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Kaili Kellam stood tall in her pressed oxford shirt and black stilettos, looking coolly over an audience of 20 fellow teenagers in a Babson College classroom as she not only bared her personal struggles, but also masterfully married them to a mock business proposal.
"I want to start a dance studio for kids with both mental and physical disabilities," the 17-year-old from Natick said confidently. "My mom went from being nondisabled to disabled, and I watched her struggle with that. But dancing builds confidence, and the classes would help these kids gain friends in a nonjudgmental setting."
Kellam, a junior at Framingham's Keefe Technical High School, was one of dozens of teens from across the state who competed Friday in a rapid entrepreneurial business pitch contest, a format inspired by ABC's "Shark Tank" reality television series. The students were allotted one minute to pitch their idea to an audience of their peers who at the end voted for their favorite plan.
The annual competition is organized by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, a national nonprofit that provides programs showing middle and high school students how to create a business from scratch.
The New York City-based organization targets schools with low-income students, working with teachers to design a class in the school's curriculum dedicated to dreaming up a future business. In Massachusetts, schools in Framingham, Malden, Quincy, Boston, Lawrence, and Lowell are among those chosen to take part.
"In today's economy, it's important to show these students they can not only be a job consumer, but also a job creator, and how one can fall back on creating their own income," said Jennifer Green, executive director of the organization's New England chapter, which is based at Babson in Wellesley.
In the competition, Quincy High School freshman Vanessa Ly pitched her idea for skin-colored deodorant patches.
"My friend always gets made fun of for her armpit stains," the soft-spoken Ly said.
Malden High sophomore Alyssa Figueiredo drew on experience with cancer patients for her plan to create a line of boldly decorated cupcakes, with 10 percent of the profits benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
"I loved the whole idea of being able to be my own boss, and creating something and succeeding from it," Figueiredo said with unbridled, genuine enthusiasm after the competition. "I have a lot of friends whose parents have battled breast cancer, and they're close to me — almost like family members. I've also always had a passion for baking and I'm a real girly-girl, so I was thinking about what I could do to put everything I love together."
Figueiredo and Kellam, who won their individual categories, were rewarded with $50 in "seed money" for their ideas; the runners-up Friday all received $25.
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship is hosting regional and national pitch competitions later this year, with a first-place prize of $25,000.
Kellam said she would use her prize money to rent a room in a dance studio or church as a launching pad for her business, with her goal to "figure this out by my senior year."
One of her classmates at Keefe Tech, Monique Bisnette, came in second place with an idea to create a smartphone app that lets users design tattoos and superimpose them on their body. Bisnette said she became interested in tattoos after her cousin inked himself in memory of another cousin, who died on a snowy road in Holden in 2010.
"People get tattoos to tell a story," Bisnette said, tugging down a sleeve to cover up an elegant Celtic design she drew on her arm. "I don't think anyone should have to deal with regret because of that decision."
During last week's competition at Babson, even those who did not win said they felt encouraged and energized by the experience.
Keefe Tech junior Colin Kelly, a lanky 18-year-old who has spent half his life fighting ulcerative colitis, a digestive condition related to Crohn's disease, donned a chef's hat and apron before he pitched an online meal preparation service for those with food allergies or dietary restrictions. Kelly said he would donate a portion of profits to charities working to find cures for nutrition-related diseases like diabetes.
"When I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, I found out I could only eat half the stuff I normally do, and I was a terribly picky eater to begin with," Kelly said, motioning to his skinny frame. "But when I got to Keefe Tech, I fell in love with food and started cooking. Now I want to use the skills I learned here to start a business that will help people."
Ambition is one reoccurring theme across the entrepreneurship program. The organization's alumni includes Jasmine Lawrence, who in 2004 at age 13 pitched her idea for all-natural hair products designed for African-American women. Since then, Lawrence's EDEN BodyWorks line has been picked up at stores such as Walmart, and Oprah Winfrey invited the teenage chief executive to appear on her talk show, Green said.
This year, the organization brought in Boston native Angela Ivana, another successful program alumna who now works as a makeup artist on Broadway.
Before taking the entrepreneurship program, Ivana said at last week's gathering, "I was skipping class and I had a 1.1 GPA. I got started there, which helped motivate me. I eventually got into the National Honor Society and graduated with a 3.4 GPA."
Green said many students in the entrepreneurial program launch their business models while still in high school.
"These kids are often actually starting these businesses before the course even finishes," she said. "Even if they're not starting their business, I tell them to take their plan to their college interviews. Recruiters are blown away that 17- and 18-year-olds already have their first business plan, and have perhaps even launched it."
The entrepreneurship classes are growing more popular in Massachusetts. Last year, the organization saw about 30 students compete at Babson; this year, close to 90 teens signed up, Green said.
The program also proves popular in individual schools. Matthew Warren, who teaches the entrepreneur course at Keefe Tech, said about 65 students enrolled in his class this year, even though they have heard how rigorous it is.
"The great thing about this class is when they do something like this and they succeed, then it becomes something they might actually want to do in the long run," Warren said.
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It turns out that a fair number of people were being placed for a C++ developer role. I don't spend much time in C++, but I have done a few trivial and non-trivial projects in the language. I figured that "Explain the RAII idiom" would be a nice softball question that most serious C++ developers could answer while half asleep, and would allow me to move on to more interesting questions about experience. But it turns out people who have 10+ years C++ experience don't recognize the term, even if I expand the acronym to "Resource Acquisition is Initialization." One candidate went so far as to say he felt it wasn't always practical to apply the technique in Windows development, which I thought was an odd sentiment, but I could see a couple of examples that arguably support that line of thought. (But really only arguably).
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Editing to add: To clarify, I'm not the sort of interviewer that disqualifies people because they don't know buzzwords and acronyms. However, I do think it's reasonable to expect that an experienced C++ programmer has internalized good practices for resource management. I also think that it's important to verify that a candidate understands some "basics" about the technology they claim expertise in before moving on to more interesting questions about design, problem solving, etc. I think what I'm looking for is a good way to ask an open-ended question, suitable for use in a short telephone screening, that I can use to judge a candidate's basic understanding of good resource management practices in C++, before I ask "hard" questions.

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We interrupt the countdown to tonight's Dancing With the Stars unveiling to bring you this: Kym Johnson, who won last year's contest with Donny Osmond, will not be returning to the show for season 10, E! News has exclusively learned.
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Bersch, Tobias (d. 1701)
Tobias Bersch, an elder of the Hutterian Brethren, a weaver by trade, was chosen as preacher on 15 March 1651 at Sobotište, Hungary, and ordained on 16 March 1653; appointed as leader (Vorsteher) of the Hutterian Brethren in Hungary on 10 January 1694, after the death of Caspar Eglauch. Only a few details are known about his work. He died in 1701. Matthias Helm was chosen as his successor.
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 483, 484, 557, 563.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 197.
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According to the Fox O'Reilly Factor He lists his mother-in-laws' residence in an elderly area that doesn't allow children...Wexler has three teenagers. He actually lives in Maryland and claims to own a home in Florida which is a lie. I wonder where he pays taxes? If at all.
To run for office from a district one is required to be a resident of that district. Wexler lives in Maryland and has for more than a decade now. He has no residence in South Florida, though his ML does ... and of course he claims it as his residence.
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Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society
2700 Ninth St., Berkeley, CA 94710-2606
845-7735 x11
Shelters and places adoptable animals in loving homes. Seeks financial donations and volunteers.
Nonprofit tax ID: 94-1347069
Berkeley Neighborhood Computers
PO Box 2435 Berkeley, 94702
Refurbishes computers for low-income families, schools. Seeks financial
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Nonprofit tax ID: 94-3218936
Berkeley Public Education Foundation & Berkeley School Volunteers
1835 Allston Way, Berkeley 94703
Supports Berkeley public schools with grants to teachers. Seeks community volunteers, financial donations.
Nonprofit tax ID: 94-2918219
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
2322 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704
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Berkeley Youth Alternatives
1255 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94702
845-9010; www.byaonline.org
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Nonprofit tax ID: 94-1711728.
Housing Rights, Inc.
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Malcolm X Elementary School Garden
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Northern California Land Trust
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
This week, Zero Punctuation reviews one of the often lauded greatest games of all time, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Wow, retro lol
wow.. none of us on the "guess this weeks ZP" guessed that.
loved the review, you should do more retro games!
Why the hell is he ragging on Myst? That game was awesome (though the subway puzzle in the Selenic age was hair-pullingly frustrating if you didn't know what you were doing).
there really was nothing else for you to review?
I mean
you could have gone with Donkey Kong Country Returns instead
Well... that was unexpected.
Oh man, this brought back some good memories. XD
Well done, you shrewd man.
"Playing the floor is lava on the surface of mercury" LMAO I can not stop laughing at this!
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
that was actually buckets of fun. I've been meaning to try an actual castlevania game (sad, yes I know) might be time to pick one up
If Yahtzee did "more" of everything that everyone requests of him, then he would explode.
Another fantastic review, but I must say I didn't expect you to review a retro game. I expected socom 4 by the opening, but perhaps that is something you can do next week?.
Awesome! I've been playing it recently and am doing the inverted castle at the moment, it's pretty annoying though so I've left it for awhile. Not to mention, you know, Mortal Kombat hasn't left the PS3 since it arrived at my door.
It would be great if Yahtzee could do Mortal Kombat, I'm pretty sure legal-wise he'd be fine. Nobody over here seems to have had any problems with it.
Ninja'd word for word...
Most current games are terrible anyway. More retro reviews! :D
It's safe to say I was not expecting that. In fact, I even prepared a big rant on you not bothering to play any of the multiplayer for Brink...
My afternoon is ruined.
Another fantastic review again!. I actually expected a review of Socom 4 with the opening.
Nice review, he should do more retro ones.
Should just point out that the backwards Dracula thing was originally done by Universal Studios in 'Son of Dracula'... guess what his name was ;)
Good review!
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Great job again Yahtzee you handsome devil you.
Symphony of the Night is a good Castlevania game, but I still personally think Bloodlines was the best. It was creative and very very unforgiving D:
Nice, I played this game on PSN a few months ago for the first time and of all the things the game does well is the amazing soundtrack, I couldn't believe how well they could create the atmosphere for their respective areas. The graphics looked surprisingly good since I really liked the art style and the various special effects some of the weapons/shields had.
Sure the voice acting was bad, but you could just laugh at it and/or ignore it, not like it had any in-depth story anyway. Probably what bothered me the most was the serious imbalance in difficulty, at the beginning some bosses could be hard but after getting to the inverted castle there's pretty much nothing that could present a challenge for you anymore, especially if you got the Crissaegrim. It just goes to show what I think; a metroid style game is at its best when it's really close to actually being metroid, like Cave Story or Arkham Asylum, RPG elements have no place in it.
well that was nice to see. Always wanted to play Symphony, options are to fork out for the PS1 game or a console to download the SOB from, either way my wallet will be chewed up and spat out.
How funny you should do this review now! Summer Vaccation just let out for (some of) us, and I decided to get in some wholesome gaming. Symphony of the Night was the first game I considered settling into. But sadly I can't play the game anymore. I loved it when it was still fresh for me. But I've played the game over 20 times now. I know all the spells and special moves- not by conventional memory, but rather by muscle memory. No matter how much I change up the game, or equip weaker items to make the experience harder, I just can't get interested anymore.
SotN is one of those rare games they don't make anymore (Shadow Complex aside). It's awesome for those that have played it less than 5 times. :) There really needs to be more games like it, too.
Why did the first two posters get warnings?
Also, nice review! I've been meaning to pick this up for the PSP, since it's so well suited for it. Also, I just finished Outland. I had a lot of fun with that game...same style. though probably not as much depth.
Hmm, the escapist is a bit slow isn't it
Oh, it's Wednesday....
But yeah, I like the Random retro review, made a nice change.
holy shit i did not see that one coming
Retro. Nice.
Great review and all but I want you to rip MK a new one. Possibly 'cause I never played SotN
"every time you swap a palette A CHILD DIES" alone was worth the time.
well now im going 2 have 2 buy that god dam it
Alucard = Dracula backards!? Mind = Blown.
Strangely I was complaining about the lack of variety of enemies in Fable 3 only a couple of hours ago - that this game had such a large range and was for the ps1 makes me more disapointed at the current gen's variety.
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Rape charges dropped against Penn State football star Austin Scott
All rape and sexual assault charges have been dropped against Penn State football star Austin Scott. The charges were dropped by the Centre County district attorney. The District Attorney's office filed the charges in early October 2007 one week after Scott had been suspended from the Penn State football team.
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno said Saturday that he wants to help former player Austin Scott get to the NFL but does not regret his decision to suspend Scott from the team last fall. Scott's attorney, John P. Karoly characterized the prosecution of Karoly as being "overzealous".
The rape charge, and the suspension put Scott in a state of psychological and career limbo. The forfeiting of his senior football year and the stigma of the rape charge created severe doubt as whether Scott could ever play in the NFL.
In withdrawing the charges, the Centre County district attorney's office issued a statement saying its case was handicapped by a ruling to allow the defense to cross-examine the accuser about rape allegations she made in 2003 against a Moravian College student who was later acquitted.
In a written decision, Centre County Judge Thomas King Kistler cited as reasons to allow the cross-examination, 19 similarities between the two cases, including assertions that the woman never cried for help and that she kissed both men goodbye after intercourse.
Karoly, who has won multimillion-dollar settlements in brutality and misconduct suits against the Bethlehem and Easton police departments, said he is still hoping for an apology from Paterno or the university or both.
Before Saturday's Blue-White spring football game at Beaver Stadium, Paterno said Scott — a running back who led Parkland High School to a state championship in 2002 — was suspended for the remainder of the season because he was out late two nights before a football game.
"My problem with Austin, irrespective of [the charges], was the fact that he was out until 3-4 o'clock in the morning during the season — period," Paterno said. "He knows that."
He also said he would like to help Scott, 23, pursue a future in the NFL.
With the District Attorney's office knowing of the prior rape charge and the 19 similarities of the two cases, in the dankprofessor's opinion this case should have never gone forward. The decision to go forward functioned to punish Scott without trial. Even though the ruling judge effectively undid the prosecution's case, the District Attorney's office needlessly allowed this charge to stand for some seven months until they were forced to admit that they had no case against Scott.
In a press conference held by Scott's lawyer and by Scott, they implied that a lawsuit would be forthcoming. By clicking here, one can click on and see the entirety of the press conference video. I urge my blog readers to do so. The video allows viewers to experience the plight of Austin Scott in a more up close and personal manner. In the video it was also stated that a lawsuit against Penn State University was not being ruled out. Scott is hoping to receive an apology from the university.
As for his coach Joe Paterno, he sated the following- "Austin and I talked last week on the phone, and I said as soon as we get through this thing, you should come up and we can talk about your future a little. I told him, if I can help him get a better opportunity with a pro team after this thing is over with, I'd do that."
As for the university's handling of the case, such appears quite similar to how Duke University handled the rape charge against the members of their lacrosse team. Assume guilt and offer no refuge to the presumed guilty. Such is the world view of too many university administrators, particularly when charges of some sort of illicit sex are involved. The Duke University administrators who facilitated Duke moving against the lacrosse players still remain at Duke in good stead. Let us hope that Penn State takes a more proactive stand in attempting to right their wrongs against Austin Scott
And the Morning Call which has reported on this case and which I cite as my source in this posting has not righted their wrongs. In the Morning call article, the Morning Call did not use the name of the woman; the Call stated that the woman's name is being withheld "because it does not identify alleged rape victims". But the Call just doesn't get it. The woman is no longer an alleged rape victim. The victim has been shown to be Austin Scott who was was the subject of a false rape report.
It appears self-evident to the dankprofessor that a charge against the woman for filing a false complaint should be forthcoming. Will the Call then reveal the woman's identity? And even if a charge which should be charged is not filed, the Call should still reveal the woman's identity. If her identity is not revealed, it will be demonstrated to like minded others that one can make false rape charges with minimal public opprobrium.
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As the American economy sags, the race for the presidency gets tighter--except in one dimension. Hispanic Americans continue to support Barack Obama by an astonishing 61%-to-27% margin. Were Obama to win, it might well be because of his attitudes on one issue: immigration. But it is an issue on which he will be unable to enact any of his preferences, let alone those policies that many Latinos support. The Republican Party has taken a tough stand on the topic. Democrats have their own bright lines. That means America's immigration system is likely to stay as it is right now--utterly broken.
We think of ourselves as the world's great immigrant society, and of course, for most of the country's history, that has been true. But something fascinating has happened over the past two decades. Other countries have been transforming themselves into immigrant societies, adopting many of America's best ideas and even improving on them. The result: the U.S. is not as exceptional as it once was, and its immigration advantage is lessening.
Would you have guessed that Canada and Australia both have a higher percentage of foreign-born citizens than the U.S.? In fact, in this respect, America--which once led the world--increasingly looks like many other Western countries. France, Germany and the U.K. have only slightly fewer foreign-born residents than America (as a percentage of the population). And some of these countries have managed to take in immigrants mostly based on their skills, giving a big boost to their economies.
Canadian immigration policy is now centered on recruiting talented immigrants with abilities the country needs. Those individuals can apply for work visas themselves; they don't even need to have an employer. The Canadian government awards points toward the visa, with extra points for science education, technical skills and work experience.
The results of the system are evident in Vancouver, where American high-technology companies like Microsoft have large research laboratories and offices. The people working in these offices are almost all foreign graduates of American universities who could not get work visas in the U.S. They moved a few hours north to Vancouver, where they live in a city much like those on the American West Coast. Except, of course, that they will pay taxes, file patents, make inventions and hire people in Canada.
Sixty-two percent of permanent-resident visas in Canada are based on skills, while the remainder are for family unification. In the U.S., the situation is almost exactly the reverse: two-thirds of America's immigrants enter through family unification, while only 13% of green cards are granted because of talent, merit and work. And it's actually gotten worse over time. The cap on applications for H1-B visas (for highly skilled immigrants) has dropped in half over the past decade.


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That practice needs to change, CDC Director Thomas Frieden said.
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The study's findings were based on 166,000 interviews in 44 states
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damage, breast cancer and other health problems, the CDC said.
The CDC defines binge drinking as five or more drinks in a few hours
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Spike Lee, Usher and Cheech and Chong have been added to the long line-up of celebrities honoring the eight 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees at the annual ceremony held in Los Angeles this spring.
Oscar-nominated director Lee (left) will partner with Harry Belafonte to pay tribute to hip hop group Public Enemy, while comedians Cheech and Chong ("Up in Smoke," "Still Smokin") will present Lou Adler — who produced the duo's movies — with the Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement. Usher, a new judge on "The Voice," will perform for Quincy Jones, the second Lifetime Achievement award recipient of the evening.
Also read: Donna Summer, N.W.A., Rush Among Rock Hall of Fame Nominees
This year's other inductees include Rush, Heart and Randy Newman — all scheduled to perform — as well as post-mortem inductees Donna Summer and Albert King.
Jackson Browne and John Fogerty will join Newman on stage during his set. Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains will perform with Heart during the ceremony, while Chris Cornell will induct the "Crazy on You" rock band.
Carole King, the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, is also set to perform for record exec Adler, who once served as her manager.
Also read: Carole King Is First Female Songwriter Honored With Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize
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Standing for human rights
By Wendi Wheeler '06
People passing through the Augsburg Quad today may see a group of students holding glittery peace signs with the message "Auggies Care: No More War." These Auggies are with Ibrahim Al-Hajiby, a first-year student who is literally taking a stand for human rights.
Al-Hajiby came to Augsburg last spring to study international relations, but his thoughts are often with friends and family in Yemen. "In my country, all over the world, and even on Wall Street, young people are being arrested, humiliated, and sometimes killed for protesting for their rights," he said. He organized this 24-hour peaceful protest as a way to show solidarity with youth around the world, especially his friends who have been killed or injured while protesting.
In Yemen, Al-Hajiby was afraid to protest not for his own safety but for that of his family. "But now that people are supporting the protesting in Yemen, I feel I need to do something."
From 10 a.m. Thursday to 10 a.m. Friday, Al-Hajiby is asking passers-by to stand with the group in the Quad and hold a sign—for five minutes or as long as they wish. This evening, the group will light candles, sing, and listen to bag pipers.
"Here we talk about human rights, we read about it, we see videos about it in class," Al-Hajiby said. "This is a time for us to act and show our support." His wish is that young people will be inspired to overlook their differences to support each other as members of the human race.
Al-Hajiby said he plans to send pictures and videos to his friends in Yemen to show them that Augsburg students care about their fight. "This is not about me," he said. "It's about the new generation that is going to make the world a better place. The first step in fighting terrorism is to fight for human rights, and that is what we are doing."
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A bittersweet feeling has marked striker Asamoah Gyan's history with his national team, but the talismanic striker says he is feeling positive about Ghana's chances of winning their fifth African title at this month's CAF Africa Cup of Nations. The Black Stars, who were continental champions in 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982, have reached the semi-finals of the last three events, and they are anxious to break the voodoo against the other 15 finalists in South Africa.
Set for his fourth successive appearance at the AFCON, Gyan has only five goals in the finals so far, but he insists his record of 28 goals in 60 appearances with the Black Stars should be enough to seal the lips of critics. "I'm not disturbed because my ratio of goals with the national team is impressive," he recently told FIFA.com. "It is natural people expect you to score as striker, but it is not always so. Sometimes you have to create the chances for others to also score. I always do my best to help the team to victory."
Still just 27 years old, Gyan was not born the last time Ghana won a major trophy at full national team level, but he says the mood in the camp is positive as the side try to compliment their positive recent history. "I'm very hopeful we can break the jinx and end the long wait for the African title," he admitted.
Back among the Stars
Twice the Al Ain forward has opted to prematurely fold up his international career after denunciation from supporters - the latest after last year's tournament staged in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea - only to announce a return four months later. But the captain has always been closely integrated with his team-mates, and Ghana have generally fallen in well behind leaders like the legendary Abedi Ayew Pele, Stephen Appiah and lately John Mensah. It is a legacy that Gyan takes seriously. "I have so much respect for Appiah. He was such a great leader on both ends - on and off the pitch - and so was Mensah. They taught me a lot and with the support of my colleagues, we should deliver the ultimate," he said.
On the journey to the top in South Africa, the Black Stars must contend with old foes, Mali, Congo DR and Niger in Group B where they will be housed in Port Elizabeth. Gyan says the group test will be trying even before they consider taking on the big guns of Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and holders Zambia. Mali, for instance, beat Ghana for the bronze medal in the last championship. "No team can be underrated at this level. All four sides in the group are strong contenders. We played Mali at the 2012 edition and saw their performance. Niger, though not a big team, has a strong side and can always cause an upset." he remarked.
I will no longer take penalty kicks for Ghana.
En route to South Africa, the Black Stars will camp in Abu Dhabi, a city where the Ghanaian forward is idolised for his striking abilities for local side, Al Ain. He is the current top scorer just behind his 22 goals netted last season, and this past year has arguably ranked as a career-best for the former Udinese, Modena, Stade Rennes and Sunderland hitman, winning his first ever league title and the golden boot, both with Al Ain before capping it with being named Ghana captain. However, he suffered a blow a few days after accepting the armband with the death of his mother through a motor accident. "[2012] was a positive one for my career, but with some good and bad moments. Losing my mum was a big blow. But I'm mentally strong and focused now."
A return to South Africa
More pain is invoked for Gyan when one mentions South Africa, where his last-gasp penalty miss against Uruguay during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ cost Ghana a historic place in the semi-final. And after missing again from the spot as the Black Stars bowed to the eventual winners Zambia at the last AFCON, the 27-year old has given up on spot kicks. Of his 21 goals for Al Ain this season, six were via penalties, but the two misses with the national team continue to haunt him. "I will no longer take penalty kicks for Ghana. My mother advised against penalties, and since she is no more, I have to heed to her advice."
Gyan played no part in the Black Stars' opening two games in the Brazil 2014 qualifiers, against Lesotho and Zambia, which came during his self imposed exile, but he has pledged his commitment for the remaining matches to ensure a third successive Mundial berth.


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If you really think about it there are fanatics on both sides. Religion is really only
a group of people believing in a certain way. Atheism to me is the same way
my beliefs and the right to them. I like to live my life with my own beliefs
so I do not begrudge anyone else in their beliefs.
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Atheism is certainly not a belief system. An atheist is simply a person without any belief in gods. Period. An atheist may well have a strong tendency toward skepticism with respect to any and all unsupported beliefs, but, apart from epistemology, there's no system that might define his attitude toward what we can know as true in the world.
When you ponder it, "belief system" seems an odd and suspect expression. It takes for granted the dubious idea that everyone must subscribe to a ready-made assemblage of interlocking and mutually reinforcing beliefs, or attitudes, about the Universe and existence itself.
A system of beliefs shared with others is a safe intellectual harbor, a place where all the fundamental human mysteries have answers, where there's reassurance to be found in the essential Goodness and Purpose of Life and Creation. Why wouldn't you want that? As long as you subscribe to the system, there's nothing to worry about. We know the answers--or, if we aren't sure, at least we know where to seek for answers when we have troubling questions. Dude, everything's OK.
So, not to have such a system is a state theists often equate with having no beliefs at all--no answers, no safety, no hope, no purpose, no way to tell right from wrong. Existence is just a horrifying, inexplicable, ungoverned, meaningless mess. What a timid, prejudicial crock of shit that is.
Beliefs arise from knowledge. There's no other trustworthy place to find them. When theists use "beliefs" to refer to things that they assert can be truly known without any evidence, when they insist that wishful thinking is knowledge, they have righteously and arrogantly corrupted the meanings of both words, "belief" and "knowledge."
Have you published any of your thoughts elsewhere?
I am very impressed by your erudite explanation of how our non-belief cannot be considered a "belief system," and why we should be suspicious, if not cautious, with the very use of that term. It's obvious to me you have your act together and enjoy an exceptional ability to express your thoughts on this subject with well-written and easy-to-read prose.
I agree with your assessment of this specific point and look forward to reading more of your comments.
Thanks very much, Rob. I'm a freelance writer--a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. I also teach writing (online) for the U. of Maryland. My Hector Bellevance suspense/mystery series features an atheist detective (Bellevance). Each of the three novels is set in northern Vermont and inspired by an actual crime. The most recent is THE ERRAND BOY (Three Rivers Press), which came out in 2009.
Here's my author's page at Amazon.
While agreeing with most of your points, I am slightly troubled by the implication that being an atheist is being against supernatural gods. (...someone who does not believe in supernatural gods...I'd rather be for something than agaist (sic) something.")
If being an atheist is defined as being against God (or gods), then I am not one of those. I just don't believe there is a God (or gods). I don't see how I can be considered "against" everything I don't believe exists. I consider myself a free thinker, but I don't want to be labeled that if it confines me to a specific definition of what a "Free Thinker" (or Freethinker) is to someone else.
On the other hand, isn't it possible for someone to think of themselves - Of course, anyone may think anything they like of them self. - as an Atheist and a humanist and a free thinker and any other category they choose to identify with, as long as their choices are not contradictory, or mutually exclusive? Where is the freedom of thought if you have to be careful that your thoughts are not objectionable to someone else, or that your thoughts do not meet a set of criteria established by any group purporting to have the authority to do so?
If at any time you feel any angst that your thoughts are in violation of some preconceived set of rules, you're right back to the mental condition brought about by religion, in my humble opinion.
Ah, but you do know. With almost as much certainty as you know that leprechauns don't exist.


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Academic Success Center
The Academic Success Center at Southern provides services that support students on their journeys to gain scholastic independence and achieve academic success. The Academic Success Center's aim is to assist students to become more independent and self-motivated learners, to master course material, and to develop and apply effective study strategies. This center serves the entire student body by helping students prepare, advance, and excel. It will provide an environment that is personal, caring, accessible, and friendly where students can make it their home for academic support.
Academic Advisement
The Academic Advisement Center familiarizes students with college policies and degree requirements; evaluates with students their academic performance and direct them to appropriate campus resources; and provides an information exchange between advisor and advisee to help foster student success. The Center is located in the Wintergreen Building.
Disability Resource Center
The Disability Resource Center (DRC) provides students, faculty and staff with assistance and information on issues of access and full participation for persons with disabilities at the university. The DRC's principal duty is to provide services and supports that promote educational equity for students with disabilities. Assistance includes arranging accommodations and auxiliary aids that are necessary for students with disabilities to pursue their academic studies, both in and out of the classroom.
Center for Adaptive Technology
Established in 1989 as the Adaptive Technology Lab, the Center for Adaptive Technology has a three-part mission to:
- Support SCSU's students with disabilities
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- Provide community support
Expanding from the original, centralized model of the Adaptive Technology Lab, the Center now includes the CAT Lab and the Educational Technology Resource Lab (ETRL). The CAT Lab serves students with disabilities and the ETRL serves students studying in fields relating to adaptive technology. The Center has also installed accessible stations throughout most computer labs on campus, as well as Buley Library and several dorms.
Office of Study Skills Enrichment
The Office of Study Skills Enrichment (OSSE) teaches useful personal management skills for school and for day-to-day life, in addition to study strategies. The OSSE workshop program helps students learn many tools and skills to help them manage life as a student. Workshop topics include: time management, study skills, goal-setting and prioritizing, note-taking, researching strategies, test taking and even conflict resolution.


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Onion base for gravy
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 4 large onions, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 21- to 22-pound turkey; neck, heart, and gizzard reserved
- 1 large onion, quartered
- 4 1/2 cups (about) low-salt chicken broth
- 2 large fresh rosemary sprigs
- 2 large fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 bay leaf
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- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
Recipe Preparation
For gravy base
Melt butter in large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and sauté until deep brown, about 40 minutes. Mix in rosemary and thyme, then flour; stir 1 minute. Add vinegar and honey; simmer until thickened, about 2 minutes. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.
For turkey
Mix butter and herbs in small bowl. Rinse turkey inside and out; pat dry. Place on rack set in large roasting pan. Sprinkle inside and out with salt and pepper. Starting at neck end, slide hand between skin and breast meat to loosen skin. Spread 1/4 cup herb butter over breast meat under skin. Rub remaining butter over outside of turkey. Place turkey parts and onion quarters in pan around turkey. DO AHEAD Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
Set rack at lowest position in oven and preheat to 350°F. If stuffing turkey, spoon stuffing loosely into main cavity and neck cavity. Tuck wing tips under; tie legs together loosely to hold shape. Roast turkey uncovered 1 hour. Tent turkey breast and tops of drumsticks loosely with foil; roast 1 hour longer. Add 1 cup broth, herb sprigs, and bay leaf to drippings in pan. Continue to roast until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 175°F, basting with 3/4 cup broth and pan juices every 30 minutes, about 2 hours 30 minutes longer for unstuffed and 3 hours longer for stuffed. Transfer turkey to platter; let stand 30 minutes (internal temperature will increase 5 to 10 degrees).
Strain pan juices into 8-cup measuring cup; spoon fat off top. Heat gravy base over medium heat. Whisk in flour, then pan juices. Boil until gravy is reduced to 7 cups, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
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MLB Weekly Report: Mets' David Wright Now Hitting .412 [VIDEO]
A quarter of the way through the 2012 MLB season, divisional races are starting to take shape. Meanwhile, several players are turning in incredible statistical years. Here's what's happening in Major League Baseball:
Mets' David Wright Hitting Over .400
Despite a recent lingering illness, New York Mets' third baseman David Wright is hitting .412 through 41 games. Wright had two hits on Sunday, including a two-run, first-inning double, in his team's 6-5 win over Toronto. The last major league player to hit over .400 was Boston Red Sox great Ted Williams, who hit .406 in 1941. Wright's Mets (22-19) are in third place in the NL East, just 3.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves.
L.A. Dodgers Sweep Cardinals
Pinch-hitter Scott Van Slyke hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning on Sunday night to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a three-game sweep of the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals. The victory gave the Dodgers the best record in the majors at 28-13. Manager Don Mattingly's team is 15 games over .500 and leads second-place San Francisco by seven games in the NL West.
Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander Toss Gems At Pirates
Detroit Tigers' pitcher Max Scherzer struck out 15 in just seven innings on Sunday in his team's 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The victory gave Detroit a 2-1 interleague series win. On Friday, Tigers' ace Justin Verlander lost a bid for his third career no-hitter with one out in the ninth inning as Detroit beat the Pirates 6-0. Verlander's 12-strike out performance left him at 5-1 with a 2.14 ERA this season. The Tigers (20-21) are in third place in the AL Central, three games back of Cleveland.
TBS To Broadcast Wild Card Games
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that TBS will broadcast the two, new Wild Card playoff games this year and in 2013. As announced by MLB this past off-season, two wild card teams in each league will duel in a one-game playoff to advance to the next round of the MLB post-season. Also, two Division Series games in the 2012 and 2013 postseasons will be moved from TBS to MLB Network.
Play of the Week: Juan Pierre, Philadelphia Phillies
In his first year in Philadelphia, veteran outfielder Juan Pierre is contributing to the Phillies in several ways. Most recently, these two catches against the Chicago Cubs' Bryan LaHair on Thursday night helped the Phillies get back over .500 at 20-19. Click the arrow to watch video of the two great catches:
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Upcoming Series To Watch: Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies
Washington has been trying to build a rivalry with Philadelphia for years. It looks as though their wish has been granted. The Nationals will come into the three-game series in Philadelphia on Monday in second place in the NL East, three-and-a-half games ahead of the Phillies. The last time these two teams faced each other, the Phillies' Cole Hamels intentionally threw at Nationals' rookie Bryce Harper, who subsequently stole home. Hamels was suspended for admitting the bean ball, while the notoriously partisan Philadelphia fans have marked the cocky Harper as a target of their legendary ire in advance of his first appearance at Citizens Bank Park.
Fantasy Player to Add: Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds' reliever Aroldis Chapman earned his first save of the season on Sunday in his team's 5-2 win over the Yankees. With a 100-plus mph fastball, Chapman has been devastating hitters in 2012. In 22.1 innings pitched, he's 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA, 39 strikeouts, allowing just seven hits. Now finally getting saves as the Reds' closer, Chapman's numbers can do nothing but help your staff.
Fantasy Player to Drop: Rickie Weeks, Milwaukee Brewers
After back-to-back 20-homer seasons for the Brewers, second baseman Rickie Weeks was thought of as a power-hitting middle infielder that Milwaukee could count on in 2012. Instead, Weeks has stumbled, hitting just .154 for the Brewers with four home runs and seven runs-batted-in. Weeks' bad luck got him dropped to sixth in the lineup, and he didn't play at all on Sunday, when the Brewers pelted the Twins 16-4.
Around MLB: Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper Homer; Kerry Wood Retires; Brett Lawrie Suspended
Washington Nationals' starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (4-1, 2.93), who has been dominant on the mound this season, hit his first major league home run during his team's 9-3 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Teammate Bryce Harper hit his first career home run in an 8-5 Washington win over San Diego on Monday. At 19 years and 211 days, Harper became the youngest major leaguer to homer since Adrian Beltre in 1998…. Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Matt Kemp went on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring after Monday night's game. Prior to the injury, Kemp had played in 399 consecutive games, the most by an active player. Detroit Tigers' first baseman Prince Fielder took over the mantle with 217 consecutive games played as of Wednesday….Chicago Cubs' pitcher Kerry Wood retired on Friday after striking out the only batter he faced at Wrigley Field. The oft-injured Wood, who had been dominant at times during his 14-plus years in baseball, was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1998 and a two-time all-star… Philadelphia Phillies' manager Charlie Manuel and umpire Bob Davidson, were each suspended for one game by Major League Baseball after their heated argument on field in Philadelphia during Tuesday's Phillies-Astros game…The New York Mets will host the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field in Queens, MLB announced on Wednesday. It's the first time the Mets have hosted the mid-season classic since 1964 at Shea Stadium….Toronto Blue Jays' third-baseman Brett Lawrie was given a four-game suspension and fined after he charged umpire Bill Miller on Tuesday. Miller was also struck by a helmet thrown by Lawrie during the melee during the game against the Tampa Bay Rays.


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Forest protest
The last time Dr Grumble went on a protest march it was over MMC/MTAS. Before then it was way back in the 60s. Dr Grumble does not often feel the need to take to the streets. But yesterday Dr Grumble felt the need to take, not to the streets, but to the paths through his local woods. Once again it was an interesting experience. Dr Grumble took a look around at the protesters. Many, perhaps the majority, might best be termed middle-class old farts. They were very peaceful and rather too quiet. They are not the sort of people who know how to protest. What brought all these people out?
Dr Grumble thinks that these middle class old farts have rumbled the coalition government. The electorate are not quite as daft as politicians like to think. We the people have realised that Cameron's Big Society is something of a con. It is not really about less top-down government. It is more about look after yourself. The government is not going to do anything. You are going to be left to your own devices. The woods may well need looking after and preserving for future generations but that's not the job of government. The call from Cameron is for the locals to get their act together and sort out the maintenance of their woods themselves. If they haven't got the money to buy them, then somehow they have got to raise it. If they can't then the woods will simply have to be sold to the super-rich. There's no discussion because we are in a financial crisis. It has simply got to be done. That anyway is their line. It's a similar thing with the NHS. It's performance is awful. There's no choice. Something has got to be done. But is any of this true?
According to Mark Steel, in 2007 a report by the Ministry of Defence on future threats to national security stated that the growing gap between the middle class and the super-rich could lead to the middle classes becoming a revolutionary class taking the role envisaged for the proletariat by Marx. Could that be what was happening in the Grumble woods? Have we become aware of the enormous divide between us and the local super-rich Charterhouse-educated MP? How many people on the march were lowly-paid government servants who are already giving much of their time to society? How many were teachers who stay late? How many were doctors or nurses doing much more than they are paid for? Who amongst these has the time to raise the money to buy the woods we already own?
Dr Grumble thinks that it is these things that brought out the crowds and not just concern about the welfare of our forest. The woods matter but so do all the others things this government doesn't want to take any responsibility for. Everywhere you look you see the pernicious effects of this Big Society nonsense. As others have joked, society is going need to be big to have all the volunteers needed to take on all this extra work. No. It's not just the woods. The government doesn't want the Royal Mail. It doesn't want the NHS. And it wants parents to run the schools. We the electorate have not signed up to this, Mr Cameron. We elect governments to look after things. Things like libraries. And universities. And students. And, yes, our woods.
We are not taken in by assurances that the 'royal' will still be in Royal Mail. Or that the queen's head will still be on the stamps. That is just a Condem con. There might (or might not) be a case for privatising the post but please don't play these tricks with Dr Grumble. We need a proper case for these changes and not patronising platitudes.
And another thing, Mr Cameron. We are not taken in by those consultations. We had enough of this from the previous government. We know that government pollsters will ask ludicrous motherhood-and-apple-pie questions designed so that you get the answer you want. That's not democracy.


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Nieuwenhuis draws start in center against Halladay
NEW YORK -- When Mets manager Terry Collins perused his lineup options prior to Monday's series opener against the Phillies, he quickly realized how few of his hitters boasted solid track records against opposing starter Roy Halladay. Then he scanned down to Kirk Nieuwenhuis' name.
"He's only had three at-bats, but he does have a hit," Collins said, laughing. "We don't have very many, so I thought I might run him in there."
So it happened that Nieuwenhuis played center field and batted leadoff in Philadelphia, one day after coming up with a big ninth-inning single in New York's comeback win over the Marlins. Because Collins has been mixing and matching his outfielders on a daily basis, it is only natural that he should also reward players for strong games and key hits.
"Any time you can get at-bats helps you for sure," Nieuwenhuis said. "I'm just trying to grind up there."
Right fielder Marlon Byrd was also back in the lineup Monday, one day after grounding a walk-off two-run single past a drawn-in Marlins infield. Byrd is the only Mets player with strong numbers off Halladay in a significant sample, batting .313 with two doubles and a triple in 16 career at-bats.
He and his teammates did their requisite homework on Halladay before the game, as they usually do in the clubhouse video room. Though Halladay has demonstrated a much-publicized lack of velocity this year, the Mets were not taking anything for granted against their longtime nemesis.
"One of the things that's made him special in my mind is not just his stuff, but the way he's pitched," Collins said. "He makes his pitches. And he's got so many weapons that you can't ever sit on anything, because you don't know what you're going to get."


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It may be hard to believe, but Natty Heavy, the party rockin' DJ who took our Best Of Charleston award this year is actually also a regular, everyday dude named Nate who likes to spend time with his family.
"When I'm DJ'ing, I'm jumping around and running all over the place and interacting with people," he says. "I'm keeping the energy high and telling them to put their hands in the air, stuff like that. At home, I'm a dad. I have a 2-year-old daughter, so most of the time I'm dressed up like a princess or something. It's a contrast, for sure."
And if you're going to be a successful DJ, you've got to keep the after-hours partying to a minimum. For Natty Heavy, who fell in love with DJ'ing when he was 13 years old, there's too much work to do. "One of the biggest misconceptions that I run into is that people think it's all girls and parties and drugs and drinking," he says. "If you want to be successful, there's so much behind-the-scenes stuff you have to do. You have to treat it like a business; I can't be wasted on a Monday morning when I have to send out emails and do marketing stuff." —Vincent Harris
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Selected Passages From the Writings of Orthodox Saints Compiled by Father Demetrios Serfes Christianity. Christian religion is not a certain philosophic system, about which learned men, trained in metaphysical studies, argue and then either espouse or reject, according to the opinion each one has formed. It is faith, established in the souls of men, which ought to be spread to the ... Read More »
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