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From the Toledo Blade, "Old-fashioned Christmas carols have staying power, remain cherished favorites," by Kirk Baird, on 15 December 2013 -- This month marks the 71st holiday season we've shared Bing Crosby's nostalgia for a "White Christmas."
It's also a safe assumption none of us remembers a time when we didn't hear Christmas carolers merrily belt out "Jingle Bells," considering the song was first published four years before the Civil War.
So how is that these two songs and so many other decades-old holiday classics remain cherished favorites and so ingrained in our traditions?
Cultural historian Ronald Lankford wondered the same thing as he began collecting Christmas songs a few years ago, specifically: Why do we listen to these songs today, especially in this era of popular culture with quick expiration dates? And why were Americans drawn to these songs in the first place during the '40s, '50s, and early '60s?
The research into those answers and more prompted him to write his recently published book, Sleigh Rides, Jingle Bells, Silent Nights: A Cultural History of American Christmas Songs ($21.95, University Press of Florida).
"Most of the pop music we listen to is basically disposable — we listen to it for a short time and then replace it with something new," Mr. Lankford said. "Our favorite Christmas songs — "The Christmas Song," "Let It Snow" — however, keep coming back year after year.
"Most of our Christmas favorites ("Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas") have been around for 60 years or more ... how many non-Christmas songs do we remember from the 1940s? How many non-Christmas songs resonate across the boundaries of age, class, and musical genres? We know these songs as well as we know patriotic favorites like "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful."
Mr. Lankford said on one level we still love these songs because they are familiar, comfortable rituals.
"They remind us of Christmases gone by, filling us with misty-eyed nostalgia. We listen to the albums our parents played and it's important to us to pass our favorite Christmas albums along to our children [or nephews and nieces]."
But on a deeper and almost spiritual level, these songs resonate with us like our patriotic songs, he said, and they remind us of what's most important about Christmas.
"They reflect our values, desires, and hopes," Mr. Lankford said. "While we may not be able to live up to these ideals, we very much believe that we should return home at Christmas, spend quality time with family and friends, and that we should remember those who are alone or less fortunate."
Born in Norfolk, Va., in September, 1962, Mr. Lanksford's formative Christmas years were the late '60s and early '70s, "so I grew up watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and listening to Chet Atkins, the Lennon Sisters, Johnny Mathis, and Gene Autry."
His favorite Christmas song is Willie Nelson's "Pretty Paper" (a social message to remember others wrapped up in a great melody) and his least favorite is Elvis Presley's "If Everyday Was Like Christmas."
"Yes, the sentiment is fine, but Presley's performance pales beside his superb versions of 'Blue Christmas,' 'Santa Claus Is Back in Town,' and 'Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me).'"
Mr. Lanksford spent more than three years researching Sleigh Rides, Jingle Bells, Silent Nights, and was forced to continually break his own rule about playing Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. He also learned some interesting stories about some of our holiday chestnuts.
For instance, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," a song usually associated with Christmas, became a hit in late spring of 1949, when it debuted in the Esther Williams movie Neptune's Daughter. The song is typically performed as a duet: the man trying to convince the woman that it's too cold outside for her to leave, while she protests that she needs to go home, though she's rather slow in her efforts to leave.
In Neptune's Daughter, however, one version of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is sung by Red Skelton and Betty Garrett, the movie's two comics. Garrett, however, takes the man's part and tries to convince Skelton to stay. The song also won an Oscar for Best Original Song for its composer, Frank Loesser.
And while this nugget about an additional verse to "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," wasn't included in Sleigh Rides, Jingle Bells, Silent Nights, it's certainly worth sharing.
Mr. Lanksford had heard a story that Haven Gillespie, the lyricist for "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," had written this famous song in a bar, and recently traced the story in a book, Angels We Have Heard on High.
"The version of 'Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town' was written in 1932-33 by Gillespie while riding on a train," he said. "Fred Coots added music, and asked his current boss — singer-performer Eddie Cantor — to sing it on his radio program. Cantor agreed but made one request: he wanted a new verse with lyrics about the Depression.
"Gillespie retired to a nearby bar, wrote the extra lyrics, and Cantor performed it — as promised — on his radio show on Thanksgiving in 1934. And what happened to the extra verse about the Depression? No one knows." (source: The Toledo Blade)


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Texans coach Kubiak had mini-stroke, out indefinitely
HOUSTON Texans coach Gary Kubiak was released from a Houston hospital Tuesday after suffering what the team said was a mini-stroke during Sunday night's loss to Indianapolis.
The team said the 52-year-old Kubiak suffered a transient ischemic attack at halftime. He is expected to make a full recovery, but the Texans said they aren't sure when he'll resume his coaching duties.
"I've been through an ordeal and my focus now is to get back to good health," Kubiak said in a statement released by the team. "Doctors have told me I will make a full recovery."
Kubiak collapsed on the field and was rushed to a hospital. The Texans blew an 18-point lead without him and the 27-24 setback was the team's sixth straight loss.
A transient ischemic attack, or TIA, occurs when blood flow to the brain is briefly interrupted, typically by a blood clot or narrowed blood vessels. TIAs are often called mini-strokes and can cause stroke-like symptoms including sudden dizziness, numbness, vision loss or unconsciousness, though symptoms last only a few minutes or a few hours and no permanent brain damage occurs. TIAs are often a warning sign for a future stroke.
The team didn't name an interim coach as the Texans prepare for Sunday's game at Arizona. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, a former head coach for Dallas, took over after Kubiak was taken to the hospital and he ran Houston's practice on Monday. The Texans will need to figure out who's calling the plays on offense since that was done by Kubiak.
Kubiak's health problems are the latest blow to a team already in disarray in an underperforming season filled with numerous injuries and the benching of quarterback Matt Schaub. The six-game skid is tied for the longest losing streak in Texans history.
Now the Texans will try to regroup and adjust to Kubiak's likely absence on Sunday. Players said they believe Houston's assistant coaches will prepare them well for Sunday's game with Kubiak out.
"I think we're in great hands with whoever has to step up," linebacker Joe Mays said. "You're in great hands because we have a great group of coaches."
Kubiak was the second NFL coach with a severe medical issue this past weekend. Denver Broncos coach John Fox underwent heart surgery in North Carolina on Monday after being hospitalized on Saturday. Fox felt dizzy last week and doctors recommended immediate aortic valve replacement surgery.
Kubiak was hired in 2006 and is in the midst of a three-year deal that has him under contract through 2014. An eighth-round pick out of Texas A&M, he spent nine years as John Elway's backup in Denver and has made his mark as an offensive guru and quarterbacks mentor.

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It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy
(Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this edition, Rich and I answer questions about the usual gay shit, shit, and other gross shit.. Got a burning question? Send it to email@example.com. Or to Twitter.


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City Manager Bob Deis famously shot back at critics and political foes with razor-sharp commentary. Here is a sample:
City Manager Bob Deis famously shot back at critics and political foes with razor-sharp commentary. Here is a sample:
� After Forbes magazine in February 2011 listed Stockton as the nation's most miserable city, Deis responded:
"Stockton has issues that it needs to address, but an article like this is the equivalent of bayoneting the wounded. I find it unfair, and it does everybody a disservice. The people of Stockton are warm. The sense of community is fantastic. You have to come here and talk to leaders. The data is the data, but there is a richer story here."
� Deis and the Stockton police union had an often rocky relationship. Deis grew especially frustrated in May 2011 when officers bought a foreclosed home next door to him and his wife, Linda Deis.
"This is right out of 1930s Chicago, hardball union politics and games. Their behavior is getting increasingly outrageous."
� Deis in June 2012 said of former state Assemblyman Dean Andal, who criticized the decision to put Stockton on the course toward bankruptcy:
"There are political interests and economic special interests that have sold snake oil to ... City Hall and continue to do so ... This is a distraction that does not assist the council right now."
� Former City Manager Dwane Milnes, who led a coalition of city retirees to oppose Stockton's bankruptcy, accused Deis of cuts that could put some lower income retirees' health in peril. Deis fired back in July 2012, blaming Milnes in part for the mismanagement that sent Stockton into bankruptcy:
"That's kind of like the arsonist complaining how the fire department is performing."
� Deis in May 2013 set his sights on political consultant N. Allen Sawyer, who was once convicted of federal crimes and more recently led a coalition that proposed a competing tax measure.
"I find it ironic that an ex-con is trying to raise money to run me out of town ... And an ex-con is moderating a panel on how to reduce crime."
� Deis called a news conference in July 2013 to air his concern about unwieldy council meetings led by Mayor Anthony Silva.
"These council meetings are on the Internet, and unfortunately, in the last few months, they have devolved into what I think is the equivalent of a medieval town hall meeting. I'm waiting for a beer mug to be thrown at me, or a turkey bone."


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Gwen Stefani Wearing Black Jumpsuit in London | Pictures
Gwen Stefani Breaks From Press Duties to Hang With Zuma in London
Gwen Stefani took a break from her London press schedule to spend time with her son Zuma Rossdale yesterday. They walked hand in hand before heading to dinner at Ozer Restaurant. Gwen sported a black silk jumpsuit and houndstooth blazer, along with a pair of studded spike booties from Giuseppe Zanotti. Gwen has been overseas with her No Doubt bandmates to promote their new album, Push and Shove. No Doubt's sixth studio album has gotten great reviews so far, and the band is headlining shows at LA's Gibson Amphitheatre this November and December, with tickets on sale today.


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How consumers can prepare for future cyberattacks
Just as the shock of the massive data breach at Target over the holidays has begun to wane, cybersecurity and other experts are warning consumers to brace for similar attacks in the coming year.
The breach at the mass merchant, which compromised card accounts and personal contact information for tens of millions of shoppers nationwide, "kind of takes your breath away," said Bill Hardekopf, CEO of the credit card marketplace LowCards.com.
"I think we are going to see more of this," he said. "This is what our culture is in for."
High-risk times for more strikes will be the next big shopping cycles that give hackers the potential for the biggest payoff, such as around Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, the back-to-school time frame and next Christmas, said Charles Wood, corporate security specialist and assistant professor of information systems management at Duquesne University.
Short of people chopping up their cards and filling their pockets with cash, consumers can take steps to minimize their exposure to future data heists, experts said.
First, shoppers should consider the additional risk that comes with using a debit card versus a credit card.
Thieves who get a hold of debit card data gain access to a person's bank account. And depending on the card issuer's policy, any money that comes out of the account may not be refunded right away.
"If someone's account gets drained, it may be tough to pay the bills in the next month," said Jody Farmer, vice president with the credit card comparison site CreditCards.com. "The inconvenience is potentially massive."
Big banks may provide a provisional credit to compromised debit card accounts within a day or so after a customer disputes a transaction. But federal law generally allows up to 10 days for the financial institution to investigate before making any refunds, said Gerri Detweiler, personal finance expert with the educational site Credit.com.
"In the meantime, your rent might be due," she said.
"In general, the more I'm hearing about data breaches, the more leery I am about using a debit card," she said. "I've seen people have $10,000 taken out of their account."
In contrast, if fraudulent charges are rung up on a credit card, it's the bank that's out of the money.
Despite the downside of debit cards, many people prefer them over credit, often as a way to help control spending because they can't run up big bills the way they can with credit cards.
For people who can't give up their debit cards, Detweiler recommends setting up two accounts, one for spending money "and the other to put your paycheck into so you aren't exposing all of your money to scamsters."
It's also important to check debit and credit card accounts frequently online for suspicious transactions and report them promptly to minimize any damage.
Pay attention to small transactions, not just the big ones, Hardekopf said.
"A lot of times thieves put through small amounts first to see if the account is still active," he said.
After notifying a financial institution about suspected fraud, it's also a good idea to follow up with a written complaint, Detweiler said.
Experts also recommend that consumers regularly check their credit reports for errors or unfamiliar accounts to help detect identity theft, the type of fraud where a thief may open new credit card accounts, take out loans or commit other crimes under someone else's name. For the victim, sorting out the mess can be a nightmare.
Federal law entitles consumers to free copies of their credit reports once every 12 months from each of the three main credit bureaus, available at AnnualCreditReport.com or by calling toll free 1-877-322-8228.
One strategy is to order a free report from one of the three main bureaus every four months, said Heather Murray, manager of education with the nonprofit Advantage Credit Counseling Service in Pittsburgh.
"By doing that ... you can catch identity theft sooner," she said.
Consumers should look for things like credit cards that they didn't apply for or bogus loans in their name.
The Federal Trade Commission's website, FTC.gov, is a good source of information on ID theft, Murray said.
In the Target data breach revealed Dec. 19, which ranks as one of the worst ever, hackers stole credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates and CVV codes, which are the three- or four-digit numbers on the back or front of cards used for additional verification. The thieves also captured names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers, which could raise the chances of ID theft. The theft of the personal contact information was disclosed more recently, on Jan. 10.
Many banks and other card issuers have contacted customers who shopped at Target during the Nov. 27 to Dec. 15 time frame to cancel and replace their existing cards. Shoppers who haven't been contacted should call their card issuer and insist on a new card, especially if they used a debit card, experts said.
"If I had shopped at Target with my debit card during that time, I would do that," Farmer said.
At the minimum, shoppers should be closely monitoring their accounts for fraudulent transactions, experts agreed.


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Joseph Madison Carroll Norman
b. 8 Jun 1833, Alabama
d. 1 Apr 1901, Arkansas
& Rebecca Monk
b. 1837, Alabama
m. 4 Dec 1851, Talladega, Alabama
|--Cyntha Ann Norman
|----b. 1856, Alabama
|--William Henry "Jack" Norman
|----b. 15 Mar 1858, Alabama
|----d. 19 Dec 1939, Leonard, Fannin County, Texas
|---& Sarah Jane Sisson
|----b. 14 Feb 1855, Alabama
|----d. 25 Apr 1937, Fannin County, Texas
|----m. 1879
|--Leatha L. Norman
|----b. 3 Sep 1859, Alabama
|----d. 27 Sep 1909
|---& Thomas Wiley Huff
|----b. 29 Mar 1861, Alabama
|----d. 21 May 1931
|----m. 12 May 1879, Cave Springs, GA
|--Josephus James "J. J."/"Joe"/"Jode" Norman
|----b. 1 May 1861, Alabama
|----d. 12 Jun 1924, Lamasco, Fannin, Texas
|---& Martha King
|----b. 5 Sep 1865, Arkansas
|----d. 3 Jun 1949, Bonham, Fannin Co., TX
|--Thomas Frank Norman
|----b. 1862, Alabama
|----d. ca 1912, Texas
|---& Letha/Lillie Brown
|----b. Oct 1873, Texas
|----d. ca 1906, Texas
|--Betsy Norman
|--Infant Norman
This is the family of my great-great grandparents, Joseph Madison Carroll Norman and Rebecca Monk, Joseph's first wife. The list of children is based on Inez Cline's History of the Norman Family (which is based on extensive interviews of family members as well as document-based research) and censuses. Betsy and a child who died in infancy do not appear on the censuses. I believe my great-grandfather William Henry Norman's date of birth is given incorrectly on a number of sources and that he was likely born in 1858, rather than 1859 as many sources indicate. The 1860 census shows him as being two years old and he is listed before his sister Letha (who is often listed as the older child).
I do not know what happened to Cyntha Ann. She may be the "Nancy" listed in Inez Cline's History. She appears as "E." (age 4) on the 1860 census (which would seem more likely to be Betsy) and as "Cyntha Ann" (age 14) on the 1870 census.
The 1850 census for Talladega County, Alabama lists Rebecca's parents as Silas Monk (age 40, born in Georgia, Primitive Baptist Minister) and Nance Monk (age 41, born North Carolina). Rebecca Monk died sometime between 1862, when her youngest child Thomas Frank was born, and 1864, when Joseph Norman married his second wife, Mary Patterson.
Joseph Norman, his third wife Mary Frances Karr Norman, and a number of the children moved to Pike County, Arkansas in the early 1880s (based on the state of birth of the children), from there to Grayson and Fannin Counties Texas, and then back to Arkansas, this time Garland County, by 1895. All four of Joseph and Rebecca's surviving children appear to have remained in Texas.
I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).


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It's Oscar time! The 84th Annual Academy awards are airing on Sunday at 7 p.m. If you're like me, you're mostly interested in the Best Picture category. Here are this year's nominees:
• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse


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From MeritBadgeDotOrg
Hello Ronin718,
After looking up a few things on the meritbadge web site i have noticed that all of the wiki links are broken (what they are linked to does not exist). It seems that at one time there was a directory on the meritbadge.org server called /wiki and does not exist anymore.
When clicking any wiki link on the page i get this page:
Missing The Requested document is either not found or unavailable. This is probably due to the recent overhaul of this web site. We apologize for any inconvenience. To continue, please go to our main page: http://www.meritbadge.org/
I'm not sure if you have access to the server or not, but this error can very easily be fixed by using a PHP page redirect.
How to fix this:
- Make a new folder on the web server's main directory and name it "wiki" (no quotes)
- Open Notepad
- Copy the following code and paste into your open notepad file:
<?php header( http://meritbadge.org/ ) ; ?>
- Save this file as "index.php" (no quotes) into your "wiki" folder you just made
- Double check that it DID save as a .php file and not a .txt file.
This will redirect all users who try to visit the old wiki link to the new link. (This means you wont need to change all of your old links)
PS - if you need another wiki admin for THIS Webpage, i'd be interested. I manage 2 Web servers currently and a MMORPG game server as well =]
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 1472000 (talk • contribs) December 23, 2007. (Please, sign and date your posts on talk pages.)
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Ronin718, While it is usually considered bad form to modify personal userboxes, I "fixed" the bad/broken links in yours. — Aim high! —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 12:52, February 16, 2011 (EST)


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by Maura Stephens
I've now attended nine Commencement ceremonies at Ithaca College, and every time I have been amazed at how smoothly things run. The staff from Physical Plant and the Offices of the Provost, Registrar, Conference and Events Services, Alumni Relations, and all the other offices and departments involved do a stupendous job of making several thousand graduates, friends, and family members welcome; of ensuring that the procession is in order; the guest speaker and other dignitaries are appropriately shepherded and shuttled; thousands of people are seated; the ceremony runs perfectly; diplomas are received; and later that everyone is fed and feted. My hat's off to all involved.
That said, somehow this year seemed even better than previous years. Perhaps it was because we were all gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of a remarkable class. I've been crazy about any number of students at IC in my nine years here, but the class of 2006 is to my mind the most memorable as a group.
Perhaps being the first post-9/11 high school graduating class and watching their country wage a war during college had an effect on their desire to leave a positive mark on the world.
Photos by Gary Gold
Professor Mary Arlin '61, who retired this year after 40 years of teaching in the School of Music
These young people were members of the first post–September 11 high school graduating class, and perhaps that fact and the fact that the United States entered a war during their freshman year in college had an effect on their desire to leave a positive mark on the world. The class of 2006 included the College's first cohort of Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars, whose scholarship and community service both on and off campus extended to starting the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship for Social Justice, to which they have invited anyone to contribute. The seven graduating student leaders from Students for a Just Peace, a student organization, could look back on four years of increasingly well researched, informed, and thoughtful actions and educational events designed to bring awareness of issues of war and peace, dialogue and reconciliation. The Student Government Association, led by seniors, worked hard to educate government leaders in Albany and Washington, D.C., about how crucial our government's support of financial aid is.
And as if to underscore its understanding of the value and privilege of a college education, the class of 2006 raised the highest amount of dollars— $29,197—of any class in IC history as its parting gift to the College. At Commencement, senior class president Eric Nagy joined his fellow class officers in presenting President Peggy R. Williams and Steve White '66, trustee and past president of the Ithaca College Alumni Association, with the gift, to which the Fred L. Emerson Foundation of Auburn added a $25,000 match. The majority of the money will be used to endow the Class of 2006 Scholarship, which will be awarded annually to a senior who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and involvement in the College community.
The day's speakers reflected the values demonstrated by the class as a whole. The class chose as its Commencement speaker Bill Bradley, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate. Bradley urged the graduates to be ready for whatever is on the horizon. In a world being transformed by rapidly increasing globalization and far-reaching technological advances, he noted, change is constant and dramatic. Successfully meeting the challenges of a world where the unexpected becomes the norm requires a sound grounding based not only on a honed intellect, but also on the capacity to see, to feel, and to give. Bradley urged the graduates "to see beyond your immediate task to the larger world around you; to see the interrelatedness of life. To see that the dichotomies between urban and suburban, black and white, Muslims and Christians, liberals and conservatives pale in comparison to our common humanity. And to see that hatred is a self-indulgence Americans cannot afford. . . . To feel your neighbor's pain and suffering as well as her joy. To feel a family member's love and return it in full measure. To feel your own strengths and weaknesses, and from that knowledge face the future with clarity. . . . I hope that you develop the capacity and the inclination to give without the expectation of getting something in return."
In his address, class president Nagy expressed his appreciation for the knowledge he and his classmates had gained during their Ithaca College careers, and even more so for the lifelong relationships. "May we never forget the most significant lesson we ever learned at Ithaca—that there is nothing more important than the relationships you have with the people you love," he said.
President Williams's comments centered on the inscription on the traditional medallions given to the graduates before they enter the stadium. This year's quote—"Intelligence plus character: that is the goal of true education"—was taken from an article written by Martin Luther King Jr. for his college newspaper.
"In Dr. King's view, the purpose of an education is to produce young people who are both learned and compassionate," said Williams. "What good is it to increase knowledge if it will not benefit society? What good is it to produce knowledgeable graduates who do not care about others? To Martin Luther King's way of thinking, doing so would be a tremendous waste of time." The president wrapped up her talk by telling the newest alumni, "You have developed a hunger for learning and for knowledge that will never be satisfied. This hunger will serve you well and will virtually ensure your success—wherever life leads you."
In addition to honoring its graduates, the College recognized retired chemistry faculty member Glenn Vogel, who was named professor emeritus. The College also recorded a significant milestone, in graduating the first doctoral students in its 114-year history. Degrees from the new Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) program were awarded to 47 recipients.
Some special faces and moments from Commencement 2006, from top: keynote speaker Bill Bradley with board of trustees chair William Haines (front left) and board and faculty members; class of 2006 executive board members David Campbell (treasurer), Channon Lucas (vice president), Eric Nagy (president), and Nicole Schmunk (secretary); President Peggy R. Williams with the first simultaneously graduating father-and-son combo in Ithaca College history, Bill Weeks (manager of network services in the Office of Informational Technology) and Ryan Weeks (starting graduate school this fall); ICQ student interns John Connelly (back) and Brynn Mannino (second from left) with members of Students for a Just Peace Michelle Gadot (left) and Julie Roberts (right) and Kathy Gasparine; ICQ intern Emily Miller and former ICQ student worker, now editorial assistant Ashley Fazio; another spectacular Commencement Eve concert
Photos by (three top left) Gary Gold; (bottom left and center) Thomas Hoebbel; (two at right) Sheryl D. Sinkow


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After every major shooting, the gun control advocates can be counted on to ask "NOW can't you see the need for gun control?" But does gun control really make sense?
Would gun control have prevented this slaughter? I doubt it. Guns will continue to be available for the person determined to get one, and the kind of person who does something like the Colorado movie theater shooting would be determined.
The problem isn't the weapon, it's the intent, and there are plenty of other ways to kill. There are even plenty of ways to kill en masse. A bomb brought into the theater could have killed more as could an incendiary device. In other contexts, there's poisoning food or water.
Is the cause of gun violence really the availability of guns or is it the nature of the people who use them? Other countries have similar or greater rates of gun possession (I believe both Israel and Switzerland have higher rates), but they don't have nearly the rate of gun violence.
The difference in gun violence between Switzerland and the United States comes down to the difference between the Swiss people and Americans, and I don't see Americans changing in any fundamental way anytime soon.
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Michael - Jack the Ripper wasn't American and he didn't use a gun - there are derranged people in every culture, and if guns are removed from the equation, they'll use knives, and if knives are banned, they'll use rocks. I'm not sure a ban on rocks would work that well.
Come on, man, it's BEAR arms. "Bare" means naked. "To bear" means to carry or wield.
I want to own guns. They are fun. I must have something inherently wrong with me. Either that or you have trouble imagining that other people have different lifestyles and experiences than you do, which is unfortunate.
Sorry, I just can't resist this...
So, any society where the the people have the right to go without sleeves is doomed to destroy itself. That is what "bare arms" means. :) You've made this mistake more than once in this discussion. "Bear" means to carry or support (or it's an animal of the genus Ursa). "Bare" means to uncover or exposed, or the state of being uncovered. Don't you just LOVE those homonyms? :p
Edit: Oops. I didn't see the other posters pointing out the same mistake until I read further. That's OK. Once I can see as a simple typo. Twice? I start to either see educational deficiencies or English (or it's derivatives) may not be the speakers native language.
I rather have the option to be able to have fire arms than not. It is my personal opinion not to have a firearm but a lot of my friends carry their weapons and they are ( In my opinion) people of high moral grade. I believe if we measure out the number of lunatics vs the number of non crazies, I have a good feeling that the numbers would show that there are more reasonable people toting guns than not. Even if the majority was turned around, would it not be better to be able to carry a gun than not?
I agree with you 100%, I want to continue owning a gun. Even if they pass laws against guns, I will still own weapons. Maybe not guns but I will arm myself to the teeth with other stuff. I will not be left defenceless in a world of thugs, PERIOD!!!
If they pass laws against ownership of guns and allow the cops to continue to carry, you can expect a lot of shit. You can expect gangs killing cops to take their guns and sell them or use them in other crimes, cops will probably be in much more of a dominant position when the government knows that most people are unarmed. It just sounds all bad, a world I wouldn't want to live in.
I don't believe there will ever come a day when we will not need weapons. Call me a pessimist, but I have no faith in the goodwill of my fellow men. If you want to hurt someone badly enough, you will find a way, and the responsibility falls on the shoulders of those who decide to do harm, not the tools they used. The primary argument is that if he hadn't had a gun, he wouldn't have been able to do what he did. That's wrong. He could have made an IED. He could have blocked the doors and burned the place to the ground. He WANTED to kill those people, and gun or no gun, he was going to do it.
Was this man stopped by a gun toting citizen? No. Is every shooting spree, robbery, rape, and violent crime stopped by good men with guns? No. The existence of guns does not prevent crime, and does not guarantee that the crimes will be stopped before they cost someone their life, but they DO serve a purpose. Weapons guarantee that we can remain self reliant. Guns guarantee that we don't have to wait on the police to arrive to save the day. I live in a very rural area. The nearest police station is ten miles away, through twisting, winding roads. If someone is breaking into my house and trying to kill me, I'll be lucky if the cops get there in time to hear my dying breath. A gun can and would save my life, and more importantly, the lives of anyone else in my home threatened by this individual. Is that a long shot? Are the odds all that great that a criminal would try to break into my home? No, it's unlikely. However, I'd rather have the gun and never have cause to use it, then not have it when I need it the most.
Guns are objects, used by men and women to different ends. All the legislation in the world won't stop people from getting their hands on guns, and even an outright ban on guns is a terrible option. Banning guns completely means that the people have no way of revolting, of rebelling, when they've had enough of an oppressive government's bullshit. When the protests aren't working, and the government is dragging people out of their homes to the Gulags and the Death Camps, how do you fight back if you have no weapons?
Consider if a few of the adults had been armed amidst that horrific rampage at Norway's Utoya Island, or if there were 50 armed students during the Virginia Tech massacre. Guns also SAVE lives.
As an Australian - and sorry if this offends - I think American gun laws are, well, sort of crazy. I'm sorry, but it seems to me a no brainer that if any citizen, such as this perpetrator, can access such a bludgeon of weaponry, then of course you're going to have more mass killings.
Now, over here in Australia, we have our own crazy laws, policies and things we accept unthinkingly as a culture:
just to name a few. So we're by no means a perfect culture. But we don't have gun massacres, and there's a lot of red tape to go through to get any sort of firearm.
Perhaps I simply don't know enough criminal types ...? No, my argument still stands: our news broadcasts are free of such events.
Sorry, America. Change needed at your end, I think.
Such a change won't be just in relation to gun ownership, it would open us up to a violation of a set of personal freedoms we have come to cherish. Granted, we don't always have that principle applied consistently (like the problem you have with the aborigines), but won't sacrifice them for a form of physical safety. Australia to support its gun laws must allow, among other things, random inspections of the homes of gun owners - no court order or a showing of at least probable cause (and mere possession does not constitute such). That means the executive department of the government has wide discretion over the property rights of its citizens without prior review. That is part and parcel a police state. Australian culture is comfortable with the notion of that authority and accepts it, But in the U.S. such a relationship with the government being an external, sovereign authority to its citizenship is quite alien still.
@ Richard - Random inspections of the homes of gun owners - this is done through the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia - through the lists they have, and the police have - to make sure everybody with guns, do the right thing - and have their guns in a Safe Gun Storage Unit - if one belongs to this association, and they have a license, and registered with the police.These people know they will be inspected.
Australia to support the gun laws must allow, among other things, random inspections of the homes of gun owners - no court order or a showing of at least probable cause (and mere possession not constitute such).
Not true. Police CANNOT go into anybody's house, without a court order, and therefore a good reason for entering into that house. But it is usually for growing Marijuana , not finding guns.
it would open us up to a violation of a set of personal freedoms we have come to cherish. Yaayy - Personal Freedoms - more important to me, and my personal freedom, is that I can go out, and be pretty sure I am not going to get caught up in someone's shooting spree.
Loads of things wrong with Australia - guns are not one of them.
The Shooter's Club idea is better than what is in England, I'll grant that.
And the typical American does go out without fear of entering into a shooting spree. What you are hearing is media hype. Of course there are neighborhoods that are dangerous. I walked into a bad neighborhood that I had walked through lots of times unmolested and became a victim of a violent, unprovoked assault (possibly racially motivated too!). No guns or other weapons involved. Just an older teenager from a minority group who was very big and quick with his fists. But outside of that neighborhood I could walk miles, day or night (and did) without a trace of concern for my safety.
You are seeing a lot of media hype. That thing is happening here in part due to the law of large numbers, but not only is the frequency been going down (without changes in the laws), but if you examined our history in terms of spacing and location you will see very wide distribution and normal statistical clustering. The greater majority of gun owners here are responsible and stable without further oversight. Oh, and many of them belong to some form of gun club and do voluntarily want you make as law in Australia.
And for the record I rarely lock my house, even when I'm away - and I live in a major community in the Kansas City metroplex - crime is simply that low where I live.
I sometimes think that foreigners actually believe that in every American city a fleet of flatbed trucks goes out each morning to load up the dead bodies laying everywhere on the streets.
That's absurd. If the murder rate were anything like these people believe it to be, there wouldn't be any Americans left by now. LOL
Most of us do not fear going out at night or even going into poor neighborhoods.


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Speed queens: Local women go the distance
Notice all the women running around in Charlottesville? Early morning, lunch breaks, after work, evening hours? Young and old, fat and fit, they're putting on their tank tops, shorts, and shoes and taking to the paths and pavement. Chalk it up to the summer's preeminent athletic event, the Labor Day weekend Women's Four-Miler. This Saturday, 1,850 women will run the four-mile course on Garth Road, starting and ending at Foxfield, beginning at 8am.
"This is the largest all-woman race in Virginia," says Cynthia Lorenzoni, volunteer director of the Four-Miler and owner, with her husband, Mark, of Ragged Mountain Running Shop.
"Mark and I started this race 22 years ago," Lorenzoni says. At that time, she was running races like the New York and Boston marathons– urban road races with closed streets and big media coverage. But she was also involved in smaller running events for women. The two activities coalesced as the Lorenzonis got to know Charlottesville, and soon, in association with the Charlottesville Track Club, they organized the Women's Four-Miler.
"That first year, we had 350 runners," says Mark Lorenzoni, volunteer race director from its 1983 founding to 1989. "I thought, 'This is amazing. It can't possibly get any bigger.' " Last year, 1,600 women ran; this year, registration closed in early July at 1,850.
All Four-Miler proceeds go to the breast cancer division of UVA's Cancer Clinic. Looking back, Cynthia Lorenzoni thanks Connie Friend, the first director of the training program, for making the connection.
"It just kind of makes sense," says Lorenzoni. "It's a woman's cause. Women feel passionate about it." She herself feels that passion. She and her two sisters, having helped their own mother through her successful battle with breast cancer, recognize that they are at high risk for the disease.
All proceeds from the Four-Miler– entrance fees plus special donations in memory of breast cancer victims and survivors– now support extensive post-operative health education offered by UVA's Breast Care program. Last year, the race donated $35,000. This year, the total may reach $40,000.
That money, says Diane Cole, Cancer Center Education Coordinator, provides breast cancer patients with a 10-week exercise and nutrition program taught by Medfit Wellness.
"We find that it makes a significant difference," says Cole. "Patients move from fatigue– a different kind of fatigue, where a nap doesn't really make you feel better– to being fairly mobile and getting back to a normal life routine."
A self-help book for breast cancer patients– published in paper and available at healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/cancer/selfhelp.cfm– as well as a videotape, "Getting Stronger," were also produced with Four-Miler funding.
So that the benefits of running reach all levels, in 1983 Mark Lorenzoni developed a summer-long training schedule for beginning runners. It has evolved into an organized training program that this year attracted nearly a thousand women.
Runners in the training program receive a fat notebook with clippings, handouts, coupons, and a training schedule that starts with a half-mile walk/run in mid-June and builds to four miles by mid-August. Volunteer coaches called "pink ladies" lead four "rookie runs" a week, on Tuesday and Thursdays at 6:30am and Monday and Wednesdays at 6pm. All summer, women runners in training meet at the UVA track at 7:45am on Saturday, hearing speakers on topics that range from foot biomechanics to running safety to fitting exercise into a busy schedule.
"The hormones are so strong there," says Joan Esposito, volunteer director of the training program. Everyone strives for a win, but with all that womanly compassion, any win spills over to be shared by all. Runners call out, "Good job!" and "Way to go!" no matter if the runner is fast or slow.
"The applause is the loudest for those at the back of the race," says Esposito. To them, she calls out, "You win! You were out there the longest!"
Cynthia Lorenzoni
Eyes on others: UVA chaplain guards the 'trekkers'
Mildred Best remembers when her skills as a runner and her skills as a chaplain at UVA Hospital intersected.
"I was working with a gentleman who was very anxious about his loved one– unusually anxious," says Best. "I said to him, 'What do you do to keep yourself calm?' and he told me, 'Sometimes it helps me to run.' "
Best happened to be wearing her pedometer. She pulled it out and suggested they take a brisk walk through the hospital hallways. "We walked together, and he shared his concerns, and he did work off some energy and anxiety," she remembers.
Most of the time, though, running and walking represent a better lifestyle for Best. The 50-year-old mother of an 11-year-old girl is UVA's associate director of chaplaincy and pastoral education. She had done some aerobics and walked for exercise, and in 2001 she heard about the Four-Miler training.
Now, she's a "pink lady"– a volunteer coach – and concentrates, true to her character, on the participants who need help the most: the younger runners, called "Crazy Legs," and the walkers, called "Trekkers."
A constant theme throughout the training program is that walking four miles, or combining walking with running, is perfectly acceptable.
During the race itself, Best moves along through the walkers and slower runners. Last year, for example, she spotted a young woman who was near fainting. She later learned that the entrant had not been training– a problem even for those who walk.
"For some of them, this is their first time to be part of a consistent training program and race," says Best. "Even for those who choose to walk, not run, their lives are changed."
For one woman after another, Best points out, the summer of training may be a rare opportunity to dedicate time toward the most neglected person in her life: herself. "With a lot of women," Best explains, "we take care of everybody else first."
Mildred Best with three "crazy legs," young runners in training
Reality check: Four miles is short– until you run it
"It's tough," says Tarti Djakaria, as she finishes running her three miles during the final Saturday training session. She recalls how in high school in her homeland of Indonesia she had trouble finishing even a one-kilometer run. But here she is, running three miles– and, once so far, four– in training to run for the full four miles on race day.
"It hurts for a while," she says, "but this program makes it easier. We start slow and gradually increase the mileage. Often I walk and run.
"When I first heard about the race, I thought, 'Four miles? That doesn't sound so bad,' " she says. Soon she faced the reality. "It turns out to be much harder than I thought."
In fact, for the first three or four weeks of training, Djakaria didn't feel much effect from the exercise, since the distances are so slight. But by the sixth week, when training runners have worked up to two and a half miles, she could tell the difference. And the rewards are starting to show.
A month ago her doctor asked her if she was an athlete. Djakaria answered no, but wondered why the question even came up. "You have a very slow resting pulse rate," the doctor told her. Djakaria wasn't sure what that meant. "That's good," the doctor told her.
At home, 37-year-old Djakaria also feels the benefits. "I'm a part-time worker and a full-time mother," she says. "I have an overactive five-year-old. It used to be hard to keep up with her before. Now I feel more energized."
In Indonesia, Djakaria says, individuals often confine their running to early mornings– say, 5am– before the sun comes up. Even in Missouri and Texas, where she attended universities, she never encountered such an organized training program.
"This is the first," she says. "Charlottesville is as a town more vibrant."
Tarti Djakaria
Mother-daughter: Dedicated to the friend they love
Mother and daughter Gay Carver and Cara Carver had planned on training and running the race with Gay's friend and coworker Beverly Taylor. After undergoing surgery and treatment for ovarian cancer, Taylor battled back to complete last year's training and successfully run the four-mile race. She had so much fun, she got Gay and Cara interested. Then the cancer came back.
Because of her treatments, she will not be running along Garth Road next Saturday, but she will be there in spirit.
"We're running in her honor," says Gay Carver, 55, a real estate assessment supervisor for Albemarle County. She is also a mother of three and grandmother of five, who has been running on her own for years and competed in the Women's Four-Miler in 1996.
Back then, though, she says, she knew nothing about the training, so this is her first year attending the 12-week program. "I really enjoyed it," she says. "It's definitely beneficial, not only to beginners but also to people who are good runners already."
Her daughter, 24-year-old Cara Carver, ran competitively in high school but had not put on running shoes since. "I feel a lot healthier now," she says. She's less concerned about winning the race, more dedicated simply to completing it. "If I finish, I'll be happy– but I'm not nervous about it," she says.
Her mother agrees. "As Beverly says, as long as you finish, you're doing great. We're doing it for her."
Cara and Gay Carver
Rebirth: Girl power + exercise = recovery
During the Four-Miler, runners race past banners declaring the names of women who had fought breast cancer. It's called the "Motivation Mile." In 2003, one of those names was Michele Durham.
"At that time, a year ago, I was in a real weak place in time," says Durham. "I had just finished chemotherapy. I was in the middle of moving. My body was not mine at the time." She still has the banner with her name. In fact, she'll be waving it in high spirits this year as she steps up to the starting line, ready to run four miles.
Durham had always been athletic, playing lacrosse and swimming in high school and taking ballet and tap dance for 14 years. Even after giving birth to her daughter, now 15, she worked hard to get back into shape with high-impact aerobics.
Then came the news, right around Christmas 2002, that she had breast cancer. In January 2003 she underwent a lumpectomy and axillary dissection, which removed 16 lymph nodes. She looks back now with passionate gratitude to the doctors and nurses who treated her at the UVA Breast Cancer Clinic. "They made me feel like I was the only patient in the whole world," she says.
Still, recovery was difficult. She tried to keep working in her job as a massage therapist and OR scrub nurse in labor and delivery at UVA. "I just rode the wave with it and tried not to show it," says Durham. Many days, her energy level plummeted.
"My daughter would want to go to the mall, and I would say, 'Honey, I'm so tired, I just have to lie down.' " Her daughter would get furious. "She would yell at me, things like 'It's not my fault that you have cancer.' I think it scared her to death," Durham says.
For Durham, who had never run before in her life, the summer-long training has been a journey. "It's like a rebirth of the old Michele," she says. "Do I attribute this to girl power, being around all these women who understand what you're talking about? Or is it physical– the value of all this exercise? I think it's some of both."
Michele Durham
The coach: Laughing all the way... to the finish line
On Saturday, June 19, Joan Esposito played the fool for her favorite cause. She greeted the 900-plus women who came to the UVA track at 7:45am and gave them tips on how to progress from zero to four miles in 12 weeks.
"Take care of your skin and eyes. That summer sun is a killer," she said, donning goofy foot-wide sunglasses.
"Those breast ligaments are precious, so wear a good sports bra." She strapped a 52EEE over her tank top.
"And some of us of a certain age might experience a little bladder control problem," she continued. "Don't worry," she says while pulling a giant-sized Depends up over her running shorts. "You're not alone."
It has been like that all summer.
As volunteer director of the Women's Four-Miler training program, Esposito is the life of the party. A Charlottesville resident for more than three decades, she works as a realtor for Roy Wheeler and has taught aerobics for the county's Parks and Recreation Department and at Farmington and the Boar's Head. She has run– and won– her share of races, starting with a 5K in 1980.
Now, she admits, she runs a 13-minute mile, but that pace makes her an all the more authentic inspiration for many of the Four-Miler participants. "The average age of runners in our training program is 43," Esposito proudly states. Her own age? "Sixty– plus or minus."
"Our target population is not the elite athlete," says Esposito, who has helped the training program more than triple in attendance, from 300 in 2001 to 1,000 this year. "We're here for women who want to get in shape for the first time ever, for women who just had babies, for women who can't afford to join fancy gyms."
It wasn't an easy summer for Esposito. After the last training session at the track, Esposito moved her daughter– her youngest of three children– into a first-year dorm at UVA. Earlier in August, her ailing mother, 92, died.
"She is amazing," says Deborah Johnson, a first-time runner last year and a coach this year. "She is our fearless leader and head cheerleader, and we all admire her so much."
Joan Esposito
Ratcheting up: From easy jogger to runner to coach
"My husband and I did a little bit of jogging back when we were married, in '77," says Debby Johnson, thinking of how far she has run since then. "We're talking easy jogging, just to get your heart rate up, just a mile or a mile and a half. So four miles seemed really daunting."
But once she heard about the Women's Four-Miler and the associated training program, Johnson started talking it up. She told fellow members of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Staff Association– Johnson is a real estate paralegal– and she told fellow members of the singing group Spirit Bound.
A 52-year-old mother of three grown children, Johnson joined the 2003 training, buoyed by a group of friends who would run and carpool with her.
She had her own reason to start running– one shared by many of the middle-aged Four-Miler runners : "I had gained so much weight and was not able to lose it." In 15 months of running, she has lost 30 pounds.
She had another, deeper reason. "My partner, mentor, and soul mate, Bob Gottschalk, founder and owner of C-Digital, died of leukemia in June 2002," says Johnson. "The fight against cancer is near and dear to me."
Running last summer felt so good that Johnson continued all winter. During the summer she had attended the program's early-morning "rookie runs"– 6:30 warm-ups, runs, and cool-downs, led by experienced runners, which start and end at the UVA track. That practice continues informally throughout the winter, and Johnson was there, rain, sleet, or snow, to get in her morning run with the fellow runners who had become her friends.
"All winter long, I was there, Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 at the track, even on days when it was not very good footing. We would just sidestep the ice patches," she remembers.
This year, Johnson volunteered as a "pink lady"– a Four-Miler coach. It has added another level of meaning to the race. "You see people out there who haven't been active for 30 or 40 years," she says. "People out there making a change in their lives."
Debby Johnson
Grandma's rebound: Just a year after cancer surgery
"I had a suspicious mammogram, so they had me come back for another," remembers Karen Morris. She was 66 years old and had always done floor exercises for her bad back, took her dogs out for daily walks, and had recently discovered yoga.
"So I had another mammogram, then a sonogram, then a biopsy," she says. "Sure enough, it was cancer. You never expect to hear that."
She had surgery last year, not once but three times before doctors declared it a success and began chemotherapy last summer. She had a little break in treatment over the holidays, then started radiation, which lasted until March.
"I always felt relatively well," says Morris. At the end of radiation, "I was pretty tired, but also so excited to be free of treatment."
Throughout, she continued to attend yoga classes at Blue Ridge Yoga. "I really never stopped," says Morris. "It made a huge difference."
The mother of four and grandmother of ten also kept working. For years the head reference librarian at Gordon Avenue Library, Morris substituted as a librarian throughout the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library system.
Hers was a hormone-receptive cancer, which meant that estrogen levels in her own body might encourage a recurrence. For that, doctors prescribed tamoxifen, a non-steroidal anti-estrogen commonly used against breast cancer.
"But everybody on tamoxifen has a weight problem," says Morris. "When a friend told me she was going to do the Four-Miler, I thought that maybe running would counteract that." No such luck. But at least she hasn't gained any weight over this summer. Who knows what the scales would show if she had not been running?
Morris has been a part of the Women's Four-Miler training program all summer. "Most of all it really is a lot of fun," she says. She has found fellow runners in her neighborhood, all younger than she is, but that doesn't matter. Thanks to their shared passion for running, "We have cemented friendships."
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Family footwork: Why's a mom running with her girls?
All summer long, Karen Roland and her three daughters have been hitting the track together. Many a Saturday at the UVA track, and then most Monday and Wednesday evenings in their own neighborhood, Candice (12), Charlotte (10), and Haley (9) suit up and take off with mom.
The idea started with Karen, who knew one of the women volunteering to be a "pink lady" coach. "Training to do the Women's Four-Miler sounded fun for a mother-daughter adventure," she says.
Of the three girls, only Charlotte was already involved in athletics. She plays soccer, so she's happy to bump up her running skills. Last Saturday, as her mother and two sisters attended the final training session before the big race, Charlotte didn't make it. Her evening soccer game the night before had worn her out, but she promised she would be a part of the family team on race day.
Her older sister, Candice, remembers how hard it was to finish a run in school PE class. "We only would run up to a mile, sometimes shorter– and now I run four miles. I'm one of the best runners at school, and I used to be one of the worst."
Haley, at nine, already appreciates the good effects running has on her physique. "You fit into more clothes better," she has noticed. She also just likes the sensation of running. "When there's a breeze," she says, "it feels so nice to run."
Karen, a 39-year-old physical therapist, has always exercised, but until this summer it was lifting weights, swimming, biking, and walking. "I walked because I didn't think I could be a runner," she says. "Now I'm about to reach four miles. I feel stronger."
Karen Roland has another personal motivation for achieving the Women's Four-Miler. As a physical therapist, she has two patients currently who are battling cancer. "I thought I would do this for them," she says. "It has boosted them. "
Candice, Karen, and Haley Roland
Goodbye, couch: Toddler's mom takes off
"I'm not the kind of person who goes to the gym on a regular basis," says Allison Teweles. "Of all the things I would do to exercise, running would be the last." And yet the social aspect of the Women's Four-Miler training– the training sessions every Saturday morning at 8am and the "rookie runs" along the Greenbelt– drew her into the training, the race, and a newfound love of running. She hasn't missed a single session.
"I was a 31-year-old couch potato whose only exercise was running after my 18-month-old son and the occasional 'bust-a-move' when a really good song comes on the car radio," says Teweles, a development officer for UVA's McIntire School of Commerce. "I'm sitting there. Nodding my head to the beat. Wow– work those neck muscles, right?"
And now she can run four miles. She has already run that far during the training, and she will do it again on race day. "I feel awesome," she says. "It's something I can brag about."
Teweles thanks her husband for being willing to deviate from their normal weekend routine. "We used to trade off weekends," she says– one parent slept in while the other woke early for childcare duty. For the past 12 weeks, though, both parents have risen early, but Allison has headed for the UVA track and the training program while her husband has stayed with their son, Brian. "They'll be at the finish line, cheering for me next Saturday," she says.
Although Teweles downplays the physical gains she has made from running, she knows it is preparing her for a healthier future.
"I met a woman the other day who's part of the training," she says. "She has a son about Brian's age and a little girl about seven months old. She's still nursing– and she can make it work, training and running the race. That's inspirational.
"We're thinking about having another child. You know how the second time around, you're a little softer," she says ruefully, "so it makes me feel better, going into it, knowing I can keep running."
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Secrets of the Seven Scribes. They're a talented and hardworking bunch of writers, and I was honored to spend some time with them chatting about writing. The topic at hand is reinvention--not fearing an old theme, but finding a new personal spin for a common idea. I hope you'll stop over for a little visit and have a quick read. Hellcow and Alice the Vamp Cat are in the house, so how can you resist? :-)
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My continuously wandering brain is at it again...and again.
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Not everyone, of course, agrees, and the critical responses to Davies' article range from the civil to the disrespectful.
In the debates between science and religion, I think we too often restrict the meaning of "faith" to a narrowly defined understanding of "religion" as "blind faith," i.e., something which is divorced from the realities of everyday living (which are open to public scrutiny). And sometimes both critics and proponents too narrowly restrict the meaning of "faith" to the intellectual acceptance of the truth of certain propositions or ideas.
By contrast, I think that the 20th Century religious thinker and social theorist H. Richard Niebuhr (1894-1962) does a much better job. Rather than staying mired in the aporias of current debates over narrow (and sometimes highly prejudicial) definitions, Niebuhr helps us reframe the discussion in terms of a much broader context. He does this by describing faith as a genuinely and universally human phenomenon with implicitly religious dimensions.
Niebuhr defines faith as "the attitude and action of confidence in, and fidelity to, certain realities as the source of value and the objects of loyalty" [Radical Monotheism and Western Culture (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1960), p. 16]. And in an earlier work, here's what Niebuhr wrote about faith so defined:
"As long as a man lives he must believe in something for the sake of which he lives; without belief in something that makes life worth living man cannot exist. If, as Tolstoi points out in his Confession, man does not see the temporality and futility of the finite he will believe in the finite as worth living for; if he can no longer have faith in the value of the finite he will believe in the infinite or else die. Man as a practical, living being never exists without a god or gods; some things there are to which he must cling as the sources and goals of his activity, the centers of value. As a rule men are polytheists, referring now to this and now to that valued being as the source of life's meaning. Sometimes they live for Jesus' God, sometimes for country and sometimes for Yale. [And I think Niebuhr would agree that we could add that others live for the pursuit of scientific inquiry.] For the most part they make gods out of themselves or out of the work of their own hands, living for their own glory as persons and as communities. In any case the faith that life is worth living and the definite reference of life's meaning to specific beings or values is as inescapable a part of human existence as the activity of reason. It is no less true that man is a believing animal in this sense than the he is a rational animal. Without such faith men might exist, but not as selves. Being selves they as surely have something for which to live as selves as being rational they have objects to understand" [The Meaning of Revelation (MacMillan, 1941), pp. 77-78].
For Niebuhr, then, the question "Does science rely on faith?" is not the most basic question. The most basic question is: "Does living as a human being in the world require faith?" His answer is "yes," because for Niebuhr, faith is not merely a religious phenomenon - it is a human phenomenon which has religious implications.
Here's another way to put it:
"For Niebuhr, the theological question is not 'Does a god exist?' or 'Ought there to be a god?' but 'What being or beings have the value of deity?'" [Victor Anderson, Pragmatic Theology: Negotiating the Intersections of an American Philosophy of Religion and Public Theology (SUNY, 1998), p. 87].
From Niebuhr's perspective, whatever serves as the center(s) of value for my life - whether it's Jesus Christ, Guinness stout, scientific method, a significant other, Marxism, capitalism, etc. - this (or some combination of these) is my "god" and thus gives expression to my faith.
In his posthumously published The Responsible Self: An Essay in Christian Moral Philosophy, Niebuhr further develops this understanding of faith by making a distinction between two forms of faith: faith as trust versus faith as distrust. "Faith as trust or distrust accompanies all our encounters with others and qualifies all our responses," he argues [The Responsible Self (Harper & Row, 1963), p. 118]. And he continues:
"Faith is the attitude of the self in its existence toward all the existences that surround it, as begins to be relied upon or to be suspected. It is the attitude that appears in all the wariness and confidence of life as it moves about among the living. It is fundamentally trust or distrust in being itself. Such faith is an ingredient in all knowing, as the reliance present in such knowing on the constancy of the processes observed in nature and as reliance also on the fellow men who report their observations. It is present in its negative form of distrust in all the inquiries we make about the group actions of our national or religious friends and allies. Such faith is never the antithesis of knowledge but its accompaniment; though in some instances there is preponderance of faith over knowledge, and in others preponderance of knowledge over faith, as may be evident in the form of a statement. 'I believe you' is a statement of faith though it contains an element of knowledge or acknowledgment. 'Many of you are members of Glasgow University' is a statement of fact, but is said with some confidence in what I have been told and seen" [The Responsible Self, p. 118; emphasis added].
If I am reading Niebuhr rightly, then faith as trust is the necessary prerequisite to intellectually accepting the truth of propositions about reality, while faith as distrust is the necessary prerequisite for intellectually rejecting those propositions. If that is true, and if Niebuhr is right that faith so understood is a universally human phenomenon, then critics who reject faith per se are, in reality, not rejecting faith per se. Rather, they are rejecting a particular and narrow definition of faith (and, ironically, they are doing so on the basis of faith - in this case, faith as distrust). So if Niebuhr is right, it matters not what the particular object(s) of faith may be (whether explicitly theological, atheological, or even anti-theological). For simply by virtue of being human, the critics of faith live and conduct inquiry just as much in reliance upon the attitude and action of faith as religious persons do.


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All Resort lawsuit rolls forward
A collective action lawsuit against All Resort Express is proceeding forward as prosecuting attorneys gather the names of past and present shuttle drivers interested in participating in the suit.
"They are pouring in every day," said Joe Wrona, managing attorney of Wrona Law Firm, which filed the suit. "We've been getting upwards of 10 a day, and they've been coming in like that every day."
Wrona added that at the rate the opt-ins are arriving, he wouldn't be surprised if they had several hundred opt-ins by May 15.
The suit was filed last fall by seven drivers who allege the company failed to pay their drivers minimum wage and overtime pay, and that they withheld tips.
All Resorts Express denies wrong doing, saying their employees are valuable assets who they treat well, according to Defending attorney Scott Hagen.
The drivers are seeking back pay for the unpaid tips and wages, and for "damages, penalties, attorney's fees and costs," according to the suit.
"They have had money wrongfully withheld from them by the company," Wrona said. "This is a case for sticking up for the little guy. No one has ever stuck up for these drivers before. But we're doing it."
The suit alleges that when customers paid for shuttle service by credit card, the company would retain at least 20 percent of the tips.
"The company would internally decide to reclassify that as a service fee. That's clearly unlawful," Wrona said.
Lead prosecuting attorney on the case Steve Gordon added that employers cannot get out of the obligation to pay employees the tips owed them by relabeling the money as something else.
Gordon said one driver worked 13 hours and made $60 because he was told to sit at the airport but was only paid a per passenger fee.
"And since the season is winding down, he spends most of his time sitting," he said.
Wrona said the resulting wage comes to far below the minimum wage.
"This issue has been discussed at company meetings, but they've been basically told to be quiet or your job may be in jeopardy," Gordon said.
Wrona said that the suit originally started with two drivers: a former employee and a man who was let go after filing the lawsuit.
"It took a couple of drivers who were courageous enough to come forward regardless of the consequences," he said. "And we may be able to prove wrongful termination."
A rumor has been circulating among the drivers that the company will terminate anybody they find out has opted in, Wrona said.
"But they are prohibited by law," he said. "If that company were going to take any retaliatory act against the driver or former driver, they would find themselves in very serious trouble very quickly. That would be the single biggest mistake that the defendant in this kind of action would ever take, because I think the courts response would be swift and harsh."
Unlike a class action lawsuit which automatically includes those who fit the class description unless they choose to opt out, a collective action lawsuit only includes those who fit the class description who choose to opt-in.
Drivers employed by All Resort Express since March 15, 2010 who were paid all their tips or who did not receive overtime pay were invited to join the suit against the company.
"Once we get all the opt-in forms back, we have to file them with the court," explained Gordon. "Then we know who is a member of the group that's going to proceed as a collective action."
All Resort Express will then be responsible for providing to the Wrona Law Firm all the payroll records, timesheets and documents that show the hours worked by the shuttle drivers.
"We can then determine how much unpaid minimum wage and overtime is due, and how much unlawfully retained tips are due," Gordon said.
Hagen said the company is currently completing an internal investigation.
"The company has denied all liability," he said. "It believes it has complied with the law. But it's had a lot of employees over the years. If there have been mistakes, the company will make it right."
The company has been in business for over 20 years and intends to treat its employees well, he added.
"We deliver a lot of visitors to Park City," he said. "It's not in our interest to treat our employees badly because they are our ambassadors with the public. The company believes its employees are their most valuable asset and they try to treat them well."
If All Resorts Express chooses to go to trial, it could be another year before there is resolution to the case.
"If they force us to go to trial, then we'll go to trial, and we'll ask for every dime that has been unlawfully withheld or never paid," Gordon said. "If they decide they want to resolve this and do the right thing and try to make things right with the drivers and pay them what they're owed, it could be a lot quicker. But the position the company is taking is one of flat out denial. And so who knows, we'll see how the landscape changes or doesn't, depending on the number of people who opt-in."
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Raleigh Arthritis/Fibromyalgia/CFIDS Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 12, at Heritage Senior Living, 1200 Carlos Drive, Raleigh. Prashant Sonker, occupational therapist from Care First Physical Therapy, will discuss small motor control for flare-ups from arthritis or fibromyalgia.
Vanderbilt Bridge Club
Vanderbilt Bridge Club offers competitive bridge games Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings at the Quail Hollow Swim Club, 800 Orleans Place, Raleigh. Beginner bridge classes are also offered. For more information, call 919-847-8963.
Capitol Bridge Club
The Capitol Bridge Club meets for competitive bridge 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Jaycee Community Center, 2405 Wade Ave., Raleigh. For more information, call 919-996-6833.
Seniors dance club
Pullen Park invites seniors 50 and older to its dance club, which meets 8-10:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Pullen Community Center, 408 Ashe Ave., Raleigh. The cost is $8 per person per week. For more information, call 919-831-6052.
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I was wondering how we as Protestants reject the doctrine of Apostolic Succession? Obviously, through church history, this doctrine seems to be strongly affirmed, but when the Reformation took place, this doctrine was not continued along with other doctrines. Why not? I guess I am wondering what are the biblical mandates supporting Apostolic Succession and what are the biblical mandates and logic that reject Apostolic Succession? Thanks for taking the time to answer my question.
When you say "through church history, this doctrine [apostolic succession] seems to be strongly affirmed" you are correct because it certainly has been accepted and defended for a long time by the Roman Catholic Church. You are also correct in saying that "when the Reformation took place, this doctrine was not continued along with other doctrines." And your question is basically "Why is this so?"
The answer is that the Reformation recovered the pure teaching of the original apostles themselves. And they never taught any such doctrine. If you read your New Testament carefully, you will see that the apostles were marked by several distinctive features. Let me list a few of them.
(1) They were chosen by Christ himself in an immediate way, not through the instrumentality of others.
(2) They were able to truthfully say that they had seen Jesus after he rose from the dead. Paul said: "Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time" (1 Cor. 15:8). The fact that Paul was the last one who could say such a thing in the history of the world shows clearly that there can be no genuine apostolic succession.
(3) They were endowed with supernatural powers that other men did not (and do not) have. They even raised physically dead people to life. Paul said: "The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works" (2 Cor. 12:12).
(4) They were qualified to speak with absolute and infallible authority. Paul could say in truth: "If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord." No other individuals, other than the inspired prophets and apostles, could make statements like that. That is why the things they said were by the plan and will of God preserved for us in the New Testament.
The theory behind apostolic succession is that God's authority, to be meaningful and effective, must be embodied in men today who have the same kind of authority. But if you will read carefully the following passage, you will see that this is not true at all.
In 1 Corinthians 5 Paulwho was not physically present in Corinthwrote to them to tell them what to do with respect to a discipline case. He said (in 5:4-5): "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." So you see, Paul did not pass on his authority to another man so that he could be there in Corinth. No, Paul said, in effect, if you will do what I as an apostle now instruct you to do then I will be with you in spirit, and you will also have the power of our Lord Jesus with you, to deliver that man to Satan, etc.
So, to put it simply, the Reformers realized that there was no need for apostolic successors. No, the need was simply to have the apostles themselves with us through their inspired and inerrant teaching. And that is what we have in the New Testament.
The apostles never wrote anything that ever has needed or ever will need correction because they were inspired by God. Surely a person of average intelligence should be able to see that this has never been true of other men in history, no matter how strongly they may have believed themselves to be apostolic successors!
I hope this gets you to study this further. The more church history you get to know the more obvious the conclusion of the Reformers will appear.
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Heirloom tomato plants might just be the best cure for blizzard fatigue
I've got it, you've got it, or if you don't have it anymore, you surely had it at some point last month. Blizzard fatigue.
The cure is gardening, and if not gardening, then surely garden shopping. A lot of garden centers will be having pre-Mother's Day sales or getting ready to. Contemplating a harvest of heirloom tomatoes, ripe and juicy and warm from the sun, maybe with a little smoked salt and goat cheese and olives, eaten on the patio with a glass of wine and a breeze at your back and your feet up on the back of a big, contented, basking dog … well. First, you gotta buy those tomato plants.