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Lovin' Loquats: Eriobotryae Japonicae
Long before there were couch potatoes there were couch Loquats.
Loquats are homebodies. Most people who live beyond the growing range of the Loquat usually have never eaten a fresh one, having to settle for canned representatives. Loquats just don't travel well. They bruise easily and loose their freshness quickly, much like a rose, its distant relative. From the tree to the kitchen is almost the maximum distance they will endure. Tree to tummy is the best. The state of Florida says they will keep several weeks in the refrigerator, but my experience is by then they look like large, lumpy raisins.
Although called the Japanese Plum, the Loquat is not native to Japan nor is it a plum. It's extremely popular in Japan and has been cultivated there for at least 1,000 years. Despite the name, the Loquat is actually from southern China, where in Cantonese it is called Luh Kwat (hence Loquat.) Translated that means "reed orange" or "rush orange" or in other words it likes to grow where it is wet. That seems more poetic than true because here in Florida they grow where ever a bird drops the seed, wet or dry, hence they have become naturalized. If you have a Loquat tree, you will have dozens of Loquatlings. By the way, at least four different species of fruit-eating bats also do their best to spread and fertilize Loquat seeds.
In Mandarin Loquat is called "Pipa" because its shape resembles a musical instrument, the Pipa, which is pot-bellied like lute. In Japan the same mind set held sway and Loquat is called Biwa, after the musical instrument of the same shape. Pipa/biwa, too close for pentatonic or verbal chance.
The Loquat fruit is more like an apricot than a plum. It's one of those inexplicable linguisticism that in English we refer to Japan's apricot-like fruit as a "plum" but their plum –ume—we call a Japanese apricot, which it is not. That does not make a lot of sense. It makes you wonder if a couple of pages of an early botany book book were transposed. Incidentally, the kumquat and the Loquat are not related botanically, but both share an origin in old Chinese names. Kumquat means "golden orange."
The Loquat tree is unusual in that it blossoms in the fall or early winter, and fruits in early winter or spring. Its blossoms were used to make perfumes in the 1950s. The quality of the perfume was said to be outstanding, but the yield was low and not commercially viable. Some individuals suffer headache when too close to a Loquat tree in bloom, the aroma from the flowers sweet and penetrating.
My Loquat tree blossoms around Christmas and I have edible fruit by St. Valentine's Day or St. Patrick's Day. It varies. Loquats were introduced to Florida in 1867 and the tree fruits as far north as South Carolina. The wood is pink, hard, close-grained, and medium-heavy. It is good for making rulers and bokkens. Bokkens? In Japanese martial arts the practice sword — the bokken — was often made of Loquat wood because it was hard but also brittle, perhaps a realistic substitute for swords which then could be brittle. Legend says a wound caused by a Loquat bokken will not heal and the victim will die. There is no report of what happen to wounds caused by a Loquat ruler in the hands of an old-fashion teacher, of which I had several.
I planted my Loquat tree some 15 years ago and it has been fruiting heavily for seven years. Following the suggestion of local experts, the tree is pruned to resemble a bowl, which increases production, up to 300 pounds of fruit a season. The sweet/tart yellow pear-shaped fruit is a sign of winter, eh, or spring, depending upon which cultivar you have. Many recipes are included below, or just use apricot recipes. Botanically in the same family with apples, pears, peaches, nectarines et cetera, the Loquat's scientific name is Eriobotryae japonica (air-ee-oh-BOT-ree-uh juh-PAWN-ih-kuh). Japonica means Japan and Eriobotryae is bastardized Greek — read Latinized Greek — meaning "woolly bunch of grapes." Loquats grow on thick fuzzy stems in a cluster like grapes. There is no controversy that the fruit is tasty. The slippery seeds, however, are another issue.
Like many pome members of the rose family, the seeds contain small amounts of cyanogenetic glycosides. That's almost as bad as it sounds. Said another way, in the gut this can make minute amounts of cyanide that the body can tolerate. This is also known as amygdalin or laetrile, also called B17, a controversial alternative medicine treatment for cancer, usually obtained from apricot pips. This would all be an almost dismissible interesting factoid if all we did was spit the seeds out, or occasionally let an ingested whole seed go on its merry alimentary way. But, then there is flavoring with the seeds, roasting the seeds, and lastly, Loquat grappa, which is made from the seeds. I should say, Loquat grappa is homemade. I know of no commercial Loquat grappa. There are some Loquat-flavored liquors but they have a different taste profile completely. They taste like Loquats. Loquat grappa does not taste like Loquats.
Loquat grappa is made by soaking Loquat seeds in vodka or grain alcohol for one to six months and then adding sugar water to the infusion. The longer you let it sit, the darker and stronger flavored it becomes. The odd part is Loquat grappa made this way has a very strong cherry flavor and aroma. Is Loquat grappa poisonous? That is a good question. Certain Indian tribes would leech cyanic glycosides out of seeds of related plants then eat the ground up seeds. If the glycosides can been leached out by water, then one would think vodka, which is half water, would leech it from the seeds to the vodka, and alcohol is a good solvent. Then again, it might not be chemically possible. If the toxin is an oil — an acid — it might not mix with water or alcohol. Perhaps a chemist will let us know. I can volunteer some Loquat grappa for science. So while some toxicity would make sense in some amount, it is an unknown. I've never seen more than four ounces drank at a time. It seems to be tolerated at that level, producing only expected effects. I make two "fifths" a year of it and it lasts until the next season. If you follow either of the Loquat grappa recipes included below and make your own, you're on your own: No guarantees or promises of safety included. Consume sparingly. Oh, adding a section of cinnamon bark to the final grappa bottle adds some very nice flavor.
That said, the non-bitter roasted seeds are reported to be tasty — I'm not sure I would eat one but there are people who do, apparently — and some folks put a few seeds in the cavity of a chicken before roasting to impart a nice flavor. The roasted seeds when ground are said to be a good substitute for coffee. (I think I'll pass on that, for two reasons: One is the debatable safety of the seeds. The other is every seed coffee extender or substitute I've ever had is awful, including the queen of substitutes, roasted ground persimmon seeds. )
Besides amygdalin, the seeds also have lipids, sterol, b-sitosterol, triglycerides, sterolester, diglycerides and compound lipids; and fatty acids, mainly linoleic, palmitic, linolenic and oleic. Amygdalin is also in the fruit peel, but slightly. The leaves possess a mixture of triterpenes, also tannin, in addition, there are traces of arsenic. (Arsenic And Old Loquat?) Young leaves contain saponin. The leaves and seeds are also used in Chinese medicine, as is the fruit, which has vitamins A, B, and C. The Loquat is still one of the most popular cough remedies in the Orient, and is the ingredient of many patent medicines.
One other warning: Do not eat a green, uncooked Loquats. They taste awful and there is one case on record of several stupefying a five-year old for two hours. Loquat pie made with greenish, not-quite-ripe fruit, however, supposedly taste like cherry pie….
Loquat Grappa
Soak one to two quarts of clean, whole Loquat seeds in a tight jar with a quart of vodka for one to six months. At the end of soaking time, drain the now flavored vodka and split it evenly between two fifth bottles. On the stove create sugar water by mixing equal parts of sugar and water. Heat until the sugar is dissolved. Top off each fifth with the sugar water. If you want it less sweet use less sugar, or more vodka.
Loquat wine
4 lbs fresh loquats
2 lbs granulated sugar
1 tsp acid blend
1 gallon water
1 crushed Campden tablet
1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
1/2 tsp grape tannin
wine yeast and nutrient
Wash fruit and remove seeds. Chop the fruit finely or roughly in a blender. Pour fruit over half the sugar, crushed Campden tablet, tannin, yeast nutrient, and enough water to total one gallon in primary, stirring well to dissolve the sugar. Cover with cloth. After 12 hours, add pectic enzyme and recover. After another 12 hours, add wine yeast and recover. Stir daily, adding half the remaining sugar after three days. Ferment on pulp another four days, stirring daily. Strain through nylon jelly bag and squeeze well to extract juice. Pour remaining sugar into juice, juice into secondary, and fit airlock. Siphon liquor off sediments into clean secondary after 30 days, topping up as needed. Repeat racking every 30 days until wine clears (3-4 additional rackings). Rack once more and taste. If satisfied with sweetness, bottle the wine. If too dry, add stabilizer and sweeten to taste, adding up to 1/4 cup sugar dissolved in 1/4 cup water. Age
Here is a second Loquat grappa recipe from the internet.
Dry 200g of Loquat seeds in sun for a week. Put in a bottle with 400g spirit grain alcohol, a piece of lemon rind and a piece of vanilla bean. Keep covered in sun for 1 month, shaking it occasionally. Prepare syrup of 300g sugar and 300g water. Boil, then when cool mix with spirit, filter and bottle. Keep to season at least two months before drinking.
And, Loquat Jam
1 kg loquats, seeds removed but fruit not peeled
200 ml water
Finely grated rind and juice of 2 lemons
Simmer fruit in water till soft. mash well or put it through the blender. add juice and rind and sugar; boil rapidly till a little sets on a cold saucer. Bottle and seal.
More Loquat Jam
Wash, remove seeds, and blossom ends from whole ripe fruit. Run through food chopper and measure pulp. Barely cover with cold water. Cook until tender and deep red. Add 3/4 cup sugar to 1 cup of Loquat pulp. Cook until thick, stirring constantly. Pour into hot sterilized jars and seal with sterilized lids. It is best to cook small batches of no more than 5 cups of fruit pulp in one kettle.
Loquat Jelly
With Pectin
5 lbs. ripe loquats
1 cup water
1/2 cup lemon juice 1 package pectin
5-1/2 cups sugar
Gather Loquats when full size. Wash, remove seeds, and blossom ends. Barely cover with cold water. Simmer covered for 15 minutes Cook slowly until pulp is very soft. Strain juice through jelly bag. Measure 3-1/2 cups Loquat juice and lemon juice in a large kettle. if more juice is needed, fill last cup or fraction of a cup with water. Add pectin. Stir well. Place over high heat and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Add the sugar and mix well. Continue stirring and bring to full rolling boil. Boil exactly 2 minutes. Remove from fire and let boiling subside. Skim carefully. Pour into hot sterilized jelly glasses, leaving 1/2-inch space at top to cover at once with melted paraffin. (Or pour into hot sterilized jars and seal with sterilized lids.)
Loquat Jelly
No Added Pectin
Gather Loquats when full size. Wash, remove seeds, and blossom ends. Barely cover with cold water. Cook slowly until pulp is very soft. Strain through jelly bag. Drain and cook until juice is thick then add an equal amount of sugar. Boil rapidly to jelly stage. Pour into sterilized jelly glasses, leaving 1/2-inch space at top to cover at once with melted paraffin. (Or pour into hot sterilized jars and seal with sterilized lids.)
Spiced Loquats
For three pints of sweet pickles, wash three pounds of firm loquats and remove the stem and blossom ends; do not peel them. Drop them into the pickling syrup given below and cook until tender. Remove the fruit. Pour remaining syrup into sterilized jars. Fill almost to overflowing with the hot syrup and seal at once.
3 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups water
1-1/2 cups cider vinegar
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 tablespoon whole allspice
2-inch stick of cinnamon
Combine sugar, water, and vinegar in a large kettle. Tie the spices loosely in cheesecloth and add. Boil 10 minutes. Put in fruit and cook gently until tender. This syrup may be used for apricots, peaches, pears, apples, crab apples, plums, loquats, and kumqats
Loquat Chutney
Use the kiwi fruit chutney recipe, but substitute peeled, seeded loquats for kiwi fruit
Blanched Loquats
To peel loquats for sauce and fruit cup, blanch by pouring boiling water over loquats to cover. Add 1/4 cup lemon juice to each quart of water. Cook over low heat about 5 minutes, just until skin loosen. Drain and reserve liquid. Cool, peel, halve, and seed loquats (remove seeds).
Loquat Sauce for Ice Cream
Combine two cups juice from blanched loquats with two cups sugar. (see Blanching above) Bring to boil, cook over medium heat until syrup spins a two-inch thread when dropped from a spoon (230 degrees to 234 degrees Farenheit on candy thermometer), about 20 minutes. Cool completely. Add two cups peeled, halved, seeded loquats. Chill, then serve over ice cream. Makes about three cups sauce.
Sugar and Spice Loquats
Sprinkle seeded (peeled if you want) fruit with granulated sugar. Mix cream cheese with powdered sugar and cinnamon and put in cavity. Top with a cut piece of strawberry.
BLOG NOTE: I have made the follow pie without seeds and it it is quite tasty.
Loquat Pie
8 cups loquats
1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon allspice
pastry for a double crust pie
Stem, wash and cut up loquats, leaving a few seeds for flavor, (When the pie is baked, the seeds taste almost like nuts and are really very good). Cook the loquats in water, covered, for about 10 minutes or until almost tender.
Combine the sugar, flour, salt, ginger and allspice. Stir in the loquats. Cook, stirring, until thickened. Remove from the heat and cool.
Pour into a pie plate containing the bottom pie crust. Cover with the top crust and prick with a fork or put a few cuts in the top crust to allow steam to escape while baking.
Bake at 450 degrees "F" for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350 degrees "F" for another 45 minutes.
Cool and serve.. With Vanilla bean ice-cream, and a light rum sauce..
The following recipes come from Marian Van Atta, whom I knew in the early 80's. She had a newspaper column called Living off the Land. She looked home-spun and back to nature long before it was posh, a portly Mom Nature. She has a book, also available at Amazon: "Exotic Foods, a Kitchen and Garden Guide." Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561642150/californirarefru
Fresh Loquat Relish
1 cup of loquats, cut in half and seeded
2 or three calamondins (quartered and seeded)
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup raisins
Put all ingredients in a blender and chop for a minute or so. Put in a covered jar and store in the refrigerator. Will last at least a week.
Martha's Loquat Pie
3 cups loquats, seeded and sliced
3/4 cups sugar, less if fruit is very ripe
2 tablespoons flour.
Mix loquats, sugar and flour together. Put in unbaked 9-inch pie crust. Cover with top crust and slash for steam vents. Bank at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce to 350 degrees. Bake until crust is browned, about 35 more minutes.
You can also dry Loquats. Cut in half, remove seeds, prick skin with fork, dry accordingly.
Loquat Food Value Per 100 g of Edible Portion
Calories 168
Protein 1.4 g
Fat 0.7 g
Carbohydrates 43.3 g
Calcium 70 mg
Phosphorus 126 mg
Iron 1.4 mg
Potassium 1,216 mg
Vitamin A 2,340 I.U.
Ascorbic Acid 3 mg
Green Deane's "Itemized" Plant Profile
Evergreen large shrub or small tree, rounded crown, short trunk, woolly new twigs. Leaves alternate, simple, 10-25 cm long, dark green, tough, leathery, toothed edge, velvety-hairy below.
Culitvars vary, some fruit in spring, some fruit in late summer or fall.
It likes heat and full sun, will survive said if watered. Naturalized in many areas.
Yellow fruit raw or cooked, seeds can be used to make a cherry-flavored liquor.
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Mr. Sidney to Stand at Walmac Farm in 2015
Second-crop sire Mr. Sidney, a grade I winner in the United States, will be relocated from the Head family's Haras du Quesnay in France to Walmac Farm near Lexington for the 2015 breeding season.
Second-crop sire Mr. Sidney, a grade I winner in the United States, will be relocated from the Head family's Haras du Quesnay in France to Walmac Farm near Lexington for the 2015 breeding season.
Elite turf runner and young California-based stallion Thorn Song, the winner of two grade I races and earnings of more than $1.1 million, has died due to complications of severe laminitis.
Swinging Song became the first winner for dual grade I winner Mr. Sidney when she won the Prix Ginetta at Maisons-Lafitte June 21.
Leading Horse of the Year candidate Wise Dan returned to the track Jan. 7 following some turnout time at trainer Charlie Lopresti's Forest Lane Farm near Lexington, joining Successful Dan and Turallure.
Stuart Janney III's homebred Data Link came from off the pace to run down favored Turallure in the final jumps, capturing the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile (gr. IT) at odds of 12-1 April 13 at Keeneland.
Dual grade I winner Thorn Song was represented by his first foal at John Harris' farm near Coalinga, Calif., on March 5.
Ahmed Zayat, who seems on the cusp of winning a classic race any time now, as been in the headlines for all the right and wrong reasons in his six years of Thoroughbred ownership.
Get Stormy broke on top and never looked back, kicking away in the stretch to post a decisive victory in the $300,000 Maker's Mark Mile (gr. IT) April 15 at Keeneland.
TVG's innovative Late DDouble show, which boosted handle in the late double wagering pool in its inaugural season in 2010, returns April 15 from Keeneland. The show will feature the Maker's Mark Mile (gr. IT).
Court Vision, second in last year's Maker's Mark Mile (gr. IT) at Keeneland, will be making his 6-year-old debut in this year's running of the $300,000 stakes for IEAH Stables and Resolute Group Stables.
The first mare bred to dual grade I winner Thorn Song is believed to be in foal.
Equestrio beats Dialed In, Turbulent Descent and Dubai racing. View Slideshow
Fluke registered the second grade I win of his career when he outfought favored Caracortado by a head in an exciting finish to the $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (gr. IT) on the Santa Anita turf March 5.
Caracortado, the California-bred gelding whose rags-to-riches story led to a shot on last year's Triple Crown trail, has moved to the turf where he is one of the favorites for the March 5 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (gr. IT).
Veteran turf campaigner Twilight Meteor gets a little class relief when he takes on nine rivals, including Barbaro's full brother Nicanor, in the $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 27 at Gulfstream Park.
Thorn Song, who underwent stem cell therapy after developing laminitis, will enter stud at John C. Harris' Harris Farms near Coalinga, Calif.
Fluke ran down stablemate Proudinsky in deep stretch to win in the $100,000 Thunder Road Handicap (gr. IIIT), giving trainer Humberto Ascanio the first two finishers over the Santa Anita turf Feb. 5.
Three grade I winners are included in the field of nine set to go in Santa Anita's $100,000 Thunder Road Handicap (gr. IIIT) Feb. 5.
Little Mike and Twilight Meteor each wired their respective fields at big odds last out, but neither figures to be favored for the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (gr. IT) Feb. 5 when a well-balanced group of eight lines up.
Pacesetter Twilight Meteor opened up a clear lead turning for home and had enough left in the stretch to hold off Rahy's Attorney to win the $100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap (gr. IIIT) by a neck Dec. 4 at Calder.
Green Lantern Stables' homebred Karelian held off favored Court Vision in the stretch to win the $300,000 Maker's Mile (gr. IT) under Julien Leparoux April 9 in Keeneland's feature.
Three-time grade I winner Court Vision will try to add to his impressive resume April 9 when he takes on seven in the $300,000 Maker's Mark Mile (gr. IT) in Lexington.
Facing open stakes company for the first time, front-running Compari ran his winning streak to six races by holding off Fluke in the $150,000 Budweiser Arcadia Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Santa Anita turf April 3.
One stride short of back-to-back grade I turf victories, Fluke figures to be the one to beat in the $150,000 Budweiser Arcadia Handicap (gr. IIT) on the turf April 3, part of the Santa Anita Derby undercard April 3.
Juddmonte Farm's mare Proviso closed desperately in the final sixteenth of a mile to nose Fluke at the wire in an exhilarating finish to the $250,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (gr. IT) on the turf at Santa Anita March 6.
|Breeder / Owner
|Fluke (BRZ)
|Humberto Ascanio
|House of Silver
|Wallace A. Dollase
|Mr. Sidney
|William I. Mott
|Passager (FR)
|Roger L. Attfield
|Thorn Song
|Mike R. Mitchell
|Twilight Meteor
|Martin D. Wolfson
|Caress S.
|Clasico Constitucion S. (G1)
|Prince of Wales S.
|Cougar II H. (G3)
|Jonathan Kiser Novice S.

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The 999 emergency number is familiar to most of us.
Now, if members of the public need to contact the police about non-emergency matters, there is a new number they can ring – 101. This number is now in operation in every police force across England and Wales.
Most people are aware that, when in urgent need of the police, the ambulance service or the fire brigade, they should dial 999. That will not change. If a crime is happening, if someone suspected of crime is nearby, or if someone is injured, being threatened, or in danger, 999 is the number to ring.
But members of the public who are seeking advice about policing can now use the 101 number. Any call to 101 which is assessed as urgent will be transferred over to the 999 service.
We have all read about the times when people misuse the 999 service, ringing up about trivial things. One of the police services produced a list a while ago, headed by someone who rang for assistance because there was a spider in the bath and followed by a parent who could not persuade a son to get out of bed.
That kind of call – and of course the hoax or prank call – is a misuse of the service. Yet in 2010 the British Crime Survey discovered that only just over half the people questioned (54%) would know how to get in touch with the police if they wanted to discuss a non-urgent or routine matter of policing. Only a quarter of 999 calls to the police required an emergency response.
The 101 number is therefore a convenient way of ensuring people can make contact with local police. The scheme will reduce the pressure on the 999 service. Since it was introduced, more than two and a half million calls have been made to the 101 police number.
The 101 service costs 15p per call, irrespective of the time of day, or whether the caller uses a land line or a mobile.


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Justices question Mass. abortion clinic buffer zones: The Supreme Court is weighing whether the state law infringes on the free speech of activists who approach women seeking abortions.Milton Valencia reports.
- Martin Walsh urges agencies to propose cuts: Boston is facing an expected drop in federal funding and a spike in costs driven partly by pay raises and a police arbitration settlement. Andrew Ryan reports from City Hall.
- 6 months in jail for lawmaker Henriquez: After State Representative Carlos Henriquez was convicted of assaulting a woman he was dating, several colleagues called for his resignation. Maria Cramer and Michael Levenson report.
- BRA's first Walsh-era vote is a major one: The Boston Redevelopment Authority board will take up a proposal for a massive development in the Fenway, reports Casey Ross.
- Smoke signals from the Democrats: Young people want initiatives to create jobs, not efforts to legalize marijuana, writes columnist Joan Vennochi.


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PlanNorman Presentation Available to View Online
View the Online PlanNorman Presentation and Submit Your Comments!
The City of Norman hosted a PlanNorman Open House on May 11 to gain input from residents during the new update to the Norman 2025 Plan. If you were unable to attend and would like to view a video presentation, you can watch it here.
Summary of the May 11 event.
The comprehensive plan is both a physical plan and policy guide for Norman moving forward. It serves as a framework for future planning documents as well as the policy guide for city staff and decision makers. (Learn more about a Comprehensive Plan)
The plan vision was developed based on input from the PlanNorman steering committee, stakeholder interviews, and the first community workshop.
For more information about Norman's comprehensive planning process, visit PlanNorman.com.
The current Norman 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan was adopted December 16, 2004. It was an update to the 2020 Land Use and Transportation Plan that was adopted in 1997. Best planning practices call for update or complete revision of the Comprehensive Plan every 10 years or if critical growth issues arise. The City of Norman has not updated the Comprehensive Plan in 12 years and the City has seen sizable growth since 2004. The population has grown from 105,336 to an estimated population of over 120,000 and the City has seen an additional 2000 acres of land developed.
Norman City Council approved the contract with MIG at its March 22, 2016 council meeting. MIG was founded in 1982 and focuses on planning, designing and sustaining environments that support human development.


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For this post, we defer to the prayerful study of a man deeply affected by the Legion. As the members of the General Chapter gather for prayer and discernment, may we accompany them, fully aware of how the Church has operated in such matters over the course of her existence:
Whatever I have suffered personally at the hands of the Legionaries of Christ is not my concern, save inasmuch as it has led me to follow the discourse concerning the rise, fall and attempted renewal of this community, culminating in the current General Council. I have seen compelling canonical, ecclesiological, financial, psychological, social and cultural analyses of the Legion situation; what I have not seen, is any clear theology on the matter. This confuses and troubles me greatly. The following is not an analysis of the Legion's situation per se, but a discussion of the issue of charismata and especially of founder's graces — a particular topic in mystical theology which has been an object of intense study for me over some time. The quotations appended at the end of this passage were not compiled, or sought in the interest of building a case for or against the continued existence of the Legion. I have studied and prayed with the writings of St. John of the Cross and St. Peter Julian Eymard over a lifetime, and the writings of our recent popes intensively over the past years; their doctrine has become, for me, a native intellectual milieu. It is impossible for me to understand the current discourse apart from this formation.
Charismata are gifts of the Holy Spirit gratis datae, like prophecy and miracles. The charism considered here is that of foundation ("founder's graces") — without which a religious community cannot be founded, for as Evangelica Testificatio states, "the charism of the religious life, far from being an impulse born of flesh and blood or one derived from a mentality which conforms itself to the modern world, is the fruit of the Holy Spirit." Charism here is not like a corporate mission statement, a job description or even a designation of apostolate; such things are quite pragmatic, and quite human in origin. Charism is the working of the Holy Spirit through the instrumentality of the founder, which contains virtually within itself the entire life and future of the congregation, as an acorn contains virtually within itself an oak tree.
In such a case, reform could come to a community by a radical return to the spirit of the founder, to the spirit given the founder, a return which supersedes the betrayal of that spirit on the part of the founder himself. St. Peter Julian Eymard writes, "God never gives more than one graces of foundation." True, this would run counter to the references in Evangelica Testificatio and Vita Consecrata to the holiness of the founder as inspiration for the continued life of the community; this is problematic, but by itself perhaps not insurmountable.
To have, however, a vague and amorphous charism (or, even worse, an alleged charism focused around the natural self or "personality" of the founder) in conjunction with evident evil and corruption in the founder — that would seem to indicate something different. That would seem to indicate the absence of a charism, an absence of founder's graces (or a rejection thereof so thoroughgoing as to leave nothing behind); this would seem to indicate at best a human work, at worst a diabolical one. Success in numbers and influence is no witness to anything; who, after all, is the prince of this world? Indeed, such success points only to a higher standard for founder's graces and charism, for as St. John of the Cross wrote, "With respect to the first fruits of the spirit, God accords to founders wealth and value commensurate with the greater or lesser following they will have in their doctrine and spirituality." Nor do sincere and pious followers[2] indicate anything. A defining character of the work of the Antichrist is that it mislead, if it were possible, even the elect, (Mark, 13, 22) and distortion or perversion of the vocations of those dedicated to Christian perfection is always a particular target of the Devil, in any case. We can only pray that the dangers be no greater than that; as St. John of the Cross writes:
It is very important that individuals, desiring to advance in recollection and perfection, take care into whose hands they entrust themselves, for the disciple will become like the master, and as is the father so will be the son.
If a community cannot profess fidelity to the spirit of its founder, it is not a community. If this spirit is not in the Holy Spirit, it is not a religious community, or in any case not a religious community within the Church; perhaps it is even some type of a sect, but the Spirit does not abandon the Church, nor does the true child of the Church deviate from the Spirit. If a community does not originate from a charism, a gift of the Holy Spirit, given to a founder, there can be no question of authentic religious life being present.
Below are relevant quotes:
In Christian discipleship and love for the person of Christ there are a number of points concerning the growth of holiness in the consecrated life which merit particular emphasis today. In the first place, there is the need for <fidelity to the founding charism> and subsequent spiritual heritage of each Institute. It is precisely in this fidelity to the inspiration of the founders and foundresses, an inspiration which is itself a gift of the Holy Spirit, that the essential elements of the consecrated life can be more readily discerned and more fervently put into practice (John Paul II, Vita Consecrata, 36).
Institutes of Consecrated Life are thus invited courageously to propose anew the enterprising initiative, creativity and holiness of their founders and foundresses in response to the signs of the times emerging in today's world (John Paul II, Vita Consecrata, 37).
In founders and foundresses <we see a constant and lively sense of the Church>, which they manifest by their full participation in all aspects of the Church's life and in their ready obedience to the Bishops and especially to the Roman Pontiff. Against this background of love toward Holy Church (1 Tm. 3:15), we readily understand the devotion of St. Francis of Assisi for "the Lord Pope," the daughterly outspokenness of St. Catherine of Siena toward the one whom she called "sweet Christ on earth," the apostolic obedience and the <sentire cum ecclesia> of St. Ignatius Loyola and the joyful profession of faith made by St. Teresa of Avila: "I am a daughter of the Church." We can also understand the deep desire of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus: "In the heart of the Church, my mother, I will be love." These testimonies are representative of the full ecclesial communion which the Saints, founders and foundresses have shared indiverse and often difficult times and circumstances. They are examples which consecrated persons need constantly to recall if they are to resist the particularly strong centrifugal and disruptive forces at work today (John Paul II, Vita Consecrata, 46).
The various ways of living the evangelical counsels are in fact the expression and fruit of spiritual gifts received by founders and foundresses. As such, they constitute an "<experience of the Spirit,> transmitted to their disciples to be lived, safeguarded, deepened and constantly developed by them in harmony with the Body of Christ continually in the process of growth."[108] The identity of each Institute is bound up with a particular spirituality and apostolate, which takes shape in a specific tradition marked by objective elements.[109] For this reason the Church is concerned that Institutes should grow and develop in accordance with the spirit of their founders and foundresses, and their own sound traditions (John Paul II, Vita Consecrata, 48).
If on one hand there is reason to rejoice at the Holy Spirit's action, there is on the other a need for <discernment regarding these charisms>. A fundamental principle when speaking of the consecrated life is that the specific features of the new communities and their styles of life must be founded on the essential theological and canonical elements proper to the consecrated life. This discernment is necessary at both the local and universal level in order to manifest a common obedience to the one Spirit. In Dioceses, Bishops should examine the witness of life and the orthodoxy of the founders of such communities, their spirituality, the ecclesial awareness shown in carrying out their mission, the methods of formation and the manner of incorporation into the community. They should wisely evaluate possible weaknesses, watching patiently for the sign of results (cf. Mt. 7:16), so that they may acknowledge the authenticity of the charism. In a special way Bishops are required to determine, according to clearly established criteria, the suitability of any members of these communities who wish to receive Holy Orders (John Paul II, Vita Consecrata, 62).
Only in this way will you be able to reawaken hearts to truth and to divine love in accordance with the charisms of your founders who were raised up by God within His Church. Thus the Council rightly insists on the obligation of religious to be faithful to the spirit of their founders, to their evangelical intentions and to the example of their sanctity. In this it finds one of the principles for the present renewal and one of the most secure criteria for judging what each institute should undertake. In reality, the charism of the religious life, far from being an impulse born of flesh and blood or one derived from a mentality which conforms itself to the modern world, is the fruit of the Holy Spirit, who is always at work within the Church (Paul VI, Evangelica Testificatio, 11).
With respect to the first fruits of the spirit, God accords to founders wealth and value commensurate with the greater or lesser following they will have in their doctrine and spirituality (John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love, 2,12).
[I]t is very important that individuals, desiring to advance in recollection and perfection, take care into whose hands they entrust themselves, for the disciple will become like the master, and as is the father so will be the son (John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love, 3, 30).
If you do not cherish your Rule in your heart, what will you do for God? You can only glorify Him in the spirit and according to the grace of your Congregation, and be assured, God never gives more than one grace of foundation.
The great danger to new-born Congregations is to lack faith in the first grace. There are those who come and say: "How would it be if we were to modify this, if we would add that"; or, "we were wrong to have acted in this manner until now." They may have talent, experience, and influence. For my part, I tell you that they are voluntary or involuntary traitors who seek to split the first grace, the grace of the foundation, the thought of the Founder, and they will be the ruin of the Congregation that listens to them!
There are always some who think themselves called upon to reform their Founder and to do better than he: but God always blesses only the one whom He has chosen to lay the foundation, and never those who want to oppose him: The example of Brother Elias and St. Francis is well known. Elias wanted to add, diminish, and comment, and the Saint commanded by God, always said: "No glossing, no glossing." Elias parted from him, went to Germany, where he died miserably on the side of the schismatic emperor, supporting the anti-Pope.
No, God never blesses outside of the first grace. It must be developed, made to yield all that it contains according to the requirements of the times and circumstances, but is never permitted to change it, nor to introduce into it anything contrary to it. God will only make the first seed fruitful: He will never give another.
And if we have strayed from it, we must return to it unconditionally: "Go back to the old ways," return to the purity of your first grace; "Or else I will come to visit thee, and … will remove thy candlestick from its place." (Rev. 2, 5) And so never let anything new or extraneous introduce itself into your Rule. As that saintly Founder replied: "Let them remain as they are, or let them disappear altogether!" This danger is great; be on your guard against it.
Finally, observe your Rule and guard it religiously out of respect for the good God. Your Rule comes from Him; do you believe that man is capable of composing a Rule? No; neither virtue nor piety is sufficient for that. It is necessary to have a vocation and a special call from God: it is He who inspires it, and the Founder transmits it to you in writing with his sufferings and his tears. What man could put light and holiness in a few lines written by his hand? The Rule carries grace and sanctifies: only God can give grace and the virtue to sanctify (St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Eucharist and Christian Perfection, Vol. I).
[1] The oft-cited case of Bernadino Ochino, "co-founder" and third General of the Capuchins, is not a reasonable comparison; the Capuchin "founders" — really, reformers — bore a valid charism nsofar as they returned to the spirit of Francis, and fell — catastrophically — insofar as they deviated from that spirit.
[2] Obviously, followers led out of lives of sin into piety by the work of the founder and the charism would be a far different matter, if such could be found.


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We have officially moved from the wanna-win stage to the better-win stage, which is why tonight's slate of high school football games should be the best we've had all season. Oh, sure, there's been big games, national games, ESPN games, but when you get right down to it, it's all about playoff games, isn't it? This week, a host of teams plays for their postseason futures, and the matchups, well, let's just say hundreds of area football players did a lot of tossing and turning Thursday night.
And maybe some of us writers, too.
1. Pasco (6-0, 4-0) at Land O'Lakes (6-0, 4-0)
Dear, Hyperbole,
I apologize for what I am about to write.
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This is the game of the week, and I will not argue the point. It's community vs. community, local dynasty vs. local dynasty, No. 1 vs. No. 1. Fathers and brothers and uncles of current players have starred in this series; tonight, they'll sit in the stands. This showdown hasn't been simmering for seven weeks, more like seven months. Players on both sides admit every game has been a dress rehearsal for this one. The coaches have tried to put as little on tape for the other as possible. Last week, the Pirates ran some spread, some wing-T, and the wishbone (and actually looked quite good in it). Needless to say, watching that game tape probably made Land O'Lakes coach Matt Kitchie giggle at the gamesmanship.
Now I know what you're saying — it's Pasco County, puh-lease! Agreed, the county has had a pretty rough season. More than half its teams have two wins or fewer. But these two teams are legitimate. Jefferson's name may already be engraved on the Class 3A state championship trophy, but the Dragons will probably have to beat both of these teams to get there. We'll know Friday night if they should be worried.
At stake: First-place in Class 3A, District 7. The loser will probably still claim the runnerup spot, but there's a third undefeated team in that district (Sunlake) that might have something to say about it. And the winner will host Jefferson in a potential second-round game. That's big.
Winner: Only because I have to, Pasco 29-28. But that could change by the time you read this. In fact …wait …ummmm …no, staying with the Pirates.
2. Berkeley Prep (5-1, 2-0) at Fort Meade (6-0, 2-0)
Fort Meade is a true state power, ranked No. 1 in Class A, and the Miners own Tampa Bay. While they have only played Berkeley Prep once (last year, a 50-22 win) since 1998, the Miners are 38-0 against the local boys in district play, with 19 shutouts. Only twice, including last year, has anyone put up double-digits on them. Enter the Bucs: solid quarterback, strong offensive line and a playmaker (Nelson Agholor) that matches up with any other team's best. There's a buzz that this year the Miners get their comeuppance, but first the Bucs will have to stop a tidal wave of blazing skill-position players.
At stake: First place in Class A-6. The loser will still be the runnerup, barring a miraculous Clearwater Central Catholic upset of Fort Meade later this season. Not happening, though.
Winner: Battle Field is a tough place to play. Right now, I see it Fort Meade 35-21, but Berkeley Prep has a chance and how often have we been able to say that. The playoff rematch should be a real doozy.
3. Brandon (6-0, 1-0) at Tampa Bay Tech (4-3, 1-0)
Tech isn't its usual consistent self; the Titans are either suffering from last year's graduation, or underachieving a little. But C.C. Culpepper has never had a problem getting his team up for the really big games (see earlier this season, Plant), and this is one. Brandon won three games last year, two against teams with a combined 1-19 record. This year? The Eagles are one of the season's best stories. But are they for real? Tonight, that question gets a definitive answer. I have a deposit down on my bandwagon seat, just in case.
At stake: Barring some craziness, the winner will be 5A-7 champ and host either Countryside or East Lake, a pair of top 10 teams. The loser still makes the postseason.
Winner: I like the way Tech plays when its back is against the wall. Last week's loss to King won't be sitting well, so in an upset, Titans 17-16.
4. Tarpon Springs (3-4, 2-0) at Wiregrass Ranch (3-3, 2-0)
What? Really? Really! The Bulls think they can pull this one out, but I tend to disagree. As average as Tarpon has looked this season, can a team lose to Wesley Chapel, Sunlake and CCC, then beat the Spongers? I will say this: the Bulls can match Tarpon in athletes for a change, but the Spongers defense is so much better that it's hard to see this as a close one. Still, it's the biggest game in school history for the Bulls, and it might be even bigger for Tarpon Springs, which pretty much forced out its coach after a 10-3 2009 season.
At stake: Both are unbeaten in 4A-6, and a loss kicks Wiregrass back to the pack. Tarpon can likely absorb a defeat much better.
Winner: Until Pasco County shows me something, it's Spongers 35-14.
5. Jefferson (6-0, 2-0) at Spoto (5-2, 2-0)
Should this game be higher? Maybe. But I think the bigger game, ultimately, will be when Spoto and Lakewood play Nov. 5 for the runnerup playoff spot. Spoto is a tough, scrappy team with no depth. Jefferson is flat-out excellent and deep. Defensively, the Spartans have the backs to slow the Dragons' passing game. Too bad those same guys also have to produce points on the other side of the ball.
At stake: Jefferson can all but wrap up 3A-8 with a victory, and it should be a big night for quarterback Quentin Williams, who is poised to break Stephen Garcia's career passing yardage record.
Winner: Jefferson should win comfortably, 35-14.
Honorable mention
Armwood (6-0, 1-0) at Hillsborough (5-2, 1-0): Armwood's dominance -- the defense has allowed 13 points -- dampens the excitement for this one, and a more interesting game against King for the runnerup spot is on the horizon for the Terriers.
Boca Ciega (2-4, 1-1) at Largo (5-1, 2-0): The Pirates haven't won a big game in years. They are finished if they don't beat Largo, which can clinch a district title.
Countryside (7-0, 2-0) at Palm Harbor U. (3-3, 0-1): The Hurricanes were 3-0 at one point. Lately, they have been just tropically depressing. This is a must-win for their postseason hopes.
Plant (5-2, 1-0) at Alonso (2-4, 1-0): The Panthers should roll, but they have looked shaky enough to make you wonder about this one. Just a little.
Seminole (2-5, 1-1) at Pinellas Park (3-3, 0-1): Yeah, I know. But still, must-win for both teams.
King (5-2, 0-1) at East Bay (1-5, 0-1): King just beat Tech for the first time in decades. They have Hillsborough looming Nov. 5. Can you spell t-r-a-p?
Gaither (3-4, 0-1) at Chamberlain (1-6, 0-1): A Gaither win lines the Cowboys up for a playoff spot, after going 1-9 last year.


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Brothers behind bars
Older brother's name, reputation protected Chad Shearon in prison
by Rebecca McKinsey
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About this series...
This story is the second of a two-part series about two brothers who grew up in Carroll and are now together in prison. The first story published in Friday's Daily Times Herald.
February 10, 2014
Part 2
Troy Shearon was 5-foot-10, weighed 145 pounds and had blond hair and blue eyes when he went to prison for life for murder in 1988.
He was 20 years old.
For a time, he was the youngest inmate at Fort Madison, he told the Daily Times Herald in an interview at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in 1998. Since he was young, relatively small and didn't know anyone inside, his first days weren't easy.
Inmates, especially gang members, went into his cell on a daily basis and threatened and intimidated him.
He protected himself in a variety of ways. He used a plastic razor to craft a "shank" - a makeshift, bladed weapon - and later befriended another prisoner with enough clout to stop the harassment.
Following an armed robbery, younger brother Chad Shearon was sentenced to prison 13 years after his brother. Unsure of what to expect, he found Troy's reputation waiting for him.
Following an initial stint at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Oakdale - the first stop for all of Iowa's prison inmates - Chad approached his first day at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility with trepidation. Prison workers gave him new clothes and walked him to the "yard," the area where inmates spend time outdoors and work out.
He said hundreds of inmates stared at him.
Help came in two forms. First, an inmate he had met at the classification center, who had gone to Fort Dodge a week before, approached him, offered cigarettes and told him what to do.
Then there was Troy.
"I had immunity," Chad said. "Troy put the word out. He already laid the groundwork for me. It was easy."
For many inmates who met Chad, even though the Shearons were in different prisons, his name was synonymous with "Troy's brother." Since Troy was already well-known - even well-liked - among inmates, Chad felt the benefit. And when the inevitable fights came - often in his prison cell - he was ready, and he never lost.
"I wasn't so much scared, because I was so mad I didn't even care," he said. "People knew if they saw me, I would snap on them. ... Everyone knows if you screw with one of us, it's going to be two-on-one, just like when we were kids."
The brothers came to Newton - Troy from Anamosa and Chad from Fort Dodge - so that they could be together and closer to relatives who visit.
Right now, Newton has about 1,000 inmates. The Shearon brothers have shared a cell since 2010.
"It's as close to a home as I'm gonna get," Chad said. "It's a little bit easier to do time when you have someone you love in there with you. We know what each other's going through."
The arrangement is unusual, said Fred Scaletta, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections. Few relatives are incarcerated at the same prison, he said, and rarely do they share a cell.
Within the Shearons' small cell, there are two bunks with drawers underneath, some shelves, a TV stand, wall hooks for coats and a steel table with steel seats. There is also satellite TV, which the brothers pay for. It mostly shows sports.
Troy draws in his free time. Inmates often come to him with requests for hand-drawn birthday or holiday cards to send to family and friends, Chad said.
As for life in prison, Chad and Troy have become accustomed to it.
"I was thinking it was going to be much worse than it is," Chad said.
On birthdays, the brothers will make burritos or nachos with homemade dip, as well as a drink that's forbidden in prison - a mix of coffee, soda and Crystal Light that gives inmates a caffeine jolt. They describe it as getting drunk.
One of the brothers' biggest pastimes - and one of the only hobbies available to them, Chad said - is exercising and lifting weights. Inmates form leagues and play sports as well.
The brothers get regular visits from family members. A large visiting room has signs permitting "a brief (5 to 8 seconds) embrace and kiss at the beginning and end of a visit" and a warning: "No cuddling at the vending machines. However, you may hold hands."
A large, beautiful jungle scene dominates one wall in the visiting room, complete with a lifelike elephant that looks as though it will walk out of the wall at any moment. Artistic inmates can paint murals, said Larry Lipscomb, treatment director at Newton Correctional Facility - and the visiting-room mural provides a backdrop for visiting family members posing for photos.
The brothers are accustomed to prison, but familiarity goes only so far. Simply put, Chad said, prison is sad.
"Even if you have people out there, you get lonely," he said. "Even with my brother here. You're missing out on things with your family and friends."
Their respective sentences were the first for both Troy and Chad.
Chad had run-ins with the police before, but this is his first time in prison. The same was true for Troy as well - his life sentence followed his first conviction.
The brothers have met and heard of other inmates incarcerated with relatives.
"It's not really common, but we get them," Lipscomb said. "We'll have a dad and son, or a dad and a couple sons. There was one guy who was here with his dad, and his sister and mom were at (the women's prison in) Mitchellville."
Chad recalled meeting cousins, brothers, even twins who were in prison at the same time, or one after the other. Troy, who has been in prison almost 26 years, has seen generations come through.
"He's known people's grandpas, dads, then them," Chad said. "It's sad to say. Some families, their name is synonymous with prison."
But he never expected his family to be one of them.
"I never thought, ever," Chad said. "Even when (Troy) went to prison, I never thought I'd ever go."
Chad has seen inmates die from drug overdoses.
He's heard of someone getting "shanked" - stabbed with a homemade weapon.
There are gangs, he said, whose members push their weight around and retaliate against inmates who rub them wrong.
"They 'take them off the yard,' it's called," Chad said. "They send people off to beat them up.
"The weirdest stuff happens here."
Inmates fall into various class levels, Chad said, and he considers himself to be in a higher class. For prisoners who "fit the mold" - pedophiles, for instance, don't - there is camaraderie. And Chad said he has learned to avoid trouble in prison.
"I used to run parlays," he said. "I had my hand in everything. Now, I'm out of that. Then, it was something to do, but now, I've changed my perspective."
The prison bathrooms, which offer no privacy, are "gross." The prison grills meat and has ice cream or pumpkin pie on holidays, but Chad said the food is mostly flavorless.
Inmates who are sent money, though, eat better. They can buy soup, meat and cheese.
They work, too. Chad has held various jobs in prison: showing movies at night, refereeing sports games and cleaning showers. Inmates make between 30 and 50 cents per hour, Lipscomb said.
Some inmates work in the kitchen, which rings with laughter and smells like a bakery. Newton is different from other prisons in that bread is baked there, rather than being ordered from elsewhere, Lipscomb said.
After an initial evaluation, the prison offers classes to inmates, focusing on General Education Development (GED) diplomas and literacy, substance abuse, anger management and other topics.
Because Troy is a "lifer" - an inmate serving a life sentence - the classes are not available to him.
College classes are available to some inmates as well. Chad is one of a few to take accredited classes from Grinnell College while in prison. He'll be able to transfer the credits when he leaves and hopes to obtain a bachelor's degree, possibly in biology - he still holds on to his years-old dream of working in sports medicine.
"These classes, they're giving me more hope to be able to start doing something with my life," he said. "I'm going to get out and live."
Chad now sees, after 12 years in prison, the benefits of his incarceration.
It's allowed him to take college classes toward a degree he might never have earned otherwise. It's kept him from another crime that might have landed him in prison even longer, he said.
And it's given him time with his brother he couldn't have had any other way. But he knows it won't last.
"I think about that stuff all the time," Chad said. "I know I'm getting out someday. I look at it differently than (Troy). Every day, he's fighting to get out."
Troy keeps himself grounded. Judges have denied several appeals for a reduced sentence. He has said he wants to be a father. Someday. Troy has sought post-conviction relief three times, in which a district judge or appeals judges determine whether legal errors irreparably affected his murder case. Two of those relief requests have been rejected by the Iowa Supreme Court. A third was dismissed last year by a district court judge, and Shearon appealed it. That appeal is pending.
Chad said he is eligible for parole in about four years. If he can't convince the state parole board to release him early, he will be free in 2022, according to state records.
And as much as Chad is looking forward to getting out - the first thing he wants is a motorcycle ride - the excitement is tinged with regret.
"When I walk out, is this going to be the last time I can spend time with him like I can spend time with him now?" he worried.
For now, they'll stay close. They'll sleep in bunks and watch sports and make birthday burritos. Chad will study for his classes. Troy will draw.
They don't talk about what will happen when Chad is gone.
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Psychedelic Pill
Neil Young and Crazy Horse (Reprise)
After almost a decade apart in recording terms, Neil Young has this year hooked up twice with his loyal musical cohorts Crazy Horse.
Young and the Horse first released Americana earlier in 2012 and blew us all away with their rocking take on some well-known traditional folk tunes.
They have followed it up with their first album of original material since the release of Greendale in 2003.
Psychedelic Pill offers almost 90 minutes over two discs of full-on garage band music - and there is no finer garage band in the world than Crazy Horse. Once dismissed for their roughness and raw edge, the Horse are simply the best backing band a rock star could ask for.
They are so in sync with Young that the longest of musical meanderings and prolonged improvisations work wonderfully.
This is rough and raw with class.
There are certainly some very long journeys to be found among the nine tracks on this album.
The opening number Driftin' Back pulls you in and takes you on a nearly 30-minute ride of incredible guitar work complete with ample whammy bar, feedback and lead breaks from Young himself.
But Frank Sampedro's rhythm guitar, Billy Talbot's bass and Ralph Molina's drums keep alongside him all the way and are there ready when the bandleader decides to bring the song back home.
Lyrics to the first track reminisce about the way things used to be and condemn the sound quality of today's MP3 musical downloads (Young's current pet hate).
That theme is a constant throughout Young's autobiography Waging Heavy Peace and the title track on this album refers to his book a couple of times. Nothing like cross promotion.
There are shorter tracks on the album that hover around the three- and four-minute mark, but there are also another two 16-minute-plus songs that keep the grunge alive.
Those two numbers, Ramada Inn and Walk Like a Giant, rate with the best of Young's back catalogue with the Horse.
And the cool title track Psychedelic Pill (track two) gets a surprise alternative mix reprise at the end of the album.
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Bruno Mars shows he belongs on big stage
As soon as Bruno Mars was announced as the headline attraction for this year's Super Bowl halftime show, the naysayers brought up his tender age, his relative lack of experience, and his youthful demographic target market as proof that the kid couldn't cut it for the big gig. As it turns out, the naysayers were wrong. Mostly.
Mars and his band brought a high-energy, tightly paced mini-set to the halftime slot. Bringing the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the stage was both an incredibly smart move on Mars' part, and an acknowledgement of the fact that, perhaps, he just might need a little help.
Mars and his band brought fire to their performance, and they did as well as they possibly could have, considering the material itself, which is a smart blend of modern pop, R&B, Motown, and funk, but a bit too mainstream to be particularly remarkable. But the halftime gig is the biggest of the big. With past performers attaining legendary status for their 12 minutes before the TV eyes of millions – among them, Prince, U2, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers from the rock world, and Justin Timberlake and Beyonce from the Top 40 world – Mars had a lot to live up to. He almost pulled it off.
Things started strong, as Mars arrived in the middle of the field behind a drum kit, proving himself to be an adept and funky drummer. Then the drum riser slid back and the rest of his band – with a killer horn section in tow – hit the boards and erupted into an inspired run through "Locked Out of Heaven."
"Treasure" followed, and here, a strong, vibrant Motown feel pervaded. Mars pulled some James Brown moves, and the funk came fast and was frenzied. Suddenly, the tune morphed into the Chili Peppers' "Give It Away," and there they were, the "funky monks," bringing their punk-fueled marriage of Hip-Hop, funk and rock to the big stage, and upping the energy level ten-fold. The Peppers killed it, and Mars and his band added to the gloriously nasty groove when they joined in.
The proceedings had risen to a fever pitch by this point, but then the Chili Peppers left the stage, and Mars eased into "Just the Way You Are," a romantic pop ballad. The energy instantly evaporated. This was a bad decision – Mars should've placed this song, one of his biggest hits, earlier in the set, and capitalized on the energy he and the Chili Peppers had generated by either playing another upbeat tune, or leaving the stage on a high note.
That said, Mars did a much better job playing before the biggest audience of his career to date than many had predicted he would. Hopefully, he helped to ease the halftime blues of Denver fans. But I doubt it.
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A brain injury can occur whenever there's a sudden trauma to the head. This can involve the penetration of an object, a violent impact, or even just a strong shaking, such as may occur during the rapid deceleration of a road traffic accident.
Brain injuries are classified as mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the symptoms and the extent of the damage. Unfortunately, there are no treatments available for the damage caused by the initial brain injury. However, in many cases, it's the secondary damage caused after the initial injury that's of most concern, and this is the focus of treatment for victims of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI).
As discussed above, prompt treatment is essential for TBI victims if further damage is to be avoided, therefore it's vital to know the signs of a moderate or severe brain injury. If the victim shows any of the following symptoms they should seek urgent medical treatment as soon as possible:
- A persistent headache that gets steadily worse
- Repeated vomiting or nausea
- Convulsions or seizures
- Difficulty waking
- Dilated pupils
- Slurred speech
- Disorientation, confusion, or loss of coordination
This article on brain injury is written by Jackie Griffiths, a freelance journalist who writes health, medical, biological, and pharmaceutical articles for national and international journals, newsletters and web sites.
Stabilisation of injured patient
Since nothing can be done to treat the damage that's already been caused, the primary concern of the medical staff treating brain injury will be to stabilise the patient to prevent any further damage. This can be caused by insufficient oxygen to the brain, high blood pressure, high inter-cranial pressure, or infection from foreign bodies.
Most brain injury patients will be intubated (a tube placed into the trachea) to ensure a constant and consistent supply of oxygen to the brain. This is vital as oxygen deprivation can have a devastating effect on brain tissue. The patient will also be given intravenous fluids to maintain a normal blood pressure ensuring that oxygen reaches the brain efficiently.
Another danger at this stage is seizures which can cause extensive damage. These are often controlled with drugs such as benzodiazepines. Body temperature is also carefully controlled to protect the brain tissue.
Investigation to extent of brain injury
Once the patient has been stabilised, the medical team will undertake a series of investigations to assess the extent of the damage caused by the brain injury. These can involve CT scans, MRI scans, X-rays, and exploratory surgery. Where there has been a penetration the neurosurgeons will often operate at this stage to assess the damage.
Intra-cranial pressure may be monitored using either neuro-imaging techniques or by inserting a catheter directly into the skull. If excess pressure is found there are several methods of relieving it, depending on the type of injury. These include diuretics, intravenous hypertonic saline drips, sedatives, and analgesics.
Where contusions (bruised brain tissue), hematomas (ruptured blood vessels), clots, lesions, or other internal bleeding are found, it's usually necessary to perform surgery to relieve the pressure these place on the brain.
In the short time after a brain injury, a decompressive craniectomy may be performed, in which a section of the skull is removed temporarily to relieve the pressure. If the skull has been fractured, a craniotomy may be required so that the fragmented area can be permanently removed.
Around two-thirds of people with moderate brain injury, and virtually all people whose injuries are classified as severe, will be left with some form of disability as a result of the damage to their brain. These range from speech and coordination problems to behavioural problems and mental health issues.
A comprehensive suite of rehabilitation services is available to help people recover as much function as possible after suffering brain injury and to help them to learn to cope with their disability. These include physiotherapists, speech therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Numerous drugs are also available to manage the symptoms of brain injury, including anti-depressants, anti-epileptics, and sedatives.
In short, brain injury cannot be treated. Once the damage is done, it is usually irreversible. However, as we have seen above, there is a great deal that can be done following a TBI to prevent the initial damage from getting any worse. Prompt action by all concerned can make the difference between the victim dealing with a minor disability and having to come to terms with much worse.


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New York Style Cheesecake with Nutella Topping
Recipe by Hobo Camp Wikified by Drimble Wedge
I made a Nutella cheesecake for Memorial Day.
It was the best thing I've ever put in my mouth.
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 1/2 pounds cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 lemon, zested
- 1 orange, zested
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 5 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 jar of Nutella
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Butter the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. In a mixing bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar and mix well. Press onto bottom of springform pan and bake until golden, about 8 minutes. Set aside to cool. When completely cooled, butter the sides of the pan.
Increase oven temperature to 500 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, combine cream cheese, sugar, zests and vanilla and beat until light and creamy. Add the flour, then the eggs and yolks 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the sour cream and mix until smooth. Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake for 12 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees F and bake for 1 hour more. Transfer cake to a cooling rack and pour Nutella over the top. Refrigerate before serving.
Mine actually took longer than an hour to cook, so this part was kinda tricky. I just kept checking it and when I finally inserted a knife in the middle and it came out with creamy chunks, I turned the oven off and let the cheesecake sit there for a while. You don't want the knife to come out completely clean because then the cheesecake will be dry. I also didn't use a whole lemon and orange zest, just a little bit of each to give it some twang. A lot of people leave the zests out, though.


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The abstract is on page 2, on a separate page, after the title page, and before the paper.
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The nursing profession recognizes the phenomenon of anxiety as a nursing diagnosis and has studied it in depth. Anxiety is defined as a vague subjective feeling of apprehension stemming from an unknown threat to an individual. Anxiety is divided into four stages: mild, moderate, severe, and panic. Sister Callista Roy's theory of adaptation approaches anxiety holistically, stressing the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit. Martha Rogers' theory of energy fields explains anxiety as a phenomenon that is capable of being transmitted between persons.
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The specific cause and anatomic origination of cluster headaches isn't known. MRI studies suggest dilation of the ophthalmic artery during an acute cluster headache, while PET scans reveal activity within the cavernous sinus. However, many patients with other headache types also have revealed abnormalities in similar regions, so these tests aren't definitive. There is some evidence that the hypothalamus may be involved in the recurrence cycle of cluster headaches. Activation of the trigeminal ganglion can cause many changes associated with cluster headache, but the trigger for activation of this region hasn't been identified.
What triggers cluster headaches?
Many patients report their headaches begin while sleeping. Additionally, alcohol can trigger cluster headaches in patients who are in the midst of a cycle. Histamines and nitroglycerin can trigger cluster headaches in patients. Seasonal variation has been described, although this is inconsistent for many patients. Some patients have clusters precipitated by environmental changes or changes in stress or activity levels. Hormonal factors, or menstruation, do not seem to trigger cluster headache. Other risk factors include smoking and a family history of the problem.
How are cluster headaches diagnosed?
The diagnosis of cluster headache is typically made after the history of headaches has been explored and a physical examination is completed. Cluster headaches are unique in their presentation, and often the history is sufficient to make the diagnosis. While no imaging study or specific blood test can confirm the diagnosis of cluster headache, an MRI or CT scan of the brain may be ordered to confirm that there are no other contributing factors that may mimic cluster headache symptoms. In some cases, ophthalmologic evaluation is needed to exclude problems within the eye itself that may be causing symptoms.


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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence at berkeley.edu> wrote: > > I have another question about whether something is possible in Typed > Racket. What I would like to do is define a polymorphic structure where > the polymorphism is limited to a certain subset of types. Again This is known as bounded polymorphism, and you can see examples of it in Java as well. Unfortunately, Typed Racket currently doesn't support bounded polymorphism, but it's a feature I want to eventually add. It complicates the type system significantly, though, so I can't make any promises about when this will happen. -- sam th samth at ccs.neu.edu
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CORNER BROOK This time every year, The Weather Network releases its "Ho! Ho! Snow Report," highlighting what parts of Canada can expect to have a white Christmas.
Corner Brook and western Newfoundland can safely bet on it being a guarantee.
The Weather Network's definition of a white Christmas is snow cover of two centimetres or more as of 7 a.m. Christmas morning. At the rate snow has been tumbling out of the skies over western Newfoundland for the past week or more, that much snow has probably fallen in the time it has taken to read the first few sentences of this article.
According to meteorologist Dayna Vettese, the big dump of snow is not going anywhere soon. In fact, there should be even more of it come Christmas morning.
In addition to seasonal, albeit sub-zero temperatures, forecast for just about everyday for at least the next two weeks, there are also two more snow-laden storm systems brewing for western Newfoundland before Dec. 25.
According to Vettese, one storm should arrive in western Newfoundland today and another one Monday night into Tuesday. In all, around 25 more centimetres could blanket the region before Christmas Day.
"As if you don't have enough, you will get some more with these next two systems, solidifying your chances of having a white Christmas," Vettese said in an interview Friday. "We may even have a little bit of snow falling on Christmas Day, which would make for a perfect Christmas."
With western Newfoundland prone to sea-effect snow this time of year, Vettese said it is rare for the region to not have a white Christmas.
The same can't be said for the Avalon and Burin Peninsula areas of Newfoundland. St. John's, for instance, is listed as only probable for having a white Christmas this year. That's because many of the storm systems that typically pass through have a milder component to the south.
"The Avalon and Burin Peninsulas are on the warmer side of these systems, which could eat away at any snow that is on the ground," Vettese said.
Vettese said there is hardly any place in Canada that has yet to see snow so far this season. Only Victoria is listed among the major cities as having no chance for a white Christmas, while Vancouver's chances are still considered slight.
Temperatures in western Newfoundland, after being normal during most of the fall, have been around three degrees colder than the average so far in December.
"The types of weather systems that are setting up are opening up the door to the Arctic cold and there is nothing trapping that cold air up in the Arctic," explained Vettese of the unusually cold air most of Canada has been dealing with for the past several weeks.
The sea-effect snow that creates the snow squalls which often lash western Newfoundland could subside in a month or so. That, said Vettese, will depend on whether or not the discrepancy between air and ocean temperatures gets smaller or there is more sea ice coverage off the coast line.
"The fact it has been so cold has helped to have more sea-effect snow because you need the temperature difference to be at least 13 degrees between the air above and the body of water below," she explained. "As the ocean gets colder, you need a lot colder air for sea-effect snow forming."


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The Collingwood board and coach Nathan Buckley have expressed their support for president Eddie McGuire, who believes his efforts to make amends with Adam Goodes will see him avoid sanction for his insensitive comments about the Sydney player.
McGuire, who must undergo mediation with Goodes as part of the AFL's racial and religious vilification policy, will stay on as the club's leader, with Buckley lamenting the president's ''bad moment'' and the board backing him as a ''magnificent president''.
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou defended his initial comments on the issue on Wednesday morning, saying he wasn't fully aware of what had been said.
''Eddie McGuire understands that what he said was unacceptable. It was a comment that whatever he chooses to say, and however he puts it, racially vilified Adam Goodes,'' said Demetriou, who had originally simply described the comments as ''un-Eddie-like''. Demetriou said his ''first, second and third thoughts'' were with Goodes.
''Eddie McGuire has made a mistake. Eddie McGuire has said things that were unacceptable and Eddie McGuire has apologised. He's apologised, I reckon, at least a hundred times,'' Demetriou said.
McGuire apologised again on Thursday for the comments made during his Triple M breakfast show on Wednesday morning. In an awkward exchange with co-host Luke Darcy, he had suggested Goodes, who was called an ''ape'' by a teenage Magpies fan during last week's game, could be used to promote the musical King Kong, which is showing in Melbourne.
''I think I've just about ticked every element of [the AFL's racial and religious vilification mediation process]. That is: shown remorse, squared up with Adam Goodes, which is the key point, and apologised. But I will go through it and do it … even to be seen to be doing it,'' McGuire said on Thursday.
Buckley, speaking before he flew with the team to Brisbane for Friday night's game against the Lions, described McGuire's comments as poor but pointed out that he had apologised unreservedly and taken responsibility for them.
The coach said he believed Australians had a casual tendency to ''pick at'' anything that was different, and that this episode could prove to be a ''wake-up call'' for everyone.
''This is a bigger issue than just Collingwood. It's a bigger issue than just footy … That's why there is so much public interest in it. It affects every person and I don't think it comes down necessarily to just a race issue,'' Buckley said.
''It's a respect issue. Does Eddie respect indigenous people? Absolutely. He's done so much good work and he's done so much positively to impact on the opportunities of indigenous people as he has for discriminated people in all walks of life. That's part of what he's stood for in his time and I think his record should stand for itself in that regard.
''There is no perfect person in this world and … one of the other things that happens in this society is that we cut people down.''
I've just about ticked every element [of the mediation process].
Collingwood's board moved quickly to support McGuire, who said on Wednesday that he would step away from his club, radio and television commitments while the mediation process was under way if it was the appropriate thing to do.
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