Choice

Choice involves mentally making a decision: judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one or more of them. One can make a choice between imagined options ("what would I do if ...?") or between real options followed by the corresponding action. For example, a traveller might choose a route for a journey based on the preference of arriving at a given destination as soon as possible. The preferred (and therefore chosen) route can then follow from information such as the length of each of the possible routes, traffic conditions, etc. If the arrival at a choice includes more complex motivators, cognition, instinct and feeling can become more intertwined.

Simple choices might include what to eat for dinner or what to wear on a Saturday morning - choices that have relatively low-impact on the chooser's life overall. More complex choices might involve (for example) what candidate to vote for in an election, what profession to pursue, a life partner, etc. - choices based on multiple influences and having larger ramifications.

Hip hop

Hip hop or hip-hop is a sub-cultural movement that formed during the early 1970s by African-American and Puerto Rican youths residing in the South Bronx in New York City. It became popular outside of the African-American community in the late 1980s and by the 2000s became the most listened-to musical genre in the world. It is characterized by four distinct elements, all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap music (oral), turntablism or DJing (aural), b-boying (physical) and graffiti art (visual). Even while it continues to develop globally in myriad styles, these four foundational elements provide coherence to hip hop culture. The term is often used in a restrictive fashion as synonymous only with the oral practice of rap music.

The origin of the hip hop culture stems from the block parties of the Ghetto Brothers, when they plugged in the amplifiers for their instruments and speakers into the lampposts on 163rd Street and Prospect Avenue and used music to break down racial barriers, and from DJ Kool Herc at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, where Herc mixed samples of existing records with his own shouts to the crowd and dancers. Kool Herc is credited as the "father" of hip hop. DJ Afrika Bambaataa of the hip hop collective Zulu Nation outlined the pillars of hip hop culture, to which he coined the terms: MCing or "Emceein", DJing or "Deejayin", B-boying and graffiti writing or "Aerosol Writin".

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Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American writer and novelist. He has published eighteen novels and two non-fiction books. Several of his novels have become international bestsellers, and eleven of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted to film with multimillion-dollar box office grosses.

Early life

Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Patrick Michael Sparks, a professor of business, and Jill Emma Marie Sparks (née Thoene), a homemaker and an optometrist's assistant. He was the middle of three children, with an older brother, Michael Earl "Micah" Sparks (1964–present), and a younger sister, Danielle "Dana" Sparks (1966–2000), who died at the age of 33 from a brain tumor. Sparks has said that she is the inspiration for the main character in his novel A Walk to Remember.

He was raised Roman Catholic, and is of German, Czech, English, and Irish ancestry. He and his ex-wife are Catholics and are raising their children in the Catholic faith.

Jean Tassy

Jean-Arnaud Tassy (born in Haiti) is a former soccer player and head coach.

Playing career

Tassy began playing soccer in the U.S. at Canton Junior College in Canton, N. Y., where he was a two-time All-American in 1968 and 1969. Then he was recruited by Fred Hartrick to play for Buffalo State College, where he earned Division I All-American honors his junior year. During that season, he led the Bengals to what was then the best season in school history (13-0-2), an appearance in the NCAA Tournament and a final season ranking of seventh in the nation.

After playing college soccer, he went on to play professionally. Tassy was drafted by the Toronto Metros in 1971, and then played two seasons with the New York City Cacos. He was invited to play for Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, but declined, citing the political climate of his home country.

Coaching career

Tassy is a USSF "B" licensed coach and holds degrees in Physical Education and French.

Tassy began coaching Niagara Purple Eagles men's soccer team in 1974, staying there until 1981. He then went on to Buffalo State College, a D-III team, leading the Bengals' men's team to three NCAA Tournament appearances (1982, 83 and 84). and producing seven All-Americans. In a later stage, he coached the women's team at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, where he was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in 2000 (a first for a UB coach).