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In sports, and in particular the NBA, fans go through peaks and valleys of swagger, fervor, hunger, misery, desperation, and redemption, which leads to swagger. Unless you're a Lakers fan. Then you pretty much just have swagger. All the time.
Of these, I find desperation to be the most fun to watch. Redemption is like Homeward Bound. It's sweet, and heartwarming, but it's still a talking dog and you always have to question whether they would actually end up getting hit by a car in reality.
But desperation? That's a special kind of fun. They're like the Christopher Guest films. Awkward, unbelievable, yet instantly recognizable as behavior we are familiar with. After a period of darkness, a franchise will convince itself that any plan is the answer. Memphis' three-year plan is a good example. The Celtics' rebuilding effort pre-Garnett trade is another doozy. But man, Minnesota? That's a swan dive into crazy juice. Industrial strength, high density crazyville.
Al Jefferson. Kevin Love. Three first round draft picks. Expiring contracts. New GM. New head coach. There was nothing but hope headed into this draft. And the fans were ready for that next step. For the jump-start into relevance again.
Just one problem.
The Timberwolves did not look themselves in the mirror before they walked into that draft room Thursday night.
Ricky Rubio has a rare concoction of elements that make him unique unto himself out of this draft class. He has star power, fan hype, professional employment, and capable handlers. This formula results in the one thing that can strike fear into the hearts of drafting small market teams. Leverage.
Rubio, as we all know, doesn't have to commit to playing here. He can take his scrawny ass back across the water and make a good sum of money and continue to be idolized by his countrymen until such time as he can go where he wants to go. Kahn, for his part, is trying to play chicken with him. This talk of "well, it may be a few years." Are you serious? Your star player? The big catch? The one you're plugging on your website? He "might" be available "in a few years?"
Are you out of your freaking gourd?
But Kahn at least did what he thought was best for his franchise. And he drafted insurance in Flynn. We can debate exactly the damage that entering the night with three first round picks and walking out with only Johnny Flynn and Ellington actually playing next year another time. What I'm fascinated by is the reaction from Minnesota fans.
They've bought into the idea that "sure, he may not be around next year, but eventually he'll be here." What's the success rate on that? And in the meantime, you have a #5 pick that has netted you absolutely nothing. Not only that, but there's the level of exaggeration the kid has created in the fanbase, even as he makes it pretty obvious he has no interest in suiting up in Minny's colors.
We're not just talking "Wow, he's going to be a great addition to this team as we rebuild, the future still is bright!" No, no. We're talking "He is (not 'going to be', is) better than Dwyane Wade and Deron Williams." (CORRECTION 4:50pm EST: Derek politely points out that he's not saying Rubio's better than Wade or Williams, just that he wouldn't trade Rubio for them. So there's that.) Let's remember this is a kid who's body frame is going to be pulverized by half the point guards in this league and whose play style most closely resembles a former white freak of nature out of LSU that is best known for never living up to his potential. All of this, and the guy doesn't want to play there.
Not that Minnesota fans are apparently aware of it. No, instead, they've decided to wage a jihad on sources who are widely respected not only by fans and media, but by the GMs themselves, under the guise of wanting transparency. Transparency which would, of course, eliminate their ability to siphon any information whatsover from GMs who honestly hate anyone involved in the media on a general basis. But that's not what they really want. They want to lambast people for these subjects being relevant:
Above and beyond the sourcing nonsense and the lack of searching for answers to the questions listed above, can we also stop framing this issue in the following narratives?
- Rubio just wants to end up in New York
- Rubio would be much better off financially in a big market
- Minnesota is cold
- Donnie Walsh is David Kahn's mentor
If you really sit down and think about it, these sentiments are meaningless gap-fillers. Lots of players want to be on the big stage. Of course there are more deals to be had in a huge city. Lots of places are cold. Lots of GMs earn their stripes under other active GMs. These things are not unique to this situation. Minnesota picked a kid who entered the draft and they don't have to apologize for things that are true but hardly unique.
Hmm. I wonder why those things are being mentioned? Most likely because they're both relevant and true.
Gap-fillers? Really? Because you know what a gap-filler is? Kahn talking like Rubio's going to be a part of this franchise. He ain't. That kid has leverage. And he'll use it to get what he wants.
Now, it's entirely possible Kahn is just positioning himself to get as much out of Walsh as he can. I have high hopes for Kahn and think he's going to do a terrific job in Minnesota, despite the spin-out he did on draft night. He'll get hammered for letting this "once in a lifetime" talent go, and if (when) Rubio ends up being just another point guard no one will go back and credit him. But it's still the move to make.
But this situation is a perfect example of how fanbases can go absolutely insane in a short amount of time. Minnesota was a disaster under McHale. An outright disaster. And Minnesota is trying to convince itself that it can climb back to relevancy by showing Rubio all the wonderful things about Minnesota. And if he were a normal draft pick, or even a normal Euro draft pick, this wouldn't be an issue. He'd be pumped about the money, figure out a way out of the buyout, and start listening to Replacements tapes and fashioning a winter wardrobe. But he's not. He can hold out. He doesn't have to stage a public feud or make it ugly. He can lay low, and wait for time to force Kahn's hand, all the while enticing New York to pursue him further.
Maybe I'm way off. "Sources tell me" that there's a good chance Rubio thinks he's got a greater ability to get where he wants by playing in the NBA than by not. But let's step back from the edge, take a look at this situation and deal with what's actually going on, instead of blaming sites that are well connected for using anonymous sources.
I'm no Marc Stein. I've watched that dude operate in a locker room, and it was like watching the Godfather work a crowd. I talk to guys that are on the inside. Me? I've landed on the surface with a rock hammer and tried to chip my way in. And I can tell you from my very limited experience? GMs HATE most media members. Because essentially, their entire job is to try and take all the valuable information they have and give it away. Whether that's juicy gossip, scouting reports, or contract details. And the distrust and revulsion is pretty clear, unless it's a face that they know and trust. And that goes all the way from GMs down the line. And I can't blame them for that. So when you work your way into a trusted position with these guys? You're not going to use their names just so don't leave the door open for a fan to start freaking out trying to find ways to rationalize his denial of what's actually happening, namely, Ricky Rubio thinks you live in Siberia and that is not cool with him. And what's Ricky? Ricky's cool. Well, actually, Ricky's scrawny and overhyped. But he's also cool, supposedly.
What will now become awesome is that every step of the way as Rubio drags his feet on coming to Minnesota, there will be blame placed on the "New York media" for propogating the theory that it's not just the buyout details but Rubio's preference for location. T-Wolves fans now have a shadowy enemy to blame. And that's much easier than pointing fingers at the star player that you want so badly to save you.
Now that I think about it, Minnesota fans and Cleveland fans should go bowling together.
In response to the flurry of Timberwolf comments regarding Rubio wanting to come to Minny, I'd like to address something. Let's try a little exercise.
You: Do you want to eat at Applebees?
Me: I want to eat.
How about this one.
You: Do you want to watch The Notebook?
Me: I want to watch a movie.
Or this.
You: Are you excited to visit a place where their biggest attraction is a shopping mall?
Me: I'm excited to travel.
Are you sensing a theme here? Reading between the lines?
Look, I love small market teams. They're my bag. I want Minnesota to succeed. And if they trade Rubio, I think they can do just that. But this idea that "Rubio hasn't said he doesn't want to play in Minny! He hasn't said it! LALALAAICAN'THEARYOUHEWANTSTO PLAYHERELALAALAL" is not going to be good in the longrun. He said "I'm excited to play in the NBA." He said it was cold there. He said good things about other cities. And he skipped the freaking introduction!
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. God Bless you, Minnesota. You are making for fine post-draft entertainment.


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You may think the unprecedented and massive security breach that took down multiple Sony services including Sony Online entertainment and PlayStation Network is what pushed Sony to make the changes it did recently to the PSN Terms of Service, but a CNN report points to another reason: The Supreme Court. Last week Sony changed the document for PlayStation Network asking customers to give up their rights to file class-action lawsuits against the company and its partners. As we noted earlier today, customers can opt out by sending the company a letter in the mail – we also noted that most people did not notice the new clause in the TOS, and probably don't give a whit that they are losing their rights to sue.
Sony tells CNN that the new changes were made because of a Supreme Court decision in April – AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion (PDF). Due to a Supreme Court ruling the company was allowed to enforce a clause it included in employment contracts that barred workers from bringing class-action suits and forced them to go through arbitration.
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I suppose I would be considered a novice or hobbyist rider, never having done any really serious riding. My bicycle background would be the typical bike riding as a kid, then short commutes during college, and for the past several years I've been riding a cruiser on local neighborhood jaunts.
My cruiser is a single speed, low end model made by Phat that I did some very basic modifications to such as stripping off the decals leaving just the black paint, adding fenders and salvaged vintage reflectors, and switching to double sided pedals and replacing the handlebars with a more classic bullhorn style.
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•PreK-3 Teacher –Aminah Martinez has an Associate in Applied Science in Early Childhood Development from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. She has 9 years of experience as Preschool teacher. Sr. Aminah is a returning teacher after taking 2 years off from teaching.
· Pre-K Assistant- Sr. Sanna Makhshar- This is Sr. Sanna's second year with Iqra. Last year she served Iqra as full time volunteer. We are ever grateful for her dedication to our school and our students. Currently Sr. Sanna is enrolled in Meshkah University taking classes in Islamic Studies.
•Pre-K2 Teacher -Sr. Rafiya Alam has a Pre-Med degree from Kinnaird College and completed her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from College of Home Economics in Lahore, Pakistan. This is her tenth year at Iqra.
•Pre-K2 Assistant - Sr. Madiha Siddiqui has a Bachelor's of Science degree in Home Economics from Karachi, Pakistan. Sr. Madiah has served as Teacher Assistant for six years here at Iqra.
•Kindergarten (KG-1) Teacher- Sr. Mayada Al-Samarai has a BS in English from University of Baghdad, Iraq. This is her fourth year with Iqra.
•Kindergarten (KG- 2) Teacher- Sr. Nida'a Al-Najar has a BA in Early Child Development form Al-Balaq Applied University of Amman, Jordan. Sr. Nida'a has 3 years of experience in lower the elementary setting as a classroom teacher. This is her first year with Iqra.
•Kindergarten Assistant- Sr. Inayah Rashid has an Associate Degree in Accounting and Nursing. She also has twelve years of teaching experience in Virginia. She has been with Iqra for eight years.
•1st Grade Teacher-Sr. Muneeza Saeed has a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Karachi, Pakistan. She has six years of experience both as a homeroom teacher and assistance teacher in the elementary school setting. This is Sr. Muneeza's first year at Iqra.
•1st Grade Assistant-Sr. Faye Malik has twelve years of experience teaching here at Iqra.
•2nd Grade Teacher- Sr. Kelly Weaver has a Bachelor's Degree in History from Virginia Commonwealth University. This is her sixth year with Iqra.
•3rd Grade Teacher- Sr. Lubna Anwar has a Master's Degree in Geography from the University of Peshawar in Pakistan. Sr. Lubna has taught as substitute teacher for the Chesterfield Public School system for two years before joining Iqra and this is her first year with our school.
•4th Grade Teacher- Sr. Nasreen Akhter has a Master's Degree in Organic Chemistry and a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Pakistan. She has been with Iqra Academy for six years.
•5th Grade Teacher- Mandisa Barakah-Muti has a Bachelor Degree from Virginia State University in Agronomy (Plant, Soil & Water Sciences), a Masters Degree in Education and Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Lanuage (TEFL). Sr. Mandisa has sixteen years of teaching experience. Sr. Mandisa is a returning teacher, she taught at Iqra during 1998-1999 as Kindergarten teacher.
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· Sr. Mounira El-Khayat has a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. She is also certified in Shariya Sciences and holds an Advanced Certificate in English from Syria. She has been with Iqra Academy for twelve years.
· Sr. Najah Jinoun- has a Bachelor Degree in Islamic Studies from University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; and has an advanced certificate in Tajweed ul Quran and principles of Tajweed. She has four years of teaching experience. Sr. Najah is a returning teacher who took two years off from teaching to be with her family.
· Br. Sheikh Tanveer Shahid- has a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Pakistan, and completed the Hifz of the Holy Qur'an in 1999 at Darul Aloom Islamia in Lahore, Pakistan ; and an advanced certificate in Tajweed ul-Qura'an in 2003 from Jamia Khairul Aloom. Br. Tanveer has 17 years of teaching experience with young children.
· Br. Thair Hussen (Abu Harith) -has a Bachelor's of Science in Petroleum Engineering from University of Baghdad. He also has advanced classes in Sharia, tajweed and Fiqh from College of Islamic Sharia in Baghdad. Br. Abu Harith is a certified Imam and has fully memorized the Holy Quran. This is his third year with Iqra Academy.
· Sr. Sawsan El-Tayeb -has a Bachelor of Art in Arabic Language from Al-Qur'an Al-Karim University of Khartum, Sudan. She has three years of experience teaching Qur'an and Arabic. This is her first year here at Iqra teaching full time.
· Sr. Khawlah Idrees – has an Associates in Early Childhood Education from Queen Aliaa's College in Amman, Jordan and a Bachelor of Science from Al-Isra Private University in Teaching. Sr. Khawla has 17 years of experience teaching in the Elementary level from overseas and we welcome her to Iqra this year.


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Chandra Shekhar Verma, chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), grew up in Rajasthan where his father was a bank manager for Punjab National Bank. Soon after taking up the chairmanship of SAIL in June 2010, Verma found himself having to rely on his bequeathed instincts: he had the rather delicate task of downgrading the heads of the four large steel plants of SAIL from managing directors to CEO — without a membership of the board.


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Wheeling's video letting the world know it needs a dog park is now online, and sniffing it out could help the city win $25,000 or even $100,000 toward building a recreation area for man's best friends.
Supporters of the local drive to build a dog park filmed the video - a requirement of each of the 15 finalist cities in PetSafe's "Bark for Your Park" online voting contest - a week ago. And since it first appeared on YouTube Thursday, it already has received more than 1,000 views.
Meeting that goal will earn Wheeling 1,000 bonus votes in the competition, which runs through July 26. The winning city will receive $100,000, with four others winning $25,000 toward a dog park.
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The 34-second video, set to a catchy jingle composed by local musician Jamie Peck, depicts a friendly, active dog at various points of interest in town, including Heritage Port and the Capitol Theatre. It is also seen in front of WesBanco Arena hanging out with "Buck" - the Wheeling Nailers mascot who, incidentally, is also a dog.
"I think it's great, and it shows Wheeling in a great light. It's fun. ... Ours is definitely at the top in terms of production and creativity," said Jeremy Morris, one of the leaders of the effort to get a dog park built in Wheeling.
Thus far, Wheeling's commercial has proven to be the most popular among all the finalist cities, with more than twice the number of views reached by the second most popular video, filmed by Mountain House, Calif.
"I think that shows how much of a grassroots campaign we have in Wheeling," Morris said.
Everyone can vote twice per day in the competition, once at www.petsafe.net and once on Facebook, with each Friday also presenting an opportunity to gain extra votes. That day, those who find and correctly answer a hidden question on PetSafe's website will have their votes counted as seven, not just one.
Wheeling has been stuck in third place on the leaderboard for quite some time now, but its vote total leads the five communities classified as "medium cities" by a wide margin. If the city holds onto that lead, it will win one of the $25,000 awards, which go to the leaders in each of the three size groups, as well as the city whose vote total expressed as a percentage of its population is the highest.
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Wheeling's video in the Bark for your Park contest is now online, and can be watched below. Don't forget to vote for Wheeling at petsafe.net.


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Diagnosis of Eating Disorders
The first step in diagnosis is admitting that you have symptoms of an eating disorder. You may need support and encouragement from others before seeking help.
- Initial evaluation—During the initial evaluation, your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history, the amount of food you eat, and how you try to control your weight.
- Physical exam and tests—Your doctor will give you a physical exam and check your height and weight. If you have symptoms of bulimia , your teeth may be checked for erosion, which is a sign of frequent vomiting. You will also have routine blood, urine, and other tests to check your overall health status.
- Psychiatric evaluation—A mental health professional may perform a series of tests and evaluate you for other psychiatric conditions, such as depression and anxiety disorders , which are common in people with eating disorders. Diagnosis of a particular type of eating disorder is based on an evaluation of your symptoms using the criteria of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Screening tests such as the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) can be used to screen for symptoms of eating disorders.
Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by:
- An intense fear of gaining weight
- A refusal to maintain adequate nutrition, often associated with an erroneous image of the self as fat
- Loss of original body weight to 85% or less of what is expected for normal height and weight
- Disturbance of body image and negative self-evaluation
- Absence of at least three consecutive menstrual periods in females who have started menstruating
Diagnosis of Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is characterized by:
- Frequent occurrence of binge eating episodes accompanied by a sense of loss of control
- Recurrent inappropriate behavior such as vomiting, use of laxatives, fasting, or excessive exercise, intended to prevent weight gain
- Both of the above behaviors occur at least twice a week, on average, for three months
- Negative self-evaluation influenced by body shape and weight
Diagnosis of Binge Eating Disorder
Binge eating disorder is characterized by:
- Binge eating episodes accompanied by a sense of loss of control
- No inappropriate behavior to prevent weight gain
- The behavior occurs at least twice a week, on average, for three months
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Text Revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2000.
About eating disorders. National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders website. Available at: http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders . Accessed July 11, 2013.
Yager J, Devlin MJ, et al. Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Disorders. 3rd ed. American Psychiatric Association; 2006. Available at: http://www.guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=9318 . Accessed July 11, 2013.
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Archive for June, 2012
AWS Cloud Storage for the Enterprise Conference
by admin on Jun.22, 2012, under Big Data, New Media
Mark Starcher, President of Scanmark LTD, participated in the AWS Storage Conference in NYC on June 6, including a presentation on the use of Big Data in the Cloud.
Andreessen Horowitz Innovation Meeting
by admin on Jun.14, 2012, under Cybersecurity, Database Applications, Learning Management
Mark Starcher, president of Scanmark LTD, participated in the Andreessen Horowitz Innovation Meeting on June 13, reviewing state of the art network storage, storage and virtualization platforms. One of the interesting developments is the new EBook product from Kno, which provides a way to integrate EBook access metrics into learning tracking programs.


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I'm looking for an insulated coffee/tea cup that fits in a standard bottlecage. I know that there is an cup holder that can mount to a handlebar... but I ride a recumbent and using a watercage would be best solution for me.
I'm thinking that the Nissan Backpacker Teacup might be an option... has anyone tried it before?
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1973 Film
Columbia Pictures
W hether or not you call it "blaxploitation," there was something like a riot goin' on in the American cinema of 1973. Like most riots, the outbreak of radical black film was brief: Indeed, order had been restored as early as '74 by movies like Claudine and Uptown Saturday Night, whose pro-capitalist plots argued against Black Power in favor of a piece of the action. It was also in '74 that the Shaft series went on permanent hiatus and Pam Grier's Coffy persona was literally domesticated by TV's Get Christie Love!. But in '73, the garishly costumed likes of Scream, Blacula, Scream! helped cloak such contraband as Gordon's War and The Spook Who Sat by the Door--the former articulating the "Get your house in order" agenda as regards the war on drugs, the latter conveying all-out revolution in the story of a token black officer in the CIA who uses his training to "mess with whitey."
If these two offered potent fantasies, Wattstax captured something real--and, it would appear in hindsight, something rather like the final strains of a righteous groove. More than 100,000 people attended the so-called "black Woodstock" in August 1972: a seven-hour concert at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (co-sponsored by Stax and Schlitz), culminating the Watts Summer Festival and commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. As the Stax aesthetic bridged Black Power and the almighty funk, the Staple Singers led a choir of thousands in "Respect Yourself"; the Bar-Kays came with "Son of Shaft"; and Rufus Thomas inspired a large portion of the crowd to come down from the bleachers and do the "Funky Chicken" on the field. But as the film makes plain, this was about more than music. Richard Pryor brought down the house with a style of humor that was more like social criticism, while a dashikied Rev. Jesse Jackson preached the need to shift from "'Burn baby burn' to 'Learn baby learn,'" his call-and-response rendition of "I Am Somebody" bringing unity and pride to a stadium full of brothers and sisters with fists in the air.
By today's standards (of concerts, of activism, of simply voicing race issues into a microphone), Wattstax looks so foreign as to leave one wondering what it would take for a musical "day of black awareness" in the next millennium. Would even another riot be enough to bring it about? (Rob Nelson)
The Devil in Miss Jones
VCA Pictures
Pubic exposure and political exposé came together in the summer of '73 with the release of The Devil in Miss Jones and the simultaneous disclosure that Richard Nixon had taped all his White House meetings and phone calls. Unlike now, presidential crisis and sex spectacle bore little apparent relationship to each other, although some saw the Supreme Court's long-awaited decision allowing local communities to define obscenity for themselves as a maneuver perfectly timed by Nixon appointees to divert attention away from his own misbehavior. For others, the very future of the sexual revolution was at stake in the battle over porn. The Devil in Miss Jones, marketed as a pornographic art film, meant to televise that revolution, extending sexual liberation to the "respectable" set.
Make that limited sexual liberation. The idea of making porn with a plot might have been novel, but the plot itself was tired--a lesson in deprivation and dissatisfaction from beginning to end. A frustrated virgin (Georgina Spelvin) slits her wrists; en route to hell she sells her sexual soul in order to enjoy a brief lustful binge, only to face an eternity of sexual damnation. Unbelievably, writer-director Gerard Damiano--who had just hit it big with Deep Throat--considered The Devil in Miss Jones an antidote to male-centered exploitation, claiming he intended it for a female audience. Hard to believe, since he favors point-of-view shots from the rear and studiously avoids showing men's faces during sex acts, thus allowing the viewer to substitute his own. (By contrast, the film's obligatory lesbian sequence features intimate close-ups.)
According to Damiano, faceless phalluses made this "a totally feminine film" since "it's the penis she's in love with, not the man." Consequently, along with blow jobs, Spelvin delivers unintentionally comical lines to her member co-stars, crooning, "I can feel the life, the strength, the power. I must have that power," or "I'm only content when I have you in my mouth." Life, as in art: Spelvin reportedly earned an unfulfilling $500 for her part in a film that at last count grossed $50 million. Now that's what you'd call getting fucked. (Leslie Dunlap)
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Meet Patriot. Het arrived from another facility in hopes of getting a home sooner at Friendship. He was trained and returned a Prison Grad and was immediately adopted. Unfortunately Patriot did not get along with the family's young grandchildren and was returned. He absolutely loves adults and older kids, but does not like cats. Patriot is a player too. Get him in the fenced in area and he'll play with you and all the balls and toys all day. He's great on a leash and loves to go for walks. He's a great boy and is deserving of a loving home. Patriot likes some dogs and not others.
If you have a dog in your family and/or kids over 10 years of age and are interested in adopting Patriot, please bring them with you for a meet and greet.
BREED/DESCRIPTION: Black Lab mix
SEX: Male
NEUTERED/SPAYED: Yes, neutered; shots current
AGE: 2 years old
SIZE/WEIGHT:50 pounds
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For more pets seeking homes, check out the Critter Chronicles column every Sunday in The Chronicle-Telegram. If you work or volunteer for a nonprofit pet adoption agency and would like to see your pets included in Critter Chronicles, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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April 7, 1921 - September 30, 2012Bob Buerger passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at the E. Dene Moore Care Center in Rifle , where he had been a resident for the last six-plus years. He was 91.Bob was born April 7, 1921, in North Denver to Alvin and Rose (Hofermalz) Buerger, graduated from North High School in 1939. He went to college at Colorado A&M in Fort Collins, but was forced to withdraw in fall 1939 when he contracted polio.After several months of rehabilitation, he went to work in the family business, Buerger Brothers Supply Co., in Denver. He was the third generation owner of the business at the time of his retirement in 1983.He married Wilma Katherine Wilson in Denver on Oct. 8, 1944. They moved from Denver to Arvada in 1955, where they resided until retirement. After retiring in 1983, they moved to their Sweetwater ranch near Gypsum, and then later to Silt in 1989.His glass was always half full, and he especially loved his Lord, his family and friends, his country, and agriculture and its relationship to nature.He was preceded in death by his parents, and sister, Cecelia Massey.He is survived by his wife, Wilma, of Silt; daughter, Susan (Chris) Martin; sons, Al Buerger, John (Joan) Buerger, and James (Pam) Buerger; one granddaughter and four grandsons; two great-granddaughters; and numerous nieces and nephews.A small memorial service will be held at the care center, and family and friends will hold a private gathering.
January 4, 1922 ~ October 8, 2012Margery Mae Costanzo, 90, of Rifle, passed away Oct. 8 at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs.Margery was born Jan. 4, 1922, in Glenwood Springs to Fred and Rosa (Pretti) DeLong. She married Melvin L. Costanzo on May 22, 1938. They had four children.Margery was preceded in death by her husband; two brothers; and son-in-law, Ted Schaeffer.She is survived by her sons, Joe (Bethann) and John (Velda); daughters, Judy (Melvin) Brooks and Jera Schaeffer; 15 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Gloria Aluise; and many nieces and nephews.Memorial services are planned for Saturday, Oct. 13, 10:30 a.m., at Rocky Mountain Baptist Church in Rifle. Pastor Jim Sheets will officiate.In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Rifle Senior Center, 50 Ute Ave., Rifle, CO 81650.


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Other Voices
The Union Newspaper
Can the communities of Nevada City/Grass Valley come together to support a micro-house village and new community center with a supported life skills program?
With a carefully planned and well-funded life skills program, a homeless person would be able to transition from a life of poverty and dependence, (a drain on public resources), to one that gives back to the community. Without combined support from local government, the private sector, and a coalition of nonprofit groups, there is virtually no hope of achieving such a proposed model. Funding would be through major private donations, grants, and multi-fundraising campaigns.
The design of the community center and micro-houses would need to be done in the most esthetically pleasing way, with sturdy, code compliant, construction and with the help of local designers, engineers, and architects. The village could be situated sensitively so as not to be visible to neighbors while still being close to essential services and public transportation.
The community center would have a commercial kitchen which would provide a daily meal. The building would be large enough to accommodate a much needed warming shelter during bad weather conditions. There would also be offices for social workers, a store for distributing clothing and supplies, personal lockers, bathrooms with showers, and a laundry room.
There are very few micro-housing models in the United States which give continuing support to homeless individuals so they can become productive citizens again. This support would come from local nonprofits, already working with the homeless, integrating more productively with Nevada County Social Services. The reality of the situation is that most people do not understand the root causes of homelessness. There is justified fear that the homeless will encroach on private property or cause problems in the community, such as crime, unsanitary camps, and fires.
There is also the fear that if you help a few, many more will come. Overcoming negative public perception and the stigma the homeless encounter are the biggest obstacles to a solution.
There is also the fear that if you help a few, many more will come. Overcoming negative public perception and the stigma the homeless encounter are the biggest obstacles to a solution.
If you want to help, the homeless the village concept is a great model. If you don't want to help the homeless, but wish they were less of a nuisance, this is also a great model. Everyone wants to have a comprehensive solution. This is the comprehensive solution. Many people do not want to feel they are footing the bill for the homeless by helping them. What they do not realize is there are significant hidden costs to homelessness that consume taxpayer dollars. Doing nothing still costs too much.
Housing is treatment. It has been demonstrated that once a person secures housing, they are able to be safe, clean up, regain health, and focus on new goals. The housing-first scenario translates into less confrontation with police, fewer arrests, and fewer hospitalizations. The cost to society, of homelessness, runs $25,000-$45,000 per person per year, depending on the city. The state of Utah provided apartments for people and the cost went down to $15,000 per person per year.
With the establishment of a community resource center, villagers will have an address, access to a job board, computers and a phone. County social workers will be available to provide assistance in applying for SSI or SDI as many homeless are mentally and physically ill. Veterans, who have found themselves homeless after their service, will be assisted in applying for veteran's benefits. Those people who do have funds will be required to pay an estimated one-third of their income in rent to the village. This will help defray ongoing operating costs. Others will work on site to earn their rent.
Everyone shares a desire to lead a sane, dignified and confident life. Participants in the village would be inspired to commit to a path of healing, personal transformation, and renewed service to the community. The village model would bring together disenfranchised people who are interested in healing body mind and spirit, but need a support system in order to accomplish this. Research gathered over the past three years is showing that cities which embrace housing first are cutting costs by as much as 60 percent.
Communities that have already committed to the village model have proven it has solved many problems, but more importantly, a sustained and supported village will help people get back on their feet with hope and renewed purpose.
Pauli Halstead lives in Nevada City, California.


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When "Sesame Street" takes the time to create a parody, you know you've arrived, and so it goes with "Sesame: The Hungry Games" landing just in time for kids to watch as their older siblings gear up to watch "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."
All you need to know is that this cute five-minute short features Cookieness Evereat who teams up with Finnicky (who of course, is a finnicky eater), Pita (a literal piece of bread) and Tick Tock to win the eating the challenge (again). Poking monkeys and tickling winds will stand in their way and yes, it's thoroughly charming.


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FARGO, N.D. – Attention current and potential Fargo Warriors Lacrosse players and parents: Don't forget that the first team meeting of the 2013 spring season will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fargo Holiday Inn.
All registered and potential players and at least one of their parents or guardians must attend. The agenda will be forthcoming but it will include the playing schedule, practice schedule, fundraisers (optional), apparel order, season expectations, introduction of coaches, etc.
At this time, everyone who registered for the team of their choice is rostered on that team. We currently have 26 players signed up for the varsity team, 15 players for the Under-15 team and 15 players for the Under-13 team.
However, there are still open positions for all three squads: varsity, U15 and U13. We can always use more budding young lacrosse players!
The tentative varsity indoor practice schedule is posted on the club's official website here. Monday practices are firm. The other listed practices are fairly firm for the U13 and U15 teams. The varsity practices (other than Mondays) are tentative as we explore the rental of the Golf Bubble. There will also be conditioning in West Fargo at the Vets Arena; probably on Tuesday evenings. The U13 and U15 game schedules will be negotiated on March 2 in Minneapolis.
The Fargo Warriors Lacrosse Club was incorporated in 2007 and has offered programs for players from third grade through high school.
To learn more about the club, visit the official club website here, find our varsity and 7th/8th grade teams on Facebook and read more on this blog.
We will see you all Thursday night for the kickoff to the season!


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Hollywood has its Academy Awards and the pharmaceutical industry celebrates its brightest research accomplishments at the Prix Galien USA. Says Galien Foundation Secretary General Bruno Cohen: "The mission of Prix Galien USA is to be the premiere event where humanitarians and innovators at the forefront of biomedical research gather annually to honor the highest achievement."
This year's celebration took place on Sept. 27 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where the industry's boldest thinkers, Nobel laureates, and foreign dignitaries came together to honor Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of the global aid group Partners in Health, with the Pro Bono Humanum Award for his lifetime of humanitarian efforts in Haiti and throughout the world. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the FDA, offered her congratulations in a taped broadcast, stating, "The lives of untold thousands of people all over the world have been enhanced, prolonged, and improved because of Paul. And that is no small feat." This sentiment was echoed by the applause of some 500-plus attendees.
Pharmaceutical Executive magazine, as exclusive industry media partner, applauds the winners and the many sponsors who helped make the evening a rousing success. – Jeff Schindler, Managing Editor


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Writing parsers for fun and convenience
One aspect of coming back to Perl for 'recreational' programming is that if, like me, you've declared war on
@_ and boilerplate code, then testing can be somewhat trying. The Perl testing framework that best fits my head is Test::Class, which is an excellent Perlish implementation of xUnit style testing. If you're unfamiliar with the, library, Ovid is writing what's shaping up to be an excellent series of introductory articles about it at http://www.modernperlbooks.com/.
The problem I'm having with Test::Class at the moment is that I can't write:
use MooseX::Declare
method class_under_test {'Person'}
method startup : Test(startup => 1) {
use_ok $test→class_under_test
class Test::Person
extends Test::Class
use Test::Most;
Test::Class is doing too much in its initialization phase, and relies too heavily on code attributes, for it to play well with MooseX::Declare. Drat.
On reflection though, this might be a good thing, because maybe MooseX::Declare isn't really what's needed. What I'd like to write is something like:
use …;
testclass Test::Person
exercises Person
startup class under test should be usable (1 test) {
use_ok $test→class_under_test
And have the library '…' expand the
testclass declaration into something that looks like the first code snippet. After all, if MooseX::Declare can work without source filters, it should be possible to come up with something nicely declarative for specifying test classes.
Obviously, there's nothing on CPAN that does this yet though. So I went fossicking through MooseX::Declare to see how it works1 and discovered thing of Lovecraftian beauty that is…
Devel::Declare is possibly the most hostilely documented library I've ever come across. Its documentation only begins to make sense when you already understand enough about how it works that you don't really need the docs. What it does is to let you declare your own Perl keywords. You could, for instance use it to introduce
given/when into versions of Perl that don't have it yet. You declare your keywords and associate them with parsers. When, during its compilation phase, perl hits one of your keywords in the right context, it hands off to your parser which can then do what the hell it likes in the way of code transformation, before handing control back to Perl, which then parses the transformed code as if that was what was there all along.
So, to want to transform that
testclass syntax I just pulled out of my ass into a real Test::Class package, I just need to write an appropriate parser and code generator, perform the appropriate Devel::Declare incantations, and I'm laughing.
Making progress
So far, I've got to the point where I have a working
testclass keyword, but nothing yet for the 'inner' bits (
teardown, etc). I can write:
testclass Test::Person
exercises Person
testclass Test::Person::Employee
extends Test::Person
exercises Person
and, as I write this, I'm realising that the syntax I'd cooked up for using extra test helper modules:
testclass AnotherTest
helpers -More, -Exception, Carp
- use Test::More;
- use Test::Exception;
- use Carp;
would probably read better as:
testclass AnotherTest
+uses Carp
- use Test::Most;
- use Carp;
and also that I want this:
testclass exercises Person {
to build me a Test::Person class.
What's still blowing my mind about Devel::Declare's possibilities is that I'm no longer constrained to writing a Domain Specific Pidgin which works by building a tower of proxy objects and weird evaluation contexts to produce something that's legal code in the host language, but which has the feel of another language. With Devel::Declare, I control the horizontal and the vertical until I choose to hand control back to Perl. Right now that means my error reporting is disgracefully bad, but it also means that I can roll a syntax that makes sense without worrying about how I'm going to get perl to parse it.
One of the things I find frustrating about writing RSpec specifications is that
describe and
it both want to be first class keywords – it feels like you should be able to write:
describe SomeClass, "in some context"
before each
it "should do something or another"
- set things up
But, because RSpec works by taking advantage of Ruby's block magic, you have to write:
describe SomeClass, "in some context" do
before :each do
it "should do something or another" do
- set things up
I definitely prefer the version without the extraneous
dos and the gratuitious
: before
each in the
before declaration. Does anyone feel like writing
Show us the code!
If you want to see the current state of my Test::Class::Sugar art, the place to look is http://www.github.com/pdcawley/test-class-sugar. At the time of writing it relies on http://www.github.com/rafl/devel-declare and doesn't have anything so useful as documentation, a
Makefile.PL or even any tests beyond the collection of code samples that is
t/initial.t. Expect all those when and if I push it to CPAN.
Yes, I know that this sort of metasyntactic abstraction is trivial in a Lisp. I just happen to like syntax, okay?
Update 20090312
use Test::Class::Sugar
testclass exercises Foo
+uses -Warn
Now generates
package Test::Foo;
use base qw/Test::Class/;
use Test::Most;
use Test::Warn
So that's one hurdle jumped. And I now know how to write the various method helpers and, when I get the appropriately shaped tuits, I shall actually write the damned things.
Then all I have to do is document it.
And write up a proposal about it for YAPC::Europe.
Update 20090314
I now know what a plan looks like:
test with multiple assertions << 3 {…}
And, more importantly, I've implemented, and documented everything and am almost good to cut a 0.001 distribution. I need a few ducks up on CPAN, but once that's done, we're good and I can get on with parameterizing some of the assumptions that are hard coded at the moment.
1 Something I swore blind I wasn't going to do in my London.pm presentation. Seems my word isn't to be trusted…
4 comments »
By Dave Rolsky
Check out Test::Able on CPAN. It uses Moose to do declarative test classes, with no freaking attributes.
I bet you could write a Test::AbleX::Declare for it.
By Piers Cawley
No doubt. I'd need to rejig the parser to produce something a little more ASTish and then write
Test::Able'compilers'. But for now, I'll concentrate on getting the syntax I want. Once that's done, I'll see about renaming it
TestX::Declareand letting the user decide.
By James Abley
Isn't raganwald writing something along the lines of devel/declare.rb? I think there's some overlap there, although I've not got my head around all of it yet.
By Piers Cawley
Looking at that writeup, it seems that Reg's work will only allow you to rewrite something that's already been successfully parsed as legal ruby. Devel::Declare gets to rewrite stuff before parsing finishes, so it can parse and rewrite code that isn't legal Perl.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 10. SINCE the passing of Olympic champion Mark Lenzi yesterday after a battle with issues stemming from critically low blood pressure, people from all aquatic sports have reached out to remember Mark. Laura Wilkinson, who won gold on the platform in 2000, wrote on Facebook: "I remember when I missed making '96 Olympic Trials, Mark Lenzi sat down with me & told me to let it light a fire inside. He believed in me."
Funeral services for Lenzi will be held today at 6 p.m. at the Wilkerson Funeral Home in Greenville, North Carolina, where he lived with his wife. Lenzi had a storied career in diving. He was the last American to win an Olympic medal in diving, winning bronze in 1996 in addition to gold in 1992 on the three-meter springboard. He was also NCAA champion for Indiana in 1989 and 1990.


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One of the most loved artists of our time, the frivolous Jamiroquai with their extravagant lead singer Jay Kay, are main stars of EXIT's sea edition, Sea Dance festival held from 15th to 17th July on one of the most beautifully captivating beaches of the Adriatic Sea, Jaz beach, near Budva in Montenegro. After more than 20 successful years, 25 million sold albums, a Grammy award, a plethora of eye-catching hats and an exceptionally riveting and one of the most visited concerts in the history of EXIT festival, Jamiroquai are joining the EXIT Adventure, with hits like "Virtual Insanity", "Cosmic Girl", "Love Fool", "Little L", "Corner of the Earth" and many others that are bound to get Sea Dance visitors dancing and moving!
Even after 22 active years Jay Kay and co. still continue to be true to themselves and pursue expressing their sound, which has been coloured by funk, electro, and pure pop elements. A combination of a mellow-smooth voice and interesting clothing options allowed them to jump out of conventional and formulaic trends, and resulted with a career blooming with hits like "Cosmic Girl", "Love Fool", "Little L", and many more!
Even after a long and award-laden career, Jamiroquai are still known as a band that gives all they've got each time, and it's bound to happen at the Sea Dance festival in front of a sea of fans ready to dance with forever-young Jay Kay!
Sea Dance festival will be held from 15th to 17th July 2014 at the Jaz beach in Budva, Montenegro and represents the perfect closure to the eight-day EXIT Adventure that, in recognition of the 15th edition of EXIT festival, begins on 11th June with ROCK@EXIT festival on the Petrovaradin fortress, and continues on the same place from 10th to 13th July with EXIT festival, after which the summer party moves to the Adriatic Sea shore.
The Main Stage of the sea edition of EXIT festival, with its capacity of 30 000 people, is going to present three most loved and most important stages from the EXIT festival. On the first day of Sea Dance its Main Stage will play host to EXIT's Main Stage, with Jamiroquai as its main stars of the night! On Wednesday, 16th July, on the second day of the festival, Sea Dance Main Stage will also welcome the stars of the famous EXIT X-Bass Takeover program, which is, now two years in a row, held in collaboration with the most important platform for bass music promotion in the world, UKF. Wednesday won't be great just for just bass heads because representatives from EXIT fans' favourite Fusion stage are also coming to the Sea Dance Main Stage.
Finally, on Thursday, 17th July, the stars of Sea Dance Main Stage will be the gladiators of the renowned EXIT Dance Arena, one of the best dancefloors in the world and the confluence point of electronic music's colossi. The energy of Dance Arena, coupled with the charged electric sea air are bound to set of an explosion of a thousand suns on the last day of SEA DANCE festival!
Besides SEA DANCE Main Stage that will represent three biggest stages of EXIT, we will reveal three more best loved stages for Sea Dance Festival. The sea edition of EXIT is joined by the REGGAE STAGE, spiritual soul of EXIT festival, LATINO STAGE, reserved for exotic dance, and SILENT DISCO, the best festival party with people dancing with dual frequency headphones on until dawn!
Sea Dance Camp, set next to the sea beach, a few hundred meters away from water, will be placed in the festival's zone, between the Main Stage and the beach. Camp's going to be open from 14th to 22nd July and will offer unforgettable summer nights under the starry sky to thousands of young people visiting from all over the world!
Tickets for Sea Dance are available as part of the EXIT ADVENTURE ( EXIT + SEA DANCE) package.
Tickets for Sea Dance Festival can be bought in EXIT ADVENTURE PACKAGES, available from 199 EUR. Packages include: tickets for EXIT festival + tickets for Sea Dance festival + accommodation in Novi Sad + accommodation in Budva + airport and local transfers.


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Dancing With the Stars 2013: Season 17, Week 10 Semifinals Dance Styles Revealed
Can you believe it's already Dancing With the Stars Season 17, Week 10? This season is longer than usual, but it still feels like it flew by. We're now at the Semifinals, and the final five couples have another two dances to get through before we meet our Final 4.
In the first round, the couples will perform either a Jazz, Paso Doble, Cha Cha or Tango routine to an original or "plugged" version of their selected song. In round two of competition, the couples will perform either a Viennese Waltz, Argentine Tango or Rumba routine to an acoustic or "unplugged" version of that same song.
Oh, and someone named Maksim Chmerkovskiy will be guest judging. Perhaps you've heard of him?
Here's who is dancing what on Monday, November 18.
Amber Riley and Derek Hough: Viennese Waltz and Jazz
Derek talked to AfterBuzz solo, presumably because Amber was resting her knees.
Derek said the game plan to get to the Finals is just to put in the hours, unlike this past week when they had very little rehearsal time. He was shocked they were able to do as much as they did Monday night, but he doesn't want Amber's injury to be a crutch, like "That was good... for someone who is injured." They have to get past this.
Next week they have Viennese Waltz and Jazz. On Wednesday, Amber tweeted, "Excited for rehearsal! @derekhough came up with some bangin' choreography (as if there was a question lol). Really stoked about this Monday!"
Bill Engvall and Emma Slater: Cha-Cha-Cha and Argentine Tango
Emma told AfterBuzz "We have Cha-Cha and Argentine Tango."
She and Bill were disappointed to get 7s on Week 9 and that led them to think they might be leaving. When they were next to Elizabeth Berkley and Val Chmerkovskiy in "jeopardy," they were sure they were leaving. For the record, his knees are killing him. too!
Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff: Tango and Rumba
Corbin told AfterBuzz, "We have the Tango and we have the Rumba." Karina added, "To the same song." Corbin noted, "One's a cover, and one's the original song."
Interesting… Corbin and Karina also have their share of bumps and bruises, but they don't really care. There are only two weeks left.
Leah Remini and Tony Dovolani: Paso Doble and Argentine Tango
"We've got Paso Doble and Argentine Tango," Tony told AfterBuzz. He turned to Leah, "Now you're going to get to do the kicks and the flicks." She's going to be in character, too, since that's her strength.
Jack Osbourne and Cheryl Burke: Jazz and Argentine Tango
Jack and Cheryl were shocked to see Elizabeth go before the Semis. Cheryl told On the Red Carpet her Final 4 predictions for the season are Amber, Corbin, Elizabeth and either Christina or Snooki. Only two of those celebs are left, and she and Jack could make the Finals.
They didn't discuss their Week 10 dance styles, but Jack tweeted on Tuesday, "Holy crap!!! I'm going to the semi finals! That is just craziness. Aaaaahnhhhhh! Ok game face...time to rehearse. Thanks for all the support." Based on what ABC said everyone is dancing, and what Jack and Cheryl have already performed, it seems like they'll be doing Jazz and AT. Update: Cheryl later tweeted, ""We dance our Jazz 3rd tomorrow and our Argentine Tango 6th! Can't believe we have made it to the semi-finals. Its all because of YOU!"
Which dance are you most excited to see this week? Any predictions on who may be going home, or is it too hard to even guess anymore? Sound off below.
Dancing With the Stars airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.


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insen ~ Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Nicolai works directly with the piano sounds, dismantling Sakamoto's recordings with "surgeon-like precision" into micro loops; into their atomic elements. Starting with these sound atoms, he creates a new basis for form, compressing, floating, and rotating rhythm with harmonic sequences and melodic counterpoints, and laying it underneath the piano tracks. This makes insen appear more complex, though the time-stretched flow and the clear lines of the piano stay untouched.
Vladimir Ashkenazy's J.S. Bach: The Six Partitas is one of my all time favorite interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach. Delicate and graceful in a way that is nothing like I've ever experienced before.
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John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting Booted From The Jefferson Memorial. Check out the story in full at USA Today HERE.
Five for Fighting Q&A In Billboard!
Five for Fighting is featured in the October 5 issue of Billboard! Check out the feature in full below.
Five For Fighting Comes to Chicago
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for Five For Fighting's Sunday, Nov. 24th show in Chicago! Grab them here before they're all gone!
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If you ever wondered what John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting listens to in his space time, find out here:
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Check out John and Five For Fighting perform 'What If' on Fox News' Huckabee from Saturday night!
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Watch John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting discuss the LA Kings, our troops, and his latest album Bookmarks!
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Watch John Ondrasik and the band performing 'What If' live on the Rachael Ray Show here!
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Watch John and the band performing 'Stand Up' on this morning's episode of the Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda:
Five For Fighting performs 'What If' on the Today Show
If you missed it, check out John Ondrasik's Five For Fighting performance of 'What If' on this morning's episode of the Today Show here!
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Check out Five For Fighting's performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno below! (John comes on around the 37-minute mark.)
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About Special Events
As part of the University of South Carolina's overall external outreach efforts, the Special Events Office is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of events sponsored by the Office of the President.
In addition, the Office serves as a resource to the entire University of South Carolina system, providing expertise and guidance in the planning and implementation of events hosted by individual colleges, departments and other campuses.
How to Plan a Special Event
- Checklist
This helpful checklist will make sure you have all your bases covered when planning your event, from beginning to end. It covers all stages of planning an event, from creating the budget, to guest lists and invitations, all the way to thank you letters. Whether your event is large or small, you as the event planner decide which aspects of the checklist apply to your event. Download PDF
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Use this timeline to stay on time when planning your event. It is always better to be early or on time, but in the world of special events, be prepared for last minute work. Download PDF
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Christians remember
Iran | Iranian believers have been slow to engage in the country's political crisis
Estimates of Iran's Christian population range from 700,000 to 1 million out of a country of approximately 67 million mostly Shiite Muslims. According to Open Doors, more than 100,000 of Iranian Christians are so-called "secret believers" who meet in rapidly growing numbers of house churches.
This month's street protests and the furor over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has raised important questions for the country's Christian minority, who generally avoid political engagement.
"As long as the sovereignty is in the hand of supreme leader, no matter who comes [to power] Christians will always be under threat. Under his power, the country is ruled by Islamic [Sharia] law, and therefore non-Muslims, including Christians, must be dealt according to the Islamic law," said Daniel Shayesteh, a Christian convert and former member of Hezbollah in Iran now serving as a Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor in Australia.
Adding to the ambivalence of Iranian Christians, lead opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is remembered as anti-Jew and anti-Christian when he served as prime minister in the 1980s. Shayesteh told me by email that it's not clear to most Christians whether Mousavi now favors "a softer approach" toward non-Muslims.
And Christians have reason to be wary of exposing themselves to further action: In 2008 at least 50 Christians, mostly Muslim converts, were arrested, interrogated, tortured, intimidated, and some even killed, according to Open Doors-making it the harshest year of Christian persecution in Iran since the 1979 revolution. At the same time, the number of Christians in officially recognized churches has been halved from 1979, even as the unofficial numbers of Christian believers has likely grown. Many of those meet in small house churches or are reliant on satellite television for spiritual teaching.
For that reason, a number of Iranian exile pastors in the United States were upset when SAT-7, the lead broadcaster of religious television in the Middle East, did not interrupt its regularly scheduled Farsi-language programming for coverage of street protests. "Every Christian should speak up in defense of human rights and stopping the violence," said Sasan Tavassoli, a former Muslim who is now an Iranian Presbyterian Church pastor living in Atlanta. Tavassoli told me he is "very critical" of the Christian response to Iran's political crisis-and that he hoped it would change. Tavassoli and family members were among a handful of Iranians protesting the election results outside CNN headquarters in Atlanta June 20, but he expects many more to turn out this evening for a candlelight vigil to be held in the city's Piedmont Park.
Vigils on behalf of Iran's protesters are underway today and tonight in cities across the United States-as well as around the world-and are expected to memorialize the death of Neda Agha Soltan, the young Iranian woman killed in Saturday's crackdown on demonstrators, even as further crackdowns are underway.
According to a late report on today's website for The Guardian, Neda's family has been forced out of its apartment in eastern Tehran since she was killed: "The police did not hand the body back to her family; her funeral was cancelled; she was buried without letting her family know and the government banned mourning ceremonies at mosques, the neighbors said."
Reports today from Iran also indicate that Mousavi and another challenger to Ahmadinejad, Mehdi Karroubi, may be under house arrest.