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Friday's NCAA Tournament Capsules
Saturday, June 4, 2011
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Joey DeMichele hit a three-run home run one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Arizona State a 4-2 victory over New Mexico on Friday night in the NCAA Tempe Regional.
After left-hander Rudy Jaramillo allowed a run on four hits over eight innings for New Mexico, the Sun Devils' Johnny Ruettiger opened the ninth with a single.
Reliever Gera Sanchez (2-3) then faced Deven Marrero, who tried to bunt Ruttiger over to second. Sanchez fielded the bunt and threw to first, but second baseman Kyle Stiner didn't field it cleanly. However, plate umpire John Haggerty called Marrero out for interference and sent Marrero back to first.
The runners advanced on a wild pitch and DeMichele followed with his eighth home run of the season.
DeMichele also had an RBI double in the seventh.
Mitchell Lambson (6-3) pitched the ninth for the victory.
Arizona State (40-16) will face Charlotte, a 3-2 winner over Arkansas in the opener, in a winner's bracket game Saturday night. The Lobos (20-40) will play meet Arkansas in an elimination game.
Charlotte 3, Arkansas 2
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Corbin Shive hit a two-run homer in Charlotte's three-run second inning and Andrew Smith limited Arkansas to a run on five hits in 7 1-3 innings to help the 49ers beat the Razorbacks.
Smith (10-4) gave up a leadoff double in the third, then retired six in a row and got double plays to end the fifth and sixth innings for Charlotte (43-14), the Atlantic 10 champion. The 49ers chased starter Randall Fant (3-5) after just 11 batters.
Corey Roberts finished for the save, allowing Kyle Robinson's homer in the ninth.
Charlottesville NCAA Regional
Virginia 6, Navy 0
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Will Roberts struck out a career-high 14 in a four-hitter, and Danny Hultzen drove in three runs in No. 1 national seed Virginia's victory over Navy.
Roberts (11-1) retired the last 17 batters — nine by strikeout — for Virginia (50-9). The junior right-hander, who pitched the eighth nine-inning perfect game in NCAA Division I history on March 29 against George Washington, walked none and improved to 18-1 in his career.
The Cavaliers got a two-run triple from Hultzen — the possible No. 1 draft pick as a pitcher — in the first, RBI singles from Hultzen and Kenny Swab in the third and cruised.
Ben Nelson (6-6) allowed six runs for Navy (33-24-1), in its first tournament since 2002.
St. John's 2, East Carolina 0
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Sean Hagan pitched into the eighth inning and got plenty of defensive help as St. John's beat East Carolina.
The Red Storm (36-20) advanced to play Virginia on Saturday night. East Carolina (39-20) will play Navy in an elimination game.
Hagan (7-2) allowed nine hits and left with runners on first and third and one out in the eighth. Matt Carasiti came on and got a strikeout and flyball to end the threat.
Mike Wright (6-4) allowed both runs and seven hits in eight innings for the Pirates.
Columbia Regional
South Carolina 2, Georgia Southern 1
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Michael Roth allowed two hits in seven innings and defending national champion South Carolina opened the NCAA tournament with a victory over Georgia Southern.
The Gamecocks (46-14) will face Stetson in a winner's bracket game Saturday. The Eagles (36-25) will face North Carolina State (34-26) in an elimination game.
Roth (12-3) was a star in last year's College World Series run with a complete game win over Clemson and a strong effort in the clinching victory against UCLA. He proved just as good this time against Georgia Southern and star outfielder Victor Roache, who led the country with 30 homers this season but struck out looking to end the game.
Matt Price got the final five outs for his 16th save.
Stetson 8, North Carolina State 7
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nick Rickles' RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning helped Stetson, which earlier trailed by five runs, defeat North Carolina State.
North Carolina State took a 5-0 lead in the third, helped by Harold Riggins' two-run homer. But Stetson (42-18) came back on Mark Jones' three-run shot the next inning and then a four-run fifth made it 7-5.
Danny Canela tied it for the Wolfpack (34-26) in the seventh with a two-run homer.
Stetson reliever Jake Boyd (9-1) took over after that. Boyd had six strikeouts in three innings, striking out the side in the ninth to set up Rickles' walk-off hit.
Wolfpack closer Jeff Overman (6-3) took the loss.
Gainesville Regional
Florida 17, Manhattan 3
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Preston Tucker drove in five runs, Daniel Pigott knocked in three and Florida routed Manhattan.
The Gators (46-16) scored 16 runs in the first three innings — all off Manhattan ace John Soldinger — and coasted the rest of the way. Florida, the No. 2 national seed, advanced to play Miami in the winners' bracket Saturday.
Florida batted around in each of the first three innings, and Tucker did much of the damage. He had an RBI single in the first, a two-run homer in the second and another two-run shot in the third. His second one, his 12th of the season, cleared the scoreboard in right.
Karsten Whitson (8-0) allowed two hits in 3 1-3 innings for the victory. Soldinger (10-3) gave up 16 hits and 15 earned runs in two innings.
Miami 7, Jacksonville 2
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Rony Rodriguez drove in two runs, Corey Janson homered for the first time this season and Miami beat Jacksonville.
Jacksonville (36-23) cut the deficit in half on Daniel Gulbransen's RBI single in the seventh, but Miami (37-12) answered with four runs — two on bases-loaded walks — to seal the victory.
Steven Ewing (8-2) gave up one hit and one run in six innings for Miami. Matthew Tomshaw (8-4) allowed four hits and two earned runs in seven innings for Jacksonville.
College Station Regional
Texas A&M 11, Wright St. 0
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Matt Juengel and Kevin Gonzalez each hit three-run homers and Texas A&M cruised past Wright State.
Michael Wacha (8-3), who took over as the ace of the Aggies (43-18) in place of the injured John Stilson, scattered five hits while shutting out the Raiders over six innings.
Adam Smith started the scoring in the second with a single to left-center that center fielder Ryan Ashe misplayed, and Smith came all the way around to score. Juengel followed later in the inning with his three-run shot off Raiders starter Michael Woytek (7-4), giving the Aggies a 6-0 lead.
Gonzalez added his own three-run homer off Raiders reliever Cody Kopilchack in the fifth.
The Aggies will face Seton Hall on Saturday, while the Raiders (36-18) will take on Arizona in an elimination game.
Seton Hall 4, Arizona 0
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Jon Prosinski threw a six-hit shutout, leading Seton Hall past Arizona.
The Pirates (34-23) scored all their runs in the fourth inning against the Wildcats (36-20).
Sean Gusrang started the inning with a double down the right-field line off of Kurt Heyer, and Dale Anderson and Giuseppe Papaccio each followed with singles, the latter scoring Gusrang from third. Anderson later scored on Will Walsh's fielder's choice.
Prosinski (7-4), working in 101-degree heat, allowed only singles while striking out three and walking one.
Chapel Hill Regional
North Carolina 4, Maine 0
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Kent Emanuel threw eight shutout innings in his NCAA tournament debut, leading North Carolina past Maine.
Jacob Stallings hit a three-run homer as part of a four-run first inning for the Tar Heels (46-14), who managed just three hits after that but advanced to play James Madison on Saturday.
Emanuel (7-1), the first freshman to start North Carolina's NCAA opener since 2008, struck out five and gave up seven hits before Michael Morin relieved him in the ninth. Emanuel allowed only three Maine baserunners to reach second, and only one made it to third.
Keith Bilodeau (10-3) struck out six and allowed five hits in eight innings, but gave up all four runs for Maine (32-23), which will play Florida International in an elimination game.
James Madison 11, Florida International 7
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Jake Lowery homered and drove in three runs to lead James Madison past Florida International in the opening game of the Chapel Hill Regional.
David Herbek finished with two RBIs and drove in the go-ahead run during a six-run seventh inning that put the Dukes (41-17) ahead for good and extended the nation's longest active winning streak to 10.
Five players homered for second-seeded FIU (40-19-1): Garrett Wittels, Jabari Henry, Pablo Bermudez, Yoandy Barroso and Mike Martinez. The Panthers had lost only twice in their previous 23 games.
Clemson Regional
Clemson 11, Sacred Heart 1
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — John Hinson hit a three-run homer and Scott Firth (5-1) allowed one run on six hits in six innings for Clemson.
Chris Epps drove in three runs for Clemson (42-18), and Phil Pohl had three hits.
The Pioneers' Troy Scribner (9-3) was pulled in the Tigers' six-run third. Sacred Heart (34-22) takes on in-state rival Connecticut in an elimination game, while Clemson will play Coastal Carolina in Saturday's winner bracket.
The Pioneers scored in the sixth on Dan Perez's groundout. They squandered a bases-loaded, no-outs opportunity in the fifth when Firth retired two hitters on shallow fly balls and got the final out on a grounder.
Coastal Carolina 13, Connecticut 1
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Tommy La Stella homered twice and Hayes Orton went 5 for 5 with three RBIs for Coastal Carolina (42-18) against Connecticut (41-18-1) .
The Chanticleers scored four runs off Connecticut ace Matt Barnes in the fifth inning to take a 7-0 lead.
After La Stella's leadoff shot, and Orton added a two-run single. Barnes took a 1.12 ERA into the game, but gave up seven earned runs in 4 1-3 innings for the Huskies.
Coastal ace Anthony Meo (10-3) left in the seventh after giving up his first run in 16 2-3 innings.
Atlanta Regional
Austin Peay 2, Georgia Tech 1
ATLANTA (AP) — Jack Snodgrass pitched seven strong innings, Jordan Hankins hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh and Austin Peay stunned Georgia Tech.
Zach Toney got four outs to earn his second save for the Governors (34-22).
Austin Peay took a 2-1 lead on Hankins' fourth homer, a solo shot, and Snodgrass (4-6) pitched out of a jam in the bottom half when Jake Davies grounded into a double play. Snodgrass allowed seven hits, one run, three walks and struck out three.
Matthew Grimes (7-4) replaced Georgia Tech starter Mark Pope, who left with a back injury in the second inning. Grimes gave up three hits, two runs, one walk and struck out eight in 6 2-3 innings for the Yellow Jackets (40-20).
Mississippi St. 3, Southern Miss 0
ATLANTA (AP) — Brent Brownlee hit a two-run single, Luis Pollorena pitched six scoreless innings and Mississippi State beat Southern Mississippi.
Nick Vickerson's RBI double gave the Bulldogs (35-23) a 1-0 lead, and Brownlee made it 3-0 by scoring Vickerson and Jaron Shepherd in the sixth. Pollorena (7-5) allowed five hits, walk three and struck out three in his fourth career start for Mississippi State.
Caleb Reed pitched the final three innings, allowing three hits, to earn his 12th save.
Conference USA pitcher of the year Todd McInnis (8-3) pitched his second straight complete game, allowing seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts, but Southern Mississippi (39-18) hasn't scored a run in 25 straight innings.
Tallahassee Regional
Florida State 6, Bethune-Cookman 5
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Mike McGee hit a tiebreaking single in the bottom of the eighth and Florida State beat Bethune-Cookman.
Parker Brunnelle and Sherman Johnson each drove in two runs for Florida State. Daniel Bennett pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
Ryan Durrence hit two homers, while Peter O'Brien and DJ Leonard also homered for Bethune-Cookman (36-24).
Roman Lancana (1-1) gave up two singles around an out in the eighth before McGee's hit against Jordan Dailey put the Seminoles (43-17) on top. Brian Busch (6-2) pitched 2 1-3 innings of relief for Florida State.
Alabama 5, Central Florida 3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Nathan Kilcrease tied a career high with 10 strikeouts, leading Alabama past Central Florida.
Kilcrease (8-4), a senior right-hander appearing in his fourth NCAA regional, pitched seven innings and walked four — one forcing in a run with the bases loaded in the fourth. The only other run he gave up was a homer by Ronnie Richardson in the seventh.
Austen Smith led the Crimson Tide (34-26) with two RBIs, including a home run in the top of the seventh.
Brian Adkins (6-5) allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings in the loss for Central Florida (38-22).
Nashville Regional
Vanderbilt 10, Belmont 0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sonny Gray scattered three hits over six innings for Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt (48-10), playing in its sixth straight regional, jumped in front with two runs in the first inning and Gray did the rest. The right-hander retired 14 straight before giving up a two-out single to Greg Brody in the fifth. Gray (11-3) allowed one baserunner to reach second and struck out three, and three relievers combined to finish the shutout.
Belmont (36-25), playing in the first regional in program history, had the game get away in the sixth when Matt Hamann (9-2) allowed five hits, committed two fielding errors and threw two wild pitches, which led to six runs.
Troy 9, Oklahoma St. 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — T.J. Rivera drove in three runs and Troy beat Oklahoma State 9-2.
Tyler Ray gave up two runs and eight hits in 7 2-3 innings for Troy (43-17). He held the Cowboys (35-24) scoreless after the third inning and struck out five.
Rivera's two-run, two out double in the top of the eighth followed a three-run triple by Tyler Hannah to help the Trojans win an NCAA tournament game for the first time since 2006.
The Trojans chased Cowboys starter Hunter Herrera in the sixth when Hayden Hillyer singled in the go-ahead run with one out.
Houston Regional
Rice 14, Alcorn St. 2
HOUSTON (AP) — Abe Gonzales allowed two runs in his first career complete game to lead Rice over Alcorn State.
Gonzales (8-2) allowed seven hits and struck out four for the Owls (42-19). Michael Ratterree went 3 for 6 with two RBIs, and Ryan Lewis was 4 for 6 with two RBIs for Rice, which had a season-high 22 hits.
Rice, the No. 8 national seed, will play Baylor on Saturday, while Alcorn State (27-29) faces California in an elimination game.
The Owls scored twice in the second and third and bust the game open with four runs in the fifth off Alcorn State starter Steve Easter (8-6). Anthony Rendon and Lewis each had RBI singles, and Ratterree had a two-run double in the inning.
Baylor 6, California 4
HOUSTON (AP) — Logan Verrett threw 7 1-3 solid innings and Landis Ware drove in two runs for Baylor, which did all of its scoring in the first three innings.
Jake Miller and Logan Vick each scored two runs for Baylor (30-26)
Erik Johnson (6-4) walked six batters in 2 1-3 innings and gave up five runs and three hits for California.
Verrett (7-5) didn't give up a run until the seventh. Chadd Krist, Marcus Semien and Devin Rodriguez hit RBI singles in the eighth. Max Garner got an uneasy save by retiring Tony Renda with two on and two out in the ninth inning. California is 31-21.
Austin Regional
Texas 5, Princeton 3
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Sam Stafford allowed two hits and one run in seven innings as Texas defeated Princeton. It was the first outing of more than five innings for Stafford (6-2) since April 5 against Texas A&M-CC.
Tant Shepherd got the Longhorns (44-15) going in the first inning against Zak Hermans (5-2). Shepherd walked and moved to second on Mark Payton's bunt, and Brandon Loy followed by walking. Shepherd and Loy pulled off a double steal, and Erich Weiss grounded out to third to score Shepherd. Loy followed by scoring on a wild pitch.
Princeton (23-23) scored twice in the eighth to make it 5-3, but Corey Knebel shut down the Tigers to seal the win.
Kent St. 4, Texas St. 2, 11 innings
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kent State took advantage of a throwing error and a passed ball to score twice in the 11th inning and beat Texas State.
Kent State's David Lyon walked to lead off the 11th and reached third on a throwing error by catcher Andrew Stumph. Lyon scored on a go-ahead single by pinch-hitter Jason Bagoly, who then moved to second on a bunt. Nick Hamilton, who replaced Bagoly as a baserunner, scored on a passed ball to give the Golden Flashes (44-15) a two-run lead.
Kyle McMillen (1-2), Kent State's third pitcher of the day, went 2 1-3 innings for the win. Jeff McVaney (1-2), who started the game in left field for the Bobcats (40-22), replaced starter Carson Smith after nine innings.
Fort Worth Regional
TCU 10, Oral Roberts 2
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Freshman Andrew Mitchell (6-1) pitched seven shutout innings and TCU beat Oral Roberts.
Jantzen Witte went 3 for 4 and drove in three runs. Joe Weik added two RBIs for the Horned Frogs (43-17), who will play Dallas Baptist. Pinch-hitter Brett Johnson added a two-run homer for TCU.
Oral Roberts (36-21), making its 14th consecutive NCAA regional appearance, didn't get a runner past first base until a two-run ninth inning.
Golden Eagles starter Alec Gonzalez (8-6) was hit for five runs on seven hits in two innings.
Dallas Baptist 3, Oklahoma 2, 10 innings
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jason Krizan's infield hit in the 10th inning scored Tyler Robbins and gave Dallas Baptist the first NCAA tournament victory in program history.
Krizan, who had a 39-game hitting streak this season, drove in two runs for Dallas Baptist (40-17), including one on his NCAA single-season record 38th double in the first inning. Brandon Williamson (10-3), who also beat the Sooners earlier this season, gave up two runs on seven hits. Chris Haney pitched the 10th to pick up the save.
Garrett Buechele and Tyler Ogle each drove in a run for the Sooners (41-18).
Corvallis Regional
Oregon St. 7, Ark.-Litte Rock 4
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Danny Hayes and Garrett Nash homered and Ryan Barnes was 3 for 5 with two RBIs in Oregon State's comeback victory over Arkansas-Little Rock.
Oregon State (39-17) advanced to play Creighton. Arkansas-Little Rock (24-33) will play Georgia in an elimination game.
In the sixth, Hayes hit a one-out solo home run off the scoreboard in right field. Carter Bell doubled and scored on the second of reliever Garret Graziano's two consecutive wild pitches. Barnes followed with an RBI double down the left-field line to give Oregon State the lead at 5-4.
Nash hit a two-run homer to right in the eighth to make it 7-4.
Oregon State reliever Scott Schultz (4-0) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the victory, and Tony Bryant got the final three outs for his 11th save. Graziano (6-10) was the loser.
Creighton 2, Georgia 1
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Jonas Dufek threw a five-hitter and Scott Thornburg and Anthony Bemboom had consecutive RBI singles in the seventh inning in Creighton's victory over Georgia.
Dufek (12-1) struck out 10 and walked one for Creighton (45-14) in the game that took 1 hour, 46 minutes to complete. He retired the Bulldogs in order in the eighth and ninth innings, with no ball leaving the infield.
Jonathan Hester had an RBI double for Georgia (31-31) in the seventh. Michael Palazzone (10-5) allowed seven hits in eight innings for the Bulldogs.
Los Angeles Regional
San Francisco 3, UCLA 0
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kyle Zimmer struck out 11 in a four-hitter and Nik Balog had four hits and two RBIs in San Francisco victory over UCLA.
Zimmer (6-4) survived a shaky ninth inning, striking out Cody Regis with the bases load to end the game. The sophomore right-hander didn't walk a batter.
Balog had an RBI single for San Francisco (32-23) in the third inning, and made it 2-0 in the fifth with an infield RBI hit. San Francisco added a run in the eighth.
Gerrit Cole (6-8) pitched 7 1-3 for UCLA (33-23), giving up 11 hits and striking out 10. It was the fifth time this season Cole has fanned 10 batters in a game.
UC Irvine 12, Fresno St. 6
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jordan Leyland hit a three-run homer in UC Irvine's five-run first inning and finished with five RBIs and three runs in the Anteaters' victory over Fresno State.
In the fifth inning, Leyland had a two-run single to help the Anteaters (40-16) make it 10-2.
Matt Summers (11-2), who had a no-hitter against Long Beach State in his last outing, limited Fresno State to five hits and three runs over six innings.
Greg Gonzalez (11-1) gave up 10 hits and 12 runs, ending his winning streak at 13 games dating to 2010 for Fresno State (40-15).
Fullerton Regional
Stanford 10, Kansas St. 3
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Mark Appel (6-6) struck out eight and allowed seven hits in a complete game and Stanford routed Kansas State.
Lonnie Kauppila was 3 for 4 with two RBIs for the Cardinal (33-20).
Stanford's Kenny Diekroeger hit a fly ball that landed in right-center for an RBI single in the bottom of the second inning against Kyle Hunter (5-5). Stanford scored two more runs in the third on singles by Brian Ragira and Kauppila.
Kansas State dropped to 36-24.
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How to recover after losing all my stock?
I lost all of my fish except for a single otto cat after adding a glow in the dark rock. Before I add any fish, I need to know how to recover. I don't want any fish to die because I didn't recover the tank correctly. What should I do to make sure everything will be safe for new fish?
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I did.
Can you give us some more details? When did all this happen? Or just a link to another thread if you've already talked about it. I'm so sorry!!!
Sounds like something harmed their gills and smothered them. I would change out 50% of the water 3-4 times in a three week period before putting more fish in.
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Saturday, 23 July 2011
A Quest too far: theological omerta in Westminster
Imagine for a moment you arrive at your friend's house and two of his teenage sons are sitting in the back garden smoking canabis with their friends and praising the virtues of free love and legalised drugs. Horrified, you go back inside and you say to your friend:
'Do you approve of your kids smoking pot in the back garden and praising free love and legalised drugs ?' And he answers:
'I know they're smoking pot in the back garden and praising free love and legalised drugs.'
Bewildered, you march into the kitchen where you find your friend's wife cooking up a storm and laying out bottles of beer and wine on the dining room table. 'Excuse me a minute,' she says, 'I'm just getting a special supper ready for the kids.'
'Your kids are out there smoking pot, praising free love and legalised drugs.'
'Yes,' she says, 'but we do talk to them about it.'
It seems to me that the answer from the Archbishop's private secretary - which is of course the mind of the Archbishop who appeared to have dictated the email - is a calculated albeit flimsy evasion. After all, if the diocese approves, what is the problem in admitting it? The problem arises only if the diocese approves something it should not in fact approve. Does Westminster know it should not approve this conference? The email's allusion to dialogue provides some semblance of distance between the diocese and Quest; after all, the vocabulary of 'dialogue' belongs to the language of external relations. The subtext is that 'we don't approve'.
But, the fact that the conference is happening on diocesan property is already a certain seal of approval de facto. The fact that there will be Sunday Mass at 2.30pm at the end of the conference - I have had this from two sources within Quest - is another indication that the diocese is effectively (not officially) sanctioning rather than merely tolerating this conference.
Let me make clear I am making no conclusions yet about the Archbishop's theology on these points. Some people are raising questions - there is a whole wesbite dedicated to his more suspect public comments - but I believe it is too early to tell. Rather, I return to my argument of this morning. Diocesan involvement in the Quest conference - and the diocese is involved, as sure as a parent who allows his children to smoke pot in the family back garden - is an affront to all Catholics who feel same-sex attraction and who want to live out the full Catholic teaching on human sexuality, cost what it may. The very fact that the Archbishop knew about the conference and did not prevent or stop it, or warn against it, or in any way voice his reservations concerning it, is ... well ... as irresponsible as a man who lets his kids smoke pot in the back garden because, well, "We know what they do and we have talked to them about it." The fact he might have other children going cold turkey up in their bedrooms isn't even mentioned.
Unless ...
... Unless, the argument that Trisagion made this week holds good: that the diocese is obliged under the Sexual Orientations Regulations not to turn down a booking at London Colney from this group. But in that case, what is the harm in admitting this? What is the harm in saying: 'Legally we were obliged and we did not think this was a battle we could win'? It might appear spineless but at least it would not appear to be an act of complicity with a group whose purpose - I repeat once again - is avowedly to deconstruct the Catholic teaching about homosexuality.
But why would the Archbishop not admit to that pressure from the law? For the same reason that he says he knows about Quest's conference but does not say whether he approves of Quest conference. I feel that in posing this question we begin to move into the modus operandi of the current Westminster diocesan administration. We cannot see inside their heads but we can look at what they do. And do they not show all the signs of being afraid of giving hostages to media fortune? Clearly, one should not give needless hostages to fortune, but don't we sometimes have to speak the truth, whatever the inconvenience? Arguably, this apparent policy, a kind of theological omerta if you will, is a sign that the Westminster curia, in particular the office of the Archbishop, does not want the media firestorm that a select but influential clique of the chattering classes could rain down on its head if Westminster provided them with the headline: 'Archbishop opposes gay conference'.
From the perspective of such a modus operandi, the fact that the Archbishop would probably be applauded by many people for a gentle but inexorable defence of Catholic moral teaching appears to be inconceivable. Yet if the pope's example of speaking the truth to power in Britain last year has not convinced the current hierarchy that they CAN raise their heads above the parapets, be villified and then a week later be feted like film stars, then when will they ever learn?
But there is another problem here too, and it is this: the Catholic Church in this country has long had a policy of saying nothing about the trickier areas of human sexuality. The same pragmatic silence which covers the area of homosexuality is deployed on the topic of contraception, IVF, cohabitation, etc. Most Catholics nowadays use contraception and would hardly know why the Church forbids it. Most Catholics have sexual partners long before they are married these days and would not know why the Church does not approve. The problem isn't sin; we will always sin. The problem is NEEDLESS IGNORANCE! As we know, this silence is so utterly poisonous and destructive - is anybody in a mitre listening, for crying out loud? - that it has left several generations of Catholics with few moral or intellectual resources to resist the ambient culture. Is it any wonder such groups as Quest exist? I would say that the desperation with which some Catholics welcome the Theology of the Body is a sign of the great thirst which exists for a plenary and authentic teaching on these issues.
I have received at least two communications in the course of these posts from individuals who have met the same theological omerta in Westminster. My experience has been rather limited in comparison to theirs. I have few other conclusions to offer you, other than to invite you all to pray for Archbishop Nichols, for Westminster, for Quest and its members and for all those suffering with same-sex attraction.
Somewhere, somehow, the Church in this country has to find a voice which is not afraid to be the voice of prophetic witness.
Somehow, it has to find a modus operandi which is not bogged down in the complicity which arises from its own purblind pragmatism and which does not look to flimsy evasion and theological omerta for its defence. Somehow ...
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As someone with a strong personal interest in this matter, I thank you for pursuing it. The silence of the Catholic press has been deafening.
In the next few days I shall write to Rome to make it clear that at least one Catholic who goes to Mass in the Archdiocese of Westminster does NOT appreciate seeing a purported pastor so openly aiding and abetting the enemies of his salvation. I would encourage those of like mind to resolve, as I have done, not to give a penny to diocesan collections until there is either a change of heart or a change of ordinary.
Yes, I will pray for Archbishop Nichols: that God may replace his heart of stone with one of flesh.
- 24 July 2011 at 02:40
I rather suspect that Westminster authorities are more inclined to court public popularity than grace. Tacit approval of an organisation that actively seeks to undermine Catholic Doctrine on human sexuality and family life by providing space for the meeting of such a group, endangers souls: those of the Westminister Cuiria; those involved in Quest, and the ordinary Catholic who suffers scandal at the signt of Quest's meeting and the nororiuous Soho Masses. I would have thought the Archbishop would have done more to stop the scandals occurring in his Diocese at least to ensure a red hat comes his way, if not for the protection of souls. Perhaos what is really going on is that Westminster is still infected with the relativism of the person-centred theory and counselling so favoured by seminaries in the 70's and beyond.
- 24 July 2011 at 15:09
- GOR said...
"It might appear spineless..."
If SOR is the real reason (but somehow, I doubt it) then I would say there's no 'might' about it Ches - it is spineless. When will Church authorities learn that 'going along to get along' with government regulations that impinge upon the Catholic faith is counter-productive to the preaching of the Gospel and, in fact, a betrayal of the faith. We had ample proof of that here in the US when a generation or two of the Catholic hierarchy, in search of acceptance, toadied to the ruling elites (a.k.a the Democratic party of the Kennedys, Kerrys, Pelosis and Obamas) resulting in a watering down of the Faith, scandal to the faithful and the increasingly secularist society we have now become in America.
The expression: "If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas" sums it up. And the Church has been flea-bitten on both sides of the pond.
- 25 July 2011 at 00:15
- EditorCT said...
Sorry, but I stopped reading the article when I reached "too early to tell" ("the Archbishop's theology" on this - whatever that means.)
I don't mean to be "racist" but I think this terror of facing up to the fact that the English bishops, including Archbishop Nichols, are apostates, is a quintessentially English thing. They're nice blokes, seems to be the general consensus, so let's not worry too much about their "theology."
Gimme strength.
- 25 July 2011 at 00:47
- Ches said...
Apology accepted, EditorCT. If your judgment on me is indicative of your normal standards of analysis, you really shouldn't be surprised we disagree. For the record, I neither said VN was nice, nor do I think he is nice, nor have I said his theology is sound. But then you didn't read the article properly by your own confession.
- 25 July 2011 at 07:25
- Genty said...
"Spineless", "going along to get along" . . . .
I think the driver is far worse than that.
Actually, many of the bishops appear, from their surnames, to have Irish antecedents. As do I. The chasm between us is, however, very great.
I have no idea whether they are nice or not as I've never met any of them. But I have ears to hear, eyes to observe and a mind to process the information.
And I am heartily fed up with being told to shut up about gross errors, which have become routine, and to pay up.
- 25 July 2011 at 13:38
- Ches said...
GOR (and genty),
When I say 'might be spineless', that's an English euphemism.
- 25 July 2011 at 17:55
- GOR said...
Darn! I guess I have been away too long Ches, and lost an appreciation for English understatement!
I must revisit Sir Humphrey. His definition of a 'Modernist' was a classic, as was Peter's explanation of the 'eminent suitability' of an episcopal candidate's wife...
- 26 July 2011 at 11:01
- Ches said...
- 26 July 2011 at 11:53
- Ches said...
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- The suffusion of the economy, culture, and society with digital interconnectivity is known as the network society. In this innovative book, Robert Hassan unpacks the dynamics of this new information order and shows how media and politics have been affected. Drawing on ideas from media theory, cultural studies, and the politics of the newly evolving 'networked civil society,' Hassan argues that the network society is shot-through with contradictions and in a state of deep flux. Vital reading for those wishing to understand the network society. It is for undergraduate and postgraduate students of media, politics, and policy, and general reading.
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"There is another philosophy that is better suited for political action, that takes its cue, adapts itself to the drama in hand, and acts its part neatly and well. This is the philosophy for you to use. When a comedy of Plautus is being played, and the households of slaves are cracking trivial jokes together, you propose to come on stage in the garb of a philosopher, and repeat Seneca's speech to Nero from the Octavia. Wouldn't it be better to take a silent role than to say something wholly inappropriate, and thus turn the play into a tragicomedy? You pervert and ruin a play when you add irrelevant speeches, even if they are better than the original. So go through with the drama in hand as best you can, and don't spoil it all simply because you happen to think another one to be better."
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War Programming
If you haven't already recycled it, I'm going to ask you to get out your copy of Sociological Quarterly, vol. 46(4), and check out the Atheide & Grimes article one more time. I understand if you've recycled it—it'd gotten a few years old, and if you're anything like me, you've already reprinted 90% of the material in your own essays anyway.
In the article, "War Programming: The Propaganda Project and the Iraq War," Atheide & Grimes make an exceptional case that a compliant American news media facilitated the rush to war in Iraq. There were, according to the authors, a number of reasons for this.
First, two decades of corporate deregulation and rapid media conglomeration force-evolved news rooms into lean, action-grabbing loss-leaders for their new commercial owners. Newspapers and stations cut expenses drastically, fired lots of reporters, and swayed away from being investigative (and costly) democratic power-checks to being painless narrators of a culture that has softly dissociated itself from distressing information. Editors and reporters were encouraged to follow generalized story themes rather than in-depth analysis. As a result, it was just good business sense to spend the time between September 11th and the Iraq invasion embedding reporters with the military and designing flashy "Blow 'Em The Fuck Up" graphics for the newscast. The war was inevitable, after all, and no one wanted to be left out in the rain once the shit storm started.
Secondly, and concurrently, the media was able to garner support for the war—which it had invested time, interest and money into—by taking the administration's cue in redefining the term "terrorism." Terrorism had for decades referred to a political tactic used on airplanes and in ass-kicking movies. Now, it was shifting towards referring to a "condition" or "global affliction" that an altruistic United States would have to cure.
Finally, the news media marginalized dissent. Raise your hand if you knew at the time that the administration was full of shit when it came to Iraq's WMDs. Well, you were right, and you knew it at the time, so what you did was you and 100,000 friends went to Washington, D.C. and did this big protest thingie. It made it on the news—in the bottom corner, underneath a huge story on how sweet our new missiles were going to be. And it wasn't until well after the war was underway that news organizations came to terms with some kind of obligatory, vacuous admission that they "had been misled" like "everyone else." But look, Britney's fat now, can you fucking believe it?
Though it is a thorough and much-needed critique of the new news media, there is something missing in Atheide & Grimes.
In Thomas More's 16th century book Utopia, a traveler returns from the New World and recounts to the narrator his observations of the cooperative and functioning society he encountered across the sea. Upon hearing of the ingenious methods employed by the Utopians to achieve a, well, utopian society, the narrator urges the traveler to enter the world of politics. After all, it seems the traveler has enough insight to solve even the most absurd and institutionalized maladies of Europe at the time. The traveler declines, knowing that there is no place for idealism in practical politics.
That was in a book. In real life, we really did go to the New World, and it turned out that most of the societies there were somewhat utopian. But that wasn't going to work for us, so we got the fuck rid of them and opened a few European franchises. After a while, this one place, the United States, had really good things for you to buy, and since they shipped slaves over to make the things, ordinary customers didn't have to worry about how much sweat it took to turn dirt into food and clothes.
After a while, the United States developed ways to travel and communicate over vast distances, so they didn't need to have slaves shipped there anymore. They could just slave away from their own homes in Asia and Africa. And so the people in the United States got used to having nice things that were cheap, and they got really good at not knowing—or caring—how much sweat it took to turn dirt into HD TVs.
Here is what the Atheide & Grimes article seems to miss: in condemning the news media for not fulfilling its obligation to inform the public, the authors fail to notice that this obligation has dissolved. The news has no purpose anymore than to don the tired garb of Upton Sinclair and say, straight-faced, "man, Britney one crazy bitch!" The new news is there to assuage, not to inform, and here come Atheide & Grimes, reciting 'Seneca's speech to Nero,' to no one in particular.
Dissent is a pain in the ass; of course it would be marginalized. When 100,000 dissenters met up in Washington on a cold January morning in 2003 to tell the president they knew he was full of shit, you saw it on television for a split second. Changing the channel, you said to yourself, "Outdoors. That's so last century." You didn't need a bunch of smart-asses telling you ugly-feeling things, turning your play into a tragedy.
Because, with enough trivial jokes here and there, it wasn't one to begin with. Right?
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How In the World Do You Teach Rectangular Arrays and Division in 4th Grade?
Well, with large numbers this is something that my fellow colleagues did not feel comfortable teaching. And when that happens…who steps in?? None other than The Mathemagician…ta-da! (which is me of course, but shhh don't tell anyone!!)…I've been off for a few days as I write this, which makes me a little sillier than normal–and probably slightly more interesting! So, on with my lesson! Now just remember when I post these pictures it is not a beautiful, I spent weeks preparing, colorful, lesson. This is a practical lesson anyone could use whether you are savvy with a computer or not. (I may turn this lesson into something more aesthetically pleasing later on.) The part that stumped the teachers was the fact that the standard says "up to 4-digit dividends".
CCSS.Math.Content.4.NBT.B.6 Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
I had to think myself about how to teach this before I spouted off a lesson idea. (I know I am supposed to be the math expert in my building, but, honestly, I have to look up what exactly common core is expecting before I assume I know what a standard is asking students to do.) I looked at North Carolina Unpacked–my go to document for what common core expects…
Do Your Kids Need a Dawning Division Moment?
After sitting in a week's worth of meetings about Common Core instruction and best math practices, I feel as if my way of instructing students is gradually morphing into a new beast, which I am not sure I fully can describe yet. In the midst of all of this, I went back to the fifth graders I have been working with on the day after these meetings. I decided to try out some of the teacher practices I had been learning. Sidenote: This set of fifth graders isn't yet proficient at long division or ladder division for that matter. I posed a long division problem to the students, but instead of giving it to them in "naked numbers" alone, I gave it to them in word problem form as well. In reflecting, I should have started out with the word problem alone and let the students figure out that they were supposed to divide. After watching the students struggle with solving using ladder division or the traditional long division algorithm, I encouraged the students make equal groups to see if that helped them. One student in particular that I worked closely with (whose work is pictured below) managed to find a correct answer using equal grouping, however he could not find his mistake when he used ladder division. Another student…one I might add who typically doesn't have much perseverance to solve problems…related completely to the contextual situation and persevered through to solve the problem to the end. To get to my MAJOR DIVISION REVELATION, let's look at this student work below:
So, you ask, what is the big AH-HA? If you notice that the numbers in the student's circles (equal groups) are the same numbers to the side of the division problem (or the ladder). The numbers to the side of the ladder are actually the chunks that students would naturally break off if they were naturally dividing cookies among people etc.! Now I know according to my PD classes that I shouldn't have just told and shown the student this relationship, but I should have allowed him to figure it out. I was just a little too excited to hold in my own personal discovery I suppose.
Another discovery I had in experimenting with having students discover their own strategies, I learned that students actually do better and persevere more when the problem is in a context familiar to them and it isn't just a naked numbers problem. Having a contextual situation actually gives the students an entry point into the problem, and so they don't give up as quickly. I have always thought backwards. Students MUST UNDERSTAND THE NAKED NUMBERS FIRST and THEN they can SOLVE HARD WORD PROBLEMS. But in reality after my experiment with these fifth graders, they were much better at solving this division problem in their own way when they had a context. I have had a complete paradigm shift, and you were all here to see it above– that is.
Are Your Students Struggling with Traditional Long Division?
Generally it takes students a few weeks initially to learn division– especially long division with multiple digits. Marilyn Burns' book Extending Division has several helpful hints within her lessons. In place of the traditional method for division, she shows how to teach students with the ladder method in which students divide a dividend with multiples of ten rather than break the dividend apart like the traditional method. The ladder method helps students understand numbers more effectively because they are estimating and thinking of the dividend as a whole. See this example to gain a better understanding of the ladder method.
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Jamal Paddie rides four buses a day to get to his classes at Bowie State University in Maryland. In some ways, it is the smallest challenge he has had to overcome on the road to success.
Raised in a tough, predominantly Latino neighborhood in Hyattsville, Maryland, Paddie has been a fighter nearly all his life.
In 1998, his father, Leroy Paddie, was murdered shortly before the family relocated to Mitchellville, Maryland.
By high school, Jamal Paddie was acting out and was expelled during his junior year for fighting.
As a Seventh Day Adventist, Paddie, a natural athlete, said he had no outlet for his talent or to blow off steam because church services were on Saturdays, the day most school sports activities are scheduled.
"I had so much to offer in sports, and [I] wanted to play football," Paddie said.
"Jamal was one of my brighter students, returned to school after that incident and graduated on time in 2005," Bruce Edwards, administrator at Charles Herbert Flowers High School said.
Following graduation, Paddie worked at a Nordstrom factory for two years, saved his money and purchased a 2005 Honda. In 2008, he enrolled at Bowie State University, but soon fell prey to a sense of hopelessness, failing grades and drug use.
His drug use landed him in the Prince George's County Drug Court Program, supervised from 2007- 2011 by the Honorable Judge Hassan El- Amin, the first Muslim judge in Maryland. Paddie successfully completed the program in January 2012.
"Paddie was sincere and focused. He participated while in college. Very few were in his academic category. He took advantage of the program ….," Amin said.
That and surviving a severe blow to the head during a car crash appeared to trigger a spiritual awakening.
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Nick Christensen, spokesman for the Larimer County Sheriff's Department, says strong winds that caused havoc Friday had died down by Saturday morning, and many of the residents who were forced to leave the area were allowed to return home. No injuries have been reported and no structures have been damaged.
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Inside Story with Slim Goodbody
Young children, with guide Slim Goodbody, take a tour of the amazing human body. With his insides illustrated on his outside, Slim sings and dances his way through ingenious working models of body parts and systems. He pauses frequently to show children what's happening under their skin (and in it) and what they can do to keep themselves healthy and ready to enjoy life. Interspersed with Slim's explorations are animation and other special visuals, dramatizations of scientific breakthroughs, and scenes of the vigorous Goodbody Kids practicing basic principles of good health.
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1. Lubba Dubba: The Inside Story of Your Heart and Blood — Slim explores the heart and circulatory system through a reenactment of the circulatory system and footage of a beating human heart.
2. The Breath Of Life: The Inside Story of Respiration — Using giant working models, Slim explains the respiratory system. His concluding song is about good breathing and care of the lungs.
3. Down, Down, Down: The Inside Story of Digestion — Gives a step-by-step explanation of how food is digested. Slim goes on to talk and sing about nutrition and diet.
4. The Team That Hustles: The Inside Story of Your Bones and Muscles — A friendly skeleton joins Slim for a chat about bone structure.
5. The Smart Parts: The Inside Story of Your Brain and Nervous System — Slim illustrates the major brain regions and the paths of impulses throughout the nervous system. He goes on to talk about reflexes and the autonomic nervous system.
6. The Sensational Five: The Inside Story of Your Senses — Models show how the eye, ear, nose, mouth, and skin are "windows on the world." Slim invites viewers to think through some challenging questions with him. What's the value of the senses? What's it like when a person is missing a sense?
7. The Little Giants: The Inside Story of Your Glands — Slim explores the fascinating electrical and chemical partnership between the brain and the glands and the importance of the thyroid and pituitary functions.
8. The Body Symphony: The Inside Story of Your Whole Body — Explains the harmony of the body's complex systems and the basic cellular structure, showing how cells are grouped into tissues, organs, and organisms.
9. Attention to Prevention: The Inside Story — Slim defines a drug as "a powerful chemical that can change the way you think or feel." Some drugs are helpful, but others are dangerous and should be avoided.
10. The Cycle of Life Part I: The Inside Story of Growing Up — Slim explains that while all people pass through the same stages of life as they age, no two people do it in exactly the same way or time.
11. The Cycle of Life Part II: The Inside Story of Growing Up — Slim describes the onset of adolescence and leads into a study of young adulthood, middle age, and old age. Finally, Slim explores the issue of death in a song that portrays this stage as an integral part of the life process.
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May 8, 2013
An American mortar crew fires on the Communist North Korean invaders near Chochiwan, Korea, 11 July 1950.
Pfc. Letcher V. Gardner fires on an emplacement of the Communist-led North Koreans along the Naktong River near Chingu, Korea, Aug. 13, 1950. Gardner is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company D, 8th Cavalry Regiment.
A grief-stricken American infantryman, whose buddy has been killed in action, is comforted by another Soldier. In the background a medic methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni, Korea, Aug. 28, 1950.
Pfc. Robert Smith of Springfield, Colo., left, and Pvt. Carl Fisher of Ponca, Okla., 27th Infantry Regiment, are dug in and firing at Communist-led North Korean positions, Sept. 4, 1950.
Sgt. 1st Class Louis F. Walz, left, a member of the 1st Cavalry Division's Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment, and Pfc. Raymond M. Szukla, a member of the 24th Infantry Division's Company G, 5th Regimental Combat Team, receive medical aid at the 8063rd...
Fighting with the 2nd Infantry Division north of the Chongchon River, Sgt. 1st Class Major Cleveland (left), weapons squad leader, points out Communist-led North Korean position to his machine crew, Nov. 20, 1950.
Men of the 25th Infantry Division's Company K, 35th Regimental Combat Team, fire a light machine gun in support of a rifle platoon attacking Chinese Communist positions north of the Han River, Korea, March 7, 1951.
Second Lt. Ralph Barnes throws a hand grenade at Chinese Communist positions, as UN troops launch an offensive attack against the Communists near Uijong-Bu, Korea, March 23, 1951. Barnes, of Arlington, Va., is a platoon leader in the 3rd Infantry...
Paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Battalion Combat Team drop in near Munsan, Korea, March 23, 1951.
Men of the 3rd U.S. Rangers, 3rd Infantry Division, advance north of the Imjim River across the 38th Parallel in Korea, while under heavy mortar fire from the Chinese Communists, April 11, 1951.
A 105-mm self-propelled howitzer, manned by five Soldiers from Cody, Wyo., speeds another projectile into Communist lines in Korea, July 1, 1951. The men, all artillerymen in Battery B, 300th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, X Corps, are (left to...
Sgt. Douglas D. Tompkins of the 24th Infantry Division's Tank Company, 5th Regimental Combat Team, fires a .50-caliber machine gun at Communist-held positions during an assault against the Chinese Communist forces along the east central front, Korea...
Soldiers of Battery C, 936th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Eighth Army, fire the 100,001st and 100,002nd shell at Chinese Communist position near Choriwon, Korea, Oct. 10, 1951.
Powder, smoke and dust billow as a recoilless rifle team of the 3rd Infantry Division's Company D, 7th infantry Regiment, fire their weapon at a Chinese Communist position on Hill 200, near Qnmong-Myon, Korea, Nov. 9, 1951.
Searchlights of the 86th Engineer Searchlight Company, cut the darkness as they probe for signs of Communist forces in Korea, Feb. 24, 1952.
Soldiers of Company C, 14th Engineer Combat Battalion, 8th U.S. Army, ground the M-1 "VLA" barrage balloon, which is used to mark the Panmunjon Military Armistice Conference perimeter in Korea, March 22, 1952. The balloon is 35 feet long and 14 feet in...
Soldiers of the 81-mm Mortar Platoon, Co. D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Eighth Army, blast Communist positions in the "Punchbowl", Korea, Aug. 12, 1952.
A helicopter of the 6th Transportation Helicopter Company, U.S. Eighth Army, delivers C-rations to the 25th U.S. Infantry Division's 35th Infantry Regiment, near Panmunjom, Korea, May 23, 1953.
The Port of Inchon, Korea, is a hub of activity on Jan. 25, 1953. A landing beach and two finger piers for dispatching small craft are visible. There is open storage area in foreground and a tank farm in background.
Maj. Michael J. Stoke, executive officer, 79th Ordnance Aircraft Maintenance Battalion, U.S. Eighth Army, and Capt. Charles C. Blake, a chaplain known as the "flying chaplain," depart by helicopter to visit 79th Ordnance units in Korea, June 8, 1953.
With air and artillery support, men of Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, advance on "Hill 45" near Ichon, Korea, after three days of bitter fighting for the objective. January 29th, 1951.
Sgt. Ron J. Gladstone of Battle Creek, MI (left); Cpl. John McCullough of Chicago, IL (center); and Pfc. John L. Robinson or Willard, KY, in position as they knocked out a machine gun nest of the Communist-led North Koreans with their 57-mm gun...
Men of the 9th Inf. Regt. man an M-26 tank to await an enemy attempt to cross the Naktong River. September 3, 1950.
American soldier scans the area in front of his Observation Post on the front line somewhere in Korea. July 29th, 1950.
Pfc. Lewis E. Canie, Golconda, IL, (left) 30 caliber machine gunner with Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd US Infantry Division and Pfc. Bernard E. Winch, Blue Island, IL, assistance gunner, keep sharp lookout for signs of the Communist Forces from...
Cpl. Donald C Blackman of Longsport, ID (sitting), and Cpl. Joseph L. Lasleur of Stillman, Valley, IL, keep a sharp lookout for Chinese Communists troops at their post near the front lines in Korea. Both are members of the 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th...
25th Division, Korea, 1950.
Men of the 2nd Platoon, Heavy Mortar Company, 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th US Infantry Division, fire mortar shells at Communist-held positions from their post on Hill #719, Heartbreak Ridge. September 27th, 1952.
Men of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, advance through a Korean village, six miles southeast of Inchon, Korean. September 18th, 1950.
Men of the 77th Engineer Combat Company blast at Communist troops taking cover in caves imbedded along steep banks of the Hantan River. 11 Apr 1951.
U.S. GROUND TROOPS ARRIVE IN KOREA: The first units of U.S. Army ground forces to arrive debark from trains somewhere in South Korea.


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I love the sparseness of this song, the best track off of How To Dress Well's exquisite Total Loss album; a series of beats and snaps come together with Tom Krell's shivering vocal harmonies to create an incredibly sexy, modern new jack swing sound.
11. Fiona Apple, "Hot Knife"
It took me some time to choose just one favorite song from Fiona Apple's extraordinary new album, The Idler Wheel... "Every Single Night" is one of her most memorable singles, and it's hard to overlook the startling rage of "Daredevil." But I kept coming back around the album's closer, "Hot Knife," the song I missed the most when Apple performed at the Paramount last July. The ringing vocal harmonies she performs with her sister, Maude Maggart, are hypnotic, and although the song sounds different than anything else Apple has ever done, the fiery, demanding, imagistic lyrics--"I'm a hot knife if he's a pad of butter/If I get a chance, I'm gonna show him that/He's never gonna need, never need another"--are classic Fiona.
10. Deep Sea Diver, "NWO"
Deep Sea Diver's debut album History Speaks was, by leaps and bounds, my favorite local album of the year. "NWO" was the perfect choice for its first single--it's an unforgettably dramatic song that encapsulates all the precision and elegance that characterizes this band. (PS. Acoustic bonus).
9. Grizzly Bear, "Yet Again"
This might be the catchiest song Grizzly Bear's ever released; being a pop fan, that pleases me. The singalong chorus combines with robust guitar and jittery keyboards, resulting in a beautifully mystic sound. It was one of many highlights at Grizzly Bear's set at the Paramount last October.
8. Frank Ocean, "Thinkin Bout You"
When it comes to me and channel ORANGE, "Pyramids" was infectious, but "Thinkin Bout You" touched me on a deep level that a Top 40 song hasn't in a long time. Ocean's falsetto shimmers like clean water, and the ache that comes from listening to him singing the rapturous words is proof that this song is a work of art.
7. Father John Misty, "Only Son of The Ladiesman"
For its innovation, color, and memorability, Fear Fun was my number one album of the year. Its gapless string of great songs, songs that reverberate with truth and cheek, also makes it difficult to pick just one favorite. I went with "Only Son of The Ladiesman" on the merit of the above, game-changing performance alone.
6. Miguel, "Do You..."
Miguel's honey-sweet breakout single, "Adorn," is a fabulous song. But his album Kaleidoscope Dream contains another track that hooked me even more. "Do You..." is a wooing love song (I love the imagistic lines "What about matinee movies and pointless secrets/Midnight summers, swim private beaches?") that flirtatiously asks questions with obvious answers ("Do you like hugs? Do you like love?"), and Miguel's smooth, subtle swagger is so appealing that a line like "I wanna do you like drugs tonight" comes off as audacious instead of offensive.
5. Jessie Ware, "Wildest Moments"
Jessie Ware's Devotion was the year's most sensual record, and the poignancy of "Wildest Moments" still takes my breath away. Ware's warm, rich voice conveys the song's intimacy--"You and I/Bloodlines/We come together every time"--and the struggling optimism of its chorus--"Baby, in our wildest moments/We could be the greatest/We could be the greatest." By capturing both close love and sorrow, the song tells an honest story of true romance.
4. Solange, "Losing You"
Solange Knowles, an R&B singer whose older sister happens to be the world's greatest R&B singer, is in something of a tough position in terms of living in shadows, making her own name, etc. None of that shows in her brilliant, exuberant single "Losing You." The song fuses a funky beat, handclaps, a weird squawking sound, and Solange's even, calm vocals into something moving, tinged with melancholy, and utterly fresh. My favorite dance track of the year.
3. Pure Bathing Culture, "Lucky One"
Pure Bathing Culture was the best new band I discovered this year and also probably the band I saw live the most times this year. My favorite of their songs is one that is unreleased--they perform it live, it's called "Dream the Dare," and it will hopefully surface on a full-length album--but every song on their self-titled EP is gorgeous. "Ivory Coast," the single, got the most plays on my iPod--its easy rhythm, swooning guitar, glittering vocals, and super-romantic lyrics ("I know that you will love me 'til my eyes do close/You're what I love the most") make for pure magic. Can't wait for that album.
2. Sky Ferreira, "Everything Is Embarrassing"
Sky Ferreira has been due for pop stardom for sometime--she's got a great voice, she's from LA, she grew up around close family friend Michael Jackson, she caught the attention of the Swedish songwriting duo Bloodshy & Avant when she was just 14. Ferreira is now 20, and on her new EP Ghost, she tries on many hats--there's a folksy ballad ("Sad Dream"), a Hole-reminiscent rocker ("Red Lips"). They're good songs, but they're overshadowed by "Everything Is Embarrassing," the incandescent electro-pop track that should mark the start of a noteworthy career for Ferreira. The song's icy beat and wistful verses lead into a heated, tumbling chorus that manages to be simultaneously flippant and heartfelt ("I've been hating everything/Everything that could have been/Could have been my anything/Now everything's embarrassing"), like they're being sung by a person who's been burned and is now holding you at arm's length. "Everything Is Embarrassing" is fluid, alluring, and begs for repeat listens--it's a gold standard of pop songs. (PS. Live!)
1. Dum Dum Girls, "Lord Knows"
All of my breakups have had soundtracks. When I split with my college boyfriend, I walked around for a good while listening to Fiona Apple's "Sleep To Dream" on repeat on my iPod. (I was angry). This year, I went through a breakup, but I wasn't angry. I was just sort of flooded with sadness, the way you might feel at a funeral--I felt like I was mourning the loss of something dead. Dum Dum Girls' End of Daze--which I've lauded on this blog--almost exactly crystallized that sentiment. It's a series of breakup songs, but it's not bitter or mean-spirited. It plays like a lovely, thoughtful funeral elegy. The solemn, echoing atmosphere, the siren-song vocals, and the radiant chorus of "Lord Knows" all coalesced into something that acted as a cleansing agent for me. I adopted the song's opening lines as something of a personal mantra--"I want to live a pure life/I'd say that it's about time." And the song's transformation of sadness into something poetic and wondrously beautiful made me believe in what one line promises: "The day we wake up feeling clear." It was an act of music as transcendence.


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Taking Back the Streets: Women, Youth, and Direct Democracy
Taking Back the Streets: Women, Youth, and Direct Democracy
"With her habitual passion and intellectual courage, Temma Kaplan once again has written a mesmerizing study on the nature of resistance, political engagement, and the transformative power that ordinary human beings in extraordinary times create in order to bring about social justice and accountability. This is a powerful and stunning book that will captivate both the general reader and the scholar and undoubtedly will inspire."--Marjorie Agosin, author of "A Map of Hope"
"Scholar and activist Temma Kaplan is singularly positioned to write this history of women and youth, who risked lives and reputations in pursuit of democracy against state terror. Focusing on often-unheralded public demonstrations, Kaplan shows how public spectacles and street protests against tyranny and atrocity have helped bring down regimes. This account of steadfast resistance and its long reverberating aftermath will fascinate and inspire."--Alix Kates Shulman, author of "Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen