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Hart: Big Country coaches pepper ballot to coach at THSCA all-star games
Sports smorgasbord, while wondering whatever happened to former Bangs High football player Jacoby Jones:
Six high school coaches with Big Country ties are in the running to coach the all-star games at the Texas High School Coaches Association clinic this summer.
Jim Ned coach Steve Bryant and former Robert Lee coach, Kurt White, now at Monahans, are among the four nominees for North basketball position, while Stephenville coach Joseph Gillespie and former Gorman athlete Mal Maxfield, now the head coach at Amarillo High, are up for the North football honor.
The other North nominees in football are Naldo Esparza of Crane and Tim Buchanan of Aledo, who attended ACU in 1980 on a football scholarship but graduated from Southwest Texas State (now Texas State).
The only South coach with area connections is Hank Carter of Lake Travis, who coached at Stephenville on the same staff with Gillespie.
J.D. Milligan of Denver City and John King of Argyle round out the other spots on the ballot in basketball.
Voting on who will win the jobs will be done Feb. 2 at various regional meetings, including Region II, which will be held here at Madison Middle School with Cisco High coach Brent West directing.
At the same time, coaches may nominate players for the two all-star games and at least three area players will be in football because Stephenville, Stamford and Munday won state championships. Their coaches will select their representatives. Coaches do not have to attend to nominate their players.
Good bloodlines
Reagan Hadaway, the sophomore from Haskell who had an outstanding basketball tournament in Jayton recently, is the granddaughter of the late Milton Martin, who had a great career at Hardin-Simmons as a player before becoming a successful high school area coach.
Martin, a member of the HSU Athletic Hall of Fame, finished his college career in 1961 and left holding the HSU career scoring record (1,584), which that stood until 1994 when Brian Edwards broke it with 1,971 points. Martin made 20 of 20 free throws for a single game school record that still stands, although a couple of weeks later, he made 19 of 19.
LSC weighing options
The Lone Star Conference suffered a setback when Division II voted at its yearly convention not to expand an international pilot to Mexican institutions.
The conference is losing two members, ACU and Incarnate Word to NCAA Division I after this year and apparently was interested in adding Monterrey Tech and other institutions in northern Mexico as replacements
Apparently the trouble with the drug wars along the border affected some of the voters, as did the issue of acquiring visas to enter the states and the fact that there are Division III members wanting to join Division II.
The LSC will continue to discuss possible membership with those schools to determine if concerns on both sides of the border can be satisfactorily addressed.
The LSC has invited Monterrey Tech to play in the conference' Football Festival at Cowboys Stadium next September, hoping to allow Division II schools a chance to become more familiar with the school.
Help coming
Now that former Big Spring quarterback Ryan Tannehill had a good rookie year for the Miami Dolphins and probably helped save former Cooper athlete Jeff Ireland's job as general manager of the team, there could be some good news coming for the player.
Ireland has $46 million in cap space and nine draft picks, and he hopes to build a stronger offense around Tannehill, who was sacked 35 times last season and able to throw only 12 touchdown passes. Perhaps Ireland can bring in good offensive linemen and wide receivers.
Headed back
Baltimore Ravens assistant coach Wilbert Montgomery will be working in his fourth Super Bowl when they face San Francisco in New Orleans next Sunday.
The former ACU great running back played in one Super Bowl as a Philadelphia Eagle — that game also was played in the Big Easy — and has earned three appearances as a coach during his 25-year pro career, which includes nine years as a player.
He won't have his followers this time around, however. The Garner Roberts family, all Abilenians at the time, made the trip to watch him play. They are staying away this time.
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Red Sox bats silenced in 3-2 loss to Rangers
BOSTON — A night after the Red Sox recorded 17 runs, they might have wanted to save a few for the rest of the series as they managed just two runs in their 3-2 loss to the Rangers Wednesday night at Fenway Park.
The game was tied at one in the seventh inning where the Rangers scored two runs charged to reliever Craig Breslow. The left-hander gave up a lead-off double, followed by an out on a bunt attempt and then a walk. He was then replaced by Koji Uehara who allowed a double to center field on the first pitch off the bat of Elvis Andrus scoring two runs.
"He was trying to go down and away with a first pitch to Andrus and it bleeds back to the middle and he squares the ball up for the difference in this ballgame," manager John Farrell said. "We continued to battle back and Koji has been so consistent for us whether it's been with men in scoring position or starting a clean inning by himself."
John Lackey continued his solid season thus far with another impressive outing. He went six innings and allowed one run on five hits while striking out five. The only real blemish was a two-out home run to Adrian Beltre in the fourth inning.
Dustin Pedroia hit his fourth home run, tying the game at one in the sixth inning, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia had an RBI double in the eighth, but that's all the offense the Sox had in the loss.
The teams will close out their three-game series tomorrow night (7:10, NESN) as Jon Lester will seek his seventh win, while the Rangers will counter with Derek Holland.
What they'll be saying: Lackey's outing was another encouraging one, despite not factoring in the decision and he was able to lower his ERA to 2.79. He's allowed three runs or less in eight of his nine starts this season and is pitching much better than a No. 5 starter would, and pretty impressive coming off of Tommy John surgery … As as been the case in many losses this year the Sox just couldn't get the hit they needed. They left the tying run in scoring position in both the seventh and eighth innings and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
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Efforts to roll back Delaware County's ban on smoking in bars, taverns and fraternal clubs was dealt a setback last week when a judge refused to issue a temporary injunction against the major parts of the ordinance.
Delaware Circuit Court 1 Judge Marianne Vorhees wrote in a decision that the plaintiffs — the Delaware County Licensed Beverage Association, four fraternal clubs and a tobacco shop — should have taken action before the ordinance went into effect Aug. 11.
Last summer, commissioners passed the ordinance and it went into force 30 days later, which should have been plenty of time to file an injunction against it.
Now it appears the ordinance will become permanent, or at least much more difficult to overturn. Although a suit is still pending to do just that, the judge wrote there was "no solid case law upon which to base a finding that success on the merits (of the lawsuit) is 'reasonably likely.' " Vorhees found no evidence any court had declared a smoking ban ordinance to be unconstitutional. . . .
it appears the plaintiffs have an uphill battle. They are entitled to their day in court (although no court date had been set last week), and a ruling will be issued on the merits of this ordinance and the laws, not on statistics regarding the ill effects of smoking or how many jobs and dollars have been lost because of this and similar ordinances. Nor will the whims of public opinion play a role in interpreting laws.
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Casino games: They're about revenues, not jobs
The first casino bill to make its way in the Legislature this year is House Bill 665, introduced by Rep. Edmond Gionet, R-Lincoln. It would allow the creation of two casinos, "one in the White Mountains and one in a county bordering Massachusetts." Gionet says his bill is all about job-creation.
"This is not a budget bill, and I don't intend it to be one. It's a jobs bill."
No, it's a budget bill. Last year the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies issued a report on expanded gambling in the state. Based on data from other casinos, it estimated that a $500 million destination resort casino in New Hampshire would employ 2,400 people. For some perspective, Elliot Hospital in Manchester employs about 2,800 people.
Casinos would employ a few thousand people, but the direct economic impact would be concentrated in the immediate community. What about the rest of the state? Rep. Gionet says "We've got highways and bridges in really bad shape, and some folks want surcharges on registrations and a gas tax increase to fund that. I don't think so."
The statewide economic impact would come through the use of casino revenues on highway repair and construction. So it is a budget bill after all, not a jobs bill.
Make no mistake, if casinos are allowed in New Hampshire, some jobs would come with them. However, even more jobs would come from reforming our business taxes in ways that encourage more start-ups and relocations. Fidelity Investments' Merrimack campus employs about 5,300 people, more than would be employed by both of Rep. Gionet's casinos combined. When Fidelity closed its Marlborough, Mass., offices last year, it moved those jobs to Merrimack. If New Hampshire concentrated on recruiting more facilities like that, and on making the conditions better for entrepreneurs, we would be far better off than if we pursued a few casinos.
The real reason politicians want casinos is so they can take half of the gaming revenues, vs 8.5 percent of any other business's profits. It's about money, not jobs.
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Florida House Discusses Bill To Protect Gun Owner's Rights
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A bill to protect gun owners' rights is up for discussion in the State House.
Earlier this evening, the insurance and banking subcommittee chairmen approved a bill which proposes insurers would not be allowed to discriminate against gun owners in the state.
The argument for the bill is that it would be a preemptive motion to ensure insurance companies were not denying insurance from those who have guns.
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I'm just interrupting my series on deliverance (which you can read here, here and here) with a great giveaway for you guys!
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In a previous post I wrote about Pharisaical faith. Click here to read more about what that is. This post is about getting rid of pharisaical faith.
I don't have a particular formula or a magic prayer for your to say. Ridding yourself of pharisaical faith means to renew your mind so that you can completely stop relating to God through the law covenant and whole heartedly get to know Him through grace.
Mind renewal doesn't happen without revelation, and as such I can not force you to see or understand a revelation I have received. I can only retell what I have learned and trust the same lightbulb will go on over your head. Work out your own salvation.
Philemon 1:6 that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. (NKJV)
Your faith is made effective (Greek: effectual, powerful and active) by acknowledging (Greek: Precise and correct knowledge) of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. The first revelation needed then is what exactly the good things are which you have in Christ.
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ (NKJV)
There is absolutely nothing you lack in Christ. No mantles, no anointing, no spiritual gifts, no blessings, no power, no ability, no authority, no nothing. You HAVE BEEN blessed with EVERY spiritual blessing in Christ. Whatever you deny or believe you lack in Christ will be ineffective in your life. Whatever you acknowledge to have in Christ will be effective in your life.
1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. (NKJV)
As Christ Jesus is right now, at this very moment, seated at the right hand of God in perfect holy intra-trinitarian fellowship, so ARE you right now at this very moment too. The same righteousness, the same sanctification, the same inheritance, the same favour, the same blessedness, the same love, the same holiness, the same Father!
Rom 8:16-17 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. (NKJV)
Listen right now as the Holy Spirit confirms and bears witness with your spirit to what I am saying to you: "You are the son of God Almighty, the Father of lights. Your are an equally precious and favoured son, just like Jesus. Everything Jesus attained and inherited through the cross is equally made yours too. His righteousness is attributed to you freely. His justification, His sanctification, His Grace, His everything is now equally yours. Welcome to the family!"
Pharisaical faith demands your performance in order to achieve. It makes you work for something you already have. If you understand what I have said in the above few paragraphs, hopefully your realize that is pretty dumb to try to earn something that is already yours. You don't earn an inheritance, you just receive it.
Grace and Peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of Christ our King!
A short while ago I wrote a post explaining why I believe Christians need not worry about fulfilling the law since Jesus fulfilled it already. I ended that post by saying I was not just referring to the law of Moses, but to the entire tree of knowledge of good and evil. This post is just a continuation of that thought.
What does it mean to partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
It simply means to eat its fruit. When you eat something, you are drawing your sustenance from whatever you are eating. If you are being sustained by the knowledge of good and evil, then you are under law. The law in essence is the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. When you eat of it, it reproduces accordingly.
What is the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
I believe the fruit of the tree is the law. The word knowledge means discernment and understanding. That is what the law is; it is a collection of regulations that gives us an understanding and discernment regarding what is good and what is evil. So if you eat the fruit called law, it in turn produces a fruit in you. The fruit of the law is death.
Gen 2:17 "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (NKJV)
Rom 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. (NKJV)
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (NKJV)
1 Cor 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. (NKJV)
2 Cor 3:6-7 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, (NKJV)
Now the questions beckons, 'Is this only applicable to the law of Moses?' I believe no. This is universally applicable. The law of Moses was merely the understanding and discernment of good and evil as applicable to a specific nation in a specific time and context. The knowledge of good and evil stretches way beyond the scope of the Mosaic Law. There are things people do today that we would consider wrong or unlawful that has no mention in the Mosaic law. You could probably find some vague reference, but we live in a different time and context as the Israelites and therefor our governments impose different discernments regarding good end evil. Our traffic laws are a prime example.
The law of Moses says nothing about J-walking, running a red light, parking illegally or midnight drag races. But in our time and context, it is considered wrong. In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum! It is relatively easy to understand and discern between good and evil, but just because you can discern and understand it, does not mean you are actually partaking of the tree. My next question is of far greater value than merely knowing what the fruit is.
How does one eat the fruit of tree of knowledge of good and evil?
I don't believe many people have asked themselves this question honestly. The answer will deal a death blow to the 'grace is a license to sin' view some people hold. As most people (I hope) would say about themselves, I believe myself to be a law abiding citizen. Now how can I say I am both a law abiding citizen and not under law at the same time? Easy. I can be law abiding, and yet still not be partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. You only partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge when you start relating to God through the law. When you believe your right-standing before God is based on separating yourself from evil by only doing good, then you are partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. God has called us to relate to him by faith, not works. Works is anything you do thinking it will improve your right-standing in the sight of God. Only faith in Christ produces true right-standing.
I don't go out and do whatever I want because I was actually born with a brain. Breaking laws have consequences. It just so happens that many of the laws enforced by the country you live in were also found in the Mosaic law, it doesn't mean the Mosaic law is in force. So if you go out on a pseudo-grace inspired murderous rampage because you believe you can do whatever you want under grace, you won't be breaking the 10 Commandments, but you sure will be breaking your country's law. And when you are caught and stand before a judge, he will laugh at you if you defend your actions by saying 'I am not under law but under grace.' You will be sent to a special kind of prison with padded walls if you're lucky.
So even though I am not under law, I am a law abiding citizen because I understand love. When you act in love towards all people, you will by default not break any laws (Gal 5:13-14 and Gal 5:22-23). So my prayer for you is that you will come to understand that being law abiding and partaking of the tree of knowledge are 2 different things all together.
I hope I was clear enough in how I conveyed this. If not, please comment below and ask questions.
Yours in Grace,
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Like many others before me, I thought I'd give a rundown of my nights events as tonight was the night that I lost my BJJ virginity.
This is a good definition of how I'm feeling right now.
Don't get me wrong though, I feel great! I feel as though I accomplished something and that's exactly how I want to feel after every session. I honestly can't remember much that went on as it has now become a big ball of blurryness due to my nervous disposition but I shall attempt to give a short breakdown of what occurred.
We started by jogging, side stepping, doing push ups and crunches etc. The usual I guess. Then we learnt about how to move into a rear naked from a headlock type position from standing. This I assumed was more a self defence technique rather than actually being useful in a BJJ environment. Then came the good stuff. This basically involved starting in full guard on top and having to slide your head out of your opponents grasp, posture up and using your elbows and the Gi as leverage to force the closed guard open with the tip of the elbow. Surprisingly easy and very useful I'd imagine. We practiced this several times and swapped turns after a little while.
Next we would use the same technique to open up the closed guard but at this point my opponent would grab my sleeves and sit in butterfly guard. At this point I had to grab at the very bottom of the Gi and use this to pull my opponent toward me and trap his feet together and roll him to the side, then press my head against his chest and end up in side control. This one was a little trickier but I got the hang of it in the end.
And that was pretty much it. At the end we had 2 minutes to try and pass each others guard and see if we were able to sweep our opponent. I got my guard passed twice and was unable to pass my opponents guard but came very close so I am taking that as a slight plus. Considering he has been training for a while and was most certainly in better shape than I am. One thing I know for sure, despite having fairly good cardio, it means nothing on the mat.
I cannot wait to try my hand at it again and I would recommend it to anyone who is still unsure about going for the first time. The biggest hurdle really is walking through that door for the first time.
If anyone has any tips on how to improve cardio specifically for BJJ and anything that may help my game then that would be much appreciated! Also, apologies for the use of incorrect grammar or terminology - I need to get some sleep pronto.


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It seems I'm in a rut and have been for the past year or so.
After graduating college, I moved to the city for an internship, the internship was great - finished my degree and still living in the area. I've gotten a part-time job, but just doesn't seem to be anything I'm heart set on. I was always questioning my major throughout college and just feel like giving up on trying to find what that job is in my field. Job hunting has come to a standstill since I don't know where to look or find I'm not qualified for any positions. Basically I feel that my major was too broad and which it was something more specific such as a teacher, engineer, etc. (I majored in Leisure studies)
Ideally I'd love to work more with people. I enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, cycling, (used to be a runner), etc. I have been thinking more and more about going back to school for physical therapy. I think the daunting factor is going back to school, taking pre-reqs in science and math which I am not very strong in and then continuing on for a Doctors in PT. Part of me is also thinking that because I live in an affluent area I am comparing myself too much to the people around me and not looking at myself and what makes me happy. I would love to work at a camp with kids, maybe even a camp where kids need recreational activities to help them overcome obstacles in their lives - drug use, depression, etc - but don't know how this could be a career path - I can't be a camp counselor for my life.
I also have a sister with a disability which I feel in the later years of my life she will become my responsibility and I would have to support her in someway financially. I want to make enough of a living to support both her and myself even if I don't even end up marrying or having a SO.
Lately, I've just been feeling worthless, unproductive, like I haven't achieved anything. It's difficult to see many of my friends moving on with their lives either career wise, with a SO, traveling..while here I am still single, feeling lost, confused, not happy, almost miserable going through some type of post-college blues.
I've been thinking of traveling to teach english abroad, but for some reason nothing seems to be working out. My plan was to be doing something different by September and the clock is still ticking and I'm still going no where. Maybe I have too high expectations for what I want to do? I would love to go to china, but can't seem to find a program that I can just be a teachers assistant which helps me to avoid having previous experience or TESOL.
What is wrong with me? Am I showing signs of depression? I think it's just a funk until I make my next move, but it's really pulling me down an getting to be overwhelming. I feel like I just can never figure things out or just sit down to actually research any of these things that I want to do. I've become incredibly lazy, all I do is work and when I come back from work I'm too exhausted to even look for jobs that I don't even know what type of job to look for because I'm so unsure on what I'm interested in. Another detail is that I haven't been eating very well- lots of carbs and sugar and usually I can kick this habit but lately it has been difficult.
I've tried therapy, but felt like I wasn't really connecting with any of my therapists. One I ended on bad terms by ignoring her and not returning phone calls. The other just never got back to me thus concluded my search for reaching out to therapists.
I guess I'm reaching out to MeFi's to gain some perspective on the situation.
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I'd say it sounds like depression, yes.
Phrased more carefully: What you describe here is something I think I know pretty well, and it has served me well to treat it as depression.
I'm not a doctor though :)
Did you know that
atypical depression
has "significant increase in appetite" listed as a diagnostic criteria? And is quite common.
I recommend exercise - I sometimes FORCE myself to do ANY kind of exercise! And I'll be so much less insane afterwards. If you do one desperate thing, make it scrambling out the door in running shoes.
The medicine
aka Wellbutrin also worked really well for me; It didn't go well with my psoriasis though :(
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Anonymous, you are so not alone. I think that the period righ after college is sometimes one of the toughest for anyone. You've had a plan mapped out for you up to this point, with clear goals and clear structure and now you're suddenly an adult who is trying to figure out the "rest of your life." It can be so overwhelming.
What I want you to know is that you do not have to have all of this figured out right now, or even in the next 5 or 10 years. You are still growing and still figuring out what is meaningful in your life. To try to plan your perfect career, exotic experiences, how you will support yourself and your sister, whether you will or won't be in a long-term relationship...wow. It's too much to take on all at once. Start looking for the smaller pieces.
What can you do TODAY to make yourself feel better/healthier/happier? It can be as small a thing as taking a long hot bath, going for a hike, listening to music you really like, cooking yourself a healthy meal. Whatever that thing is, do it and make a habit of doing at least one of those things every single day.
What is the next most important thing on your list? Choose one goal. Is is getting a teaching position abroad? Is it moving somewhere else? Whatever that is, that is going to be your only other focus for a while. Now think of the steps you have to accomplish to get that done? Take a test? Interview people who have done it? Whatever it is just make a list of all that has to happen. Now start to put that in order. What do you have to do this week to get it done? What about within the next month, etc. etc. Just start moving down that list.
Here's where a therapist is potentially helpful. They can coach you through this process. Help you see those smaller steps when they might be mixed up with all the other big overwhelming stuff. They can also offer you support in making sure you are meeting those goals. Would connecting with a therapist be easier if you felt like you had specific things to accomplish in the therapy? If so, then go for it. Be up front with them and say that's what you want to work on. You ask if you are depressed, and it's hard to say for certain, but you are definitely at risk at this particular point, with all your stress to be feeling overwhelmed and maybe a bit depressed. A therapist would certainly help sort that out and could help you develop skills to manage that as well. A Cognitive Behavioral approach might be particularly helpful.
Finally, you are clearly a very caring sister and it's wonderful that you plan to be there for her in the future. Right now, you can ask for help to be sure that you'll be able to accomplish that. Talk with your parents and her care team and an attorney. They can help you all draft a good financial plan and a care plan that will take that into account. You do not have to take all that on all by yourself, and it's actually better to have a good estate plan to ensure that she will be well cared for.
Take good care of yourself. Things will get better. You sound like a smart, adventurous and caring person.
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It may be depression, but it may also be nothing more than a rut. I've been in these also, and the best way I've found out of a rut is to get busy doing _some_thing (which is good for depression also).
Maybe, if you focus on something other than that which you are trying to attain, you'll come across some insight as to what it is exactly that you want to do, and how to get there. Or you may even find that what you thought you wanted is not really that important to you after all.
Quit the carbs! They're addictive and slow you down in more ways than you realize. It's not clear to me if you're living with your sister or not, but if you are living by yourself, throw out all the chips, bread, frozen french fries etc.. You can't eat carbs if they are not within easy reach. No I don't want this to turn into a diet debate, but if you think you want to quit eating them then stop buying and stocking them.
I don't have specific suggestions, but perhaps start running again, painting your flat, fixing up an old bike. What about local park/recreation organizations - do they need coaches, assistants for sports? If you want to volunteer, great, do that. Key is getting the focus off of "being in a rut" and how to get out of it.
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Some research in organizational sociology has shown that those people who are the most dissatisfied with their jobs are younger folks, especially recent college graduates. This wasn't attributed to them being impudent or whiney, but to the fact that at that age, you have a lot of expectations about what job you may want to get, but have not yet cultivated those skills you need to get them (i.e. you have not done enough networking and forming social connections that allow you to find work via informal means).
On a personal note: I totally felt like this after I had graduated from college. I had a cool, quirky interdisciplinary degree that I did not know what to do with. I had to start supporting myself. I realized that working full-time can be a tiring drag. I was an administrative assistant who was being treated badly by a bunch of guys who thought they could treat me badly because I was just a secretary. I had a lot of ideas and plans of what to do with myself of my life, but no clue how to execute them.
Now that I am a few years older, things are a lot better and I even look reasonably accomplished on paper. This is a function of the fact that as you get older, you have time to do things and accumulate experience and both start
finish plans (and know how to spiff up the old resume in order to look good, or how friends and acquaintances can be awesome resources that can help put you in contact with those things you want to do).
But what I do wish is that I had gone in to see a therapist during those lost years, because I think I would have started developing some planning and focus earlier, rather than later, and would have at least shortened the duration some of the post-college angst. A lot of the ennui may have been normal and environmental, but I also lacked some of the practical/motivational skills that I needed to help change that environment.
So...don't feel alone, know that some of this is just the awkwardness of transitioning out of college, but also maybe reconsider your anti-therapy stance.
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on June 23, 2011
Why not work in a international camp? My son worked in one in Russia, and had a great time. You could do this for a bit, and pick up some work/travel experience. And of course, you could be a life-time camp counselor. Or work with tours, Elderhostels, etc.
Protein's a mood elevator. As is exercise. I don't think you sound genuinely depressed as in clinical depression, but I think you are a bit at 6s and 7s, don't quite know what you want to do, and are a bit daunted at too many choices. So start doing something, anything, and go from there.
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I've been feeling the same way, and I just saw my psychologist. She says its my depression coming back, and besides meds prescribes exercise.
I suggest trying more therapists. And exercise, I guess.
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(07/10/12) - Students and teachers at the University of Michigan-Flint are mourning the loss of 51-year-old Stephen Landon, a theater professor who died Sunday.
Landon was in Rapid City, South Dakota where he was doing design work for the summer term.
The cause of his death isn't known at this time, but the theater department chairperson says Landon did have brain cancer.
He says it had been in remission for more than 10 years.
He was known as a dedicated leader on campus.
Stephen Landon taught theater at UM-Flint for nearly seven years.
The staff at the school said the theater department was like his second home and his memory will live on.
College senior Lauren Faraj met Stephen Landon two years ago when she enrolled into his theater design class.
Faraj kept in touch with her former professor because he taught her how to make her work stand out.
"He was the kind of person that commands a room without having to yell or shout or make a grand entrance. He was very quiet and people gravitated to him and I just can't believe I'm not going to see him again," Faraj said.
Landon helped build props for many productions and was known for his creative way of thinking.
Lauren Friesen, who's the chairman of the department, says Landon was very precise when it came to his job.
"These are shoes you cannot fill and there's no way you can talk about replacing what he meant and did for so many. We may find another person who can fill the job, but as far as replacement, it would take years to do what he achieved," Friesen said.
Landon was supposed to take over Friesen's position as chairman in one year after Friesen retired. Now the department is disappointed that they won't see that happen.
"He was a voice of reason. A wonderful individual who enjoyed life. Appreciated life. He always had time for his students and his friends and his co-workers," said Linda Letts, who was Landon's co-worker.
Funeral arrangements for Landon are not known at this time.
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So friday my bud gets me the 46" HDTV for me because i was sick in bed, then on saturday I buy another for my room along with a new laptop.
It lasted 3 days. I get home, someone busted through my basement window, busted my room open, stole EVERYTHING. Even ate my food and drank my sodas as they stole 3 HDTVs 2Laptops 1PS3 1Wii Jewelry money bluetooth controllers games.. all of that from my house. I was gone for 4 hours. The last thing i said to my TV before I left was "I wish you was on a swivel base" now its gone..
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- Goo Girls said...
2. AIRIEL IS LIKE ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE BANDS EVR omg wow. Well done.
3. A Storm in Heaven is a great album. Why do ppl think the Verve is not a legit band? I have to appreciate all this music alone, there is no scene of fellow appreciators in nyc, that I have found at least.
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it's quite odd to hear about someone in the states talk so passionately about britpop. i guess i just assume no one outside the uk is that interested in the whole scene (not just one band). never really got into the verve sadly, blue though for sure
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Love the skirt, what a find! And love the connection with The Verve.
I just came across your blog recently and wanted to say hello too, look forward to seeing more! :)
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meagan this is so great! i love that oc skirt. there have been attempts at britpop nights here in cleveland, but there are probably like, 5 of us that would actually go regularly. not as fun.
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shoegaze 4ever! love verve. love ride. and the obvious candidates, of course.
very curious how you feel about Catherine Wheel? People say they suck, people say they are on of the most underrated bands ever. I think they are the latter.
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What the hell were the (cough) planners thinking? Didn't they expect a few thousand people? Didn't they know that if you clog the only walkway with all the events, it's going to produce a nearly unmoveable mass? And what exactly was the thinking in cranking the volume of the radio feed to the absolute maximum that the San Andreas Fault could withstand?
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WEST FARGO – An English language arts teacher at West Fargo High School (WFHS) has been named North Dakota's 2014 Teacher of the Year. Governor Jack Dalrymple and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler honored Aaron Knodel during a ceremony on Friday.
Knodel was selected from a pool of four finalists that included Julie Jaeger, a K-5 gifted education teacher from Minot Public Schools; Debra Nelson, a science teacher from Bottineau High School; and Kristi Shanenko, an English language arts teacher from Valley City Junior-Senior High School.
"North Dakota has one of the best educational systems in the country and that is due in large part to the great work that is going on in classrooms across our state," Dalrymple said. "Aaron exemplifies North Dakota's outstanding teachers who are dedicated to education excellence and to helping our young people achieve their full potential."
"North Dakota has the highest quality teachers in our nation," Baesler said. "Aaron is an example of these high caliber instructors who make a daily difference in the lives of all the students in their classrooms and schools."
Knodel has been a teacher at West Fargo High School since 2004 and teaches senior English, advanced placement language and composition, debate and argumentation, and the fundamentals of public speaking. He also serves as an adjunct professor at both North Dakota State University and the North Dakota State College of Science, teaching courses in public speaking and the methods of teaching writing.
Knodel is currently serving as president of the North Dakota Council of Teachers of English. Just this year, Knodel was named WFPS' Teacher of the Year and was named WFHS' Teacher of the Year in 2011-2012.
"I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to represent this noble profession," Knodel said. "What makes me passionate about my job every day is the simple fact that the interactions I have with my students and the interactions they have with each other have the potential, on any given day, to significantly impact their lives. I have seen it, and I know the magic of those moments. The rewards of teaching are these moments."
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West Fargo administrators, educators, students, and representatives from the state's education associations attended Friday's ceremony. Dalrymple and Baesler were joined by West Fargo Public Schools (WFPS) Superintendent David Flowers, WFHS Principal Jennifer Fremstad and Sheyenne 9th Grade Center Principal Greg Grooters.


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It was lights, camera, action as close friends and the entire Robertson family gathered to be presented with the Louisiana Entrepreneurial Excellence award.
A & E got in position to make this day part of the show's next season.
"Not everyone is going to be the next Duck Commander, but everyone can pursue their dreams in this great state," said Gov. Bobby Jindal.
It's an honor for a family that totaled a first year sales of $8000 when Duck Commander started decades ago.
"Right here in our home town, right up from where we started from nothing...it's special. Sort of touching for our family," said Duck Commander CEO Willie Robertson.
Humbling Phil Robertson agrees, stressing that not only was the multi-million dollar company built from nothing but without any outside help.
"I want everyone to understand when we started and now to this day it was without any government assistance," Duck Commander patriarch Phil Robertson said.
The governor says not only is this family an inspiration to the business community, but as a father himself. Jindal is proud that his children can watch the show without any fear of what may be said or seen.
Jindal also commended the family for creating a show that is truly family friendly.


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|A 'Man Named Suh'
|Sunday, September 15, 2013 12:00 AM
By JIM METCALFE
Sports Editor
Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is in hot water with the National Football League again for his boneheaded chop block of a Minnesota Viking offensive lineman, John Sullivan, that nullified a pick-6 by teammate DeAndre Levy during Sunday's season-opening win over the Six Rulers.
He was fined $100,000 for this stunt, running his total of fines and lost game checks to nearly $350,000.
The problem is he keeps doing it. He apologized to his teammate for costing him the touchdown but how about to the lineman whose career he could have ended with this cheap shot — 10 yards behind the play when he had NO chance to making the tackle?
If you hit him high and decleat him, that is a great play, but you went low. Are you trying to hurt people?
At some point, he has to grow up and stop this garbage, no matter how talented he is. He has to control his rage — many players have done it!
I think the coaches have to start holding him accountable as well instead of seemingly condoning this because you want a nasty defensive line.
Just like in baseball, there are unwritten rules that you don't break and he did with this play, as well as those in the past. The goal is to win games and not end careers.
Players know who is dirty and who isn't; they know because they go up against these guys.
If he is so sorry, I make a suggestion; don't appeal the fine. Man up to what you did and go from there.
I wonder if at some point, the players tell the union to NOT support this kind of stuff; after all, it is THEIR careers that are at stake when someone does something ridiculous like this, especially in the age of trying to make the game safer.
My guess is that pigs will fly — the GEICO ad notwithstanding! — before this happens, just like the Alex Rodriguez case regarding his 211-game suspension still hasn't been heard and won't be until the day after the regular season ends, Sept. 30 — or until the Yankees are eliminated from the playoffs, should they make them.
The more things "change" …
I won't go into what I think of the lateness of the Rodriguez "hearing" two months after the suspension was supposed to begin — I'll let "justice" be served in that one.
Isn't it amazing how quickly pundits pass judgement on teams?
Look at the opening week of the NFL season and how already, pundits are asking "what is wrong with/how much trouble is (take your pick: Steelers, Patriots, Ravens, etc.) in?"
At the same time, they are wondering if the Chip Kelly Philadelphia Eagle offense "60 Minutes of Madness" — my term — can change the NFL or last over the long haul.
As to the former, it's one game. So many teams actually have issues somewhere: I don't know if you can say that there are any "complete" teams — outside of perhaps San Francisco — in the NFL right now.
Everybody has a weakness somewhere, whether it's in the offensive line, the defensive line, secondary or down the line.
For an example, the Steelers have been at such a relatively high level over the last decade — in the free-agency era — seemingly able to rebuild on the fly, but even they aren't perfect; at some point, every team has to rebuild, as a friend of mine who is a Steeler fan admitted.
Can they turn it around and prove these comments moot? Absolutely. They may not but one game won't tell us that.
As to the latter, the answer is … we shall see.
I kind of like an offense that likes to get a lot of plays off — like a fast break in basketball — and will utilize all of its weapons — but it's going to have to. They better have a lot of depth because if they think a running back like LeSean McCoy is going to be able to handle 31 carries a game over 16 games — well, pigs might fly!
My guess is that those offensive linemen are also going to have to slim down and get quicker, faster and well-conditioned — I don't think 330-pound left tackle Jason Peters, for example, is going to be able to stay at that weight over the year and in the future.
I don't imagine that it will also be in Michael Vick's best interest to expose him to that many extra hits over the course of a game like that, especially since he isn't necessarily that durable.
Two, that defense also better be extremely deep because they may end up playing an awful lot of plays as well, just like the second half Monday night.
In all honesty, though, I think the league has been going at a faster pace the last several years anyway, just maybe not trying to get the ball snapped every 20 seconds or so.


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Charlottesville Figure Skating Club Press Release
Charlottesville Figure Skating Club members spent a Saturday night skating dozens of laps around the Main Street Arena. Some members skated more than 100 laps, and their efforts paid off: The club's Frozen Skate-A-Thon, held January 26, raised $1,550 for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.The State-A-Thon was a chance for skaters to share their love of the sport during National Skating Month in January. The CFSC wanted to help a local charity that helps kids, so members asked family and friends to pledge per lap or a set amount.CFSC member and Main Street Arena skating director Tiffany Thornton attended the Skate-a-Thon with her 4-year-old son. "It was the most fun I've had in a long time. It was great to let loose and just skate," she said. "It reminded me why I love skating." End-of-Season Exhibition March 30, 1-3 p.m.Ice skating at Main Street Arena will end for the season March 31. CFSC will hold an end-of season skating exhibition Saturday, March 30 from 1-3 p.m. More than 15 figure skaters are expected to skate their programs.This event is not open to the public, but local media are invited to film/photograph and interview skaters and their families. Beginning in April, skaters will practice in Richmond and Lynchburg to prepare for the Commonwealth Games of Virginia. The CFSC is hosting this competition in Lynchburg June 22-23.


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A few weeks ago, I found this great blog post (link) by a guy who researched every draft pick trade from 1992-2008 (it's a few years old). He built a list of all trades, and what a team recevied for trading up or down from each spot. His list includes trades involving draft picks only, not player trades, as it is difficult or impossible to quantify the exact relative value of a player in terms of draft picks.
I wanted to see what we could expect for trading down in the draft. I added the 2009-2011 drafts to the data. If I have time to put together another fan post, I'll put together another list for trading up.
To get a large enough sample set to show what history says we could expect to receive, I looked at all trade-downs from picks 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25. That is, all instances where a team started within two picks of # 23 and traded down in the draft.
Here is the list. In the first column is how many picks a team traded down. In the second column is what the team received in compensation for that trade-down. This does not count the first pick received, for example, if a team trades down 3 spots from 23 to 26 and picks up a fourth-round pick (105), I list the compensation as simply a 4th round pick for a trade down of 3 spots (not a 3 for 26 + 105). I thought this would be simpler.
One note: When I classify the draft round of a pick in this post, it is based on an original, uniform 32-slot draft, not counting compensatory picks. For example, I would call pick # 99 a "high 4th round pick". Of course, pick 99 could be a "low third-round pick" some years, but not others, depending whether there are several compensatory picks at the end of round 3.
I know this affects the veracity of the description of draft picks slightly, but I prefer to think in terms of 7 rounds, rather than in numbers 1-255 and try to calculate in my head what round a pick is in (e.g. "okay pick # 137--is that a fifth? or a fourth? or maybe it's a sixth?"). It's just easier that way.
Here's the list:
|A team trading down:
|2 spots
|a mid-fourth
|2 spots
|a low-fourth
|2 spots
|a seventh
|3 spots
|a mid-fifth AND next year's 3rd
|3 spots
|a high-fourth
|3 spots
|a high-fifth
|3 spots
|a high-sixth AND seventh
|3 spots
|a high-sixth
|5 spots
|a low-second (but gives up a seventh trading down)
|6 spots
|a high-third
|7 spots
|a low-third AND high-fifth
|8 spots
|a low-third AND high-seventh
|10 spots
|a low-second AND favorible swap of a mid-sixth for low-sixth
|11 spots
|a mid-low second
|11 spots
|a low-third AND seventh
|13 spots
|two favorible swaps: a mid-second for mid-third AND a high-fourth for low-fifth
|14 spots
|next year's 1st
|15 spots
|a high-third
|18 spots
|a high-third AND mid-fourth
|21 spots
|next year's 1st AND a mid-fifth
|51 spots
|next year's 1st AND next year's 4th (this does not seem like a good trade)
One other thing I'd like to note is that there is obviously a big difference from one trade to another in compensation received.
For example, one team received a mid-fourth-round pick (# 113) for moving down two spots.
Another team, another year, received a high-seventh-round pick (# 195) for moving down two spots.
Three things could account for a difference like this, and # 3, I think is especially important for us to consider:
1. The marginal difference in value between trading down a given number of spots from # 21 and trading down the same number of spots from # 25 (and each pick in between--22, 23 and 24).
2. The historical change in perception of draft value. In the early-1990's, teams may not have put as much data-driven decision-making into determining what a pick is "really" worth as they have in today's NFL (hell, we drafted a kicker in round 2 back then, but I guess Jason Hanson turned out to be worth it).
3. The composition of the available players at the time of the trade.
Because there could be only one player left that the Lions really really like at # 23, they may decide not to trade down in spite of a very historically generous offer, and choosing not to trade down may be the best decision.
On the other hand, there could be several players the Lions really really like almost equally, and if they are offered a pittance to trade down two spots, and that is the best offer negotiable, then trading down might actually be the best decision, because they'll still get one of these players.
For example, suppose there are three players the Lions really like (suppose their names are Gilmore, Martin, and Mercilus), and they like all players equally. With due diligence and much debate in the preceding weeks, they were able to decide who ranks above whom on their big board, but honestly, all three players look almost equally good to Mayhew & Co, and the Lions brass would be equally happy to draft any of them.
Now, Denver at # 25 calls, and offers a sixth-round pick (# 188) for our seventh-round pick (# 230) to move up two spots and swap 25 for 23. Mayhew makes a counter-offer, but Denver basically says "take it or leave it".
Historically, moving down two spots in the first for a simple late-round swap is a relatively bad deal. However, to Mayhew and our scouts the marginal difference between Gilmore, Martin and Mercilus is so small, that the marginal difference in value between late-round picks # 230 and # 188 may actually be bigger than the marginal difference in value between these three players. And, if we're only moving down 2 spots, it's guaranteed that at least one of them will still be available.
So, accepting this trade might look historically bad, but actually be good for the Lions.
On the other hand, suppose the same situation, except it's Houston at # 26, not Denver at #25 making the call, and they're offering their fourth AND sixth-round picks to swap three spots from 26 to 23.
Now, historically, this looks like a good deal. However, with only three players on the big board left that the Lions really really like, and a big drop-off after that, Mayhew may decide that he'd rather draft a first-round talent that the scouts feel good about, rather than move down, watch these three players get drafted, and have to reach for a lesser talent, only picking up a mid- and late-round pick for this.
So, accepting this trade might look historically good, but actually be bad for the Lions.
Of course, the prospect of trading back up a spot or two, after moving down three, as well as the possibility that Houston does not take one of these three coveted players, meaning one of them will last to pick # 26, could help make this concern over difference in marginal value a little bit less relevant, and Mayhew might go ahead with the trade anyway.
Well, anyway, hopefully this list is interesting and helpful as we look forward to what kinds of trade scenarios could arise in just 9 days...


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Two men that desperately need a win will face off in a featherweight battle at UFC on Fox 4 on August 4th in Los Angeles. Both have had a lot of success outside the UFC, but it's been rough going into the octagon thus far. MMA Fighting has the news:
A featherweight bout has been added to the UFC's fourth outing on FOX as Michihiro Omigawa is set to face Manny Gamburyan as part of the UFC on FOX 4 fight card. Sources close to the situation confirmed the news with MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani.
Omigawa (13-11-1) hasn't had a great featherweight run in the UFC, going 1-3 so far. His only win came over Jason Young at UFC 138, and he dropped his last outing via unanimous decision to Yuri Alcantara at UFC 142 in January. Gamburyan (11-7) has lost three bouts in a row, the last two coming in the UFC to Tyson Griffin and Diego Nunes.
The bout is expected to take place on the preliminary card. The main event sees Brian Stann taking on former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard.


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Digital Trends is reporting that thousands of the Pro's batteries are being recalled by retailer Best Buy.
Best Buy issued the recall on 5,100 faulty batteries that have the potential to catch fire and cause burns. One woman has already suffered what Best Buy is calling a "serious burn to the consumer's leg."
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission recommended immediate removal of the batteries.
The two model numbers for Best Buy's after-market MacBook Pro batteries are MC-MBOOK13B and MC-BOOK13W. Both are made by ATG.
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Torah Tidbits
Aliya by Aliya Sedra Summary
LDT: The two most common names of G-d in the Torah are E-LO-HIM and A-DO-NOI (as an act of respect for G-d's sacred names, these two are generally pronounced ELOKIM and HASHEM respectively, when referred to other than in prayer or Torah reading). ELOKIM is usually considered to be G-d's name of strict judgment, whereas HASHEM carries the connotation of Divine Mercy. Notice that in the accounts of Egyptian oppression, the predominant name of G-d is Elokim (especially in 2:23-25).Continue Reading
VA'EIRA Stats
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14th of the 54 sedras;
2nd of 11 in Sh'mot
Written on 221.8 lines in a Torah; ranks 16th
16 parshiot; 8 open, 8 closed
VA'EIRA Stats
VA'EIRA Stats
14th of the 54 sedras;
2nd of 11 in Sh'mot
Written on 221.8 lines in a Torah; ranks 16th
16 parshiot; 8 open, 8 closed
The 6th of the 8 Terms
The official count of Terms of Redemption (L'SHONOT GEULA) is 5, with the first three related to Y'TZI'AT MITZRAYIM (the Exodus) - V'HOTZEITI, V'HI- TZALTI, V'GAALTI (see Towards Better Davening) for the review of proper syllable-accenting) - I will take you out, I will save you, I will redeem you. The fourth term is V'LAKACHTI - I will take you (unto Me as a Nation), generally understood to represent Revelation at Sinai, Matan Torah. And the 5th term is V'HEIVEITI,
I will bring you (to the land I promised to your ancestors). The Four Terms are matched to the four cups of wine at the Seder, and the Fifth Term is represented by the Kos shel Eliyahu, which points to the Complete Geula, still in the future.
Last issue's (Sh'mot) TTriddles:
Slim pickings, this week - as the expression goes.
[1] The bush contained a miracle
The bush is HAS'NEH, as in the bush that was burning but not being consumed. The word HAS'NEH in Hebrew has a SAMACH and a NUN in it, between the two flanking HEIs. Switching the letters around we find NEIS (miracle) in the bush - which it actually contained.
[2] most common long ending
Of the twelve sons of Yaakov, mentioned again in the beginning of Parshat Sh'mot, we find five of their names end with a NUN SOFIT, a.k.a. NUN P'SHUTA, a straight NUN, which is long - the most common long ending among the names.
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My Shabbat guest this week said she saw signs up about an evening of inspiration for SHOV'VIM, did I know what SHOV'VIM is? I must confess that I had heard about it but didn't know much about it, though I did know enough not to think that it was an evening for SHOVAVIM which is modern Hebrew for Dennis the Menace type of kids. So I opened up the SEFER HATODA'A - The Book of Our Heritage by Rav Eliyahu Ki Tov and which is a handy book that goes through the Jewish calendar, month by month and explains all significant events and activities.
First of all he explained that the word SHOV'VIM comes from initial letters of first 6 sedras in Sh'mot: Sh'mot, Va'eira, Bo, B'shalach, Yitro, Mishpa- tim - and in 13-month years, another two sedras: T'ruma and T'tzaveh, adding to the name, making it SHOV'VIM TAT.
Parsha Points to Ponder
1) What did G-D reveal to Moshe when he told him I AM HASHEM (6:2)? He had revealed Himself to Moshe numerous times already so what was He teaching Moshe with these words?
2) Why does it say that PA'RO SAW THERE WAS A BREAK IN THE PLAGUE leading to the hardening of his heart regarding the plague of frogs (8:11), a language which is not used for any other plague?
3) Why did Pa'ro say the words G-D IS THE RIGHTEOUS ONE specifically after the plague of hail (9:27) and no other plague?
Wisdom and Wit
R' Simcha Bunim of P'shischa once spoke about Akeidat Yitzchak. "This story seems strange in a way," he said. "Imagine, if Hashem spoke to you directly and told you to sacrifice your son, wouldn't you do so? What, then, was so special about what Avraham did?
"The answer to this," he said, "is that the yetzer hara appeared to Avraham and said to him, - You are old and your wife is old, and Yitzchak was born by a miracle. Hashem promised you that from Yitzchak would arise a great nation. Now, if you kill Yitzchak, Hashem's promise won't be fulfilled. "Avraham answered the yetzer hara: - Hashem told me to sacrifice my son, and I will do so. The fact that He promised me that from Yitzchak there would rise a great nation, that's His concern, not mine."
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Rashi conveys important messages, not only by what he writes but also by what he does not write. Rashi at times chooses to remain silent in one place and then clarify in another one so that where he writes a commentary it is significant.
In Parshat Shmot, Hashem reveals Himself to Moshe at the Burning Bush. He assures Moshe, "I have indeed seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt "I shall descend to rescue it from the hand of Egypt and to bring it up from that land, to a land flowing with milk and honey" (3:8). This is the first time the land is described in the way that Hashem has chosen for it "eretz zavat chalav udvash." This will appear another fourteen times in Torah. In fact the second time it appears is also here at the Sneh. "And I have said I shall bring you up from the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite etc. to a land flowing with milk and honey" (3:17). Yet Rashi maintains silence and does not explain its meaning. Only at the end of Parshat Bo, "Today you are leaving in the month of spring. And it shall come to pass when Hashem shall bring you to the land of the Canaanite" that He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey…" (5:31) Here, finally Rashi says, "Milk flows from the goats and honey flows from the dates and figs." Well, why does Rashi wait till now? Why not explain it the very first time it appears in Torah? Obviously by choosing to wait and by selecting this particular posuk, Rashi wants to teach us something important. Moshe Rabeinu understood that as long as the people are enslaved in Egypt they will be incapable of aThe Torah uses five expressions of geula - V'hotzeiti, V'hitzalti, V'gaalti, V'lakachti, V'heiveiti. The first four of these expressions are reflected in the redemption symbolized by the 4 cups of wine that we drink at the seder. Why is the fifth formulation omitted?
Interestingly, Yechezkel (36) also uses four verbs in his description of the final redemption. His language mirrors that of the Torah, since the geula from Mitzrayim is considered the prototype for all future redemptions. The prophet uses "v'heiveiti" - the term not reflected in the cups of wine - as his third stage of redemption. It indicates a physical return. The physical aliya is then to be followed by a spiritual purification process which can only occur in the Holy Land, not on foreign soil (where Yechezkel prophesied).appreciating the Divine description of a land that is bountiful, fruitful, verdant, and blessed with abundance.
Lesson # 579 Going Out of Business Sale
I was able to obtain a group of decisions that were handed down by the Beit Dinin of Antwerp. The following is one of those cases:
The case as reported does not contain any names. Thus the names I used herein are fictional.
There was a store merchant in Antwerp who sold cash vouchers at a discount. The vouchers could be used only for purchasing merchandise from the store. Mr. Cohen purchased 100 francs worth of vouchers in January. He did not use the vouchers. In July the merchant announced that he was going out of business. He announced a going out of business sale where all of the merchandise in the store would be sold at a 50% discount. Mr. Cohen went to the store and wanted to buy 100 francs worth of merchandise at the discounted prices. The merchant replied that he would sell Mr. Cohen the merchandise at the price the items cost when Mr. Cohen purchased the vouchers. Mr. Cohen stated that since the vouchers did not so state he wanted to obtain 100 francs worth of merchandise at the price that he was making the purchase. Also Mr. Cohen stated that after he purchased the merchandise at the reduced rates, any balance that he did not use for the purchase of merchandise be remitted to him in cash from the merchant.
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- Candle A Day
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- Sedra Stats
- Portion of the Portion
- Parsha Points to Ponder
- TTriddles "Report"
- Person In The Parsha
- Chizuk and Idud
- "From Machon Puah"
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July 6, 2012: Former US Representative Phil English opened the Erie County Victory campaign for Mitt Romney today at the Clarion Hotel Bel-Aire Conference Center in Erie, PA at noon. A. press conference format was used by Mr. English in promoting Mitt Romney's campaign to secure the presidency of the United States.
This coincides with the opening of Republican Party Headquarters at 2206 W 15th Street where the Victory Center is also located under the direction of Vince Pascarella who can be contacted through this website or email::firstname.lastname@example.com for volunteer work from contacting voters through phone banks or door-to-door campaigning.
Mr. English was elaborate in his support for Mitt Romney because of his personal and political knowledge of Mr. Romney's comprehensive knowledge of the economy and job creation. His strengths are in understanding the economy and private enterprise and his policies will include tax reform, fiscal responsibility and regulatory restraints. Attacks against him on outsourcing jobs have been largely debunked by Factcheck as being false.
Poor job numbers which were released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of an 8.2% unemployment rate, 12.7 million people unemployed and creation of a mere 80,000 jobs in June which most economists say is not enough to lower the unemployment figures.
President Obama commenting on the same numbers today said that it is heading in the right direction. Mr. English said that Mr. Obama does not understand that it is neither headed in the right direction nor his earlier comment that the private sector is doing well. This reveals Mr. Obama's inability to understand the problem or to lead this country out of its economic problems.
In 2008 election John McCain received only 39% of the votes in Erie County and he lost Pennsylvania and the election. Mr. English also lost his reelection bid, but he reiterated that this November Mr. Romney can carry the state if he does well in Erie County and he urged the supporters to renew efforts to secure votes in the county. He noted that Mr. Obama must win Pennsylvania and his chances of reelection are not good otherwise.
Mr. English answered questions from the audience concerning many aspects of Mr. Romney's campaign which included PPACA decision by the Supreme Court recently but Mr. English emphasized that 55% of the public is interested in improving the economy contrasting with only a 10-12% interest in health care.
The press conference concluded with a resounding applause from enthusiastic supporters numbering about one hundred people.


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