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Hope College Theatre will perform "Ring around the Moon" by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Christopher Fry, on Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, and Wednesday-Saturday, April 25-28, at 8 p.m. in the DeWitt Center main theatre.
Jean Anouilh's "Ring around the Moon" is a wistfully romantic French comedy dealing with issues of social class and love. "Ring around the Moon" is directed by Daina Robins, professor of theatre and chair of the department of theatre.
"We hope to produce a lovely spring romp to close our academic season," Robins said. "We've set the play in the 1930s, which should translate into a lovely set, elegant costumes, and fun music from the period's Hot Club of France. And, of course, lighting effects must include a moon."
The production is choreographed by Matthew Farmer, assistant professor of dance. Scene and properties are designed by Richard L. Smith, professor of theatre. Costume design is done by Michelle Bombe, professor of theatre, and makeup design by sophomore Alexa Duimstra of Appleton, Wis. Lighting and sound design will be done by Perry Landes, associate professor of theatre, with technical direction by Paul K. Anderson and stage management by senior Brittni Nowicki of West Bloomfield. The assistant stage managers are sophomore Bradley Hamilton of Lathrop Village and freshman Bridget McCarthy of Grand Haven.
The cast includes junior Skyler Adams of Holland; junior Lydia Blickley of Grand Rapids; freshman Austen Boer of Holland; junior Erik Durham of Holland; sophomore Kelly Eubank of Louisville, Ky.; sophomore Lauren Ezzo of Haslett; junior Haley Hodges of Hart; sophomore Solange Kealey of Merton, Wis.; sophomore Angelica Kurtz of Streamwood, Ill.; freshman Alex Sloan of Ann Arbor; senior John Telfer of Lyons Township, Ill.; and senior Christoff Visscher of Silver Spring, Md.
Tickets for "Ring around the Moon" are $10 for regular admission, $7 for senior citizens and Hope faculty and staff, and $5 for students, and are available at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and may be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The DeWitt Center is located at 141 E. 12th St., on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street.


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Pop-Up Playdate
- Date: 11/22/2017 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
- Location: Heather Farm Community Center - Lakeside Room
301 N. San Carlos Dr
Walnut Creek, California 94598
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Pop-Up playdate provides a safe, clean playspace with developmentally appropriate activities and opportunities for fun and socialization.
We welcome children ages 0 - 5 and their caregivers and hope to provide a place to connect and build community.
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Why three networks?
Could someone please explain, to a bear of very little brain, why the Chinese government is mandating three different 3G networks?
GSM is well on the way to global domination, with one-time rival CDMA serving a mere 423 million compared to the four billion who'll soon be able to make a GSM call. The news comes from industry advocate group 3G Americas, who reckon that by the end of September phones compliant with the GSM family of standards will be in the …
3GPP is the name of the organization that now looks after the GSM standard.
The 2G GSM variant you refer to is 3GPP Release 98.
The first 3G WCDMA standard is Release 99.
HSDPA is Release 5
HSUPA is Release 6
HSPA+ is Release 7
LTE is Release 8
China's TD-SCDMA is part of the 3GPP standard Releases 4 and later.
Or, so was the Mantra in '05. We at Nokia Networks were told it wouldn't live beyond 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011....
Surely, same argument about the Infernal Combustion Engine in, oh, 1950's?
But, in 1997, I was having a discussion with a Senior Nokia Engineer (PhD level) who told me, in all confidence, that W-CDMA will never solve the "near-far problem*", and will never be commercially viable. Goes to show how useful these scholarly types are. Should stick to cunting a punt on the 'Cam.
* Google. Can't be arsed to go into detail on this sticky pub's keyboard. Ok, this'll do. http://www.cdg.org/technology/cdma_technology/a_ross/cdmarevolution.asp
Scroll down a bit.
@AC: One reason why China is developing its own standards is to avoid the licence payments for the other technologies. Seeing as now most phones and an increasing amount of the the rest of the network components are more or less entirely made in China that might give Chinese manufacturers the clout they need in future discussions - get the other technology for free or use their own and threaten to export it. I think there is something similar with high definitiion video.
Consumers don't care about the technology, they just want stuff to work - ie. there phone to be usable wherever they are. GSM allowed component manufacturerers (Qualcomm, TI, Infineon, et al.) to guarantee that roaming would work pretty much around the world. The success of mandated GSM technology in Europe guaranteed economies of scale for the network manufacturers which gave them advantages in new markets and even allowed them to challenge in America's fragmented market - which had survived because it was recognised that people don't roam half as much as adverts would suggest and providing good *mobile* coverage in subscribers' key locations - home, way to work, airports was sufficient until the success of mobile phones turned a luxury into a commodity which (suddenly) has to work everywhere and all the time.
Is that 4bn devices (SIMs) or 4bn people?
It's well known that in the west, market penetration is running around 150% or more, in many countries. And in the developing world, it's common for many people share a single phone (with all kinds of smarts around separate address books and separate phone numbers).
Probably the idea is to maintain manufacturing expertise in a range of technologies rather than being limited to one. There is no advantage in this for the customers, who do better if the competing networks all use the same phone, so that you can swap easily from one to another. This is one reason why mobile technology is more advanced in Europe than in America...in the US the competing networks use different technology, making it hard to swap. In Europe swapping is usually as easy as buying a new SIM for another network. So there is a limit to how bad the service can get, eg no worse than the competitor.
Peasant working in a rice paddy under a harsh and most unyielding hot sun whips out his iPhone 3GS and places a GSM call to his spouse, saying: "Honey, I'm sorry, but I'll be home late tonight."
That, to me, epitomises what '...now enjoyed by 4 billion' means.
(For some value of 'enjoy', mind you.)
Dodgy numbers that reminds me too much of how the U.S. media likes to hype up the American football Super Bowl TV viewership by bandying around outrageous figures such as over one billion people worldwide watched at least a portion of the game.
CDMA is probably a better technology. In addition, CDMA phones don't make funny sounds in AM radios when they broadcast system inquiries. Of course here in silicon valley, the CDMA coverage is a bit better. One of these days AT&T will get a few more towers planted (over peoples objections, ill founded as they are).
As the commercial here says "Its the network!" (then adds "Can you hear me now!").
What really needs to be done is to have the cell phone providers actually publish their DETAILED coverage maps so we could decide better. None of this map with various sized of red dots.


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Sleeveless in Sochi
As Louisvillians hunkered down again over the weekend for a little more snow (uncle!), those who could tear their disbelieving eyes from the frozen scenery here were confronted with the sunny clime of Sochi, Russia, as the Olympics soldiered on. No, you weren't crazy when your disbelieving eyes brought you this sight, too: Some skiers were in sleeveless shirts as they competed in the winter games.
We say soldiered on, because the games have been beset by more than poor Bob Costas' pink-eye infection, now under control. The warm weather that led the U.S.'s Sadie Bjornsen to ski bare-armed in her portion of a cross-country relay on Saturday has melted snow and sent some games-goers to Sochi's rocky beaches to catch rays. It also forced organizers to tap into their stored snow and to launch what some gadflies are calling the Sochi Salt Accord to import ton upon ton of salt to create a more amenable snow blanket for some of the events. (Think they had to tap into a slush fund?)
Meanwhile, people in Louisville and surrounding areas were making even more bread and milk runs ... until a little of that Sochi sunpower came our way.
Finally, the Polar Vortex seems to have released us from its relentless grip as our temps have risen, our snow and ice have started to melt, and salt isn't primarily a condiment for our roads but for our dinner tables.
No, spring hasn't sprung yet, and won't for a while, but this week anyway we're not frosted, shivering minions for Mr. Freeze and we can read, with some gladness as a sign of things to come (please and thank you), that Major League Baseball players are reporting to their spring training camps. Punxsatawny Phil may not have seen his shadow a few weeks ago, but these guys will see theirs. And sooner than we know it, we will, too.


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When learning is personal, teaching and learning changes. Teachers' and learners' roles change. Last January, we created a chart comparing Personalization vs Individualization vs Differentiation and a report that explained the difference between these three terms including teacher-centered vs. learner-centered approaches. This chart has been downloaded tens of thousands of times from all over the world and prompted discussions around some of these questions:
* What does personalized or personal learning mean to you?
* How do you see teachers' and learners' roles changing?
* How does a school or district know they are Ready to Transform learning?
* What is Assessment AS Learning?
* Can personalization help close the achievement gap?
* Where are the conversations, models, and examples of personalizing learning?
These questions were part of an interview from Patricia Gomes, a reporter from Porvir in Brazil who wrote an article August 12, 2012 about the chart and resulted in an article and infographic in Portuguese. We translated the infographic for our English readers and welcome your comments.
Via Kathleen McClaskey, Barbara Bray


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Lightweight comfort.
Carbon fiber saddles have been around for a while, but they typically belong on ultra-light wall-art builds, rather than a bike that sees dozens of rides a year. Why? Because they have a track record of favoring light weights over comfort. Selle Italia took this as a challenge, and delivered the SLR Tekno Saddle as a result. Building on the same shape that's popularized the SLR, the Tekno incorporates a flexible carbon fiber shell that yields a surprising degree of comfort. Even better, Selle Italia managed this at a weight that's sub-100 grams.
The SLR Tekno takes the classic SLR shape, but does away with padding in favor of a lightweight carbon fiber shell. And despite its intimidating appearance, you'll find that it's far from being a rock-hard torture device. Instead, the SLR Tekno is actually quite comfortable, especially when paired with your favorite chamois. Granted, it's not the right choice for loaded touring or casual cyclists. But, for those of us whose backsides have been hardened by thousands of miles of pedaling, the feel is not dissimilar from the original SLR, if slightly more Spartan. The carbon fiber shell has the added benefit of enabling your shorts to slide by with nary a snag, which minimizes chafing—arguably the largest source of saddle-area discomfort. And while the original SLR is admittedly lightweight, the Tekno version drops the weight to a around 95 grams. Yes, that is indeed crazy-light, especially for a saddle that's intended to be ridden day-in and day-out.
The carbon fiber shell isn't the only factor in the Tekno's incredible weight. The solid carbon fiber rails are not only svelte, but strong. Better yet, they provide a degree of vibration damping, which reduces the harsh road chatter that leads to both numbness or discomfort.
The Selle Italia SLR Tekno Saddle is available in a 131x275mm size and in the color Black.
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Is it compatible with my Ritchey Superlogic Carbon Link Flexlogic seatpost (https://ritcheylogic.com/superlogic-link-seatpost)? Thanks, Francisco
light and comfortable
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
this is one sweet seat. very comfortable on some 50+ mile rides. always get compliments. it is extremely light. a bit expensive but it is worth every penny if you want the best.
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August 13, 2013 | fawcettl
As part of the Affordable Care Act, the Health Insurance Marketplace is scheduled to open October 1, 2013. You can use the Kaiser Family Foundation's online Subsidy Calculator to get an estimate of what your premiums and savings might be on a Marketplace plan. Keep in mind that this is just an estimate, and your actual costs may be higher or lower. When open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace starts October 1, you'll be able to see exactly what you'll pay for specific plans, including any savings you qualify for based on your income.


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Google search gets more personal with reminders, more
SAN FRANCISCO — As is evident at its I/O conference in San Francisco this week, Google attracts attention for Android hardware (and software), Maps software, and for a certain pair of augmented reality spectacles known as Glass. But where Google originally became a household word was in search and search is still very much at the core of what the company does.
Google's senior vice president for search Amit Singhal outlined some of the next steps in the "search engine of the future," one that he says "can answer your questions, have a conversation with you, and even give you useful things without you ever having to ask."
Google has already started delivering on that promise through Google Now, a search feature that only recently came to Apple's iOS devices, after starting out as you'd expect on Android.
At I/O, Singhal announced some potentially important enhancements to Google Now, notably reminders that appear when you need them. You'll be able to say to Google, "remind me to pick up milk when I get to Safeway" and such a reminder is supposed to appear when you get to that supermarket. Apple has built a Reminders feature in iOS and OS X as well where it can remind you of something when you arrive or leave an address.
"A note to buy milk, paper towels and food for the dog, is a lot more helpful when you're actually at the grocery store," Singhal writes in the Google blog. "Or if you're about to miss the last train home, Google Now can remind you that you better leave. And if you're interested in an upcoming book or there's a new album you're excited to listen to, Google Now will shoot you a reminder when it comes out, and even provide a recommendation."
Google also announced improvements to the so-called Knowledge Graph, Google's less than one-year-old map of people, places and things. When posing a query such as "what is the population of India?" you'll not only get the answer, but you'll also get the answers to natural follow-up questions, such as the population of China and the United States.
Arguably the most interesting development in search is in how you can increasingly approach your queries in a conversational manner, especially when you use smartphones and tablets. At I/O Singhal demonstrated conversational search through the Chrome browser on a computer.
Soon, you'll be able to just say, hands-free, "OK Google, will it be sunny in Santa Cruz this weekend?" and get a spoken answer. Then, you'll be able to continue the conversation and just follow up with "how far is it from here?" if you care about the drive or "how about Monterey?"
As Singhal conceded in an interview, not every search lends itself to the kind of succinct answer required of a conversation. "Why did the Beatles split up?' requires a deeper analysis.
"We will experiment with it. How it feels in the wild and modify as we learn more," he says. The usual Google way: "Launch and iterate."


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This year, Matt Faccinto (Midwest Assistant Director for PSA) and Thunderhawk Canine will be hosting the PSA Midwest Regionals.
The event will take place in Cookeville, TN, on August 11 & 12. Saturday will be the Regional event; Sunday will be a club trial.
This is sure to be a great time with all levels of PSA represented (PDC through Level 3). He will also have a Lure Coursing event for anyone who would like to test their dog's speed!!!


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Everyone has a name.
Find and visualize the most popular (and unpopular) baby names since 1880.
Doodle for Kindle
Draw on your Kindle. Because sometimes reading sucks.
Immersively swim through massive amounts of information.
Colour Gadget
A Windows sidebar gadget for finding, saving, and copying colours. It's really pretty.
Create and save your own modern art with Viscosity. Winner in the Art category at SXSW 2008. Finalist at Flashforward 2007, FITC 2007.
Words you can type with one hand
A useful reference for people who use the computer one hand at a time.
The Collective Type Project
Interactive art project. The average of lots of people writing the same thing in the same place.
Circles are Awesome.
Interactive tool showing the properties of circles. Math is fun again.
Blood Hose
A Flash experiment emulating liquid streaming from a movable source.
Pole Position-esque racecar game.
Drawings sent via email when words wouldn't work.
Microsoft Max
Share photos, read news. R.I.P.
The Jerde Partnership
Dynamic Flash website for LA architects.
Work Gymnastics
My old job afforded certain opportunities.
Telephone to Text
Convert your phone number to text.
Operation: Moustache
What happens when I try to grow a moustache.
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Check the T&Cs below and call 6755-3113 for reservation NOW! Note that this promo does not include free flow of soft/hot drinks and tidbits as confirmed with Manekineko but you can add on: - it will be $7 per person for 3 hours of singing on weekdays, still a very good deal!


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Every once in a while, we all tend to say some very stupid things. A month ago, Dynamo midfielder Colin Clark drew a deserved three-game suspension for uttering a gay slur.
Today, MLS dropped the hammer on MLSSoccer.com insider Simon Borg, an outspoken and quite, shall we say, self-assured MLS "expert." MLS gave him a seven-day suspension for saying on a podcast Monday that he finds female "super-fans" as a turn off.
"During the latest episode of the ExtraTime Radio podcast on MLSsoccer.com, one of the hosts — Simon Borg — made inappropriate remarks regarding female fans of Major League Soccer," MLS said in a statement. "These remarks were unacceptable and in no way reflect the values of MLS, its clubs, players, staff, or MLSsoccer.com. We apologize on behalf of our organization for those remarks. Respect for diversity is a core principle of MLS and we are proud of the diversity of our League and its fans.
"Mr. Borg will be suspended from his position at MLSsoccer.com for seven days, effective immediately. All MLS employees undergo diversity and sensitivity training on an annual basis, and Mr. Borg and the entire MLS Digital group will receive additional sensitivity training promptly."
I must admit I've never heard the show because I'm too busy with life and such matters, but according to a transcript posted on yahoo.com, Borg said: "It's fine if you're a female and you want to be a super-fan. Clearly go for it, that's your choice. But there is something to be said for how appealing that might be to the other sex. Having a woman that's such a fan, like painting your face, tuning in to every podcast. I don't know how many males would be into that.
"It's great that in Kansas City there are a lot of women in the stands, it's great, but for the guy who wants maybe a serious relationship… If you are following just casually, but if you're such a die-hard, I don't know, it comes a point that it is a bit of a [I don't want to say] turn-off…"
I'm going to try to be professional here, so I won't really tell you my first reaction to Borg's comments other than to say it was somewhat nastier than "what a jerk!" With that said, I'll also reiterate the stance I had after Clark was suspended. Please don't judge the man by one stupid incident because we can all learn from this incident, including my dumb butt.
I'm a father of three girls and in the last year I've coached three girls teams, a U-5, a U-6 and a U-8. I stopped coaching the U-6s in the spring, so I only coached two in the spring. Moreover, last fall after my daughter's Challenge Academy team played an academy game at Houston Amateur Park, I watched with pride as my daughter asked if they could go wait outside the Dynamo practice facility for an hour as the Los Angeles Galaxy finished practice. The girls – ages between 9 and 8 – waited patiently outside the gates and were rewarded with portraits with Bruce Arena and several Galaxy players.
As a journalist, I pride myself on not being a fan.
But, as a father, I love that my daughters and their teammates love the Dynamo, love Brian Ching and Geoff Cameron just as much as they do Alex Morgan and Hope Solo. One of my brothers visited this weekend for my eldest daughter's first communion. He obviously doesn't follow women's soccer. Noticing a homemade white bandana decorated with Alex Morgan in red glitter, my brother asked me who Alex Morgan was. I told him that Kathleen made the bandana for the viewing party we held for over a dozen girls during the Women's World Cup final this summer.
Here's the deal, though, my daughters love Chicharito as much as Ching, Alex Morgan as much as Mia Hamm. They love them because they are great soccer stars, not because of their sex appeal or gender.
My girls cherish the opportunities they've had to take pictures with Ching and Arena. They love the Dynamo so much that they're skipping their Academy games on May 12 so that most of the team can attend and sit together at the BBVA Compass Stadium opener. They're showing up to cheer their favorite soccer team, not to impress some fat slob who's there to be turned on or off by female fans.
Borg was wrong on many levels, beginning with the fact that he chose to objectify female fans. He's the one with the issues. Does he find male super-fans as a turn on? He would never think to objectify male fans, and he shouldn't have to see female fans as a turn on or turn off. They are all soccer fans.
Soccer in America has grown tremendously, but it hasn't grown enough in this country that we need MLS employees insulting female fans. As a dad of three soccer-loving girls, I can tell you I'm proud MLS decided to turn Borg off.


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Conference: The Arab Spring: Implications and Opportunities For Canada
Since 1932, the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs has been a major player in Canada's civic discourse about public affairs nationally. The Institute offers itself up as a "civil place to disagree." This dynamic element brings all kinds of different people together from across Canada to participate in exchanging ideas on the issues that matter to us most. The goal? To bring understanding, awareness, and knowledge of domestic and international issues to an open and inclusive conversation, without taking sides. This openness leads to a free and lively exchange of ideas.
The name Couchinching comes from the Ojibwe gojijiing meaning "inlet." Couchinching is a small lake in Central Ontario.
Couchiching holds conferences every year, and this year the topic is "The Arab Spring: Implications and Opportunities For Canada."
According to their website the conference will:
"…challenge Western assumptions, provide context and understanding of the region's complexities, and of the uprisings, their meaning, and their future. Most particularly, it will explore what they mean for Canada. What is it that captured the imagination of the Arab world and the world at large, and that continues to enthral and "frighten" some? How do these create particular challenges and opportunities for Canada in terms of its foreign policy, its economic potential, its refugees and diasporas, and its military obligations?"
Because Couchiching isn't a think tank, there's no pressure to come to conclusions, state a thesis, or make recommendations on how to resolve an issue. It's a fun, lively, and interesting conversation. And the best part is that you don't have to be invited to come. Everyone is welcome to register if they want to and are able to attend.
Click here for more information on the conference.
Couchiching is excited about today's youth, your ideas, and what you can contribute to the conversation. There are scholarships available for young people, and accommodation is also available if you decide to go to the conference. Click here for more information on scholarships.
There are also opportunities to volunteer! Click here if you want to learn more about this awesome opportunity!


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The 17-year-old who police say is responsible for the Ohio high school shooting posted a creepy Facebook rant weeks before.
GOP hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are pretty much tied heading in to the Michigan primary.
Cambridge University says Stephen Hawking visited a California swingers' sex club.
What's the worlwide, widespread, cover-your-mouth epidemic for the new year? Bat Flu.
I can't think of much worse things than getting dumped on by an airplane's lavatory leak.
A small, child-size part of me died when I discovered Berenstain Bears co-creator Jan Berenstain died.
A deer in Ohio saves the day when it interferes with a man choking a woman with purse straps.
According to Julian Assange's newest Wikileak, officials in Pakistan knew where Osama Bin Laden was.
The Leap Year, explained.
You, too, can now bid on a pair of Jeremy Lin's old boxer briefs on eBay.
Virginia resident Hank the Cat hopes to earn your vote for the Senate in promising "milk in every bowl."
Thanks to Emily for some of today's links.


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Charles Munger, vice-chairman at Berkshire Hathaway, once gave a speech touting the importance of incentives in guiding human behavior.
He told the story of Xerox, who introduced a new and far superior machine to its customers, only to find that it was being outsold by its outdated and obsolete predecessor. Company founder Joe Wilson investigated the situation and found the problem. The sales team received higher commission bonuses on the older machines.
He also told the story of FedEx who in the early days of the company struggled to efficiently sort and move packages between its planes each night so they would be prepared to ship the next morning. The company, Munger claimed, tried everything to get the system to work more smoothly, but to no avail. Then finally, someone got the bright idea of paying employees by the shift, and letting them leave once their work was done, rather than paying them by the hour. With the incentive to finish quickly so they could leave early, the employees dramatically increased their efficiency.
Munger summed up the lesson with a maxim from Ben Franklin, "If you would persuade, appeal to interest and not to reason."
As a whistleblower attorney, spotting motives and understanding incentives is very important. It not only helps in developing a case against a defendant, defining motive, opportunity and means. It also helps me to understand why whistleblowers choose to put their careers and livelihoods on the line to expose corporate wrongdoing.
I wish I could tell you that every whistleblower was motivated solely by a desire to make the world a better place. But like Franklin said, don't look to reason, look to interest and incentives. The truth is that many whistleblowers are also motivated by the tremendous financial rewards available to those who recover significant funds for the government.
The cold hard truth is if we want to give more potential whistleblowers a reason to step forward and shine the light of public scrutiny on fraud, one of the things we need to do is improve the rewards programs available to them.
That's why I was very excited to hear that the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recently announced a proposed change to the rules of its whistleblower program. The program, administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), previously awarded a maximum of $1,000 to whistleblowers who exposed fraud in Medicare. The proposed new rule would increase that reward up to a maximum of nearly $10 million.
The proposed rule follows a number of other initiatives taken by the DHHS and CMS over the last several years to reduce Medicare fraud; steps that I applaud. Those steps are having a serious impact – last February the government reported that it recovered a record-breaking $4.1 billion in Fiscal Year 2011.
Despite the positive steps that have been taken, there is still a lot of fraud that goes unpunished. While estimates vary, the Government Accountability Office pegged losses in the program at nearly $50 billion, far larger than the government's recoveries.
I hope and believe that the DHHS' decision to expand rewards for whistleblowers will have a serious impact on closing that gap and returning money to taxpayers.
As a whistleblower attorney, I have some parting advice for potential whistleblowers under the expanded program.
Whistleblowers under this program, and other programs, should seek experienced legal counsel before moving forward with a formal tip to DHHS. A whistleblower attorney can make sure you know your rights and responsibilities as a whistleblower, as well as the risks of proceeding with a formal whistleblower complaint.
An attorney with experience prosecuting whistleblower cases can also help you develop your information to encourage the government to take action. DHHS will receive many more tips than the agency can fully investigate in the next several years; you want to make sure your information is actionable and credible.


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Choosing the right white can all too often turn into an after-thought but, today, will you let me give you my secret to a white that ALWAYS looks good? Dulux Trade White.
I see so many of my clients assume that they should choose Pure Brilliant White. It's easily available, it's cheap and it's what everyone chooses, right?
Step away, my friends! I almost always lead my clients away from using Pure Brilliant White when working with gorgeous muted shades. {Click on the links to be whisked away to a world full of delicate Modern Country paint colours:
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I get so many questions asking which white I've used in the rooms I've decorated, and, let me tell you, the answer is more times than not Dulux Trade White.
Yes! It's true. Nothing fancy-shmancy here but no less beautiful for that. It's a beautiful white: simple, soft and clean. But the best thing about it is the way it ages. And please remember to take the ageing process into account, unless you want to be redecorating every year. This is where we firmly part ways with Pure Brilliant White, which can often age to a dull grey (a bit too Modern), whilst official off-white colours can become a little yellower than I prefer (too Country). Dulux Trade White gets better with age, like a good wine. With the passing of years, it'll gradually become ever more lovely: white with the gentlest hint of cream. Perfectly Modern Country Style!!
Now for the science bit!...
We used Dulux Trade White High Gloss on the all the woodwork and metalwork in our Modern Country teenage girl's bedroom (top tip: if you have different surfaces to prime in a room, make life easy by buying an all-purpose primer to use under the gloss to ensure extra sticking power, and also to give extra depth of colour. Here, we've used Dulux Trade All Purpose Primer).
We used Dulux Trade White in their Supermatt formula, which is perfect for ceilings in older houses that need to let moisture leave the property to avoid damp problems as it's designed to let new plaster dry out beneath it.
Using the same trim and ceiling colour in the majority of rooms is a simple way to ensure a harmonious flow throughout your home.
So, now we've got the basics right in our Modern Country teenage girl's bedroom, let's start layering up the loveliness, shall we?


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21 years ago today, my parents, Dave and Peggy, were on their way to the hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. The date was November 13, 1987, and their first daughter, Amanda, was entering the world. As the story has been told to me, my dad was racing down the interstate, a nervous soon-to-be daddy trying to get his wife to the hospital to ensure a safe delivery and a healthy baby.
Then it hit him. It was the morning of Friday the 13th. Certainly, this wasn't a good sign to have your baby born on a day filled with bad luck.
"Peg, do you know it's Friday the 13th?" my dad asked, with worry in his eyes.
"Well, I'm not waiting until tomorrow!" my mom hollered back. Needless to say, I think I have an average load of bad luck, no worse than the next guy. No worries.
Yes, it's my birthday. So why do you care? Well, being 21 years old today reminds me that my youth is quickly passing me by. Soon I will graduate from college, get a job, buy a house, maybe get married and start a family. Then I start to wonder, will cattle be in my adult story? Will I be able to continue my family's cattle operation or start my own? Will I have to find new ways to market my cattle in order to make it? How will I get the money to pay for new equipment, purchase cattle and pay the bills?
Perhaps it's these worries that send so many young people "packing" away from a career in agriculture. Perhaps it's time to start thinking about how we are going to assist our nation's youth in this endeavor. So many young people ditch the country life for more lucrative jobs in the cities, and they mourn the loss of wide-open spaces, pastures of cattle and chores to do in the evening. Yet, it is much easier to make it financially by following this path.
This is the exact topic that I will be presenting at two conferences this winter, Women In Blue Jeans in Mitchell, SD and The Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference in Grand Rapids, MI. I hope to get people to stand up and take action on this issue. And, I'm not the only one talking. In the past few months, Alaina Burt has written an excellent series of stories to help youth find their homes in agriculture. I suggest you check them out, if you haven't already in our print version.
So what do you think? Are you making room in your business model for your next generation? Are you encouraging these young people to continue the beef cattle tradition? Post your comments; I'm up for a big discussion.
*Disclaimer: Thanks Mom and Dad for letting me share bits and pieces of your life on this blog, too! You guys are the greatest parents a kid could ask for! Don't forget to get me a birthday present!
Note: This is a picture of my parents and I at SDSU's Little International. Stories about this event to come this Spring!


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"The complete evacuation of the country from its other inhabitants and handing it over to the Jewish people is the answer."
–Jewish National Fund director Yosef Weitz, March 20, 1941
"The Jewish National Fund is the caretaker of the land of Israel, on behalf of its owners – Jewish people everywhere."
–Jewish National Fund mission statement
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Land Day massacre by Israeli soldiers of unarmed Palestinian citizens of Israel demonstrating against the expropriation of their farmland in the Galilee and the expansion of Jews-only settlements around their villages. According to Hatim Khanaaneh, a renowned doctor and activist whose memoir, "A Doctor In Galilee" is the best first hand account I have read of official Israeli discrimination against its Palestinian citizens, soldiers from the Golani Brigade celebrated the massacre in a nearby Jewish moshav by dancing and singing "Am Yisrael Chai." The Land Day massacre electrified the Palestinian national movement inside Israel and popularized Toufiq Ziad's poem, "Ounadikom" (I call out to you), an enduring cry of anti-colonial resistance that was recited this January in Cairo's Tahrir Square by Waseem Wagdi.
On this year's Land Day, the Jewish National Fund distributed a series of hysterical fundraising appeals and press releases that highlighted the organization's sense of desperation. The letters are full of schnorring and devoid of content, as the JNF has no response to the factual arguments of its critics or to the reports of its recent abuses in the Negev. Instead, the organization has called for a"Stop the Hatred Day" and concocted a new slogan: "They destroy, we build." Of course, anyone who is familiar with Al Arakib knows that it is the JNF that destroys and the indigenous Bedouins who rebuild.
Since it was founded in 1901, the JNF has been at the forefront of ethnic cleansing in Palestine. And now the group's machinations are being exposed and countered through an effective, non-violent campaign based on a simple appeal to human dignity, international law and basic rights. It is no wonder its leadership is so defensive and desperate.
The excellent Israeli documentary "The Diaries of Yosef Nachmani" used the memoirs of one of the JNF's top officials to expose the organization's role in forcing Palestinian farmers off their own land, often through trickery and manipulation. JNF director Yosef Weitz was instrumental in hatching Plan Dalet, the campaign to ethnically cleanse at least 400 Palestinian villages and expel their residents in 1947 and 1948. After the war of 1948, Weitz orchestrated the planting of hundreds of thousands of non-native trees west of Jerusalem to cover up the scores of villages that had just been ethnically cleansed by Zionist militias. Today those trees look as natural to the landscape of the Judean Hills as the hair plugs on Joe Biden's scalp.
The Land Day protests were sparked by the Israeli government's "Judaization" of the Galilee, a plan that led to mass expropriations by the Israel Land Authority (ILA). Through a 1960 law, ILA was required to allocate half of the seats in its council to the JNF. A law the following year clearly stated the JNF existed "for the purpose of settling Jews on such lands and properties." In other words, the JNF openly discriminated on the basis of ethnicity. Having acquired 70 percent of its land through confiscations from Palestinian refugees and present absentees through the Absentee Property Law of 1950, the JNF became a key mechanism for expropriation and ethnic cleansing under the guise of developing Israel for its Jewish citizens.
The 1995 Supreme Court Ka'adan ruling forbade the ILA from leasing land exclusively through the JNF. The court made its ruling on the grounds that the JNF openly discriminates against non-Jews. However, a Knesset vote in 2007 undermined the ruling, prompting the Israeli newspaper Haaretz to editorialize: "The Jewish National Fund's land policy counters the interests of the state and cannot discriminate by law against the minority living in Israel." (The title of the editorial was, "A Racist and Jewish State.")
Today, though the ILA is able to sell some of its land to private developers, the JNF still controls 6 of 13 seats on the ILA's council while maintaining numerous arrangements for land swaps with the state. With the ILA in possession of 93 percent of Israel's land, the JNF remains in a prime position to dictate how the Galilee and Negev are "Judaized." But as Alaa Mahajneh of the Palestinian-Israeli legal rights center Adalah points out, the increasingly complex arrangements make legislating equality from within the Israeli legal system even more difficult.
In recent years, the JNF has focused its efforts on an area in the Negev known as Al Arakib. It is the ancestral home of the Al Touri Bedouin tribe. In 1951, the Bedouins were removed from their land by the Israeli army, which told them they could return once it completed a series of training exercises. Years passed until the tribe came back, but by then they were considered "present absentees" thanks to the aforementioned Absentee Property Law. This meant that they were internal refugees with no rights to their own land, even if they had property deeds. Their land had been transfered into the hands of the Development Authority, the custodian for confiscated land at the time, and then handed over to the ILA, which eventually authorized the JNF to do what it does best: ethnic cleansing.
Nuri El Okbi, a veteran Bedouin rights activist from Al Arakib, attempted to move back to his family's property, where the ruins of his father's house lay. Not only did El Okbi have land deeds his parents had saved in a halvah box to prove their right to the land, he had aerial photos dating from 1947 that clearly showed his family's home and fields. Each time he encamped there, however, Israeli police officers removed him by force. After the 40th attempt to return, El-Okbi received a restraining order forbidding him from setting foot on the land where he spent his childhood. He can not return because he is not a Jew. In other countries during other times, this was considered apartheid.
Since the JNF has set its sights on Al Arakib, the village has been destroyed 21 times. Israeli police have used rubber bullets, percussion grenades, teargas, batons and bulldozers against women, children, and the elderly — all unarmed — in their effort to remove the Bedouin un-people from the area. During the first destruction of Al Arakib, a squad of Israeli high school age students were hired to remove belongings from the homes of Al Arakib residents — the "Summer Camp of Destruction."The students vandalized homes in the process and reportedly belted out the familiar "Am Yisrael Chai!" when the bulldozers moved in. ILA bulldozers accompanied by riot police have attempted todestroy and desecrate the Al Arakib cemetary, which contains graves more than a century old. And recently, the Israel State's Attorney Office has announced plans to sue the residents of Al Arakib for $1 million shekels for the demolition of their own homes.
To complete its project in and around Al Arakib, the JNF has accepted millions of dollars in funding from a racist and anti-Semitic evangelical broadcasting network, GOD TV, that openly propagates End Times theology demanding that all Jews to convert to Christianity or suffer in an "everlasting lake of fire." With the JNF's help, GOD TV's huckstering CEO Rory Alec will be able to fulfill his mission of "redeeming the land for Christ" by building "GOD TV Forest" on the ruins of Al Arakib. Meanwhile, Alec has lavished money on Givot Bar, a Jewish town in the area that is likely to benefit from the newly approved Communities Acceptance Law allowing small communities to openly discriminate against applicants on the basis of ethnicity and sexual orientation (and it is unlikely that blue collar Mizrahi Jews will be able to afford the 5000 Shekel application fee Givot Bar requires).
Recently, the Australian television news show Dateline produced an excellent report on Al Arakib. Dateline told the story of El Okbi, comparing him to the Australian aboriginal rights advocate Eddie Mabo, who won a landmark court case eliminating the white colonists' legal fiction of Terra Nullius, a concept that still forms the basis of Israeli land confiscations.
Dateline then interviewed Shlomo Szizar, an official from the JNF's bureaucratic parent, the ILA. In three lines, Siza summarized the logic of the JNF and the Zionist movement that brought it into being: "Every year, [the Bedouins] invade and we remove them. They invade and we remove them. We're not going to let this land be invaded."
Having turned the indigenous people of Palestine into "invaders" in their own land, the JNF's leadership insists that their intentions are good. "I can tell you one simple thing," JNF CEO Russell Robinson wrote in a March 28 email newsletter. "No other organization is doing anywhere near as much as JNF is to help enhance the quality of life for this [Bedouin] population."


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Meetings in join.me can't be password protected, but you can lock meetings, requiring attendees to "knock" to request access.
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Conference calls are often a drag but join.me offers a number of features to keep participants engaged, including screen sharing and up to 10 video feeds at a time. But it's disappointing that the whiteboard, too, is available only on iPads. Also, if you have a high-resolution display, then you may have issues with the desktop app. However, for a small company that doesn't need a lot of meeting hosts, join.me is a great deal. ClickMeeting, our Editors' Choice, offers a desktop whiteboard tool, and its app is compatible with high-resolution displays.


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Studio City, CA: The Fox and Hounds Pub
Today's AHT reader recommendation comes from Lara B. (aka Leebo on AHT/Serious Eats). You can also check out her pizza review on Slice. Thanks, Lara! If you want to share some burger intel, here's how to do it. —The Mgmt.
The Fox and Hounds Pub
11100 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604 (map); 818-763-7837; thefoxandhounds.com
Cooking Method: Grilled to order
Short Order: A gourmet pub burger at an affordable price.
Want Fries With That? Yes, please! Steak fries are their chip of choice.
Price:1/2-pound beef burger with cheddar cheese and side, $8
Notes: Thursday is burger night. Premier or Champion League burgers with side for $9
A good burger is hard to find. A great burger can be even more elusive. But sometimes, the best of burgers can be hiding right under one's very nose. Such was the case with a recent burger revelation at my favorite local watering hole, The Fox and Hounds Pub in Studio City, California. With its brass door handle having been well-polished since 1997, this English pub is known for an impressive selection of draft beers and ales and delicious British fare (all made in-house), which includes a popular Full Monty breakfast served all day. Also, their addicting appetizers are half price during a very happy hour (weekdays, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.). For these reasons, I had never paid much attention to their burger offerings—until now. So follow me across the pond and over the Hollywood hills to pub burger bliss.
The Fox and Hounds Pub offers a selection of five 8-ounce burgers, one 16-ounce double meat, and a veggie burger. They source their never frozen beef from a local specialty meat company who grinds the meat to their specifications and delivers to them several times a week. Each burger is grilled to order, perfectly seasoned with salt and pepper, and flipped on the grill four times (I asked), creating the classic cross marks on each side.
The result for my requested medium rare burger is a moist interior with an exterior crust that seals in just the right amount of juiciness. While the lower bun is slightly affected by the weight and juiciness of the meat, it never loses its full integrity. The burgers are served open faced on a grilled sesame seed bun with cheddar cheese, romaine lettuce, tomato, onion and dill pickles. Customers can build their own burgers at their table with the choice and amount of ingredients provided. Because the burgers are served plain (except for the side of ketchup for the fries) you will need to ask for your favorite condiments.
While you are offered a choice of a salad or steak fries (chips) as a side with your burger, I do recommend the more classic choice of fries. They are light and fluffy on the inside and fried to golden perfection.
All of which proves, even in a place known for darts, football (soccer), and ales, you never really know where a great classic American burger may be hiding. And if you are ever in the vicinity of this neighborhood meeting place whose motto is "Call Frequently, Drink Moderately, Pay Honorably, Part Friendly..." do yourself a favor and order a burger and chips with your pint before "Going Home Quietly." —Leebo
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George Harrison Says "We Are Not These Bodies"
A reader in North Carolina asks:
Could you please comment on this quote, which Tom Petty attributes to George Harrison: "Look, we're not these bodies, let's not get hung up on that."
I'd be glad to! Because George Harrison is one of the key people in getting me into this whole Buddhist mess that I'm now inextricably mired in. I was a total Beatle geek by the time I was 15 years old and remain one to this very day. And since I'm a perverse weirdo sort of individual, many of my favorite Beatle tracks were the ones nobody else liked. I particularly dug the Indian-inspired tunes George contributed like Within You Without You , Love You To, The Inner Light and even Blue Jay Way. Hearing these songs and reading interviews with George really got me wanting to study Eastern mysticism in a serious way. Man, I even got into George's post-Beatle Krishna Consciousness nuttiness like Living in the Material World and one of my all time fave Hari albums, Dark Horse, which nobody else likes except my friend Lesa. Another all-time great George Harrison record is his production of the Radha Krishna Temple album on Apple Records.
In fact, when I signed up for Tim McCarthy's class on Zen Buddhism at Kent State University way back when, I'd actually been looking for something more like the kind of Hindu mysticism George was into. I settled for Zen Buddhism because it was the closest I could get.
By the time I started taking that class I was already well familiar with the oft-repeated phrase in Hindu mysticism, "we are not these bodies." It was even on the back of some Santana album I saw once as a quotation from Sri Chimnoy. His version went, "We are not these bodies, we are the spirit-soul that flies within."
I expected Buddhism would further elucidate this notion. But instead I clearly recall Tim saying once that it was closer to the truth to say "We are these bodies." That was a bit of a shock. He didn't say that was the truth, just that it was closer.
To say we are these bodies is wrong. But saying we are not these bodies is also wrong. It's like when you're arguing with someone and that person gets you into some hypothetical scenario that has nothing to do with the point you were trying to make. Then you find yourself arguing about something that has nothing whatsoever to do with what you wanted to say. The question does not fit the case. We're given a set of two exclusive options and asked to pick one or the other. Either we are these bodies or we're not. Philosophers and religious people have been going over and over and over with this debate for centuries. But Buddhism takes the stance that neither option is correct.
One time I was sitting listening to Nishijima Roshi give a lecture. I thought I'd figured his whole trip out. With his staunch denial of reincarnation and his very nuts and bolts approach about "the world as it is in front of us" I figured he was a pure materialist. I didn't like him much anyhow. But I went because it was a convenient place to practice zazen with a group. I was dozing off during one of his talks when he said, "The material world is an illusion."
Say what?
To me that sounded like the whole Hindu notion of "we are not these bodies." The Hiundus have a lot of mythology about how the material world is maya, or illusion, and the true substance of reality is pure spirit. But I already knew Buddhism rejected that idea. So here I was presented with the notion that the material world is illusion, and so is the spiritual world. What's left?
The answer is that no category or definition we can create to try and box up the real world we live in can suffice.
We are these bodies in the sense that what we are manifests as our bodily existence. We are our minds/souls in the sense that the mind's reality is the only one we ever really know. But neither is really us.
In the chapter titled Inmo in Shobogenzo Dogen said it like this: "We ourselves are tools that it (inmo, the ineffable) possesses within this universe in ten directions. How do we know that it exists? We know it is so because the body and the mind both appear in the universe, yet neither is our self. The body, already, is not 'I'. Its life moves on through days and months, and we cannot stop it even for an instant. Where have the red faces [of our youth] gone? When we look for them, they have vanished without a trace. When we reflect carefully, there are many things in the past that we will never meet again. The sincere (or pure) mind, too, does not stop, but goes and comes moment by moment."
So in a sense George was right. We're not these bodies. So let's not get hung up on that. But then again we are these bodies so it's impossible not to be hung up on that.
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Ryan Tannehill's rookie season was one of subtle progress.
While fellow rookies Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson took the league by storm (and their teams to the playoffs), Tannehill's strides were more measured.
The Miami Dolphins quarterback showed command at the line of scrimmage and stood tall in the pocket. He ran the two-minute offense gracefully and didn't force the ball to his primary receiver. He was supposed to be a raw project, but he didn't play that way.
Now with a full season under his belt and a superior group of playmakers to throw the ball to, Tannehill would seem well-prepared to make the leap in his second season. At least, that's how Dolphins offensive coordinator Mike Sherman sees it.
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"I thought he had a good rookie year for what we asked him to do," Sherman said. "Now, with us building up some more weaponry around him, I think he'll be even better this upcoming year. So we're excited to get on the field and start practicing, OTAs and minicamp, and see where we're at."
It's not a surprise that Sherman believes Tannehill is a star in waiting. Still, Tannehill showed signs of true ability as a rookie. Given the experience and a better supporting cast, the stage is set for a breakout season.
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New Jersey is respected globally for its strength in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industry. The State is home to 14 of the world's 20 largest pharmaceutical companies, including Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck & Co., Novo Nordisk and Bayer Healthcare. Furthermore, New Jersey boasts a well-educated workforce with a high concentration of scientific professionals. Each year, 22,000 students graduate with degrees in the life sciences from the State's 63 colleges, universities and technical schools-ready to work at New Jersey pharmaceutical companies. New Jersey also offers six higher education institutes that offer graduate and post-graduate degrees in biomedical and healthcare fields and 11 schools that confer doctorates for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
- World-class research institutions include 13 teaching hospitals and four medical schools.
- The State's R&D tax credit is 100% of a company's corporate tax liability.
- The State's Talent Network initiative links businesses and education institutions with job seekers.
- Incentive grants for job growth and tax exemptions to help with relocation enhance the State's desirability for pharmaceutical companies.
- The State's concentration of medical institutions, population density and transportation infrastructure make it ideal for clinical trials.


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Honesty, integrity and fairness were among the major themes local students and community leaders discussed Wednesday at the 28th annual Youth, Leadership and the Future Conference.
Around 100 students from the Glendale, Burbank and La Cañada Flintridge school districts joined local business and civic leaders at Glendale Community College for the annual program organized by the Character and Ethics Project.
Students who participate are mostly juniors and seniors from public high schools in the tri-city area, according to Susan Hunt, executive director of Glendale Educational Foundation and co-chair for the conference.
Hunt said the conference aims to include a "broad spectrum" of students from the community each year.
"This is a very unique event," said Glendale City Clerk Ardy Kassakhian, who serves as the conference's other co-chair. "What we are trying to do is instill the elements of what makes a good leader."
Students were split into groups where they were paired with community leaders to discuss how to handle ethical dilemmas in different scenarios, such as what to do if they witness a friend shoplifting.
Students and mentors also discussed events from national headlines, including the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.
Following the group discussions, the students gathered to share highlights from their experience at the conference.
"We're all leaders in our own different ways," said Alex Khalil, a student at Burbank High School and a member of the conference's student planning team.
Former L.A. Dodgers outfielder Al Ferrara served as the keynote speaker for the conference, sharing with students stories from his career in Major League Baseball and how his teammates taught him leadership and integrity.
"The leaders make everybody else leaders," he said. "They strived and pushed me to greater heights and made me a better player."
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Five centuries before Christ, Socrates gathered young people about him to think about some of the most important questions of their time.
As Dr. Patrice Rankine addressed the members of the incoming Class of 2018 during Hope College's Opening Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 24, he noted that the process—thinking deeply, considering connections and leading the "examined life"--is just as relevant some 2,500 years later.
"What we need today, right here, right now, are young leaders who are full, human beings, who live the kind of examined lives that Socrates spoke about: doctors who can work in teams, have empathy, and maybe even speak other languages and have studied abroad, immersed in another culture; and engineers who understand American cities and truly build for the future, for everyone," said Rankine, who is the dean for the arts and humanities and a professor of Classics at Hope.
Rankine noted that such growth can happen in unexpected ways, not only in the classroom but beyond. He shared, for example, that his own undergraduate education at Brooklyn College in New York was enriched by a professor of Ancient Greek, Howard Wolman, who invited his students to his Greenwich Village home for cuisine and conversation. "What did a dark-brown, Brooklyn-born boy, the first generation American son of Jamaican immigrant parents, know about Brie cheese, rare steaks or political debate?" he said.
Approximately 2,000, primarily new students and their families, attended the convocation, which was held in the college's Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse and marked the formal beginning of the college's 153rd academic year. The new students arrived on campus and began orientation activities on Friday, and the college's fall semester classes start on Tuesday.
Rankine titled his address "The Urgency of Now," inspired by the 1967 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in which King used the phrase "the fierce urgency of now." While King was discussing the nation's involvement in Vietnam, Rankine noted that King's message reflects a broader emphasis on a "'revolution of values,' one that would make the examined life our chief calling."
In particular, Rankine said, King challenged his audience to look beyond assumptions and difference in relationship with others.
"King pushes us to think about life together in the hardest possible way, namely that the enemy, the antagonist, the person who looks, thinks, believes and operates in a totally different way from me is also my friend, a child of God, loved by someone," Rankine said.
"We are here today together and will share the next four years together, but who is included and who is excluded from this beloved community?" Rankine said. "Where are the places and neighborhoods that we dare not go? The people we dare not encounter? These are our brothers and sisters as well, part of a broader human community that we must challenge ourselves to face."
Such questions, Rankine noted, would be a cornerstone of the education that the students were about to experience at Hope, helping them grow further into lives that will make a difference in the world.
"I want to suggest to you in closing something that I learned from reading Cicero in my Latin classes: we are not born fully human," he said. "Humanity is cultivated through what we read, how we think, the people with whom we interact and after whom we model our behavior: maybe it's Martin Luther King Jr., maybe it's Socrates, maybe it's a teacher like Howard Wolman. Maybe, humbly, it is I."
"I have to be honest and open with you in saying that living the examined life is one of the main values that we would like you to cultivate at Hope College," Rankine said. "Over the course of the next four years, if you find yourself traveling to new places, interacting with people who are very different from you, or asking questions that you never thought you would ask, then we have succeeded as your professors and friends."
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Michigan concealed carry has gained acceptance by the state's residents as a whole.
As the Detroit News recently reported, "Of 401,000 active concealed pistol licenses in Michigan, more than half – 202,353 – were issued in the past five years, nearly 20,000 in 2008 alone, according to Michigan State Police data."
"There's a ton of interest, and it just seems to keep growing," said Steve Dulan, an attorney and a college professor who serves on the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners' board of directors.
Why the surge in Michigan concealed carry? Many theories have been offered, including fear of crime and fear of increasing gun control.
Additionally, "A 2001 state law made it easier for residents to get a CPL as long as there was no history of felonies or mental illness. Before that, most county gun boards required people to prove they needed to carry a handgun."
"The other thing is there's been a culture shift," Dulan told the Detroit News. "After 10 years, there's been an acceptance by the culture in Michigan. Most people in Michigan now think people who [legally] carry guns are 'the good guys.' It's not something weird. It's not something to be ashamed of, and it doesn't mean you're a criminal, if you carry a gun."
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STOCKTON - Edison High's homecoming was marred by an ugly on-field brawl that forced officials to call the game against Oakland-Fremont with a minute remaining in the third quarter.
STOCKTON - Edison High's homecoming was marred by an ugly on-field brawl that forced officials to call the game against Oakland-Fremont with a minute remaining in the third quarter.
The Vikings led 20-7 when a fight on a kickoff return led to all players on both teams spilling onto the field at Magnasco Stadium, causing a 10-minute delay that eventually saw lead official Roger Beeman end the contest and award Edison (3-0) the win.
"Neither team was in condition to continue the game," said Beeman, while declining further comment.
Fremont coach Terry Hendrix had been complaining to the referees about what he perceived as dirty play by the Vikings, including chop blocks he felt led to three Tigers (0-3) suffering leg injuries. The complaints on Fremont's sideline grew along with Edison's lead and emotions boiled over after the Vikings third score.
"Going in, I knew this was going to be a game of trash-talking and late hits, because they had shown themselves to be a team like that," Edison coach Andre Horace said. "Once we pulled ahead, they had some late hits and our guys retaliated. We don't chop block, so I don't know what they're talking about."
Hendrix declined comment, but loudly voiced his displeasure to officials during the delay after the brawl.
"I think the refs did the right thing," Edison athletic director Richie Lynch said. "If it had gone on, their guys were pretty emotional and were talking about things like not listening to the whistle."
Quarterback Malik McKenzie and wide receiver Richard Newell teamed to get the Vikings the win. McKenzie hit Newell for a 61-yard touchdown 37 seconds before halftime to get Edison back in the game and they connected again on the game's final touchdown, this time from 35 yards out.
McKenzie said the Vikings played their best football in the third quarter and he was disappointed how the game ended.
"We reacted to it wrong," McKenzie said. "We could have done more as a team to stop it. Both teams look bad."
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Syrian cosmonaut Mohamed Faris released a video statement as a renowned public figure in Syria addressing the army, pilots , rebels , El Assad regime and Russian people. I found this video online 12/9 so you can imagine why I did not post it.
- To the Syrian Arab Army : To stop killing the people and stand with them.
- To the Syrian Arab Air forces : To stop their raids against their own people
- To El Assad regime : Just leave
- To the Free Syrian army and the Syrian people : To continue their struggle for freedoms and he is already one of them.
- To the Russian people : "I lived with you years ,I know how much you were looking for freedom. Please stand with Syrians"
|Mohamed Faris in 1987
One of his children is named Mir after the Mir Space channel.
I do not think that someone spoke to the Russian people directly from Syria.I hope that this can be featured in Russian media ,at least the Russian independent media.
Faris fled to Turkey last August 2012 where he announced his defection from the Syrian air forces. In statements to Okaz Saudi newspaper , the former Cosmonaut revealed that he tried to defect 4 times before the FSA managed to get him out of Aleppo. Faris also stated to the Saudi newspaper that it were for him , he would go and bomb El Assad's residence as air fighter. Interestingly he added that El Assad regime chooses the air fighters to bomb the rebellious cities based on sectarian basis and that most Sunni air fighters are being detained in air bases.
I wish to Faris play a bigger role in the future of Syria seriously.
Guys please make his message reach to the Russian people.