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As more than 400 people streamed into The Rustic's outdoor patio Thursday, September 28, for Leukemia Texas' fifth annual Concert for a Cure, the group's CEO, Mandy O'Neill, sat in a "cabana" at the back of the property reviewing notes with the chairs before taking off to supervise the festivities.
Below her, guests like JB Hayes, Natalie Solis, Angela Nash with Billy Martin Jr., Roger Hendren, and Amanda and Lloyd Ward were catching up with friends and eagerly awaiting the appearance of the evening's headliner, Reckless Kelly. Mandy, meantime, was expressing her hope that the evening's take would at least match last year's total of $125,000.
The aim seemed do-able, if the crowd's enthusiasm was any indication. Up on the raised stage, Sybil Summers and Nathan Fast from AMP 103.7-FM—followed by event Co-Chairs Jenny Anchondo and Stephanie Hollman—spent time revving up the partygoers. Jenny sits on the Leukemia Texas board, the audience was told, while Stephanie successfully underwent a bone-marrow donation in May in Oklahoma City.
After introducing "Natalie," a young woman who was having various medical problems, the chairs brought out former NFL guard Marco Rivera, who played two years (in 2005 and '06) with the Dallas Cowboys. Marco asked the crowd to bid on tickets to the 'Boys' upcoming game with the Green Bay Packers, saying, "I promise you, the Dallas Cowboys will not kneel!" After Marco started the bidding at $500, the ducats went for $1,100.
Then it was time for Reckless Kelly, the much-lauded, Austin-based Americana band. The group played generously for more than an hour, sprinkling their hits with a few cover songs by Merle Haggard ("Mama Tried") and Bob Dylan ("Subterranean Homesick Blues"). As they did, a few "swing" dancers showed off their fancy steps down in front of the stage.
They weren't the only ones strutting their stuff. When all was said and done, Mandy reported that "it looks like we will be exceeding our event goal." After accounting for expenses—they were roughly 8 percent of the total take—Concert for a Cure was on track to net $110,000.
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R. Wang, Z, Wang, L. Millet, M. U.Gillette, A. J. Levine, and G. Popescu, Dispersion-relation phase spectroscopy of intracellular transport, Opt. Exp., 19 (21), 2011.
We used quantitative phase imaging to measure the dispersion relation, i.e. decay rate vs. spatial mode, associated with mass transport in live cells. This approach applies equally well to both discrete and continuous mass distributions without the need for particle tracking. From the quadratic experimental curve specific to diffusion, we extracted the diffusion coefficient as the only fitting parameter. The linear portion of the dispersion relation reveals the deterministic component of the intracellular transport. Our data show a universal behavior where the intracellular transport is diffusive at small scales and deterministic at large scales. Measurements by our method and particle tracking show that, on average, the mass transport in the nucleus is slower than in the cytoplasm.


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I think violent language is bad for my health—my physical, spiritual, and emotional health. The words we're talking about are weaponized, loaded with anger, and their intent is to smash and incite. Are we supposed to believe that weaponized language has no effect on an audience that hears it over and over?
I don't get it. From theAll Posts time The Gilgamesh Epic was written on clay tablets 5,000 years ago, until recent times, world literature got along fine without word bombs, and so did the movie business in its first five decades.
So on this weekend of the 89th Academy Awards, I have to ask: Why do filmmakers keep using those words? You know the ones. WORLD Magazine doesn't print them. My wife and I have a strong negative reaction to them. When Kris and I were growing up, we never heard them in our homes. We never heard them in movies or saw them in books.
That began to change during the unrest of the 1960s, which started as a reaction against racial segregation and the Vietnam War, but became a rebellion against almost everything. Prominent writers (Norman Mailer, J.D. Salinger, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, Phillip Roth, John Updike, Larry McMurtry, and others) began using forbidden language in books and articles. They won prestigious awards and kept pushing the limits, and the words started showing up in movies.
It's been going on for more than 40 years. In time, maybe violent, abusive language will lose its punch and fade away, but that hasn't happened yet. It infuriates me when I spend money on DVDs that bring it into my home. It instantly makes me dislike the movie.
It's as though I had bought a box of granola that was loaded with salt. I'm buying cereal, I don't want salt, and why should I be put in the position of eating something that is distasteful to me? It destroys my interest in the product, and it's bad for my health.


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Summary events of Novorossiya, March 19, 2017
The Ukrainian fighters have opened fire on the village Zaytsevo in the morning. 1 house was damaged. And also they have shelled the village Dolomitnoe near Gorlovka. 2 houses were destroyed.
The situation in the DPR doesn't change. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled 14 localities. They used tanks, mortars, heavy artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, antiaircraft guns, grenade launchers and small arms, Eduard Basurin reported today. 4 houses were damaged. 1 civilian was wounded in the village Lozovoe near Yasinovataya.
The Ukrainian Army shelled the villages Luganskoe, Signalnoe and Elenovka to the south-west of Donetsk. There is no electricity in these villages, the head of the Petrovsky district Maxim Zhukovsky reported today.
18 foreign mercenaries arrived in the locality Svetlodarsk. They wear NATO uniform and have sniper rifles, the official representative of the LPR People's Militia Andrey Marochko reported today.
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Robb_K wrote:I also can't stand Rosa's Duck drawings (although I like his scribbles. I'd rather see comic book stories printed with his unfinished scribbles. His inking stiffens his figures greatly. But, in addition, I don't like his layouts and perspectives and crowded panels and dark and heavy shading. Might as well have Robert Crumb drawing The Ducks. Also, his "sequel" stories seem very forced andunnatural to me. To me, his best stories are his short gag-run stories. But, I'm sure I'll make a lot of enemies on this forum because of my taste regarding Rosa.
But these opinions are only expressing my taste, not implying these artists aren't good artists (although I think most of the Disney artist were better at drawing than Rosa.
Doctor Witchie Britchie wrote:Rosa has often expressed his disdain of people who regard the Ducks as "fantasy" creatures, but it seems to me that this is the only way they can be regarded.
Doctor Witchie Britchie wrote:Rosa's treatment of them as living breathing humans who die, have sexual relationships, give birth (rather than laying eggs) strikes me as simply ridiculous.
Doctor Witchie Britchie wrote:My Ducks live in their own Duck world, not the real world, and don't need all those sweat beads and all those "mortal" problems.
Don Rosa wrote:Um... maybe they'd want to watch for when Gemstone gets a chance to use the last story I sent to Europe, being a very special new episode of "The Life and Times of $crooge McDuck" the series that's won awards around the world, including one of those Eisners.
Don Rosa wrote:An ad line for this episode might read "at last -- the whole story of what happened between $crooge and Glittering Goldie during that lost month in 1897 alone in a cabin on White Agony Creek". Be there. Aloha.
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As we head into the cold winds and heated homes of Fall and Winter, now would be a great time our hair health a checkup. If you've got lots of damage, frizz, split ends or if that perfect sunny day on the beach dried the life right out of your mane, now is the time to get it in shape---before the leaves blow and the snows fly.
But first you have to know what's happening, so get a strong light and a good mirror and check out your hair:
- Is it dry and flyaway? Stop by Believe for a deep-conditioning treatment right now (you should also schedule one a month until we get your hair in better shape. You should also use a leave-in conditioner like AEstelance's Butter.
- Is it broken all along the length? Consider treating your hair with kid gloves for a while. Shampoo less often and then only with a conditioning shampoo like Semi De Lino Color Protect. Don't blow dry your hair. Instead pat it (don't rub) dry with a towel and let it air dry whenever possible. Use a wide tooth comb on wet hair, never pull with a brush. And about the brush—use a natural bristle brush that has widely-spaced bristles and is gentle on your hair.
- Does it look fried or dry? Put away the hot rollers and flat-iron and use your hair dryer (only when necessary) on the coolest setting.
- Are you sporting split ends? Come into Believe for a trim. We will save the length while getting rid of those tired old ends (their 15 minutes in the spotlight are over...)
- Is your hair getting thin? If you see more of your scalp then you used to (or worse—find ever more hairs in your brush) you might be having a reaction to medications or suffering hormonal changes (for example, many women suffer hormonal hair loss when they are pregnant.) Make an appointment with your doctor if you think this may be the case. If you see an actual bald spot, it could be a sign of alopecia areata, a disease that causes such patches. Or maybe you started dieting (be careful and keep eating a balanced diet. Your skin, hair and nails will be the first to reflect it if you don't.) Also watch how tightly you pull your hair into a ponytail or braid. You can literally pull your own hair out over time—it's called traction hair loss.
- Does your hair look dull with no shine? To get shiny healthy hair (like those women on the commercials, flipping their manes in slow motion) is largely an inside job. We at Believe can recommend some shine-filled products like the Chromastics line or even apply a clear semi-permanent glaze. But when it comes to dull lifeless hair, you are what you eat. Try salmon, packed with high-quality protein, vitamin B-12 , iron and essential omega-3 fatty acids to support a healthy scalp. If you are a vegan, you can add twp tablespoons of ground flaxseed daily to get the same omega-3 fats from a plant-based source. Spinach, broccoli and swiss chard add vitamins A and C, need to produce the oily substance known as sebum—your body's own hair conditioner. Walnuts, cashews, pecans, and almonds provide zinc, which helps keep hair from shedding. Poultry (with its protein) makes hair strong and less faded (eggs work, too.) Last, but never least, low fat dairy, particularly that all-important yogurt, are great sources of calcium which is very important for hair growth.
- Does your hair have no bounce? Get the rest of your body bouncing. Exercise gets your blood pumping and that circulation goes right to your hair follicles, shaking them out of their summer slumbers. Take advantage of the cool weather to walk daily (or even run) and see the benefits in your hair (and skin.)
Now is the moment to make your change-of-season hair appointment at Believe (soon enough, you'll have to drive through slush...ugh!) so come in and see us and share a glass of cider while we come up with a strategy to get—and keep---your hair healthy. We are waiting for you here at Believe and can't wait to hear all about your summer.


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Enjoy highly acclaimed dining at the region's favorite, Prospector, Modern American Kitchen, where renowned Chef Eamonn O'Hara creates fascinating flavors using regionally cultivated ingredients. Long time fans of the Argentine Grille will be happy to know Chef Eamonn is creating sumptuous meals at the same location. The only thing that has changed is the name. Read all about it!
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'The Biggest Loser': Payback for Melissa, not playing the game and Sunshine shines
You have to give Melissa this much: Girl did not back down.
This season's villainess clawed her way back into the house and got to work, not caring a bit that her fellow competitors didn't want her there because of her brazen efforts from Day 1 to control and win the game. That was particularly clear during the underwater challenge, when none of her teammates bothered to help her, delegating her to a last-place finish and a one-pound penalty at the weigh in. Bob summed the karmic bite-in-the-butt thusly: "You're the one who loves the game. Listen, THIS is what happens when you play the game." Melissa, though, had her own interpretation. She took it as proof that these players are all gutless for their refusal to play the game, even though the finale is right around the corner. To Melissa's way of thinking -- and, lets face it, she has a point -- the players should bolster their own positions by leaving her alone and teaming up against the strongest competitors such as O'Neal, Daris, Koli and Sam in a bid to send them below the dreaded yellow line and then kick them off the ranch.
When Andrea and Melissa ended up below the yellow line, she even brazenly brought this argument into the deliberations, challenging the players to wake up to the opportunity at hand and start playing the game in back-stabbing style. Her argument was a stunner, delivered in a courtroom-like manner befitting the lawyer: "I'm basically your fairy godmother. I can't beat you," she told the players as she asked them to keep her around and boot Andrea instead. She told them that since she posed no threat to actually making it into the final four, she was helpful to keep around, as cover as the other players picked off their fiercest competitors.
Has there ever been such a coldhearted, cutthroat plea in "Biggest Loser" history?
Clearly, this crowd ain't playing. "We haven't really been about that," one of the players said as, one by one, they voted to eliminate Melissa. "I don't like doing things the easy way," added Daris, who said keeping the fiercest competitors until the end will make him work that much harder.
What did you think? Eventually, we will have to get down to game-play. But for now, the remaining Season 9 players are trying to do it with style and class. Does this make the show more interesting? Or boring? (I think this season has had the perfect balance: just enough Melissa to make things interesting, while keeping the overall the focus is on the life-changing task at hand.)
Other highlights:
-- Quote of the week, courtesy of a joking Michael, who has manged to lose 154 pounds so far and was showing off his biceps to host Alison Sweeney: "Didn't your mom tell you not to play with guns?"
-- So great to see Sunshine and O'Neal take their precious relationship to the next level with a frank discussion. And: Can Sunshine really take this thing?
-- Maybe I was wrong about my earlier prediction that Melissa and Lance might not be long for this world, after Lance wakes up and realizes how craven she is. They both seemed to be pretty much into each other at the end.
-- Go Vicky, go!
OK, so next week is gonna be makeover week, right?
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Larry Bird to get statue at Indiana State 'bigger' than any Magic Johnson statue
Larry Bird will get a statue at Indiana State that measures three feet taller than Magic Johnson's statue at Michigan State. (Steven Freeman/Getty Images)
Boston Celtics great and NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird will be honored with a statue outside his alma mater Indiana State and, according to the artist, it will be bigger than any Magic Johnson statue on the market, as told in a report from Jeff Eisenberg of Yahoo! Sports.
Bill Wolfe, the sculptor, said that Bird's statue will be 15-feet-tall because the one of Johnson outside his alma mater Michigan State measures 12-feet in height:
"Knowing the competition they've had over the years, I'm making Larry bigger," Wolfe said with a chuckle. "I figured Larry would appreciate that."
According to the report, the statue will be of Bird shooting a jump shot and will be presented to him at the Hulman Center on campus in fall 2013. Wolfe lived near Indiana State when Bird lost to Johnson in the 1979 NCAA National Title game:
"Of course, now Michigan State is probably going to go back and add to Magic's statue to make it bigger than 15 feet," Wolfe joked. "It will keep escalating."


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Besides the power of 25 years' experience and strong infrastructure, GIZIA which holds an international business mentality & great targets, has already became the most important representative of Turkish textile and fashion nowadays. GIZIA which has brought a new aspect to Turkish textile by its design team who has accepted as a trendsetter as well as the companies huge deploy on every area of production and high volume of exportation, has already named as a worldwide brand during the short period of time where it all complied to the quality standards of quality which are above the international standards of quality and it has already located on the same platform where worldwide brands stand.
While GIZIA is taking all attention by its nearly 300 sales point spread worldwide including Middle East and USA, became the contemporary face of Turkish fashion in the world. Also GIZIA is fallowed and appreciated by the fashion authorities all over the world via its chic, feminine and sophisticated style, products carrying the "haute couture" quality and companies growth rate.
Now we glad to invite all Ukrainian fashion ladies to the first official GIZIA store in Kiev, which has been opened in "Ocean Plaza" shopping mall.


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They're smart enough to make people pick up the gun somewhere else and you can get a Pizza Hut gift certificate instead, but it does seem that things have changed quite a bit at Radio Shack since I used to go there to get cords for my stereo. In other news, the Arizona Senate is likely writing up an official commendation for the store manager and his bravery right now.
When driving down U.S. Highway 93 through Hamilton, there's no need to do a double-take when you see the sign hanging above the Radio Shack Super Store.
You read it right. Customers who buy Dish Network will be rewarded with a firearm.
"I think it really, really fits the Bitterroot Valley," said Steve Strand, who has owned Hamilton's Radio Shack for about seven years.
Strand, along with store manager Fabian Levy, wanted to generate more foot traffic at their location. So far, the gun giveaway has worked like a charm.
"It's been really successful," Levy said.
According to Strand, it has tripled his business since the promotion started last October. And, he said, easily hundreds of people have stopped in to see what the sign is all about. "Protect yourself with Dish Network. Sign up now, get free gun," the sign reads.
"We have people literally stop in to take pictures of the sign," Levy said.
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In 2006, I stumbled across curling, and I have to say: I love curling. Curling, as I'm sure you know, is bocce ball meets broom ball meets shuffle board meets physics with, as I found out, a little yoga mixed in.
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Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet is the common reading assignment for all incoming students during the 2017-18 academic year. Be sure to purchase and read it before you come to campus in the fall, since it will be a shared intellectual experience during your first year, both in and out of class. The common reading marks the beginning of the Elon Core Curriculum, the set of courses and experiences that are shared by every Elon undergraduate.
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The much celebrated celebrity death match between 80-yr-old Tulfo and the Santiagos has generated more hits than the recently concluded Cotto-Mayweather boxing match. That's an achievement. Perhaps people prefer a more informal type of fight - held at the prestigious Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA-3), an airport-slash-grandstand (the first of its kind) oozing with awesomeness it apparently has no need for security or any type of surveillance.
Security guards are also really just untrained civilians with company-issued security guard uniforms. Armed with nothing but their bare hands, their vast numbers are at least competent enough to physically restrain an 80-yr-old Aikido/Taekwondo black belt, who must have looked like he was clearly on the way to a lopsided victory over the 2 or 3 people who were intent on giving him a beauty makeover- until his face was glowing a nice shade of mestizo-like red. Later in the police station, you could see the frustration in Tulfo's face after realizing he was duped by the Santiagos, seeing his newly acquired boyishly-handsome skin-tone go on to look like the sky at night.
Still, back in the fight, you have to give it up for Tulfo, who was skillful and creative enough to give Claudine Barretto the worst beating of her life - leaving smudges of what I think could only be Hershey's Chocolate on her thigh. Much respect to her for harnessing her long-dormant acting abilities by demonstrating how said Hershey's Chocolate can be bad for your health with a convincing limp.
Also, kudos to the airline, who many believe to be the chief organizers of the fight. They're the only airline kind enough to withhold bad news from their passengers, at least letting them 'enjoy their flights' while it lasted (there's some truth to the pablum they spew over the intercom after all). This proved beneficial to other passengers as well. I imagine anyone lucky enough to sit beside an irate Claudine Barretto would be pretty grateful.


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This year's honored guest is Dr. Jodie Holt, the botanical consultant for the blockbuster film Avatar, where she shaped Sigourney Weaver's character as a botanist and helped create and name plants for the film. She is Professor of Plant Physiology and Chair of the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at University of California, Riverside. We are pleased to honor her at the Gala with the Paul Ecke, Jr. Award of Excellence for her life's work as a distinguished scientist and educator.
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The Indian Railways has announced recruitment to the posts of Non-Technical Cadre throughRailway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) in Indian Railways. The recruitment to the posts of Non-Technical Cadre in Indian Railways will be done on the basis of a Common Computer Based Test to be held on the same day by all participating RRBs. This book has been designed for the candidates preparing for the non-technical cadre main examination 2017 for recruitment to the posts of Non-Technical Cadre. The present book for RRB (Non-Technical Cadre) Phase-II Common Computer Based Test 2017 has been divided into three sections namely General Awareness, Arithmetic and General Intelligence & Reasoning Test, each sub-divided into number of chapters as per the revised syllabi of the Phase-II examination. The General Awareness section covers History of India, Geography, Indian Polity, India Economy, General Knowledge, Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The Arithmetic section covers Profit, Loss & Discount, HCF & LCM, Percentage, Average, Mensuration, Geometry, Trigonometry, etc. whereas the General Intelligence & Reasoning Test covers Alphabet Test, Blood Relations, Word Formation, Sense of Direction Test, Classification, Puzzles, etc. Each chapter in the book contains ample number of solved problems which have been designed on the lines of questions asked in previous years' Phase II RRB Common Computer Based Test. The questions provided in each chapter have been divided as per the difficulty level – Level I & Level II. The questions in Level I are comparatively easy as compared to questions in Level II. Practising these questions will help aspirants solve even the difficult questions in the phase-II examination. Over 4000 chapterwise objective questions have been divided into difficulty Level I & Level II. The book also contains three model papers which will help aspirants practise to complete the question paper within the allotted time and also in evaluating yourself. As the book has been designed strictly according to the new syllabi and examination pattern of RRB Non-Technical Cadre phase-II exam and contains ample number of practice questions, it for sure will help the aspirants prepare their best for the upcoming RRB Non-Technical Cadre Phase-II Exam 2017.
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Terror Tone's Tundra instantly reminded me of times out in London, back when I was there in '09. I worked for Universal Music at the time doing digital marketing for a few of their rap artists. And as terrible as they all were and the rap scene in general out there, I think I've finally found something from England, and technically Toronto too, that's got potential. And even though the Ragga Twins are nothing new to the scene, if anything quite the opposite, with Terror Tone's garage edit, this puts a whole new spark to "UK rap."
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Sound familiar? Surrrre it was a does. Why, it's laff-a-palooza!
Could it be that, to the Bush Administration, one of the most dangerous things about Ahmadinejad is that he is calling the Bush Administration out? And so, if Ahmadinejad can't be silenced, at least he can be discredited. I'm not saying he's a good guy at all. I'm only saying it's hard to know the full story when the Bush Administration seems so invested in smearing Ahmadinejad — and the media, as we've already learned with Iraq, is happy to choose its facts in convenient accordance. Maybe we shouldn't buy into the Bush team's characterization of Ahmadinejad as part of their drumbeat escalating toward potential war. Maybe we should listen to Ahmadinjead ourselves and sift through what, if anything, is worth hearing…
It striking when a leader with an abysmal human rights record is the one championing the rights of the poor and oppressed to the president of the United States who proclaims to be the world's savior. Dangerous, indeed — certainly to the status quo he critiques.
The painful truth: Gibby kind of likes her. You can tell.


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Global commercial service introduction (CSI) was achieved for Global Xpress (GX) during December 2015.
The GX constellation is formed of three Ka-band, high-speed mobile broadband communications satellites. Each I-5 satellite is expected to have a commercial life of 15 years and together, the three satellites provide the coverage required to deliver global GX services.
Each satellite was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan:
I-5 F1 – launched on 6 December 2013 to deliver regional GX services for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia
I-5 F2 – launched on 1 February 2015 to deliver regional GX services for the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean Region
I-5 F3 – launched on 28 August 2015 to deliver regional GX services for the Pacific Ocean Region.
As part of Inmarsat's US$1.6 billion programme commitment, a fourth Global Xpress satellite (I-5 F4) is currently completing construction and testing by Boeing in California, and is likely to be launched in the second half of 2016 in order to provide additional GX capacity.
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Looking at the best 'old ass rappers' in the game.
Isn't it crazy how some rappers just refuse to retire? Take Jay Z for example, he retired about a decade ago and that lasted all of no time at all. It's hard to put down something you truly love, and even though rap is a young man's sport, this list is dedicated to those who hardly age.
The AARP is reserved for 50+ year olds, but we're taking that down a notch for the sake of hip hop (no one wants to see an MC in a walker). From the underground rhymes of Tech N9ne to the massive mark Jay Z left (...or 'is leaving?') on the world, age doesn't affect these artists. Some of them have slowed down (KRS-One, Too $hort) and some of them still work like they're young. Who are we to tell them they aren't?Â


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Ray is a Developer Advocate for the Google Cloud Platform. Ray had extensive hands on cross-industry enterprise systems integration delivery and management experiences during his time at Accenture, managed full stack application development, DevOps, and ITOps. Ray specialized in middleware, big data, and PaaS products during his time at Red Hat while contributing to open source projects, such as Infinispan. Aside from technology, Ray enjoys traveling and adventures.
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) - The mayor of a small southwest Florida town on Thursday defended the town council's decision to fire its city manager after officials learned his wife is an adult film actress.
Fort Myers Beach Mayor Larry Kiker insisted that Scott Janke's termination had nothing to do with his spouse's job, that the town was merely trying to maintain order.
"What we were addressing was a situation where we weren't going to be able to govern the town with all the disruption and interruption," Kiker said.
The plan appears to have backfired.
"I've done over 30 interviews (with media) ... I've gotten hundreds of e-mails, we're getting threatened," Kiker said. "Nobody is getting any work done around here."
Scott Janke appeared alongside his wife this morning on CBS's The Early Show.
On the show, Anabel Janke said she didn't think her husband was being treated fairly.
"When this came out, he talked to the mayor and said, 'I'm willing to resign.' And then everything just..." She then trailed off.
Scott Janke added, "When this story began to break, I was actually called by a local reporter, who also called the mayor about a day before he was going to actually print these articles. And the mayor and I chatted on the phone. Because of my ethics, I said, 'I'm willing to resign with compensation if the town council thinks it will help the community not be so distracted.'"
Still, Mayor Larry Kiker insisted that Janke wasn't fired because of his wife's job.
"We didn't fire him because his wife was a porn star," Kiker griped, adding that the decision wasn't a "knee-jerk reaction."
Kiker said he learned of Janke's wife's job after receiving a telephone call from a reporter on Tuesday. He said he then spoke to Janke, who agreed "this was going to be a big disruption for the town and he was not going to be able to do his job well."
Within a few hours, Kiker had called an emergency town council meeting, and the group voted 5-0 to exercise a "no-cause" clause in Janke's contract, effectively firing him.
Councilman Tom Babcock said at a council meeting Wednesday that Janke was fired because his wife's profession brought an inaccurate image to Fort Myers Beach, the News-Press of Fort Myers reported.
"When you become a public figure you are held to a different level of scrutiny and ethics," Babcock said at the meeting.
Janke told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that he and his wife had their "heads held high."
"We have done nothing to be embarrassed about. We've done nothing wrong," Janke said. He said it's too early to think about what's next, and wouldn't comment on any possible legal action.
He will get a severance package worth six months salary, which comes to about $50,000, plus health benefits.
Janke said he married Anabela Mota Janke, who goes by the stage name Jazella Moore, in October. He began working for the town in March 2008.
Dan Miller, editor at the AVN Media Network, which covers the adult industry, said he had not heard of a similar case, but noted the adult film industry is "not necessarily widely accepted" in mainstream American politics.
Diane Duke, executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry, said the firing could present legal problems for the town.
Duke said even with a "no-cause" clause in Jenke's contract, as a government employee he is still protected by the First Amendment.
"There may very well be a case here," she said.
Added Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida: "His firing may run up against Florida's law that prohibits discrimination based on marital status."
Meanwhile, the issue is the talk of the town of about 6,500.
"Everyone who lives on the island has made comments," said Jaye Duval, owner of the Sole Cafe, who listened to all the gossip as residents gathered for morning coffee and breakfast. "Everybody I've heard has basically thought he should have been able to keep his job. Most people think what his wife does shouldn't matter."
George Noakes, manager of the Sunflower Cafe in town, called it "prejudice."
"I thought the guy was doing a good job. I don't understand why his wife is even an issue," Noakes said. "Whatever she does, that's none of our concern. We shouldn't even be bothered with it."
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Sometimes public policy disputes become transformed into symbolic conflicts that go to the heart of national identity. The "mosque controversy" was initially a mere zoning question. It is now a symbolic conflict over the place of Muslims in our national life.
As a scholar whose first book was on the Holocaust, I hear echoes of the Dreyfus Affair.
Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) was the only Jewish member of the French General Staff in the late 1800s, a time when France was deeply infected with anti-Semitism, and its elites resented the admission of Jews into the higher reaches of French society, including the military.
Dreyfus was appointed to the General Staff in 1893. His appointment, and the advance of other Jewish army officers, evoked strong protests from anti-Semitic French newspapers which sought to whip up fears that Jews were not loyal Frenchmen, and were in fact potential traitors.
In 1894, it was discovered that a French officer was passing secrets to the hated Germans. Dreyfus was accused on the basis of the flimsiest of evidence, and when it appeared that he might be acquitted, leading officers -- including the minister of war -- forged documents to implicate Dreyfus and slipped them to the judges without the knowledge of the defense attorney. Dreyfus had been framed. He was convicted, sentenced to life in prison, publicly stripped of his rank and degraded before crowds shouting "Death to the Jews," and shipped off to Devil's Island.
Convincing evidence surfaced within the military pointing to the innocence of Dreyfus and the guilt of a different, non-Jewish officer. But by now the army had too much at stake to allow this evidence to become public. Eventually, however, the evidence (as well as newly forged anti-Dreyfus materials) leaked, and all of France fell into an uproar over the matter. It became clear that not just the guilt or innocence of Dreyfus was now at stake, but the honor of the military, the role of emancipated Jews in France, and the capacity of France to reach a just verdict.
Demagogic media leaders stoked the fears and prejudices of the French Christian (primarily Catholic) majority throughout the conflict. Images of the Jew as Judas were routinely employed to cast aspersions on the trustworthiness of Dreyfus or any Jew. When one of the anti-Dreyfus forgers killed himself in prison, the anti-Semitic press honored him as a Christ-figure, casting Dreyfus and "the Jews" as betrayers. The French newspaper La Libre Parole and other voices began calling for a massacre of the Jews.
It took until 1906 for the Dreyfus case to be resolved. Only then was his conviction reversed and Dreyfus restored to his rightful position in the military. Holocaust scholars take this case seriously because it anticipated the way Germany and its collaborators and allies turned on the Jews in their midst from 1939-1945. People who had seemingly been integrated into modern European countries were all too easily plucked out of those societies, rejected and dehumanized, and finally sent to their deaths.
The limits of my comparison between the Dreyfus case and the mosque controversy are obvious. But the similarities must also be taken seriously. Those similarities include the identification of an entire religious minority as a threat to the nation, the harmlessness of both Captain Alfred Dreyfus and Imam Abdul Rauf, the role of major media voices in whipping up frenzied national fears, and the questionable capacity of the nation to honor its own legal and moral principles. The other parallel is almost too painful to name: the role of the Christian majority and some of its most vocal and visible leaders in turning the religious "Other" into an object of infamy. In France a hundred years ago, these were Catholic demagogues leading the charge. Today they are mainly Protestant evangelicals.
A close look at the Dreyfus case reveals that its outcome hinged largely on honorable leaders finally resisting demagoguery and standing on higher principle. We have seen such leadership from Mayor Bloomberg of New York and a handful of other leaders.
One of those leaders has been President Barack Obama. He made one forceful stand for the constitutional principle of religious liberty in this case. But he has been very careful. I think I know why. He himself is at risk of being "Dreyfused." In fact, as last week's much-discussed polling pointed out, he is already being Dreyfused on the "Muslim issue." He has been called "Imam Obama" by Rush Limbaugh. One-fifth of the nation thinks he is a Muslim, and in this moment in American public life, that is a dangerously high number. A concerted effort is being made by extremists to "other" him right out of American public life. It is a truly shameful display.
So the president cannot carry the ball on the mosque controversy. It is up to the rest of us to resolve our own budding Dreyfus case before it goes any further.
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A series of leaks from underground storage pits in the compound of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant forced Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 16 to start transferring radioactive water from the No. 2 underground storage pool to tanks on the ground. This operation underlines the fact that the nuclear crisis at the power plant is far from over despite then Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Dec. 16, 2011, declaration that the stricken reactors at Fukushima No. 1 have entered "a state of cold shutdown" and that the nuclear crisis has "been resolved"(Shusoku ni itatta.)
Tepco has seven underground storage pools in the Fukushima No. 1 compound. Leaks have been confirmed in the Nos. 1 to 3 underground storage pools. It is estimated that up to 120 tons of contaminated water leaked from the No. 2 pool alone.
Tepco plans to finish transferring a total of 23,000 tons of tainted water from those three pools and a fourth pool to aboveground tanks, hopefully by the end of June once additional tanks are constructed.
The seven underground pools can together store 58,000 tons of water. Tepco thought that the three-layer protective waterproof sheets lining the pools would make them watertight, but leaks were detected March 5. It is regrettable that Tepco failed to pay attention to the simple fact that waterproof sheets can easily tear, especially along the seams. Once again Tepco failed to take necessary precautions. Clearly the handling of the nuclear crisis cannot be left to Tepco alone.
Tepco is circulating about 370 tons of water every day to cool the damaged reactors, but about 400 tons of groundwater are flowing into the basements of the reactor buildings every day and mixing with the cooling water.
This means that the amount of highly radioactive water that must be stored is increasing by 400 tons a day. Because the underground pools can no longer be used, this water must now be stored in aboveground tanks.
Tepco has stated that even in a worst possible leakage scenario, aboveground tanks would have a capacity of 5,000 tons of water, equivalent to 12 or 13 days' worth of contaminated water. But space for building new tanks in the compound is decreasing and will eventually run out. The government, Tepco and outside experts must closely cooperate to come up with a feasible solution.
Leaks of radioactive water into the environment must be prevented at any cost.


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Today's infographic is a case study of a business that started with a corporate culture of teleworking (mainly out of necessity) and kept it in place even as the company grew into a $1 billion concern.
That company is Automattic and – even if the name might not be familiar – you will almost certainly have heard of one of their products called WordPress. This blog and 19 percent of the entire Internet runs on WordPress.
Just like many online ventures, right from the beginning they knew that there was no need for them to build a physical infrastructure and this enabled them to work with top talent from all over the world.
Employees communicate through email, Skype and social media and even receive a stipend to decorate their home office.
It is great to see that such a big company is able to embrace the whole working from home ethos so fully!
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ZoukOut 2017 Wraps Up With Some Hits and Misses
CONTENT: Yiew Kai Jie & Andrew Kho
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ZoukOut, Asia's largest outdoor electronic music festival wraps up this year's 17th edition with the revamp of the iconic Moon Stage into Singapore's first ever large-scale structural 3D stage purpose-built for a music festival, 34 meters wide and 18 meters tall with over 40 strobe lights, 8 lasers, 834 LED panels, CO2 jets, and pyrotechnics.
This year's ZoukOut 2017 ( 8th-9th December) drew over 40,000 party goers to Siloso Beach Sentosa. For over two nights, the festival featured some of the biggest global acts – Marshmello, Axwell^Ingrosso, R3HAB, Flume, Robin Schulz and more – featuring special live acts from Rich Chigga, Toti and Higher Brothers. Zoukout 2017 saw foreign visitors from around the region flying in to Singapore to attend this festival.
This year's edition didn't muster enough visitors as compared to last year's numbers, the main stage wasn't that packed as compared to last year while festival goers was more interested in various attractions rather than focused on the DJ performing on the stage. Despite the intimidating and awesome stage headpiece, the songs that most of the DJ's played weren't really that impressive. Most of their songs were really mainstream and very little of their own songs were actually played, Marshmellow, Axwell and Ingrosso were the major saving grace of the night, with many of their fans running and crowding the main stage when they came up on stage. Despite the DJ's being the saving grace, there was a huge difference in this year's overall atmosphere as compared to last year's Zoukout.
Zoukout 2017 had more lows than highs as compared to the previous years, mostly due to the unknown DJs and mainstream music that were being played during the festival. On another note, this year's food options were exceptional with popular crowd drawer like Keisuke Ramen having the longest queue almost every hour, Three Buns, Udders Ice Cream, Red Tail Grill by Zouk and The Lime Truck filling each and every partygoers hungry stomach.
This year's ZoukOut partnered with AJ Hackett Sentosa, who recently launched Singapore's first bungy jumping tower, on a series of adrenaline-fueled options for attendees with attendees waiting for their chance to take on the signature 50m tall Bungy Jump Tower and Asia's only Vertical Skywalk.


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Students at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, derailed an event featuring University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson on Friday evening.
The event, which Peterson claimed was originally scheduled to feature a panel of three speakers, was whittled down to just himself after the school received threats for hosting the event.
Harassment so intense that the 3 other people at McMaster U on panel with me this Fri 17/03 withdrew. It's now a 1 man lecture, with Q & A.
— Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) March 15, 2017
Peterson was thrust into the spotlight after a video of him engaging with students over a controversial piece of Canadian legislation which would have made it a crime to address transgender individuals by anything other than their chosen set of personal pronouns.
As a precaution before the event at McMaster University, Professor Peterson had students guard the fire alarms around the building so that protesters couldn't set them off in an attempt to derail the event.
On Friday evening, Peterson was unable to speak at his scheduled event McMaster University due to a group of students who shouted and blew horns. The students shouted "shut him down," and "transphobic piece of sh*t" in unison, with one student leading the cheer through a megaphone, making it nearly impossible for Peterson's voice to be heard over their noise.
This is so depressing. I weep for the future. @jordanbpeterson at @McMasterU.
cc: @joerogan @SamHarrisOrg @RubinReport pic.twitter.com/s3lkEDnd8N
— (@LaloDagach) March 17, 2017
After the protesters successfully shut down the event, Peterson and the students in attendance were forced to move the talk outside where he was able to continue.
Tom Ciccotta is a libertarian who writes about education and social justice for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter @tciccotta or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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One may be confused by the title of Kathe Lison's book, The Whole Fromage: Adventures in the Delectable World of French Cheese. It is not a comprehensive listing or description of French cheese. It is not a thorough history of French cheese. It is a feature story on the state of French cheesemaking. The author is a lover of cheese and departs on a journey to understand how French cheese is made, touring different regions and methods. What she discovers is that some French cheesemakers are incorporating modern methods of cheesemaking. She doesn't directly impart a bias against doing so, although I would say she probably doesn't like it. I enjoyed the short read, as I know little about French cheese; however, I am a lover of all things made the handmade way. Indeed, she writes, "We all like to hear about the guy who wakes up at 4:00 a.m. every day to milk his cows by hand and then make cheese in a big wooden bucket. There is something about the thought of all that labor–of a human bringing something into the world by sheer dint of muscle–that we value." It's true…and leads to a question, does it really taste better when it's made that way or is that a delusion? I think it tastes better (if the person making it knows what they are doing!).
If you are a cheese lover, a French cheese lover, or someone who enjoys artisanal or indigenous foods, you will enjoy this book. In addition to the above thoughts, I also found it surprising that people will pay over $400 for cheese made from moose milk. And I could've lived without the image of the cannulated cow, although once I googled it, the image wasn't quite as bad as what I pictured but still appalling enough to make me rethink cheese and dairy.


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Redmond Equine
More than 130 years ago, Anna Sewell, a British author with a soft spot for horses, wrote a story that was destined to become one of the best-selling books of all time. Black Beauty, published just months before Sewell died, inspired new animal cruelty laws and helped establish a fascination with horses that has only grown with time.
"Have you ever watched Sea Biscuit?" asks Mike Mumford, a Redmond Equine associate and avid horseman. "How about The Man From Snowy River? Secretariat? Even if you've never ridden a horse, these stories resonate with who we are. Horses can get into your blood."
The equine industry is certainly in America's blood, with more than 2 million horse owners creating approximately 700,000 jobs across the country. There is a perception that most horse owners are wealthy, but recent data suggest that there may be no such thing as a typical horse owner—a third earns less than $50,000, and another third earns more than $100,000.
Owning a horse may not always take a lot of money, but it does require time and dedication.
"Many Redmond Equine customers are simply obsessed with their horses," says Mumford. "These are people who spend countless hours learning about products for their animals. They need to know they're doing what's best for their horse, and that's what we provide."
Redmond started selling its natural mineral sea salt rocks in the equine industry in 2010, much later than other products in the space, and have been galloping to catch up. There are few natural salt mineral licks available in the equine market, and Redmond Rock is the only product that is mined here in the United States.
"Horse owners tend to be patriotic," Mumford says. "But honestly, a horse doesn't care if their rock has come from Pakistan or Utah. Horses respond to the taste, and almost every time, horses prefer Redmond Rock over any other mineral salt."
Redmond Rock provides more than sixty trace minerals in a natural balance, replenishing electrolytes and helping horses achieve their full potential. Horse owners have seen Redmond Rock help prevent dehydration and common health issues like compaction, colic, and metabolic disorders, as well as improve endurance in athletic animals.
Redmond Equine has associates in both the Heber and Redmond offices, working to increase awareness of the brand and expand from the East Coast, where Redmond Rock has found early success, into areas like Texas.
"We hope to grow about 20% this year," Mumford says, "but we're more concerned with getting our message right at this point. People want the best for their horses— whether they've got a Seabiscuit or Black Beauty or an old mare that's been in the family for fifteen years—and our products fit the bill in a unique, natural way."
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I have a mule who liked regular salt blocks, however I purchased a Redmond salt rock and the first one he ate like candy, now he just licks it everytime he comes into his stall. He was never a big drinker and that always worried me, but now he drinks much better.


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(June 10)
Today's musical birthdays include the late Howlin' Wolf, whose real name was Chester Burnett, born in 1910; the late Judy Garland in 1922; Shirley Alston of the Shirelles in 1941 (age 61); Wizzard bassist Rick Price in 1944 (age 58); Procol Harum keyboardist Matthew Fisher in 1946 (age 56); Taste of Honey's Perry Kimble in 1949 (age 53); and the late Fat Boys rapper Darren "The Human Beat Box" Robinson in 1967.
On this day in music history:
In 1964, Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry visited as the Rolling Stones recorded at Chess Records in Chicago.
In 1967, Bob Dylan and The Band began recording "The Basement Tapes" album at their house in Woodstock, N.Y.
In 1969, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Byrds, Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick and others appeared at the Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival in California.
In 1971, police fired tear gas at fans climbing the barricades to get in free to a Jethro Tull show at Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver. The band played on.
In 1972, Elvis Presley played his first-ever concert in New York. The shows were recorded for a live album, "Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden."
In 1977, the Clash's Joe Strummer and Topper Headon were arrested for painting the name of their band on a wall in London.
In 1981, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes of Yes; John Wetton of King Crimson, Roxy, and Uriah Heep; and Carl Palmer of Emerson Lake and Palmer formed the supergroup Asia.
In 1986, Queen Elizabeth awarded an honorary knighthood -- Knight of the British Empire -- to Boomtown Rat rocker Bob Geldof.
In 1991, David Ruffin of the Temptations was laid to rest in Detroit. Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder sang, and Michael Jackson paid for the funeral. At the service, fellow Temptation Eddie Kendricks was arrested for failing to pay child support.
In 1992, outraged Texas lawmen called for a ban on rapper Ice-T's song "Cop Killer." Warner Bros. Records reacted by saying it was committed to freedom of expression. Later in the year, it dropped the rapper from the label.
In 1993, Don Henley, Sting and Paul McCartney were among the 21 people to receive the first annual Earth Day International Awards.
In 1994, Paul Simon performed at an AIDS benefit concert in Dallas.
Also in 1994, TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez was arrested in Alpharetta, Ga., in connection with the fire that burned down the mansion of her boyfriend, Atlanta Falcon Andre Rison.
In 1996, a Los Angeles judge dismissed an arrest warrant against Rob Pilatus -- formerly one-half of the lip-synching duo Milli Vanilli -- after the musician turned up at a rehabilitation clinic. The warrant had been issued after Pilatus disappeared from the drug treatment center, where he'd been ordered to stay for six months for assaulting a woman.
In 1998, Ronnie Spector testified in a New York Supreme Court lawsuit against her ex-husband, Phil Spector. She and the other Ronettes were suing Spector for unpaid royalties they claimed they were owed.
In 1999, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and former Fugee Lauryn Hill was inducted into the alumni Hall of Fame at Columbia High School, her old high school, in Maplewood, N.J.
In 2000, Mary J. Blige launched "The Mary Show," her 44-city summer tour, with a two-day engagement at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
Today's musical quiz:
How old was Steve Howe of Yes and Asia fame when he first began playing the guitar? Answer: 12.


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Fiesta De Navidad
From Plank Road Publishingby Mike Wilson
If you're not in a good mood now, you soon will be, because this is one happy Christmas song! Reminiscent of '60s music, this is an upbeat, clap-along song. The verses are in unison but the chorus and bridge are (optionally )3-part (SSA). The kit includes rehearsal tracks for parts 2 and 3 as well as a pronunciation guide for the Spanish words in the song. (from Music K-8, Vol. 28, No. 2)
(Run time: 2:22)
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➥ Tip! Refine or expand your search. Authors are sometimes listed as 'Smith, J. K.' instead of 'Smith, John' so it is useful to search for last names only. Note this is currently a simple phrase search.
Astropy provides a common framework, core package of code, and affiliated packages for astronomy in Python. Development is actively ongoing, with major packages such as PyFITS, PyWCS, vo, and asciitable already merged in. Astropy is intended to contain much of the core functionality and some common tools needed for performing astronomy and astrophysics with Python.
Astropoltlib is a multi-language astronomical library of plots, a collection of templates useful for creating paper-quality figures. Most of the codes for producing the plots are written in IDL and/or Python; a very few are written in Mathematica. Any plot can be downloaded and customized to one's own needs.


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Preaching to Teach (Richard Voelz) -- A Review
PREACHING TO TEACH: Inspire People to Think and Act (The artistry of Preaching Series). By Richard W. Voelz. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2019. Xxx + 103 pages.
The word "teach" might conjure in your mind a lecture. It might involve an act of imparting information that will eventually land on a test. In an age when education at all levels seems to be driven by measurable "outcomes," which normally means doing well on tests, it's understandable that we might find ourselves thinking in that direction. When it comes to preaching as teaching, what comes to mind? Does it suggest something rather dry and boring, perhaps offered in a monotone voice droning on and on (remember the teacher in The Wonder Years)? That is not what Richard Voelz has in mind as he prepared his book Preaching to Teach. As the subtitle suggests, he envisions something that will inspire people, both to think and to act.
The book Preaching to Teach is the latest contribution to Abingdon Press's "The Artistry of Preaching Series." These are relatively brief books that take up specific areas of concern related to preaching. In this case, it is teaching. In an age of increasing biblical and theological literacy, and when the sermon might be the only place during any given week where one might encounter information about the faith (the percentage of persons in any given congregation participating in Sunday School or Bible study is rather low), the sermon will be the primary place where teaching takes place. Preachers can no longer assume that the persons inhabiting the pews know the Christian story, and so we have to address this reality in our preaching. The question is, what form will it take? Is it merely information transferal? Is it simply focused on the ancient world? Or will it address the current context as well? Again, the subtitle helps us understand what is envisioned. Preaching that teaches should "inspire people to think and to act." That should bring the text of Scripture into conversation with our contemporary realities.
Before we get to the content of the book, I should say something about the author. Rich Voelz is the assistant professor of preaching and worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He is an ordained Disciples of Christ pastor (I share this distinction with Rich). He is also the author of two previous books: Tending the Tree of Life: Preaching and Worship through Reproductive Loss and Adoption (Energion Publications, 2018), and Youthful Preaching (Cascade Books, 2016).
Now to the content of the book. Preaching that teaches so as to inspire thinking and acting must be undertaken with intentionality and care. What Rich has in mind is preaching that encourages critical thinking, which fits with a tradition that was born out of Enlightenment visions. But such teaching is more than simply an intellectual exercise. It should lead to transformational action.
To get there, Rich draws upon the work of people like Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educator who influenced the development of Liberation Theology, as well as Henry Giroux and belle hooks, both of whom took the ideas of Freire and adapted them to the European and North American contexts. In the course of the book, Rich introduces us to the idea of critical pedagogy as well as encouraging preachers to develop a radical imagination.
Rich's introduction places the idea of the preacher-as-teacher in our current context, while also placing it historically. He speaks of the "The Preacher as Teacher in Three Acts," with act one involving "instructing the faithful." This is the vision of Augustine in his book On Christian Doctrine. Such preaching is designed to form persons in the faith. It is a tradition that continues to this day. In act two, we find preachers reacting to "changes in North American Christianity." What is different here is that in Augustine's time the church was growing and those coming into the church required instruction. Now, such instruction takes place in the context of decline and "theological malaise." It is also a reaction in some ways to the embrace of narrative preaching, which when it was born assumed a certain level of understanding no longer present. This leads to the third act, which is the act that Rich wants to develop, and that "Critical pedagogy as a partner for preaching." This vision of preaching as teaching engages the work of Freire and his intellectual heirs, such as Henry Giroux. In this vision of preaching as teaching, preaching does more than supply information. That is the focus of the book's five chapters.
Rich begins this conversation with a chapter on envisioning the preacher-as-teacher being a "transformational intellectual." In an age that increasingly distrusts elites and intellectuals, where such persons are understood to be disconnected from regular people (witness the distrust a great swath of Americans have in the work of climate scientists). That is why he uses the word "transformational" here. The idea here is that the preacher is one who can help members of the congregation participate in the public sphere in transformational ways. In essence, he envisions clergy as public intellectuals who bring faith into conversation with the public realm. He writes that "Preaching-as-teaching uses the sermon as an exercise in critical thinking to help the faithful exercise agency in and beyond the ecclesial sphere" (p. 17).
The second chapter takes this idea of "preaching toward a public sphere" a step further. He addresses the concerns of those who fear becoming political in their preaching (especially if one serves a "purple" congregation). He suggests that we envision this task through the lens of the proclamation of the basileia tou theou or realm of God. From there we move to strategies, as understood in terms of critical pedagogy and releasing the radical imagination. Such preaching, if it is to be transformative, will involve critique. While this involves prophetic preaching, it is not simply "declarative statements about oppressive ideologies and structures." Especially in North American situations, this requires leading people to a place where they can see for themselves the realities around them. Thus, the value of teaching, even if it involves a prophetic dimension. Such preaching will also offer the community a sense of hope.
One of the concerns here centers around authority. The form of teaching here is not to be seen in a hierarchical fashion, where the preacher is the all-knowing sage or the prophet who brooks no dissent. Although there are charismatic preachers, for most of us, our authority will derive from the community. Such sermons will be conversational and embodied in action. It is here that he develops the concept of radical imagination. While imagination involves creativity, here it is envisioned that it will be grounded in moral underpinnings. It involves imagining the future in transformative ways without losing sight of the present. Thus, preaching-as-teaching will help us envision a renewed public sphere. You can see how this vision is very different from the one many of us have experienced. This isn't a matter of memorization and passivity. It is geared toward creating persons who are autonomous and critically engaged in society. It's not that information isn't passed on, but that we can't stop there.
One of Rich's concerns is to offer a way of engaging congregations in transformational ways so that they can embody the basileia tou theou. While recognizing the importance of prophetic preaching, he also reminds us that a constant dose of such preaching will wear a congregation and a preacher out quickly. Thus, the sermon as teaching offers a way of communicating God's vision of transformation without taking on an authoritarian mantle that will quickly turn people off. Thus, he offers the "teaching sermon." The preacher is not the all-knowing one, the "sage-on-the-stage." Thus, chapter four deals with questions of authority and the way in which the congregation functions as a classroom. You might say that he envisions the relationship of preacher-as-teacher with the congregation relationally.
In chapter five, after laying out the principles of preaching-as-teaching as critical pedagogy he offers three sample sermons that exhibit some of the layers of critical pedagogy and radical imagination. Not only does he provide the sermons, one of which is his own, but he uses sidebars to make note of ways in which the sermons make use of the principles and where they might be strengthened by making more use of them. These are useful to help the reader bring the conversation to a fruitful ending. One can better envision what Rich has in mind.
I would say that this is a timely book. It addresses areas of deep concern among preachers who are seeking strategies that deal with the realities of biblical and theological illiteracy, while at the same time addressing the concerns present in an ever polarized and increasingly violent public sphere. He offers a vision of preaching that is sustainable over the long-haul. It is a form of preaching that avoids skipping from one crisis to the next, while addressing the importing issues and concerns of our day. It allows for the preacher to be prophetic without being overbearing. It's good to remember that many in the congregation may share our concerns, but what they lack is a way of grounding those concerns in their faith. While this book is brief in length, it is rather deep. This is a book that rests on educational theories that many of us may have encountered at some point, but which we've not given much attention to. For example, we may have heard of Freire but not have read him. Rich doesn't dwell on Freire, but he does give us enough background to help us grasp what he is intending here. Though this isn't easy reading, I believe it will be a rewarding read for preachers wherever they find themselves on their journey in ministry. Oh, and you don't have to give up the narrative preaching element, it's just a matter of connecting it to the task of preaching as teaching.


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The Woodcock Valley Sportsmen's Club offers shooting and hunting experiences for all ages! Nestled in the heart of the Woodcock Valley at the base of Tussey Mountain, the club offers thirteen acres of relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere for sportsmen. The club offers shotgun and rifle ranges, competitive shotgun matches, and organized hunts for raccoon, rabbits, and predators. The Woodcock Valley Sportsmen's Club is affiliated with the Blue Knob Coon Hunters.
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2016 Fox and Coyote Hunt Entries
4th Annual Coyote and Fox Hunt
The 4th Annual Predator Hunt was held January 30 through February 1, 2015. It was a cold and bitter weekend as 122 hunters took to the woods to harvest 6 coyotes, 2 grey fox, and 5 red fox. You can read more about the hunt in the news article, "2015 Predator Hunt Results" and see photos in the photo album, Coyote and Fox Hunt 2015.
Shotgun Matches
Shotgun matches for the 2019 season will start on Friday, September 6 and run through Friday, November 22. Matches will start at 7:30 p.m. The kitchen will open each evening at 6:00 p.m. and will feature hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage sandwiches, french fries, cheese sticks, chicken nuggets, cake, chips, candy bars, soda, water, coffee, and other items.
Each match will consist of 10 regular meat rounds and a jackpot round.
Shooters will have a chance to enter a cash give-a-way each night they shoot beginning on the first night. The drawing will be held on Friday, November 22, and the winners must be present to win.
The Woodcock Valley Sportsmen's Club offers a family friendly atmosphere where families can gather each Friday evening. There is indoor space for eating, conversing, and getting warm near the wood stove. The shooters will also keep dry on rainy evenings with our covered shooting line.
2014 Predator Hunt Results
The 3rd Annual Predator Hunt was a success with 134 hunters, 5 coyotes, 6 grey foxes, and 4 red foxes! You can read more about this special event in our article, And We Have Coyotes!
Annual Meeting and Membership Banquet - Friday, January 3, 2014 - 6:00 p.m.
All members are invited to attend the annual meeting. There will be a potluck dinner for members and their families. Please bring a covered dish or two to share. We will also be holding the traditional big buck contest for adults and juniors. Come and enjoy the fun!
3rd Annual Coyote and Fox Hunt - January 31 - February 2, 2014
For more information, or to register, please click on the link above.
The shotgun matches will be starting again on Friday, September 6 at 7:30 p.m. and will run every Friday through November 29. The last Friday of each month will be a special shoot featuring elk, valued at over $300 per prize.
The shotgun range has been newly revised, and will have a fresh new look this season! Here is a teaser photo...there is still more work to do!
The menu for the kitchen has also been expanded and offers an affordable solution to a Friday evening meal for the entire family.
The second annual predator hunt was held February 1-3, 2013. 107 hunters entered, and 12 bagged a total of 28 red and grey foxes. The winners were:
Red Fox
Grey Fox
Since no coyotes were harvested, the club increased the prize money for all places and gave away three extra places in each of the fox categories. The total prize awards were $1,510.00.
2nd Annual Coyote and Fox Hunt - February 1-3, 2013
For more information, or to register, please click on the link above.
Member's Banquet
The annual member's banquet will be held on Friday, January 4, 2013. All members are welcome, and are asked to bring a dish or two for the potluck dinner. Guests are welcome to but, are asked to pay $5 each.
2012 Shotgun Matches
We concluded the 2012 shotgun matches on November 23 with over 60 shooters at our last match of the season. 4 lucky shooters walked away with boxes of beef. We also gave away cash prizes to shooters who attended 6 or more matches. The winners were:
The first annual Groundhog Hunt was held on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Winner's were:So
The first annual Coyote and Fox Hunt was held February 3-5, 2012. There were 61 registered hunters. No coyotes were harvested, but hunters bagged thirteen foxes. The foxes ranged from 8 to 14 lb. Since no coyotes were weighed in, the fox payouts were increased and two prize places were added. All of the winning foxes were gray. The winners were:
The annual membership banquet was held on Friday, January 6, 2012 at the club. Members in attendance and their guests enjoyed a wonderful potluck meal, member's meeting, raffle, and fun fellowship. New officers and directors include: Rick Isett, Raymond Morningstar, Deb Riley, Donald Enyeart, Paul Fisher, William Brumbaugh, Steve Ayers, Brian Riley, and Adam Russell. Members decided to host their first-ever, but hopefully annual, Predator's Hunt in February 2012. The winner of the big buck contest was member Bill Becker.