{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"News","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news","title":"Professor Thomas Kicks Off High Noon Series Wednesday","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KdTFAxK2p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/professor-thomas-kicks-off-high-noon-series-wednesday\/\">Professor Thomas Kicks Off High Noon Series Wednesday<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/professor-thomas-kicks-off-high-noon-series-wednesday\/embed\/#?secret=KdTFAxK2p1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Professor Thomas Kicks Off High Noon Series Wednesday&#8221; &#8212; News\" data-secret=\"KdTFAxK2p1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/high-noon-logo.jpg?wsr","thumbnail_width":257,"thumbnail_height":158,"description":"Furman education professor Paul Thomas will examine the controversial Common Core educational initiative when he kicks off the university\u2019s High Noon fall lecture series Wednesday, Sept. 24 at the Upcountry History Museum-Furman.\u00a0The lecture, \u201cWhy Everyone (Almost) Is Wrong about Common Core,\u201d begins at noon. It is free and open to the public.\u00a0Thomas\u2019 talk will be the first of eight consecutive lectures presented by Furman professors during the fall, which will touch on topics such as politics, business, history and economics."}