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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
AJ Hawk: The White Warrior
When looking up our newest middle linebacker, I found some gems that needed to be shared with the Ranter readers. Yeah, most people know he's hitched to Brady Quinn's sister, but did you know that he was named after Indy car man AJ Foyt? Or that Top Gun is his favorite movie? Both true. And while you can bet your last Leinie's he was a Top Gun linebacker for the Centerville Elks, would you have guessed he also played running back? And quarterback. And placekicker. And punter (averaged 40+/per, nice). Even lettered as a point guard for the b-ball team. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Hawk also might be the most humble Packer since the original Mr. Nice Guy, Samkon Gado. In fact, while in high school, AJ apparently went out of his way not to be the center of attention. He forbid – and I'm not making this up – his parents to cheer for him during games (although the disclaimer noted they could cheer when a team TD was scored – yipee!). That may have been especially difficult during the game he recorded 30 tackles. Maybe not though, seeing as how people generally avoid making AJ Hawk angry for fear of being formed into a human pretzel…even if you are his parents.
Yes sir, Aaron James Hawk is an interesting dude, and only one thing bothers me – his nickname. AJ is fun and sporty an all, but it just doesn't quite encapsulate all that he is or what he brings to the Packers. I'm thinking either Mr. Nibbler or The White Warrior – not because he's white, but because of the sweet getup pictured. Thoughts?
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He has tiny feet, right?ReplyDelete
Compared to...? Yes, but I think it's intentional to make his legs look thicker and more intimidating.ReplyDelete
Compared to the rest of his body.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 20, 2008 at 2:20 PM
and a tiny wang too, unless it was really really really cold that day.ReplyDelete
Robert said he has it tucked under and strapped to his back.ReplyDelete
Franklin, you have been misinformed. I would never disrespect the White Warrior as you have suggested.ReplyDelete
You said, and I quote, "he had to tuck it back, and strap it down under his shoulder pads, otherwise he would trip on it."ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 20, 2008 at 3:50 PM
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too much time on the package boys. Move along.ReplyDelete
Franklin Hillside,ReplyDelete
When I saw your teensy head in the comments forum I thought I saw a scooner, but then I realized it was a sailboat instead.
His feet are dainty.ReplyDelete

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Puddin, where do you have a hunch Ken and Tina are. Not Cascade Locks?
You guys are good! That clue box task takes place on Thunder Island.They must take the flying wire from the bridge down to Thunder Island
great chateau. Anyone any idea were Dandrew are when they say to their cabbie "bridge of the gods"?!
I work in Cascade Locks, and there is a zip line in place right now from the Bridge of the Gods to Thunder Island.
QuoteI work in Cascade Locks, and there is a zip line in place right now from the Bridge of the Gods to Thunder Island. Well dang! This must have been lurking in my subconscious. And I thought we had something original! But at least we can confirm it.
There is the Willamette River quite near to Newberg, but I personally do not believe there was time to go to Cascade Locks and anywhere near Newberg.
I work in Cascade Locks, and there is a zip line in place right now from the Bridge of the Gods to Thunder Island. I don't know when they put it up, but it sure wasn't there yesterday! I got there in time to see the camera crews packing up and loading equipment into vans, but a fellow teacher saw two couples ride the zip line down to the island. This was between 2:30-3:30 this afternoon. There were helicopters circling the site, three camera crews at and around the bridge, and they apparently paid the owners of the Charburger restaurant to close for the day so they could secure the parking lot which overlooks the river and the zip line. There were six yellow cabs at the parking lot where the access to the island is, along with more camera crews, and the officer that I talked to said they always stage it so that people don't know for sure how many couples are left. Does that sound reasonable?The other teacher talked to one of the cab drivers, who said he picked up two people at the airport from an overseas flight, took them to Newberg where they "ran around and looked for a clue", then drove them to Cascade Locks. For some reason someone asked him if this was Fear Factor, but he said it was more like a scavenger hunt. Apparently he has not actually seen Amazing Race himself, so didn't know anything about the usual process.My speculation is Timberline Lodge for the finish?
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Wardrobe Icons
My cheeky little feature in this weeks Wardrobe Icons issue
I had a recent visit from Laura & Petro from over at wardrobeicons at my workplace, Bobbi Brown's counter in Selfridges.
Wardrobe Icons, which released their first edition of the online magazine in October 2014 does exactly what it says in the name. These ladies have years of experience in the fashion world having worked for Look and Red magazine along others. Why would you not want to listen to what they have to say about selecting those ultimate classic pieces for your wardrobe that are the lifetime investments, timeless staples and treasured pieces that you will inevitably one day hand down to someone very special. This site cuts to the chase with its expertly edited essentials both fashion and beauty (the beauty selection rocks!) alongside its weekly magazine.
Make sure you check it out along with Laura's own personal style blog WIT,
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Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor
During our stay in Austin this past month, Kathryne and I lived for a month with our version of a very "minimalist" kitchen.
The house that we rented definitely had some of the basic pots and pans. But in order to do our jobs and cook for a month, we got all Google-spreadsheet-y beforehand and coordinated a few "essential" items to bring along, like my favorite Le Creuset Dutch oven (which we both loved so much we had to schedule times to use it), her favorite food processor (that she can't live without), and a good-quality lime juicer (for regular margarita nights at home, a must). We kept culling back our list to keep things as simple as possible, nixing things like our stand mixers and extra baking dishes that would take up space we didn't have. And at the last second, I decided to also leave my beloved slow cooker back at home in KC.
Never again.
Over the course of the month, I decided unequivocally that having a slow cooker is not an option in my kitchen. It's a must!! I kept having idea after idea while we were down there for various slow cooker recipes that I wanted to make, and with us buzzing all over town during the days in evenings, there was no way I was going to babysit some recipes while they slow cooked on the stove. Patience is not a virtue of mine. So instead, I fired up my crock pot the second I got home and have been slow cooking my way through a delicious list of recipes ever since.
First up? Slow cooker tacos al pastor.
I realized — around the time I ate my 500th taco in Austin — that I had actually never tried making tacos al pastor homemade before. Which is something I immediately needed to address, because I'm a mega fan. I mean, tender pork marinated with fresh pineapple and chiles and lime juice? What's not to love??
Well, let's just say that this classic combination is even more lovable when the slow cooker does all the work for you. No need to babysit a pot on the stove all day. Just puree up the marinade, toss it in the slow cooker with your pork, and let the slow cooker work its magic.
Then a big pot of tender, juicy, flavorful, perfect pork will be yours to enjoy.
I served mine up street-taco-style, with fresh chopped cilantro, onions, and a few lime wedges. And since I had some pineapple leftover, I also tossed in a few tidbits. (Fresh, mind you. Resist any temptation to use canned pineapple in this recipe. Resist!)
If you want, you can also add some crumbly Mexican cheese on top, like cotija or queso fresco. But otherwise, the slow cooked pork is the rockstar of the recipe, so there's not much else you need.
Ah, feels so good to write those words again. Slow cooker, I missed you. :)
Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor
This slow cooker tacos al pastor recipe is quick and easy to prepare, full of amazing flavor, and your slow cooker does all the work for you!
- 1 (5-pound) boneless pork shoulder roast (Boston butt), extra fat trimmed off
- 1 (12-oz.) bottle of beer (I used Modelo Negra, or use chicken stock if making this gluten-free)
- 2 chipotles in adobo sauce
- 1 fresh pineapple, peeled and cored, then roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 3 tablespoons chili powder (not cayenne)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- corn tortillas, for serving
- optional toppings: crumbled goat cheese, (extra) diced fresh pineapple, chopped fresh cilantro leaves, chopped red onions, diced avocado, thinly-sliced radishes
Cut the pork shoulder into 2-inch cubes. Add the pork to the bowl of the slow cooker.
Add the chipotles in adobo, pineapple, red onion, chili powder, lime juice, white vinegar, salt, cumin and black pepper to a blender or food processor. Puree until the mixture is completely smooth, about 30-60 seconds. Stir in the beer until it is evenly combined. Then pour the mixture on top of the pork, and toss until the pork is evenly coated.
Cook on low for 8-10 hours, or on high for 4-5 hours, until the pork is completely tender and shreds easily with a fork. Use two forks to shred the pork, then toss it in the remaining juices.
Serve warm on tortillas, garnished with optional toppings.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
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194 comments on "Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor"
I can say that I have never had tacos al Pastor before! But, really, you had me at slow cooker. I am pretty sure that a wizard lives in mine, because everything comes out magical! These tacos look BOMB. Pinned!
You really know how to rock a taco. With all that bling-y color too in your photo's. I used to hate pork because my wife bought only the dark meat pork from the store, I'm sure you know what I"m talking about. Your pork looks…..hmmmm, I'm still think of a word but it just looks really really good. And I'm actually all about the crock-pot.
I call my crock-pot the "Magic Time Machine" because I love throwing my ingredients in there and letting it do all the work. A few hours later, it comes out perfectly cooked and ready to eat! We must be on the same wave length because I made carnitas yesterday! This warmer weather has me craving my Mexican favorites. Great recipe, I can't wait to try it!
Loooove the sound of breaking out the crock pot this week for your gorgeous tacos! Mmmm :)
Slow Cooker + TACOS = my life. These look amazing, friend!
For your first tacos, these ones are looking FAB! You go, girl. And welcome back home!
Somehow I've managed to never hear of this magical meat, but now I know I must have it in my life as soon as humanly possible. And also yes — slow cookers are nonnegotiable. Add two kids to the equation and that thing saves my life on the daily. Adding this meal to my next meal plan!! xoxo
Tacos with pineapple…my mouth is watering!! These look so delicious!
Delicious dish, Ali! Love spicy, love tacos and most of all, LOVE my slow cooker!!! This looks just beautiful and bright!!!
I cant wait to try this! BTW we make your slow cooker chili recipe all the time – it is our favorite chili recipe :)
is there anything that can be substituted for the beer? These look amazing but I can't use alcohol in my cooking.
This is awesome! I adore tacos al pastor especially for the fresh pineapple. I love that you simplified such a long and complicated recipe. Well done, and fabulous pictures!
A hole-in-the-wall taco joint a few blocks from me in DC makes fabulous al pastor tacos w/ loads of fresh pineapple! In all of my visits, which have been many, I've never thought to look up how to make them myself for some reason. But, now that problem's solved thanks to your recipe! It looks AMAZING and seriously satisfying.
These look absolutely amazing!!!
since we don't drink beer would another drink work?
These look so yummy! Pineapple and pork together is so good, and I love the idea of making it in the slow cooker. Plus, with the weather getting warmer, there's no need to heat up the house to still have amazing tacos!
Always always always looking for new slow cooker recipes – especially now that my fiance is injured and I am doing 99% of the meal prep/cooking. This looks fantastic!
xo Rachel
omg. You left your slow cooker at home?? I would give up a chefs knife for a slow cooker!! LOL I only half kid. Btw Why have I never made these before?? The sweetness from the pineapple might even trick my husband into eating a taco…
I love Tacos Al Pastor, but sadly they are rare to find in my area even though there are plenty of Mexican restaurants. Can't wait to try this recipe!
We are not a pork eater so can we try this recipe with Chicken? It is a wonderful way of cooking so trying to fit in my way.
This looks delicious and I really want to try it! However I've never used chipotles in adobo sauce – are they really spicy? What if I don't use them, will it change the overall taste a lot? I have 2 young kids who don't like spicy dishes.
You did an exceptional job of re-creating the al Pastor. Recently moving to Austin myself, I can agree, there are tacos everywhere! Love the idea of cooking the meat in the slow cooker :-)
really excited to try this… I've been really into slow cooker recipes lately but I find so many of them have a lot of artificial ingredients like a packet of ranch. its such a turn off for me and I'm so excited that this has such fresh ingredients- I can tell Ill like it already… thank you!
I still dream about the al pastor tacos I had in Mexico last year. Can't wait to try this slow cooker version!
Man! this is a great slow cooker recipe. Spicey, and the lime juice gives it that fresh taste……and pork. Who doesn't love a good pork dish.
These look delicious and your photos are so clear!
Hi Ali,
I see that you suggest chicken broth instead of beer, do you have any other suggestions? Something that's gluten free per chance but maybe still offers an unique flavor like beer?
Ali: can you substitute pork tenderloin or pork loin for the pork shoulder instead?
Also forgot to ask, should I remove the seeds from the chipotle chilis? If not, wouldn't this be rocket hot? Two chilis really packs a heat punch unless cooking it for 8-10 hours in a slow cooker takes some of the heat off at the end?
What size slow cooker did you use for this recipe? I have a 5Qt and can't wait to try this recipe!
This is so pretty! These tacos look gorgeous!
Just found your recipe tonight. I have all of the ingredients except fresh pineapple. Can you substitute canned? And if so, how much. Thanks!
I have never cooked with chipotles before. Are they very spicy? I am thinking of making this for Easter this Sunday, and I think if it's too spicy my kids will have a hard time eating it. If it is pretty spicy, do you have a substitution idea?
Wow…I made these yesterday. so I could skim the fat off the sauce. I had a lot of sauce after I shredded the meat. Today I took the sauce and simmered it to reduce by half. The sauce is so good and flavorful. Cant wait to serve tonight. This is definitely a keeper.
Just wondering…did you use the whole pineapple in the sauce…maybe that is why I had a ton.
Making this for dinner right now and it's delicious. I would just like to make a quick note for everybody watching: 2 chipotles in adobo =/= 2 CANS of chipotles in adobo
This message is for Sarah (march 25th) – look for some gluten free beer. I live in Connecticut and there are a bunch of GF beers on the market now. They may not satisfy the "regular" beer drinker in the crowd, but I have used in chili with great success.
Also want to say to Ali – a big thank you!! I had never heard of tacos al pastor, and I don't eat pork. But I did this with chicken thighs (and GF beer) – the taste is fantastic. Thanks so much for a great recipe. Keep those slow-cooker ones coming – I can't function without mine either :)
Just finished my 1st taco and heading back for more! Delish! Mine too turned out super saucey with a thick layer of fat on top that I skimmed off (the meat I used seemed fatty when I was cutting it up). Thanks for posting! Can't wait to eat the leftovers at lunch tomorrow :-)
This looks amazing! I realize pineapple is a big component of the dish however we have an allergy in the family. Would you have a good idea for a substitute? Or is it non replaceable and we should just skip this meal? Thank you!!! Made your arugula salad with grapes the other day and it was a big hit!
Any suggestions for how to make this with beef instead of pork? What type would be best?
Is it possible to make this recpie without a slow cooker? Thanks, it looks delicious.
Could you substitute chicken breast for the pork? Cook less time but I wonder if the flavored would still meld nicely?
Do you think it would work to marinate this overnight and then slow cook it the next day?
I have never used chipotles in Adobe. Does this mean I use two cans or 2 peppers from a can?
I lived in Mexico for over 11 years and just moved back to the US in January .Our family really misses this meal. here we lived they topped it with just pineapple, white onion, and cilantro. I can't wait to try it!
Hi! My husband is muslim and so I can't use pork for this recipe – do you think chicken would be an ok substitute?
Thanks! Looks delicious :)
Just made this overnight. Ok, I lied…I put it in at 5pm last night and I just turned it to WARM at 7am. I like to overdo big roasts. Also, I was lazy and did not cut it into cubes.
Tonight tacos, tomorrow pork fried rice…then sandwiches….then lord knows but this will last the 2 of us all week.
I made this recipe this past weekend, and it was so delicious! It was for a southwestern themed party, take along picnic style. Couple of things…. First, I used ancho chile powder – at first I didn't add as much because it is so concentrated, but I ended up adding more to get the right heat. Next, I also had to cook off the liquid a bit. Second, I used 2 full pineapples (probably why I had so much liquid), 1 in the crock pot and 1 caramelized to serve on the side. I also made your guacamole, along with the onions, goat cheese & parsley. Everyone loved the heat and how all the flavors complimented one another! Thank you for this recipe. All I really need is a good recipe for homemade tortillas.
Thank you delicious recipe
Goin to try this recipe! However, I only have a bone-in pork roast. Do you think it would work leaving it whole and shredding when done?


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Ships in harbour are safe, but that is not the what ships were built for.
John Shedd
Throughout 2011, anyone who spends time online will have witnessed the increased focus on leadership in education, creative thinking, the spreading of Open Education Resources (e.g. MIT Open Course Ware , Open Culture, among many others) as well as the growing tide of free education, especially at post-secondary level. And of course, technology, technology, technology - in all its forms and areas of influence. Gaming in education is taken seriously as are other multimodular forms of presenting and engaging learners.
Which brings me to ask about the role of social media in education - is there a place for it? If so, why?
Let me begin by highlighting what I agree to be essential skills for today:
Which brings me to ask about the role of social media in education - is there a place for it? If so, why?
Let me begin by highlighting what I agree to be essential skills for today:
- Sense-making. The ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed
- Social intelligence. The ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions
- Novel and adaptive thinking. Proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based
- Cross-cultural competency. The ability to operate in different cultural settings
- Computational thinking. The ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data-based reasoning
- New-media literacy. The ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms and to leverage these media for persuasive communication
- Transdisciplinarity. Literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines
- Design mind-set. Ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes
- Cognitive load management. The ability to discriminate and filter information for importance and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques
- Virtual collaboration. The ability to work productively, drive engagement and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team
(extract from 10 Key Skills for the Future of Work)
More than only for an unknown distant future, these are skills which learners today need to be comfortable and confident in. It is when they are at school/college that they can practice them in a safe, peer-level environment. From learning how to conduct efficient and effective online searches, being able to sift through the never-ending data available, to learning how to blog and use Twitter as a collaborative learning platform, educators have the responsibility to teach these skills, not only to motivate and engage learners, but to help prepare them for their futures.
I have frequently been confronted with the time-consuming argument that not all learners need to learn about social media and that "successful education" is really about passing exams.
Although I may understand this limited view of education (after all, it is an opinion among many other attitudes and approaches to education), it has certainly never been one that I share or practice. Not all skills may necessarily be labelled as "21st Century Learning Skills" - collaborative learning is how humans learn, after all. Throughout my life in classrooms and staffrooms, collaborating in teams, with partners, with the local community, has always taken place. What is different today is how much broader and wider these collaborations can effectively occur. From the above list, sense-making, social intelligence and adapting to new ways of thinking are also not unique to "21st Century Learning". They have always been required as they are inherent features of what it means to learn.
What is strikingly new, is the need to guide learners with media or digital literacies. This skill is not merely the ability to use a digital tool; it involves so much more. Let's take blogging, for instance.
Blogging contributes to a student's E-portfolio; not one that is tucked away in an institution's system or VLE, but one which is available anywhere, anytime - even when a learner leaves that particular institution. When regarding a blog as a portfolio, students can more easily demonstrate how they communicate with digital tools, whether these be image editing, uploading a PowerPoint presentation to SlideShare, creating a Prezi, participating in a Voxopop or any of the many tools available to all. Learners may be on social networks and attached to their mobiles, but it is quite another matter to use digital tools for learning. This where a teacher needs to facilitate and guide learners to develop their digital literacy skills.
There is so much to say about blogging, and so very much may be easily found as well (see references below as an example). What I would like to highlight, are a couple of other reasons why, in my view, blogging is an excellent activity for classrooms:
* Blogging encourages transparency - learners can share their blogs with friends and family; after all, so much of what happens in classrooms remains behind walls and doors. There is also no excuse of having forgotten a book or class project in the classroom (and sometimes, there are projects which need to be kept in the classroom) as a learner can share his/her blog with their family anywhere where there is an internet connection. Another consideration to bear in mind, is that this transparency also leads to a dialogue with the curriculum. More on that below.
* Digital Citizenship - Digital citizenship covers issues such as E-Safety, Cyberbullying, one's Digital Footprint but also issues as how to participate in online communities and maintain a digital identity. Blogging may be a flexible platform to show-case one's digital literacy skills, a space to develop an independent voice, but blogging is also space of dialogue - not merely a product of consumption. It this rich feature of dialogue that adds to a learner's motivation as well as to their abilities in dealing with one form of digital literacy.
* Blogging as Dialogue - In a recent conversation with John Goldsmith (@cyberjohn07 and author of De Tools of the Trade) John expressed how being a blogger is often an act of bearing the loneliness of the long-distance writer as there is seldom any immediate feedback. If, on the one hand, I too understand how time is never enough and that, I too, so often read a blog but fail to contribute a comment (and let me be honest - I read many, many blogs; I simply don't have sufficient time to comment on all of them, despite appreciating every single one!), adding a comment to a blog posting, contributing to the open dialogue is an essential skill of blogging practice. Again, even though our learners may be digitally connected, providing constructive feedback, opening inquiry, adding to dialogue - whether their personal voice in an opinion/reflection, or related more closely to their studies and curriculum, these are skills which need to be tapped into and honed in. Effective digital collaboration comes with practice, while open dialogue leads to further learning and critical thinking.
Learning is knowing how to face winds of change.
Learning is leaving the fishbowl, swimming confidently in open seas of change and life.
Classroom learning in safety leads to living more confidently, more securely in today's digital world.
How do you see the role of social media developing in classroom practices?
Further References:
10 Key Skills for the Future of Work
5 Reasons Why Our Students are Writing Blogs and Creating E-Portfolios
Digital Divide and Social Media: Connectivity Doesn't End the Digital Divide, Skills Do
Students Reflect on Their own Learning
100 Seriously Cool Classroom Blogs for Teaching Ideas & Inspiration
The Year in Education: Seven Innovations Changing the Way the World Learns
Imagination - Creating the Future of Education and Work
10 Key Skills for the Future of Work
5 Reasons Why Our Students are Writing Blogs and Creating E-Portfolios
Digital Divide and Social Media: Connectivity Doesn't End the Digital Divide, Skills Do
Students Reflect on Their own Learning
100 Seriously Cool Classroom Blogs for Teaching Ideas & Inspiration
The Year in Education: Seven Innovations Changing the Way the World Learns
Imagination - Creating the Future of Education and Work


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Hi everyone, welcome to my blog and this years giveaway for the One World One Heart event,
Hi everyone, welcome to my blog and this years giveaway for the One World One Heart event,
if this is your visit here please make yourself at home!
My name is Lynn, I love cross stitch and anything to do with crafts including sewing, making things from felt, polymer clay, card making, calligraphy e.t.c. the list goes on. I have been sewing since I was 7 years old, my love of sewing was passed on to me from my Mother.
This year I have decided to make a collection of items that include other mediums besides cross stitch.
Scissor keep - scissors not included
Needlecase with polymer clay cupcake and strawberry pins inside
Polymer clay handmade buttons and a little teapot
Small pouch with hand made label inside
I show how to make these labels on my cross stitch tutorials blog here
Everything fits neatly inside!
Fabric used for pouch
The cross stitch pattern for the rose on the scissor keep can be found here at Gazette 94 blog, it is part of the large pattern shown on this page.
The design for the rose on the needlebook can be found here from Jennys blog - thankyou ladies for these lovely free patterns.
The link to the pattern for the little pouch can be found here, the instructions are in French but they are easy to follow, you will find lots of lovely tutorials for bags on this blog.
Welcome to everyone, enjoy your visit!


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China's next president will pay a state visit to Russia and three African countries, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi (楊潔篪) said yesterday, with Beijing looking to step up diplomacy after a protracted leadership transition.
Yang said the visit would take place "soon" and that Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of the Congo would comprise the African destinations.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (習近平) is due to be named president during China's annual National People's Congress (NPC) parliament session under way in Beijing, which will conclude the country's once-a-decade leadership transition.
Xi took over as Chinese Communist Party general secretary in November.
Yang did not provide exact dates for the visit, but the legislature wraps up on March 17 and a summit of BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — that the president will attend in South Africa starts on March 26.
The choice for the new president's first overseas visit appears to combine respect for China's historical ties with Russia, with which it shares a long border, and Beijing's increasingly prominent role in Africa.
"China and Russia are each other's biggest neighbors," Yang told reporters at the congress, at what was likely to be his last press conference as foreign minister.
"We want to work with the Russian side to seize the opportunity ... to inject new and strong impetus to the growth of the comprehensive strategic partnership," he said.
Russia and China stand together on several global diplomatic issues, including the two-year conflict in Syria, where the two permanent UN Security Council members have blocked resolutions that would have introduced sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
"We don't protect anyone," Yang said of China's position on Syria, reiterating Beijing's stance that the crisis could only be resolved through "dialogue and negotiations" and not by military means.
He said Syria's people were "bleeding and suffering" and that China was "distressed and concerned."
The visit to Russia also comes at a time of increasing tension on the Korean peninsula, where the UN Security Council just slapped new sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test last month.
China is the North's sole major ally and its biggest trading partner, including being its primary energy supplier, but while it backed the UN move, Yang said sanctions were not "the fundamental way" to resolve the issue.
Since the UN resolution was passed, the North has responded with fresh threats of nuclear war, vowing to scrap peace pacts as its rhetoric reached a frenzied pitch.
The trip to Africa comes with China's resource-hungry economy, the world's second biggest, obtaining many of its raw materials from the continent and Beijing's influence in it growing.
Sino-African trade has ballooned in the last decade and reached US$166.3 billion in 2011. China became the continent's largest trading partner in 2009.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) has overseen a deepening of relations with Africa, visiting three countries in 2004 and hosting a summit of 48 African leaders in Beijing in 2006.
"China and African countries are good brothers, good friends and good partners," Yang said.
However, China's emergence as a key investor in Africa has also been accompanied by periodic tensions amid complaints by some that Chinese workers are filling the jobs created by the investments.


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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese authorities cut off a hand and foot of a man convicted of armed robbery, rights groups said on Wednesday, the first such punishment under Islamic law in Sudan for almost 30 years.
It followed a pledge by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to implement a "100 percent" Islamic constitution as a result of the secession in 2011 of the mainly non-Muslim south of Sudan.
Sharia (Islamic law) was first introduced in the vast northeast African country in 1983 and Bashir began to expand its application after he took power in a 1989 Islamist coup.
Floggings are common for drinking alcohol but amputations of the right hand and left feet - among the most draconian punishments allowed in Sudan - had not been meted out since the mid-1980s, according to local rights activists.
But on February 14, doctors at al-Ribat police hospital in Khartoum amputated the right hand and left foot of 30-year old Adam al-Muthna under a court order, Human Rights Watch and three other groups said in a statement, citing reliable sources.
"Cross amputation is a form of state-sponsored torture," said Vincent Iacopino, senior medical adviser at U.S.-based Physicians for Human Rights, which issued the statement with New York-based HRW as well as British rights groups REDRESS and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies.
The al-Sudani daily said a state court had convicted Muthna of firing on a car with an assault rifle in the Sharaf area in March 2006 to force it to stop and then stole 1,000 Sudanese pounds ($228) from its passengers. It said Sudan's constitutional court upheld the conviction.
Officials at the justice ministry, the judiciary headquarters in Khartoum and the constitutional court all declined to comment on the amputation.
Kamal al-Jazouli, a Sudanese lawyer and human rights activist, said the government apparently wanted to intimidate people with the amputation at a time of dissent over galloping inflation and corruption.
"They want to instill fear in people. How can you punish a thief in such a draconian way in a poor country like Sudan?"
A group of doctors organized in the opposition group "Change Now" also denounced the amputation. "Hospitals and medical institutions are there to treat people and not to execute such rulings," it said in a statement.
Last year, Sudanese courts sentenced two women for adultery to stoning, another sentence allowed under sharia. Both women were later freed after appeal courts overturned the rulings, according to Fahima Hashim, a women's rights activist.
Reporting by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Mark Heinrich


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If Muhammad Ali's being looked at as some kind of grandfather of rap now, this is going to put a major dent in his street cred. There are probably a lot of artists out there who look back at their early albums and wish they could do a few things over, but at least none of them did this: The Adventures of Ali and His Gang Vs. Mr. Tooth Decay: A Children's Story.
Howard Cosell, Richie Havens, Ossie Davis, and Frank Sinatra, of all people, are also involved. I find Sinatra's participation easiest to believe, just because I can envision him saying to some young lady, "Oh, you used to listen to that Tooth Decay record Ali and I did back in the 1976? That's super, sweetheart," while pushing her face down towards his crotch.
Four tracks from the record are available. One, which I assume is an intro, where Ali brags about putting the crack in the liberty bell and then claims responsibility for the Boston Tea Party. There's another were an evil Sinatra tries to sell kids ice cream, before Muhammad Ali helps them resist the evil pleasures. And finally, the climax: Howard Cosell does commentary on the Ali vs. Tooth Decay fight.
And the saddest thing about is that thirty years later, children still get cavities. Ali vs. Tooth Decay. The one fight Ali couldn't win.
Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay [Frank's Vinyl Museum]
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Adhacking's mission is to hack ad rates using nonprofit status to promote hackerspaces. There should be a major banner near every hackerspace in the world. Let's hack the planet one billboard at a time.
Here we can gather plans of how to best do this to promote particular hackerspaces with local banners and hackerspaces.org in general.
A big billboard somewhere near a hackerspace would invite a lot of cool people to check it out.
- √ Gauge Interest: Ask around local hackerspace mailing list, sounds like people are interested
- Design: Come up with a first design to test out, give people actionable steps on a special welcome page
- Design Selection: Pick a favorite design for the board and landing page to start with
- Analytics: Do some smart hackery analytic things to be able to track response
- Target: Pick a spot for it
- Funding: Crowdsource money for it
- Deployment: Put it up
- Observation: Observe the people who show up.
- Data: How awesome are they?
Data Questions
- How many become members?
- How many heard about hackerspaces before seeing the billboard?
- How many are students?
- How many already have projects they want to bring in?
- How many are of which demographics?
Done Steps
Ad Crowdsourcing Sites
- There are two sites that help with crowdsourcing funding:
- http://epicstep.com seems smaller and newer but focused mostly on hacker-oriented PSAs
- http://loudsauce.com/ seems bigger and allows us to do TV and other spots too
Good Examples
- Matt Spergel did this successfully with FREE EDUCATION billboards promoting public libraries and educational technology.
- He got a picture of it up on Times Square:
- He found out that nonprofits get ridiculously cheap billboard rates.
- We can get hackerspace billboards up in the Bay letting people know about Noisebridge and Hackerdojo and Ace!
Design Sharing
- There's lots of clever hackers who could come up with designs for billboards for hackerspaces or other cool ideas.
- Fewer words are better depending on pedestrian or highway, 8 is a suggested number
- List links to your ideas here and/or post them to the mailing list thread
Design Idea: They're Not What You Think
(they're not what you think) -- TEACH, LEARN, SHARE WHAT YOU LOVE Find one near you: www.tiny.cc/hackerspaces
Nonprofit Rates
- Matt Spergel said the rates were really low for nonprofit PSAs
- School Factory could help with nonprofit status for hackerspaces that don't have their own yet.
- Anyone who wants to spearhead aspects of this project can volunteer contact info here
- Alex Peake email@example.com I just suggested it and it sounds like lots of people have ideas!


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- Federal appeals court blocks an Oklahoma voter-approved measure
- The measure would ban state judges from considering Islamic, international law
- Council of American-Islamic Relations says measure violates First Amendment freedoms
- Legislator on possibility of judge factoring in Sharia law: "It should scare anyone"
A federal appeals court has blocked an Oklahoma voter-approved measure barring state judges from considering Islamic and international law in their decisions.
The three-judge panel at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier injunction preventing State Question 755 from being certified until the free speech questions are resolved. The decision Tuesday allows a lawsuit brought by Islamic-American groups to move ahead to a bench trial.
"The proposed amendment discriminates among religions," said the judges. "The Oklahoma amendment specifically names the target of its discrimination. The only religious law mentioned in the amendment is Sharia law."
A federal judge last summer had issued a temporary restraining order in favor of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which had sued to nullify the law completely.
The amendment would require Oklahoma courts to "rely on federal and state law when deciding cases" and "forbids courts from considering or using" either international law or Islamic religious law, known as Sharia, which the amendment defined as being based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.
In bringing suit, CAIR argued that the amendment violates the establishment and free-exercise clauses of the First Amendment's guarantee of religious freedom. The group's local leader, Muneer Awad, has said the amendment passed in November 2010 under a campaign of fear and misinformation about Islam.
"This is an important reminder that the Constitution is the last line of defense against a rising tide of anti-Muslim bigotry in our society, and we are pleased that the appeals court recognized that fact," Awad told CNN after Tuesday's announcement.
The appeals court said voter initiatives normally should be given great deference by the courts but concluded the Oklahoma measure would be applied selectively.
Ballot supporters "do not identify any actual problem the challenged amendment seeks to solve," said the 37-page ruling. "Indeed, they admitted at the preliminary injunction hearing that they did not know of even a single instance where an Oklahoma court had applied Sharia law or used the legal precepts of other nations or cultures, let alone that such applications or uses had resulted in concrete problems in Oklahoma."
State Question 755, also known as the "Save Our State" measure, was approved by a 7-3 ratio. It was sponsored by Oklahoma State Reps. Rex Duncan and Anthony Sykes, both Republicans.
"The fact that Sharia law was even considered anywhere in the United States is enough for me" to sign on, Sykes told CNN last year. "It should scare anyone that any judge in America would consider using that as precedent."
Sykes said his concern was compounded by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan's comments during her confirmation hearings in June 2010 that she would be willing to consider international law when hearing cases before the court.
As written on the ballot, the measure states it would amend a state constitution section dealing with the state courts, making them "rely on federal and state law" when deciding cases, forbidding them "from considering or using international law" and "from considering or using Sharia Law."
The ballot then briefly described international law, which "deals with the conduct of international organizations and independent nations, such as countries, states and tribes," and Sharia, which is "based on two principal sources, the Koran and the teaching of Mohammed."
"Shall the proposal be approved?" the ballot read, instructing voters to respond "yes" if they're for the proposal and "no" if they're against it.
Saleem Quraishi, president of the American Muslim Association of Oklahoma City, runs the Islamic Center at the Grand Mosque of Oklahoma City. He said there are more than 5,000 Muslims in the city. While there are no exact numbers for the Muslim population in the state, it is not among the larger communities, said Ibrahim Hooper of CAIR.
"It's just fear-mongering; it's nothing," Quraishi told CNN. "What's Sharia law have to do with Oklahoma?"
The Oklahoma controversy stems from a New Jersey legal case in which a Muslim woman went to a family court asking for a restraining order against her spouse, claiming he had raped her repeatedly. The judge ruled against her, saying that her husband was abiding by his Muslim beliefs regarding spousal duties. The decision was later overruled by an appellate court, but the case sparked a nationwide firestorm. The issue spread to Oklahoma, prompting the ballot initiative.
Tuesday's ruling deals only with the injunction stopping certification and enforcement of 755. There was no indication when the federal district judge would hear the larger merits of the Oklahoma case and issue a ruling, but that could be some months away. The losing side could then try again at the federal appeals court, then possibly to the U.S. Supreme Court.


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Life is good for a director who helms an international hit, and that life is being lived by Brad Peyton right now. When Journey 2: The Mysterious Island was released back in February it not only managed to pull in $103 million domestically, but $222 million internationally (and all on a miniscule $79 million budget). Since then the filmmaker has been hired to helm the third movie in the series - which will be taking a trip to the moon a la Jules Verne- and has even been hired by Warner Bros. to write and direct a live-action movie based on the DC Comics character Lobo. And the jobs just keep on coming.
THR is reporting that Peyton is now in talks to helm San Andreas 3D, a disaster movie set in California that is being developed by New Line. As the title would suggest, the movie is about an earthquake on the west coast and, presumably, a race for survival of some sort. The script was written by Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore, but Allan Loeb (Rock of Ages, The Dilemma, Just Go With It) was brought in to do a re-write. The trade says that the movie will have a budget of approximately $100 million.
If you're making a disaster movie like this I really don't understand the point of hiring Peyton. As I mentioned in my review of the film, Journey 2 was a really ugly movie with shoddy visual effects, sets clearly made out of green screen, and fake-looking monsters. Why would you want someone who made a movie like that to helm a project like San Andreas 3D?


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This guide will assist in install playback functionality for DVDs and media files which are not supported as standard by Ubuntu 8.10. Due to legal issues Ubuntu does not include these functions. This guide will install support for MP3, x264 as well as other files.
There are many legal issues associated with DVD playback and media files in regards to the patent on MPEG2 and the US DMCA law on decryption of the DVD which is why Ubuntu does not include this function. It is my understanding that it is totally fine and legal if you install the DVD playback functionality yourself, however I am not a lawyer so you may like to verify for yourself if following this guide is legal in your jurisdiction.
You should run a full update for your installation of Ubuntu to ensure you have all the latest packages installed.
In this guide we will be using totem (the default Ubuntu movie player) as our player of choice. Fortunately Ubuntu provides an easy installation method for the needed file. Here are the steps involved.
1. Load up a terminal window if you are in the graphic interface.
2. Type in the following to install the necessary packages:
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3. The above will install everything except the DVD decryption files. To install these we type in:
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The Metal Bar has been purchasing scrap gold jewelry since February 2010, and we are growing by leaps and bounds! We buy gold jewelry typically at home gold parties. The party host receives 10% of what we pay out in total purchases. It is not unusual to pay out a party host over $500! We are also wanting to expand into fundraising campaigns, and this is where we need special assistance in designing our brochures!
We have a lovely logo but need to expand up on this a bit.
For our general gold party audience - women 40+...middle class.
For our fundraising gold party audience - churches, non profits, boosters clubs, cheerleading teams, 4-H, Girl/Boy Scouts, scholarships, silent auctions, dance teams, schools, bands...you name it!
Goal: Integrated Marketing - in other words, all of the pieces MUST create and convey an integrated, unified and consistent message about our company and our services. We are looking for designers who can effectively and creatively integrate form and function, and reinforce the theme/fonts/style across all communication materials. We would love to meet a designer and be able to have continual ongoing relationship for future work. Because of that reason, we are requesting designers physically located in the US only, and we are offering all of our requirements as one contest.
1. letterhead - Logo (attached) with the appropriate color scheme, & the style and layout of the contact information (attached)
2. brochure (or rack card) for fundraising - this is the information we provide regarding our fundraising programs - (attached is the info about fundraising)
3. general updated rack card (we have rack cards but would like them updated) - general information on how gold parties work - please refer to http://www.themetalbar.com
4. envelopes (regular size and larger)
5. business card - needs updated
6. fundraiser submission card - we will provide the information that must be placed on these - will probably be the same size as the rack cards
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Denis Irwin is convinced Luke Shaw will be a big success at Manchester United.
Shaw became the most expensive teenager in history when he moved from Southampton to Manchester United this summer.
The initial £27million down payment, which eclipsed the £25.8million fee United paid for Wayne Rooney, raised a few eyebrows as Shaw only turned 19 a week ago.
But Irwin is sure United have made a sound investment in the teenager, who went to the World Cup ahead of 107-cap defender Ashley Cole, who subsequently retired from international football.
Irwin had a 12-year stretch as United's undisputed first-choice left-back, and he believes Shaw has the potential to hold on to the same position for a similar length of time.
"He is going to be a fantastic signing for years to come," said the former United defender, who played 529 times for the club.
"He showed he has great pace for England at the World Cup and in the warm-up games.
"He has always been great going forward, we have seen that in the Premier League.
"There was talk of Chelsea being in for him so I am delighted that he signed for United.
"He is a fantastic player, who will improve and get stronger."
Although he supported Chelsea growing up, Shaw chose United ahead of the London club.
United are so confident about Shaw's ability to succeed that they are willing to let experienced campaigner Patrice Evra depart even though he signed a new contract in May.
Back-up Alexander Buttner has also been sold to Dynamo Moscow.
Irwin is sure the hefty transfer fee United paid for Shaw will not prove to be a burden for the young left-back even though he only made his full Premier League debut 16 months ago.
"As a young lad, you don't feel the pressure as much as older players," Irwin added.
"Market forces dictate what you have to pay for players.
"But he has been playing in the Premier League for the last two years with Southampton.
"He is a strong lad for a 19-year-old. He has great pace, great going forward.
"He is still only young. He will make mistakes defensively. We have to accept that, but he is a fantastic player."
Irwin also believes new manager Louis van Gaal will be a resounding success at United.
Van Gaal's first game in charge comes on Wednesday when United take on the Los Angeles Galaxy in the first game of their US tour.
Because Holland reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, Van Gaal only has a month to get to know his squad before the season starts, but Irwin is sure the 62-year-old will be able to turn United into title contenders after a fallow year under David Moyes.
"We would have liked him in earlier, but he did well with the Netherlands," the Irishman said.
"Slowly but surely he will be able to put his own imprint on the way he wants Manchester United to play.
"The manager has won trophies all over the world. His experience will be good for us.
"Next season we have to aim for the summit."
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That's where we stand with Madden Arcade, the bastard child of this year's HD and Wii Maddens and the last NFL Tour. You can almost see which section was pasted from each EA code base; stadiums are eerily reminiscent of console Madden, the play selection, short field, fireworks, and inflatable helmets were borrowed from Tour, and the slightly-cartoony player models appear to be a direct import from the Wii. Overall, the mish-mash of Arcade winds up being bland and relatively lifeless, offering precious little of the furious, over-the-top action you want.
The basic premise is simple enough. You've got a short field, a handful of players, and no clock – just score a touchdown in 4 downs or you hand the ball to your opponent. The first team to get to 30 (or whatever you decide to set the winning tally to) wins. Along the way, random powerups appear; some are helpful, such as bringing in bonus players or getting an extra down to use, while others are either annoying (like a super-slow-down that benefits no one) or criminal (such as being able to steal all of your opponent's points).
While this may sound a little interesting, the final package lacks any real oomph. Maybe it's because of a shocking lack of game modes (there's nothing other than a quick play option and multiplayer) or the underlying familiarity of it all, but whether we played alone or against another human we never got remotely close to excited.
We should give credit where it's due, though – namely, the easy-to-learn playcalling and controls. You get all of four plays (one run or short, medium, and long passes) and there are no turbos, dives, or spins once you snap the ball. If nothing else, Arcade is plenty noob-friendly.
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Read the story and watch the video in The Oregonian.
Unlike many people, Eddie Ramirez never dreaded going to the dentist. At age 8, the boy from Troutdale decided that he wanted to become one.
That dream stuck, even after he got up-close exposure to bloody extractions and was hit with patients' spit. As a student at Reynolds High School, where he was the straight-A student body president, he got to work side by side with dentists at the career-oriented Center for Advanced Learning and loved every part of it.
But deep down, Ramirez was afraid he would never make it -- not because he couldn't pass advanced chemistry or anatomy, but because his parents brought him to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 1 and he never gained U.S. citizenship. Although Oregon is the only home he knows, and he excelled in every facet of its public schools, neither the state nor the nation lists him as its own.
He feared some universities would reject him outright. Worse, he knew he wasn't eligible for federal and state financial aid.
How would he possibly afford college? And even if he did, how would his parents – a truck driver and a waitress – ever pay the $73,000 to $85,000 yearly out-of-state cost at Oregon's only dental school, Oregon Health & Science University?
On one of the lowest days of his life, as his high school classmates entered college, Ramirez and his mother ended up in tears, certain that path was closed to him.
He didn't realize what he had on his side: luck, extraordinary timing and the support of key people who saw in him not someone who failed to be born in the U.S. but who could contribute mightily to it.
Sunday morning, he'll share his story with thousands at Portland State University's graduation ceremony at the Moda Center, as one of two students chosen to speak along with Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof.
Ramirez will take students back to the fateful day when he thought his education at Portland State would end before it began.
He had easily earned admission to PSU and even won a $2,500 private scholarship to help pay for it. It was only when he and his mother attended his freshman orientation that it sank in that there was no way his family could pay the rest of the $7,000-plus tuition bill. College wasn't in the cards, they tearfully concluded.
Then his luck, good timing and band of supporters kicked into gear.
That afternoon, his high school French teacher called to say she and her parents would pay most of his remaining freshman-year tuition, and another teacher chipped in the final chunk.
Suddenly, freshman year was possible – and ended up a sterling success.
His sophomore year, President Obama offered certain young immigrants who had entered the country illegally Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Ramirez quickly won right-to-work papers emblazoned with the insignia of the United States.
Merit scholarships and a campus job paved his way through to graduation.
Rather than horde his good fortune or chalk it up to his own worthiness, Ramirez has worked hard to inspire other students from Spanish-speaking homes or who lack citizenship to find paths to college.
"He is very approachable and he always manages to stay positive," says Tania Sanchez, a bilingual PSU admissions counselor who has accompanied him to numerous recruiting events and information fairs. "His story and all the barriers and obstacles he has been able to overcome are amazing. A lot of students take Eddie as an example and say, 'If he can do it, then I can as well.'"
Getting admitted to dental school was never certain. More than 1,300 students applied to enter OHSU's School of Dentistry this fall. Only 75 got in.
Eddie Ramirez was one of them. "He has all the qualifications we look for: integrity, humility, passion and sensitivity and of course competency in the sciences," says Mark Mitchell, associate dean for admissions and student affairs. "And we look for community service, of which he had a lot."
As has so often been the case for Ramirez, however, more obstacles stood in the way. Getting in didn't solve the $70,000-a-year difference between what he could pay and what OHSU would cost – and he still was ineligible for federal and state financial aid.
Primarily for that reason, no undocumented immigrant has ever attended dental school in Oregon.
Once again, however, timing proved uncanny.
Last year, to combat a shortage of rural doctors and other primary care providers, the Oregon Legislature created a program, Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative. Some of OHSU's most promising students would have their tuition and fees fully paid if they agreed to work for five years in rural Oregon or another area federally designated as medically underserved.
So, for the first time this fall, a handful of OHSU dental students will attend tuition-free. A large panel decided who they would be. Students from rural Oregon, those whose parents did not attend college, and those from diverse or underrepresented groups were given highest priority.
Ramirez applied in December and was told he would hear in four to six weeks. Over and over, OHSU officials showered him with encouragement. But private universities had done the same regarding full-tuition scholarships during his college search four years earlier, only to leave him empty-handed at the end.
By March, without a solid answer from OHSU and with a heavy heart, he started looking for low-cost master's programs.
On April 21, notification came: He had won the state scholarship. Ramirez will be the first undocumented student to enter dental school in Oregon.
"I was so relieved and happy, I was bawling my eyes out," he says. "I am able to say, 'I will be a dentist. My dream will come true.'"
In their shiny offices atop Marquam Hill, OHSU officials say the victory is theirs.
"We're really, really excited to have him," Mitchell said. "I think he is going to add an energy level here that is very exciting. He is going to be a leader here, just based on his leadership history at Portland State. And we are convinced he is going to be a very good dentist."
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The Bisons, the No. 4 seed are 10-8 on the season. Campbell, the No. 5 seed, ended its season with a 6-9-4 record overall. "It was a great team win," Bisons' coach Charles Morrow said. "And it was a pretty dominating team win."
Thursday the Bisons will travel to Johnson City to face top-seeded ETSU at 6 p.m. CT. The Bisons fell 2-1 in overtime to ETSU Oct. 24. This will be the Bisons third trip to the semifinals in their four A-Sun Tournaments.
The last time the Bisons played ETSU in the A-Sun Tournament was last season in the quarterfinals. ETSU won 3-0.
"With any team we have lost to this year there has been a sense of `man, I wish we had another chance at them', "Morrow said. "I think the guys are looking forward to it. I'm sure we will be ready."
The Bisons will take Sunday off and then start preparing for ETSU Monday. They will travel to Johnson City either Tuesday or Wednesday night.
"I think with us it is not preparing for the other team as much as it is preparing ourselves," Morrow said. "I think if you prepare perfectly based on a scouting report then the best that you can do is a draw.
"We need to be aware of what ETSU does and having played them we certainly are. But we need to focus on what we do well and what we need to work on. We will continue that mindset going into this game."
It was cold and breezy, but the only thing warmer than the sun that made conditions bearable was the scoring of the Bisons. Morrow called the victory a total team effort.
"It is becoming more and more evident that this is a team deal and that hasn't always been the case," Morrow said. "We've got so many weapons.
"We not only have Miguel DaSilva and Garret Pettis, but we also have Nick Bibb, Andrew Chamberlain, Tyler Burkhardt and Evan McGee who played well up top. But we had guys playing well everywhere. We subbed a lot and we had guys who stepped in and did the work."
Using a lot of substitutions is not the norm in soccer, but for the past few games Morrow has not been shy to change his player combinations around.
"It has been more situational than anything else," Morrow said. "When somebody needs to step in whoever has been called in has stepped in and done the work and done it well.
"If you rely on only one or two people and those guys have a bad game you are in a tough spot. It is O.K. now if a guy has an off game. There is someone behind them who can come in and do just as good or better."
The Bisons jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first half. They led 5-0 after scoring a pair of second half goals, but lost the bid for a shutout with 4:02 left to play when Eric Debrah scored an unassisted goal for Campbell.
Lipscomb goalkeeper Brent McGee made seven saves. Campbell attempted 16 shots, eight of them shots on goal. The Bisons made 14 shot attempts, six of them shots on goal.
DaSilva, a forward, opened the scoring with a goal at 32:19. Midfielder Angel Chairez added a goal at 42:25, his first of the season. DaSilva then scored his second goal of the game at 43:48.
DaSilva also added two assists for six points in the game, tying him for the A-Sun lead for the most points in a game this season. Teammate Joey Chiappetta also has six points in a game this season with two goals and two assists at Belmont.
In the second half Pettis, also a forward, scored at 59:10. Josh Kolbo closed out the scoring for the Bisons at 78:46.
'We are at a point now that unless you are at your best there is another guy who can play," Morrow said. "We expect other players to continue to step up.
"Miguel was really on his game. Hopefully, he will do the same thing Thursday."
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.