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Pastor Yosef Nadarkhani has written to those who supported him in his trials and tribulations with the Iranian regime. A short message, about 600 words, but filled with heart-filled thanks.
Salaam! (Peace be upon you!)
I glorify and give grace to the Lord with all my heart. I am grateful for all the blessings that He gave me during my whole life. I am especially grateful for His goodness and divine protection that characterized the time of my detention.
I also want to express my gratitude towards those who, all around the world, have worked for my cause, or should I say the cause that I defend. I want to express my gratitude to all of those who have supported me, openly or in complete secrecy . You are all very dear to my heart. May the Lord bless you and give you His perfect and sovereign Grace.
Indeed I have been put to the test, the test of faith which is, according to the Scriptures "more precious than perishable gold." But I have never felt loneliness, I was all the time aware of the fact that it wasn't a solitary battle, for I have felt all the energy and support of those who obeyed their conscience and fought for the promotion of the justice and the rights of all human beings. Thanks to these efforts, I have now the enormous joy to be by my wonderful wife and my children. I am grateful for these people through whom God has been working. All of this is very encouraging.
During that period, I had the opportunity to experience in a marvelous way the Scripture that says: "Indeed, as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, our encouragement abound through Christ." He has comforted my family and has given them the means to face that difficult situation. In His Grace, He provided for their spiritual and material needs, taking away from me a heavy weight.
The Lord has wonderfully provided through the trial, allowing me to face the challenges that were in front of me. As the Scriptures says, "He will not allow us to be tested beyond our strength…."
Despite the fact that I have been found guilty of apostasy according to a certain reading of the Shar'ia, I am grateful that He gave the leaders of the country , the wisdom to break that judgment taking into account other facts of that same Shar'ia.It is obvious that the defenders of the Iranian right and the legal experts have made an important effort to enforce the law and the right. I want to thank those who have defended the right until the end.
I am happy to live in a time where we can take a critical and constructive look to the past. This has allowed the writing of universal texts aiming at the promotion of the rights of man. Today , we are debtors of these efforts provided by dear people who have worked for the respect of human dignity and have passed on to us these universal significant texts.
I am also debtor of those who have faithfully passed on the Word of God, that very Word who makes us heirs of God.
Before ending, I want to express a prayer for the establishment of an unending an universal peace, so that the will of the Father be done on earth as it is in heaven.Indeed, every thing passes, but the Word of God, source of all peace, will last eternally.
May the grace and mercy of God be multiplied to you. Amen!
Youcef Nadarkhani
8 September 2012
The L-rd moves in mysterious ways. While many have been murdered for their faith by the Iranian regime, Pastor Nadarkhani is free to be with his sons and wife. And the Iranians are still trying to destroy the faith of the sons (Age 7 and 9) by forcing the boys to study the Koran, their father has given them a greater lesson. He was willing to die for his faith. His 1062 days of imprisonment and torture is a greater witness for his faith than the words of that book based on hate and lies.


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — As the Susquehanna River flows by Bucknell, it offers the University a beautiful and valuable resource for teaching and research opportunities. In exchange, Bucknell has long been a steward of the river, including through the establishment of programs such as the Susquehanna River Initiative, the collaborative efforts to secure the river's place in history and an annual symposium that explores various issues related to the river.
Bucknell has added another partnership key to the long-term viability of the Susquehanna. On Friday the University announced a joint effort with the Chesapeake Conservancy and several other organizations to launch Envision the Susquehanna, an initiative that seeks to improve the ecological and cultural integrity throughout the Susquehanna landscape, improving the quality of life for all citizens along the river.
"The Susquehanna River is an environmental, educational and cultural treasure for our region," said Bucknell President John Bravman. "Thanks to the many Bucknell faculty and students involved in research associated with the river, Bucknell is an enthusiastic partner in the Envision the Susquehanna initiative and all that this tremendous collaboration promises for the future of the river as a critically important community resource."
Led by the Chesapeake Conservancy, a regional nonprofit dedicated to connecting people to the Chesapeake Bay watershed and conserving its natural and cultural resources, Envision the Susquehanna is guided by a core team of partners, including the Susquehanna Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies, the Wildlife Management Institute, the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The team has also developed a diverse advisory council made up of more than 25 members.
"We want to see Envision the Susquehanna result in an increased awareness of the natural, historic and cultural resources that exist along the river; the creation of new opportunities to connect people to the Susquehanna; and the improvement of the ecological and cultural integrity of the landscape," said Joel Dunn, executive director of the Chesapeake Conservancy. "Doing this will contribute to the economic sustainability of those living along the river."
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett commended the new partnership, stating, "The Envision the Susquehanna initiative will allow our communities to preserve and enhance the river's unique qualities and enjoy all that it has to offer. I commend the Chesapeake Conservancy and its partners for their steadfast dedication to engaging our communities to ensure the vitality of the Susquehanna River."


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Salem Church
Other Names: Banks' Ford
Location: Spotsylvania County
Campaign: Chancellorsville Campaign (April-May 1863)
Date(s): May 3-4, 1863
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS]
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Estimated Casualties: 5,000 total
Description: After occupying Marye's Heights on May 3, Sedgwick's VI Corps marched out on the Plank Road with the objective of reaching Hooker's force at Chancellorsville. He was delayed by Wilcox's brigade of Early's force at Salem Church. During the afternoon and night, Lee detached two of his divisions from the Chancellorsville lines and marched them to Salem Church. Several Union assaults were repulsed the next morning with heavy casualties, and the Confederates counterattacked, gaining some ground. After dark, Sedgwick withdrew across two pontoon bridges at Scott's Dam under a harassing artillery fire. Hearing that Sedgwick had been repulsed, Hooker abandoned the campaign, recrossing on the night of May 5-6 to the north bank of the Rappahannock.
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Gov. Rick Perry added a ban on "sanctuary cities" to the special-session agenda, making real one of Democrats' biggest worries about the overtime session.
Republicans weren't able to pass the legislation in regular session because of a rule generally requiring a two-thirds vote in the Senate to consider legislation.
Democrats, who have 12 members in the 31-member Senate, oppose the legislation.
But Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who presides over the Senate, has said the two-thirds rule won't be in place for the special session.
As passed by the House in the regular session, the legislation would ban local governments from prohibiting law enforcement officers from inquiring into the immigration status of people they detain.
"Texas owes it to the brave law enforcement officials, who put their lives on the line every day to protect our families and communities, to give them the discretion they need to adequately do their jobs," Perry said in a statement.
Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, earlier re-filed sanctuary cities legislation that would also give authority to the Texas Department of Public Safety to determine whether or not a person is in the country legally before issuing a driver's license.
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People who knew John Upton, the dogged crusader from Encinitas who rescued Romanian orphans in the early 1990s and who was killed Thursday, called him a trailblazer and an inspiration.
To Izidor Ruckel, Upton represents something much more concrete: "He's the reason I'm alive."
Ruckel, now 32, was one of the children saved by Upton. He lived — if that's the right word for the excruciating existence he was condemned to by the Communist regime's population growth policy — in the "Institute for the Unsalveageables," an orphanage in northern Romania where hundreds of handicapped children suffered gut-wrenching abuses.
Upton, 56, was found dead Thursday near his Olivenhain home. His neighbor, Michael Vilkin, 61, who was arrested the same day, said he acted in self-defense. A dispute between the men may have involved landscaping.
In 1990, Upton, then a filmmaker in his early 30s, traveled to Romania with a mission: save the orphans. Romania in the early 1990s was reeling after the collapse of the regime of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, the husband and wife dictators known for their sadistic brutality. Contraception and abortion were forbidden, and poverty and food rationing made it nearly impossible to meet the robust demands of the state: procreate or pay a "celibacy tax." As a result, an estimated 100,000 children were sent to state-run institutions.
Upton was moved by a "20/20" documentary that aired shortly after the country's 1989 revolution that exposed the orphanage's atrocities. One girl's leg was broken at the knee and grotesquely twisted. The children were severely neglected and malnourished, their heads shaved to prevent lice infestations. But there were glimpses of humanity amid the desecration — a young girl singing a beautiful song.
Instead of throwing his arms up in despair, Upton acted.
"I regard him as a trailblazer," said Eli Brooks, who adopted the first child Upton brought to San Diego in 1990. "John is famous for taking action. That was what he did."
Upton brought Ruckel and dozens of other children to the states, where many were adopted by loving families in San Diego and around the country.
Rescuing even one orphan from that bureaucratic thicket was an accomplishment, but to inspire powerful and influential people — among them billionaire philanthropist Richard Branson, actress Jessica Lange and U.S. lawmakers — to care about the plight of these innocent children was an achievement on a different scale. More than 5,000 orphans were rescued from Romania.
In the days after Upton's shooting, the children he crusaded for and their adoptive families remembered him. In the past 20 years, these childen have grown up.
Here are two of their stories.
Unsalvageable? Unthinkable
Anna Ostos captured Upton's heart when he visited her orphanage in northeastern Romania in 1990. She was the little girl in the "20/20" documentary with the voice of gold.
She was the first child he brought to the U.S.
Anna, then 15, was a specter of a girl — blind, too weak to walk more than a few steps, and uncommunicative after years of neglect in the Institute for the Unsalvageables, the orphanage where she was abandoned.
Upton gently nurtured Anna back toward health, and soon he marveled at her progress. "Who would have thought in November she would be getting on a bus and going to school?" he told this newspaper, a few months after she moved to the U.S., in 1991.
Anna is 37 now, thriving at home in Michigan with her parents, Eli and David Brooks. In a recent family photo, Anna flashes a smile in front of a decked-out Christmas tree, next to her parents and two sisters.
Due to the abuse she faced in the orphanage, she has some developmental issues and trouble communicating, her mother Eli Brooks, said — but that hasn't stopped her from becoming the family comedian. "She's got an amazing sense of humor. She's her own unique person. She's done very well with us," Brooks said from Michigan. Anna "learned English in the bat of an eye — I can't believe how fast that girl learned English."
The Brookses don't speak Romanian, not out of lack of interest, but because Anna refused to teach it to her family for a simple reason: Everyone had to speak English in America.
What Brooks will remember most about Upton: "He was a strong advocate for the kids, and he had tremendous passion and determination to get them out. That's one of the things that struck us the most. He just had to get them out," she said.
Brooks added that beyond taking action, he was an advocate for causes he believed in, and that is how his impact grew. "He never missed an opportunity to spread the word, not just about Romanians but other things he was involved in."
Upton was an outspoken abortion opponent and made waves with his documentary footage of an actual abortion, using a fiber optic camera to show the procedure. He traveled around Europe with singer Pat Boone to promote one of his anti-abortion films, which premiered at the White House.
In 1987, he filmed a project about family violence for the Justice Department, and had former pro football player Lyle Alzado play a criminal who beats him up.
Brooks was struggling Friday with how to break the news of Upton's death to her daughter. "This is going to be hard for her. … Anna loves John."
"We will love him forever," she added.
High fives, new lives
Izidor Ruckel remembers. He remembers the orphanage doctors, who wrote him off as "dimwitted."
Now Izidor wants to make sure others heal — by remembering. A few years ago, he wrote a book about his experiences, called "Abandoned for Life." "My goal was to let people who went through what I went through to know that there is hope in this world. Help does eventually come your way. Just hold onto that hope that someone's going to hear your voice and someone's going to find you."
That someone was Upton.
He remembers early meetings with Upton. "He used to come by there every day. He'd play, hang out with us, talk to us, give us high fives," Ruckel said.
He remembers the day he was chosen. "He had to pick out kids that were going to be selected to be going to America." Ruckel said the children were aching with excitement: "Am I going to go? Am I going to be called out?" When Izidor's name was called, that was the first day of his new life. A short while after, in October 1991, he moved to America, where he was eventually adopted by the Ruckel family and settled in Rancho Peñasquitos. He grew stronger and showed everyone around him what fools those doctors were.
After he got to the states, he insisted that Upton rescue his friends, too. "I always told him, 'Can you get this kid out? Can you get this kid out?' And he always did."
Some people have criticized Upton for having the wrong motives — money, notoriety.
Ruckel, who now lives in Colorado, wants to set the record straight: "One thing I want people to know is that he was a good man. … If anybody were in his shoes, anyone would have done what he did: try to save as many lives as he could and try to give them all a family and a home."
Ruckel encourages people who've been through traumatic experiences to find ways to inspire others. Now he is following in Upton's footsteps, working on a documentary about Romanian orphans, together with another orphan, Alex King. The movie is called "Given Our Chance."
They never got to interview Upton, but it will feature an even stronger testament to his legacy: voices of those orphans, thriving today.


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As disgraced former 7th Judicial District Attorney Myrl Serra was criminally charged, investigated and prosecuted for harassing female employees and using his Montrose office as a sexual playground, his colleagues held their tongues.
Now that the disbarred Serra has been sentenced, the head of Colorado District Attorneys Council said today the it's time the group charged with upholding state laws and moral standards spoke out against Serra's actions.
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Whitney Kiihnl struck out an individual season-high 17 batters in game one. Alaina Jacobson pitched game two and threw her third shutout and third complete game.
The Lady Bisons swept all four Atlantic Sun games at home this weekend. They shut down Stetson 5-0 and 1-0 Friday night.
"We had two great performances from Whitney the last two days as a starter and then came back in relief to help us close the door on Stetson Friday," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said. 'This was an outstanding performance by Alaina. She kept them off pace the whole game.
"The top part of their order is as strong as anybody's in the conference. I can't say enough about the job she did to keep them off balance. When Florida Gulf Coast gets on base is when they start wreaking havoc."
The Lady Bisons are 37-9 overall, 14-2 in the Atlantic Sun. Florida Gulf Coast dropped to 22-28, 10-8 in the conference.
Kiihnl, 24-2, only gave up three hits in game one. She also walked four. Her 17 strikeouts are one shy of tying her career high of 18 set April 17, 2009 against Mercer in 10 innings.
"Whitney dominated," Ryman said. "I can't enough about what a difference-maker she is for us when she is throwing like that on the mound. It allows our hitters to relax at the plate."
The Lady Bisons collected seven hits, all singles. They also had four stolen bases. Lauren Dortwegt and Courtney Billington each had two hits for the Lady Bisons.
In game two Jacobson gave up only four hits. She struck out five and walked one as she raised her record to 3-3.
"Florida Gulf Coast had never seen Alaina pitch before," Ryman said. "We gave them something they have never seen before and something that maybe they weren't quite expecting.
"We had gone to Christen Campbell a lot lately. We felt like it was a good move to go with Alaina. The shutout is huge. In conference games Florida Gulf Coast has been hitting well."
The Lady Bisons scored all of their runs in the fourth inning. With one out Abby Keese homered, her 12th of the season.
She is only two short of tying her career season high of 14, a total she has set twice.
"Abby has the ability to hit a home run every time she is at the plate," Ryman said. "She is such a presence in the box for us from a power standpoint. No one wants to throw to her.
"One of the things we have talked about that one-through-nine there is not a player on our team that other teams want to face. There is no one in our line-up that you can jump over. There are no easy outs."
The rest of the fourth inning proved that point. After Keese's homer Kellie Sirus walked. Billington singled. Sirus moved to third and Billington went to second on the throw. Campbell grounded out. Mollie Mitchell walked to load the bases. Florida Gulf Coast removed starting pitcher Kelci Breaux and replaced her with Stephanie Sullivan.
Sullivan walked BreeThurman, the first batter she faced, to bring home Sirus. Kiihnl put down a bunt single and advanced to second on an error by the first baseman. Billington and Mitchell scored on the play. Dortwegt singled to bring in Kiihnl and Thurman to close out the scoring.
The Lady Bisons are back in action Tuesday when Alabama-Birmingham visits Draper Diamond. The first game of the doubleheader starts at 3. This is a make-up of a doubleheader that was postponed due to weather conditions earlier in the season.
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I couldn't help it. As I walked by what used to be my favorite bar I had to peer through the window and see the abomination. I could not even recognize it anymore, my old home away from home. "Goddamnit", I sighed to my date. "This used to be my favorite place, and now its just going to be another sh-tty yuppie bar."
"The Office" as it's now called, used to be "Scolari's Office" on 30th in between University and Lincoln. A great place to see underground bands, get the f-ck out of the house, have good times with friends, and have drinks without draining your wallet. Sure it had it's downsides. It smelled funny, the PA was often half working, and there were various scumbags around from time to time. Nothing out of the ordinary for an actual dive bar. But I had some of my best times there, met most of my close friends there, and saw alot of good bands there. It felt like a community.
Now its cheap drinks are replaced with 5 dollar wells, no cover charge replaced with a cover charge, dark comforting atmosphere replaced with trendy bullsh-t lights and what have you. Even a f-cking velvet rope outside.
As I walked with my date towards Lincoln and my soon to be stolen truck I looked down 30th street. La Boheme, the ultimate "f-ck you" to people who loved their neighborhood just as it was 5 years ago. Yoga studio, restaurant, dance studio, restaurant, beer snob bar, SUV's, lifted bro trucks, BMWs. In the distance the sh-thole that was Aztec Bowl now nestled against a Starbucks.
"I remember when everyone called that Donut shop "Hooker Donuts", because all the tranny hookers would lurk late at night around the back waiting for Johns." I tell my date. "You could go in there wasted at 2:30am and get a pink crueller and a coffee and watch the trannies come out of the shadows like vampires. It was amazing."
She laughs and says, "Sounds like fun."
"Yeah" I sigh, "They don't stay open late anymore."
adamcrisis - I was born and raised in North Park. I was there during the sixties when it was a thriving business and shopping center. This continued through most of the seventies until the neighborhood changed for the worse and the business ditrict became home to dive bars, thrift stores, 99 cent stores, storefront churches etc. The business district was on life support, landlords and business owners alike were letting their properties fall into a state of complete disrepair.It was during this time that sthole dive bars like scolaris catered to drunken, coke sniffing scum bags (i.e.scenesters, junkies, punks). I say good riddance to f*ed up places like Scolari's and welcome La Boheme, welcome Starbucks, welcome restautants. The new North Park does not want your broke ass around here anyway. If you still feel the need impress your date and hang out with trannies or get a hooker or buy some dope just stay on University and head east past the 805.
I hope nothing but good things for you.
No need to travel east on University. There are plenty of hookers right there on El Cajon blvd. Sometimes they stop and have a latte at Starbucks also. Hookers that are catered to by guys just like the landlord. America is beautiful place. Where alchoholics can have their fill and jump back into their BMWS to look down on "drug addicts" and hookers. The guy in the beemer just dropped a wad on his date and wont get laid she has somebody for that some chick named Maria. Look at the AC lounge and all it yuppie glorious they tried to deny me for a dress code once, even though I had collered shirt and some shiny shoes on. I get in the place only to discover people weraing T Shirts, no class at all. Isnt anybodt that drinks alcohol considered a low life drug addict?
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President of Nintendo Satoru Ivata has revealed that the performance gap between Wii U and the competition's next-gen consoles will be smaller than it was with Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Ivata said the company hasn't been sucessful in keeping the Wii's momentum in the last two years. He attributed the problem to smaller number of titles, brought about by the launch of 3DS and Wii U.
As far as sales go, Wii has been beating PS3 and Xbox 360 silly for most of its career, but did not get far from the casual gaming market. This means that although the console sold like hotcakes, it never actually catered to serious gamers.
Microsoft and Sony, on the other hand, raked in plenty of dough from multi-platform titles not available on Nintendo's console. The reason for this was Wii's lack of horsepower, something which Ivata claims will be fixed on Wii U. Unfortunately, Ivata says he cannot guarantee that Wii U will not end up just like Wii when it comes to multi-platform gaming.
He said the performance gap between Wii U and the competition will not mimic the scenario with the original Wii and its competitors, and will in fact be much thinner. He conceded that the competing consoles may indeed be faster, especially since they will launch in 2013 or 2014. However, he said that future console support for 720p and 1080p will mean Wii U will not lag behind the competition.
Ivata once again talked up Wii U's GamePad controller, reminding the world of just how practical it can be. He pointed out that game consoles "have long been 'parasites' of TV sets at home", and I bet many a mother would agree with this. So, gamers will now be able to continue games even after that cranky person who pays for their upbringing takes over the picture box.
In related news, the company revealed that its 3DS hasn't had the desired momentum in the States and the EU, and, when we're already stating the obvious here, I'd like to add that the sky is very blue, or at least it seems so most of the time.
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DETROIT - A Novi police officer was involved in a shooting Thursday morning in Northwest Detroit.
Police are investigating at two different scenes: Warren and Grandville avenues and Piedmont Street and Plymouth Road.
According to the Novi Police Department they had a Detective working on a joint investigation with the United States Secret Service regarding fraudulent purchases of several thousands of dollars of auto parts from metro Detroit car dealerships.
When the suspects made a delivery of the stolen parts, officers announced their presence and intent to arrest the suspects, one of the suspects surrendered while the second jumped in the vehicle and attempted to run over the Novi officer.
The undercover officer pulled his gun and fired multiple times at the suspect that was fleeing from the scene.
The fleeing suspect crashed the getaway vehicle a short distance away and was taken into custody by Michigan State Police Troopers after a short foot chase.
Once in custody the suspect was transported to an area hospital to be treated for multiple gunshot wounds.
Stay with Local 4 News and ClickOnDetroit.com for updates to this developing story.
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I am on a baking spree and no ones complaining. Especially Ro who has something to munch on as soon as he gets back from work. Oh I'm dying to start a full time job where i don't have to sit at home and cook and eat what i cook and become fat in the process. This yogurt cake blew my mind away because it was so so soft and also because for the first time my cake came out well. the marmalade was an added advantage and since i had some batter left i decided to make kutti cuppy cakes too:)
I followed this recipe to the dot and boy am i happy i found this online. I am also happy that i get to link it to the other blog and don't have to type out the whole thing...hahaha. Instead here are a whole lotta pics to prove my cake turned out well.
PS: It looks a bit burnt, thanks to my husband who forgot to take it out of the oven when i had clearly instructed him to do so after 10 minutes. Instead he waited till i got out of my half hour bubble bath and now claims he loves the caramelised (read burnt) taste it brings out.


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Inner-city Schools Concert Inspires, Engages Kids
The bright hot autumn sun burned down into Compton, California – right onto the shoulders of a busy nine year-old boy. The boy was respectful, working on hurrying up his chores for his mother so he could play ball with friends. The boy eyed the last pile of leaves and thought "last one, then I'm done". He heaved the rake over the pile and pulled back – and stiffened in shock as the rake revealed two automatic hand guns, still warm, hidden in the leaves.
To this day Fred Martin does not like leaves. Buried under high piles of leaves are where the Compton gangs he grew up with hid their guns – at the safe house of "the Church family" – Fred's family. The police never searched there; his father was a minister. Soon enough at ten years age Fred, a music prodigy, found himself playing organ in church on Sunday mornings – he later figured the music carried him away from the leaves.
Thirty years later – and that same Fred, through his Urban Entertainment Institute, has taught thousands of inner-city kids music, song, dance and language. He works in the Los Angeles Unified School District, and works at keeping kids out of gangs – helping them see the self expression and self awareness made possible through the arts. He helps them discover and uncover their talents – often times saving a life in the process . "It's incredible to see what these kids can do if we give them a chance" says Martin.
The kids are responding well. Some of Fred's students have gone on to win awards, record songs, and perform publicly. And most have skirted gang life. Chavonne Morris-Stewart and Aletha Mills are both alumni of the UEI that have gone on to promising careers in the music industry. They have toured the world with Jackson Browne and are featured vocalists on his latest CD. They've also performed for President Obama.
Backed by LAUSD and innovative CIO Ron Chandler – Fred is persisting in the face of tough school budget cutbacks that have hit 12,000+ USA districts this year. He's also branching out – Fred recently, with the help of Cisco Systems, produced the first ever live multi-point schools talent concert – involving 800 kids from inner-city schools in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. The kids? They loved it.
Throughout the 70-minute live performance, Mary Mary, Reuben Cannon, Norman Lear, and Dr. Maya Angelou all joined in via Cisco video links to offer praise, encouragement, and inspiration for the children. "You can be successful" said Cannon, "if you find your passion, do your best, and apply yourselves. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't." The kids performed dance routines, music ensembles, sang songs, and did poetry readings.
Public Education
A collaborative poem written by Destiny Campbell, Denisse Cotto, Maryama Sillah, Lydia Villa, and Ms. Watson
P is for public. Public Education.
Where learning begins at the metal detector
detecting what can't be brought in,
never scanning deep enough to decipher the pain.
If the machine could really see what we bring to school,
it would sound the alarm:
[this is a generation full of dreamers.]
"It was amazing to watch the kids perform" said Ron, "and equally amazing to watch how Cisco's technology was able to pull it all together." The video, collaboration, and networking tools powered each site – allowing the students in Los Angeles to see in real-time the reactions and applause from kids in Chicago and New York. And Chicago & New York rotated through their performances, delighting the Los Angeles students watching from the new Robert F. Kennedy High School.
"With Cisco TelePresence – we can reach more kids – and get them involved and engaged in these critical after hours school programs," said Fred. "They can connect, and they can perform. All they need is a stage."
With Cisco, today the stage is getting bigger for inner-city schools.
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Frank, so happy that you saw the possiblity of this event…the poem from the students about the metal detector..what a powerful image!


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Military kids will gear up for the upcoming school year Saturday at the Operation Homefront Carolinas Back-to-School Brigade event.
Military kids will gear up for the upcoming school year Saturday at the Operation Homefront Carolinas Back-to-School Brigade event.
The event will provide registrants with backpacks packed with school supplies to children from military families from 9 a.m. to noon at the Stone Street Community Center.
Backpacks are offered to registrants only.
This year�s event is expected to be a �huge success� and approximately 500 children will receive backpacks, according to event organizers.
�Military families deal not only with deployments and the other stresses of military life, but also the economic difficulties shared by all Americans,� said Holly Cummings, executive director of Operation Homefront�s Carolinas Field Office.
The school supplies have been donated by people throughout the Carolinas and collected at Dollar Tree stores as part of Operation Homefront�s national Back-to-School Brigade program.
�These donated school supplies enhance the morale and the success of our military children, while easing the burden military families carry,� said Janna Pionk, community liaison for Operation Homefront Carolinas� Jacksonville service area.
Operation Homefront is a nonprofit organization committed to assisting families of service members and wounded warriors.


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Backup Seattle Seahawks TE Anthony McCoy sustains Achilles injury, has surgery
RENTON, Wash. – The Seattle Seahawks have lost backup tight end Anthony McCoy for possibly the entire 2013 season after he sustained a torn Achilles during an organized team activity earlier this week.
The Seahawks confirmed McCoy injury on Friday, which was first reported by USA Today. McCoy has already undergone surgery to repair the injury and recovery time is typically six to nine months.
McCoy went limping off the field late in Monday's OTA that was open to the media. Trainers examined his ankle on the field before using a cart to take him into the team's practice facility. Coach Pete Carroll had limited information after practice ended and believed it was an ankle injury.
McCoy was entering his fourth season with the Seahawks. Last year, he had a career best 18 catches and three touchdowns.


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Beet Recipes
Beet Napoleon with Green Peas and Ricotta Cheese (Mille-Feuille de Betterave et Petits Pois)
This savory Napoleon dish is heavily inspired by my childhood BFF's homecook expert a.k.a her husband Olivier. They came to visit us in the Bay Area right before we came visiting them in their new Parisian apartment last night. Olivier briefly told me about his savory creation which he calls "mille-feuille de betterave et petits pois" (literally "beet and green pea napoleon") in French. He went on to explain that he prepared green pea-flavored ricotta cheese filling in between thinly-sliced beet layers. I interprated my own version as I didn't have detailed instructions and added phyllo dough as a nice contrast in texture. I also added basil and ground cumin to the ricotta for extra flavor. For additional color, I garnished the first course dish with colorful vegetables from our garden: freshly-picked radishes, bell peppers and cherry tomatoes. I'm not sure Olivier was aiming for the same result but what I can assure you is it was delicious.
I can't believe my European trip is coming to an end already. I''ll be heading home soon for more book signing appearances. My next ones are taking place at Barnes and Noble. Please mark your calendar if you're in the Bay Area and be sure to stop by Barnes and Noble Blossom Hill, 5353 Almaden Expressway, Building B in San Jose, California. I'll be doing a cooking demo, followed by a book signing on July 5th at noon.
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Beet Quinoa Recipe
Quinoa is a fabulous side dish that contains no gluten. This gives you other options besides pasta and rice. Last night, I prepared it with beets. It added a beautiful color and subtle sweetness. I usually like to add beets to plain, bland food; they revive the most boring dishes and aren't complicated to cook. Simple shredded beets cook extremely fast.
Baby Aria is so talkative now and her thirst for knowledge is growing everyday. She always asks what she's eating. She loves how "funny" the word quinoa sounds and she adores beets. I bet she's going to request more of this dish in the near future!
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Beet Polenta Appetizer Recipe
I love the flavor combination of beets and sage; I've used the same marriage of flavors in soups, pasta dishes and vinaigrettes on multiple occasions. This time, I made a variation of a polenta appetizer and flavored it with this particular pairing.
The beets gave a regal color to the bite-size portions and I repeated the sage flavor in the cream topping. The corn nugget garnish was my "cherry on top" and was a reminder of the cornmeal used for the polenta.
You've probably noticed over the years that our family hosts a large number of dinner parties. My favorite part is creating new appetizers because it really levels the playing field for me. First I come up with a flavor combination that I know works incredibly well as my basis, then turn it into a miniature, aesthetically pleasing, unique piece of art. You know the saying: you eat with your eyes first!
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Spooky Halloween Beet Recipe
It's almost that time of the year again and I'm ready to prepare a horror-themed dinner for the end of the month. I concocted a gory-looking dish using the elegant combination of mozzarella, garbanzo beans and beets. I figured the color of the beets looked very similar to blood and I paired the dish with mozzarella and olives to resemble blood-shot eyes. Spooky!
First, I soaked garbanzo beans and shredded raw beets. I cooked them together until the legumes were softened enough to be crushed between my thumb and index finger. Once the beet dish was transferred to a serving platter, the finishing touch was adding creepy eyes made of cheese and olives. So it's not that difficult to feed your Halloween fun!
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Spicy Beet Pizza Appetizer Recipe
Here's a fusion version of pizza made with spicy beets. The pizza dough is baked separately then topped with Indian beets and dal. It's perfect for vegetarians since it's packed with protein.
I usually serve them as appetizers. They would also be a great addition to a party platter because of the pop of color and exotic flavors.
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Reached via the E6 and the Dombås–Trondheim railway, the eastern reaches of this large park are rugged and severe, but as you hike west the terrain gets even wilder as the serrated alpine peaks of the Romsdal hove into view.
Hardangervidda Nasjonalpark
Europe's largest mountain plateau, stretches east from the Hardangerfjord to Finse in the north and Rjukan in the east, its bare, almost lunar-like rocks and myriad lakes make for some spectacular hiking. The Hardangervidda begins about 130km east of Bergen.
Jotunheimen Nasjonalpark
Norway's most famous hiking area has a heady concentration of towering, ice-tipped peaks, more than two hundred rising above 1900m, including northern Europe's two highest. The park is near the east end of the Sognefjord, about 300km from Oslo.
Rondane Nasjonalpark
The Rondane comprises both a high alpine zone, with ten peaks exceeding the 2000-metre mark, and a much gentler upland area punctuated by rounded, treeless hills. It is on the E6 between Oslo and Trondheim and is especially popular with families.
Nordre Isfjorden Nasjonalpark, Svalbard
One of the archipelago's largest protected areas, this coastal tundra stretches across the Isfjorden north of Barentsburg. It comprises wetlands, lake and pond complexes, and is great for light day-hikes and wildlife-spotting; wildlife includes eider ducks, pink-footed geese, ringed seals, arctic fox and the Svalbard rock ptarmigan.
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Fine Arts presents the Los Angeles based filmmaker and performer who has exhibited at the Tate Museum in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA, The New Museum, ICA in Philadelphia, MOCA, and REDCAT. In 2012 alone, he was in the Whitney Biennale, New Museum Triennial, Gwangju Biennial in South Korea, and the Liverpool Biennial. Tsang received his BFA at the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from UCLA. Much of his work deals with issue of transgender identity.
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After months of dry weather headlining price movements, the markets are ready for a new story, says Jerry Gulke.
The 2012 drought has not vanished, but the grain markets see it as old news, says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group. "We're entering the period where we can finally put this dry weather behind us, at least for the year."
So for now, the market will focus on the weather in other parts of the world, especially South America.
Gulke says, for now, South American weather is aiding crop development. "I think just about everybody knows the crop is off to a good start. So, what could be the new news? If it is really good now, can it get any better?"
He says if the crop does continue down the path of high yields, China will move in. "Once China gets their purchases from us covered through February, they might just vanish from our scene and move to South America."
Soybeans on a Roll, Corn Holding Steady
Bean prices have finally bounced, after months of falling. Gulke says now beans are up almost 20 cents. "The rally we anticipated for the last couple weeks in soybeans has materialized." He says that if soybean prices can go above $15 and stay there, support will be strong for the market.
The soybean market is looking strong, Gulke says, but an economic, political or crop problem out of South America could really give it a jolt upward.
Corn prices were up almost a dime on Friday. His hope for the corn market is that it will not challenge the current lows.
"We don't want to see the December lows taken out. We want to see a winter rally pursue itself like it did last year. The December low almost matches the November low, which almost matches the September low. So, now we've got three support areas in the corn market that surround that $7.15 price."
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A commentary in the April 13, 2010 Tomahawk Leader. Your opinions are welcomed.
By Tom Colstad
Tomahawk Leader Sports Editor
In the 1940s, esteemed conservationist Aldo Leopold said that hunting and fishing should provide "contrast value" to one's everyday life, so that those outdoor experiences have the effect as to soothe the soul.
Life was not as tied to "gizmos" back then as it is now. Television was in its infancy, and radio was king. Telephones used operators to connect calls, as rotary dials were not yet widely used.
Outdoorsmen/women in Leopold's era learned to read topographic maps and use compasses to navigate. They observed signs of animal activity to help them predict movements of their quarry or the weather. They learned to judge distances so they could shoot weapons reasonably accurately. They were self-sufficient and made much of their own hunting/fishing equipment. Their trips to the woods or water brought them an escape from "civilized" life and allowed them to become immersed in nature's beauty.
Today, technology is light years ahead of what it was in the 1940s and the world's population has more than doubled since then. Electronic media, computers, cell phones, "tom-toms" and many gadgets that make our existence "easier" dominate our everyday lives.
Modern hunters and anglers have been swept up in the frenzy to have the latest gizmos that make harvesting game or catching fish easy. There are constantly new products being introduced that seemingly make the old, tried-and-true guns, bows, arrows, fishing rods and reels and boats and motors obsolete. Even though the old equipment worked quite well, the new stuff will surely kill game even deader or catch more fish in less time and more easily.
We have become a society that demands instant gratification with minimal investment of "self," and that attitude has spilled over into the woods, fields and waters.
Manufacturers of sporting weapons especially like to emphasize the word "easy" in their advertisements to attract new sales.
Crossbow manufacturers tell sportsmen's groups and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that using crossbows for deer, bear or turkey hunting would get more hunters into the woods (generate more revenue) because achieving accuracy with the arrow rifle (my term) is "easy." Put a scope on the crossbow and amazing accuracy out past 100 yards is possible (one-inch groups, according to one manufacturer). The modern crossbow is certainly a gizmo and can hardly be considered to be a "primitive" weapon or a challenge to use for hunting.
Note: Wisconsin already allows the use of crossbows during the deer archery season for sportsmen ages 65 and older and those with physical disabilities that prevent them from using a regular bow and arrow.
Another archery-related gizmo worth noting is the draw lock system. When installed on a compound bow, it holds the string and arrow at full draw, ready to be shot by pulling a trigger mechanism. This device, illegal to use in Wisconsin, was recently featured on one of television's outdoor shows and the show's host stressed that it is so easy to use that a nine-year-old girl could kill a deer with it.
The episode went on to show the young girl **** the bow and arrow, mount it on a tripod and get ready to harvest a deer at a nearby feeder. When a doe came in to the corn pile, the girl superimposed the scope's electronic red dot on the deer's vitals and without even putting her hand on the bow itself, pulled the trigger and killed the deer. Slam, bang, easy!
Then there is the case of the muzzleloader, a primitive weapon that elicits yearnings to experience the life and times of mountain men like Jeremiah Johnson. Years ago when the muzzleloader was given a special deer season following the general firearms deer season in Wisconsin, all smoke poles were either flintlock or percussion cap rifles.
The challenge of hunting with these primitive weapons was more weather-related than anything else. Moisture in the form of rain, snow, fog or dew could dampen the gunpowder in the pan or under the percussion cap and prevent the weapon from discharging. Good accuracy to 100 yards was achievable with lots of practice, and reloading the weapon in less than one minute was considered fairly speedy.
Modern muzzleloaders resemble center-fire rifles much more than they do traditional muzzleloaders. Some modern muzzleloaders have a bolt that protects a shotgun primer (detonator) from moisture. Others have a break-open action, like a single shot shotgun, that also protects the primer from getting wet. Some muzzleloaders are now fired using an electronic spark. Even though they are loaded from the muzzle end, instead of loose black powder being poured down the barrel, one to three compressed powder pellets, each weighing 50 grains, are pushed down the barrel and topped with a sabot bullet – all in a fraction of a minute.
Outdoor Channel ads for some muzzleloader/scope combinations tout an effective range of 250 yards when using three powder pellets, a particular slug and one of three different settings on the special scope. Throw in a good electronic range finder and how could you miss? Hitting at long distances can as easy as A, B, C.
The performance of these modern muzzleloaders when topped with a powerful scope rivals that of center-fire rifles. They are high-tech gizmos for sure and no longer can be called, "primitive weapons."
Many of today's hunters don't invest of themselves anymore in the process of hunting; that is learning to find one's quarry and getting close to it. With their high-tech gizmos, they have become mere harvesters and notch counters because that is the easy part of hunting, especially when guarding a bait pile, feeder, food plot or crop field.
Modern sportspersons take their Blackberrys, GPSs, fish locators, two-way radios, mini-TVs, DVD players, iPods and high-tech weapons and fishing equipment with them as they venture forth into the outdoors and wonder why they don't have the fulfilling experience they used to have when they were kids with much less.
The "contrast value" is non-existent, thanks to all of the gizmos, and therefore the quality of the outdoor experience is diminished.
'Gizmos' cheapen hunting, fishing experience?
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Re: 'Gizmos' cheapen hunting, fishing experience?
You forgot to add piles of corn to your list cause every one now seems to be a master baiter
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So which is less sporting: using electronics to catch game or using dogs to trap the game?
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Is Tom B being puny.
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Does puny mean skinny?
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Catfish, has Jeff handed off the title of Spelling, grammar, punctuation, typo Nazi?
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Yes I realize that was a puny remark.
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I moved, became a professor, and so much more. Everything has been working out in my favor; I like my new home and town and all the awesome that is nearby big cities with great food and stuff to do. I'm good at my job, as far as I can tell, and I really do love it. Even when I'm irked by some newbie experience or whining about university bureaucracy, I can clearly see how much easier this transition has been than I ever expected.
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CNN's Wolf Blitzer reports live from the U.N. General Assembly at 5 p.m. ET Tuesday and is joined by former President Bill Clinton in "The Situation Room." Then at 7 ET, former Vice President Dick Cheney sits down with John King on "John King, USA" for an in-depth interview on the war in Afghanistan.
United Nations (CNN) -- The Israeli prime minister on Monday appealed for direct peace negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, to be started in New York and continued in Jerusalem and Ramallah.
"Unilateral measures are not the way to advance peace between us," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, referring to an Abbas plan to submit a member application for a state of Palestine to the United Nations Security Council on Friday.
It was not clear whether the Palestinian leader responded to Netanyahu's call for talks, or whether a fresh round of negotiations could elicit a compromise that the last round could not. Peace talks between the two sides broke down a year ago.
Earlier Monday, Abbas told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that he still intends to submit the statehood bid, said U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky, despite a tide of controversy accompanying the measure.
Abbas has pointed to decades of occupation and years of failed negotiations, prompting the move.
Monday's meeting, which took place in New York at the start of the United Nations General Assembly, is part of what is expected to be a series of high-level meetings surrounding the hot topic of Palestinian statehood and the likely ripple effects of a formal application.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added Monday that the American government continues to support a "two-state solution" in an effort to resolve the ongoing conflict, but also noted that she is engaged in "intensive ongoing diplomacy."
The U.S. has pledged to block the application should it reach the Security Council, but it is likely eager to head-off a scenario that would involve an American veto -- a move widely seen as unpopular in the region.
Abbas, however, has appeared largely undeterred. In a speech Friday that appeared both an attempt to manage domestic expectations and push the statehood issue, the Palestinian leader told an audience in Ramallah, "We are going to the United Nations to attain full membership."
He has said the Palestinian territories should be represented by their "natural borders" -- with Israel remaining within its 1967 boundaries, which would afford Palestinians the Gaza strip, East Jerusalem and the West Bank -- while calling disputed territories inhabited by Israeli settlers "illegal."
Israel, meanwhile, has called the U.N. bid provocative and has pushed for a return to the negotiating table.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is expected to speak Friday at the United Nations, has said the measure could complicate the peace process and further destabilize the region.
The Palestinian territories currently have "observer" status, meaning delegates can speak in the General Assembly but not vote.
The five permanent members of the Security Council are the United States, China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom.
A "yes" vote in the General Assembly -- where only a majority vote would be needed -- could afford Palestinians with the status of "permanent observer," similar to the position the Vatican currently holds.
A vote in their favor would be all but assured, meaning they could pursue legal actions against Israel, though analysts suggest that an elevated status could prematurely raise expectations for change in the region.
Hamas, the Palestinian organization that controls Gaza, has warned Abbas not to take that step, saying it would show a willingness to acknowledge and negotiate with Israel, which would "deprive the Palestinian people from their right to come back to their homeland."
We are warning him not to go," senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar said. "This is going to make more division inside the Palestinian people."