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Howard Beal Provo, UTOct. 25, 2013 6:07 p.m.
Let's get some simple facts straight. A little history lesson.
1) The Constitution strengthened the national government. This came at the expense of the states. I don't think that is somethings conservatives of today advocate.
2) The original Constitution did not contain a Bill of Rights. Jefferson opposed the Constitution generally but softened when a Bill of Rights were added.
3) Some great Americans or patriots didn't sign the Constitution at the convention, namely George Mason who advocated for a Bill of Rights and Edmund Randolph who proposed the Virginia Plan. "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" patriot Patrick Henry fought against the Constitution like no other.
4) As said well above, historical context is important. The Constitution indeed strengthened the national government and was flexible. It has changed to free Black men, give women and Blacks the right to vote, changed how we elect Senators and the President and yes gave our national government the power to tax our income.
5) Frank makes the common mistake of looking at certain "founding fathers" as monolithic figures of same spirit. Washington was not exactly neutral but Federalist leanings, Jefferson was an anti-Federalist, Madison a Constitutional Nationalist.
marxist Salt Lake City, UTOct. 25, 2013 12:58 a.m.
OK, Frank, how would the founders have dealt with the Gulf oil spill? It polluted an entire region, affecting multiple states and countries. The founders could not have comprehended such a catastrophe. More are in store as our world becomes more and more complex due to technology and international capital. Your strict constructionist views don't cut it. Wake up and smell the coffee.
Happy Valley Heretic Orem, UTOct. 24, 2013 12:19 p.m.
Badgerbadger says:
Libre means free.
Liberty means free to choose your actions and accepting the consequences of those actions.
Liberal means freely take from others.
They have 'free' in common, but that is all they have in common.
Why would people take you seriously when you make up definitions, unless they too get their info from radio which encourages this. Let me help you out.
a. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
b. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
c. Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.
d. Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
Craig Clark Boulder, COOct. 23, 2013 9:02 a.m.
"...Guess who the most ultra-conservative politicians in this nation's history were?.....How about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and particularly James Madison and in general the framers of our Constitution, who were the most ultra-conservatives in our history...."
To that list, I would add Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt who both understood that to resist reform whose time had come was to invite catastrophic change. What we today label liberalism is the best hope for preserving and reinvigorating our way of life and our system of popular government.
What set the American Revolution apart from all subsequent revolutions around the world is that it was not led by radical theorists who wanted to upend the old order. It was led by a native aristocracy inspired by the 18th century Enlightenment. They were fighting not to tear down but to preserve that which was being threatened.
happy2bhere clearfield, UTOct. 23, 2013 8:36 a.m.
ECR and others
And this is why the Republicans need not worry about polls that show 75% of Americans would not want the Republicans re-elected. It is always the others guys bum that they want thrown out not their own. Frankly I'd be happy to get rid of most all Republicans and Democrats. Far too many on both sides have been in too long and have learned how to game the system. A lot more Mr. Smiths going to Washington would get rid of the House and Senate wheeling and dealing that only serves to serve the politicians themselves. I still lament that term limits was not constitutional.
Badgerbadger Murray, UTOct. 22, 2013 9:03 p.m.
Libre means free.
Liberty means free to choose your actions and accepting the consequences of those actions.
Liberal means freely take from others.
They have 'free' in common, but that is all they have in common.
David Centerville, UTOct. 22, 2013 8:59 p.m.
We must put our founding father's views in context. When Washington and others favored a strong, centralized federal government, it was in the context of a unified military. It was not so that government could control every aspect of our lives (mandated contraception, mandated health care to name a few). Obama introduced Jane into the political discourse during the campaign to describe government involvement from cradle to grave. This is not how the founders viewed the role of government.
Today Washington, Adams, Madison, and company would be conservative.
Remember that Liberals opposed civil rights.
Remember that Lincoln was Republican.
airnaut Everett, 00Oct. 22, 2013 7:53 p.m.
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Cottonwood Heights, UT
Frank didn't mention that Lincoln was a Republican. I know the Republican party has changed a LOT since then, but Democrats keep trying to pretend that he was one of them, but that's not historically correct. He was Conservative (and when I say "Conservative" I mean as a personal life style, not the political definition) as were many of our founding fathers.
9:19 a.m. Oct. 22, 2013
Gee , I don't know --
Taking a Master's "private property" and freeing them without monetary compensation?
Saying the Federal Government suspercedes a State?
But Yes,
I will agree with one thing,
The "D"'s and the "R"'s have done a complete 180 role reversal since Lincoln.
Getting the necessary votes from the House, Senate and Supreme court without holding the Country hostage to get your way.
BTW - I recall millions of Tea-Party Conservative Republicans signing letters to secede from the Union aftger President Obama was re-elected...
Open Minded Mormon Everett, 00Oct. 22, 2013 7:27 p.m.
That would get an "F" in any history class.
The Founding Fathers were Progressive Liberals in every sense of the definition.
The latin word "Libre" is the very root for for Liberl and Liberty.
Badgerbadger Murray, UTOct. 22, 2013 7:20 p.m.
I wonder what the congress approval rating would be if the president were silenced in any press for 3 months, and only congressmen were given unlimited air time?
I think if there were fairness in journalism, the president's approval rating would drop and congress's would rise.
But we will never know. The press loves Obama's face.
Mister J Salt Lake City, UTOct. 22, 2013 2:41 p.m.
re: one vote
"The founders should have set of conservative utopia and made Glen Beck the ruler and the predominant religion in 1780 the official religion."
You have just come up with a great idea for a sequel to *The Village* by M. Night Shyamalan.
one old man Ogden, UTOct. 22, 2013 1:29 p.m.
Mike in Sandy -- that is one of the BEST posts I've ever seen here.
Mike in Sandy Sandy, UTOct. 22, 2013 11:07 a.m.
Bad officials are elected by good people who don't vote.
Irony Guy Bountiful, UtahOct. 22, 2013 11:06 a.m.
A hilarious letter. Washington and Hamilton were strong gov't interventionists--conservatives like Jefferson hated them. Jefferson talked a good game until he became president and continuously acted contrary to his own views on the Constitution. Madison did nothing but run from the British while Washington burned. His wife should've been president, not him.
Roland Kayser Cottonwood Heights, UTOct. 22, 2013 10:31 a.m.
Trying to shoehorn the founders into our current conception of liberal or conservative is an exercise in futility. The world they inhabited bears no relationship to our own. For example many nineteenth century conservatives were extremely opposed to capitalism, industrialization, and free trade because those things would be highly destructive of traditional communities and cultures. They thought that only a people tied to the land could be conservative.
So how does that apply to our current politics? It doesn't, that world no longer exists.
merich39 Salt Lake City, UTOct. 22, 2013 10:17 a.m.
The problem is that while approval of congress as a group of representatives is embarrassingly low, the approval of individual representatives is not nearly as bad. If you polled Utahns, those polls would show our approval rating of our own representatives to be high enough to assure re-election. Same thing with Nevadans and Californians and Texans and New Yorkers.
Well, we Utahns don't get to vote for Nevada's representatives. When it comes time to vote the bums out, we only have the choice of our own representatives. So when we Utahns are in the polling booths next November, ask yourself if you want to take some personal responsibility for shaking up the Washington status quo. If you push the same old button for the same old representative, you are just as guilty as any other voter who did not vote their bums out.
2 bits Cottonwood Heights, UTOct. 22, 2013 9:59 a.m.
To all those "liberals" claiming credit for George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison...
Declaring independence from the King was defiantly a radical thing to do. And putting your life on the line to fight against that king's army was also a very radical thing to do. I don't know if it was the "Liberal" thing to do, or if they were "Liberals" in today's political definition of the word. But obviously they wanted to get out from under the King and put all the political power in the hands of the people (which is kinda a Conservative principle).
So maybe we can BOTH claim some ownership of the Founding Fathers. I think the best thing about the Founding Fathers was the Constitution and Representative Government (Constitutional Republic) they created. I'm with anybody who supports that Constitution (Liberal or Conservative). And I oppose anybody who disregards the Constitution they wrote (Liberal or Conservative).
I don't care who owns them. I just know they wrote a Constitution that became the model for all nations and similar documents were adopted by almost every government giving more power to the people over the next 200 years.
lost in DC West Jordan, UTOct. 22, 2013 9:52 a.m.
No, I don't think Jefferson was ever "ok with it".
I've read biographies on Washington, Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, and Jefferson. One common theme throughout all of them was Jefferson despised the power the constitution gave to the executive. So much so that even while serving on Washington's cabinet, he worked hard to undermine what Washington did - not because of any animus toward Washington, but because of the office.
Now, you may say, Jefferson worked hard to gain the office he despised. This is true, but consistent with Jefferson's enigmatic nature. Jefferson was pragmatic enough to know he could not derail the constitution once it was adopted, so he accepted it, but I don't konw that I would say he as "ok" with it. it seems our disagreement may be purely over semantics, and how we define different terms.
But I still confirm what I initially said - Jefferson was neither a drafter nor an advocate of the constitution.
Lew Scannon Provo, UTOct. 22, 2013 9:30 a.m.
Gosh, we've missed you, Frank.
2 bits Cottonwood Heights, UTOct. 22, 2013 9:27 a.m.
lost in DC,
If Jefferson hated the Constitution so much... why did he make the very public Oath or Affirmation to... "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States", when he became President?
Sounds like he was OK with it eventually.
That's the thing you politicos need to learn today. You don't have to love EVERYTHING about something to be OK with it. There's room for compromise (as was needed when writing our Constitution).
Kent C. DeForrest Provo, UTOct. 22, 2013 9:26 a.m.
As has been pointed out, the Founders were, for the most part, the liberals and radicals of their day. They abolished the Articles of Confederation because they did not provide for a strong central government. They put in place a form of government that was not just radical but practically unthinkable in their day. What audacity, to think a strong federal government could hold together such a diverse population over such a massive geographical area.
If they lived today, they would certainly be pushing for changes in the way we treat the land, the many ways we maim and kill each other, and the appalling disregard many of us have for the health and well-being of the general populace. Unfortunately, they were not very foresighted in imagining the society that would emerge with scientific advances, and therefore they were unable to construct a Constitution that would apply to many of the issues we deal with today. This is why that old document needs to be updated. The Founders would probably be first in line to revise it.
2 bits Cottonwood Heights, UTOct. 22, 2013 9:19 a.m.
I agree with Frank's conclusion. WE are responsible for who we elect (bottom line).
If our representatives are not representing us... we need to replace them next chance we get. But if the majority keeps electing them... what can I say?
Frank didn't mention that Lincoln was a Republican. I know the Republican party has changed a LOT since then, but Democrats keep trying to pretend that he was one of them, but that's not historically correct. He was Conservative (and when I say "Conservative" I mean as a personal life style, not the political definition) as were many of our founding fathers.
There's literally NOTHING wrong with being "Conservative". Those who pretend we should be wiped off the face of the earth just for our life philosophy, our life style and views, are just showing their in-tolerance.
There's also nothing wrong with being Liberal BTW (I mean the traditional definition, not the political definition). We need BOTH to be a good society.
one vote Salt Lake City, UTOct. 22, 2013 9:03 a.m.
The founders should have set of conservative utopia and made Glen Beck the ruler and the predominant religion in 1780 the official religion.
Eli Tesecular PhD Salt Lake City, UTOct. 22, 2013 8:53 a.m.
Let's face it, the founders just weren't smart enough to come up with Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, free school lunch and Obamacare. America would have to wait almost another 200 years for the genius we now know as progressivism to fix the blunders of George Washington and company.
Hutterite American Fork, UTOct. 22, 2013 8:47 a.m.
"How about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and particularly James Madison and in general the framers of our Constitution..." Liberal, educated elitists of their day.
lost in DC West Jordan, UTOct. 22, 2013 8:10 a.m.
I must object to your inclusion of Jefferson in the group who drafted and advocated for the constitution. Jefferson was in Paris during the constitutional convention and he hated it when he saw it.
Sal Provo, UTOct. 22, 2013 7:55 a.m.
The federalists were compromisers. If not we would not have the Constitution we have today. There was tremendous give and take in the framing of the Constitution.
Senators Lee and Cruz and Congressmen Chaffetz and Bishop are poor politicians; they don't understand how to win through compromise and savvy politics. I'll work against Lee and Chaffetz in my neighborhood caucus.
MaxPower Eagle Mountain, UTOct. 22, 2013 7:44 a.m.
""How about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and particularly James Madison and in general the framers of our Constitution..."
In an article about Revionist history. Do a little research and tell me exactly what role Jefferson had in the Convention (hint...he was in Paris, and opposed ratification).
To call them conservatives is also "revisionist" it was the most forward thinking document of the time, a very liberal idea to empower the people. At a time in the nation's history where if he wanted it, Washington could have been king!
And looking through the scope of history, the wanted a strong federal government (albeit not too powerful) after having experienced the dismal failure of the Articles of Confederation. To understand the scope of their goal, one must also look at the failure of the preceeding government.
Baron Scarpia Logan, UTOct. 22, 2013 6:14 a.m.
"How about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and particularly James Madison and in general the framers of our Constitution..."
More revisionist history here. The advocates and framers of the American Revolution and the creation of the new American Republic were liberal, plain and simple. The conservatives of the south were very hesitant about the Declaration of Independence because it was such a radical idea about breaking away from a mother country (Great Britain) and setting up a government order that was so radical in orientation -- dividing the powers of government with checks and balances and allowing men (regardless of wealth, property ownership, slave ownership, etc.) the right to vote on matters and the establishment of a democratic republic. Southerners were particularly concerned about preservation of their slaves and property and "peculiar way of life."
Washington and Madison were federalists, who sought a strong central government over state governments.
Advances in rights and liberty, from the abolishment of slavery to women's right to vote to civil rights to public education for the masses to today's gay rights to healthcare -- all emerged from the liberal quarters of society. Conservatives opposed such movements and history documents this clearly.
ECR Burke, VAOct. 22, 2013 5:14 a.m.
The last paragraph of this letter is right on the mark. We get the government we choose. Recent studies have illustrated that most Americans have contempt for the current Congress yet they continue to vote for the Congressman(or woman) currently serving their district, apparently feeling that they are different than the others.
Whatever label we want to attach to the Founding Fathers we can safely say that they had the best interests of the nation at heart, a trait that might be challenged if it was attached to the current Congress.
Before the Constitution, Jefferson pushed an anti-urban policy in the Land Ordinance of 1785. This land policy divided land in what is now the Midwest into six square mile townships, divided into 640 acre sections. The policy supporters imagined that each section would become used for farming, except for one section that would be reserved for public education.
And while Jefferson was against the creation of cities, John Adams was a communitarian who saw the value of community life. Washington, Jefferson and Madison were all conflicted about salvery and yet they all owned slaves. It was an intersting group. Thank heaven they were there.
JoeBlow Far East USA, SCOct. 22, 2013 4:56 a.m.
"When we give Congress a low approval rating, we are in fact rating ourselves, because we elected these individuals into office"
Yes Frank. And be assured that the sinking numbers (reaching historic lows) have lots of fingers pointing directly at Lee and Cruz.
Who will you be voting for next time around?
See the problem?
one vote Salt Lake City, UTOct. 22, 2013 2:13 a.m.
Cruz and Lee are the most ineffective trying to un-fund a funded law and starting the damaging tea party tantrum.


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At Florida, Berlin is stuck behind fellow sophomore Rex Grossman, a Heisman Trophy finalist who passed for nearly 3,900 yards and 34 touchdowns this year.
"I do know Coach Leach," Berlin said. "He is a good coach. But I don't know. I'm not going to sit here and tell you specific programs. I really don't know what's going to happen."
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Feature film of David L. Powell III. Was presented to the public in 2013, it is a production of USA. You can watch Oliver Twisted online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Spanish at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
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Runtime: 75 minutes
Jordy Barros, Hector Vee, Michael McFadden, José Alvarez, Nancy DeJesus, Michael Fallon, Melissa O'Donnell, Adam Ferrone, Alphonso Martin, Darryl S. Williams, Ivan Vila, Carrie Leigh Snodgrass, W. Keith Sgrillo, Maribel Serrano-Stacey and Mihir K. Patel.
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75-minute film (full movie) directed by David L. Powell III.
The original audio of Oliver Twisted has dialogues in or Spanish, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Dan Conroy and David L. Powell III.
David L. Powell III and Brian Keenan.
Allen Powell, Casey DeBaecke, Dan Conroy, Philip Conroy and David L. Powell III.
This film was produced and / or financed by Pow Powell Productions.
Composed by Shane Ruck.
Conroy Films.
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GZK Horizons and the Recent Pierre Auger Result on the Anisotropy of Highest-energy Cosmic Ray Sources. Chia-Chun Lu Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Guey-Lin Lin Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University
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Chia-Chun Lu
Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
Guey-Lin Lin
Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University
Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, Taiwan
November, 2007
Event Energy > 57 Anisotropy of Highest-energy Cosmic Ray SourcesEeV, Dmax < 71Mpc,
Ψ=3.2o (opening angle of the circle ) => protons dominated
First scanning (1 Jan. 2004 ~ 26 May 2006): 12 of 15 events correlated (3.2 expected with isotropic flux)
Second scanning (27 May 2006 ~31 Aug. 2007): 8 of 13 events correlated (2.7 expected), the chance probability is 1.7*10-3.
A. A. Ivanov for Yakutsk group, arXiv:0803.0612 [astro-ph].
R. U. Abbasi et al., arXiv:0804.0382 [astro-ph].
D resolutionGZK Horizon
Accumulative event probabilities of UHECR
N(l, Eth) · dl is the number of cosmic ray events which are originated from sources at distances between l and l + dl from the Earth and arrive at the detector with energies above Eth. D is the maximal distance of sources.
P(D,Eth)=0.9 ; D is the GZK horizon for corresponding Eth. It means that 90% of the events with energies above Eth come from the sources at distances smaller than D.
----uniform resolution
Total χ2 with 9 degrees of freedom
The model n(l<30Mpc)/n0=10 with χ2/d.o.f.~2 is not compatible to the spectrum at significance levelα=0.02.
The GZK horizon is larger than 155 Mpc.
dash lines: γ=2.5
solid lines: γ=2.6
Lu & Lin, arXiv:0804.3122
FIG. 2: Fittings to the Auger measured UHECR spectrum where the red, green, blue and black curves denote the model with the local over-density n(l < 30Mpc)/n0 = 1, 2, 4, and 10 respectively. Solid curves correspond to γ = 2.6 while dash curves correspond to γ = 2.5. We take the source evolution parameter m = 3 throughout the calculations.
Keeping the HiRes energy scale unchanged, the energy-adjustment factor λ is found to be 1.2, 0.75, 0.83 and 0.625 respectively for Auger, AGASA, Akeno and Yakutsk.
V. Berezinsky, arXiv:0801.3028 [astro-ph]
Constant-intensity-cut method: independent of fluorescence detector.
R. Engel, ICRC 2007, arXiv:0706.1921 [astro-ph].
Total χ2 with 9 degrees of freedom
The energy calibration is very crucial !
dash lines: γ=2.5
solid lines: γ=2.4
Lu & Lin, arXiv:0804.3122
The χ2 values here are smaller than the corresponding ones associated with unshifted spectrum and the best fit fall in the case of local over-density n/n0=2-4. In these cases, Eth is 74 EeV due to the energy shift and the corresponding GZK horizons are 120(n/n0=2) and 105(n/n0=4)Mpc. They are now much closer to 100 Mpc.


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County observes National Police Week
Published 8:00 pm, Tuesday, May 11, 2010
By STACY LANGLEY
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HURON COUNTY — As this week marks National Police Week, Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson will host a public gathering Saturday in front of the county building to remember those law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty.
The Huron County Board of Commissioners Tuesday passed a resolution marking Saturday as "Peace Officer's Memorial Day."
Hanson, who is the county's 31st sheriff, will head up the gathering which will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday and last roughly a half hour. The event will serve as a public tribute to all fallen law enforcement officers.
Huron County's first sheriff was Wesley Armstrong, who took office in 1861. Since that time records show one sheriff, Joseph J. Murray, was killed in the line of duty. He died June 3, 1932 in a drowning accident after he fell out of a boat on the Saginaw Bay.
Some 68 years later, the sheriff's office experienced yet another tragedy when Deputy Kelly Vermeersch, of Sebewaing, was killed when his patrol car left the roadway while rounding a curve along M-25 in Caseville Township. Vermeersch was responding to an emergency call shortly after 1 a.m. June 11, 2000.
Since January, 61 police officers across the nation have died while on duty, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. In 2009, 126 police officers died while on duty.
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I am Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Melbourne (Times World University ranking, #1 in Australasia, #2 Asia and Pacific), and the Melbourne School of Government. In 2016, I completed my PhD in Government at Harvard University. My research examines quality of government, democratic transition, comparative social indicators, social trust, and patterns of global civil society. I am also interested in political methodology, including comparative survey work, index construction and design, geospatial analysis, and multi-method research. My broader mission is to understand how institutions vary across the world, and why these patterns of variation prove so persistent and resistant to change over time.
I graduated from the University of Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, where I ranked 2nd (of 350 students) in my cohort. I was subsequently a Peter Martin Fellow at the Financial Times, then worked for the World Bank as designer of the Indices of Social Development, and while living in Washington DC, founded the Washington European Society. I am a member of the Oxford Altius Society, and a Principal Investigator of the World Values Surveys.


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MFAD+T Symposium Talk
Here lies a voiceover of the presentation I gave at the MFAD+T Symposium: REACTIONS, along with a powerhouse of other ladies.
BOXES: MFAD+T Symposium Presentation from Liza Stark on Vimeo.
Guiding Ideas from Old Research
In trying to get back to a brain space conducive to the synthesis of events, ideas, and evaluations that need to happen, I revisited some of my research from early fall semester (when I was obsessed with Richard Sennett and Organic User Interfaces). I came across three quotations that were formative then and still hold major resonance with the mission of my thesis:
"I want to make a simple proposal about this engaged material consciousness: we become particularly interested in the things we can change…. People invest thought in the things they can change…"
"…evolution occurs when a new material condition suggests the new use of a new tool."
Richard Sennett, The Craftsman
"One of the best ways to gain a deeper understanding of something is to create it, to construct it, to build it."
Mitch Resnick, Behavior Construction Kits
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Workshop "Ground Rules"
These are the BIG ideas I want participants to leave my workshop with, what I have been calling Ground Rules. These will be referenced and reinforced during each stage of the workshop, and will also be used as an initial framework for assessment.
1. Circuits are systems that we design.
– We can use design thinking to construct a circuit out of different materials.
– Good design requires constant testing to fix "bugs."
– Electricity has rules that we have to incorporate into our design; for example, electricity follows the path of least resistance.
– For a system to function well it needs strong connections
2. Materials don't have to be hard.
– Circuits can be constructed from materials other than wires.
– Electricity flows through conductive material.
– Some materials are more conductive than others.
– Materials play a key role in appealing to different learners.
3. Break it to make it.
– A switch is nothing more than a break in a circuit.
– A switch requires input and takes action in the form of output; lighting up an LED for example.
– By breaking the flow of electricity in different ways, we can create different behaviors.
4. Science learning is a creative, iterative act.
– By integrating art into science practice, it helps to contextualize science learning in situations outside of the classroom.
– Innovation happens when disciplines intersect and can exchange ideas, practices, and frameworks.
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Currently, there is an urgent need to integrate computational thinking and computer science in the classroom and in after school settings. Recently, the DIY/Maker movement has become a force in creating new learning spaces to foster innovation and creativity, especially in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields.
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BOXES (Building Open Expandable Electronic Systems) is a workshop that introduces educators to a new approach to teaching and learning computational thinking and STEM concepts through craft. Participants collaborate to make "soft", flexible circuits out of paper, conductive copper tape, and LEDs. Weaving traditional craft techniques with smart materials creates new points of entry that blur the boundaries between craft and computation, low and high technology, and art and computer science.
Thinking outside my own box
//Be warned!! It's a long one…
This shift in focus emerged from a variety of factors. I like to think of it as debugging the delivery process. In a nutshell, I am not completely turning away from my original ideas, but I do think that in order to effectively realize them, there needs to be conversation on both ends. I'll start with the first seed.
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How #BringBackOurGirls Spread on Twitter and Drew Attention to Nigeria's Kidnapped Girls
More than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Nigeria by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram on April 15, but it took the world and international media outlets weeks to catch on. Meanwhile, the Twitter campaign #BringBackOurGirls was brewing with people demanding action.
It was Nigerians that first took to Twitter, creating #BringBackOurGirls in an effort to spur action from their government. According to the BBC, the hashtag began trending in Nigeria a week after the mass kidnapping.
Nigerians want answers about the whereabouts of the [remaining girls]. They've also used Twitter to urge the government and the army to take more action. "#BringBackOurGirls to restore confidence," tweeted Kayodeojutaiye, an economist based in Abuja. "The capability of our government to protect us will be in doubt if they don't".
The BBC also reports the hashtag has now been tweeted more than a million times. Here is the first tweet to use #BringBackOurGirls:
Yes #BringBackOurDaughters #BringBackOurGirls declared by @obyezeks and all people at Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014.— Ibrahim M. Abdullahi (@Abu_Aaid) April 23, 2014
According to Mashable, the hashtag started after an April 23 event honoring the city of Port Harcout, where Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, the Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, addressed the crowd, demanding the release of the girls and saying, "Bring back the girls!''
Ibrahim M. Abdullahi, who first tweeted with the hashtag told the BBC:
"Initially this was not a co-ordinated campaign. It was a number of individuals in Nigeria tweeting to raise awareness in the hope that the international community would eventually take notice."
Abdullahi also said there is now a team of people behind #BringBackOurGirls and they have recently set up the Twitter account @BBOG_Nigeria for the campaign.
Here are some more of the initial #BringBackOurGirls tweets:
Lend your Voice to the Cause of our Girls. Please All, use the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls to keep the momentum UNTIL they are RESCUED.— oby ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 23, 2014
@obyezeks I attended a boarding sch & I cant even imagine d horror of being kidnapped @nite &taken away frm loved ones.FG #BringBackOurGirls— Adebimpe Akinkusote (@Cutebrainy001) April 23, 2014
Let's keep up the pressure on our leaders they MUST #BringBackOurGirls PLS drop politics for now @bukolasaraki @omojuwa @obyezeks— Adesoji Adelore (@es_adelore) April 23, 2014
There is the risk of these girls missing forever except we take action now. Put the FG on its toes until they re rescued. #BringBackOurGirls— Joseph Oyekanmi (@josycastroll) April 23, 2014
The hashtag has now exploded on Twitter worldwide. According to Mashable, #BringBackOurGirls really spiked on April 30 after news reports came out saying that the girls may be trafficked and sold as sex slaves.
This timelapse map from Time shows how #BringBackOurGirls spread around the world on Twitter:
In the last week, celebrities, politicians, and world leaders also began tweeting about the incident.
It's been two weeks since the kidnapping of 234 Nigerian girls and they still aren't home #bringbackourgirls pic.twitter.com/8OiC5GJPrc— Mary J. Blige (@maryjblige) April 30, 2014
Children are the reward of life. Rescue our Nigerian sisters. The world is watching, Make your voice heard. Retweet! #BringBackOurGirls— Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) May 2, 2014
#BringBackOurGirls to demand action for the kidnapped girls still missing in #Nigeria. http://t.co/2iKZhaAFwh via @GlobalFundWomen— Malala Fund (@MalalaFund) May 4, 2014
Access to education is a basic right & an unconscionable reason to target innocent girls. We must stand up to terrorism. #BringBackOurGirls— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 4, 2014
Amnesty International created a Tumblr page for #BringBackOurGirls to raise awareness. There is also a Change.org petition, and in Nigeria and cities across the world there have been rallies demanding action.
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan pledged on Sunday to do everything possible to find the girls and has asked for international assistance. Both the US and UK are offering assistance in the case.


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The deal includes Dele Adebola, Peter Ndlovu, David Holdsworth, and star full back Gary Rowett in return for The Hawthorns striker.
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Thursday 12 October 1916
It was Thursday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic).
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Data Dashboard for LabVIEW
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This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
The Data Dashboard for LabVIEW app lets you create a custom dashboard on your iPad that can remotely control and monitor running NI LabVIEW applications. This is done by networking deployed LabVIEW shared variables or LabVIEW Web Services with visual objects like graphs, meters, and switches among many other available controls and indicators.
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Sweet Hindu Offerings Fit For The Gods In India
Up on a tall peak of the Western Ghats mountain range in India called Sabarimala, a Hindu shrine lures hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from mid- November through the first half of January. The devotees undertake an arduous journey, the final few miles of it barefoot, over a rough and rocky terrain through low-lying fog accompanying a cold season's chill, to worship at Sabarimala. The temples provide food offerings called neyyappam, made with rice, jaggery (Indian unrefined brown sugar) and cooked in ghee.
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With close to 70 million people making the pilgrimage annually, this is one of the largest in the world. To help make their important offerings, about 4 million neyyappams were sold to pilgrims as Hindu offerings by the end of the first 10 days of the pilgrimage season in 2013.
Sabarimala is one of hundreds of temples all over South India that prepare this sweet dish and several others as offerings. The enshrined deities of the Hindu temples are faithfully fed with formal offerings of food every day. The offerings at temples are always the most excellent food.
The favorite food of the gods
The priests and their helpers prepare them in the temple kitchen. The traditional cooks who prepare them do not follow any written recipes, nor are they trained at any culinary schools. They perfect their art through practice under the watchful eyes of senior priests. But the proof of their culinary skills is in the most delicious prasadam (food that has been offered to God), which devotees receive from the temples.
Those little morsels of prasadam have a very special taste, maybe because visitors receive only a small serving, or maybe because it is the gods' favorite food. Biting through the dark brown crust, crisped by rice flour and savoring the soft and chewy middle of the neyyappam is sheer delight.
There are no written records of their origin, but sweetened cakes made of grains as Hindu offerings were prevalent since very ancient times in India. Apupa, a prototype of neyyappam, was believed to be a favorite food of the gods and it was offered in various sacrificial ceremonies. In "Food and Drink in Ancient India" Om Prakash writes that apupa possibly was the earliest sweet known in India. Apupa was believed to be a favorite food of the gods and it was offered in various sacrificial ceremonies.
It was made with barley or rice flour cooked in ghee on a low fire and sweetened with honey, and later with sugar cane juice. The cook made apupa assume the shape of a tortoise by cooking it on clay pot with a curved bottom. Even centuries later, the recipe and the method of cooking this ancient dish have remained practically unchanged.
A world of cooking vessels
Neyyappam is traditionally cooked in a bronze pan called appakara, about 8 inches in diameter, with three or more large cavities, giving the dish a tortoise-like shape. Recipes are varied, but sometimes the batter includes a softening agent such as ripe bananas. Sometimes the batter is flavored with coconut, cardamom, sesame seeds, dried ginger or poppy seeds.
Many cuisines use variations on this pan for similar dishes. An ideal substitute for an appakara is the utensil used for making the Danish pancake balls called aebleskiver, the tasty Danish dessert that looks like round puffy pancakes.
The Vikings also originally used damaged shields to cook a similar dish called ebelskivers.
Kevin Crafts, in his cookbook "Ebelskivers," described: "The invention of ebelskivers is much debated, but one story tells of the Vikings returning very hungry from a fierce battle. With no frying pans on which to cook, they placed their damaged shields over a hot fire and cooked pancakes in the indentations."
In the absence of these special skillets, neyyappam may be cooked on a griddle or a small skillet.
Makes 12 to 15
1 cup long-grain rice
1 cup jaggery
1 medium-sized ripe banana, peeled and sliced
1 teaspoon cardamom powder (optional)
1 tablespoon thinly sliced coconut pieces (optional)
½ cup ghee, divided
1. Soak the rice in water for two to three hours, and then rinse it in several changes of water until the water runs clear, and drain.
2. In a sauce pan melt the jaggery with ¼ cup of water. Strain through a fine sieve and cool.
3. In a blender, combine the rice, banana, and jaggery with just enough water to grind it into a fine, smooth, thick batter.
4. Stir in the cardamom powder and coconut slices if using. This batter should have the consistency of a thick pancake batter.
5. Heat an aebleskiver pan over medium heat.
6. Pour ½ teaspoon ghee in each cavity of the pan.
7. Pour in the batter, ¾ of the way in each cavity. Pour a ½ teaspoon of ghee on top of each neyyappam and cook over medium heat.
8. When the bottom of the neyyappam is cooked (in a minute or so), turn it over, and cook the other side.
9. When neyyappam turns brown in color, remove from the griddle, and drain on paper towels. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Top photo: Neyyappam prepared in appakara as an offering for the gods in Indian Hindu temples. Credit: R.V. Ramachandran


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West End firm Finers Stephens Innocent is taking on a new tax principal from City practice Mishcon de Reya.
Brian Slater is a qualified accountant and joins the firm with partner status to advise on corporate tax, property tax, VAT and employee share options schemes. Mishcons says that Slater held a "senior position" in the practice and has been there for 10 years. He will join Finers Stephens next month.
The firm has also appointed a new head of corporate and commercial after the existing head, Anthony Barling, was made managing partner last month (The Lawyer, 24 April). Paul Millett has been a partner in the firm's corporate finance group for three years, after he also joined from Mishcons.
Millett says: "We did have a corporate tax person who left recently to go into industry so we have been looking to fill the hole for some time. Brian was available and we were very pleased to get him. He will give tremendous support to the property department, where issues of VAT and property taxes are always coming up, as well as to this department."
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MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd's (RBNL) media sales team – Big Connect – will work as a single window to all the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance ADAG) companies.
Big Connect will sell the media space on all Reliance ADAG companies across infrastructure, communications, OOH, entertainment and power sectors namely Delhi Airport Metro Express, Mumbai Metro One, Worli Sea Link, Reliance Mobile, Big Cinema, Reliance World outlets, Zapak Gameplexes, Big Flix, Big Street, Big FM, Zapak.com, Big Adda and the soon to be launched English Channels with BIG CBS.
Big Connect has a sales team of over 200 professionals across 52 offices, which services 1000+ clients each month.
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text: What is Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia? Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM) is a clinically recognized subset of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, or LPL. WM is a slow-growing and rare type of cancer that was named for the Swedish doctor who discovered the disease, Jan Gosta Waldenström.1-3 WM occurs when the body makes too much of an abnormal protein called macroglobulin (immunoglobulin M [IgM]). This extra protein causes thickening of the blood (hyperviscosity) which leads to symptoms such as excess bleeding and vision problems.3 Facts about WM: In the United States, as many as 1,500 people a year are diagnosed with WM4 The condition is almost twice as common in men as it is in women4 What is the Role of B Cells in WM? WM is a B-cell cancer.3 A B cell is a type of white blood cell (lymphocyte) that forms from a stem cell in bone marrow. B cells play an important role in fighting infection.5 WM most likely begins with mutations or changes to the DNA of a B cell, which causes these cells to multiply out of control. These changes take place during a cell's maturation or development stage and cause the B cell to continue to reproduce more cancer cells. Cancerous B cells produce too much IgM, which interferes with normal cell functions.6 Abnormal WM cells tend to originate primarily in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood cells. When the body's red blood cell level becomes too low, a person can develop anemia. When the white blood cell count gets too low, it is hard for people affected by WM to fight off infections.6 Although WM usually involves the blood and bone marrow, it can start almost anywhere and then spread to other parts of the body, such as the lymph nodes, spleen, or lungs.6 Causes and Risk Factors Changes or mutations in the DNA of some lymphoma cells can cause them to produce high levels of the protein IgM. This extra production of IgM is associated with most of the symptoms of WM.7 The DNA changes found in WM cells are not usually passed on from a parent. These changes may be due to environmental causes but they often take place for no obvious reason.7 Research has shown that approximately 90% of the time, WM cells have a mutation in the MYD88 gene, which usually helps immune system cells signal each other so they can survive. In cells affected with WM, this DNA mutation may cause the gene to stay constantly "on," which can help WM-affected cells survive longer than they otherwise would.7 In a human cell, the DNA has 23 pairs of chromosomes. Often, in people with WM, part of chromosome 6 is missing. In others with WM, another type of chromosomal defect (called translocation) occurs when a piece of one chromosome attaches to a different chromosome.7 In addition, some people with WM have significant changes or flaws in other bone marrow cells. Specific cells in the bone marrow release a hormone called interleukin-6 (IL-6). When cells produce too much IL-6, it may contribute to the development of WM.7 The risk of WM increases with age.8 The average age of diagnosis is the late 60s or early 70s.4 Signs and Symptoms The most common symptom of WM is weakness.9 People with WM also often suffer from loss of appetite, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and numbness or a painful "pins and needles" sensation in their feet and legs (neuropathy). The disease also can also cause abnormal bleeding, vision problems, heart and kidney problems, and may cause an increased sensitivity to cold.9 Diagnosis and Treatment If you have symptoms of WM, typically your doctor will first perform a physical exam and test your blood for the disease. Then your doctor will perform a biopsy, whereby a small amount of semi-liquid bone marrow and solid bone is removed and evaluated in order to confirm the diagnosis.9 Treatment depends on a variety of factors, including age, prognosis, and general health. Some patients do not need to be treated right away, and their condition can be monitored until they receive treatment. As with all medical decisions, it is important to discuss all options with your doctor.10 Treatment options include10: Chemotherapy—Medications that are given either orally, by injection, or by infusion to destroy or control cancer cells Immunotherapy (including monoclonal antibodies)—Medications that help the body's immune system fight cancer Plasma exchange (plasmapheresis)—A treatment that is used when IgM has built up and caused the blood to thicken. A machine separates the liquid part of the blood (plasma) with the excess IgM from the blood cells. The plasma with the excess IgM is discarded. The blood cells are combined with salt solution and new plasma and returned to the patient's blood Stem cell transplant—A process by which stem cells (cells that create new undamaged cells) are removed and stored at the hospital while treatment is ongoing. After treatment, these stem cells are reintroduced (infused) into the bone marrow to help create new blood cells Kinase inhibitors—Medications that block the activity of a protein called a kinase. A kinase can tell leukemia cells to divide and help them survive. By blocking this protein, kinase inhibitors can address changes inside of cells that may cause them to become cancerous You Are Not Alone Now is an important time to look to your healthcare providers and caregivers for support. There are also plenty of resources available if you would like to learn more about WM. Start by visiting the following Web sites*: Advocacy Connector The American Cancer Society (WM) Cancer Care (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) Cancer Support Community (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (Waldenstrom's Fact Sheet) Lymphoma Research Foundation (WM) Patient Advocate Foundation Powerful Patient * These resources are an incomplete listing of cancer support organizations and are not controlled by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Pharmacyclics, Inc., or Janssen Biotech, Inc. The list is meant for informational purposes only and is not intended to replace your healthcare professional's medical advice. Ask your doctor or oncology nurse educator any questions you may have about your cancer or treatment plan. Glossary of Terms Here are the definitions of terms you may come across as you learn more about WM. Chromosomes: Threadlike parts inside cells that carry hereditary information. Chromosomes are made up of protein and DNA. Controlled: When treatment by a doctor relieves symptoms and keeps WM from getting worse. Lymph nodes: Small immune system organs that store the white blood cells until they are needed to fight off disease. Lymph nodes are scattered around your body in places such as the base of the neck, groin, and armpits. Lymphocytes: White blood cells that help the body fight disease. The two main types are B cells and T cells. B cells make antibodies that attack bacteria and toxins. T cells attack cells that have been taken over by viruses (such as HIV) or have become cancerous. Progressed: When WM becomes worse. Symptoms become more serious and signs of the disease increase. Remission: When signs of WM go away, it is called "total remission." When signs of WM are reduced by at least 50%, it is called a "partial remission."11 White blood cells: One of the main parts of blood. White blood cells fight disease. White blood cells are made in the bone marrow and wait in the lymph nodes until they are needed. References: Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: overview. Lymphoma Research Foundation Web site. http://www.lymphoma.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=bkLTKaOQLmK8E&b=629813.... Accessed October 17, 2014. Waldenström's macroglobulinemia [definition]. Merriam-Webster Web site. http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/waldenstr%C3%B6m's%20macroglobuli.... Accessed October 17, 2014. What is Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia? American Cancer Society Web site. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/waldenstrommacroglobulinemia/detailedguide/.... Accessed October 15, 2014. Waldenström macroglobulinemia detailed guide: What are the key statistics about Waldenström macroglobulinemia? American Cancer Society Web site. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003148-pdf.pdf. Accessed October 15, 2014. B cell [definition]. National Cancer Institute Web site. http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=45611. Accessed October 15, 2014. Waldenström macroglobulinemia facts. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Web site. https://www.lls.org/content/nationalcontent/resourcecenter/freeeducation.... Accessed October 15, 2014. Do we know what causes Waldenström macroglobulinemia? American Cancer Society Web site. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/waldenstrommacroglobulinemia/detailedguide/.... Accessed October 15, 2014. What are the risk factors for Waldenström macroglobulinemia? American Cancer Society Web site. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003148-pdf.pdf. Accessed October 15, 2014. How is Waldenström macroglobulinemia diagnosed? American Cancer Society Web site. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003148-pdf.pdf. Accessed October 15, 2014. How is Waldenström macroglobulinemia treated? American Cancer Society Web site. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003148-pdf.pdf. Accessed October 15, 2014. Buske C, Leblond V. How to manage Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Leukemia. 2013; 27:762-772. http://www.nature.com/leu/journal/v27/n4/pdf/leu201336a.pdf. Accessed October 23, 2014.


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Yahoo Has A New Safari-Killer For Your iPad
Yahoo! announced last night the launch of its new app dubbed Axis, available for iPhone, iPad, and plug-ins that work with Firefox, Safari, or Chrome.
The company didn't completely forget about the Android OS either. CNET says that the browser for that system is in work.
We tested out the app and it does feel pretty unique and intuitive. Search was fast, and the ability to add pages to a read it later list is an awesome feature that we wished more browsers implemented.
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This tow truck driver had a bit of a grudge working him over when he tired this stunt that horribly backfired. Police were called to a scene when one cop left his cruiser out in a "No Parking" fire lane. The tow truck driver in the area noticed the cop who was parked illegally (but who's to say when they're responding to a legitimate call?). The tow operator was still pretty sore about a recent ticket he had to pay for so he figured he'd take it out on the cop. He started to make off with the cruiser when the cop returned only to throw the driver in the slammer for the night.
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First baseball cards of 2015
It took a little longer for this year's baseball cards to reach retailers near me, but I finally found them today and splurged to by a "value box" of 2015 Topps Series 1 from Target.
I really like this year's design. The colorful borders help the 2015 cards to stand out from Topps' recent efforts, and really, they don't look much like anything else in the company's 60+ years of flagship sets. The card fronts are mercifully foil free except for the Topps logo in most cases, and the backs have large, easy-to-read card numbers.
Or maybe I'm just happy that I found some Mets in my 10 packs of cards. Daniel Murphy was the top card on the first regular pack of 2015 baseball cards I opened. (He could have been my first card of the year, except I wanted to see what was in the bonus pack before I got started.)
And the Mets kept coming.
Seven Mets out of 101 cards… seven Mets out of 16 in Series 1. I'm still in shock… I've had years where I didn't find my first Mets card until spring training games were already underway.
I found enough Mets cards that it didn't even bug me that the Yankees outnumbered them 9-7 in the box. (And it helped that one of those nine was Masahiro Tanaka, the first Yankee that I (sort of) collect since Don Mattingly.
And I haven't even gotten to the best part yet. There was exactly one insert (that I had a prayer of finding at retail) that I cared about in 2015 Topps: 2012 Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "First Pitch" card. Guess what I found in one of my 10 packs.
A bunch of my unneeded cards from these packs are already set to go to folks who will enjoy them more than I will, but nearly 10 percent of the cards in this box have found their way into my collection. More will get set aside for use with autograph requests and will find their way into my collection if they get signed.
Not a bad start to my baseball card collecting year at all.
What do you think of 2015 Topps Series 1? Do you have a favorite card yet?
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I have a team card and Bartolo Colon, along with another Herrera if you want them. Do you have Cubs available?


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*Music producer Jazze Pha is joining forces with a national weight-loss campaign in hopes of shedding 100 pounds while also encouraging hip hop fans to lose weight and get healthy – all for a cash prize.
Jazze is teaming with Entertaincorp and Kenya Crooks aka "The World's Greatest Weight Loss Expert" to create the First Annual Jazze Pha Take It Off $1000 Weight Loss Challenge.
The contestant who loses the most weight within the challenge's four month time period will win $1000 cash. Jazze hopes he can lose his planned 100 pounds in the allotted time, which starts on May 24.
"A lot of people depend on me. I want to live to see my children become adults," Jazze Pha said in a statement. "I now understand that my weight loss isn't so much about me as much as it is about the many people that I may inspire to live a healthier lifestyle through this movement to cure obesity."
The top three runner ups will receive a spa day with a makeover at Texturz salon in Duluth, a photo shoot with Drexina Nelson and a free month of group training with Kenya Crooks.
For more details visit www.kenyacrooks.com.