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O sacred banquet!
Joseph A. Komonchak June 21, 2014 - 3:39pm
Tomorrow we celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, transferred from the usual Friday after Trinity Sunday. The texts for the Divine Office and the Mass for the feast were composed by St. Thomas Aquinas, and they show the poetical side of the man, not often on view. The Antiphon for the Magnificat of Second Vespers is in prose but might as well be poetry: "O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur, recolitur memoria passionis ejus, mens impletur gratia, et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur–"O sacred banquet, in which Christ is received, the memory of his passion is recalled, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us."
The antiphon has been put to music many times. Here it is in Gregorian chant; here by Tallis; here by Messiaen; here by Ludovic da Vladana ; and the one I came to love in the seminary, by Roberto Remondi, here, here, and here.
As elsewhere in Aquinas's texts for this liturgy, there is profound theology in the antiphon, which he spelled out in his Summa theologica (III, q. 73, a. 4) in which he considered the question whether it was appropriate that the sacrament had more than one name. His crisp answer is Yes because believers have many names for the eucharist. And he explains:
This sacrament has a threefold sign-value. One is with regard to the past insofar as it commemorates the Lord's Passion, which was a true sacrifice... and this is why it is called the "sacrifice." A second sign-value is with regard to the present reality of the Church's unity to which people are gathered through this sacrament; and this is why it is called "communion" or "synaxis." St. John Damascene says that "it is called 'communion' because through it we communicate with Christ, because we share in his flesh and godhead, and because through it we are united with one another. Its third value has to do with the future because it prefigures our enjoyment of God in our homeland, and this is why it is called "Viaticus" because it offers us the way to get there. In this respect it is also called "Eucharist," that is, good grace because God's grace is life eternal, and because it really contains Christ, who is full of grace. In Greek it is also called metalepsis, i.e., "assumption" because as Damascene says, through it we assume [take on] the Son's Godhead.
The historians argue over whether St. Thomas also composed the much-loved Adoro te devote. Ann Olivier complained on another thread that we don't ask enough of poets when it comes to translation. Here is what two poets did with this hymn.
First, the metaphysical poet Richard Crashaw:
With all the powers my poor heart hath
Of humble love and loyal faith,
Thus low (my hidden life!) I bow to Thee,
Whom too much love hath bow'd more low for me.
Down, down, proud Sense! discourses die!
Keep close, my soul's inquiring eye
Nor touch nor taste must look for more,
But each sit still in his own door.
Your ports are all superfluous here,
Save that which lets in Faith, the ear.
Faith is my skill; Faith can believe
As fast as Love new laws can give.
Faith is my force : Faith strength affords
To keep pace with those pow'rful words.
And words more sure, more sweet than they,
Love could not think, Truth could not say.
O let Thy wretch find that relief
Thou didst afford the faithful thief.
Plead for me, Love I allege and show
That Faith has farther here to go,
And less to lean on : because then
Though hid as God, wounds writ Thee man;
Thomas might touch, none but might see
At least the suffering side of Thee;
And that too was Thyself which Thee did cover,
But here ev'n that's hid too which hides the other.
Sweet, consider then, that I,
Though allowed nor hand nor eye,
To reach at Thy loved face; nor can
Taste Thee God, or touch Thee man,
Both yet believe, and witness Thee
My Lord too, and my God, as loud as he.
Help, Lord, my faith, my hope increase,
And fill my portion in Thy peace :
Give love for life; nor let my days
Grow, but in new powers to Thy name and praise.
O dear memorial of that Death
Which lives still, and allows us breath!
Rich, royal food! Bountiful bread
Whose use denies us to the dead;
Whose vital gust alone can give
The same leave both to eat and live.
Live ever, bread of loves, and be
My life, my soul, my surer self to me.
O soft, self -wounding Pelican!
Whose breast weeps balm for wounded man :
Ah, this way bend Thy benign flood
To a bleeding heart that gasps for blood.
That blood, whose least drops sovereign be
To wash my world of sins from me.
Come Love ! come Lord ! and that long day
For which I languish, come away.
When this dry soul those eyes shall see,
And drink the unseal'd source of Thee :
When Glory's sun Faith's shades shall chase,
And for Thy veil give me Thy face. Amen.
And here is Gerard Manley Hopkins's version:
Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore,
Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more,
See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart
Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art.
Seeing, touching, tasting are in thee deceived:
How says trusty hearing? that shall be believed;
What God's Son has told me, take for truth I do;
Truth himself speaks truly or there's nothing true.
On the cross thy godhead made no sign to men,
Here thy very manhood steals from human ken:
Both are my confession, both are my belief,
And I pray the prayer of the dying thief.
I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see,
But can plainly call thee Lord and God as he;
Let me to a deeper faith daily nearer move,
Daily make me harder hope and dearer love.
O thou our reminder of Christ crucified,
Living Bread, the life of us for whom he died,
Lend this life to me then: feed and feast my mind,
There be thou the sweetness man was meant to find.
Bring the tender tale true of the Pelican;
Bathe me, Jesu Lord, in what thy bosom ran---
Blood whereof a single drop has power to win
All the world forgiveness of its world of sin.
Jesu, whom I look at shrouded here below,
I beseech thee send me what I thirst for so,
Some day to gaze on thee face to face in light
And be blest for ever with thy glory's sight. Amen.
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Many thanks for this preparation for the feast. But shouldn't it read "the usual Thursday after Trinity Sunday"?
The Body of Christ suffers because of the acute suffering of refugees throughout the world. 51 million people. A staggering figure. And most are children. As we celebrate this great feast we are one with our sisters throughout the world who lack the essentials.
Christ Has No Body
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
Teresa of Avila
The sequence "Ecce panis angelorum." A traditional melody (not the full text) and the Gregorian.
It wasn't meant to be. At least given my minimal skills.
Thank you, Claire.
Fr. Komonchak, thank you for lovely material for reflection on the feast day. I remember the Remondi's "O Sacrum Convivium" from grade school choir days. Though I'm sure we were not nearly as polished as the group on youtube!
While i was at Georgetown late this evening for exercise (or what now passes for exercise in my increasing decrepitude), it dawned on me that the sequence for Corpus Christi is the majestic "Lauda Sion Salvatorem," not "Ecce Panis Angelorum." Before making the comment at 6:20 pm, I had been glancing at the readings in the Italian Missal. It gives the "Ecce Panis Angelorum" as the sequence, in Latin and in a translation.
It's striking how many "options" or "variations" the Italians have been allowed in their Missal (1983). It helps to be right next door to the seat of power. And despite the 2001 Instruction Liturgiam Authenticam, which required all conferences to revise their Missals over the next ten years, the revision of the Italian Messale Romano is still promised. One sticking point between the conference and the Congregation for Divine Worship is the translation of "per tutti" ("for all") in the Institution Narrative over the chalice (cup). The conference wants to retain "per tutti," while the Congregation insists on "per molti" ("for many"). Stalemate. As well, the German-speaking conferences on the same point ("fur alles"). And those conferences just may prevail under Pope Francis.
The Anglophone bishops are always obedient and quick off the mark.
I too remember the Remondi setting of the "O Sacrum Convivium." And in my eight years as a student in the Augustinians, every chapel exercise, and there were many, began with the antiphon, its verse and response, and concluding prayer. Many decades later, I can still manage them.
In this one thread, I think I have used all my turns for June. And July. There is a a wonderful sermon of Anastasius of Sinai in the breviary for the feast of the Transfiguration, 6 August. Time enough till then.
And for Thy veil give me Thy face.
Miraculously I found a votive eucharistic prayer at the back of the missal this morning which perfectly chimed with the feast...
Recently on a liturgical blog I argued that the best poets should be invited to participate in the translations of Scripture and the liurgy and invited to write new lyrics for hymns. Someone argued against my position that great poets are too individualistic to write hymn lyrics. Hopkins, it was said, could not possibly write a fine hymn because his method (or non-method?) of prosody ("sprung verse") would prevent his writing verse that would match the typical rhythms of Catholic hymns.
The example above shows, I think, that that is simply false. There's no sprung rhythm there, and there is fine religious poetry. (Oh, the tiresome biases of liturgical professionals!)
Another eucharistic hymn I love is "O esca viatorum," here to Haydn's music:
O esca viatorum,
O panis angelorum,
O manna coelitum,
Esurientes ciba,
Dulcedine non priva
Corda quaerentium,
Corda quaerentium.
O lympha, fons amoris,
Qui puro Salvatoris
E corde profluis
Te sitientes pota,
Haec sola nostra vota,
His una sufficis,
His una sufficis.
O food of men wayfaring,
The bread of angels sharing,
O manna from on high!
We hunger; Lord, supply us,
Nor Thy delights deny us,
Whose hearts to Thee draw nigh.
O stream of love past telling,
O purest fountain, welling
From out the Savior's side!
We faint with thirst; revive us,
Of Thine abundance give us,
And all we need provide.
A great one!
(In grade school in Kansas City, we sang it much faster, as the words seem to suggest it should be sung. It's a processional, not a dirge.)
I don't think of "O esca viatorum" as a processional. I've heard it only as a meditative piece.
Is there a typo-- futurae gloriae not futurae gloria--or do we have some weird little ablative designed to drive me crazy here?
My mistake, Cathy. I'll go back and change it to: "futurae gloriae".
John Page:
You wrote,
In this one thread, I think I have used all my turns for June. And July.
No way! Keep 'em comin'!
"I don't think of "O esca viatorum" as a processional. I've heard it only as a meditative piece."
In grade school, the Benedictine Sisters (liturgically sophisticated) had us sing it at processions: Holy Thursday, First Communion, Corpus Christi.
In high school, the Ursuline Sisters (liturgically sophisticated) had us sing it during the Communion procession.
The lyrics suggest movement: draw nigh, wayfaring, welling, etc.
Schillebeeckx once quipped that Aqunas was most un-Thomistic with the line sensuum defectui in Tantum Ergo!!
I am sure someone mentioned Panis Angelicus. If not why. The music and the poetry are just awesome.
Panis Angelicus fit panis hominum
Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum
O res mirabilis! Manducat Dominum
Pauper, pauper, servus et humilis
Pauper, pauper, servus et humilis
English Translation
The angel's bread becomes the bread of men
The heavenly bread ends all symbols
Oh, miraculous thing! The body of the Lord will nourish
The poor, poor, and humble servant
The poor, poor, and humble servant
The viaticum is a hallowed extension of the Eucharist and reminds us that the sick and dying, though absent, are a part of the eucharistic community. The second extension, adoration of the reserved sacrament, is equally important, and gives the celebration of Mass a rootedness in a community of prayer and contemplation. The aesthetics of Benediction contrast with those of the average vernacular Mass. Perhaps rather than modernize Benediction we need to bring back to the Mass some silent contemplation and even some Latin.
At least once this haunting version of the Benediction hymn "O Salutaris" was used as a funeral hymn:
Which, given the words, is not entirely inappropriate.
Well that didn't work out, sorry about that. Type "saddest song ever, O Salutaris" into
Google, the link will come up.
...do we have some weird little ablative designed to drive me crazy here?
Ah, I well remember the Driving Crazy Ablative, aka Ablativus Nutsificus, from Mr. Daly's class. It was a regular feature, and not at all rare.
"The second extension, adoration of the reserved sacrament, is equally important, and gives the celebration of Mass a rootedness in a community of prayer and contemplation. The aesthetics of Benediction contrast with those of the average vernacular Mass. Perhaps rather than modernize Benediction we need to bring back to the Mass some silent contemplation and even some Latin."
The Mass is a celebration of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus by his people. What you state above subverts that whole theology.
I don't know what "Benediction" means here. Are you referring to something specific, a liturgical celebration of some kind, that used to exist?
(Salut?) It was a devotional service that often followed high mass on Sunday. It was the closing ceremony of a retreat or a novena or a mission, Forty Hours, Etc.
Nice, because people knew the hymns and sang them with vigor: O Salutaris Hostia and Tantum Ergo.
The Blessed Sacrament was placed in a monstrance for adoration. The priest wore a cope and a large stole. Following the two hymns, the priest would conceal his hands in the stole and elevate the monstrance before the congregation. He would then move it in the sign of the cross -- the blessing/benediction. After replacing the monstrance on the altar, the priest knelt and led the congregation in the Divine Praises. After that, he removed the Blessed Sacrament from the monstrance and replaced it in the tabernacle. Then, for the closing number, the congregation belted out Holy God, We Praise Thy Name!
Thank you Gerelyn.
Gerelyn writes about Benediction in past tense, but it's not really that uncommon, at least around here. Having said that, I've only been to it once in my life, and they never taught us how to preside at it in deacon school.
If you've only been to Benediction ONCE in your life, it IS uncommon.
I looked on YouTube to find one to show Claire, but the only one I saw was one where NO ONE was present except the priest offering the Benediction and a man in a Franciscan habit. The server? The two of them sang/squawked ALONE in the vast church. Not a good illustration of what Benediction was like in days of yore.
My parish offers Eucharist Adoration for several hours a day Monday through Friday, ending with the Benediction service somewhat as described by Gerelyn. As this precedes a late-afternoon Mass, it is fairly well-attended by the daily Mass-attenders, many of whom come by after work. Not relegated to "days of yore", nor is the practice of contemplation or wordlessly gazing upon the Lord, within oneself or in the consecrated species.
Thomas Merton and the Trappists did a lot after Vatican II to promote and popularize again the practice of "centering prayer" and contemplative prayer. Such practices need not be regarded as antithetical to the apostolate or social justice activity. We need and are nourished by both, and each strengthens the other.
We still do Benediction here; mainly in Lent on Friday evenings after Stations of the Cross. Usually one of the deacons presides. I often play the organ accompaniments to the hymns. There are bazillion versions of those, but the most common, and the ones we use, are the tunes "St. Thomas" for the hymn Down in Adoration Falling (Tantum Ergo); and "Duguet" for O Saving Victim (O Salutaris Hostia). It is a short but lovely devotion. Many people find it peaceful and healing.
Carol --
I agree that contemplative prayer and communal prayer are not opposed. Yes, they're different, but not entirely. Both are prayer, both address the Lord. The difference is that when we use words together we are praying the same thoughts but sometimes (not always) when we are silent we're praying somewhat different thoughts.
But why does it need to be assumed that at Mass everyone is praying the same thought at every momen? Mass is a communal human meal, and at such a meal not everyone is saying the same thing or listening to the same thing. Conversation is part of the meal. There are some quiet times in the Mass (e.g., when the Host is elevated) when no one says anything, but can anyone doubt that the community is united in silent prayer? At other times, (e.g., when returning after receiving Communion) I don't doubt that there are many personal prayers going on, but that doesn't stop the Mass from being a human meal.
I think the whole topic needs to be reviewed.
Agree with Bill. The Eastern churches consume all the species with nothing reserved. Contemplation can be done with icons which actually has a much longer history and tradition. Or better yet with psalms.
the body of Christ is the people; the world. The tomb is empty and we are the living stones.
Ann -- I agree with what you said. Felt prompted to mention the practice of Benediction, etc. in my parish, not at all a "backward" one, as some of the (younger?) folks on this thread inquired about it and perhaps have not had much experience of it in their respective locales.
I also resonated with the suggestions made by Joseph O'Leary. They call to mind the efforts of our bishops to bring a bit more silence and reflection to the Eucharistic liturgy, such as by having a few quiet moments after Communion, a time period that might have been filled in with more communal (or other) singing (verbal input).
When Bill M. countered those (JOL's) remarks, it reminded me that sometimes some folks feel the "church" is going to be pulled backward, away from the communal thrust of recent years, by maintaining some of the common devotions of our tradition. Or, some may think or fear that if personal prayer is too much promoted, it may lead to a privatistic piety that also might diminish the gains achieved regarding our appreciation of communithy and communal liturgical celebration. That need not and should not be.
What people who practice a regular prayer life generally experience is that the prayer experience is very much related to the life of charity and surrender to God. If the latter falters, so will the prayer experience. Both are critical to our wholeness, holiness.
Recent popes and a number of theologians have written eloquently and exhortatively regarding the practice of adoring prayer before the Lord present in the Sacrament. They say better than I ever could that the event of the Mass is so stupendous, the time period of the Mass is not adequate for us to express the worship and thanksgiving it rightly evokes. They urge us to have "holy hours" and the like. "Taste and see how good the Lord is!"
I see George D has commented. I agree that it is not necessary to be in church or with the consecrated species in order to commune deeply with Jesus and the Trinity. All I can say is how wonderfully powerful and life-altering it has been for me since my parish made the opportunity available.
There are some quiet times in the Mass (e.g., when the Host is elevated) when no one says anything, but can anyone doubt that the community is united in silent prayer?
Yes, one can doubt it. Look around you at those times and see the parent chastising their kid, the person playing with their scab, the one examining their nails and the other one going through their purse. It is distracting, and I used to find it downright disheartening - very lonely. Now I mostly focus on the priest, but still, if he happens to glance at his watch in the middle of the Eucharistic Prayer, it is such a let-down.
Claire --
Maybe you need to focus on the Host? And that's exactly what we mainly used to do at Benedction -- focus on the Host, the presence of the Lord.
It seems to me that people are designed not to focus too much on one thing -- life in the jungle was safer when we noticed irregularities more quickly. Theses days especially we seem to need to learn to focus better. How else to account for the popularity of all those Hindu and Buddhist focusing/contemplation techniques? Life is too scattered these days, and even at Mass it's difficult to keep our attention where the action is, so to speak. And that's one of the reasons, I think, that many of us are asking for more quiet times in the Mass when we're *supposed* to be focusing on the Lord, when all eyes are pointed to the same One.
Ann, yes of course, but, you know, you're incorporating the presence of other people into your consciousness as well, aren't you? And what is more uplifting than, say, a prayer of the faithful that happens to echo what's in your heart, or the dizzying sight of one person after another receiving communion attentively?
Claire, some cities, some parish communities are better than others "awareness-wise". You may find a better one someday.
Your observation reminds me of a very different experience at my church last Christmas Day. So many come only on that day and families bring guests. So, the pews were packed end to end and so were the aisles, the vestibule, people pouring out the door. I wonder what the fire department would have thought of that, with candles everywhere and flamable decorations.
I expected to live through the most distracting Mass of my life. How impressive it was to me that at the moment of elevation - and perhaps beyond - that entire church was completely still! WIth all those children and babies, the excitement of Christmas in the air, all those bodies uncomfortably jammed into a too-small space.
After Mass, I talked to a man from another state and his little girl. We both remarked that in the midst of the racket and hassles of the season, we felt we'd been lifted out of time for an hour and a half. (Yes, "and a half" - with that many people coming to Communion.) It was so beautiful and reverent and consoling. Consoling. Sometimes there's a moment when the world and the church look as they are meant to be - at one.
Sometimes there's a moment when the world and the church look as they are meant to be - at one.
Claire --
I don't think we really disagree. Our tendency to be distracted is quite natural, I think. And there are both communal and personal aspects of the Mass. in fact, I think we need to go back a bit to some of the silences in the old Mass. Even old folks like me who have welcomed most of the changes do miss the old reverence that was obvious especially in some of the old quiet parts.
The focus should not be on the priest. Rather on the presence of the Lord and that we are one family in the Lord, being made new and refreshed in love and forgiveness.
If you've only been to Benediction ONCE in your life, it IS uncommon.
Hi, Gerelyn - it's at least equally likely that I've just missed the boat. Actually, your comment spurred me to check out the nearby parishes to see which ones offer regular Eucharistic adoration. I checked 10 nearby parishes; nine out of the 10 have it on their weekly calendars. Mine does it on Friday mid-mornings, which is the middle of my work day, but there are plenty of evening options. I don't know how many of them end their adoration with Benediction, but it's a pretty safe bet that at least some of them do.
Fwiw, I attended Catholic school for most of my grammar school years, all four years of high school, four years of college, and I've been through a diaconate formation program (all of the above in the post-Vatican II era) - but, as I say, to the best of my knowledge/memory, I've only been to Benediction one time in my life. My parents, who each attended 12 years of Catholic school but in the pre-Vatican II days, had a very different experience.
Btw, it was quite interesting to see the other parish's websites and bulletins, so I'm grateful for your motivating me to do this little research project.
I celebrated Benediction last Holy Thursday, so it cannot be quite as extinct as some seem to think. As to eucharistic adoration it is not at all opposed ot "celebration of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus by his people." If it were it would not be recommended by the Church as an extension of the Eucharist similar to the Viaticum. Just as the Viaticum brings us closer to God's people by integrating the sick and dying into the community, so eucharistic devotion often brings us closer to God's people, praying silently in churches in Dublin for example. The Paschal Mystery is celebrated just as deeply in contemplation as in lively songs and dances..
The feast of Corupus Christi only rose to prominence due to the influence of the Beguines in the Middle Ages. That does not make it illegitimate but neither does it make it part of the patrimony of the apostolic Church. I have no objection to benediction if it facilitates greater mindfulness, awareness, and simplicity. The problem is that it frequently devolves into superstition.
I do think that the clear emphasis of liturgical reform was to highlight the communal nature of liturgy. I would rather see a resurgence in the recitation of the liturgy of the hours than in benediction which lacks a scriptural or biblical basis.
I don't see prayer at a Benediction service as an individualistic sort of prayer even though some of the prayer is silent. That there is silence doesn't imply that we are not praying together, each in our own idiom, perhaps. We are all directed our attention to the Lord together, and there are communal spoken prayers and singing hymns together. It is not the sort of private contemplation encouraged in convents and monaseries, although tindividual adoration *before* the service while the Host is exposed *prior* to the service could include that sort of private experience..
I don't see prayer at a Benediction service as an individualistic sort of prayer even though some of the prayer is silent. That there is silence doesn't imply that we are not praying together, each in our own idiom, perhaps. We are all directed our attention to the Lord together, and there are communal spoken prayers and singing hymns together. It is not the sort of private contemplation encouraged in convents and monaseries, although tindividual adoration *before* the service while the Host is exposed *prior* to the service could include that sort of private experience..
Re: George D.'s comment about benediction and adoration frequently devolving into superstition; I don't see how one would draw that conclusion. Maybe a couple hundred years ago when people were not encouraged to receive the Eucharist often. Not in my lifetime in the parishes I have attended. As far as "communal vs contemplative", why not both / and. Yes, the liturgy of the hours is a treasure of the Church, so is Eucharistic adoration. So why not do them both. Our parish has had adoration 24/7 for sixteen years(except during the hours when Mass is celebrated). The fruits of that have been overwhelmingly positive, and have added to, not subtracted from, the communal bond of the parish.
The Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy made the famous statement that "the liturgy is the summit toward which the Church's activitiy is directed and the source from which all her strength flows" (#10). But it preceded this statement with this one: "The sacred liturgy does not exhaust the entire activity of the Church" (#9), and it followed it with this one: "The spiritual life is not confined to participation in the liturgy. The Christian is assuredly called to pray with his brothers and sisters, but he must also enter into his chamber to pray to the Father in secret (cf. Mt 6:6)" (#12) and then with another: "Popular devotions of the Christian people are warmly commended, provided they accord with the laws and norms of the Church.." It then returns to the initial statement: "Devotions should be drawn up in such a way that they harmonize with the liturgical seasons, accord with the sacred liturgy, are in some fashion derived from it, and lead the people to it, since the liturgy of its very nature far surpasses any of them" (#13).
About the Author
Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.


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Walk around town with the team:
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2. D.C. United is off to a rough start and have just one win in 15 games. Their six points puts them at the bottom of league standings and makes them an easy target for ridicule. However, don't rule out the black and red. Their roster touts the likes of veteran midfielder Dwayne De Rosario and U.S. International goalkeeper Bill Hamid. D.C. most recently fell 2-1 to Toronto FC last weekend at home.
3. The boys are back in town! Victor Bernardez and Martin Chavez have rejoined the Quakes and will be available for the match. Bernardez and Chavez have been with the Honduran National Team in recent weeks for World Cup Qualifying. Last weekend's victory over the Colorado Rapids also marked the first time key players Alan Gordon, Chris Wondolowski and Steven Lenhart all started together.
4. This game marks Mark Watson's second match as the interim head coach of the Quakes. While Watson is sticking to the 4-4-2 formation employed by Frank Yallop, Look for a more possession-oriented style a play on the field.
5. The Earthquakes and D.C. United have plenty of connections. To name a few:
- De Rosario began his MLS career with the Quakes in 2001. From 2001-2005, De Ro notched 27 goals and 31 assists. He also helped lead the Quakes to two MLS Cup championships in '01 and '03.
- De Rosario, Nana Attakora, Dejan Jakovic and Kyle Porter are capped Canadian Internationals.
- Brandon McDonald spent three seasons with San Jose from 2009-2011.
Kendall McIntosh, former Earthquakes Academy player and current Santa Clara University goalkeeper, is in Turkey competing with the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team in the U-20 World Cup. McIntosh sends sjearthquakes.com photos and updates from his journey:
June 20, 2013
It's the day before the big game against Spain! Yesterday we practiced at the Galatasaray Annex field which is where the Galatasaray Academy does most of their training. Today was a mostly free day so the players could get focused for tomorrow. We practiced at around 4pm at Turk Telecom Arena which is Galatasaray's game field. It was a short but very sharp training for us, now just on to tomorrow.
Watch Kendall McIntosh and the U-20 USMNT in their opening match of group play vs. Spain - tomorrow, 10:45 a.m. PT on ESPN2, WatchESPN.
McIntosh and teammates:
Rafa Baca stopped by the Kick, Lead and Dream Soccer Camp at Cherry Chase Elementary on Wednesday to talk to the campers about overcoming adversity and finding success.
Baca shared his inspiring journey as a Mexican immigrant that moved to the states to attend school and become a successful soccer player. Baca stressed the importance of education and college as the key to achieving your dreams.
At the end of his speech, Baca led the kids in chanting "Si Se Puede!" which translates to "Yes We Can!" in English.
The Kick, Lead and Dream Initiative is a program where motivated teenagers serve as role models to at-risk kids. The fun day camp provides an opportunity for the kids to hone their soccer skills while learning leadership skills from the teen mentors. To find out more on the program visit: http://kldsoccer.com/
Don't forget: #QuakesHunt begins at 3:30 p.m. today! The winner receives 4 tickets to #CaliClasico. Stay tuned---> http://t.co/mK3jAiJNL6
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) June 20, 2013
Our ancestors were hunter-gatherers, roaming the earth foraging for nuts, berries and all kinds of weird animal meat that did nothing for their life expectancy rate.
Get your inner hunter-gatherer (minus the loin cloths and facial hair) on today and win big. Keep your eyes glued to @SJEarthquakes Twitter account beginning at 3:30 p.m. for hints that will lead you to the ultimate prize of four tickets to the San Jose Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy game on June 29 at Standford Stadium.
Hints will be tweeted every 30 minutes until 7 p.m. The clues will lead you to a location in the Bay Area where four tickets to #CaliClasico will be waiting for you.
Get out there and start hunting!
Keep your Tweets close & your map closer. Time to win 4 tickets to #CaliClasico. Stay tuned for clues: http://t.co/x4S0CEDrkc #QuakesHunt
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) June 20, 2013
CLUE 1: This city is the home to a college that has a tree as their logo. http://t.co/VEGEF5uIew #QuakesHunt
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) June 20, 2013
CLUE 2: The name of the street we are located on is a synonym for college. http://t.co/v73bix22T1 #QuakesHunt
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) June 20, 2013
UPDATE: We have a new #QuakesHunt record, folks. Congratulations to our winner @PhillipLuna!
Congrats #QuakesHunt winner @phillipluna! Enjoy your 4 #CaliClasico tix & Skull Candy headset courtesy of @TMobile pic.twitter.com/VEboc1papM
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) June 21, 2013
The Quakes new interim head coach Mark Watson will be making the rounds this week to talk about his new gig.
First up, he will join host Jim Kozimor on Yahoo Sports Talk Live today. Tune in to CSN California from 5-6 p.m. PT to hear from the man behind the Quakes first road win of the season.
Watson will also be on Counter Attack on SiriusXM FC with hosts John Harkes and Tony Meola this afternoon around 3 p.m. PT.
Get your voting game on, Quakes fans- it's time to send our guys to the 2013 MLS All-Star Game in Kansas City.
Twitter voting opens at 9 a.m. PT on Thursday and will be open until 8:59 p.m. PT on Friday.
How to vote:
Use #MLSAllStar AND the player's full name or their twitter @handle. Vote for as many players as you want in a single tweet.
Tweet all your want, there is no limit to the number of Twitter votes you can cast.
Example: Jon Busch, Chris Wondolowski, Adam Jahn, Victor Bernardez, Sam Cronin #MLSAllStar
Just to jog your memory- our All-Star candidates are:
Jon Busch
Chris Wondolowski - @ChrisWondo
Adam Jahn - @PillowFeet14
Victor Bernardez
Sam Cronin
Justin Morrow - @jmo_row_15
Join MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Quakes President Dave Kaval for a little stadium development and technology talk at the Silicon Valley Sports Summit at 8 a.m. on Thursday at the Santa Clara Convention Center (5001 Great AMerica Pkwy Santa Clara, CA 95054).
The Quakes are a title sponsor for the event and Commissioner Garber will be serving as the keynote speaker. President Kaval will also be on hand to discuss stadium development and the impact of technology on the sports industry.
Click here to purchase tickets and read more on the event.

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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Chef Ken Vedrinski is having a banner year and it is only August. Accolades have been strong for the recent opening of his oceanfront restaurant, Coda del Pesce. This includes the recent announcement that Vedrinski has been named one of Wine Spectator magazine's top Italian chefs in America for its September issue cover story. Wine Spectator selected six of the country's best chefs to highlight in the issue and each chef has a large profile and recipe in the issue. Vedrinski is in good company as he joins Michael White (Marea, New York), Dena Marino (MC Kitchen, Miami), Celestino Drago (Drago Centro, Los Angeles), Jonathan Benno (Lincoln Ristorante, New York) and Matthew Accarrino (SPQR, San Francisco) for the feature.
The magazine sent a writer and photographer to Charleston to capture Vedrinski in his new place and to learn more about the background of this accomplished chef. The September issue hits the newsstands soon.
"This is one of my greatest culinary accomplishments to date," stated Chef Ken Vedrinski. "Wine Spectator is such a highly regarding publication and they rarely do cover articles on restaurants. To be part of it and to be in the mix with these other world-renowned chefs means a lot. We are also extremely proud of our Italian focused food and wine program and thrilled that it was recognized by the industry's leading publication."
One of the most acclaimed and accomplished chefs in Charleston, Vedrinski is the chef and owner of Trattoria Lucca in downtown and the newly opened Coda del Pesce, the city's first Italian inspired seafood restaurant overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. He has been on the long list for the James Beard Awards in the Southeast Chef category for three years and his restaurants have been selected as Esquire's Best New Restaurant and Best Italian Restaurant by Travel & Leisure.
To learn more about Chef Ken Vedrinski and his restaurants, visit www.luccacharleston.com or www.codadelpesce.com.
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its Ethan's "brain stem" hearing test. If you remember he failed the newborn screeming 4 times. The first issue is that he has to be asleep or they wont do the test. If his appointment time comes up and he is not asleep, then they dont do the test and he has to get a new appointment. Also, I am just worried about the results. I really hope they dont find any real hearing loss[:(]
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it has been several months since I built a gun for me, so I decided last sunday to turn this bulgarian krink kit that has been collecting dust in my closet for a couple of years into a gun. it took about 6 hours with most of the time spent refinishing the parts. I blasted off all the paint and did a Dulite finish on it. it is a nice matte black then I decided it needed a different pistol frip and installed a orange bakelite one and replace the crappy looking hand guards with laminated ones. The last touch was to remove the rocked nozzle flash hider and install the 4 piece one.
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Internships are often associated with organizing papers and getting coffee. This is far from the truth for the Pentaho internship program. This summer we were fortunate to have three rock star interns. They were not fetching coffee however, enjoying our stocked break room with everything from snacks to beer. This summer they got a taste of what it is like to work in our San Francisco sales and marketing office. They were able to work alongside experienced leaders in sales and marketing learning about CRM and marketing automation software, sales lead qualification, outbound lead generation, social media and business operations. Pentaho is unique in that it adapts to the backgrounds and strengths of the interns and allows them to select what they will focus on in the summer program. We just wanted to take this opportunity to thank them for their hard work this summer and highlight some of the great things they've learned this summer: Summer 2010 Intern Rock Stars: Rick Daley: Rick is going into his junior year at the University of Florida. He has been playing soccer for 18 years, and is currently playing with the UF...
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Prototyping as defined in information systems is: The process of building an example or model of the actual proposed system. It is an iterative process that is part of the analysis phase of the development life cycle. In Part 3 of this tutorial series I will show you how you can easily "prototype" your data within the Pentaho User Console by using the Dashboard Designer and its Data Access component. Part 3 picks up after we have configured our server side Pentaho Data Connections to connect to Oracle and MS SQL Server. In this tutorial I will also cover the Pentaho BI Server start up procedures on both the Linux and Windows operating systems. You are able to download the video or view it in high quality directly from this blog. Click 'share' in the video window to see the available options. Mike Tarallo Pre-Sales Director Pentaho [wpvideo vCNod2XR]
July 26, 2010 by Richard Daley
It's been awhile since a BI company went public, so I'm excited by the news of QlikTech's IPO and what it bodes for our industry. Following the Era of the BI consolidation, when the Big 3 BI vendors grew stodgy and were consumed by mega-vendors like IBM, Oracle and SAP who were looking to add BI functionality (a.k.a. "buy their maintenance stream") to their existing products, it's great to see Wall Street showing enthusiasm for a pure BI player. It clearly demonstrates that the market sees significant value in BI innovation. QlikTech did a great job of taking its technology and packaging it to appeal directly to the business user. It's a proven enterprise sales model, similar to what Arbor Software did in 1995, and QlikTech should be congratulated for being smart and adapting to an important trend. It's encouraging to see their market valuation and I'm sure it's because: Their strong growth rate The BI market is very large and getting much bigger Newer technology that enables direct sales to business users (not to mention a very sexy UI) Other publicly held BI companies are relatively flat Appealing directly...
July 23, 2010 by Pentaho Admin
Welcome to Part 2 of the Pentaho Video Tutorial Series. In Part 1 , we covered the installation of the Pentaho BI Suite on an Ubuntu Linux O/S using the Pentaho BI Suite Installer. Many have already experienced how easy it was to download and install, thanks for your comments. (You can obtain the installer from the Pentaho KB or from http://www.pentaho.com/download/ .) In this part we will cover configuring Pentaho server side data connections that can access your traditional RDBMS data sources. In this example I demonstrate adding connections to Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. It is important to note that the Pentaho design tools, such as Report Designer, Schema Workbench, Data Integration and the Metadata Editor can publish content using these server side data source connections that have been configured. (We will cover this in Part 3 of the series) To prepare for this configuration, please have the appropriate vendor specific JDBC Type 4 driver available for the data source you want to connect to. You can obtain them from the database vendor's web site, your DBA, or perhaps the installation location of the RDBMS. You can...
July 21, 2010 by Pentaho Admin
That's right, I said it. It's that easy. Hello everyone, I am Michael Tarallo, Pentaho Pre-Sales Director. It is an absolute pleasure to be blogging in the Swamp with the rest of the Pentaho crew. Originally I started creating a series of Pentaho related tutorial type videos published exclusively on my blog michaeltarallo.blogspot.com . However, I have also been invited to the Swamp to share my BI technical musings and knowledge with y'all. (no really, I am originally from the North East, I don't ever say y'all) - I thought this would be a great way to share this series and create an awareness of how easy it is to get started using and evaluating the Pentaho software. This is part 1 of an N part series (there is so much to showcase I don't have a definitive number) that will showcase the power, flexibility and extensibility of the Pentaho BI Suite . My goal is to help you evaluate the Pentaho BI Suite easily and quickly as well as show you tips and techniques that make Pentaho the right choice for current and future needs. In this 15 min...
July 20, 2010 by Richard Daley
Today we announced our Q2 results . In summary Pentaho: More than doubled new Enterprise Edition Subscriptions from Q2 2009 to Q2 2010. Exceeded goals resulting in Q2 being the strongest quarter in company history and most successful for the 3rd quarter in a row. Became the only vendor that lets customers choose the best way to access BI: on-site, in the cloud, or on the go using an iPad. Led the industry with a series of market firsts including delivering on Agile BI. Expanded globally, received many industry recognitions and added several stars to our executive bench. How did this happen? Mostly because of our laser focus over the past 5 years to build the leading end-to-end open source BI offering. But if we really look closely over the last 12-18 months there are some clear signs pointing to our success (my top ten list): Top 10 reasons behind Pentaho's success: 1. Customer Value – This is the top of my list. Recent analyst reports explain how we surpassed $2 billion mark during Q2 in terms of cumulative customer savings on business intelligence and data integration license and maintenance...
July 15, 2010 by Rebecca Shomair
A recent trend we have noticed at Pentaho is that an increasing number of customers reaching out to us for their BI solution are using spreadmarts as the default reporting tool and rely heavily on Excel/spreadmarts for storing and gaining insight on their data. Red Flag! Often overlooked are the many risks that these spreadmarts introduce to your decision making process. While effective for displaying static data, Excel/spreadmarts are a poor substitute for modern business intelligence . Last month, Pentaho hosted a webcast to answer the popular question, " How do you save money and time by replacing Excel/Spreadmarts? " The speakers featured experts Rick Sherman, co-author of the TDWI study, " Strategies for Managing Spreadmarts and Migrating to a Managed BI Environment " and Jake Cornelius, Director, Product Management at Pentaho. The attendance and response to the webcast was tremendous. If you missed this webcast, no worries, it is now on-demand to watch on your schedule. Here's an inside look at some of the highlights: You are not alone! The median company has 30 Spreadmarts. Average = 837! The average costs of spreadmarts to an organization is $780,000 a...
July 12, 2010 by Rebecca Shomair
This July, Pentaho continues the Worldwide Techcast Series demonstrating how Pentaho's Agile BI initiative will help you speed development of new BI applications and better ensure that these applications meet the needs of your business users. Learn about Pentaho Data Integration 4.0 and Agile BI in six languages: Italian , German , Portuguese , Spanish , French and Norwegian . Sign-up for a live techcast this month or watch the series on-demand. We are also holding an executive breakfast the city where high-tech meets southern hospitality, Raleigh, North Carolina on July 20th at EvoApp Live. If you are in the 'Triangle' make sure to reserve your seat for this interactive panel discussion about how business analytics are driving top preforming companies to make better, faster, more informed decisions. Pentaho Featured Events The highlighted events for the month of July are webcast for those looking to learn more about OSBI and simple ways to get started. These webcast are free, however, early registration is recommended. Comparing the Cost of Business Intelligence – Proprietary Vs. Open Source. With leading analyst Mark Madsen July 13 at 14:00 EDT (18:00 GMT) Register Now *...
July 7, 2010 by James Dixon
Originally posted on opensource.com 7/7/10 If we look at the differences between closed and open source software development processes, we can identify aspects that can be generalized and applied to other industries and domains. Open source development—that combination of transparency, iterative development with early-and-often releases, and open participation—leads to higher quality products. When we're talking about software, people tend to think of quality in terms of bugs. But this is only part of the story of open development. Defects can be anywhere within the requirements, design, implementation, or delivery processes, and we need to consider all of these areas to assess the full quality picture. Requirements defects result in a product that does not meet the needs of the market or misses significant opportunities. Design defects result in a product that tries, but fails, to meet the users' needs. Implementation defects result in a product that has lower customer satisfaction. Delivery defects result in a product that no one hears about or can get hold of. The earlier these defects arise in the process, and the longer they are unresolved, the more they cost to fix. When you compound defects...
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Qualifying for the Belguim GP was mixed bag for Mercedes GP again. Nico Rosberg was able to claim 5th place, but Michael Schumacher who is celebrating his 20th year in F1 at Spa, lost his right rear wheel approching turn 8 on his first lap and crashed into the barriers. He will start his 20th anniversary in 24th place.
Sebastien Vettel in a drama filled session regained his form and snatched pole position with 1:48.298, just ahead of Hamilton by 0.4s. Mark Webber took third a full second behind his teammate as track conditions kept on improving. Massa claimed 4th, while Alguersuari and Bruno Senna who took Hiedfield postion finished ahead of 9th place Alonso With Petrov rouding up the top ten.
Michael Schumacher:
Nico Rosberg:Well, obviously I would have wished for a different end to todays qualifying, but it is difficult to drive on three wheels - even if I should have the experience to do so in Spa. Seriously, this is certainly something that should not occur, but then this is also Formula One; we are working at the highest level but still things can happen. At first, I wasnt sure what had happened, as I just felt myself lose the back end suddenly which is why I instantly apologised to the team. But then I saw the wheel off the car and understood the reason why I had lost control. Trying to find the good in the bad, I'd probably say that I still have some fresh sets of tyres left, and that there is only one direction to go tomorrow: forward.
Ross Brawn:We had a difficult situation out there with the conditions changing all the time. Wet, intermediates and dry tyres; we had everything today but we made the most out of it. Two cars from the top three teams are starting behind me which is nice to see. The team really got it right with the strategy, and everything that we did worked out well today. Im confident for a good result tomorrow as we set the car up with the race conditions in mind, and the car has also been working well in all conditions.
Norbert Haug:Nico drove intelligently, pushed when he had to, and the guys on the pit wall called the weather just right. I was really pleased with how things went for him today. Naturally, I am on the other hand disappointed for Michael, because the conditions would have suited him perfectly. We need to look at exactly what happened, but it would appear there was something amiss with the right rear wheel attachment, and we need to go through it carefully tonight to ensure there can be no repeat. Both cars were running a dry set-up, so we did not compromise anything for today's conditions and we are hoping it will stay dry for tomorrow. Time will tell if that is the right call.
Full Results:Thanks to the right timing and an excellent lap, we got the most out of the conditions with his fifth place - and Nico also qualified ahead of two of the current Championship contenders. It was a real shame for Michael that he lost his right rear wheel on the very first lap out of the pits. Our apologies go to him, and we need to investigate exactly what happened. Along with all the spectators, we and Michael are looking forward tomorrow to what we hope will be an attacking drive from the back of the grid in his anniversary race. Spa always has something special in store for Michael - just as Michael does for Spa.
Belgian Grand Prix 2011
Driver Teams Time 1 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'48.298 2 LC Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1'48.730 3 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'49.376 4 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'50.256 5 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes-Benz 1'50.552 6 J Alguersuari (ESP) Toro Rosso 1'50.773 7 B Senna (BRA) Renault 1'51.121 8 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'51.251 9 S Perez (MEX) Sauber 1'51.374 10 V Petrov (RUS) Renault 1'52.303 11 S Buemi (SUI) Toro Rosso 2'04.692 12 K Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber 2'04.757 13 J Button (GBR) McLaren 2'05.150 14 RG Barrichello (BRA) Williams 2'07.349 15 A Sutil (GER) Force India 2'07.777 16 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 2'08.106 17 H Kovalainen (FIN) Lotus 2'08.354 18 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 2'07.758 19 J Trulli (ITA) Lotus 2'08.773 20 T Glock (GER) Virgin 2'09.566 21 J d'Ambrosio (BEL) Virgin 2'11.601 22 V Liuzzi (ITA) HRT 2'11.616 23 D Ricciardo (AUS) HRT 2'13.077 24 M Schumacher (GER) Mercedes-Benz -
And yet another win from Sebastian Vettel.
This was another exiting race. so much hat in the first half of the race you hardly knew where to look.
After a briljant start from Rosberg where he went from 5 to 1st the Mercedes cars stayed in the race fairly well.
Schumacher, starting from 24th place, finished 5th, passing his teammate 3 rounds from the end.
But the best overtaking was done by Button IMO.
Briljant drive, coming from 13th, having to change the front wing in lap 5 after being hit by debris of someone elses front wing in la Source. A lot of overtaking left and right at the bus stop chicane. And passing Alonso 3 laps from the end as well, finishing 3rd.
A very enjoyable race to watch. Epic circuit, exiting racing.
1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault Winner 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault +3.7 secs 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +9.6 secs 4 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +13.0 secs 5 Michael Schumacher Mercedes +47.4 secs 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +48.6 secs 7 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +59.7 secs 8 Felipe Massa Ferrari +66.0 secs 9 Vitaly Petrov Renault +71.9 secs 10 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth +77.6 secs 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes +83.9 secs 12 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari +91.9 secs 13 Bruno Senna Renault +92.9 secs 14 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault +1 Lap 15 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault +1 Lap 16 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +1 Lap 17 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth +1 Lap 18 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +1 Lap 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth +1 Lap Ret Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari +17 Laps Ret Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth +31 Laps Ret Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +32 Laps Ret Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari +38 Laps Ret Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari +44 Laps
The Belgium GP has always thrilled everyone and this years race solidifies that notion. From Senna's crash at the beginning to Schumacher starting last and finishing 5th. Mercedes GP started strong with Rosberg moving from 5th place to overtake Vettel and take 1st place at the end of Spa's straight away and last place Schumacher finished the first lap in 15th place. Like every race though, Mercedes GP began to lose it's overall race pace to Redbull and Mclaren and saw Rosberg fall to 5th place. With 3 laps left, Michael Schumacher with soft tires and DRS stormed past Rosberg on the harder compound on the straight away to claim 5th place.
With Vettel winning Spa, extended his championship lead to 92 points ahead of Webber who finished the race in second place. Webber displayed his outstanding racing abilities when was wheel to wheel with Alonso on the Eau Rouge uphill corner and passing him. Button finished third from 19th place on lap 2, after having to stop for a new wing when debris from Senna's crash struck his car damaging his wing and taking his right mirror, inches from his head. Button stormed the pack with his best move coming against Massa, when he passed him on the outside of the chicane. His teammate Hamilton saw his hopes for chasing the title blow right by him after crashing out following his contact with Kobayashi.
Alonso, who started 8th finished in 4th place. Adrian Sutil had a quiet race finished 7th and Massa recovered from a puncture on lap 8 to claim 8th spot. Petrov and Maldonado round up the top 10.
Michael Schumacher:
Nico Rosberg:I think more than fifth place would not have been possible today but making up 19 places was a good feeling. With all my family, friends and fans here, it was an extra motivation, and I would like to thank all of them for their support. They saw an exciting race with a great strategy from our team. So all in all, for me, there was a lot of emotion and a lot of overtaking today. At the beginning I was a bit afraid that some of the flying parts might hit and damage my car, but I was lucky that nothing happened. After that, I had big fun hunting and making my way forward.
Ross Brawn:It was a special feeling to be leading the race in a Silver Arrow at this amazing circuit. It was great to see the traffic jam behind me with the Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari cars, but it was hard to realise that we just dont have the pace to stay at the top. However we have made progress this weekend and today was a good result for the team. I had to push quite hard at the start and in the middle which cost me a little towards the end, which combined with Michael being on the faster soft tyres, meant that I wasnt able to keep him behind me. Now Im looking forward to Monza and Im confident that we can improve further.
Norbert Haug:It was nice to remember what it's like to be at the front again, after Nico's excellent start and early laps in the lead. Both drivers did a great job this afternoon on quite different strategies. Michael began the race on the medium tyre and got that stint of his race out of the way quickly by stopping on lap four and changing to the soft compound. The Safety Car then worked in his favour by allowing him to catch up to the cars in front, and he was obviously on the better tyre in the final laps when he was catching Nico. It's a very nice result for him on this anniversary weekend, and especially after starting from dead last. Nico ran a two-stop strategy and, although it was a little marginal with tyre performance at times, he drove an excellent race to sixth place. Towards the end, we told him to trim his fuel: although we had a Safety Car period, one doesn't use this to save fuel under the current rules because any fuel saved is simply extra weight carried through the rest of the race, and at that point his fuel consumption was on target. In any case, it didn't cost him a significant amount of lap time, and the decisive factor was that Michael was on the soft tyre at the end while Nico was on the medium, which was around a second a lap slower. Overall, it was a very good team result and our best points score of the season so far.
Coming from last to fifth place is excellent and well deserved. Michael drove impeccably and the team had a great strategy in starting with the slower medium tyres to get them out of the way at an early stage. Being in a position to use the softs during his last stint, whilst Nico was on mediums, was crucial for the outcome of their races. Nico had a great start and was leading for a couple of laps but of course the speed of our current package is still not good enough to stay at the top of the field. A satisfying result for the team after the summer break; well done guys. We will try very hard in a fortnight in Monza.
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Belgian Grand Prix 2011
Drivers Teams Points 1 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 25 2 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 18 3 J Button (GBR) McLaren 15 4 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 12 5 M Schumacher (GER) Mercedes-Benz 10 6 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes-Benz 8 7 A Sutil (GER) Force India 6 8 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 4 9 V Petrov (RUS) Renault 2 10 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1 11 P di Resta (GBR) Force India - 12 K Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber - 13 B Senna (BRA) Renault - 14 J Trulli (ITA) Lotus - 15 H Kovalainen (FIN) Lotus - 16 RG Barrichello (BRA) Williams - 17 J d'Ambrosio (BEL) Virgin - 18 T Glock (GER) Virgin - 19 V Liuzzi (ITA) HRT -


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FRANKFORT – The insurance market in Kentucky is healthy and growing, Department of Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark told members of the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance Tuesday, during a report on current insurance issues in the state.
According to the report, nearly 1,500 insurance companies are certified to do business in the state, including 34 new companies that began operating in Kentucky in the last two years.
While Kentucky pays a lower total premium than many other states, private insurance is still a $16.3 billion dollar industry in the Commonwealth, Clark said.
Regarding worker's compensation, Clark told lawmakers that rates have decreased for seven consecutive years, by more than 40 percent overall. She attributes the decrease to a variety of factors including awareness, loss prevention, claims management and education.
Committee co-chair Rep. Jeff Greer, D-Brandenburg, said improvements in loss prevention were notable. "I think everybody is doing a better job in loss prevention. … It is obvious that it is working," he said.
Lawmakers were also briefed about some of the department's work this year, including the largest disaster response effort in the history of the Department of Insurance following storms in early March.
Damage occurred in all 120 Kentucky counties and cost a total of $1.2 billion, Clark said. Agency employees traveled across the state to determine whether or not insurance companies responded appropriately to the catastrophe.
"I was very happy to notice we did not have an escalation in complaints (after the storm)," Clark said. "(Insurers) did what they needed to do."
While consumer protection complaints have remained steady, the Department of Insurance is experiencing an increase in insurance fraud investigations, Clark said.
Recent fraud cases have included unscrupulous roofing contractors, staged automobile accidents and prescription drug fraud, she said.


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My morning ritual begins with a mug of steaming café au lait and two pains au lait sliced lengthwise and filled with cherry jam. Sometimes husband and I sit in comforting silence, side by side, sharing the occasional witticism or a random thought as we sip our coffees and eat our breakfast. Or we flip on the radio and listen to the news, the weather report, a bit of music before flicking it back off and shuffling back to bed for a quiet half hour or so of chat and reading. Once I get back up, I boot up the laptop and check out the Huffington Post headlines as I wait for incoming e-mails. And each and every day since the Newtown massacre, the headlines have been a macabre roll call of yesterdays' dead by firearms.
Our nation is still in shock, stunned by last Friday's event. And the debate rages, fingers pointed, accusations shunted back and forth. Politics, culture, individuals, no one and nothing is left unscathed or without blame. I bite my tongue, trying to stay out of the argument although sometimes my anger and emotions get the better of me; yet arguing gets us nowhere. So I close the laptop and try and make it all go away, if only for a moment or two. I talk with my children, prepare for the holidays and bake. Baking soothes the soul, warms the heart and although these well-worn expressions are rather trite and nonsensical, baking is a way to forget the world around me, if ever so briefly.
It has been pouring rain for what seems like years. On and on and on. Milky white to dirty gray, the skies fluctuate over the course of a single day, imposing a color on our mood. Slowly, oh so slowly, we get the apartment in shape: two more boxes to the basement, one more bag to the attic, one more door painted, one more set of cupboards purchased and installed. Books painstakingly make their way out of cartons and onto bookshelves. We take turns cooking and carry our plates to the livingroom where we can lose our worries in a thriller or a mystery. And in between, we stay huddled inside, he praying for sunshine and warmth, I praying for snow and bright icy skies. We decided to do something for Christmas this year (or our version of Christmas) and scurry about looking for gifts and choosing a menu. My projects and his take shape and form and color and excitement fills the air: something to celebrate!
Son came over to cook with me last week. Together we made Greek-Style Preserved Lemon Chicken with Olives from a cookbook he had offered to me last Hanukkah and divine it was. Before he arrived I threw together the soft, silky dough for Greek Spiral Feta Rolls. The dough is perfect in every way: easy to put together, soft and luxurious to knead and a pleasure to cut and roll. The resulting rolls are evenly textured, light and fluffy and would be perfect with either a savory or a sweet filling. My sons love feta, always have, so this was enjoyed thoroughly. But I will soon make the dough again, replacing the cheese with caramelized cubes of apples.
I want to share these with Susan of Wild Yeast for her weekly all-things-yeast event Yeastspotting.
From Vefa's Kitchen by Vefa Alexiadou – published in French by Phaidon
10 ½ oz (300 g) flour = 5 ¼ oz (150 g) regular flour + 5 ¼ oz (150 g) flour T55
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs active dry yeast
5 Tbs warm water (not hot)
1 Tbs sugar or honey
4 Tbs olive oil
½ cup (120 ml) warm milk (not hot)
1 egg, separated
10 ½ oz (300 g) feta, crumbled
2 Tbs sesame seeds
Melted butter for the baking tray or dish and olive oil for the bowl
Sift the two flours together in a large mixing bowl. Add the salt and the dry yeast without stirring. Add the warm water and allow to activate for several minutes. Once foamy, add the sugar or honey, the olive oil, the milk and the egg white (only the white!). Stir to moisten all of the dry ingredients and until the mixture forms a shaggy dough. Scrape the dough out onto a well-floured work surface (the dough will be sticky) and knead, adding flour as needed, for about 6 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic. Form the dough into a ball and place in a clean, well-oiled mixing bowl, turning the dough until it is coated in oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and a clean kitchen towel and leave the dough to rise for about an hour or so until doubled in size.
Butter a baking dish or baking sheet large enough to hold four rolls (they will expand to about 4 – 5 inches (10 – 13 cm) in diameter) – I lined a baking sheet with oven parchment paper and buttered the paper). Make an egg wash with the yolk and 1 tsp of cold water.
Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Roll each one out on a floured work surface to a length of about 16 inches (40/41 cm) and about 7 inches (18 cm) wide, the long side perpendicular to your body. Crumble a quarter of the feta about an inch (2 cms) evenly over the dough, leaving about an inches (2 cms) feta-free along the lower edge closest to your body from end to end and about 4 inches (10 cm) along the top (the feta should be concentrated in a long line from end to end). Brush egg wash lighly all around the exposed edges and roll up the dough around the feta starting with the side closest to you and rolling up; you should end up with a long thin log. Starting at one end, lightly but firmly roll the length of dough into itself, forming a round spiral, tucking the end underneath. Gently lift the spiral and place it one the prepared baking sheet or baking dish.
Repeat with the remaining three pieces of dough. Brush each spiral with the egg wash, both the tops and sides, and dust with sesame seeds. Cover the baking sheet loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top is a nice golden brown and the rolls are well puffed.
Allow to cool a bit or come to room temperature before serving.


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2012 Season
Recorded 268 saves, seventh-best for a single season in school history … Her 8.79 saves per game average in 37 games was sixth-best in the Big West Conference … Recorded ten or more saves in six games including a season-high 14 saves in the season opener against Cal State Bakersfield (1/28/12) … Finished her two-year career with 470 saves, third-best in school history … Voted Most Inspirational Player ... Named to the Big West All-Academic team.
2011 Season
Named All-Academic by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) ... Voted CSUN's Red Cape Award ... Played in 23 games with 202 saves (9.85 spg, #3 in the Big West Conference) ... Tallied ten or more saves in nine games including a career-high 21 saves against Indiana (1/22/11) ... Her 202 saves this year are seventh-best for a single season in school history, and fifth-best in career history ... Named Big West Water Polo Tri-Player of the Week for her 17 saves in CSUN's 8-7 victory over UC Santa Barbara (4/9/11).
Arizona State
Played two seasons as a goalkeeper at Arizona State ... Helped lead the Sun Devils to national rankings of eighth in 2009 and eleventh in 2010 ... In 2010, Dana started 18 games where she collected 139 saves and a 6.04 saves per game average, ninth-best for a single season in ASU history ... Her 5.22 goals against average was second-best in ASU history ... Collected ten or more saves in six games in 2010 ... That included a season-high 14 saves against Cal State Bakersfield, 12 against seventh-ranked Michigan, eleven against #13 Cal State Northridge and eighth-ranked San Jose State, and ten each in contests against third-ranked California #12 Indiana ... In two seasons at Arizona State, Dana collected 264 saves in 43 games ... Gained American Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-Academic honors ... Was also a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) All-Academic team.
High School
A 2006 graduate of Rangitoto College in Auckland, New Zealand where she was a team captain in water polo ... Gained international experience as a member of the New Zealand Senior National team ... During the summer of 2009, Dana represented New Zealand at the FINA World Championship in Rome, Italy ... Won the Goalie Award in 2004 as part of the New Zealand U-16 National team and won her team's Most Promising Award in 2006 and 2007.
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Born February 5, 1989 in New Zealand ... Parents are Jill and Dana Harvey ... Has one brother (Jason) ... Her favorite team is the New Zealand National water polo team ... Her favorite sports moment was her New Zealand team defeated Australia on a last second shot ... The best part about being a student-athlete, according to Dana, is being part of a team ... The toughest part about being a student-athlete is the hours of dedication ... When Dana has time to relax, she will go to the beach ... The most famous person she has ever met is Justin Timberlake ... Would like to be stranded on a desert island with endless amounts of food and water ... Her advice to young people - "You can achieve anything you set your mind too" ... Her friends always make her smile ... Communications major


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Don't neglect treatmentAugust 17,2014According to Michael Touchette, director of facilities for Vermonts Corrections Department, there were more than 200 instances of contraband drugs entering the states prisons in each year of the three-year period ending in 2012.
To combat this smuggling activity, he told state legislators last week that corrections officers and other members of the prison staff soon will be subjected to searches as they enter secure sections of the states facilities.
The searches, which might involve metal detectors, will comply with a law passed by the Legislature earlier this year. Staff members will not be subjected to frisking, the lawmakers were told.
Only in some instances he described them as a tiny minority has the smuggling of the drugs involved members of prison staffs, Touchette said. But not everyone agrees.
Gordon Bock, who runs the prisoners rights group CURE-Vermont, maintained the involvement of prison staff is a larger problem than that.
Bock told the legislators its an open secret that for years it hasnt only been visitors and the prisoners themselves who have been involved in schemes to smuggle the forbidden drugs into the prisons.
As for the introduction of the searches, Bock said its about time.
Lisa Menard, deputy corrections commissioner, said officials plan to develop the data needed to get a firmer handle on the scale of the contraband problem before putting the new rules into effect.
Vermonts citizens naturally want to prevent the flow of illicit drugs into the states prison system, and officials obviously want to do their part to eliminate smuggling as a problem.
But the issue of drugs being smuggled into Vermonts prisons reflects our entire nations problem with illegal substances.
Consider the plight of the law-abiding people of Central America, where drug cartels are responsible for a degree of lawlessness that makes our own countrys problems with crime seem mild by comparison.
These cartels live off the profits generated by the appetite for illegal drugs north of the border.
And the problem goes deeper than that. David Stack, a prominent critic of the war on drugs and a psychiatrist who specializes in drug addiction, frets about an epidemic of drug abuse in our nations prisons.
If Stack had his way, he wrote in a recently published essay, there would be a much greater focus on improving prison conditions because, as it is, he argues, our prison system does little more than teach addicts how to be better addicts.
As chief executive officer of a network of addiction treatment centers, Stack would appear to be well positioned to know the scale of the problem.
Inmates are likely to find a drug trade as active as the one outside prison walls, he wrote. Many is the time Ive listened sadly as family members have consoled themselves about a loved ones incarceration by saying, At least hell have to quit using now. If only.
According to Stack, of the more than 2.3 million people in our nations prisons and jails, more than 65 percent meet medical criteria for substance abuse addiction.
When you combine this with those who have histories of substance abuse, were under the influence when they committed a crime, committed it to get drug money or were incarcerated for a drug or alcohol violation, the percentage rises to 85 percent, he added.
But most disturbing is the fact that inmates who do hope to kick an addiction cant count on getting the help they need, he continued.
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University found that only 11 percent of inmates with substance use issues received treatment in federal and state prisons or local jails.
The best that most can hope for is occasional mutual support or peer counseling meetings, Stack observed. No wonder that more than half of inmates with addiction histories relapse within a month of release.
Preventing the smuggling of drugs into prisons is obviously a good idea. But Stack also calls for trained staffs that understand how to use the best treatments, including medication-assisted therapy.
He also favors long-term treatment programs that continue to treat inmates addiction problems after theyve been released.
The obvious problem with Stacks prescription is its cost, but in his view we cant afford not to do it.
As it stands now, he said, only 1.9 cents of every dollar our federal and state governments spend on substance use and addiction go to pay for prevention and treatment; 95.6 percent pay for the consequences.
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CCCC launches welding diploma to help meet need for welders
The arc from a welding torch burns white-hot as it fuses metal to metal, creating the physical infrastructure of 21st century life: bridges, high-rise buildings, automobiles, and a thousand other things.
Welding skills open the door to interesting, varied and secure careers for those who master them. More welders – skilled workers who can both create and repair objects and structures fabricated of metal – are needed.
To help meet this need, Central Carolina Community College has launched a new, four-semester Diploma in Welding Technology program to train students for careers in the welding and metalworking industries.
The program begins with the fall semester, which starts Aug. 19.
The Diploma in Welding Technology program comprises 128 hours of instructional time in metal inert gas arc welding (MIG)/flux core arc welding as well as 128 hours in tungsten inert gas welding (TIG). New courses include cutting, welding fabrication, advanced stick welding plate/pipe, automated welding and cutting, welding symbols, and welds inspection. Students are trained to industry standards.
"Employers are looking for workers who can weld using multiple welding processes and who can multitask a project from interpreting the blueprints to fitting and welding the materials together," said CCCC instructor Charles Bell, who is an American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector and National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Certified Welding Instructor. "CCCC's welding programs train them to do these things and to prepare for welding certification tests."
CCCC will continue to offer its two-semester Certificate in Welding. If students want to continue their education beyond the certificate or diploma, they can earn an Associate in Applied Science degree in Industrial Systems Technology.
CCCC has offered welding since 1962. The expansion of the program is the result of the loss of welders due to retirement, the increase in high technology in welding, and the expansion of industries that hire welders.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were about 337,300 welders in the U.S. in 2010. That number is expected to grow by 50,700 by 2020. Locally, CCCC's service area of Lee, Harnett and Chatham Counties has a strong industrial base. The college has identified no fewer than 59 area industries that need well-trained entry-level welding technicians.
Skilled welders have a wide variety of career opportunities, not just in direct welding work, but also in inspection, engineering, robotics, education, sales, and management, as well as being self-employed.
According to GoWelding.org, welding is one of the few career choices that is in high demand at all times. Welders are needed in almost every industry, which gives workers the flexibility to switch industries without changing careers.
Starting pay can range from $12 to $20 per hour, depending on the work and location. The pay increases with experience, additional welding certifications, and willingness to travel. In specialty fields, such as underwater or military support, welders can earn more than $100,000 a year.
GoWelding.org states, "It does not matter if it is building bridges, nuclear power plants, windmills or drilling for oil. Welders are going to be needed as long as the world needs energy, infrastructure and defense products … the world's economies cannot survive without the technology of welding. The future outlook for welders just keeps looking better while other career choices seem to be fading away."
For more information about the welding programs at CCCC, visit www.cccc.edu or contact Charles Bell at email@example.com or (919) 718-7306.
Registration for the fall semester, which starts Aug. 19, is now taking place at the CCCC Welcome Center at the Lee County Campus and at the campuses in Chatham and Harnett counties. Visit www.cccc.edu and click on "Apply Now" for information on how to get started with the registration process, or call (919) 545-8025 in Chatham County, (910) 814-8827 in Harnett County, or (919) 718-7300 in Lee County.


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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
The SERC Reliability Corporation has awarded its annual "President's Award" to Santee Cooper for the utility's ongoing commitment to electric reliability excellence for its bulk power system.
Based in Charlotte, SERC is a non-profit corporation responsible for promoting and improving the reliability, adequacy, and critical infrastructure of the bulk power supply system in all or portions of 16 central and southeastern states, including the areas served by Santee Cooper.
Owners, operators, and users of the bulk power system in these 16 states cover an area of approximately 560,000 square miles and comprise what is known as the SERC Region.
The award was presented to Santee Cooper at the SERC CEO Summit held in Louisville, KY and highlighted the utility for its superior commitment to reliability performance and helping set a quality standard for SERC's members and registered entities.
"The generation and transmission of electric power must be effectively planned and operated to meet consumers' expectation for reliable electric service," said Scott Henry, president and chief executive officer of SERC Reliability Corporation. "Santee Cooper's dedication to reliability excellence has earned them this recognition."
"We are honored to receive the President's Award for excellence in reliability," said Lonnie Carter, Santee Cooper president and CEO. "Santee Cooper's mission is to improve the quality of life for the people of South Carolina. One of the main ways we accomplish this is by delivering electricity safely and reliably to our customers.
"This award is a testament to our employees' commitment to our mission."
SERC serves as one of eight regional entities with delegated authority from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation for the purpose of proposing and enforcing reliability standards within the SERC Region. SERC is divided geographically into five diverse sub-regions that are identified as Central, Delta, Gateway, Southeastern, and VACAR. The regional entities and all members of NERC work to safeguard the reliability of the bulk power systems throughout North America.
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Friday, April 04, 2003
Last week, in addition to launching a sweet Movie Maniacs 6 full spawn.com online feature (click here if you haven't seen it), we also sponsored a contest along with our friends at EA.
This contest took absolutely zero effort on your part. All you had to do was submit your name and mailing address to the correct e-mail and you were in. The goods? An advanced copy of the top-secret Alien vs. Predator: Extinction video game trailer and a copy of the actual game when it's released.
The five lucky winners, picked at random from all the entries:
Varun Ponmudi of Scotch Plains, NJ
Ben Berger of Jefferson, MD
Jerry Sienkiewicz of Charlotte, NC
Richard F Cosenzo of Toronto, ON
Matthew Devino of Derry, NH
Congrats to the winners. Your CD trailers will be sent immediately and we'll forward along a copy of the game as soon as it's available.


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