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I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let… lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.
Street Food + Street Cinema = Street Food Cinema
That is, a movie played outdoor with a street lined with food trucks.
See if you can guess the movie (in case you've seen it).
I'm taking a breather on composing special posts. I want to post this in case people near the area are interesting in coming to this event.
We got to destination, The Exposition Park, very early. And so, I had plenty of time to explore the area. California Science Center and Los Angeles Memorial Museum happen to be in the same vicinity as The Exposition Park.
You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your f***ing khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
The walls of California Science Center looks cool.
The liberator who destroyed my property has realigned my perceptions.
When we came back, people already laid down their blankets listening to a live band while waiting for the movie to start.
We arrived and headed straight to the food trucks.
You wanna make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs.
There's a food bus too.🙂
I got me Indian food from the India Jones truck while my friend ordered from Baby's Bada$$ Burger.
Baby Bad@ss Burgers have Hot Mama, She's Smokin', Cover Girl, The Other Woman, etc. on their menu.🙂
We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra.
It's getting dark, a hint that the movie's about to start.
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.
Before the movie started I noticed a lot of people are on their cellphone to kill time …
The things you own ends up owning you.
Are you getting what the movie is?
If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned.
The movie is from the great mind of David Fincher. It stars Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter as Marla Singer.
The quotes are words of Tyler Durden.
The movie is …. Fight Club.
Normally, people hate distractions while watching the movie screen. With an outdoor movie theater, I loved it when I hear cars, airplanes, people shouting, and helicopters during the movie.🙂
Delicious food, brilliant brilliant brilliant movie, cool theater setting … awesome event!
This next movie quote is one of my all-time favorite movie lines:
It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
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For future Food Street Cinema screenings … www.streetfoodcinema.com The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Bridesmaid, The Garden State, etc. are in the line-up.
There are also more other outdoor movie screenings happening all over California (maybe your own state) all summer long.
Memory Monday: Sushi, or Giving Chances
*All images are taken with Samsung S3 except for Last Call.
Other than recalling eating different kinds of sushi in Okinawa, Japan, I also want to talk about giving things another shot.
At first taste, I didn't like wine. When I got to Italy, I tried some of their great tasting wine and now I love it. Same thing with dates, beets, Jagermeister😉, brocolli😀, and really a lot of things of those I tried eating for the first time. It's not that I got weirded out eating sushi, the taste just didn't appeal me at first. There's a restaurant called Sakura in Mississippi that completely changed my perception of sushi. They have a bento box that includes small pieces of sushi. After that, I have gotten quite an acquired taste for sushi.
I love sushi. Though to me, it gets expensive for food that doesn't really fill me up after eating. In Japan however, they have cheaper price for sushi. Not only I got some spare change, I also got the authenticity so I was chowing away with sushi and ramen when I was in Okinawa.
I brought this up before on my Food and Travel (Part II) post. When I first ordered sushi in Okinawa, I was expecting to get the usual traditional sushi roll. Instead, they served me this …
… A slab of raw fish on top of the rice part. It was a challenge for me to eat the whole set because it is hard for me to eat raw fish. Even given that I loathe wasting food, I still shamefully didn't finish that plate.
Although… I enjoyed it after few more tries.😀 What converted me from nigiri-sushi virgin to a nigiri-sushi lover is this sushi go-round place …
I gooooooogled it in the internet a lot of times but I really can't figure out the name of the place. It is leading me to believe that this place really is amply and simply called "Sushi Go-round".😀 This is in American Village.
Such neat idea. They make the sushi, put it on the carousel, and customers get to see to pick what they want from their selections of sushi. Plus, it also gives you variety instead of just one type of sushi in one plate like the ones in almost all sushi places in the US.
They also have fish egg sushi. Not for me.
Most plates have two sushi of one kind. The sushi there are smaller than the first picture up top. I think I walked away the most with 9 plates. My friend loves eating sushi that I think he had 13 plates (so that's actually 26) in one sitting.
Moving on…
Of course, I also just want to bring back my experience when I ate a blowfish in the form of sushi.
You can read my post all about the danger and "ethical dilemma" of eating blowfish here – To eat, or not to eat blowfish, that is the question.
I also love this display I brought back with me here in the US.
He bobs his head continuously and his hand also moves continually tapping the sushi. I used to place it on my office desk so when I want my mind to drift off during work, I just look at it.😉 It's a cool display.
You see, you shouldn't really go off of your first tries. You should give things a second or third or so on chances as long as you finally had enough attempts before setting on a conclusion. You should allow them another shot. You should give people chances. People who get discreditted are better when they seek redemption. And they get even much much the best when they did find redemption and once they recovered.
Last week, I finally talked to a dear old friend that I ignored for such a long time because of issues we had.😉
Last Call…
Some of you may remember this sushi master from my black and white post titled Blaque.
Food and Travel II
How much is food a part of your travel? What's your most notable food exploration amongst all your travels?
I love this next featured blog. Learn so much more about Japan culture and traditions from an English-learning Japanese blogger, milukiriu. Read fascinating information and stories, myths and histories. Watch some festival videos. Experience their Japanese holiday tradition and celebration style, and its differences from other culture. Milu's Dream Traveler is one of my few favorite Japanese blogs.
Some people would say, "What is travel without food". I say it's still a travel. My blog shows evidences that food is not a big part of my travels. Being a very spontaneous, shoot-from-the-hip kind of guy I just let the chips fall where they may. I don't plan on what I was going to eat when I travel. I'm actually stingy with food when I travel. I sometimes just bring a lunch box before I head out. I am no epicurean. I even buy those taquitos, hotdog or small burger at gas stations because they're filling for such small price. If you eat near your travel destination, you expect the cost to be higher than regular. I sure can sacrifice food in replacement to other travel expenses.
There's an exception to every rule, of course. That means, there must also be an exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. Unless the food exploration is the travel destination itself, then I'm all for it!
Itadakimasu! (Let's eat!) This is Food and Travel, Japanese version.😉
One of the most well-known festival food here in Okinawa is takoyaki or octopus balls. Don't get excited. These are not actually "crown jewels".😀 They are just octopus meat in a shape of a ball. These balls don't dribble either. However, these balls do come in a very satisfying package.😆 Not my liking, but definitely worth the try when in Okinawa. The takoyaki, that is.😀
Most festival stalls also sell churros (better believe it, although it's more like a snack junk food) grilled meat on a stick, fries, corn, and this delicious noodles …
Moving on…
One of the biggest surprises for me coming here in Japan is their sushi. Apparently, I don't pay too much attention to details when I watch Japanese movies or movies set in Japan. When I first ordered sushi here in Okinawa, I was expecting the typical traditional sushi roll. Instead, they served me this…
… A nigiri-zushi. To me that is sashimi (raw meat), which I didn't really eat, up to that point. The only thing that separates sashimi and sushi is that sushi has rice with it. One thing you must know about me is that my biggest pet peeves is wasting food, so it was a big challenge for me to eat that plate. It even has wasabi in between the raw fish and the rice.
I shamefully didn't finish that set because of the raw fish. Although, after a few more sushi places I've grown to love this kind of sushi.
That's my shrimp sushi on a boat. When one sushi jumped out, I called out "Sushi Overboard!".😀
I love sushi but they are expensive in the US. Over here, it's cheaper, and they offer more combinations in one order.
Last one…
Mochi! (Rice Balls!) It's a traditional food usually served during New Year. The first time I tried it, we actually made it from scratch. It was so much fun. We pounded it, dipped it in kinako (grains of soy beans), formed it into balls, stuffed it with anko (sweet beans), and then we served it to Japanese school children.😉 I took home some for me…
That day, some Japanese men also offered me to eat sweet azuki bean soup with mochi balls in it. It's a familiar warming soup for the winter breeze.😀 I rubbed my belly to show how I'm loving the food and how full I was, but they immediately freaked a little and pointed me the direction to the restroom.😆
Last Call…
Just my girly dessert from a buffet…
All images are taken with Samsung S3.
To eat, or not to eat blowfish, that is the question –
There's a Japanese phrase "Itsuyaruno? Imadesyo!" which roughly translates to "When are you going to do it? Now, right!?"
To eat or not to eat blowfish? For those of you who are unacquainted, eating fugu or blowfish can kill you if it's not properly prepared. Only certified chefs can deal with this fish prepation.
There are plenty more things I'd like to do before I exit out. Plenty of places I still dream of going to. Realistically speaking, I like to see, amongst many, The Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and New York. I like to go back to Chicago and Texas since I didn't really have the chance to explore it when I was there years ago. Hopefully by the end of this year I get to go to either Greece or mainland Japan. I hope to one day organize a big charity event. And if we're talking brainstorms and daydream I'd like to have a dinner with my lifelong celebrity crush, Jessica Alba. I promise myself to get one or two college course done this year.
To eat, or not to eat blowfish? That question's been "eating me alive" for months. Long I contemplated whether to do it or not. So much more I want to do in my blessed life, and I'm dancing on the razor's edge for a single dish? It's like diving into the deepest part of the ocean with only the hands of the supposedly expert stranger as my breathing apparatus. Eating a blowfish is not just a challenge on courage, it really is also an insanity test!
Then again, people do live dangerously. Some do it more adventurously like skydiving, swimming with whale shark or bunjee jumping. Most of us in our daily lives, it starts when we hop on our cars to when we enter a public restroom. Even a ride in the "happiest place on Earth", Disneyland, is associated with risk that involves trusting others for our safety.
According to my friend Wiki…
Statistics from the Tokyo Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health indicate 20 to 44 incidents of fugu poisoning per year between 1996 and 2006 in Japan (a single incident may involve multiple diners). Each year, these incidents led to between 34 and 64 victims being hospitalized and zero to six deaths, an average fatality rate of 6.8%.
To eat or not to eat blowfish? That is the question. Not only it is deathly, it also raises moral dilemma for others. Fishing grounds for pufferfish are being depleted. However, there are regulations set in place. Most fugu are now harvested in the spring during spawning season and then culturing the fish on aquafarms.
Despite its danger and the ethical dilemma it imposes, brave and curious millions have bet their bottom dollar eating fugu.To be honest, my confidence in seeing the next daylight after eating blowfish was more and more greatly boosted by those I know who lived to tell the tale. They go out to eat blowfish with zero worry, and come back from a restaurant with bellies full and tastebuds satisfied. And I do live vicariously. I, personally, do feel that the fatality of eating fugu is like chancing to pick one country out of all the countries in the world.
I'm not a vegetarian and will never be one. No, I won't ever eat shark fins because they really are endangered. I've eaten dog as a kid in the Philippines, but won't ever do it again. Yes, the adventurous in me did try eating blowfish. It was satisfying and fulfilling, and it gave me a new lease on life. It is off my list, and off my mind. I won't do it again as well. As long as I can stomach it, I want to try more exotic food and preparations. One day, I may eat an animal that I fear like a snake. There's a ruling, stubborn, fat kid in me who basically eat whenever whatever. Remember when you were so young and you dropped a food on the ground and still ate it. That's what my mindset is whenever I try more feared or unique dishes.
We really are savage indidviduals. Gluttony is our friend especially when we are down and blue. Sometimes it's not even the flavor that we savor but the idea of eating. They have sailed seas to find spices and trades, which we continue to do. We will never run out of choices. All types of cuisines and gastronomy readily available for us. We explore food. We will never ran out of taste, of food to try out of our own preferences. Meals that were fit for the king are deduced down to lower level which we now eat as long as it's accessible. And given the time and opportunity, we might eat whatever is in front of us. That's whether it's for survival or for guilty pleasure.
We eat just because. No longer it is just for necessity. It's a pasttime, a craving, a habit. It's for entertainment, an indulgence.
I did say upon arrival here in Japan that 'these are my moments'. I promised that I'm going to bask in the different experiences in this unique culture. I've tasted pig feet here as well as meats of kangaroo, crocodile and camel. I had some culture food and drink like octopus balls, habu sake (snake wine) and mochi (rice balls). I just couldn't let go of this constant prodding temptation andnagging question of eating blowfish. I'm ready for more risks, opportunities and whatever adventure 2014 brings me.
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Hiking in Joshua Tree National Park
After Palm Springs, I spotted another sign on the road that interest me. I did a little bit of research, found a decent price hotel, and off I went to 29 Palms.
I got there at night, perfect timing actually. Palm Springs was so good, Joshua Tree was very promising, and Rommel was just pumped up ready to do something but was getting eaten by boredom.
I remedied that with a relaxing, feel-good undertaking …
A blast from the past, very cool Drive-In Theater! I got me a popcorn, nachos and soda, and was just eating and sitting at the comfort of my car. It sounds low but it really was just awesome experience to me. I mean, you don't have to worry about cellphone ringing, muttering voices, people standing up for nature calls and tugging feet at the back of your chair.
Ow, I also found this on the way to 29 Palms…
America's Drive-In. Weee!Two Drive-In,'s sweet! I miss this so much.
i used to go here all the time when I was in Mississippi. Basically, for those who are not acquainted, this is Southerners' pride Fast Food where you can park your car, get your order, stay there because they bring your food to your car so you just sit back and relax, and eat! I got me a grilled cheese sandwich, a hotdog, their tots and a slush. Exactly the signature Sonic meal.
Do check out my post on the Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park
Continuing on …
Being a mecca for all things outdoorsy including numerous hiking trails, Joshua Tree National Parks, to me, is an instant addition to my list of Absolute Musts.
Cholla Cactus Garden
First off was a quick stroll with these interesting kind of cactus …
It was cool because there's a garden of these Cholla cacti. But then, one spool of spines clung to my jacket and poked me. It was so hard to detach it without any gloves. That's all I'm gonna say😀..
Skull Rock Trail
I was confused with this trail. I didn't think I followed the trail. I stayed around because the entrance area alone is already magnificent, and fun! There were people going up the rocks, jumping from one rock to another, ducking in between rocks, and just reeling in the fascination of these rocks…
Clever of them to call this Skull Rock Trail.
There's a cool guy who posed for the camera…
Unto the Wall Street Mill Trail I went on…
At the edge of the Wonderland of Rocks sits the Wall Street Mill, a finest example of gold processing mill remaining in the park. This trail shows what's left during the second gold rush which happened here – the mill, dilapidated buildings, windmill, and some awesome old cars.
Last Call..
At times I get frustrated when a pamphlet would tell you that you can see these species and flowers that a lot of times, in reality, are actually hard to come by. Well, after coming back from this 2-mile round hike, I spotted this bird.🙂
I even sushed some people, not to startle the bird so I can capture it.😀
I always envy those who hike farther and more regularly, esp. RV'ers. I guess with Joshua Tree National Park, i found myself extremely content having gone to a RV-type, kind of location.🙂 And eventhough I resulted to shorter hikes, as I always do, it's just not at all hard to love Joshua Tree National Park. Driving there alone, seeing the magnificent rock formations is already a bliss.
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Food and Travel
How much is food a part of your travel? What's your most notable food exploration amongst all your travels?
Some people would say, "What is travel without food". I say it's still a travel. My blog shows evidences that food is not a big part of my travel. Being a very spontaneous, shoot-from-the-hip kind of guy who just let the chips fall where they may (I actually don't get the phrase, I'm pretty sure chips fall on one place, which is a poker table :D), let alone I plan on what I was going to eat when I travel. I'm actually stingy with food when I travel. I sometimes just bring a lunch box before I head out. I am no epicurean. I buy those taquitos, hotdog or small burger at a gas station because they're filling for such small price. If you eat near your travel destination, you expect the cost to be higher than regular. I sure can sacrifice food in replacement to the price of parking or admission to where I go.
There's an exception to every rule, of course. That means, there must also be an exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.😀 Unless the food is the travel destination itself, then I'm all for it!
All that I mention here are from California. There's definitely much better food exploration opportunities outside the country. Here is the post where I sum up my food explorations outside the country – I Crave (Expanded).
One of my notables is in City Heights in San Diego. The special thing about eating at an African restaurant is that you have to get your hands dirty, not literally of course. You eat without any utensil. No spoon, no fork, no knife, nada, niente, wala! You tear the sponge-like bread, injera, and use it to scoop the sauce and the meat. I went to Asmara, a very decent establishment, and actually quite popular. You can definately taste the spices, this time literally. The taste truly emanates and the hot-ness will have you constantly reach for the glass of water.
Next. When I went to San Francisco a month ago, I got to indulge into a "Menage A Trios".😀😛
… Sorry, it's not the kinky stuff you have in mind.😛 Ike's Place is a cool place. That is, your regular Joe kind of sandwich joint. They don't even have tables for crying out loud. Their cashier is just a regular stainless table. Another interesting thing is that they do not have Doritos for you. They have some unknown brand names of chips and drinks. The best part is their sandwich names – Backstabber, Hot Momma Huda, [Name The Girl I'm Dating?], Ugly Owl, We're Just Friends… and you can read the others from the picture. Geez, I don't have to write it all for you😀. Do take a notice the numbering on the menu.😀
There is a complete listing of sandwich names on their website – ilikeikesplace.com
Ike's Place was featured on a TV show "Man Vs. Food".
Let's go back down South. Philippe's The Original is THE birthplace of, air-quote, French Dipped Sandwich. It is surprisingly located in Chinatown in LA. Look at all the cool old signs!
It's another no supercilious food place. Going down the stairs upon entering, it was like getting into an underground banquet, only workers and locals frequently hang out here. Looking around, there are old newspaper articles in frames where you can read significant periods of this old place all the way back when they were serving .05c per cup of coffee. They also made room for a little Museum of Railroading.
Last one, hang in there.😀 My favorite hang-out spot in California is a food place slash vintage store slash bath accessory store slash candy store slash PHARMACY!
This is Fair Oaks Pharmacy. Like said, it's a blast-from-the-past establishment where you can buy vintage memorabilia, old candies, wind-up toys, etc. They also have made-to-order sodas!
And their ice cream is just … wait, what's that food adjective again? …
Their ice cream is just … hmmm …. More on my post about Fair Oaks Pharmacy.
Food Blog
Gourmand Chic is my favorite food blogger. She cooks, shares food stories, writes restaurant reviews, explores exotic food, and shares her recipe and tips. What I love about her is she's not your ordinary snooty food bloggers who only focuses on their blogs😀. She's one cool gal who also participates to Weekly Photo Challenge, travels around, and even shares some Youtube videos.
So, what's your most notable food exploration again?
My post on Italian Food.
Banana Festival and The Port of Port Hueneme
Another event that is just a stone-throw away from where I'm residing- it's the 75th Banana Festival. Extra activities from the usual music stage, booths, contests, car shows, etc. are Banana Arts and Crafts, K9 demonstration, Underwater Construction Greet and Exhibit, and the real highlight, a boat tour ride of the port of Port Hueneme.
I was going with somebody else but she cancelled on me the last minute for something else. No worries, I met a bunch of acquaintances and familiar faces there. To be completely, utterly, openly honest, as much as I want to brag for the community, she wasn't really missing much out of this event. It was quite disappointing, I must say. Even the "banana" food treats were so limited to just banana shakes/smoothies, banana dipped in chocolate and banana split. Yellow was highly visible but there wasn't truthfully much "banana" decorations around. I wish the fair and arcade were included, might had lightened the event. It's not usually "the" center of attention during cultural festivals, but this time, the music stage, however, seemed to gained the spotlight. The Military's Underwater Construction Team 2 was generous enough to entertain the attendees. Lots of smiles to their area. I also liked the kiddie drawings.
– This drawing made me laugh. It actually took me a bit before I got it. *BIG GRIN* –
Although I got ditched, something good came out of it. The Port Tour line was long, and that people that were in line didn't actually sign-up for it. They were in line only hoping to get free spots left by those who did sign up. I was one of them who tried and stood for good minutes just hoping to get on the boat. They only board about 60 people every hour, for 5 different times. That means -only about 300 people, adult and walking kids, were fortunate enough to take the tour that day. The others waited long hours and got nothing out of it. Now for my good luck *KNOCK ON WOOD*. They called out, "Who's by himself?" . I immediately raised my hands, and as instantly, I was given the head of the line privilege. I blurted my favorite WP comment word, "Awesome", as I left the long line to the port gate.
I was static. This exclusive boat tour made up for the wow and whoa moments this event was lack of. On board, with a tour guide narrator, we received the ins and outs of what goes around this busy port. Importing and exporting globally throughout six continents, the Port of Hueneme is among the top 10 U.S. ports for automobiles and fresh produce generating 1,500 jobs locally. The California weather was fine. Seal were visiting. Military, cargo and armory ships were gorgeous sights. And just the general feeling of being on a boat cruising over the water is always a good experience.
Belly growled, and I looked forward for my very first banana split. Yup. I just couldn't grasp the concept. A banana cut in half, with ice cream on top -I'm shrugging that it ain't anything special to get quite remarkably popular identification and name for itself. Since it fits for the occasion, I finally welcomed it.
I think I let the picture tell my conclusion of it.


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New principal picked for River Forest's Willard School
Hired from Barrington, smaller district appealed to Diane Wood
The idea of a small, close-knit community attracts people to River Forest. It also is what drew Diane Wood to take the open position of principal at Willard Elementary School in River Forest's District 90 public elementary schools.
Moving from a large unit district in west suburban Barrington to the much smaller River Forest district also attracted Wood. She is looking forward to having a broader impact in a community, particularly as it involves children.
"I really like the community. There will be a close-knit sense of collegiality," Wood said. "Being able to contribute to the growth and development of children is very exciting to me. To watch their growth over time and have an impact on them over time, to be a part of their transition is appealing to me."
An experienced educator who already has had experience with two of the district's initiatives, Wood, who has been academic leader at North Barrington Elementary School for five years, was unanimously chosen to be the principal during a special meeting of the District 90 school board on Wednesday morning.
The 51-year-old Wood will receive a two-year contract with an annual salary of $124,432, plus contributions to the teachers' retirement system.
An open house to welcome her will be held during the July 21 school board meeting. A community meet and greet is slated for late July, District 90 Supt. Ed Condon said.
"We believe Diane Wood is an excellent fit for Willard students, staff, and families," Condon said. "Her extensive background in school administration, curriculum and instruction, along with her commitment to a student-focused school environment were among the reasons Wood was selected."
An experienced teacher and administrator, Wood is excited about joining Willard. Throughout the selection process, it was clear "that the River Forest District 90 and the parents and staff at Willard shared her commitment to educating and nurturing the whole child. I'm eager to get started," she said.
Brian Harris, superintendent of Barrington Community Unit District 220, where North Barrington Elementary is situated, said his system will have big shoes to fill.
"She's high energy, enthusiastic, a very highly respected leader. River Forest has found an excellent leader. She's done good work; an instructional leader. She's good at facilitating the relationship between the school, faculty, staff, students and parents. River Forest's gain is our loss. Their gain is our loss."
Wood will replace Merryl Brownlow, a popular educator who became assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in Lombard District 44.
A search for Brownlow's successor began almost immediately after Brownlow tendered her resignation in May. A total of 54 candidates initially applied; eventually three candidates were interviewed by teams of parents, faculty, staff and a board member in late June, Condon said.
Wood possesses the kind of skills that will serve the district well, Condon said. She has considerable experience in a high performing school district. Barrington District 220 is a unit system with 12 buildings that house 9,000 students from all or part of 12 different communities, according to the district's website.
Nearly 500 children in grades kindergarten through fifth attend North Barrington; 87 percent of the students met or exceeded state standards on the ISAT, according to the school's most current report card. Seven percent of the students are low-income; another 6 percent have been identified as English language learners, according to the state report card.
In addition, Wood's approach to the principal's position is student centered, which was apparent in her interviews, Condon said. She also has a collaborative leadership style, an important asset in fostering a positive school environment.
"She understands the importance of a positive school climate and the impact that has on student learning. She has a desire to build partnerships with parents to support students' academic experiences. It is important in this day and age that all elements of a school community are working as partners to support student learning. That leadership is an added benefit," Condon said.
Wood is versed in both Common Core, the national initiative which lays out an ambitious set of goals for math, reading and writing skills that children should acquire as they move through school. The specific skills that students will be asked to demonstrate build in complexity from grade to grade. She also is familiar with the Social Emotional Learning program, which focuses on the social and emotional needs and health of students. That both elements are present in District 90 helped Wood make her decision to come to River Forest.
Before going to North Barrington, Wood was an assistant principal at the Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School in Arlington Heights. She taught fourth and fifth grade at Baker Demonstration School, an independent, progressive elementary school in Wilmette; Lincoln Elementary School in Mundelein and two districts downstate.
Wood also has corporate experience serving as the director of communications and client services for the Field Trip Factory in Chicago. She has had other public relations, special event production and marketing experience.
She holds a bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois University, a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a certificate of advanced studies in educational leadership from National-Louis University.
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okey parkey
Posted: July 4th, 2014 1:24 PM
River Forest never discusses the achievement gap. Jelly.
Posted: July 3rd, 2014 9:54 PM
I have no problem with the salary, but what does "plus contributions to the teachers' retirement system" mean? Does that mean the taxpayers are paying the 9% employee portion instead? That's what gets me...$124K and you can't afford to fund even a small portion of your own retirement? $124K in the private sector equates to about 15% less (401k + SS tax) in net income per year. The over/under on the pension implosion date is 2021. Place your bets.
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The film makers announce a project with much excitement, throwing lavish parties etc, some even go to the extent of launching the trailer of the movie, but after that kya? we don't hear from them ever again.
Don't mistake these movies for the small budget ones, as these are all big budget films announced by big film makers with the biggest star cast but still the project never saw the light of day and got shelved forever. Rajkumar Santhoshi, a noted filmmaker announced many such projects and launched trailers but we never got to see those movies at all. It's not just him, popular movie franchise, the Munnabhai series was supposed to have a third installment, you must have heard of Munnabhai Chale Amerika?
Well, did u happen to catch that movie in the theater? It's been more than a year the film was announced, but thanks to Sanjay Dutt's jail term, the film was shelved mid way. Similarly many such movies were hyped and launched with much grandeur but that is all, silently and mysteriously all these movies went on back burner and were never heard of again.
Most of these movies had completed shooting half way, some even full and then the makers suddenly decided to shelve it for reasons unknown. Some film malers even went onto use the names for other movies and dumped this one all together. While the reasons for movies that got shelved due to Sanjay Dutt is known, reasons for why the other movies were abandoned like that are not known. Let's check out these big budget Bollywood movies that got shelved forever.
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If not Hargreaves, then Who???
Looks like the Germans are remaining Stubborn on United & Hargreaves desire to join forces!!! typical germans!!!!.
If we are not to bolster our team by hargreaves, then who??? and do we need too?
I personally think we are still short of a class midfield player!!!! Any ideas??? Discuss......Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
blanksblock blanksblock Aug 22, 2006 21:54 Flag
Tevez is ready to leave Corinthians. I can't see his friend Mascherano staying in Brazil alone. Gabby will be a big plus in our corner. A double signing before the transfer window closes would suit me just fine.
If we don't get him, we'll either get someone we've never heard of, or no-one.
I would have liked to have signed that Muntari. He had a great WC.
But I think we have a strong enough squad to last until January, at which point, we may be able to line up Hargreaves again.
I personaly like Papa Boupa Diop at Fulham, even after yesterdays battering, he'd be a good signing, but I'd rather SAF gets his man, then have to settle for a player he didn't really want.
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Gattuso`s the man Utd need!
Apparently Muntari has an £11m price tag on him. Pompey were/are after him.
I don't know why we didn't try for Hargreaves before Senna. If we couldn't get Hargreaves then we could have gone for Senna but at this rate we will end up with neither as rightly so, Senna will feel second best.
A Yahoo! User Aug 21, 2006 23:26 Flag
Yes we do need another midfielder, even SAF believes we do. And it looks like Bayern will not sell Owen - probably because they just sold Ballack. I think United would have to offer way above Owen's valuation in order to get him – something I don't necessarily disagree with. Who do we get otherwise? Realistically, I don't know! The closure of the transfer window is looming and with Villareal apparently closing the door on Senna it appears we don't have another option lined up.
I also happen to believe we need another striker. Yesterdays five goals was just one game and not representitive of what will happen throughout the entire season. I know people say Chelsea won the title without a top goal scorer, and we have Saha, Smith, Solskjaer, and Rossi, but I don't care, these guys are either injury prone, past their best, unproven, or simply will never score 20 goals per season.
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Anyone hear about Ballack? He's injured isn't he with a hip problem or something... Apparantly he's had the injury for a while... oh dear - Norty!!
I still think the deal will be done although, I think SAF will have to go to 20 million.
If Carrick is worth 18 then Hargreaves is definitely worth 20.
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The fee for Hargreaves is to much. We paid over the odds for Carrick. Dont make the same mistake twice. Hargreaves is good but not at the price being mentioned. Senna is to old. And again for the price his club want, he is not worth it. After seeing comments Gerrard has in his book about Utd, him play for us? NO FUCKING WAY. Showed his true colours. WANKER. Other options for midfield? Reo-Coker, Mascherano, Gattuso, Cambiasso. And we still need a striker, as well as a left winger (someone to come in for Giggs and eventually take his place, unless Richardson steps up to the plate). May as well finish what ive to say now. Essien should have been sent off. Liverscum should never have been given a peno. Michael Brown is a dirty prick and should have got red. If Rooney had done it he'd have been no doubt.
If Bayern aren't letting Hargreaves go, then why does he know about the 'fantastic offer' United have offered?
Bayern must of allowed him to speak to Man U at one point otherwise it's known of tappin up isn't it? And I don't hear calls of that?
They wouldn't of said, 'man u have offered this offer, but you're not going...' would they?
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A Yahoo! User Aug 21, 2006 23:26 Flag
Senna would have been perfect but he is not going to come after his pride took a beating at having to wait and see if the hargreaves deal fell through, he is at a big club and doensn't deserve that.
I don't know who else is available...we should be ok judging by scholes performance, giggs and o' shea can fill in for injuries and suspensions.
A Yahoo! User Aug 21, 2006 22:46 Flag
realistically? or not?
If i could chose i would like either Gerrard, Riquelme or Mascherano.
Cant see any of them coming so i would like maybe Nolan?!
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We should drop Hargreaves and get Senna.
It looks like Bayern won't sell so the best we can do is come out of this looking a bit more professional. Just tell Bayern that we'd like to be informed if the player ever becomes available and tell Hargreaves that it's a pity but there is nothing we can do.
Then we tell Villareal & Senna that we had options and our priority was Hargreaves because he is younger but the next on our list is Senna.
He will be OK for a couple of seasons and at least he is really keen to join.


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CHARLESTON, S.C. - The College of Charleston men's basketball team opened the Doug Wojcik Era and the 2012-13 season with a 75-58 win over Colonial Athletic Association opponent Towson on Friday night at TD Arena.
The Cougars (1-0) used white-hot shooting and suffocating defense to put away the Tigers (0-1) early in the first half and cruise to victory in the season opener. The win helped CofC improve to 16-6 in season openers, including 11-1 at home since it became a Division I member in 1991-92.
CofC shot 56.3 percent from the floor (27-48) and held Towson to just 36.8 percent (21-57) shooting. The defense forced 15 turnovers, including 12 in the first half, leading to 19 points. Last season, CofC opponents shot 42.0 percent and the Cougar defense averaged 14.4 takeaways.
The Cougars led 40-14 at halftime as Towson managed just six buckets against a manic CofC defense in the first 20 minutes. However, Charleston could not maintain the defensive intensity in the second half, allowing the Tigers to shoot 48.4 percent in the second frame and outscore CofC, 44-35.
Four different players tallied double figures in points, led by a 17-point performance by junior big man Trent Wiedeman (Suwanee, Ga.), who shot an impressive 8-of-13 from the floor and gathered six boards. Senior Andrew Lawrence (London, England) poured in 16 points, going 5-of-7 from the floor and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. Lawrence also dished out five assists and tied a career-high with seven rebounds.
Junior transfer Anthony Thomas (Winston-Salem, N.C.) scored 12 points in his debut in a Charleston uniform, while sophomore Anthony Stitt (Charlotte, N.C.) also notched 12 points with three trifectas.
Sophomore Adjehi Baru (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) nearly amassed a double-double as he scored nine points and grabbed nine rebounds, including four on the offensive end.
Towson was led by Jerrelle Benimon's game-high 23 points. Bilal Dixon tallied a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, including eight on the offensive glass.
The Cougars were dominant in the first half, opening up a 9-2 lead after Lawrence converted a fouled jumper in the lane followed by a free throw. The lead reached double digits at the 10:03 minute mark after a tip-in from Wiedeman gave CofC an 18-7 lead.
After a layup from Benimon, the Cougars excited the crowd of 4,215 with a 13-0 run that stretched an 18-9 lead to 31-9 after a steal and three-pointer from Stitt. Nearly half of CofC's 40 first-half points came as a result of 12 forced turnovers. A dunk from Wiedeman on a dish from Lawrence sealed a 40-14 halftime lead with the crowd on its feet.
The Cougars continued to keep their collective feet on the gas pedal in the opening minutes of the second half as another dunk from Wiedeman capped a 9-2 run that included threes from Thomas and Stitt, putting the Cougars up 49-16.
However, Towson began to creep back with increased shooting accuracy, trading baskets with the Cougars to keep the margin around 25 for much of the second half. The Tigers shot 48.8 percent in the second half and outrebounded CofC, 19-14, in the final 20 minutes.
Free throws from Towson's Kris Walden, followed by a jumper from Benimon, brought the Cougar lead to 19, 71-52, with just over three minutes left in regulation. However, CofC's defense stiffened and Towson never got closer than 15 points, before the Charleston reserves entered the court in the final minute.
Up next, the Cougars will take part in the ESPN Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant on Nov. 15, 16 & 18 at TD Arena. They will open the eight-team tournament with St. John's out of the BIG EAST Conference on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. (ET) and the game will be televised nationally on ESPNU.
- The Cougars went with the starting five of sophomore Anthony Stitt, senior Andrew Lawrence, junior Anthony Thomas, sophomore Adjehi Baru and junior Trent Wiedeman. It marked Thomas' first career start in a CofC uniform as a JUCO transfer from Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College.
- With the victory, CofC now leads 2-1 in the all-time series with Towson.
- First-year head coach Doug Wojcik earned his first career coaching victory with the Cougars after taking over the reins of the program in April upon the retirement of former head coach Bobby Cremins.
- The Cougars have now won five consecutive regular-season opening games since 2008.
- CofC held Towson to single digits until the 5:21 minute mark of the first half. Last year, the Cougars held Holy Cross in their regular-season opener to an opponent season-low 19 points in a half on Nov. 11, 2011 at TD Arena.
- Andrew Lawrence grabbed a career-high tying seven rebounds versus the Tigers. He last brought down seven boards against UNCG on Jan. 12, 2012.
- Redshirt junior Willis Hall scored his first points since missing the 2011-12 season with an ACL injury with a layup at the 3:49 minute mark of the first half.
- For the game, CofC shot 56.3 percent (27-of-48) and an improved 58.6 percent (17-of-29) from the charity stripe versus Towson. Last season, the team shot better than 50 percent on five occasions. The school record for highest field-goal percentage in a single game is 60 percent set twice against Furman in 1999 and versus Georgia Southern in 2008.
College of Charleston Head Coach Doug Wojcik
On the season-opening game and atmosphere at TD Arena ...
"You guys were right. What a great atmosphere. (TD Arena is) A great place to play a game and the fans were great. The sound system was awesome. The student turnout was as good as I have seen on opening night around the country. They really gave us the energy. I thought our guys did a really great job getting off to a great start. They just responded really well to the whole situation. It was a great first half, you can talk to me afterwards about the second half."
On jumping out to a big start in first half ...
"There were some people saying they (Towson) were physically better and bigger and they were. They were bigger, but we jumped on them. We did a good job defending. We really did a nice job and (assistant coach) Amir (Abdur-Rahim) did a good job with the scout. We guessed at what they would do and the kids really adhered to what we were doing as far as practice the last three days."
On the team's balanced scoring attack ...
"I've talked to Adjehi (Baru) and I've told the guys I want them to be selfish in two areas - rebounding and free throws. If Adjehi makes his free throws, I have five guys in double figures tonight. As far as highest minutes, I had one guy with 31, and it wasn't Andrew Lawrence, which is a good thing for us. We will build on it. Turnovers are not great and free throws are not great, but percentage defense, defending the three and rebounding was a pretty good night for us."
On his first career coaching victory at CofC ...
"There are 30 more (games) left. I have heard so many great things (about the electric environment at TD Arena) and you believe it when you see it. The atmosphere is great and the sound system is terrific. It's a good feeling for me. I'm trying to hold my enjoyment in, but it was a lot of fun. It was good to be a part of it and I appreciate the opportunity (to be the CofC Head Coach)."
College of Charleston Senior Guard Andrew Lawrence
On the team's defensive pressure ...
"In Coach Wojcik's system, we really get after it. We've put in a lot of preparation, so we're really ready coming in and we can really get after them on defense. It was definitely positive that we outrebounded them which is a big step forward, but we have to clamp down on our offensive rebounds."
On playing a CAA school ...
"It gave us some extra fuel, knowing that we could possibly be in that conference next year. It's always fun to play teams out of conference, and it gave us a good feel of how physical the CAA could potentially be next year for these guys."
On the team's second-half play ...
" I think we let up a little bit, but they also played a lot better in the second half. They made a lot more shots, they really crashed the offensive boards and the big guy, (Jerrelle) Benimon, scored 23 points and really went to work. They came out and showed a lot of pride."
College of Charleston Junior Forward Trent Wiedeman
On the team's defensive plan ...
"Coach (Wojcik) really got us hyped up and off to a good start and that was the plan to get on them early and often. We gave up too many (offensive) rebounds, 17, so that's one thing we have to work on going into the St. John's game."


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So - what's the lineup for this week-end?
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Gomes; Assou Ekotto, King, Dawson, Corluka; Lennon, Palacios, Huddlestone, Krajcar; Crouch, Pavlyuchenko
With the bench:
Cudicini, Hutton, Bassong, Jenas, Keane, Bale, Dos Santos
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I guess it'll depend on who in the current 1st team plays tomorrow v Everton and emerges unscathed. We can't afford to have any more CBs injured as neither Corluka nor the Hudd are particularly comfortable playing in that position.
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My pupp had Kennel Cough from the very start, was very thin, and her hip bones stuck out horribly, and looked like she had weak ankles and was VERY bowlegged, and had an infection on her tail. She was in horrible condition, and I felt very bad for her, so we took her home. Not only was the dog sick, but the woman who sold and her to us was Amanda, and for one she lied to her manager, but the next day found out she posed as the manager to other people just two days before we were there.
We took Calisto to the vet multiple times... Free vet visit included, so it must be a cheap clinic. Which it seems it is. The vet looked like he just got out of school and was just practicing, always thinking of what to say and murmured at least 50 times "uhm.....". He always said that she was fine.
Overall, the pup was a mess, she was not fine at all. Inbreeding caused her legs to grow crooked, have mild hip dysplasia at THREE months, and infections all over.
Long story made short... No more pet stores for me. I am working on getting all information together so I can set the poor dogs at the puppy mills free and get them to good homes. My goal is to get people like Steve Kruse arrested, or at least MAJORLY fined for what inhumane actions they perform. Pet stores should be closed down, because there are way too many healthy and friendly pups in shelters and rescues waiting for a good home instead of a fatal injection.
Post to this if you are interested in helping hopeless dogs getting out of dangerous wire cages and help them to homes they can be petted and loved. Help shut down ALL puppy mills and pet stores, so no dog has to live only 5 years before they die in pain. I will try to get all of us together, gather evidence of breeder's inhumane ways, and the dog's painful lives.
Post, and in time I will publish a site here that we should spread, make flyers and hang them up everywhere, spread our cause and spread hope for the dogs.
In advance I appreciate all the help I can get.
Thanks much for reading this and caring!
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Angels and Demons by Dr Harry Boosalis
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St Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary Bookstore
I really enjoyed reading this. It is a serious, well documented, and sober exposition of the angelic world.
"Dr. Harry Boosalis, in this concise text, presents us with the Scriptural and Patristic teaching of the Church on the heavenly hosts of angels, the devil and his demons, and the enigma of evil.He offers a rich deposit of Tradition in simplified language, in a clear and concise style, but with an extensive body of scholarly documentation in the footnotes." From the STOTS website
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Abba Sisoes the Great, On What to do When One Falls into Sin
Icon of St Sisoes the Great teaching those who went into the desert seeking his advice
"A certain brother asked Abba Sisoes:
'Counsel me, Father, for I have fallen to sin. What am I to do?'
The Elder said to him:
'When you fall, get up again.'
With bitterness the sinning brother continued:
'Ah! Father, I got up, yet I fell to the same sin again.'
The Elder, so as not to discourage the brother, answered:
'Then get up again and again.'
The young man asked with a certain despondency:
'How long can I do that, Father?'
The Elder, giving him courage, said to the brother:
'Until the end of your life, whether you be found in the commendable attempt at lifting yourself up from sin or falling again to it. For wherever it is that a man is found at the last moment of his life on earth, whether it be in things good or evil, there he will be judged, going forth either to punishment or to reward."
St Sisoes the Great in The Evergetinos volume 1, p.6, Edited by Archbishop Chrysostomos and Hieromonk Patapios, Center for Traditionalists Orthodox Studies, 2008
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Sunday, May 15, 2016
Levan Vasadze on the Preservation of Christian Values in the Orthodox Country of Georgia (Caucasus)
"Levan Vasadze was bestowed with the title of Raindi (Knight) in 2013 by HRH Prince Nugzar of the Royal House of Georgia. Levan has been a business executive for many years"
"The theme of World Congress of Families X is "Civilization at a Crossroads: The Natural Family as The Bulwark of Humane Values." The theme is inspired from the great English journalist G.K. Chesterton. Chesterton explains the connection between family and freedom, "The ideal for which [family and marriage] stands in the state is liberty. It stands for liberty for the very simple reason... [that] it is the only...institution that is at once necessary and voluntary. It is the only check on the state that is bound to renew itself as eternally as the state, and more naturally than the state.... This is the only way in which truth can ever find refuge from public persecution, and the good man survive the bad government."
Levan Vasadze, Chairman of the Georgian Committee for WCF X commented, "We Georgians are honored and humbled by this great opportunity and privilege to host World Congress of Families X. As one of the oldest Christian nations on earth, we think this will be a refreshing opportunity for me and my fellow Georgians to meet Westerners (unlike those sent to Tbilisi by George Soros) who affirm human rights for all persons from conception to natural death but also defend the Truth, Beauty, and Goodness found in the Natural Family as the fundamental and only sustainable unit of society."
Mr Levan Vasadze is an Orthodox Christian and a family man. He is a firm advocate for the family and for traditional Orthodox Christian values. It is evident by this interview that he is a well read and traveled businessman. But above all he is aware, as an Orthodox Christian, of the importance of the family unit in society as it has been understood and lived for centuries in the history of the world, a man with his wife and children upholding what is good, honorable and praise-worthy.
The traditional family unit is under attack. Abortion, hedonism, and the elimination of all distinctions of gender are at the core of the activists agenda, with all of these things being pursued in the name of freedom.
Western civilization is quickly descending into chaos and anarchy. There is no moral compass. The devastation caused by abortion, drugs, alcoholism, sexual promiscuity, hedonism, and divorce, is beyond measure.
The Psalmist King David once wrote, "If the foundations be destroyed, what will the righteous do?" Psalm 11:3. We must return to the foundations. We must heed the Word of the Lord by His Prophet Jeremiah, when he bids us, "Thus says the Lord,'Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls." Jeremiah 6:16 NASB
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Sunday, May 8, 2016
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
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Vodolazkin's historical novel is set in 15th century Russia. "It is a time of plague and pestilence, and a young healer, skilled in the arts of herbs and remedies, finds himself overcome with grief and guilt when he fails to save the one he holds closest to his heart. Leaving behind his village, his possessions and his name, he sets out on a quest for redemption, penniless and alone." from the front inside-flap
This novel, like Tikhon's Everyday Saints, vividly portraits life in Holy Russia. Arseny is a fictional character, but the events of his life, his very person, were the spiritual everyday reality in medieval Rus. I just began to read Laurus and I am hooked.
This work is getting great reviews. It is already a best seller in Russia, having won some prestigious awards. Ken Kalfus, writing for
The New Yorker
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"A new novel by the Russian medievalist Eugene Vodolazkin, "Laurus," recreates this fervent landscape and suggests why the era, its holy men, and the forests and fields of Muscovy retain such a grip on the Russian imagination. Vodolazkin's hero-mystic Arseny is a protagonist extrapolated from the little that is known about the lives and deeds of the famous holy men. Born in 1440, he's raised by his herbalist grandfather Christofer near the grounds of the Kirillov Monastery, about three hundred miles north of Moscow. He becomes a renowned medicine man, faith healer, and prophet who "pelted demons with stones and conversed with angels." He makes a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He takes on new names, depending on how he will next serve God. The people venerate his humble spirituality.
In "Laurus," Vodolazkin aims directly at the heart of the Russian religious experience and perhaps even at that maddeningly elusive concept that is cherished to the point of cliché: the Russian soul.
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Friday, May 6, 2016
Striving for Knowledge of God by Archimandrite Sophrony of Essex
Striving for Knowledge of God: Correspondence with David Balfour
"The letters Archimandrite Sophrony wrote to David Balfour are a treasury of wisdom, distilled from Fr. Sophrony's reading of the Fathers of the Church, from his conversations with St. Silouan, and from his own experience. Most of the letters in this collection were written to someone new to the Orthodox Church and to Orthodox monasticism. Also included are later letters with further theological and spiritual insights. Thus these letters provide a rich source of teaching about Christian faith and life.
Archimandrite Sophrony was born in Russia on 22nd September, 1896. He trained as an artist at the Moscow School of Fine Art. After the October Revolution he settled in France, where he continued to work as an artist. For a brief period he read Theology at the St Sergius' Institute but in the Autumn of 1925 left to become a monk at the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos in Northern Greece. In 1930 he was ordained Deacon by Saint Nikolai Velimirovich. About this time he met Staretz Silouan, who became his spiritual guide. After the Staretz' death in 1938, Fr. Sophrony spent seven years living as a hermit in the 'desert' of Athos. He became a priest in 1941 and soon after was elected spiritual confessor for several of the monastic communities on the Athonite peninsula. On returning to France in 1947 he edited and published the writings Silouan had entrusted to him, adding an introduction. Because of serious illness he was unable to return to the Holy Mountain.
In the Spring of 1959, helped by friends, he moved to England with small group of men and women. For many years he received people from all walks of life for spiritual direction. He died on 11th July 1993 at Tolleshunt Knights in the community which he had founded and inspired till the end of his days."
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The Resurrection by Manuel Panselinos
I will not be posting on this blog until after Pascha. I wish you all a fruitful struggle during the rest of lent, and a glorious Holy Week and Pascha.
Christ is Risen!
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Letter to a Roman Catholic
My prayer/reading room in Yakima, WA
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"I would like to share with you a brief letter that was published some time ago in an Italian Orthodox parish newsletter. Its author, Archpriest Gregorio Cognetti, is the Dean of the Italian parishes under the Moscow Patriarchate. This letter was generally liked by the Italian Orthodox converts, and also received a high degree of appreciation among some cradle-born Orthodox (it was, for instance, translated into Romanian); I hope it may be prove an interesting reading and a source of inspiration for all of you.
Chapel Hill (U.S.), March 1982
Dear Bill,
Even though you never asked it directly, I feel from your words that you do not yet understand why I left the Roman Church to become Orthodox.
You were even a member of one of the least latinized Byzantine parishes, you seem to say, why, then?…
I guess I owe you an explanation, since, a long time ago, when we were both members of the Latin church, we shared the same feelings. These same feelings brought both of us to a Byzantine rite parish, and then myself to Orthodoxy. You could not have forgotten the criticisms that we moved to the Romans: the continual insertion of newtraditions in place of the old ones, Scholasticism, the legalistic approach to spiritual life, the dogma of papal infallibility. At the same time we both reckoned the legitimacy and correctness of the Orthodox Church. A Uniate parish seemed the optimal solution. I remember what I was saying in that period:
I think like an Orthodox, I believe like an Orthodox, therefore I am Orthodox.
Entering officially into the Orthodox Church seemed to me just a useless formality. I even thought that remaining in communion with the Roman Church might be a positive fact, in view of the goal of a possible reunification of the Churches.
Well, Bill, I was wrong. l believed I knew the Orthodox Faith, but it was just a smattering, and quite shallow for that. Otherwise I would not have failed to know the intrinsic contradiction between feeling Orthodox and not being reckoned as such by the very same Church whose faith I stated I was sharing. Only a non-Orthodox may conceive an absurdity like being Orthodox outside of Orthodoxy. Individual salvation does not only concern the single person, as many Westerners believe, but it must be seen in the wider frame of the whole Church Communion.
Each Orthodox Christian is like a leaf: how could he receive the life-giving sap if he is not connected to the vine? (John 15:5)
Orthodoxy is a way of life, not a rite. The beauty of the rite derives from the inner reality of the Orthodox Faith, and not from a search for forms. The Divine Liturgy is not a more picturesque way of saying Mass: it comes forth from, and strengthens, a theological reality that becomes void and inconsistent if excised from Orthodoxy.
When the spirit of the Orthodox Faith is present, even the most miserable service, done in a shack, with two paper icons placed on a couple of chairs to serve as the iconostasis, and a bunch of faithful out of tune as the choir, is incomparably higher than the services in my former Uniate parish, in the midst of magnificent 12th century Byzantine mosaics, and a well-instructed choir (when there was one).The almost paranoid observance of the ritual forms is the useless attempt to make up for the lack of a true Orthodox ethos. I was deluding myself when I believed I was able to be an Orthodox in the Roman communion.
It was a delusion because it is impossible.
The continual interference of Rome in the ecclesiatical life reminds you in due course who is in command. To pretend to ignore this is self-delusion. I tried to avoid the problem, feigning to be deaf and dumb, and repeating to myself that I belonged to the ideal "undivided Church". My position was quite sinful. First of all, because the undivided Church still exists: it is the Church that never broke with Her past, and that is always identical to Herself: in other words, the Orthodox Church.
Then, because that feeling of being a member of the Undivided Church, which I considered so Christian and irenical, was instead a grave sin of pride. I was practically putting myself above Patriarchs and Popes. I believed I was one of the few who really understood the Truth, beyond old and sterile polemics.
I felt I had the right to ask the Eucharist both from the Romans and the Orthodox, and I felt unfairly treated when the latter denied it to me. I have a great debt of gratitude towards a priest who, in that time, refused to give me Communion. Instead of softly speaking of canonical impediments, as if the matter were a merely bureaucratic problem, he said me bare-facedly:
If it is true that you consider yourself an Orthodox, why is it that you keep belonging to heresy?
I was deeply shocked by those words, and for a long time I did not return to that Church. But he was right. I had understoodwhat Saints, Fathers, Bishops and Priests had not understood for centuries.
According to me, the schism between East and West was a tragic misunderstandingbased merely on political problems and the ponderings of the theologians. And in doing so I indirectly accused many holy people of calculation, superficiality and bigotry. And I was mistaking all of this for Christian charity…
No, Bill, it is impossible to be both Roman Catholic and Orthodox at the same time.
The rite is not all that important. After all, the Latins were Western Rite Orthodox for many centuries. I agree with you that, after the separation, the Romans and the Orthodox have still much in common, but this is not enough to consider both of them part of the same Church. Beyond the well-known doctrinal differences, there is the approach to the Supernatural, the same life of the Church that makes impossible to live the two religious realities at the same time.
We state in the Creed:
"and (I believe) in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church".
Until a unity of faith comes, they will be two churches.
The theory (also affirmed by John Paul II) that the Romans and the Orthodox are still the same one Church (despite the schism, and in a mysterious way) sounds well, but it doesn't hold. It is based only on beautiful words. The differences of faith, on the other hand, do exist, and they are not a mere word-play.
Yes, I know that theological dialogue has been started, and it is even possible (everything is possible to the Lord) that eventually the unity will be reached. But beware! Many good Romans believe that the differences might be resolved by means of a clever statement that, owing to its genericness may sound acceptable by both parties. Having reached an agreement on this statement, both would interpret it according to their understanding, in fact keeping their opinions. Worse still, some propose a unity in diversity, without a formal commitment of faith from any part, but under the universal co-ordination of the Pope of Rome.
Well, all of this is impossible. The Fathers taught us that the the agreement on common faith must be univocal and unequivocal.
Orthodoxy follows the spirit of the Law, rather than the letter. And since it is impossible for the Orthodox Church to introduce new doctrines, it falls on the Romans to abandon a millennium of innovations, and unreservedly return to the faith of the Catholic and Apostolic Church.
This is the only possible platform for an agreement.
History has shown the fallacy of otherwise based unions. And now let me ask you a trivial question: Bill, is the Pope infallible (on his own and not by virtue of Church consensus, as specified in the 1870 dogma) or not? He may not be fallible and infallible at the same time, as it would happen if the two churches were still part of the same Church. One of the two must be wrong.
But Vatican II allowed a great freedom of opinions…
you may answer. Yet this is a sophism. The true Church may not fall in error. If you believe that your Church has erred, or that She is actually erring, you deny that She is the true Church.
I embrace you with unchanged friendship and love in Christ.
(PS. For the record, Father Gregorio Cognetti told me that the recipient of this letter, soon afterwards, converted himself to Orthodoxy — he is now a tonsured reader of the O.C.A. in Florida — and that this letter was a major factor in his conversion)
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The Authentic Seal by Archimandrite Aimilianos, ISBN: 960-85603-3-0
The Book of Mystical Chapters, Trans. and introduced by John A. McGuckin, ISBN: 1-59030-007-6
The Boundless Garden by Alexandros Papadiamantis Edited by Lambros Kamperidis and Denise Harvey, ISBN 978-960-7120-23-6
The Church Fathers ( Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody Massachusetts, 37 vol. set
The Enlargement of The Heart by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou, ISBN 0-9774983-2-8
The Faith of Chosen People by St Nikolai Velimirovich, The Free Serbian Diocese of America and Canada, Grayslake, IL 1988
The Faith of The Saints , A Catechism by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, ISBN:1-932965-06-8
The Fifty Spiritual Homilies, Pseudo-Macarius, ISBN: 0-8091-0455-5
The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios by Dionysios Farasiotis, ISBN: 978-1-887904-16-2
The Heart by Archimandrite Spyridon Logothetis, ISBN 960-86639-4-6
The Hidden Man of The Heart by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou, ISBN 978-0-9800207-1-7
The Holy Bible NKJV, Thomas Nelson, 1992
The Homilies of Saint Gregory Palamas by Christopher Veniamin, 2 vols. ISBN: 1-878997-67-X; ISBN: 1-878997-68-X
The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus Edited by Holy Transfifuration Monastery 1979, ISBN 0-943405-03-3
The Life of St. Anthony by St. Athanasius the Great, Eastern Orthodox Books, Willits, CA
The Lives of The Holy Prophets by Holy Apostles Convent, ISBN: 0944359-12-4
The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain by Hieromonk Alexander Golitzin, ISBN: 1-878997-48-3
The Luminus Eye by Sebastian Brock, ISBN: 0-87907-524-4
The Mind of the Orthodox Church by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, Trans. by Esther Williams, ISBN: 960-7070-39-9
The One Thing Needful by Archbishop Andrei of Novo- Diveevo, ISBN: 91-2927-29-1
The Orthodox Ethos, Studies in Orthodoxy Edited by A.J. Philippou, Hollywell Press Oxford 1964
The Orthodox New Testament 2 vols., Published by The Holy Apostles Convent 1999, ISBN: 0-944359-17-5 & 0-944359-14-0
The Philokalia, The Complete Text compiled by St Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St Makarios of Corinth, Trans. by G.E.H. Palmer, Phillip Sherrard and Kallistos Ware Vol 4 ISBN: 0-571-11727-9
The Philokalia, The Complete Text compiled by St Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St Makarios of Corinth, Trans. by G.E.H. Palmer, Phillip Sherrard and Kallistos Ware Vol2 ISBN: 0-571-15466-2
The Philokalia, The Complete Text compiled by St Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St Makarios of Corinth, Trans. by G.E.H. Palmer, Phillip Sherrard and Kallistos WareVol 3 ISBN: 0-571-17525-2
The Philokalia, The Complete Textcompiled by St Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St Makarios of Corinth, Trans. by G.E.H. Palmer, Phillip Sherrard and Kallistos Ware, Vol 1 ISBN: 0-571-13013-5
The Philokalia: Master Reference Guide Compiled by Basileios S. Stapakis, Trans by G.E.H. Palmer, Phillip Sherrard, Kallistos Ware, ISBN: 1-880971-87-9
The Prologue of Ohrid, Trans. by Fr. Timothy Tepsic, vol 1 ISBN: 978-0-9719505-0-4; vol 2 ISBN: 978-0-9719505-1-1
The Psalter Trans. by Holy Transfiguration Monastery, ISBN: 0-943405-00-9
The Spiritual World of St Isaac the Syrian by Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, Cistercian Publications, Kalamazoo, Michigan 2000
The Way of A Pilgrim trans.by R.M. French, ISBN 345-24254-8-150
We Shall See Him As He Is by Archimandrite Sophrony Sakharov, ISBN 0-9512786-4-9
Wisdom. Let Us Attend: Job, The Fathers, and The Old Testament by Johanna Manley, ISBN: 0-9622536-4-2
Words of Life by Archimandrite Sophrony, Trans. by Sister Magdalen, ISBN1-874679-11-8
Writings from The Philokalia On Prayer of The Heart, Trans. by E. Kadloubovsky and G.E.H. Palmer, ISBN: 0-571-16393-9