER
Etbauer (Goodwell, OK) is a junior majoring in Industrial Technology and is the consistent scoring leader for the team; has a habit of bringing home saddles and trophies for his performances, and is one of the best college rodeo riders in the country. He is also an outstanding student, fine citizen, and leader.
Cheer Team: JOSH SETZER
Setzer (McPherson, Kansas) a senior Art major is arguably one of the finest athletes on the OPSU campus and his acrobatic skills were instrumental in the Cheer Team's strong national showing. One of the most well liked students on campus; he is also an exceptional artist.
Volleyball: VALERIE ARMSTRONG
Armstrong (Brule, Nebraska) is a senior majoring in Ag Business. She is one of the hardest working student athletes on the OPSU campus, as well as one of the nicest. She provided senior leadership for the volleyball team with her fine work ethic and is an exceptionally bright and hardworking student.
Women's Cross Country: DANAE FIESER
Fieser (Kismet, Kansas) finished her studies in December as an Ag Business major and was last year's OPSU overall Female Student Athlete of the Year. An exceptional distance runner with an unselfish attitude, she was hired into the OPSU Recruiting Department after she finished her degree requirements.
Women's Basketball: MEGAN HAMILTON
Hamilton (Harrah, OK) is a junior HPER major who was an All-Conference guard for the Lady Aggies. She was known for her "never quit" attitude, leadership, toughness, and her unselfish play on the court. She is also a very popular student athlete and a fine citizen and leader.
Softball: CATHY DAZA
Daza (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada), a sophomore General Studies major, has been the sparkplug of her team for the last two years, is always at or near the top in most offensive statistics, and is an exceptional infielder. Well liked and known for her sense of humor, she also excels in the classroom.
Women's Golf: MARCIE LANGLEY
Langley (Wellington, Texas), a sophomore General Studies major, consistently worked hard to improve her golf game and is the team leader. A well liked student athlete on campus, Langley is a fine school citizen and has an excellent work ethic.
Women's Rodeo: KENDAL FAWCETT
Fawcett (Craig, Colorado) is a sophomore Ag Business major. She has been a solid point scorer for the rodeo team all season and leads by virtue of her strong work ethic along with mental and physical toughness. She is also well liked around campus and a dedicated and exceptionally fine student.


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Introduction to Scripting Syntax
Here is a very brief introduction into scripting syntax. For those of you who have programmed in C, you will find scripting syntax very familiar.
The primary game functions are all defined in nwscript.nss along with most of the useful game variables. You will often refer to nwscript.nss as you begin scripting.
If you haven't had any programming experience, scripting may look intimidating. Don't worry. KotOR provides numerous source files (.nss) within scripts.bif that you can look at for examples. After awhile, you will begin to see the patterns of how functions are called and how variables are used.
Variable declaration and intialization
Note the use of the equals sign and no paranthesis.
int DISGUISE_TYPE_TURRET = 182;
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Operators (same as C programming)
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This week I am doing a series on early reviews of my book On the Historicity of Jesus. If you know of reviews I don't cover by the end of the first week of July, post them in comments (though please also remark on your own estimation of their merits).
One of those early reviews posted is by Nicholas Covington (at Hume's Apprentice of SkepticInk), author and blogger, with a strong interest in counter-apologetics, naturalist philosophy, and historical argument. He is blogging his review as a series, and so far only parts 1 and 2 are available. I will post more as he does. But here is my commentary on part 1, on a question of method. For the remaining parts, see closing paragraph.
First, of course, I concur with Covington's opening warnings. As I have written on the same point before (Fincke Is Right: Arguing Jesus Didn't Exist Should Not Be a Strategy). I have likewise made the same point about the Possibility Fallacy (Proving History, pp. 26-29). And I am glad he plans to get to his own estimates of numbers by the end of his series (that's important).
Second, his part 1 only addresses the question of prior probability. He correctly points out that that precedes our examination of specific evidence for or against historicity, so the historicity of Jesus is not decided by its prior (as I also explain in OHJ, ch. 6).
Third, so far he has only one point to make about this. Essentially, he repeats what I call the Alternative Class Objection. Which I already fully address in the book (OHJ, pp. 245-46).
I could leave it at that. But Covington proposes a reference class I didn't give as an example, one that gives occasion to discuss an important methodological point that is easily gotten wrong. [Note that after I composed the following, but before I published it, Covington updated his article with a paragraph noticing on his own the last point I make here.]
The Objection
Covington's conclusion on this one point is:
All in all, Carrier's prior probability of 33% for the historicity of Jesus is reasonable but not entirely beyond challenge, and it may be equally reasonable for us to hold to a prior probability much higher if we use a different reference class such as the one I mentioned.
By which he means what is essentially the converse of Stephen Law's Contamination Principle (which I actually refer to in OHJ, see the author index). Stephen Law's principle is that the more unbelievable things there are in a story, the less believable the mundane things in that story are. Stated as such, he is correct (although the question remains how much less). Covington proposes the converse: the more true things there are in a story, the more believable the rest of the story is. Stated as such, he is correct…provided we commute the principle to the correct reference class of information. Covington skips that step. Consequently, his objection (which admittedly he does not really have that much confidence in) is not valid. Although it could in principle be fixed up to work, that would require the Gospels to look substantially different than they actually do (as I explain in detail in OHJ, ch. 10).
An easy example of what I mean is to take Law's example (which Covington discusses), in which someone claims a certain person they call Bert "flew around the room by flapping his arms before dying, coming back to life and turning their sofa into a donkey," and add the detail that Bert voted for President Obama in 2008 and lives in Seattle. Does the fact that there really was an election for a man really named Obama in 2008, and there really is a city named Seattle, increase the probability that Bert exists at all? Or by any appreciable amount? No. Because fiction routinely includes factually true details (in fact, studies of urban legends show they actually accumulate such details over time, so reliably that experts in the subject consider the proliferation of factual details a sign of a story not being true: OHJ, pp. 480-81, n. 195). And this is where we have to pay attention to reference classes: is it improbable for the story of a non-existent person to contain true facts of the world? No. To the contrary, it's almost universally the case (pick any myth placed in an actual historical context and you'll find things in it that are true, like the names and locations of cities and other geographical and political and cultural facts). So it is actually expected (see OHJ, pp. 214-34).
Therefore, the presence of true facts of the world in a story does not increase the probability of the rest of the story being true, at least not by any significant amount. Except contra-factually, of course: it increases it relative to the same story but where all those true facts are replaced by false ones. But the fact that false facts lower a story's probability does not entail true facts raise it; they only raise it relative to that hypothetical but non-existent version of the story containing false facts of the world. And that's not the question we are asking here. We are asking how likely the stories we actually have are. Not the likelihood of stories we don't have. See my discussion of a similar problem regarding Nazareth archaeology in OHJ, p. 258, n. 8. Contemplating the stories we don't have can be a useful exercise (as P(e|h) must equal 1 – P(~e|h)), but only in a certain way (I explain all of this in PH, pp. 52, 230, 255-56, 302 n. 13).
Examples to the Contrary
An example I have discussed (as have other scholars making the exact same point: see NIF, pp. 174-87) is the book of Acts: peppered with true facts of the world (some cribbed from Josephus precisely for the purpose), yet nevertheless not at all believable on almost any other detail (OHJ, ch. 9). This is how historical fiction gets written. It's not like Luke was really good at checking incidental details of regional geography and politics (he sometimes wasn't, but even if he was), therefore the stories he inserts those details into are credible. To the contrary, Luke weaves false tales and then inserts true background facts to make them seem believable.
Therefore we cannot use the insertion of true background facts to support the truth of the stories. Those are separate reference classes, and they do not inform each other. That an author is good at the one only tells you the probability that he continues to be good at that, and therefore Luke's often getting background facts right lends credence to other background facts in Luke that we can't independently verify. Nothing more. If you want to up the credence of Luke's stories (the individual pericopes, as narrative units), you need evidence that he regularly gets stories right, not just the background facts. And that is precisely what we can't verify, whereas we can show he often (and deliberately) gets stories wrong, or uses such suspicious methods of composing them that they can't be credited as being the result of honest inquiry (again, see OHJ, ch. 9). Which sets the prior probability of any of his other stories being true to a low value, not a high one.
I do the same thing with the Gospels: demonstrate that they are composed in such a suspicious and consistently unbelievable manner that there is no way to get a high prior that any story in them is true (OHJ, ch. 10). That's why you can't use them to support the historicity of anything in them that we can't independently verify. And we can't independently verify Jesus (OHJ, chs. 8, 9, and 11).
In fact, in precisely that context I discuss in both PH and OHJ what I think Covington wants to do. See "iteration, method of" in the index to PH, which I mention in OHJ, p. 509. I'll quote the latter here now because it's relevant:
… from the survey in this chapter it's clear that if we went from pericope to pericope assessing the likelihood of it being true (rather than invented to communicate a desired point or to fit a pre-planned narrative structure), each time updating our prior probability that anything in the Gospels can be considered reliable evidence for a historical Jesus, then that probability would consistently go down (or level off somewhere low), but never rise. In fact I have not found a single pericope in these Gospels that is more likely true than false. These Gospels are therefore no different than the dozens of other Gospels that weren't selected for the canon (as discussed in Element 44). They are all just made-up stories.
To change this conclusion, historicists need to find a way to prove that something about the historical Jesus in the Gospels is probably true (not possibly true, but probably true). They have often attempted this, but so far only with completely invalid methods (as I have already thoroughly documented in Chapter 5 of Proving History). I see no prospect of any valid method ever succeeding at that task. But only time will tell. For now, my conclusion is that we can ascertain nothing in the Gospels that can usefully verify the historicity of Jesus.
Note my use of the correct reference class: stories, not background facts. Background facts (like that Pontius Pilate was governing Judea in the 30s A.D.) are wholly unconnected from the truth of anything in the stories. That Pilate existed is not connected to whether Jesus Christ existed, any more than it is connected to whether Joseph of Arimathea existed (see OHJ, index). It therefore does not lend credence to either.
Certainly, if the Gospels got that detail wrong, then the probability of the story being true would plummet. Hence my conclusion is not that the Gospels plummet the probability of historicity (as they would if they got everything wrong), but that they have no effect on it that we can discern (except as I extract in chapter 6 to construct the only reference class for which we have enough data to build a probability out of: see OHJ, p. 395).
So notice, for example, that the "gospel" that placed Jesus a hundred years earlier under king Jannaeus (OHJ, pp. 281-89) also gets the same kind of historical fact correct (there really was a king Jannaeus and he really was the last in an uninterrupted line of kings of Judea). Yet both stories can't be true. Thus, getting right who was in office when you set your story tells us nothing about whether the hero of your story even existed.
So Covington is right that the only way my prior probability can be challenged is by coming up with a better reference class. But that reference class cannot exclude the Rank-Raglan data and accomplish anything–because that data would go back into e and thus drop the probability all over again, as I demonstrate mathematically in OHJ, pp. 239-44 and 245-46. This is why using the Josephan Messiahs class doesn't work (OHJ, p. 246). And [as his revision now acknowledges] the approach Covington suggests wouldn't work for the same reason–unless the Gospels were substantially different than they are. And lo. They aren't.
Covington's entries in this series are indexed here. He has also responded to this commentary on part 1 and I have replied in turn (see comment). My commentary on his remaining sections is as follows:
For a complete list of my responses to critiques of OHJ, see the last section of my List of Responses to Defenders of the Historicity of Jesus.


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This weekend, you've got a chance to see AJ Michalka in a way you may not have seen her before. AJ stars as Hannah in the Lifetime original film Expecting Amish, where her character must make a choice between the life she's known and the world as we know it. We sat down with AJ on Thursday to discuss the film, that time she got killed off Motive, and the ultimate direction she sees her career heading in.
One of the interesting things about Expecting Amish is that Hannah's love interest Josh is played by Jesse McCartney - a fellow singer-actor whom AJ has known since she was a teenager. "I was really excited about that," she told us. "Playing roles like we were playing, where there is chemistry and a relationship going on between these two characters, it does make it easier. I knew that he was also,acting but I had never really auditioned for anything with him or been in anything with him..and it made me more comfortable. I was even more excited about doing the project."
"I think the cool thing about the film is that it's really upholding Amish tradition," she continued. "It's not bashing their religion or culture or way of living. It's upholding it in a really positive light. It was really a film that wasn't trying to be racy or over the top." For example, Hannah is depicted as a strong young woman who's been serving as a sort of caretaker for her siblings, and just because she's tempted by the outside world doesn't mean it's automatically presented as the right choice for her.
Like Jesse, AJ has been an actress about as long as she's been singing, but most people probably don't know that. Her acting career dates back to 2002, when she appeared on the soap Passions and in two episodes of the cult hit Birds of Prey as the young Dinah. Other notable parts include a recurring role on The CW's cheerleading series Hellcats (which starred her sister Aly Michalka) and fifteen episodes of The Guardian.
More recently, she has a recurring role as Lainey Lewis on ABC's retro sitcom The Goldbergs. She was also the murder victim in an episode of Motive this season entitled "Dead End." That one was a whopper: her character Emily was killed by her best friend, after having become pregnant by her friend's father.
"That was a really weird storyline. When I read the script it was like 'Whoa, this is shocking,'" she laughed. "I've always wanted to do one of those procedural shows...I love those shows. They've always been really entertaining to me.
"It was really cool to be a part of that show, because I had also never died on screen before, and it was horrific," AJ continued. "But it was also really interesting, and I actually like how that show has a little different spin on victim-killer."
"I really do want to continue balancing both [acting and music]," she told us. "It's hard and a lot of people are like how do you do it and I don't really know. One does take a back seat when you're focused on the other. You have to be really specific and be in communication with your team...and you just have to be real about it. As much as there are really exciting [acting] projects out there, music is also a love of mine. It's hard to balance the two, but you don't really have to choose, which is the beauty."
"I have a lot of respect for people who are doing both," she continued. "You see someone like a Will Smith or Gwen Stefani, who really have been able to brand themsleves in a classy way, and be musicians and actors and producers and work on a clothing line. I think you can accomplish as much as you set out to do, if you have the right team around you. "
And AJ is setting out to accomplish a lot in the near future. Having formed the production company Violet House Productions with Aly, she's looking toward a big year in 2015 in both disciplines. She and her sister are in post-production on a new film that "really focuses on our relationship as sisters," and they're also planning to release a new record, their first under the new band name of 78Violet. If you want to get an early listen to what they've been working on, they released the single "Hothouse" in 2013.
Saturday night, though, AJ will be tuned into Expecting Amish with the rest of us. "This is something I wanted to be a part of," she told us, "and I really hope people are moved by it."
Expecting Amish airs tomorrow, Saturday, July 19, at 8 PM ET/PT on Lifetime (check your local listings for specific channel); for more on the movie, read my interview with Jesse McCartney. For more with AJ, you can follow her and her sister on Twitter (@78violet) and visit their website (78violet.com).
(c)2014 Brittany Frederick. All rights reserved. No reproduction permitted. Visit my official website and follow me on Twitter at @tvbrittanyf.
Suggested Links
- Jesse McCartney riding high with 'Expecting Amish,' new album 'In Technicolor'
- Warren Christie doubly impressive with roles in 'The Color of Rain' and 'Motive'
- Kristin Lehman returns for season two of ABC's whydunit 'Motive'
- Lacey Chabert stars in new Lifetime Movie Network original film 'Non-Stop'
- 'Suits' star Meghan Markle shows off her writing side with new website The TIG


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3 Doors Down rocked the elegant Fox Theatre on Wednesday night sharing the stage with Daughtry and P.O.D. This triple threat line-up brought a bit of rock n' roll variety to our fair city.
3 Doors Down hails from Mississippi with a blue collar background turned a rock n' roll staple with an arsenal of hits to their credit. One of their first big hits that still receives regular airplay is "Kryptonite."
The guys that make up the band are Brad Arnold on vocals, Chris Henderson on lead guitar, Chet Roberts on guitar, Todd Harrell on bass and Greg Upchurch on drums.
They opened up their set with "Time of My Life," and followed with "Not My Time," and one of their hit singles "Duck and Run."
At one point during their set a second drum set came out onstage and Brad Arnold played drums along with drummer Greg Upchurch while the crowd let out a roar. They also played a killer cover of Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction." For the encore 3DD cranked it up with "Kryptonite," and "When I'm Gone."
For more info on 3 Doors Down visit http://www.3doorsdown.com/
Full Setlist:
1. Time of My Life
2. Not My Time
3. Duck and Run
4. The Road I'm On
5. Away From The Sun
6. Let Me Go
7. Goodbyes
8. Loser
9. There's a Life
10. Landing in London
11. One Light
12. Here Without You
13. Citizen/Soldier
14. Symphony of Destruction (Megadeth Cover)
15. The Better Life
16. Kryptonite
17. When I'm Gone


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Today on June 9, 2014 Examiner.com is excited to share our exclusive interview with Hollywood heavyweight Jane Rosenthal about Montblanc honoring her. This acclaimed film producer received the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award at a private ceremony at the Stephan Weiss Studio in New York City to celebrate her passion and commitment for arts and culture.
Tell me what it means to be honored by Montblanc.
First of all, it was very surprising to get the letter. Jurors actually selected me. I didn't even know I was up for a prize and then I received it, so that was extra special. It's nice when anyone acknowledges the work that you're doing, I think it makes everyone feel special and I feel really special tonight.
Montblanc has also partnered with Tribeca Film Festival for some initiatives.
We did the Power of Words program, which we did in Times Square, which was really extraordinary, about the meaning of Nelson Mendela's words, and really trying to bring them to a new generation and let them look at his speeches in different ways. Montblanc's support of the arts is so important at a time when nationally and internationally, people are cutting down on arts programs, and when you think about it, when an artist speaks, everybody listens, whether it's in songs, in paintings, in a movie, so it's a cultural diplomacy. It almost becomes the artists who help change the world.
Last month, the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival was a huge success. Can you reflect on that?
I was so proud that we opened with "Time is Illmatic," a movie that was by Erik Parker and One9, about Nas and it came out of our Tribeca All Access Program and we'd been involved with it for a number of years, and to actually see that open the festival was quite spectacular and it just felt like our very small insular universe of Tribeca had come a full circle and it just felt so complete and so nice. It was really extraordinary.
Robert De Niro humorously presented the award to his Tribeca Film Festival co-founder in front the intimate crowd of her friends including Brooke Garber Neidich, Co-Chair of Whitney Museum of American Art, film producer Harvey Weinstein, actor Anthony Mackie, publisher Christopher Forbes and Forbes Magazine President Tim Forbes, style expert Stacy London, Allure Editor-In-Chief Linda Wells, models Selita Ebanks, Julie Henderson and Teresa Moore.
Rosenthal received 15,000 Euros that will be donated to Tribeca Film Institute to continue its growth and staging of altruistic filmmaking. She was also presented with the new limited edition Montblanc Patron of Art writing instrument, which commemorates the life and influence of Henry B. Steinway.


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I'm Back
My hand is fully healed and I am good to go again. I trust you guys didn't crumble under Darky's tyrannical rule in my absence. ;)
I am just puttin the word out that I'm back in town. ;)
Tyrannical rule, eh? *cackles menacingly*
Stop the presses!! Call out in the towns!! Sing loud in the streets!! Obi is baaaaaaaaaaaaack!!:D
Anyways, good to see you back Obi, glad your hand is fixed up good and proper:)I managed to handle things while you weren't here, so don't worry one bit...
*forums falls apart*
Umm, I was going to fix that...
Re: I'm Back
*gets beat up*
i already noticed you were back buddy and gave my support in your marriage thread ;)
ow, and its great to have you back
*yells: "Beware trolls, obi is back"*
Re: Re: I'm Back
Do you have a problem with authority, Mr Anderson...I mean Mr Padanime...I mean, ahhh forget it:p
Darky is Assistant Principal (check sig) btw;)
darky killed me while you where gone:p
*Tipy-toes quietly into Jedi academy and notices Obi's return, and takes a few notes for future reference*
Damn, shouldn't have laughed like that, now they all know I'm here.
*Runs for dear life*
*beats slayne to a bloody pulp*
None of that little man!!
I may be a gardener, but im now the CIA director for grooves!, and even if he doesnt become pres. im still the CIA director of the swamp!!
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Ugly Truth Movie Reviews
User reviews on Ugly Truth
I'm not usually one to go to the theaters to see a chick flick but this one caught my attention. It was witty and sexy, and of course predictable, but over all I was very entertained. It made me laugh and the chemistry with Butler and Heigl was awesome.
Katherine H. and Gerard B. have okay chemistry but not great. It is a predictable romantic comedy that I liked. The reason I liked the movie was because of its funny dialogue. I also thought the director was great. I, personally rate this film as a B+ or 8 numerically.
AWESOME...AWESOME!! Every woman should see this movie and bring their teenage daughter ESPECIALLY if you are in LA LA LAND about men [as i was in most of my life..which is why i am a single parent...]. i truly identified with Katherine's character and the crap i was raised to believe as a sugar and spice and gorgeous child.. Believe me no matter how great you look ..YOU HAVE TO TRULY BE YOURSELF.....STOP TRYING TO CHANGE THEM. STOP LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT GUY..SHOW YOUR TRUE SELF. Get your head out of the clouds about your knight in shining armor. MEN ARE SIMPLE... they truly do not need anyone in charge of them...controlling them. females either should make an exit ,accept the guy with all his imperfections,or if it makes them happy keep your stupid search going for mr. wonderful.
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I am mystified as to why reviewers have such a tough time with romantic comedies. Of course, they are predictable. It may be that very predictability that is the appeal.
The wonder of the rom-com is the joy we have in taking the trip to the inevitable predictable conclusion. And, we don't mind that conclusion if the trip is enjoyable enough to provide enough laughs, suspense, poignancy and let's face it - eye candy.
So far, I've seen this movie 3 times and will no doubt see it a few more. It was fast-paced, very funny if a bit off-color and just charming.
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Welcome! I am an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, and I am on research leave this year as a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
My research focuses on civil conflict and international intervention. I primarily study terrorism and civil war to understand the strategies that militant groups, governments, and international actors employ to fight these conflicts, end them, and build a lasting peace in their aftermath.
My book project, based on my dissertation at Stanford, focuses on the role of electoral competition between militant groups—those employing terrorism, guerrilla and/or insurgency tactics with political aims—and governments, especially as a component of negotiated settlements. In contrast to broadly pessimistic views of elections as a conflict resolution tool, my research finds that, when these inclusive elections are part of an agreement, peace is more durable. Specifically, international actors are able to engage in monitoring and sanctioning noncompliance with a peace agreement through the transparency that elections provide. This form of enforcement allows them to help the combatants overcome commitment problems. The project draws on evidence from field interviews with former militant group, government, and civic leaders and on newly collected cross-national data.
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I was postdoctoral scholar at the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) at the University of California, San Diego (2012-2013), and a predoctoral fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) (2010-2012). I received my Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University in September 2012. Before coming to Stanford, I was employed by the RAND Corporation as a research assistant and a summer associate primarily on counterterrorism projects. I received an undergraduate degree magna cum laude in Social Studies from Harvard University, while working with the Belfer Center's Managing the Atom Project and with the Los Alamos National Laboratory. I was born and raised in New Mexico, so I never turn down spicy food or pass up a good soccer game.


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According to an April 4, 2014 CBS-Sports report, right after Florida and UConn settle their score, Kentucky and Wisconsin will take the basketball court in the second and last TV and live streaming 2014 NCAA Final Four showdown of the night.
The home of the Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will be filled to capacity to see who will face either the Gators or Huskies in this year's NCAA Men's National Title Game.
The Kentucky Wildcats and Wisconsin Badgers are scheduled to get things going at 8:49 p.m. EST (7:49 p.m. CST/6:49 p.m. MST/5:49 p.m. PST) and it will be broadcast live on TBS and TNT. For those trying to watch the action online there's great news.
Much like they've been doing all tournament, NCAA.com will be streaming tonight's NCAA Final Four 2014 clash between Kentucky and Wisconsin. For more information on how to watch this game on a desktop and a series of mobile devices visit NCAA.com or simply click here to launch the free live stream.
Much like in the game between UF and UConn, many people have very strong opinions about who will advance to Monday night's title game. Jeff Borzello of CBS-Sports is no exception, as he believes the determining factors in this game will be Wisconsin's defense against Kentucky's offense.
Also much like in the first game, the author isn't shy about picking a favorite to win the game. In this instance, Borzello likes the Badgers' chances of shutting down the Wildcats' defense. But that's not where the similarities between this game and the earlier one end.
Just like in the case of the Gators and Huskies, NCAA Final Four 2014 oddsmakers have a completely different opinion than most casual fans. And while the point spread is a bit tighter in this game than in the opener, Kentucky still comes in as a 2-point favorite over Wisconsin [+2] in the ATS department.
In addition, the OVER/UNDER is set at a combined total of 138½ points, and alternate (straight-up) betting lines also favor the Kentucky Wildcats [-120] to defeat the Wisconsin Badgers [+100] this evening. Who will prevail in what is sure to be a battle of wills?
Here are some interesting NCAA Final Four 2014 statistics for everyone to consider, as well as some compelling betting trends to watch out for in this one:
Wagering ATS Activity Before TV Start Time
- Kentucky Wildcats spread: 48 percent.
- Wisconsin Badgers spread: 52 percent.
- OVER betting: 647 units.
- UNDER betting: 605 units.
Trends to Consider Before Basketball Live Stream
- Wildcats are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight-up win.
- Wildcats are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 NCAA Tournament games.
- Wildcats are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games versus a team with a winning percentage above .600.
- Badgers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 NCAA Tournament games.
- Badgers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games versus teams with winning percentages above .600.
- Badgers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning straight-up record.
2014 NCAA Final Four Buzzer Beaters
- OVER is 5-2 in Kentucky's last 7 non-conference games.
- UNDER is 7-3-1 in Kentucky's last 11 Saturday games.
- OVER is 7-3 in Kentucky's last 10 NCAA Tournament games.
- UNDER is 5-1 in Wisconsin's last 6 vs. Southeastern.
- UNDER is 4-1 in Wisconsin's last 5 non-conference games.
- UNDER is 4-1 in Wisconsin's last 5 NCAA Tournament games.


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In a recent news article it was mentioned that California might be running out of dentists. For some of us, especially in rural communities, this might not be a good thing. Fortunately for the rest of us California still leads the way with the highest number of dentists per capita, and the highest number of dentists skilled in cosmetic and restorative dentistry in the nation.
Thanks to the high desire to achieve a camera-ready Hollywood smile, cosmetic dentistry has peaked alongside cosmetic surgery. Picture perfect dazzling pearly white teeth are much in demand and dentists are stepping up with new techniques and technologies to meet the requests of their patients.
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Long-time UND diving record falls Friday at USAFA
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Highlights at the meet included diver Rick Eberle winning the 1-meter event handily, scoring 320.40 points to set a new UND record. He eclipsed the 25-year-old mark set by Rollie Bottlberghe (313.20) in 1988 and he now holds all three diving records at the school (1-meter, 3-meter, platform). Drew Germain took third in the event (293.85) for the third-best mark in the UND record books.
Adam Gannon scored a third-place showing in the 50 yard freestyle (21.35). Matt Koken was sixth in the 200 butterfly with a 2:01.00 time while Daniel Jacobson was ninth (2:02.47). Gannon later touched in 47.03 in the 100 freestyle to take sixth place. Austin Smith grabbed eighth place in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:16.30 clocking.
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By Darcy-Oracle on Jan 25, 2010
One surprisingly tricky piece of the Java platform is the launcher, the set of C code that uses the JNI invocation API to get the JVM started and begin running the main class. While conceptually simple, the launcher is complicated by straddling the boundary between the host system and the JVM, often wrestling with native platform issues like thread configuration that need to be managed before starting the JVM. The launcher's tasks include selecting which VM to run (client, server, etc.) and running in the requested data model, 32-bit or 64-bit.
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By kevinschmidt on Jun 30, 2009
- And Windows 7's killer feature is ... - "Put a PC running XP and an identical system running 7 side by side, and both PCs will be able to carry out the same tasks, and I doubt that in real world conditions that there would be any difference in time taken to carry out those tasks, or the reliability of each of the systems."
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College Hockey:Delforte, Brady Combine To Extend Union Season
Dutchmen Top Golden Knight In OT, Force Game 3
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Just when it appeared that Union wasn't going to score a goal in its ECACHL first-round playoff series with Clarkson, something amazing happened.
The Dutchmen not only scored one goal, they got two. And, thanks to that, they will be playing at least one more playoff game.
First-year players Torren Delforte and Scott Brady, teammates last year with the Boston Junior Bruins, came through for the Dutchmen in a big way Saturday. Delforte's late third-period goal sent the game into overtime, where Brady won it at 9:21 to give the Dutchmen a 2-1 victory over the Golden Knights at Messa Rink.
In evening the best-of-three series at a game apiece, Union (12-21-2) ended a 14-game playoff losing streak. It's the Dutchmen's first playoff win since March 11, 1994, against Rensselaer, in its first-ever Division I postseason game.
The deciding contest is Sunday at 7 p.m. ET.
"It's definitely a step in the right direction," said Brady, a sophomore forward who played briefly at Elmira College two years ago. "We've been working hard all weekend. It's finally nice to get a good bounce."
After losing, 1-0, in overtime Friday, the Dutchmen were down by that same score on a Michael Grenzy second-period goal. They went into the third period with a scoreless streak of 182 minutes, 53 seconds.
"We talked about, between the second and third period, [that] we have to make our memories," Union coach Nate Leaman said. "The guys believed."
With 7:54 left, the freshman Delforte knocked down a Clarkson clearing attempt along the right-wing boards. He corralled the puck, went to the net and backhanded a shot over goalie Dustin Traylen for his first college goal. That ended Union's team-record scoreless streak at 194:59.
"As soon as I caught it, I threw it down and I looked to the net," Delforte said. "I saw the defenseman following Vags [Matt Vagvolgyi] to the net. I just walked it to the net, ripped it high and it went in."
Midway through the overtime, Brady picked up the puck from Jake Schwan in the neutral zone. He took on Clarkson defensemen Chris Brekelmans and Matt Curley.
Suddenly, Brady had an open lane, because neither defensemen picked him up. Brady skated to the left circle, where he wristed a shot over Traylen's glove side.
"They had a miscommunication," Brady said. "I had a nice alley to the net, and put it in."
And it brought a sense of relief to the team.
"I can tell you when the shot went in, I felt like I breathed a different type of air," Leaman said. "It was about time, that's what it felt like."
Union freshman goalie Justin Mrazek had another outstanding game. He made 27 saves, including the first six shots of the game when Clarkson (12-21-3) was buzzing the Union net in the opening minutes.
"It was definitely a bit of a scramble," Mrazek said. "There were a couple of [wild] plays. I was fortunate enough to keep the puck out of the net."
It was disappointing end for the Knights, who appeared headed for the quarterfinals. Clarkson coach George Roll believes that Union will be inspired heading into Sunday's showdown.
"Any time you come back and win on the second night, it gives them the momentum," Roll said. "But our guys are focused in there. They didn't seem down. Obviously, they're disappointed.
"But there's still another game to play."
Ken Schott covers college hockey for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, N.Y.
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