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As a writer, I cherish opportunities to nerd out with other writers. They are, to my frustration, few and far between due to the drone and demand of everyday life. Recently though, I had the pleasure and privilege of interviewing the winning poet of ...
Read more...On Saturday June 8 th around 10:00 pm, PAWTOOTH shook the speakers at The Garage i...
"Runner-up in the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period July 1-Sept. 30, 2012."--ed.
She will miss the kiss.
It lingers on and she tastes him.
Something that she never experiences
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An Interview with Michael Miller, winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest, January-March, 2011
by John Winn
Staff Writer
Hennen's Observer
Known as michaelmiller.ic to contributors and visitors to the website hennensobserver.com, Michael Mi...
Hawaii has always been one of the most diverse and most accepting places I have ever witnessed. With cultures and races not only celebrating their own unique traditions, but taking part in each other's traditions as well, I have alway...
Again the dusk has filled this town with fog a sight I've grown accustomed to; odd shapes and silhouettes become dancers and these cracked calloused streets have become their stage. As they dance a bullfrog belches in the background a l...
"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide." (Albert Camus).
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Two schools with Fire Academy ties will continue their quest for the 2013 NCAA College Cup in the tournament's third round on Sunday.
Coming off the program's first ever NCAA tournament win last Sunday vs. Akron, the #9 Marquette Golden Eagles travel to Charlottesville to take on perennial collegiate powerhouse #8 Virginia at noon CT.
Ex-Fire Academy goalkeeper Charlie Lyon made eight saves to push Marquette past the Zips in last week's 1-0 overtime win and is joined by Fire alums Bryan Ciesulka, Brady Wahl, Louis Bennett II and Eric Pothast on the Golden Eagles squad.
Fans can catch the match LIVE via CBSSports.com beginning at noon CT.
Later that afternoon, catch much-talked about Fire Homegrown Prospect Harry Shipp as he leads #3 Notre Dame against #14 Wake Forest at 6pm CT in South Bend, Ind.
The ACC Offensive Player of the Year, Shipp tallied two goals in the Irish's 4-0 second round win last weekend over Wisconsin to reserve Sunday's date vs. the Demon Deacons and is joined in South Bend by fellow Fire Academy alum Danny Lojek.
Catch the game LIVE at 6pm CT on WatchND.com.
The Fire had a lot of youth representation in Charleston this past weekend...
Five Chicago-based Academy teams, along with three from the Indiana Fire Academy and one team from the Kentucky Fire Juniors all took part in the Carolina Challenge Academy Cup this past weekend.
The Chicago-based teams did best, going a combined 13-1-3 over the weekend and taking the tournament titles at U14, U16 and U18 level.
I took a break from first team training Monday to cover the U16 and U18 games. Read my recap here and check out select shots from their matches below...
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The program consists of 90 minutes of instructional coaching over an 8 week period and presents a fantastic opportunity for soccer players aged 8-14 (Boys & Girls) to participate in an integrated supplementary training program beyond their club practices.
The Regional Talent Schools start the week of January 14th, in Waukegan, Naperville, Glendale Heights and Chicago, for more information go to http://www.chicago-fire.com/youth/rts
We here at Always on the Inside like seeing nice goals. We like it even more when nice goals are scored by product's of the club's player development system.
Back in October, original Fire homegrown Victor Pineda hit a stunning strike in Reserve League play vs. Houston which led to him making his travel roster for a league game.
Today, we take a trip in the way back machine to two days ago when Fire U-16 Academy striker Luca Giovine hit an absolute blinder in the 66th minute to give the side a 2-0 lead over Portland Timbers at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Showcase in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. Giovine would also assist on the third goal from Alex Underwood to give the Fire a 3-0 win over Portland.
Certainly the team highlight at the showcase was going 3-0-0 and defeating two MLS Academies, Giovine's second second strike of the three-game set takes individual honors.
Watch below (at the 44 second mark)....
The trophy cases in the Chicago Fire lobby got a new addition last week, courtesy of the youngest members of the Fire organization. The Chicago Fire U-10 Academy team, playing up an age group, won the U-11 Crew Fall Classic Championship with a commanding 7-2 victory over the Crew Juniors Gold East on October 7. Before heading out to training last Thursday, the team was on hand to personally place their trophy in its place of honor.
For the young team, the Crew Fall Classic was their first opportunity to play together in a tournament.
"They really impressed me a lot over the weekend," said Head Coach Charlie Trout. "They really came together as a team and performed at a very high level. They started to build an identity as a team and as the tournament went on, their individual personalities really started to show. It was a great experience for them and I feel like they turned a big corner that weekend."
Perhaps what made the victory even sweeter was that it was against the Crew.
"A lot of the boys support the Chicago Fire," said Trout. "They know how huge the rivalry is between the Fire and the Crew, so that added a little more excitement for them."
And if displaying their trophy alongside the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy from the Fire's historic 1998 MLS Cup victory wasn't enough excitement, the U-10s were given a special treat when Fire Head Coach Frank Klopas stopped by and addressed the team. Klopas spoke to the youngest members of the Fire family about the honor and responsibility that comes along with wearing the Fire badge.
"There have been times where Frank has come out and watched the boys train. You see the way they look over, see who he is and their excitement rises," said Trout. "For them to get the trophy that they worked so hard for and put it in the trophy cabinet that involves the whole club is fantastic for the young boys. It gives them such a confidence booster. It's great for them."
The Fire travel to LiveStrong Sporting Park on Friday night to face Sporting KC (LIVE 7:30pm CT on NBC Sports Network) in a game which could go a long way toward determining who wins the Eastern Conference crown. Both teams are playing well and it has all the makings of a classic. Here are a few things to watch out for from a tactical perspective...
Balls over the top: Fire defenders beware
Sporting KC have a tendency to look for balls into space behind the opposing teams outside defenders and the Fire will need to be wary of this tactic Friday night. KC attackers such as Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi and C.J. Sapong all like to make these runs which often drag a central defender out of position to cover, leaving space in the middle for the other attackers to move into.
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The difficult part about defending these through balls is the fact that they can come from anywhere. In KC's last home match against Houston, it wasn't just midfielders like Roger Espinoza playing the balls into space but the defenders were getting in on the act, too.
Though he has played extremely well over the past month or so, Jalil Anibaba can sometimes stray too far forward which leaves space in behind him for players to run into and exploit. On the other side of the field, left back Gonzalo Segares also needs to be cautious.
High pressure: harass KC
In the Fire's past few matches, the team's policy of applying pressure to the opposition high up the field has been very effective. Not only does the pressure offer up the opportunity for a turnover, but it also disrupts the other team's attacking rhythm.
In KC's last game away to Montreal, the Impact used the high pressure tactic and caused all sorts of problems for the away side. I look for the likes of Chris Rolfe and Patrick Nyarko to be pressuring the KC players all night when they are in possession.
In the absence of Pavel Pardo, Alex has excelled in his new holding midfield position and his energy in the center of the park will be needed against Sporting KC. If he can also use his pace to pressure the KC midfield without straying too far out of position, it will be crucial to the Fire's chances of coming away with points.
Playoff atmosphere: keeping a cool head
There is so much riding on Friday night's match and both teams know what is a stake, which is all the more reason for the Fire players to keep cool heads throughout the game. Kansas City has a tendency to get riled up very easily, starting with their coach, Peter Vermes. Players such as Kai Kamara and Michael Harrington also can get very emotional on the pitch, especially if they feel calls are not going their way.
With this in mind, I'm sure Frank Klopas has reiterated to his players not to let their emotions get the better of them in this high pressure game. For the most part, the Fire haven't had any problems with this aspect of their game this season but in a match of such importance where there isn't much between the teams, keeping your head can mean the difference between a positive and negative result.
Scoring first: stopping the bad habit
Though not necessarily a tactical point, a worrying trait that many would like to see addressed is reversing the trend of giving up the first goal.
This season, the Fire have gone a goal behind in games much too often for the coaches, fans and players liking. Though the team has often come back to tie the game and gone on to win it in many cases, sooner or later giving up the first goal is going to come back to haunt the Men in Red.
Clearly there is no one reason for going behind in so many games this season but if the team can reverse that trend it will make everyone happy. In the regular season to date, the Fire have only kept five clean sheets, the last of which came 11 games ago (1-0 July 14 vs. Vancouver). A clean sheet away from home Friday against Sporting KC would be a fantastic achievement.
Prediction: 1-0. Nyarko scores and Fire keep first clean sheet in 11 games to move into first place in the East.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @irish_steve.
Coming off a Thursday in which the club saw a favored U-18 side bow out of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy National Playoffs, the U-16s resurrected the chance Friday, with a 2-1 group finale win over Real Salt Lake-Arizona to advance to next month's National Finals in Houston.
The two teams entered Friday morning's match with identical 2-0-0 records but RSL-Arizona held the second tie breaker with eight goals scored to the Fire's seven, meaning the Boys in Red would have to win the match outright to advance.
Larry Sunderland's side struck first blood when Collin Fernandez broke up a play in the attacking end, worked up the right and slotted a ball across for Jeff Farina who coolly slipped his fifth goal of the tournament past the RSL keeper in the 26th minute to take the Fire into the half up 1-0.
The side would find some more breathing room in the 63rd when Christian Hennock received the ball after a build up out of the back, strode towards goal up the right put a ball in leaving Marcus Epps an easy opportunity to knock home his fourth of the tournament and give the Fire a two-goal advantage.
Needing just two goals to advance, RSL poured on the pressure in the final 15 minutes and pulled one back in the 70th when a ball knocked across the box was redirected into the back of the net by a Fire player to take things to 2-1.
Despite the goal, the team was able to sustain the remaining pressure and grind out the 2-1 result to finish a perfect 3-0-0 atop what was deemed the tournament's "Group of Death". Together Farina and Epps accounted for all nine of the team's goals in the three matches.
"RSL pushed very well at the end there," said Sunderland. "I think being based in Arizona, they dealt with the heat much better than us and pressed us a lot longer. They're a very good team but we did well to finish the chances we created and then completed it with a strong defensive performance."
The win makes the Fire U-16s one of eight qualifiers to the U.S.S.D.A. Finals next month in Houston where the team will take part in another round-robin tournament, with the group winners playing for national title.
"Navigating this group and beating a team like RSL to qualify -- we have to take a lot of confident from that with us into the finals next month," continued Sunderland. "I'm very proud of the way this team has performed and peaked just at the right time."
- U-16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoff Standings
- U-18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoff Standings
Chicago Fire U16/U18 Academy Playoff Results
6/25 | 8:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Concorde Fire (GA) | 1-2 L |
6/26 | 4:00pm CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Clearwater Chargers (FL) | 4-2 W |
6/26 | 8:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Albertson SC (NY) | 2-1 W |
6/27 | 6:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Seattle Sounders FC (WA) | 3-0 W |
6/28 | 11:00am CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Solar Chelsea SC (TX) | 1-3 L |
6/29 | 9:00am CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Real Salt Lake (AZ) | 2-1 W |
U-18s Have Nothing to Lose in Today's Group Final vs. Home-Standing Solar SC
The Fire U-18s had the day off Wednesday to rest and prepare for this morning's tournament finale vs. group leaders Solar Chelsea SC. The Dallas-based side leads the group with six points from two matches and needs just a draw in this morning's game to advance to next month's national finals.
The plot is much more difficult for the Fire, who have gone 1-1-0 through the first two and need a 3-0 win over Solar combined with Concorde Fire not winning by four or more goals over Alberston SC.
"We have our game plan in place", said Sunderland. "The team knows we have a bit job ahead of us this morning and this group has long done well to make things interesting for themselves. This could be the last match with the Fire Academy for some of these guys and I don't think they want that."
Follow live updates of today's U-18 group finale vs. Solar Chelsea FC can be found @ChiFireMatch beginning at 11am CT.
U-16s Down Seattle Sounders FC 3-0 Wednesday to go 2-0-0 in Group 4
The Chicago Fire U-16s took a giant step towards a place in the Development Academy national finals Wednesday night with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC Academy in Frisco, Texas.
For the second game in a row it was Jeff Farina who opened the scoring for the Fire as Colin Fernandez cut in from the left side to feed the forward who slotted the ball back across goal in the 20th minute.
The Fire would make it 2-0 in the 31st minute when Martin Alba sent a ball from the left to Farina who then floated it back over Sounders FC keeper Connor Adkisson and into the back of the net.
Having already put their mark on the match, the Fire would ice the game in the 52nd minute when Christian Hennock's cross from the right found Marcus Epps at the top of the 18. The Mississippi Fire Juniors product sent a bending, one-time chip to the bottom right corner to end the scoring at 3-0.
Farina (four) and Epps (three) have combined for all seven of the team's goals at the tournament.
With the win, the Fire sit tied atop Group 4 on six points with Real Salt Lake Arizona who downed Clearwater Chargers 4-1 in Tuesday's other match. Though the teams sit tied with a +5 goal difference, RSL-AZ holds the second tie breaker, having scored eight goals to the Fire's seven.
What does that all mean? Friday's group finale between the squads is purely a "win and you're in" scenario for the Fire while a draw would be enough for RSL to advance to the national finals. The game kicks off at 9am CT Friday, with LIVE updates @ChiFireMatch.
"The 16s are feeling pretty good right now," said Academy Director Larry Sunderland. "I felt before the tournament that this team might peaking just at the right time. We know what we have to do in Friday's match and we know it will be much more difficult than the first two. RSL is a residency program which brings in players from throughout the country but we think we match up well with them."
6/25 | 8:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Concorde Fire (GA) | 1-2 L |
6/26 | 4:00pm CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Clearwater Chargers (FL) | 4-2 W |
6/26 | 8:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Albertson SC (NY) | 2-1 W |
6/27 | 6:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Seattle Sounders FC (WA) | 3-0 W |
6/28 | 11:00am CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Solar Chelsea SC (TX) | @ChiFireMatch |
6/29 | 9:00am CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Real Salt Lake (AZ) | @ChiFireMatch |
U-16s Open with 4-2 Win Over Clearwater
6/25 | 8:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Concorde Fire (GA) | 1-2 L |
6/26 | 4:00pm CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Clearwater Chargers (FL) | 4-2 W |
6/26 | 8:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Albertson SC (NY) | 2-1 W |
6/27 | 6:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Seattle Sounders FC (WA) | @ChiFireMatch |
6/28 | 11:00am CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Solar Chelsea SC (TX) | @ChiFireMatch |
6/29 | 9:00am CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Real Salt Lake (AZ) | @ChiFireMatch |
When you haven't lost a game in 21 matches and the bulk of your team was the one that took a Development Academy national title in 2010, its fair to say you have a target on your back.
This was the case in the Fire U-18 Academy's 2-1 loss to Concorde Fire (Ga.) to open the U.S. Soccer Development Academy National Playoffs Tuesday night in Frisco, Texas.
Playing in the 94-degree early summer heat in Dallas, the Fire U-18s nearly went up in the 10th minute when Andrew Oliver had an effort cleared off the line.
The team continued to possess throughout the first half and got what seemed a back-breaking goal just before the interval. A long sequence of passes led to Oliver sliding Luis Barajas through the Concorde backline before the winger placed his shot past the opposing 'keeper to give the Fire a 1-0 lead in the 44th minute.
The goal didn't put the physically more dominant Georgian side down however as a scramble off a 35-yard free kick led to the equalizer in the 69th minute. Nineteen minutes later, a similar sequence off a free kick from nearly the same spot saw Concorde steal a late goal to upset the top-ranked Fire U-18s, 2-1.
"We didn't play a complete 90 minutes," Fire Academy Director Larry Sunderland said following the match. "It never fails – when you cheat yourselves a little bit, it catches you. That's what happened here.
"Concorde is a team we were going to have trouble with because they're big, physical, direct and we're a smaller team. Aside from those free kicks, they didn't threaten us much but the muscle they play with kept them in the game. Credit to them for the win."
With the gauntlet laid down and Solar Chelsea's (Texas) 4-1 drubbing of Albertson SC (NY) Tuesday night, the Fire U-18s now have no more room for error and will likely need a little help in their remaining group matches. They also have little time to recover as their second game of the tournament comes tonight against Albertston at 8:30pm CT (LIVE on @ChiFireMatch).
While the U-18s prepare for another primetime match, their U-16 brethren will take their opening bow of the competition later this afternoon when they face Clearwater Charges (Florida) at 4pm CT (LIVE on @ChiFireMatch).
With the following two group matches coming against fellow MLS Academy sides Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake Arizona, a win Tuesday afternoon is considered key to advancement from the group.
- U-18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoff Standings
- U-16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoff Standings
6/25 | 8:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Concorde Fire (GA) | 1-2 L |
6/26 | 4:00pm CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Clearwater Chargers (FL) | @ChiFireMatch |
6/26 | 8:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Albertson SC (NY) | @ChiFireMatch |
6/27 | 6:30pm CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Seattle Sounders FC (WA) | @ChiFireMatch |
6/28 | 11:00am CT | Chicago Fire U-18 | Solar Chelsea SC (TX) | @ChiFireMatch |
6/29 | 9:00am CT | Chicago Fire U-16 | Real Salt Lake (AZ) | @ChiFireMatch |

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To integrate Zarafa with an Active Directory server, you need to specify the LDAP search queries in the ldap.cfg file. From these search queries, Zarafa can locate the users and groups in the ADS.
To ensure the LDAP search queries are as fast as possible, we advise you to specify a subfolder in the LDAP structure, where all users are located. By specifying the subfolder in the ADS, the LDAP search does not need to search the complete tree.
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Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux 1090-1153
French theologian and philosopher.
Known as "Doctor Mellifluus" (the "honey-mouthed doctor"), Bernard was a monk of the Cistercian order and one of the most eloquent preachers in twelfth-century France. He was instrumental in setting up Cistercian monasteries all over his country and achieved great influence in ecclesiastical circles all over Europe. In his writings, the most important of which is the theological treatise Sermones in canticum canticorum (Sermons on the Song of Songs, c. 1136), he presents a creed of mystical contemplation, meditation, and personal union with God. The Sermons and other works develop the metaphor of the church as the bride of Christ, stressing the importance of human love in understanding service to God. Although Bernard's writings have not reached a wide audience outside the church, his works have been studied by theologians and philosophers for their original explication of church doctrine and mystical ideas, as well as for their rejection of heresy and rationalistic theology. Commentators have also pointed out Bernard's vivid descriptions and characterizations and his extensive use of metaphor in his writings. His letters are of particular interest because of the portrait they present of an intensely emotional and driven man. Bernard's reputation today is as a mystic who was also one of the most commanding church leaders in the first half of the twelfth century, one of the most important representatives of monasticism in the Middle Ages, and a powerful propagator of the Cistercian reform.
Biographical Information
Bernard was born near Dijon, France, in 1090. His father was a knight who died during the Crusades, and his mother, descended from nobility, died when Bernard was seventeen. Because Bernard was not suited to a military life, he turned to the church for a career. His family sent him to study at Châlons to qualify for high ecclesiastical preferment, and they opposed his choice in 1111 to enter the monastery of reformed Benedictines founded by Robert of Molesmes in Citeaux. In 1113 Bernard became a monk in the Cistercian order and in 1115 he became abbot of a monastery at Clairvaux, one of the daughter monasteries of Citeaux. Bernard had a reputation for insisting on fierce monastic discipline and under his rule, the monastery at Clairvaux flourished. Although the monastery was actually subject to Citeaux, Clairvaux soon became the most prominent home of the Cistercian order, owing to Bernard's fame, his saintly character, his self-mortification, his reputed miracles, and his eloquent preaching, which attracted numerous pilgrims. By 1124 Bernard was already counted among the most influential ecclesiastical figures in France, engaging in important, high-level discussions about the church. Around 1124 Bernard began to experience health problems, a result of his relentless fasting and unremitting work schedule. After this illness, his health was poor for most of the rest of his life. In 1128 he was invited by Cardinal Matthew of Albano to the synod of Troyes, where he was instrumental in obtaining recognition for the new order of Knights Templar, the rules of which he is said to have drawn up. The following year, at the synod of Châlonssur-Marne, he ended the crisis arising out of certain charges brought against Henry, Bishop of Verdun, by persuading the Bishop to resign.
In 1130 Pope Honorius II died and two men were elected to the papacy, resulting in a schism in the church. In the synod at Etampes in April 1130 Bernard successfully asserted the claims of Pope Innocent II against those of Anacletus II. He supported Innocent vigorously for the eight years of the schism and triumphed when, after the death of Analectus in 1138, he convinced his successor to abdicate his position so that Innocent could be the undisputed head of the Catholic Church. Between 1130 and 1145, more than ninety monasteries were founded in connection with Bernard and he traveled all over Europe on church matters. The monastery at Clairvaux was transformed to reflect its status as the seat of power of one of the most influential branches of the Catholic Church. In 1145 a Cistercian monk, once a member of the community of Clairvaux, elected Eugenius III as Pope, due in part to Bernard's influence. In 1146, at the command of the Pope, Bernard began preaching the Second Crusade; its eventual failure was a great blow to him. He continued to write and to be active in ecclesiastical affairs until his death in 1153. Bernard was canonized in 1174 and named a Doctor of the Church in 1830.
Major Works
Bernard was a prolific writer, producing more than four hundred letters and numerous theological treatises. Because they were not officially published but circulated as working documents, the dates for many of his works are uncertain. Many of Bernard's theological tracts were composed at the request of others or for church business. His first known formal treatise, De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae (The Steps of Humility and Pride, c. 1124), was written for Godfrey of Langres, Abbot of Fontenay. The work, which elaborates upon the twelve steps of humility outlined by St. Benedict, delineates a threefold division of truth and urges monks to contemplate truth directly after leaving human understanding behind them. The treatise is an early expression of Bernard's contemplative, mystical theology and displays his vivid style and rhetorical skill. While he was convalescing during his illness in 1124, Bernard wrote his De in laudibus matris virginis (Sermons in Praise of the Virgin Mother), probably the only tract he wrote for himself and not at the request of anyone or to formalize the order's position on a subject. In his treatise on the Virgin Mary, Bernard likens himself to a knight errant who serves Mary as a courtier would serve his lover. Other treatises that were probably written around this time are Apologia (c. 1125), in which Bernard rebukes the Cistercians for criticizing the Benedictines before critiquing the Benedictines for what he saw as their laxity and luxuriance; De gratia et libero arbitrio (On Grace and Free Will c. 1126-35), which contends that humans are free to say "yes" or "no" to any idea but are not free from sin and misery, except through the grace of Christ; and De laude novae militiae (In Praise of the New Knighthood, c. 1128-35), in which Bernard praises and encourages the Knights Templar, a fledgling crusading order of warrior-monks.
Around 1136, Bernard wrote his best known and most influential work, Sermons on the Song of Songs. The work, comprising eighty-six sermons illuminating the first two chapters of the biblical Song of Songs, is a study of the relationship between Christ and the church as bridegroom and bride. The treatise uses the erotic elements of the Song of Songs to stress the importance of spiritual desire. This theme of human love is also explored in De diligendo Deo (On Loving God, c. 1126-41). Other important works by Bernard include Liber de praecepto det dispensatione (On Precept and Profession, c. 1141-44), an answer to various questions on monastic conduct and discipline posed to him by the monks of St. Peter at Chartres; a tract denouncing the heterodox views of Peter Abelard in Contra quaedarn capitala errorum Abaelardi ad Innocentem II (Against the Errors of Peter Abelard, 1140); and Vita Sancti Malachiae (The Life of St. Malachy, after 1148), which concerns itself with the conduct of the ideal prelate and presents Bernard's ideals for a reformed church. A companion piece to the biography, De Consideratione (On Meditation, c. 1148-53), Bernard's last work, was written at the Pope's request for the edification and guidance of Eugenius III.
Many hymns by Bernard continue to be used in the Roman breviary and the translated versions are used in the Protestant Church. Bernard also wrote miscellaneous sermons on a number of subjects, many of which reveal his mystical bent. His numerous letters—there are more letters by Bernard than by any of his contemporaries—are addressed to men and women of all classes and positions and provide a living picture of the abbot as well as an overview of religious concerns in twelfth-century France. The letters have been studied extensively for the portrait they provide of Bernard, who is revealed as a man of tempestuous emotions—sometimes terribly angry, sometimes irritated, and sometimes joking. From the letters there emerges an image of a man who is at once counsellor to kings, interested in the concerns of those who approached him for comfort, and devoted to his intimate relationship with God.
Critical Reception
During his lifetime, Bernard was one of the most important religious figures in France; he was regarded as the embodiment of the ideal of medieval monasticism. He had enormous political influence and he moved in the company of secular and church leaders from all over Europe. But even while he was alive, Bernard's greatness was assessed not by his writings or deeds but by his life and character. He rejected heresy but did not have a shallow or conservative view of Christian teachings. He believed that faith was to be fostered by persuasion and his eloquent sermons were said to be full of charm and vivacity. Like his letters, his sermons touch on a variety of subjects, great and small and are addressed to people of diverse stations—evidence of how he could successfully appeal to both unlearned and learned audiences. He was revered for his unflinching devotion to his order and his untiring work in serving God and his people.
The first complete edition of Bernard's writings appeared in Paris in 1508, edited by André Bocard and published under the title Seraphica melliflui devotique doctoris S. Bernardi scripia. A critical edition of his writings edited by Dom J. Mabillon, Sancti Bernardi, appeared in 1667. The church's interest in Bernard and his writings has been steady over the centuries and Bernard's writings have had great influence on mystical writing, religious poetry, and theology. He has been admired by such thinkers as Erasmus of Rotterdam in the fifteenth century and Thomas Merton in the twentieth. With Etienne Gilson's 1940 study of Bernard's theology, his writings reached a wider critical audience. Scholars writing in English have focused on his mystical bent, his views on love, and his humanism; most have concentrated on his most accessible work, his Sermons on the Song of Songs. In particular, Merton has written extensively on Bernard, discussing his ideas about the monk's life of active contemplation, among other things. Because of his often formal style and extensive quotation of Scripture, Bernard is not easy reading for a popular audience, so several new translations and studies have appeared to make his writings more accessible to modern readers.
Principal Works
De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae [The Steps of Humility and Pride] (theological treatise) c. 1124
Apologia (theological treatise) before 1125
De baptismo [On Baptism] (theological treatise) before 1125
De conversione ad clericos [Sermon Addressed to Clerics, on Conversion] (theological treatise) before 1125
De in laudibus matris virginis [Sermons in Praise of the Virgin Mother] (theological treatise) before 1125
De diligendo Deo [On Loving God] (theological treatise) c. 1126-41
De gratia et libero arbitrio [On Grace and Free Will] (theological treatise) c. 1126-35
De laude novae militiae [In Praise of the New Knighthood] (theological treatise) c. 1128-35
Sermones de diversis [Sermons on Diverse Subjects] (theological treatise) c. 1136
Sermones de sanctis [Sacred Sermons] (theological treatise) c. 1136
Sermones in canticum canticorum [Sermons on the Song of Songs] (theological treatise) c. 1136
Contra quaedarn capitala errorum Abaelardi ad Innocentem II [Against the Errors of Peter Abelard] (theological treatise) 1140
Liber de praecepto det dispensatione [On Precept and...
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SOURCE: Gilson, Etienne. "Regula LXXII." In The Mystical Theology of Saint Bernard, translated by A. H. C. Downes, pp. 6-13. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1990.
[In the following excerpt from a work originally published in 1940, Gilson explores some of the influences on Bernard's writing, including Aelred of Rievaulx, Gilbert of Holland, Isaac L'Etoile, Cistercian mysticism, and, most importantly, Cicero's writings on love.]
Behind [St. Bernard and William of St. Thierry] certain secondary figures are visible in the background. Aelred of Rievaulx, although belonging to a later generation, still directly depends upon St. Bernard. Living wholly within the twelfth century, he is not divided from the latter by any considerable interval; and although various doctrinal influences interposed between them, accentuated, no doubt, by their individual differences, he remains nevertheless a qualified interpreter of the master whose presence in his writings may be constantly felt. Others might be cited, such as Gilbert of Holland and Isaac de l'Etoile, but these three names may serve to designate the three founders and principal interpreters of what we may fairly call the Cistercian school, taking this in itself and apart from the wide and deep diffusion of its influence into the Carthusian school, for example, and generally speaking beyond the limits of the Cistercian Order. What then had these men...
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SOURCE: Merton, Thomas. "Saint Bernard's Writings." The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter, Doctor Mellifluus, pp. 47-67. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1954.
[In the following excerpt, Merton surveys Bernard's best-known writings, which he says offer a coherent doctrine that embraces life. The critic characterizes them as the work of a mystic who emphasizes grace and expresses in lyrical terms his love for Jesus.]
It seems that one of the things Saint Bernard wanted to get away from, when he entered Citeaux, was literary ambition. Profoundly affected by the humanistic renaissance of the twelfth century, his works still bear witness, by their quotations from Ovid, Persius, Horace, Terence, and other classical authors, to the influences he met with when he studied the liberal arts with the canons of Saint Vorles at Chatillon-sur-Seine. He seems to have become afraid of poetry and rhetoric, and to have run away from them. One of the greatest Latin authors of the Middle Ages, he has left a fairly large body of writings, all of which are in a sense "occasional." He was not one who wrote because he had to. His treatises were usually composed at the request of some fellow monk, some abbot, some other churchman, to answer a question or to meet some particular need. Most of his written works are sermons. Best known, perhaps, are his letters. Finally,...
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SOURCE: Leclercq, Jean. "St Bernard in Our Times." In Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: Studies Commemorating the Eighth Centenary of His Canonization, edited by M. Basil Pennington, pp. 1-26. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1977.
[In the following essay, Leclercq surveys scholarship on Bernard's life and major writings in the 800 years after his death and reflects on the sociological, psychological, and linguistic possibilities for further research.]
In 1953 we celebrated the eight-hundredth centenary of the death of Bernard of Clairvaux. At the end of the last of the congresses held in Bernard's native Burgandy on this occasion, it occured to several of the scholars who had been brought together by the study of this singularly attractive personality that it would be a good idea to gather together again in his memory. Two more centenaries were then impending: first of all, in 1963, the introduction of Bernard's cult at Clairvaux—the equivalent of his beatification—and secondly his canonization, in 1974. At the first date the project remained but a dream, but in 1974 a volume of studies on Bernard is being published and the project will to a certain extent be realized. This time the initiative has come from the United States. Although interest in St Bernard is still very much alive in Europe, it has spread to Australia and above all to America, to such an extent that we shall soon perhaps be...
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SOURCE: Paulsell, William O. "Virtue in St Bernard's Sermons on the Song of Songs." In Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: Studies Commemorating the Eighth Centenary of His Canonization, edited by M. Basil Pennington, pp. 101-17. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1977.
[In the following essay, Paulsell discusses the connection between virtue and spiritual progress in Bernard's sermons on the Song of Songs.]
The eighty-six sermons of Bernard of Clairvaux on the Song of Songs constitute one of the great classics of Christian spirituality. Here the Abbot of Clairvaux outlined for his monks a methodology of spiritual development. He saw a direct relationship between our virtue or lack of it and our spiritual progress. In the first Sermon of the series he insisted that there could be no spiritual progress apart from a life of virtue:
Before the flesh has been tamed and the spirit set free by zeal for truth, before the world's glamour and entanglements have been firmly repudiated, it is a rash enterprise on any man's part to presume to study spiritual doctrines.1
In describing our spiritual development, Bernard allegorized the image of the kiss. We must move toward mystical union with God by gradual steps and not rush in unprepared for the deepest religious experience. First, we must kiss the feet of...
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SOURCE: Smerillo, G. L. J. "Caritas in the Initial Letters of Saint Bernard." In Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: Studies Commemorating the Eighth Centenary of His Canonization, edited by M. Basil Pennington, pp. 118-36. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1977.
[In the following essay, Smerillo explores the idea of Deus caritas est–God is love—as presented in Bernard's first twenty-one letters.]
This essay has as its intent the explication of one idea found in a small number of texts, an idea that is fundamental to the whole of St Bernard's thought. Its basis is 1 John 4: 16: Deus caritas est.
St Bernard's concept of caritas in the first twenty-one Letters is an explanation of his ecclesiology. Indeed, the Letters as a whole are the selected notes of a man of the Church. In them we may discern a theology of the Church that is as rich and as moving as Bernard's Sermon on the Song of Songs. Some authors such as Fr Yves Congar have held that the Letters were edited after Bernard had composed the Sermons, but this can no longer be simply maintained.1
We may see these first twenty-one Letters placed at the beginning of the corpus as a form of preface. They form a theological unity and contain ideas that Bernard wished the reader to see developing throughout the cursus of the...
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SOURCE: Merton, Thomas. "Action and Contemplation in the Mystery of Christ." In Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard, pp. 23-58. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1980.
[In the following excerpt, Merton discusses Bernard's ideas regarding the active, contemplative, and apostolic lives in his Sermons on the Song of Songs.]
Before we approach the subject of this study, which is St Bernard's doctrine on the active and contemplative lives, let us first pause to consider the great mystery of action and contemplation in Our Lord Jesus Christ, as it is revealed to us in the New Testament. Here, of course, there is no mention of 'contemplation': the sacred book speaks rather of the infinite reality of the divine life which has been manifested and given to us in Christ and which far transcends our poor abstract notions of contemplation. A later generation could speak of the contemplation enjoyed by the soul of Christ, of his beatific, his infused and his acquired knowledge. The gospels tell us only of the ineffable mystery of the union of the Son with the Father, and teach us that the only true and perfect idea of contemplation is realized by the christian soul who, perfectly united to Christ in the charity of his deifying Spirit, enters with him into the Holy of Holies and becomes one with the Father in him, and one with all...
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SOURCE: Moritz, Theresa. "The Church as Bride in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons on the Song of Songs." In The Chimaera of His Age: Studies of Bernard of Clairvaux; Studies in Medieval Cistercian History V, edited by E. Rozanne Elder and John R. Sommerfeldt, pp. 3-11. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1980.
[In the following essay, Moritz examines Bernard's ninth sermon in his Sermons on the Song of Songs and argues that it reflects Bernard''s conviction that the Church is Christ's true bride.]
In the Sermons on the Song of Songs, Bernard of Clairvaux identifies the Bride, whose marriage the Song celebrates, as a figure both for the Church and for the individual soul. Bernard's 'spiritual' application of the text to the union of Christ and the Church usually remains of secondary importance to modern scholars,1 because they regard the Sermons as a program for the soul's achievement of private, contemplative union with God. Bernard's application of the Song to the soul is undoubtedly central to the Sermons and represents one of Bernard's principal contributions to the history of Song of Songs literature. Still, the real significance of Bernard's instructions to the soul is lost if they are separated from what Bernard says about the mystical union of Christ and the Church. When he first identifies the subject of the Song, Bernard places the marriage of Christ...
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SOURCE: Stiegman, Emero. "Humanism in St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Beyond Literary Culture." In The Chimaera of His Age: Studies of Bernard of Clairvaux; Studies in Medieval Cistercian History V, edited by E. Rozanne Elder and John R. Sommerfeldt, pp. 23-38. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1980.
[In the following essay, Stiegman argues that theological humanism underlies Bernard's writings, noting that he held a deep sense of human worth and profoundly humanistic ideas about the genesis of human love.]
Humanism, like all terms which historians invent to label a complex but broadly identifiable set of attitudes, is subject to ambiguity; the attitudes are affected by changing historical conditions. Since the common ground among humanisms develops in inverse proportion to the number which history records, one may come to question the usefulness of the label. Yet in religious thought humanism is a serviceable and perhaps necessary category. To Christian theologians, for example, an author would be humanistic to the extent that he validated the human. There are two foci of meaning—one, where the human is considered with respect to the divine (here humanism refers to a position on issues concerning the relation of nature and grace); the other, where the content and structure of the human itself is considered (here humanism refers to a position in anthropology, one which dignifies the body...
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SOURCE: Renna, Thomas. "St. Bernard and the Pagan Classics: An Historical View." In The Chimaera of His Age: Studies of Bernard of Clairvaux; Studies in Medieval Cistercian History V, edited by E. Rozanne Elder and John R. Sommerfeldt, pp. 122-39. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1980.
[In the following essay, Renna explores Bernard's attitude toward the Latin classics, explaining that while he himself was learned in classical works, Bernard opposed the study of pagan writings for monks.]
Was there a monastic attitude towards pagan literature during the early Middle Ages? While historians prior to the 1920s stressed the monks' hostility toward the latin classics, more recent scholarship refers to monastic humanism, that is, the monks' tendency to admire and even to assimilate the style and content of antique works. At the least, many monks read the classics as a preparation for divine studies. But what about the persistent minority of monks who condemned the study of the classics? Historians usually reply that the two traditions simply co-existed, with the hostile view assuming perhaps a quasi-official status—at least after the eighth century.
But rather than speak of two traditions toward the classics—as if one excluded the other—it would be more useful to adopt the categories absolute and relative. Just as Augustine contrasted the earthly and heavenly...
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SOURCE: Renna, Thomas. "Bernard and Bede." American Benedictine Review 44, no. 3 (September 1993): 223-35.
[In the following essay, Renna compares Bernard's outlook regarding the goals and function of monks to that of the Anglo-Saxon Bede.]
Bede and Bernard. The one, the great monastic illuminary from Anglo-Saxon England; the other, from twelfth-century France. They lived at two important junctures in the development of Western monasticism. Modern historians have generally emphasized Bede's place in the Northumbrian renaissance, and Bernard's role in the monastic reforms after 1100. Bernard is sometimes contrasted with Benedict of Nursia, Benedict of Aniane, Cluniacs, or thirteenth-century Franciscans in order to discern his distinctive qualities. How do Bede and Bernard reflect their respective monastic environments? Is there something peculiarly English about Bede or French about Bernard? It will be argued here that their respective goals for the function of monks were shaped by the state of monasticism at the time.
Bernard's idea of monastic renewal was largely outside of, and in some sense in opposition to, some then current notions of reform. The progressive interiorization of traditional monastic terms from the sixth down to the twelfth century can be seen in Bernard's objectives for monastic reform. What indeed was Bernard's idea of the Church? He wrote no De ecclesia...
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SOURCE: Pranger, M. B. Introduction to Bernard of Clairvaux and the Shape of the Monastic Thought: Broken Dreams, pp. 3-18. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1994.
[In the following excerpt, Pranger speculates about the effect that the physical environment of the Cistercian monastery may have exerted on Bernard and his writings.]
Entering the site of the twelfth-century Cistercian monasteries at Fontenay in Burgundy or Le Thoronet in Provence, the visitor takes in two seemingly different sets of images. On the one hand, there is the austere but massive architectural form of the buildings making up the monastic complex, with their simple geometrical proportions. On the other hand, there is the extreme, untamed wildness of the surrounding landscape. Yet it is one single image which is conveyed to the eye of the beholder. What, then, does he really see? Form or chaos, light or darkness, exuberant vegetation or ascetic aridity? How is the wildness contained, how is the form broken down, how do they both constitute the monastery?1
It is in such an environment—the site of Fontenay having been rather similar to that of neighbouring Clairvaux2—that Bernard of Clairvaux worked and wrote. Saying that, I do not claim a straight causal relationship between architecture and literature nor should my use of 'literary reflection' be so understood. Rather I propose to...
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SOURCE: Englert, Robert. "Monastic Humility: A Study of Humility in Bernard of Clairvaux and the Author of The Cloud of Unknowing." Studia Mystica 19 (1998): 36-44.
[In the following essay, Englert discusses Bernard's seminal ideas on monastic humility as the theological model for the fourteenth-century mystical text The Cloud of Unknowing.]
This study will deal with the subject, "monastic humility," as it develops in the works of Bernard of Clairvaux and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing. These representative authors of the twelfth and fourteenth centuries exhibit a continuity in doctrine that is characteristic of a monastic theology invoking a common tradition. Since Bernard of Clairvaux's treatment of humility is seminal to monastic tradition, his work is presented here as the theological model that holds together further developments of this doctrine. The works of the Cloud author are presented as verification that Bernard's ideas continued to be developed in a later fourteenth-century monastic tradition of spiritual direction.
The monastic tradition of humility has always been anchored in human sinfulness and divine love. Bernard of Clairvaux tells us: "Humility has two feet: appreciation of divine power and consciousness of personal weakness.1 Humility is thus regarded as a...
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Further Reading
Cattaui, Georges. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, translated by Ena Dargan. Dublin, Ireland: Clonmore and Reynolds, Ltd., 1966, 136 p.
Biography analyzing Bernard's work as an abbot as well as his humanity, his personal views, and his religious message.
James, Bruno Scott. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: An Essay in Biography, London, England: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957, 192 p.
Biography of St. Bernard focusing on his character and his life in the context of his times.
Meadows, Denis. A Saint and a Half: A New Interpretation of Abelard and St. Bernard of Clairvaux, New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1963, 209 p.
Biographical studies of Peter Abelard, emphasizing his rationalism, and Bernard, emphasizing the development of his mystical outlook.
Bailey, Richard G. "Some Remarks on St. Bernard of Clairvaux as Literary Source for Melchior Hoffman's Commentary Dat Boeck Cantica Canicorum (1529)." Sixteenth Century Journal 22, no. 1 (spring 1991): 91-96.
Investigation of the links between Melchior Hoffman's Dat Boeck Cantica Canticorum and Bernard's Sermones in Cantica.
Bell, David N. "Bernard in Perspective." Analecta Cisterciensia 46 (1990): 91-114.
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Source: Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, ©2005 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.


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LAKEWOOD RANCH — After retracing the steps of an uncle he'd never met, Lakewood Ranch resident Russ Wilkins realized his 30 years of research couldn't sit on a bookshelf in his family's home.
"I had a story that I needed to tell," Wilkins said. "A lot of people aren't aware that there are more than 70,000 Americans missing from World War II."
Americans such as Wilkins' uncle, Elliott Russell Lund, who died during the war.
Wilkins' book, "Missing in Belgium," tells the story of World War II and of Lund, a paratrooper who fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was taken as a prisoner of war and died in service. Lund's body was sent home in 1950, but even now, there are questions as to whether it was actually his body that returned home.
During the war, churches would provide soldiers with pocket Bibles. And in 1992, Uncle Lund's Bible arrived by mail from Belgium. It had been in a museum there after being found on the body of a dead American soldier immediately after the Battle of the Bulge. The fact begged a new question: Did Uncle Lund get taken as a prisoner of war and die just before the war's end as his family had believed for so many years or was his body left behind at the Battle of the Bulge where his Bible was found?
Lund cannot say for certain, but his book explores the possibilities surrounding his uncle's death while raising awareness that the bodies of so many American soldiers were never found.
Wilkins never expected to write a book on the topic, especially when he started doing World War II research in the late 1970s. At the time, Wilkins was stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army.
"I never knew my uncle," Wilkins said. "It was my mother's brother. She was really close to him growing up and she never really knew what happened. It was just one of those things that out of curiosity, I just started doing research to see if I could retrace his steps."
Wilkins started his research at U.S. military bases oversees and local bookstores, and later, the Internet.
"I just started reading out of curiosity and accumulating information," he said. "It was like putting a puzzle together. To make a long story short, one day I just looked at this box (of information) and realized I had enough information to write a book."
At first, Wilkins thought his writings would stay within the family. But the deeper he became in his venture, the more he realized that the story of World War II veterans and the soldiers who are still missing needed to be told.
The project took about one-and-one-half years to complete.
Since the book released in December, Wilkins has received phone calls and letters from veterans throughout the United States, thanking him for putting their experiences into words.
"There's not a lot of (World War II veterans) left, and they feel like their story needs to be told," Wilkins said. "For a lot of those guys, I'm the means for them to tell their story. I'm glad I did it."
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Following his gig Sunday at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater, Kimmel shut down West Hollywood's Soho House, inviting winners and friends to join him at the exclusive space.
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More from eOnline ( Also sightings of Rob at the LA Dance Project) The Twilight star, 26, was first spotted Saturday night attending the premiere of Natalie Portman's choreographer husband Benjamin Millepied's ballet Moving Parts at Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los.Angeles.
The performance was also the debut of Millepied's new L.A. Dance Project company and was followed by a Van Cleef & Arpels dinner.
"He was there the whole night," a source says of R.Pattz. "He came at 5:30 and didn't leave until the end of the after party. He just seemed really relaxed and happy. He was drinking beer and puffing on an electronic cigarette."
Pattinson, scruffy and dressed in a gray Gucci suit and black shirt but with no tie, seemed to have come to the gala with a male pal, the source said.
But last night, it was a much more casual Pattinson who hit Jimmy Kimmel's star-studded Emmys afterparty at members-only Soho House.
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Mike was born Sept. 28, 1924 in Fairfield, to Miguel and Lucy Gonzalez. He grew up in old town Suisun and later moved with his family to their ranch at Mankas Corner in Fairfield. Mike graduated from Armijo High School in 1943. After serving his country as a United States Marine in the South Pacific and North China during World War II, he attended Santa Clara University. In both high school and college Mike was a standout athlete in football, baseball and tennis.
In 1951, Mike married Mary Chaffee, and they had two children, Katie and Michael. Mary passed away in 1961. Years later, Mike reconnected with Jane Roney, his childhood classmate and high school sweetheart. They married in 1978. While living in Vacaville, Mike managed the California Sample Furniture Company stores in Fairfield and Vacaville. He then opened up his own furniture store, Michael's Home Furnishings in Vacaville. He later sold the store, which is now Shock's Furniture. Mike then moved on to manage Ticor Title until he retired. Mike was active in civic affairs, serving as Vacaville City Councilman and three-time president of the Vacaville Chamber of Commerce. He also served on the Solano County Fair Board, the Dixon May Fair Board, the Vacaville Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee and the Travis Regional Armed Forces Committee.
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Daniel Joseph Vesely '50 of Rocklin passed away peacefully on August 12, 2013, with his loving family by his side after suffering from Dementia for several years. He was 89 years young. Daniel was born to Joseph and Minnie Vesely in New York, New York on July 30, 1924. Daniel married his wife Annie Walker to whom he was married to for 65 years. Daniel is survived by younger brother, Joseph Vesely who is living in Massachusetts. He is also survived by his two children Gregory Vesely, Cynthia Gruber and her husband Joe Gruber, two grandchildren Kristel Vesely, Gregory Goodnough and one great-grandson, Jayden Goodnough. Daniel graduated from Santa Clara University with a civil engineering degree in 1950. He worked for several engineering firms over the years which allowed his family to live in Casablanca, where Greg was born and Madrid, Spain where Cynthia was born. He retired with the Federal Government Corp of Engineers. Daniel and Annie raised their children in Rocklin since 1964. He loved his family and friends, enjoyed reading, traveling and was an avid golfer until he became ill. He always enjoyed living on the golf course. We were blessed to have him in our lives and he will be deeply missed.


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My grandma used to say if a man has not talked about marriage within 5 dates, he wants to mess around. I can see why.
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My grandma used to say if a man has not talked about marriage within 5 dates, he wants to mess around. I can see why.
Wow. Lately, I keep hearing people say, "I just knew when I met him/her." I just find that interesting.
I met my husband through work and first over the phone, then in person. I "knew" when I talked with him over the phone and he said the same thing. When we met for the first time at work, we both knew. One of his colleagues pointed it out to us, he said it was so obvious. And the rest is history. I wonder will it ever happen again?
Jane, I first met my former husband over the phone, too. He had such a deep voice & that intrigued me. After we met in person for our first date, I couldn't remember what he looked like, but I remembered his voice. We married 3 months later. Our marriage lasted 25 years before he decided he wanted a new life.
This guy I'm seeing that I met here on CM, I was intrigued by his profile picture. It seemed I could look directly into his eyes & his eyes held the impression of kindness and just a touch of a smile. Who knows how this friendship will turn out?
I have found, over the years, that there have been several people with whom I had that "I just knew" feeling. But it merely means that you will have a significant effect on that person's life, or that he/she will have a significant effect on yours.
"Love at first sight" it is not.
As depressing as it may sound, its true. "That feeling" can mean a plethora of things and it doesn't necessarily mean that person is the one for you. I also don't necessarily agree with everything the OP's article mentions but in general men do move a lot faster than women. Haha.


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In 2008, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) invited the World Health Organization to evaluate the methods used by the Institute to develop patient information, as well as the quality and accuracy of that information. You can read about why the WHO believes that IQWiG's patient information is important, where they see room for improvement, and what other conclusions they came to here.
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Why was the review initiated?
In 2003, when the UK's NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) was around four years old, NICE invited the WHO to evaluate two of its work programmes. IQWiG was impressed with the rigour and usefulness of that evaluation (see: NICE). IQWiG invited the WHO to evaluate its health information programme when the Institute was also around four years old. The Institute wanted the WHO to assess the methods for selecting topics, evaluating evidence, developing patient information and the quality assurance and evaluation mechanisms. The quality and accuracy of the information itself was to be evaluated, and stakeholder views considered.
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The review was performed by a team of five international experts:
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- Dr Laragh Gollogly, Managing Editor, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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About WHO
The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialist agency for health, was established in 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. One hundred and ninety-three countries are WHO Member States. WHO Member States are grouped into six regions. The Regional Office for Europe is located in Copenhagen. WHO Regional Offices conduct and coordinate the WHO's core functions at the regional level.
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