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Hundreds of thousands of people opposing the war took to the streets last week in Washington and many other places. I was in Los Angeles at the time and joined a march there. Destination: the L.A. Federal Building. There we were addressed by Cindy Sheehan and Ron Kovic, inspiring speakers both.
And on top of that, a delightful surprise -- I ran into my old friend singer Jackson Browne. He and I were arrested on those same federal building steps 18 years ago, and spent a memorable day in jail with more than a hundred other church workers and activists, strategizing our next action and campaign to stop U.S. military aid to El Salvador.
To cap off the weekend, on my return home, I found a card from Austria waiting for me, from 94-year-old Franziska Jägerstätter -- wife of martyred Franz. Her card, full of love and blessings, bore a kind of weight. Suddenly our small steps for peace last weekend fell into proper perspective, which is to say they loomed small.
In 1936, Franziska married Franz, a farmer, who overnight became a devout Catholic and served as the sacristan in their village church in St. Radegund. In 1938, the Nazis rumbled into Austria and it seemed everyone but Franz supported the Anschluss. He dared speak openly against Hitler and with only a handful of other Austrians, he refused conscription into the army.
His orders arrived in February 1943, and he held strong despite urgings from his neighbors, priest and bishop. He withstood appeal and casuistry, and arrest followed swiftly. The Nazis imprisoned him in Linz, tried him in Berlin, and on Aug. 9, 1943, took off his head. His story remained unknown but to a handful of people for nearly two decades.
Death, terrible and certain. And early. With what strength did he face it? For starters he had come to the same conclusion as Gandhi, that non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with good. "It is still possible for us, even today, to lift ourselves, with God's help, out of the mire in which we are stuck and win eternal happiness -- if only we make a sincere effort and bring all our strength to the task. It is never too late to save ourselves and perhaps some other soul for Christ."
And he imbibed the spirit of nonviolence. "As a Christian, I prefer to do my fighting with the Word of God and not with arms," he wrote. "We need no rifles or pistols for our battle, but instead spiritual weapons -- and the foremost among these is prayer."
The night Franz died, a chaplain paid him a visit. Said Franz: "I am completely bound in inner union with the Lord." The chaplain later testified: "Franz lived as a saint and died a hero."
I once made a pilgrimage to St. Radegund. It was in 1997, during my tertianship year, on my way to Northern Ireland. I wanted to pray at Franz's grave. I bore an invitation to the Jägerstätter house, but finding the place posed a problem. I was by myself, and didn't speak German. I trudged through the village for hours, magnificent farmland on all sides, but no landmark or signpost pointed the way. Finally I came upon an elderly lady in her yard eating plums off a tree. "Can you tell me where the Jägerstätters live?" She smiled. "I'm Frau Jägerstätter."
She looks like Georgia O'Keefe, has the sparkling eyes of Mother Teresa, a warm, gentle soul with an infectious joy and loving kindness. She carries herself with humility, a hint of shyness. But beneath lies strength, a solid faith, deep peace, towering Gospel conviction. She stands, to my mind, as much a saint as her martyred husband. After Franz died, she took up his job as sacristan and set about to raise their three girls and keep his memory alive.
She offered words of welcome and showed me around. Our first stop, the old family home, where Franz lived and worked, now a national museum. I ambled through the rooms and gazed upon the displays. I examined Franz's letters and his belongings, while Franziska and one of her daughters offered commentary, bringing Franz alive. During the evening Franziska opened her photo albums and we gathered around, and the family conjured precious memories, warm and worn, story upon story.
I was on sacred ground -- and me with no gift to offer in return, but one. I told Franziska that their story had influenced me long ago to become a priest, had goaded me into activism against nuclear weapons and war And I said Franz has become a kind of icon. The Catholic peace movement holds his memory aloft. His witness has passed into timelessness and come to inspire the likes of Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and Daniel Berrigan. Franziska glowed. Most of this was news to her.
Did you ever imagine it? I asked. That one day you would meet the pope? That you would inspire the faith of people around the world? That your home would achieve the dignity of a national museum? That pilgrims like me would flock to visit you? That Franz would be proposed for canonization?
Question after question; the poor woman could scarcely keep up. "Never," she answered. The Nazis had dispatched him with German finality. "I thought no one would ever know about him. I hid his letters under my mattress for decades. Then, in the early 1960s, Gordon Zahn learned of him and wrote his book, In Solitary Witness, and that started the whole thing."
My last morning there we shared a liturgy in the village chapel. We prayed in German and English for our families and friends, for the church and the world. And we prayed for the abolition of nuclear weapons and war. After Eucharist, we stood in silence by Franz's humble grave.
It lies along the outside wall of the small chapel where he attended daily Mass. Above it stands a typical Austrian crucifix bearing the words of Matthew's Gospel: "Whoever wishes to save his life must lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." It was one of the most moving spiritual and liturgical experiences of my life. As I bid farewell, Franziska pressed into my arms a bag of plums and apples from her yard, and some homemade bread.
Some months ago, the Vatican informed Franziska that its commission had approved Franz's beatification. Now we're all awaiting the official Vatican announcement and the date.
To my mind, this is an astonishing turn of events. In his time, church officials had heaped ridicule upon Franz's insistence that Jesus forbids us to kill. Now this turnabout, a kind of judgment against the "devout" German and Austrian Catholics who cheered the war and fought for Hitler. But more than that, the turnabout is a sign. It's a sign that points to the nature of sanctity, a sign of the future of sanctity.
In a world of total war, a world on the brink of destruction, only one kind of sanctity bears fruit -- the one that Jesus embodied and Franz embraced. Daring nonviolence that refuses to kill no matter the pretext. Willingness to die without a trace of retaliation. Divine, universal love for everyone, even the enemy. And public, prophetic, outspoken defiance of patriotic militarism and state violence.
In an insane world, Franz points the way: refuse to fight, refuse to kill, refuse to be complicit in warmaking, refuse to compromise -- and pit your very self against structures of violence with all the nonviolence in your soul.
And therein lies the contrast. I thought of the marchers last week. I wondered how we might ever lay claim to Franz's courage and faith. And a question or two arose: Are we willing to give our lives so literally to the nonviolent Jesus? Are we prepared to enter upon his steadfast resistance to empire? Can we non-cooperate with militarism to such a point as to suffer the disruption of our families, careers and lives? Dare we obey Jesus as radically as blessedly Franz and Franziska? Dare I?
Abolishing war, poverty and nuclear weapons will require the offering of our lives as never before, in complete surrender and divine obedience to God's reign of peace, and civil disobedience to the culture of death. The price is worth the blessing, as the nonviolent lives Franz and Franziska testify. Death may come, but vindication -- and resurrection -- will follow.
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East Carolina welcomes Southern Miss to Greenville, N.C., for a conference match on Family Weekend. The Pirates are coming off a weekend in which they went 0-3 at SMU and fell in straight sets to Tulsa. ECU (1-13, 0-3 C-USA) and Southern Miss (5-9, 1-1 C-USA) will square off for the 20th time in program history, and the Golden Eagles lead the all-time series with a record of 12-7.The last time the two teams met, Southern Miss swept East Carolina at Minges Coliseum.
Junior Shelby Beasley is the Pirates team-leader defensively with 195 digs and her 3.90 digs per set average is good for fifth in Conference USA. Junior Nicole Willis owns a team-best 138 kills (3.73 kills per set), 110 digs (2.97 digs per set), 17 total blocks (0.46 blocks per set), 10 service aces (0.27 aces per set) and 157.0 total points on the year. She is ranked fifth in the conference in kills per set and ninth in service aces per set. Senior Kelly Derby has taken care of the net this season with 65 total blocks to average 1.30 blocks per set, which ranks her second in the conference. At setter, sophomore Zarah Cecich and junior Kasey Kavanaugh have been pacing the squad with 286 and 128 assists, respectively. Kavanaugh is just 20 assists away from breaking into the Pirates Top-10 career list.


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TC TO JOHN STUART MILL ; 7 October 1840; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18401007-TC-JSM-01; CL 12: 278-279
Chelsea, Wednesday [7 October 1840].
Dear Mill,
I perused your Tocqueville1 last night, with great satisfaction. It is a pleasure to see anything so well stated, in such lucid sequence and completeness, the pen so effectually performing what it undertakes to do. Tocqueville, I think, suits you a little better than he did me; tho' I honour him too after his kind. Your objections to him are precisely to the same effect as mine, but luckily they do not run so deep as mine,—almost into the very heart, I fear! The Book will do much good, and your Article much.
And now when will you write of the New Aristocracy we have to look for? That seems to me the question; all Democracy a mere transitionary preparation for that. You hint pertinently at it in concluding; but had no room there to do more.2 I should really like to hear you on the Sequel; you and all wise men.
My friend Sewell of the Quarterly is what the Germans call ein Sonderbarer [strangely singular] Christ; his "thirty-nine glasses"3 lift him above comparison with Men or Formulas. In all History, I think, Puseyism seeks its fellow! The poor old shovel-hat beginning, at this hour of the day, to assert from the housetops, "I either came out of Heaven and am a godlike miracle and mystery, or else an importunate old felt, demanding to be flung to the beggars!" It is the fatallest alternative I ever heard of for the Church of England.
A huge hamper of Cromwell Books arrived yesterday;4 frightful to look upon. I am for coming up one of these nights to see what you have in that sort. One learns almost nothing; yet one has to read,—it keeps one's own mind fixed vehemently on the thing; really that is the chief use of it!
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Lisa Hussung, the music teacher at Richpond Elementary, works to help her students enjoy music while also helping them retain the knowledge.
"One of the biggest challenges for me as an elementary teacher is to make music fun while still teaching them the core content and the fundamentals and to give them a love for music," said Hussung.
She was recently awarded for all of her work as the KMEA Elementary Music Teacher of the Year.
"I was totally shocked, totally shocked [and] very honored, but totally shocked," said Hussung.
The kids at Richpond Elementary aren't the only ones celebrating their music teacher. The band director at Drakes Creek Middle, Sheila Smalling, also received the KMEA Middle School Music Teacher of the Year.
"It's very unusual, this doesn't happen," said Smalling.
The similarities between the two teachers don't end there. Both of the educators teach in the Warren County School District, they attend the same church, and Smalling even teaches band to the 6th graders at Richpond.
"We're very good friends, so we've just had a blast with this whole thing," said Smalling.
Smalling says she always wanted to be a teacher. When she discovered her love of music she combined the two to become a band director.
"I can't think of a thing I would rather do. It's just fun for me every day," said Smalling.
The two say they're honored to receive the awards and to be able to share it with a friend makes it more special.
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Derviş Zaim's Prague
When did you first call Prague your city?
My wife and I lived briefly in Prague at the end of the 1990's. The River Vlata, the island, the century-old trees, the theater building and the city's relatively unspoiled texture deeply affected me.
To what sort of film is Prague most suited?
Prague exudes a certain peace that stems from its climate, its history, and its legendary writers and architecture. But it wouldn't be right to emphasize that peacefulness without adding the quintessential Czech sense of humor into the equation. Any film that sees that reflects the soul of the city. Milos Forman's Cerny Petr wouldn't be a bad choice either.
Prague in summer… What's it like?
Boat tours on the river, the music venues, the open-air cinemas, Charles Bridge… Prague is a vibrant city full of surprises in summer. The city's museums are fabulous. Not only that but you can always discover a tiny gallery in one of the picturesque nearby towns and see a painting by Kokoschka.
What are some of the lesser known about Prague?
I discovered that the cafe opposite the National Theater was once a meeting place of Prague intellectuals. Even Nazım Hikmet was a regular there. You can go to the area around Novy Svet Street near the castle and the house where Kafka is thought to have lived to get a taste of the atmosphere that surrounded the writer. I would also recommend the church whose interior is made of human bones, the movie theaters where you can eat and drink while you watch the film, the classical concert halls and the puppet shows.


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Brian Wettach '13 Victory Highlights Tiger Five At Henley Royal Regatta
Senior Brian Wettach, who ended his Princeton career by leading the Tiger heavyweights to the 2013 grand finals at both the Eastern Sprints and the IRA Championships, was part of the winning Taurus Boat Club 'A' in The Britannia Challenge Cup (M4+) at the Henley Royal Regatta.
He topped another Tiger alumni in the final. Wettach's boat, which won three races just to reach Sunday's final, took on the Union Boat Club, U.S.A. Brad Werntz '10, who earned All-Ivy League honors during his senior season, was a member of that boat, which started the competition with back-to-back victories of three lengths apiece.
Sunday's final was decided by only one length, but it was the Wettach's Taurus Boat Club 'A' which took the title in 6:54.
A fellow 2010 All-Ivy League honoree, former captain Jack Lindeman '10, raced for Cambridge in The Visitors' Challenge Cup (M4-). After a Thursday win, the boat was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
While those two All-Ivy standouts (Wettach was a 2011 honoree) represent Princeton's strong past, another trio that head coach Greg Hughes hopes is part of a promising present and future also made an impressive run at Henley.
Rising sophomores Martin Barakso, George Bradbury and Fred Vystavel made up three quarters of the Elizabethan Boat Club, which competed in The Wyfold Challenge Cup (M4-). The trio helped Vesta win three impressive races, including a win of more than four lengths over Mitsubishi Boat Club, Japan, on Friday. The trio fell one race short of the final, but it was another good experience for part of the strong Class of 2016.
Both Barakso and Vystavel rowed for the second varsity, while Bradbury competed with the freshman eight, during the Sprints and IRA Championships. The 2V earned silver at Sprints and placed fourth at nationals, while the novice eight reached the petite finals at IRAs.
"I'm really excited for all the Princeton guys who competed at Henley," said head coach Greg Hughes, who coached the 2009 men's lightweights to gold in The Temple Challenge Cup. "Brian and Brad gave so much to this program, and it's great that they both reached the Henley finals. Our three rising sophomores will gain so much from racing at Henley, one of the premier events for our sport."


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UCLA THIS WEEK: After a big conference win over No. 2 USC last Saturday, the third-ranked UCLA men's water polo team takes on the nation's best at the annual NorCal Tournament this weekend at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. The Bruins' first opponent will be 17th-ranked Air Force at 10:50 a.m. at the Stadium Pool. UCLA then takes on either Long Beach State or Pacific in the second round at either 4:20 (winners) or 5:30 (losers) Saturday afternoon at the Stadium Pool.
LAST WEEKEND: The Bruins (5-1 overall, 3-0 MPSF) maintained a share of first place in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation standings by defeating the Trojans 7-5 before 350 fans at Sunset Canyon Rec Center. Freshman driver Brett Ormsby (El Cajon/Valhalla) scored four times and broke a 4-4 tie with 3:45 remaining to put UCLA ahead for good.
USC (3-2, 3-2) went ahead in the third minute as senior Daniel Lontay converted a four-meter penalty shot. But the Trojans held the lead for just 19 seconds as Bruin two-meter Alfonso Tucay (Sr., Burbank/Burroughs) scored to knot the game at 1-1. Ormsby scored twice later in the first quarter, and the score remained 3-1 until halftime.
After Lontay and Tucay traded goals early in the third period, USC scored two power-play goals in the last stages of the quarter to square the match again. But UCLA broke away in the fourth thanks to three unanswered goals in extra-man situations, including two from Ormsby and one from Matt Flesher (Jr., Diamond Bar/Brea Olinda). The Trojans followed with a consolation goal from James Shin.
NORCAL TOURNAMENT: The Avery Aquatic Center is the site of this year's NCAA Final Four, which will be held Dec. 1-2.
Air Force has yet to defeat UCLA in 18 tries all-time. The Falcons held a 5-3 record this season entering a doubleheader last Saturday against Navy and George Washington at Annapolis, Maryland (scores unavailable). Junior two-meter Chris Smith leads the Falcons with 11 goals in eight matches.
The Bruins have previously defeated both of their potential second-round opponents in conference matchups this season. UCLA defeated Long Beach State 8-6 on Sept. 21, then handed Pacific a 15-5 setback on Sept. 29. The Beach (2-2, 1-2) defeated the Tigers (1-6, 0-5) 13-6 on Sept. 28 in another league match. Last weekend, Long Beach State defeated Cal Baptist 13-6 and Pacific fell to California 10-6.
The top four seeds in the tournament are Stanford, USC, UCLA, and Pepperdine. Should the seeds hold form, USC and UCLA would meet in the semifinal round at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday at Stadium Pool. The teams met in the tournament final last season and UCLA won the match in the pool, but later forfeited the title after using an ineligible player.
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As the State of California bends over backwards in an attempt to give their elections to Diebold (see
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In a last-minute filing, e-voting equipment maker Diebold asked a North Carolina court to exempt it from tough new election requirements designed to ensure transparency in the state's elections. Diebold obtained an extraordinarily broad order, allowing it to avoid placing its source code in escrow with the state and identifying programmers who contributed to the code.
On behalf of North Carolina voter and election integrity advocate Joyce McCloy, EFF asked the court to force Diebold and every other North Carolina equipment vendor to comply with the law's requirements. A hearing on EFF's motion is set for Monday, November 28.
"The new law was passed for a reason: to ensure that the voters of North Carolina have confidence in the integrity and accuracy of their elections," said EFF Staff Attorney Matt Zimmerman. "In stark contrast to every other equipment vendor that placed a bid with the state, Diebold went to court complaining that it simply couldn't comply with the law. Diebold should spend its efforts developing a system that voters can trust, not asking a court to let it bypass legal requirements aimed at ensuring voting integrity."
On November 4, the day that voting equipment bids to the state were due, Diebold obtained a temporary restraining order from a North Carolina superior court, exempting it from criminal and civil liability that could have resulted from its bid. EFF, with the assistance from the North Carolina law firm of Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A., intervened in the case on behalf of McCloy, the founder of the North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting.
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Google Wants Californians To Have the Freedom To Love
Posted By April Isabel Angeles On Sep 28, 2008 @ 11:05 pm In Sandbox | Comments Disabled
Gay or Straight, Say No to 8! You like it? We just came up with that right now. Proposition 8 [1] is titled "Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Act." Wow. It's like the writer of this act didn't believe in the cause him/herself. To soften the blow, the proposition is sometimes known affectionately as "The Californian Marriage Protection Act [2]." Is there something we missed? Whose marriage does this act protect?
Google just blogged [3] about their stance against Prop. 8. Google argues:
" … we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love."
Touching. It almost doesn't seem right for a company to take a stance on such a personal issue, but apparently this particular proposition hit a little too close to home. Just how close? We're dying to know. In the meantime, we think Google should decorate their logo on their start page with rainbows and queer wedding cake toppers.
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Our position on California's No on 8 campaign [Google blog [3]]
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[1] Proposition 8: http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/title-sum/prop8-title-sum.htm
[2] The Californian Marriage Protection Act: http://www.protectmarriage.com/
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Mario Lanza Movies and Career Information
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Mario Lanza (January 31, 1921 - October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and Hollywood movie star of the late 1940s and the 1950s. The son of Italian immigrants, he began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 15. Orchestral conductor Arturo Toscanini would allegedly later call him "the greatest voice of the twentieth century." Others referred to him extravagantly as the "new Caruso", after his "instant success" in Hollywood films, while MGM hoped that he would become the movie studio's "singing Clark Gable" due to his good looks and powerful voice. After appearing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947, Lanza signed a seven-year contract with MGM's head, Louis B. Mayer, who saw his performance and was impressed by his singing. Prior to this, Lanza had made only two appearances on an operatic stage, when in 1948 he sang the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly in New Orleans. His movie debut was in That Midnight Kiss, which produced an unlikely hit song in the form of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic aria "Celeste Aida." The following year, in The Toast of New Orleans, his featured popular song "Be My Love" became his first million-selling hit. In 1951, he starred in the role
- Mario Lanza Movies before 2015
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- Student Prince 1954
- Great Caruso (1951) 1951
- That Midnight Kiss (1949) 1949
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School of NursingAzure College Nursing programs prepare nurses to be successful, ethical, and visionary leaders in a multicultural and highly technological world. Our School of Nursing 1-1-1 plan provides exceptional opportunities for students to enter the nursing profession, as well as continue their nursing education as soon as possible.
1-1-1 PlanAzure College School of Nursing 1-1-1 Plan is perfect for those just getting started in the nursing field, or LPNs and RNs who are ready to take their career to the next level. The goal is simple; help our students obtain 3 nursing diplomas, 3 nursing licenses in 3 years.
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Students start the Practical Nursing program, 3 months into the programs students are allowed to challenge the State of Florida Nursing Assistant program. With a C.N.A license our students can start working in the nursing field while completing the Practical Nursing program. Our PN program combines academic and clinical training which prepares students for the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN). Upon successful completion of the Practical Nursing program students may choose to enter the workforce as an LPN, or take their career to the next level by entering the Associate Degree in nursing program to earn their RN license.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of licensed practical nurses is expected to grow 21 percent between 2008 and 2018, that's much faster than the average for all occupations.* If you want a heath care career where you can help physicians and care for patients, then a career as a practical nurse is a great place to start.
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by Louis Sachar
Holes Chapter 39 Summary
- Stanley wakes up the next morning and finds that he and Zero are lying in a flower-filled meadow at the base of the Big Thumb. Whoa.
- Zero is still very sick.
- Stanley walks to the Big Thumb formation and touches it. He thinks about going back down the mountain to get the shovel and the jars, but he doesn't think he can make it.
- Zero, lying on his side in pain, says he has to tell Stanley something. Weakly, he makes his confession: "I took your shoes." (39.20).
- At first, Stanley doesn't understand, but then Zero explains that he was the one who stole Clyde Livingston's shoes from the shelter.
- This doesn't make any sense, and Stanley just figures that Zero is delirious.
- As Zero drifts off to sleep, sensitive Stanley sings him the lullaby his father used to sing to him when he was young.
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You may not know who Gene Jones is, but odds are you have seen him from at least one movie he has appeared in. Many know him best for his role as the gas station owner who is subjected to one of Anton Chigurh's terrifying coin tosses in "No Country For Old Men," and he has also appeared as Wild West Barker in "Oz the Great and Powerful" and co-starred in "The Odd Life of Timothy Green." But after watching him in Ti West's "The Sacrament," it will be impossible to forget who Gene is as he gives us a character that seems sweet on the surface but who is really a vicious devil in disguise.
"The Sacrament" follows a couple of reporters as they tag along with a man as he travels out to a commune located out in the middle of nowhere to find his long lost sister. Upon arriving there, they discover that the commune is a technology-free zone called Eden Parish, and they meet Father (played by Gene) who is the leader of it and treats his loyal followers with tremendous warmth and care. But when these three outsiders arrive, he quickly sees them as a threat to the commune and all those living in it, and he eventually convinces his followers to take a sinister course of action that leads to an unspeakable tragedy.
The press day for "The Sacrament" was held at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California, and many who worked on the movie be it in front of or behind the camera participated in an informative press conference. Among those there was West who told us that he wanted to audition Gene after seeing him play a pharmacist on "Louie."
"There's a scene where there is a woman waiting in line and asking all these inane questions to the pharmacist who's not paying attention, and Louie's waiting behind her and he's getting bored," West said. "And then Gene eventually turns to her and is like, 'Have you had a bowel movement today and was it soft?' And then she gets uncomfortable and then that's the scene, and I was like, 'That's the guy.' So what we did was that we tracked him down and then I asked him to do a quick audition. Most of the reason I asked him to do the audition wasn't so much to see if it would be any good; I just wanted to see if he would not be into the material. So I knew that if he did the second audition that he wasn't going to be uncomfortable with the subject matter like that because you never know if you don't know people. Gene likes to say that the first audition wasn't very good and that's why I asked him to do a second one which is not true. But there was enough from those, just seeing him do it, to know what I had thought was going to happen was going to happen."
The plot of "The Sacrament" was largely inspired by the events of the Jonestown Massacre of 1978 when Jim Jones mad the followers of the Peoples Temple commit suicide. When Gene (no relation to Jim) first appears onscreen as Father, you can't help but be reminded of Jim especially with those sunglasses he's wearing. But in describing his preparation to play Father, Gene shot down our assumptions of what he did to prepare for this role.
"It's less than one day in Father's life, and not a typical day. So I didn't do any Jim Jones research about what he read and how he interacted with people on a daily basis," Gene said. "What I tried to do was be a guy who was so nice, you would leave your family and you would leave your country and go with this guy."
Gene then went out of his way to talk about how West helped him with his interpretation of Father in "The Sacrament:"
"I never met Ti until I stepped onto the set," Gene said. "I did audition for it, but it was a video audition. Actually it was two auditions and Ti commented on those, and those comments gave me the freedom to go where I wanted to go which was in the direction of being so damn trustworthy and so avuncular and nice. A phrase that popped into my head a few weeks ago when I was doing one of these (press conferences) was I wanted to show you somebody who was evil but not mean. Somebody who believed absolutely poisonous things but was the nicest fellow you ever met."
West then went on to say that he first met Gene in the flesh when he arrived at the movie's set which was located in Savannah, Georgia. Gene's first big scene was when he does the interview with the two reporters, and that involved a lot of work and memorization on his part. West was more than prepared for things to go wrong as he described this scene as a "massive undertaking," but we all felt his astonishment in how things actually turned out.
"It's the kind of production day that you dread because it's a night shoot, there's 200 extras, it's 12 pages which is like six times more than anyone wants to shoot in a day and there's just so many moving parts, and it was cued up to be a disaster," West said. "I remember on the very first take I hadn't told the extras what to do yet, and you've got to keep in mind that the extras are just there for one night to be in a movie. They don't know what the movie is about and they haven't read the script. They are just like, 'Yeah we're in a movie!' They're all seated and you figure that some of them aren't going to be good and will have to move them around, but before we do any of that let's just wing it. Let's just try one where Gene comes in and we'll tell them to cheer. He can come in and then start talking to A.J. (Bowen), and its 12 pages so if the lines get screwed up we'll stop and then we'll do it in chunks, and this is how we are going to get through this night."
"Well on the very first take, Gene came in everybody went crazy. He sat down, did a 17 minute unbroken take without dropping a line, got up, everybody cheered and he walked out, and all of the reactions from the extras were their genuine reactions," West continued. "They weren't me feeding them things to do because I just wanted to assess the situation, but the assessment of the situation was we don't need to do anything because Gene nailed that so effortlessly, and then all the extras chimed in perfectly. Gene had figured out how he was going to do it, and all I had to do was just capture it."
Gene's comment on how the extras fueled his performance was great because he made it sound like he was doing a play more than making a movie.
"I loved, loved the congregation, and there's little variations each time you shoot," Gene said. "They were tuned to that and I didn't have to say, 'Give me an amen somebody.' They would give me an amen. They would just give it to me and they would nod, and it was just alive. It was like talking to a group of friends. They all chimed in and they were great."
In a business that is so ridiculously youth oriented, it is nice to see an actor like Gene Jones defy the odds. If this were a studio movie, executives would have probably forced Ti West to cast a young adult who was more demographically desirable. But in the end there are certain parts that only actors of a certain age can pull off, and this is one of them. Gene succeeds in giving us a villain for the ages as Father draws people in with ease and then destroys their lives for the most selfish of reasons.
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Today's "freebie" contest entry achievement is "Supporter" for the game Rise of Immortals, which I believe is a DOTA-style game.
I've never played one of these games before - I'd hate to impose my noobishness on some online match, is there any way to do this in single player?
If I must play online, what's the easiest way to ensure assists while still benefiting my team? Is there a map or game mode I should focus on?


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Based in Triangle Park, NC, the Council serves as an environmental resource for the forest products industry in its broadest definition, addressing a myriad of issues of importance to this industry. (http://www.ncasi.org/; accessed 10/11/01)
The Councils 1999 annual report states it has received a total of more than $900,000 from 78 forest product companies. (NCASI Annual Report; http://www.ncasi.org/publications/ncasi_ 99.pdf; accessed 6/27/01)


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I have more time to do really important things, like binge watch The Walking Dead.
I don't know why I waited so long to watch this show. It's awesome.
I started last week and I'm mid-way through season 2 and I'm already having dreams about walkers so obviously this is a wise life choice.
I can wear any shoes I want to the gym. I used to pick shoes based on how well they supported my running mileage, even if they weren't cute. I just realized the other day that it doesn't matter what I wear because I'm not doing any impact stuff, so I can buy my next pair just because I like the color.
|I can get cheap cute Target sneakers!
On the same theme as the shoes, I can wear any top I want to the gym. Super cute sports bra top that would probably chafe after 3 miles and isn't supportive enough? Who gives a shit? I'm just on the Stair Master anyway so I can wear the cute tops with the cut away backs.
I'm home more often. I get to spend more time with my husband and kids which is always a plus. It's almost relaxing to not have to plan out how to get a certain amount of mileage done on the weekend, or get up early to get it done and be tired all day.
A few unexpected observations:
I throw away a lot more leftovers. I never realized how big of an appetite running gave me until I stopped. The kids won't eat leftovers (little snobs) and neither will my husband (big snob) so usually I'm the one who takes care of it. Well, I can't keep up anymore and even though I've convinced the baby that leftovers are OK, I'm still throwing away a lot more food than before. I guess I need to learn to cook smaller quantities?
I don't think my dog ever actually liked running. She's 6 now so that could be a factor, but once I stopped running, she really didn't care. This is a dog that would come with me for 20 miles and never falter, but I think she just would follow me to the end of the earth because she's a good dog. Now she and the cat just nap while I watch TV during the kid's nap time and she's just as happy and tired as before.
I've become way more girly. I used to never take the time to do my hair because I spent all my free time getting miles in and then I was tired from running. Now that I can only workout a reasonable amount every day, I'm putting more time into doing my hair and shit and I even have face cream now.
I'm almost three months post surgery and I go back for another post-op appointment on the 20th. I'm still having nerve pain but there isn't anything they can do for that, so my main hope is to get clearance to bend more so I can try spin and yoga. Mood wise, I'm doing OK. I'm still taking things day by day and honestly adopting Catniss was a big morale boost. Recovery is so long that it's nice to have a pet that just wants to cuddle and I can exercise her from the couch with a laser pointer. Cats are the lazy (or injured) person's ideal pet.
|See? They hate when people exercise
If you had to give up your favorite hobby, what do you think would be the best "silver lining" of it? Before kids, I'd say sleeping in on the weekends, but we all know that's not something that happens with toddlers in the house.


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d/Deaf and d/Dumb chronicles the author's dumb, 'deaf kid' origins in Bayport, New York to his current life as a «young superhero» writer. Portraying the conflicting cultural worlds of hearing and Deaf, it describes his life in an in-between underworld and his identity as it alternates between being oppressed and empowered. These feelings are inescapably and forever the reality of those who live on the margins of our larger society.
About the author(s)/editor(s)
Joseph Michael Valente is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Pennsylvania State University.
«In both style and substance, form and content, Joseph Michael Valente paints and blends for us a between space. He begins in a scene of urgent action, setting us down in the life of a young boy on the run – literally and figuratively – and for the rest of the story we will return, again and again, to this sense of perpetual animation [...] as if we are onboard the Star Trek Voyager and have just been whipped into warp speed. Valente means for us, I think, to be in this vertigo. It is deaf space.» (Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Professor and Vice-Chair, Rhetoric Composition and Literacy (RCC) Program, The Ohio State University)
«Compelling, smart and deeply moving-Joseph Michael Valente takes us on a personal and professional journey into the Deaf world. Using contemporary social theory, he shows us how to make sense of the contradictory messages sent by the legions of helping professionals who want to repair supposedly damaged bodies and minds. Powerful story telling combined with an insightful reading of challenging texts!» (Jonathan Silin, Author of 'My Father's Keeper: The Story of a Gay Son and His Aging Parents')
«Joeseph Michael Valente's story is powerfully written, combining the best of autoethnographic narrative research methods with compelling and dramatic content. Valente's text has the power to make teachers and parents aware of the critical role they play in shaping children's social and personal identities and in determining how differences are made to matter. More importantly, it empowers teachers and parents to question the tyranny of taken-for-granted, standardized, 'common sense' approaches to educating children whose gifts are not visible through a deficit lens.» (Kathleen M. Collins, Author of 'Ability Profiling and School Failure: One Child's Struggle to be Seen as Competent')
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Helen J. Carroll joined National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) in August 2001 to lead NCLR's Sports Project. The mission of the NCLR Sports Project is to create and ensure a sports culture where individuals may participate, free from sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. Carroll is known in the sports world as an acclaimed national championship basketball coach from the University of North Carolina-Asheville. She was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Athletic Director for 12 years and now works closely with major national sports organizations including the San Francisco 49ers, the Women's Sports Foundation and the NCAA.
Carroll is a dynamic speaker and has appeared on panels with the NCAA, Nike, the U.S. Tennis Association, The New York Times and many others. Her work appears in Dee Mosbacher's award-winning film, Training Rules, Dr. Pat Griffin's book, Strong Women, Deep Closets and the Outsports Revolution by Jim Buzinski and Cyd Ziegler, Jr. Carroll was recently named to the list of Most Powerful Lesbians in Curve Magazine.


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Granted, writing clever copy for something as commonplace (though beautiful, man) as a celebrity's pregnancy is not that easy. But there's no excuse for:
3. "Songstress Jewel is expecting a little singer or rodeo star!"
2. "Jewel already has a slew of tunes ready for the baby! She released an an album of kid's songs called Lullaby in 2009 and is now working on a second record for little ones."
1. "Pretty soon (like, say, nine months or so), Jewel will have a piece of her and her hubby, Ty Murray."
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ESPN is reporting (Jan. 5) that several upperclassmen on the LSU football team could be headed to the NFL. While this isn't a surprise to most, it is the first trinkle of news making headlines that Jarvis Landry Odell Beckham, are seriously considering leaving LSU early for the NFL draft.
According to ESPN Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry, both juniors on the LSU football team will forgo their senior year and opt for the 2014 NFL draft.
Beckham won the Paul Hornung Award this year, with a stellar year in averaging 178.1 yards per game. Beckham's parents were both athletes for the Tigers with his mom sprinting for a National Championship, while his dad was a running back on the LSU football team.
According to local news, Jarvis Landry hasn't officially made up his mind yet. In fact, Landry may be planning on staying at LSU for his senior year.
Jeremy Hill, a sophomore, has also been reported as possibly leaving early since Leonard Fournette from St. Augustine, Fl. has committed to LSU at the running back position.
Other Tigers that have already said they are entering the draft are Anthony Johnson, otherwise known as "the freak" and Ego Ferguson.
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AUSTIN, Texas - Kori Carter anchored Stanford's 4x400-meter relay to the third-fastest time in school history and a berth in the NCAA track and field championships.
Stanford had six new individual qualifiers on Saturday on the third and final day of the NCAA West Prelims and will bring 12 athletes - nine women, three men -- to Eugene for nationals June 5-8.
Pac-12 champion Brianna Bain served up the singular highlight for Stanford with the day's top throw in the women's javelin. Bain, a sophomore and 2012 NCAA runner-up, had a top throw of 175-10 to lead the competition.
The top 12 in each event at the nation's two prelims - in Austin and Greensboro, N.C. - determine the NCAA field. All-America status is conferred if the athlete gets a legal mark or finishes a race at nationals.
Stanford's strong day concluded in an appropriate manner when Carter blazed to a 50.9 anchor split to lead the Cardinal team that began with Carissa Levingston (54.3), Justine Fedronic (54.0), and Amy Weissenbach (53.2). By finishing third in its heat (the top three automatically advanced), Stanford advanced eighth overall with a time of 3:32.65.It's the fastest by a Stanford women's 4x400 since 2005.
Carter will be Stanford's busiest athlete at the NCAA's, competing in three events. After her No. 1 time in the 400 hurdles on Friday, she secured two spots in two more events Saturday with the relay and the seventh-best time in the 100 hurdles, at 13.16, while finishing third in her heat.
The feel-good story for Stanford was the qualification of shot putter Alyssa Wisdom, who arrived at Stanford as a sprinter, but was forced to drop running after her freshman year because of a heart condition and other health concerns. She switched to shot and qualified for her first NCAA outdoor nationals by securing the 12th and final qualifying spot with a put of 53-1.
If the senior Wisdom's best throw was 1½ inches shorter, she would not have advanced. However, if she can register a legal throw - which she was unable to do at the NCAA indoor championships - in Eugene, she will earn her first All-America honor.
Erik Olson also grabbed a final qualifying spot, finishing 12th overall and seventh in his heat of the 5,000. Olson ran 13:53.68 to earn his first berth to the NCAA track Championships.
In the women's 5,000, Aisling Cuffe and Jessica Tonn both qualified. Cuffe ran a personal-record 16:15.21 to place third in the first of two heats and sixth overall, and Jessica Tonn earned her first trip to nationals by finishing just behind Cuffe, in 16:21.21.
In his heat of the men's 1,500, Tyler Stutzman got off to an early lead, got boxed in at the rail, and patiently waited for daylight to run 3:49.80 to finish fourth in his heat and eighth overall. However, Michael Atchoo, a 2013 first-team indoor All-America and the school indoor record holder in the mile, was unable to respond to a surge in his 1,500 heat and finished 12th in his heat (3:50.38) and failed to advance.
Two seniors competed collegiately for the final time: Jordan Merback (40-6) was 31st in the women's triple jump and Emilie Amaro (16:48.84) was 11th in her 5,000 section and 26th overall and was unable to advance.
Stanford competitors Saturday:
NCAA West Prelims
Top 12 advance to NCAA Championships, June 5-8, Eugene, Ore.
1,500 - 8, Tyler Stutzman 3:49.80 (4, H1), Q; 19, Michael Atchoo 3:50.38 (12, H2), DNQ.
5,000 - 12,>Erik Olson 13:53.68 (7, H2), Q.
Pole vault - 37, Dalton Duvio 16-6 ¾ (5.05), DNQ.
Hammer - 31, Lucas Rowley 188-10 (57.55), DNQ.
Javelin - 27, Aaron Konigsberg 204-11 (62.45), DNQ.
200 - 14, Carissa Levingston 23.71 (5, H1), DNQ.
5,000 - 6, Aisling Cuffe 16:15.53 (3, H1), Q; 8, Jessica Tonn 16:21.21 (4, H1), Q; 26, Emilie Amaro 16:48.84 (11, H1), DNQ.
100 hurdles - 7, Kori Carter 13.16 (3, H3), Q.
4x400 relay - 8, Stanford Carissa Levingston, Justine Fedronic, Amy Weissenbach, Kori Carter) 3:32.65 (3, H1), Q.
Triple jump - 31, Jordan Merback 40-6 (12.34), DNQ.
Shot put - 12, Alyssa Wisdom 53-1 (16.19), Q.
Javelin - 1, Brianna Bain 175-10 (53.60), Q.
Stanford Qualifiers for the NCAA Championships:
|Erik Olson
|Steven Solomon
|Tyler Stutzman
|Brianna Bain
|Kori Carter
|100H, 400H, 4x400
|Aisling Cuffe
|Karynn Dunn
|Long jump
|Justine Fedronic
|800, 4x400
|Carissa Levingston
|Jessica Tonn
|Amy Weissenbach
|800, 4x400
|Alyssa Wisdom
|Shot put


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UCLA now leads the all-time series with Rice, 3-0.
Rice has now lost seven consecutive road games. The Owls' last road game was a 49-14 victory at Louisiana Tech in the final game of the 2003 season.
The Owls are now 1-12-1 all-time in games played in California. The only win came in 1957, a 30-7 win at Stanford.
UCLA quarterback Drew Olson completed 18 passes tonight to increase his career pass completion total to 450, moving him into second place on UCLA's career list behind only Cade McNown (694).
With 302 yards of total offense tonight, Olson moved into fourth place on UCLA's all-time list with 5,620 career yards of total offense, passing Gary Beban and Tommy Maddox.
Justin Medlock's nine PATs increased his career scoring total to 178 points, moving him into 11th place on UCLA's all-time scoring list. The nine PATs made and attempted in the game tie the school record held by Zenon Andrusyshyn (vs. Pittsburgh, 1968) and Efren Herrera (vs. Utah, 1973)
UCLA scored 49 points in the first half, marking the first time the Bruins have scored 40+ points in the first half since scoring 40 vs. BYU in 1993
After scoring 44 points at San Diego State and 63 against Rice, UCLA has scored 40+ points in back-to-back games for the first time under head coach Karl Dorrell. The last time it occurred was in 2002 with a 43-7 win at San Diego State and a 43-35 win at Oregon State.
UCLA's 49 first-half points are the most points scored in a game by the Bruins in the Dorrell era. The previous high was 46 points in the 46-16 victory over Washington on Oct. 4, 2003.
UCLA's 63 points scored are the most scored by UCLA since it defeated Houston, 66-10, on Oct. 4, 1997.
Junior Taylor's first catch of the season resulted in a first-quarter 39-yard touchdown, the fifth of his career. The touchdown catch occurred on UCLA's third offensive play in the game. In the season opener against San Diego State, Maurice Drew ran for a touchdown on the Bruins' first offensive play.
Maurice Drew's first-quarter rushing touchdown was the 16th rushing TD of his career and third this season. He followed that up with a 66-yard punt return for a touchdown in the second quarter, which was his second of the season, tying the school record held by Darryl Henley (1988) for punt returns in a season. It was also the third punt return for a touchdown in his career, which also ties the school record held by Henley and Sam Brown.
This was only the second time a UCLA player has returned a punt for a touchdown in consecutive games. Darryl Henley was the only other player to do so, against San Diego State and Nebraska in 1988.
Drew has scored 24 career touchdowns - 16 rushing, three receiving, two on kickoff returns and three on punt returns. The total ranks 10th on UCLA's all-time touchdown list (8th- Kermit Johnson and Bob Davenport with 25, 7th - Eric Ball with 26; 6th - Theotis Brown with 27).
Drew rushed for 95 yards, increasing his career total to 1,798 to rank 18th on UCLA's all-time list.
Drew Olson threw for 172 yards in the first quarter alone, surpassing his final game total in the opener against San Diego State by 20 yards. He finished the game with 296 yards passing, the third-highest total of his career.
Olson's three first-half touchdown passes moved him into fourth on UCLA's all-time list with 36.
Michael Pitre's six-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was the first rushing touchdown of his career on his fourth career carry.
Brandon Breazell recorded his first career touchdown in the second quarter, an 11-yard reception.
Kahlil Bell's fourth quarter touchdown run of 22 yards was his first career touchdown and his longest career run.
Nine different players caught a pass tonight - Junior Taylor, Brandon Breazell, Joe Cowan, Marcedes Lewis, Maurice Drew, Andrew Baumgartner, J.J. Hair, Ryan Moya and Logan Paulsen.
UCLA scored touchdowns on its first six possessions, all in the first half. The Bruins did not punt until a little over one minute remained in the third quarter.
UCLA raised $39,297.85 in donations for the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief. UCLA student-athletes, athletic department staff and families, as well as University faculty and staff, volunteered to assist in collecting donations at the Rose Bowl.


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Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)
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I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features.
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