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X - very stressful to the body in the best of times, and increases dehydration. So no to that.
LSD - well i can say this, i would never want to be tripping on Accutane. That sounds like a miserable experience. But probably technically safe since LSD is physically pretty harmless.
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crack is NOT a recreational drug. or coke, or really LSD for that matter.
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LSD is the very definition of recreational drug. It has it's uses for spiritual purposes as well - although mushrooms are better for that, and the original poster clearly has no spiritual purposes in mind. Unlike cocaine/crack, it is not addictive, it's cheap, and you can't OD yourself to death (although if you were tripping hard enough you might think you could fly and jump off a building or something) with the actual substance.
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im glad i changed my mind and havent taken it!
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But I have done hardcore drugs.
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One major drug at a time is the only sane thing to do.
Take your pick. Accutane or other drugs - of which are not going to do anything to help you, like Accutane would.
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Personally, I wouldn't try to take anything that would interfere with the drug so that it could work as well as possible.
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wiki 's explanation :) | Reviewer: cagestokerblog | 5/10/11
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"The Weight" takes the folk music motif of a traveler, who in the first line arrives in Nazareth in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Years later, the band Nazareth took its name from this line. Once there, he encounters various residents of the town, the song being a story of these encounters. Nazareth is the hometown of the guitar manufacturer C. F. Martin & Company.
The residents include a man who cannot direct the traveler to a hotel, Carmen and the Devil walking side by side, "Crazy Chester," who offers a bed in exchange for the traveler taking his dog, and Luke who is dying ("waiting on Judgment Day"), leaving his young bride behind and alone.
Musically, the song shows the blending of folk parlour song harmonies in the chorus where the voices come in on the 'and..you put the load..'
In his autobiography This Wheel's on Fire, Levon Helm explains that the people mentioned in the song were based on real people The Band knew. The "Miss Anna Lee" mentioned in the lyric is Helm's longtime friend Anna Lee Amsden.[4][5]
On August 17, 1969, The Band played "The Weight" as the 10th song in their set at Woodstock.
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According to songwriter Robertson, "The Weight" was inspired by the films of Luis Buñuel, about which Robertson once said:
(Buñuel) did so many films on the impossibility of sainthood. People trying to be good in Viridiana and Nazarin, people trying to do their thing. In 'The Weight' it's the same thing. People like Buñuel would make films that had these religious connotations to them but it wasn't necessarily a religious meaning. In Buñuel there were these people trying to be good and it's impossible to be good. In "The Weight" it was this very simple thing. Someone says, "Listen, would you do me this favour? When you get there will you say 'hello' to somebody or will you give somebody this or will you pick up one of these for me? Oh? You're going to Nazareth, that's where the Martin guitar factory is. Do me a favour when you're there." This is what it's all about. So the guy goes and one thing leads to another and it's like "Holy Shit, what's this turned into? I've only come here to say 'hello' for somebody and I've got myself in this incredible predicament." It was very Buñuelish to me at the time.[6]
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U idiots | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/28/11
@notsoconfused thank you for clearing that up for these idiots. Bob Dylan did not write this one. Robbie Robertson and other members of The Band.
It tells the story of a guy who visits Nazareth, and is asked by his friend Annie to visit several of her friends. "The Weight" that is his load are all these strange people he promised he would check on. Robbie Robertson made a statement that he wrote the song modeled after the work of Luis Bunuel, a Mexican director who made some of the first movies dealing with surrealism. Robertson was intrigued by the characters in his films, who were often good people who did bad things. He loved how each person had a story to tell. Anyway it saddened me to see how u idiots mangled this song's lyrics, creditbility, and meaning. U GODDAMN IDIOTS!!!!!!!!
And u idiots got the lyrics wrong. It's take a load off fanny; not Annie.
WRITTEN BY ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND...NOT DYLAN! | Reviewer: Notsoconfused | 2/5/11
I'm sure Bob can't remember why he wrote this one...BECAUSE HE DIDN"T! It was written by The Band who were his back-up band for a period. THeir guitarist Robbie Robertson gets the credit, (and the money) but they claim to have written it together. Bob did play, and record it, but the definitive version is from The Band's album "Music From Big Pink". What it's about is still an open question but I wouldn't trust the story your mom told you.
Annie is a hooker I read this in a book my mom had | Reviewer: JC | 8/21/10
Nazareth is in Texas Annie is the town prostitute and people are making him do favors for them and paying him in " Annie "!!!!!!! Annie is laying on her back, so she is not on her feet ,"So she is taking a load off", and the load for free is him (relieving himself from not getting any for a time)for FREE,,,, When he saw Her with Carmen was the first time he saw her..since he was a church going man he knew it was wrong .So he called her the devil. ms moses is her , Parting of her red sea and a nick name for her female anatomy, Luke is his male member that he is talking to as some guys have names for the wewe..
Chester is a roadie the rack is musical equipment ,amps recorders and mixers.
jack is a dog used in dog fighting wasn't illegal then , so he says i am a peaceful man!
The cannon ball is a train from texas
it can be interpreted as a trip on drugs . Either way he is hanging out with the guys, He is all pent up from no action!thats a sinking bag its full. he has to take a load off...... and he is in the midst of fellows that also know Annie so she says Hi!
Dixie Down | Reviewer: Trey | 8/14/10
I always thought it was another civil war song, like the night they drove old dixie down. About the problems living near the mason dixon line, and how they all were preparing for death, and life during wartime.
Wanderings Through Weird and Myserious America | Reviewer: Bob Dobbs | 6/5/10
Like any Dylan song, there is never a way to decipher the true meaning of the song. Even if Dylan wrote the song with purpose, he likely would not remember at this stage the precise meaning of the song it was so long ago.
But in exploring the period of Dylan and The Band around the time of the basement tapes there was a certain fascination of a mysterious essence embedded in early America and a spirit that lingers from the horrors of the Civil War era.
This song appears to be like many, constructed of a wandering through this weird and mysterious war-torn landscape and citing events along the way.
Up in Smoke | Reviewer: Franque Klaune | 4/11/10
If you smoke a whole bunch of action, then the whole thing makes perfect sense. Unfortunately when you sober up, you've forgotten it. Actually I think the song is about what happens while you're all zipped up.
Dylan lyrics | Reviewer: Chuck Turner | 2/27/10
Song is typical of Dylan. Hardly anything he wrote had any meaning to him.
He seems to take delight in playing us for the fool. Or, perhaps, his genius is in the myriad interpretations of everything he has written. (exception to "Blowing in the Wind".
The weight | Reviewer: tjdrummer13 | 12/19/09
the first verse makes me think of homelessness and i think the weight could symbolize financial weight, or it could be more literal and actually about jesus times.....or ive even heard the theory that the weight is a metaphor for an STD....so many theorys, you would have to talk to the band themselves to set it straight.
the weight/amphatmine | Reviewer: fast eddie | 12/18/09
it always sounded like this was about meth or something. the reference to tired and such and wanting to sleep sounds like it. "annie" a reference to speed back then and I think it was Canned Heat who wrote a song "Amphetamine Annie" cause she's always shovlin' snow ..
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1) Get rick Jackson in foul trouble. He's playing 87.5% of their minutes. They are 100% dependent on him. He's their main rebounder grabbing over a 100 more rebounds than the second highest rebounder. This won't be easy though as he has a very low foul rate on the year. A lot of that is due to the zone. That being said we need to attack the hoop a lot when he's in the middle. When he's on the wing drive at his hip and try to get the blocking foul.
I don't expect him to dominate incredibly he's only gotten over 20 once this year and he's only averaging about 13 a game in BE play. Box him out and we should be fine. Speaking of which...
2) BOX OUT! can't give them a lot of second chance points. Syracuse is a good offensive rebounding team. Stick a but into your man. Guards need to help rebound.
3) Don't take rushed shots. Especially not ones from long distance which result in run outs.
4) When we do we need to get back in transition D. Syracuse gets a lot of points in transition and that's where they excel.
5) Defend against the drive rather than the 3 pt shot. In BE play only Joseph 3X(W Prov, L Nova, L@ Marq) Jardine 2X(L@pitt L@ Marq) and Tirche 3X(W@Hal W@SJ L vs Nova) hit more than 2 3pters in a game. 3 of the 5 games represented were loses and 3 out of 5 were on the road. More likely than not they're not going to beat us from deep. I'm not saying don't close out on shooters, but when defending play off them to guard against the drive.
6)Force joseph to his left. Joseph is only a good 3pt shooter when uncontested. Sit on his right hand to prevent his strong side drive and don't leave him open from 3.
7) Cuse doesn't get to the line very well 237th nationally and they're not a goof FT shooting team: 62% in conference play: Jackson 50% Joseph 62% Jardine 66% triche 75%
8)Syracuse gets most of it's offense 56.3% from 2pt shots. and gets less than the national average from the FT line and beyond the arc.
9) Syracuse is a great shot blocking team #1 in Blk% and very good at stealing the ball 12th in stl%. Protecting the ball and especially limiting live ball turnovers will be key in this game.
10) the 3pt shot is a great weapon against the zone, but don't fall in love with it. It's not the only weapon. We need to start by attacking the seams of the zone. Use the screen at the top of the zone as others have done so far this year to great success.
11) Zones are difficult to rebound out of. Cuse is no exception and they aren't a strong defensive rebounding team. Julian and Lubick need to crash the boards and second opportunities. The two guards who don't drive on a particular play need to get back on defense though while the bigs crash the boards.
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In fact, crews have already been out, treating the roads before ice and snow hit. They use a substance called Meltdown 20 and it's effective to negative 10 degrees below zero. But despite the preparation,
"There's no way that we can keep the roads totally clear, but we will be out there working on them constantly," Mason added.
TxDOT clears major roads like the loop and Interstate first. Then they work all the way down to farm to market roads.
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Jacksonville Jaguars Pro Bowl tight end Marcedes Lewis missed last weeks game against the New York Jets that saw the Jacksonville Jaguars blown out 32-3 and look totally inept on offense, passing for less than 130 total yards. Lewis strained his calf in the Jaguars week one victory over the Tennessee Titans. Originally thought the be cramps during the game, Lewis wound up limited all week and missed the game in week two.
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"A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you are sitting on?" "Nothing," replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember." "Ever looked inside?" asked the stranger. "No," said the beggar. "What's the point? There's nothing in there." "Have a look inside," insisted the stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.
I am that stranger who has nothing to give you and who is telling you to look inside. Not inside any box, as in the parable, but somewhere even closer: inside yourself.
"But I am not a beggar," I can hear you say.
Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth." – Chapter 1 of The Power of Now .
Writing a review about "The Power of Now" can be a difficult task, since you come in danger of adding concepts and interpretations to a book, that really tries to quiet the mind and let the reader experience.
Besides, what is there possibly to add to all the reviews already out there , which are interestingly enough quite controversial?
The idea with this review is twofold:
- I want to encourage everybody, who has not yet get in contact with this book and with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, to give it a real try
- I want to give some insights, that I experienced and I learned after getting to the core of the topic of the book, which is spiritual awakening
If you are in the second group, this may also be helpful for you. Because I think if you first get in contact with the topic, it helps to recognize that both experiences, the ordinary every-day mind and the being in the Now have their place …
The great accomplishment of this book is that it really is able to bring spirituality into the realm of every single person, especially into the western world-view. Eckhart Tolle accomplishes this, by using a very simple and common language, which nevertheless expresses a deep meaning and energy vibe. He really is able to give you as the reader an experience, if you are open enough to let it happen. And experience is the main reason for the book, and on the other hand also the reason for some of the more critical reviews on it, because it was tried to understand only with the analytical mind.
Chapter 1 "You are not your mind" is definitely the entry point for raising your awareness to see, that identification of your self with the thoughts and emotions you have is a core error. If you become able to be the watcher of thoughts, instead of identifying with thoughts, you move to be able to free yourself from one of the greatest sources of suffering and open the door to a higher consciousness (or awareness, Eckhart uses both synonymously).
What then happens is that the mind becomes the servant, the great tool to be used consciously, instead of running on autopilot using you. Your true essence then reveals itself as the underlying awareness itself.
Comments to chapter 1: I like to make clear that the message here is not not to think, or even to say thinking is not good. This is crap of course, since the mind is an amazing tool and worth using to the max. But as Eckhart points out, a lot of thinking is unnecessary and repetitive, even destructive or at least not helpful, like worrying.
About the Ego: it is futile to make the ego to the enemy. Concepts about ourself are created all the time. It is enough to become conscious about the Ego and aware of what lies beneath it. Realizing "you are not your mind" then means using the mind consciously from the point of the underlying awareness. So the point is to raise the awareness and make space inside, which is in my opinion the whole point of Personal as well as Spiritual Development.
Chapter 2 "Consciousness: the way out of pain": Eckhart suggests that you always become friendly with the present moment, accept the present moment as it is and then act from it. The so called Pain-Body is an activation of unconscious unwanted behaviour, a pattern that lives in the past and fear and it's dependable on the unconscious identification with it. It can be dissolved by becoming totally aware of it and bringing consciousness into the present moment and disidentify from the Pain-Body. At page 41 Eckhart summarizes the process to dissolve the Pain-Body as following:
- Focus attention on the feeling inside you. Know that it is the pain body.
- Accept that it is there. Don't think about it – don't let the feeling turn into thinking. Don't judge or analyze. Don't make an identity for yourself out of it.
- Stay present, and continue to be the observer of what is happening inside you.
- Become aware of not only the emotional pain, but also of "the one who observes," the silent watcher. This is the power of Now, the power of your own conscious presence.
- Then see what happens.
The chapter ends with: "The secret of life is to "die before you die" – and find that there is no death."
Comments to chapter 2: This quote of course means to awaken to your true essence, meaning to realize what or better that you are, routed in being.
Chapter 3 "Moving deeply into the Now": The key to disidentify from the mind is to end the illusion of time (page 48). If you remove psychological time from the mind, the mind will not move to the past or project the future and you become able to be present. Opposed to that, clock time is the practical and helpful use of the concept of time. At page 50 Eckhart reveals the illusion of time and the present moment, the Now, starting with:
"You haven't yet grasped the essence of what I am saying because you try to understand it mentally. The mind cannot understand this. Only you can. Please just listen.
Have you ever experienced, done, thought or felt anything outside the Now? Do you think you ever will? Is it possible for anything to ever happen or be outside the Now? The answer is obvious, is it not?
Nothing ever happened in the past. It happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future, it will happen in the Now.
What you think of as the past is a memory trace, stored in the mind, of a former Now. When you remember the past, you reactivate a memory trace – and you do so now. The future is an imagined Now, a projection of mind. When the future comes, it comes as the Now. When you think about the future, you do it now. Past and future obviously have no reality of their own. Just as the moon has no light of it's own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present. Their reality is "borrowed" from the Now.
The essence of what I am saying here cannot be understood by the mind. The moment you grasp it, there is a shift in consciousness from mind to Being , from time to presence. Suddenly, everything feels alive, radiates energy, emanates Being."
What Eckhart says here is the core of Awakening. This single paragraph has real power to trigger this in you, if you feel it inside, allow it and go with it.
Comments to chapter 3: It's my favourite chapter :) This chapter really opens the possibility for your shift in consciousness , to really experience and dive into it. It happened to me, when I moved into the Now, by realizing by myself – not only mentally by understanding it as a concept – that time is just an illusion in a sense, that time as past and future only exist as concepts in the mind. If you are still not aware of this, listen to this small experiment: past and future are illusions in the sense that both don't really exist. They are not there in the reality of that what is. Neither past nor future are ever there, could be experienced. This "practical" view is the only real view. All others are concepts in the mind.
As I see it at the moment, everything that happens in the field of Now (the present moment), is a change of energy in formation in the world. Time is created by the witnessing of that change by the mind. Even a clock is nothing more than a change in material formations, then used to measure that change as time.
If Eckhart is saying "illusion", he means that it is not real, it does not exist. It does not mean, that the mind should not create a vision or goals for the future. This is the process of creating through the mind, and it can be joyful and inspiring. So the word "illusion" is not an evaluation (that it may not be right or good to think to the future in "practical" means such as goals), but it is meant as a fact: past and future never exist (as described above) besides in memory and imagination in the mind.
Chapter 4 "Mind Strategies for avoiding the Now": Eckhart gives possibilities to stabilize in the state of presence in the Now. Bringing more consciousness into life is always the way to dissolve all negativity on the level of thinking and of emotions. For instance complaining is always non-acceptance of what is. If you accept, then you can take responsibility and act by (1) take action or speak out, (2) leave the situation or (3) accept it as it is. (page 82)
Your life has an Inner Purpose and an Outer Purpose: the inner purpose is all about how you do what you do, consciously. The outer purpose is arriving at the goal and is secondary.
Comments to chapter 4: Accepting does not mean to give up on a situation, on the contrary, it accepts what already is there and stops wasting energy on what can't be changed anyway anymore. When you accept, you get all energy to act and change the situation to what you want it to be.
Chapter 5 "The State of Presence": Presence is the state free of thought but highly alert, all your attention is in the now. Presence is pure consciousness. He talks about "Satori" – brief moments of presence, that are usually not recognized in their significance and vanish afterwards.
The wider the time gap between perception and thought,, the more depth there is to you as a human being, which is to say the more conscious you are. In the state of presence, the feeling of separateness is replaced by the feeling of oneness with all there is. When you become conscious of Being, what is really happening is that Being becomes conscious of itself. When consciousness frees itself from its identification with physical and mental forms, it becomes what we may call pure or enlightened consciousness, or presence.
Chapter 6 "The Inner Body": Being can be felt as the ever present I am that is beyond name and form. To feel and thus to know that you are and to abide in that deeply rooted state is enlightenment. Being this deeper reality can be felt every moment as the invisible inner body the animating presence within you. To become conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey. So take focus away from thinking and direct it into the body, where Being can be felt in the first instance as the invisible energy field. The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body. The more consciousness you direct into the inner body, the higher the vibrational frequency becomes.
Chapter 7 "Portals into the Unmanifested": The Unmanifested – opposed to the Manifested world of forms, is the invisible Source of all things, the Being within all beings. Eckhart mentions seven portals, of which the Now is always the main portal, into the Unmanifested:
- The Inner Body
- Dreamless sleep
- Quiet Mind (free of thought, i.e. through meditation)
- Surrender – the letting go of mental-emotional resistance to what is
- Silence
- Space: Everybody pays attention to the things in space, but who pays attention to space itself? By becoming aware of the empty space around you, you simultaneously become aware of the space of no-mind, of pure consciousness: the Unmanifested.
- Conscious death: One last portal will open up for you immediately after the body has died. As with all the other portals, your radiant true nature remains but not the personality. Nothing that is of value, nothing that is real, is ever lost.
When you dissolve psychological time through intense present moment awareness, you become conscious of the Unmanifested both directly and indirectly. Directly, you feel it as the radiance and power of your conscious presence – no content, just presence. Indirectly, you are aware of the Unmanifested in and through the sensory realm. In other words, you feel the essence in every creature, every flower, every stone, and you realize Oneness.
Comments to chapter 7: These portals are practical ways to get into the Now. Especially meditation (quiet the mind) and feeling the inner body had worked for me.
Chapter 8 "Enlightened Relationships": True love has no opposite because it arises from beyond the mind. Love as a continuos state is as yet very rare as conscious human beings. True love has no opposite. The root of this physical urge is a spiritual one: the longing for an end to duality, a return to the state of wholeness. Sexual union is the closest you can get to this state on the physical level. For true love to flourish, the light of your presence needs to be strong enough so that you no longer get taken over by the thinker. Love is a state of Being. This is the realization of oneness. This is love.
Give your partner space for expressing himself or herself. Be present. When you have removed the two factors that are destructive of relationships – when the pain-body has been transmuted and you are no longer identified with mind and mental position – and if your partner has done the same, you will experience the bliss of the flowering of relationship.
Comments to chapter 8: A very valuable chapter for being with other people. Giving space to another person, to express and to feel understood is a very practical and helpful thing to do.
Chapter 9 "Beyond happiness and unhappiness there is peace": Happiness depends on the conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not. When you are fully conscious, drama does not come into your life anymore. Ego is the unobserved mind that runs your life when you are not present as the witnessing consciousness, the watcher.
When you live of complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life. … You can still make your point… but there will be no reactive force behind it, no defense or attack. All suffering is ego-created and is due to resistance.
All negativity is resistance. Resistance cuts you off from Being, the only place of true power. It is weakness and fear masquerading as strength. Negativity does not work. Instead attracting a desirable condition, it stops it from arising. Negativity is totally unnatural. It is a psychic pollutant and you stop it from arising by being fully present.
Comments to chapter 9: This chapter is about Non-Duality and Duality. Compassion is the joining of both and the feeling realization of oneness.
Chapter 10 "The meaning of Surrender": Surrender is simple yet profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. Surrender is to accept the present moment unconditionally and without reservation. It is to relinquish inner restistance to what is. Surrender is perfectly compatible with taking action, intitiating change, or achieving goals.A totally different energy then flows into your doing. Surrender reconnects you with the source-energy of Being. When you do [surrender], the energy that you emanate and which then runs your life is of a much higher frequeny than the mind energy that still runs our world. If you surrender, (1) take action immediately: Speak up or do something to bring about change in the situation – or (2) remove yourself from it. Take responsibility for your life. Do not pollute your beautiful, radiant inner Being nor the Earth with negativity. If you cannot take action, you have two choices left: resistance or (3) Surrender completely to as it is.
Presence is the key. The Now is the key.
Final comments: If you read or listen and have experiences, that is so wonderful and the purpose of the book. You are in good company ;) If this glimpse of Awakening happens, please be aware that Eckhart is talking only about the Now in this book, just to make the shift in consciousness possible. Most people are still unaware of this dimension. Although Eckhart says throughout the book, that the mind is a great tool and clock time is necessary and planning, goal-achievement, personal development have their place, it could be misunderstood that these things don't matter anymore. Especially if you have experiences in the Now, there is the possibility to get trapped there, meaning that you deny demands of the world to a certain degree, just by the joyful and problem-free field of Now. It happened to me, and I sense that it is not unusual.
If you make the clear decision, that this is your way then fine. My personal advice at this stage of my development is: try to balance both. You now are aware of the deeper dimension of yourself: your true essence, you are fully aware of "I am". The joyful creation and exchange with other people and the unlimited possibilities and forms in the world are still there and are the playground where you use your mind and body to the maximal potential, all guided by the overarching consciousness we are: spirit.
At the end and if you are looking to get in touch with people awakening and discussing, especially about Eckhart's Teachings, I like to guide you to the Eckhart Tolle Discussion Community where you can meet a lot of wise people …
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Charles Darwin and marine biology
In a celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth in 1809, this short essay explores the influence of marine biology on Charles Darwin, and vice versa. Darwin made his first forays into the world of marine biology as a medical student in Edinburgh from 1825 to 1827. He came under the influence there of the Lamarckian Robert Grant, and developed an understanding of the simple organisation of the early developmental stages of marine invertebrates. Yet Darwin balked at Lamarckian transmutation. The voyage of the Beagle led to Darwin's perceptive theory of the origin of coral reefs, an origin still mainly accepted today. This theory was steeped in the uniformitarianism of the geologist Lyell, depending on the slow, gradual growth of billions of coral polyps keeping pace with slow sinking of land to produce an atoll. From 1846 to 1854 Darwin revolutionised the understanding of barnacles, producing monographs still relevant today. His barnacle studies gave him the credibility to pronounce on the origin of species; he found great variation in morphology, and a series of related species with remarkable reproductive adaptation culminating in the presence of dwarf males. Barnacles showed him an evolutionary narrative laid out before him, and contributed greatly to his qualification and confidence to write with authority on the origin of species. © 2011 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.
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"Safety is not a component of this certification, it is the certification." - John Ball
Despite many commendable efforts and individual successes with safety over time, accidents continue to increase in the tree care industry. This hurts our ability to recruit and retain employees, reduces consumer confidence in our abilities, and shrinks our profits when accidents and injuries raise our costs of doing business.
As the only safety credentialing program in the industry, TCIA's Certified Treecare Safety Professional (CTSP) program is designed to address several of the safety challenges that tree care companies face.
More than a straightforward "safety trainer" credentialing program, CTSP teaches safety professionals strategies and tactics for changing the very culture of their organization. A CTSP acts as a safety "coach," working to develop and nurture a culture of safety. The program provides the CTSP with a well-rounded education in safety concepts, plus the tools to effectively communicate these concepts.
The CTSP coursework enhances candidates' skills in four key areas:
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To move forward and become safer, we need to move beyond standards and requirements and towards an industry-wide commitment to a culture of safety. Through CTSP, a culture of safety can be developed one company and one individual at a time, and as this happens, our industry will be transformed from what it is today.
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But in case you need help with the blurring, here's a little vodka-spiked punch.
The catalyst: Jeronimo's Bar, a showstopping new lounge with the potential to be the city's next great hangout, now open in SoFi.
Like all great nightlife legends, this one starts with a man named Jeronimo. He's the owner, and his goal is to create a comfortable spot where you'll spend the night sipping drinks like the Azúcar Morena made with scotch, cream soda and lime or the homemade punch (vodka, elderflower and mint). Also, he's into the octopus symbol, which explains the subtle cephalopod imagery throughout the place—the tentacle murals, the bathroom signs, the logo.
There's no pressure for bottle service (although it's available) and the music's curated by a DJ from Pirate Stereo (though there's no live spinning). Which all adds up to a South Beach bar that's resolutely anti–South Beach. (We mean that in the best possible way.)
So on those nights when you want a well-mixed drink and a bit of a scene (and when don't you), you'll guide your date to this intimate room with cushy leather benches, maple tables and a bar anchored by an old-school popcorn machine.
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Jumping out of Swings
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Remember when you were a kid? When you could sing. When you were an artist with your work displayed on the refrigerator. When you were an architect in the sandbox. When you could sell anything. When you jumped out of swings.
What happened? What happened to that kid who could do anything?
When I was a kid I collected stuff. Some notable collections included rocks, bugs, ball point pens, hats, insects, bottles and baseball cards. (My baseball card collection funded part of my McPherson College education.) At the age of 7, I decided to turn my bedroom into a museum where I could display my collections. I turned a 10 x 20 room into the Smithsonian of Rossville, KS. I invited people over—mainly my parent's friends and family members to start. After a while word got around about my little museum and at the peak of its success my spiral ring note book had 6 pages full of visitor names. Then one Saturday a friend came over. I asked him if he wanted to tour my museum. I took him to my room. He laughed and said, "that's stupid." So, what do you think I did? I closed the museum.
So, who told you that you couldn't sing?
Somewhere along the way we lose something. Maybe it is confidence…maybe courage. Maybe we just decided to do as we are told.
What if you could get some of that back? The college days are the sweet spot of life. The time when we can get some of that back. What if you went to a college that didn't dock you for making mistakes? What if you went to a college were there weren't all those rules—discipline, but not so many rules. How about a place that placed more value on ideas than majors? What if you were a liberal arts graduate—an entrepreneur.
What if you just closed your eyes, kicked your legs out and jumped out of that swing—you might fly.
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One of the biggest weaknesses that we found with the HTC ThunderBolt in our full review was its sub-par battery life. Verizon Wireless already offers an extended battery to help rectify that, and it looks like the carrier is going to offer an inductive charging back to aid in frequent charging pit-stops.
Discovered on Verizon's website, but not yet available for purchase, the battery cover has a price tag of $39.99 associated with it. No word on what a receiver pad would cost for it, but if it is Qi compliant, it could work with LG's Wireless Charging Pad that was announced at CTIA or the Energizer Qi product we tested some time ago. [via Gotta Be Mobile]
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Today, Jason Kidd announced his retirement from the NBA after 19 seasons.
In response to that, Aviate posted this image:
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During the ensuing conversation with Jrowan, I got to thinking: how many current NBA players have had their ankles broken by Kyrie Irving? So, I decided to investigate, and compile a list.
During the Team USA practice sessions, Kyrie played for the USA select team--which meant he would be playing against the players representing the U.S. in the Olympics. As we know, several amazing moments occurred from this.
Also in the camp, Kyrie pulled off a ridiculous run that involved crossing Kobe Bryant up twice, getting past Kevin Durant, and spinning past James Harden:
Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, James Harden
Another one from Team USA, this time against Eric Gordon:
Eric Gordon
As we know, Kyrie put up a show during this year's All-Star game weekend. The highlight of the weekend was definitely when he destroyed Brandon Knight's ankles:
Brandon Knight
And for our TrailBlazers friends, here's Kyrie getting Damian Lillard to "jump around":
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Here's Kyrie making Monta Ellis look foolish:
Monta Ellis
I'm sure many of us remember Kyrie getting past Avery Bradley and scoring over Brandon Bass with this spin move.
Brandon Bass, Avery Bradley
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How about in the Rising Stars Challenge again? Poor Nikola Vucevic didn't have a chance:
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Marcin Gortat should have just stayed home:
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Same to you Al Jeffereson:
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The address for accessing PowerSchool is https://ps.hasd.k12.pa.us/public. Just click on the address or the PowerSchool logo below for easiest access. Otherwise, it is important to type in the address actually as shown into the address bar of your browser, and not into a search field on a web page such as Google, MSN or Yahoo. It is highly recommended that you bookmark this site for easy access.
Teachers enter grades and comments through the PowerTeacher gradebook program, and are required to update their gradebooks on a weekly basis. This information is saved into the PowerSchool system immediately and is available for administrators and parents to access. You can see all assignments and scores that make up a particular grade for each class. Other information available to you are the daily announcements, attendance history, term grades and teacher comments.
If you prefer, you can request an automated email on a regular basis to any email address that you specify with grades, attendance and/or announcements. This is only available through the parent login. Step by step directions for PowerSchool Parent are available for download here . You will need Adobe Reader to view and print this document.
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By Robert M. Hollister, dean, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University; Nancy Wilson, director and associate dean, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University; and Peter Levine, director, Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and director of research, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University
Strengthening the preparation of active citizens is important first and foremost because the future health of our democracy depends upon it. All too often we take for granted the continuation of America's unique democratic system, and we do so at our peril. Colleges and universities have a large unmet responsibility in this regard. As Brian O'Connell has stated, "No leader or leadership institution—particularly no educator or educational institution—can presume that fostering active citizenship to prolong our democracy … is someone else's business." (O'Connell 1994)
A less obvious reason to care about the civic engagement work of higher education is student demand. In increasing numbers, today's undergraduates come to college expecting that community service and civic education be part of their undergraduate years (Kiesa et al. 2007). Twenty-seven percent of incoming undergraduates say there is a "very good chance" they will participate in community service—up from 17 percent in 1990 (Pryor et al. 2007).
We are in a period of escalating public criticism about the costs and productivity of higher education. Re-embracing the historic civic education role of higher education can play a part in addressing this challenge—by preparing future community leaders, undeniably an important public purpose and benefit.
There exists today increasing evidence that some forms of civic education also enhance students' academic achievement in other subjects (Lee et al. 2000). Furthermore, improved civic education yields additional benefits to students' personal and professional development. Political and civic engagement encourages ethical development and reflection. Engaged students are more likely to think about other people's needs and interests, about the communities in which they are studying, about the purposes of their education, and about the obligations that come with their privileges. This is especially important now that success in college has such evident financial advantages, and there is such a strong ethos of careerism in higher education.
A growing number of colleges and universities have developed impressive initiatives in civic and political participation (Brown and Witte 2008). These programs, many of them now reasonably mature and well-established, constitute a growing body of experience to learn from, models to adopt and adapt. Campus Compact, the nearly 1,300-member-strong national coalition of college and university presidents, makes readily available the civic engagement experience of its member institutions, which enroll six million students.
The civic engagement programs of colleges and universities represent a rich array of approaches: community service learning, selective leadership development groups, extracurricular activities, student voice in governance, internships and other external experiences, political research and action projects, bringing in role models, and political discourse events and processes (Colby et al. 2007). These diverse approaches show a broad range in orientation—from community service learning to education for political participation and civic agency. An increasing number of colleges and universities have taken significant steps to bridge the "service gap," to encourage and guide student volunteers to take action on the root causes of the issues around which they are volunteers. At the same time, many ardent volunteers continue to eschew political participation, missing the opportunity to have a greater impact. This reality is a central challenge and opportunity.
Just within the last two years, institutions of higher education have moved into a new zone of financial and organizational commitment to their civic engagement work. Jonathan Tisch's $40 million gift to name the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University was followed quickly by the Lilly Endowment's grant of $40 million to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis, the Gates Foundation and Duke Endowment's commitment of $30 million for an undergraduate civic engagement program at Duke University, the Argosy Foundation's $13 million gift to support a new Center for Community Engagement at Amherst College, and Barbara and Edward Netter's gift of $10 million to the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Community Partnerships. In the next few years, these gifts will no doubt be followed by others of a similar size, most of them from alumni, to many more schools.
This new level of financial support moves higher education civic engagement work from the periphery to center stage. At the same time, a growing number of colleges and universities have elevated leadership of civic engagement activities within their organizational structures—witness the creation of university-wide positions such as associate vice president for public engagement at the University of Minnesota, vice chancellor for public service and engagement at the University of North Carolina, and associate vice chancellor for community partnerships at UCLA, and at Tufts, the elevation of Tisch College from program within a school, to a school itself, with the dean as peer to all other school deans at the university.
Moreover, after some decades of steady decline in the voting rates of young people, including college students, youth participation in the current U.S. presidential campaign has expanded dramatically. In the 2008 primaries, about 17 percent of the U.S. population under age thirty voted, almost doubling from the comparable primary election of 2000 (Kirby et al. 2008). Unfortunately, among young people with no college experience, only about one in fourteen voted in the 2008 primaries.
This growing civic engagement movement—characterized by the factors noted above—provides a series of important opportunities to expand the scale of student participation and impact and to involve more students in political activism as well as volunteering. Political participation should include not only participatory acts (like voting) but coalition-building, analysis of complex situations, advocacy, communication, and organizing.
In this period of expanding opportunity, it is essential to be realistic and strategic about the persistent obstacles and challenges. These include the common bias in academia that public service programming is academically inferior, and concern that efforts to strengthen political participation tend to promote a liberal political agenda and to detract from other educational priorities.
Further, although some students seek opportunities for civic engagement and say that they want to become community leaders, "becoming well off financially" remains a far more common motivation for incoming students (Pryor et al. 2007). Many students have an interest in getting civically or politically involved, but worry about anything they perceive as distracting them from meeting academic or "purposeful" goals (Peter D. Hart Research Associates 2004).
Institutions that compete for under-graduates must emphasize economic benefits. Meanwhile, for many faculty, excelling within their own academic disciplines seems more important than labor-intensive local work with students and communities. Those who are motivated to be civically engaged scholars and teachers often face a lack of rewards and incentives (Gibson et al. 2006, Ellison and Eatman 2008).
The recent experience of colleges and universities that have the most robust and innovative civic engagement programs suggests a set of strategies that hold particular promise for advancing this work throughout higher education. We advocate the following fifteen-point approach:
The development of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University illustrates the value of the strategies described above. The mission of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, which illustrates the value of the strategies described above, is to educate students in all fields for lifetimes of active citizenship. The prospective result of this ambitious goal is a much greater scale of impact than if Tufts were to concentrate its civic engagement functions in a separate school or center. When the trustees voted in November 1999 to create what was originally called the University College of Citizenship and Public Service, they consciously rejected the "separate center" model and launched a university-wide virtual college. To deliver on this promise, Tisch College has employed an infusion strategy, working as a catalyst and a resource to integrate and elevate civic values and skills across the entire curriculum and across the whole university.
The development of Tisch College has been a process of collective invention by multiple groups—faculty, administrators, student, alumni and community partners. Our basic strategy has been to ensure that a decisive majority of students have multiple experiences—in courses, internships, and extracurricular activities—that cumulate and make active citizenship a significant part of their college or graduate school experience and that become a lifelong commitment. The combined effects of our multiple initiatives and interventions is making active citizenship a pervasive part of Tufts' ethos, an essential part of our institutional DNA.
Tisch College supports faculty in all parts of the university to conceptualize active citizenship in terms that fit their disciplinary methods and traditions. We have had considerable success with a faculty fellows program—two-year, part-time appointments of faculty members from diverse fields, supported to lead curriculum development and engaged research in all schools of the university. The thirty-five faculty fellows program alumni have evolved into the adjunct faculty of Tisch College. Each term, more than one hundred undergraduate courses in arts and sciences and in engineering place significant emphasis on active citizenship values, skills, and knowledge. Graduate programs are implementing the same integrative strategy. A growing number of professors support this effort because they have personal experience that courses that incorporate active citizenship often enhance students' learning of other material. Civil and environmental engineering professor Chris Swan explains, "Students in my soil remediation class started learning the technical engineering content better after Tisch helped me to add a community service project to the class."
In addition, the provost and dean of the college are supporting the leadership of a network of a dozen endowed chairs that concentrate on public service. As we endeavor to inspire and guide the civic development of students, we have been impressed with the powerful impact of several courses that are taught by practitioners—distinguished public leaders who share their vision and experience, and whose role modeling reaches far beyond what even the most activist full-time faculty member can accomplish.
Our student programming features a flagship peer-leadership program for undergraduates called Citizenship and Public Service Scholars—eighty students from a broad spectrum of majors who receive civic leadership training and function as ambassadors and organizers to elevate the civic development of their fellow students. Like our sister institutions, Tufts is experiencing a much-increased student demand for paid public service and social change internships and summer projects. Through Tisch's Active Citizenship Summers and other programs, Tufts supports more than one hundred students each summer to participate in internships and social change projects. Tisch College provides staff, organizational and financial assistance to several student partner organizations, including a one thousand-student-strong undergraduate volunteer service society that is the largest extracurricular group on campus, to strengthen their capabilities and the civic learning of their members. The office of undergraduate admissions, which emphasizes active citizenship in its recruitment materials, reports that Tufts' strong emphasis on this topic has attracted top students who otherwise would have chosen to attend other schools.
Students have initiated a pair of efforts that focus primarily on increasing political participation—a voter registration and education campaign called Tufts Votes! and the Institute for Political Citizenship, a program of policy internships in Massachusetts state government. We are documenting and analyzing the educational results of Tisch College programs through an elaborate longitudinal study that follows students into their initial years after graduating and through other surveys of a sample of sophomores and of all graduating seniors.
Tufts alumni have played a major role in building Tisch programs. They raise money to expand public service internships, mentor summer interns in five major cities, advise on program directions, guest lecture in classes, and provide public service career advice. Local alumni chapters around the world have developed strong service projects and the Office of Alumni Relations emphasizes active citizenship in its programming. Most recently, the university established a Loan Repayment Assistance Program to help graduates of all Tufts degree programs who work in comparatively low-paying nonprofit and public sector jobs to pay back their educational loans.
After initially concentrating entirely on educational initiatives, Tisch College has added civic engagement research to its mission, supporting scholarship about civic learning and citizen participation, and facilitating community-engaged research through the Tufts Community Research Center.
Dynamic presidential and provostial leadership has been a key part of the development of Tisch College. President Lawrence S. Bacow has made active citizenship one of three defining themes in the University's strategic vision. Biannually, in his matriculation address the president gives entering students their first homework assignment: "Register and vote." In order to magnify the college's impacts, Provost Jamshed Bharucha elevated it to an organizational status equivalent to that of Tufts' seven other schools. President Bacow convenes an Annual Presidential Symposium on Community Partnerships and each year presents Presidential Awards for Citizenship and Public to the dozen undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated the most outstanding civic leadership.
Brown, D., and D. Witte (eds.). 2008. Agent of democracy: Higher education and the HEX Journey. Dayton, OH: Kettering Foundation Press.
The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 2006. Higher education: Civic mission and civic effects. Available from CIRCLE at www.civicyouth.org//?p=210
Colby, A., T. Ehrlich, E. Beaumont, and J. Stephens. 2003. Educating citizens: Preparing America's undergraduates for lives of moral and civic responsibility. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Colby, A., E.Beaumont, T. Ehrlich, and J. Corngold. 2007. Educating for democracy: Preparing undergraduates for responsible political engagement. Jossey Bass-Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Ellison, J., and T. K. Eatman. 2008. Scholarship in public: Knowledge creation and tenure policy in the engaged university. Imagining America, available via www.imaginingamerica.org
Gibson, Cynthia M. 2006. New times demand new scholarship: Research universities and civic engagement —A leadership agenda. Tufts University
Kirby, E. H., K. B.Marcelo, J. Gillerman, and S. Linkins. 2008. The youth vote in the 2008 primaries and caucuses. CIRCLE fact sheet, www.civicyouth.org
O'Connell, B. 1994. Citizenship and community service: Are they a concern and responsibility of higher education? People Power. New York: The Foundation Center.
Pascarella, E. T., and P. T. Terenzini. 2005. How college affects students: Vol. 2, a third decade of research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Peter D. Hart Research and Associates. 2004. Key findings from focus groups among college students and college-bound high school students. Washington, DC.
Pryor, J. H., S. Hurtado, V. B. Saenz, J. L. Santos, and W. S. Korn. 2007. The American freshman: Forty year trends. Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.
Yee, J. A., E. K. Ikeda, L. J. Vogelgesang, and A. W. Astin, 2000. How service learning affects students. HERI (Higher Education Research Institute), available from the National Service Learning Clearinghouse, www.servicelearning.org.


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News: Kanye West's "Yeezus" New Must-See Covers: "I Got Inspiration From Kim Kardashian's Eye"
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 9:02AM
Nearly a month after the release of Kanye West's chart-topping Yeezus solo album, some notable celebrities have taken their artistic talent and added their own touches to his cover art.
Various industry celebrities like tattoo veteran Mister Cartoon and actor James Franco added some must-see designs to Ye's new LP.
Kanye promised the world Yeezy Season--pop-up projections worldwide, the unveiling of a new colorway for his cult sneaker, a capsule collection with A.P.C. and, ya know, one truly dark, envelope-pushing, brilliant-ass album. And Mr. West delivered. Yet there were none of the typical record label promotional tools--no singles on the radio, no music videos. Nothing except these simple posters: the words PLEASE ADD GRAFFITTI on the top, Def Jam's logo on the bottom, and an image of what could be any blank CD with red tape. We took Kanye's invitation into our own hands and mailed a poster to five of our favorite artists: ESPO, Curtis Kulig, Wil Fry, Mister Cartoon, and James Franco (yes, that James Franco). Here's what they sent back. (GQ)
While Cartoon drew inspiration from Ye's girlfriend Kim Kardashian, Franco cited 2000's flick American Psycho.
Mister Cartoon - World-renowned tattoo artist. Artist's take: "I got inspiration from Kim Kardashian's eye. Also inking my name up on the poster felt like I was tagging on a bathroom wall back in the day." James Franco - Thespian Artist's take: "I was asked to get axed in an American Psycho-themed commercial for Kanye, but instead of getting cut up, I made a cut-up American Psycho piece for him." (GQ)
Days prior to its release, Ye revealed his new album's simple cover art.
On Friday (May 31), DJ Semtex revealed what's being billed as the official cover, and it looks like the folks over at DONDA decided to tone things down a bit in comparison to the artwork that Kim Kardashian revealed on Ye's behalf about a week ago. Just as Kanye was getting ready to hit the "SNL" stage to perform "New Slaves" and "Black Skinhead" last week, Kardashian Instagrammed a photo that included a pair of the unreleased all-red Air Yeezy 2 sneakers and a picture of a crushed CD case held together with a piece of red gaffer tape, topped with melted Jesus piece. The latest image, however, includes none of the golden goop. It simply depicts a CD case (with disc inside), the same red gaffer tape with the word "Yeezus" scrawled on it and a note in all-caps compelling fans to "Please Add Graffiti." (MTV)
In May, Kim Kardashian unveiled what most believed to be the album cover.
Apparently, his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, is also part of his marketing team. She posted a photo on Instagram Saturday night showing the album artwork for Yeezus alongside a pair of the rapper's Air Yeezy sneakers, which he designed for Nike. "#Yeezus #RedYeezy's #SNL #Tonight #NewSlaves #YeezySeason #Donda #June18," she captioned the image. (USA Today)
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Mentor versus St. Ignatius was supposed to be a clash of football titans -- two great teams giving what could be a preview of a playoff matchup, .
And it was that. For one quarter.
Otherwise, Ignatius controlled the momentum for most of the game on the way to a 48-21 win for the Wildcats.
Mentor already trailed 31-7 by halftime but the Cardinals came out reinvigorated in the third quarter.
Quarterback Mitch Trubisky led a 14-play, 93-yard drive against a Wildcat defense that had mostly contained the Cardinals to that point. And Mentor capped the drive with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Trubisky to Connor Krizancic.
However, a young Cardinals defense could not prevent the Wildcats from replying in kind. Ignatius quarterback Michael LaManna threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Michael Siragusa to maintain their lead.
For most of the game, the Ignatius offense had their way on the field. They racked up a total of 527 yards -- 352 in the first half alone, as opposed to Mentor's 128.
But the Cardinals maintained their momentum in the third quarter, even after Ignatius' touchdown.
They once again marched down the field and scored a touchdown, this time on a 2-yard Trubisky run. A failed 2-point conversion still brought them within 38-21 -- a feasible, if difficult, margin to surmount with an entire quarter left.
Then the Cardinals recovered a pooch kick and had the ball on Ignatius' 40 in the closing seconds of the third quarter.
One more time, Mentor moved the football into Ignatius' red zone. However, the Wildcats' Bryan Fisher intercepted Trubisky at the 10-yard line.
The Cardinals never scored again.
"We needed that score down there," Mentor Head Coach Steve Trivisonno said after the game. "We had at least a shot to win it."
Beyond that third quarter -- where Mentor outscored Ignatius 14 to 7 -- the game belonged to the Wildcats.
Ignatius scored 21 points in the first quarter before the Cardinals crossed the goal line. They were led by running back Timothy McVey who accrued more than 100 yards alone in the first quarter.
Trubisky scored on a 6-yard run in the second quarter but another Wildcat touchdown and a field goal left Ignatius with a 31-7 lead at the half.
Furthermore, after Fisher's interception quelled Mentor's resurgence, Ignatius also outscored the Cardinals 10-0 in the fourth quarter.
"We needed to play like we did in the third quarter all game and we didn't do that," Trivisonno said. "We came out like a deer in the headlights."
Trivisonno praised the Wildcats' play. He had said they were a great team before the matchup and he repeated that assessment afterward.
"I told you they were good," he said.
Mentor faced St. Ignatius twice last year: once in the regular season and again in the playoffs .
When asked if the Cardinals would see the Wildcats again this season, Trivisonno replied, "I certainly hope so."


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PRESTON, Minn. (AP) -- Construction begins soon on a new cemetery in southeastern Minnesota that will let veterans be buried next to their fellow veterans -- and closer to home.
The Preston cemetery will serve the needs of veterans in southeast Minnesota, as well as those in northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin. Minnesota Public Radio reports it will transform a postcard-like setting on one of the green, rolling hills that cradle Preston into a final resting place for more than 35,000 veterans.
It also provides a closer alternative for families than the nearest veterans cemeteries such as Fort Snelling in Minneapolis, Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner, Wis., and the State Veterans Cemetery near Little Falls, Minn.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will reimburse the state $10 million to develop it.
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Figures show renewed confidence in UK housing market
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It starts when I get an irritating feeling I've been hearing a word or phrase too many times, and in too many (and sometimes inappropriate) ways. I check the calendar, and sure enough, it's time for the release of the annual Lake Superior State University Banished Words List. The 2011 list, is, as always, a wonderful compendium of "mis-use, over-use and general uselessness."
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