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Gary Pratt: Ashes hero enjoys Trent Bridge return
Watching a snarling Ricky Ponting storm off at Trent Bridge after being run out in the 2005 Ashes Test is one of the defining moments of that epic series.
Gary Pratt, the man responsible for Ponting's demise, became an instant England hero.
Many greats of the game have strived for an entire career to earn their spot in Ashes history.
Substitute fielder Pratt's fame was achieved in a split second.
"It was just a case of see the ball, pick it up and throw it," the 31-year-old told BBC Sport. "You don't really think about it, you just get on with it.
Gary Pratt
"The thing that people tend to forget is that it was a diabolical run by Damien Martyn"
"As a batsman you know your fielders and their strengths, but as a fielder it's a bit different. You just hope to tempt them into a run.
"The thing that people tend to forget is that it was a diabolical run by Damien Martyn - there was never a run there."
England fans have not forgotten the significance of Pratt's brilliant pick-up and direct hit from his position at cover.
At the time, Ponting was well set on 48 and the Australians looked in a decent position to build a healthy lead, despite having been made to follow-on.
But Pratt's intervention, and Martyn's departure soon after, returned the initiative to England and they went on to edge to a three-wicket victory on a nervy fourth day.
Now captain of Minor Counties side Cumberland, Pratt knows he will always be remembered as the guy that riled the Aussie skipper and the world's best batsman.
And although he now says he is happy to embrace his association with that moment, he has previously acknowledged that his brush with international fame "probably hampered his career".
A left-handed bat, Pratt failed to progress despite a promising start to county cricket at Durham.
Released in August 2006, he has been with Cumberland since the following year and has skippered the side for the past three seasons.
Gary Pratt factfile
Pratt was born in Bishop Auckland on 22 December 1981.
He played cricket for England Under-19s and won an award for being Durham's most promising young player in 1999.
Pratt made his first-class debut against Lancashire in July 2000.
He scored more than 1,000 runs in the 2003 season.
Released by Durham in August 2006.
Joined Cumberland in 2007 and named captain in 2010.
And he says he is happy with his life outside the first-class game.
"It's going well," he said. "I enjoy being captain; you are always involved. We are doing OK and I have scored a few runs this season."
His last outing saw him score a fine 104 to help Cumberland earn a draw against Lincolnshire and he also skippers his club side Richmondshire.
Pratt now combines his playing duties with his day-time job selling cricket equipment, but he was back at Trent Bridge on Thursday for the opening Test of this summer's Ashes - but purely in a spectating role.
"I still have great memories about that series and that day. I was involved in four of the five Test matches (he was not present for the first Test at Lord's - the only one England lost) and it was a massive moment," he said.
In 2005, his appearance caused a huge stir - although Pratt recalls it was not regarded as a big deal in the England camp.
"There wasn't much chat in the dressing room afterwards, but Ricky did flip out a bit and the press talk was all about how Australia were rattled. So much of it was made in the media," he said.
Certainly, plenty was made of it in the Aussie dressing room. The tourists were upset about England's use of substitute fielders throughout that series.
What Aggers thought about Ponting's run out
"Ponting's reaction to his dismissal was amazing. Clearly furious at gifting his wicket away with a run out, he vented his anger at England's entirely legitimate use of a substitute for Simon Jones, who was in hospital at the time for tests on his ankle. He shouted obscenities at the England balcony as he stomped into the pavilion - a sure sign the Aussies are now rattled."
And when Ponting was dismissed by a specialist fielder they believed had been brought on to help rest weary bowlers, their anger exploded.
Many saw that as the crucial moment in the series. England went on to win at Trent Bridge and then drew the final Test at The Oval to win back the Ashes.
In fact, on that occasion at least, Pratt was a replacement for Simon Jones, whose ankle injury was a serious one.
Nevertheless, he concedes the Australians did "have a point" about England's use of sub fielders.
"They could have done it too, although I suppose it's more tricky when you are on tour," he said.
After the series, Pratt, who is still good friends with Durham and England bowler Graham Onions, was part of the "amazing" open-top bus ride through London, organised to celebrate England's first Ashes win in 18 years.
And such was his contribution that there was an attempt to get him to travel with the squad as a good luck charm for the ultimately disastrous 2006/07 series in Australia.
How England could have done with a moment of fielding brilliance to end Ashton Agar's remarkable innings on Thursday.
And on the same day the 19-year-old was clubbing England's weary bowlers to all parts, a certain former Aussie captain called time on his first-class career in typically majestic fashion.
Ricky Ponting...now whatever happened to him?


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NEWPORT – A motion hearing was held Thursday morning on the case of the journalist who was arrested while covering a protest on Lowell Mountain. Attorney Phil White representing Chris Braithwaite, Publisher of the Barton Chronicle, had filed a motion to dismiss.
Judge Robert Garety, Jr. asked both parties if either had come across a case with similar circumstances so that he could review what the other judge's thoughts were on the matter in helping with his decision. Neither party had come across any similar cases.
NEWPORT CITY – David Wells, 49, of Newport, entered pleas of guilty to a variety of misdemeanor charges in Orleans County Court Thursday.
One charge was petit larceny for stealing Valerie Meggison's Teddy bear on Oct. 16, 2011.Meggison called 911 to report that Wells had fled from her residence with the bear. She told Officer Charles Moulton that she and Wells had purchased five "Tall Boy" beer cans at Azur's Market and returned to her residence where Wells consumed the beer and vodka. Wells took the bear when Meggison refused to give him more alcohol.
JAY–With the crowd already warmed up from the girls big win, the Falcon boys were able to ride the back of their stand-out goaltender all the way to the 3-0 win over Champlain Valley Union.
"Chris Bronson was amazing tonight," said assistant captain Nate Stewart, "Everything (he did) was just perfect. He covered us many, many times and definitely kept us in it."
While there was not a lot of flow early in the game (or for the rest of the contest for that matter), North Country was the aggressor early.
JAY–While it did not start out as an highly offensive contest, it certainly finished as one, as the North Country hockey girls pumped in seven third period goals, routing the Woodstock Wasps 10-2 on Wednesday night.
The Falcons got scoring from five different players, two hat-tricks, one play-maker, and twenty-five total points in their highest offensive output of the season.
Emilie Paul got scoring started in the first period when she fired a low wrister past Woodstock netminder Emma Astbury, who is listed as a defenseman on the Wasps roster. Adrianna Fournier had the assist.
The North Country snowboard teams took to the slopes of Stowe on Wednesday.
The Boys had two riders finish in the top ten with Josh Brien taking home 4th place and Justin Christopher in 8th.
Nick Kincaid took 18th, followed by Noah St. Marie in 19th, Chuck Norton in 35th, and J Mahieux in 41st
In the girls race, Danielle Gabucci finished a team best 10th place, followed by Gina Basiliere in 13th and Emily Pennington in 21st. Gaia Riskin and Kaila DeBonville did not finish.
ORLEANS—When the Richford Falcons traveled to Lake Region Wednesday, the game was over before the ball was even tipped. The Rangers were able to dominate offensively and defensively en-route to a 51 point 64-13 victory.
Darik Messier started the game on a personal 4-0 run, and the blue and white were on top 12-0 before the Falcons got their first point with 3 minutes left in the first. Marquel Webster would add a turn-around jumper as time expired to put Lake Region on top 14-3 at the end of 1 period of play.
NEWPORT, VT - Twenty-five physicians and medical personnel have come out publicly in support of North Country Hospital's CEO Claude Fort and the hospital's board of trustees in a letter to the Newport Daily Express.
MONTPELIER – Property owners involved in Current Use may soon pay a different amount if they decide to take their property out of the program. The bill is now in the Vermont Senate Committee of Rules. The House approved the bill last year.
DERBY - Good Stuff, the adult novelty store that has caused controversy in the area, has received its Certificate of Occupancy from the Town of Derby and is opening Feb. 1 at 4267 Route 5, in the same building as Roasters Café. Good Stuff has stores in Vermont and New Hampshire.
The business started as a variety store for clothing and knickknacks, but customers demanded adult "gag" gifts and tobacco pipes, the store's website states. That demand transformed the store into what it is today, the site says.


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Entries From Elbrus 7-25-14
Mt. Elbrus: Grom & Team Tour St. Petersburg
Posted by: Casey Grom | August 05, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
Our final night in St. Petersburg!
The team had a great last day here in Russia, with a visit to several beautiful churches full of mosaic's. We then paid a visited the beautiful and very famous Hermitage Museum, were we saw paintings and sculptures by many well known artist including Picasso and Rembrandt, and countless treasures Russia has collected over the century's. We took a small break and wrapped up the day with a wonder evening boat cruise to see this amazing city by water.
It's been a amazing adventure here in Russia, but it's time to say our goodbyes and return to family and loved ones.
Thanks for following,
RMI Guide Casey Grom and the happy crew!
Thank you for the posts. It is great to be able to share in almost real time from half way round the world..Miami Florida. Gregory Waltz is our nephew,read more
Posted by: Eddie & Shuyu on 8/5/2014 at 4:38 pm
Mt. Elbrus: Grom & Team Arrive in St. Petersburg
Posted by: Casey Grom | August 04, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
Yesterday was a rest day for us in Cheget! Most of us took it easy, relaxed, packed up gear, and did a little exploring around the Baksan Valley. Rumor has it that a few trout were caught and cooked for lunch!
Today was our travel day from the mountain to St. Petersburg. It was a pretty long day with the four-hour bus ride to the airport and then a three-hour flight. It was a pretty uneventful day, but the team is doing very well. Everyone is happy to be here in this beautiful city and looking forward to our city tour tomorrow.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
Good job, Kim, Liz, and everybody! Be nice to the folks in St. Petersburg. Remember: you represent America.read more
Posted by: Eric Y. on 8/5/2014 at 8:19 am
You all look great. Hope you get a chance to see some of the Hermitage.read more
Posted by: Eddie & Shuyu on 8/4/2014 at 1:51 pm
Mt. Elbrus: Grom & Team Celebrate Their Summit Success in Cheget
Posted by: Casey Grom | August 02, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
Success! We did it!
We officially stood on top of the highest point in Europe. It was the nicest day I've ever had here on Elbrus- clear, calm, and great overall climbing conditions! Add on top of that our local guide Vladimir (hero) not only negotiated a snow cat ride of a life time, but he broke trail all day to help us achieve our goal. The team did a great job of climbing and taking care of themselves all day.
We enjoyed the summit and amazing views for about 20 minutes before descending back to camp, where we had a quick lunch and headed all the way back to Cheget for hot showers and beer! We have just wrapped up the evening with dinner and are headed out to explore the Cheget nightlife.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and a happy crew!
Mt. Elbrus: Grom & Team Summit!
Posted by: Casey Grom | August 02, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
Elevation: 18,510'
Casey Grom and his Mt. Elbrus team reached the summit! Everyone is down safe and they will check in later today.
On The Map
Wow. Looks like a clear sky and beautiful weather. Good for you. Congratulations!read more
Posted by: Fernando de Aragon on 8/2/2014 at 5:33 pm
Congratulations !!! Great summit picture. Thanks to the guides for everything. Enjoy your. success.read more
Posted by: Josie on 8/2/2014 at 8:41 am
Mt. Elbrus: Grom and Team Practice Mountaineering Skills
Posted by: Casey Grom | August 01, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
Elevation: 12,000'
Hello from Mt. Elbrus -
Today the team got up a little early to make use of the firm snow to practice using our crampons, and we had a refresher on self-arrest too. After our morning session we enjoyed breakfast and then relaxed near camp chatting with other climbers till lunchtime. Shortly after lunch we had our summit talk where we discussed all aspects of the climb to come and then spent the remainder of the afternoon packing and finalizing all of our gear we will need for the climb.
Everyone has their face mask ready in case the wind howls like it did on my last climb. And we even managed to play a game of trivia where the winner gets to make a satellite phone call from the summit. So if there's someone out there who's favorite musical group is Krewella and loves Simba. Then expect a call around 1am. Which will be roughly 8:30-9am for us.
We'll check in again tomorrow after our big climb.
Wish us luck!
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
On The Map
So good to hear your voice! Earlier, I read the blog about the trivia question and thought that you might know that stuff! Enjoy the summitread more
Posted by: Joanne on 8/2/2014 at 3:46 am
Have fun on your summit climb! Casey is great at getting everyone to the top safely and with a smile on their face.read more
Posted by: Eric Y. on 8/1/2014 at 9:49 am
Mt. Elbrus: Grom & Team Enjoy the Mountains
Posted by: Casey Grom | July 31, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
It was another beautiful day here on Mt. Elbrus! We woke to clear skies, calm winds and a amazing view of the enormous Caucasus range. We had our standard breakfast of porridge, boiled eggs, assorted meats, cheeses and coffee.
Today was our planned acclimatization day and the team set shortly after 8:30 and hiked for about 3 hours uphill and reached about 15,000', which was a new record for some! Along the way we ran into former RMI guide Craig Van Hoy. It was nice seeing an old friend and chatting with other Americans. We enjoyed the views took a few photos and then headed back down to camp for another amazing hot lunch cooked up by Russia's finest, Albina! The remainder of the afternoon has been spent relaxing in camp, listening to the thunder outside and taking naps.
All is well and the team is looking forward to doing a little technical training and resting tomorrow.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
On The Map
I see you're making great progress, Liz I know you're having a great time! Could someone explain to me what porridge is? I can wikipidea it or I can dig… read more
Posted by: John Schupbach on 7/31/2014 at 8:36 pm
Mt. Elbrus: Grom and Team Arrive at 12,000'
Posted by: Casey Grom | July 30, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
Elevation: 12,000'
We started our day at a reasonable hour with breakfast at 8:00 am; we had porridge, fried eggs, and of course plenty of the Starbucks coffee we brought along.
After breakfast, we finished the remainder of our packing and headed over to the gondola and hitched a ride further up the mountain to our new base camp. Two gondola rides and one super long single chair lift delivered us to our new home just over 12,000'. Our new home is basically a retrofitted shipping container, and to be honest it's reasonably comfortable.
We had a nice lunch prepared by our wonderful cook, Albina. She's a great cook, but I think is a little over worked as she's been up here since my last trip.
With our gondola and chair lift rides this morning, we needed some post-lunch exercise so we headed out to stretch our legs and continue our acclimatization process by hiking for a little over an hour and gaining well over a thousand feet of elevation. Everyone did great and we are now back at camp watching the evening clouds roll in and getting ready for dinner.
RMI Guide Casey Grom
On The Map
Mt. Elbrus: Grom & Team Explore the Mountains
Posted by: Casey Grom | July 29, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
Elevation: 7,500'
All is well here in the Baksan Valley, at the base of Mt. Elbrus. We've settled into our comfortable hotel here in Cheget, which doubles as a ski town in the winter. Picture a lush green valley surrounded by many large snowy mountains!
We woke to a beautiful morning and finally we were able to get out and stretch our legs a bit. We made the most of the local ski lifts, (to save our knees of course) and hiked up the neighboring peak to start our acclimatization. It started off a little cloudy today, but eventually cleared for some decent views of Mt. Elbrus. After our ascent we headed back down to town for a nice lunch and headed over to the local climbing shop to pick up a few last minute things. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing, getting our bags packed and just wrapped up another enjoyable Russia dinner with some wonderful Georgian soup.
All is well here and we'll check in again tomorrow!
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
On The Map
Good luck to everyone!! Greg I am excited for you and your dad for this adventure but I still can't wait to see you when you get back!!read more
Posted by: Tiara on 7/29/2014 at 10:04 pm
Greg & Gregory Waltz. Good luck, we are tracking your progress.read more
Posted by: Eduardo A de Aragón on 7/29/2014 at 6:53 pm
Mt. Elbrus: Grom & Team Leave Moscow and Head for the Mountains
Posted by: Casey Grom | July 28, 2014
Elevation: 7,500'
Hello again everyone
It was one long day of travel here in Russia for us again. We departed Moscow moderately early and flew southward to the town of Mineralnye Vody (which means mineral water) where we were meet by our local guide Vladimir. We loaded all of our duffels into the waiting van and continued heading south towards Mt. Elbrus. This part of Russia is very rural and the countryside is mostly used for agriculture purposes, especially sunflowers! It has been heavily influenced by the Turkish and is there for predominately Islamic. It's beautiful here, but it also seems a bit behind the times when compared to Moscow or St. Petersburg. The team enjoyed the views, had a little fun, but everyone is ready for some exercise!
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
On The Map
Mt. Elbrus: Grom and Team Explore Moscow
Posted by: Casey Grom | July 27, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Elbrus Southside
Hello everyone and welcome to RMI's July 25th Mt. Elbrus trip!
After some very long flights the team safely arrived yesterday, we briefly touched base about today's plan before folks retired to catch up on some much needed sleep.
Today we had our official team meeting over breakfast at our hotel. It was hard to concentrate while enjoying plenty of fresh bread, cheeses, meats, juice and other delightful things. Once our bellies were full we stumbled out the door to explore the Kremlin and Red Square which is only a short distance away. A few folks visited Lenin's tomb and a few of us wandered around the area enjoying the site.
We met our tour guide around 10:30 am and spent much of the day with her visiting St. Basil's Cathedral, the Kremlin, and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Our tour guide even took us on a brief tour of the amazing Moscow subway - it has a 194 different stops and most are elaborately decorated and incredibly clean! We did visit the famous Red Square but for unknown reasons it was closed and blocked off today.
Afterwards we took a short break where most of us took cat naps to help adjust to the almost 12 hour time change and then headed back out for a quick dinner before calling it a night.
Everyone is doing great!
RMI Guide Casey Grom and Team
Gregory enjoy the climb. We wish all a safe adventure. God bless Mami.read more
Posted by: Josie on 7/28/2014 at 4:31 pm
I hope you all have fun! Kym and Liz, be nice to Casey and have a great and safe trip. He's a super guide and a lot of fun.
There… read more
Posted by: Eric Y. on 7/28/2014 at 7:53 am
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Water: Nonpoint Source Success Stories
Louisiana: Lake Arthur & Lower Mermentau River
Partners Cooperate to Improve Water Quality
Waterbody ImprovedIn 1999 the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) added the Lake Arthur and Lower Mermentau River assessment unit (AU) to the state's court-ordered Clean Water Act (CWA) section 303(d) list of impaired waters for not meeting the fish and wildlife propagation (FWP) designated use. Suspected causes of impairment included low dissolved oxygen (DO) and high levels of total suspended solids (TSS), nutrients, turbidity, oil and grease, and ammonia from point and nonpoint sources of pollution. Landowners implemented agricultural best management practices (BMPs) to reduce pollutant loading within the watershed. Water quality improved, prompting LDEQ to remove the Lower Mermentau River and Lake Arthur AU from the state's list of impaired waters in 2010 for sediment/siltation, TSS, turbidity, and ammonia, and in 2012 for DO, nitrate/nitrite, and total phosphorus (TP).
Gwendolyn Berthelot
Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality
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The Lower Mermentau River flows through Lake Arthur before entering Grand Lake in southern Louisiana. LDEQ classifies the tidally dominated estuarine waters of the Lake Arthur and Lower Mermentau River AU as basin subsegment 050402 (Figure 1). The predominant land uses in the AU's 29,200-acre watershed are rice crop (32 percent), water (20 percent), and pasture/hay fields (19.8 percent); the remaining uses are freshwater marsh, low- to medium-density development, and forests.
In the late 1990s, LDEQ's ambient water quality data indicated high concentrations of TSS, turbidity, and nutrients and low DO concentrations in the Lower Mermentau River and Lake Arthur. The DO criterion for the Lower Mermentau River is that no more than 10 percent of monthly samples may fall below 5.0 milligrams per liter (mg/L). In 1998 DO values remained below the state's criterion of 5.0 mg/L for seven months of the year; the lowest value, 2.37 mg/L, occurred in August. Although Louisiana does not currently have a numeric criterion for TSS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends a maximum TSS guideline of 29 mg/L to ensure support of the FWP use. LDEQ's ambient water quality data indicated that TSS values exceeded the guideline during June and November of 1998. Likewise, the state does not currently have numeric criteria for nutrients; it does, however, provide narrative criteria that require the naturally occurring range of nitrogen and phosphorus to be maintained using site-specific studies to establish limits for nutrients to avoid aquatic growth that creates a public nuisance or interferes with designated water uses.
On the basis of these data and assessments, LDEQ added the Lake Arthur and Lower Mermentau River AU to the 1999 CWA section 303(d) list for failing to support its FWP designated use due to low DO and high TSS, nutrients, turbidity, oil and grease, and ammonia. The suspected sources of impairment included minor municipal point sources, crop production, petroleum activities, individual septic tanks, and flow alterations/modifications.
In 2001 EPA completed a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for turbidity, TSS, and siltation for the Mermentau River Basin, including the Lake Arthur and Lower Mermentau River AU. The TMDL identified fluvial erosion processes as the dominant contributor to high turbidity, TSS, and siltation levels. In 2002 EPA completed a TMDL for DO, nutrients, and ammonia in portions of the Lower Mermentau River Basin. This TMDL indicated that a 40 percent reduction in oxygen-demanding substances was necessary to meet the state's DO water quality standard. The TMDL indicated that DO would likely improve if nutrient concentrations were reduced.
Project Highlights
From 2002 through 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) partnered with watershed landowners to develop comprehensive resource management systems—plans that included sets of approved conservation practices necessary to achieve conservation goals. The practices included irrigation water management, residue and nutrient management, conservation crop rotation, grade stabilization structures, and wetland wildlife habitat management. Through USDA's ranking criteria, lands that drain directly to the Lower Mermentau River and Lake Arthur were prioritized for cost-share and technical assistance.
NRCS partnered with the Gulf Coast Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), Vermilion SWCD, and Jefferson Davis SWCD to provide technical and/or cost-share assistance to help Lower Mermentau/LakeArthur watershed landowners implement BMPs on approximately 2,645 acres: 1,551 acres on rice fields, 742 acres on crawfish operations, 193 acres on soybean fields, and 158 acres on pastures. The BMPs included residue management (seasonal) on approximately 1,307 acres, conservation crop rotation on 1,242 acres, irrigation water management on 1,711 acres, integrated pest management on 1,265 acres, nutrient management on 1,006 acres, wetland wildlife habitat on 884 acres, and prescribed grazing on 125 acres. Landowners often applied multiple BMPs on the same acreage.
Contracts with landowners will remain in place through 2018, so water quality should continue to improve. A watershed coordinator is working with stakeholders on a watershed implementation plan to continue activities and programs to improve water quality.
LDEQ collected water quality data in the Lower Mermentau River at Lake Arthur during four sampling periods: 1998, 2003, 2007, and 2010/2011. Between the 1998 and 2010/2011 sampling periods, average annual DO concentrations increased from 4.7 mg/L to 7.8 mg/L. In all but one month, DO levels during the 2010/2011 sampling period remained above 5.0 mg/L, thereby meeting the DO criterion necessary to fully support the Lower Mermentau River's FWP designated use (Figure 2). TSS values exceeded EPA's guideline maximum of 29 mg/L during June and November 1998, but they have remained below this level in all sampling periods since that time. Average annual TSS concentrations declined from 27.48 mg/L in 1998 to 12.29 mg/L in 2010/2011. In addition, monitoring data collected since 1998 show that average annual TP concentrations decreased from 0.27 mg/L in 1998 to 0.13 mg/L in 2010/2011. Based on these monitoring data, LDEQ removed the Lower Mermentau River and Lake Arthur AU from the state's list of impaired waters in 2010 for sediment/siltation, TSS, turbidity, and ammonia, and in 2012 for DO, nitrate/nitrite, and TP.
Partners and Funding
NRCS, Gulf Coast SWCD, Jefferson Davis SWCD, Vermilion SWCD, and 23 landowners partnered to implement practices. NRCS provided approximately $264,158 in USDA Farm Bill funds to implement both agricultural and pastureland BMPs. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry staff helped landowners implement practices. Partners applied $85,800 in EPA CWA section 319 funds towards projects in this watershed.


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|Don Renschler, Pastoral Care
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After graduating from Northwest Nazarene College in 1964, and marrying Linda Hagemeier, Don went to Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo. The first call that he accepted was to Beaverton, Oregon as minister of youth. In their 42 years of pastoral ministry, Don and his wife, Linda served churches in Sutherlin, Cottage Grove, and Molalla, Oregon. We moved to Vallejo, California and then moved out to Caldwell, ID Canyon Hill Church, when Don retired in 2008. For the past 3 years Don and Linda have assisted in the Pastoral Care Ministry here at NFC, and recently, Don received the invitation to lead the Pastoral Care Ministry.
About Pastoral Care: There are approximately 100 people who live in care centers, assisted living home, or are unable to attend worship services anymore. This ministry is focused on keeping them connected to the Church and caring for their spiritual needs. In addition, visitation and prayer is extended to all who are hospitalized.


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'Hung' Season 2, Episode 9 Recap
I chuckled, and realized that the show has been treading water for most of this season, and this week I think they tried to address that issue with some major blow-outs.
Who's Pissed?
Lenore at Ray: So much so that she hunts him down in the middle of school to shake him down for the Frances money -- money that she wants to retain her power over Tanya, and money that Ray believes was returned to Frances. Lenore brings out the big guns, seeking to regain her dominance. So, she's kinda pissed at Tanya too.
Mike at Ray: Mike thinks Ray had a lot to do with the dissolution of his relationship with Frances. When they both get their pink slips for the summer, Ray looks to commiserate and Mike gives him the ol' "find a new co-manager. Find a new third base coach. Find a new friend," speech. In the process, Ray comes to the realization that Tanya lied about returning the money to Frances, which leads us to ...
Ray at Tanya: He tracks her down at her office, and she avoids him as they chase each other around the room. Once cornered, Ray asks about the money and they leave the office to scream at each other. Tanya finally repents, but reaches her breaking point when Ray starts somehow judging her character. Tanya vents, "You know what happens to good people, Ray? They get sh** on! Good people have their best friends stolen by mean, conniving, red-headed bitches [Lenore]!" She really lets it fly, and all of a sudden this subtle ambiguous morality is thrust to the forefront of the show.
Ronny at Jess and Ray: He wants to know why she's with him, and typically, when you have to ask that of your spouse, things are looking grim. The incident with the rash and the baseball game really have him frazzled, but Jess insists to his face that she loves him, to the point of saying "If I'm not happy with you, I don't know what happiness is!" Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
Charlie at Tanya: You know that person who you kind of know, maybe a neighbor or a friend of a friend, who just happens to pop in at the absolute worst times with asinine requests and lame stories about pets? That's pretty much Tanya to Charlie, and this week, he's had enough of her two-bit pimp operation: "You got one white man ho, who don't do dudes, and he bring you more headache than cash!" Same thing ruined my senior prom.
Jess and the kids at Ron: At a black-tie awards banquet for tool-bag dermatologists (at which Ronny is be awarded as the eight best Botox salesman in Detroit), he finds out about Jess seeing another doctor about her rash behind his back. He proceeds to launch into a tirade questioning why his "wife is allergic to the thought of having a baby with me?" As Jess and the kids leave, doused in both humiliation and relief. The whole scene had a very '80s teen comedy vibe to it.
Horny Patty at Tanya: Lenore's plan to regain control takes her to lunch with infamous client and Tanya's boss, Horny Patty. There, Lenore conjures up sociopathic images of Tanya, looking to get Tanya fired, and hence, crush her soul. The plan backfires as Horny Patty is not quite as versed in the manipulation game as Lenore. Patty berates Tanya in front of the whole office, continually calling her "T-Brain" (Lenore's brutal nickname for Tanya) and escalating the tension, while Tanya's response of "Don't call me T-Brain," builds like The Hulk's "you won't like me when I'm angry," until Tanya unshackles her belt and gives Patty a beat down. "Don't call me T-Brain! I'm a motherf***ing pimp," indeed!
Me at 'Hung': The show closes with a not-so-surprising Jess and Ray reunion. She shows up in his backyard straight from the "Ron's a Loser" banquet, and slips into her skivvies for a clandestine dip in the lake with a clothesless Ray. They have the obligatory splash fight that turns into a make-out session which we are left to assume is a segue into lake sex. With the season finale in two weeks (Sun., Sept. 12, 10PM ET, HBO), I just wish it were funnier so I wouldn't have to keep fighting with people about how good the show is, and be able to break free from the semantic intricacies its mired in. "Comedy?" "Drama?" Who cares, as long as there's naked pregnant women!
Sex Watch: Nothing but whatever your imagination wants to do with Ray and Jess in the lake. I added an octopus!
Full Frontal Forecast: Zilch.
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Last night I headed out to Union Hall in Brooklyn to see one of my new favorite bands, U.S. Royalty. The Washington D.C. based group first appeared on my radar after I photographed the lead singer John Thornley at South by Southwest in Austin. Let me start this off by saying that I haven't been this immediately drawn to a band in a long time — one listen and I was hooked. I wasn't sure what to expect live, but twenty seconds into the set at Union Hall and the deal was done, these guys are good. John was dancing around, rocking the tambourine and the music flowed like the three dollar domestics. What else could one ask for on a Thursday night. The good news is, U.S. Royalty is doing it all over again tonight at Webster Hall. So you don't have to take my word for it, go see for yourself. If you aren't in NYC keep an eye out for these guys — worth the price for admission for sure. Two tracks from the band's self titled EP and more images after the jump.
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There is an excellent article on brogues by Dogulas Hart in Vice Magazine (yep, you read that correctly, Vice wrote about brogues), which I think is worth a closer look. The article was posted a little while back, but it is still intriguing to see the old time institutions continuing on, same as ever. It is interesting to hear what Fred the Shoe has to say about everything from the deadstock that he "can't be bothered" to sell on eBay, to one of my most coveted labels, Trickers. Be sure to click over to Vice to read the entire article. (Found via Bloke and Coke)
Vice: So people just know you as Fred?
Fred the Shoe: Fred the Shoe.
That's a great name.
Don't go taking the piss, son. That's just the name I got given. All the old boys down the pub end up with names, just the way it goes.
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Well, the shop has been here since about 1860 or '61. The BBC recently done a thing on the Walworth Road about the shops and how they are still going. It's not changed that much.
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My pal Mark and I spent the early part of the week on a top secret mission in Maine. Since we were driving through Portland, we took the opportunity to meet up with my buddy Jay Carroll from Rogues Gallery. Stories were told, oysters were eaten and beers were downed. The promo for our upcoming reality show is below. Be cautioned, watching this will add nothing to your life. More from the trip soon…
Obsession | Dodge A100 Van Truck
First the Bronco II, then the IH Scout and now…the Dodge A100 van-truck! I'm getting more obscure by the minute, but check out the flat face on this Mopar mother. How could you not love a machine that looks like that, big-old spit screen windshield and everything. Its a van with 30% of its sheet metal whittled off — like someone just took a sawzall and chopped it up into a truck. American engineering at its finest. I suppose it does makes sense when you consider the fact that the A-100 was offered as a straight-up van as well. I much prefer the truck version though — especially in that robin's egg two-tone.
Wants & Desires | Commuter Bike
I've been after a commuter bike for a while now. Something that I will ride to work (on the days the dog stays home; sorry dog) and generally use to just get around New York. Maybe I'm just jealous of all the fun they are having in Copenhagen? I already have two bicycles at the moment, but I really think one should own as many bikes as one can effectively store at home. Seeing how my building has a bicycle room, I'm pretty much free to go as far as my wallet will take me. Tonight the better part of three hours was spent making this wish-list-of-sorts for a commuter bike. I should point out that this list is by no means recession friendly. Most of the rigs included (especially that super tasty Vanilla), are going to cost you both arm and leg. But that is why this post is titled Wants & Desires and not Needs & Requires.
Weekend Video | Celebration at Big Sur
Celebration at Big Sur is an amazing documentary from the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival. Nestled on the edge of the Pacific ocean, the festival saw performances by Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell and many others. If you take the time and watch closely, there is some amazing style in the film. Enjoy!
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Hen man! How's it going? ;D
See you are running Fedora Core. How are you liking it so far? Did they fix that annoying sound crap? Did QA ever add any more good packages? Catch me when can. ;D
Hen man! How's it going? ;D
See you are running Fedora Core. How are you liking it so far? Did they fix that annoying sound crap? Did QA ever add any more good packages? Catch me when can. ;D
I dunno, I am in rebuild phase 3.
Phase one -- fully converted to Linux (well OSS, BSD kicks ass too).
Phase two -- convert my FULLY WORKING SYSTEM THAT HAD NO PROBLEMS to have a win32 partition so I can play on goddamn game ... Counterstrike. That just ended a week ago. And lasted a damn month or so.
Phase 3 -- Get Severn working.
Well, after getting nailed with a virus that thrashed my partition table I had to restart. Took all weekend, but had 98 and Severn. 98 died after I got my box home, and Severn no longer worked right. Yesterday I got 98 and RHL 9 all cozy. I got a vmware image that is running severn now. I am happier than a few days ago. Nothing fucking worked. Pick it, iot failed at least a half dozen times. Lost ALOT of data that I flat out COULD not migrate to my server too, couldnt burn a cigarette even if I wanted to.
But, Fedora Core is some sweet shit. I am debating doing an upgrade. I got my sefrver setup for a kickstart that takes literally no time to redo RHL 9.
But thats why God introduced me to Camels and Budweiser ! Stress management Schotty style ! Mwha ha ha!
Whats Severn ?
Whats sefrver ?
Severn == Fedora Core beta 2 == a new beta for the next gen Red Hat for non RH Enterprise users (which is all Red Hat will be going full bore on and supporting).
Well from the sounds of the Slave Copy, I'll take that as a damn good reason to try it out on the Linux partition on the laptop. ;D
Yes, Master Copy, you should.
ROFL! That's great! You changed to Slave Copy! LMFAO!!! That's awesome!!!
hehe, felt like it.
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I had intended to go for a out and back overnighter today but I decided to come back early because of a recuring knee injury. Even through the hike was cut short I had a great time because the weather was perfect and the colors were great. I started my hike at penn blvd in silver bay and hiked to Mt. Trudee before I turned around. Here are a few pics from todayLooking west over bean lakeLooking north over bear lakeLooking northeast from the summit of Mt. Trudee
Edited by burkest on 09/26/2007 19:19:41 MDT.
Stuart - I never tire of seeing pictures of Bean and Bear Lakes. In my two years living in Duluth I've been up the shore countless times (and numerous before that) and even though I've walked every inch of the SHT there is still a mysticism and wildness about it. - Sam
We're heading up to GM this weekend. Sounds like we picked a crappy weekend....weather wise....but we're committed.Last trip up we did a day-hike up to Bean and Bear lakes from Silver Bay and made a loop out of it on the side lolly-pop trail. What a beautiful part of the SHT.This weekend he're hoping it's not too sloppy so we can try another day-hike. This time from Tettegouche up to Mt. Trudee and them some stuff up closer to GM.Here is a photo from last year...Labor Day weekend.Any suggestions of favorite sections?Steve
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If you are going to be in grand marais I would hike the devil track river segment if you have not already done it. The river is really pretty and goes through a 80 foot deep canyon in some places. The cascade river loop would also be a good day hike.
In terms of the best day hike in close proximity to Grand Marais I'm in agreement with Stuart and also suggest the Devil Track river.
Ditto the Devil's Track Rvr and Cascade Rvr loop suggestions. Also the Lutsen to Caribou Trail segment, although that's 20 miles west of G.M. Use the Superior Shuttle to stage your car at the end.
Jim Colten: Also the Lutsen to Caribou Trail segment
Nice pics Sam. I've never hiked the trail in the spring, I really need to try that. I'll be somewhere on the SHT with our scouts the 3rd weekend of this month, I'm REALLY hoping to steer them into choosing the Lutsen-Cascade stretch.
Sam, how do you like the TG Vertex? I really like the design but it looked like overkill for a one person.
Thanks for the comments, Jim. I'm so much a fan of the SHT that hiking just about anywhere along it usually makes me happy. Taking the scouts out in late October should be cool - - in more ways than one. Ha. Steve - I only bring the Vertex out when there's going to be two of us. I like the roominess of it in terms of floor space for bodies and gear. Having the pole in the center of the tent does give issue if you want to cuddle with the other person in the tent however. If I was to bring up any complaint with the Vertex it would be a similar complaint to many single-wall structures, and that is condensation. The design of the version I have doesn't have a cap over the top hole so when it's raining you either have to zip the top shut and have no top-ventilation or leave it open and have rain coming in. TIGoat has alleviated this in their new designs I believe.
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Taking the scouts out in late October should be cool - - in more ways than one. Ha.The date is chosen due to them having a 3 day weekend from school, it's too far for us to want to travel for a normal weekend. The weather varies, we've had some warm trips, one with 40*F fog the entire weekend , one with continuous thunder lightning storms at night, snow, 35*F rain/snow mix (that's the toughest), mainly just cool/cloudy but as a good friend is fond of saying, whatever the weather is, it is always perfect!.
Oh how I long for the Mid-West... Fall in that area is probably the best time of year... *sigh*
Matt - It has been gorgeous up here the past weeks. I've done a couple hikes and the trees along Lake Superior are luscious with color. The maples two weeks ago were red as apples and last weekend the aspens and birch were afire with a yellow glow. - Sam
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So in light of this news I've decided to dedicate this post to my "AWESOME-STRONG-FUNNY LIL JOKER" cousin and share awareness of a disease not common and/ spoken often of amongst the Polynesian community.
I recently watched Tyler Perry's "Meet the Browns" episode dedicated to this disease – right at the end the actor addresses the audience…
Did you know that PROSTATE CANCER is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in America? Early detection can increase your chance of survival. The Centre for disease control and prevention recommends that ALL men get tested annually. African American men and OTHER men who have a family history of the disease should be tested as early as 40; all other men should be tested annually beginning at age 50. PROSTATE CANCER is NO joke – so get tested YOUR LIFE DEPENDS on it.
So tell me why a young man as young as 17 is now on his first week of chemotherapy? As I sit here putting this post together, the tears are rolling as I am trying to push away the "worst outcome" thoughts… Where to start…
What is Prostate Cancer?
Prostate cancer can be a completely silent disease, especially in its early stages. It can grow slowly for years without causing any noticeable signs or symptoms. Sometimes, however, there are important warning signs that something is wrong with the prostate.
What Are the Most Common Warning Signs of Prostate Cancer?
Because of the prostate's location in the body (located just below the bladder in the lower pelvis), urinary symptoms are common warning signs that something is wrong with the prostate.
Urinary warning signs that something could be wrong with the prostate include:
ü Frequency - urinating much more often than normal.
ü Urgency - having a sensation that you need to urinate immediately.
ü Nocturia - getting up to urinate multiple times during the night.
ü Hesitancy - difficulty starting the urine stream.
What Are Other Less Common Warning Signs of Prostate Cancer?
The urinary problems discussed above are among the most common experienced by men with prostate cancer. However, they are not the only ones. Other less common warning signs include:
ü Blood in the urine.
ü Blood in the semen.
ü New-onset erectile dysfunction (impotence).
ü Bone pain (especially in the lower back, hips, or ribs).
ü Loss of bladder control.
When Should You Go to See Your Doctor?
The answer to this question is simple. Visit your physician and explain your situation whenever you first begin to experience any of these symptoms.
The warning signs listed above are almost always abnormal and all need to be evaluated by a physician. This is especially true if these warning signs appear suddenly. Very simple examinations and laboratory tests can be put to use by your doctor to determine whether or not your symptoms are due to prostate cancer, another serious disease, or a less dangerous condition.
I pray for my cousins' speedy recovery and hope with this detection it is under control… You take for granted the annual reminders for Cancer research until it hits closer to home. I am grateful for the many organisations that regularly spread awareness of this silent, deadly illness… In particular MOVEMBER…
During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men's faces in Australia and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men's health, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.
So there you have it… I encourage all my BROTHERS, COUSINS, COLLEAGUES, MALE FRIENDS – ALL MALES in general… DON'T WAIT TIL YOU ARE 40 years old…Be safe, get TESTED – YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
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The following was given by Katie Dunahoo, M.A., at the 2013 Fontbonne University graduate commencement ceremony.
Good Morning, President Golden, trustees and regents, faculty and staff, Ms Kerri Morgan, my fellow graduates and future colleagues, and to all of the family and friends who have come to experience this special day with us. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you all in completing your graduate degrees. This has been no small task. As I stand before you I am reminded of my own experiences that have brought me to this point. I am sure that many of you are sitting and thinking about your own paths that have brought you here as well. I have been with Fontbonne University for a while now. In 2008 I began my journey here as an undergrad student, in 2010, I completed my undergraduate degree in elementary education with certification, and today I will be celebrating the completion of my Masters of Arts in Diverse Learning with all of you. When I think of my time at Fontbonne three words come to mind. These words are humble, proud, and hopeful.
First, I feel humbled to be in the presence of so many hard-working and caring individuals. These are the people who have devoted so much of their own time and energy to contribute not just to their own well-being but to the well being of those around them. By taking this time to improve your own life you have inherently improved many others. As I look back on my life I know how many people I have come into contact with throughout this process who have helped me along the way.
Secondly, I am proud. Proud not only because of what I have accomplished, but what all of you in front of me have accomplished. It is not an easy task to do what you all of done and you should be very proud of yourselves. I am sure that our families and the faculty here with us are proud as well.
In addition, I am hopeful. I am hopeful to see what the future will bring for all of us. We are all going to do such wonderful things in our lives from this point forward. Being that I am in education I one of my hopes is that I can positively influence one person's life for the better. As you sit here today think of what hopes may be coming for you.
In closing, at the Leadership Awards Banquet early this April the theme was "Purple and Gold." Near the closing of the banquet President Golden gave a wonderful speech on what purple and gold meant to him. Well, that gave me the inspiration to see what purple and gold meant to me. I took the opportunity to research the color purple which as is turns out is the color of royalty and with that comes pride. Royalty would show great pride of being able to wear the color purple. Gold is considered a precious metal that lasts forever.
After reflection and reviewing my research on these two colors I have decided what purple and gold means to me. Purple shows pride, I can now leave today and go out into the world being proud of my accomplishments here at Fontbonne. Gold for me means forever, the knowledge and experiences that I have gained here will be with me forever. I would like you to take this opportunity to think of what purple and gold mean to you and how Fontbonne has enabled you to be here today. Tomorrow will be another day filled with adventures and new discoveries for all of us. Today is for all of you to celebrate with your friends and families for all the hard work you have accomplished. I want to say a special Thank You to my family for being with me throughout this process. This degree is as much yours as it is mine. I wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavors. Congratulations class of 2013. Thank You.


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Before Rose brought the mean, opener (and Rose's rhythm guitarist) Andrew Combs brought the charm. With his long hair and his dry, deadpan wit, he had an easy-going Tim Riggins-reading-a-Merle-Haggard-biography-while-drinking-beer-in-a-hammock demeanor, and his songs reveled in classic country tropes, particularly those of the rule-breaking, vaguely rebellious nature. He had a song about shooting a woman in the ankles, and he had another one called "Too Stoned To Cry" that's about being too stoned to cry. "I kinda wrote it about myself and some other people I know," he said before playing it. "That's what I tell my mom. She hates this song."
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Judith Hanson Lasater Slams Yoga Journal for "Sexy Ads." ~ via it's all yoga, baby
It's no secret that sex sells ~ and this is something that yoga product companies caught on to a while ago. But it seems that some yoga teachers and practitioners are saying, "Enough is enough!" In the September issue of Yoga Journal, Judith Hanson Lasater, one of the magazine's founders (and a long-time contributor), wrote a letter to the editor stating her concern about the magazine and its advertising policy. She wrote:
Yoga Journal was born in my living room in Berkeley in 1975, where I was one of five yoga practitioner-teachers who gathered to create the magazine. I have loved the magazine ever since. But I'm concerned about ads that have stimulated both confusion and sadness in me about where the magazine is now and where it is headed.
I am confused because I do not understand how photos of naked or half-naked women are connected with the sale of practice products for asana, an important part of yoga. These pictures do not teach the viewer about yoga practice or themselves. They aren't even about the celebration of the beauty of the human body or the beauty of the poses, which I support. These ads are just about selling a product. This approach is something I though belonged (unfortunately) to the larger culture, but not in Yoga Journal.
Finally, I feel sad because it seems that Yoga Journal has become just another voice for the status quo and not for elevating us to the higher values of yoga: spiritual integration, compassion and selfless service. My request is that Yoga Journal doesn't run ads with photos that exploit the sexuality of young women in order to sell products or more magazines. Thank you for your attention and willingness to hear another point of view.
Judith Hanson Lasater
San Francisco, CA
From a glance at Judith's Facebook Fanpage, she's not the only person feeling this way. Her Fanpage is full of supportive comments from people who have similar issues with Yoga Journal's advertising policy, and the representation of yoga. Her letter has also sparked a passionate discussion about the ways that yoga is marketed and presented in North America, and the future of Yoga Journal. As she said on her Fanpage, "It is not my intention to harm YJ. It is my intention to open the dialogue and be clear about what my values are."
Judith also willingly agreed to an email interview with it's all yoga, baby to further explain her point of view.
Q: I understand that you must be disappointed to see YJ become another "voice of the status quo" and I'm sure that wasn't your intention for the magazine when you helped start it 35 years ago. What kind of voice did you hope it would become?
JHL: I would love to be able to say that we had such a clear intention all those years ago, but it is not true. I do remember clearly that we all loved yoga (not just asana) and wanted to share it with the world. We were crazily naive about everything that went into publishing a magazine. We learned over and over again that you can't publish if you can't pay your staff, your distributors and your mailing costs. Business is the way of the world and nothing wrong with that. But I had and still have dreams about how the magazine and the world can be, part of my character I guess as an optimist.
Q: There have been many conversations and discussions about the commercialization/sexualization of yoga, and the response from many people is, "Yes, well we live in a capitalist society; everything is commercialized. Why not yoga?" But I see that you feel differently. What do you see as the problem with using sexual imagery to sell yoga? What is compromised?
JHL: I just want to help create a safe space for yoga to be taught. With all this sexualization of yoga clothes, props, etc., it must spill over into the environment of yoga classes in ways that do not honor the boundary between teacher and student. In the US, we pay people the most money who can distract us the best: actors, personalities and sports figures. Entertainment is all about distraction. As I understand it, the deepest practice of yoga is about the opposite: refusing at first, then later embracing, the act and art of not distracting myself anymore from myself and the moment. So it seems to me that the use of naked bodies to sell yoga products is about using distraction to sell introspection. For me it is not about the nakedness; rather, it is about using bodies to distract us instead of using ads that inspire us to practice yoga, to live in the present and to be open to compassion and grace in each moment. I am sad when I see yoga in general, and many yoga classes in particular, becoming about distraction and entertainment.
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I DIDN'T Know PAUL MOONEY WAS THE Near Absorbing NIGGAS IN THE Concern LMAO!!?
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if you dress't have a humor, you shouldn't follow funny stuff then plain most it. cheerful you are? abreast the coolest and last as to what's in and what';s dead for every of us in clowning. appreciate the try you inclose to updating all of us who just do not know what's funny. and–just be pariodied? do what?
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You say that, bite it's not rather? the same as what I'm talking almost. I link more degradation than capitalism. The polity is conjectural to be "By the group, for the grouping" not "affirm from the people, suppress the group"
Appease? thirsty my niggas… HAHA! LOL
Rattling…….I'm not? affraid to intercommunicate my brain almost anything! OUR force who fights for my unsusceptibility of delivery gives me that right! Are you also frightened to accept it?
The human body is beautiful. I do not find the ads negative in any way.
In general, Amanda, I would agree with you; you make some very good points . I do think there is a double standard, and as an artist I think the depiction of the naked human form is absolutely beautiful. I do think this ad in particular (which, I gather from reading all the comments, etc., is not the original ad that was even used in the article) shows the human female form in strength and beauty. AND no matter how you dodge it, it is using sex to sell, because this ad would still depict the beauty and power of the female form in an intense yogic position if she were clothed. As others have pointed out, this is not art, this is an AD. So what was the point, then?
And as girl warrior points out, the real issue is that women are used this way everywhere, more than ever. And as a mother, (because that's my chosen axe to grind in this debate) the idea that I potentially can't let my girls see me reading YJ, because the ads are also increasingly chock full of sexualization, only contributing to all the millions of ads out there of the sexualized feminine form, is sad.
Children cannot discern as we do; it is putting the cart before the horse to say we teach them discernment, by bombarding them with things to discern before they can even do so. They are being imprinted in ways we cannot change. I want my daughters to feel powerful and engaged with their sexuality, but not reliant on it for that same power.
Rant over! LOL
actually I was rather calm when I wrote my comment. I save my "rage" for things I find a bit more important like destruction of the environment, sex trafficking of women, and child and animal abuse….but thanks for the armchair diagnosis!
oh, but did I forget? Yogis are not supposed to be pissed, angry or upset. it's not "yogic". I remember Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock telling us that anyone who thinks one is not supposed to still get angry or upset, and yes, even have full-blown rage, is working with a a kindergarten version of spirituality.
I also used to be much heavier — back in the late '70s I lost over 60 lbs. and have kept it off. But I never really aspired to be or look like someone else. I just wanted to be a thinner me. there is a problem when we start to compare ourselves with these glossy ad images and imagine how happy and fulfilled we would be if we looked like that.
"It's an ad. 30 seconds from now another will take its place and it will be forgotten. "
yup. and maybe that's the problem —
paraphrasing Anne Cushman in her Shambhala Sun article from 2003 "Yoga and meditation are ultimately about turning our eyes away from the airbrushed images of the outside world and looking deep within our own hearts." http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=cont…
there is nothing wrong with aspiring to a certain "goal." if we did not aspire to something there would be no "successes" — but attachment is something else altogether….as I said, there is a problem when we start to compare ourselves with these glossy ad images and imagine how happy and fulfilled we would be if we looked like that.
the question I would ask is what happens if you never get to that level? then it would be time to "get real"… .http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-real.html
nude does not equal stripper or sex. The human anatomy is an awesome thing. Celebrate it, enjoy it, it is our temple. It is our vehicle. Kathryn is an awesome yogini and the pictures are wonderful. The other YJ picture mentioned is not as well done as the Toesox picts, but there is not anything overtly sexual about it. Again, the human form is beautiful…


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Hillary Clinton still intends to step down as secretary of state. That will take place likely "days" after President Barack Obama's second inauguration in January.
"The Secretary has been honored to serve as President Obama's Secretary of State, and has loved every minute of leading this Department and being part of the State family," a Clinton spokesman says in an email. "But yes, you can confirm yet again that she's been clear about her intention to leave after the first term."
When asked for clarification on what date Clinton would step down, the spokesman, Philippe Reines, says, "She has said that she wants to ensure continuity, and realizes the confirmation of her successor might take a period of days beyond that."
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