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Paul's strategy for church planting included the eventual selection of leaders from among the converts to oversee the ministry and spiritual growth of the community (compare Acts 14:23). In this way the missionaries could move on freely to expand the work in new and unreached areas. As Paul's team of trained coworkers grew, he entrusted a good deal of the work to them. In the case of the Cretan churches, Titus functioned in this capacity.
Paul spells out his purpose in appointing Titus to the work in Crete in verse 5. It has two parts. The first phrase Paul uses to describe this purpose might address the need for correction (of things gone wrong) or completion (of things as yet undone). The former possibility makes sense in view of the false teaching that Titus is to combat (vv. 10-16). But the second part of the purpose, to appoint elders, and the phrase "what is lacking" in the first part suggest that Paul means completion of the tasks that remain to be completed. Actually, since correcting the false teachers is linked to careful choice of leadership (v. 9), it may be best to combine the two possibilities as the NIV has done: straighten out what was left unfinished.
In any case, the second part of the purpose is clearly first on Paul's list of specific things that Titus is to finish. Precisely what went into the process of appointing elders is not clear. Certainly from the qualifications that follow we can guess that some form of evaluation played a part. But the situation in Crete, where the churches were younger, was not the same as that which we find in Ephesus, where a body of elders already existed (see 1 Tim 4:14). And any evaluation may have been carried out by Titus himself (compare Acts 14:23). The appointment of the elders would have been signaled by the laying on of hands (compare Acts 14:23; 1 Tim 4:14; 5:22) in the presence of the congregation. It is also impossible to determine how many elders would have been selected in every town (meaning "in the house church of each town"); but the general rule would probably have been a plurality of leaders.
To guide Titus in choosing leaders, Paul included the same basic office code (with certain modifications) that appears in 1 Timothy 3. Before we consider differences we should consider similarities. Most important, the purpose of this code is identical to that of 1 Timothy 3 in that it is meant to test the candidate's "blamelessness." The broad standard appears twice at the head of the list (vv. 6, 7; compare 1 Tim 3:2). Then the remainder of the verses place "blamelessness" into a concrete framework, treating the domestic, personal and ecclesiastical aspects of the candidate's life. It is equally obvious that the codes share most of the specific requirements; where terms are not duplicated, concepts generally are. In the end it is clear that whatever the circumstances of a church, its leadership must be of the highest moral standard in all aspects of life; to expect less is to place the church's reputation and ministry in jeopardy.
The code begins abruptly (for there is no break in the Greek sentence at the end of v. 5) in verse 6 by laying down the general standard of "blamelessness" (compare 1 Tim 3:10). Again, the examination begins in the domestic sphere, with fidelity in marriage. The reappearance of this qualification at the head of this list (compare 1 Tim 3:2, 12) excludes the possibility of compromise here. It should perhaps be pointed out that while "one-woman man" has sexual fidelity primarily in view, Paul undoubtedly expected the marriages of church leaders to exhibit mutual love and respect (Eph 5:22-33). The leader of the church must be a model of faithfulness in marriage.
Keeping the domestic concerns together, the remainder of verse 6 refers to the children of the elder and their behavior. But there is an interpretive problem here that we must pause to consider. The problem lies in the meaning of the Greek word pista in the phrase "having believing [or faithful] children." One view understands Paul to be limiting membership in the office to those whose family members all believe; pista can certainly bear this meaning. Another view is that the term means, more generally, "faithful" or "trustworthy" (1:9; 3:8; 1 Tim 3:11; compare 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1), which quality is then delineated in the phrase that follows. While the first view is possible, it seems to place more stringent requirements on the elder than does 1 Timothy 3:4. Moreover, in view of this parallel, Paul probably means that the elder's children are to be faithful in obeying the head of the house. In fact, the rest of the verse contrasts "faithful" with the charge of being wild and disobedient, which suggests a more general kind of faithfulness. The code asks that candidates for the office of elder not be those whose children will attract accusations of dissipation and rebellion (compare v. 10). This is very much in accord with 1 Timothy 3:4.
As we consider application of this quality today, a practical question arises regarding the length of time elders are to be held accountable for the behavior of their children. As used here, the term children views sons and daughters in relation to their parents. Within the household their status would be that of dependents. The instruction, therefore, restricts the elder's accountability to children who are not yet adults. And of course, then and now and from one culture to the next, entrance into adulthood is measured by different combinations of age and events (marriage, leaving home, beginning a career), which prevent us from drawing rigid lines (such as up until age eighteen or twenty-one). Nevertheless, it is reasonable to think that the attitudes and behavior of children still within the household provide an indication of the faithfulness of an elder in parenting. But while this formative influence is meant to prepare children for godly adult lives, it does not constitute a guarantee such that elders ought to be made responsible for the directions that their grown children might choose to take.
Verse 7 inserts the formal introduction of the code (compare 1 Tim 3:2), which uses the term overseer. Apparently, the terms elder and overseer were interchangeable (at least at this stage of the church's development and in this locale). Alongside the official title Paul introduces a significant theme that the NIV interpretation (entrusted with God's work) of the literal "as God's steward" fails to convey. By describing the overseer as God's steward, Paul calls to mind the image of the church as God's house (compare 1 Tim 3:5, 15; 2 Tim 2:20-21). In the secular household the steward was charged with the responsibility of managing the master's affairs. The church leader is equally obligated to God to discharge the duties of oversight in the church. Also, to be a "steward" was to acknowledge the requirement of utter faithfulness (Lk 12:42; 1 Cor 4:2).
In God's house faithfulness is required in every part of life. Therefore the examination of the potential steward's "blamelessness" extends to the personal life. First, Paul prohibits four kinds of behavior. Tendencies toward overbearing behavior and anger are indications of unfitness for working as part of a team. Such people do not listen to the views of others but rather force their wills on them, causing disunity. Arguments and quarrels were in fact characteristic of the false teachers (3:9). The implied opposite qualities of gentleness and amicability (1 Tim 3:3) are required of the leader who must lead as Christ does (2 Cor 10:1).
Equally to be avoided are those who are controlled by strong drink or who react with violence to people and situations. Such people are not able to control their own behavior and certainly should not be entrusted with the oversight of others.
Finally, the overseer must not be allured by dishonest gain. Complete honesty in financial matters and an attitude of detachment toward wealth (compare 1 Tim 6:7-8, 17-19) that leads to generosity are the signs of a leader who will be able to model faithfulness in these things before the congregation.
Verse 8 continues, without a break in the sentence, to enumerate some positive and observable characteristics of blameless conduct. The leader must be hospitable. This widely praised virtue in that day was practically a social obligation for the householder. It also became a mark of Christian behavior (Rom 12:13; 1 Pet 4:9). What sometimes passes for hospitality today (the entertainment of friends and church members, often with the expectation of a return invitation) is a rather dim reflection of the New Testament concept. The practice of hospitality among Christians was often urgent, sacrificial and risky: urgent because Christians might be forced from homes or jobs with no one to turn to but fellow Christians; sacrificial because material goods were often in short supply; risky because to associate oneself with those who had been forced out meant to identify with their cause. Thus hospitality required sacrificial sharing and stretching. It was a very practical expression of love, not a source of entertainment. While the practice of hospitality had primarily the needs of believers in mind, there is no reason that it could not be a way of showing concern for unbelievers. The importance of this practice for the church, in either case, required that a leader must model it for all (1 Tim 3:2; 5:10).
The leader must "love" what is good. Paul's term for this occurs only here in the New Testament (compare Wisdom 7:22). It is the inclination or devotion to things that are or that promote good. This trait was prized in the secular world, and it is easy to see that it would serve the church leader well in the task of oversight.
Self-control is a fundamental mark of genuine faith, and Paul refers to it frequently in these letters (see above on 1 Tim 3:2). Like most of these observable qualities, self-control was prominent in the secular understanding of respectability. Paul, however, emphasizes that the possibility of such conduct depends on the work of Christ (2:12) and conversion.
The remaining three qualities, upright, holy and disciplined, complete this profile of the blameless life. Uprightness was one of the cardinal virtues in Greek thought. Here "uprightness" refers to behavior in relation to people that is holy in the presence of God (Lk 1:75; Eph 4:24; 1 Thess 2:10). Disciplined (or self-controlled) here means to be in full control of oneself (one's temper, moods, behavior and so on). This observable quality is truly a mark of the Spirit's work in an individual (Gal 5:23).
Paul's description of the blameless personal life is extensive. A person's life is capable of measurement because the characteristics of this life are observable. While Paul clearly teaches that genuine Christian conduct results from conversion (2:12), he does not shy away from presenting the church's leaders for the approval of outsiders, as his vocabulary and concepts for behavior show. Those who would lead the church and promote its cause must be respectable in the eyes of all people.
Verse 9 takes the qualifications for leadership into the area of ministry (compare 1 Tim 3:2). With the false teaching in mind, Paul instructs Titus to ensure that the leaders he chooses are committed to the approved doctrine of the church (compare 1 Tim 3:9). He calls it the trustworthy (or faithful) word. This message has been handed down by the apostles (literally, "it accords with `the teaching' "). In other words, leaders must affirm as the Christian doctrine that which has the traditional apostolic stamp of approval. Elders must not be chosen from among those who have been toying with new doctrines.
There are two purposes (so that) for this commitment. First, only adherence to the "sound doctrine" (see on 1 Tim 1:10) will enable the leader to fulfill the ministry of encouraging and exhorting (that is, producing "healthy") believers. Second, it is only by means of correct doctrine that the leader can successfully refute the opponents (1:13; 1 Tim 4:6; 6:2-3; 2 Tim 3:16).
What qualifies a person to be an elder? Not management skill alone, but also a lifestyle that is proved to be pure and respectable within the church and on the outside. In public and in private the overseer must meet the high standard of "blamelessness." But as with the similar code in 1 Timothy 3, the emphasis in this teaching is often missed. "Blamelessness" is more a measure of wholeness and balance than of perfection. The code examines all dimensions of life for evidence of the Spirit's influence in each part. This kind of balanced "reading" means development toward maturity is under way. And Paul felt that "whole" believers were best suited for church leadership. The code serves equally as a yardstick of maturity for all believers. Both those in leadership and those in support positions will profit from a periodic look at the reference marks it provides; it will point out areas of neglect and areas of success, but it will always point us to maturity in the whole of life.
Titus's task of appointing elders from among recent converts (notice that in this case Paul cannot rule out recent converts; compare 1 Tim 3:6) must not have been easy. Nevertheless, the importance of the church's unity and evangelistic mission required that care be taken to select only leaders whose genuine faith could be measured by commitment not simply to the true gospel but to the Spirit's influence in every part of life.
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LOS ANGELES, June 15 (UPI) -- Michael Jackson's comeback tour in London was in danger of being canceled after the singer appeared frail during rehearsals, an AEG top executive testified.
In the eighth day of his testimony in the wrongful-death case against AEG Live, top executive Randy Phillips said the singer appeared unprepared for the physical rigors of the "This Is It" tour both in terms of physical and mental health, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
When asked by an attorney representing Jackson's mother and three children if the tour was in danger of being canceled, Phillips said, "Yes, I would characterize it that way."
Phillips said tour director Kenny Ortega sent him an email describing Jackson as "trembling, rambling, obsessing" after a day of rehearsal June 19.
Phillips said he met with Jackson, Ortega and the singer's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, the next day and the singer looked remarkably better.
"I was as confused as anybody because the Michael Jackson I saw, the Michael Jackson sitting in that living room ... looked great," Phillips said.
Rehearsals on June 23 and 24 went smoothly and put everyone's fears about the tour to rest, Phillips said.
Jackson died June 25 after Murray administered lethal levels of propofol and sedatives to the singer to help him sleep. Murray is serving a four-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter.
Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG for wrongful death, alleging the company was at fault because it failed to hire an appropriate physician for the pop star, and then neglected to supervise the singer properly.
AEG said Jackson hid his sleeping problem and Phillips said Friday it's not the company's policy to provide a doctor for a performer.

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I first wanted to call this bird a Blue Billed Duck but discovered that the Blue Bill is missing the white on its head. Otherwise it looks quite similar.
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The problem in the water here erupted on New Year's Day when an explosion in Norma Fiorentino's backyard well shattered an 8-foot concrete slab and tossed the pieces onto her lawn.
An investigation by the state Department of Environmental Protection revealed that the culprit - methane in the aquifer because of nearby natural-gas drilling - had seeped into the drinking water at nine homes in the township, causing a threat of explosion in at least four of them.
The department found that Cabot Oil and Gas Corp., the company that had drilled 20 wells into the gas-rich Marcellus Shale within three square miles of the blast, had polluted the fresh groundwater with methane, the highly combustible, primary element of natural gas. Inspectors suspected that too much pressure in the mile-deep wells or flaws in their cement-and-steel casings had opened a channel for the gas.
Now, the state environmental oversight agency is rethinking its gas drilling regulations with the aim of preventing incidents like the one in Dimock from happening again.
An early draft of regulations the department unveiled in September would change the way wells are built and sealed off from drinking water aquifers; mandate that existing wells are tested to ensure they don't leak; increase cementing and casing standards and strengthen rules for replacing drinking water if gas drillers disturb it.
Rising fast
Now that the state is poised to become one of the biggest gas producers in the nation, "we want to make sure that we're putting in place for Pennsylvania and for the public over the next 50 years the very best practices and the best materials in our regulations," DEP Secretary John Hanger said.
Although Mr. Hanger said the proposed regulations were not inspired by any particular incident, catastrophes or close calls caused by stray gas migrating from natural gas wells "highlight the reasons for the review and the changes." A cover letter from DEP to the state's Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board made the case in stark detail: Over the last decade, six explosions caused by gas that migrated from new or old wells killed four people in the state and injured three others. The threat of explosions has forced 20 families from their homes, sometimes for months, and at least 60 water wells, including three municipal water supplies, have been contaminated.
Many stray gas cases are caused by abandoned and improperly plugged wells that were drilled decades ago, but the proposed rules would change the way new wells are built - an important protection because new wells have much more pressure than old ones, according to Fred Baldassare, DEP's top stray gas inspector, and Marcellus Shale wells have proven to be even more highly pressurized than those in comparable shale formations in other states.
To tap the gas-bearing rock, a well bore must penetrate several geological layers before reaching the target formation; in the case of the Marcellus Shale, it is often about a mile underground. The hole is then sealed off from the drinking water aquifer and the surrounding geology with several rings of steel casing, which keeps the gas and the chemical-laden liquid used to fracture the shale from seeping out and helps control the tremendous pressure that builds up inside the well. In particularly sensitive areas, like groundwater zones, the casing is cemented into place to make sure the barrier is impermeable.
According to a report by the Ground Water Protection Council, a coalition of state water regulators from around the country, casing is a crucial protection for groundwater, but it is the cementing of the casing "that adds the most value to the process of groundwater protection." Because of that, the quality of the initial cement job "is the most critical factor" in preventing gas and fluids from getting into the drinking water supply.
Stronger safeguards
The DEP's proposed rules would strengthen that standard of protection. For the first time, oversight would be added to ensure that cement completely surrounds the surface casing - the steel pipe most responsible for protecting drinking water - and call for deeper casings to be cemented above any gas-producing rock layers.
The rules would mandate that companies create a casing and cementing plan before each well is drilled, outlining the type and strength of casing and cement to be used and more fully incorporating national standards for the cement and pipe. They would also create an annual reporting requirement for companies to inspect every operating well to make sure there is no obvious leak, corrosion or excess pressure.
In addition to changes in the way wells are built and inspected, the new rules would establish clearer standards for what gas operators must do to restore or replace residents' water supplies if their drilling pollutes it. An "adequate" replacement would now have to be as reliable, accessible, clean, plentiful and permanent as a resident's previous, untainted supply, and it could not cost more to maintain. If residents tell a gas operator that their water has been polluted, the company would have to report the complaint to DEP.
Mr. Hanger said the department is proposing to strengthen the response for when somebody loses their drinking water because he has "not been fully satisfied" with the way polluted supplies are being replaced under the current standard.
Standard of living
Norma Fiorentino has not consumed water from her faucets since her well exploded 10 months ago. The 66-year-old widow lugged jugs of it up a hill from her neighbors' house for about a month, until they found out they had methane in their water, too. Now she buys it for about $20 a week at the grocery store or travels to a spring in Montrose to collect it.
Cabot has been providing water to four families since January and has installed methane separation systems in the basements of three homes, according to Kenneth Komoroski, a Cabot lawyer and spokesman. DEP puts the count higher, saying Cabot is providing water or treatment systems to 13 Dimock homes with elevated methane.
But residents say at least 18 families no longer drink their well water, many of whom, like Mrs. Fiorentino, pay for replacement water on their own.
"I've begged him since my well blew up to give me water," Mrs. Fiorentino said of Mr. Komoroski, "but he's never given me a bottle."
In the middle of September, a group of Dimock landowners met with Cabot representatives to plead for water supplies to replace the wells they believe have been contaminated. They have observed odd changes: bubbling from the methane, but also odors, foam, an orange color or shimmering white flakes. Water tests at their homes have revealed elevated levels of iron, aluminum and bacteria as well as methane.
A DEP investigation in March found that hydraulic fracturing fluids from the Cabot gas wells had not contaminated the water in the homes affected by the methane migration, but residents continue to have concerns.
"Most of us believe methane is the least of our worries," Victoria Switzer, the meeting organizer, said. "We'll never drink our water."
Plugging leaks
Mr. Komoroski said Cabot committed at the September meeting to evaluate the water supply of everyone in the vicinity of the drilling to determine "whether or not it would be appropriate to either provide them water or a water treatment system" - an effort he said is "under way" but was delayed by the company's work to respond to a series of chemical spills at one of its well sites and a subsequent stop-work order from DEP in September.
In the meantime, both Cabot and DEP are continuing their investigations into what is causing the stray methane. Stable isotopes in the methane dissolved in the water, which Mr. Baldassare, the DEP stray gas inspector, likens to a genetic fingerprint of the gas, have allowed them to determine that the gas originated not from the Marcellus, but from another Devonian shale formation above the Marcellus.
DEP spokeswoman Freda Tarbell said the department knows the gas came from a Cabot well "but we don't know how it got there or why." Cabot insists DEP was premature in announcing that the company was responsible for polluting the water supply.
A Cabot contractor produced a preliminary report in July that focused heavily on its finding that some methane naturally occurs in the water table throughout Susquehanna County and existed in well water before any drilling started. The report detailed steps Cabot has taken to change its well construction "as a proactive measure," including squeezing cement between open spaces in the casings, but it suggested fractures between the shallow Devonian layer and the bedrock aquifer system may be causing the gas to seep naturally.
Mr. Komoroski said Cabot will produce a final report in less than 60 days that will "attempt to rule in or rule out Cabot as a cause or a contributing source."
But Mr. Baldassare, who has reviewed Cabot's preliminary report, said the company report provides "no evidence whatsoever" that the gas in the water came from anywhere but one of its wells.
Although the lessons of past well drilling mistakes are helping to shape the state's new regulatory direction, Mr. Hanger faces an uphill battle to turn the proposed rules into law.
Risk mitigation
In DEP's cover letter to the technical advisory board, the department acknowledged that "controversy may ensue" from the introduction of the proposed regulations. Already the new rules have been met with skepticism by the industry and caution by the advisory board members.
"We all understand the goal of course," said Stephen Rhoads, the president of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association.
But he said there are clearly "issues" with the proposed casing and cementing requirements and the well monitoring plan, and the industry will be giving all of the proposals a thorough review to make sure they are "technically sufficient."
Burt Waite, a geologist and a member of both the technical advisory board and POGAM's board of directors, said the proposals would mean a major change for the shallow gas wells in the Western part of the state, but would make only minor changes to the construction of Marcellus wells.
Loss and gain
In Dimock, Ms. Switzer was ready to weigh in on the proposed regulations: She would like to see all of Cabot's earliest gas wells inspected.
For the last five years, she and her husband have been living in a cramped trailer in a gully near Burdock Creek as they build their retirement home, an investment that has wedded them to the town and the drilling.
She pointed to a recess in the wall during a tour through her future kitchen. "This was going to be our wine closet," she said. "Instead, this is where we'll put our water."
The unofficial leader of the local residents' fight for safe gas extraction, Mrs. Switzer knows she is not popular.
In the best-case scenario, she said, she and her neighbors will have their water replaced and "everyone else will benefit from the tragedy of Dimock." The proposed DEP regulations have brought her some hope for that.
The alternative - "that we lost and no one gained" - would be too much to handle, she said.
"If people don't learn from this, then we are a total waste."
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Obama's Simply Wrong: Whistleblower Protections Would Not Have Applied To Snowden
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But there's a bigger point: Snowden actually is not covered by the Whistleblower Protection Act, entirely contrary to President Obama's claims. That's because the act does not cover contractors, such as those who worked for the NSA via Dell or Booz Allen like Snowden did. After the Snowden revelations came out, the Obama administration admitted that it was "looking at" ways to extend the protections to contractors, but at this time (and at the time that Snowden leaked) they do not cover him.
In other words, there were no legal protections under the Act, contrary to Obama's claims, and (worse) it's not as though the government has a history of respecting such whistleblower protections in the first place. Why bother when you can just trump up some other charges on those same people as punishment? Remember that this is the very same Obama administration that has directly declared that anyone leaking documents is aiding the enemy.


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While working my way through Lingua Latina on my own I had some questionable translations in Chapter 6 and would like some feedback if I am wrong.
Medus Romam vocatur ab amica sua, quae femina est pulchra et proba.(6.79)
Medus is called to Rome by his girlfriend, who is a beautiful and good woman.
Itaque is fessus non est et laetus cantat:(6.80)
Therefore he is not tired and happy sings:
or.....Therefore he is not tired and glad, he sings:
"Salve, mea Lydia! Ecce amicus tuus qui solus Romam ad te venit."(6.89)
Hi, my Lydia! Look your friend who alone comes to Rome to you."
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's marathon public meeting on its multimillion-dollar hydraulic fracturing study may be getting a second day.Broome County Executive Barbara J. Fiala said today a contractor for the EPA has honed in on Sept. 13 and 14 for a possible two-day event at The Forum in Binghamton . But she wants a representative from The Cadmus Group, the contractor, to travel to the area before a deal is finalized to help smooth out a logistical plan and accompanying costs.
The meeting was originally scheduled to last more than 12 hours on Aug. 12 at Binghamton University, but a contract dispute led the EPA to move it to Syracuse's Oncenter Complex just three days before it was set to take place.
After Onondaga County officials expressed concerns about coming up with a security plan for anticipated protests outside of the meeting, the EPA announced it was postponed.
Fiala said a representative from The Cadmus Group is tentatively scheduled to come to town on Aug. 24.
Officials at Cornell University have also been contacted by the EPA contractor, Cornell representative Claudia Wheatley said.
The agency confirmed in a statement both Cornell and Broome County have been approached, but stressed nothing has been finalized.
"EPA has not finalized a date or location for the meeting at this time," the statement read. "When the public meeting details are finalized, EPA will e-mail the pre-registered attendees for the Aug. 12 meeting, update the EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study website ... and advise the media."


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SALON TOUR: Lovella West NYC
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Oded Gabay opened his Lovella West NYC Salon on Manhattan's Upper West Side more than two years ago, but has learned that his new "Facial Bar" is one of the reasons his sales has jumped 20 percent since it was installed last year.
"I am very interested in skin care," says Gabay, "and have learned that these services, when placed in the open, make it more inviting for everyone." The two chair Facial Bar is just off the reception area. Lovella West NYC is on the ground floor of West 72nd Street so the facial bar is visible to those in the salon, as well as to those passing by outside. "This has positive side effects," says Gabay. "This has generated more interest from the community. We've had people walk in and either make an appointment, request services or buy products."
According to Lydia Sarfati, Repechage CEO, founder and designer of the "Facial Bar" concept, "The facial bar brings the facial out of the closet. Shorter express treatments allow clients to experience more of the beauty services offered in the salon."
MODERN stopped by recently to get a tour of Lovella West NYC. It's a pretty perfect New York City salon.


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Hey joonies,
We're starting off the end of the week right with a very special guest post by NASEEM joon – enjoy!
Oh Joon Joons,
Salaams and booses from the frozen tundra of Minneapolis, MN! This is another joon from the Joon Club (is that name sticking yet, or is it just me?), Naseem Joon, affectionately sending all my love from the heartland. I'm fortunate enough to write this blog post as both a guest and fan of S&F (and Saaghi&Farrah, too!).
Let's get intimate before proceeding: I'm half Iranian, my favorite dish is gormeh sahbzi (I have a bottomless stomach when it comes to gormeh sahbzi), and I usually take my chai straight to the head.
And I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't had fessenjoon in a while. Yikes!
I've been an avid reader and fan of this blog and its lovely curators for quite some time.
I find something so magical about how stories written by two women I don't know in the flesh have touched me so deeply, made me laugh, and resonated as identical reflections of my own life and experiences as a woman of Iranian heritage in the USA. I am so moved that I have taken the liberty of telling you yet another tale of the joonies and giving a slice of my own story.
As we joons know…
Education in our culture is just as important as football and freedom to those in the USA.
Now, don't get me wrong, because that isn't to say education isn't emphasized to young people in the USA, or that we Iroonis can't get down with buff men in tight spandex or feel inspired by that screeching sound of a bald eagle against the melodic riff of an electric guitar.
In high school, I was the only one in my group of friends where not going to college wasn't even something to entertain. Some of my friends never gave education another thought; some had babies way young; some went to school to become actors, doctors, and opera singers; and some just disappeared off the face of the earth.
Even if I had pressed my baba for some time off to think about what I wanted to do or study in school, my parents (and ameh and amoo and maman bozorg) were terrified that if I took this course of action, I'd surely never climb back on the horse and become an underachiever who never made it to college and spent her life never tapping into and harnessing her potential.
To them, college was the next and immediate step after graduating high school, and that's where I could figure myself out and choose an appropriate academic course.
No other option.
As is my nature to play devil's advocate for the sake of a holistic argument, I disagree with this viewpoint. I know many people who never went to college and are successful, but moreover, are happy and grateful for their stations in life and the experiences and struggles endured to make it there, despite no post-secondary education.
And though I disagree and think college is just oneway to success (and not even guaranteed, at that), I always knew I would go to college, whether it was of my own desire or having grown up in an environment where it's expected of you.
I don't feel as if I were forced into school—I always wanted to go. I'm just showcasing another end of the spectrum.


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Hassan issues call to work cooperativelyBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
January 03. 2013 9:01PM
CONCORD - Gov. Maggie Hassan set a somber but optimistic tone in delivering her inaugural speech after she was sworn in as the state's 81st governor Thursday.
She told fellow Democratic Party members there is much to do to reverse what was done the past two years, but noted: "We will not be able to do everything all at once."
She urged lawmakers and the people of the state to come together and work cooperatively to solve the problems facing New Hampshire.
"I know that, together, we can build a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire, a New Hampshire where all of our citizens are included in our shared success and prosperity," said Hassan in her inaugural address.
The 54-year-old Exeter business attorney replaces former Gov. John Lynch, who served four, two-year terms and announced he would not seek re-election more than a year ago.
Hassan easily defeated Republican Ovide Lamontagne in November to become the state's second woman elected to the state's highest office. It was her first run for governor.
During the campaign, the former state Senate majority leader characterized Lamontagne as too extreme for New Hampshire and emphasized her bipartisanship.
In her speech Thursday, she called on lawmakers to end the bitter partisanship that characterized the past two years, when Republicans held super majorities in both the House and Senate.
"The people of New Hampshire have made it clear that they want to restore balance, that they want us to work together," Hassan said. "Let us promise ourselves today that we will meet our challenges by focusing on common-sense solutions born of collaboration. That we will work together to end the era of hasty, reactive government."
Hassan stressed the need for the state to make a greater commitment to higher education and pledged to begin restoring cuts in state aid made in the last state budget.
"Cutting state support for public education in half while lowering the tobacco tax two years ago was short-sighted. It hurt our young people and, if not quickly addressed, will impair our future economic prosperity," Hassan said. "We must begin to reverse course."
Hassan noted the challenges the state faces in producing a balanced budget for the next two fiscal years and said she would veto any sales or income tax bill that comes to her desk.
"While we are seeing signs of recovery and growth, we still face fiscal uncertainty," Hassan said. "We will need to be prudent as we develop our budget."
But she also warned "those on the other side, I ask you to recognize that there are some things that government must do - not only to help our most vulnerable citizens but also to provide the platform for economic growth. Needs do not go away simply because we don't fund them. And opportunities for innovation and growth can evaporate if we fail to make smart investments in a timely way."
She praised the state's tradition of inclusion, including gay marriage, where she said the state led the way without a court order.
"As has been true throughout our history, every time we bring more people in from the margins - into the heart and soul of our democracy - we get stronger," she said. "We believe in freedom and the value of every person. It is our duty and our destiny to extend the same freedoms we enjoy to all our people."
She thanked first responders, corrections officers and security personnel for protecting the safety of citizens and praised New Hampshire's veterans and members of the armed forces for their service.
And Hassan acknowledged the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., saying the state must find ways to make schools and towns safer. She stopped short of calling for additional restrictions on firearms.
She called on lawmakers and the people of New Hampshire to join together to improve the state.
"The doors of this State House are open to all who want to engage, learn, and contribute," Hassan said. "It will take the ideas and spirit and energy of everyone. More so than any other place, New Hampshire is a government 'by the people.'"
Joined by her husband and family, Hassan was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Linda S. Dalianis, the first woman to hold the court system's highest position.
Her husband, Tom, is principal of Phillips Exeter Academy. They have two children, Ben and Meg.
Hassan served three terms in the state Senate and lost her reelection bid in 2010 in the Republican landslide.
After the inauguration ceremony and a brief Executive Council meeting, Hassan hosted an open house at the State House for the residents of the state.
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Anderlecht have brought Spartak Moscow midfielder Demy de Zeeuw to Belgium on loan for the rest of the season with a further option to buy him permanently in the summer.
The Dutchman will provide competition in the centre of midfield at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, and commercial manager Herman Van Holsbeeck was happy his side have brought a player of his ilk into the team.
"We are thrilled to have a player of the calibre of De Zeeuw to Anderlecht," he told reporters at a press conference.
"He is an ex-international and has all the qualities to strengthen our midfield."
Anderlecht are currently eight points clear at the top of the Jupiler League as they look to secure back-to-back domestic titles.


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Pain is an uncomfortable feeling that tells you something may be wrong with your body. It is your body's way of sending a warning to your brain. Pain is whatever the person who is experiencing the pain says it is, and it exists whenever he or she says it does. Sometimes pain may only be an annoyance, like when you have a mild headache. At other times, pain may be a signal that there is a serious problem, such as when your pain does not go away after an operation - even after you take pain medicine.
Pain can affect you in many ways. It can keep you from being active, sleeping well, eating or enjoying family and friends. Pain can also make you feel afraid or depressed. When you are in pain or uncomfortable, your family and friends may worry about you.
Pain relief is important because it helps prevent these side effects by making you feel better. In addition, pain management can speed up your recovery, help prevent some complications and help you return to your daily activities sooner.
This article is from "Pain Management During Your Inpatient Stay" by the University Hospital Pain Committee and used by NetWellness with permission, 2007.
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Measures taken from the head, neck, and chest indicate low risk of injuries to these body regions in a crash of this severity. Forces on the right tibia and right foot indicate that injuries to the lower leg and foot would be likely. Head acceleration from the B-pillar hit was low.
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At least 15 Republicans, including Representatives Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania and Peter King of New York, are pressing Boehner to call a vote on a Senate-passed spending bill free of Obamacare-related measures. Data today showed the Institute for Supply Management's U.S. non-manufacturing index fell to 54.4 in September from 58.6 the prior month. A separate report from the Labor Department showed fewer Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week. The Labor Department will not release its monthly unemployment report tomorrow as scheduled because of the shutdown.
Equities: The DEC13 E-mini S&P 500 (CME:ESZ13) is down 10.50 points to 1672.75, on concerns the government shutdown might not only negatively impact the economy, but also potentially hamper a resolution on the debt ceiling limit. We still have our first downside target of 1664 for this market, with 1678 being a key resistance level. The markets look to be more and more concerned about the impact this political standstill will have on the economy. We believe the S&P 500 will continue to slide to at least our first target.
Bonds: The DEC13 U.S. 30-year bond market (CBOT:ZBZ13) is up 10 ticks to 133'20, and it is staying above our key level 133'16 level. We believe, as we have said recently, that bonds may continue to rally on "safe-haven" flows as investors get more and more concerned with the US government shutdown, and also the mid-month debt ceiling deadline. Our next targets are 134'21 and then 134'28.
Commodities: Both DEC13 gold (COMEX:GCZ13) and NOV13 WTI crude oil (NYMEX:CLX13) are somewhat subdued today. Oil is at interesting levels here, we do believe the gains may slow down if this market reaches the $105 level. DEC13 wheat futures (CBOT:WZ13) continue their recent orderly march higher, trading up $.03 to $6.89. $6.95 and $6.98 look to be good resistance levels for wheat futures. DEC cocoa futures (NYBOT:CCZ13) are down $35 today, after a nice rally from the $2400′s to almost $2700.
Currencies: The DEC13 USD Index (NYBOT:DXZ13) is down 10 ticks to 79.88, and we would not be surprised to see a big down day for the USD coming up in the near future. Conversely, the DEC13 Euro futures are up again today, this morning up 36 ticks to 136.20. Again, we mark 1.37-1.3710 as our next key target. We would not be surprised to see the Euro head higher than that as well. The DEC13 Swiss Franc is a currency we have been watching, as it has exhibited a lot of strength recently, and is now trading steadily above the 1.11 level. 111.80-90 is our next target area for the Swissie, as US government uncertainty may cause investors to seek more safe havens, as which the Swissie typically is known.


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The revision of the Oregon men�s basketball roster continues, with the latest addition a transfer from Houston who hopes to be eligible to play next season.
Joseph Young, who led the Cougars in scoring last season, has decided to enroll at Oregon, with DuckTerritory.com first reporting the decision after Young visited Eugene earlier in the week.
After announcing he would transfer, Young said he would also visit Arizona and Florida but canceled those plans in committing to the Ducks.
The 6-foot-3 Young said he plans an appeal to the NCAA to be granted immediate eligibility, citing the need to transfer after his father, Michael Young, was relieved of his duties as director of operations for the Houston basketball team.
�I guess he loves his dad more than he loves the University of Houston,� the elder Young told the Houston Chronicle. �He made a statement to me that he can�t play for a coach that doesn�t want his dad to be part of the staff.�
Michael Young played with the �Phi Slamma Jamma� teams at Houston, and ranks as the school�s third-leading career scorer and had his jersey number retired. He had been on the basketball staff for the past 16 years, seven in the position of director of operations until being reassigned to a community service role in the athletic department.
Because Joseph Young has already redshirted a season at Houston before playing the past two years, if he is forced to redshirt this season under the normal rules for a transfer, he would only have a season of eligibility at Oregon. If granted his waiver to play this season, he will be a junior for the Ducks.
The addition of Young, who averaged 18 points and ranked among the Conference USA leaders in three-point shooting, brings to eight the potential number of new Ducks for next season, including three who had been connected with four-year schools.
Added earlier were two who will have only one season of eligibility remaining, Mike Moser and Richard Amaradi. The 6-8 Moser played his first three seasons at UNLV while Amaradi played last season at Indiana Hills Community College before signing a letter of intent with Iowa State. After being released from that commitment, the 6-9 Amaradi selected Oregon as his new destination.
The Ducks also signed two junior college recruits in the spring signing period, Jalil Abdul-Bassit and Elgin Cook. The 6-3 Abdul-Bassit will be a junior and the 6-6 Cook will have three seasons of eligibility at Oregon.
In the fall, Oregon signed three players who will be freshmen in eligibility in 6-4 A.J. Lapray, 6-8 Jordan Bell and 6-9 Cristiano Felicio, though there remains the possibility that Felicio, a native of Brazil, won�t clear entrance requirements of the university and NCAA.
The five returning scholarship players for the Ducks are seniors Johnathan Loyd and Waverly Austin and sophomores Dominic Artis, Ben Carter and Damyean Dotson. Since last season ended, Austin Kuemper, Willie Moore and Fred Richardson III, all freshmen, have left the program, along with four seniors who completed their eligibility.
In Young, the Ducks have added a player who made 42 percent of his three-point attempts last season, with a total of 66, as the Cougars went 20-13 and played in the College Basketball Invitational. Young scored at least 20 points in 14 games, with a high of 32 points in a game in which he also had nine assists.
At Yates High in Houston, where Dotson also played, Young was the Gatorade Player of the Year for Texas, and named third-team all-American by Parade Magazine. After redshirting his first season at Houston, he averaged 11.3 points as a freshman before 18.0 last season.


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Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy made another move in his crusade against valley fever this week, announcing the new Congressional Valley Fever Task Force.
Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy made another move in his crusade against valley fever this week, announcing the new Congressional Valley Fever Task Force.
The panel is composed of 11 Republicans and three Democrats from California, Arizona and Texas. McCarthy said the group grew out of meetings he's had throughout the year with Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., who will co-chair the task force.
"The first thing is to bring awareness to (valley fever). Greater awareness will bring better treatment" and help reach the ultimate goal of a vaccine, McCarthy said Tuesday.
Valley fever, an illness caused by a fungus endemic in parts of the Southwest, has been known as an "orphan disease" that receives little attention or research funding. But the disease has stepped into the spotlight this year for a variety of reasons, experts said, and politicians are paying attention.
McCarthy has been holding court with local and national experts, including leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. The Bakersfield representative is also spearheading a valley fever symposium to be held early this fall.
Valley fever experts in California and Arizona were optimistic Wednesday as they considered what the task force might accomplish.
Kirt Emery, health assessment and epidemiology program manager for the Kern County Public Health Services Department, said he thinks McCarthy is "doing an amazing job" tackling valley fever.
"(The task force) starts to bring in all of the power and all of the resources, because these guys can make things happen," Emery said.
Dr. John Galgiani, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona, said the new group could increase collaboration among the representatives' constituencies.
He was also encouraged that the task force bridges the political divide.
"It doesn't matter whether you're a Democrat or Republican, if you inhale one of these (fungal) spores, it really is a problem for people of all political persuasions," Galgiani said.
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Motorcyclists in serious condition after crash
Motorcyclists in serious condition after crash
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Two motorcyclists are in serious condition after a crash in Longwood.
Investigators said the crash happened right in front of South Seminole Hospital about 9 p.m. Thursday.
A pickup truck drove into the path of two motorcycles, according to police.
Officers said three people were riding the motorcycles. Two of the victims were badly injured and flown to Orlando Regional Medical Center.
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Sure, every minute with our kids is a gift. We couldn't be more thankful for them, even when we want to pull our hair out. Still, sometimes, doesn't it feel like they're torturing you…on purpose? Now viral sensation @HonestToddler is giving us a peak inside a little kid's psyche, and it turns out you're not crazy: they are messing with you. We've gathered his funniest, most true-to-life tweets. Plus, read our Q&A with Honest Toddler!
On annoying behavior
Trying to rush me? COMMENCE SLOW MOTION.
Waiting until my mom has finished working/cleaning like a crazy person and is about to relax before waking up from my nap.
She told me to get my shoes. I came back with a spoon.
Babysitter will be here any minute. Stripped naked and rubbed Vaseline all over my chest. Come at me, Poppins.
I'd rather watch you play with my toys than play with them myself. Dance puppet, dance.
Toddler Tip: You can only wipe your nose on YOUR mama's pants. People get weird.
On potty training
If you did a secret poo on the floor, would you bring mommy to it, cover it with a blanket, or hide? Asking for a friend.
Toddler Tip: Ask to poop at the grocery store. You get to see the warehouse and many boxes. Don't actually poop.
Doing science. Put several diapers in the toilet. Fascinating.
Toddler Tip: On the highway? Take a sudden interest in potty training. Be sure to have already pooed/peed by the time they pull over.
Toddler Tip: Whenever possible, maintain eye contact while pooping.
On eating
Crushed the contents of an entire box of Ritz crackers. Hungry for Ritz crackers. Not these ones. They're broken.
Crying for a black popsicle. I don't care if they exist or not. Make it happen.
String cheese doesn't keep well between couch cushions.
Emptied a family size box of cereal on the tile. Sounded just like a cool summer rain. Mmmmm. It really is the little things in life.
Recipe: Step on a raisin with your bare feet. Eat raisin. Enjoy!
On sleeping
In the big bed. Was knife fighting in my sleep and damaged my parents. So much power.
Back tapping. Don't try to rush it. Don't lean on my crib either. Use your core.
Woke up in the big bed again! Mom, dad and I were in letter "H" formation. Guess who was in the middle? :)
In bed. Just noticed the color of my socks. They're not going to work. Not tonight.
{C}On destroying stuff
Went up to daddy. Kissed him. Whispered, "I love you." Then handed him the pieces of his phone.
Toddler Tip: If you see a phone being charged, pull it out. NOT ON YOUR WATCH.
Open mouth sneezed on mommy's keyboard with a mouth full of crackers.
At the bank. Taking care of those pesky line cords. Karate chopped two of them. You're welcome.
On parenting
Dear mama's friend. I don't have a fever. She just doesn't want to go. Don't worry, she lies to me, too.
Common Parent Lies: "There's no more." "That's hot/spicy." "Everyone is sleeping." "Go hide, I'll come find you."
She just threw a handful of skittles on the floor. Conference call.
No story tonight. Guess the 8PM primetime television lineup is more important than my growing mind.


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The University of Evansville is proud to announce that North Oldham High School alum Brandon Causey was honored at the Heritage Federal Credit Union Student-Athlete Academic Honors Breakfast on Sept. 27 in UE's Eykamp Hall.
At the event, the University of Evansville was announced as the recipient of the 2011-12 Missouri Valley Conference All-Academic Award, given to the school whose student-athletes post the highest cumulative GPA.
Causey is majoring in mechanical engineering and participates in men's soccer.
"This is an extraordinary honor for the University of Evansville, our athletic department, but most importantly the student-athletes such as Brandon Causey," UE Athletics Director John Stanley said. "We are proud of the work that each and every one of them does on a daily basis in the classroom and on the field. This award proves that student-athletes at the University of Evansville are top-notch people, students, and athletes."
Evansville's 13 MVC sports and 214 student-athletes combined to post a grade point average of 3.284 for the 2011-12 academic year.
In spring 2012, 78.9 percent of UE's student-athletes (169 out of 214) amassed a GPA of 3.0 or better while 45.3 percent (97 of 214) accumulated a GPA of 3.5 or higher in the spring semester.
During that semester, 9.8 percent of the Aces' student-athletes had a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Many players also garnered dean's list honors — 118 made the dean's list at least once last season while 61 did so for both semesters.
"This award speaks well to Evansville: the faculty, the student-athletes, and coaches. It is a tremendous achievement when you consider the quality of our schools across the board," MVC Commissioner Doug Elgin said. "This was a tremendously uplifting event to see. To see the faculty, student-athletes, and staff turnout was great. What an image it was to have all of those student-athletes up there on stage. It is what we're about in the Missouri Valley."
The MVC All-Academic Award is in its 10th year and is awarded to the school whose student-athletes combine for the highest GPA.
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NHIAA Golf
John Habib's City Sports: City champ eyes state title
By JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
Manchester High School Central senior golfer Matt Paradis is aiming for an NHIAA championship after finishing as runner-up to Chelso Barrett in each of the past two seasons. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
From the first time he saw
Matt Paradis
compete, it was clear to Manchester High School Central golf coach
Matt Tafe
that he had a special player.
"I've been coaching for 10 seasons, and Matt is definitely the best player I've coached," said Tafe. "In his very first high school match, at Green Meadow (in Hudson), he won medalist. In his second match, at Souhegan Woods (in Amherst), he won medalist again. It just blew my mind away."
Today, as a Central senior who plays out of Derryfield Country Club, Paradis has established a reputation for being a title contender at any tournament in which he competes.
He has finished runner-up the last two seasons in the NHIAA tournament to current Texas Christian University freshman
Chelso Barrett
of Surry, who won New Hampshire Union Leader Athlete of the Month honors for August after reaching the round of 16 in the U.S. Amateur and winning the New Hampshire Golf Association Stroke Play Championship that month.
Paradis had a pretty good summer himself.
In June, he reached the final of NHGA Junior Championship before falling to Tom Hixon of Rye in an 18-hole match play championship flight battle. On Labor Day Weekend, he won the three-round Manchester Men's City Golf Championship, topping runner-up
Jake Nutter
of Bedford by seven strokes.
"What impressed me is, Matt shot under par each day, at Derryfield (1-under 69), Intervale (1-under 71) and Manchester (4-under 68)," said Tafe, who labeled Paradis a "calm, cool and collected" golfer.
"Golf is an emotional sport, but you rarely see any emotion from Matt," Tafe said. "If you show up in the middle of one of his matches, you can't tell if Matt is winning or losing."
Paradis called the city championship the "highlight of my career so far" and said his uncle Bob Vigneault helped him maintain the kind of even keel Tafe described.
"I can't take all the credit. My uncle kept me pretty straight during that tournament," Paradis said. "He wouldn't let me get high or low."
Tafe noted that few high school students have won the Manchester city title, Nutter among them.
"It's pretty cool," said Paradis. "I know Jake won it when he was a junior in high school. The competition in the city tournament is great. You've got many guys who have been playing 20 years, some even 30 years and a few who are former club champions. If you win the city title, you've earned it against some of the best golfers."
Paradis said his grandparents
Barbara Vigneault
got him interested in golf at an early age and credited his parents, Nanette and Dan, for supporting his participation in the sport.
His immediate goal, he said, is to help Central win the NHIAA championship, but he also wants to end his high school career with an individual title.
He doesn't know yet if he'll continue playing at the college level next season.
"Other than Southern New Hampshire University, I haven't heard much from other schools," he said. "If I don't get an offer I like, I plan on becoming a firefighter someday."
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FOR THE THIRD straight season
Dick Lutsk
of Manchester will be the radio voice of Dartmouth College.
Big Green fans can tune in to Hanover's WFRD 99.3 FM today at 6 p.m. for Dartmouth's season-opener against Butler in Indianapolis. Lutsk will be working alongside former Big Green captain
Wayne Young
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A marketing specialist for Manchester Radio Group, Lutsk has worn many hats over his distinguished broadcasting career. In addition to broadcasting Dartmouth football, he's the radio voice of Holy Cross basketball and hockey. He also was in the booth to call about a dozen New Hampshire Fisher Cats games each of the past two seasons.
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Other past gigs included hosting Red Sox pre- and post-game shows, and Boston College football, basketball and hockey games.
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World Series of Fighting 1 Salaries: Arlovski Nets Enough Money to Buy an Entrance Song that Isn't Terrible
"My management paid HOW MANY Pitbull bucks for this song?! Paulo Filho won't be impressed."
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released fighter salaries for the inaugural World Series of Fighting event, held last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski made the most money that evening, bringing home $60,000 for crushing Devin Cole in the main event. While we're all glad to see Arlovski get paid, hopefully he spends some money on better entrance music; having some rapper bark your name is something that an amateur on the undercard of a local show would do to get people to notice him (assuming none of his friends knew how to shave stars into his hair, of course), not something a former UFC champion should do to keep people interested in his career. Just saying, it was pretty cheesy.
Taking home the second-largest purse of the evening was Anthony "Rumble" Johnson, who earned $55,000 for his highlight reel knockout against D.J. Linderman. Since moving up to a weight class that he should reasonably be fighting at, Anthony Johnson has looked pretty impressive. It's a shame that he sacrificed so much of his career – not to even mention his health – cutting to welterweight, but at twenty-eight years old it's by no means over for the UFC veteran.
Keep in mind that none of these salaries include any undisclosed bonuses or end of the night bonuses that World Series of Fighting may have given out. Also, even though this promotion is riding a lot of hype and had recognizable talent throughout the card, keep in mind that WSoF is a brand new promotion that just put on its first event. Basically, no one made Anderson Silva money, is what I'm trying to say:Read More DIGG THIS


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The Student Standing Committee
The Student Standing Committee (SSC) of the faculty is responsible for taking appropriate action with students in academic or other difficulty that is affecting the student's ability to make satisfactory academic progress. When the SSC receives a referral concerning a student or a recommendation for remedial action from a degree level dean, SSC will come to a decision on the issue concerned, after which the appropriate dean will communicate with the student in writing, explaining the reasons for the referral/recommendation and for the SSC decision. The student may appeal the decision of the SSC by following the procedure set out in the Appeals section below.
All students have the right to appeal any action of the Student Standing Committee (with the exception of issues relating to grade disputes). Notice of such appeal must be filed with the appropriate degree level dean within 10 days of the date of the receipt of the written notice of the decision of the committee. If no appeal is filed in writing within this period, the decision of the committee is final. If an appeal is duly filed with the degree dean she or he will communicate with the chairperson of the SSC and the matter of appeal will be taken up at the next scheduled meeting of the SSC or within 30 days of receipt of the appeal. The Student Standing Committee will take up the issues presented in the appeal and decide its merits. The decision of the SSC will be communicated in writing to the student in a timely manner by the chairperson.
All matters of a student's standing which involve the Student Standing Committee will be recorded in writing and become a part of the student's file on record in the offices of the Registrar and degree level deans.
Academic Probation
A student may be placed on academic probation by the Student Standing Committee under one or more of the following conditions:
- More than one Incomplete (I), Permanent Incomplete (PI), F (no credit), or W (withdrawal).
- A grade point average below 2.00 (C) for the preceding semester.
Probationary status normally will extend over only one semester and may be removed at the close of the next semester providing that the following conditions have been met:
- Previous incompletes have been completed and passing grades have been assigned
- There are no new incompletes and all grades are at or above a grade point average of 2.00 (C)
- Student is making adequate progress in completing courses.
Furthermore, a student on academic probation may be asked by the Student Standing Committee to reduce his or her course load for the following semester, to seek remedial assistance or to take a leave of absence for a specified time in order to undertake such appropriate actions necessary to be reinstated as a student in good standing.
In the event that academic probation cannot be removed after one semester, the Student Standing Committee will deliberate and decide whether to continue the student on probation or to administratively withdraw or dismiss the student from the certificate or degree program.


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From Gambit wiki
(This document is a stub.)
Gambit features an internal source debugger, see the User Documentation.
Also, Gambit software can be debugged through GDB [1]. If your program would perform crashes such as segmentation faults,
Tracking down segmentation faults
Compiling Gambit for debugging purposes
Download the latest Gambit sourcecode.
Unpack it, usually you do that through executing tar xvfz gambc-v4_X_X.tgz in your shell.
- Run the configure script. It is normally compiled with --enable-single-host flipped on. If you want Gambit to dump internal messages to the file "console" in the current directory, also pass the --enable-debug parameter. To see all options, run ./configure --help.
- Edit the file makefile using your favourite editor. There are at least two rows that contain the sequence -O1 (i.e. dash O one), in the current version that's the two rows starting with FLAGS_OBJ and FLAGS_DYN. Replace -O1 with -g -O0 . The -g option will make your C compiler include debugging symbols on compilation, and the -O0 will force it not to do any optimizations on the assembly/binary code it generates, thus the mapping of rows of C/C++ code into memory addresses during program execution will be the most precise your C/C++ compiler is capable of generating.
- Compile Gambit through typing make
- If you want this Gambit to replace your current installation, run make install
Running compile-file with debugging options flipped on
When running (compile-file ), remember to pass the cc-opts: "-g -O0" .
Also, there are the options:
- track-scheme to make the C/C++ compiler use the source Scheme code instead of the source C/C++ code for debugging info. This is an option that you may want to vary during debugging work.
- keep-c to make compile-file not remove the intermediary C/C++ code file.
Run Gambit in GDB
From your shell, run
gdb gsc
GDB will start. If you want to pass gsc argument, type
set args=[the arguments]
for example
set args=-e "(display \"test\n\")" -
To start Gambit witihn GDB, type run.
If your Gambit application crashes, you will get a prompt in GDB indicating so. To get a backtrace of the stack of your program, type bt . The backtrace should also be interesting for anyone who would assist you in finding the reason to the crash.
To quit, type quit.
Other things you may want to do
There are ample of debug utilities, for different operating systems, that may be interesting for you to use.
For instance, strace is an utility that displays all Kernel invocations your application does. Remember to run it with the -Ff options.
valgrind is an utility that traces memory leaks. (Gambit will not leak memory in itself, but a faulty Foreign Function Interface library could do that.)


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The Voice's Eoghan McDermott and Niamh Farrell from Irish Indie band Ham Sandwich present highlights from the Meteor Choice Music Prize live event in Vicar Street.
Watch live performances from, Girls Names, Little Green Cars, Mano Le Tough, O Emperor, Lisa O' Neill, Villagers and Bell X1. Eoghan and Niamh will present pre-recorded VT's from all the nominees, plus exlusive interviews on the night and coverage of the final award presentation, when one of ten acts will win this year's Meteor Choice Music Prize.
This is the first time RTÉ TWO has broadcast a highlights show of the awards show.
The 9th annual Meteor Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate and acknowledge the best in Irish recorded music. The prize has become one of the highlights of the Irish music calendar since its inception in 2005 and is awarded to the Irish Album of the Year, as chosen from a shortlist of ten releases by a panel of eleven Irish music media professionals and industry experts.
The Meteor Choice Music Prize shortlist for Irish Album of the Year 2013, in association with IMRO and IRMA, was announced in January. The overall winning Album of the Year will be selected by the judging panel at the Meteor Choice Music Prize Live Event at Vicar St, Dublin on Thursday, February 27th 2013.
The shortlist is as follows (artists listed in alphabetical order):
And So I Watch You From Afar – All Hail Bright Futures (Sargent House)
Bell X1 – Chop Chop (Belly Up Records)
Girls Names – The New Life (Tough Love)
Kodaline – In A Perfect World (Sony Music)
Little Green Cars – Absolute Zero (Universal Music)
Mano Le Tough – Changing Days (Permanent Vacation)
My Bloody Valentine – MBV (MBV Records)
O Emperor – Vitreous (Big Skin)
Lisa O' Neill – Same Cloth or Not (Song Seeds Records)
Villagers – {Awayland} (Domino)
The winning act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All of the shortlisted acts will receive a specially-commissioned award, courtesy of IMRO and IRMA. Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of key overseas delegates at the event while RAAP and Music Week are also official project partners.
RTÉ TWO, Sunday 2 March, 2014 10.25pm


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Your digestive system is a miracle of muscles, valves, digestive juices and nutrient absorption.
The synchronized, wave-like movement of your digestive system's muscles, which push food through the various parts of the system, is known as motility. Disturbances of gastrointestinal motility can cause a variety of symptoms, pain or discomfort and a loss of nutrient absorption.
The GI Motility Program at Cedars-Sinai provides referring physicians with complete tests of motility and gastro-intestinal functioning. Our comprehensive reports provide an analysis of motility tracings and expert comments.
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More than 600 guests greeted the holiday season with the Keesal, Young & Logan firm on Dec. 7, high atop the Union Bank building. The office area reserved for the gifts, decorations (and eventually meals) for the families the firm adopts each year was filled to the brim. Partners Skip Keesal and Steve Young greeted the throng and made sure the partygoers were replete with the holiday spirit and fine dining.
On the 13th floor, the main conference room displayed a dramatic ice sculpture vase filled with flowers, surrounded by shrimp, crab and made-to-order duck crepes.
The 14th floor was a beautiful setting for an ice sculpture martini luge and other libation stations. Appetites were sated with the famous risotto (created by chefs William Hall and Mauricio Perez), sushi and sake stations as well as carving stations with tri-tip and turkey sandwiches.
The centerpiece was the desert station, beautifully decorated in a French bakery motif, with white desserts cakes and cookies.
Seen at the scene: Mario Molina, John and Michelle Molina, Janet Watt, Tino and Martha Bernadett, Greg Bombard, Jim and Gail Gray, Mike Walter, Alan McCorkle, Blake and Vicki Christian, Becky Cool, Jim Michaelian, John DiCarlo, Craig Dougherty, Fernando Chavez, Bob Carey, Kim Wasick, Janice Toebben, Mort Stuhlbarg, Matt and Roberta Jenkins, Gerry and Mimi Bloeser, Dick and Jean Ritchie, Howard Chambers, Randal Hernandez, Beverly O'Neill, L.A. County Supervisor Don and Julie Knabe, Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, City Council members Suja Lowenthal, James Johnson, Gerrie Schipske, Gary DeLong and his wife, Dawna; LB City Attorney Bob Shannon; LBPD Deputy Chief Robert Luna; Linda Rahn; John and Alice Wallace; Don and Cindy Rodriguez; Darlene Dameron and Gary Taylor; Barbie Barker and Don Litterst; Irv Miller; Joe Mirkovich; Naomi Rainey; Lynne Pillsbury; Jason Hagensick; Jeff Williams; Jim and Patti Worsham; Annette Kashiwabara and Marty Isozaki; Gene and Ann Lentzner; Jim Grubbs; and Drew Gagner.
Children Today
Four hundred intrepid souls ventured into what Southern California calls "inclement weather" to support the annual Children Today fundraiser, held this year at the former Z Gallerie on Nov. 30. Partygoers were in a festive mood, and it showed in their generous bids on great silent and live auction items. All told, the evening raised $200,000.
Among the highlights of auction items was the work of live event artist and muralist Karen Wall-Garrison who painted the scene.
Entertaining the crowd were raconteurs (aka auctioneers/master of ceremonies) John Morris and Supervisor Don Knabe. Highlights of the auction included Grand Prix pace car and drift car rides, a VIP trip for two to the finals of "The Voice," and a seven-day trip to a beautiful Italian farmhouse outside of Cortona, Italy (won by Karen and Ryan Autrey).
A wine tasting was offered during the silent auction that that included more than 300 items. At the conclusion of the Live program, guests enjoyed casino tables and dancing to a DJ. Delicious dining was provided by Choura Events and Thank Goodness It's Sofia.
Seen at the scene: Mayor Bob Foster, Event Chair and Board Vice President Masy (with Jim) Bunnell, Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, Vice Mayor Robert Garcia, City Auditor Laura (with husband, Jim) Doud, Judge Danny Lowenthal, Executive Director Dora Jacildo, Board President Alex (with Nancy) Cherin, board members Byron Breland, John Wavell, Marshy Naify and Ana Pinheiro, Michael (Melody) Chun, Jude Correa, Matt Knabe, Heather Morris, Marisa Semense, Christine (Gregg) Lorenzetti, Past President Josh (Erica) Lowenthal, co-founder Theresa Bixby (with daughters Kirra and Jessica Bixby), founding board members Cory Kristoff and Tracy Cunningham, Martin and Cindy Howard, Karen and Ryan Autrey, Dr. Lars and Michele Hertzog, John and Liz Hancock, Chris and Ellen Pook.
McKenna's on the Bay
St. Nicholas Day, Dec. 6, was celebrated in a big way at McKennas on the Bay, continuing the tradition of giving to the children initiated by Legends and Mums. Guests were invited to a complimentary buffet lunch and asked to bring a gift for Children Today (represented by Teresa Bixby), The Boys & Girls Club (Don Rodriguez) and Food for Kids (Jim Grubb). A small room was filled wall-to-wall with a sea of toy-filled bags, donated by the hundreds of attendees.
By way of acknowledging the generosity of McKenna's Nick Limer, partner and General Manager John Morris told the legend of St. Nick, who devoted all his money and life to assisting children, the needy and the sick.
Seen at the scene: Fire Chief Mike DuRee, Firefighters Rich Brandt, Will Nash, and Matt Dobberpuhl; Dawn McKenna, Bonnie Scott, Mari Hooper, Larry Jackson, Ryan Choura, Steve Folger, Jeff Severson, Terry Greco, Lorie Scarborough and Dennis McConkey, Elaine Goodnoe, Desiree and Dan Gooch, John Hancock, Suzie Atwood, Leigh Latimer, Denise and Denny Lund, Ken Miller, Diane Ripley, Tommy Bennett, Bob Luskin, Ed Radcliffe, Robert Garcia, Randy Beers.
Long Beach Yacht Club
Every year the "Sand Dollars" (wives of former Commodores of the Long Beach Yacht Club) stage a sell-out holiday luncheon, arranged by Joan Knight. On Dec. 13 the event once again drew a capacity crowd of 225 beautifully attired ladies.
This year's Commodore's wife, Gina Strong, spoke of how much she had enjoyed the year and presented flowers to Melva Miller, the wife of the incoming Commodore.
Fresh pine and red berry centerpieces were accented with sand dollars, which has become an iconic tradition.
The abundant donation of toys for the children of the Stramski Children's Developmental Center at Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach were displayed beneath the Christmas tree in the lobby.
Seen at the scene: Sand Dollar President Katie Banks, Jacquie Jones, Jayne Morse (candle table favors), Shirlee Bouch, Dawn McKenna, Shelly Barbre, Mari Hooper, Marlene Temple, Joanne Pearson, Ghislaine Iliff, Sue Cannon, Joan Nickerson, Marian Pincombe, Pam Luckey, Patti Martin, Barbara Hall, Nancy Koblensky, Carolyn Powers, Sherry Loos, Jan Krantz, Loree Scarborough, Elaine Goodnoe, Norma Powell, Bonnie Scott, Staff Commodores wives Lisa Van Dyke, Mary Beth Ives, Kay Berg, Kathy Frazier, Cheri Busch, Debi Lorbeer.
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The electrochemical generation of hydrogen from water could help in the storage of energy generated by renewable resources at off-peak times. However, catalysts for the slow step of this reaction, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), are based on oxides of noble metals (iridium and ruthenium) that have limited abundance. A strategy for improving the performance of earth-abundant elements is to explore mixed-metal oxides and to prepare these as amorphous phases. Smith (p. 60 , published online 28 March) developed a general method for preparing amorphous oxides, based on photodecomposition of organometallic precursors. Amorphous mixed-metal oxides of iron, nickel, and cobalt were more active than comparable crystalline materials and provided OER performance comparable to noble metal oxides.
Large-scale electrolysis of water for hydrogen generation requires better catalysts to lower the kinetic barriers associated with the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Although most OER catalysts are based on crystalline mixed-metal oxides, high activities can also be achieved with amorphous phases. Methods for producing amorphous materials, however, are not typically amenable to mixed-metal compositions. We demonstrate that a low-temperature process, photochemical metal-organic deposition, can produce amorphous (mixed) metal oxide films for OER catalysis. The films contain a homogeneous distribution of metals with compositions that can be accurately controlled. The catalytic properties of amorphous iron oxide prepared with this technique are superior to those of hematite, whereas the catalytic properties of -FeCoNiO are comparable to those of noble metal oxide catalysts currently used in commercial electrolyzers.
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USe the link https://kwandrivia.net/ from now on, the old one directs to errors and has issues, this is the new one.
You can now link your characters account to your main one. Use the drop down menu in the top right corner then go to profile, from there edit your profile, then go to Linked Accounts. Then begin adding from there. The dropdown menu in the top right is where you can find your linked accounts.
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Death City (Coliginosity)
Death City was originally developed as a new utopian capital for the people of the polluted and corrupt New Acadia District. But like most human settlements the new utopia quickly became corrupt, even further than the New Acadia District. Eventually the city was taken control of by dark forces and turned into a twisted and horrid image of it's former self. Now Death City is a city where the physically and mentally strong acquire power through any means, regardless of the consequences to their fellow citizens. The people of Death City stand behind the principle that "only the strongest will survive", and regard any sign of weakness as disgrace towards their ideals. Death City still has it's own laws to help protect the citizenry from harm. In Death City those with power are protected by the law more than those without it. Thanks to the dark mages who 'liberated' Death City, the people under them have come to despise the New Acadia District. If not for the strict rules of the Order, Death City would more than likely try to cast their dark shadow over the lands of Kwandrivia. Death City is a city that uses magi-tech, using this magi-tech they are able to keep thier freedom, while at the same time ensuring themselves a future.
Overseer: Nexi
City Style: Dark and Twisted Fantasy
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