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An apology
June 21, 2011
I would like to apologize to readers of this blog for my recent neglect of it; I have not posted anything to it for some time, nor answered any of the comments. Some explanation for this is called for.
Briefly, and simply, I am tired. I have spent four years writing it, and have not yet accomplished what I set out to do at the beginning, which is to finish and publish my work on John Bekkos. At the present time, my attentions are mostly focused upon the necessity of making a living somehow in the very straitened economic environment in which we live. To that end, I have taken up various teaching positions over the past year, and, in the fall, will be taking up another one. For various reasons, I have been asked not yet to make public the details regarding this new position; but it will entail my moving from New Jersey, after which my father intends to sell the house where I currently live, in which I grew up.
This blog was started in September 2007. At that time, I was unemployed, living by myself at the end of Long Island in a house where, for many days on end, I had little contact with anyone except crows, ants, oak trees, and, of course, John Bekkos, whom I was translating. Writing a blog initially provided me a means of connecting and communicating with the rest of the world; this was both a pleasant diversion and helpful for maintaining my sanity. Without doubt, this blog has seen its ups and downs; there have been times when I have been deeply engaged in it, and there have been times, like the present, when it has suffered neglect. But, on the whole, it has served to make John Bekkos better known to the public, and has allowed me to say various things that I thought needed saying. Whether I shall be able to continue writing it much longer appears doubtful; my expectation is that the responsibility of teaching new and difficult subjects, in a new and strange environment, is going to reduce the amount of time I can spend on this blog to zero.
All writing that is worth anything has something of the nature of a conversation. But not all conversations can be maintained indefinitely, or should be. The things about which conversations on this blog have tended to revolve — the Filioque, the essence/energies distinction, the schism — are not the only things in life worth knowing or thinking about. As a Christian, I believe and understand that the God who gave himself for our salvation in Jesus Christ is supremely worth knowing and thinking about; theology is a legitimate and worthy occupation of the mind, since God is the highest object of knowing. But I also believe and understand that thought about God properly issues in worship and praise of him, and in a godly life; if it does not, if it becomes a sort of end in itself and nervous habit, there is something wrong with it. To my thinking, the schism is one long, bad conversation, revolving endlessly upon itself. And it pains me to think that my blog has sometimes facilitated, and perhaps sometimes exemplified, that bad vortex, which moves nowhere but sucks in everything around it.
The latest Orientale Lumen conference opened yesterday in Washington, D.C.; I am not going to it. Partly, this is because I am too busy preparing to move, and, partly, because I did not feel like shelling out $300 for the conference and accommodations; but it is also because I have attended a few such conferences before, and have a pretty good idea of what to expect. Metropolitan Kallistos Ware will treat the audience to an eloquent, informative lecture, constructed around three main points and punctuated with witty anecdotes, but, in the end, he will tell people there why nothing more can be done, and why no real movement towards a resolution of the separation between Orthodoxy and Rome can be expected in the foreseeable future. Metropolitan Jonah will perhaps explain to those present where he has been for the past few months, and what considerations have led him to place the governance of the O.C.A. temporarily into the hands of his synod of bishops — but, more likely, he will not explain this, and will, like Metropolitan Kallistos, give an apologia for maintaining the status quo indefinitely and until the eschaton. Others will say ecumenically pleasant things; DVDs will be sold; an excursion will be made to a nearby church or to a bookstore; people will leave at the end, carrying with them the pleasant feeling that they have accomplished something.
This past Sunday, my bishop (Bishop Michael of New York) presided at liturgy at my church here in New Jersey. Afterwards, at the luncheon held in his honor, he fielded questions from members of the parish. Someone asked him how long it would be before there was Orthodox unity, that is, a single, unified Orthodox Church, in America. His answer: "Not in my lifetime." He went on to explain how the influx of people from Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union had complicated matters, and how the general expectation is very different now than it was in 1970 when the autocephaly of the O.C.A. was first proclaimed, and how some jurisdictions, e.g., the Antiochians, are more cooperative than others (presumably, the Greeks). It made me think of how, growing up in the Greek Orthodox Church in the 1960's, one occasionally heard rumors about plans for a "Great, Upcoming Ecumenical Council" of the Orthodox Church which should resolve all problems, in particular, the problem of the ecclesiastical status of the "Diaspora" and the problem of conflicting claims of authority between Constantinople and Moscow. The reason why such a Great, Upcoming Ecumenical Council could not now take place, one was told in those days, was that so much of the Orthodox world lay under Communist rule. At this point, two decades after Communist rule in Eastern Europe collapsed, one hears no more about a Great, Upcoming Ecumenical Council which should resolve all problems. My guess is that, in a country like Greece, reeling under the effects of its own unwise borrowing and the predatory lending practices of companies like Goldman Sachs, a country where the privatization even of national assets like the Parthenon is now being seriously discussed, the calling of a Great, Ecumenical Council is probably the furthest thing from people's minds.
Christian unity is not the answer to all questions; it does not magically supply a solution to global warming, poverty, unemployment, war, and the high price of gasoline; it does not even furnish an answer, directly, to some strictly theological questions of real importance, e.g., how to read the Book of Genesis in the light of earth science, genetics, and palaeontology. But it is a kind of prerequisite to any united, effective action by Christians in the world. Most importantly, it is Christ's will. I confess that, when I hear a bishop answer "Not in my lifetime" to a question about unity, I must infer that something is deeply wrong, and that someone is not doing his job. If not in your lifetime, then in whose? To quote Rabbi Hillel, "If not now, when?"
Review of a paperback, purchased from Amazon.com
May 25, 2011
Some while ago, Dr. William Tighe recommended to me the book The Church in Rome in the First Century by George Edmundson, published in 1913. I found the book on-line on Google Books, and began reading it; it is, indeed, a very persuasive study. I finally decided that I would like to own a physical copy of the book, and, last week, ordered such a copy from Amazon.com. My copy arrived yesterday; today, I plan to send it back. Below I give my reasons why, in a review of the book which is still pending publication on Amazon.com's website. (Note: I gave the book one star, mainly because I thought that, if I gave it no stars at all, someone might think I had simply overlooked that section of the evaluation; also, because there was no procedure for registering negative stars.)
I received this book yesterday, delivered by UPS. When I opened the box and began reading the enclosed reprint of Edmundson's book, I was shocked at what I found. Edmundson's book is, itself, an intelligent, persuasive study, and very worth reading; but this printed edition of it is not what he wrote. It is essentially an OCR of a scan of the original text that has been hastily printed out, put between covers, and sold, without even a minimal attempt at proofreading. The first thing I noticed was that the Greek, in the original book, appeared as gibberish; here is a random example, from p. 18:
"5 Compare Rom. ix. 3: Tfox MI "f p andflf/ta eleai ainbs iyu air!/ rov virep ruv asf ipiav ov, Tuv ffvyytvuv fiov Kata ffdpka, otrivfs fiffiv Iffpa At 3 liffiraffaffsf vspdvatov Kai Iovviov Tovs irtryytifls ov Kal ffvvaixfia otriwl flfftv iiriffrifiol Iv To?! iiroo-rijAoir, ot /to! irpb ifiov ytyovav iv Xpiffrif. It is possible that lovviav might be feminine = Junia, but it is generally taken as masculine, Junias being an abbreviation for Junianus."
The second thing I noticed is that all the original footnotes in the book appear within the body of the text; that is true of the above citation; here is another example, from p. 32:
"The language of Clement of Rome2 in his Epistle to the Corinthians leaves no doubt-for it is the witness of a contemporary-that Peter was martyred at Rome. But leaving ancient examples let us come to the athletes who were very near to our own times, let us take the illustrious examples of our own generation. Peter who through unjust jealousy endured not one or two but many sufferings and so having borne witness-/j ptvp a-ai-departed to the place of glory that was his due. The 48 ASCENSION OF ISAIAH 1 Lanciani, Pagan and Christian Rome, p. 125.
2 In that portion of the fifth book of the Sibylline Oracles which was probably written 71-74 A. d. the flight of Nero from Rome is thus described; V. 143 4ifv etai Ik Ba0v uvos andva tpofifpbs icol
Clement Rom. 1 Cor, v.
statement in the apocalyptic Ascension of IsaiahiI-also the work of a contemporary-that a lawless king, the slayer of his mother, will persecute the plant which the Twelve Apostles of the Beloved have planted."
And so on. The whole book reads in this vein; it is, quite literally, a piece of junk, and a scam.
The book was printed in the year 2010 by an outfit named "General Books," Memphis, Tennessee, USA (website: www.General-Books.net). On the page behind the title page, one finds, along with the legally required information about the publication, explanatory comments. Under the section titled "How We Made This Book for You," one reads that the book was made "exclusively for you" using patented Print on Demand technology, and then learns that a robot flipped and scanned each page of the original, rare book, and that the "typing, proof reading and design" of the book were automated using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Further down on the page, there is a section titled "Frequently Asked Questions." The first "Frequently Asked Question" is the following: "Why are there so many typos in my paperback?" The answer provided is the following:
"We created your book using OCR software that includes an automatic spell check. Our OCR software is 99 percent accurate if the book is in good condition. Therefore, we try to get several copies of a book to get the best possible accuracy (which is very difficult for rare books more than a hundred years old). However, with up to 3,500 characters per page, even one percent is an annoying number of typos. We would really like to manually proof read and correct the typos. But since many of our books only sell a couple of copies that could add hundreds of dollars to the cover price. And nobody wants to pay that. If you need to see the original text, check our website for a downloadable copy."
Thank you, but I have a downloadable copy already, from Google Books. I ordered this paperback copy of the book because I wished to be able to read the book when I am not at the computer. The copy you have so lovingly and carefully prepared for me does not allow me to do that; as mentioned above, it is a piece of junk. I will send it back to Amazon.com, and ask for my $19.42 to be refunded.
That Amazon is willing to be the go-between for such publishing scams lessens my trust in it. It needs to clean up its act.
The Harrowing of Hell
April 3, 2010
Last week, a friend of mine, who is writing a screenplay, asked me a question about Christ's descent into hell. He wondered what scriptural support the doctrine had. I told him that, so far as I am aware, the doctrine is based on a single New Testament passage. In the First Letter of Peter, it is said that Christ "went and preached unto the spirits in prison":
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water." (1 Peter 3: 18-20)
This preaching to the spirits in prison is understood to have occurred during the interval between Christ's death and his resurrection, and it is that descent into hell that is particularly commemorated by the Church on Holy Saturday. My friend, somewhat surprised, asked me if that was all the scriptural support the doctrine had. I told him that, in the Bible itself, that was all, although in Christian tradition the doctrine has a long history; the usual Orthodox icon of the Resurrection is actually a depiction of the Harrowing of Hell; Christ stands on hell's broken gates, and is grasping the hand of an old man—Adam—and, in some versions of the icon, the hand also of a woman, Eve. I also mentioned to him a passage in Dante's Inferno, in which Virgil, Dante's guide through hell, points out a place where, such and such number of years before, someone came through and broke down a wall. I looked for that passage today, and eventually found it in Canto XXI:
Then to us he said: 'To go further along this ridge
Is not a thing you can do, because the sixth arch
Is lying in pieces down at the bottom;
And if you wish none the less to go on,
Keep up upon the ridge above the bank;
Nearby is another projection where there is a way.
Yesterday, five hours later than this hour,
One thousand two hundred and sixty six years
Had passed, exactly, since the path was destroyed.
I am sending some of my troop in that direction,
To make sure no one has come up for air:
Go with them, they will not be treacherous.'
(Inferno, Canto XXI, lines 106-117; C. H. Sisson, tr.)
As usual, when citing things from memory, I got some of my facts wrong. These lines are spoken in the fifth chasm of the eighth circle of hell (Malebolge), not, as it turns out, by Virgil, as I had thought, but by a demon named Malacoda (Evil Tail), who, as it also turns out, is lying to Virgil: there is, in fact, no bridge in the direction to which he is pointing the two poets, but he is leading them into a trap; not long afterwards, in Canto XXIII, Virgil has to extricate Dante and himself from this trap and from an imminent demonic assault by grabbing Dante and holding him safe while sliding down the rocks to the next level of hell. But the temporal indications Malacoda gives are very precise: 1266 years ago yesterday, he says, five hours later than this hour. A note by David Higgins, accompanying Sisson's translation, interprets this to mean that, when Malacoda is speaking, it is 7:00 in the morning; Dorothy L. Sayers disagrees: in the notes to her translation (the old Penguin translation, now out of print), she points out that, according to the Synoptic Gospels, Christ's death occurred at the ninth hour, i.e., 3 p.m., which would put Dante's and Virgil's visit to this particular bowge at 10:00 a.m. on Holy Saturday. It should be noted that the Divine Comedy begins on Good Friday in the year 1300, when Dante is 35 years old ("Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita," that is, midway in our journey of life of three score and ten years). Dante thus dates the crucifixion to the year 34 A.D.
Perhaps it would be foolish of me to inquire what time zone it is in hell, and to what standard the demons set their clocks. Infernal Standard Time, presumably. Infernal Standard Time is defined by it being always too late to do anything that might make one happy.
May the readers of my blog not set their clocks to Infernal Standard Time, and may they have a joyous Easter.
November 25, 2009
About 10:30 this morning I had just checked my e-mail and was getting ready to sit down to work on the lecture I am scheduled to deliver in Ohio next week on the subject of the Filioque controversy — a subject about which the Preacher, the son of David, may have been prophetically thinking when he observed that he who increases knowledge increases sorrow, that of the making of books there is no end, and that much study is a weariness of the flesh. Much other business also urgently awaits my attention: I need to clean up the house and make other preparations in advance of a visit from an aunt and uncle, who are coming down from Boston this Friday to attend my Aunt Becky's funeral (she died early this past Monday, aged 80, of cancer of the liver; with all the misery and horror of approaching death, she managed to look beautiful even to the end). Anyway, at just about 10:30 a.m. I heard a scuffling noise outside, a great, noisy confabulation, which seemed to be coming from all directions. I looked out the window and saw that the roof and the ground and the bare trees were all covered with crows, like an army of well-trained paratroopers, surveying the territory or moving about in search of food; many of them were scouring the gutters of my house for insects, pulling out the decaying leaves that had collected there and letting them fall to the ground, making easier for me the job I will eventually have to do to clean these gutters out. From the kitchen window, I could see their tails moving directly overhead as they scavenged, while others, on adjacent parts of the roof, looked about, with sharp, no-nonsense eyes and bluish heads: certainly enough to strike terror into the heart of any beetle or ant who should have had the misfortune of being caught out in the open. I was wondering to myself how many they were, and was thinking that there must have been at least a thousand of them; after some minutes, when I sat down and began working on the computer, the birds must have been startled by a noise which I didn't hear, or by a movement somewhere which I didn't see, because they all suddenly took off like a great black horde, briefly filling the whole grey sky like a dark, self-propelled cloud; and I could see that my guess of a thousand was a serious underestimate: there may well have been ten thousand of them or more.
And now, as I write this, and look again out the window, they seem to be returning, perhaps flattered at having received all this attention. I had better get to work on more serious things.
August 14, 2009
This has been an unusually hectic week for me, and next week promises to be even more so. I have been on the road most of the past week, shuttling back and forth between New Jersey and Long Island, singing at various church services and attending a burial service in Pennsylvania on Wednesday (a very pious Greek lady who attended my parish in New Jersey died last weekend and was buried at a monastery); tonight I drive back to Long Island, to attend two liturgies over the weekend and to sing at a concert Sunday afternoon. On Monday I will drive to Cleveland, Ohio to look into a possible teaching position at a private school; at the same time, I have just been informed that I need to get the final proofs of my article for Communio back to them by Wednesday. Aggravating this frenetic hurrying about, I have pretended to be a computer geek, and attempted to set up a double-booting system on a laptop I purchased the other day; the results have been pretty horrendous, and, as I write this, I am waiting for the hard drive to finish reformatting before I leave for Long Island, hoping that there will be at least one working operating system on the machine before the procedure is all through.
All of this is offered in extenuation for my continuing, long-term neglect of this blog, and to give notice that that neglect will probably be prolonged for at least the next week or two. Wishing readers of this blog a blessed feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.
A brief notice
July 20, 2009
I just today received word from Communio concerning the essay I sent them in April; they want me to revise it, and they want the revision by next week. I think the criticisms that were made — essentially, that the essay, as it stands, is a bit too technical for the journal's audience, and that I need to do more to explain to readers both who Bekkos is and why the underlying theological issues are important — are entirely well-taken. Because I will be completely preoccupied with this job until early next week, I would ask readers' forbearance if I do not reply to comments for the time being, and if the discussion on divine simplicity that has recently emerged in the comments to my last post is temporarily put on hold.
A postscript
June 29, 2009
I wish to acknowledge publicly that my language towards Photios Jones in the exchange over my last post was intemperate and uncalled-for. I do not presume to know who is saved and who is damned; that is a judgment which belongs only to the Lord Jesus Christ to make. If I in fact believed that Mr. Jones were eternally reprobate, I would not pray for him, as I have done and shall continue to do. I do strongly reject his ecclesiastical position; but it may well be that the Lord will account him a more righteous man than myself. If he is in schism, it is possible that I am as well, and with less justification.
For some time now, I have come to think that Rome's claims to Petrine authority are essentially legitimate. I also think that the Orthodox Church is a true Church, and in many ways preserves more of genuine Christian life and piety than I am able to perceive elsewhere. It has nurtured my life in Christ, and I am unwilling to leave it for something that I would only perceive as a pale substitute and that might leave me feeling spiritually lost. Such a position might be condemned as cowardly and hypocritical and inconsistent, and in fact is condemned as such by Photios Jones, and probably by others; but I hope that, at least, I have been up-front about it. I would like to see a union between the Churches, in truth and peace; I do not want to see a union that results in reducing the Orthodox Church to something it is not. I have thought that the approach John Bekkos took to this issue centuries ago deserves, at least, to be understood, and perhaps to be emulated.
Last year, around this time, I discontinued this blog for a period of several months; the thought has occurred now to do the same, or to hang it up altogether. I need to get a real job, and to finish this book on Bekkos; the discussions which I have had with Photios Jones, although they make for good spectator sport, are soul-destroying, and are largely a distraction from my real work. I will probably take some time off from the blog during the coming weeks; there is much sorting out of things I need to do. I ask the readers' prayers.
A visit to Brooklyn
June 11, 2009
Near Prospect Park in Brooklyn is a place I have often visited, and which I visited again some weeks ago on my way back to New Jersey at the end of a brief trip to Long Island: the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Since my return to the Northeast in 2005 after seven years of teaching in New Mexico, I have probably spent more time at this garden than at any other place in New York City, with the possible exception of the New York Public Library; at one point I contemplated moving to Brooklyn and taking a job there, which I have not done and probably shall not do, chiefly because my horticultural skills are nonexistent. But this has not prevented me from enjoying the garden; and since it was a bright spring day, and my birthday was approaching, and I had not been to the garden in some time, I made a point of stopping there.
The scriptures, of course, speak of the first man as a gardener, someone whose original task was "to dress and keep" the garden in which he had been put (Gen 2:15) — more literally, "to work it and to keep it," לעבדה ולשמרה, le-ovdha ve-le-shomrha, LXX ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ φυλάσσειν. The same verb עבד occurs, for the first time in the Bible, at v. 5 of the same chapter, where it says that "there was not a man to till [to work, le-avod] the ground"; man is there presented as a being whose essential activity, as his name adam suggests, is to work the ground, ha-adamah, to get it to do the thing it is meant to do, i.e., produce beautiful and healthful plants. From the verb עבד is derived the feminine abstract noun עבודה avodah, "service," which, in the Septuagint, usually gets translated by the Greek word λειτουργία, from which we get the English word "liturgy." So it might be inferred that liturgical prayer is itself a form of gardening, a working of the ground of the heart, although, admittedly, such an inference would not hold up in a book of logic.
St. Gregory the Theologian, in his poem On the Soul, interprets man's original employment as a gardener in a particular way. The poem speaks of God having created man to be a being partaking in both the material and the spiritual worlds, a being of a mixed constitution who, because of this dual nature, exhibits a longing directed towards both heaven and earth. Having given man this evenly balanced nature, God also gave him an internal law, and placed him "in the vales of an ever-verdant paradise, … observing which direction he'd incline" (Poem 1.1.8, De anima, vv. 101-103; PG 37, 454). As for the paradisiacal garden, Gregory says, "it is the heavenly life, it seems to me. So this is where he placed him, to be a farmer, cultivating his words," λόγων δρηστῆρα γεωργόν (ibid., vv. 105-106). The word δρηστῆρα, in one sense, implies that Adam was placed in the garden to be a doer of God's words, to live a life of practical virtue. But I have translated it as "cultivating" God's words, his λόγοι, in keeping with what St. Gregory states in his Oration 38.12 (PG 36, 324B): Adam was placed in paradise "to till the immortal plants, by which is perhaps meant the Divine Conceptions (θείων ἐννοιῶν), both the simpler and the more perfect." Man's original, Edenic activity was, on St. Gregory's view, to contemplate the divine reasons of things, and, by perceiving them, to catch a reflection of the glory of God.
Perhaps it was this original Adamic task that drew me to the garden in Brooklyn on that bright afternoon some weeks ago, although I confess that, in recent months, my ability to perceive the divine reasons of things has been very sporadic and limited. Perhaps I have had too many other things on my mind to fulfill that Adamic task in the proper way.
I stayed at the garden only about an hour and a half, having arrived there in the middle of the afternoon and not wanting to get caught in rush-hour traffic. In driving there, I passed by various examples of New York life and death: vast marble cemeteries; some Hispanic men playing baseball; a car with a bumper-sticker that read "Islam is the answer"; a Torah scholar, gaunt, black-clad, with a long black beard, looking strangely other-worldly, sitting on a park bench in front of a yeshiva.
At the garden, I bought three cheap books (two on recycling and one on composting), had lunch (a bowl of split-pea soup), and then walked around, observing the plants and the people. The boughs of a dark Canadian hemlock hung down over the walkway: a beautiful tree, but poisonous (remember Socrates). Two women in the rose garden wore hats that reminded me of those seen in photographs from my grandmother's day. Mothers pushed their baby-carriages and talked on their cellphones. I stopped for awhile at the Japanese pond, one of the most beautiful spots in the garden, a place where people invariably take pictures and have their picture taken; a wooden, covered shelter there extends over the water, from which one can gaze down upon the goldfish swimming below, which gather when they see a tourist, knowing from experience that tourists frequently ignore the sign that tells them not to feed the fish. Some visitors there were speaking Modern Greek; a Spanish woman, who pronounced her "c"s as "th"s, was telling her young daughter, in Spanish, to behave.
I also took a walk through the "Shakespeare Garden," a small enclosure that apparently contains specimens of all the flowers mentioned in Shakespeare's plays. It was in that garden, some two decades ago, that I bumped into the elder sister of a friend of mine from college. Elaine Gluckman always impressed me as a kind and gentle person, a sort of Leah to her sister's Rachel. She told me there, with evident joy, about her upcoming marriage. About a year later I learned that she had died in childbirth; her son survived, and has been raised by his father. Perhaps she was actually the Rachel (cf. Gen. 35:16-20).
There are many things I do not understand. Perhaps the greatest attraction of a botanical garden is that plants do not say anything. They challenge one's assumption that all of life is susceptible to analysis and explanation. If one is to perceive the λόγοι of plants, their speech, in which they declare their nature and show the divine glory, one clearly has to go about it in a different way than is usually done in this world of instant information and constant self-assertion. One has to learn great patience, something I still lack.
God willing, at some point I will attain that necessary patience and humility, so as to perceive God's reasons, and God's glory, in plants and people. For the present, much of what I ought to understand seems strange and inexplicable.
The miseries of Facebook
March 16, 2009
A number of old friends of mine sent me invitations over the weekend to sign up for Facebook. I did so, and already feel it was a stupid mistake. I have too much to do to waste my time in "social networking," scribbling pleasantries and explaining to people in two or three sentences what I've done over the past thirty years of my life; mostly I've done nothing, and am doing nothing at present. When people hear that, they think I'm being antisocial. Perhaps; but I've got work to do, and Facebook is a distraction I can ill afford. I think I'll delete the account tomorrow.
Anastasia Baburova
March 10, 2009
Some weeks ago, I clipped an obituary out of The Economist, dated February 7th 2009; it has been sitting on my desk, and, on Saturday, I began thinking about why I had kept it there. It reports the death of a twenty-five year old Russian journalist named Anastasia Baburova, who, on January 19th, was shot in the head in the center of Moscow, in broad daylight, moments after a friend of hers, Stanislav Markelov, a human-rights lawyer, was also shot and killed. It is unclear whether the assailant targeted her from the start or if he shot her because she intervened to protect her friend. Her death comes at a time when the case of another murdered Russian journalist remains unsolved, that of Anna Politkovskaya, who angered the Russian government by her critical reporting of the war in Chechnya and, like Baburova, worked for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
At the top of the Economist obituary, there is a photograph. It shows a scene from a nighttime street demonstration, presumably in Moscow; three men are pictured, apparently listening, with varying degrees of attention, to a political speech; the one in the middle, a young man with Slavic features, holds up a white sign, on which is pasted a black and white photograph of Ms. Baburova.
Not long after this article appeared, I saw, on the television, a short news piece on this case. A brief scene was shown from Anastasia Baburova's funeral: her mother was seen approaching the bier; next to it was this same photograph.
It must be said that the Russians are a people who know some things about icons. Whether the photograph of Anastasia Baburova has an iconic character is perhaps debatable, but it is certainly a very striking picture. In a single image, it says something about a whole life.
Three years ago about this time, I went into New York City to attend an exhibition of Russian art at the Guggenheim Museum, meeting there my friends Bill Ney (who writes the blog The New Combat) and Brother Robert Smith. There are many things that I remember from this exhibit, which was the last time I saw Brother Robert while he was still well. One would have thought that the examples of early Russian iconography, e.g., the Andrei Rublev paintings and the large Deesis panel from the Kirillo-Beloezersk Monastery, would have left the deepest impression on my mind; but I have to say that this was not so. (In any case, I always feel vaguely awkward when viewing icons in a museum, where they are meant to be seen as art and where one is not supposed to venerate them.) The paintings that I in fact spent the most time looking at were four, all of them from the mid-nineteenth century onward. The first, though not the earliest, was a huge mural from the early 1960's, an example of Socialist realism, titled "Builders of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station" by the artist Viktor Popkov. The painting, which is permanently on exhibit at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, shows four muscular construction workers and a diminutive woman, taking a lunch break. I spent a long time looking at it, trying to decide whether it was ugly or beautiful; in the end, it seemed to me that the artist, although commissioned to do the work for a political end, had succeeded in conveying something of the humanity and self-respect of these people, who stand looking at you or looking the other way, not pretending to be other than what they are. (Brother Robert, I have to say, didn't like it.) The second painting that caught my attention was a mid-nineteenth-century portrait of a Russian girl, red-haired, probably between 15 and 17 years old. She looked utterly normal and utterly happy to be alive; it did not seem, in looking at the painting, that what I was looking at was a girl who lived a hundred and fifty years ago. A third picture, another painting from the nineteenth century, was a portrait of a lady, dark-haired, dressed head to toe in what must have been a riding uniform. There was a curious, forceful purposefulness to her gaze and gait, which held my attention for a long time, as I wondered who she was and what she was up to. Brother Robert came by and asked what I saw in the picture; I wasn't quite sure myself, and pointed out to him the rich colors; he said, "Ah yes, the colors…" or something like that. It seemed to me that seeing beauty in a painting (or, perhaps, in anything else) is somewhat like getting the point of a joke: the experience is not easily communicable, it tends to become compromised in the act of explaining it. For my own part, I show my lack of aesthetic sensibility by the fact that I take more interest in the persons and things depicted than in the depiction as such.
The fourth picture at the exhibition that caught my attention was a contemporary painting, and a disturbing one. It was an allegorical representation of contemporary Russia as a disheveled, probably dissolute woman careening through the snow in a mad troika, a boyfriend at her side, the frantic horses being pushed to the limit; behind them, in close pursuit, follow demonic hounds. I wasn't quite sure what the painting was saying, but it seemed to be saying something true. The absolute, prostituting pursuit of wealth and immediate enjoyment seems to be a mad joyride, with disaster directly on one's heels.
Perhaps that was the Russia Anastasia Baburova lived in and wrote about; perhaps it was also that Russia which killed her. I get the sense, in seeing her photograph and reading the few translated excerpts from her blog, that she was a fundamentally honest young woman, who loved life and people and hated fascism, which she saw spreading in her society like some poisonous mold or fungus. She doesn't appear to have been particularly religious; perhaps she didn't live long enough to feel a need to be. She reminds me, in some ways, of another Anastasia, the Natasha of Tolstoy's War and Peace, one of my favorite characters in all of world literature, someone whose faults, such as they were, always resulted from an overflowing superabundance of life and too great a faith in the basic goodness of humanity. A less calculating, utilitarian personality can hardly be imagined. My impression is that Anastasia Baburova was that sort of a person. That Russia should still be producing such people tells me that that land has not yet completely lost its ancient greatness of soul; that it allows them to be murdered tells me that its soul is not in good health — although, as an American, I realize that I must not throw stones at other people's houses.


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A special presentation will be held at the NEW Zoo to honor the RETURN OF THE PRAIRIE BANDIT, an award-winning film about the restoration of the endangered black-footed ferret to the Canadian prairies.
Wildlife biologist and Wisconsin native Travis Livieri will be at the zoo on Thursday evening to do a presentation about the ferret reintroduction program, complete with a question and answer session.
The presentation is free with zoo admission and will be held in the zoo's NEW Education Classroom.
Join us for this fun and educational opportunity!
The film, The Return of the Prairie Bandit, can be viewed for FREE at Fox Valley Technical College, Room A170, on Wednesday, June 6th, at 6:00pm. For more information, call 920-662-2405.
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Tim Thomas from the Bruins showing off his goalie mask with the bowhunter on far right. Tim said he was heavy into bowhunting before hockey and can't wait to get back into it after he retires. Since he's one with the arrow I take back what I said about his meltdown 2 years ago against STL. He's a bowhunting brudder. Go Bs
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a bill that would legally sanction MMA in Massachusetts. I guess this means the UFC is headed to Fenway...
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i have two columns. on the left, i have links that use jquery's ajax to load content in the right column. the content includes flvplayer/swfobject videos. when you first load the page, the default video loads fine, but when you load new content into the right column, you get FLVplayer's alternative content
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Facebook drives 1 in 5 people to social media
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Facebook is helping to drive more and more people onto social networks around the globe, just as predicted by Mark Zuckerberg when he said the world would become more social.
Some 1.43 billion people will be actively using social media this year, a near 20 per cent rise from 2011, according to research from eMarketer.
"The strength of social networking as a worldwide online activity cannot be understated," says Debra Aho Willamson, principal analyst and author of the new report, Worldwide Social Network Usage: Market Size and Growth Forecast.
It shows 63.2 per cent of internet users will visit a social network at least once a month, rising to 67.6 per cent in 2013 and going above 70 per cent in 2014. "At those user rates, one out of every five people in the world will use a social network this year, and one in every four will do so in 2014," the report concludes.
Mobile devices are becoming increasingly important to marketers trying to engage with social media users. An increasing number of Facebook and Twitter users now access these sites from smartphones and tablets, making mobile ads a growing part of the social marketing mix.
Separate research from eMarketer shows mobile ad spending will grow in the UK this year, buoyed by major sporting events in the summer. Both the London Olympics and the Uefa Euro 2012 football championships are expected to drive spending.
The firm forecasts mobile ad spending in the UK will grow 63.7 per cent to just over £200 in 2012. Mobile video is also growing fast, but problems remain, say the researchers.
Slow load times are a major issue, with 50 per cent of respondents in the UK disappointed with mobile load times and buffering.
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Tim Robertson and David Cohen are back with a fun episode after David nukes the show notes. Is iCloud and Pages really ready for online collaboration? A new contest this week, as we are giving away a copy of FotoMagico from Boinx Software! Changes to OWC Radio and Tim's new job, Chinese takeout, contest winner feedback, Raspberry Pi, EA, Xfinity TV Go, Expendables 3, and much more!
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There's a lot said about Android devices gaining all the market-share, but very little about what kinds of devices these are, or what people use them for. As it turns out, mostly cheap, old, and not all that good for much. Gaz and Guy look deeper into it while still managing their usual shenannigans.
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Guy's App Pick: Card Shark Collection from Easy 8 Software $2.99. Fun multi game solitaire game with Klondike, FreeCell, Golf, Pyramid, and many more
Gaz's App Pick: IOS Banking Apps, one for Barclays GB users is the Barclays App, I use it all the time and think it's a really good App
People's Pick: From Eric Stone. Here is a great people's pick for everybody. Sonic Dash is an excellent endless runner, like Temple Run. You get to play as Sonic the hedgehog and run through a colorful world full of baddies, spikes, bombs, you will even loop upside down on occasion. It is free in the App Store as a universal app for iPad and iPhone. It has in-app purchases but you definitely don't need to purchase any of them to play or enjoy the game.
We reach our big 200th anniversary is which we do exactly what we do each week! YAY! We finish the interview with Larry O'Connor from OWC, answer some listener feedback, and generally have a good time. The bit at the end is X-Tra (snickt) long this week just because it was kinda goofy.
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Guy's App Pick: Swift Publisher 3 by BeLight Software $14.99
Gaz's App Pick: Real Racing 3 Free
People's Pick: Eric Stone likes Art Text 2. Was for sale half off on Cyber Monday but probably isn't anymore! WOO!
Larry O'Connor joins the GMen in a chat about Apple products, what OWC can do to make them better, and what we all think Apple could do to make them easier to upgrade. Not that we're trying to sell you anything. The interview went on so long we split it up into two! Next week for show 485 (which will be our 200th show) we'll have the second half of the interview. Stand by to stand by!
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Guy's App Pick: Airport Madness from Fluik .99 cents
Gaz's App Pick: RailMaze I have Railmaze original and now there is Railmaze2 Enjoyable little game and i's free
People's Pick: None this week
All sorts of tech related problems that have nothing to do with Apple, but are funny so we talked about them. This show is about doing stuff without the normal hardware or software you may think of to do that stuff. Got it?
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Guy's App Pick: Want a quick fun distraction? Check out Doodle Bowling free
Gaz's App Pick: Camtasia For Mac. Screen recording and video editing.
People's Pick: From Mark Sheppard. Mark and Friends Wallpapers , for computer and devices. Browse, Download, Enjoy! 400+ pics and growing!
New TVs, automobile accidents, HUGE watches that control scoreboards, and iCloud solutions make up quite a bit of this week's show. The GMen also talk about what's Cooking (oh so clever seque) over at Apple. Of course a lot of your comments as well along with a lot of Guy and Gaz nonsense. So buckle up, sit back, and enjoy the ride!
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Guy's Pick: iMovie from Apple
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People's Pick: Allister Jenks Fontastic iOS and Rob Rait selects My Talking Pet app for iOS
Gaz is off this week, so Guy roped in…I mean got Paul Shadwell to volunteer to step up to the microphone. Lot's of diverse topics including different ways to use your AppleTV, a bigger iPad, the iWork/iCloud beta, and the distinct possibility that Gaz's Wombles song almost killed John Nemo! Also using a network attached storage device to create your own personal cloud and Hogs are motorcycles.
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Guy's App Pick: WD 2go by Western Digital Free at the iOS App Store
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Take Control of iTunes 11 the FAQ
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Having reviewed Take Control of Messages previously I was very interested to see what Take Control of iTunes 11 the FAQ has to offer. Take Control of iTunes 11 the FAQ starts with the introduction explaining the origins of iTunes. For readers who want to just use it without knowing all the ins and outs there's a Quick Start section. Like all Take Control books you can get updates through the Take Control website.
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iPhone: The Missing Manual, 6th edition
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Price: $24.99
As an iPhone user I long ago got used to not having a manual with the iPhone. But I'm not your average user, and have had iPhones since the 3GS. But some people really need help with learning about their iPhones, and how to use them. So I was interested to see how the iPhone: The Missing Manual, 6th edition would succeed.
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You can lock the doors. You can bolt the windows. But can you survive the night?
The undead are at it again. This time terrorizing a local farming community.
You assume the role of a farmer who needs to plan strategic retaliation during the day for the coming night ahead. With you are two other survivors that you must protect.
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Generally when a deal is too good to be true, it often is.
In this case the deal is legitimate and helps many MobileMe users take the next step to becoming iCloud users. The offer does not extend to non-MobileMe subscribers. It is interesting to note that even though I have already made the transition to iCloud from MobileMe, Apple is still willing to send me a free copy of Snow Leopard.
"iCloud stores your music, photos, documents, and more and wirelessly pushes them to all your devices. Automatic, effortless, and seamless – it just works."
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The GMen find a new sound that makes them laugh so naturally they play the heck out of it. Guy needs some solutions to arranging his laptop for his son going to college, Gaz gets his new iPad AND an Airport Express all in one week, and they have a lively discussion about Cloud file sharing/storage solutions. Oh, and apparently some guy in China makes tea from Panda Poop.
The contest sponsors for the 400th episode of the MyMac Podcast are lining up and you guys are going to get some great stuff. Here's what's there so far:
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Peter commandeers App Folder to talk about Bookman, Scott and Tim talk about the mythical Fire Phone, and whether or not it might someday be revealed, and John Nemo brings the Just Mobile AluPen + AluCube and the Bracketron Style-iT 2-in-1 stylus and ballpoint pen. Scott also talks briefly about the new iTunes Match service.
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One of the biggest complaints and surprises about iCloud is the fact that Apple did not update its suite of iWork applications to be iCloud compatible. iWork is long overdue for an update and I, like many, thought an iCloud update was coming with a new version of the apps (Keynote, Pages, Numbers).
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Scott has an iPhone 4S, and he wants to talk about his feelings about it. Sam Negri Booms along with the Scoshe boomCAN. John Nemo points out the interesting Griffin Stylus + Pen + Laser Pointer. Scott also has a new way of listening to podcasts on his iPhone, and it will leave you Downcast. Continue reading »
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Apparently last month made for the sixth year anniversary of the first time Guy podcasted and with Gaz off on Vacation, Rick Stringer was kind enough to step into the madness! If you want to hear how Guy used to do it, you can go and download the file here. It's the MyMac Podcast #34 with Tim and Chad and Guy comes in with the Dashboard Minute at about the 7 1/2 minute mark but don't skip over the rest as it's chock full of Tim and Chad goodness. Not to mention a hysterical Chris Seibold and his Not Mac News segment. However on THIS podcast Rick and Guy talk about patent battles and iCloud storage costs and neither can remember app picks or who's going to be on next week.
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Guy is back from Ohio so the GMen are right on the job! We find out who Herbert Stein is and why he just can't continue, Guy sells his Mac Mini at a fantastic price that no one else can get (but tells you what it is anyway). They're then joined by Mark Schulman from MultiEducator Inc to talk about his American History app for iOS called Revolutionary War which leads into a short argument over whether independence from the UK was a good idea or not. More iCloud and Final Cut Pro X talk and Apples scores in a BIG way in Asia!
No App picks this week as we're too geared up for Lion (roar snarl!)
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Scott finds out that iCloud really stands for Never Ending List. John Nemo and Sheba talk about white iPhones, iPhone 4 photography, and shoes. Sam Negri does handstands for the Handstand Case for iPad 2. Suzé Gilbert brings us the King of iPhone photo apps, King Camera. And finally John Nemo returns to sing of his love for us with his iRig Mic for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.


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Hundred Trees Condo
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Hundred Trees, the first premium residences with its own majestic landscaping masterpiece, lined on both sides by Singapore's sakura, enveloping you with its enchanting beauty.
This resort like development offers you a picnic in the park with picnic tables, tranquillity in a mediative corner in a tropical environment, freshness in the air. Enjoy swimming at the 50 m lap pool followed by jacuzzi massages at large family sized jet pool. If you love walking, Brook's walk, a quaint boardwalk is designed along the far side of the infinity pool.
Hundred Trees is also designed to be eco-conscious offering you spacious layouts that make full use of natural lighting and ventilation, enhancing the quality of your life. Inside each unit, you will be provided with elegant lighting dimmer installed in the living and master bedroom. In the kitchen, you'll get Ariston cooker hood, hob and built in oven. Hundred Trees is also elevated 4.5 m above ground level so that you get to enjoy exceptional views of the lush surroundings.
The developer of this development is City Development Limited, fondly known as CDL, which has been honored with numerous awards and accolades in the area of corporate, environmental, project awards and corporate social responsibility. The landscape design is done by Salad Dressing, one of the best in Singapore. They have done Kasara @ Sentosa Cove, Sandy Island @ Sentosa Cove, PS Cafe @ Dempsey Hill, Holland Collection and Spottiswoode park residences.
Hundred Trees Excellences:
* Highly anticipated in the highly sought after District 5, West Coast Drive area
* Rare 956 year leasehold
* Condominium status with a site area of 267,596 sqft
* Nature-inspired with resort style design
* 10 minute walk to Clementi MRT Station
* Close proximity to revamped Clementi Town Centre
* Located next to a park offering more serenity and views of lush greenery
* Surrounded by low-rise landed properties
* Excellent accessibility to major expressways – AYE and West Coast Highway
* 3 minute walk to a mature Ayer Rajah estate with a host of amenities (including various shops, hawker centre and wet market)
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Love Vandal by Nick Walker
This 'Love Vandal' print by Nick Walker is real dope. Even better, its limited to only 150 prints and without meaning to sound all art-hipster, it's nice to own something which is pretty rare. It doesn't alter the art, which I love, but it makes it a bit more special to know that you probably won't see anyone else with this on their wall. It drops on Thursday at 1600 GMT; work it out from that.


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Murfey Construction gets to 'The Point' in Pacific Beach
By Marti Gacioch
Murfey Construction, Inc. gets right to the point with their recent Pacific Beach groundbreaking for a 21-unit, high-end, mixed-use urban apartment complex in the Crown Point neighborhood.
The Point at Ingraham, a three-story 35,000-square-foot project, will feature nine two-bedroom apartments, 11 one-bedroom apartments and one studio. Amenities will include solar electricity, air conditioning, washers and dryers, a gas range and tankless water heaters.
"It will have every modern amenity, including LED lighting and wireless connections," said Scott Murfey, president of Murfey Construction. "We're trying to be a green builder, so we're using recycled blue jeans for insulation — denim is non-toxic and mold-resistant, has excellent insulation values and is sound-deadening."
The Point will feature a private entrance and an elevator lobby with key card access. The gated parking lot will provide 45 spaces, and every apartment will have its own storage unit with ample space for bikes and surfboards. The Point's second floor, 500-square-foot outdoor deck will feature tables and a BBQ for tenant socializing.
The 3805 Ingraham complex will include a 2300-square-foot ground floor space for commercial retail tenants. Murfey envisions that the retail space may feature places to relax, like a neighborhood café and a yoga studio.
According to Murfey, the large outdoor patio on the building's Southwest corner will be available to both the tenants and the public. It will include a wall where people can park their bikes and get something to eat or drink and congregate.
"Our goal with The Point is to bring the same sleek contemporary urban feeling to Pacific Beach that's present in downtown San Diego and Little Italy," Murfey said. "We feel like there's a great need in PB for some newer apartments that people will enjoy being part of."
Scott Murfey and his brother, Russell, are the property developers (under Veritas Urban Properties) and the general contractors and builders of Murfey Construction, Inc. Their new office space is across the street from The Point at 1571 La Playa Ave.
"We just started the project a few weeks ago, and it will be completed early next year, but we'll be leasing the apartments out ahead of time, so people can contact us at (858) 356-2284," Murfey said.
The brothers, who grew up in La Jolla, have built other mixed-use properties around San Diego and are currently building a 4,000-square-foot home in La Jolla Shores.
Murfey Construction, Inc.
• President: Scott Murfey
• Principal: Russell Murfey
• Address: 1571 La Playa Ave., Pacific Beach, Calif.
• Phone: (858) 405-0186 (construction) and (858) 356-2284 (leasing The Point)
• Websites: thepointliving.com and murfeyconstruction.com
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Underrated: "Look At How Hard This Man Goes When It Comes To Lyrics"
Thursday, Apr 14, 2011 12:15AM
[SOHH features a new entertainment personality each week to speak on who they feel is the most underrated artist. After Reks gave Styles P the title earlier this week, M.O.P.'s Billy Danze now crowns Pharoahe Monch SOHH Underrated.]
I would say Lil Fame is SOHH Underrated, but I don't want to just give my own family credit. Fame is an underrated rapper and he's f*cking incredible. I mean incredible. But I want to say Pharoahe Monch is SOHH Underrated.
It's not just because he just put an album out and he's a friend of mine, I've actually heard records that Pharoahe Monch has done that nobody's ever heard. He's actually sent me records before asking me to get on them and because the record was [already] complete and incredible, I would have to refuse him. I would say, "I'm not getting on this record because this is perfect."
Pharoahe Monch, lyrically, is an animal. Stage-wise, he's incredible as well. Anybody out there that's reading this, look at Pharoahe Monch. Look at how hard this man goes when it comes to lyrics. He don't play. He don't never let up. Have you ever met a dude that's never let up? Sometimes I even go in the studio and say, "Man, I just gotta put a line down and get it right and if it doesn't work out, then I can't get it." But Pharoahe Monch is an emcee, 100 percent. Nobody can take that away from him. That man is incredible.
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"But you and I, we've been through that!" the Thief, he kindly spoke, "These preseason games, they're but a joke…"
To paraphrase Dylan, Yes, these are but preseason games, but we are seeing some disturbing trends. Crennel is starting his first training camp with the Chiefs. We have a new OC. Our OL is significantly improved. We have what seems to be a serviceable RB tandem. Our receiving corps is the best it has been since the Vermeil era. We have three capable TE's. Our defense was among the elite last year.
So why are we 1-2 this preseason? Yes, these games mean nothing. However, how we lose these games does mean something. First, our lone victory was against a team that had been away from its training facility for over a week when we played them. Our offense came out and took charge, and their offense sputtered all night long. What has happened since? The thing that jumps out at me is the QB. If you look at the stat sheets, Cassel's off to a very good start. His completion percentage is very good. However, until the Seattle game, he hadn't attempted anything deep. Even against Seattle, down two or three scores, most of his passes were underneath the coverage. Secondly, Cassel is still locking on to his receivers at least half the time. . I noticed this right away in the AZ game. He locked on to his TE, and NEVER moved his head to pull the defense away from his receiver. To cut to the chase, we appear to have the same mediocre QB we've had for the past four years.
The games against the Rams and Seahawks should serve as wake-up call to Crennel, and most importantly, to Pioli. This is the way this season will look; teams will be moving their corners up and locking on to our WR's near the line of scrimmage (since Cassel doesn't go deep). They will play the run tight with their front seven. It only makes sense. It is obvious the Chiefs plan to grind it out with a run-first offense. Cassel isn't a "come-from-behind" QB. Both the Rams and the Seahawks quickly took leads of more than a TD. From then on, they just pounded on our D. The problem with our attack is that our offense didn't keep the opposition offense off the field. Consider for a moment the '10 season. How did it start? With an improbable victory on a Monday night. The team rode the emotion of that win for the next four weeks. I view this season in a similar fashion. We must win our opener against the Falcons! If we lose that game (and they are equipped to play us exactly like the Rams and Seahawks) I forsee us finishing the season below 500, and drafting in the top 10 next April. That is why it is imperative that a fire be lit under Cassel, or he be replaced by Quinn.
Consider the effect Tannehill has had on the Dolphins, the effect Wilson has had on the Seahawks, the effect Dalton has had on the Bengals. Actually, the list goes on;, Weeden, Gabbert (yes, he is showing improvement), Ponder, Locker, and Freeman. Each of the afore-mentioned QB's has elevated their respective teams' offense. Notice I didn't mention Newton, Luck, RGIII, or Stafford. They were picked #1 or 2. It was assumed they would elevate their teams' offenses. It would seem that, with the way colleges train their QB's today, there should be 3-4 QB's in any draft that could elevate our offense. My point is, i\the time for the Chiefs to move past Cassel will soon be here, if this team falters.


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Winter Park cut the ribbon Monday on its brand new SunRail and Amtrak station as Central Florida gets closer to the May 1 start date for commuter rail service.
The more than one-million-dollar station was paid for with federal grants, and Congressman John Mica, (R) of Winter Park, says the taxpayers did well.
"I think taxpayers can be very happy," he said. "This station came in under budget and was done ahead of schedule."
But, there could be a major issue with the station, located on West Morse Boulevard. It will be called a "kiss and ride" station, meaning riders are expected to be dropped off.
Winter Park Mayor Ken Bradley says there will be a three-hour parking limit in the lot that serves this station.
"This is not designed to be a place where people will come to and then park, then continue on their journeys."
The parking lot at the station is actually designed to reduce parking problems in downtown Winter Park. Most of the spaces in the lot will go to city employees that cannot find spaces at the City Hall parking lot and employees that work along Park Avenue.
Those employees take up valuable spaces along Park Avenue. Mayor Bradley says people that don't live in walking distance to the Sunrail station should not plan to leave their cars there for the day.
"This is a limited parking spot, so obviously parking is an important part of this, but I'm excited because Lynx and others will have their buses timed in such a way that people will be able to get to other parts of our city or our region."
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Stories of murder and injustice filled a room at little Wound High School Wednesday, as Lakota people try to reopen investigations of their family member's deaths.
So far 28 deaths have been requested to be reinvestigated, but the Oglala Sioux Tribe hopes that meetings like this will give people a chance to add their relatives to that list.
People of all ages took turns telling their stories, and they all seemed to ask for the same things; truth, closure and justice.
Brendan Johnson from the U.S. Attorneys' Office says they will do what they can but it may be a difficult task. "There are people who won't receive justice and that's a horrible thing and my heart goes out to people who won't get justice, but the least that we can do is at least try to provide them with more information about what happened in their loved one's case even if we can't solve them," said Johnson.
Family members of the people who died say those unsolved cases were never investigated thoroughly.
Ina Mae Rodriguez's son died in 2008 in Salt Lake City. It was ruled as a suicide but she says the evidence proves otherwise. While her son's death was not on the reservation she says that what she is going through is very similar to others that spoke at the meeting. "I just pray that today would be a good day for our people because there's a lot of hurting souls here," said Rodriguez.
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What should I charge for my candles?
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What to charge for my candles? When I made and sold finished candles, I had an easy equation that I used to figure out the price I would charge my customers for my candles. First, I added up all of my expenses. This told me how much it cost me to make the candle I was going to sell. When I sold my candles at wholesale prices to stores, I charged the customer double what I paid to make the candle. When I sold directly to retail customers myself (without sales reps involved), I charged the customer triple what I paid to make the candle.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are finally bad enough to have the first overall pick. The Chiefs have a glaring need - quarterback. It so happens that the best player in college football is a quarterback - Heisman winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M. And he's not just any quarterback, but one of the best young talents in some time, a mobile passer who an accurate arm who is already a media sensation. Adding "Johnny Football" would instantly make the Kansas City Chiefs relevant again.
If NFL teams could draft anyone in the world, Johnny Manziel would certainly be one of the first few players selected, and quite possibly he would be the first overall selection, particularly if the Chiefs have that pick. Ah, but there's just one little problem - NFL rules do not allow players to be selected until they are three years removed from high school. Manziel, who is just a redshirt freshman, would not be eligible to be drafted until 2014.
In the meantime, Manziel will be paid no salary, while Texas A&M and the NCAA make millions off of him. He will risk injury playing in the toughest, most physical conference in college football, and delay his development as an NFL quarterback, the vocation he is working towards. If you knew nothing about college football, the entire scenario would seem rather ridiculous.
Eight players - most notably troubled Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett - recently challenged the NFL's rule prohibiting certain underclassmen from entering the NFL Draft, but lost in Appellate Court. In that case, the Appeals Court reversed a lower court's decision that the players be allowed in the draft, citing the prohibition had been collectively bargained by the NFLPA, and since the players were prospective members of that union, they could have their rights bargained away. They argued this collective bargaining superseded any violation of Sherman Act anti-trust laws that prevent companies from getting together to restrict the labor pool by prohibiting certain people from getting hired.
Without getting too into the legalese, this article gets into why the appellate court decided wrongly - basically the NFLPA has a vested interest in keeping underclassmen out since restricting the labor pool drives up prices for the rest of them, therefore the collective bargaining should not supersede the Sherman Act. The case has only been decided by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, not by the Supreme Court (although interestingly one of the judges that decided for the NFL was Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who now sits on the Supreme Court). The Chiefs would likely not have the standing to sue the NFL itself, but Manziel would.
Is this a pretty far-fetched scenario? Sure. The Chiefs would likely not want to risk using the first overall draft pick on a player it wasn't sure was eligible. Manziel would likely not want to jeopardize his NFL career or even his college eligibility on the long-shot that he could be rule eligible, especially when the rookie contract is not nearly as lucrative as it used to be. Is the Supreme Court even likely to take this case? Probably not considering the underlying facts with the NFL have not changed since the 2004 Clarett case.
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Quinton Rampage Jackson made a huge statement by defeating the fellow Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida via a Split Decision, at the main event of UFC 123 in Detroit, Michigan.
Walking in to the PRIDE tune, Rampage showed up in an excellent shape, with sights on bouncing back from a disappointing defeat against Rashad Evans. Rampage opened the fight aggressively, headhunting Machida inside the Octagon. As for Machida, the Brazilian delivered a few leg kicks in the first minutes of the fight, but was mostly concentrated on figuring out Jackson's striking range. As soon as Rampage went closer, Machida was looking for a clinch, forcing Rampage to lose valuable energy. I scored the first round 10-9 Rampage, for aggressiveness, Octagon control and more effective strikes.
Second Round continued the pattern of the first, with Lyoto Machida being slightly more aggressive. "The Dragon" delivered a good knee to the body, and a few well-timed strikes. But again, Rampage had full control inside the cage, landing good strikes and getting a takedown, which in my eyes, secured him a 10-9 victory in the Second Round.
We saw a whole different Machida in Round 3. Karate extraordinaire went aggressive, winning a brutal exchange with Rampage in the first part of the round. Machida took the action to the ground with a perfect takedown, before firing almost-successful Kimura and Armbar attempts. Rampage attempted to slam Machida during an armbar attempt, but the deciding "Dragon" released the hold, probably preventing from the fans to see Rampage-Arona 2.
Machida clearly won the third round 10-9, but it was not enough as judges scored the contest 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 in favor of Rampage Jackson. Good decision in my opinion. Machida's style lost him a fight, as judges finally gave cedit for effective strikes, aggression and Octagon control.
Personally, I don't know if rematch is necessary here. Rampage vs. Bader/Jones is much better for MMA, UFC and Rampage himself.
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Quinton Rampage Jackson made a huge statement by defeating the fellow Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida via a Split Decision, at the main event of UFC 123 in Detroit, Michigan.
I didn't think the decision was bad...the way I saw it was that either the fight was a draw or decision for Rampage, first could hve been 10-10 or 10-9 for Rampage because both didnt do anything really but Rampage was more aggressive and controlled the round, 2nd was Rampage and 3rd Machida
Reply 4 years agoSharp17Weak | 6Funny | 2Cool | 0
agree completely with you anton, me and my friends tot the first round was close, but i gave it to rampage based on agression and him getting the better of most of the clinch work, 2nd round again was a clear 10-9 for rampage and round 3 was definitely machidas...i dont think anyone felt rampage could win a decision against machida and his humbleness was a credit to him
as fot the idea of a rematch, i can understand what rampage was thinking because machida clearly won the last round so rampage mustv tot it had swung machidas way...in a couple of days doh when he looks at it again he'll see that he won a well deserved victory, and nearly snuck in a slam :D
great performance by rampage
Reply 4 years agoSharp4Weak | 4Funny | 0Cool | 0
Rampage won the match - Machida won the fight ... in the street sense.
I felt the same in the Rashad/Rampage fight ... Rampage looked overall more dangerous ... buts that's not how it's scored.
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Also, Dana should not rule out a rematch. Rampage was good but hardy impressive (compared to days of old).
Would Rampage have survived round 4? ...
A rematch is marketable and warranted.
Reply 4 years agoSharp4Funny | 1Weak | 0Cool | 0
totally agree rampage first two machida 3 it seems that people have figured out machidas gameplan and how to counter it
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Jamie Kennedy
Rampage ALL DAY BABY
Reply 4 years agoSharp7Weak | 3Funny | 0Cool | 0
Machida landed more shots in the first round if you include the leg kisks. He also put jackson clean on his arse at the end of round 2 with a left hook. All jackson did was come forward, land 1 clean punch, and kept busy in the clinch. Machida got robbed, but then he don't ever seem to get good refs. He won a fight he lost and now loses a fight he won. I think maybe his patience maybe caused the judges to choose rampage instead, but overall Machida won.
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Yeah like partyboy said. He tripped. Those leg kicks were little sissy kicks, he wasn't even hitting Rampage with his shin that's why his feet were to taped. Yeah exactly Jackson actually tried to engage as opposed to just walking around and moving back for rounds 1 & 2. His "patience" was just him wanting to counterpunch, which is why the judges felt Machida lost because he did not engage really until the 3rd and also don't forget that I believe it was in the 3rd, Jackson got a takedown.
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I can't argue with the decision AT ALL a buddy of mine was saying it could go either way and really seemed to have a hard time understanding where Rampage took both the first and the second. The third round was a shutout for Machida easy. But Page took first and second without question. This better not be considered a controversial decision and In my honest opinion doesn't really need an Immediate rematch.
Reply 4 years agoSharp3Weak | 2Funny | 0Cool | 0
in the first two machida landed 5 strikes combined
in both rounds rampage landed the more and the better strikes
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I absolutely agree. Aggression does not equal efficacy. One could go in like a mad man and get countered all day. Lyoto is picks his points of entry.. Apparently patience and judiciousness is not virtuous in the eyes of the judges or the fans. Who is a more effective warrior....a sniper, or a guy with a machine gun running around spraying rounds aimlessly? As far as the scoring, I cannot see that the damage done in the third round could not outweigh Jackson's dubious victories in the first two. When judging a fight, damage, and who ends up on top, should be considered. A fight is a linear and cumulative event....whoever has the upper hand in the end should be given points accordingly.
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Goood, that makes me 350.00 dollars richer, even though i thought i lost that cash.
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Machida finished the fight stronger but overall I saw the fight as a 29 - 29 draw. Machida needs to be more offensive or he will continue to give away rounds without a real fight. He is elusive but he doesn't counter-strike as much as his reputation says he does. I also agree with Joe Rogan that Rampage needs to expand his offensive options beyond a solid boxing game. Rogan mentioned more knees and kicks but I personally think a stronger wrestling game from Rampage would really help his game (I'm talking a complete wrestling game, not just those power slams). I think it would have made the difference in his fight with Machida.
I call the fight...
1st was a 10 - 10 draw
2nd was a 10 - 9 win for Rampage
3rd was a 10 - 9 win for Machida
Reply 4 years agoWeak3Cool | 1Funny | 0Sharp | 0
Round 1 10 - 10?
I'm more incline to say 8 - 8 ... or 9 - 9. It was not a memorable fight ...
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I think the Decision was a B.S one, however I can't be mad at the judges for giving Rampage a nice break. He deserves it after all. Congrats to the Wolfman!
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Im a bit dissapointed in rampage for not using either his wrestling or his leg kicks more... He went for one takedown attempt and he succesfully made it and as for leg kicks as far as I'm aware he attempted only two, he has good leg kicks but doesn't use them as much.
Reply 4 years agoSharp1Weak | 1Funny | 0Cool | 0
It's probably good Machida got "robbed" ... it will help undo all that shit from Shogun 1.
Reply 4 years agoSharp1Weak | 1Funny | 0Cool | 0
Machida won that fight... First round machida won..Second round a draw...3rd round Machida dominated Rampage... Blind people everywhere.. bullsh!t... Even Rampage knows he lost..
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Victor MMAS
No... you are...
it was cleary machida´s fight... i bet Anton, u n other guys had never fought at least 1rd ever.
They-re trying to turning mma in something like boxe... so boring as... Machida were efective in certain moments... Rampage did not... even he knows that, white knows that.
I dont live machidas elusive style, but i respect HE IS VERY EFECTIVE.
As martial artist i´m really sad for the way its all going... miss pride days..
Reply 4 years agoSharp7Weak | 5Funny | 0Cool | 0
I agree Victor. Rampage's face said it all when they called it. He didn't think he won that fight, so how on earth can anyone else? they are blind.
Someone made a good analogy of a wreckless machine gunner versus a sniper, and I think that was very true of this fight. I guess the UFC judging is still crap but we shouldn't really expect any better. I'm not surprised at the decision because it's a coin toss regardless of how the fight went when it's in the UFC and nothings changed.
Reply 4 years agoSharp3Weak | 1Funny | 0Cool | 0
Machida won,imo
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lyoto only won the last round! rampage was more aggressive more accurate with his hands! their for rampage won that fair and square!
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i'm sorry, anyone who says rampage landed more shots than machida in the first round is ****in delusional.
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ugh i hate replying my own post, but just because machida backed up most, im pretty sure he landed more shots in the first round, especially if you count leg kicks? but i guess they dont matter anymore. the fact that rampage looked surprised at the end, should say everything.
Reply 4 years agoSharp1Weak | 1Funny | 0Cool | 0
ugh replying again, to my own ****in post, but octagon control??? did we all just forget machida's style? and how like that whole ellusive shit he does actually works? the only questionable round i would say is round one, but macchida landed more shots in that round.
Reply 4 years agoSharp3Weak | 1Funny | 0Cool | 0
If you were to read my previous posts I was slagging Rampage hard. To me he's looked terrible for his last few fights and I gave him no chance in this one.
I'll admit I was wrong and we saw a better Rampage against Machida than we had seen for a while. I agree with Rogan though if he were to mix up his striking a bit it would definitely serve him better.
Reply 4 years agoFunny1Sharp | 0Weak | 0Cool | 0
this fight was garbage, machida ran away for 2 and a half rounds and rampage got tired chasing him, BORING! just like i knew it would be, crap match up, a rematch would probably suck even more, id like to see bones jones fight machida and ryan bader fight rampage!!!
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Anyone that tries to say Rampage was more accurate with his striking than machida is effing blind, plain and simple. The fight was a bit of a wash. Machida clearly wins the striking battle, rampage was more aggressive and did more damage in the clinch, while machida clearly dominated the ground game. And if there were a round four I promise you, Rampage would have been submitted or on his ass.
Reply 4 years agoSharp3Weak | 2Funny | 0Cool | 0
stop arguing, the fight was boring as hell and a split decision, no one can argue it was a close fight and hard to judge, get over it and move on, the fight was not close to being good enough to argue about this much, i cant believe some of you people.
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Yes Machida is a talented martial artist who evades very well but regardless he often simply does not generate enough offense. He isn't the only fighter that takes rounds off and they all need to learn that if they don't generate sufficient offense to truly win a round then they will end up with decisions being a draw or risk losing based on lack of aggression.
In my opinion, Machida didn't have enough successful offense to be awarded the 1st round. I also do not believe Rampage had enough successful offense either to be awarded that round. My opinion, fight fans who support the sport deserve better, don't reward either of them. That round was a draw.
As for the judges... I believe that because of the limited offense the cage-side judges scored aggression higher and perhaps they may be right to do so. Hence the Rampage victory because they gave him round one based on aggression in a round that had very little of anything else.
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how does he "often" not generate enough offense to win the round. You're talking about a guy who had never lost a round on a single judges scorecard until he fought shogun. Seems to me his style has never given him trouble in winning rounds until recently. I hate how people were in love with machida and his elusiveness when he was undefeated. One loss and he's become boring. I don't care what anybody else thinks, because BOTH fighters in the cage that night thought the same guy won.
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Rampage was dominant in the first 2 rounds with more strikes and aggressive control of the octagon. Machida had a strong 3rd round but it was a little too little, a little too late.
Trust my opinion, I'm a fight expert
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