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YoMama and I had an interesting conversation over lunch yesterday. Topics ranged from the impact of texting on the social skills of today's youth to Cave Creek zoning codes. The subject that stuck in my mind is this idea of being the change you seek.
I grew up and went to college in California towns that had a strong sense of community. As a child in Merced I remember neighbors gathering on their porches each evening. The parents would socialize and drink wine while the kids played in the street. As I student in Chico I recall how dedicated the community was to gathering in the town square every weekend (if not more often). The gatherings ranged from farmers' markets to pet parades to poetry readings and concerts.
Ten years ago I moved to the Phoenix area. I immediately noticed an absence of this sense of community. Families didn't socialize in their neighborhood after dinner. Kids weren't playing in the street. There was no town square bustling with activity.
I attribute this absence to a variety of factors. Many Phoenicians are transplants. Entire subdivisions of these transplants have sprung up so quickly they've yet to form their own communities. Parents are working longer hours either by necessity or to pay for all the things used to fill some hole in their lives. Perhaps the hole is the lack of community. TV and video games have replaced the desire or necessity for kids to go outside to explore and imagine.
I've always lamented this lack of community here in our part of the Valley and assumed I would eventually move back to CA or someplace else that fit my ideals. Then I met my wife Debra. She is a grounded and practical person. She also happens to be one of the few AZ natives I've met (third generation). So she has a unique perspective on live in AZ. She remembers a time here when her sense of community mirrored my own. It did exist her once. She reminds me often that we should embody the community we desire. "Be the change you seek" she says. Maybe it's time to go knocking on a few neighbors' doors.


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I had a really difficult time deciding which story to pick for the first Story of the Month for 2010. A short story? A novel? A work of creative nonfiction? Or, for a change, how about a play? And then it hit me: I've never picked a story by my favorite writer, arguably one of the most prolific writers of all time. And that made the decision a lot easier to make. So, here we go! That's Classic!'s Story of the Month for January 2010 is none other than William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet!
I'll assume that most of you have read the Bard's most infamous play, but for those of you who haven't: Romeo and Juliet is a five-act play about two young "star-crossed lovers."
Romeo and Juliet's families (the Houses of Montague and Capulet, respectively) have been feuding for as long as they can remember, and are known to fight each other to the death in the streets of Verona. To make a long story short (as Shakespeare does), the Capulets throw a masked ball, Romeo and his friends sneak in, he ends up meeting the fair Juliet, and they fall instantly and irrevocably in love…of course, without knowing that they are each other's sworn enemy. And when they do figure that out (later that night, at the ball), they're upset about it, but decide to put the feud aside rather than give up on true love.
I've read the play three or four times by now, and seen it done (on the stage and in movies) more than that, but it took me reading it just over a year ago in my Beginning Shakespeare class to really get into it. Sure, it's about the undying (pun definitely intended) love between these two young lovers. But upon my latest read of the play, I've realized that Juliet is who steals the show.
Okay, so Romeo's good looking. He knows how to fight with a sword, or at least how to hold one well enough that he can slay Juliet's cousin, Tybalt. He can climb up to a second-story balcony. He can ride a horse like the wind to get to his beloved Juliet, whom he believes is dead. But, upon this last read, I realized that he whines through most of the play. "Woe is me. I'm in love with my enemy. I'm too spineless to talk to Daddy or Big Man Capulet about it. Instead, I'll just mope about and make the Friar and Juliet's nurse, and even my sweet, sweet Juliet, take care of everything. Oh, woe is me!" (Don't even get me started on the fact that he kills himself with measly poison.) But you get the idea? It gets to be a little much rather quickly.
But Juliet is an almost silent, unsung tragic heroine. To me, the strongest scene in the entire play is the one where Juliet's in her bedroom, and her arranged marriage to poster-boy Paris is fast approaching. She had the foresight to beg the Friar for some means by which she could escape marrying Paris and keep her marriage vows to Romeo (since they eloped at the end of Act II, I believe). He gives her a sleeping draught that will temporarily stop her heart, so she'll be presumed dead. Then the Friar would send word to the banished Romeo (for slaying Tybalt) to come back and wait for the fair Juliet to reawaken and they could flee to another town. But it is what's going through her head before she drinks the draught that really struck me.
Juliet experiences something in this moment that no other character undergoes anywhere else in the play: true fear. She weighs the possible scenarios of her taking the potion and realizes that none are that great. She could drink the draught and it kills her, then she'll never see Romeo again. She could drink it and awake too soon, and thus still have to marry Paris. Or she could drink the draught, escape marrying Paris, but awake before Romeo gets to her in the Capulet tomb, and she'd die of either a heart attack (from being surrounded by corpses of her ancestors) or she'd suffocate from being sealed in the tomb.
She can't bring herself to see any positive outcome. Still, any of those scenarios is better than taking no action and succumbing to her parents' wish for her to marry Paris. She decided to take the draught and fight for her marriage, to fight for Romeo. It turns out not to kill her, but her fears were valid. It turns out, in the last act of the play, that she had every right to fear the worst.
Whether it was intentional or not, Shakespeare presents Juliet as a rather strong and independent character, considering the time period in which this play takes place and when it was written. Okay, sure, she goes from obeying her parents to obeying her husband, Romeo, but she has a depth to her that I had never previously seen in her. As much as she was crazy in love with Romeo, as much as she was caught up in their whirlwind romance, when it came down to it, she was able to carefully and logically sort out realistic outcomes to her actions in her head. She, unlike the Montagues and Capulets, could slow down and be rational. She, unlike Romeo, actively fought to save their marriage. (Plus, the fact that she plunges a knife into her heart is pretty impressive, considering that Romeo wussed out and chose death by poison.)
But Romeo and Juliet is more than the sum of its parts. It's more than just a love story about two young lovers that bring about their own demise. It's a timeless classic of, yes, love, but about how your own selfish actions can forever change your life, the lives of those you love, and even your entire town. And the language—oh my gosh, the language!—it's written in is genius work all its own. That's what helps to make the play so memorable: that insanely beautiful iambic pentameter that Shakespeare made look as simple as dotting i's and crossing t's.
Really, Romeo and Juliet is an unparalleled masterpiece of literature. So if you haven't experienced its wonder and majesty yet, then I urge you to give it a read. And if you're one of the many lucky ones who have already experienced it, then I urge you to give it another read. Perhaps you'll be as surprised as I was about Juliet, or perhaps the Bard will surprise you with something completely different. It's all there. All you need to do is give it a read (or a re-read).


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Hey! You should know that Panasonic has released a newer version of this product: the Panasonic HC-WXF991.
4K is gradually becoming more and more accessible to the average consumer. Where 4K meant about $4K just two years ago, the Panasonic WX970 is one of two $1K 4K camcorders introduced in January 2014, alongside the Sony AX33.
The Panasonic WX970 replaces the WX920, an HD camcorder that uses three sensors instead of one. The new WX970 uses a 1/2.3" sensor capable of 4k video at 30 fps. That powerful image sensor is combined with a 20x optical zoom and optical image stabilization. The WX970 also keeps the secondary sub-camera, used to capture picture-in-picture footage without any editing. The sub-camera can face backwards, recording the videographer, to the side or to the front.
Panasonic has also added to new features across most of their 2015 line-up, including high dynamic range videography. Dynamic range refers to the different extremes of light; High dynamic range recording allows for better video quality in high contrast situations. (You can preview the effect with a video comparing the same feature on the Panasonic V770). Panasonic's wi-fi app will now allow their latest cameras to use a smartphone as a sub-camera for more versatile picture-in-picture recording.
The X970 looks to be an excellent upgrade to the X920 that we reviewed last year, with the higher-resolution 4K. But as the technology becomes more accessible and more affordable, which of the two $1,000 options offer the most bang for the buck? The Sony AX33 has a 1" sensor, which is quite a bit larger than the X970's 1/2.3". While both have 4K resolution, the larger sensor will perform better in low lighting conditions. The Sony AX33 looks to have a slight edge in overall video quality, including the ability to shoot regular HD video at a huge 100 Mbps bit rate. But, the Panasonic X970 has the better zoom out of the two as well as the sub-camera, plus weighs half of the AX33's bulkier 1 pound, 5 ounce heft.
You could also save about $100 by going with the Panasonic VX870, which is the same model except it lacks the secondary camera.
Overall, the X970 looks to be an excellent camera, just be sure to compare closely with the Sony AX33 and decide which features are more important before you buy.


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As you've probably noticed, in patch 4.0.1, Blizzard introduced what is essentially a default-UI version (WoW Insider gives a brief explanation of it here) of Power Auras, a mod that let you create large, visible notifications for procs, debuffs, any number of things. At first it was confusing–I didn't know what meant what, and big things were popping up on my screen confusing me during combat. That quickly passed as I became familiar with new talents and abilities. And while the WoW Insider post I linked above says this about Bizzard's auras:
It's simple, it's effective and it's pretty. I was really impressed with these ability notifications because, frankly, there aren't really any options. The system is just … there. Believe me, it's a plus. Sure, there are options to turn it on or off and set the opacity, but that's all you get. Fewer options, in this case, is better,
I have to disagree that fewer options is better. The images are nice, yes, and it's good that we can set the opacity, but frankly, that's not better than Power Auras. This isn't really a complaint, seeing as how this is the case with almost all basic UI elements that are inspired by addons–the Blizzard version is functional but not customizable. But rather a plea that raiders do not use these over Power Auras or similar notification systems.
Timing is everything
The most important feature that the Blizzard auras are missing is a timer. When Killing Machine or Rime procs (the two Frost DK auras), I need to know when they're going to run out so I can plan my next few abilities appropriately. It's also crucial to know what's going on with other abilities. Again taking the example of Frost DKs, Unbreakable Armor, on a 1 minute CD, needs to be used often, and Power Auras will help while Blizzard's won't.
I haven't yet had a lot of experience with the raid UI, but my guess from looking at the options is that it has about half the functionality of Grid. When I healed as a Druid, one of the most important uses of Grid was seeing where my buffs were and how long was left on them without having to click on players individually. Grid does this–admittedly with a fair amount of setup–and does it well.
Too much is too much
On the opposite side of things, some default UI stuff just does way too much. Again, this comes down to a lack of customizability, but leads to a problem of too much information busying up your screen. The default Floating Combat Text is a great example of this. Realistically, you don't need to see any kind of damage in a raid environment, but it is nice to see when you hit a big crit or something. It's also really important to see certain things, like immunes, parries or misses since that can either mean you're positioned wrong or have been standing in something bad (e.g. dust clouds). You don't need to see your DoTs ticking, your pet's attacks, other raiders' hits, white hits, etc. I set my combat text to display the following:
- Any incoming damage above 3k (probably will raise this once Cataclysm raiding begins since health pools will be much larger)
- Outgoing damage above 5k (this means I don't usually see non-crits or white hits)
- Parries, dodges, misses, immunes, buffs and debuffs
That's the really important stuff you need to see. Blizzard's combat text just isn't this flexible. And your level of addon customization should ideally reflect how seriously you raid. If you do 5-mans and that's it, well, most of this stuff won't matter. But in a 10-minute long boss fight, it's extremely important to see what matters most in a clear and understandable way. Lack of information or missing something in a cloud of text is no excuse for a death. So get customizing!
Like stats, raiding UIs should be min-maxed
For raiders, the barrier to entry is already steep. If you want to seriously play your class, there's a lot of information you need to know, and more and more comes with each patch/expansion. 4.0.1, for instance, introduced entirely new abilities, a new rune system, more glyphs to work with and an easier way to switch glyphs around, and reforging. Addons are simply another aspect of this. Many great addons do far too much or far too little out of the box, such as MikScrollingBattleText, of which I use a very pared down version.
So when you're going into your next raid, pay attention to exactly what you're using the default UI for and how you could do it better with addons. No matter how much Blizzard incorporates addon-inspired ideas, these will almost never be ideal for any serious raider.


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Tom Kacich: 'Outsider' pans union donors
There's a reason the leaders of political parties despise contested primary elections, and last Saturday's "meet and greet" by the Ford County Republicans was the perfect example.
It's not that it wasn't a well-run, civic-minded event. It was. But when there are four candidates for one position, it's almost inevitable the contest will devolve from musical chairs into a melee, and in the long run, everybody gets hurt.
The "outsider" in this race, Chicago venture capitalist Bruce Rauner, wasted little time by lobbing a verbal neutron bomb at the "insiders" in the race: Dan Rutherford, Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady. They've all been around Springfield since 1993 (although Dillard earlier was Gov. Jim Edgar's chief of staff), and that means they have a record of votes, political affiliations, speeches and campaign contributions.
It was the latter that Rauner the outsider used to undermine the insiders, insinuating that in 20 years in politics the others are tainted by a fraction of the campaign contributions they have taken.
For the record, campaign disclosure reports show that Rutherford has taken about $28,540 from unions representing state employees, health care workers, firefighters, police and transportation workers; and Brady received about $12,375 from unions representing teachers, firefighters and police.
Dillard's support from unions is far more substantial: $365,000 from various unions representing government workers. Among the biggest, $329,050 from the Illinois Education Association and $19,700 from the Illinois Federation of Teachers.
"I'm the only one talking about the core problem because they're all part of it," Rauner said after the forum in Gibson City. "They're all in the pension, they're all taking government union money and the system is corrupt and broken."
Pension and government union. Using those two loaded terms as his foil, that's apparently how Rauner intends to win the Republican primary. As in, if it weren't for pensions and unions, all would be grand in the state of Illinois.
The pensions and the unions are not the reason that state government is such a financial mess. The main culprits are the recession and the legislators, governors, university presidents and others who for decades looked away as the pension systems, now siphoning off billions of dollars that should go to education and other services, weren't funded at the appropriate levels.
But it makes for a simple, emotional argument for a candidate who asserts he's the Republican who'll clean up Illinois.
Rauner the outsider has a record, too, that the Republican "insiders" likely will be attacking before the potentially bloody primary. More on that Wednesday.
Frerichs money
Mike Frerichs, the Democratic state senator from Champaign who is an unannounced candidate for state treasurer, continues to report strong campaign contributions. Since June 30 — when Frerichs had $647,188 in his campaign fund — he has added at least $41,000 more.
Frerichs has reported labor union-related itemized contributions (more than $1,000) from: Illinois AFSCME, $10,000; the South Central Illinois Laborers Political League, $10,000; the Cook County College Teachers Union, $5,000; and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 841 in Terre Haute, Ind., $5,000. Non-union contributions included $2,500 from the Illinois Trial Lawyers and MidAmerican Energy, an Iowa-based electric and natural gas utility.
Pool expert
Vicki Mayes, the Urbana Park District executive director who announced last week that she would be retiring next April, also made a confession.
In her long career in parks and recreation, Mayes said, she has opened seven swimming pools (including the new family aquatics center in Urbana), rehabilitated six more and overseen 30 others. But she is not a swimmer.
"In fact, I can't swim. But I'm a good floater," said Mayes, who called herself "a dedicated non-athlete."
She said she may take up golf in retirement.
Richards' background
Michael Richards, the Champaign Democrat who hopes to succeed Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-Urbana, in the Illinois House, was once a columnist at the Daily Illini, the student newspaper at the University of Illinois.
Asked last week if any of his columns from 2001 might end up in "opposition-research" files, Richards said, "They were liberal columns. But that was 10-plus years ago. If people want to go back and look at them, fine, but depending on the issue, I may agree with myself then, I may not."
I told Richards that I hoped no one would be able to unearth the stone tablets on which I wrote columns in college.
Democrat picnic
Hours after the Champaign County Republicans have their fall festival today, the county Democrats will have a picnic from 3 to 6 p.m. at the garden pavilion at Meadowbrook Park in Urbana. A donation of $10 is suggested, said party Chairman Al Klein. "We provide the beverages, and the Lloyd Carter family will prepare the BBQ," Klein wrote. "Additional food you bring to share is welcome."
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Managing Data with Volumes
MapR provides volumes as a way to organize data and manage cluster performance. A volume is a logical unit that allows you to apply policies to a set of files, directories, and sub-volumes. A well-structured volume hierarchy is an essential aspect of your cluster's performance. As your cluster grows, keeping your volume hierarchy efficient maximizes data availability. Cluster performance is negatively affected when a volume structure is not in place.
The following sections provide information about how to organize and manage data using volumes, a unique feature of MapR clusters:


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-Mystery Potions Magic-
Using the mystery powders and liquids pictured below, work in your houses to conduct experiments testing the chemical reactions when combining certain liquids with certain mystery powders. See below for process steps.
- Be very careful and responsible with your precious potions ingredients.
- Follow the process on the document at the links below (click on the images).
- Make a copy of the document.
- Change title to include your house name.
- Take notes on your experiment throughout the process using this document.
- After the experiments are complete, make predictions on the document guessing the identities of the mystery powders and liquids.
- Using the app, Educreations, creatively record the process and results of your experiments. This may include photos, video, voice recordings, and written notes.
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Using the resources below to learn more about potions INGREDIENTS and finished potions MIXTURES, create your own potion!!!
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Lacing up his high-tops, Johnny Lee Jr. sat silently in front of his locker. The locker room's buzz built by the minute. Every player, coach, assistant, and equipment manager knew how important this basketball game was.
The soft rumble of their rival's gym grew as game time got closer. The team bus drove a measly one mile down the street for the game. Johnny Lee's school, Lipscomb University, had been embroiled in a rivalry with Belmont University since 1953. The stands clanged and clacked under the crowd befitting only a rivalry game. Fans showed up early and would not leave until the scoreboard told them to do so.
This game loomed as a very important moment to every person in the locker room. But for Johnny, this game would change it all. He would lace up, slip into his uniform, and pre-game plan for the last time.
But he didn't know that. Not yet, at least.
"It was one of those games when you have a lot of emotion because you can feel the energy of the people in the stands," Johnny remembers.
The trot on to the court looked routine. The team warmup looked routine. The opening handshake amongst the starting players also looked routine. In terms of the start of a basketball game, all appeared normal.
Within the first 30 seconds, Johnny got the ball. Like he had executed countless times before, Johnny would see a gap in the defense, use his sneaky quick feet, weave his way into the lane just in front of the hoop, fly into a jump-stop, and float up to the rim, guiding the ball with a smooth finger roll. For the five-foot-eight Johnny, this would be a routine layup.
But something very un-routine happened right as Johnny initiated lift off. The split second before he made the final leap toward the rim, his left knee shifted a fraction too far. A section of the knee slid out of place and overexposed his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL).
overexposed his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL).
Johnny's feet never left the floor. He collapsed chest-first towards the hardwood floor. A look of shock and pain sprang from his face. The team trainer rushed to Johnny's side and helped him off the court, where he sat on the end of the bench and helplessly watched the rest of the game.
But he didn't know his beloved basketball playing days were over. Not yet, at least.
Two weeks after Johnny tore his ACL, he had reconstructive surgery. This surgery would end up serving two purposes for Johnny. The first purpose, and the most obvious, was to recover from a serious injury. The second purpose, which became obvious months later, was to help him realize who he actually was.
"Church boy." Johnny's school pals could have nicknamed him that without ever being wrong. Johnny, along with his three older sisters, spent many Sundays—sometimes Wednesdays, tons of Fridays, plenty of Saturdays—at church.
"I spent a lot of my youth in the church," Johnny says. "It wasn't really apparent to me what that stuff meant, but I was just in that environment for such a long time."
Johnny spoke the church lingo. He smiled at the older members. And he definitely knew how to wear a Sunday tie. But 12-year-old Johnny also hooligan-ed with his youth group buddies. He didn't quite pay attention to every moment of the sermon. And perhaps his worst offense consisted of some sleepy Sundays.
sleepy Sundays.
"When my dad was not at the pulpit and he would sit with us, if I would ever fall asleep beside him, he would make me stand up," Johnny remembers. "And this was not stadium seating, it was one level of seating. So when I fell asleep and had to stand up, everyone would be able to see me. It was very scary as a little kid."
"Sleepy church boy" might be the revised nickname as Johnny got through his middle school years.
But that sleepy phase ended when Johnny moved into being a teenager. When he was 13 years old, he noticed how people walked up to the front of the church at the end of the sermon. Every time the preacher would close the service by saying, "If you would like to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, come on up to the front," Johnny would look on with real fascination. Why are they doing that? What does that question even mean? Should I go?
Johnny went up, but he didn't know why. Not right away, at least. He had so many questions still lingering in his head. He waited until he got home and asked his dad what it all meant. Johnny's dad, Johnny Lee Sr., told his son to sit at the dining table. As Johnny Jr. shuffled over to his seat, his dad walked over to the fridge, opened it, grabbed a piece of cold bread, and walked back.
This scene remains cemented in Johnny Jr.'s mind to this day. A photographic memory of his dad explaining what communion represents (even if using a piece of nondescript sliced bread) for someone who has accepted Jesus as his or her Savior.
Johnny Sr. explains that night this way: "At that time, I wanted him to get a real good sense of what we were doing in church and what it meant for us as believers to participate in communion. I wanted to take my time with it and give him an idea of what the bread and juice symbolized. And I wanted him to be able to ask me because at church you don't always get the opportunity to ask questions about what you are doing."
It worked. Johnny Jr. still remembers that moment vividly. "I remember my first communion, which was actually at home. I had made the declaration in church and then when I got home, my dad gave me some unassuming piece of bread out of the fridge and some grape juice and kind of walked me through some of the things that communion represented. It was awesome because that is what I remember of communion. It was a very personal experience."
That moment at the table with the cold slice of bread still plays in Johnny's head to this day. He remembers it because he knows just how much it helped guide him through the unexpected turns in life, like the day Johnny's basketball career ended.
Johnny first picked up a basketball before he could he even spell the word. He always stood a bit smaller than others, but quickness elevated his athletic prowess at a young age. That particular combination of assets never left him. At each level of playing basketball, Johnny's opponents towered over him, but he just sped past them. Natural athleticism and a very high basketball IQ made him a recruiting target for several lower-tiered basketball programs in Tennessee.
"I played high school basketball against Johnny, and he had the reputation of a legend," Johnny's good friend Josh says. "In the Nashville area, he was known as one of the best players, if not the best player in the city."
But Johnny sought an alternate route to the realm of collegiate basketball. He knew he could make more out of his skill set than recruiters had thought. He had one accomplishment in mind: play for a Division I squad. Sure, naysayers quickly pointed out his height as a disadvantage. But that goal came one step closer when Johnny got accepted to George Washington University (GW) for academics.
"I wanted to know that I was good enough to play at the level I wanted to play at," Johnny remembers.
After spending a year as a part of the general student population, Johnny scrapped his way into a student athlete role as a walk-on player. He tried out and caught the eye of the coaches. Johnny made the basketball team and got inserted into the Division I lifestyle. The next steps toward his dreams had begun.
Johnny studied Religion at GW and contrary to what he may have intended, this major did not trigger a spike in his church participation. He began an off-and-on approach to Sundays. He rationalized missing church because he studied scriptures for class all the time.
Also, Johnny strutted as a young, smart, noticeable, college athlete. And locker room chatter did not exactly reflect the message coming from the pulpit. And like many people that enter college, the general urge to just live wild seemed to lurk at every turn.
"At GW, I had one foot in the [college] world because I was fascinated by what I could do," Johnny says. "But everything that my parents had taught was telling me to stay away. And I can laugh about it now, but it is real. You never know what one [thing] could have taken me that one [wrong] way."
Yet, he never did anything really wild. Sure, he lived it up a little here and there.
there. After a big win, or even a loss, the crew often headed out to a party. These parties were typical college scenes, but Johnny often declined. And if he obliged, and even if he drank with the team, he always stopped early enough in the night, effectively avoiding any huge mistakes. There was no intense pressure put on Johnny while he was on the team. And in the end, he was widely regarded as the "nice guy."
Johnny simply chuckles while remembering that time. He realizes just how easy it might have been for his life to go in a different direction. But he stayed on the straight and narrow without even realizing it. He simply stopped before any slippery slope got too wide for him to steer it back in the right direction. Like a bowling lane with bumpers, Johnny may have bounced a little from side to side, but he always maintained the path down the lane. And he never landed in the gutter.
His only explanation is that he was "covered" during that time. This term personifies God's grace like an umbrella deflecting pellets of rain. God's grace protected Johnny from the storms of college life. A grace that Johnny learned about at home, growing up. He now knows that night at the table with his dad and a slice of cold bread did him in. That lesson of eternal and unbreakable love that his dad explained dove deep into Johnny's psyche. It all genuinely stuck.
Johnny finished his four-year degree at GW with three years of basketball under his belt. After starting several games, he became a fan favorite because of his size and speed. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) allows students to play four years of a sport. Johnny had only spent three years on the team at GW, leaving him with one more season of eligibility. But, he decided to go back to his roots and play for a university five minutes from his parent's house in Nashville.
parent's house in Nashville. After graduating from GW, he entered Lipscomb University and pursued a Masters of Divinity degree while playing out his last year of athletic eligibility.
His time at Lipscomb gave Johnny the opportunity to observe faith differently. He saw his faith in a personal way. The comfortable view of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit that surrounded his upbringing transitioned into a graphic realization that Jesus fashioned Himself at the foundation of Johnny's life. Even when, or better yet, especially when things went wrong.
Like the night Johnny fell to the floor with a knee that wiggled out of place. The night it all ended.
That moment became a turning point for Johnny and the way he sees God today.
Johnny felt very little pain the night he tore his ACL. Typically, it is not a physically painful injury in the moment despite how severe it is. Johnny would have tried to keep playing that night if his coach and trainers would have allowed it.
"I didn't have a chance to try any lateral moves because my trainer was like, 'Sit down!'" Johnny remembers. "But I thought I was gonna get a chance to get back in the game. And at a certain point, I realized I was not going to play."
Two weeks after the injury occurred, Johnny went in for surgery. The few weeks following the surgery replicated each other with the same pattern of sleep, food, and painkillers every day.
"I had my leg propped up on pillows and I would just sleep," Johnny remembers. "And my mom would set out these pills, and I would just pass out for a large part of the day. Eat, and then pass out again."
Still, his commitment to basketball never wavered. The idea of making a professional career out of it constantly beckoned Johnny. And he ran after that idea. Even with the injury.
After Johnny no longer needed the painkillers, he began his rehabilitation process. The strength-training focused on his left leg that had lost nearly all of its muscle throughout the process. And each day, as he went to those rehab sessions, the plot of getting a sports agent to shop his résumé to teams in America or abroad played out in his head like a Disney after-school special. The undersized point guard that miraculously made it to the top level of the sport would be on his autobiography's back cover in an ideal world.
Eight months after his surgery, Johnny began hitting the court at full speed. He worked out and scrimmaged with his buddies down the road at Lipscomb. His speed returned. His shot fell through the hoop like before. And his passion for the game remained, if not ballooned with more intensity.
But something began to change in Johnny. After having the game taken away from him, a shift in perspective settled in. He spent eight months of recovery not really being a basketball player. He stopped telling people he played basketball when they asked what he did. And in the midst of trying to gain his physical strength back, he noticed how easy it was for all of it to disappear. Just by taking the wrong step.
"I had defined myself with basketball for as long as I can remember. That was the only thing I wanted to do: play professional basketball," Johnny admits. "And I think the injury made me look at myself in a completely different way.
different way. For so long you thought your existence was this one thing. But basketball is just a talent I have...it's not life. It is not the reason I was created. It's not the most important thing to me anymore."
Ultimately, Johnny's commitment to basketball shifted. He took hold of a new perspective on life. A perspective that painted a very real picture. There lies the fragility in putting your hopes and dreams in the things right in front of you. Those things—the tangible stuff a person feels like they can control—may just crumble in the blink of an eye.
So, he decided to look to Jesus. And in doing so, the identity of "basketball player" shed from Johnny. And being a son of God started to nestle into the deepest parts of his heart.
For as long as Johnny could remember, he had a plan: work hard, get noticed, play pro ball. So when he began identifying himself as a son of God rather than a basketball player, his plans simultaneously went out the door. It wasn't until he completely surrendered that Johnny saw God's intricate planning come to light.
Johnny didn't play basketball in any organized or highly competitive league after his recovery. Nonetheless, life changed dramatically. One of his older sisters, Candace, invited him to come live with her in Brooklyn, New York. Johnny obliged and left for New York about a year after he had recovered from his injury.
In that year leading up to his move, Johnny started attending a church in Nashville called Ethos. It was there that he started to see church differently.
He started helping out at services. It started out with the simple stuff like showing up early and setting up chairs. But that blossomed into being involved every week. Johnny started to really enjoy being a part of a community of like-minded people.
He took that momentum with him to New York. Johnny eventually plugged himself in at Hillsong Church's New York City location. He found himself amongst guys trying to be better men. Johnny liked that. He needed that group to bounce trials and tribulations off of. He joined what is known as the Hillsong Drivers. They assist the staff and guest speakers for every Sunday service or event held by the church. But more importantly, they pray for each other, call each other up in times of crisis, and ride the journey with each other.
"Johnny is just electric. He is a really special person," Jason, one of the team leaders for the driving crew, says. "And [someone] on a team alongside of you like that is a blessing. He has supernatural joy that comes from God. It is like a super-charge for everyone around him."
That supercharge was exactly what the athletic director at the Pratt Institute was looking for when he called Johnny. A position as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team at Pratt opened up. Johnny jumped on it. And just like that, he found the collaborative calling for his life. He now cares for people through a game he loves: basketball.
And that is exactly how anyone who has ever known Johnny would expect it to unfold.
Church boy. Baller. Coach. He doesn't mind any of the nicknames...as long as they know he's a son of God first.
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hello hello! I am back today to share with you sneaks of the new Carta Bella lines that are debuting at CHA in a couple of days! I had the chance to play with all of them, they are all very different from each other, but beautiful and so much fun to play with:)
Well Traveled:
This line has some awesome embellishments to go along with it...chipboard and brads as Carta Bella has done in the past...but also something new for them, which makes me so happy, as it has become a new obsession of mine;)
So Noted:
This one was my favorite...the colors are so soft and pretty and it has such a delicate, vintage feel to it!
Cool Summer:
This line is really fresh and I love love the ice cream motifs!
So now I have to ask, which collection has caught your eye?


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We put a premium on ingredients, flavor and value in all we offer our guests. You can grab and go or relax in our Wi-Fi infused studio. We are here to serve the thousands in motion in Hyde Park everyday. We are a neighborhood joint, here to serve our community. Stop in, our menu is on a test ride as we expand our hospitality service.
Handcrafted Sandwiches, Seasonal Salads, Fresh Juice, Fair Trade Coffee and Teas. Stop in to get a sample of what is to come as we roll out extended hospitality service.
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PSI Annual Conference 2019
Join us at the 30th Postpartum Support International Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 14-15, 2017
On July 12-13, we will hold our 2-day pre-conference Certificate Course, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Components of Care.
The annual PSI conference provides an opportunity to meet, learn together, and share ideas with others involved in the field of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). This professional event is a unique training and networking opportunity, last year attracting more than 400 participants. The purpose of the conference is to bring together and inform medical and mental health providers, childbirth professionals, support and resource providers, caregivers, policy-makers, researchers, volunteers, families, and educators who want to improve their understanding of PMADs and improve their ability to serve pregnant, postpartum, and post pregnancy-loss families.
Registration and Program Information on the left menu.
On a mobile device, click on "more >" at the top right of the page to open the full menu, including REGISTRATION, program, and lodging.


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The past decade's influx of immigrants into Scandinavia from parts south is inspiring a global post-post-Bergman Swedish cinema. This series of films by young or emerging directors features a host of warm comedies and bittersweet ironic dramas that illuminate a changing society where traditional notions of tolerance are challenged by the 9 percent of its population now of non-Nordic origin.
One highlight, The New Country, a four-hour TV miniseries directed by Geir Hansteen Jorgensen and scripted by Lukas Moodysson with Peter Birro, is a darkly funny drama that follows a pair of illegal refugees on the lam. Ali (Mike Almayehu), an effervescent 15-year-old Somalian runner, is in love with his adopted homeland (though it has yet to adopt him); but his pathological optimism shatters at night, when he dreams of his massacred family in Africa. Massoud (Michalis Koutsogiannakis), an embittered, fortyish Iranian, fled political persecution at home, but rails against both Sweden's food and its "fascists." Filmed in a rough, Dogme-esque style, their encounters—with an aging beauty queen, a liberal couple in a crumbling marriage, or an alcoholic night watchman at Ikea—form a poignant mosaic of people sidelined by a conformist culture.
Jalla! Jalla!, a first feature and comic box office hit at home, by actor-director Josef Fares, who was born in Lebanon, filters similar themes into a more commercial mix. Fares, a live wire, stars as Roro, the skinny son of a Lebanese family, to whom he doesn't dare introduce his Swedish girlfriend, Lisa (Tuva Novotny). His best friend (Torkel Petersson) suffers from erectile dysfunction, and the nice Lebanese girl his family chose as his bride has other plans. Fares's wit can err on the side of broadness, particularly when caricaturing Swedish attitudes toward sex. The film is marred by some unnecessary visual fireworks, but its depiction of the Lebanese community (where a father's substantial belly provides a potent weapon) is intimate and affecting.
For a darker portrait of Swedish youth today, try Invisible. Smart teenager Nicklas (Gustaf Skarsgård, son of Stellan) finds his bright future grinding to a halt when a bunch of thugs led by a tough young girl (Tuva Novotny) beat him up. The next day in high school he's literally invisible. Even his best friend, an immigrant with low self-esteem, can't see him. Mixing conventions of horror and melodrama, directors Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist fashion a provocative parable about kids on the outside of Swedish society.


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International Student Scholarships
You have challenged yourself academically to prepare for your undergraduate education. We understand the effort you have put in and want to award you for your academic achievements thus far.
We offer a variety of scholarship merit awards, based on your academic success in a challenging college preparatory curriculum, for our undergraduate degree programs.
Current St. Norbert College International Tuition Scholarship Awards
|George Washington Scholar
|3.75 to 4.0
|Abraham Lincoln Scholar
|3.50 to 3.74
|Woodrow Wilson Scholar
|3.00 to 3.49
|Benjamin Franklin Scholar
|2.75 to 2.99
We use a 4.0 grading system in awarding academic scholarships, where 4.0 is the highest possible cumulative grade point average (GPA). We will convert your grades to this system during the admission process so we can determine your award.
When we have received your completed application materials, we will let you know in your acceptance letter if you have been selected to receive an award. We will renew your award each year that you remain in good academic standing. All applicants are considered for the academic scholarships, you will not have to complete an separate application for scholarship award consideration.
If you are interested in receiving an international grant, we do ask you to complete the Global Financial Award Application (PDF) and send it to us. The supporting financial documents you will need for the application are tax returns, pay stubs, letters from parents' employers and bank account statements.
You will also have the option of working on campus up to 20 hours per week, as allowed under your student visa.
Your investment in your college education returns much more than a degree; it also provides you with opportunities and experiences that help shape your life. Our alumni repeatedly tell us that their St. Norbert education was a transformational experience.
We invite you to explore the scholarships and grants we offer. If you have any questions at all, we will be happy to assist you with the financial funding process.


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ILoveAltoona.com is a collaboration between the Greater Altoona Economic Development Corp. (GAEDC) and the I Love Altoona Committee, both devoted to making Altoona, PA a growing, thriving community.
Over the past several years, ILoveAltoona.com has evolved into a significant communication venue for the Altoona, Pennsylvania area. It's more than just basic information on Altoona. It's about exploring, enjoying, and sharing with the community we call home.
ILoveAltoona.com is a venue to strengthen families, revitalize neighborhoods, develop local business, and renew our community.
The founders of this site, Matt and Christina Garber, believe that Love your neighbor as yourself, the second greatest commandment, is the guiding principle.
We want to truly love Altoona by caring, acting, thinking and speaking in ways that will help our citizens and improve our City.
ILoveAltoona.com is not a newspaper website; nor is it a simple blog. It is not just information or even just discussion – it's discussion designed to lead to action. Do you love Altoona? Then join us in building a strong community for today and tomorrow.


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Electronic Chain of Custody (eCOC)
Elevate the quality of your analytical submission with Maxxam's new eCOC process!
You can now send test submissions to Maxxam electronically, by completing a chain of custody online—from a PC or tablet device. Maxxam's new electronic chain of custody (eCOC) process is ideal for field staff and team leads, looking for an improved way to send jobs to Maxxam. This new process eliminates any guesswork, ensures sampling consistency and enhances data gathering and reporting. Simply login to the Customer Portal at maxxam.ca to complete an eCOC and have it submitted automatically to Maxxam!
Consistent Data & Reduced Submission Errors
o Auto validations prevent omission of pertinent information and/or the submission of incorrect tests.
o Data is auto imported, eliminating the possibility of transcription errors that arise with manual entry.
o Testing or reporting incorrect parameters (omissions or additions) is minimized — submitter has full control over parameter selection.
o Handwriting interpretation errors are eliminated.
Ensures Sampling Consistency Throughout a Program
o Users have access to sampling reference information to ensure the right bottle and perseverative are used based on requested tests, eliminating guess work by multiple field staff and technicians.
Time Savings
o Templates reduce the time spent in the field populating Chain of Custody's (CoC's) and ensures the consistent use of project level information
Reduced Ambiguity
o Access clear test requirements, reducing delays in getting the samples into the lab
Supports Enhanced data gathering and reporting
o Gain the ability to enhance data that's being captured, so it can be:
o Included in electronic data deliverables (EDD's)
o Leveraged for more accurate exceedence reporting
o Presented in Maxxam's Customer Portal as supplemental sample information
Try it today!
The eCOC process is integrated into the Customer Portal — simply login to the Customer Portal from maxxam.ca. Select your region, enter your email address, password, and you're in. [First time users, contact your Maxxam representative or select the Register link at the bottom of the sign in box].
Getting Your Custody Tracking Form (CTF): Once you click submit or save as a draft, you can select the job on the eCOC submission page/tab and click "print tracking form" — that generates your Custody Tracking form.
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Too often, people think hoarders are well meaning. If only, the thinking goes, we 'help them out', they'll be able to manage. They'll stop taking in cats. They'll sterilise and manage the ones they can cope with.
The fact of the matter is, most hoarders relapse. According to Tuft's University, the rate of relapse is almost 100%. Most hoarders don't see an issue with what they are doing, thinking that they are 'rescuing' or 'saving' the cats. The sad fact of the matter is that all the good intentions in the world from the people wanting to help is not going to be enough to put an end to the animals' suffering. Most hoarders will just go out and get more cats. Of the few hoarders I met, none of them could stop - they were of the mindset that no one else cared for the cats as they did, nor could save them as they would. Never mind, the dead cats that would seem to suggest otherwise.
Here's a case that was just uncovered in the US in the last few days to show what one of these hoarders homes looks like. If you think the urine and feces drenched home is an exaggeration, Jolanda and I went into a house which had feces smeared all over the walls. It was horrifying.


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ICT Level 2
This qualification aims to allow learners to work confidently, effectively and independently in life, by developing practical skills in ICT which can then be transferred across situations and contexts.
It is suitable for a wide range of individuals and is fundamental to the successful completion of various wider qualifications, including Apprenticeships.
To be awarded the Functional Skills qualification in ICT at Level 2, learners are required to successfully complete one mandatory unit: Information and Communication Technology.
This qualification has a set of performance standards based on three key areas:
- Use of ICT systems;
- Finding and selecting information;
- Developing, presenting and communicating information.
Entry Requirements
There are no specific recommended prior learning requirements for ICT Level 2. All candidates will take an initial Skills Assessment and Diagnostic test (online or paper- based) to assess the appropriate level of entry.
Learners registered on these qualifications shouldn't undertake another qualification at the same time with the same or a similar title, as duplication of learning may affect funding eligibility.
Units and Assessment
To be awarded the Functional Skills qualification in mathematics learners are required to successfully complete the mandatory component by achieving either a:
- Written test;
- Multiple choice test (online, using the e-volve system).
Test duration and permitted materials
The duration of this test is 2hrs (reference material is not permitted).
One-to one support from friendly, experienced functional skills tutors.
Functional Skills Qualification in ICT at Level 2
Progression Opportunities
- Functional Skills Qualifications in English
- Functional Skills Qualifications in Maths.
If you have any questions about this course or would like to discuss further, please get in touch.


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Minimum terms
High Court setting of minimum terms for mandatory life sentences under the Criminal Justice Act 2003
Neutral Citation Number: [2008] EWHC 119 (QB)
Case No: 2004/714/MTS
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Date: 30th January 2008
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I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
Mr Justice Davis :
1. The applicant Ahmed Ali Awan was born on 2 April 1980. On 19 December 2002 after a trial before Mr Justice Jowitt and a jury in Northampton Crown Court he was convicted, with two others, on a count of murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and the trial judge specified a minimum term to be served of 18 years imprisonment. Because of the high profile nature of the case in the local community (Peterborough) the Judge announced the minimum term which he was recommending in open court.
2. Because of the date of the conviction I am required to have regard to the provisions of the Practice Direction [2004] 1 WLR 2551 and particularly paragraphs iv.49.22 to iv.49.31. In his comments and his sentencing remarks the Judge noted that this was a dreadful and very serious crime which had caused considerable concern in Peterborough. It was for that reason that the Judge made quite detailed sentencing remarks and publicised his recommendation as the minimum term to be served.
3. The background facts are these. The applicant, together with his co-accused, were Asians who lived in the part of Peterborough close to the city centre. The events in America of 11 September 2001 had given rise to hostility on the part of some of the younger white residents of the city against the Asian community. The defendants would have been conscious of this although there was no evidence that any of them or their families had personally suffered any harassment. On the night of 20th/21st September 2001 the applicant, together with two co-accused who were also convicted, went in a group to a night club in Peterborough. They drank an amount, although they were not actually drunk when they left the club. From the club the applicant, with others, walked to a large brick built garage at the back of the co-accused Nazir's house. At about 1 o'clock in the morning the three relevant defendants together with a fourth person, who was acquitted and two other Muslim Asians who were prosecution witnesses, left and walked together through a badly lit area quite close to the co-accused Nazir's home. The three relevant defendants had armed themselves with a large hunting knife, a hammer and a can of CS gas and they also had between them three balaclavas with holes and a mouth. The deceased was a teenager called Ross Parker. He was walking with his girl friend, Miss Tongs, along a cycle path. They came across the group who were complete strangers to them. As the couple walked along Ross Parker was set upon. The attack was begun by the co-accused Nazir spraying Ross Parker in the face with CS gas; and then he was stabbed three times with a knife from behind through his neck and chest, the knife penetrating each time to a depth of about 6 ins with its point twice emerging through the front of the chest. He fell to the ground and then was kicked and struck with the hammer. He bled to death. Miss Tongs ran off to get help. After the attack was over the group ran back to the garage, the three defendants and Mahrad going inside. The trial judge's conclusion was that the knife was wielded by the applicant, Awan. His case, however, at trial had been that after walking with the other defendants from the night club he had left them outside Nazir's house and went home. In short, he denied participation. The jury clearly rejected that. The judge's own conclusion was that the applicant, Awan, was the ringleader and had intended to kill. The Judge also concluded that the three convicted defendants had the common purpose of finding a white male to attack simply because he was white; and this was a racist killing.
4. The applicant was 21 at the time of the murder. He had no previous convictions. Further the material before me indicates that since sentence he has behaved himself very well whilst in prison.
5. I have considered very moving victim impact statements from the mother and family of Ross Parker. I have also had regard to the written representations put in on behalf of the applicant. It is not contended that any lesser minimum term than the 18 years recommended by the trial judge should be set but it is submitted that no greater minimum term should be imposed. The applicant himself has written to say that he is very remorseful at what he has done and also has claimed that he did not say anything racist at the time. Nevertheless the trial judge's comments cannot properly be displaced.
6. Having regard to all the circumstances, and having regard to considerations of retribution and deterrence, it seems to me, and in agreement with the trial judge's recommendation, that the appropriate minimum term to be specified here is one of 18 years for the applicant which was the trial judge's own recommendation. I accordingly specify the minimum term as 18 years from which there will be deducted 5 months and 5 days representing time spent on remand in custody.


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