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February 2010
Myrtle Thormodsgaard, 92, of Yankton, formerly of Alcester, died Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at Avera Yankton Care Center in Yankton. Funeral services were held February 6 at Nathanael Lutheran Church in Alcester.
Myrtle Ihlene Peterson was born August 21, 1917 in Clay County, near Centerville, to Amund and Ida (Mellem) Peterson.
Myrtle attended Ash Creek rural school and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Scandia Lutheran Church. She worked at Norway Center Store, where she met her future husband, Albert Thormodsgaard. They were united in marriage on August 22, 1941 in Canton. Myrtle was a member of Nathanael Lutheran Church and enjoyed her circle and sewing quilt tops with the other quilters.
The couple farmed south of Alcester until 1977 when they moved into an apartment in Alcester. Albert died on October 14, 1994 in Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. In March of 2001, Myrtle moved to Sunrise Apartments in Yankton to be closer to her daughter and son-in-law. On July 18, 2009 she fell in her apartment and has resided in the nursing home until her death.
Her parents, three brothers, five sisters, her husband and a daughter preceded her in death.
Those who survive and gratefully shared her life are her daughter, Janet Neibergall (Bob) of Yankton; son-in-law, David Braastad (Ann) of Westhampton, MA; six grandchildren, Lisa Swartz of Pierre, SD, Dr. Corey Braastad of Southampton, MA, Jared Belkey of Houlton, WI, Ryan, Dane and Andrew Braastad of MA; five great-grandchildren, Logan and Easton Swartz of Pierre and Lauren, Aiden and Ethen Braastad of Southampton.
Beverley Holmdal
Beverley Holmdal, 89, of Alcester, died Thursday, February 4, 2010 at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were held February 9 at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden, IA, with Rev. Barb Joy officiating. Burial followed in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Alcester.
Beverley Holmdal was born August 23, 1920 in Hawarden, the daughter of Harold and Lula (Nelson) Smith. She graduated from Hawarden High School in 1938. She married Henry Holmdal on April 10, 1948 in Sergeant Bluff, IA. Together they farmed near Alcester. Beverley taught in a country school for several years. She was the bookkeeper for Smith Electric in Hawarden since it's beginning. Henry died October 10, 1978.
Beverley was a member of the United Methodist Church in Hawarden where she taught Sunday school and was a member of the UMW. She was also a member of the Extension Club in South Dakota. She enjoyed bowling, traveling, gardening, and playing bridge.
She is survived by two sons, Jon Holmdal of Lead, and Jay Holmdal and wife Marie of Woodbury, NJ; a granddaughter, Alexis Holmdal; her brother, Bernard Smith and wife Sheila of Hawarden; and a sister, Margaret Lundeen of Alcester.
Beverley was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Henry; brother-in-law, Lloyd Lundeen; and a grandson, Michael Holmdal.
Bruce A. Larson
Bruce A. Larson, 79, of Brandon, died Saturday, February 06, 2010 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services were held February 9 at the George Boom Funeral Chapel in Brandon.
Bruce Allen Larson, the son of Vernie and Ellen (Olson) Larson was born December 3, 1930 in Alcester. He attended high school in Alcester. Bruce entered the U.S. Army in 1952 and served until his honorable discharge in 1953. In 1958, Bruce enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, serving until 1962.
On February 28, 1964, Bruce was united in marriage with Lilas Huebner in Sioux Falls. That same year, the couple moved to Colorado. Bruce was a carpenter, and worked for American Builder's Company framing houses. He later worked for Hugh M. Woods Lumberyard, before the couple moved back to Sioux Falls.
Bruce was a member of the VFW in Colorado. He liked to work with wood, work on old cars, and tinker with things in the garage. Bruce enjoyed swimming, and was on a bowling league for a short time.
Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Lilas; two daughters, Laurie (Vern) Kaler; Shelly (Dale) Trigg; two grandchildren, Vanessa Kaler and Ryan Kaler, all of Brandon; two sisters, Berniece Sandvall of Alcester, Clarice (Milton) Skancke of Sioux Falls; and a brother, Wendell Larson of Dayton, OH.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and two brothers, Donald "Bud" and Dale.
Daryle McVay
Daryle was born at Hudson, SD on September 13, 1930 to Wayne and Dora (Anderson) McVay. He attended Millbrook rural school and graduated from Beresford High School in 1948. He joined the US Air Force during the Korean War in 1949 and was honorably discharged in 1953. He became a member of the American Legion in 1975.
Daryle was baptized at Congregational Church in Hudson; he reaffirmed his faith at Romsdal and later joined Emmanuel. Daryle married Shirley Hartman on November 3, 1953. They had five children, Darla (Dana) Wilson of Hudson, Kelly McVay of Yankton, Tami (Joe) Zerr of Aberdeen, Lori (Robert) Padmore of Sioux City, IA and Amy (Bryan) Kauchich of Lehi, UT. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Annie (Michael) Crist, Cody and Jesse Wilson, Michael and Haley Zerr and Jack Padmore; one great-granddaughter, Carley Crist; sister, Nona Breen and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were held Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Beresford.
Brad J. Peterson
Pastor Brad J. Peterson, 58, of Mitchell, formerly of Alcester, died February 16, 2010 at his home. Funeral services were held February 20, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mitchell with burial at Mound Cemetery, Ortonville, MN.
Bradley James Peterson was born January 4, 1952 in Ortonville, MN to Ruben T. Peterson and Lydia Rose Christina Johnson Peterson. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Ortonville. He attended and graduated from Ortonville High School in 1970 and then from Southwest State College in Marshall, MN in 1973.
Graduation from college led Brad on a journey to Colorado that summer looking for employment. The journey came full circle and he ended up looking for social work in Minneapolis. He took employment with Holly Stores, working in Kmart. Brad worked throughout the cities and in Chicago, IL and Milwaukee, WI areas. He lived and worked in Kenosha, WI and was to be transferred to Springfield, IL. He followed his heart and went to seminary at Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary. He worked all during seminary and learned many things he would use later in the ministry. His internship was held in Grace Lutheran in Franklin, PA. Brad graduated from Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary in May of 1979.
May of 1979 was a busy time with graduation and then being married to Joan L. Thompson on May 19, 1979. They journeyed to Alexandria and participated in a wedding on the way to ordination in Moorhead. Brad was ordained at Synod Convention June 8, 1979 in evening worship.
Brad and Jo enjoyed the challenge and blessing of a first parish, Sunne Lutheran, in rural Wilton, ND. Brad had two aunts living in Minot, ND who were the family they could go to. Many friendships were built and enjoyed there. A highlight of living in Wilton was the birth of Aaron Peterson. They ministered until 1986, when he received a call to Webster, SD.
He served at American Lutheran Church in Webster from 1986 to 2000. It was a long-term call that was filled with all types of experiences, including family, community, parish and growing in general relationships. It was a place that included dealing with the floods and stories that came with it. We were able to watch so many families grow.
In 2000, Brad was called to serve Nathanael Lutheran in Alcester from 2000 to 2004. This was a time of learning and leadership. The church went through serious remodeling and was good space for worship and learning. The church was also involved through Pastor Brad in doing extensive leadership training, utilizing the staff from USD.
In 2004 Trinity Lutheran Church in Mitchell called Brad to be pastor. Aaron was married to Lindsey. It was the place that Brad would have bypass surgery and Jo diagnosed with MS. Later Brad found out he had cancer in the brain and this led to our being here today.
Brad was involved always in the community he was serving. He was involved in clubs and organizations such as Lions, Kiwanis, Ministerial Associations, Needs Anonymous, Thrift Store and Synod committees.
Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Joan of Mitchell; a son, Aaron (Lindsey) Peterson of Highland Ranch, CO; three brothers, Kenneth (Shirley) Peterson of Garrison, MN, Robert Peterson of Columbia Heights, MN, and Charles Peterson of Fridley, MN; four sisters, Delores (Jim) Strege of Ortonville, MN, Carol (Lowell) Gemsey of Burnsville, MN, Joanne (Steve) Carlson of Fridley, MN, and Joyce Peterson of Blaine, MN.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Keith; and a sister, Janet.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred so the family may distribute to as Brad's requests.
Lois Bultena
Lois Bultena, 63, of Lennox, died Friday, February 19, 2010 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls due to complications from a brain aneurysm that she suffered the day before. Funeral services were held February 23 at the Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church with Rev. Wayne Reed officiating, with interment at the Lennox Cemetery.
Lois Ann Freimuth was born April 6, 1946. She was adopted by her parents, George and Mary (Walsh) Freimuth. She grew up on a farm east of Davis and attended Lennox High School. She was married to Willis DenBoer and they had one daughter, Debby.
On February 25, 1972 she was united in marriage to Larry Bultena at Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church. Two daughters, Shelly and Angella, were born to this union. They made their home in Lennox their entire married life where Lois was a homemaker.
Lois was a member of Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her father, George, on March 12, 1969; her mother, Mary, on August 8, 1990; her sister, Mary "Midge" Vos on July 1, 2006; and her father-in-law, Alvin Bultena, on June 1, 2000.
Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Larry; three daughters and sons-in-law: Debby and Greg Simunek of Hudson, Shelly and Grant Olson of Baltic, and Angela and Kody Larson of Harrisburg; six grandchildren: Chris Simunek, Tera and Andrew Parmeter, Heather Simunek, Kandice Larson, Makayla Olson and Gavya Olson, four great-grandchildren: Torance Simunek, Aurora Solem, Brooklynn Strong and Talynn Parmeter; her mother-in-law, Bernice Bultena of Lennox; plus many other relatives and friends.

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Spring 2014 Registration Information
Book requirements can be found on Blackboard, the Rutgers–Newark online course management system.
The general instructions below apply to ALL students. In addition, because all students must first complete the required curriculum before being permitted to register for elective courses, there are specific instructions based on your class status, i.e., first-year day student, first-year evening student, second-year evening student, or upper-class student. The course information provided on this site is the most current data and supersedes information in printed and online university catalogs.
Last day to add a class: Friday, January 17, 2014
How to Register
Student registration is a three-step process: all students must (1) register for classes online, (2) pay the balance that will appear on your account after you have registered online, and (3) submit certain forms to the Deans' Office. Your registration is not complete until all three steps are completed.
Online registration is permitted from 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 5 until 12:00 Noon Wednesday, November 18, 2013. Once that period ends, lotteries will be conducted for over-enrolled classes, and some other adjustments to the schedule of classes may be made. Students who fail to register for such classes during the initial registration period for the coming semester will be ineligible to register later for any classes for which lotteries had been held, and will be excluded from any waitlists created for these classes. (Note: prior to the start of classes, students will be informed of the results of all class lotteries, and those who are lotteried out of a class for which they had registered will have the opportunity to "Add/Drop" and change their program, either in person with Dean Garbaccio or online prior to or during the first week of classes, when online registration is restored.
A schedule of classes for the Spring semester of the 2013-14 academic year was previously circulated. You will now find the most Spring 2014 schedule here and multi-page course listing spreadsheet, which you may download as an Excel® file or may read as a .PDF file. This spreadsheet contains the most up-to-date schedule and course information, and contains hyperlinks to course descriptions and faculty profiles.
Students should use the Rutgers Website Registration System to register for all classes. (You can navigate directly to the Registration System webpage by clicking here.) Your time on the online system will be limited, particularly on Saturday and Sunday. Be especially careful when entering the registration undex number, as an incorrect number could result in an incorrect registration or no registration at all. (These numbers can be found on the course listing spreadsheet, which may be found as a .PDF by clicking here or as an Excel® file by clicking here, and, for unscheduled credits such as journals, externships and independent research, on the spreadsheet listing of unscheduled enterprises (sheet 2 of the course listing spreadsheet, if you download it in Excel® or as a .PDF file). These pages should be kept open while you register, to help you as you carefully enter those registration numbers!
Note that the "system" will not prevent you from registering for a class for which you may not be permitted to register; for instance, the "system" is unaware of lotteries, prerequisites or your class status. It is your responsibility to follow your class-specific instructions carefully, and, if you have any questions regarding registration, to contact Dean Rothman or Dean Garbaccio. Once you have selected your classes and entered all information required by the Rutgers Website Registration System, you should proceed to the Business Office page to view your account and pay the balance owed, which will then appear, showing the charges for the courses for which you just registered. You should navigate to your account webpage by clicking here.
Spring Semester Registration For First-Year Students and Second-Year Part-Time Students
Full-Time Students:
Curriculum and section assignments are prearranged for first-year full-time students. You should already have received an email advising you of the sections of Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure to which you have been assigned and should register. For Legal Research and Writing II, you should register for the same section and instructor as taken in the Fall 2013 semester. You should also register for an elective. First-year electives from which you may select are denoted by an asterisk (*) on the both the schedule and the course listing spreadsheet. Guidance in course selection is offered by the Deans' Office each Fall before Spring registration opens. Students should make this selection carefully. Some of these electives have limited enrollment and will be subject to lottery if over-subscribed, and students who do not register for these when registration first opens will not be a part of the lottery, and will not be permitted to add the class at a later date, if registration reopens.
First-Year Part-Time Students
All first-year evening students will register for Civil Procedure with Prof. Askin (section 4) and Criminal Law with Prof. Haque (section 1). For the Spring 2014 semester, students must also register for Legal Research and Writing I. You should already have received an email advising you of your section assigment for which you should register.
Second-Year Part-Time Students
All second-year part-time students must register for one of the electives as denoted by an asterisk (*) on the both the schedule and the course listing spreadsheet but otherwise are permitted to register for any course not subject to prerequisites, bringing your total number of credits to at least eight and not more than 11. Guidance in course selection is offered by the Deans' Office each Fall before Spring registration opens. Students should make this selection carefully. Some of these electives have limited enrollment and will be subject to lottery if over-subscribed, and students who do not register for these when registration first opens will not be a part of the lottery, and will not be permitted to add the class at a later date, if registration reopens.
The Examination Schedule
Students are expected, whenever possible, to anticipate examination schedule problems at the time of registration. Exam dates for Spring semester courses appear in the middle column entitled "Exam Date" on the course listing spreadsheet (.PDF is here). Students should consider the exam schedule carefully when selecting classes; examination deferrals will not be granted on the basis that you have elected to take classes concentrating your examinations over a few days. For similar reasons, students who anticipate that medical or personal problems will interfere with a heavy examination schedule are expected to register for non-examination courses, register for a reduced or part-time load, or to withdraw from school for a semester. Deferral requests based on examination schedule problems that should have been anticipated at the time of registration will not be granted except under extraordinary circumstances. Consult Dean Rothman if you have further questions.
Required Forms
Every student must complete and submit to the Deans' Office the Sign-In Registration Form for Full-Time (Day) Students or the Sign-In Registration Form for Part-Time (Evening) Students, and the Declaration of Full-Time or Part-Time Status. Submitting these two forms completes your registration, once you have selected your classes online. Navigate to these forms, fill them out, and deliver them to the Deans' Office.
The Status Declaration Form is an important legal document, related to Character and Fitness. It establishes your status as either a full-time or part-time student, and your eligibility (or ineligibility) to work for more than 20 hours per week while attending school. Give serious consideration to what you choose, before signing this document! Your declaration of full-time status renders you ineligible to work outside of law school for more than 20 hours per week. If a Committee on Character and Fitness discovers that you worked that much during the semester after having declared otherwise, it will conclude that you have sworn falsely, and may bar you from practicing law.
The University and the Law School maintain a file of directory and other information, generally for internal use, but also provided to the public on request. Reviewing and updating the personal information, permanent address and emergency contact screen on-line, and completing and submitting the Sign-In Registration Form, which must be done each semester to complete your registration, provide the Law School with this information, and with the best means for us to reach you in the event of an emergency in the course of the semester.
Students who wish to block public access to some of the information provided on the Sign-In Registration Form can do so by so indicating on the form itself. However, you should be aware that directory information is also available on the Rutgers Information System and thus is available to users of the Internet both inside and outside the University. The Rutgers Information System information draws from admission and registration databases (and not from the Sign-In Registration Form). To change or restrict public access to the Rutgers Information System personal data, go to the Rutgers People Database by clicking here and log in using your NetID and password. To learn more about your right to privacy, please read the University statement concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act by clicking here.
Other Forms: Soft Credit Enterprises, Interdisciplinary Classes and Classes at other Law Schools, and the Pass/"D" or "F" Grading Option
Students who enroll in certain "soft" credit course offerings must obtain permission both from their faculty advisors and from Dean Rothman, and for many (those with hyperlinks to forms) must submit to the Deans' Office the completed forms to finalize registration in these enterprises. These course offerings are only available to Rutgers School of Law–Newark students, and only students who have completed the required curriculum (see below) are eligible to register for these enterprises.
They include: Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Independent Research, Field Placement, Judicial Externship, Attorney General's Office Externship, Immigration Externship, Intellectual Property Externship, NLRB Externship, MSP facilitator, and LRW Teaching Associate (for which "hard" credit is earned). The forms are available from the Deans' Office, or may be downloaded and printed, preferably using a color printer, by navigating to the respective links above.
NOTE: Although students may enroll in as many "soft" credit enterprises as they wish while attending Rutgers Law School, only nine credits earned in these will be counted toward the 84 credits required for graduation. (For more information concerning soft and hard credit, click here. For more information in general on the requirements for graduation, click here.)
Students wishing to take graduate classes in other disciplines at Rutgers, and students seeking visiting student status at another ABA-accredited law school must obtain Dean Rothman's written permission, on a form that you access by clicking here. Law school students may take up to six credits of graduate-level courses in other Rutgers graduate programs for credit toward a J.D. degree. (An allowance of nine credits of interdisciplinary work is reserved for those students in dual-degree masters programs who complete that program prior to or contemporaneous with earning the J.D. degree (12 credits in the joint M.B.A., M.S.W., M.C.R.P., M.D. and Ph.D. programs.))
Interdisciplinary courses intended to meet J.D. academic and residence credit requirements must have been approved in advance of registration by Dean Rothman. Permission is based on the following criteria: (1) the course must be reasonably related to the law, (2) the course may not duplicate a course offered in the law school curriculum, or be one that the student has taken prior to entering law school, and (3) the course cannot be a "core" type course. Students working simultaneously toward two degrees, such as J.D. and M.B.A. degrees, must make sure that they are carrying sufficient credits for J.D. residency requirement purposes. Courses taken prior to enrollment at Rutgers School of Law can never be considered towards J.D. requirements.
Once the required curriculum is completed, students have the option of choosing between a letter-grade system and Pass/"D" or "F" system for the elective classes. Students who wish to exercise this option must make this decision and submit the Pass/"D" or "F" Option form during the first three weeks of the Spring semester. Decisions on opting cannot be changed after the deadline. Opting forms for the Pass/"D"/"F" system are available from Dean Garbaccio or may be downloaded and printed by navigating to the link above.
Although a letter grade for every student will be entered by the faculty member regardless of the option chosen, a student who chooses the Pass/"D" or "F" option will have the grade recorded by the registrar on a system whereby a grade of "A," "B," or "C" (including pluses and minuses) is entered on the student's transcript as a "Pass." A grade of "D" or "F" will be recorded as a "D" or as an "F" regardless of whether students choose this option. The Pass/"D" or "F" option is available only in elective courses and may be exercised in only one course per semester, up to a maximum of 12 credits in total. (Grades of "Pass" earned in an unscheduled "soft" credit enterprise such as an externship or journal participation do not count as an exercise of this option.) Graduating students who have elected the Pass/"D" or "F" option for a substantial number of courses are not eligible to graduate with honors: the Faculty and Committee on Scholastic Standing require candidates for honors to have received at least 68 credits in graded courses.
NOTE: Letter grades entered by the faculty in courses taken Pass/"D" or "F" are unofficial and are not recognized by the school for any purpose except for compliance with Regulations 2 and 5 regarding academic good standing. Students who elect this option waive the right to learn the letter grade earned, and may not publish the letter grade entered by the faculty member for any purpose, if somehow that letter grade is later learned. A student who fails to choose the Pass/"D" or "F" option will automatically be given a letter grade.
The Term Bill
After you have completed the registration process for your classes, the charges for tuition and fees will appear on your Student Account, which can be viewed by clicking here; financial aid credits (scholarships, loans) will be posted a few days later. All billing determinations are based upon the number of credits you will be taking (plus applicable fees); full-time students (students taking 12 or more credits) will be billed on a flat, full-time tuition basis, and part-time students (students taking 11 or fewer credits) will be billed on a per-credit basis. This balance can be paid immediately after registering, but if it is not, the Student Account page will inform you as to the last day for making payment.
EACH STUDENT, INCLUDING A STUDENT ON FINANCIAL AID OR SCHOLARSHIP, IS REQUIRED TO CONFIRM ATTENDANCE BY EITHER PAYING YOUR TERM BILL, OR, IF YOUR BALANCE IS $0.00, BY FOLLOWING THE CONFIRMATION OF ATTENDANCE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY THE BUSINESS OFFICE. BOTH PAYMENT AND CONFIRMATION CAN BE DONE ON-LINE, AT https://rutadmin.rutgers.edu/sarapp1. IF YOU FAIL TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PAY ANY BALANCE ON THE TERM BILL BY THE DUE DATE APPEARING ON THE BILL, YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CANCELLED. You will then be subject to a $250.00 late payment fee.
Procedure for Withdrawal From One or More Classes
Once the "Add/Drop" period has ended, a student may withdraw from a course or seminar by submitting a written notice on the "Drop" form available from Dean Linda Garbaccio. A grade of "W" will be entered on the record in every case. An 80% refund of tuition will be given if a course is dropped during the first two weeks of classes; a 60% refund if the withdrawal is before the end of the fourth week of classes; and a 40% refund will be given if the withdrawal is before the end of the sixth week of classes. After that, no refund of tuition will be given.
In an examination course, withdrawals will be permitted until the day of the examination prior to the start of the actual examination.
In a seminar or non-examination course, withdrawals will be permitted until the final official meeting of the class and provided that the instructor consents to the withdrawal. A grade of "F" will be entered as the final grade for a student who does not sit for an examination (unless officially excused by the Deans' Office) or who does not complete the course or seminar work when required by the instructor.
Transferring From Full-Time to Part-Time and Part-Time to Full-Time
Information regarding changing your status may be found by clicking here. Note that if you have not yet completed the Required Curriculum (see above), permission and program approval will be required from Dean Rothman to change your status, and your section assignments in the required courses you must take must be made by Dean Garbaccio.


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To Landon and Molly Ellison on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at North Platte, a son, Easton Michael. He weighed eight pounds, eight ounces.
Paternal grandparents are Tim and Theresa Holley, and David Ellison, all of Gothenburg.
Maternal grandparents are Randy and Kathy Schroeder of Cozad.
Great-grandparents include Kenny and Donna Kenning, and Peggy Ellison, all of Gothenburg.
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Swift Current's Jenna Smith had three points in a win over Russia for gold medal at the 2013 Winter Universiade
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Jenna Smith won a gold medal with Team Canada at the Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy.
The 2013 holiday season was a memorable one for Swift Current's Jenna Smith as she helped Canada to a gold medal in women's ice hockey at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy.
Canada completed a dominating tournament with a 5-0 win over Russia on Friday to finish 7-0 while outscoring their opponents 77-2.
"It was a pretty amazing feeling just knowing everyone was there cheering for us and everyone back home was rooting for us. Playing on a team with 20 new girls, I don't know, it was a pretty special feeling and we all bonded over it," said Smith.
Smith had two goals and an assist in the gold medal game as Canada won its third straight gold medal since the sport was introduced at the biennial Games in China in 2009. Canada is now 21-0 and has outscored its opponents 174-12 over three tournaments.
Smith finished the tournament with five goals, nine assists, and a +19 rating in seven games.
"I thought it was good. I was going in there knowing there was a lot of really good players from the east that I had watched and played against before. I knew they were some excellent hockey players. So I was pretty proud of myself to be able to go in there and score some goals, especially some big goals in the gold medal game."


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Ahmedabad: Pakistan skipper Mohammed Hafeez on Thursday said the way his side clawed its way back in the first Twenty20 match against India, he has no doubts that his side will go on to win the series by winning the second match, here on Friday.
Pakistan thumped India by five wickets in the Bangalore T20 match.
"The way we played the last match, our morale is quite high. The way the entire team bounced back in both batting and bowling, that was morale boosting for us and we will try to continue that tomorrow as well," Hafeez told reporters.
"We have the opportunity to win the series. We are all ready for this. Not just tomorrow`s match, we are positive about the entire series. We are united (as a team) in this series and we want to play good cricket," he added.
Hafeez emphasised that bowling is their strength since the attack has a lot of variety.
"I will give credit to the bowlers and fielders. They (India) were 70 for no loss and after that we came back. Bowling has always been our strength and in the last match even after a bad start, the comeback was outstanding. As a captain I am very pleased with that," he said.
"Most of our players have proved at the international level that they are match winners. Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, recently included Mohammad Irfan. Shoaib Malik is the only one who hasn`t bowled but he is good enough to play his role in any format with his spin bowling. We always believe that as a bowling unit, we can always come back. We have got enough experience. We can dominate with our bowling."
On his surprise bowler Mohammad Irfan, who bamboozled the Indian players with his pace and bounce, Hafeez said, "He is an outstanding talent. We had a domestic tournament recently, where we saw his performance and for us he came across as a surprise package, who will be difficult especially in this part of the world and also across the world because of the extra bounce he gets."
Hafeez said it was deliberate that they have opted for Nasir Jamshaid and Ahmad Shahzad as the openers when asked if it was not better for them if Shahid Afridi opens.
"Afridi has adjusted himself as a middle-order batsman even when he was the captain. We believe that we have a lot of talent and the new guys are playing well. That is why we are promoting youngsters to bat at the top order, considering the future of our cricket.
"He (Afridi) is always useful and he can play anywhere in the order. In the middle order, his contribution is always very good. He can finish the match or put pressure on the opposition in the last seven overs."
"I was also an opener. I have given the opportunity to the youngsters in this series, because they have the talent to serve Pakistan cricket for many years. Since they are openers, we want them to get the chance as openers only. It is not that they are not experienced enough. They have been with us for the last four years. We are sure they will come up with some positive results for Pakistan in future."
Hafeez also insisted that the side was not overtly worried with the no show of the Akmal brothers.
"Not every player can perform each day. They are very good players. They have shown that in the past. We have faith in them. The good thing for us is that we made a comeback in bowling as well as batting. We believe in their abilities and they are good players to perform anywhere in the world. We hope that they forget their innings at Bangalore and come to this match with positive intent and do well for us."
Asked about the pressure, he said, "Pressure is always there on both teams. It is always there at the international level. I don`t know about them (India) but we are taking the game easy and we will try to win it."
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Tips for bigish families series part 1: Grooming is overrated and so are clothes
So here's part one of my Tips for Bigish Families Series. Read the introduction here.
Tip numbero uno: Grooming is overrated.
I am always eager for spring and the gradual greening and warming that comes along with it. What I am usually not ready for is the greater need for daily baths. Winter means less time spent digging in the dirt and frolicking outdoors, which translates to less baths. Now my well-groomed, daily-shower-loving husband would likely disagree with me here, but a daily bath really is not a necessity especially when kids haven't been getting dirty all day outdoors. Like many Europeans, we don't do baths every day. Sometimes I am just too tired to partake in the elaborate bathtime routine. I'd rather squeeze in more storybooks than scrubbing behind the ears. I'll never forget a story my nana, who died two summers ago just before she hit the 91-mark, told. Her youngest and ninth child was looking quite gray and a peaked to her, so she decided to take him to the pediatrician to make sure his health was not ailing. The diagnosis? A nice layer of dirt! Seriously, my uncle had just been dirtier than usual, and the pediatrician rubbed a bit off and showed my nana, who sheepishly and quickly left the doctor's office but loved telling the story later on as evidence that dirt really doesn't bother kids or hurt them. This might horrify our clean-obsessed-frequent-hand-sanitizing-culture, but I find it rather funny and comforting. All of her nine children are healthy, happy, and productive adults now. A little dirt never caused them any harm.
And fancy, smocked clothing, well, it looks pretty, but it's not necessary either. Which brings me to tip number two: It's not what they're wearing that matters; it's the memories you're making.
I dressed my first child like a baby doll. No matter that she was constantly ripping the pretty bows from her wispy hair and I was always cursing the tiny buttons that were awfully difficult to work with. I also wanted her clothes to match when we out in public. Not so anymore. When we go to Mass or perhaps a nice restaurant or another "finer" event, then, of course, I expect a certain level of decorum. However, I also give my children far more freedom in choosing their clothing these days and am not bothered so much by mismatched outfits or slightly messy hair.
I was at a birthday party for little girls a few years ago, and many of the girls were impeccably dressed in smocked gowns (smocked clothing is very popular in the South); however, there was one child who showed up in play clothes with ragamuffin hair. I heard another mom whispering about her, saying something about how she couldn't believe her mother hadn't brushed her hair. This kind of superficial comment infuriated me. I knew that this child was the oldest of five young children, and all of them were homeschooled. Perfectly coiffed hair probably wasn't a big priority, and why did it matter? These kids were playing at a birthday party; they weren't having tea with the Queen. Some girls might love smocked frocks. Some moms might enjoy dressing their girls up as well. There's nothing wrong with that, but don't feel guilty if you're not into that or just can't be as a matter of survival. Likewise, don't sweat the small stuff, and kids who don't look like Suri Cruise in public is most definitely small stuff. Honestly, we moms often dress up our children just to impress others.
Another time this lesson was hammered in for me was during a trip to a pumpkin patch this past fall. We attempted to get a group photo of all the kids, and I had to laugh at our motley crew. I have a photo from when I was pregnant with Mary Elizabeth, and Madeline and Rachel were wearing darling fall outfits. I had more time to pay attention to the details back then – time that is more of a luxury these days. Not surprisingly, in last year's pumpkin patch photo, the kids were wearing all different colorful ensembles. Best of all, Mary Elizabeth was wearing a pink, homemade Valentine's shirt in October, which makes the memory of that crisp fall day all the more vivid in my mind. Remember Annie's wisdom: Your kids' smiles are their best accessory.
Stay tuned for the next installment in the series where I talk about how behind every no there is a yes. New posts won't arrive until after the Triduum, however.
Tips for bigish families series – intro
With only four children, I am not completely comfortable identifying myself as having a big family, especially when I know plenty of families who have enough children to field an entire baseball team. However, my husband frequently reminds me that we have more than average, and we do get comments when we're out in public with our brood.
We were blessed to be at the beach not too long ago and eating at a noisy, crowded restaurant when my oldest dropped her flip-flop and accidentally bumped into a man when she was trying to retrieve it. His entire table turned to look at us, and I said, "Sorry!" thinking they were annoyed by my daughter's wayward elbow or perhaps my 2-year-old's happy but loud giggles as I magically pulled a broken piece of red crayon from his ear. But to my surprise, they all smiled and said, "Oh no. We're just amazed."
They didn't elaborate, so I'm not sure if they were amazed by the sheer size of our family or the fact that the kids were staying put in their chairs and not scaling any tables, hurling food, or partaking in any other form of rowdiness. Give my kids food, and they will eat. When their mouths are full, they are pretty quiet. I am lucky to have four kids with voracious appetites.
On the way home from dinner another group of older adults marveled at our family as well. This time the kids were walking in a straight line like obedient, little ducklings. They were docile on account of all the ice cream cone licking. My husband and I chatted with the adults and they joked about how we'd better start saving for all those weddings.
"We are already encouraging eloping or barbeque-style receptions," my husband joked.
I've often said that I felt like it was having the fourth baby that escalated me into the big family category or in some eyes', the freak club or the we-hate-Planet-Earth-and-are-going-to-use-up-obscene-amounts-of-resources groups (as if our carbon footprint comes even close to the green Hollywood stars who take weekend trips to Cabo). It's also taken having four kids fairly close together to teach me some valuable lessons that might be helpful to other parents of bigish families. (Although, honestly, most of these tips would be helpful to parents of any size family. )
For instance, what we think really matters when we welcome our first child into our arms, doesn't really matter all that much – or at all. Like a nursery. Fortunately, we couldn't afford to decorate a fancy nursery with our first. We didn't have the room for it either. My husband was still in school and I was a freelance journalist when Madeline arrived. We squeezed a crib (the Consumer Report's best buy that cost us 99 bucks) into a nook of a room that also had a coat closet and our computer in it. I remember being kind of disappointed that we couldn't do more for our little love, especially when I'd see some of my friend's Pottery Barn-inspired nurseries but four kids later, I know a grand nursery would have been an epic waste*, especially for our crew since our kids tend to make use of the family bed. I also know that like so many things in parenting a lovely nursery is not really for the baby. All she needs is love and her basic needs met. That nursery is more for the parents. Aside from a nursery is purely optional, I am going to share some other lessons I've gleaned as my family as grown in a series of upcoming posts, so stay tuned!
*Please know I am not judging any parent who does design a beautiful nursery. To be fair, I am also not too good at the whole house design kind of things or DIY projects. It tends to feel more like a chore than fun, but I know some people really enjoy the process. But if you don't enjoy it and/or don't have the financial resources and just feel pressured to have a nice nursery because you feel like it's a sign of your love for your baby, know your little wonder could care less about whether her room is painted in Benjamin Moore's "Sounds of Nature" green and outfitted with chevron curtains and a Serena & Lily crib and bedding. Your nursery's style is NOT correlated to your love for your child. Got it? Good.
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I had a conversation with a fellow mom not too long ago that began with us joking about how it never fails that our sweet children mutate into screaming, clingy, little beasties the moment we pick up the phone. At first, this mom was laughing as she shared a recent anecdote about a child throwing an interminable, titanic tantrum just outside her home office door while she was on a business call. She then talked about the bigger picture challenges of being a mother who also has to work professionally from her home. She was in no way wallowing or griping, but she paused after she'd expressed her frustrations and quickly said something about how she knew it wasn't a big deal or a big problem. Then she apologized for her "whining" through teary eyes. I didn't know her all that well, but I wanted to give her a big hug and tell her she wasn't being whiny and she could cry on my shoulder all she wanted because Lord knows, I've been there. I was there just this morning, in fact, when I felt invisible, absolutely invisible because no one was listening to me or paying any attention to me whatsoever. I tried to rally the troops with positive directives, but when madness ensued and my blood pressure shot up I sadly ended up barking drill sergeant orders. Interestingly, last week another mom friend of mine who has several little ones texted me and asked if I ever felt invisible and like no one listens to me or even knows I am there. Affirmative.
I've recently found myself venting (incessantly whining) about some of the challenges my family has faced in recent months from bats in our bedrooms to lice (yup, that was one thing I definitely never worried about as a homeschooler). But I always feel guilty bemoaning these everyday stresses when we have a roof over our heads and are in good health. So like the fellow mom I talked with, I quickly undermine the challenges. "It's not that big of deal." "I'm fine." "I am so blessed," I might say. Or, "These are just first-world problems."
And I am very blessed, but that doesn't mean life isn't sometimes tough. I don't live in abject poverty. My kids are clothed, and we don't have to worry about getting food on the table, although I do sometimes approach meal planning with trepidation knowing I have to somehow come up with meals week after week that the whole family will actually eat, poke and prod like it's a science experiment, not eye-roll at, or surreptitiously feed to the dog. Of course, there's always someone worse off than I am. I've thought about this a lot as I've limped along with my running injury. I could not be able to use my legs. Or I could not have any legs at all.
Yet, as a dear friend who also happens to do medical mission work in the poorest of the poor places of the world reminded me this summer after the bats, broken bones, kaput refrigerator, flooded basement, and general chaos of raising a largish family told me, "I'd say you're dealing with some pretty tough things. A real first-world problem is being upset about losing followers in Pinterest."
I have no idea who's following me on Pinterest. I pretty much stopped going on that first-world, happy haven because I frequently clicked away feeling dejected rather than inspired. But my good friend's wisdom as well as the recent exchange with the hurting mother reminded me of something very important. If we encounter someone who is suffering, then our primary job is to dole out compassion, not to compare their suffering to others'.
Similarly, if something is hard for us, then it is hard for us. It doesn't matter if someone else doesn't think it would be a big deal. My dad joked with me that an injury like I'm dealing with that rendered him immobile would be a good excuse to watch more TV, although I did remind him it really hurt to sit. When I was on pregnancy bedrest, my mother-in-law laughed and said that bed rest is only a challenge for Type Aers like me. For her it sounded like nirvana – a big extended nap and an awesome excuse to be idle.
Think about our children. How many crocodile tears do we encounter in a given week or if you – like me – live in a house full of dramatic daughters, how many emotional outbursts do you encounter every single day? Toddlers cry because you cut their sandwiches into triangles instead of rectangles. (How dare you, you dolt!) Preschoolers throw a fit because you forgot to wash their polka dot pants they want to wear every third Tuesday of the month. (You always forget!) Gradeschoolers bawl because you are cruel parent who won't let them see the PG movie every single other child their age has watched half a dozen times. (You are so mean!) Teenagers get angry just when you tell them you love them. (Just leave me alone!)
Our kids' behavior may appear irrational and may very well be a little absurd. It may drive us crazy, hurt us, or make us angry, but we all know what a tantrum-throwing toddler or insolent teenager really needs more than our judgment, rational advice, or anger is empathy and compassion. I know you wanted a three-sided PBJ sandwich, and Mommy is sorry she cut it the wrong way, but it's still yummy. I know you're angry with me, but try to understand that I make these tough decisions out of my love for you. Yada. Yada. Yada.
The same is true for all of our fellow human beings. Chances are, if you're reading this blog, you have an Internet connection and a warm house and mostly deal with what we might call "first-world problems," but those tiny, toothpick like crosses can add up and feel awfully heavy, and we need to be careful about discounting them.
Not only do I need to not undercut my own personal struggles and instead open myself to the love, support, and understanding from others, but I need to be there for others and to crucify any possible judgment of their level of suffering. We cannot compare our burdens – or our blessings for that matter. We shouldn't start weighing others' crosses; we should offer to help carry them. We need to offer compassion for whatever a person may feel is hard. If something is hard for someone, then they are suffering. Period.
Consider the exhausted new mom who is constantly told to enjoy those precious first few months and just wait until that baby is a mobile toddler or a back-talking tween. How do we make her feel by suggesting it's not as bad as she thinks or that she ought to be basking in baby bliss? She is in a dark, scary, and new place. She has this squirmy vessel of hopes and dreams who wakes her up every hour that she loves with all of her heart but sometimes fears, too. She's afraid to trim those paper-thin fingernails ascending from those impossibly tiny fingers. She knows she's supposed to feel happy all of the time with this precious bundle in her midst, but sometimes she just wants to crawl out of her saggy, postpartum skin and have her old life back so she decides to open up and tell you her fears, guilt, and struggles. Don't you dare undermine her, tell her it's not so bad, or remind her she should be thankful to have a healthy baby. She is thankful. But she's suffering, too.
Whomever we are dealing with – whether it's a new mother, a rebel teenager, a frazzled friend, or an irrational teenager – we need to love first. If we snark, reprimand, undermine, or even remind someone of their blessings when they're mired in sadness or overwhelmed, all we're doing is making that person feel weaker, lonelier, and more uncertain and hopeless. And this perhaps will make her more likely to be burdened by every little "first world" problem.
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta once said the greatest poverty of the Western world was loneliness. Here we are hyper-connected with our smartphones and able to stuff ourselves with plates full of food. We are afraid to admit life can be hard when we have so much. But we are still suffering – just in different ways than people do in different parts of the world. Maybe what we all need is to simply be there for others no matter what is bearing down on them, and all we must ask in return is for someone to be there for us, too, when we're faced with our own big and small trials.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.comments2014-03-07T07:07:55.612-05:00Original MindAndre Doshim Halawhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-74360090215354738482014-03-07T05:22:17.109-05:002014-03-07T05:22:17.109-05:00Yes dear. I am agree with your words. trio pines &...Yes dear. I am agree with your words. trio pines & heavy duty pneumatic castersJohn Carterhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-23441675299365894442014-01-23T04:04:51.402-05:002014-01-23T04:04:51.402-05:00Best blog about auto transport. Must share with ot...Best blog about auto transport. Must share with others.Keith Hechthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-59491078781896814462014-01-19T13:54:55.750-05:002014-01-19T13:54:55.750-05:00Great talk. Thanks!Great talk. Thanks!Kimberley Annhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-37339731015752332172014-01-18T21:29:31.483-05:002014-01-18T21:29:31.483-05:00<3<3
Reinhard Junghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-69918344069501449202014-01-18T20:23:38.394-05:002014-01-18T20:23:38.394-05:00Excellent post. Lots of food for thought. Thank ...Excellent post. Lots of food for thought. Thank you.Kimberley Annhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-59350157263890715932014-01-12T15:05:49.734-05:002014-01-12T15:05:49.734-05:00Doshim: Zen Master Seung Sahn used to say: "...Doshim:
Zen Master Seung Sahn used to say: "You must revolution your mind!"
Thank you for the talk!Gillianhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-14507638510286338372014-01-04T21:59:11.911-05:002014-01-04T21:59:11.911-05:00I have bear heard it before but I love it!I have bear heard it before but I love it!Andre Doshim Halawhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-74833991932251341042014-01-04T16:22:20.078-05:002014-01-04T16:22:20.078-05:00It sounds like you had a bogus koan teacher. In k...It sounds like you had a bogus koan teacher. In koan practice a teacher can use one or two introductory koans in a cursory manner just to get you involved, but until you get a true dharmakaya koan like Mu for direct entry into emptiness, you aren't yet doing koan practice. Then with the koan Mu, there is no difference at all between koan practice and huatou or hwadu practice. And a good koan teacher does not go on to any other koans until after you have the "great 'Aha' moment." If you were given koans after Mu, but never demonstrated your kensho moment of "seeing the nature" then your koan teacher was either supremely lazy to the point of incompetency or a fraud.

Every koan has a huatou/hwadu. Every huatou/hwadu is set within a koan. Huatou/hwadu means "word head" and refers to the head of the word in the way that we would say "the head of the stream" or "the fountain head." Huatou/hwadu practice is to see the "turning word" in the koan upon which the awareness turns away from enchantment with the external world and towards the fountainhead of the word itself. By first focusing on this turning word the awareness turns to see through the word to the mind source of the word, or the mind before the word arises.

After the moment of seeing your own true nature, subsequent koans are the source of further training to refine the manifestation of the rising intuitive wisdom (prajna) in the various circumstantial contexts presented by the various koans. To go on to subsequent koans without having a firm experience of seeing one's nature and the arising of intuitive wisdom then the study of subsequent koans is counter productive. Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-27577178136248203442014-01-04T16:06:08.573-05:002014-01-04T16:06:08.573-05:00Brought to mind the old surreal joke/question , &q...Brought to mind the old surreal joke/question , "What is the difference between a duck?"
genkakuhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-83351604085046503362013-11-23T17:55:37.714-05:002013-11-23T17:55:37.714-05:00Looking forward to reading it. Prof. Jin Park has ...Looking forward to reading it. Prof. Jin Park has been doing study in articulating a Zen ethics for the West since Western ethics doesn't seem to have the categories that fit. Have you included that aspect of the Western acculturation of Zen? My favorite Zen commodification was the "Zen Cereal" sold at stores. Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-37392037622993726932013-10-26T15:23:34.557-04:002013-10-26T15:23:34.557-04:00Joshu Sasaki Roshi has taught this since he came t...Joshu Sasaki Roshi has taught this since he came to the USA over 50 years ago. In the activity of expansion and contraction of the breath, as with all such activity, it is at the full limit of the one when it "becomes" the other that emptiness or zero is realized as emptiness, and then becomes realized as either expansion or contraction in the breath. Not saying you should have known this, but just that it has been taught in Zen.Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-7427794559070146742013-10-26T13:18:57.847-04:002013-10-26T13:18:57.847-04:00My Zen teacher suggested that I try this technique...My Zen teacher suggested that I try this technique, which I have used for a few years now. Though I don't use it all the time, I find it very useful if I am having difficulty focusing on my breath.Thich nu Tinh Quanghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-88573597429742885212013-10-26T12:11:45.804-04:002013-10-26T12:11:45.804-04:00My Zen teacher's teacher, Soen Nakagawa Roshi,...My Zen teacher's teacher, Soen Nakagawa Roshi, once observed, "There is birth and there is death. In between, there is enlightenment." What always puzzled me was why, when he said this, he didn't laugh: "Between" -- who makes that shit up?genkakuhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-22535365961463792052013-10-16T20:57:33.509-04:002013-10-16T20:57:33.509-04:00Excellent talk. People should know more about Gui...Excellent talk. People should know more about Guifeng Zongmi. He's my "favorite" Zen master too! Zongmi's Zen is Ekayana or One Vehicle Zen. I'm working on an outline of the Ekayana inspired by Zongmi and the first four of the 12 bullet points are also restatements of the Four Noble Truths much like you have said in this talk.

(1) All beings are fully endowed with the Tatagata's wisdom-knowledge (tathagatajnana, wise-knowing), also called Buddha knowledge (buddhajnana) or Noble wisdom (aryajnana), and the original enlightenment of the true mind. [This is the Third Noble Truth.]

(2) Ignorance: It is the erroneous views of antithetical conceptions (vikalpa) and the resulting attachments that obscure and obstruct beings from seeing and realizing this true nature of the Tathagata's wise-knowing, and as these views become firm, like water turning to ice or wet cement drying like concrete, they form the fixed foundation of our ignorance of our true nature of the Tathagata's wise-knowing. [This is the Second Noble Truth.]

(3) Off-centeredness and Afflictions: All the myriad plethora of vexations, afflictions and troubles (klesa) of living beings are constructed on this foundation of fixated ignorance of our true nature of the Tathagata's wise-knowing, and cumulatively, this condition is called the underlying and permeating feeling of off-centeredness (dukkha) of our own being and is also called our "self." [This is the First Noble Truth.]

(4) The One Vehicle: The primary (and functionally sole) purpose of a Buddha appearing in the world is to reveal the nature of the Buddha's wise-knowing and to lead all beings to their own realization of the Tathagata's wise-knowing so that all beings may be free from off-centeredness (dukkha) and its concomitant vexations (klesa). Because carrying out this single purpose of showing humans how to be Buddhas is the essential teaching of the all the Tathagatas, it is called the One Vehicle, the Most Supreme Vehicle, and the Buddha Vehicle. [This is the Fourth Noble Truth.]

Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-34165876659770372812013-09-30T10:11:39.153-04:002013-09-30T10:11:39.153-04:00I'm looking forward to hearing this. I agree t...I'm looking forward to hearing this. I agree that Zongmi is "the most important, yet least well known" of the Tang dynasty Zen Masters. It was Zongmi who gets the credit with establishing Zen as a Chinese Buddhist school equal to the Tiantai and Huayen in the minds of the population by showing how all the lineages stemming from Bodhidharma shared the Zen perspective even if they differed in outward trappings.Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-69688938486140811922013-09-21T22:13:49.908-04:002013-09-21T22:13:49.908-04:00I agree with you wholeheartedly on this. Us Buddhi...I agree with you wholeheartedly on this. Us Buddhists unfortunately don't hold the patent or copyright on enlightenment. Sri Ramana Maharshi was most definitely an enlightened man during his lifetime and millions of people around the world have recognized him as such and his teachings and presence on this earth still have an impact today. One important thing I have realized with enlightened persons is that they don't go out and publicize the fact that they are enlightened - because they don't need to. People simply come to them by virtue of their enlightenment really, and the message gets out by word of mouth that they are enlightened. They are the living presence of the Bodhisattva of compassion whilst the walk the earth among us.

Matthew from Morwell, Victoria, Australiatheoriginal...matty-chttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-19566580337112235992013-09-21T22:04:45.042-04:002013-09-21T22:04:45.042-04:00Well said! Names and forms can often represent cha...Well said! Names and forms can often represent challenging impediments. It is common for spiritual aspirants to fix on them, despite the sages' cautions about clinging. They amount to a landing place, whereas in truth, there is no place to land, no position that can be claimed, which is why the truth is so free -- there is nothing about it that can be grasped, that can serve the ego-mind as a vehicle through which it can confirm its existence.feelingtoinfinityhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-13846978004347033602013-09-08T10:52:31.633-04:002013-09-08T10:52:31.633-04:00:-) :-) Andre Dōshim Halawhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-55383200889519858662013-09-07T23:31:13.829-04:002013-09-07T23:31:13.829-04:00Buddha is happy, Buddha smiles. Buddha is sad, Bud...Buddha is happy, Buddha smiles. Buddha is sad, Buddha cries.Inzan Gartlandhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-56493194113930870372013-08-24T12:58:51.418-04:002013-08-24T12:58:51.418-04:00They're painting again!They're painting again! Andre Dōshim Halawhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-69279153501891960162013-08-06T20:41:14.144-04:002013-08-06T20:41:14.144-04:00Seems to me that the notion (and so often it seems...Seems to me that the notion (and so often it seems to be taken no further than a notion) that 'Zen is beyond words' needs to be qualified with the direct observance that words are already beyond words, and that meaning is already beyond meaning, and that that 'beyondness' is a nothing even a hair's breadth separate from the quality that allows them to exist and function in the very real ways that they do in the world... Otherwise 'Zen' might be a load of redundant old waffle.

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Harry.Harryhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-35701633917215968202013-08-06T19:23:11.001-04:002013-08-06T19:23:11.001-04:00LOL! First time I have heard the real estate mantr...LOL! First time I have heard the real estate mantra. Wonderful! I will definitely pass it along.Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-49121441953748065362013-08-06T19:20:40.065-04:002013-08-06T19:20:40.065-04:00(comment part 2) The connection between Zen and t...(comment part 2)

The connection between Zen and the One Vehicle goes back all the way to Bodhidharma so that it is the One Vehicle that is the common denominator of all the Zen schools today, no matter who diverse and strange those Zen branches may appear based on their cultural paths. In the "Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks," the author Daoxuan, a Vinaya Master, tells us about the monk Fachong who was an expounder of the Lankavatara Sutra known to have lectured on the sutra well over 100 times. Fachong in his travels came in contact with and studied under "those who had been intimately taught by master Ke, relying on the One Vehicle lineage of Southern India to explain it." This "master Ke" is none other than Huike the second Chinese ancestor of Zen who is famous for receiving the transmission directly from Bodhidharma. Thus we learn in one of the earliest non-sectarian descriptions of the Zen lineage that it was called the "One Vehicle lineage of Southern India," which of course is where Bodhidharma is said to have come from.

I honestly believe that Zen will find its suitable ground in being transplanted to Western culture when we who are followers of the many diverse and varying streams flowing from Bodhidharma realize the ecumenical context of what it means that Zen is the legacy of the One Vehicle lineage of Southern India that Bodhidharma brought from India to China. As Doshim says, Zen is practice and realization for saving all beings and this is the essential core of the One Vehicle as confirmed by all the One Vehicle Sutras such as the Lankavatara, Avatamsaka, Lotus, Queen Srimala's Lion's Roar, Great Dharma Drum, etc..

_/|\_Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-11675514875837426052013-08-06T19:19:37.062-04:002013-08-06T19:19:37.062-04:00This is a very important topic. Thanks for raisin...This is a very important topic. Thanks for raising it.

First, I agree 100% that we must understand which of the meanings of the word "Zen" we are pointing at when we use the word. But I would not go so far as to say that all the meanings are merely or even "completely conventional, provisional, and conceptual." This hits the most important point about words: the meaning is not in the definition. Definitions point to the meanings. If we think that there is nothing other than the word then we might think the word is "completely conventional, provisional, and conceptual" but the meaning is not bound by the conventionality, provisionality, or conceptuality of the word. This is the teaching of the Lankavatara Sutra which is of course the quintesential Zen sutra.

Now, the relationship between the persons and the teachings of Zen is found in Bodhidharma as a living presence. So we can say unequivocally that Zen is the lineage of teaching that connects back to Bodhidharma. This point was established by Guifeng Zongmi (780 – 841C.E.) when he surveyed the Zen landscape in the first half of the 9th century and nearly singlehandedly popularized the adoption of the word "Zen" as the standard reference label for all the streams and branches of teachers who came from Bodhidharma's descendants. Zongmi identified at least 9 distinguishable branches in the tree of Zen, and these branches stemmed from the 4th, 5th, and 6th Zen ancestors.

By identifying how they all stemmed from Bodhidharma and how they all related to the essential teachings of Bodhidharma, even though they had distinguishable features of emphasis, Zongmi established in the minds of both the literati and the populace the fact that there was a Zen school then functioning alive and well in China. Zongmi clearly established that there was no single model for how to practice Zen and that all the apparent differences were brought together and made understandable as one school in reference to Bodhidharma.

The importance of Zongmi has been lost to many Zen students, especially to those of the Japanese lineages because of the emphasis of sectarianism between Soto and Rinzai streams and the cultural chauvinism of many of the Japanese teachers. I would argue that the Korean lineages (as an institution) have maintained their ecumenicalism precisely because the main founder of modern Korean Zen, Pojo Chinul (1158-1210) was a great advocate and admirer of Zongmi. Japanese Zen master Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1769) is a notable example of the ecumenical spirit of the Buddha Dharma that is reminiscent of both Chinul and Zongmi.

Zongmi, Chinul, and even Hakuin all based their ecumenical view of Zen Buddha Dharma in the context of the One Vehicle. Zongmi and Chinul found their One Vehicle connection largely through the Avatamsaka Sutra and Hakuin found his One Vehicle connection through the Lotus Sutra. Bodhidharma of course began it all with the connection to the One Vehicle through the Lankavatara Sutra. To me the important point is not which sutra a particular teacher had most affinity with but that Zen has always had such a close connection to the One Vehicle regardless of any particular sutra; so much so, that we can honestly say that Zen is the One Vehicle.

(continued due to size limit)Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213937046537524165.post-56266051494138608562013-08-06T15:52:57.263-04:002013-08-06T15:52:57.263-04:00"Zen practitioners, subscribing to Bodhidharm..."Zen practitioners, subscribing to Bodhidharma's quasi-mythical maxim that Zen is beyond words (and thus connotatively reserved for the spiritual elite), like their Zen a certain way."

For my money, it is a false and facile deduction ["connotatively"] to say that because Zen is sometimes described as being "beyond words" it is therefore elitist. I would agree that Zen -- and even Buddhism in general -- has a number of elitist tendencies ("a bunch of smart white guys" as an acquaintance of mine once put it), but what is "beyond words" hardly qualifies in that regard. Anyone who can sneeze or love or be wracked by grief -- irrespective of race, sex, education or income level -- knows there are matters that do not lend themselves to the self-annointing confines of words.

I do agree that so-called teachers can present the matter in an upscale or elitist tone [dig my wisdom!], but that does not mean that "beyond words" is therefore elitist of itself.

Just my two cents.genkakuhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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No music is complete without the rhythmic tone of Samir's flute at Khulna radio station. He profusely renders his tune of flute in music and songs from the core of his heart. The musician is quite popular in Jhenidah. His melodious notes win the hearts of all.
Samir, 76, son of late Monir Uddin, was born in Nrishinghapur village on January 1, 1933. He completed his primary education from Kharikhali Government Primary School. One day he went to a horse race at Gorela village and there he came across a man named Hazari Biswas playing on a flute. Samir was moved by the music. After some days he went to Hazari's house and became his disciple.
Samir trained under Hazari for a year. Later he took up a job at the age of 12 at Jessore Orientation Company. After a few years he joined Khulna Rashid Brothers Jute Company as a driver. Here he got the chance of coming in contact with a renowned flutist of Khulna Betar (radio) Ali Ahmad. Samir expressed his desire to learn flute playing from Ahmad. After two years of training, Samir faced an audition at Khulna Betar and was selected as a regular flutist in 1973.
Samir trained hundreds of students. He has three sons and daughters. His second son Shahin is a Nazrul Sangeet artiste at Dhaka Betar and Bangladesh TV and his daughter Runa is a singer of 'adhunik' songs at Khulna Betar. Samir added that he wants to spend his remaining life immersed in music.
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Purchasing Manager Jakarta Raya
Seeking reliable vendors or suppliers to provide quality goods at reasonable prices
Negotiating prices and contracts
Reviewing technical specifications for raw materials, components, equipment or buildings
Determining quantity and timing of deliveries
Forecasting upcoming demand.
Female/Male, 30 -36years old & mature
Candidate must possess at Bachelor's degree, any field
At least 5 years experiences in the related field and preferred in mining company
Strong Leadership, Excellent People Management,and Communication skills.
High motivation, discipline, and dynamic with good personality and always seek best solution to solve problem
Computer literate, particularly in MS Office
Willing to travel
Preferably Manager / Assistant Managerspecializing in Purchasing/Inventory/Material & Warehouse Management or equivalent
Negotiation skill and discussion
Able to speak English
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Southern Indiana man charged with sexual misconduct involving teen
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Crothersville finishes in middle of triangular
Scottsburg shot 156 to win Friday's match at Westwood Golf Course. Crothersville was second with a season-best 184, and Rock Creek Academy had 197.
Crothersville girls win track and field opener
All-around solid performances lifted the Crothersville girls track and field team to a season-opening 69-52 win Wednesday at Scottsburg.
Sentencing for fatal crash delayed
The sentencing hearing for a Scott County man involved in the death of a Seymour teen was rescheduled to 8:30a a.m. April 2 in Jackson Circuit Court.


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Jaime Harris named Ambassador of the MonthTTU'S JUNE AMBASSADOR OF THE MONTH -- Curtis Jamie Harris, custodian in Tennessee Tech University's Bruner Hall, has helped to make that building "much, much better," according to TTU mathematics professor Rafal Ablamowicz. "Jamie is a hard working person, always willing to help and do extra work like washing office blackboards or dusting an office space," said Ablamowicz. "After he is finished cleaning a classroom, it sparkles. Jamie definitely deserves big thanks for his thorough and diligent work." Harris joined the university in 2001. Ambassador nomination forms are available from TTU's Human Resource Services or by visiting www.tntech.edu/hr.
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