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CHICAGO – (August 5, 2011) Leaders from North Park University joined representatives of other higher education institutions and the Obama Administration in Washington, D.C., August 3 for the kickoff of the President's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge.
North Park is one of nearly 250 colleges and universities in the United States participating in the challenge, aimed at strengthening communities through service and uniting people across lines of faith through dialogue and understanding. The challenge is an initiative of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. North Park was represented at the inaugural event by Dr. David L. Parkyn, president; Dr. Joseph Jones, provost; and Dr. Terry Lindsay, dean of diversity and intercultural programs.
North Park University, located in the center of Chicago's diverse Albany Park neighborhood, has promoted community service and interfaith understanding for decades, Parkyn said. "This fits North Park so well because we come out of a faith tradition that is committed to compassion, mercy, and justice. We are located in a city where people and expressions of faith come together. This all fits very closely with our commitments and goals," he said.
It's important that North Park and other participating institutions bring service and interfaith dialogue together. "You talk about your faith because you ask each other what motivates you to do service," Parkyn said.
When he announced the challenge earlier this year, President Obama called on institutions of higher education to commit to advancing interfaith and community service initiatives over the course of the 2011-2012 academic year. Beyond that, each participating institution should consider how to sustain the challenge's momentum beyond one year, Parkyn said.
A mix of participating college and universities were represented at the challenge's kickoff, including community colleges, Christian colleges and universities, public and private research universities, and liberal arts schools.
"The thing that was really refreshing was that there were 250 colleges and universities from around the country interested in doing this important work," Lindsay said. "I was really pleased with the diversity of the institutions and the quality of the institutions."
Several Chicago-area colleges and universities are participating, as well as higher education institutions in Illinois and surrounding states. That provides opportunities for North Park students, faculty, and staff to collaborate with other institutions to promote community service and interfaith relationships, Lindsay said.
Reflecting on the challenge, Jones said North Park students who articulate their own faith need to understand other faiths as well. "The educated person of the 21st Century should have a good understanding of people of other faiths if we are called to love our neighbor and work for the common good," he said. "The challenge is for the universities and faith communities to come together to work for issues in their own communities."
Participants heard from key Obama Administration leaders, such as Joshua Dubois, special assistant to the president and executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. University leaders were told of 13 different departments in the federal government that maintain similar offices which can serve as resources for the challenge, Jones added.
In its proposal, North Park University said it planned to expand two existing campus-wide service opportunities to include people from different faith traditions. These include "Vikings Kid's Day," in which North Park students are paired with young children for a day of "friendship, food, fun, and football"; and North Park Community Service Day, in which students, faculty, staff, and alumni develop relationships to facilitate volunteer service projects with various community partners.
The University is also planning specific events this year to promote interfaith engagement. North Park has planned an event commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9/11 to honor Christians and Muslims for Thursday, September 15; a workshop and film presentation, "Fostering Christian-Muslim Relationships," during the Student Diversity Leadership Conference on October 28; a panel of three Chicago-area women who promote, support, and lead interfaith dialogue on November 14; a panel discussion on relationships between faith communities and health practices and beliefs; and a health fair to reach out to people in Albany Park with area partners such as Compassionate Care and Swedish Covenant Hospital.
North Park identified several University departments as integral to its participation in the President's Challenge, including the Office of Diversity, School of Nursing, University Ministries, the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies, and the School of Adult Learning. North Park student organizations expected to participate actively in the challenge are the African Students Club, Black Student Association, East Asian Student Association, Latin American Student Association, Middle Eastern Student Association, and the South Asian Student Association.
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There's no reason to make a secret about this: I have been training my entire life for the admittedly unlikely event that I suddenly get sucked into a movie world. Why? I love movies. I appreciate their simplicity. Life can be confusing and terrifying, but movies are exciting and wonderfully predictable. You just need to watch enough of them to spot the rules. Once you know the rules, you can rule.
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Once upon a time, some director or screenwriter wanted to show the audience how desensitized to death their experienced coroner was, maybe while getting a few laughs at the same time. So they had their coroner eat something right in the middle of an autopsy, a concept that would freak out normal, squeamish people like you and me.
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He even puts his sandwich on top of the corpse when he gets a phone call!
It's effective. So effective that a few other folks tried it. Here's the doctor who checked in Jason's corpse in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter:
And here's that same doctor also putting his sandwich on the corpse.
Here's the chief coroner on the TV show Scrubs, never seen without a lollipop:
There was another character on Scrubs called Doug who worked as a standard doctor for several seasons before switching jobs and becoming a coroner. And, surprise, he also started carrying a lollipop just as soon as he made that transfer.
Hey, look, it's the nerds from Big Bang Theory eating a meal while dissecting a brain:
There are plenty more, enough that there's a whole entry about this over on TV Tropes.
I'm sure it was originally done as a quick gag or to emphasize the fortitude of the coroner, but so many films have used this same tactic that I'm convinced that every single movie coroner can't eat unless there's a corpse in the room.
3 All Dads Go to Heaven
Remember Air Bud, the movie about the sad kid who moves to a new town and teams up with a basketball-playing dog to win the championship game for his local team? Well, it happened. A dog joins a basketball team because, according to the movie, there's no rule that says a dog can't play basketball (although there are in fact several other rules that should have prevented him from playing).
What about Soccer Dog: The Movie? It's a movie. About a dog that befriends a lonely kid and plays children's soccer, which drives the mafia crazy.
Actual dialogue. Did the mafia have money riding on this pee wee soccer game?
Or what about Cop Dog? That's about a boy and a dog who team up to solve crimes. (I know that might sound like a dumb idea, but this was made all the way back in 2008. It was a different time, no one knew how bad cocaine was yet.)
"You're under bark-rest!"
Or, hey, what about MVP: Most Valuable Primate? It's about a chimpanzee that plays hockey. I know that chimpanzees are different from dogs, but the film still falls into the popular "animal capable of things you wouldn't expect befriends lonely child" film genre, so I think it's OK.
What do all of these movies have in common? In every one of them, the father is dead. In Air Bud, the kid is sad because his dad just died in a plane crash. MVP starts off with the death of a kindly scientist who functioned as a father figure for the chimp. The kid that Soccer Dog befriends in the movie Soccer Dog: The Movie is an orphan. The crime that the boy and dog team up to solve in Cop Dog is the murder of the child's father.
I have no idea why this is. Sure, I've written a gritty screenplay about a corgi that stalks the night committing people crimes (because there's no rule that says a dog can't sexually assault), but that doesn't make me an expert on the genre. Maybe it's too believable to imagine a kid with a father being lonely enough to have a dog as a best friend. Maybe the writers think all dads hate dogs. Or maybe Air Bud made the choice first and then every producer in Hollywood said, "Just do that again with a different sport. That exact thing." We'll never know. All we know is that if you see some lonely kid striking up a good relationship with a dog that has a tennis racket in its mouth, you better find that kid's dad and tell him to watch out.


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Franciscan nuns and Nigerian Christians pray inside St. Catherine's Church, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally accepted as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Monday.
Roughly one in six people around the world has no religious affiliation, a new study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life found, making the unaffiliated the third-largest religious group worldwide, behind Christians and Muslims, and about equal in size to the world's Catholic population.
The religiously unaffiliated population includes atheists, agnostics and people who do not identify with any particular religion in surveys, the study issued Tuesday reads. Many of the religiously unaffiliated, however, hold religious or spiritual beliefs, the study emphasized.
"For example, belief in God or a higher power is shared by 7 percent of Chinese unaffiliated adults, 30 percent of French unaffiliated adults and 68 percent of unaffiliated U.S. adults," it read.
Making up 16.3 percent of the world population, this group comprises a majority of the population in six countries. China's number of religiously unaffiliated is the largest, with a 62 percent share.
The Pew Forum's study is based on self-identification.
Titled "The Global Religious Landscape," the study analyzed data available as of early 2012 from more than 2,500 national censuses and large-scale surveys, and found that Christians are the world's biggest religious group, with 2.2 billion people or 32 percent of the world's population. The largest share of all Christians live in the United States, followed by Brazil and Mexico.
About half of all Christians are Catholic, while an estimated 37 percent of Christians are Protestant, the study shows. Greek and Russian Orthodox Christians make up 12 percent of Christians.
With 23 percent of the world's population, Muslims represent the second-largest religious group and are a majority in 49 countries, including 19 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Hindus make up 15 percent of the population, while the nearly 500 million Buddhists add up to 7 percent.
The study also found that the median age of Muslims (23 years) and Hindus (26) is younger than the median age of the world's overall population (28), and more than 12 years younger than the median age of Jews, which is 36 years old.
"Muslims are going to grow as a share of the world's population, and an important part of that is this young age structure," Pew Forum demographer Conrad Hackett told Reuters.
Judaism has the weakest growth prospects in comparison.
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With nearly one million people in the United States living with this condition, one local educator wanted to get the word out to help fund further research for a cure or prevention. Since the actual cause is unknown, there is no cure and only medication can be given to minimize symptoms of it.
One local educator in the St. Clairsville school district set up the fundraising and awareness events with the goal of presenting funds to the Michael J. Fox foundation who actively supports Parkinson's research.
The two events held were a Jean day and Spell-a-thon for the students. Most of the money raised was generated through the Spell-a-thon, which St. Clairsville Elementary teacher Josh Shutler organized.
"We really just wanted to take part in the meaning of this month, which is to raise awareness on this condition as if affects many of the people in and around our communities," said Shutler.
"We received lots of support ranging from pledges, gift cards, and leadership from many different places, which is really great to see." he continued.
The Spell-a-thon consisted of students from the Kindergarten through grade 4 receiving a list of words to study over the course of a couple week prior to the event. From there, each student was given spelling test with a chance to participate in the spelling bee.
The Bees were split into kindergarten and first grade together for the younger students, and second through fourth grades.
Students were also required to accumulated $25 dollars in pledges in combination with scoring 100% on the written spelling test.
Students who met both of the criteria were then qualified for their respective Bee. Shutler pointed out that over $3,000 was raised from the event. After purchasing prizes for the students, the St. Clairsville Elementary was able to donate around a very hefty $2800 to the Michael J. Fox foundation.
"I'm very happy with the participation and how well this event turned out. We couldn't have done it without every single person involved." Shutler added.
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What a season for Cole Hamels.
He was clearly one of the few bright spots for the entirety of the year in Philadelphia, and that continued today as he fanned eight over seven innings in the Phillies 4-1 win. The victory gave him 17 on the season, a new career high. And with those eight strikeouts, he reaches 216 for the season, also a new high.
It's been a season of lows for a Phillies team scratching to stay above the .500 mark, but Hamels has been a constant bright spot. Can you imagine if the Phillies had not signed him at midseason? Phillies fans would be freaking out as the season comes to a close. At least the fans can rest easy that he'll be here a long time.
Carlos Ruiz had three hits and knocked in his 68th run of the season. Hamels was the MVP of the pitchers, Ruiz obviously the MVP on the offensive side.
Domonic Brown didn't have any hits, but he did knock in a run and showed off his arm as he gunned down Giancarlo Stanton at home plate.
Now the question becomes, can the Phillies finish the season over .500 as they play the final three games in Washington.
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Great game. We won. One more victory and we are guaranteed a 500 season. Three more wins would be nicer. GO PHILS !!!
My friend and I made a bet in May involving rare brewery only released beers that the Phillies would finish above .500. He claimed they wouldn't. I sure hope they do so I can not only keep my beer but so that I can get his to add to my cellar collection!
You know how those things go. They'll finish 81-81. And nobody's happy. Or sad, I guess, but to come back from June, and 14 under, that'd be a cool bet to win. 82-80 sure seems doable. Good luck!
Was at the game in Miami today; still more Phils fans at a Marlins game than Marlins fans, it seems.
While it was great to see Hamels throw a fantastic game, it was equally awesome to see the a transition into the next Phils generation, in the guise of Brown and Ruf. I hope they get their shots in 2013, and impress early and often.
Also glad to see my last live game of the season with Chooch behind the plate.
I hope they do finish above .500. Even better? Phils sweep nats, and braves sweep out their series. I can take the braves winning the division but I don't need Harper and co. thinking they are the new hotness.
Nice win for the Phillies and Hamels is clearly the "ace" of the rotation and for years to come (if he stays healthy).
As others here mentioned, the Phillies are finishing the season on a positive note (adding another winning month with September). The team need one win in the final three-game series at Washington to finish at least .500 for the 10th straight season.
It's quite an accomplishment considering all the serious injuries that derailed their momentum early on in the season and losing two productive regulars in the OF (Pence and Victorino) on July 31st when Amaro decided on "salary dumping". On that day, July 31st, the Phillies looked lost with a 45-57 record and going nowhere. The team was graced with the good fortune of having key reserves in Frandsen and Kravitz called up and made surprising contributions. Plus the young arms from the minors that were a work in progress and steadily made improvements in the bullpen (especially Horst and Aumont). And of course, with the return of Utley and Howard to the lineup, one can see the team started to play winning basball. I should mentionj Ruiz and Rollins with their bat and glove ,were the most valuable players in the lineup.
So as fans, we have much to look forward to next season. I do believe Amaro will keep his word that he intend to reload..not rebuilt the team during the off season. He sees only a few possible changes (additions) in finding a quality 8th inning reliever; a righthanded bat in the OF; and possibly to fill the 3rd base position.
I think Ruf could be that righthanded bat in the OF depending on how he fares during spring training. Chances are he will be a platoon player. Dominic Brown may be a good trade bait for the needed 3rd baseman while his perceived value is still high by other teams. Of course, there is a possibility that Frandsen can be that everyday 3rd baseman or even the no hit- good field Galvis (provided he is tested drug free). The off season will be very interesting.
Bruce, the Phils dismal showing was due to an accumulation of bad offense, bad pitching, it was the 'perfect storm' if you would for a let down. Aside from the injuries, the pitching was at times putrid – especially the bullpen as they could not shut down the opposition. Then the performances of some of the Phils key position players was disappointing and some had what I'm sure they would call their career worst seasons at the plate.
I am really interested in how PN grades the performances of the individuals this year.
I know that the modern day analyst's consider wins and losses by a pitcher as complete luck and not a true indicator of how good a pitcher is. I agree with them, and clearly see the rationale there.
But it is still cool for us old guys to see our pitchers do well in that department anyway. Hamels 17-6 W-L record right now is better than:
Chris Sale
Matt Cain
Yu Darvish
Zach Greinke
And lest we forget, some guy named Justin Verlander.
This is no put down of Cliff Lee whose underlying season stats show clear top ten superiority. IMO – his record this year was just one of those baseball oddities that occur from time to time.
Won-loss records are somewhat a matter of luck, but any analyst who doesn't look at that aspect of a starting pitcher has his head jammed firmly in a place where he probably can't read any other stats, either.
It jhas happened that sometimes a guy on a lousy offensive team or one that can't field doesn't get the wins he deserves, and sometimes a dud pitcher is helped tremendously by an offensive machine. These things do average out a bit, though, and generally the guys with the best peripheral stats will end up as the biggest winners. Koufax won quite a few games with the non-scoring Dodgers, for instance, and Carlton won 27 games for a team that managed a grand total of 59 wins. You wouldn't even have to look at WHIP or Swing-and-Miss %, or Park Adjusted Anything to know that those guys had something special going.
Yup. Couldn't agree more.
In that general era, I always thought the poster boy for great pitchers with so so W-L records was the great Nolan Ryan.
Over 27 years, he only had winning W-L records 16 times, a few of which were by only 1 or 2 wins. And lifetime he was only 32 games over .500- in 807 games.
But no one needed advanced stats to know that you better fear him.
So where did this analyst have his head jammed? Never mind, I don't really want to know!
Any year you can, over 162 games, throw three or four top-flight starters at the opposition and have them backed up by a first-rate closer – which we can do – you immediately stamp yourself as a team with playoff possibilities. Even a lineup loaded with the Martinezes and Mendozas of the world will win games by scoring 1,2 or 3 runs, and our problems are more associated with consistency and the ever-elusive right-handed bat than they are with BA.
Through past and perhaps-pending outright releases of ageing, high-salaried players, the front office can set itself up to reload … without messing around, trade-wise, with Hamels-Lee-Halladay-Worley-Kendrick.
(Having said all of this, perhaps one of the above-named goes in a major deal, so long as his name does not begin with "COLE".)
While Chase Utley may offer us a temporary fix at one position or another, we still need to rejuvenate the infield, and add to an inconsistent offense. (Galvis addresses one of these "fixes", but certainly not the other.) In this regard, with the pleasant surprises offered by Frandsen and a young guy named Darin, we may have come up with a couple of diamonds in the Ruf.
(It took me 208 words to lead up to that punch line.)
The position that Utley will offer us a "temporary fix" for will be second base, since it's been announced the 3rd base experiment is (thankfully) over.
We get the best second baseman in the game today (when he's on the field) as the temporary fix. Not bad.
The Utley fix is indeed temporary because even if Utley's knees happily carry him through a full season – a proposition filled with obvious risk – it provides a solution at 2B for 2013 only. What happens beyond that? Unless we go all-in with a "this is our year" approach (which is what 2011 was supposedly about, and we can see how that worked for us), then any positional "fix" that doesn't address the next 2-3 years at a minimum is stopgap only.
As to Utley being "the best 2B in the game today" … well, the hated Yankees have this guy – I think his name is Cano.
2013 and how much (and well) Utley plays will help determine whether he's re-signed. I think it's a little early to assume he won't be.
As for Cano, I've heard of him 🙂
I postd this last week. I'd be happy to update the stats if you like, but for now, this is why Utley is as good or better:
– Cano has the higher slugging percentage (.522) and OPS (.887)
– However Cano has a lower OBP (.365)
– Overall, Cano has a slight advanage in overall hitting, using the comprehensive hitting stat wOBA, which is explained here (http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/offense/woba/):
Cano .375 wOBA, Utley .359
– Cano is doing better than usual defensively, but Utley's defense is still better than Cano's this year using advanced fielding stats.
– Utley has been the much better baserunner as usual.
The stat that puts all this together is Wins Above Replacement, and these are the leaders for the year:
1. Cano 6.0 WAR in 151 games
9. Utley 3.1 WAR in 74 games
Obviously Utley has only played half the season and that's a real advantage for Cano — he's been on the field all year and the Yankees haven't had to fill in with a Galvis type.
But for the time that he's actually been on the field, no second baseman in the game has been better than Utley this year.
WAR per 162 games:
1. Utley 6.8
2. Cano 6.4
3. Hill 6.1
Shmenkman, you truly are the stat man.
Was fun to watch Cole pitch like the ace he is last night.
My take on the what the phillies have shown is that all though he is not a kid I think Frandzen can hit, and maybe hit .300 in a full season and give you average defense at third base, I do not think he is up to Poly or Feliz defensivly, but I do think he can give you Poly like numbers at the plate. Maybe 5-10 HRs and a bunch of doubles. I like the Ruff kid but I am not sure that 8-10 games and even spring training is going to tell us if he can be a major league hitter, I think he looked ok in RF but again very small sample and I am not sure spring training is going to prove one way or the other. I also do not know what you do with Galvis, can he play the utility infield roll, or do you move Frandsen to that Roll and assume Freddie can play third, I know he is the air apperant to JRoll but that is two years at least down the Road. Is Frandsen viable trade bait, can Freddie bring anything and do you sacrifice Freddie and hope JRoll can stay healthly for another year or two? I really think this off season will be fun, I also do not think there will be any answers until the May for sure
Ruben said recently there wasn't a top priority for the offseason. The list of priorities is pretty clear, and as a result, generally agreed on by anyone with eyes. But I do think the club will prioritize one issue. Unless Ryne Sandberg lands an MLB manager's job, or possibly some sort of esteemed coaching gig, the Phils have a chance to retain him in the organization for another year. Charlie's deal expires next year, and it would seem reasonable to expect him to move into an advisory type gig as he approaches or hits 70. People seem quick to praise Sandberg either out of sympathy for not nailing a job yet, or because he's popular because of the backup QB syndrome. Personally, I know next to zilch about how he'd do as a manager, my sense is well, but the the thing that gives me the most confidence in his ability to do well is Dallas Green saying a couple or few weeks back that he was scared to death the club was gonna lose him again. So I think the Phils will prioritize what to do with Sandberg, and we may see some hint that he's going to manage the Phils as early as '14.
Just some perspective about Sandberg: Lehigh Valley had never had a winning season before Sandberg came to the team. His first season they go to the championship, his second season they miss the playoffs (on the last day of the season) but finish over .500 again. He turned a losing team into a winning team purely by being there.
I can't agree LESS. Lehigh Valley has been a Phils affiliate for fewer than ten years, and minor league teams change their players about as often as a mother changes her newborn's diapers. I'll grant that The IronPigs have begun to win, but how much of that can be attributed to Sandburg and how much to different and maybe better players is a matter of debate.
I'd look more at how he handles player's personalities and his on-field strategies to assess his abilities, rather than won-loss records. The good thing is that so far, most baseball people give him high marks in those areas.
You're arguing my point for me, George. That high turnover rate of players is the reason managing at AAA is arguably more difficult than managing in the majors, where you have the same team for the most part from year to year. It takes a very good skipper to navigate those choppy waters on ANY AAA team. Lehigh Valleys record with Ryne at the helm is over .500, and without him is well under .500. Lehigh Valley this year finished with a winning record in spite of the big league teams decimation by injuries. Pretty much all of LHV's reliable players spent some time in the majors and that constant change didn't cause Sandberg to skip a beat. That is very impressive.
Not sure that alone would prove Ryno's value, but it would take some research to determine whether turnover at LV was more, about the same, or less than other I.L. Teams.
You have misinterpreted my comment. Player personell does change, but what I am saying is that the general level of talent is what changes, not specific players. Even major league managers have to juggle their players because of injuries and needed rest. But from year to year, the ML team remains pretty close to the same level of ability or it slips or gains gradually, whereas in the minors, from year to year the team's basic talent level can change considerably.
The Phils' lower level teams had winning records before Lehigh Valley did. Many of those winning players have since moved up a level or two. Doesn't it seem at least plausible, then, that Sandburg may have benefited some by having those better players?
I'm not denigrating Sandburg at all. What I am saying is that W-L records are not the ultimate concern of a minor league team, and should not be the ultimate standard on which anyone should evaluate a AAA manager.
Areya kidding me? Well, it's something different to watch at least.
1. Kevin Frandsen (R) 3B
2. John Mayberry (R) CF
3. Chase Utley (L) 2B
4. Carlos Ruiz (R) C
5. Ty Wigginton (R) 1B
6. Domonic Brown (L) RF
7. Darin Ruf (R) LF
8. Michael Martinez (S) SS
9. Kyle Kendrick (R) P
It's not terrible knowing that Ryan and Jimmy are not avail.
Agreed, since they're out of it and no longer need great play at short or big hits with runners in scoring position.
Rumor is that if Sandberg is not hired by another team, he will be the Bench Coach next season
Do we have anyone else that can play SS other than Martinez?? Christ he's a dead out and than the pitcher behind him….
With so few games left, none of them meaningful, I can't really see that using Martinez matters much. And at least there's always a better hitter waiting on deck.
If there were more games, I'd maybe try Wigginton at short, because he sure can't handle third base.
Amazingly, the Orioles used Wigginton as a late-inning replacement at short in 9 games in 2009.
(another strange but true note: the position that Laynce Nix has played the most in the majors is… Center Field)


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Re: Danica's chances at Watkins Glen?
gkbacb wrote:she is not ready for cup, i dont think she was really ready for NW either, she should've started in the ARCA series, or at very least trucks, imo she doesn't know how to handle such a heavy car, higher center of gravity, i personally think she doesn't understand the physics of a cup or NW car, so very different from open wheel, i've been really disappointed with her since she came to NASCAR, at least in ARCA or trucks, she would have a better chance of not just running laps, but actually competeing
bravo, you nailed it, many good drivers have come to nascar and went to arca or truck, and that would have only benefited her, look at nelson piquet, never drove nascar, started in truck and has proven himself to be a good stock car driver, and one road course in nw and wins it, that is talent, i personally think she is in over her head, but because she has a sponsor she is going cup racing, and that is what today's nascar is, as long as you got the financial backing, your in, talent is only a small part of the equation these days.
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If you will be at the game rep for all of us
Man ohhhh man! i am excited! finally the season is ready to start! and we get a soft match up on opening night, this should be a cake walk for the knicks. I expect there to be some hiccups tho.
Our big men will dominate T.O.'s. Amir johnson is a decent defender, but he can't handle Amare. They will double him up leading to a lot of looks for both Felton and Gallo. I also expect with the focus going onto Amare defensively that Mozgov is poised to have a great debut.
Gallo will have his hands full this game and it's really going to be up to Amare and Felton to carry the load. We'll see how this goes, but i expect a knicks win.
Words can't really express how far Chris Bosh set back toronto. It's much worse then what happened with Vince Carter and their situation looks pretty dire for the next couple of years. As a Canadian myself, it's disappointing to see this line up. Watching the Knicks vs. Raptors is always fun up here cause i'm pretty much the only guy wearing blue and orange in a sea of red and white (and purple?). Last year they swept us and I was mocked for the teams failure to win against this friggin mickey mouse organization. This year, I expect the opposite.
Tonights game knicks win, 99-87.
If you will be at the game rep for all of us
I'm so hyped!
go Knicks!
It's finally time...
Spike still runs the garden.
any links for the game guys...?
The Joe Baningos and Evan Roberts of the station are so bad they will literally consume entire time slots, even days or weeks, to their given lameass team.
The few who aren't on the Net-Met-Jet payroll are much more balanced and less homer-like. But it actually makes the station even worse and more disproportionate. (Francesa, eg for Yankees, or Sommers who is a really good Knick fan, but doesn't homer it up all the time).
Fck. Even the Rangers get dissed on the Fan in favor of the Islanders for air time.
The Fan is good for Carl Banks segments (epic), Steve Sommers when he isn't waxing on about the Mets, Boomer's morning show (not even a true sports show), and listening to the Fans' homers moan about their teams' epic collapses and taking pleasure in it.
Anyways. Prediction:
We take the Canadians to the slaughterhouse. Gallo, STAT, Felton big time performance.
Gonna be at work so I'll have it streaming, listening to it mostly and watching it when no one else is about.
Man 37 posts on the game thread and the game hasn't even started yet. Everyone is excited!!
I must admit though, I am a little nervous. I've been let down so many times in the past as a Knick fan it's hard for me not to expect the worst.
Go NY, Go NY, Go!
Cough! CARMELO Cough!
But seriously I'm pumped!!!! Go Knicks!
I love how I just paid 110$ for league pass broadband and this game is blacked out. Thank god I got the crappy streams.
The first week of the season, league pass is free, if you have cable/direct TV.


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Wisconsin Badgers head football coach is one of 16 semifinalsts for the Maxwell Award given to the nation's top college football coach.
The Award is presented by the Maxwell Football Club.
In his first season, Andersen has led the Badgers to an 8-2 record, including 5-1 in the Big Ten, and a No. 19 ranking in the latest BCS standings.
The Badgers have run off five-straight victories by an average of 26.0 points.
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Offensively, the Badgers are averaging 38.5 points per game (19th in the country) and are on pace to break the school record by averaging 505.8 yards per game.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game ReviewBy Kevin Kelly - Posted Aug 13, 2010
Scott Pilgrim has numerous little twists to the gameplay that make things a lot more fun than a simple side-scrolling brawler.
The Pros
- Retro-tastic 8-bit style
- Simple, robust controls
- Awesome soundtrack
The Cons
- Harder than you would expect, even on the "Average Joe"setting
- Final boss will make you tear your hair out
Recently, I discovered that despite my love for this series, Scott Pilgrim is not for everyone. With most gamers sharing a common love for comic books, rock and roll, and of course video games, I thought this would have mass appeal. But our own Stephen Johnson, who decided to sample Scott Pilgrim on our trip back from Comic-Con, was not a fan. "You know what?" he said in a deadpan tone, "This series is for girls." Well, then I guess I'm a girl, because these books and the subsequent movie are carved out of the very substance that makes up my geek heart.
But, having said that, if you're not already a fan of the world of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, then you're probably not going to have as much fun with this game as I did. Sure, it's an 8-bitty throwback retro title, with a fantastic chiptunes soundtrack and is filled with button-mashing glee, but non-fans will miss the references peppered throughout the game, and probably ultimately won't care why Scott is doing battle with what feels like every single citizen in Toronto.
7 Isn't Always A Lucky Number, But 8(bit) Always Is
In case you aren't familiar with the premise of Scott Pilgrim, it's easily summed up: a boy falls in love with a girl, and then must do battle with her seven evil exes. There's a bit of a plot that ties that all together, but not much. Where Scott Pilgrim succeeds isn't in pitting foe against foe, but in scooping up a helping of pop culture and layering it on thick.
The books themselves are filled with more obscure video game references than an episode of Feedback (one of the bands in book is called The Clash at Demonhead, in reference to a Nintendo platformer from 1990), and so it only makes that they would put this game out in conjunction with the movie as an 8-bit punch and kicker. It's perfectly suited for this property, and even though it's 8-bit, all of the characters look fairly identical to their graphic novel counterparts.
What goes above and beyond the graphic style of the game is the soundtrack. Chiptunes artists megaextraordinaire Anamanaguchi has recorded completely new set of tunes just for this game, and they are pitch-perfect. As a testament to how good the music is, I wish you could leave the main menu on and have it cycle through the entire soundtrack, but right now it just plays a looping selection.
Button, Button, Button, Button, Button, Repeat
Scott Pilgrim is a beat-'em-up, plain and simple. The controls are very basic, and thankfully free of impossible to memorize combos for every character like most fighting games out there. Sure, there are combos, but they are short and sweet. There's a button to punch, a button to kick, a button to block, and a button to jump. To be sure, you'll be relying heavily on kicking and punching.
You'll need the kicking and punching because in this game, you're doing battle with a lot more than seven evil exes. In fact, you have to do battle with everyone who comes your way. This includes regular folk, maxi-sized regular folk, costumed wackjobs who can breathe fire, and a lot more. Only once you pummel your way through those do you get to battle an evil ex and those evil exes can be plenty hard to beat. Especially the final boss, who made me want to drive to Montreal and find the designer, just so I could ask for an hour of my life back.
Thankfully, the game has four-player co-op in it, although beware that it isn't online, and has no drop-in, drop-out function. The latter really handicaps the game, because it's the sort of title someone will see you playing, and will want to jump in with you. But, you'd have to stop, go back to the main menu, select your characters, and restart that entire level to bring them in. Come on, Ubisoft.
Twist It Up, Baby
Scott Pilgrim has numerous little twists to the gameplay that make things a lot more fun than a simple side-scrolling brawler. There are many objects strewn about Scott's world, ranging from snowballs to briefcases full of cash, and you can pick up all of them and use them to bludgeon your foes.
Or, if you get bored of that, you can just hurl them towards them, dealing damage. In fact, you can pick up fallen baddies and use them to beat up other baddies. Also, if a bad guy gets cheeky enough to throw something at you, time things right and you can just pluck the item out of the air.
Each character in the game, Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers, Stephen Stills, and Kim Pine, can summon Knives Chau as a striker by hitting L1, and she does different things depending on who summons her. For instance, when Scott does it, she shows up and blows the word "LOVE" in an enormous cloud onscreen. Everyone also has a special spin move, which is activated with R1 and is best used for clearing out foes when they've surrounded you.
When an enemy has been defeated, they turn into coins, just like in the books. Scott and his fellow characters collect these throughout the game, and they can be used to purchase powerups from little shops scattered throughout Toronto. In fact, you are going to have to buy these, or you'll quickly find out that the game difficulty will ramp up too far for your base character.
Luckily, co-op characters can share money with each other if anyone wants to buy a special, high-ticket item. There are subspace doorways hidden throughout the game, and some of the items for sale inside, like the bionic arm, are very pricy. So, it pays to have friends. Likewise, if you run out of all of your lives in co-op, you'll turn into a ghost, and you can actually steal life from your friends, bringing you back into the game. Not bad if you're looking for an easy return, but a real d-bag move if your friends are deep in the thick of battle.
A Ten Spot For This Much Joy? Yes, Please
Despite my two cons listed above, you can't argue with the fact that this game is extremely fun to play. That goes double (or … four-ble?) with a room full of friends. It's not a title that you'll beat in an hour, and there's a lot of depth with the super mini-RPG elements involved in leveling up and figuring out which items to buy from the shops.
Couple all of that with the amazing soundtrack and the art style, and you've found a very good way to spend ten dollars. In fact, I've paid more for titles that I haven't nearly enjoyed as much, and this goes to show that small games can be just as much fun as larger titles if they are given equal love and care with a big dose of fun. In fact, if you catch the movie opening weekend, stay past the credits and you'll get a little easter egg straight from the game.
If Scott Pilgrim isn't your thing, I would normally say don't bother picking up a game based on a comic book series that you aren't into, but there's enough here to entice fans of retro-gaming and people who love button-mashers. At ten bones, it's easily the best gaming value I've picked up this year.


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As birds sing morning songs to begin their days, Eugene Bahire, in charge of Tours and Visits at Compassion's Rwanda office, starts his day with a morning prayer at 5:30 and prepares himself for work.
He leaves home at 6:30 a.m. and takes 45 minutes to reach his office.
After morning devotions with all Compassion Rwanda staff, which normally start at 8 a.m. and last an hour, he shifts his focus to Tours and Visits communications.
"I make sure that I have enough relevant information about the child before confirming a visit date for a sponsor or a tour.
"Having gotten the news that a child will be visited on a certain date, the student center social worker visits the child's home ahead of time to prepare the family members or guardians living with the child, and of course some preparations are made at the student center as well."
Eugene enjoys his job, which he longed for even while he was still at the university.
"Ever since my university time, my ambitions were to work for a Christian organization, and so this is an absolute answer of prayer to me.
"I am always happy and motivated to advocate for people in times of need, and I enjoy learning about different cultural values."
Gifted with cultural diversity, mostly resulting from his country's (Rwanda) history, Eugene was born in Uganda in 1976, where he had his primary education. He later moved to join his brother who was living in Kenya, and from there had his junior secondary education.
He returned to Rwanda with his parents right after the 1994 genocide. He successfully completed high school and began university where he gained greater influence in both academic and spiritual aspects.
Eugene holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a specialization in human resource management.
He is a devoted Christian, married and has worked as Tours and Visits Team Lead for three years.
"I am married to Joy, and God blessed us with a wonderful, precious and treasured daughter whose name is Grace.
"We all love God. My wife and I are in charge of the English service at our local church, and God has used us as instruments of His word to the congregation. We serve in the ministry closely with our senior pastor."
Eugene's job is quite demanding in terms of commitment and dedication. At times he overworks himself and returns home late at night, but he's driven by the kind and caring hearts of sponsors.
"I have been touched by the heart of sponsors and the love they have for children. I love the sponsor and child hug. It's a natural feeling that builds intimacy between them."
"I would like to give an example of a couple from Australia who met all their 12 sponsored children at once, had a fun day and shared lunch together.
"Each of these children had a story to tell and they said they would never forget that day because of their sponsors who shared a special day with them, chatting and playing games together.
"They gave them the best dish for lunch and each had a take-home package of various items from the supermarket for their first time."
When sponsors do individual visits, they either visit the child at the development center and do a home visit, or meet in a good environment for recreation with the child and the center staff.
In Rwanda, offices and business enterprises close on some special days, like the last Saturday of every month, which is set aside for community work, countrywide, and during the annual genocide memorial, April 7-14.
Scheduling visits can be tricky if sponsors have requested to visit on those days.
During a visit, the center staff takes some time to educate and share with the sponsor about their local programs for holistic development of the child as well as social benefits.
As Rwanda is a country of a thousand hills, its topography affects field activities often, particularly with communication and transportation issues.
"Some of our church partners are located in places which are not easily accessible due to lack of proper roads. At times, visits are long days and are very tiring for the host and sponsors.
"Some of our visits occur in places where there's no mobile network coverage and at certain moments a cell phone becomes useless.
"Also, I am dreaming of a day when the church partners will no longer have a language barrier. For the case of my country, many people at church partner level are not able to express themselves in English.
"I am thinking that if the learning materials would be available to them, they would quickly learn the language and this would be an advantage for sponsor visits."
Working with and for children is a blessing to Eugene.
"My job has taught me not to be self-centered, but instead to think about others.
"It's been a blessing to work with and for children, and this gives me the hope and courage to look at them as future leaders and influential people in the society.
"With all that in mind, I believe that God will continually do wonderful things in our lives if at all we are bound together in His love."


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Labels For Education at our school
I know many schools do the Box Tops for Education and then some schools do the Labels for Education. Our school does both, but it is such a cumbersome task that there is one person in charge of each Program.
What I am asking is this...if your school is not collecting either of these labels and you would like to save them and then mail them to me, that would be great. Just send me a PM and I will send you my address where to send the labels to. I will take either the Box Tops for Education or the Labels for Education. I know my daughter and her school would appreciate your help.
In Honor of my nephew serving our country out of Baumholder Army Base in Germany.


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The compassion gambit
I've spent the last three weeks writing about a "brave maverick doctor" by the name of Stanislaw Burzynski who claims that he can cure cancers that regular oncologists cannot. He uses a combination of what he calls "antineoplastons" (which, it turns out, are more or less than the active metabolites of an orphan drug known as sodium phenylbutyrate) plus a very expensive cocktail of chemotherapy and targeted agents chosen in a haphazard fashion and thrown together with little rhyme or reason. This week, I had planned to move on. However, I felt that I had to mention the Burzynski saga because it provides me with the most appropriate segue to a topic I've been meaning to write about for a long time, possibly since this blog began. In fact, it's about as perfect a framework as I can think of upon which to drape the points I want to make in this post.
What I will discuss is perhaps the most effective, devastating attack that proponents of quackery, woo, and nonsense aim at supporters of science-based medicine (SBM). As far as that is the case, it is not effective because it's fact-based, evidence-based, or science-based. Far from it. Rather, it's effective because it appeals to the emotions and very effectively demonizes SBM proponents to the point where they often have a hard time standing their ground when it is used. Sometimes, it preemptively prevents them from even speaking up in the first place. It's a little tactic that I like to call the "compassion gambit," which means trying to discredit critics of "alternative" medicine by painting them as cold, unfeeling, uncaring, arrogant monsters who want to hurt or kill children (and probably get a big smile on their faces when they torture puppies, to boot).


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I've got the code down for displaying a table in HTML from the MySQL database, however, for the final result I want to be able to sort them in ascending or descending order by clicking on the column header.
I'll just use the example I found, which I tried out, but it doesn't work.
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// Connecting to MySQL database
$link = mysql_connect($mysql_server, $mysql_user_name, $mysql_user_pass) or die("Could not connect to MySQL database");
print "Connected to MySQL database successfully";
// To read from the database, select it
mysql_select_db("pbx") or die("Could not select database");
print ("
Table: " . htmlspecialchars ("pbx") . "
\n");
print ("
Click on a column name to sort the table by that column.
\n");
# Get the name of the column to sort by (optional). If missing, use
# column one. If present, perform simple validation on column name;
# it must consist only of alphanumeric or underscore characters.
$sort_col = get_param_val ("date"); # column name to sort by (optional)
if (!isset ($sort_col))
$sort_col = "1"; # just sort by first column
else if (!ereg ("^[0-9a-zA-Z_]+$", $sort_col))
die (htmlspecialchars ("Column name $sort_col is invalid"));
# Construct query to select records from the named table, optionally sorting
# by a particular column. Limit output to 50 rows to avoid dumping entire
# contents of large tables.
$query = " SELECT clientmatter,date,time,extention,charge,number,duration,location FROM pbx";
$query .= " WHERE date = '2002-12-24' AND charge > '0' ";
$query .= " ORDER BY $sort_col";
$query .= " LIMIT 50";
$result_id = mysql_query ($query, $link);
if (!$result_id)
die (htmlspecialchars (mysql_error ($link)));
# Display query results as HTML table. Use query metadata to get column
# names, and display names in first row of table as hyperlinks that cause
# the table to be redisplayed, sorted by the corresponding table column.
print ("
\n");
$self_path = get_self_path ();
print ("
\n");
for ($i = 0; $i < mysql_num_fields ($result_id); $i++)
$col_name = mysql_field_name ($result_id, $i);
printf ("%s	\n",
urlencode ($col_name),
htmlspecialchars ($col_name));
print ("
\n");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_row ($result_id))
print ("
\n");
for ($i = 0; $i < mysql_num_fields ($result_id); $i++)
# encode values, using for empty cells
$val = $row[$i];
if (isset ($val) && $val != "")
$val = htmlspecialchars ($val);
$val = " ";
printf ("%s	\n", $val);
print ("
\n");
mysql_free_result ($result_id);
print ("
\n");
mysql_close ($link);
Now the only differences are that the db I'll be using is cd_test, the table is cd_info, and the select statement will be slightly different.
I honestly have no clue about what to change and where to change it. I'm teaching myself and learning by example so far... So if anyone could help it would be much appreciated!


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Phenomenal win for the Knicks. I said at halftime that in order to win this game they were going to half to play defense and rebound better inside, and they sure did. They held the Bulls to just 41 second half points, including just 12 in the fourth quarter. They forced Chicago into committing 20 turnovers, and hounded Derrick Rose in the second half. One major stat that has stuck out this year for the Knicks is their blocked shots. They are second in the NBA in blocks per game, and blocked 10 shots tonight, 6 of which came from Amare Stoudemire.
The Knicks got balance from their starting 5 as every starter was in double figures, as well as Raymond Felton, Amare Stoudemire, Landry Fields and Wilson Chandler all recording double doubles. Raymond Felton came up with big plays offensively and defensively down the stretch, as him and Amare recorded their 15th, and 16th double doubles of the year, respectively. Although Chandler was forced to sit in the first half because of foul trouble he still managed to finish with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Landry Fields finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds, including an impressive three point play following up a missed free throw from Stoudemire in the third quarter. Danilo Gallinari had an excellent third quarter, knocking down all three of his three's in that quarter, to finish with 15 points.
This was a very important game for the Knicks because of their upcoming schedule. Three of their next four games include Miami, Orlando, and San Antonio, so winning these last two games definitely gives them some confidence moving forward. We all knew the Knicks could score, but it just goes to show you how much better they could be if they play defense the way that they did in that fourth quarter. I'm very happy about the win, but lets go and BEAT THE HEAT. Merry Christmas everyone.


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Dear Friends of Istituto Acton,
Not to worry, we haven't moved the office to the home of our namesake; I am writing from London rather than Rome this month, following the last of our Poverty and Development conferences on the theme "From Aid to Enterprise: Economic Liberty and Solutions to Poverty" on December 1. I've already written a couple of short Acton PowerBlog posts you can read here and here, so I won't repeat what I wrote in those. Instead, I'll take this opportunity to talk a bit about the euro crisis that was raised intermittently during the conference and will be the subject of much news over the next several weeks.
But first some general impressions from my trip that I believe are relevant to explain the mess Europe is in. One of the first things I noticed on arriving in the United Kingdom is how unlike Italy it is at an everyday economic level. There are usually helpful staff members who are easy to find in the airports, train stations, hotels, shops, etc., they don't seem to mind being asked questions and they respond as if they work in the places you find them. A far cry from the first impressions made on arrival in Italy, where you're likely to have to seek out assistance and your questions will often result in a look of annoyance and an utterly confusing "answer" which means you'll have to ask several other people, if you can find them, and sort through the conflicting information you've received. In terms of an inter-personal exchange of useful information (rather than idle, time-consuming chatter), things just work better and more professionally in London than in Rome.
I realize that some may be tempted to give a standard Protestant vs. Catholic, northern vs. southern European explanation to all this, despite the presence of many immigrants in the UK who come from South Asia and Africa. If religion and culture are the predominant factors of economic growth, the newly-formed government headed by Mario Monti has no chance to convince investors that Italy is open for business. If, as is more likely, Italy's problems are due to its extremely burdensome levels of taxation and regulation, incredibly inefficient government and completely resistant to sensible reform trade unions, there's hope because policies are much easier to change than religions and cultures. But it will still take Italy a lot of time to win the necessary confidence from investors who are very well aware of the long-standing obstacles to growth and prosperity and therefore reluctant to provide the funding it needs. Contrary to all the conspiracy theories about global finance, capital generally goes to where it will be used most productively, and right now, that ain't Italy.
Of course this is a lesson that many countries inside and outside of Europe need to learn as well, and there are competing theories about how development takes place, as Marcela Escobari explained at our London event. As European leaders discuss how the eurozone can survive the sovereign debt crisis, they need to do a much better job of explaining what is required of themselves and their citizens. The politicians need to kick the habit of issuing meaningless, obscure communiqués which convince no one that any significant change will take place, only delaying the inevitable and probably making it harder to worse once the day of reckoning comes. Real debate is needed, and for our Italian readers, one place to go for a serious analysis of reform plans is http://www.chicago-blog.it/, run by Oscar Giannino and our friends at Istituto Bruno Leoni. That being said, I often wonder if the people of eurozone countries will accept far-reaching reforms, given the protests that have already taken place and are sure to continue. Despite the vast amounts of human capital to be found, decades of morally- and spiritually-draining welfare-state policies may well have turned Europeans into a flock of sheep without a shepherd.
If religion and culture are not the main determinants of national prosperity, their absence or perversion can certainly prevent it. Yes, London works much better than Rome, but as we saw during last summer's riots in the UK, all is not well in Britain either. In his piece "Barbarians on the Thames," Theodore Dalrymple shows how superficial analysis of the riots has neglected the failure of leadership among the political class as an underlying cause. The same can be said of religious leaders, who fail in their obligations to fight against injustice and poverty if they neglect or deprecate the role of private property, hard work, thrift and other "bourgeois" virtues. It should be no surprise that people addicted to government entitlements over the course of generations are unwilling to get off the dole if no one tells them it is personally and socially destructive to remain on it. It should go without saying that this applies as much, if not more, to upper- and middle-class beneficiaries of "crony capitalism" as it does to those in the underclass.
This being Advent, and as we approach the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, I don't want to sound like Dickens's Ebenezer Scrooge on my return from London. I mentioned earlier that if Italy's problems are due to the wrong policy choices, hope still exists, but this is true only in limited sense, because the real meaning of hope extends well beyond what economics or politics can offer. On two occasions over the weekend of December 2-4, Pope Benedict encouraged Christians to seek opportunities in Advent for silence, meditation and even self-denial, as difficult as they are to find amongst all the parties, shopping and travelling, because it is so easy to lose sight of Christ in our busy lives. (In my opinion, and to save some face among the Italians, I think an understated Advent season followed by a more joyous Christmas season that extends to the feast of the Epiphany on January 6 is one area where Italy is more advanced than the US and the UK. "Christmas contains too much joy for one day," the Pope once said.) As much as we at Acton see the good in commercial activity, we also know that without a moral and spiritual core, human beings can become corrupted and closed in on themselves.
Things like truth and the good are diffusive, and there's no question that what Benedict preaches would also have positive social effects, especially in these times of economic hardship and uncertainty. It could well be that with all the economic growth the world has seen over the last several decades, we've come to take it for granted and we cannot easily get used to living with less material goods, no matter how recent their arrival in our lives. Perhaps the current crisis will have done us some good if we can manage to re-learn not only what such growth requires from us but also remind us that all we do in the economy and the marketplace needs to be done in the service of God and neighbor if it is going to provide any spiritual benefits as well.
As our next newsletter will be published after the holidays, I take this chance to wish you a holy Advent, a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, and everyone at Istituto Acton hopes that you and your loved ones are able to share in Christ's message of peace and joy, wherever you may be.
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Duck Dynasty, Bass Pro Shops and Tony.........
I Envision A Smokin' Duck Dynasty Car…
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I get emails from Bass Pro Shops every so often- usually when they are having a sale. It's because I shop there- I really do and have since way before they became a primary co-sponsor on Tony's car. I have a father and a brother (and now three nephews) who are all outdoorsy and like to hunt and fish and camp so BPS is a great place for birthday presents and Christmas presents.
Anyway- I got this email here:
Duck Dynasty Email from Bass Pro Shops (Screen shot by me)
It's advertising that they would have Duck Dynasty Season 2 on sale at BPS.com. Of course being the astute Tony Stewart fan that I am, I open every BPS email now hoping to see Tony looking at me and definitely NOT the guys from Duck Dynasty. I mean I have probably seen about three episodes of the show (and yes one of them was the Clint Bowyer episode- quite by accident). But for some reason the above email got me thinking…(and yes it is always dangerous when I start thinking).
What if one of the BPS sponsored races was a Duck Dynasty car? That would be kind of cool I think? I KNOW that judging by the things I see in my Facebook feed that there are a lot of Duck Dynasty fans out there and I know that BPS have done other special paint schemes so why not a Duck Dynasty one? They obviously sell DD stuff- as I have seen the t-shirts at the store in Vegas. So maybe next time I open an email from Bass Pro Shops I will instead see this graphic announcing the special paint scheme that I thought up:
Duck Dynasty and Tony Stewart- come on…it would be a cool paint scheme- admit it! (Photo created by Kevin M. Boots)
Come on admit it- you secretly think it's a good idea too?
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Rangers beat Hernandez, Mariners
M's starter hadn't allowed more than three earned runs in his previous nine starts
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jurickson Profar hit an RBI single before scoring on a suicide squeeze in Texas' five-run inning off Felix Hernandez, and the Rangers went on to a 15-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.
The AL West-leading Rangers, who have won 15 of 18 games, finished with a season high in runs after an eight-run eighth in which Profar had another RBI single.
Profar had a nifty slide to score on the bunt by Leonys Martin that dribbled only a few feet in front of the plate in that second-inning outburst. Seattle catcher Henry Blanco pounced on the ball and reached back trying to tag Profar, who made an elusive move to slide around and slap the back tip of the plate.
Rookie left-hander Martin Perez (6-3) pitched into the eighth to win his third consecutive start in August, even after giving up single runs in each of the first three innings.
Hernandez (12-6) had a season-high five walks and allowed five runs and five hits in five innings. The big right-hander, who threw eight shutout innings last Sunday against Milwaukee, came in as the American League ERA leader, but that mark went from 2.28 to 2.47 — higher than the 2.41 for Hiroki Kuroda of the New York Yankees.
Adrian Beltre led off the Rangers second with an eight-pitch plate appearance. Beltre shouted out to Hernandez, his former teammate and good friend, while running to first base on his sharp single to center.
Texas loaded the bases with another hit and a walk before Profar blooped an RBI single and David Murphy hit a two-run double to deep center. Elvis Andrus added an RBI single after Martin's bunt for a 5-2 lead.
Hernandez hadn't allowed more than three earned runs in his previous nine starts since June 20. He is 0-3 with a 5.55 ERA in four starts against Texas this season.
Kyle Seager homered and had an RBI single for the Mariners, who have lost 13 of 20. He extended his hitting streak at Rangers Ballpark to 13 games since May 2012.
Perez had allowed exactly four hits in each of his previous three starts, including his first career complete game six days earlier.
The Mariners had four hits in the first two innings, when they built a 2-0 lead — usually plenty for Hernandez. He was 103-25 with a 2.80 ERA in his previous 170 career starts when getting at least two runs scored for him.
Brad Miller led off the game with a double and scored on a single by Seager, who was picked off second base by Perez. Dustin Ackley had a single and stolen base in the second before scoring on Brendan Ryan's single. Seager's 19th homer, a 409-foot shot into the second deck in right field, came in the third.
It was Texas' highest-scoring game at Rangers Ballpark without hitting a home run. The stadium is in its 20th season. … Murphy's 16 career RBIs vs. Hernandez are more than any other player. … Craig Gentry pinch-hit for the Rangers for the fourth game in a row, and reached each time. He had a pinch two-run double in the seventh, and added an RBI fielder's choice in the eighth in the No. 9 spot where Murphy started. … Beltre is 6 for 12 this season against Hernandez. The Rangers third baseman, who played five seasons in Seattle, was 3 for 15 previously. Beltre almost had another hit, but 2B Miller made a nice backhanded play to finally end the second with runners at second and third. … For the second night in a row, the Rangers had a runner thrown out for over-sliding second base. Ian Kinsler was out on what would have been a stolen base in the fifth.