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Au GRES — The Au Gres-Sims seniors held their graduation ceremony May 31, taking the opportunity to say goodbye to their follow classmates one last time.
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This morning Twitter announced #music, a new app which allows Twitter users to post and listen to embedded tracks from iTunes, Spotify, or Rdio. By checking out the new #NowPlaying section, you can get a snapshot view of what's being listened to by the people you follow. For those looking for something new, you can flip through the Suggested, Emerging, and Popular sections. If you're a subscriber to either Spotify or Rdio, you can listen to the full tracks, but otherwise you just get an iTunes preview. Links are provided to the Twitter accounts of performing artists from the playback window, along with options to share the track yourself.
What's particularly interesting about this whole thing is that #music isn't just folded into the native Twitter app; it's an entirely separate app altogether. It's certainly cool that Twitter's making new apps, but I can't help but feel that this feature could have been a huge differentiator to the native Twitter client. It also feels like the iTunes connection could be a bit stronger than simply pulling in previews and linking off to the store; Twitter was cozy with Ping once upon a time, after all.
The initial rollout for Twitter #music is taking place in the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. An Android roll-out and wider international spread are in the works, but in the meantime, they can still enjoy the web version. Spotify and Rdio customers, are you pumped about the new service? Those of you that aren't subscribers, could a social engine like this get you to sign up? Could you see yourself buying a track through iTunes that was discovered through Twitter #music?
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
I Love You, Vegan Yum Yum!
I'm insane for waiting so long. This dish came together in less than 20 minutes and it's crazy, crazy good. The best part? The recipe is conveniently available on Vegan Yum Yum's FREE iPhone app! But if you don't have an iPhone, the whole thing (with gorgeous step-by-step pictures) is on Vegan Yum Yum's blog.
The sauce gets its creaminess from blended raw cashews (no soymilk!) and a large, fresh ripe summer tomato. If you haven't tried this yet, make it while the tomatoes are still tasty! There are only a few weeks of tomato time left in the South and I'd imagine it's the same in other areas as well. Ah, how I'll miss juicy summer tomatoes...
27 comments:
- T said...
Oh, I love that site too... she really has a touch with pasta dishes. Her mac and cheese is also to die for.
That looks delish!
- September 9, 2009 at 3:36 AM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
Vegan Yum Yum is the best, huh? I haven't tried this yet, but your photo has convinced me! It looks so creamy and gorgeous.
- September 9, 2009 at 3:46 AM
- vegan.in.brighton said...
That does look pretty damn good! I tried this recipe once but my crappy old blender wouldn't blend the cashews so it was kinda lumpy...I think I'll give it another go soon.
- September 9, 2009 at 4:05 AM
This dish sounds SO GOOD.
- September 9, 2009 at 5:47 AM
- Chocolate Covered Katie said...
I'm with you on being back-logged. My "to-make" list is overflowing!
- September 9, 2009 at 6:35 AM
- Sarah W. said...
my "to make" list is probably 2 miles long, and currently hindered because hubby and I are squatting in the In laws house til we close on our house - 2 weeks!
so hopefully my pantry will be stocked and I'll be rarring to go for Oct - Vegan Month of Food??? does it happen every Oct? Do you know? i can't find info on this years on ppk :(
- September 9, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- thedalyn said...
Ah, yes, I love this dish. I also just got her cookbook and I'm itching to make a few of those dishes. As for the taco salad, I probably should've clarified that the old name was race-ier. In a bad way. My mom would kill me if she knew I posted it in a public forum,but I will say that it included a derogatory name for Mexican immigrants. I'm not sure what they (my mom and grandma) were thinking; now, they're embarrassed.
- September 9, 2009 at 7:59 AM
- pixiepine said...
I love that recipe :)
- September 9, 2009 at 8:20 AM
That recipe has rave reviews. I've been meaning to make it for ages now, but I get backlogged too with all the recipes I have saved!
- September 9, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Chrissy said...
How funny! I just rediscovered that recipe this weekend. You've inspired me to move it to the top of the to-make list!
- September 9, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Knit-Picky Veganista said...
...so many recipes, so little time.
Creamy sauce and pasta ~ one of my favorites.
- September 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- A said...
I love Vegan Yum Yum! VYY and YOUR website are some of the first blogs I found when I went vegetarian! I have used the VYY app in the grocery store when I'm prepping to make one of her recipes! YOU should develop an app too! I'd get it! :D
- September 9, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- Amey said...
oh, thanks for the reminder about this recipe. Right now I am definitely interested in recipes that help me use up my tomatoes! Plus, Musty loves pasta more than anything else in the world.
:) hope all is well!
- September 9, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- jessy said...
yay! i'm glad you made vegan yum yum's tomato basil cream pasta – isn't it the absolute best?!? you just reminded me that dan & i need to have it again! man, i need an iPhone! :) i'm gonna miss these summer 'maters, too! sadface!
- September 9, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- Rose said...
This one of my favs from Vegan Yum Yum too. Sometimes, I send people who are interested in vegan cooking links to some of my favorite recipes from the blogosphere...and the link to that recipe on VYY is usually on the list.
- September 9, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Sophia.Pflieger said...
That looks great and oh so simple,I love Rose sauce.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- VeggieGirl said...
SENSATIONAL comfort-food pasta!
- September 9, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- Erin said...
I haven't tried this yet either, but it does look ridiculously tasty and amazing.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Northern Vegan said...
this will definitely be my next pasta dinner. looks impossibly creamy! cant wait. thx for sharing!
- September 9, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- nora said...
Oh my gosh, Bianca, I totally agree! I made this in Scotland last year, and I couldn't believe how delicious it was compared to how simple and easy to make it was too. I made it for my parents over the summer too and they were practically worshiping me..
- September 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Andréa N. said...
Wow! I had seen it before, but now that you mentioned it, I started craving it again. We're making it tonight!
Thanks for the inspiration! :)
- September 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Sal said...
I know this one off by heart, I make it so often. It really is an awesome and fast recipe isn't it. I love it.
- September 10, 2009 at 6:04 AM
- Mary said...
Looks good! Thanks for the reminder. I'll move this recipe to the front of the line.
- September 11, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Cyn said...
That recipe is so good! I made it once last summer and it was fantastic.
- September 12, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I made this Tomato Basil Cream pasta tonight. It was delish! My kiddos even liked it, especially my son. Thank you!
- September 14, 2009 at 8:41 PM
- Liz² said...
done, bookmarked, lunch tomorrow !
- September 26, 2009 at 12:20 AM
- Nachos said...
I made my own version of this last night (subbed in some red capsicum/bell pepper because I didn't have enough tomato). You totally inspired me to do it.
I honestly thought creamy stuff made from cashews was a stupid idea... Plus I'm not a fan of cashews... But you made me want it so much.
What a stunning recipe, thank you!!!!!
- September 28, 2009 at 7:54 PM


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This article originally appeared in the November 2011 issue of Architectural Digest.
Residential compounds are nothing out of the ordinary in Beverly Hills, where privacy, security, and exclusivity are the sine qua nons of daily life. But even in this more-is-more city, there can't be too many properties that take up the better part of a street. The lane in question proceeds through a series of forbidding gates and winds steeply up a dramatic hill before arriving at the main house—a modern pile with stucco walls and a steel pitched roof. Given the approach, a visitor can be forgiven for expecting an armed reception committee or a pack of snarling Dobermans. Instead one is greeted by Mabel, a self-possessed black standard poodle, and Wolf, a shy white rescue dog, accompanied by their owner Ellen DeGeneres.
Dressed in a button-down shirt and shorts, the comedian-cum–talk show host leads the way through her lofty living room to the kitchen, where her wife, actor Portia de Rossi, has been preparing a vegan casserole to take to the couple's 26-acre farm north of Los Angeles. It's hard to imagine a place more enticing than their three-acre base, but De Rossi, an avid dressage rider, keeps her German warmbloods in the country, and for DeGeneres the second home provides an extra outlet for what can safely be described as an obsession with real estate and interior design.
"We never had a house when I was growing up," DeGeneres explains, settling into an armchair on one of several terraces with panoramic views of L.A. "We always rented. But my father would dream, and we used to look at houses all the time. I'd pick out which bedroom would be mine and get all excited." Born in Metairie, Louisiana, she dropped out of college and worked as a housepainter and a bartender before developing a stand-up act that launched a rather more durable career in the entertainment industry. (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, recipient of 36 daytime Emmy awards, began its ninth season this fall.) "The first thing I did when I made money was buy a house. And then—"
"Another one," De Rossi says. "And another one and another one and another one..."
DeGeneres has lost track of exactly how many homes she has owned but says the Beverly Hills compound is the seventh she and De Rossi have shared. That would be one for every year they've been together. And they don't appear to be losing momentum: The couple has been toying with the idea of putting the house on the market.
No question the property would make for an extraordinary listing. Built by the renowned architects Buff & Hensman for actor Laurence Harvey, the single-story house has been inhabited over the years by actor Joan Collins and, most recently, Will & Grace cocreator Max Mutchnick. Under his watch, interior designer Melinda Ritz expanded the house and warmed it up with reclaimed-wood floors and ceiling beams. "We'd heard how beautiful it was," remembers De Rossi, "and then we came over to watch American Idol. We pulled into the driveway and—we just knew before we even walked through the gate."
"We loved it so much we bought it furnished," DeGeneres says. Which is not to suggest she didn't have big plans for it.
Changing my environment is in my blood. Like, the living room has probably been through five or six incarnations since.
"Five or six?" De Rossi asks. "More like 15 or 16. Seriously."
In this case changing her environment also entailed purchasing two neighboring properties, replacing one with a pond and several dozen carob, pear, and oak trees. When it came to the 9,500-square-foot main house and its two guest cottages, DeGeneres wanted to make the rooms "a little less uniform and formal." So it is that the very first thing one notices upon entering the house is a Ping-Pong table. Not your regulation folding Masonite number, but a steel-and-glass version—one of ten executed by Argentine artist Rirkrit Tiravanija in 2008. It sits on a 19th-century Agra carpet in the entrance hall, which also accommodates pieces as diverse as a Serge Mouille chandelier, a Spanish Colonial bench, and a Jeff Koons puppy vase (it holds the Ping-Pong balls). The living room, in its current rendition, is equally eclectic. A Roman bust gazes past a graphic painting by Mark Grotjahn, Louis XVI bergères mingle with slipcovered sofas, and a Jean Prouvé jib lamp casts light on one of the African masks DeGeneres has collected.
The comedian enlisted a handful of L.A. dealers and designers—among them Tommy and Kathleen Clements, Cliff Fong, and Harrison Holman—to help her cherry-pick furniture, objects, and art for the house. Some pieces are museum-quality, some are deeply personal, and some are both. In one of the guest rooms is a Cité chair by Prouvé, which De Rossi had Fong track down in Europe as a surprise for DeGeneres when they first started dating. The Diego Giacometti feline sculpture in the master bathroom was another gift, marking DeGeneres's 50th birthday (the couple has three cats in addition to the dogs). They both admire the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose raw Neo-Expressionist painting Untitled (Aopkhes) enlivens a corner of the living room. In the dining room, Basquiat cohort Andy Warhol is represented by a large-scale rendering of a Puma sneaker. "I'm sort of known for wearing tennis shoes, so it was a no-brainer. I had to have it," DeGeneres says.
Her signature footwear fills floor-to-ceiling shelves in the couple's dressing room—yang to the yin of De Rossi's Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks. The house feels tailor-made to their needs, from the media room where the pair were married and "live at night" to the meditation room where they get massages. DeGeneres works out every day in a state-of-the-art gym, while De Rossi does laps in the pool. There's an Emmy-filled office where DeGeneres wrote her new book, Seriously...I'm Kidding, and a separate suite where De Rossi penned her memoir, Unbearable Lightness.
"We spend most nights and most weekends here at home, unless we're at the farm," De Rossi says. Given their attachment to the property, one might reasonably wonder why they would, once again, move on. Offers DeGeneres, "There comes a time when I get antsy and need to do something else."
"We maybe want something a little smaller," says De Rossi. "And we've never had a Spanish together."
"Yeah, we did. The George Washington Smith in Montecito."
"Forgot about that."
Whatever they decide in the immediate future, history suggests their current home won't be their last. "If we're just lying in bed," DeGeneres jokes, "I'll say, 'What are you thinking about?' and she'll say, 'Horses. What are you thinking about?' and I'll say, 'Houses.'"
"For the record," De Rossi chimes in, "mine is the cheaper hobby."
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — While Matt Barkley's stock dropped around the league, Chip Kelly saw a guy he coveted.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — While Matt Barkley's stock dropped around the league, Chip Kelly saw a guy he coveted.
Kelly made sure he got his man Saturday when the Philadelphia Eagles traded up to select the Southern California quarterback with the first pick of the fourth round. Barkley joins Michael Vick, Nick Foles and Dennis Dixon, giving the Eagles an obvious quarterback controversy.
"I'm going to come in and compete," Barkley said. "Has to be your mindset. Compete like it's your job."
Barkley was chosen with the 98th overall pick. Philadelphia gave Jacksonville a fourth-round pick (101) and a seventh-rounded (210) to move ahead of Kansas City and take Barkley.
"We're going to take the best value on the board," Kelly said, adding the Eagles rated Barkley in the top 50. "There's a prime example. The best value on the board by far was Matt. He's an extremely mature young man, intelligent, articulate. He has that 'it' factor."
Former Eagles coach Andy Reid, now the Chiefs' coach, likely would've taken Barkley at 99, and also tried to move up to get him at 98.
"I wasn't going to be on the board long today, and the Chiefs were definitely looking to trade up, but the Eagles beat them to it," Barkley said.
Barkley could've been a top-5 pick if he left school after his junior year, but he returned as a Heisman Trophy front-runner with a chance to lead USC to a national championship. Neither happened, and Barkley finished his career watching his teammates play in a bowl game from the sideline with his arm in a sling after sustaining a shoulder injury.
"I try not to get stressed about things I can't control," Barkley said when asked about his drop in the draft. "I'm just glad I know where my home is and I can't wait to hit the playbook."
Barkley rewrote the conference record book during a USC-record 47 starts over four seasons, becoming the Pac-12's leader in touchdown passes, yards passing, completions and total offense. He impressed Kelly in four games against Oregon.
"I've seen his skill-set up close and personal four times and he's answered the bell four times," said Kelly, who left Oregon to join the Eagles after Reid was fired following a 4-12 season.
The biggest knock against Barkley is his arm strength. The shoulder injury may have scared some teams away.
But Barkley didn't have surgery and only needed to rehab the sprain.
"He can deliver the ball," Kelly said. "The arm strength aspect is overrated. We're not trying to knock over milk cartons at a county fair. He's not a one-year wonder. He's done it for four straight years. The accuracy part is more important than arm strength part."
Barkley isn't viewed as a mobile quarterback who would fit into Kelly's up-tempo, high-octane offense. Kelly has insisted since the day he took the job that he'll work around his players' strengths.
"I want a quarterback who has the ability to run and not a running back who can throw," Kelly said. "That's been the biggest misconception. If there's an opportunity to get a first down, get it. But in this league, you have to be able to throw the football. Repetitive accuracy is the No. 1 thing we are looking for."


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Elisabetta Canalis: Not Having Kids with George Clooney
Elisabetta Canalis rocks three different dresses during the 61st Sanremo Song Festival on Friday (February 18) at the Ariston Theatre in San Remo, Italy.
The 32-year-old Italian actress hit the stage with Argentinian model Belen Rodriguez and chatted with Robert De Niro, who was promoting his new romantic comedy Manuale d'amore 3.
Elisabetta recently opened up about her relationship with George Clooney and revealed she doesn't plan on having any kids with the 49-year-old actor.
"[Getting pregnant has] never been an objective for me. My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs," she told the Italian edition of Cosmopolitan (via People).
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Ed. Note: This post first appeared on the Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance website. Read the original story here.
The Johnson family had been going through an ordeal. Mr. Johnson was serving time while his wife and two sons had to deal with humiliation, shame and social stigma after newspapers flashed their story into thousands of homes.
When the RIDGE Project conducted a presentation at the institution where Mr. Johnson was incarcerated, he decided to participate. Mr. Johnson admits that he was not initially interested in the program, but he did want more contact with his family, and he had heard that phone calls and visits could be paid for through this program.
Not long after the first presentation, his wife called the RIDGE project office. Poignantly, she related how the Keeping Faith program had changed their lives through that one presentation.
In the 20 years that she and her husband have been together, Mrs. Johnson explained, she had never seen or heard him cry. The first Keeping Faith presentation included a young man who had grown up visiting his father in prison. After returning to his unit, Mr. Johnson called his wife in tears. He told her he had become emotional when he heard that young man say through his own tears: "No matter what, you cannot give up on your children. You have to tell them all the time that you are there for them and that you love them. You have to give them a tangible reason to love you when the world hates you. You have to help them be strong enough not to give in to the despair they fight every day."
That day, Mr. Johnson suddenly saw his own sons' pain and wanted more than anything to make things right for them. For the first time in their relationship, he apologized for the suffering he had caused and began thinking of them instead of himself.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have now completed every phase of the Keeping Faith program. Program staff have had the privilege of watching their relationship evolve and thrive through some very challenging times. The couple's communication skills and ability to interact more effectively with each other and with their sons have noticeably improved. They and their children are sharing more quality time together as a family. The bond of closeness and caring within the family has grown stronger. And this father has learned the vital importance of being "a man worth following," a man of honor and integrity, ready to lead his family. Today, he is at home, deeply grateful for the opportunity to be the father and husband he has longed to be, and his family is overjoyed to have him.
Learn more about the RIDGE Project at http://www.theridgeproject.com


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A grandmother is going viral after she did her first keg stand at a family graduation party.
Twitter user and Texas A&M University student Madison Rae posted that her grandmother did a keg stand, a party move in which you're held upside down while you drink beer from a keg, at Madison's brother's graduation party.
MY GRANDMA DID A KEG STAND AT MY BROTHER'S GRADUATION pic.twitter.com/FfJv0mbHa8— Madison Rae (@MaddieRae5) June 4, 2017
Madison's uncle also got in on the action.
MY UNCLE TOO THOUGH pic.twitter.com/ypPj1tO5Kf— Madison Rae (@MaddieRae5) June 4, 2017
The pictures have gone viral on Twitter with more than a thousand re-tweets and 6,500 likes, with many of us vowing to be as cool as this grandma when we're older.


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The steroid-like drugs that surged in popularity after the homerun-hitting days of Mark McGwire will soon be off the store shelves. Last week, President Bush signed a law banning sales of certain anabolic drugs.
The "Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004" adds 18 substances to the list of banned steroids – including androstenedione, more commonly known as "andro."
The new law will create a new grant program that will give $15 million towards education programs to teach children about the dangers of steroids. It also requires a review of federal sentencing guidelines and calls for an increase in the severity of criminal penalties for those caught making, selling or possessing the substances.
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The state board of education has released a snapshot of student performance for individual schools, school districts and the state, bringing with it good and bad news.
The state board of education has released a snapshot of student performance for individual schools, school districts and the state, bringing with it good and bad news.
Henderson County students fared better than state averages on the most recent round of tests, ranking 12th of out of state's 115 school systems. The overall student proficiency rate for Henderson County students taking end-of-grade and end-of-course tests was 53.5 percent, compared to the state's overall proficiency rate of 44.7 percent.
The student proficiency rate for the school district, however, was 53.5 percent.
Results of the new READY Accountability assessment of student progress were released Thursday for the first time. This year, students worked under the new Common Core State and N.C. Essential Standards, which includes English, math and science, and then took more rigorous exams than in previous years, so school officials expected a dip in test scores.
"We're not happy with the percent proficient in the performance composite, but any time the state changes the curriculum standards and we have new assessments, there has traditionally been a dip in student performance," said Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Kathy Revis.
"That's not an excuse, and we're not looking for excuses. Our relative position in the state is good, but we're not happy with having 53.5 percent proficient as a performance composite. We have a lot more work to do."
The test scores measure, among other things, each school's proficiency rates, also known as a "performance composite," and whether the school meets or exceeds goals for growth in student performance.
"Based on students' past performance, the (state) formula predicts where they should score the following year," Revis said. "When students exceed that score, it means students have excelled in their growth from what they were predicted to score."
Seven of 13 elementary schools exceeded expectations, three met expectations, and three did not meet expectations. At the middle school level, three of four schools exceeded expectations, and one met expectations. Two high schools exceeded expectations, two met expectations, and two did not meet expectations.
"This year's test results represent "a baseline year for that performance composite," Revis said. "For parents, the best predictor of how your kid's school is doing would be growth. After this year, our baseline year, parents will want to look at both the performance composite and growth standards."
Revis said individual testing results for students should arrive in mid-November.
"I want parents to understand that these are new assessments with more rigorous standards and it's likely that the students will not score as well as they traditionally scored," she said, adding that the test scores have no bearing on whether or not a student will be promoted to the next grade level.
According to Sara Clark, public information officer at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, "In the past our curriculum standards were set more for making sure children were prepared for the next grade level, or course. Our new standards focus more on making sure students are prepared for college and a career, so in making this shift, these new standards are more challenging and the assessments we developed to align with the standards are more challenging, but that is what it takes to prepare students for college and a career."
She expects test score gains next year "because many teachers will have had more than one year teaching the new standards under their belt."
Hendersonville Middle Principal Jenny Moreno pointed out that "12 schools in Henderson County exceeded what the state said was their expected growth." Her school was one of those. "We're very excited that we're showing growth from one year to the next."
"The test itself was much more rigorous than it had been in the past, and we think that's a good thing," she added. "Materials were more complex, with more emphasis on critical thinking" rather that rote memorization.
"Our eighth-grade science scores were fourth in the state out of 115 in the system," Moreno said. Students also had the eighth-highest performance in fourth-grade math, the ninth-highest performance in in fourth-grade reading and the 10th-highest performance in fifth-grade reading.
"There's an opportunity for us to continue what we're doing and having higher standards for our kids," Moreno said. "We think that's important."
At Clear Creek Elementary, Principal Lynn Metcalf said that, "Based on the results, our kids did great. The test was different for the students this year, and I think we performed well considering that."
Matthew Johnson, principal at Atkinson Elementary, said he was proud that his students ranked more proficient than the county average.
"We're very pleased to have been named as a school that exceeds expected performance growth. I think it's a great testament to our teachers and staff here at Atkinson in terms of our staff assisting students and providing them with instruction in the classroom to meet and exceed their needs," he said. "They're just very committed, and our students are doing a great job each and every day in the classroom."
Here is how Henderson County public schools fared on their performance composites and school-wide growth assessments:
Elementary schools
--Atkinson Elementary, 59.5 percent, exceeds
--Bruce Drysdale Elementary, 38.5 percent, exceeds
--Clear Creek Elementary, 65.6 percent, exceeds
--Dana Elementary, 49.2 percent, not met
--Edneyville Elementary, 34.5 percent, not met
--Etowah Elementary, 67.1 percent, met
--Fletcher Elementary, 61.4 percent, not met
--Hendersonville Elementary, 59.9 percent, exceeds
--Hillandale Elementary, 48.5 percent, met
--Glenn C. Marlow Elementary, 72.5 percent, exceeds
--Mills River Elementary, 60.1 percent, exceeds
--Sugarloaf Elementary, 44.5 percent, met
--Upward Elementary, 47.3 percent, exceeds
Middle Schools
--Apple Valley Middle School, 44.2 percent, met
--Flat Rock Middle School, 53.4 percent, exceeds
--Hendersonville Middle School, 58.3 percent, exceeds
--Rugby Middle School, 62.3 percent, exceeds
High schools
-Balfour Education Center, 11.9 percent, not met
--Henderson County Early College, 76.0 percent, exceeds
--East Henderson High School, 46.7 percent, met
--Henderson High School, 55.2 percent, met
--North Henderson High School, 48.8 percent, exceeds
--West Henderson High School, 48.7 percent, not met
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Rutherford, Muller Close Book on Shortened Seasonby Michael Smith / Carolina Hurricanes
It didn't turn out like anyone had hoped, but there is reason to be optimistic moving forward.
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That was the message from Carolina Hurricanes President and General Manager Jim Rutherford and head coach Kirk Muller, as they addressed the media and closed the book on the 2012-13 shortened season that began with a wave of promise and ended flatly.
"This is a season that didn't end the way we had hoped it would with the way we started. I feel that we put a good group of players together and had a real good first half," Rutherford said. "And then we got to the second half, and we couldn't deal with all the adversity we had to deal with, mainly the key injuries.
"As disappointing as it is and as emotional as it gets … it's behind us."
The duo touched on a vast number of topics, and below are the highlights. The press conference, which clocked in at just over 35 minutes, can be viewed in its entirety above.
On the Team's Second-Half Slide
By now, the story has been relayed and analyzed ad nauseum: the Hurricanes started the season 15-9-1, sitting atop the Southeast Division. From mid-March onward, the team posted a 4-15-3 record, falling to 26th in the league.
Injuries to Cam Ward, Justin Faulk, Joni Pitkanen and others certainly had a noted impact. More telling, however, was what the team had to do to try to make up for these losses, Rutherford said.
"When you saw our team struggle through the second half, what happens is it's a domino effect," he said. "Defensemen get put in a position they can't handle. So the defensemen that are supposed to be playing as the fifth and sixth defenseman and playing 14-15 minutes a game are all of a sudden playing 22 minutes a game and they can't handle it."
Despite the roster-depleting injuries, Muller said he didn't consider altering his aggressive, up-tempo system for a couple of reasons.
"I don't think we're going to move forward in the big picture by doing that," he said. "It doesn't give us a chance to evaluate players whether they can play it – new guys and young guys. And secondly, there was really no time to tweak it in the season anyway. I believe in the system."
Rutherford acknowledged the necessity of change in the upcoming offseason.
"Sometimes in this league, teams take a step back to take a few steps forward," he said.
On the Upcoming Offseason
Changes are on the horizon; that much is clear
"We're obviously going to have to change some areas of our team," Rutherford said. "The main priority is going to be the defense."
Rutherford said he wants to assemble a defense that is tougher to play against. Possible in-house options for next season include Brett Bellemore (who is an unrestricted free agent heading into this summer) and Ryan Murphy, who both made their NHL debuts with the Hurricanes this year.
"Beyond that, we'd like to look at somebody, a veteran player not in the organization now. One or two of those guys," Rutherford said, noting that a defenseman that fit this billing could become available through other teams' amnesty buyouts.
Of those that concluded the season on the Hurricanes roster, the unrestricted free agent list includes forwards Tim Brent, Chad LaRose and Tim Wallace, defensemen Marc-Andre Bergeron, Joe Corvo and Bobby Sanguinetti and goaltender Dan Ellis.
"When we talk about changes, a lot of those unrestricted players are going to get caught in the changes we make," he said. "I'm not saying all of them, but I would say a lot of them."
Ellis is perhaps one of the more likely pending unrestricted free agents to stick around. Rutherford said he liked the "one-two punch" the team had with Ward and Ellis in net in the first half of the season. Also involved in the goaltendering conversation is, of course, Justin Peters, who has a one-way contract in 2013-14. But that doesn't necessarily guarantee him the back-up job, Rutherford said.
Off the ice, Rutherford said there would be no personnel changes with the exception of the professional scouting department, which will see Marshall Johnston, the current director of pro scouting, take on a reduced role. While no final decisions have been made, Rutherford said the organization would likely promote within.
On the Draft
The Hurricanes will pick fifth overall in the 2013 NHL Draft, which, according to many, is the deepest draft since the 2003 class that produced Eric Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury, Nathan Horton, Thomas Vanek, Ryan Suter and Dion Phaneuf among many other established NHL players.
"That pick … is better than any trade that we could have made at the trade deadline," Rutherford said. "What I'm told by our amateur scouting staff is that the top six players are the elite players. The guy we pick at five could end up being as good of the guy that's picked at one."
On Training Camp
Having already coached the Hurricanes in 105 NHL games, Muller has yet to have a true training camp. He'll get that this September, and he's looking forward to it, not only for systematic, x-and-o reasons.
"I would really like to give guys a chance to use exhibition games to either win a job or lose a job. Bringing a guy up during the season and having him play six minutes or play this role, doesn't really give you a good test of whether he can play, and then he's back down," Muller said. "Of course we know what our first line is going to be next year and Cam Ward is going to be the goalie, but I would love to see some of these guys come in and say, here are the holes that are open, who wants it? Who's going to win that battle? That's when we can make the firm decision of that guy can play that role, and that's a guy that we need."
On the Future of the Team
Though this season ended in bitter displeasure, the team – at its core – is positioned for future success. Look no further than what the Canes were able to do in the first half of the season as proof.
"It's about getting the right players in the right roles," Rutherford said.
"Eric Staal is the pulse of our team," Muller said. "Talking to him at the end of the year … his optimism of what he sees and what's going on, he's expressed it and it's sincere.
"That is the most positive things right there, because you've got to believe."


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St. Louis, Mo., October 13, 2012 — The Washington University in St. Louis football team could not overcome a 20-point second-quarter deficit as the Bears suffered a 34-14 loss to No. 15 ranked Wabash College on Saturday afternoon at Francis Field in St. Louis Mo. Washington U. drops its second-straight game and falls to 1-5, while Wabash wins its third-straight contest to improve to 5-1.
Washington University trailed 20-0 with 3:03 left in the second quarter before scoring 14-straight points to cut the lead to 20-14 with 3:03 left in the third. Wabash answered back with a 12-play, 78 yard drive as Tyler Holmes scored from three yards out to make it 27-14. CP Porter added a four-yard TD run with 3:28 left in the fourth quarter to round out the scoring for Wabash.
Washington U.'s defense allowed a season-high 479 yards (134 passing, 345 rushing) of total offense in the loss. Wabash had a 479-232 advantage in total offense, and limited Washington U. to 84 yards rushing.
Belton did it again with 10:19 left in the second quarter, going 56 yards on an option for his second rushing touchdown of the game to make it 13-0. Following the Bears' fifth punt of the afternoon, Belton recorded 33 more yards on an option that got Wabash down to the WUSTL 19-yard line. He was injured on the run and did not return to action.
With Belton on the bench, backup quarterback Andy Walsh connected with Sean Hildebrand for a seven-yard TD pass to push the Wabash lead to 20-0 with 3:03 remaining before half.
The Bears' offense finally started to move the football late in the second quarter, and found the end zone after a 16-yard screen pass from junior quarterback Eric Daginella to senior running back Chris Castelluccio to make it 20-7 at half. Castelluccio broke a pair of tackles during the run as he scored his team-leading fourth touchdown of the year.
Wabash had a 325-143 advantage in total offense, including 246 rushing yards. Belton picked up 166 yards rushing on six carries in the opening half for Wabash. Daginella completed 10-of-14 passes for 102 yards and a TD in the first half for Washington U.
Washington University's offense drove right down the field on the opening drive of the third quarter to the Wabash 30-yard line following a 19-yard reception by senior wide receiver Drew Sexton. The Bears got to the 22-yard line, but were stopped on 4th-and-3 after a dropped pass by Sexton.
The defense recorded its first big play of the game after freshman linebacker Matt Goad intercepted Walsh and returned it to the Wabash eight-yard line. Three plays later, Daginella scored from a yard-out to make it 20-14 with 6:56 left in the third. The rushing TD for Daginella was the first of his career.
Daginella finished the day 15-of-28 for 148 yards and one touchdown in his second career start. Castelluccio led the ground attack with 78 yards on 22 carries. Senior punter Eric Chalifour had a career day for Washington U. on special teams, with nine punts for a 43.8 average, including a career-long 65-yard punt in the third quarter.
Freshman linebacker Jonathan Way (six solo tackles), junior defensive lineman Jeff Stoecker (six tackles) and junior defensive back Tate Byers (six tackles, fumble return) highlighted the defense effort for Washington U. Junior Seth Wight added five solo tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack in the loss.
Belton (166 yards), Porter (83 yards) and Holmes (70 yards) combined for 319 rushing yards for Wabash, its second-highest output of the season. Walsh was 6-for-11 for 67 yards and a TD.
Washington University returns to action at Denison University on Saturday, Oct. 20. Game time is set for 1 p.m. (ET) in Granville, Ohio. Head coach Larry Kindbom will celebrate his 60th birthday on Saturday against Denison.
Bear Notebook: Wabash leads the all-time series with Washington U. 27-16-2 … The two teams first met in 1915 … Washington University is 4-5 in games played after a bye week since 2004 … The Bears were 1-of-12 on third down, while Wabash was 8 of 13.


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I have had some interesting comments, conversations and requests from some readers. This made me so happy--because it means I still have readers! Hurrah for comments and readers! Several people have asked what I feel about Sara Palin (I was even interviewed for the newspaper--but I didn't get put in the article b/c I don't think that I was the kind of mother he was looking for. Note to newspaper reports, Mormon does NOT equal evangelical. We are similar in many ways, but not quite the same...). I have a post about that. I also had an interesting experience that helped me come to a more healthy place about Miss Grace. I had a reader contact me. This reader and I have a LOT in common. We each have three kids (one bio and two adopted, black kids--one of whom has some development issues). She found out that she was having another bio child and early tests came back showing a higher than normal possibility of Down Syndrome. She contacted me to ask me some questions and in the process of emailing her, I was able to figure out some things that have crept up on me. I don't mean to do this as a tease, but I just wanted to get this down so I don't forget.
Right now I must go and do battle with my house. I decided to skip taking Jacob to preschool today (45 minute drive there, both the girls hanging out in the park with me for three hours on a blustery day, no thanks). I have laundry and dishes to do, fridges to clean, closets to straighten, beds to make, hair to do (mine and Norah's), children to spend time with, etc, etc, etc. I have a feeling that I will only get one or two things on the list accomplished. That's OK. It is nice to have a down day around here.
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MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 99 Khalid alBalooshi 2 Spencer Massey E1 ****WINNER**** 0.077 3.754 322.81 0.065 3.772 320.81 Qualified: #9 3.776 327.03 #8 3.763 321.12Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.49 inches, adjusted altitude 851 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.
Massey is 3 - 0 against
alBalooshi in prior events. Massey with the starting line advantage and the lead until 660 feet
when alBalooshi drove around him and took the win by 0.0065 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
alBalooshi with his career quickest pass for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 475 Steve Torrence 3 Antron Brown E1 0.058 3.775 323.12 ****WINNER**** 0.063 3.745 327.66 Qualified: #10 3.803 321.04 #7 3.758 325.14Brown is 9 - 0 against Torrence in prior events. Torrence is out of the gate, but has the lead by 400 feet and then runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0253 seconds (approximately 12 feet). Torrence with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 91 Larry Dixon 6 Brandon Bernstein E1 0.109 3.816 317.19 ****WINNER**** 0.065 3.749 327.11 Qualified: #11 3.818 316.30 #6 3.758 326.48Dixon and Bernstein have each won 20 times against the other in prior events. Bernstein is out of the gate first and never trails for the win with his quickest pass of the weekend. This is Bernstein's career quickest and fastest pass for the win. Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.129, 660ft-3.011/287.47 mph. Dixon with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort, and that is Dixon's quickest and fastest pass this season.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 142 Dom Lagana 34 Morgan Lucas E1 0.084 7.894 87.68 ****WINNER**** 0.057 3.744 330.39 Qualified: #15 3.922 279.09 #2 3.733 330.96This is the first time Lagana and Lucas have faced each other in eliminations. Lucas is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win. Lucas with a big top end speed with the fifth fastest pass of the 1000-foot era. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.143, 660ft-3.013/291.07 mph. Lucas will have lane choice over Brown in the next round round. Lagana with a lot of tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 173 Ike Maier 44 David Grubnic E1 ****WINNER**** 0.099 5.699 202.18 0.090 9.098 75.46 Qualified: #16 4.100 233.84 #1 3.728 327.11This is the first time Maier and Grubnic have faced each other in eliminations. Grubnic with a slight starting line advantage and then is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and pedaled it and was back up in smoke. Maier started to shake early and pedaled it three or four times but got it to hook up enough to get the win light. Maier will give up lane choice to alBalooshi in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 21 Terry McMillen 5 Tony Schumacher E1 0.064 3.822 314.17 ****WINNER**** 0.074 3.744 326.71 Qualified: #14 3.902 312.35 #3 3.736 324.20Schumacher is 9 - 0 against McMillen in prior events. McMillen with the starting line advantage and keeps it hooked up to take the win. Schumacher will have lane choice over Bernstein in the next round. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.124, 660ft-3.004/287.72 mph. McMillen with a great pass to keep Schumacher honest, he runs his career quickest pass in the losing effort. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.149, 660ft-3.059/278.75 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 255 Clay Millican 22 Doug Kalitta E1 0.064 3.880 303.43 ****WINNER**** 0.091 3.802 325.22 Qualified: #13 3.854 316.45 #4 3.739 331.45Kalitta is 12 - 6 against Millican in prior events. Millican is out of the gate first and has the lead to around half track when Kalitta chased him down. Doug Kalitta's MOV: 0.0511 seconds (approximately 23 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 12 Bob Vandergriff 9 Shawn Langdon E1 0.079 3.822 318.77 ****WINNER**** 0.054 3.741 324.51 Qualified: #12 3.824 324.90 #5 3.753 326.32Langdon is 5 - 0 against Vandergriff in prior events. Langdon with the starting line advantage and never trails as he runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.126, 660ft-3.000/289.38 mph. Langdon will have lane choice over Kalitta in the next round. Vandergriff with a good pass, his quickest pass of the week in the losing effort.


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Patience will be key for Cory Schneider. He's also the cream of the crop.
Image courtesy Brendan Hoare.
Earlier this summer, I asked independent goalie scout and hockey writer Justin Goldman (AKA The Goalie Guild) for his take on who was likely to have the best career among James Reimer, Devan Dubnyk and Cory Schneider. He told me he liked all of them, but that at gunpoint he'd go with Cory Schneider. As a Canucks fan I was happy to hear that, but I was unsatisfied by the 140 character limit answer – I needed to know why. So I e-mailed him, and asked if he'd be interested in discussing the matter further with me. What follows is the elaborate answer I was looking for. In part I of the series, we profiled James Reimer over at LeafsNation. In part II we looked at Devan Dubnyk over at OilersNation. Today, we conclude the series with Cory Schneider.
Of the three goaltenders we're discussing, I'd ask you to rank them in terms of who has the highest ceiling and why?
As of right now, I would definitely go with Cory Schneider first. Then it's pretty close between Dubnyk and Reimer, but I'd put Dubnyk second and Reimer third. For Schneider, his combination of size, positioning and experience is just a bit higher than what I see with Devan Dubnyk and James Reimer. In general, a goalie's combination of size, speed and overall experience plays a major role in how I value their long-term upside.
What does Cory Schneider do well, what does he need to work on?
Cory is one of the most well-rounded young goaltenders in the NHL. Everything about his size, speed, angles, positioning, reactions, his visual attachment to the puck…I could go on and on listing all the elements that he's good at. But what I really like about Schneider is that he's also mentally tough. He has already proved that he knows how to come off the bench and win hockey games.
If there were two rookie goalies that everyone was watching last year, it was Schneider and Jonathan Bernier. And the one thing that set those two goaltenders apart by season's end was the fact that Schneider was way more confident coming off the bench, whereas Bernier needed a major chunk of the season to fully adjust.
Schneider's experience in the previous two seasons allowed him to better embrace the backup role, and he quickly became the kind of guy with that great backup attitude in terms of "I'll do whatever it takes to get better, whatever it takes to help my team out."
Overall, I think Cory has a much higher intelligence level than people give him credit for, mainly because they just haven't seen him play enough hockey. Even going back to his college career, he was just really smart, and I think that's played a role in his success in a number of situations last year. Whether Luongo was benched or Schneider had a scheduled start, or stepping up during the playoffs – the most pressure packed situation he's ever experienced – and he played really well and showcased his talent to the rest of the league.
In terms of what he needs to work on – there's no glaring holes in his game. He just needs to continue to evolve, and continue to work on those things that every goaltender needs to work on – reading plays, understanding shooter tendencies, controlling rebounds, playing through screens, and paying attention to little details like squeezing holes so pucks don't sneak under the arms, which is something I noticed in a few games last year. To me he's very close to being "the complete package," and for an NCAA grad, one hell of a good talent.
Of the three goalies we've discussed, Schneider is the only one who goes into next season as a backup. What challenges does that present for a young goalie who has already paid his dues?
I think the biggest challenge for Schneider is going to be staying patient. As much as he's going to want more starts, he has to show the scouts he knows they won't be dished out like candy. I think it will be essential for him to continue to prove he has the work ethic, durability and competitiveness on a consistent basis this year. And not just in games, but in every practice as well. Just like the Oilers did with Dubnyk last year, the Canucks need to force him to earn his starts.
I'm not a psychologist, but this need to stay patient can be tough for many goalies to accomplish. So I think a big challenge for him this year is himself. His patience and focus will be even more important when trade winds start to pick up. He has to focus only on what he can control, and also have the patience to let the uncontrollable things happen naturally.
To be quite honest, Schneider has learned a ton over the past year, and he's made some good adjustments to his game. But now the expectations are for him to continue to blow everyone out of the water by playing even better. Nobody of the three goalies we've discussed has higher expectations than Reimer this year, but I can think of at least five NHL teams that will probably be scouting Schneider regularly in order to see what he's truly made of.
What might become a real serious hurdle for Schneider is an 0-2 or 0-3 start to the season. But no matter what happens on the ice or in the standings, he can't allow himself to lose confidence. There is no mistaking his abilities. His future is intensely bright. He has to realize this, stay patient, and continue to improve his game. He has to see the big picture, stay even-keeled and display the maturity it takes to be an NHL starter. If he can do this, he's going to be a starter pretty quickly. But he has to stay patient and prove himself every single day until he's traded.
Game 6 against Chicago – Vigneault sits Luongo and Schneider goes in. He plays well, but one of his usual strengths – puck handling – deserts him, and he gives up two goals on puck-handling errors. There's also rumblings from his college days when some people questioned his mental toughness – is this nothing, or is there something there?
I think there is something there, because the past is proof of it. But in my opinion, he won't let it negatively influence his future. Goalies are extremely smart and they learn from their mistakes – the ones that don't, you'll know it sooner rather than later. To me, when a goalie has those really tough breaks and they make these crucial bone-headed mistakes, those resonate in the back of their minds for their entire lives.
Chris Osgood is a perfect example of this. He gave up some absolutely brutal goals in his career, especially in the playoffs. But because he'd given up these brutal goals, he knew how to avoid them in future situations. If they did happen again because of some unfortunate circumstance, he knew how to bounce back from them. That's one of the things pundits forget about Osgood; it wasn't the weak goals that defined him, it was his ability to bounce back from them. He just knew how to handle intense amounts of pressure. I think that's what you'll see from Cory; he'll bounce back from most of his mistakes and ultimately silence his critics.
A huge thank you to Justin Goldman for participating in the "Dubnyk, Reimer or Schneider?" series. And also to Brendan Hoare for his epic design work on the retro-hockey cards that accompanied the series.


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From Laurence Freeman, OSB, "Love That Divinizes," LIGHT WITHIN (New York: Crossroad), pp. 56-57.
We ask, "What is spirit?" and we find it less and less easy to answer. It would be easier to answer if one could make a clear opposition between those different aspects of our being, the aspects we encounter daily, in our relationships and in our reflection on the mystery of life, the dimensions of body, mind, and spirit. [. . . ]
To ask, "What is the spirit?" is really asking "Who am I?" That is as simple a question as there is. And it is a question that can only be answered by knowing, "I am the person who is asking the question." When we encounter that level of powerful and purifying simplicity, the simplicity of pure being which we discover at the level of spirit, we also travel deeper into silence. Silence is where the final question has been left behind, where we are no longer trying to find answers to the reality beyond questions and answer.
At the point where we leave questions behind, where we ask unanswerable questions, like the [Zen] koan, we also discover a kind of absurdity, a kind of foolishness. It is the absurdity of trying to probe the mystery of spirit with the tools of the mind. I suppose an even more tragic kind of absurdity is the result of trying to grasp the spirit through the body as one might try through drugs. Our only response in the face of simplicity of that unanswerable kind is humility, and that is why the simplicity of our meditation gradually smashes our ego. . .if we will remain simple for long enough.
To remain simple is to journey in the spirit. The spirit is the utterly simple and basic identity of who we are, the irreducible person we are, the person God knows and loves. The spirit enfolds mind and body and every dimension of our life, bringing all its dimensions to fulfillment and their full potential, when we can allow the spirit free play. And that is the work of our meditation: learning to be. This is the work of the silence of our meditation in which we let our consciousness travel naturally to its own starting point. .
Meditate for Thirty Minutes. Remember: Sit down. Sit still and upright. Close your eyes lightly. Sit relaxed but alert. Silently, interiorly, begin to say a single word. We recommend the prayer phrase "Maranatha." Recite it as four syllables of equal length. Listen to it as you say it, gently, but continuously. Do not think or imagine anything spiritual or otherwise. Thoughts and images will likely come, but let them pass. Just keep returning your attention – with humility and simplicity to saying your word in faith, from the beginning to the end of your meditation.
After Meditation: From Abraham of Nathpar (6th century), THE SYRIAC FATHERS ON PRAYER AND THE SPIRITUAL LIFE, ed. By Sebastian Brock (Kalamazoo: MI, 1987), p. 191.
Do not imagine, my beloved, that prayer consists solely of words, or that it can be learned by means of words. Listen to the truth of the matter from our Lord! Spiritual prayer is not learned and does not reach fullness as a result of learning, for it is not to a person that you are praying, before whom you can repeat a well-composed speech. It is to him who is Spirit that you are directing the movements of prayer. You should pray, therefore, in spirit, seeing that God is Spirit.


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A BILL to amend and reenact §30-3-14 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing the Board of Medicine to issue a license to a physician convicted of certain drug related offenses.
§30-3-14. Professional discipline of physicians and podiatrists; reporting of information to Board pertaining to medical professional liability and professional incompetence required; penalties; grounds for license denial and discipline of physicians and podiatrists; investigations; physical and mental examinations; hearings; sanctions; summary sanctions; reporting by the Board; reapplication; civil and criminal immunity; voluntary limitation of license; probable cause determinations.


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HBO's Latest DMCA Abuse: Issues Takedown To Google Over Popular VLC Media Player
from the take-it-all-down! dept
I doubt that's what HBO intended when, as Torrentfreak discovered, it sent a DMCA takedown notice to Google with a bunch of links for supposedly infringing content, including various HBO shows. However, mixed in with everything else was a link to a copy of VLC. The notice claims that VLC is actually a copy of Game of Thrones, suggesting that this is yet another case where an overeager copyright holder isn't being very careful with the power given to it via the DMCA's notice-and-takedown procedures.


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The former West Ham winger believes the club are making big strides under new manager Brendan Rodgers, and that they have recovered from their poor start to the season, finding themselves only four points off fourth spot in the league.
The 31-year-old player had a difficult start to his Merseyside tenure, eventually going on loan to Ligue 1 side Lille for the duration of the last campaign. However, the former Chelsea man insists he is now thrilled to be back and hopes to be successful with the club.
|Liverpool are 14/1 with Bet365 to win the Europa League this season
"It's great to play alongside the young lads with the talent and enthusiasm they have got."
The experienced forward came off the bench to grab a goal in the 3-2 win against the West Ham on Sunday, and expressed his delight at finally being able to repay some of the faith shown in him by the fans.
"It was a good feeling to score again and an even better one to win for our fantastic supporters," added Cole.
"When I came off the pitch after scoring against Young Boys, considering I haven't done much for Liverpool, the reception I got from the fans was amazing and it meant a lot to me.
"The fans can see I want to do well for this club and it was great to score a goal for them and get the three points."


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Lake George
Returning from an extended family stay in Europe in 1886, Stieglitz's father purchased a property at Lake George, north of New York City. It remained in the family after his death, and, as the eldest son, Alfred dominated the schedule at this retreat in the Adirondacks, inviting colleagues, friends, and lovers to join the extended family during the summer. Stieglitz photographed many aspects of life at Lake George, from its vegetation to its outbuildings to its visitors. A small structure known as "The Little House" served as his darkroom and as a regular photographic subject. Houses, barns, and sheds around the estate also found their way into his pictures, echoing an interest in architecture and geometry that dates back to some of his early work in Italy and coincides with his growing commitment to American themes in art.
After his youthful travels in Europe, Stieglitz spent his time only in New York City or Lake George. The country estate was his kingdom and his home, a place where he was surrounded by those who knew him best and loved him anyway. In this accepting atmosphere, away from art world concerns, the artist relaxed and slowed his pace, often creating particularly exploratory and adventurous photographs. His series of cloud pictures known as the Equivalents is one of the finest examples, but just as Stieglitz turned his camera to the sky, so, too, did he point it at the earth. Several close-up images of grasses from 1933 were made during an especially productive summer at Lake George and represent a departure in his work. Another subject he pursued was that of dying chestnut and poplar trees, which, once leafless, revealed their fascinating shapes to his lens.
This series offers a photographic parallel to the abstract paintings of John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe, and others Stieglitz promoted at his galleries, in which an element of the everyday world is used to evoke a sensation or mood not directly tied to its meaning as an object. While depicting a specific grouping of clouds, Stieglitz also wanted to create a visual work of art that could be experienced in a less linear fashion, conjuring feelings and impressions. Several of the pictures here, dating from 1930–32, were made when O'Keeffe was spending summers in New Mexico and Stieglitz was intensely involved with Dorothy Norman; some of these later views were inspired by Norman and given to her as gifts.
One of the distinctive features of the Stieglitz family property at Lake George was its towering poplar trees, some of which were planted by Alfred Stieglitz's father. Among the largest deciduous trees in North America, poplars are somewhat delicate and thus generally not long lived. Their genus name populus (Latin for "people" or "nation"), upright stature, and limited lifespan make them an apt symbol for human existence. Stieglitz had grown up with these poplars during his many seasons at Lake George, and their decline was perhaps a reminder of his own lessening vitality in his late sixties.
Stieglitz first turned his attention to the trees in 1932, a time when he was avidly photographing outdoors, and the series can be seen in connection with concurrent views made at Lake George, including the Equivalents. The failing health of the trees, however, revealed the elaborate circulatory system of branches that truly engaged Stieglitz. The stand of poplars, which he returned to on his visits to Lake George, is shown from a variety of distances and under different conditions. On at least one occasion, the impulse for renewal appears as a leafy center among the bare branches, but the fate of the tree is unmistakable. The noble stateliness of the poplar also provides a natural counterpoint to the images of the General Electric Building that Stieglitz had recently photographed from his apartment at the Shelton Hotel. In both bodies of work, Stieglitz uses a compelling formal element in his life as a focus of artistic and personal meditation.


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I publish below the introduction by Gilad Atzmon to a review of his book The Wandering Who by Norton Mezvinsky, the highly respected Jewish anti-Zionist professor and co-author (with the late Israel Shahak, the celebrated Israeli fighter for Arab rights) of Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel. The review is critical, and attempts to address various perceived problems with Atzmon's work, all of which helps advance the cause of rational political debate on the questions Atzmon raises about world politics and the Middle East. Indeed it could be regarded in some ways, not as a demolition of Atzmon's work by any means, but as a much more challenging criticism from a generally politically fraternal perspective than virtually any other progressive critique, including my own modest effort. Mezvinsky is not a Marxist, but on questions connected with Jews and Judaism he really knows of what he speaks. He is undoubtedly one of the most prominent authorities on this particular subject alive today
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The Vindication of Gilad Atzmon
Killings in Toulouse
At the time of writing, French police are besieging a gunman in a house in Toulouse, South-West France. The gunman is believed to be an Algerian Al Qa'eda supporter, and to be responsible for the murderous attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse that left three children and a rabbi dead, as well as earlier shootings of members of the French armed forces which killed three men.
Lib-Dem and Labour Zionists purge Jenny Tonge
Jenny Tonge, the Liberal Democrat peer, has been driven out of the party for her outspoken defence of the Palestinians. She was effectively sacked after speaking at a meeting at Middlesex University, where she was quoted as saying the following:"Beware Israel. Israel is not going to be there for ever in its present form… Israel will lose support and then they will reap what they have sown."
She allegedly went on to say: "One day, the American people are going to say to the Israel lobby in the USA: enough is enough."
She was immediately denounced by Labour leader Ed Miliband in a tweet where he said: "No place in politics for people who question existence of state of Israel. Nick Clegg must condemn Jenny Tonge's remark and demand apology".
Clegg did just what Miliband demanded, but to her great credit she refused to apologise for her opinions. And so the Lib Dems, previously the least Zionist- influenced of the three main parties in British politics, ran up the white flag before the Zionist lobby by purging their most outspoken defender of Palestinian rights.
The Jewish Question and Racial Oppression today
One reason why the years-long controversy over Gilad Atzmon has generated such rancour, and why conflicts related to it such as the recent purge of 'anti-semites' from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign have been so bitter, is because they threaten to re-open the Jewish question. There was a time when the Jewish question was a matter of considerable debate and public controversy among those seeking greater democracy and social and economic equality. Witness Marx's celebrated essay The Jewish Question, among many others.
It was of course, also a subject of dispute among those with the opposite aims as well. But since WWII the Jewish question has not really been explored as previously. It is as if the Nazi genocide set a seal on it and made it one of those questions that had been 'decided', notwithstanding controversies around Israel which often involved major debates but which were ultimately considered to be something confined to the Middle East region. But now the decline of Israel's moral authority, and the threat it poses to 'world peace', and crucially the nature of its worldwide support, means the Jewish question must be addressed again.
Re-opening it is not something that can be done lightly; the nature of the Jewish people and its historical role is intertwined with some of the most tragic and barbaric events in human history. It contains a number of paradoxes and subtleties and is complex and not easy to analyse. It has also undergone major, arguably fundamental changes since the Second World War, that have mainly been so far analysed almost exclusively through the narrow prism of looking at Israel and Zionism.
PSC witch-hunt – a letter republished from the Weekly Worker
I am pleased to concur with comrade David Ellis' suggestion to publish this worthwhile contribution to the debate about the recent expulsions from PSC from Ruth Tenne of Camden PSC, not least because unfortunately WW does not have comments on its website. Therefore in the interests of the free exchange of ideas it appears here.
Tony Greenstein's piece, 'No room for anti-Semites' (Weekly WorkerJanuary 19), seems to have a lot in common with Tanya Gold's comments in The Guardian's 'Comment is free' ('LSE Nazi games in context, January 16). Gold claims that "Anti-Semitic discourse is now mainstream and to say it all comes from the crimes of the Jewish state feels disingenuous and a denial of the past. Anti-Semitism is too old to sprout anew from nothing."
Tony, a Palestine Solidarity Campaign member, will by Tania's definition be regarded as "one of the leftwing anti-Semites [who] despise Israel, but are vocal on the crime of other oppressive countries". Yet, Tony, like Ms Gold and the pro-Zionist camp, is bent on cleaning out PSC of any alleged holocaust deniers and anti-Semites. He claims: "It would be futile to deny that this has not caused major problems for PSC … Up and down the country, individual branches have experienced problems … In Camden, Gill Kaffash was forced to step down as PSC secretary after her holocaust denial sympathies became clear."
"An Essay by a Young Jew as to Why he has Rejected Zionism", or "The Wondering Jesse"
As I have noted previously, both sides of the acrimonious dispute between the left-wing Jewish trends personified by Gilad Atzmon and Tony Greenstein respectively, have a fundamentally anti-racist thrust. Despite the fact that they spend much of their time virulently slandering each other, they actually agree on a great deal. This is despite the incredibly acrimonious war of words between them whose thrust I will not recap here as there is plenty of material elsewhere that details what is involved.
But as I stated before,for this reason this blog is proud to link both to Gilad Atzmon's website, and to Tony Greenstein's blog, as representatives of two different anti-racist, anti-Zionist, Jewish trends.
One interesting, and symptomatic indicator of this is that they are competing to win over the same kind of people. Progressive Jews who are sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. This recent case is emblematic of this.
On 18 January Gilad Atzmon published a posting titled 'The Wondering Jesse' praising a very moving and articulate essay by Jesse Lieberfeld, a young 11th Grade (year) Jewish-American student explaining his move away from Judaism and Zionism in solidarity with the Palestinians, and making very apposite comparisons between their struggle today and the struggle of Black Americans for basic human rights and equality in the civil rights movement a generation ago. Atzmon linked to the original, and recommended it to his readers. The essay jointly won the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. prize for prose written by a young person – the obvious and powerful echoes and comparisons between such epic past struggles and those of those oppressed by Israel today make it particularly appropriate that he should win such an award for anti-racist writing.
Then on 30th January, the same essay was republished on Tony Greenstein's blog. What can you say except to welcome this, and say the more the merrier? In neither case is there anything out of place or incongruous about this essay being published, since much of the material published on both sites consists of fervent anti-racist criticism of Zionism and the crimes of Israel.
"Western-Centred Arrogance" and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign – a comment
The following extended comment was put on the Socialist Unity blog in response to their cross-posting an article by Tony Greenstein about the recent Palestine Solidarity Campaign conference, where a number of supporters of some of the kind of views expounded by Gilad Atzmon, were thrown out. Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with this subject matter, others who may not are encouraged to read earlier articles on this question, particularly my review of Gilad Atzmon's book 'The Wandering Who' from last year.
The problem is with this is that these people are not Nazis at all.
In fact most of them are Jewish themselves. And even when they are not, the people they look to for inspiration, are.
They actually represent an important non-European, Middle Eastern, view on the Jewish question. These kind of views, even if false, are widely held in the Middle East and just hammering them at a conference in the UK won't do you much good.
The victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Egyptian elections, and the high vote the Salafists got also, mean such people are going to be anything but isolated.
It is particularly symptomatic that Harpal Brar and his organisation, who can hardly be accused of being soft on or sympathetic to Nazism (!!!), can see this. They are not often right, indeed they are often wacky third-worldists, but on this position their insights from a non-Eurocentric position stood them in good stead. Even a stopped clock is sometimes correct.
From a non-European perspective this looks like Western-centred arrogance. European Jews and Brits lecturing non-European Jews about not being soft on the Arabs and their terrible anti-Jewish prejudices.
The Atzmonites are not entirely wrong either. Insofar as they are sceptical about the Holocaust, which some are more than others, they are of course wrong as the Brarites also noted.
But some of the other things they say about the Israel lobby in the West are much closer to reality. Atzmon's division of Jews into different categories based on the embrace or otherwise of identity politics is not 'anti-semitic' at all, but almost exactly analogous to a pretty mainstream understanding of the (in some ways) similar phenonemon of political Islam. (See my article on Political Islam and 'Jewish Identity Politics')
Another point, being as these people are not fascists or Nazis, but mainly Jews and other sincere Palestinian supporters.
Is it only being badly wrong on the Jewish Holocaust that is grounds for chucking people out of the Palestine movement, or is it the same for other similar events as well? Like the Armenian genocide? Note that the French bourgeoisie is just in the process of banning denial of this event also.
Is anyone who supports the Turkish government's views on this to be chucked out and shunned? Or is the Jewish genocide 'special', despite the disclaimers?
Because if people take this to its logical conclusion, they are going to have rather a hard time not just with many Palestinians – particularly Hamas supporters – and some of their Jewish supporters. But a big problem with many other Arabs, not to mention Turks as well. Given as the Turkish government has quite a lot of authority among those oppressed by Israel at the moment, this is not smart.
Don't kid yourself that these people are 'isolated'. The Brarities are not stupid when it comes to non-European politics, their stance says otherwise. This is another example of the British left shooting itself in the foot.


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Well, hey, tomorrow is Bike to Work Day! That came up fast and I missed the related cycling needn't be life-threatening editorial in the Seattle PI with its now standard cyclists suck/motorist suck comment thread.
I'll join Pam during her commute on Bettie and will see you out there at the commute stations.


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