Young Coach Aids Rebuilding at New Orleans

  By Daniel Dean | May 21, 2012 - 2:41 am | Articles
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On July 6th of 2007 Buzz Williams resigned as the men’s basketball head coach at the University of New Orleans after only one season. His replacement for the next four seasons would be Joe Pasternack. He is the team’s third coach in three years.

This is Pasternack’s first head-coaching job, after serving as assistant coach in California for the previous eight seasons. The University of New Orleans’ basketball team’s home court, Lakefront Arena, was still not restored after its destruction from Hurricane Katrina. The team would practice and play in a high school gym, one of many challenges that Joe Pasternack had to face during his career as coach there.

The one factor that was in his favor, is the fact that he is originally from New Orleans. His parents had lost their home in the hurricane and he understood that recovery, whether of a home, a home court, or a basketball team as a whole demands much patience and hope.“I felt like I wanted to be back home, regardless of Katrina,” Pasternack said. “But the storm made it even more of a calling.”

Joe Pasternack Leaving UNO Basketball Team for Job at Arizona

  By Daniel Dean | May 20, 2012 - 2:18 am | Articles
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Joe Pasternack has resigned as men’s basketball head coach of the University of New Orleans’ team in order to become an assistant coach at the University of Arizona’s men’s basketball team under head coach Sean Miller. “It was very difficult for me being from New Orleans to leave the city that I love,” Pasternack said. “But this was an opportunity, and I’ve looked at many opportunities in the past two years I let go by the wayside, but this was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. Sean Miller is the total package. He’s one of the top coaches in all of college basketball.”

Joe Pasternack’s contract at the University of New Orleans was very close to its expiration date, and the plan was for him to sit down with Athletic Director Amy Champion in order to decide on a new deal. That plan completely changed once coach Miller called him. Miller considered a number of candidates for the assistant coach job, but Pasternack’s impressive reputation and wide experience lead Miller to decide that he is the best candidate.

“To me, I just want to be in a situation where we’re competing for Final Fours and national championships,” Pasternack said. “That to me is the most important thing for me and my family, to be in a situation where we can compete at the highest level. This is one of the elite programs in all of America. When you look at Arizona basketball, you can put them at the same level as Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas.”

Prior to his coaching career at the University of New Orleans, Pasternack was an assistant coach at California for eight seasons, and also served as a student manager under Coach Bob Knight at Indiana. Coach Knight helped Pasternack to make his decision, and told him that the University of Arizona job is too good to pass up.

Alliance Charge Hires Additional Technical Support Employees

  By Daniel Dean | May 19, 2012 - 3:18 am | Articles
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Online processing consulting firm, Alliance Charge, announces its recent hiring of additional technical support employees to meet demand. Recently the consulting firm announced it has hired 10 information technology employees.
 
Leading online processing consulting firm, Alliance Charge, recently announced its hiring of 10 savvy professional, friendly IT employees.

“Alliance Charge is committed to offering professional, full-service, helpful services, in order to do so, we needed additional technical support employees who could answer all our customers’ questions and concerns,” said Paul Skinner, Alliance Charge Spokesman.

The full-time technical support positions were filled by knowledgeable, experienced IT personnel, said Skinner. The new IT personnel will provide Alliance Charge customers with answers to questions regarding use and troubleshooting of online programs, as well as answers to any other technology related questions.

“Alliance Charge is happy to be able to hire additional staff and further grow as a family, we hope to continue growing and offer top-notch services,” said Skinner. “Alliance Charge is always on the hunt for the best solutions and employees,” said Skinner. “We simply want the best for our customers.”

Alliance Charge was formed in 2007 to play a bigger role in the online interactive and content management systems business. In addition, Alliance Charge provides payment consulting services as well as content management systems development. Alliance Charge specializes in serving companies that require reliable online payment processing solutions. In addition, Alliance Charge focuses on providing solid solutions for companies that want to leverage their payment processing capabilities.

More About Alliance Charge
Online processing consulting firm, Alliance Charge, is a subsidiary of Myroxon Holdings Ltd, a European based company. Alliance Charge provides a proprietary payment gateway directly linked to the banks across the globe, the company processes credit and debit card payments, verifies and processes e-Checks online, and more. Alliance Charge is considered an innovative global online processing consulting company. Alliance Charge was founded in 2007 to play a bigger role in the online interactive and content management systems business. Alliance Charge provides payment consulting services as well as content management systems development.

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Weekend Roundup: May 18, 2012

  By volunteerglobal | May 19, 2012 - 3:18 am | Charity
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Welcome to another Volunteer Global Weekend Roundup! Big news: Half of our team (and by half we mean two people) are in Central America visiting some awesome volunteer programs as we speak! And aside from that, we put together some amazing stuff for you this week–take a look!Eco friendly travel - Volunteer Global

This week we:

Plus we found some great stuff around the web, like:

And that’s all we’ve got for today–stay tuned next week for more tips, advice, and stories about travel and volunteering worldwide!

Joe Pasternack Named New Assistant Coach at Arizona

  By Daniel Dean | May 19, 2012 - 2:13 am | Articles
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Joe Pasternack, previous head coach of the University of New Orleans’ men’s basketball team, will be the new assistant coach for the University of Arizona’s men’s team.

In his high school career, which took place in Metairie Park Country Day School, Pasternack played four years of high school basketball. He graduated from Indiana in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

Prior to his coaching career at the University of New Orleans, Joe Pasternack was a manager for the Indiana basketball team for four years under coach Bob Knight and was an assistant coach at California.

He is known for his passionate and workaholic approach to all of his given positions.

Support the Queen’s charities for the Jubilee

  By justgiving | May 18, 2012 - 2:10 pm | Charity
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Next month, people up and down the country will be celebrating the Diamond Jubilee. If you’d like to mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign, how about a donation to one of the charities Her Majesty’s supports? The Queen is patron to over 600 charities, and her fellow royals support almost 3,000 more. You can see a full list on The British Monarchy’s official website.

Charities all over the country have the royal seal of approval, with causes including education, health, animal welfare and environment. We took a look through and found a great charity based in each area of the UK for you to support – find your local one below.

Do you know of a different charity in your area that’s supported by the royals? We’d love to hear about it. Let us know by leaving a comment.

Scotland

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland – The Queen is a patron and The Duke of Kent is the charity’s president.

Through medical research, advice and support in the community, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland aims to improve the quality of life of people who have been affected by chest, heart and stroke illness in Scotland.

North West England

The Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool - The Queen is a patron.

The Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool is a non-maintained special school and a totally independent charity. It caters for pupils that are aged between two and 19 years with a visual impairment and additional disabilities, including multi-sensory impairment.

North East England

Children North East – The Duke of York is a patron.

Founded in 1891, Children North East support over 5000 children, young people and families every year. The charity helps them overcome problems associated with poverty and deprivation, enabling them to reach their full potential.

Yorkshire and The Humber

The Prince of Wales Hospice, Pontrefact – The Prince of Wales is the charity’s president.

The Prince of Wales Hospice supports people with life-limiting illnesses and their families. The charity is an integral part of the Five Towns’ community, offering round-the-clock support 365 days of the year.

West Midlands –

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity is the official charity of the Queen Elizabeth & Selly Oak hospitals in Birmingham. It includes the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine where military patients are treated from around the world.

East Midlands –

I CAN – The Queen is a patron.

I CAN supports children with speech, language and communication difficulties. Its mission is to ensure that no child who struggles to communicate is left out or left behind.

East of England

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices – The Duchess of Cambridge is a patron.

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice support children with life-threatening conditions and their families. Services can be provided in the family home, the community or the hospice.

London

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home – The Queen is a patron.

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s vision is of a world where all dogs and cats are in caring and permanent homes. They reunite lost dogs and cats with their owners and, when this can’t be done, they care for them until new homes can be found.

South West England

Cornwall Community Foundation – The Duchess of Cornwall is a patron.

Cornwall Community Foundation is committed to supporting local projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, engaging local people in making their communities better places to live.

South East England

Queen Elizabeth’s  Foundation for Disabled People (QEF)

QEF works with people living with physical and learning disabilities or acquired brain injuries to gain new skills and increase independence. Whether it’s learning everyday life skills or training for future employment, QEF supports disabled people to achieve their goals.

Wales

St Davids Cathedral – The Queen is a patron.

St Davids Cathedral is a place of worship, a centre for pilgrimage and one of the most visited heritage sites in Wales. With over 300,000 visitors a year, the running costs of this working cathedral are over £2,500 a day.

Northern Ireland

Co-operation Ireland – The Queen is a patron.

Co-operation Ireland is a peace-building charity that works to advance mutual understanding and respect between the people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland. It gives people the opportunity to meet and share experiences and opinions with those of a different religion or tradition.

 

 

Support the Queen’s charities for the Jubilee

  By justgiving | May 18, 2012 - 2:10 pm | Charity
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Next month, people up and down the country will be celebrating the Diamond Jubilee. If you’d like to mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign, how about a donation to one of the charities Her Majesty’s supports? The Queen is patron to over 600 charities, and her fellow royals support almost 3,000 more. You can see a full list on The British Monarchy’s official website.

Charities all over the country have the royal seal of approval, with causes including education, health, animal welfare and environment. We took a look through and found a great charity based in each area of the UK for you to support – find your local one below.

Do you know of a different charity in your area that’s supported by the royals? We’d love to hear about it. Let us know by leaving a comment.

Scotland

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland – The Queen is a patron and The Duke of Kent is the charity’s president.

Through medical research, advice and support in the community, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland aims to improve the quality of life of people who have been affected by chest, heart and stroke illness in Scotland.

North West England

The Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool - The Queen is a patron.

The Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool is a non-maintained special school and a totally independent charity. It caters for pupils that are aged between two and 19 years with a visual impairment and additional disabilities, including multi-sensory impairment.

North East England

Children North East – The Duke of York is a patron.

Founded in 1891, Children North East support over 5000 children, young people and families every year. The charity helps them overcome problems associated with poverty and deprivation, enabling them to reach their full potential.

Yorkshire and The Humber

The Prince of Wales Hospice, Pontrefact – The Prince of Wales is the charity’s president.

The Prince of Wales Hospice supports people with life-limiting illnesses and their families. The charity is an integral part of the Five Towns’ community, offering round-the-clock support 365 days of the year.

West Midlands –

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity is the official charity of the Queen Elizabeth & Selly Oak hospitals in Birmingham. It includes the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine where military patients are treated from around the world.

East Midlands –

I CAN – The Queen is a patron.

I CAN supports children with speech, language and communication difficulties. Its mission is to ensure that no child who struggles to communicate is left out or left behind.

East of England

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices – The Duchess of Cambridge is a patron.

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice support children with life-threatening conditions and their families. Services can be provided in the family home, the community or the hospice.

London

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home – The Queen is a patron.

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s vision is of a world where all dogs and cats are in caring and permanent homes. They reunite lost dogs and cats with their owners and, when this can’t be done, they care for them until new homes can be found.

South West England

Cornwall Community Foundation – The Duchess of Cornwall is a patron.

Cornwall Community Foundation is committed to supporting local projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, engaging local people in making their communities better places to live.

South East England

Queen Elizabeth’s  Foundation for Disabled People (QEF)

QEF works with people living with physical and learning disabilities or acquired brain injuries to gain new skills and increase independence. Whether it’s learning everyday life skills or training for future employment, QEF supports disabled people to achieve their goals.

Wales

St Davids Cathedral – The Queen is a patron.

St Davids Cathedral is a place of worship, a centre for pilgrimage and one of the most visited heritage sites in Wales. With over 300,000 visitors a year, the running costs of this working cathedral are over £2,500 a day.

Northern Ireland

Co-operation Ireland – The Queen is a patron.

Co-operation Ireland is a peace-building charity that works to advance mutual understanding and respect between the people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland. It gives people the opportunity to meet and share experiences and opinions with those of a different religion or tradition.

 

 

Support the Queen’s charities for the Jubilee

  By justgiving | May 18, 2012 - 2:10 pm | Charity
Leave a comment

Next month, people up and down the country will be celebrating the Diamond Jubilee. If you’d like to mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign, how about a donation to one of the charities Her Majesty’s supports? The Queen is patron to over 600 charities, and her fellow royals support almost 3,000 more. You can see a full list on The British Monarchy’s official website.

Charities all over the country have the royal seal of approval, with causes including education, health, animal welfare and environment. We took a look through and found a great charity based in each area of the UK for you to support – find your local one below.

Do you know of a different charity in your area that’s supported by the royals? We’d love to hear about it. Let us know by leaving a comment.

Scotland

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland – The Queen is a patron and The Duke of Kent is the charity’s president.

Through medical research, advice and support in the community, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland aims to improve the quality of life of people who have been affected by chest, heart and stroke illness in Scotland.

North West England

The Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool - The Queen is a patron.

The Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool is a non-maintained special school and a totally independent charity. It caters for pupils that are aged between two and 19 years with a visual impairment and additional disabilities, including multi-sensory impairment.

North East England

Children North East – The Duke of York is a patron.

Founded in 1891, Children North East support over 5000 children, young people and families every year. The charity helps them overcome problems associated with poverty and deprivation, enabling them to reach their full potential.

Yorkshire and The Humber

The Prince of Wales Hospice, Pontrefact – The Prince of Wales is the charity’s president.

The Prince of Wales Hospice supports people with life-limiting illnesses and their families. The charity is an integral part of the Five Towns’ community, offering round-the-clock support 365 days of the year.

West Midlands –

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity is the official charity of the Queen Elizabeth & Selly Oak hospitals in Birmingham. It includes the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine where military patients are treated from around the world.

East Midlands –

I CAN – The Queen is a patron.

I CAN supports children with speech, language and communication difficulties. Its mission is to ensure that no child who struggles to communicate is left out or left behind.

East of England

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices – The Duchess of Cambridge is a patron.

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice support children with life-threatening conditions and their families. Services can be provided in the family home, the community or the hospice.

London

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home – The Queen is a patron.

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s vision is of a world where all dogs and cats are in caring and permanent homes. They reunite lost dogs and cats with their owners and, when this can’t be done, they care for them until new homes can be found.

South West England

Cornwall Community Foundation – The Duchess of Cornwall is a patron.

Cornwall Community Foundation is committed to supporting local projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, engaging local people in making their communities better places to live.

South East England

Queen Elizabeth’s  Foundation for Disabled People (QEF)

QEF works with people living with physical and learning disabilities or acquired brain injuries to gain new skills and increase independence. Whether it’s learning everyday life skills or training for future employment, QEF supports disabled people to achieve their goals.

Wales

St Davids Cathedral – The Queen is a patron.

St Davids Cathedral is a place of worship, a centre for pilgrimage and one of the most visited heritage sites in Wales. With over 300,000 visitors a year, the running costs of this working cathedral are over £2,500 a day.

Northern Ireland

Co-operation Ireland – The Queen is a patron.

Co-operation Ireland is a peace-building charity that works to advance mutual understanding and respect between the people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland. It gives people the opportunity to meet and share experiences and opinions with those of a different religion or tradition.

 

 

At Sinking UNO, Summer Recruiting Proves to Be Anything But Easy

  By Daniel Dean | May 18, 2012 - 12:06 pm | Articles
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In 2007, Joe Pasternack, then assistant coach at California, was offered a job as the University of New Orleans’ men’s basketball team’s (‘The Privateers’) head-coach, and he accepted it. Going back to his home-city in order to help rebuild the team after it was ruined by Hurricane Katrina seemed like the right thing to do. During his first year as head-coach, he lead ‘The Privateers’ to finish 19-11, their best record since 1997. “I thought we had turned the corner,” he said. Unfortunately he thought wrong.

With only a year left to his own contract as, Joe Pasternack, had to face the challenge of finding an entirely new team by the time the school year began at the end of August. The big problem, though, is that he needed to recruit players who were willing to enroll to the university and play for ‘The Privateers’, UNO’s basketball team, without receiving athletic scholarships. This is due to the fact the the university has, without too many choices, decided to move its athletics program from Division I to Division III because of major financial issues that they were experiencing as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

Pasternack did everything that he possibly could in order to find the best players for the new team, who would also be able to afford paying for their own tuition. He attended a two-day scrimmaging camp, in order to find and invite the best players to the university’s basketball skills camp which takes place only a few weeks before the school-year begins. He was able to gather 40 players for the university’s basketball skills camp. “I’m sure a lot of you know our situation,” Pasternack told attendees. When he finishes explaining UNO’s plight, he says, “What that means is, we have a lot of spots open.”

By the end of the long and odd recruiting period, Joe Pasternack had a new team in front of him that he would need to build. “We started with one kid,” he says, “and finished with 19.”