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CARSON, Calif. -- Ahead of Wednesday's match against Isidro Metapan, LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena and players Jaime Penedo and Pablo Mastroeni spoke to LAGalaxy.com's Paolo Ferrari.
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CARSON, Calif. – Ahead of an important week for the LA Galaxy, head coach Bruce Arena is likely test LA's depth—particularly at right back.
With starting right back A.J. DeLaGarza suffering an elbow injury in last Saturday's draw to D.C. United and the club admitting to a sluggish showing in Washington, Arena may need to turn to his bench to fill the hole on the right side of defense. Two of his primary options include Sean Franklin, who has been used in the midfield over the past few weeks, but also young Homegrown defender Oscar Sorto.
The 19-year-old has been primarily used in MLS Reserve League matches this season, but with DeLaGarza out with injury and Arena seeking rotation, he may be an option for Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions League match against Isidro Metapán.
If Sorto is called upon to the game day roster or possibly start against the Salvadorian club, the teenager admits that he'll need to rise to the occasion.
"It's big pressure because all of the players in the first team are high quality players, but I've been improving during these last five months since the U-20 World Cup," said Sorto. "I've been playing faster and I'm getting better at defending at one-on-ones, which is key to the [right back] position. I'm just going to concentrate on my game and not worry."
CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy struggled through a 2-2 draw to D.C. United on Saturday that saw them lose a pair of starters in A.J. DeLaGarza (elbow) and Landon Donovan (ankle) to injury, but during the first training session since the draw, head coach Bruce Arena stated that there was no update on their statuses.
When asked if there had been any news on the severity of either injury, Arena was consise as he said there were "no updates" yet on either player.
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CARSON, Calif. -- Robbie Keane's strike in the 7th minute of LA's 2-2 draw with D.C. United is up for MLSscocer.com's Goal of the Week.
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WASHINGTON— A pair of injuries to A.J. DeLaGarza and Landon Donovan marred the LA Galaxy's 2-2 draw with D.C. United, but while head coach Bruce Arena stated that the knocks are "not serious" during the Time Warner Sports Net telecast, the injuries could be a major talking point heading into the stretch run.
DeLaGarza's elbow injury appears to be the most severe, but both Arena and Donovan were optimistic about the forward's status heading into a week that will see LA take Isidro Metapán in the CONCACAF Champions League and league leading Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday at StubHub Center. Donovan's ankle issue arose toward the end of the first half after getting tangled with D.C.'s Luis Silva, which forced him to come off at the start of the second half.
Following the match, Arena asserted that Donovan "should be okay" after suffering, what he described as a "light sprain" and the 31-year-old was just as optimistic that he can make a quick recovery.
"It got rolled on," said Donovan, who tallied his eighth assist on Robbie Keane's goal in the first half. "We got tangled up and [Silva] ended up landing on it. Hopefully it's not too bad. …I'll get it looked at [on Sunday] and we'll see how it goes."
And the Galaxy will certainly need Donovan healthy as they must defeat the Salvadorians to take charge of Group 8 in CCL play and then knock off high-flying Seattle, if they are to remain in the hunt for the Supporters' Shield and the Western Conference's number one record.
Regardless of if he plays or not in any of LA's two matches, Donovan believes that the Galaxy will have their depth tested.
"It's a big week for us, a really big week, and a lot of guys are going to have their number called," said Donovan. "Fortunately, we've had a lot of reserve games in the last few weeks. We've had a Champions League game so multiple games to stay pretty fit and it's going to be a week where we have to use quite a bit of players. The Metapán game we have to win—we win that game and we're in good shape in the group. And if we want to have a chance of catching Seattle we'll have to win on Saturday."
WASHINGTON – Michael Stephens bagged his first goal in two years, but even though the midfielder was jubilant at the time of the finish, the memory was bittersweet as LA played to a 2-2 draw with D.C. United on Saturday.
Stephens entered the match in the 78th minute and needed just three minutes to find the back of the net as Robbie Keane fed him near the top the penalty area and he fired a toe-poke shot that rolled past D.C. 'keeper Bill Hamid. The goal was Stephens' second career MLS goal and his first since May 29, 2010.
Although the goal was his first in three years, the fact that United equalized three minutes after his strike took much of the shine off his finish.
"It was an important one at the time," said Stephens. "It would have been a lot better if it would have been the game-winning goal, but at the time it was an important goal and obviously we gave one up, which is unfortunate. But what are you going to do? "
Although he bagged a goal, if LA had not lost A.J. DeLaGarza and Landon Donovan due to injuries then Stephens believes that he probably wouldn't have seen the field as he has largely been used a defensive substitution.
"I think if you would have told Bruce [Arena] before the game that we were tied or we were losing, I don't think he would have gone to me," said Stephens. "But I think the circumstances with injured players allowed me to get in, and I took advantage of the opportunity."
Now Stephens will look to build on that goal as he is expected to be in the running for a starting position in the Galaxy midfield when they take on Isidro Metapán in CONCACAF Champions League play on Wednesday. With Juninho, Marcelo Sarvas and Gyasi Zardes each going a full 90 minutes in the draw with United and likely dealing with fatigue, Stephens seems poised and ready to turn his goal against D.C. into success in CCL.
"I think that it's always good to get a goal because it doesn't happen very often for me, so it was fun," said Stephens. "The match against Metapán will be important for me and I think we'll all be ready to go."
WASHINGTON – LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena's quotes following the team's 2-2 draw with D.C. United…
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(On the result...)
ARENA: "We're disappointed. At the end of the game, we're positioned to have three points and we need to do better in those situations. It was a day where we give D.C. United credit – they played real hard for 90 minutes. We had to battle real hard. We positioned ourselves poorly at the end of the first half by…I call it giving away a goal. Give [Chris] Pontius credit as well for stripping Omar [Gonzalez] and finishing off the play. Then we got the second goal, which should be enough to give us three points, [but] we failed to keep them off the scoreboard at the end of the game, so that's disappointing."
(On the physicality of the game and whether that hindered LA...)
ARENA; "It was physical. We got fouled a little bit more than we anticipated, and it was a hard game. We made it a hard game because we were well-positioned early in this game. If we would be smart with the ball and good and tight defensively, we go into halftime with the lead."
(On Omar Gonzalez's turnover that led to the first D.C. United goal and whether it was a "teaching moment"…)
ARENA: "If it was a teaching moment, he failed – he got a bad grade, then. He's experienced enough as a player now; he shouldn't be in that position. Hopefully, he continues to grow from his experiences."
(On midfielder Michael Stephens' goal…)
ARENA: "It was a good goal. Give him credit – it was good to see Mike [Stephens] come off the bench and contribute."
(On Robbie Keane's play tonight…)
ARENA: "Robbie [Keane] was on the ball a lot the whole game. His legs were a little bit tired. I think he stood on the ball a little bit too much tonight, and I think that's attributed o his travel and his fatigue."
(On Jaime Moreno being inducted into the D.C. United Hall of Tradition…)
ARENA: "Great player – he belongs there. Well-deserved recognition."
WASHINGTON -- The LA Galaxy will dealt an injury blow on Saturday as A.J. DeLaGarza suffered a dislocated left elbow in the first half of the team's 2-2 draw with D.C. United at RFK Stadium.
DeLaGarza suffered the injury after colliding with the boards behind the Galaxy goal and was immediately substituted for right back Sean Franklin. Typically, elbow injuries can last about four to eight weeks, meaning that LA may be without their starting right back for about a month. Following the match, Galaxy head coach told Time Warner Cable SportsNet that the injury was "not serious."
"[It's an] elbow [injury]," said Arena. "We'll know more when we get back to L.A."
With DeLaGarza out, it's likely that the Galaxy will opt for a tandem of Franklin at right back and Hector Jimenez in the midfield with either Tommy Meyer or Oscar Sorto serving as potential backups on the right side of defense.
The injury, which is graphic is below.
Bruce Arena reflects on D.C. United legend Jaime Moreno as he prepares to enter the club's Hall of Tradition
WASHINGTON— Before Saturday's match against the LA Galaxy, D.C. United will honor forward Jaime Moreno.
LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena will participate in the ceremony as he led United to MLS Cup titles in 1996 and 1997 while also appearing in the 1998 as the franchise was one of the dominant clubs in the league's early years.
Although Arena has coached a number of talented players during his career, he raves about Moreno.
"Jaime came into the league [in 1996] at 19 years old, was probably the fastest player in the league, technically as good as anyone in the league, and he scored goals," said Arena. "He had the whole package. He really did. For a number of years, he was just a dominant player in MLS.
"I've coached some good players, and he's as good a player as I've coached in this league, and I've been around [Marco] Etcheverry and Moreno and [Eddie] Pope and [Landon] Donovan and [Robbie] Keane and [David] Beckham. He's in that class, no question about it."
But just how did the Galaxy boss spot the D.C. United legend?
"He ran circles around Jeff Agoos [in Bolivia's 1-0 victory over the U.S.] And I was coaching the Olympic team as well at the time. On the bus ride back after the Portugal game at RFK [in July], I was sitting with Sunil Gulati, and I said, 'Let's get him.' And we were able to turn that over kind of quickly.
"And as he would say, I owe my career to him, but I'd say it's the other way, and I'm very disappointed that one of his 50 children aren't named after me," the Galaxy boss said with a joke.
Moreno's induction into the Hall of Tradition may not be the only moment that involves the Bolivian soccer legend as Landon Donovan is just two goals away from one goal from tying Moreno's 134 goals mark, which is second all-time in goals scored.
WASHINGTON – Landon Donovan and the rest of LA's international contingent is back with the LA Galaxy ahead of Saturday's match against D.C. United at RFK Stadium.
Although the hyper-focused Donovan is not letting any of the issues of national team duty come into his thinking as he prepares for Saturday, one of the main talking points of Wednesday's match remains with him—literally. Donovan is still suffering from conjunctivitis in his right eye, which surfaced at some point last week.
The pink eye didn't affect him during his 2-0 victory with the U.S. National Team over Mexico on Wednesday and is unlikely to keep him out of Saturday's game, but the question remains. Just how did it happen?
"I don't know," said Donovan following the team's training session at American University. "I was getting treatment from the trainers and when I opened my eye it was all red. But I'm fine now and ready for the game on Saturday."
Although the eye issue is still prevalent, Donovan doesn't expect that—or any national team hangover—to affect him when LA faces D.C. United.
"I feel great. It's been a really good last week or so. It was a lot of fun for Omar and I to have that experience on Tuesday [against Mexico] and now it's important to put that behind us and move forward. We have a game that we need to get three points out of and that has to be the focus now."
And he expects a stern test from a United side that is currently the league's worst team with just 14 points on the year. In fact, Donovan believes that United are circling this match on their calendar and he feels that LA must be cognizant of that fact.
"They've obviously had a rough year and I'm sure that if odds were made, we'd be the favorites, but this league is built on parity. You never know what could happen," said Donovan. "We know that they'll have a good crowd; we know that they're excited for this game. Outside of their [U.S. Open Cup Final], this will be their biggest game of the season. We expect to get their best and we need to be ready to play."


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MARK KEOHANE, in his Business Day column, says the Springbok side for the first Test against England pretty much picks itself.
Given the injury situation, Fourie du Preez is the obvious choice to captain the Springboks against England.
Heyneke Meyer has always been emphatic that his captain will be a player he trusts, a player who makes the starting XV, and a player who will give him comfort as he eases his way through his first international head coaching experience.
Meyer has trusted his gut and he should never waver from this. So many coaches have compromised, tried to please a certain province, a certain media or a certain sector of the public, failed and regretted not doing it their way. I hope Meyer stays true to his gut feeling on what represents a match 22 good enough to win without much coaching in the Test opener against England in Durban.
Meyer would have had three training sessions with the match 22 before that first Test. To pick a bunch of young guns would be a recipe for disaster. A coach builds over four years, not in his first week.
Some will argue that Meyer's selection will be biased and favour the Bulls. Others will argue that it is a conservative selection and some will never be pleased because of his history with the Bulls. I see any selection Meyer makes, based on his comments to the media and several discussions with him in recent months, as the most logical to see off an England challenge that will be dangerous in the first Test but should get easier as the series progresses.
Injuries have ensured Meyer's ideal XV won't start and he may well find his ideal XV never starts in the next four years. He won't be the first Bok coach to experience that kind of frustration. He won't be the last.
Crucial to the first Test will be the performance of Bismarck du Plessis, Pierre Spies and Willem Alberts. If these experienced players show the necessary application, attitude, physicality and brutality, there will be enough of a platform to fashion a victory.
I am not expecting anything but a workmanlike display in the first Test, with an emphasis on protecting the ball, playing field percentages and attacking the defensive vulnerability of England's halfback pairing, who ooze talent but aren't blessed with natural physicality.
I don't rate England a top-five side. I think their struggle against physical packs like those of Scotland and Italy is more indicative of their limitations than the smashing of an Irish team that lacked the oomph up front to threaten at Twickenham.
SA will produce a decent pack, which will get stronger once internationals like Schalk Burger and Juan Smith return.
Du Preez, given the lack of Test match experience among the forwards, was an obvious choice to calm the nerves and implement a percentages match against England.
The side, on form, pretty much selects itself. Morné Steyn has done more than enough to play the master tactician at flyhalf and while he will always have a defensive issue at Test level it has seldom been exposed because so few teams dominate the Boks physically.
Frans Steyn and Jean de Villiers are formidable in the midfield and Meyer won't look beyond the experience of Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen on the wings. As the international season unfolds he will tweak in areas like the back three and there will be more of an integration of new faces than a discarding of the old.
Meyer has been consistent that 2012 is about winning Tests and building a winning culture. He will think about 2015 in 2015 and if his selections have been consistent between now and the next World Cup, it will be a squad that rewards form, youth and experience that arrives in England with conviction and not just the hope that came with the reputation of those who failed in New Zealand last year.
I'd start with Pat Lambie at fullback, but Meyer may feel pressured to pick Zane Kirchner because of a lack of black representation in his match 22. It's an awful situation because Kirchner has played well enough to be picked on merit, as have Juan de Jongh and Chiliboy Ralepelle. But others, who just happen to be white, have also played at a standard that makes a healthy case for inclusion.
Meyer will be a bundle of nerves in his first Test and that is why Du Preez and De Villiers, more than any other players, will be more influential and instrumental in Durban than any of the coaching staff.
Meyer has been very clear that in the first Test he wants to be judged on the win and that the style of play will evolve over the season. Again, it is the most logical of statements that deserves the most logical of acknowledgment from the country's fanatical support base.


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Paul Jordaan was one of the standout players in the SA Schools and SA U18 High Performance teams this season.
After impressing for Free State – the unofficial Craven Week champions – at inside centre earlier this year, Jordaan was selected for both national teams. The 18-year-old's best display came in the SA U18's 23-17 win over England, where he scored eight crucial points via a try and penalty. He also scored a try in SA Schools' 92-21 win over Namibia.
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Jordaan was born in Somerset East in the Eastern Cape, where he attended Gill Primary and represented EP at U12 and U13 levels in 2004 and 2005 respectively. He then became a boarder at Grey College in Bloemfontein, his father's alma mater. He was selected for the Free State U16s in 2008 and the Free State Academy side in 2009. He made the SA Academy team in 2009 too but didn't play because of injury.
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For the first half of Tuesday night's game against Greensboro Grimsley, the Williams High School girls' basketball team worked toward a comfort level, through a few growing pains.
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Williams turned a 13-point halftime lead into a 33-point lead entering the fourth quarter, outscoring Greensboro Grimsley 28-8 in the third quarter.
"A lot of that was just trapping them. We hadn't worked on it much, but we were effective with it," Williams coach Tommy Cole said.
Williams mustered runs of 6-0, 8-0 and 10-0 during the third quarter.
"It was a good opening-game win," Cole said. "We (need) to work on fine tuning some stuff and working on some new stuff and we can get better."
Freshman guard Ta Mara Harvey made an instant impact, scoring 16 points for the Bulldogs. Harvey's spot in the starting lineup moved junior Dajea Scott away from some of her responsibilities as a point guard, freeing the junior for a game-high 21 points. Scott mostly played point guard last season when Williams made a run to the Class 3-A state championship game.
"It gives us an extra guard (with Harvey). As far as handling the ball, she handles it just as good as Dajea," Cole said. "(Harvey) sees the floor really well and distributes the ball. And she takes it to the hole."
As for any nerves or butterflies Harvey had, those certainly weren't evident while watching the freshman constantly outrun the defense on fast breaks and finish at the basket.
"I was nervous at first but once I got in, I was fine," Harvey said. "It's different in high school, but you still have to play the same game."
The starting lineup for the Bulldogs accounted for 54 points, with junior forward Carlye Jones scoring nine points and Cassidy Jordan adding eight.
Williams' victory spoiled the Greensboro Grimsley coaching debut for Tina Gunn, who's a former Eastern Guilford coach.
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-- CUMMINGS 32, EAST FORSYTH 19: In the first game of the season-opening event, Cummings held East Forsyth without a field goal for more than 16 minutes.
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MARK KEOHANE, in his weekly Business Day column, says a Bok win in a possible quarter-final against the Wallabies would come as a surprise.
Ireland turned the predictability of the World Cup play-offs upside down, but for all the new found hope among South African supporters I can't see the Boks doing the same thing.
A week ago the Boks were rubbish, according to those on the social network. Once again they are a superpower.
There is no middle ground when it comes to South African rugby supporters – and may it never change. That kind of passion can't be learned, but with blind faith comes inevitable disappointment when the obvious comes as a real shock. Remember how many were actually stunned when the All Blacks beat a second-string Bok XV 40-7 earlier this year? Too many.
On matters specific to the win against Fiji and the surge in confidence, Frans Steyn reveled in the midfield and the Springboks, apparently by their own admission, did a similar thing in playing the situation and not relying on a pre-match PowerPoint presentation of how to beat Fiji.
Bok lock Danie Rossouw admitted afterwards that it was never the plan for the Boks to be as bold and extravagant and added it showed the Boks could be more than boring.
There is a difference between clueless and boring. The Boks for too long have been clueless and, against better teams, who play with more structure in defence and more precision and aggression at the breakdown, it has been their undoing.
In Wellington, against inferior opposition, the Boks showed the immense individual talent of South African players. Francois Steyn was world class, Rossouw was ferocious and skilled and Heinrich Brussouw, Jaque Fourie, Bismarck du Plessis and Francois Hougaard were as good as they were in week one against Wales.
And never forget Schalk Burger. He is always worth two players. It was fun to watch, fun for the players to be a part of and a shift from the toil and hardship of the Tri Nations. It was a necessary and decisive hit out for the Boks against a team with the odd quality individual, but little collectively.
It is difficult to get too enthused about whipping Fiji and those doing cartwheels because the Boks scored six tries and scored 49 points against a team that conceded 25 to Namibia not only insult the pedigree of the Boks, but also miss the point. Nothing out of the ordinary happened in Wellington.
Fortunately captain John Smit wasn't one of them and he said the most pleasing aspect was the Boks kept the Fijians tryless, albeit with a bit of help from the Islanders who self-destructed on attack and were never in the match defensively.
Fiji were good in the 2007 World Cup, but only three of the side that beat Wales to advance to the quarter-finals fronted the Boks in Wellington. Get excited that the Boks were willing to back their natural talent and instincts, but don't get excited that Fiji represent anything in the context of winning this World Cup.
Ireland's amazing victory against Australia in Auckland was more significant for the Boks than brushing aside Fiji. Every South African loves seeing Australia lose, but it was not the result the Boks would have expected or wanted.
Sure players have to back themselves to beat anyone to win this tournament but every Bok would rather entertain the prospect of Ireland in a quarter-final than an Australian side already taught a lesson in this tournament.
Jake White's winning 2007 World Cup squad did not get to play Australia, New Zealand or France, but there hasn't been similar good fortune for Peter de Villiers and there is no tougher assignment than having to beat Australia, probably New Zealand and possibly France in successive weekends in New Zealand. If the Boks negotiate those three mountains they will have scaled rugby's Everest and it will rank as the greatest ever Bok achievement.
I can't see it happening and it would be a surprise for the Boks to beat the Tri-Nations champions in the play-offs, if indeed this match-up takes place. As it stands it should with South Africa and Ireland the favourites to win their respective groups.
The Boks, like their supporters, will always have confidence and never be found wanting for self belief, but the reality is Australia has beaten South Africa four of the last five matches, including two in South Africa.
They are also on a three-match winning streak against the Boks and the match will be in Wellington and not at Eden Park – a ground that seems to scramble with the Australian minds as much as Ellis Park does those of the All Blacks.
Ireland's win, brilliant to watch, exposed the lack of depth in the Australian pack and for the Wallabies to succeed flanker David Pocock and hooker Steven Moore have to be starting.
It makes for a fascinating next three weeks. The Boks will humiliate Namibia and get more than a few bruises against Samoa.
Australia is a different beast and they're a side that has troubled South Africa even more than the All Blacks.
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A New Year's surprise in the form of a healthy baby boy welcomed a local military couple Tuesday, who wasn't expecting to meet their son until Jan. 13.
Jonah Christiano Vargas, Onslow County's first baby of 2013, was born at Onslow Memorial Hospital at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning to Oshay Vargas and her Marine husband Lance Cpl. Lazaro Vargas.
"It was just a normal day, we went grocery shopping, cleaned the house and just before we were going to go to bed, her water broke," Lazaro Vargas said with a smile on his face. "We're just happy he's here."
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Marine Lance Cpl. Megan Kassinger gave birth to daughter Camerra Marilyn Kassinger after 13 hours of labor Tuesday morning. Camerra is Megan Kassinger's second child with her Marine husband, Cpl. John Kassinger.
"It feels amazing to finally meet her," a groggy Megan Kassinger said Tuesday afternoon. "And it's just a great way to bring in the New Year. We're so blessed."
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Megan Kassinger said her husband was "ecstatic" to have a baby girl, and planned to treat her like a princess.
In Carteret County, the first baby of the New Year didn't come until 11:57 a.m. Tuesday, but after 36 hours of labor and an eventual cesarean section, mom Haley Vincent said she was just happy to finally meet her son, Asa Blaine Vincent.
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The first course from my lunch at Mia, in Caesars, prepared by famous French chef Georges Perrier. Yes, it tasted as good as it looks! I'll be back in SF Monday evening, and will be posting some of the many great shots I took at this delicious event. Stay tuned!
Seared Scallops, Cauliflower Puree, Celery and Almond Salad, and Raisins (click to enlarge)
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Wish You Were Here
Posted by Chef John at 8:15 AM
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5 comments:
- PrimeBrit said...
I am so jealous! I was fortunate enough to eat at Chef Ramsey's London restaurant in NYC last year. The dish you show here looks similar to one I had whilst there... "Delicious" is evident in every single pixel!
- June 29, 2008 at 8:35 AM
- noble pig said...
Is Yum too simple of a word? I love it.
- June 29, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- foofifofum said...
Loved the ability to get such a "close up" look. A beautiful and mouth watering look at the food YOU GOT TO EAT! Dang! When you get back we want a demonstration - No, not of you eating, but preparing some of the great food you are enjoying. Promise?
- June 29, 2008 at 1:38 PM
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- June 30, 2008 at 3:21 AM
I enlarged the photo. Got my fork, my napkin and was ready to take a taste and then I realized it was a cruel joke by Chef John. Looked absolutely wonderful. You must share this recipe with all your fans
- July 1, 2008 at 12:39 PM
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Lucion Poss, age 78, passed away, Saturday, April 14, 2012, at his home in the Una Community.
John Lucion Poss was born Jan. 13, 1934, in Aberdeen, to late Raine Edna Barnes Poss and Walter Howard Poss.
He was a machinist with American Can Company for 19 years; he also worked as a fur trader and trapper. Lucion Poss was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church and a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Japan during the Korean War. He enjoyed the outdoors, most of all gardening. Mr. Poss was a trapper and hunter. He loved his family and his 31 dogs and was a believer in the Lord and was at peace with the Lord. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patti Lorene Johnson Poss Oct. 21, 2007, and his children's mother, Dora Jeanan Knight Poss, July 6, 2009.
Funeral services are Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Jake Griggs officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery at Una. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his three daughters: Deborah Myers (Darrell) of West Point, Donna Colburn (Roger) of Aberdeen, and Lainie Adams (Richard) of Ogdon; one son, David Dewayne Poss (Priscilla) of West Point; eight grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters: Jane White and Betty Jo Bowen (Bud) all of West Point; one brother, Charles Poss (Sara) of Aberdeen. Those preceding him in death were his granddaughter, Amy Colburn; four brothers: Charles Gary Poss, Jimmy Poss, Wallace Poss, Ernie Poss and one sister, Sandra Poss Griggs.
Pallbearers will be Mike Poss, John Poss, David Poss, Brian Poss, Greg Poss, Kevin Poss, Rodney McKnight and Ronald
Honorary pallbearers will be Zane Myers, Darrell Myers, Riley Adams, Randy Colburn, Jerome Brown and his friends in the Una Community.
Memorials may be made to Pleasant Grove Cemetery, c/o Brenda Henley, 13660 Baker Road, Prairie, MS 39756.
Visitation is today, 5 - 8 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home.
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: returning to an original shape when pressed down, twisted, stretched, etc.
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: having an elastic quality : resilient <green springy wood>
: having or showing a lively and energetic movement <walks with a springy step>
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— spring·i·ness \ˈspriŋ-ē-nəs\ noun
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Our Inner Character
Looking back, may I be filled with gratitude;
Looking forward, may I be filled with hope;
Looking upward, may I be aware of strength;
Looking inward, may I find peace. ~Author unknown
Sometimes, I find myself surrounded by those who wreak havoc on my emotions. Maybe it's the way I internalize things, events and situations? Maybe it's the way I process it all? As I try to resolve and find solutions for anything that has gone wrong in my life, my 'opponents' seem to dwell and seek further turmoil and drama. I'm not sure why.
Are there people who seem to be attracted to complicated situations or drama? If they don't have the excitement of arguments or conflicts, do they find themselves lost in a world of silence? I always try to understand how the human mind works. I mostly try to understand how my own mind works. Some would say I easily blow off the 'big things'---the things that need more attention or focus on. When it's a matter of resolving an issue, regarding an argument or something that has been done that needs forgiveness, I am very quick to forgive as well as forget. People around me don't understand that. They seem to think that I just don't care or blow things off way too easily.
For instance, if an argument over something escalates, and the person apologizes, I simply forgive it and forget it. I actually delete it from my mind, instead of just saying the words, "It's ok, I forgive you," and then torture myself by focusing on the very event that the person apologized for; forgiving genuinely. If I still had issues about it, I would bring it up to the table and try to resolve it. Simple. But, others would say that I'm too quick to blow things off as if I didn't care. I do care. Forgiveness is the key to a healthy state of mind and the answer to a healthy heart.
Being grateful. Like I always say, life's a huge learning process. I learn as I go. I am grateful for every single argument, event, or negative situation that has happened in my life, because I learned a great deal from it all. If it weren't for the rocky times in our lives, how would we know how to cope with the future ones?
Hope. I have hope, that the past events in our lives will develop more endurance, patience and tolerance for when we find ourselves in future turmoil. It's almost like exercise- you learn how to cope with each encounter.
Strength. Going through many trials and tribulations, we'll find ourselves stronger and more adaptable for when we run into other troubles. We'll learn how to face our problems with a bigger muscle---a stronger heart----and a way to forgive and to let go. Some people have a hard time letting go of certain things- when in fact, they're only harming themselves.
Peace. Isn't this the final goal? We all want peace. Where do we find it? We can't find it externally, because all around us we have conflicts, life challenges and turmoil. We can learn to process our problems internally first, to soften our hearts and make others realize that it's all a matter of forgiveness; genuine forgiveness.
"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us—they help us learn to endure. And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation. And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." ~Romans 5:3-5
We all make mistakes, but we can learn from them and soften our hearts the next time around. Forgiveness goes hand-in-hand with forgetting. It's a pair that shouldn't be torn apart.
23 comments:
- Nancy said...
Deb, I love this post. Forgiveness is freedom...and the hardships we endure DO make us stronger for the next ones around the corner. What a great reminder there's hope in times of darkness.
- Art said...
Great post Deb. I wish I could "forgive and forget" but sometimes I find that forgetting part extraordinarily challenging.
- ~Deb said...
Nancy: Thank you… Forgiveness is freedom! Whenever I forgive someone, or something that has happened, and just let it go and give it all to God, it usually subsides and doesn't fester within my heart. I completely forget about it and wonder what the argument or conflict was altogether. Does that mean I'm insensitive? To some it does…but I don't think so.
Art: That's totally normal. There are certain situations that we sometimes can't get out of our minds… I do understand that…but to move forward and progress, we should at least try. Thanks, Art!
Just wanted to wish you a Happy Halloween, in the name of Satan. >=)
- Grant
- DESPARADO said...
forgive and forget.ahh so simple.so difficult.
Peace:one needs to forgive and forget to find the inner peace.
- ~Deb said...
Thanks Grant! Long time buddy!
Desparado: Simple to say the words, difficult to actually put it into action, right? Thanks!
- Enemy of the Republic said...
Grant! Where is my satanic wish? Damn you to hell!
I just made him so happy.
Today I got in an argument with a coworker who said that people worry too much about what they feel and if he was in charge, he would tell everyone that their emotions are simply irrelevant. I was astounded. I said that he couldn't deny what makes up an intrinsic part of human nature, uncomfortable as they may be. He said: They don't belong in the workplace. I answered: Not even happiness, joy in your acheivements, compassion for others when they need help? When someone is in that much denial, they must have emotional overload.
Good post. And tell Grant to visit it or I will sick one of the GOOD angels on him and make him go to a Southern Baptist church!
- CP said...
Toxic personalities. Stay away from them. They make you feel horrible...
- Sometimes Saintly Nick said...
Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the infinite peace to you.
(a very ancient Celtic blessing)
- Tai said...
Deb, I have to say that I admire your ability to put yourself out there so much.
All your posts are so thoughtful and full and I really find myself appreciating that you are constantly and consistently true to what you believe and how you feel about it.
So, thanks.
It's really a pleasure having found your blog so long ago (before and through the Dani issues!) and I always read with interest...you make me think.
My blog is more light, less me and more general...I occasionally wish that I had the heart/guts/nerve/trust to put myself out there more, but I guess that's just not my blogging way.
Keep on. It's great.
I love your blog. I don't even know how I stumbled on it but have been reading it for a few months. Your writing is awesome and I went back and read some past stories that were great. I have to tell you the pic and blog on the computer and tech from India was so so true. It is frustrating beyond words to have to deal with someone that way and yeah i did the same thing...what? excuse me? i don't understand..and then I am thinking yeah right your name is Mike. Mac may be getting both of us soon. Love, a blog fan
- Sue said...
It is so hard to rid yourselves of the toxic personalities in your life especially if they are in someone you love or in their families. I have to forgive more than any sane person should have to and I find it harder and harder to remain pleasant in their presence but you are right.....it does feel good to forgive -- I find forgetting is the hard part :(
- Lisa said...
Deb, this was a great post. I really needed to hear it. Take care and God bless!
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- ~Deb said...
Please excuse the impersonal response. I like to answer each and every one of you. I'm exhausted today due to toxic personalities that literally drain me of everything I have. And that's the perfect description for it, isn't it? Toxic. I made a vow today that no longer will I surround myself, or keep company with those who are toxic. I've come to the point where the people who seem sincere, are sometimes not showing all their true colors. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, however, sometimes you have to know when enough is enough.
I had to say goodbye to a friend yesterday. That should explain much.
Thank you for all the great comments and kind words. I really appreciate the input and your readership.
God bless!
- Queenie said...
Debs your post is so true but hard to do. My thoughts are with you at this difficult time. I have been away for a while and was just checking in ((((hugs))))
- GW Mush said...
Hi Deb,
Thankfully our relationship isnt toxic, we are made for each other Deb! hehe
- kathi said...
Very little someone could do to me that I haven't done to others or to myself at one time or another. Can't expect forgiveness when I can't forgive.
There were those that made Christ mad and yet He died for them. You don't have to like someone (or their ways) to love them.
- ~Deb said...
Forgiveness is easy for me to do. Sometimes, I need to let that person go, in order to remain healthy---emotionally. I have come across a toxic person who has literally beaten me up emotionally. I need to let that person go, because it's such a dark feeling. She brings out the worst in me. I love this person---still----but I love myself as well, to where I need to walk away from it all. People who are manipulating, who lie constantly and who have an agenda to inflict pain upon me have no room in my life.
She has my forgiveness, she has my ability to forget in due time, but she has lost me in the process. I pray for her and wish her well.
I admit, I'm not perfect by any means. My life is still under construction and I know that God's not done with me yet...however, it's unhealthy to be surrounded by people who can only project negative energy.
Letting go is the best thing. Forgiving and forgetting goes hand-in-hand with the process too.
- channelofhealing said...
Praise God Deb... we are surrounded daily by deceitful people and the part that aches me most is when they knowingly string you along in their lies and deceit hoping to make a fool of you in the end which is rather unfortunate but thank God for making ways for us where there seems to be no way in this life.
there is no need getting mad at people just Pray get the load of your chest by talking to God in Prayer.
Godbless you my dear
- Clarence said...
Not surprisingly (to me anyway), I am beginning to see some of me in you! It's gotta be that homo gene. Aren't you glad they haven't found a real cure for what ails us?!?! ;-)
Not sure if it's a blessing or a curse, but all my life, I have had such a hard time holding a grudge! I, too, forgive so easily! As for forgetting, I am the champ in that department! I've even forgotten all the I've forgotten in my life! ;-)
For me, though, it's simple: holding a grudge (even what I consider a righteous grudge) takes so much energy! The same way that hating someone takes so much energy, and I'm just too lazy! I don't want to spend my time concentrating on that thing that has created the grudge or the potential hate in the first place! I really need to be about the work of getting my life going into a positive direction! To paraphrase the Carly Simon song, "I haven't got time for the grudge; I haven't got room for the hate; I haven't the need for the pain"! (Are you like me? Do you wonder why Carly Simon doesn't have a VERY successful career as a motivational songstress?!?! ;-)
I think at least part of the reason, for me anyway, that I can't get a good grudge on is that I have been amazingly imperfect with my own life & my own interpersonal relationships, so not only do I NOT "have time for the pain," I don't have any room to hold back forgiveness when I am almost always in desperate need of it myself!
I won't ramble about it now, but I've learned that forgiveness of someone else's real or perceived wrongs is actually a gift you give to yourself because you can release the poison it has brought into your life & you can get on with the rest of your life (and, don't forget, kiddies, forgiveness DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN "excusing"), so actually, in a sense, not holding a grudge is a pretty selfish thing...but, as her majesty, Queen Martha of Stewart would say, "that's a good thing!"
Thank you AGAIN, Deb, for making me think about important stuff. It's quite therapeutic!
- Clarence said...
Isn't it amazing how God can find some use for the pain in our lives?
I am beginning to understand that sometimes in our voyage on this planet, our life experiences will just not yield the beautiful harvest we hope to reap. Sometimes, in the ugliness & the pain we are sure to encounter in our lives every now & again, all we get is a lesson: if we're fortunate enough, we remember to write that lesson down in our hearts & keep it at the ready for the next time it happens--and it probably WILL happen again!
In that vein, I remember once, while in the depths of despair that marked my "life" in the closet, crying out to God & asking why I had to hurt so much & why I had to feel so very alone & scared. I distinctly remember an answer coming to me as soon as those words came out of my mouth, "Because a lesson that is learned in pain is not easily forgotten!" I guess the scar those painful lessons leave stand as a (hopefully) permanent reminder of what we need to avoid next time.
I also feel the need to share a scene from one of my most favorite movies ever, "Beaches" (yes, I know, typical for a gay guy to love a Bette Midler movie. So, this ONE TIME, the stereotype is correct...GUILTY AS CHARGED!! ;-). Anyway in the movie, CC gets married to her director boyfriend, John & at the ceremony, the bride & groom kiss & then CC slaps John right after the kiss. John asks CC why she slapped him & she says that she wants him to remember this moment for the rest of his life! Wow! Isn't that amazing?!?! I know, comparing Bette Midler to God could be seen by some as blasphemy, but, hey, for some of us, Bette truly is heavenly!!
Also, I can't help but think that (selfish as it sounds) if your life had been perfect & drama-free & pain-free, you wouldn't be here now sharing your pain & your love with those of us who have felt too alone for too long where the family of God is concerned. You gotta know that God is using you & your former brokenness to help those of us not quite as far along on the journey as you are!
Another quote for you & about you (in my opinion, anyway), dearest Deb, from Mr. Ernest Miller Hemingway, "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."
I guess brokenness & scars aren't really all they seem, are they?
- Just_because_today said...
interesting that you talk about forgive and forget which is what I questioned on your 04/16/09 post. It is a pair that can't be torn apart, you are right


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