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Among the Christian shopkeepers of the city, there is little hope that things might improve. "What do I think about the future?" asks one owner, sitting outside a store that's been in his family for nearly a century. "I don't know. Maybe this store will be taken over by Orthodox Jews. Already Israelis are asking us to sell our shops for many times more than what they are worth. The hotel behind this store, they have already taken. The Israelis want this city. So in the future? I cannot say."
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writing narratives as a swarmApril 22, 2009
Today I tried to map the design experiment findings from Hybrid narrative ecology on top of the foraging behavior in swarms.
Every time when individual starts some narratives it leaves a trace and focuses his own attention on certain features. This makes him accumulate more similar narratives until he becomes aware of the story.
So, web 2.0 stories are granular and appear even for the individual as a result of accumulating some idea traces, which works as an environmental feedback to notice more similar traces.
The more the narratives are accumulated, the more attractive and visible the story as a trace becomes, this attracts other individuals as well.
The attention is caught by various trace-leaving techniques like mashing, pulling and aggregating, tagging for social retrieval, social awareness technologies, hybrid maps etc.
Picking up traces of other individuals of the swarm depends on analogy or closeness of the attractors narratives to your own.
Is it a species specific? And the species is defined by similar culture, using same kind of retrieval, mashing, pulling etc?
Various collaboration forms may appear. One is agglomerating stories similarly like termites build the nest. The traces (pheromones) are glued to the soil material (the content of the narrative pierces, text, images).
This is kind of swarm-like co-working without initially decided goal, but still co-working emerges (eg. dedicating narrative pierces for the story). Cloning narrative pierces may also make the trace of the narrative more visible, similarly like pheromone traces are agglomerated due to the swarm activity. Thus cloning will hype up some stories.
Actually this story is not something that has start and end, but it is like the current or dimension that emerges when swarm collects narrative pierces individually. The story currents may remain individual stories, or may attract more storytellers.
Individuals tend to mutate their narratives. Most often these are errors, which always happen if we try to tell the same narrative. Interpretation happens most often if narrative is transformed from one environment to another, from one individual to another. This presumes translation from one system to another without complete coding correlation.
This may in the end change the attractor to the certain story so much that the story trace will be lost and individuals need to start the search for new narrative resources as new attractors.
Some mutations may also cause the appearance of new attractors that allure the swarm away from the story.

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text: Hello and Welcome!I would suggest putting your location in rather than "hopeless lost". A lot of beekeeping can be local. When you ask for help it makes it easier to give it if people know where your are. Beekeeping in NC is different than beekeeping in VA or NH, for example.It's a fun hobby. And addicting.


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House-scalping: Teen sentenced in notorious, puzzling incident
The Charlottesville High School student-athlete arrested last fall for a death-defying, house-scalping car crash has been given time behind bars to flex his remorse muscles after a judge–- expressing shock that the teen did his most dangerous deed just two months after a conviction for a similar crime–- ordered Tsaye Simpson to remain inside the juvenile justice system for three and a half years.
"It doesn't look like being found guilty has any effect on him," said an irked Judge Paul Peatross, ordering Simpson to remain locked up until his 21st birthday. If Simpson errs again, Peatross said, the court could impose the suspended portion of the sentence: 22 years in Virginia's adult penal system.
The case follows an incident last August when then 17-year-old Simpson burgled a house in the Johnson Village neighborhood while the owners slept, stole their car, and then led police on an 85 mile-per-hour chase along Rugby Road that ended in a spectacular–- and puzzling–- crash. He was convicted of grand larcency, breaking and entering, eluding arrest, and leaving the scene of an accident.
Appearing Wednesday, June 9 inside Charlottesville Circuit Court, the now 18-year-old Simpson–- described as a standout player for CHS basketball and football teams–- shuffled in wearing handcuffs, shackles, and the distinctive gray and black uniform of the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail. Staring impassively around the room, the lean teen with close-cropped hair and beard was repeatedly asked by the judge as well as his own lawyer if he would make a statement to demonstrate his regret. He declined.
"He said all he has to say," said Alyssa Oakes, after the hearing. "He already wrote an apology letter."
Oakes, who described herself as Simpson's girlfriend–- though noting that her parents have prevented her from visiting her incarcerated former schoolmate–- asserts Simpson's innocence.
"They only have one person who said he did it," says Oakes, noting that investigators did not recover any fingerprints, blood, or other physical evidence linking Simpson to the Ford Five Hundred sedan found crumpled and upside down in a backyard near the intersection of Rugby and Barracks Roads.
Surrounded by four other female CHS students and self-avowed Simpson fans, Oakes asserted that Simpson pleaded merely to avoid stiffer punishment from a system "trying to set him up." However, Simpson's own attorney made no such protests. After all, just two months before the burglary and house-scalping of August 7, Simpson already had garnered two juvenile convictions–- but was free while awaiting sentencing–- for similar crimes.
"It is unfathomable," defense attorney Christopher Graham told the judge, "what caused him to do these acts–- breaking into people's homes and taking their cars for what were essentially joy rides."
Prosecutor Elizabeth Killeen took a particularly dim view of Simpson's target on that fateful night: the Highland Avenue home of Nancy and Jack Horn Sr., the latter the founder of Martin Horn, one of the area's largest construction companies and–- in what Killeen sarcastically called a "remarkable coincidence"–- the firm that had terminated Simpson's father's employment a year earlier.
For his part, Horn, though noting that he hasn't yet received any apology, contends that it really may have been a coincidence. But house choice may been the least of Simpson's mistakes. According to Killeen, there were several whoppers:
- a come-pick-me-up call he placed moments after the crash to a friend via Horn's cell phone,
- a don't-snitch-on-me text message, again via Horn's phone, sent to the friend moments after a police debriefing, and
- an incriminating phone call (which the friend put on speaker) when police returned to re-interrogate the friend.
Father Earl Simpson, who also has a daughter, testified to maintaining close relationships with his children, who lost their mother at a young age, "to keep them away from corruption."
Killeen seemed sympathetic to the family's plight, and in agreeing not to seek adult prison time, she noted that only two or three juveniles during her 11-year career deserved such punishment. (One was a child rapist; another slit a woman's throat while informing her she'd been cut by a "real killer.")
However, Killeen bristled at the way the dad had claimed that his son was falsely accused in the earlier burglaries and how the younger Simpson maintained "stone-cold innocence" until eventually pleading guilty.
The younger Simpson was a "good student and a smart young man," said an official who helped Simpson write apology letters to some of his victims.
"He was exemplary in his thoughtfulness and cooperation," testified the official, David Saunier, coordinator of the Central Virginia Restorative Justice Program. "I believe that he was genuinely sincere."
Saunier wasn't the only powerful force smiling on Simpson. If the latest guilty plea was genuine, Simpson somehow piloted a stolen sedan 85mph–- slower than the cruising speed of some small planes–- through a garage, a house, a tree, and then remained uninjured as the vehicle came to rest on its roof about 100 yards from and nearly 50 feet below the sidewalk where take-off occurred. (A neighbor expressed surprise that the wreckage revealed no corpse when finally flipped upright by a tow truck.)
The incident caused over $100,000 in damage to the home of a couple, who were displaced to a hotel and then to an apartment for the nearly four-month course of repairs, and the City of Charlottesville had to rebuild the intersection with a new guardrail and traffic signal to replace infrastructure shorn away by the flying Ford.
Yet police found neither cuts nor bruises while interviewing Simpson within 48 hours of the crash, according to his lawyer. The case remained officially unsolved until mid-October, when Simpson was arrested, putting an end to his senior year at CHS and delaying his plan to enter Piedmont Virginia Community College.
As part of the sentence, Simpson must remain on good behavior for 25 years, avoid his burglary victims, and pay up to a quarter of his post-release income toward the nearly $16,000 that State Farm insurance spent for the totaled car.
"Obviously, you've got great potential," said Judge Peatross. "I hope you take advantage of this opportunity to get some help and right your life."
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I's really sad to think this is what you get when you spend $16,000 a year to educate kids.
"Why are yall seriously running yall mouths yall dnt no me alyssa simpson or da rest of his so called fans"
I am soooooo very happy that I dnt no ne of dem!
Are we sure this guy's actually only 18? I say cut him open and count the rings, dude looks two weeks shy of 35.
I blame the fans. You girls feel fine because you're not locked up, so what you are doing is gloating over this poor guy's misfortune. He has THROW AWAY his youth and it is a tragedy. The judge has put him in a spot where he may very well go to prison FOR A LONG TIME after he is 21. You fans are selfish. Nothing has happened to you. It's him who HAS THROWN IT ALL AWAY. Don't you get that, even just an inkling of it?
simpson "fan" - read above...disrepect would be me not even acknowleging his existance...I cared that he screwed his life up and said so. Read June 11th post as well.
Ha I realize that. Just being facetious.
At least GH's friends didn't come on here and defend him. "You don't know him..." "you don't know the full story so shut up", etc
I think he was too nervous to talk in court. I'm serious.
"Staring impassively around the room, the lean teen with close-cropped hair and beard was repeatedly asked by the judge as well as his own lawyer if he would make a statement to demonstrate his regret."
CC, Since the education system obviously failed, can we get a refund? LOL!
The younger Simpson was a ââ?¬Å?good student and a smart young man," said an official who helped Simpson write apology letters to some of his victims.
Sparky, just jibberish, that's all....
wow, way to show him judge! I hope you didn't hurt yourself shaking your finger at the criminal and saying "now don't do this again". wouldn't want you to do to much work. What a disgrace...this guy is a grade A world class screw up and should be treated as such. 3 years in juvi...what a joke.
Hey! pimpin' aint easy!
He's not as dangerous as some people, like a 44 year-old, married, Caucasian, female, Harvard-trained PhD bio-chemist with a shotgun!
Maybe you should choose your friends more carefully....
@Free Simpson:
why you are tripping*
Hope this helps. Stay in school.
I have no idea what 95% of the above means.
Somebody want to translate and provide a synopsis?
Let me get this straight, this piece of trash broke into someone's house, stole someone's car, and hit someone's house and we need to show him respect. This low class trash with a "the man set me up" story doesnt deserve any respect for his criminal actions. Anyone who think otherwise just enables this behavior. I wouldnt be suprised if you glorify the whole "you owe me because I'm (insert whatever race you like)", "I wasnt taught any better", "I want nice things but dont want to earn it." F'n wannabe ghetto trash.
Then the reporter gave us the real story.
Wow since when did it go from being about simpson to talking about someones education?
"I's really sad to think this is what you get when you spend $16,000 a year to educate kids."
Just because she types a certain way doesn't mean she's uneducated. I think if anyones uneducated it would be everyone that's talking sh*t about people they don't even know, underage girls at that. I bet YALL are in YALLS 30s at home with kids & you have nothing better to do? *tsk tsk* what a shame.
simpson "fan" - not judging at all...he's already had that and been found guilty, however, if you don't want to hear others comments, don't log into the "Hook". DUH!
Geeze...30 is old?
Maybe if VA would have had a voucher system and Simpson's parents had sent him to a private school....would it have made a difference? Food for thought....remember GH.
No voucher could pay for Landon prep
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@ JJ Malloy "yeah right" whatever!
@ nbc29fan "That guy has a 1970's Afro. . ." well he was in juvy, you don't get weekly haircuts in there and if you do you have to pay
@whoajustasecond lol! i know that's right!
ANYWAYS FREE TSAYE !! HENDRICKS IS A SNITCH !!! And yes this is one of the 5 female CHS students who was there and knows about the case! =)
Hatersss! hahahahaaaaa
I love how you guys blame us though considering we are the "fans" even though you know nothing. Don't try & act like you "care" so much about him. If you did where were you when his court date came around??
Um excuse me how exactly are we "gloating"? Were his friends we back him up 100% obviously you don't get that. How are we selfish were not getting anything out of him being locked up we would rather him be out instead of being locked up of course. You obviously have NO IDEA what you're talking about but thanks for caring haha..=)
Cleopatra will you read my future? Please since you know his I wanna know mine =) haha
Alyssa, glad you are in his corner! However, it obvious from his past actions, he WILL be getting that 20 later on for his next offense. Can't keep a good guy down (he'll just go out and do it again when he gets out) and the "hater" card won't play then either. Hang it up 'bout those drivin lessons..anyone can't miss a house is in sad shape! Sounds like he had a great future ahead of him and one night of "playin'" nuked his chances forever...feeling some deep empathy for him, not hatein' at all. He sounded like he could have been heading for the pros....
colfer, nope they don't get it....too young to know yet. Feeling for them when they do figure it out though. Look back and see their friend and how he threw it all away.
@Whateva! ok well in my opinion I do think you all are hating. My reason behind this is because like I said you all do not know him. So im just saying that if you don't know the guy why sit around and waste your weekend time talking about him? I think that's pretty dumb. I mean how would you like it if he was someone that you knew and people were talking all this stuff about him when they don't know him? you would be mad & say what you gotta say right? RIGHT! So that's what im doing. I don't care what is said about him, me, or the other Simpson "FANS" so please quit wasting your time. Hahaha! & Honey, we don't need to take any kind of lessons from him but driving ones! Ok??? SMH, Simpson "fan" get these losers =)
FREE TSAYE!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU SIMPSON!!!!!! YOU GOT THE HATERS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE ON DECK!!!!! EVERYONE IS ON YOUR JOCK HONEY!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! NOW WADDUP? cause 4 years aint a thing compared to the 20 something he was going to get! =D
Alyssa and simpson fans: According to Killeen, there were several whoppers:
- a come-pick-me-up call he placed moments after the crash to a friend via Horn's cell phone,
- a don't-snitch-on-me text message, again via Horn's phone, sent to the friend moments after a police debriefing, and
- an incriminating phone call (which the friend put on speaker) when police returned to re-interrogate the friend.
Yeah, we haters alright! Hate that he messed up so bad, destroyed property and then did it again! We be hatin' that he didn't learn the first time and is now gonna get YEARS in juvi....what a shame, sounds like the dude had talent and was on a path to success..now he jus be hangin' out wit the udder losers....he had a chance a blew it. Maybe you guys should learn from HIM!
you blame the fans? Haha! What did we have to do with that? D*mn, I swear yall some haters. Lol! Blame whoever, he got his time & there is nothing anyone can do about it now so your opinion is not needed!
Um yeah I'm another one of the Simpson fans & Obviously everyone has their own opinions...but like she said they're not needed you weren't there so you don't know anything & if it was one of your friends or a family member you would back them up 100% too just like were doing so honestly don't be hypocrites when you would do the same thing...he's serving his time so just leave it at that & there's nothing more that needs to be said about it.
How did he get Horns Cell Phone? Did he just happen to get out of the car and miraculously it was laying on the ground?
I blame the fans.
To clarify, this guy has thrown his life away (youth, life if he re-offends), and you girls are gloating over it all.
uhh yeah so this is the girlfriend & aww angel eyes, you sarcastic trick! I love you too! hahahahaaaaa
Interesting case. Before his arrest I already had him pegged, that is demographically, since only certain types of feral individuals could walk away from a crash like this. Love the girlfriend, too funny that it's all about "the man" setting him up and of course he's totally innocent and there was a conspiracy to "set him up".
What a crowd of utterly bizarre individuals who have little chance of ever being more than a burden to society, people who just act on impulse according to the expediencies of the moment, never with regard to consequences, and always ready to blame the world for the trouble they get into.
With all of this people in this country are actually worried about illegal immigrants??
...and pay up to a quarter of his post-release income toward the nearly $16,000 that State Farm insurance spent for the totaled car
Ummm... who's paying for the rest of the more than $100,000 in damages done?
That guy has a 1970's Afro. That's hip!
Yes! Terry!
And might I add:
House-scalping while the antichrist BHO loots and destroys our once great country.
Hey Your Mother...While I agree with you totally, just waiting for the "you dont know him" retorts (notice the ' was left out)....as far as respect, they haven't learn that respect is EARNED, not a right. With his actions, doubt respect is anything he will get from decent people. NBC29Fan: The fact he was a star athelete and someone had to "help" him write the apology letter, states a couple of things: 1. Our education system and Bush's "no child left behind" policy has failed. 2. Regret for his deeds is questionable (other than he got caught). JJ Malloy: the voucher might have not paid for Landon, but there are others that would have had just the same effect that were cheaper...and the pun on that was "Gee, GH had a high profile prep school and he still screwed up".....
This may seem like an open and shut case to most people, I just need to know if the glove fits to make up my mind.
Just another thug, apparently with friends and family enabling his foolishness. I'm glad he was caught and sentenced before he really hurt someone, I just wish the sentence was much, much longer.
ââ?¬Å?Obviously, you've got great potential..." Dude would make one heckova stunt driver. He ought to be sentenced to work on the next Dukes of Hazzard or James Bond movie and pay for damages with his earnings.
He's been set up several times now (sarcastic smile)! Hopefully, he will figure it out and get it together before he gets out. Waste of good athletic talent for the armchair athelete on Sundays.
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WOW, there is no moderator. House scalpers are rare. We should keep this talented individual on ice for as long as possible just in case we need him to help solve future mysterious roof collapse incidents.
"Surrounded by four other female CHS students and self-avowed Simpson fans, Oakes asserted that Simpson pleaded merely to avoid stiffer punishment from a system ââ?¬Å?trying to set him up." "
lol yeah right
@ simpson ''fan'' I know that's right! Get the people for blaming us. Lol wow! They don't know Tsaye, don't know us, don't know the real story & therefore you have no reason to judge anyone.
whateva dun pegged it righteous.
@ FREE SIMPSON yeah I know & its sad when it seems like they sit at their computers all day & comment news stories lol.
If it wasn't you or someone you know why care? They wouldn't care about you if it was the other way around. You don't really KNOW him & I doubt u ever will so don't judge him.
Ok whether he's guilty or not that still doesn't give anybody the right to disrespect him...you obviously have nothing better to do then comment on something someone you don't know did. I feel sorry for you sweetheart but I'm sure if he was reading this he would love that u took time out of your day to think about him. =)
Ok... go ahead with that theory then. It don't matter to me! Think what you want, Say what you want, do what you want. It's whateva! Ya digg? I aint for da whole open my mouth & da flies start buzzin out! Naw meen homes? Look mane you want da real story you take yo self right on over 2 cell block 8 and ask for da goon. Take a stack & a battery wit you and "fried pickles" is gonna be the password to get past the doo. Once you in you gotta freestyle a couple of lyrics of da top of ya dome and let loose. Hit em wit da flex bout 3 times, pop lock and drop it den superman dat hoe and da guy with the red bandana on his head will let you know what went down! All jokes aside mane! Das how you do it if you want da info
TEAM SIMPSON!!! WOOHOO lol & cville eye is a little nosey sumbody but if your not in it you will never know...so WADDUP!?!?!?!?
"led police on an 85 mile-per-hour chase along Rugby Road"!
85 miles-per-hour on Rugby Road?
The difference between him and our family members is: we don't have family members whose behavior is a threat to life and limb. But Alyssa, ya got taste in guys, and I got you pegged too!! That young man has all the makings of a prime "babydaddy"!!
Coulda got 20 years, eh? Give him time and he will, probably after costing someone else their life, but if the rest of us are lucky it'll just be one of those "misdemeanor murders" where he goes to jail and society doesn't miss whoever he does the deed on.
I'm sure he's a real charmer if he's at least temporarily in your corner, and surely burglarizing someone's house in the middle of the night, stealing their car and nearly killing a sleeping couple is no biggie and those folks can't possibly matter, can they?
Angel eyes, pegged right on in more ways than one.
I don't care about him, I'm glad he's in jail and should be there for much longer then 3 years. I never fail to be amused at "hater" being used as an insult. Yes I am a "hater", I hate criminals of all kinds. I don't know why the judge only gave this world class screw up 3 years in jail, it should have been much longer...
now you "fans" feel free to come back with whatever poorly worded, spelled, and only partially thought out come back. I'm sure it'll be worth checking back to read tomorrow
Hey! Whats all dis arguin' 4? C'mon now. We out here holdin' it down 4 my boy Tsaye! Oh aite! I see yall about to get your future read and what not, I was just wondering if I could ge mine done too. And im LMAO @ whoever "Whateva!" is cause he or she is probably a grown woman/man waisting their time arguing with teenage girls! Funny, I can see why you trippin Alyssa. Oh yeah what's good simpson "fan" ? I feel you too!!! TEAM SIMPSON ALL DA WAY MANE
@Cville Eye- Man I aint tellin you SH*T. You should have been at the trial if you wanted to hear about it!
"They don't know Tsaye, don't know us, don't know the real story & therefore you have no reason to judge anyone." Then tell us the real story, FREE SIMPsON.
yes cleopatra AKA Whateva!. Since you seem to know Tsaye's future, why not tell simpson "fan" hers?
Hahahaha!!! Wow! Look hun, all im sayin' is I don't know why you are taking the time out of your day to keep speaking on him. Simpson "fan" you are right. You know he would be honored to see all these people talking about him. He always told me his life felt like a movie and now he has fans. Don't worry im sure he will sign autographs when he is released. And as for him getting that 20! You don't know that! I talk to him everyday and TRUST ME he has learned his lesson so quit speaking on the guy saying he is this or he is that or saying what he is going to do. You Cleopatra now? Predicting the future! Simpson "fan" stick your palm out, Whateva! is gonna read your palm lines and predict your future for FREE!!!! HAHAHAHA im trippin' so hard off these comments man! God, they are just making my day!
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It was all part of the elaborate set up, of course. The "man" had every possible contigency covered to make sure they got this guy.
The whole thing is pathetic..It's obvious even his girlfriends know he's guilty. I'm glad they think it's funny..he easily could have killed himself or, worse, killed some poor person sleeping in their own bed as he crashed through their house. And stealing other people's property for your own thrill and enjoyment..what a hoot!
This guy will be a burden to the state for years to come. Hilarious, right!
Why are yall seriously running yall mouths yall dnt no me alyssa simpson or da rest of his so called fans and i aint see none of yall at court so you dont know what youre talkin bout or what went down and why is yall on da internet shudnt yall be some where workin or takin care of yall kids
Find some better to do with lives n dats directed to every1 who left a negative comment
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This young man's long term objective is to attend PVCC?
Do we really need someone who drives like this on their curving hilly entryway, the site of so many accidents of non-daredevils already? Exercising such poor judgement there would kill people, but probably not him.
Once I watched the video I decided that he was trying to die.


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Justin Bieber's Paternity Suit Dropped: Report
The case alleging the pop star fathered a baby with a 20-year-old fan was said to have been dismissed
Oh, baby – the paternity lawsuit against Justin Bieber has been dropped, according to a report.
The suit, which alleged that the pop superstar fathered a child with 20-year-old fan Mariah Yeater, was dismissed last week, says TMZ.com. Her lawyers reportedly withdrew from the case following a call from Bieber's lawyer, Howard Weitzman, threatening legal action.
A statement from Matthew Hiltzik, spokesman for Justin Bieber, was issued on Wednesday, echoing a previous statement. The new message said, "As we've said from the beginning, it's sad that someone would fabricate such a malicious, defamatory and demonstrably false claim. We'll continue to consider all of our options to protect Justin."
The case was set to go to court Dec. 15, and Bieber, 17, was prepared to take a paternity test to prove he was not the father of Yeater's 3-month-old baby.
Yeater, who was seeking financial support, may have also faced statutory rape charges. (In the state of California, the age of consent is 18, and Bieber would have been 16 at that time of the alleged sexual encounter, according to Yeater's accusation.)
In the suit, Yeater alleged that Bieber, who is currently dating fellow pop star Selena Gomez, lost his virginity to her backstage at an L.A. tour stop.
But Bieber was adamant about drowning out "the rumors" and "the gossip" from the get-go, he previously Tweeted.
"I know that I'm going to be a target," he said two days after the suit was filed, "but I'm never going to be a victim."


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Congressman Joe Kennedy is heading to Asia as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation.
The Massachusetts Democrat and seven other members of Congress led by California Republican Rep. Ed Royce will spend a week traveling across Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Hong Kong.
The trip begins Saturday and wraps up Feb. 24.
Kennedy, who sits on the House Committee on Foreign Affair, said the trip underscores the relationship between the United States and the region, and the shared alliances on global security and economic development.
The delegation will be meeting with top officials including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They also will spend a day in the city of Tacloban in the Philippines observing the damage caused by last year's Typhoon Haiyan.
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How does the OPC evangelize as a church body? In other words, do you have street evangelism with church members, or door to door evangelism, or what? How does the OPC get the word out to the world about Jesus? I am not referring to individual efforts but to the church as an organism.
Thank you for your good question.
I'm uncertain whether you use "OPC" in a local congregational or denomination-wide sense. Perhaps you mean to include both.
At the local level congregations, under the session's oversight, may engage in a series of meetings presenting the gospel, or set up mass mailings to inform the community about the church and her ministry, or engage in many other forms of evangelism. No two congregations will be alike.
At the denominational level the OPC has four committees on:
Christian Education
Foreign Missions
Home Missions
Diaconal Ministries
These committees represent the ministries of word and deed that throughout the church's history the Lord has been pleased to bless to the conversion of the lost and the building up of believers in faith and discipleship.
Our Christian Education Committee publishes and distributes all kinds of material for the churches to use. Moreover, the OPC and PCA jointly run Great Commission Publications, which has become an increasingly respected and effective worldwide agency for teaching the gospel.
Perhaps our committees on Foreign and Home Missions need little or no explanation as to what they do, also on a worldwide basis, and the word "Missions" itself expresses their concern for evangelism.
The ministry of deed is that of Diaconal Ministries. Local congregations, presbyteries, and the General Assembly are diligently at work to meet the needs of the poor and needy through their respective committees of diaconal ministries. The Epistle of James is important to us!
Our monthly denominational magazine, New Horizons, features reports and articles on the work of these four committees.
A basic conviction undergirds the OPC in the cause of evangelism: The Lord is pleased, through the preaching of the gospel (as well as the administration of the sacraments and the practice of church discipline) to call sinners to himself and to build the body of believers in the knowledge and grace of the Redeemer.
I hope the preceding is helpful to you. The Lord be with you.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Real Salt Lake (5-4-2, 17 points, West #2) opened its three-game road trip in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night, scoring twice in the final 15 minutes and getting a stoppage time penalty kick save from GK Nick Rimando to down the New England Revolution (2-4-3, 9 points, East #8) 2-1 at Gillette Stadium.
New England MF Ryan Guy opened the scoring in the 51st minute, volleying a 15-yard shot inside the right post to put the Revs on top. RSL responded well after falling behind, getting an equalizer from first-time scorer FW Devon Sandoval in the 77th minute and a winner from FW Olmes Garcia in the 89th.
Rimando secured all three points in second half stoppage time, making a heroic penalty kick stop on Revolution FW Saer Sene after RSL DF Carlos Salcedo was whistled for a handball in the box and shown a second yellow card to drop the Claret-and-Cobalt down to 10 men. Rimando is now 19-for-60 (31.67 percent) against regular season penalty kicks, the best such mark in MLS history.
The first half was relatively quiet, with the majority of the action coming in the opening 15 minutes. New England had the half's best chance in the sixth minute. FW Jerry Bengston got behind the RSL defense in the left side of the box but couldn't get a shot off; instead laying the ball off after Rimando came off the line to turn him around. MF Diego Fagundez had a good look at the pass but let the ball roll to MF Lee Nguyen, who eventually got it back to Bengston for a close-range effort that was deflected out for a corner kick.
RSL had half chances in the 11th minutes and 29th minutes. MF Luis Gil had the first look, collecting a ball on the left side before cutting in on his right foot and firing a 20-yard shot just over the bar at the far post. MF Ned Grabavoy had the second opportunity, volleying DF Tony Beltran's cross just over the bar from 15 yards.
Things picked up in the second half, with Rimando making a big save to keep New England off the board in the 48th minute. Fagundez had the chance, forcing Rimando into a fine diving stop with a low 15-yard smash that looked ticketed for the lower right corner.
The Revs took the lead three minutes later. MF Kelyn Rowe took advantage of a botched RSL clearance on the right wing, carrying the ball to the end line and crossing to Guy in the middle. Guy made no mistake with the chance, running onto Rowe's lofted ball and nailing a right-footed volley inside the near post from 15 yards out.
Real Salt Lake responded well after conceding, registering decent looks in the 58th and 73rd minutes before nearly equalizing in the 76th. Grabavoy started the play, wriggling free on the left flank and lofting a cross to the middle. Sandoval got on the end of it, heading the ball toward the lower left corner only for New England GK Bobby Shuttleworth to come up with a solid diving stop.
Sandoval made amends one minute later, outmuscling a Revs player to pounce on a rebound and finish for his first career MLS goal. Substitute MF Sebastian Velasquez collected a Grabavoy pass in the left side of the box and fired a shot on goal that Shuttleworth parried away. Sandoval somehow got around his mark to get on the rebound, sliding forwards and burying the five-yarder to tie the game 1-1.
Garcia scored the dramatic winner in the 89th minute. MF Javier Morales lofted a high corner kick to MF Kyle Beckerman at the top of the box, with the Claret-and-Cobalt captain smashing a volley out of the air and on goal. Shuttleworth made an acrobatic stop on Beckerman's rip, but couldn't do anything about Garcia's follow up effort, with the 20-year-old Colombian slipping free from his man and sliding to his right to clinically finish inside the near post from 12 yards out.
Garcia's goal wasn't the end of the drama, however. Referee Jose Carlos Rivero inserted himself into the equation in the 90th minute, when he gave New England a penalty kick after whistling RSL for a handball in the box. The questionable call was made even more controversial when Rivero misidentified Salcedo as the player who handled the ball and sent him off with a second yellow card.
Thankfully for RSL, Rimando – as he's done so many times throughout his career – came up huge on the ensuing spot kick, diving to his right to block Sene's penalty. Beckerman cleaned up after Rimando, beating Sene to the ball and clearing it out for a corner kick.
Real Salt Lake has a quick turnaround ahead of its next match, traveling to Canada on Thursday ahead of Saturday's MLS contest against the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo.
Click here to access video highlights and the RealSaltLake.com MATCHCENTER for RSL 2-1 NE
Real Salt Lake Match Notes – RSL 2-1 NE
- RSL GK Nick Rimando is now 19-for-60 against regular season penalty kicks in his illustrious career. Rimando's 31.67 save percentage on regular season penalty kicks is the best such mark in league history. The early Goalkeeper of the Year candidate is 2-for-3 on penalty kicks in 2013, allowing a successful PK in RSL's 1-1 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 13 and stopping a spot kick in the Claret-and-Cobalt's 1-0 home win over Chivas USA on April 20.
- Rookie RSL FW Devon Sandoval's 77th minute goal was the first goal of his career. The 29th overall pick in this January's MLS SuperDraft, Sandoval started and played all 90 minutes on Wednesday for his eighth appearance and fourth start of the season.
- RSL DF Carlos Salcedo made his first career start on Wednesday night, making it into second half stoppage time before being sent off due to a controversial second yellow card. The 19-year-old Salcedo – who became the first Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy product to play in a MLS match when he came on as a late game sub in Saturday's home win over Vancouver – is the first ever RSL-AZ product to start a MLS match. RSL will appeal Salcedo's second yellow card.
- Wednesday's victory was RSL's first comeback road win since March 31, 2012, when the Claret-and-Cobalt got late goals from MF Kyle Beckerman and former RSL MF Jonny Steele to beat the Portland Timbers 3-2 at JELD-WEN Field.
- Wednesday's victory is RSL's first road win since March 3, when it beat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 at Buck Shaw Stadium in the 2013 season opener. The Claret-and-Cobalt is now 2-3-1 on the road this season.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 2 2
New England Revolution 0 1 1
Scoring Summary:
NE – Ryan Guy (Kelyn Rowe) – 51'
RSL – Devon Sandoval – 77'
RSL – Olmes Garcia – 89'
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Carlos Salcedo (Foul; Yellow) – 35'
NE – Lee Nguyen (Persistent Infringement; Yellow) – 59'
NE – Juan Toja (Foul; Yellow) – 74'
RSL – Carlos Salcedo (Handball; Second Yellow) – 91'
RSL – Carlos Salcedo (Ejection) – 91'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2): Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran, Chris Schuler, Carlos Salcedo, Chris Wingert; Kyle Beckerman (C); Ned Grabavoy, Luis Gil (Sebastian Velasquez, 59'); Javier Morales; Joao Plata (Olmes Garcia, 68'), Devon Sandoval (Abdoulie Mansally, 83')
Substitutes not used: Josh Saunders (GK), Aaron Maund, Lovel Palmer, Khari Stephenson
New England Revolution (4-5-1): Bobby Shuttleworth; Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves (C), Stephen McCarthy, Chris Tierney; Ryan Guy, Scott Caldwell, Lee Nguyen (Juan Toja, 74'), Kelyn Rowe, Diego Fagundez (Saer Sene, 65'); Jerry Bengston
Substitutes not used: Matt Reis (GK), Clyde Simms, Darrius Barnes, Andy Dorman, Dimitry Imbongo
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Referee's Assistants: Greg Barkey, Claudio Badea
4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic
Attendance: 8,040
Weather: Rain and 66 degrees


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San Bernardino Police Officer Gabriel Garcia remains in critical condition at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center on Saturday morning, police say.
The officer, a six-year veteran, was shot once in the head and twice in the upper body around 2 a.m. Friday when he and an unidentified trainee approached a group of six individuals near 19th Street and Garner Avenue.
"Ofc. Garcia continues to fight," Police Chief Jarrod Burguan reported around 9 a.m. via Twitter. "Family reports that overnight treatment went as well as could be expected. Plz keep Gabe in prayer."
Friday, Burguan and other officers had reported Garcia's condition as critical but said they maintained hope.
"The last few hours have provided slightly better news than the first 12 hours," Burguan wrote.
As support for Garcia poured in via social media and a vigil held outside the hospital Friday, officers watched anxiously.
"The next 3 to 5 days are critical in terms of Gabe's prognosis," the police department's main Twitter feed said Friday. We remain optimistic and continue to pray for the recovery of our brother."


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Minimum wage debate focuses on entire Md. economy
ANNAPOLIS – As the debate shapes up over a possible minimum wage increase, the loudest voices on both sides are talking about Maryland's whole economy — not only the plight of individual workers or business owners.
Gov. Martin O'Malley told a House committee Tuesday that a higher minimum wage would strengthen the middle class and cause widespread economic growth. His bill would raise it to $10.10.
"We've fallen into this myth that a stronger middle class is something we can only afford when the economy is doing well," he said.
Douglas Hall, a Washington economist, summarized studies that say higher minimum wages often ramp up general economic production.
"The real job creators are consumers," he said.
If a person making $7.25 an hour has a $2 wage increase, that person is likely to spend the extra money on something like food or clothes, he said. In the pocket of a rich person, those dollars would more likely go toward investments or savings accounts, so they'd have less immediate economic effect.
Later testimony focused on the hardships low-wage earners face. Several ministers argued for the bill as an act of moral and social solidarity. But by starting with economic arguments, the O'Malley administration seemed to anticipate testimony from the other side.
James Dorn, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, said advocates were failing to see that the bill would force employers to lay people off. Small businesses in particular can afford to pay only a limited number of workers. He predicted that those losses would offset the extra money some minimum-wage workers would be spending.
Stephen Fuller, a professor who teaches economic development at George Mason University, recently conducted his own study of how a higher minimum wage would affect Maryland. With a $9 minimum wage, he projected the state would lose 5,000 jobs and $684 billion in potential economic activity. Raising it to $10 would cost the state 6,000 jobs, he said.
He also predicted that workers from Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia would commute to Maryland for wage jobs, then spend their earnings in their home states.
Hall agreed that economic studies have led to a range of conclusions. But he said the most thorough, peer-reviewed studies, including one from the University of California that he called the "gold standard" among economists, undermine predictions like those Fuller presented.
Prince George's and Montgomery counties have raised their minimum wages to $11.50. In most counties it remains at $7.25, the lowest rate permitted by federal law.
Also on Tuesday, Del. Neil Parrott, a Washington County Republican, argued for an alternative bill that makes it easier for counties to set their own minimum wages.
Parrott said counties don't have strong mechanisms for enforcing local minimum wages. His bill wouldn't change the current situation much, but it would allow the state to enforce each county's minimum wage.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Montgomery County has a median household income of $93,373, and in Prince Georges it's $71,260. Meanwhile, Allegany County, the poorest, has a median household income of $37,747.
Parrott said it would be foolish to force the same minimum wage on each of these areas.


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National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Jim Leach was inducted on October 9th into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies.
Established in 1780, the Academy is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems, such as social policy and American institutions, the humanities and culture, and education.
Since its founding by John Adams and other scholar-patriots, the Academy has elected leading "thinkers and doers" from each generation, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in the eighteenth century, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the nineteenth, and Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the twentieth. Leach is among 228 leaders in the academic disciplines, arts, business, and public affairs newly elected to the Academy as it celebrates the 230th anniversary of its founding.
Asked to speak on behalf of the class at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass., Leach warned about a looming crisis in the humanities as U.S. universities increasingly curtail the humanities curriculum to make room for vocational disciplines. At the same time, Leach noted, federal funding for the humanities has declined while research expenditures for the sciences have tripled since the mid-1990s.
"Today civilization is on trial from two extremes: the looming prospect that proliferating weapons of mass destruction could be unleashed, and the reality that the more advanced and open a society, the more vulnerable it is to globalized terrorism," said Leach.
"In this context, mutual understanding – the bridging of cultures, near and far — is the requirement of our age…The humanities are obligated to embrace the challenges that emerge from science and advance a fuller understanding of our times and a deeper grasp of human nature."
In addition to Leach, other inductee speakers were: the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, G. Wayne Clough; renowned cancer researcher and Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, Susan Desmond-Hellmann; veteran diplomat and President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Robert L. Gallucci; and former Federal Reserve System Vice Chair and current CEO of financial services company TIAA-CREF, Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. Actor and director Liev Schreiber and federal judge Diane Wood also participated in the program.
Nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate, Leach began his four-year term as NEH Chairman in August 2009. Leach previously served 30 years representing southeastern Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he chaired the Banking and Financial Services Committee, the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and founded and co-chaired the Congressional Humanities Caucus.
After leaving Congress in 2007, Leach joined the faculty at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, where he was the John L. Weinberg Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs until his confirmation as NEH Chairman. In September 2007, Leach took a year's leave of absence from Princeton to serve as interim director of the Institute of Politics and lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Leach graduated from Princeton University, received a Master of Arts degree in Soviet politics from the School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University, and did additional graduate studies at the London School of Economics. Leach holds eight honorary degrees and has received numerous awards, including the Sidney R. Yates Award for Distinguished Public Service to the Humanities from the National Humanities Alliance, the Woodrow Wilson Award from The Johns Hopkins University, and the Wesley Award for Service to Humanity.
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So will he or won't he?
After serving Sammamish and Issaquah in the State Senate for several years and running in the election for State Governor in both 2004 and 2008, Sammamish Republican Dino Rossi is now weighing a run for a U.S. Senate seat this year. The seat is currently held by a Democrat, Sen. Patty Murray, who is seeking re-election this November for a fourth term in office.
News and rumors of a possible run started early this year when three opinion polls gauging the race put Murray ahead of all challengers, but behind Rossi in a hypothetical match-up by two or three percentage points. The Reporter contacted Rossi on March 12 to find out more about a possible campaign for the US Senate seat.
Q. Mr. Rossi, lately there's been a number of news stories reporting that you are considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Patty Murray. Is this true?
A. There are a lot of people making plans for my life. I have not said that I would never run for office. But I certainly haven't said I would.
Starting out a suburban dad, I never thought I'd get involved in public service ... But if I do run again, the key question is, "Where could I best serve?" We have four kids between (the ages of) 9 and 19. It's not a simple decision made just by me.
Q. There is a recent Rasmussen Reports opinion poll that indicates you have a lead in a hypothetical match-up against Sen. Murray. How does that play into your decision to run or not?
A. This is the third poll in a row that has me ahead (a Jan. poll by Moore Information and a Feb. and March polls by Rasmussen). It's flattering, but the question is does it make sense for my family? In 2004 and in 2008, I ran for governor because the way our state spends money is so severely broken. More recently, the federal spending deficits are growing and definitely going to impact our future. I'm weighing all that
But there's no hurry. The filling deadline isn't until June. Until then, it's a discussion we have to have within the family. The questions we have to ask are, "Does it make sense for us to do this?", and "Will it make a difference?" Because, I don't need the job. I've got a great job right now ... The way you want to enter into public service is you want to be in the right place in the right time, to do something good. I'm worried the spending has gone too far. Right now, we're on a course that really, quite frankly, could bankrupt America. They need someone back there who could balance a budget, like we did in Olympia.
Q. Why are you considering a run for the U.S. Senate? What about serving locally, such as on the Sammamish City Council? For example, John Curley was recently elected to serve there.
A. I talk to John once in a while, but I don't see him very often. Then again, I can always see him on TV. I think he's enjoying it.
Q. So, why not serve as a member of a local city council?
A. It's not an issue of public service. I'm on the board of Special Olympics, for example. You don't have to hold public office to help others.
I could run for public office, I could run for the Senate, and I could run for noting at all. I'm perfectly happy with all three.
Honestly, I do like being at home for dinner at night.
Q. A U.S. Senate seat would move you pretty far from home, wouldn't it?
A. It would. But running for public office is a lot of work. It's a concentrated effort. It's not a casual thing.
Q. Why are these polls including you before you've made a decision?
A. It's common practice. They'll take who they think is the most prominent name and put them up as an incumbent. The polls then get mentioned — they like that. It's like free advertising. I'm clearly a known commodity — and it's an interesting proposition.
Q. How many candidates would you be facing if you decided to run for the U.S. Senate?
A. There are 14 contenders.
Q. Do you have an opinion you could share about any of them?
A. No, I don't have an opinion on them. Most called me before they got in. If you've never run for office before it's a very interesting process.
It's not just something you wake up and say, "I'm going to be a senator"
You have to inspire them to follow.
Q. If you were to run for the U.S. Senate seat, would you have enough time to put together a credible campaign?
A. It's enough time from the standpoint that I've already got a lot of name recognition and know how to do this ... That's not going to be an issue.
I could set up a statewide campaign in about a week, if necessary. When I ran for governor the last time, we had 55,000 individual contributors in 2008 — which I think is a state record. The question I have to ask myself is, "Is this the place I need to be?" I'm going to take my time with the due diligence effort necessary and make a decision.
Q. Have you been consulting with anyone else about a possible campaign, local or national?
A. There are number of people you want to touch base with, who are knowledgeable about this ... but many are calling me.
Q. Like who? Could you name anyone specifically?
A. Well, I'm not going to name names, but let's just say I have been getting calls from D.C., some from Senators you see on TV all the time.
Q. So what are you telling them?
A. Exactly what I told you. I'm an open book. I've been through this drill a couple of times. I know what needs to happen to say yes to this.
It's a big effort but it's certainly not impossible.
Q. You're in the real estate business, correct? How has business been in the recession?
Q. Business? It's been good, (Coast Equity Partners) invests in income properties. It's a good time to buy. It's been an adjustment in last 15 years to go from working (at Coast Equity) to running for public office, that cost me a lot of money, but that's ok. I'm principal at Coast Equity Partners, and it's building nicely ... I first started my own business when I was 25 years old when I bought my first apartment building. It's my first love in business world, owning and operating property ... I'm pretty conservative in my investments, though. The last time I bought anything was in 2005. But we're a long-term holding ... We buy for the long term. That's what they call in our business, the "boring husband" investment.
This article was originally published in the Sammamish Reporter on March 19, 2010.


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At a time when companies are struggling to recruit certain talent, established companies and startups alike know they have to dangle perks to lure recruits into the fold. And since free food and drink, stock options and yoga classes are no longer special, sometimes that means offering outrageous incentives.
In the '90s, I worked for a Silicon Valley startup that offered refrigerators stocked with food and drink, Ping-Pong tables, a weekly cruise, happy hours, dry cleaning service, Razor scooters for zipping around the building, casual dress, and flex-time schedules.
Today, that's barely the bottom-line offering for tech or financial sector employers. According to Forbes and CNN, many companies offer employees discounted or free massages and yoga, and perks like concierge service are no longer reserved for executives. Startups appear to have the most original perks, Mashable reports.
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- Texas-based Container Store rewards employees for safe driving, giving out $5,000 for 10 years of flawless driving.
- San Francisco startup Qwiki allows commuting employees to expense train tickets. The company will buy you a bike or cover your gas expenses.
- If you work for S.C. Johnson, the company will change the oil in your car.
- Abercrombie & Fitch offers its employees electric scooters for buzzing around the corporate campus.
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- Biotech giant Amgen Inc. cooks up health-conscious meals for employees' children dropped off at the company daycare. Employees also enjoy 16 paid holidays a year.
- Microsoft employees can eat in one of the 14 restaurants and pubs located in a company mall that's replete with stores and banks.
- Silicon Valley startup Asana provides workers with two organic home-cooked meals for vegetarians, vegans and meat-eaters.
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- Amgen offers on-campus Lamaze and breastfeeding classes and lactation rooms for mothers.
- Google reimburses moms $500 for takeout meals during the first three months after the child is born.
- Eli Lilly allows pregnant workers to take a paid month off before the baby's due date.
- Deloitte allows workers to check up on their kids in daycare via webcams.
- Cliff Bar treats workers to a 40-foot bouldering wall, fitness center, dance studio, two massage rooms and a staff of certified trainers and nutritionists.
- Pixar Animation Studios employees run on indoors or outdoors paths, train in the gym or swim in the outdoor pool.
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- Steel processor Worthington Industries offers workers subsidized onsite haircuts for $4.
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If you could have any of these perks, which one would you choose?
Woodrow Aames has written articles and profiles for Yahoo, Microsoft Network & Encarta, as well as tech savvy pieces for various computer schools. He holds an MFA degree and has taught English abroad.
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