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NORTH BLOOMFIELD - Gloria A. Garrison, 90, died at her home Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
She was born Oct. 7, 1921, in Forestville, Md., the daughter of William and Essie Smoot.
She was a graduate from secretarial college, were she learned the skills of courtroom stenography and was employed at Crispus Attucks for 17 years.
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Gloria was both a mother and friend to everyone she met. She and her late husband were foster parents for 22 years, providing a loving home and hope for many children.
She enjoyed cooking and caring for others. She loved her children, especially her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Survivors include her children, Theodore Evans, Saundra Lyons and Ja-Tise Garrison of North Bloomfield, William Evans of Perris, Calif., and Phyllis Jefferson of Cleveland Heights.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Nathaniel Garrison; son, Nathaniel Garrison Jr.; and siblings, Madelyn Bryant and Augustus Smoot.
A private committal service of her ashes will be held at the Brownwood Cemetery in North Bloomfield.
Service handled by the Paine-Guerriero Funeral Home in Orwell.
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|Claude Julien has 'hope' Brad Marchand will find his hot streak in time for Game 6
|06.23.13 at 8:21 pm ET
Brad Marchand has been streaky throughout his NHL career.
Never has been more evident than in these playoffs.
Marchand had three assists in the first round series against Toronto. Then he warmed up with a goal and an assist in each of the first two games against the Rangers. Marchand went on to score a pair of goals in Game 2 against Pittsburgh and an assist in each of the last two games.
Those were the last points of the playoffs for Marchand. Claude Julien said Sunday he's not worried.
"Well, if he's going to be a streaky player I would hope that streak starts [Monday]," Julien said. "I don't think he's played terrible, but certainly he knows he can play better. But a lot of our guys do, too. We all need to be better in order to get ourselves back into this series here. We feel confident that we can. You go through bumps along the way, and you fight through it. Just have to look at the other team. They have guys that haven't produced and they started producing. If we can do the same thing, then we're going to get ourselves back into it."
"I mean it's tough," Marchand said. "They are very good defensively. They've got a lot of speed and they come back very hard. They don't give up many odd man rushes. Everything you get is kind of from down low so we've got to make sure we play that way. Play down low and try to get to the net."
The media from Canada and across the states asked Marchand Sunday if some of his recent struggles have to do with his size – or lack of it – at 5-foot-9.
'I mean when you are down low you just have to use your assets," he said with a good-natured smile. "A lot of guys like Looch [Milan Lucic] and Horty [Nathan Horton] they're big and strong and try to hold guys off. Guys like me, we just try to use our speed and agility down there and try to create a little bit of room for yourself.
|Shawn Thornton on D&C: Jaromir Jagr has 'bought in' to Bruins system
|06.19.13 at 9:35 am ET
Bruins winger Shawn Thornton checked in with Dennis & Callahan on Wednesday morning, with the B's hours away from hosting the Blackhawks in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals.
Despite the Bruins' domination in their 2-0 victory in Game 3 on Monday night, Thornton said his team is not overconfident.
"It's just one game," he said. "We played pretty well last game. [But] we had some frustration, too. We took a few penalties and we had some emotions at the end, too. So, it could have went either way. We just were fortunate enough that Tuukka [Rask] stood on his head and got us that shutout. To say that we're in control I think is a little bit of a stretch at this point in the series."
The Blackhawks were never more inept than when on the power play, as the Bruins stopped all five opportunities (allowing just four shots) and had better scoring chances shorthanded.
"They have pretty dangerous players over there," Thornton said. "Our PK has done a very good job so far. But when I was in [penalty box] last game for two minutes, I was sweating the whole time hoping that my penalty wasn't the reason they scored.
"They were missing [Marian] Hossa, one of their best players, last game. I don't know what happened to him. But he's back tonight, as far as I know. I think it will be a little bit of a different game tonight."
The Bruins have demonstrated a solid team approach, committing to coach Claude Julien's defense-oriented system. Asked who the most important Bruin is, Thornton said newcomer Jaromir Jagr deserves credit for adjusting his game to fit the B's style.
"Everyone has to buy in for us to be successful," Thornton said. "The most impressive is probably I'd say Jagr, being that he just got here. I don't know a whole lot about where he was before this — other than what you read on paper, and everyone knows — but I'm pretty sure that he's pretty used to doing his own thing out there, and it's worked out pretty well for him the last 22 years. He comes in here and he's backchecking and finishing checks and battling on pucks. That's pretty impressive when you've been doing something one way for 21 years and now you're told you're going to do it this way if you want to have success, and he's bought in.
"The other guys, top to bottom, the whole time I've been here, it starts with those big boys. Then the little guys like myself have to fall in line and follow the system or else you're not around. So, I think all the way throughout it's been pretty good."
Patrice Bergeron has stepped into the national spotlight with his all-around play in this series, something Thornton noted is long overdue.
"I think he's finally getting his due," Thornton said. "We've appreciated him in that room for the last five, six years that I've been here. He's so good defensively. And the players he plays with — this isn't taking anything away from [Tyler Seguin] or [Brad Marchand] when they're together, or Jags and Marchy now, but if you put another centerman in between them, I'm not sure if they're as successful in their own zone. He does a lot of things to cover up — not cover up, but he's in the position to let them maybe take advantage a little bit more offensively, because he's so good at being in the right spot and making sure that he's behind you 100 percent defensively."
Added Thornton: "On the other side of the puck he doesn't get enough credit, how good he is offensively. He's finally starting to get some due because he's scored some timely goals for us in the playoffs. But when we skate with him in the offseason and in training camp and on a daily basis, the things you see him do with the puck, and how strong he is on it and how quick he is, there's not too many guys that can control it like him."
To hear the interview, go to the Dennis & Callahan audio on demand page. For more Bruins news, visit the team page at weei.com/bruins.
|Brad Marchand says Bruins have finally learned their lesson: 'We're doing a lot more things right'
|06.18.13 at 5:49 pm ET
Following Monday night's 2-0 win over the Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals, Claude Julien paid the ultimate tribute to his team by saying they're fully committed to the cause.
Ask the players, and that is high praise indeed. The players know how much they played with fire late in the regular season and how much that spilled over into the first round. They were almost burned against Toronto.
But now?
The Bruins can sense the difference in consistency. That is to say, it's there every night, compared to the beginning of the playoffs.
"Yeah, especially against Toronto," Brad Marchand said, referring to the "Jekyll and Hyde" phase the team was going through. "Guys are way more focused and determined to do the little things right. I think after going through what we went through against Toronto, it kind of opened guys eyes to realize we need to all bear down and be better if we're going to have shot at winning. I think after that series we all bared down and we're doing a lot more things right."
Obviously, for the Bruins to reach their goal, they need to do even more of those things in the next week and manage two more wins, something Marchand is fully convinced he and his teammates are capable of accomplishing.
"I think there's still areas where we can improve, but for the most part we played a pretty good game," Marchand said. "We're doing some things right, there's still lapses in our game where we need to get a little bit better. Hopefully we can clean that up going down the stretch."
|Brad Marchand: 'I don't think anybody is out there trying to injury guys'
|06.17.13 at 1:53 pm ET
Brad Marchand has been called a lot of things in his brief NHL career.
Antagonizer. Spark plug. Skillful finisher. Intense.
But the one thing he maintains is he plays within the rules. He doesn't, for a second, consider himself a dirty player. The "dirty" tag came up again in an interview with ESPN Boston on Monday when Don Cherry said Marchand "is not a pest. He's a hockey player that plays dirty."
"When you're getting suspensions and stuff like that, that's playing dirty," Marchand said Monday morning before Game 3. "You play hard, a lot of things happen in a game but I don't think anybody is out there trying to injure guys."
During the Eastern Conference finals, Cherry first told WEEI's Mut & Merloni that Marchand is no pest.
As a matter of fact, Marchand maintains he hasn't even tried to get under the skin of the Blackhawks so far in this Stanley Cup final.
"I haven't really tried to do a whole lot," he said. "I'm just trying to play the game. Everyone is so caught up in trying to antagonize guys and stuff like that, it just doesn't happen like that. It comes with the game and you have to react to different situations."
One thing is for sure, Marchand has plenty of respect for a Chicago team that has just as much speed and skill as the Bruins.
"They're a great team," Marchand said. "They come with a ton of speed which is always tough to play against. They don't just throw pucks away. Every time they have the puck they make a play, which makes it tough out there. I think that's the biggest thing I've noticed is just that they don't ever seem to throw pucks away. Everything is right on the tape. If they don't have anything, they just seem to swing back so they're a great team. There's no doubt about that."
Still, Marchand was asked if he thought the Blackhawks hate him yet?
"I have no idea. You have to ask them," he said.
The Bruins are 3-0 in Game 3s so far in these Stanley Cup playoffs while the Blackhawks are 0-3. Meaningful heading into Game 3 of the Cup final?
"It means nothing right now," Marchand said. "It's a completely different series and a completely different time."
|What they're saying in the Windy City: Tuukka Rask is really good, Bruins are outhitting Blackhawks, Jonathan Toews needs to step it up
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Chicago sportswriters realized over the weekend what Bruins fans have known for quite some time: Tuukka Rask is really, really good.
Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune writes that Rask has been the Bruins' 'saving grace,' his 1.73 goals-against average and .944 save percentage in the playoffs a huge reason the Bruins have gotten this far. She credits Rask, who collected 33 saves Saturday's Game 2 overtime win, with preventing the game from 'spinning wildly out of the Bruins' control.'
Count Tyler Seguin among those appreciative of the netminder's performance.
'He shows on a consistent basis why we have so much confidence in him, but he also gives us more motivation to do it for him sometimes," Seguin said. "Especially if you look at [Saturday's] game, it could have been 4-0 or 5-0 after the first. We weren't ready. We were on our heels, and they were playing great. He kept us in the game."
Kane quotes Rask, however, as staying his usual, humble ' albeit tired after not sleeping much Saturday night ' self.
"I don't try to prove anything to anybody else but for myself and my teammates," Rask said. "I always feel like I'm in a zone. '¦ It's nothing different. It's just another game.'
Don Cherry joined Dennis & Callahan on Monday morning, and the CBC Hockey Night in Canada analyst said he is sticking with his pick of the Bruins to win it all against the Blackhawks.
'They are going to win the Cup,' Cherry said point-blank. 'I picked Boston all the way through."
'It's funny how the Bruins can turn it on like that,' he added, referencing the Bruins seemingly flipping a switch in the middle of Game 2 Saturday night. 'It was like how it was against Toronto [in Game 7]. 'Oh, 4-1? We're going to turn it on for about 15 minutes.' And that's what they did in the overtime. If Chicago plays like they did in the overtime, it's not going to go long."
Part of that, the former Bruins coach said, was the result of the B's consistently physical play, particularly after the first period.
'A few [Blackhawks] guys are hearing footsteps '¦ and the defense gets rid of the puck early,' Cherry said. 'Instead of taking their time a little, they know guys like [Milan] Lucic are coming, that little shot's coming, and they get rid of the puck early."
Cherry acknowledged that both goalies, Tuukka Rask and Corey Crawford, have been playing superbly, and he doesn't expect any blowouts in either direction.
Cherry heaped praise on Rask in particular, even giving him the edge over Tim Thomas' performance during the Bruins' 2011 Stanley Cup run.
'Timmy Thomas did play great — I'm not putting him down — but Rask is unbelievable,' Cherry said. 'He is in a zone right now."
Cherry also spoke highly of Tyler Seguin, saying he fully expects the young forward to start producing more soon. The key is giving Seguin, in the form of ice time and confidence, the opportunity to succeed. Now that that is starting to happen again, the puck should start to fall.
'When you don't play, you're not going to be anything,' Cherry said. 'He was taken off the line when [Jaromir] Jagr came. How would I handle him? I'd play him to death. And when you play him to death, he'd come through for you.'
|Bruins insist the Blackhawks aren't the Penguins
|06.11.13 at 7:08 pm ET
CHICAGO — The Bruins didn't see the Blackhawks in the regular season this year because of the lockout, but did facing the Penguins prepare the B's for Chicago?
"It's hard to really compare them to someone when you haven't faced them, but if you look at them on paper, their lineup, a lot of people like to compare them to Pittsburgh," Zdeno Chara said.
That's right. A lot of people do compare them to Pittsburgh, and it's probably why many assumed that the Penguins and Blackhawks would meet in the Cup finals. There is a difference between the teams though, most notably that Chicago is a much stronger team defensively. Their defensemen are good in their own end and move the puck exceptionally well, plus they have stronger goaltending.
Yet the team's high offensive output has led to comparisons to Pittsburgh. Brad Marchand even made the comparison, but like Chara noted that the similarities are in the rosters, not the styles of play.
"The closest team to what they would do would be Pittsburgh just because of the talent and skill they have, but they don't really play a similar game," he said. "Pittsburgh was more keen on chipping pucks in and going after it. I don't know if Chicago's like that, but there's not really any other team that plays like they do. They play a different game and I think that's why their so tough to stop."
Marchand was then asked if the Bruins would take the same approach to the Blackhawks as they did against the Penguins.
"That's a sneaky question right there," Marchand said with a grin. "It's a completely different team. I just said that they're not the same team. They're similar in skill and talent, so very sneaky question by you. Trying to get me in trouble over here, but they play a different game and it won't at all be like the Pittsburgh series."
There is one Bruin who faced the Blackhawks this year: Jaromir Jagr, who played them twice as a member of the Stars and had no points, four shots on goal and a minus-1 rating in two meetings against Chicago.
"I know everything about them," Jagr said with a laugh, as questions about the teams' unfamiliarity with one another were aplenty given that teams only played conference opponents this season.
The Blackhawks won both games Jagr played against them, one of which was an 8-1 blowout, so it's no surprise that Jagr respects their talent.
"When we played them in Dallas, I thought they were in the best team in that conference for sure," Jagr said. "They played different hockey than any other team in that conference. They're quick, so talented up front, but they're quick on defense. I think that's a huge difference compared to other teams. They're so fast and everybody can move the puck on their defense, so we have to be careful of that."


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About 10 pm on Friday night, I started reading The Stocked Kitchen, by Sarah Kallio and Stacy Krastins. By midnight, I was finished. Seriously, I read a cookbook cover to cover and was so excited, I couldn't go to sleep. It seems a little silly to call this just a cookbook. It's more like "kitchen curriculum". I've been cooking for at least 40 years, and I would venture to say I'm fairly good at it. Yet, I learned so much from The Stocked Kitchen that I had never previously considered. I can't wait to share it. It is going to take a busy woman's view of her kitchen, and cooking, and literally turn it upside down. I will venture to say that you have never seen another cookbook like it and though there will probably be many who will try to copy this ingenious concept, you get to hear about the one and only original, right here, on Busy-at-Home. (Enter to win a copy for yourself, at the end of this post!)
The first two "chapters" of the book are made up of a total of only three pages. After reading them, however, I was hooked. I felt a kinship with these women who knew exactly what the challenges are in a busy woman's kitchen, day-to-day — you know, that 4:30 or 5:00 standing and staring into an open refrigerator or pantry and feeling like you have nothing to make for dinner challenge? They've been there, done that, AND they have a solution. The difference between understanding a dilemma, and solving a dilemma, is action. Sarah and Stacy's actions are going to rock your cooking world! The system and recipes they have developed are going to save you time — they're going to save you money — and they're going to give you a confidence in the kitchen that will leave smiles on the faces of your family and guests at every meal. (I'm just a little stoked about this cookbook. 🙂 ) Frugal, fast and made from scratch — everything we love at Busy-at-Home!
The short and sweet of the premise behind this book is one awesomely simple, yet comprehensive grocery list. Keep your fridge, freezer and pantry stocked with these items and you will always have what you need to create ANY of the more than 300 recipes in this book. The grocery list is included in tear-out pages in the back of this wonderful, hard cover cookbook. Stick it to the fridge, check off items as they are used (and train others in your house to do the same), so you know it needs to be replenished and then carry the list to the store with you every 7-10 days to restock your kitchen with the few items you need. You could easily just make copies of the page to have one for each week, or even simpler, visit The Stocked Pantry website and print the list on your printer at home. Do you realize how this will revolutionize the way you shop — how many "extra" things you will not be buying — how much time and money that can save? It boggles the mind.
So, what's the secret to this grocery list? What makes it so magical and special? Have you ever seen a recipe online or in a magazine and thought it sounded amazing and decided to make it, only to find you needed some exotic ingredient that you have never purchased in your life, much less have sitting in your pantry? Have you made an extra trip to the store to get that item, and a few others you find along the way, just to bring it home, make the recipe and have the rest of that product sit untouched on your shelves for months or even years? I definitely have. The secret to The Stocked Kitchen grocery list is that all the items are everyday, normal food that you probably keep in your kitchen most of the time. When I first glanced at the list, I thought, "That's a LOT of groceries!", but after taking the time to read through it, I already had about 85-90% of those items in my kitchen. The few things that aren't on your normal list of staples, will quickly become familiar to you, because they are so commonly used in these recipes. You won't be buying exotic, but you WILL be buying cost-effective, common ingredients that can be used to create delicious, nutritious meals and that will save you money on 1) pre-packaged, processed food and 2) going out to eat at the last minute because you "don't have anything to cook at home".
These recipes are certainly family-friendly, but they will be equally great for entertaining. There are options for every palate and quite a few vegetarian options, as well. That was actually one of my biggest concerns before reading the book — "Won't we get tired of having the same old dishes day in and day out? How can there be enough variety, with only one shopping list?" Let me ask you a question. In a 30-day span, are there any of your family's favorite dishes that you prepare more than once? We sure do and sometimes it's because we want it, sometimes it's because I can't think of anything else to make. The Stocked Kitchen has enough soup, pasta, and meat main dish recipes that you would be able to eat a different dinner (no repeats) every night for more than two months. I know, because I counted. 🙂 Our family is not huge on seafood, (though I may try incorporating it more often with these recipes), so I counted how many meals I would be able to make if I never used ANY of the seafood recipes. There were over two months worth and that doesn't count the times we will eat breakfast for supper or have a baked potato bar, etc. This grocery list doesn't limit you, it uses ingredients you typically keep on hand, anyway, and provides you with the recipes to help you create a delicious, expanded repertoire of meals for your family without needing to run to the store before you cook each night. If you're like me (and I know you are 😉 ), you'll immediately recognize how many of your family's own recipes fit the grocery list, which expands your possibilities even further. I don't know about you, but that's exciting to me. What has become a drudgery and a chore — grocery shopping — will become streamlined, simple and quick. Happy, happy mama!
I also believe there are many recipes in the Stocked Kitchen that would lend themselves well to freezer cooking, another of my favorite time and money savers. The Stocked Kitchen has recipes for main dishes and soups, pasta dishes, appetizers, desserts, pizzas, breakfasts and brunches, salads, breads, beans, potatoes, rice and veggies! Plus, you'll learn to make your own sauces, salsas, dressings and condiments from ingredients on the list, saving money and space in the fridge. What's left? What's not to love? It's pure genius!
You've read a lot of my reviews, so you know I take pretty seriously what I recommend. It's one thing to be able to like and recommend a product. It's another to say you need it. We have a pretty clear understanding of the difference between wants and needs in our house. So, understand I am not speaking lightly when I say, "You NEED this book." I seriously believe it will save you time and money, help your family to eat healthier and take the panic out of mealtime preparation. You will do your job more efficiently, effectively and happily because you have the tools you need to pull it off. I will be giving this book as a wedding or bridal shower gift each time I receive an invitation. If it were the only cookbook a new bride owned, she'd be set. Seriously! Yes, it's a cookbook, but it's also a tool, it's a plan for being successful in the kitchen. It equips you to masterfully prepare tasty meals, from ingredients you already have in your kitchen and enjoy doing it. I wish I had had it years ago. You're going to love it!
Here's one recipe, I've been given permission to reprint for you. You need to put a batch of this in the oven every time you are going to have company, because your house smells AMAZING while it is baking!
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons honey
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. (In my oven, this worked better at 275 degrees)
- Cover a jellyroll pan (cookie sheet with sides) with aluminum foil.
- In a bowl, combine all ingredients with a fork until crumbly and evenly blended.
- Spread onto the jelly roll pan.
- Bake for 30 - 40 minutes, until melted and bubbly.
- Cool completely on the pan.
- Break into small pieces.
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Master's Programs in Educational Psychology
The master's programs are designed for students who are interested in individual differences, working with children, youth or adults in educational settings, conducting educational research or ultimately intend to pursue the PhD degree in Educational Psychology or a closely related field. Students who complete the MSED or MA will be able to describe (a) the foundations of educational psychology, (b) individual differences in learning and development, (c) research methods in education, (d) current issues and trends in educational psychology, and (e) relationships between measurement, exceptionalities, and multicultural issues.
Master of Science (MSEd)
The MSEd degree requires the completion of thirty-six hours of graduate course work. Twenty-one of these hours consist of a core curriculum in educational psychology that includes: learning (EDP 5333), development (EDP 5332), measurement (EDP 5340), exceptionalities (EDP 5366), cultural issues (EDP 5393; NOTE: EDP 5393 may be taken as mini semester study abroad in Costa Rica), educational research (EDP 5335), and special topics (EDP 5V95).
The remaining hours may include graduate level courses from one or more of these areas: assessment, research and statistics, learning and development, gifted and talented, or applied behavior analysis. With approval, up to fifteen hours of electives may be taken outside the department and School of Education. The affordance of electives allow students to select courses that match not only their interests but their future career goals.
Master of Arts (MA)
The MA degree requires thirty hours of graduate coursework including a 3-hour thesis course. The masters thesis is typically an independent research study that includes the posing of a research question, design of a study to address it, collection of data, and the presentation and defense of the results. Twenty-one hours of core coursework are the same as that listed above for the MSEd. Generally, the MA is considered to be good preparation for those students wishing to pursue the PhD degree.
Quantitative Methods Specialization
There is a well-documented shortage of professionals with quantitative skills, which makes graduates with such competencies in high demand. To help meet this demand, we offer a 5th Year MA program for undergraduates interested in quantitative methods. This program allows undergraduates the opportunity to develop skills in quantitative research and complete a Master's degree in one year.
The purpose of the 5th year MA program in educational psychology with a specialization in quantitative methods is to prepare professional researchers to understand and apply advanced quantitative research methods to address social problems and understand educational, psychological, and methodological research so that program graduates can contribute new knowledge to the field.
In this program, students will learn research skills necessary for understanding the gap between theory, research, and practice. With these skills, students will conduct principled inquiry that promotes quantitative scholarship to advance knowledge and educational and psychological practice; these skills benefit students in doctoral programs or a research-related career.
For more information, see the Quantitative Methods Specialization handbook and the departmental listing of quantitative courses.
For more information on either the MSEd or MA program please contact Dr. Terrill Saxon at email@example.com
Admission to the Master's Program
Admission begins with an application to the Graduate School at Baylor University. The application process is online. You will need to choose Educational Psychology and designate either the MSEd or MA.
The master's program accepts applicants for the fall, spring, and summer semesters. Note: If you are applying to the ABA specialization, you will begin during the first summer term. It is preferred that prospective students have their completed application to the graduate school by early February in order to be more competitive for potential graduate assistantships and other financial aid options. Completed applications will be reviewed throughout the year.
Students must first meet the admission requirements for graduate study at Baylor University. Admission to the master's program also requires a recommendation for acceptance by the director of the master's program.
A student seeking to enter the master's program submits an Application for Graduate School Admission to Baylor University along with an application fee payable to Baylor University.
An application for admission to the master's program is considered complete and ready to review when the following documents have been submitted to the Graduate School at Baylor University:
1. All official transcripts for undergraduate and graduate course work (An overall 3.0 grade point average for previous coursework is desirable).
2. GRE scores (contact master's program director to discuss a possible exemption).
3. An application form (designating either MSEd or MA).
4. Three letters of recommendation (preferably one from an academic advisor, and at least one from someone familiar with the your experiences).
5. Personal statement by the student outlining his/her background and professional objectives.
In addition to these documents, the director requires an interview with all applicants.
The director along
with department faculty considers a broad range of academic, personal, and
experiential factors in making its recommendations on admission. If you have
questions, please contact: Terrill F. Saxon,
Ph.D. Director, Master's
Programs in Educational Psychology Email: email@example.com
The director along with department faculty considers a broad range of academic, personal, and experiential factors in making its recommendations on admission.
If you have questions, please contact:
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KAHULUI - The former resident minister of Kahului and Makawao Hongwanji missions will be returning to Maui to lead a seminar titled "KiMyo MuRyoJu (Return to Immeasurable Life): Review, Revisit, Revitalize" on Sept. 3 and 4.
The seminar by the Rev. Ron Kobata, who is currently with the Buddhist Church of San Francisco, will touch upon "reviewing what the sangha (association) is based on, revisiting how and why it was developed, and then revitalize that original spirit," he said in an email.
His talk also will cover Shin Buddhism and the insights of best-selling author and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle, who wrote "The Power of Now" and "A New Earth."
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Tolle's insight/awakening to the "now" brought Kobata to the kanji for the foundation of the Pure Land path to enlightenment, the "nembutsu." The "nem," also "nen," consists of two Chinese character radicals, "ima" or now, and "kokoro," or heart/mind. The "butsu" means "awakened being."
The Buddha dharma (truth or reality) is based on the realization of "no thingness." For those in sync with the dharma there is a pure state/land of "being" or "nirvana," Kobata said.
"The dysfunctional life is the pain-body of being trapped in an aimless cycle, trapped in the 'thought' of an independent, unchanging 'I,''' he said.
The American-born minister is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and received his tokudo, or ordination, in 1974. He served at Kahului Hongwanji from 1983 to 2001 and Makawao Hongwanji from 2001 to 2005. Kobata is currently executive assistant in the Buddhist Church of San Francisco.
Hongwanji Buddhism came to Hawaii and the Mainland with Japanese ministers to serve the immigrant population. As an American and English-speaking-first minister, Kobata is part of a new breed of Western bred ministers, which he feels is a "a very encouraging reflection that Shin Buddhism in America is and will continue to become more broadly appreciated as a meaningful religious/spiritual resource/perspective on living a true and meaningful life."
"I feel that most American-born priests have less of a feeling of obligation toward the institutional forms of the tradition," Kobata said. "In fact, I'm becoming more convinced that we should take more responsibility for training and ordaining our own clergy in America rather continuing the tradition of sending candidates to the Hongwanji in Kyoto."
He said that his "interpretation" of the dharma is not different from Japanese-bred ministers, but there may be differences in approach.
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The sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days in the Kahului Hongwanji social hall.
The cost is $10, and the deadline to sign up is Monday.
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Broad messages, complicated political positions, and blurred generational and class lines characterize and problematize the Occupy Wall Street movement. As if its connection to the Canadian magazine Adbusters were not enough, this "U.S." movement's clearest and most original position may be its denial of position. Beyond "We are the 99%"—a general position against greed and inequality—the "movement" remains difficult to categorize in terms of the red/blue politics of the United States. The picture becomes even more complicated at the regional level where clear, defining symbols of nationalist power and capital are absent.
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Czech Treasures?
I will be very fortunate to have the estimable beer philosopher, (Pivní Filosof) Max Brahnson, do a little pub-and-brewery crawling with me when I'm in Prague. I've also studied his Pisshead's Guide to Prague to bone up on my vycepni pivos and my tmaves (since I'm working in Blogspot and am lazy, all diacritics have been left in the cupboard). Because, of course, there's a lot more to Czech beer than just "Bohemian pilsner." (There is, in fact, more to the Czech Republic than just Bohemia.) All of that will be enormously useful to me.
But since we do know so little, and since I'm still waiting for my copy of Evan Rail's now somewhat outdated Good Beer Guide to Prague, I'll throw this out to the hive mind. What small treasures, invisible to American eyes, await me if only I know where to look when I visit the Czech Republic? I'll be in a car, so it doesn't have to be in a big city.
Help me, hive mind!
18 comments:
- DA Beers said...
Jeff, enjoy your time there, it was one of the best beer countries I've been to! The tmavy dark lagers are incredible as well as the unfiltered pilsners. You'll definitely come away with a love for the maltiness of their beers from the floor malting and decoction mashing. Good luck with the language and street names.
- 10:59 AM, July 30, 2012
- Pivní Filosof said...
I've got a couple of things in the works already, floor malting included...
- 11:37 AM, July 30, 2012
- The Beer Nut said...
Pardubický Porter!
- 1:27 PM, July 30, 2012
- Jeff Alworth said...
Max, these are breweries in the Prague area? (It's amazing how little is available in English about Czech breweries online. 90% of it comes from you.)
Pardubicky it is, Beer Nut.
And Derek, I'm suitably alarmed about the language. Max writes that you should at least be able to say a few words so as not to look like a total jerk, so I'm practicing.
- 2:46 PM, July 30, 2012
- Bara Miller said...
I'd be happy to provide a Czech lesson or two or three, say, at the County Cork, or is there somewhere in Portland that has good Czech beer on tap? (I have never had properly fresh Pilsener Urquell, aka Plzensky Prazdroj, on this side of the Atlantic, well, not outside of the Czech Republic, in fact.) I may be able to set you up with a local contact or two, too. When I lived there, years ago now, Radegast was another good brewery, I think I remember that Staropramen's 12 was worthwhile, the pub downstairs from one of my flats, U Broucku, served several beers from another brewery, some of which I liked... ach, jo!
- 5:50 PM, July 30, 2012
- Pivní Filosof said...
Still in the planning stage, but I can arrange a visit to U Fleku, a tourist trap, but, one with great beer and more history than can poke a stick at, not to mention a great Brew Master, maybe another brewpub or two in Prague and around and a couple of breweries out of Prague, but not too far.
- 9:20 PM, July 30, 2012
- Matthew said...
You don't mention where you're going in Italy, but I had a great night at Bir & Fud in Rome. They had, seemingly, only Italian craft beers on tap and also owned a bottle store for after hours drinking in the piazza. The beer was excellent too.
- 10:09 PM, July 30, 2012
- Adrian Tierney-Jones said...
I enjoyed a glass of two of Hubertus at Kacov's brewery tap, lovely spot, lovely beer and if you do go to Milan La Ratera is a brilliant beer and food restaurant and Birrificio Lambrate's brewpub tap is well worth a visit too.
- 12:30 AM, July 31, 2012
For local expertise, try the Pivni galerie, U Pruhonu 9, Praha 7-Holesvice. It's an off license that stocks beers from all over Czech Republic.
- 4:18 AM, July 31, 2012
- Jack R. said...
If memory serves, the beer cultures in both Germany and the Czech Republic are described in Pete Brown's "Three Sheets in the Wind", ISBN: 0330442473. An enjoyable and informative read; likely good background.
Are you including Sweden is your second European beer tour? There seems to be a market for American craft beer there.
- 7:12 AM, July 31, 2012
- Jeff Alworth said...
Bara, thanks. Let's see what Max comes up with and then talk.
Matthew, still firming up Italy, but Baladin, Como, Lambrate, Del Ducato Cafe Pausa, LoverBeer, Montegioco, Panil, Toccalmatto, and Italiano are all on the wish list.
Adrian, Kacov looks like it's sort of on the way between Ceske Budejovice and Prague, so I'll put it on the list.
Helen, will do--thanks.
Jack, no Scandinavia, sadly. It's on my wish list, but time/money mean I have to skip a few places that deserve to be visited.
- 11:35 AM, July 31, 2012
I hope that this will turn out better than your trip to Belgium, where, after speaking with three brewers, you seemed to think you knew all about the beer culture there. Brewers know how to brew beer (well, some of them do) and are not necessarily experts on local beer culture. Plus, three does not a country make!
I see you'll also be looking at this with American eyes ("I'll be in a car, so..."), when it would be a lot smarter to at least try to be neutral.
With Max as a guide, I'm sure you'll at least have a fighting chance of understanding something about Czech beer culture, but, if you're own your own the rest of the trip, I'm not too hopeful.
- 7:32 AM, August 01, 2012
- Jeff Alworth said...
Ah Mike, my house troll. I actually toured ten breweries over the course of two weeks, but who's counting? Incidentally, I'd be interested to hear which brewers you've spoken to who you'd call ignorant of Belgian culture. Since you're casting stones and all.
As for driving, don't Germans and Italians have some connection to cars? Or have I confused them with some other countries?
- 9:16 AM, August 01, 2012
So. Either one subscribes to your POV or one is troll.
I've always taken "beer culture" to mean how a community or society relates to beer. To me, that's always meant pubs, not breweries.
What do I know about Belgian beer culture? Well, for one thing, I've been going to Belgian pubs possibly for as long as you've been old enough to drink. I speak the same language they do, so I don't need to limit my sources to English only. Amazing that you were able to so far surpass my decades of experience in only two weeks.
As for driving, yes, I've never been in a country in Europe that doesn't have cars. But, the US is number one (in the world) in terms of driving: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/01/study-suggests-weve-hit-peak-travel/
The point is that in Europe we have public transport systems that are far cheaper and more efficient that personal autos. I've toured Bavaria for several years without a car and never had a problem reaching even small villages. Of course, it's probably more difficult to find information about this if you don't speak the language. But as long as you've got Hertz, you don't really need to learn another language or even think about alternate methods of transport, eh?
- 2:28 AM, August 02, 2012
- Bara Miller said...
Perhaps you've already found this December 2009 Evan Rail article in the travel section of the New York Times, including a number of helpful links?
- 10:21 AM, August 02, 2012
- Jack R. said...
On the lighter side, an unrelated search revealed
Brewery Lobkowicz
Vysoky Chlumec, Czech Republic
82 km south of Prague
90 km west of Pilsen
Three bottle beers were, one each, rated by the Alström Bros as: World Class, Exceptional, Good.
- 1:31 PM, August 02, 2012
- Jeff Alworth said...
Bara, yeah, I've pretty much scoured the net for all English-language info, plus some semi-English and Czech language sites, too.
"But as long as you've got Hertz, you don't really need to learn another language or even think about alternate methods of transport, eh?"
- 4:52 PM, August 02, 2012
- Matthew said...
I went to Prague in June. I highly reccomend Pivovar Strahov at the Strahov Monastary and Les Moules Belgian beer bar. Have a blast!
- 8:39 AM, August 10, 2012


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Anvil Bar & Refuge earned a spot among the semifinalists for Outstanding Bar Program.
Philip Speer of Austin's Uchi was nominated as a semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef.
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Happy birthday to you - Martin Delany.
Martin Robison Delany, born a free black man on May 6, 1812 in Charlestown, Va. (today Charles Town, W.Va.), is best known for being the first black line officer in the U.S. Army. But he was much more than that.
Delany learned how to read and write by sitting outside the classroom of his white friends. That was against the law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state that banned blacks from being educated. When authorities learned about his education, they confronted Delany's mother. Instead of going to jail, she fled with her son and other children to Chambersburg, Pa.
At various times in his life, Martin Delany attended Harvard College to pursue a career in medicine, was a newspaper owner, an author and a black nationalist. He also was the organizer of the John Brown (the abolitionist) Constitutional Convention in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, in 1858.
In his later life, Delany was convinced that Negroes would never get a fair shake in the United States. He proposed they start their lives over in either South America, Liberia in Africa or in the West Indies. His book, "The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States," tells of his ideas to form that new nation.
He also was working on a novel that was never finished. It was called "Blake: or, the Huts of America" and advocated both rebellion and black nationalism.
During the Civil War, Delany met with President Abraham Lincoln to suggest to the president that colored men be allowed to become soldiers in the Union army. Lincoln sent a memo to Edwin Stanton, his secretary of war, imploring Stanton to "not fail to have an interview with this most extraordinary and intelligent black man."
Delany himself was a recruiter for several USCT regiments including for the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers. He later officially became Major Delany, becoming the first black officer in the U.S. Army.
In his final years, Delany became affiliated with Wilberforce University in Ohio. He died on Jan. 24, 1885, and is buried near the school.
The Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society is commemorating Delany's life with many activities throughout 2012. Those events include an essay/media contest; a golf tournament; the placing of a historical marker; forums on Delany's early life, helping with John Brown's Convention at Chatham, Canada, and his the Civil War years; a birthday party; a History Alive! portrayal of Delany by actor Joseph Bundy; the descendant's reception as part of the African American Culture and Heritage Festival; and the showing of a film on Delany's life. (For a complete list of the events, visit the calendar of events on the web at www.wveasterngateway.com.)
The organization is also seeking Delany descendants. According to organization leader George Rutherford, descendants will be featured during the African American Cultural Heritage Festival, held this year Aug. 17-19. A reception will be held on Friday night, and descendants will ride the parade on Saturday.
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Henry Fonda
I am, like Richard Schickel, "someone who as a child...granted his affections to" Mr. Fonda, and I agree with him that Henry Fonda's award was long overdue (PEOPLE, April 12). But most of all I found it satisfying to read that it was Jane who found the script for them to do. It seems appropriate to me that those two should reach an apex of mutual understanding in their lives through their art and craft and allow us to witness it. On Golden Pond will always be for me a gift from the Fondas to all parents and children who have found it difficult to communicate their true emotions to each other.
Jeanette K. King
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When PEOPLE arrived this week, our 4-year-old son pointed to the face of Henry Fonda and said, "Lincoln." We think that he had just learned the meaning of the word compassion.
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After reading a lot about Henry Fonda in the last few weeks, it sounded to me as if some people felt that the Academy owed him an Oscar just because he was old, sick, had never received one and might not make another film. After seeing On Golden Pond twice, I don't see how anyone else could have won. What a performance!
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Cookeville, Tenn.
El Salvador
The remark of a Green Beret that he has "a pretty good idea what's best for El Salvador" is utterly grandiose and lunatic. Only the people of El Salvador know what is good for them, and that is for U.S. soldiers to pack up their gear and leave so that they can manage their own affairs. If these soldiers are hungry for a war to fight, they should be allowed to fight the criminals, rapists and drug addicts abundant in this country.
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Glendale Heights, Ill.
It's about time someone printed the story of the American advisers in El Salvador. We should be proud to have such patriotic professionals serving in our armed forces. I'm glad they are helping El Salvador. Let's stop painting such a rosy and deceptive picture of the leftist guerrillas.
Allan Manning
Alexandria, Va.
The article on the El Salvador situation assured me that the U.S. involvement is as unnecessary and inhumane as I had thought. Although I agree that "these men are instruments, not shapers, of policy," their attitude toward war is the main cause of world tensions and conflict. They may say they're fighting Communism, but they are killing people.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Since when does a "radical women's lib advocate" have his wife take his last name because it's "better" than hers? Sounds more like male chauvinism to me.
Joan B. Remney
Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
Fred Hill
A million-plus thanks to Fred Hill, who started the ball rolling for Ronald McDonald Houses, and God bless everyone involved. Over a period of a year and a half I slept on chairs and had very little contact with my other two children while I nursed my 9-year-old daughter. Unfortunately, she died shortly after the opening of our McDonald House in Boston. The dedication, love and support of her doctors, nurses and staff were exceptional, but without your family, the pain and anguish are also exceptional.
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Lawrence, Mass.
Andrew Tobias
I'm sick and tired of the insurance industry getting a bum rap. I've been in the business for several years and sympathize with the popular opinion that paying for it is a necessary evil, like income tax, the cost of gasoline, doctors' bills, etc. I can't count the times I have had to listen to complaints from customers that insurance is nothing but a rip-off. So why do I stay with it? For the gratification I feel when I hand people a check to rebuild their house or repair their car and receive their appreciation.
Beverly Kelsey
Austin, Texas
Bess Myerson
In your story about Bess Myerson and her I Love NY diet, you claim that the words "lose 10 pounds in seven days" will "carry a lot of weight with the nation's estimated 65 million fatties." I beg to differ. All of them do not want to diet nor do they consider themselves "fatties." Given the current slim mania, this phrase most likely carries weight mainly with those "thinnies" who are obsessed with losing even more weight.
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Managing Editor
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Kate Jackson
Just as Kate Jackson found out, all homosexuals do not live in New York. My ex-husband and I went to see Making Love together. It was all I could do not to break down in public. When you see the events of your life up on the screen, you tend to fall apart. I agree that the script was shallow, but how deeply can you pursue this subject without offending one group or another? From my personal experience, I feel that the film was well done, but no one can really know unless she has gone through it.
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Picks & Pans
Along with my family and friends, I read your review of John Denver's new album Seasons of the Heart, and we all decided that we shouldn't have. We are really tired of music critics trying to criticize poetry when they have about as much imagination as the Rolling Stones. I find Denver's lyrics peaceful and relaxing; I can also understand them—as opposed to the mumbo jumbo of the rockers you favor. I'll spare myself the headache any day.
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Though much was expected of him in January, this hasn't been the best of years for Rory McIlroy. Expectations were keen for the 24-year-old, and why wouldn't they be?
In addition to winning two majors in record-setting fashion -the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional and an eight-stroke triumph in last year's PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, the precocious Northern Irishman has racked up four other PGA Tour victories and three in Europe during his brief time as a touring pro.
But, at the start of the year while ranked No. 1 in the world, McIlroy signed a much-ballyhooed multi-year, multimillion-dollar contract with Nike, started tweaking his swing, and began hearing from critics about some of his personal choices. He added fuel to the fire by pulling out of February's Honda Classic midway through the second round, citing tooth pain but later recanting that story, and McIlroy later received criticism from Nick Faldo about his lack of concentration and focus.
The latest controversy is outright weird. Gary Player, the 77-year-old Hall of Fame member who recently made headlines of his own by becoming the oldest player ever to appear nude in ESPN the Magazine's annual "Body" issue, said Rory needs to get married in order to find harmony on the golf course.
"When you're in love as a young man naturally golf seems to take second place for a while," Player said on Monday. "It's natural. Love is still the greatest thing that ever happens in our lives. But the thing is for a man like Rory with talent galore he's got to make sure he has a woman like I've got, who has been married [to me] for 56 years, that has only encouraged me to do well and made sacrifices.
"He's got to be intelligent and find the right wife. If he finds the right wife, if he practices and if he's dedicated, he could be the man."
Of course, another favorite McIlroy topic in the blogosphere is his ongoing relationship with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, who has not been a behind-the-scenes presence when he's been out in public. Indeed, the 23-year-old Dane served as McIlroy's caddie during the par-3 contest at this year's Masters.
But, as usual, McIlroy maintains a level of equanimity that many sports stars should emulate. "I have the utmost respect for Gary," McIlroy said Wednesday, avoiding a direct response to Player's remarks. "He's obviously one of the greatest champions that I've just ever seen, and I think that as a man, he's an incredible human being. To be his age and to keep himself as physically fit as he has and to lead the life that he has, I have nothing but respect for Gary."
McIlroy could quell all the commentary if he starts playing better. In 11 events this year, he's had four top-10 finishes and five in the top-25, earning a relatively meager $1,390,586 on the PGA Tour. His last win came in November in Dubai on the European Tour, while his most recent title came last September in BMW Championship.
Despite his play in 2013, McIlroy is still ranked No. 2 in the world behind Tiger Woods and he has another chance to ameliorate things this week at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. The $8.75 million PGA Tour event begins Thursday. McIlroy will be paired in the first round with Brandt Snedeker, who won last week's Canadian Open.
On Wednesday, McIlroy talked with reporters via a teleconference about the brouhaha swirling around him and what he's been doing to get his game back on track. Here's what the curly-haired Ulsterman had to say to the media on the eve of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. The chat occurred during media day for the 2013 Deutsche Bank Championship, which will take place August 30-September 2 at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass., and where McIlroy will be the defending champion.
MODERATOR: Thank you, welcome, everyone. Appreciate you all taking an opportunity to join us for this call with our defending champion, Rory McIlroy. As all of you know, Rory had a tremendous year last year, winning the Deutsche Bank Championship, one of four tournaments that he won, shooting 67 on Sunday to finish at 20 under par beating Louis Oosthuizen. Delighted to have him with us and look forward to welcoming back to TPC Boston. Rory, thanks very much for being with us today.
RORY McILROY: No problem, Greg.
Q. You said earlier in a press conference that you can sometimes get too emotionally involved with your golf. Wonder if you can expand on what you meant by that and what you can do to remain more detached, if that's the right word.
RORY McILROY: Yeah, what I was trying to say was I sort of let a good shot and a bad shot affect me a little bit too much I think. You know, sometimes I get a little bit too excited about a good shot and a little bit too down about a bad shot. So all I was trying to say was just try to keep it more on an even keel out on the golf course and, as I say, not get too excited about a bad round or a good round or whatever. Just try and keep it a little more level.
Q. Wonder if you had not heard Gary Player's recent comments about you, and wonder if earlier today you had a chance to see those comments and if you had any response to them.
RORY McILROY: No, I mean, just as I said in the press conference, I have the utmost respect for Gary. He's obviously one of the greatest champions that I've just ever seen, and I think that as a man, he's an incredible human being. To be his age and to keep himself as physically fit as he has and to lead the life that he has, I have nothing but respect for Gary.
Q. Wonder if you can explain how golf seems different now than when you and Louis were on the course that Monday afternoon?
RORY McILROY: I'm not so sure. I guess when you're in the heat of the battle and you're sort of in the moment and all you're doing is trying to win a golf tournament, I guess sort of your instincts take over a little bit. You know, you just play and you try to shoot a score. You try to - obviously when things haven't been quite going your way, you start to think about it a little bit more. You start to think about technique. You start to think about all that sort of stuff.
You know, that's what I need - I need to get back to playing golf again and just seeing the shots and hitting them and visualizing it, and not thinking as much about technique or much about mechanics. And that's something obviously that I'm going and try and do over the next few weeks, because it obviously worked very well this time last year, obviously the PGA, but, you know, in Boston, as well.
Q. How many rounds of golf have you played this year, if you know what I mean.
RORY McILROY: How many rounds of golf have I played?
Q. Not physically played, but played in kind of the definition you just gave a minute ago where you go out -
RORY McILROY: I think the best round of golf I played this year was the last round in San Antonio, because I was in contention and I was trying to win a golf tournament. You stop thinking about mechanics and you stop thinking about technique and all you're trying to do is get the ball in the hole. That's something that I need to try and do more of.
Q. I was going to ask about next week, given the amount of scrutiny you've been under all year, and Tiger has been under since 2008, who is in more dire need of a major next week, you or him?
RORY McILROY: (Laughing) I've won two in the last two years, it would be great to continue that trend and win another this year and make it three years in a row. You know, he's got 14, I've got two, so I'd better try and catch up. So I think I need one more than he does.
Q. You've been pretty candid this year about the difficulties that you've had playing golf, and looking back sort of this time a year ago, the PGA, the Deutsche Bank, the BMW, and in golf, no matter what player or level you're playing at, it seems like it's a game about confidence. I'm curious if you would agree about the way you've been playing this year and lately, you're not as confident as you were during that stretch last year; is that fair to say?
RORY McILROY: It's definitely fair to say. I feel like I'm a confident person, but when you play some tournaments and they don't go your way, of course your confidence is going to get knocked a little bit. I just need one good round or one good week to get that confidence back. I don't think it's something that you really need to build up over a period of time. I was in a very similar position with my golf game this time last year, and you know, I played a really good tournament at Akron, got a lot of confidence from that. Brought it into the PGA, won there, and then obviously went and won another few times around the world and obviously at the Deutsche Bank, as well.
You know, winning, as well, winning is a habit. Once you get into the knack of it, you get on a roll and you can get yourself into contention; and if you keep winning all the time, you get into the habit of knowing what to do or knowing what it takes to get that trophy at the end of the week. Obviously that's a habit that I'm trying to get back into. Confidence wise, I don't think I'm very far away. I feel like my game is in pretty good shape. It's just a matter of letting it happen on the golf course.
Q. It's probably not fair to compare this year to last, but do you see signs this year, you mentioned that you kind of felt like you were close at this time last year and then you had a really good stretch. Lately have you seen signs that you might be close again?
RORY McILROY: Yeah, for sure. I actually feel I'm in better spirits about my golf game this year than I was this time last year honestly, because I think coming into Akron last year, I was searching and I was really trying to figure out what I needed to do with my golf game to get it back where I wanted it to be, and this year I definitely don't feel like I'm searching for as many answers. I don't feel like I'm looking for at many things and it's just a matter of letting it all happen on the golf course. You know, it's definitely close, and again, it's just a matter of it all clicking into place and whether that's over one round or one week or whatever it is, I definitely don't feel like it's too far away.
Q. A couple of questions. Since the Open Championship, what have you done regarding trying to improve your game?
RORY McILROY: Actually I went home to Northern Ireland at the weekend there and played some golf with my buddies, buddies that I've grown up with and stuff, and I found that very beneficial. Because you play so much golf on Tour, and you sort of, I guess you forget why you play the game. You play the game because you love it and you don't really - I don't get the opportunity to go and play golf with my buddies much anymore. So to be able to go and do that for the weekend was something that I really enjoyed. I guess it's good, it makes you feel good and you have an attitude change.
I've also been doing a lot of work with my coach, Michael Bannon. He's been doing a lot on TrakMan and working a lot on that, which has really helped. I feel like working with that has really helped me understand why the ball does what it does sometimes and obviously what you need to do with the club to be able to, to be able to fix that or to be able to rectify that and get instant feedback the whole time. So you try to hit a fade once, say you leak it a little bit to the right, it tells you exactly why. Okay, your clubface was a little bit open to the path line, and the next shot, all you try and do is square the clubface up and you've hit a good shot. Just doing a little bit of work with that and instant feedback I feel has definitely helped.
Q. The stats would show that what's down in your game this year is actually putting and scrambling, I think the scrambling is around 52 percent and the putting rank is low. Do you feel that yourself or do you think the thing that's held you back is ball hitting?
RORY McILROY: I mean, I would say - I think it's a combination of both. But I think the most the thing that I've been disappointed about most this year has been my driving. I just haven't hit as many fairways as I should or that I have done. So I think that's what's really killed my scoring ability. It's obviously much easier to score from the fairway than it is from the rough. But yeah, my putting definitely hasn't been that good, but I had a good couple of days with Dave Stockton here in Akron yesterday and today, so I feel like I'm in a better place with that and feel like I've got everything I need to sort of go forward from here and definitely have a good end of the season.
Q. Last year, you won two Playoff events and yet you did not win the FedEx Cup. I know you were asked a lot about it, but a year later, does the system seem okay that you did not win it, and would you like to see some sort of a tweak?
RORY McILROY: Yeah, I mean, obviously you play well in the Playoffs and you get a couple of wins; I think I finished 10th at the Tour Championship. I mean, obviously Brandt Snedeker played very well, also, and he won the last tournament, but there's obviously a lot of emphasis on that last tournament, which is understandable. You want an exciting finish and you want an exciting climax. You know, I can understand why it is that way. It's not going to be much excitement for the fans or for the media or for anyone when a guy just shows up and hits a ball off the first tee and that's him, he's won. It has to be played until the last hole.
Yeah, I mean, I didn't - look, it would have been nice to win, but I didn't feel hard done by or anything. I won two fantastic tournaments. I won a great tournament in Boston and was really proud of that. Yeah, finishing second in the FedEx Cup is no disgrace, and even though I didn't get the ten million, I still got very well looked after for my second place, so I wasn't complaining too much.
Q. Not trying to drag a bad memory here, but as we think back to the start of the year and the Honda, curious, what is the state of your wisdom teeth? Did you ever get them worked on in the summer or anything or are they feeling okay or what?
RORY McILROY: Yeah, they are doing all right. Actually when I was home I went and got them checked. I still every now and again I need to take pills for them, like antibiotic pills to just try to keep them sort of at bay I guess. But yeah, they flare up every now and again, but not so bad that I sort of need to get them out at the minute.
Q. I saw the clip, and I don't know if I've seen you get asked about this, but the shot or the commercial you shot for the European Tour with the big robot, the robot thing, was a lot of that ad libbed? Were you surprised by any of that? It looked like your reactions, you were kind of caught off guard by some of the dialogue. Curious how that played out?
RORY McILROY: Yeah, it was completely ab libbed and there was no scripting involved at all in that. There was a guy, a comedian that was sort of saying all the lines to me and it was all very up scripted. It was a great shoot to be a part of and obviously a lot of fun. It's been really well received, obviously millions of views on YouTube. I was very happy to be a part of it. It was a fun afternoon shooting it.
Q. One take?
RORY McILROY: Yeah, once, just kept going, just going for like a couple of hours, and obviously at the end, they put it all together and edited it and obviously you saw the final cut. But yeah, there was a lot of stuff that couldn't have been put in. There was a lot of - there was a few expletives flying around.
MODERATOR: Thanks again, Rory. Appreciate everybody joining us on the call so look forward to seeing everyone at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston. Best of luck to you this week, Rory.
The transcript for the above interview is courtesy of ASAP Sports.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Rambling: Lazy Sundays and Zombies
It is Monday, right?
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I slacked off on the decluttering today. And I didn't bake any squash or do any laundry or any cleaning or gardening. And I'm only 250 words into NaNoWriMo for the day, at ten o'clock at night.
I have a zillion things that I want to do. NaNoWriMo. Decluttering. Planting a whole lot of garlic and potato onions and tulips and daffodils and a small number of medium expensive lily bulbs. Cleaning up the portion of the Farm that some cat has recently claimed as its litter box and putting bird netting over it to prevent recurrences. Reading another 23 books to make the 100+. Buying Christmas presents.
I'm not so much doing them. Well, writing this counts as NaNoWriMo, but mostly I'm just sitting here staring blankly at The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead isn't a happy show. You might have guessed that from the title. Most of humanity is dead and most of the rest wants to eat you. Whee!
And I'm enjoying it. A while ago, while reading Flood by Stephen Baxter, Himself commented on the way that certain works of fiction can make you feel better about real life, because real life at least isn't as bad as that. The same apparently goes for The Walking Dead. Also, as zombie disasters go, it's a lot more fun than 28 Days Later. The cast of characters that survives for more than twenty minutes is a good deal larger, and there's a little bit of soap-opera-style bedhopping. When people have to kill their friends because said friends have been infected by zombies, they get a little more time to think about it. What more could you want?
But it's not nearly as much fun as Night of the Comet, one of my favorite movies. A friend once asked for clarification on that point, I suspect hoping for reassurance that I meant one of my favorite junk movies or eighties teen movies or some other category that would make my disastrous taste lapse smaller. Nope. One of my favorites, without disclaimers.
Have you ever seen it? Two teenage girls survive a comet shower that turns most of the rest of the world into zombies. Then they go shopping. "Daddy would've gotten us Uzis" is one of the classic lines. How could you not love that? Or this photo?
All righty, I'm off to watch more zombies.
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- museinwoodenshoes said...
Holy cow, zombies.
I mean, I've been playing too much Zuma and watching old Glee episodes and trying to come up with ways to get my daughter's boyfriend to come over and do some cooking lessons with me, because nobody's cooking at his house. So I have nothing to be all high and mighty about here.
But zombies? I could make some witty remark about how NaNoWriMo turns us all into zombies... if I could think of one.
- November 14, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- Musette said...
Okay. The chicken. The onions. It is OFFICIAL: you and I were separated at birth - by about 20 years (or more, prolly). Night of the Comet. 1984. Someone sent me a BETA tape of NotC (Arthur Albert, the DoP, was looking for representation)...I LOVED that movie! Robert Beltran, cute back then, goes on to be even cuter in ST Voyager...."Danny Mason Keener...DMK..hmm" as the older sister tries to figure out if he's the one who beat her videogame score?
what a fun movie.
And I'm zombie-ing, too. Trying to get 2 hours of painting in per day (working back up to 7 but, like anything else, it's WORK). Mostly sitting around, being flu-ish and lazy.
Can't watch Walking Dead. Freaks me out too much. Plus, they do some Really Dumb Stuff. Yeah, I know - they have to in order to move the plot along all dramatic but c'mon...sometimes I wonder..
- November 14, 2011 at 11:55 AM
- Jennifer said...
Perhaps you should give up on trying to get the daughters boyfriend to come over for cooking lessons and just get him to come over and cook for you. No point barking if you've got a dog.
Zombie movies gross me out but by far the worst one was Resident Evil. That dog scene gave me nightmares. I quietly snuck my son'r copy into the rubbish bin just so I wouldn't have to see it again.
- November 14, 2011 at 2:51 PM
- museinwoodenshoes said...
(Jennifer, I mean to give HIM cooking lessons. He's 16. His mom died in April. Sorry, I assumed it would be clear.)
- November 14, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- ChickenFreak said...
Mals! Bwaha! Zombies!
Sorry about the boyfriend's mom. :( And it's very nice of you to provide the cooking lessons.
- November 18, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- ChickenFreak said...
Musette! That's amazing, _nobody_ has ever heard of Night of the Comet. Other than me and Himself, of course. We intermittently confuse people by saying, "We do not _cross_ against the light."
It occasionally worries me that things like The Walking Dead don't freak me out. :) And I tend to close my eyes and wander past plot holes.
- November 18, 2011 at 11:35 PM
- ChickenFreak said...
Howdy, Jennifer! Hmm. Sounds like I may want to avoid Resident Evil. I seem to be semi-immune, but there's no point in challenging it too much.
- November 18, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- Jennifer said...
Oh I must have misread you! Also sorry about his mum.
Chicken Freak,
I think it was the Zombie dogs in resident evil that eventually psyched me out. Don't like those zombie dogs!
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